the pending opinion to overturn roe v. wade. also ahead, why experts warn we could see blackouts this summer in the united states and which areas are at highest risk. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and new questions about what exactly police on the scene knew and when during the uvalde massacre. as the community begins to say its final good-byes to some of the 21 victims. the visitations begin today for 48-year-old teacher irma garcia and two 10-year-old students, na via alyssa bravo and jose manuel flores jr. the funial for their classmates amerie jo garza and maite rodriguez are planned today. we re waiting for more information from law enforcement including a ballistics record and radio transmissions not to mention basic details, how many kids were wounded, how many students came out of the classroom alive, and on and on. cnn has also obtained a facebook live video recorded outside the school during the shooting. it appears to i
transition from recovery to stable steady growth and bring down inflation. the president laying out a three-part plan of giving the fed the space to act, finding ways to lower prices, boost production, and address supply chain problems. and reducing the deficit. but the biden administration under intense scrutiny on whether it did too little too late to proactively tackle inflation. last summer, the president predicted that inflation would be a temporary problem. by late november, fed chairman powell acknowledging that inflation is not transitory. it s probably a good time to retire that word and try to explain more clorely what we mean. trying to reassure the public the central bank is sympathetic to u.s. consumers concerns. we understand completely what they re going through. now the biden administration signaling there is light at the end of the tunnel. russia s war on ukraine disabled not only gas prices and food prices but also disrupted supply chains. we didn
pressed on the gun reform debate. the president saying he can t do it alone, hoping, quote, rational republicans will help democrats. what we re now learning about bipartisan talks under way over the holiday weekend. the dangerous tornado threat. reports just coming in of tornadoes on the ground in minnesota. watches in effect across several states. possible strong, long-track twisters, damaging winds, and large hail. and tracking the first hurricane of the season in the eastern pacific. ginger zee standing by. bad weather and air traffic control issues canceling more than 1,000 flights over the memorial day weekend. one of the busiest travel weekends in more than two years at the airports and on america s highways, despite record high gas prices and inflation. overseas tonight, russian and ukrainian forces battling block by block for control of a key city in the eastern donbas region. thousands of civilians forced to evacuate. news about a french journalist killed. and
the room full of victims. what we ve now learned tonight. marcus moore standing by in uvalde. also tonight, a small group of democrats and republicans meeting on zoom today in the wake of the shooting. what s on the table now and would it stop a young person turning 18 buying an ar-15-style rifle the next day, like the suspect in texas? rachel scott with a rl tonight. the severe storm threat as we come on the air, from texas to michigan. damaging winds and the potentially dangerous system moving into the northeast overseas tonight, the fierce battle under way right now. the last key city in one part of the donbas, in luhansk. russian forces gaining ground. the white house pressed, will it send rockets, and if so, how far will they go? ian pannell in ukraine tonight. this evening, the pilots on a flight from jfk airport in new york to rome. did they both fall asleep? air traffic control saying it lost contact for ten minutes. fighter jets about to scramble what the a
next. the war in ukraine fighting intensifies, as russia steps up its offensive in the eastern part of the country. strawberry recall the f.d.a. warning of a multi-state outbreak of hepatitis a infections linked to the fruit. ( playing taps ) and a memorial day tradition, honoring our fallen heroes one note at a time. t this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. cordes: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this memorial day. i m nancy cordes in for norah. tonight, the nation pauses to remember the heroes, veterans and gold star families who served and sacrificed for our freedoms. this afternoon, the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. less than 24 hours earlier, president biden was in texas, visiting families of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in an elementary school shooting last week. tonight, the community of uvalde