a gunman opened fire inside a medical building. he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and another patient. he then shows hi life. he purchased a gun at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. less than three hours later, he went on a shooting rampage. our training led us to take immediate action without hesitation. that s exactly what officers do. that s what they did in this instant. law enforcement across the nation is dealing with increased violence among people. this is yet another act of violence upon an american city. president biden will address the nation tonight about the gun violence crisis in this country. there have been 233 mass shootings this year. it s june 2nd. that count is according to the gun violence archive. it defines a mass shooting as an incident where four or more people are injured or killed in a shooting. in the eight days since the uvalde elementary school massacre, there have been 20 mass shootings since. we have reporters cover mass s
information on 911 calls was actually relayed to the school police chief. another layer of uncertainty surro surrounding the police response. our correspondents are standing by as we cover the mass shooting crisis in america. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden getting ready to speak to the nation after the 233rd mass shooting here in the united states so far this year. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. we ll hear from the president about 90 minutes from now. what is he expected to say? yeah, wolf, it s a rare evening address for president biden. the white house says he felt it was important to speak to the nation about the recent shootings that we ve seen, but also call for action from congress on what they say they want to see are common sense gun laws. this is a speech that the president was considering giving before f
and tonight, we hear from parents of kids inside robb elementary school. nothing was being done. o donnell: fighting a megadrought. the extreme measures. one area outlawing yes, outlawing grass lawns. sheryl sanborn is stepping down from facebook s parent company. alls tonight, the queen s platinum jubilee. the royal celebration in honor of her majesty. finally, military s glass ceiling, shattered on the high seas. we introduce you to the first woman to lead a branch of the armed services. i m immensely grateful to the many pioneers who paved the way. 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 wednesday night. we re going to begin with the news that is just coming in to us, news that many parents will welcome. choolers are one step closer to one step closer to getting a covid vaccine. pfizer just submitted its application and data
. . . ,. ? . ,. . ,. you new we he who one will one breaking in the last hour the inside the hospital a quarter please a senate onearlier this afternon a man armed with a rifle and to the hospital. he started shooting. they have been multiple injuries and three confirmed fatalities. the police have also come from the shooter is dead. this evening, the tulsa police described the scene is catastrophic. he said, officers are going from 44 and room to room to rescue people. they made sure that there were no additional threats. the white house confirm the president biden has been briefed on the situation. they are expecting a brief in the situation. this is a developing story that s often the case in terrible news like this breaks. typically, it is mass shootings nbc news national correspondent once we know the latest. and we may not know that much so far, within the next few minutes we re expecting a briefing for the 40s. and as you said, police so far have confirmed tha
straight ahead we ll get a reality check on where all this goes. we re also live in tulsa where the police revealed a gunman who shot four people bought his gun just four hours beforehand. in uvalde, texas, as more and more kids are being laid to rest today, a state senator revealing the officer in charge never got word that children were calling 911, basically calling for help. mike memoli is covering the white house, blaine alexander is in tulsa, oklahoma, thompson is in uvalde, texas and we re joined by security analyst clint watts, former head of the counterterrorist division. i think you can t technically call it an address from president biden. why now? we learned that the president would be taking to the white house and in prime time tonight, we noted it was a rare instance of him using the biggest stage a president has to use the bully pulpit to paint the case for gun action at a critical moment. when the white house made their announcement of making it official