promises kept. revenge as politics, or both? john berman here in for anderson. in a moment, he will be joined by representative alexandria ocasio-cortez to talk about what happened on capitol hill today. you will remember house speaker kevin mccarthy vowed last year that if republicans took the house, he would strip democrats adam schiff, eric swalwell and ilhan omar of committee assignments. so far he has bounced omar and swalwell and he voted along party lines to remove. the reason, anti-semitic statements which she subsequently apologized for making. at the same time, speaker mccarthy has a reinstated committee assignments for marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar, both of whom have close ties to the far right, including some white nationalists. the congresswoman, as you know, has compared masking rules to the holocaust. she apologized for that. she also posted on facebook a long ramble about california wildfire, solar power, spottings of what looked like laser beams and t
germany s chancellor saying they don t want to make such a bold move alone and calling on others including the u.s. to do the same. and this is the strategy we have, that we are strategically interlocked, together with our friends and partners, that we are never doing something just by ourselves but together with others, especially the united states. reporter: that german resistance straining the nato alliance when they have acted largely in unison for the past year of this war and frustrating ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. translator: do not hesitate. there is no need to compare. if you say i will give tanks if someone else also give tanks or i am powerful in europe but i will help if someone else outside of europe also helps. it seems to me that this is not a very correct strategy. reporter: ukraine s defense ministry putting out a lighthearted video appeal. the american m-1 abrams tanks, u.s. officials say, is too heavy, too complicated, too hard to m
flooding. plus atrocities revealed after russia s retreat. reporter: this is one of the first bases where vladimir putin s men fled in panic but leaving a trail of horror in their wake. and later, the california cowboy and the queen. our marc straussman on their decades-long bond. did you consider her a friend? the friendship was deep. the friendship was real. this is the cbs weekend news from new york. good evening, i m in new york. we re following two major stories tonight. the entire island archipelago of puerto rico is without electricity after being hit by hurricane fiona. the damage is devastating. we ll have much more in a moment. but we begin with world leaders gathering in london for the state funeral of queen elizabeth ii. today president biden and first lady jill biden visited westminster hall where the former monarch is lying in state. later, they signed a book of condolences. our hearts go out to you. and were you fortunate to have had her for 7
own country. russian men fleeing russia to avoid military mobilization. now the kremlin is calling these reports an exaggeration and fake news, and you may say, are they right? no, they are not, because the pictures don t low. let s show you what s actually happening on the ground. i ll put up the map to show the routes outside of russia. you see the dotted lines. okay, so as you get to each of these crossings, there are long lines eof cars waiting. that s what it looks like. here s the scene in finland. officials now reconsidering banning most russians from entering the country because of the traffic. in georgia, brake lights for as far as the eye can see. reports now that the exit line stretches more than six miles. and this was the scene earlier today along the russian border with kazakhstan. most of the traffic going in just one direction, out of russia. at moscow s main airport, lines. look at that. how many women do you see? not have many. young men fleeing russia. for
the cabinet, which met this morning, is now changed in significant ways as borisjohnson fights to stay on. a new chancellor and health secretary and a new education secretary and a new education secretary to tonight after hours in which it looked like the government was on the brink of collapse. yes, we ll have the latest on the sudden reshuffle, with confirmation a few minutes ago that nadhim zahawi will be the new chancellor. also tonight. in ukraine, the latest evidence of potential war crimes, with russian firing squads leading men to their deaths. in sri lanka, a desperate shortage of basic necessities including medicines, fuel and food and visitors are told to stay away. commentator: there it is! and a big day of sport britain s cameron norrie is through the semi finals at wimbledon, while england s cricketers break a batting record to beat india in the final test. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we have continuing coverage and analysis from our team of co