a to do list including sop of the most precedent setting decisions as they prepare to present closing arguments. add to that list what to do with the mountain of evidence they have accumulated specifically about donald trump s role, hands-on role as the driving force behind the campaign to overturn the 2020 election. one that would ultimately endanger his own vice president and members of congress. here s what committee chairman bennie thompson said about this when speaking to reporters on tuesday. i think now that the department of justice is being proactive, i think it s time for the committee to determine whether or not the information can be beneficial to that investigation. so thompson added in that press avail that the committee will issue an interim report in october followed by a final report by the committee at the end of the year. all the vital work by the the select committee happens as the existential threat to democracy posed by trump and his big lie, a threa
18-year-old walk in, a 20-year-old and buy an ar-15. that s why back in 1994 i took on the nra and passed the assault weapons ban. for ten years mass shootings were down. ten years in a row. i was going to say i passed that legislation in 1994 as a senator. but in 2004 republicans let that ban expire. what happened? mass shootings in america tripled. it s time to ban these. it s time to ban these weapons. we did it before. we can do it again. [ applause ] it s time to hold every elected official s feet to the fire and ask them are you for banning assault weapons, yes or no? ask them. if the answer is no, vote against them. [ applause ] look, i m prouder that after seven years we finally had a senate confirm director of alcohol, tobacco and firearms responsible for fighting gun crimes, for seven years the other team would not let us appoint anyone to that job. incredibly important job to help local law enforcement, federal law enforcement identify the ballistics. a whole range
vinnitsya for us. give us the latest at this hour. reporter: this is across the street from the blast site. this streetcar, you can see all the windows are blown out. they re trying to figure out how they re going to move it, if it still runs at this stage and how they re going to get it out of here. i ll take you over here. this is called the house of officers. it is actually a concert venue, a theater. it s obviously from the soviet era, quite old. this building was completely gutted on the inside. we can actually walk past the lawn, and you can see inside, bits of it. they are still at least they were a few minutes ago still hosing down parts of it, some of the hottest spots. they re trying to dismantle parts of it. i want to take you over here for one second. people have started to lay flowers here, stuffed animals as well, and the reason why is because earlier in the day, there was a photo that was put out by the foreign minister and other officials showing a strol
we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. john: tough talk as iran emerges as a big focus of his middle east trip. sandra, hello do you again. sandra: hello to you. israeli prime minister and president biden signing a joint declaration, pledging no nuke for iran. john: israel urging the united states to put a deadline on the talks and threatening the use of military force. iranian president reportedly firing back shortly after that saying i tell the americans and their regional allies the iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in the region and that any mistake made in this region will be met with a harsh and regretable response. sandra: the biden team set to head to saudi arabia with a list of goals in hand, with energy security topping the list. officials say they should be looking state side instead. we think texas is a lot closer than saudi arabia and president biden does not need to be travelling
age 23. massive clean justify, homes damaged or destroyed. the news tonight about the 44 people unaccounted for. tar report from the flood he n 20 are killed in ukraine, including children after a russian missile strike. inflation s impact, cbs s adriana diaz introduces us to a family being forced to choose between groceries and a 15-year-old s cancer treatment. and meet vinny duke, helping heel heart brake. 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 thursday tonight. one week from now, prime time hearing away what lawmakers promise will be never before seen evidence with what what they hope will proof drumpled s assault on the capitol. tonight we have new reporting on which witness the former presidential allegedly tried to call recently, raising questions about witness tampering and just as the investigation is zeroing in on donald trump himself, he may be trying t