boy killed in the sandy hook massacre. officers charged: the justice department accuses four current and former police officers for their role in the death of breonna taylor. tonight, her mother reacts. i have waited 874 days for today. brennan: china s show of force: beijing fires multiple rockets into the sea of taiwan in retaliation of speaker nancy pelosi s trip. record heat across the country, the latest forecast. fighting inflation: americans are growing their own food to beat high prices. and, how minor league bawl players hit a roam run while chasing big dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. tonight, pressure builds on president biden to broker a prisoner swap with russia to free basketball star brittney griner. today, a russian judge gave her a nine-year sentence after finding
also tonight, cnn has learned that former president trump s lawyers are now in direct talks with the u.s. justice department about the january 6th criminal investigation. stand by for our exclusive new reporting as sources now reveal that trump s attorneys have warned him that indictments, criminal indictments are possible and wnba star brittney griner is sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted by a russian court on drug charges. the u.s. is now reviewing for moscow to accept a proposed prisoner swap aimed at bringing griner home. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news right now. a texas jury awarding more than $4 million to the parents of the sandy hook shooting victim suing alex jones over defamation and distress over his repeated lies about the tragedy. cnn correspondent drew griffin is working the stor
hook parents for calling the massacre a hoax. also tonight, four current and former officers now facing federal civil rights charges for the raid that killed breonna taylor. what the justice department alleges they did. the biden administration declaring monkeypox a public health emergency. what it means for the federal response. the record-shattering heat. nearly 80 million on alert. al roker is standing by. the new twist in a nearly 40-year-old cold case. he spent decades in prison for a murder he didn t commit. who authorities have now charged. and the nfl preseason kicking off on nbc. why tonight s game head coaches. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from las vegas, where i m attending a gathering of black and hispanic journalists. we start tonight in moscow, where american pro basketball star brittney griner was sentenced today to nine years in a russian prison. the sentence coming right after the court pronounc
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this case is all about, this period after the election. some of those, of course, go through today. we talked about, of course, the threat to judge chutkan, and then we have threats to the district attorney in new york, the district attorney and the sheriff of fulton county, threats to the former judge s chambers providing over the ongoing trial. these are all from the last few weeks, so the notion that there was some dynamic that existed in 2020 that has since abated or gone stale i think is wrong. how do we how do we know what he gets held accountable for? i mean, this is the internet era. he s a high profile public figure who posts. he has lots and lots and lots of followers, but it s also covered on news channels that have listeners and newspapers that have readers and all manner of media can communicate his words to people of the public. how i mean, how do we how does the district court reasonably decide which postings he is responsible for prompting adverse cond