Those waiti tell them that their child is never coming home. Reporter doctors and gun victims and mayors are blanketing the capitol, as some republicans signal new openness to gun laws after a summer of deadly mass shootings. Im hoping that in the next few day, early next week, well have a breakthrough. Reporter gop leaders met with the president today to try to nail down what he supports. Hes very interested. I think he is learning about this issue. Reporter House Democrats arent waiting. The Judiciary Committee will please come to order. Reporter advancing bills today that would ban high capacity magazines and confiscate guns from high risk individuals. Theyre urging the senate to join them in passing universal background checks. We wont stop until the job is done. Reporter finding consensus wont be easy. Do you think that it would be reasonable to mandate background checks for all commercial gun sales . Were waiting to see how we can actually achieve something on this issue. What do
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with a big victory for President Trump and the gop. Last night republican dan bishop narrowly defeated democrat dan mccreedy in a special election in North Carolinas ninth congressional district. The house race was seen as a referendum on President Trump who easily won the district in 2016. Laura podesta is here in new york. Why was this so important for republicans . Reporter annemarie, dan bishops victory is a bright spot for a Republican House delegation that lost 40 seats in the 2018 midterm elections. The North Carolina state senator will keep red a seat republicans have held since 1963. Still, the fact that the race was competitive may be troubling for the gop. [ cheers ] republican dan bishop narrowly won a special election in North Carolina to become that states next congressman. Tonight is a victory shared by all who believe in the promise of america
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Odonnell and good evening. Welcome to our western edition President Trump deployed his signature line, youre fired, against his own National Security adviser today who says he quit. John boltons departure from the white house had long before rumored, but the end came quickly today. The president cited policy disagreements with bolton, who is known as a hawk on Foreign Policy. Bolton was President Trumps third National Security adviser to be forced out, preceded by Michael Flynn and h. R. Mcmaster. Bolton is also the 18th cabinet level official to exit the administration in just over 2. 5 years. Cbs weijia jiang is at the white house tonight with new reporting on why the president decided to cut his adviser loose. Reporter our cameras spotted john bolton outside the west wing this morning, just hours before the president revealed that he had told him histhwhite. But the ousted National Security adviser disputed that, saying he offered to