and remembering one of the most famous voices in baseball announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone abortion rights advocates are savoring a significant and rare post-roe v. wade victory tonight. not in a statehouse but at the ballot box in kansas where voters upended assumptions, defeating by a wide margin a constitutional amendment that would have opened the door to a ban on abortions in kansas. the mechanics of the victory mustering an unexpectedly large voter turnout in the mostly red state, quickly becoming a case study for democrats and republicans as they weigh the potential impact of abortion as an animating issue in the november midterm elections. elsewhere last night, important wins for trump-backed candidates in several state primary elections. we have two reports beginning with kristen welker on the kansas vote reporter: lester, good evening this was the first time abortion was on the ballot since roe v. wade was overturne
pelosi leaves taiwan as beijing responds on multiple fronts military drills and economic sanctions. monkeypox outbreak. cases in the u.s. are doubling every five to seven days and now a major u.s. city will run out of vaccines by the end of the day. liv golfers teeing off on the p.g.a. tour. phil mickelson and 10 other players file an antitrust lawsuit after being banned from joining a saudi-backed league. hail of a storm. a scary incident as grapefruit- sized golf balls smash vehicles in canada. high fly ball into right field. she is gone! major u.s. city will run out of vaccines by the end of the day. liv golfers teeing off on the pga tour. they file an anti-trust suit after signing on with the saudi-backed team. high fly ball into right field. she is gone! garrett: and remembering vin scully who called some of the greatest moments in sports history. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to o
our exclusive reporting by cbs more hearings as new evidence pores in as cbs news obtained these new images from a never- before-seen documentary. the desperate search for survivors. a deadly earthquake his afghanistan, killing over 1,000, and injuring more than 15 money 1,500 more. dangerous heat waves. record-high temperatures from texas to south carolina. outrage grows in uvalde. our interview tonight with the father who lost his nine-year- old daughter, and said he s disappointed with the investigation. it hurts, you know. o donnell: our cbs news investigation. a look into an online mental health provider accused of over- prescribing drugs like adderall. tonight s other top headlines: a shark attack off the california coastline. plus, yellowstone, one of the country s national treasures, reopens. 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 fo
sandra: america s energy crisis, president biden will ask congress to suspend the gas tax for summer. critics say it will have little impact on american wallets and could make the inflation situation worse. hello, welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports. the president will request a three month suspension of the gas tax through september, currently $0.18 a gallon for gasoline. $0.24 a gallon for diesel. studies show a move like this does not save people all that much money but does cost the government billions of dollars in revenue. sandra: former president obama famously called it a gimmick in 2008, and all of this as we expect president biden to pin the blame once again on his favorite bogeyman, vladimir putin. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. hi, jacqui. jacqui: good afternoon to you. the president is expected to call on congress to extend a federal gas tax holiday, som
since friday, as in today is monday. unbelievably, the country is on pace for its worst year ever of mass shootings. this according to the gun violence archive. that means at least 246 since the beginning of the year. three-year uptick began in 2019. in 2020, it jumped to 610. and then just last year, we were at 692. but with all those numbers, there s really only one number to keep focusing on. i mean, that s if america wants to do something about these other horrible numbers. and that is the number ten, my friends. what would persuade ten republicans in the 50/50 split senate to sign legislation to reduce gun violence. i didn t say eliminate gun violence. the lawyer in me does not want to lead you astray. how about saving as many innocent lives as possible with some kind of action? whether public defenders in the bipartisan group of negotiators, who s working on a potential deal, said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that will prevent mass killings. a det