helping his son obtain a gun? breaking news: derek chauvin sentenced: a federal judge gives the former officer 21 years for violating george floyd s civil rights. remembering a hollywood icon: the godfather star james caan dies after a six-decade career. cbs carter evans has a story about why you could see lower prices on your next purchase.xt. and honoring great americans: the 17 civilians awarded the presidential medal of freedom at the white house. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight, british prime minister boris johnson is stepping down following months of scandals, but he s not leaving right away. the embattled leader says he will stay on until his chosen successor comes in setember. his three years in office very plagued by controversy including his handling
the confessed shooter eats dad. derek chauvin sentenced, a federal judge gives the former officer 21 years for violating george floyd s civil rights. remembering a hollywood icon, the godfather star james caan dies after a six-decade career. cbs s carter evans has a story about why you could see lower prices on your next purchase. and honoring great americans, the 17 civilians awarded the presidential medal of freedom at the white house. duncan: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight, british prime minister boris johnson is stepping down following months of scandals, but he s not leaving right away. the embattled leader says he will stay on until his chosen successor comes in september. his three years in office very plagued by controversy including his handling of coronavirus and hosting government alcoholic fueled parties, where he stands on the european union and other policies that directly impact the
counsel pat cipollone has firsthand knoll of key events before and during the insurrection. let s go to ryan nobody else. he s up on capitol hill. ryan, more than seven hours, certainly one of the longer witness interviews the committee has conducted. tell our viewers what you re learn. that s right. pat cipollone was with the committee for more than eight hours when you take into account the breaks he took. he sat for more than seven hours of testimony. it does compare to some of the more lengthy testimony that we have seen bear fruit for the committee, such as ivanka trump, jared kushner, those were long depositions, then later used in hearings. also jeffrey rosen, richard donahue, members of the department of justice, they also sat for lengthy interviews that the committee was able to use. this would indicate that cipollone was, at least on some level cooperative. there was some concern he may not answer certain questions because of privilege issues. that may be the kay.
learning new details about his life. welcome to new day . it is saturday, may 21st. we re thrilled that you are starting your weekend with us. good morning, amara. good morning to you, boris. thank you, everyone, for joining us today. with he begin with the nationwide plight, testing the most basic function of parents. the ability to feed their child. the baby formula shortage is throwing the white house into crisis mode as parents face empty shelves. the situation is so severe, not only has the president invoked a war-time measure to increase production, but now a military plane will be used to carry formula from overseas. the defense department ordered the first flights to leave this weekend from germany. and just this morning, president biden signing a new bill into law in response to the severe shortage. it allows the waiver of certain program requirements in the special nutrition program for women, infant and children, also known as wic. they are trying to expla
to restart the military drills? reporter: well, both president biden and president yun of south korea agreeing to begin discussions to expand these military drills between the united states and south korea. now this marks a dramatic shift from president biden s predecessor former president trump who not only scaled back but moved to scrap the exercisesal together, calling them too costly and provocative as he pursued this grand bargain diplomacy with kim jong-un. president trump met three times with the north korean leader. but ultimately was not able to make any progress, any meaningful substantive progress toward the ultimate u.s. goal of denuclearization of north korea. now, president biden is really re-setting u.s. foreign policy as it relates to north korea during this five-day trip to south korea and japan. what we re seeing from president biden is a move toward a much more traditional u.s. foreign policy. senior administration officials have told me is a careful appr