everybody. i m lindsey riser in for katy tur in new york city. the big news today, the potentially historic battle surrounding house republican leadership and the growing resistance to kevin mccarthy, as he scrambles to find and secure the 218 votes he needs to become the next speaker. despite that, we learned over the weekend that mccarthy has already moved into the speaker suite in the capitol, if he secures the votes, no problem, but if he doesn t, he ll have to move out and that is seeming like more of a possibility by the day. before sunday, the number of republicans openly opposing kevin mccarthy was five but that number has appeared to grow after nine more republicans released a letter saying that mccarthy s concessions up to this point have not been enough to win them over. one of the original five, congressman bob good says the plan is to deny kevin mccarthy the votes he needs and see what happens. what we ll do is we ll block kevin. i suspect there will be 10 or 1
the wave of gun violence. the breaking news about mikhail gorbachev, the consequential world leader who took down the iron curtain. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. o donnell: as demand for new homes remains high, there is a labor shortage to build them. cbs s nancy chen on the women filling the void. 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 tuesday night. a humanitarian crisis is unfolding here in america, as a state of emergency is declared in jackson, mississippi. the governor warning the capital s nearly 200,000 residents to not drink the water. the national guard has been called in to help get bottled water to those in need. and, it s not just drinking water. low-water pressure means people are unable to shower or flush their toilets. the problems at the water treatment plant came after days of heavy rains, resulted in a swolle
mikhail gorbachev, the consequential world leader that took down the iron curtain. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! o donnell: as demand for new homes remains high, there s a labor shortage to build them. cbs s nancy chen tonight on the women filling the void. and cbs gayle king with the greatest of all time after her thrilling u.s. open win. o donnell: good evening. thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we want to begin with a humanitarian crisis that s unfolding here at a major city in america as a state of emergency is declared in jackson, mississippi. the governor warning the capital s nearly 200,000 residents to not drink the water. the national guard has been called in to help get bottled water to those in need, and it s not just drinking water. low-water pressure means people are unable to shower or #their toilets. the problems at the water treatment plant came after days of heavy rains, resulted in a swollen pearl river. tonight, one of the most al
justice and go after trump s political rivals. also tonight, we have come to know lindsay graham as the most cravenly opportunistic politician in america, and that s saying a lot. and now two months after saying that states should decide on abortion, he is pushing for a federal ban. and giuliani biographer andrew curtsman joins me on rudy s disgraceful dissent. he was once called america s mayor, and now he s a laughing maga stock. trump saw the governmental ageany as his. it s run by the attorney general, but when said attorney general is one william barr, things get murky. which brings us to geoffrey berman, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york who trump fired in 2020 after he refused barr s request that he resign. a lot has happened since 2020, a lot. but you may recall berman s firing was a big deal. we re talking about an american president strong arming a u.s. attorney general to fire a prosecutor because he refused to obey and to twist his offi
age 23. massive clean justify, homes damaged or destroyed. the news tonight about the 44 people unaccounted for. tar report from the flood he n 20 are killed in ukraine, including children after a russian missile strike. inflation s impact, cbs s adriana diaz introduces us to a family being forced to choose between groceries and a 15-year-old s cancer treatment. and meet vinny duke, helping heel heart brake. 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 thursday tonight. one week from now, prime time hearing away what lawmakers promise will be never before seen evidence with what what they hope will proof drumpled s assault on the capitol. tonight we have new reporting on which witness the former presidential allegedly tried to call recently, raising questions about witness tampering and just as the investigation is zeroing in on donald trump himself, he may be trying t