good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, july 7th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. what a moment. moments ago, boris johnson announced he s resigning as britain s prime minister. them s the breaks, he says, a defiant boris johnson, bragging about his accomplishments, his electoral mandate, but certainly not apologizing and failing or refusing to answer the biggest question, when will he actually leave? johnson says he will announce a timetable next week, but there are indications he may want to hang on for months. this only exacerbates the turmoil at the top of this key u.s. ally. his resignation is coming after just a raft, a litany of scandals and a flood of resignations in the last 48 hours, 60 officials quitting johnson s conservative party government, johnson and his speech not dressing those self-inflicted wounds that brought his government down in the end, leaving it as berman mentioned there, them s the breaks
police in richmond, virginia, praise a hero citizen who called in a tip that saved lives. and in uvalde a report out today finds an officer may have missed a chance to take down the gunman before the carnage at the elementary school. tonight s other top headlines, former white house lawyer pat cipollone agrees to meet with the january 6th committee behind closed doors. president biden speaks with the wife of w.n.b.a. star brittney griner. and, boris on the brink: will the british prime minister resign? the job of the prime minister in difficult circumstances, is to keep going. o donnell: and the $500 tip that is sure to make you smile. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening and to our viewers in the west thank you so much for joining us on this wednesday night, i m jericka duncan, in for norah. tonight, authorities say the suspect in the mass shooting of an independence parade in highl
and new parents killed in the july 4th attack. tonight we hear their stories including irina and kevin mccarthy and how their two year old son survived. a tragedy averted. police in richmond, virginia, praise a hero citizen who called er white hr heaesnffer may haveo cipollag meewithomeebehindlosede or b grer a boron the brink. will the british prime minister resign. the job of the prime minister in difficult circumstances is to keep going. o donnell: and the $500 tip that is sure to make you smile. this is the cbs evening this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you so much for joining us on this wednesday night, i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight authorities say the suspect in the mass shooting of an independence parade in highland park, illinois, confessed during a police questioning. and we re now learning that robert krijo the third drove to madison, wisconsin w
younger than 21, but it would be a potentially significant new development. also, on that list, you can see school safety measures, and investments in mental health. the u.s. is on pace to see its worst year ever for mass shootings. there have been at least 247 mass shootings through june 5th of this year, that s according to the gun violence archive, including at least 13 since friday alone. also this week, the events surrounding the january 6th insurrection will take center stage. we have new cnn reporting that thursday s primetime hearing will include live testimony from two people who interacted directly with the proud boys around the time of the attack. this is significant t comes amid a serious escalation by the department of justice, which charged the leaders of the proud boys with seditious conspiracy in the attack. the most aggressive charges brought against the far right extremist group yet. all right, joining us now, cnn s senior political correspondent and anc
lebanese turn out for a parliamentary poll? a bbc team has uncovered further evidence of potential war crimes committed by russian forces in ukraine. since russian soldiers were pushed back from kyiv at the end of march, the bodies of more than 1,000 civilians have been discovered in the bucha region, just outside the capital. the local police chief has said that more than half of the dead were shot, in what has been described as executions. 0ur east europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been investigating one case in particular. and a warning her report contains some distressing details. this is a place where dark acts were committed. civilians tortured and killed by russian soldiers fighting a war in which they break all the rules, like they do not know them or even care. we were shown underground to where five men were held captive, then shot in the head. in the gloom, we saw the chilling evidence. the men s bodies were found kneeling here, beaten, their hands tied