but first, we go to america s crime crisis. the biden administration is challenging congress to act once again calling for gun control measures after a scourge of fire are violence tormented cities across the nation over the extended holiday weekend. three mass shootings in the major cities over the last three days claimed at least 13 lives and injured thousands. from new york. good evening. good evening to you from new york city and all the way to fort worth, texas. dozens of families are reeling tonight. they are making funeral arrangements as democrats lash out at republicans and the call for a stronger. republicans in congress need to act. the white house going on republicans to pass gun reform once again after a long weekend of violence across the country. in philadelphia, police arrested kim brady for gunning down five people and injuring five more monday night. the youngest victim a 2-year-old boy shot 4 times in his legs while sitting in a car. it is time for
america s job market stays hot even as the economy faces headwinds. not so sweet. why a georgia peach could be hard to find this summer. and later, a yellowstone star s new mission, now asking to help the children of the fallen. that s my way of serving this country. announcer: this is the cbs evening news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with new tensions between global rivals. today china s defense minister aggressively defended sailing a warship directly in front of an american missile destroyer. speaking at a summit in singapore, he warned the west to stay out of waters and air space near china s borders. the dangerous close encounter happened in the taiwan strait separating taiwan from china. cbs s elizabeth palmer leads us off tonight. reporter: addressing an audience of global security officials, china s defense minister general li shangfu had some blunt advice for the united st
plains. the weekend focast plus, pride backlash. as celebrations begin, conflict threatens some events. later, leaping to the top. when making art for ballet hispanico is about changing lives. does it make you feel strong? yes. yeah. strong, flight show me you re strong. rrrrr. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. we begin tonight be with new tensions between the world s largest military super powers, the united states and china. at issue, the latest military moves here in the strait of taiwan between the island and china. new video shows a chinese warship speeding up coming within 150 yards of hitting the american missile destroyer. the chinese ship even called the american vessel ordering it to move or there would be a collision. the u.s. ship slowed to avoid a crash. news of the incident coming the same day u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin in singapore issued this warning to beijing. to be clear, we do not seek confli
the republican field getting bigger and angrier. matt is live with the highlights. three additional candidates are announcing their bid for the white house this week including former vice president mike pence who is taking on his old boss. it was fireworks at the view as republican candidate tim scott took on sunny over previous comments made about him. understanding systemic racism african-americans face in the country and other minorities. he doesn t get it. i feel like that s an oxy moron. scott fired back explaining how conditions improved in the united states. siting a black president, a black vice president, and dropping numbers. you said you didn t believe in systemic racism. one thing i think about are because of the comments made on the show the only way for a young african-american kid is to be the exception and not the rule. that s a dangerous and offensive message to send to our young people. it will be a busy week. three presidential candidates are
alert and new warning from beijing, and major escalation of rhetoric out of china. suggesting if house speaker pelosi flies to taiwan with a fighter jet escort, the chinese military could shoot her plane down. happy friday, i m john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: developing story. that is brand-new, i m sandra smith in new york. that stark warning just came from beijing, it happened moments ago. china state media saying a fighter jet escort for pelosi would constitute a invasion, but still no word whether pelosi will be visiting taiwan. yesterday chinese president xi warned president biden not to play with fire, meanwhile russia publicly standing with china on this matter. john: fox team coverage to kick off the hour. the rising red threat. begin with jacqui heinrich, live on the north lawn. jacqui, new information about how the chinese might respond to pelosi s visit? sure do, john, concerning suggestion from state media that the chinese could shoot down