cbs s kris van cleave with what you should know before heading to the airport. we have been practicing and training and preparing for the stretch. o donnell: plus the catas out of the bag, the t.s.a. find, we ll explain. and an inspiring story let s go, dad, let s go! o donnell: about the endurance of a father and son s love. #. 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 the tuesday night. we are learning new details about the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in colorado springs. tonight, we re hearing from people who were inside the club when the gunman opened fire, killing five, and injuring 18 others. for the first time, retired army major richard fierro is speaking out. he s being hailed as a hero after tackling the gunman and holding him till place arrived. president biden called fierro to thank him for his bravery and
grateful to have come home to them yet full of despair. what will thanksgiving mean to you this year? it is a lot more to be thankful for now. it brings a new reality to how short life really can be and how evil this world really can be. reporter: jerecho says he s grateful to fierro but the veteran says he didn t do enough. there are five people i could not help and one of which was family to me. reporter: two days from thanksgiving, there is profound sad necessary in cringes, a time when families are copping together for thanksgiving, many here torn apart. the suspect in this case will make his first court appearance tomorrow morning. of all thmitnking janet japt, thank you. in north carolina, n.t.s.b. b investigators are on the scene of a deadly helicopter crash. that chopper went down next to a major interstate in charlotte. cbs s mark strassmann says without the pilot s heroic