world, it is wednesday, june 8th. cnn has learned the most prominent republican in the senate supports raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon like an ar-15 from 18 to 216789 mitch mcconnell has said that in private we are told, but he won t say it in public, and it is not likely to be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks heat up between democrats and republicans. republican senator cynthia lummis of wyoming said two weeks ago that she doubted that any plan to curb violence would be welcome in her pro-gun state. now she s signaling an openness to finding legislative solutions because her office has been flooded with calls from constituents demanding an end to mass shootings. let s bring in cnn s pamela brown about some of the latest reporting we re hearing on these negotiations and where this discussion goes from here. what are you learning, pam? so i m learning, me and my colleague manu raju have learned that the senate minority leader mitch mcco
do you think it s going to happen again? miah was one of several witnesses who gave heartbreaking and really disturbing testimony at the hearing about america s epidemic of gun violence. mass shootings are on pace to hit record levels this year. the parents of lexi rubio, who was killed at robb elementary we want as they implored lawmakers to change the country s gun laws. we don t want you to think of lexi as just a number. she was intelligent, compassionate, athletic. she was quiet, shy unless she had a point to make. if she knew she was right, as she so often was, she was firm, direct, voice unwavering. so today we stand for lexi and as her voice we demand action. we seek a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines. we understand that for some reason to some people, to people with money, to people who fund political campaigns that guns are more important than children. somewhere out there there s a mom listening to our testimony thinking i can t even imagine
we have a date for when kids under the age of five may be eligible for a covid vaccine get your calendars ready. the platinum jubilee for queen elizabeth ii. the royal family gathers. harry and meghan are there, but it s the queen s great-grandson, four-year-old prince louis, who steals the show. tonight, what we re learning about why the 96-year-old monarch will miss a major part of her celebration. gas prices up 52 cents in just a month. will a big announcement from the world s oil producers help at the pump? protecting the nation s food supply. why a group of scientists hope these killer bugs could help. and we end tonight with the inspiring story of a mother of nine children who just graduated from medical school, planning to become a neurosurgeon. tonight, her message to others: follow your dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us
midterm elections. in a hail mary, biden administration appears to be banking on the youth vote, i m john roberts in washington. you are all warmed up. sandra: and a lot more to dig into there, great to be with you. sandra smith in new york. this is america reports. biden administration is now just moments away from announcing that it is cancelling $5.8 billion in loans for borrowers who attended a for profit college. now middle class americans are left picking up the tab as experts warn a recession is just around the corner. it s the largest student loan cancellation in u.s. history as 560,000 borrowers are now off the hook. john: but could that just be a sweetener? the move comes a day after biden admitted gas and food prices are not going to come down soon. gas prices a new record high, up more than $0.50 in the past month. and new disappointing private sector job data out shows businesses are struggling to hire workers. sandra: it is a big problem and worse. south
rating. i can tell you, royalty or not, you would pain for such numbers. the queen won t be attending a service of thanksgiving amid some discomfort we re told during this platinum jubilee. it will not get in the way of what they re saying will be a number of events prescheduled and will go into the evening, including this beacon, series of beacons being lit throughout the day and the evening. it s about 9:00, 10:00 p.m. there, i should say. we ll be monitoring this. martha maccallum will be joining us to give us a sense of the flavor of this and what is in store the next few days. in the meantime, developments close to home look a little bit diceyer and murkier. the back and forth of the administration and how to address inflation that is running amuck. gas prices hit another record high. talk that there could be a shakeup within the administration. they re officially denying it, but we re watching it nevertheless amid over who is responsible for the inflation run up that wa