with lester holt good evening i m savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight, the impassioned calls for change in this country, from the uvalde teacher, the lone survivor of his classroom among 11 dead students, to a grieving son of buffalo in a hearing room on capitol hill to the white house briefing room where this afternoon the actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey made a surprise appearance, eulogizing the dead in heart wrenching detail, down to the green high tops the only identifying marker left for one little girl, so ferocious the wounds from the gunman s ar-15. for a moment the nation was captivated. rare roadblock coverage on cable news we have been here many times. tonight, bipartisan momentum appears to be growing for some change to the nation s gun laws what s on the table and will it make a difference nbc s gabe gutierrez leads us off reporter: tonight as the u.s. grapples with the dramatic surge in gun violence, relatives of those killed in the buffalo m
where we re police in new york. what they re doing to seize illegal weapons. soaring gas prices. fuel hits more than $5 a gallon in more than a dozen states as we learn the pain at the pump might be here to stay. the battle against long-haul covid. the first in our two-part series about the 23 million americans, including kids, fighting to the battle against long-haul covid. recover after months of illness. and american kindness: a teenager using her birthday money to help her neighbors. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. t, the presso something on gun reform came to washington today in moving testimony and star power. oscar award-winning actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey gave one of the most emotionally powerful speeches about gun laws that we ve ever seen at the whit
i am thinking about that drawer you just described. at home it s filled with those cords. oddly enough, they are never where i need them when i need them. there is that little problem. it s a common problem for us, my friend. you have a great show, i will be watching. thanks, ali. well, matthew mcconaughey did something at the white house press briefing room today that we have never seen before. we have seen visitors step up to the podium. we have occasionally seen actors do that. but what s matthew mcconaughey had to say in the white house briefing room today may turn out to be the most important speech that an actor has ever given. and i mean ever. because it might it just might save lives. it might it might stop a school shooting or more than one school shooting in the future, if it helps move washington. helps them and act new laws on washing gun safety. it was matthew mcconaughey as you ve never seen him before, standing there with no makeup, no help, no ligh
for 77 minutes, bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. reyes had to listen as the gunman went on to kill 19 children and 2 teachers in that elementary school. reyes said at one point, he heard a student in the connecting classroom call out for police to help. but the police had retreated. and he is outraged over the lack of action by police. he says it s unforgivable. just bullets everywhere and then i just remember border patrol saying, get up, get up, and i couldn t get up. did you feel abandoned in that moment by police, by the people who were supposed to protect you? absolutely. after everything, i get more angry because you have a bulletproof vest. i had nothing. i had nothing. you re supposed to protect and serve. there is no excuse. for their actions, and i will never forgive them. i lost 11 that day, and i went to my parents and said, i m sorry. i tried my best. with what i was taught to do. please don t be angry with me. can you imagine what that man lives
talk. why this uvalde teacher now says he s angry at law enforcement who he heard in the hallway while 11 of his students were being killed. and office ultimatums. return to the office or lose urjob. the tough decision more workers are now facing. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead today. president biden now getting involved as a key democratic senator says negotiations with republicans on gun reform have reached a, quote, critical stage. that democrat, chris murphy of connecticut, visited the white house today to give president biden a rundown of where bipartisan negotiations stand. before murphy headed back to the hill for yet another meeting with his fellow lawmakers. they have expressed growing optimism a deal for a narrow targeted bill could potentially be reached as soon as the end of this week. so what remains on the table? well, incentivized states to pass red flag laws. potential waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds buying