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
all away. and i was like, jessie? nothing? i juggled her a little bit. and then i knew, this is not. good my daughter, won t wake up. she had been murdered in her own bed after coming home from a pool party. a party that hadn t been all fun and games. she was 19 and these men were in their 40s. we wanted to talk to. them did something happen at that party? what was happening around this small town. i heard somebody running behind me. then i noticed he had a knife in his hands. someone was stalking young women. it was either, i try to save myself or i let this guy do whatever he wants to me. his dreams were there nightmares. the research is on search is on bond. could he be caught before he killed again? and then we knew he done it. now we just had to prove it. hello and welcome to dateline. and a small wisconsin town, a 19 year old girl came home from a party, said goodnight to her mother and went to bed, safe for the night. but, the next day she was
we ll show you how to track sharks as some beaches temporarily close. crime without punishment: our cbs news investigation takes to us chicago where some murder cases are closed, even when no suspect is charged. and on the road with a birthday surprise that will help you savor what it means to be an american. 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, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight the fourth of july holiday weekend is off tie hectic start as the nation matches pre-pandemic travel numbers. airlines and passengers worry about potential snarls thanks to staff shortages and larger-than- expected crowds. long lines and short tempers could ruin some independence day celebrations. airlines are urging their customers to check their flight status before heading to the airport. now, so far today, there have been more than 500 cancellations and 5
this is not a good sign at all. it is not. you are hitting the chat with a sledgehammer. today that s what it feels like. she began coming, to choose trying to find. trying to grab the radio. trying to honk the horn anything that she could do. because she knew, she knew. it was a saturday night in the summer. and they were so happy at their bachelor party. after as they laughed and danced. and played the drinking games. well outside in the dark, watchful waiting hidden in it s clever disguise. death cruised by. looking for one of them. but all around, peaceful town tucked to sleep no ghost, no seuss air to warn that evil had fooled their defenses. and slipped inside to snatch its prey. this is the place, here in the wide handsome high desert of central oregon. the small city of been. an annual occupant of the best places to live in america. it s a nice place to live. i love it here, it s perfect. an outdoor recreation heaven on the slopes of the cascade ridge, rif
middle of the night. haunted for more than two decades, he would make a chilling discovery that would unlock this mystery. now you know the whole story. yes, sir. everything kind of clicked. it s just so unbelievable. i knew he was telling his mom s story. hello and welcome to dateline. aaron fraser was only 3 years old when his mom left the house, never to be seen or heard from again. police soon learned that aaron may have witnessed the unspeakable, the murder of his own mother. the boy would become a man before the whole truth was revealed. and though memories faded, the evidence pointing to the killer couldn t stay buried. here s dennis murphy with she never left. she d been gone from his life, unaccounted for, for more than 20 years. his mother, bonnie. it was odd to be the one that found her. because you d spent a lot of your life looking for her, right? yes, sir. there s a poignant video of the mother and child s last christmas morning toget