down. also, from hot dog vendor to hired gun, who is this man willing to challenge one of the world s largest military forces? plus, america divided this decision must not stand! one year after the supreme court took away the constitutional right to an abortion, the debate rages on with confusion over care in many states still grappling with the high court s decision. to the rescue, why dolphins and sea lions are washing up on california shores and the effort today to save them. i m carter evans in southern california, there are so many sick sea lions at this facility they can t take any more in. and later, futuristic friend, the robot powering up learning for kids. i m glad to play with you today. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening, we begin tonight with whiplash on the global stage. the world watched minute by minute as the wagner group, soldiers for hire fighting for putin in ukraine turned on russia s militar
tonight with new developments on two key countries for this country and the free world, how to avoid default in debt and how to ensure that russia s invasion of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit is grappling with both. on ukraine, a milestone, with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for a joint allied effort to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on the debt ceiling, it looks like talks, which the president was being updated on remotely, are back on again. they resumed tonight just hours of kevin mccarthy s republican negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. we have correspondents spanning the globe tonight. phil mattingly traveling with the president in japan. what is the latest you re hearing from white house officials about debt ceiling negotiations? reporter: you know, anderson, as you point out, there was a pause, house republican negotia
classified documents, less than a dozen from his time as vf found at his former office days before the mid-terms. why weren t they disclosed before now? the calls from the gop for a full investigation. the former top trump organization executive sentenced for his role in a 15-yearlong tax scheme. how long he ll spend behind bars. rushing gaining ground in the fierce battle for a strategic city in eastern ukraine and why some ukrainian troops may be coming to the u.s. students on edge as they return to the university of idaho less than two weeks after a suspect was arrested for the murders there. and tonight s mega millions jackpot more than a billion dollars. why have the prizes gotten so big lately? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. there are few corners of the massive state of california not feeling the impact of the relentless line of storms that have been hammering golden state residents for days leaving at least 17 people d
resign and a growing number of republicans after he lied about his background. speaker mccarthy asked today what will he do about santos? how he answered. damar hamlin now out of the hospital. what is the next step in his road to recovery? the new severe weather threat taking aim in california after storms left 18 dead. the stabbing rampage at a paris train station. was it a terrorist act? russian forces gaining ground in eastern ukraine as putin makes major military shake up. and the sudden death of an iconic rock guitarist. remembering the legendary jeff beck. good evening, everyone. this is what it looked like over the u.s. just before we came on the air tonight. aviation flight aware displaying planes currently in flight. this evening s busy skies and sharp contrast to what we were seeing 12 hours ago. after an early morning faa computer failure left departing domestic flights stuck at the gate across the country. the outage of the critical notification system
disagreements, in the push and all of all that makes us human, there is a nation that cannot accomplish there s not this nation cannot accomplish when we stand together and defend with all our hearts that which makes us unique in the world. our democracy. we re not only a nation based on principles, but we are based on an idea, we are the most unique nation in the world. an idea that everyone is created equal and should be treated equally throughout their lives. we don t always live up to it, but we have never walked away from it. that s what makes us who we are, and that s what those hijackers most hoped to destroy when they targeted our buildings and our people. they failed. no terrorist could touch the well spring of american power. and it falls to us to keep it safe on behalf of all those we lost 21 years ago, on behalf of all those who have given their whole souls to the cause of this nation every day since. that s a job for all of us. it s not enough to gather and rem