mass shootings. our cbs news investigation the uvalde gunman bragged to friends about getting an assault rifle after his 18th birthday. are gun manufacturers marketing military-grade weapons to at-risk young men? american adversaries united. vladimir putin meets with the iranian leader, after iran promises drones to russia. plus, great news for those toys r us kids. and, america s favorite pastime, honoring a member of america s greatest generation. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this very warm tuesday night. tonight, the heat is on across much of the country as the scorching hot summer grips the nation. brutal and dangerous temperatures are being felt from california to massachusetts. more than 120 million americans are under excessive heat warnings or advisories, with triple-digit temperatures expected from the great plains to th
griner s case disgusting. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight above the law. federal prosecutors making a simple case tonight against steve bannon who they say is guilty of blatantly defying the january 6 committee. if convicted he s looking at jail time. the man once dubbed donald trump s brain, bannon leaving court after the first day of testimony, lashing out at the january 6 committee and at its chairman, bennie thompson. he s too gutless to come over here himself. he s made it a crime made it a crime, not a civil charge, of wanting my testimony, but a crime. and he didn t have the courage or guts to show up here and he sent a staffer. now here is the thing. bannon now suddenly, right, after all these months, says he s willing to testify before the january 6th committee. but according to thompson, bannon hasn t even handed over the documents they ve demanded in advance of an appearance which he has refused to do until this f
less than the democrats original $3.5 trillion build back better pitch, president biden is calling this a success. adding that senate democrats put american families above special interests. now, the victory, all the more notable, because it had none, zero republican support. the bill now heads to the house of representatives and president biden could sign it into law as early as friday. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. she s on capitol hill this morning. jessica, this is a wide-ranging bill. it is designed to reduce inflation. it has billions of dollars in climate and energy incentives. it tackles prescription drugs. break down for us what is in this multibillion dollar bill. reporter: yeah, it s a big one. as you mentioned, it comes after a true marathon over the weekend here on capitol hill for democratic senators who really pushed this over the finish line. they used that specialized budget process that required only democratic support, bu
and if you re just tuning in to cnn i have to tell you about betty thompson, the committee chair. he says that the january six committee has decided whether to subpoena mike pence or trying to call donald trump to testify. watch this? i think we would benefit from that testimony. they both have, i would think, significant knowledge about what goes on. but we have a committee. and we will work through the process. plus, first of cnn, multiple sources say a former trump national security council official will not testify, publicly, and thursday s primetime hearing. matthew pottinger resigned on january six after trump s tweet slamming his own vice president for refusing to overturn the election. one of my staff brought me a print out of a tweet by the president. and the tweet said something obvious to the effect of mike pence, the vice president didn t have the courage to do what s should have been done. i read that tweet. and made a decision at that moment. to resign. th
but i m still not hearing from you what is it the a.t.f. can do to stop this epidemic of mass shootings. our cbs news investigation, the diduvalde gunman bragged to fris about getting an assault rifle after his 18th birthday. are gun manufacturers marketing militari grade weapons to at risk young men? american adversaries united vladimir putin meets with the iranian leader after iran promises drones to russia. plus, great news for those toys r us kids. and america s favorite past time, honoring a member of america s greatest generation. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this very warm tuesday night. tonight, the heat is on across much of the country, as the scorching hot summer imrips the nation grips the nations. brutal temperatures are felt from california to massachusetts. more than 120 million americans are under excessive heat warnings or advisories w