facility testing positive in illinois. questions about whether children and others were exposed. summer surge in jobs. lowering fear of a possible recession. the u.s. adding 528,000 jobs in july. employment back to prepandemic level. and president biden on the verge of what could be a major legislative victory. hour after the sentencing of wnba star brittney griner russia saying it s ready to discuss a possible prisoner swap. overseas tonight, china escalating military exercises around taiwan and cutting ties with the u.s. on several major issues. more than 77 million americans under heat alerts tonight from texas to maine. flood watches in effect from kentucky to d.c. the deadly lightning strike near the white house. a married couple and another man killed. more than 2,000 flights canceled since yesterday. rob marciano tracking it all. the war in ukraine. alarming reports of shelling near europe s largest nuclear power plant. russia releasing video showing smoke
u.s. on vital issues and stages military drills off taiwan s coast. the white house warns it s provocative and irresponsible. our interview with taiwan s top representative to the u.s. are you ready for what may be coming? plus, russia finally says it s ready to talk about a prisoner swap. and basketball star brittney griner. the c.d.c. s new covid recommendations. the nation s top public health agency agency is expected to ease guidelines, just as students return to schools. and on the road : how one woman s passion for grearm is taking her across the country? this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening. thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, america s economy has recovered from the pandemic. the labor market has regained of tens of millions of jobs lost when covid first hit u.s. shores. a stunningly strong jobs report shows a hiring surge in july. employers adde
that we know of. take an amount from him that punishes him. take another amount that ensures that he never does this again. the real question is, will something like this verdict and up making people like alex jones and others, not do something like this again? $49 million award is coming, after sandy hook parents confronted alex jones on what his lies did to them. i can t describe the last night, or even the last nine and a half years that i and others have had to endure. because of the endangerment and the recklessness of alex jones. what was said about me, and sandy hook itself. it resonates from around the world. my life has been threatened. i fear for my life. i feel for my safety. joining me now, former fellow prosecutor, united states attorney, paul, from the database, who has been all over the story from the beginning. what is your response to this new, punitive damaging verdict that just came in? reporter: this is a smart award for the punitive damages. combi
hungary. steve bannon who was convicted of contempt of congress as well as mypillow guy, mike lindell. this isn t dick cheney s or the cpac during the trump presidency. it s taken a new turn. trump will be speaking as his allies scored a big win in the primary last night where kari lake was projected to be the winner of the republican nomination for governor. lake who claimed there was fraud without proving a shred of evidence gives pennsylvania s doug mastriano a run for his money in being the republican party s most extreme 2022 candidates. she s an ex-tv news anchor who attacks the media and claims donald trump is the winner of the 2020 election which, he isn t. at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 election. team trump now has their sights set on the wyoming primary on august 16th where trump s public enemy number one, congresswoman liz cheney is facing primary challenger because of her stance that donald trump is a threat to d
going on, the pleasures that individual friends and partners are feeling. on the ground more than a dozen russian missile strikes on kyiv including a block of flats where one person was killed. we ll report from ukraine and from the g7 summit. also tonight. the prince of wales and the charity donations handed over in cash. 22 bodies thought to be teenagers are discovered in a nightclub in south africa s eastern cape. # i m coming out, i want the world to know. diana ross helps bring the first glastonbury festival for three years to a close. good evening. leaders of the g7 group of nations have been meeting in germany, for the first day of talks in a key week of diplomacy over ukraine. borisjohnson said the country should not be forced towards making a deal with russia president biden called for western unity to be maintained so that russia could be defeated. we ll report on today s missile attacks on ukraine in a moment but first to the summit and our politica