top issue in the 2024 election, did the former president just derail a bipartisan border deal? does donald trump have the ability to kill this immigration bill? there is not a deal to be killed yet. james: cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m james brown in for norah. thank you for being with us. you just heard from republican senators mitt romney and lindsey graham. just when congress appeared close to a deal on the southern border and funding for ukraine, there are concerns election politics are getting in the way. cbs s scott macfarlane is on capitol hill tonight speaking to lawmakers about what is standing between america and immigration reform. the election s other top issue: the economy. we got big news today. u.s. gdp grew at a surprising pace last quarter, but despite low unemployment and a booming stock market, we speak to americans about why some are not feeling the effects. but we begin tonight with severe weather. nearly 26 million people are
top issue in the 20s 24 election did the former president just delay a bipartisan border deal. there is not a deal to be killed yet. james: cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m james brown in for norah, thank you for being with us. you just heard from republican senators mitt romney and lindsey graham, just when congress appeared close to a deal on the southern border and funding for ukraine, there are concerns election politics are getting in the way. cbs a scott macfarlane is on capitol hill tonight speaking to lawmakers about what is standind immigration reform. the elections other top issue, the economy. we ve got big news today. u.s. gdp grew at a surprising pace last quarter, but despite low unemployment and a booming stock market, we speak to americans about why some are not feeling the effects. but we begin tonight with severe weather. nearly 26 million people are under flood watches from louisiana to west virginia, with more rain expected in the days
for households struggling with soaring bills. last month was one of the worst for waiting times in a&e in england and response times for were much longer than the target time. and the restored mural in a county durham bar painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. and coming up on the bbc news channel. olympic gold medallist charlotte worthington is back in action at the european championships. she s qualified for tomorrow s final with the best score in the heats. good evening. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force in some parts of the uk to last for four days, as temperatures are forecast to hit 37c in some areas. although temperatures are unlikely to reach last month s a0 degree high, this heatwave is much more prolonged and some temperatures could get close to local or regional records. there s concern about wildfires, pressure on water supplies and transport problems. the met office alert for southern, central and some of northern england and also p
as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the wind will