in a country that has no universal health care, no universal child care and no guaranteed paid or family medical leave. this relates to a whole host of supreme court decisions coming through and still to come. this is an america that has seen more mass shootings than the number of days so far this year. according to data from the gun violence archive, year-over-year mass shootings in the u.s. all on the rise. yet the court ruled cities and states across the country can no longer enact their own gun regulations, within the limitations defined by thursday s decision. by the end of the week the high court could strip the environmental protection agency, founded under republican president nixon, from enacting regulations that protect against pollution and climate change. this is a changing america. this weekend, many americans took to the streets in protest. some in favor, others opposed to the court s ruling. while most protests were peaceful, there were some arrests followi
federal government to get untraceable ghost guns off the streets. cbs jeff pegues shows us why these guns are so dangerous. reporter: this is a ghost gun. it s something that can be produced on a printer. and you can get it for less than $200. o donnell: and we ve all heard about the summer slump. but what impact did the pandemic have on america s school children? the startling details with cbs meg oliver. 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 wednesday night. tonight, president biden offers relief for millions of americans burdened with federal student loans. the president pledged to wipe away thousands of dollars of college debt and his administration is also proposing big changes to the repayment programs. the highly anticipated plan forgives up to $20,000 for individual borrowers following through on a campaign promise he made in 2020. the average u.
hot texas sun. and now word of children among the victims. plus, shocking new video of a powerful blast in the war that russia started, as the u.s. and allies rush to prevent any chance of a similar fate in two other countries. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and the paulout from the damning, stunning january 6th hearing yesterday. it is becoming more and more clear just how distressed trump and his allies seem to be in the wake of the testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. based on how relentlessly they re attacking her. nonetheless, the former top aide to the chief of staff, mark meadows, is standing by her comments. cassidy hutchinson s lawyers telling us in a statement, you re hearing about first on cnn, quote, ms. hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she provided yesterday. under oath, to the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. unquote. now, one mig
late word that the agency might temporarily disable texting on employee phones while it fixes gaps in how it retains these messages. first, though, what could be far reaching repercussions from primary elections in five states last not. in kansas, a ballot measure to strip abortion rights from the state constitution lost by a wide margin. here s president biden say hailing it as a bellwether for november. in a decisive vote, in a decisive victory, voters made it clear that politicians should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women. the voters of kansas sent a powerful signal that this fall the american people will vote to preserve and protect the right and refuse to let them be ripped away by politicians. well, tonight, we ll look closer at whether that is likely to be the case based in part on who turned out in kansas and what polling. in the wake of last night the former president s clout on the republican party. in michigan, congressman peter meijer, one of
tonight major new developments in the january six criminal investigation. the former administration s top white house attorney, pat cipollone, who allegedly warned about dire consequences for key aspects of the former presidents election scheme, he is now facing the prospect of appearing before a federal grand jury. he s not the only one. also potential fallout from those missing secret service text messages, on or around january 6th, late word that the agency might temporarily disable texting on employee phones while it fixes gaps in how it retains these messages. first, though, that could be a far-reaching, what could be far reaching repercussions from primary elections from five states last night, and deeper kansas a ballot to strip abortion rights lost by a wide margin. hailing it as a bellwether for november. in a decisive vote, in a decisive victory, voters made clear that politicians should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women. the voters of kansas sent