dangerous rhetoric. we re talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that s because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. when we re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? there are efforts to stop people from voting. that s not right! this is not russia! this is the united states of america! and i will fight until the death to make sure every citizen, whether they re green party, whether they re freedom party, whether they re democrat, whether they re republican, whoever
signs of improvement in the icu after his cardiac arrest during a game two days ago. the growing tributes as the bills prepare to return to the field. the suspect in the murder of four idaho college students extradited from pennsylvania and the new body cam from the day he was pulled over twice weeks before his arrest. the stunning twist in the rescue of a family of four after their tesla plunged 250 feet off a cliff. police now saying it was no accident. and the mastermind in the varsity blues college admissions scandal sentenced today. how long he ll spend in prison. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. for a second day, the u.s. house of representatives has been effectively left paralyzed and leaderless and the man considered at the front of the line to become the speaker of a now majority republican house, kevin carthy, has faced a wash, rinse, repeat cycle of votes, each falling short of the numbers mccarthy needs to win the s
the death toll now topping 1,000. that s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a half century later, nasa counts down to its next moon shot on its most powerful rocket yet. and later, marching to his own beat. how music is opening doors for a texas teen. to become the best person that i can ever be. i mean you only live once, so i have to make it great. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with a developing story out of ukraine. this video shows new attacks near europe s largest nuclear power plant. overnight, fighting there is reported as intense, and the plant has been repeatedly damaged by days of shelling. it is controlled by russian forces but operated by ukrainian engineers. international experts say the latest shelling underlies the risk of a nuclear catastrophe. now to a political battle for control of congress. a cbs news poll o
response to team, clark humphrey, wrote to an official on instagram asking the meta-owned social media platform take down an anthony fauci parody account asking is there any way we can get this pulled down? it s not one of ours. minutes later, an instagram official said, yes, on it. this is a practice that began on the trump administration. missouri s attorney general eric schmitt who filed a petition in federal court argues it s federal officials engaging in a massive, sprawling federal censorship enterprise. they were changing their terms of service at the behest of the government. the government doesn t get to do that in the united states of america. what they re trying to do is a work around where they re telling the social media platforms to go do it. kevin: much more on that story coming up. we begin tonight with denver blocked from controlling the thermostats in their own homes! it s a story you have got to hear to believe. bill melugin following that live from t
democracy. the president made the comments against an eerie blood red background complete with marines on guard at philadelphia s independence hall. critics say it is the hyper divisive president and his progressive agenda that are the real threats to the country. now the president seems to be backing off a bit. white house correspondent peter doocy takes a look at the address and the fallout. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, mike. the president s argument is basically that he thinks the united states can have a democracy or maga republicans. but not both. so i asked him today whether or not that applies to all 74 million americans who backed trump in 2020 and his answer was very revealing. this is not unusual, right? to have a to have a speech like this. peter: that speech a warning about so-called maga republicans. they promote authoritarian leaders and fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights. peter: but the preside