heat advisories are in place for more than 58 million americans. brittney griner s message to the white house. her letter to president biden, handwritten from a russian prison, terrified she might be there forever. and on this fourth of july, how freedom means something different to griner today. shark attack. a lifeguard playing the victim in a training drill is bitten by a shark. how he fought back. and, baseball for the social media generation it s driving fans bananas. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us on this july fourth. i m major garrett, in for norah. tonight, at least six people killed and dozens more wounded in the nation s latest mass shooting. it targeted an independence day parade in suburban chicago. and some breaking news: the manhunt for the person of interest, 22-year-old robert e. cremo iii, is over. police say the gunman open
only played six games for england. in a statement, sale said a summer of rest and a full preseason is the best course of action . golf s us women s open is under way in north carolina. australian minjee lee, who won the first major of the year, the evian championship, has made a good start. she has just finished her round she hasjust finished her round on four under. this long range putt one of her seven birdies today. she sits one off the lead, alongside swede anna nordqvist, winner of last year s women s british open at carnoustie. this was one of her five birdies on the back nine. but it s another swede on top of the leaderboard, amateur ingrid lindblad s six birdies seeing her set the early pace in north carolina. here s the current leaderboard. england s georgia hall tees off soon, as does charley hull. scotland s gemma dryburgh finished on two over for the day. you can follow it all with the leaderboard live on the bbc sport website and the app. that is where you ll fi
a group of animal rights protestors tried to disrupt the trooping the colours ceremony but was dragged away by police. prince andrew will miss tomorrow s service of thanksgiving at saint paul s cathedral after testing positive for covid. and beacons have been lit across the commonwealth, and are about to be around the uk to mark the end of the first day ofjubilee celebrations. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. hundreds of thousands of people have lined the streets of central london and taken part in street parties around the uk at the start of four days of events to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. the return of the trooping the colour military parade after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic began the celebrations before a fly past over buckingham palace involving seventy aircraft. the queen was joined by the working royals on the palace balcony. let s go live to the mall and my colleague katty kay here s our
here, police in merseyside are still dealing with dozens of animal rights protestors who were arrested at the grand national on saturday. the force arrested 118 people, of which 65 were taken into custody, who are being processed and released on bail pending further inquiries. millions of people are now eligible for the spring covid 19 booster, with appointments being made available from today. they re being offered to people aged 75 and over, those with a weakened immune system and care home residents. invitations are being sent via the nhs app, by text or by letter. elon musk s spacex is preparing for the maiden flight of the rocket he hopes will eventually take people back to the moon or even all the way to mars. the starship will be blasting off from texas and flying without a crew all around the world. our science editor rebecca morelle reports.
live from washington, this is bbc news. a this is bbc news. power struggle between sudan s a power struggle between sudan s army and a paramilitary force rocked the country. at least 30 people have been killed. disruption of the grand national horse race as animal rights protestors storm the racecourse. and after it was almost destroyed by fire, we see the remarkable restoration of the notre dame cathedral in paris. hello, i m helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we start in sudan, where heavy fighting is continuing into the night between two rival factions of the military. earlier, gunfire and explosions