seek help and advise from his china loving wife coco chao. the wall street journal s editorial board condemning trump, saying it s all too easy to see trump taking trump literally and attempting to kill mr. mcconnell. mcconnell himself has not publicly responded but watch gop leader rick scott repeatedly dodge when pressed about donald trump. you re a member of the senate gop leadership. are you okay with this? well, look, i can never talk about respond to why anybody else says what they say. the language is what i m talking about. isn t that dangerous? i think we all have to figure out how do we start bringing people together? and you would agree that that language doesn t bring people together? i believe that what the i believe what president trump was talking about is the fact that we can t keep spending money. okay, that s not what the former president said. and coco chao was the phrase he used to refer to a former cabinet secretary, elaine chao. loo
after the worst attack ever on american soil, we remember the lives lost. it took a tragedy to unite our country. cbs s jericka duncan is at ground zero in new york. the kremlin admits its pulling back troops from the kharkiv region. ukraine s new military advances. and on this anniversary of 9/11, we look back at the queen s message to america and the traditions she broke to honor the lives lost. this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from london. good evening, and thank you for joining us for this sunday edition of the cbs evening news from outside buckingham palace. tonight, queen elizabeth ii s final journey begins after her coffin was driven through the scottish countryside from her summer home at balmoral castle to holyrood house. the longest-serving monarch in british history. the queen s state funeral will take place next monday and will be the first in the united kingdom in more than half a century
are still recovering from the fires. you know, we re just all in shock and everybody is traumatised. the wet weather has been relentless, and with many roads cut off, authorities have urged people to heed evacuation warnings. experts say the flooding emergency has been worsened by climate change and el nino weather phenomenon. it ll take months, if not years, for communities here to rebuild. and in the back of everyone s mind is the fear of when they ll have to go through this again. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. a seventh person has died following a mass shooting at a fourth ofjuly parade near chicago. police say the suspect robert crimo iii planned the attack for weeks. the 21 year old legally bought the high powered rifle he used in the shooting in highland park, which also injured more than 30 people. britain s cameron norrie is through to the semi finals of wimbledon after fighting back in a memorable five set thriller which left the home fans celebrating jubilantly.
and the little prince who stole the show announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight just moments ago president biden delivered an urgent address to the american people on gun violence the president speaking more than a week after 19 children and 2 adults were killed in uvalde, texas. and a day after four shot dead in a tulsa hospital the president saying every day places have become killing fields, battlefields in america. he called for raising the age to purchase assault weapons, expanding background checks, and creating a federal red flag law. while bipartisan lawmakers say they have a potential plan to try to curb gun violence, their efforts come after many failed attempts in washington. will any of it become a reality? we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: president biden who has grieved with families traumatized by mass shootings tonight implored the congress and the communities to cha
the push to better police congressional staff training. two thirds of us want this done. the big surprise? lawmakers are dragging their feet. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we got a lot of ground to cover tonight, so let s get smarter. after days of hearing pleas to do something, president biden went on television this evening to ask congress to save the children from americas killing fields. surrounded by 56 candles representing all of the states and territories, biden urged lawmakers to quickly pass stricter gun legislation, including a reinstatement of the federal ban on assault weapons. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time that can t be true. this time we must actually do something. how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough!