cnn s pete muntean and cnn aerospace analyst myles o brien joins me now. pete, let s start here. what is the latest on what is happened with the suspect and do we know anything new about what they were doing up there. reporter: sessentially the pilot lives to tell the tale, but likely in a courtroom. from two different government sources that the plane that was stolen earlier this morning, around 5:00 a.m., from the tupelo regional airport, according to the tupelo, police, crashed near ashland, mississippi. it flew around the area for about five hours. police in tupelo say they initially got a phone call at 5:00 a.m. central time from the person on board this airplane saying that they were threatening to crash the plane into one of the walmarts in tupelo, mississippi. according to flight aware, the plane flew around for about five hours, north west of the area and then over the holly springs national forest. we heard from sources that a king air like this, a beechcraft, sea
america: after five people are shot and 100 rounds fired in philadelphia, cbs elaine quijano is there tonight in one of the nation s deadliest cities. and a trip into the history books. cbs kris van cleave is on a flight honoring a pilot and pioneer. 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 on this wednesday night. tonight, donald trump s former vice president is speaking out for the first time since the search of mara-a-lago, and it comes as the january 6 committee is continuing its work. tonight the panel may have a new witness. mike pence says he would consider testifying if he is asked. you may recall there was a pressure campaign led by trump for pence to overturn the 2020 election and not certify the electoral votes in congress. white house officials told the committee when pence didn t comply, the former president called him
cbs dr. jon lapook speaks with the c.d.c. director, rochelle walensky, for her only television interview. reporter: was the agency up tothe task of handling this pandemic? o donnell: gun violence in america. after five people are shot and 100 rounds fired in philadelphia, cbs elaine quijano is there tonight in one of the nation s deadliest cities. and a trip into the history books. cbs kris van cleave is on a flight honoring a pilot and pioneer. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, donald trump s former vice president is speaking out for the first time since the search of mara-a-lago, and it comes as the january 6 committee is continuing its work. tonight the panel may have a new witness. mike pences says he would consider testifying if he is asked. you may recall there was a pressure campaign led by trump for pence
place to land troops and equipment in a crushing blow to russian morale. and later, it s been a blockbuster summer at movie theaters. audiences return for action on the big screen. having fun yet? so why is hollywood bracing for a big chill? the problem is there weren t enough blockbusters this summer for the theater chains to really say that we are back. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news. from new york, with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. tonight, millions of americans from texas to louisiana are under threat of flash flooding. torrential rain is swamping drought-stricken land near flagstaff, arizona rushing water made the roads unpassable. and this week there s more rounds of rain to come as storms move east. cbs s danya bacchus is tracking it all. reporter: good evening, jericka. it is still extremely dry here in los angeles, but across the west and southwest there s a rush to clean up in the wake of powerful st
capturing the moment these two cops were ambushed while responding to a woman being stabbed at a hotel. the suspect who died after a shoot-out with police had a rap sheet about a mile long. his girlfriend accused him of assault just a day before the shooting. he served two stints in prison, and last year was facing a third for possessing a firearm as a felon that could have put him behind bars for three years, but george gascon let him slide, easy on the last chart. giving him a 20 day details on tenth and put him on probation. defending the move saying the slap on the rest was consistent with case resolutions for this type of offense, given his criminal history and the nature of the offense. it s not consistent, judge, this guys like, he beats his wife, is not an illegal gun. to be quite consistent with his policy, which is it doesn t matter how violent you are, doesn t matter what your record is, doesn t matter if you are a threat to society, were going to let you lose be