boy killed in the sandy hook massacre. officers charged: the justice department accuses four current and former police officers for their role in the death of breonna taylor. tonight, her mother reacts. i have waited 874 days for today. brennan: china s show of force: beijing fires multiple rockets into the sea of taiwan in retaliation of speaker nancy pelosi s trip. record heat across the country, the latest forecast. fighting inflation: americans are growing their own food to beat high prices. and, how minor league bawl players hit a roam run while chasing big dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. tonight, pressure builds on president biden to broker a prisoner swap with russia to free basketball star brittney griner. today, a russian judge gave her a nine-year sentence after finding
the dramatic bodycam. the hero who saved five people trapped inside a burning home. and a game of catch on the ultimate field of dreams inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone president biden in a late-night press conference from saudi arabia defending his visit to a country he once labeled a pariah state. the president arriving in jeddah where he came face to face and fist to fist in a heavily scrutinized greeting with crown prince muhammad bin salman mr. biden telling reporters he raised the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi at the top of their meeting the president saying he pushed back on the crown prince s claim of innocence the president walking a political and diplomatic tightrope hoping to hold saudis rulers to account for human rights abuses while securing more saudi oil to further bring down gas prices here at home peter alexander is there and was able to question the president. reporter
gio benitez with news on the suspect tonight. after the prime time hearing before the american people showing where the former president was for hours, watching cable news as the capitol was under attack, tonight, the former president back in washington, talking about law and order. and his former vice president, who came within 40 feet of those rioters, mike pence, speaking today, too, a much different message. and could the former president be held accountable. rachel scott live in washington. tonight, the astonishing new discovery at lake mead. a third set of human remains now. coming in. kayna whitworth on this again tonight. the principal in uvalde suspended from her job. what a new report now reveals. what leaders in the school allegedly knew about broken door locks, about propped doors, among other concerns. mireya villarreal from texas. the new and alarming numbers tonight. the cases of monkeypox here in the u.s. tonight, the common questions. how do you get i
hook parents for calling the massacre a hoax. also tonight, four current and former officers now facing federal civil rights charges for the raid that killed breonna taylor. what the justice department alleges they did. the biden administration declaring monkeypox a public health emergency. what it means for the federal response. the record-shattering heat. nearly 80 million on alert. al roker is standing by. the new twist in a nearly 40-year-old cold case. he spent decades in prison for a murder he didn t commit. who authorities have now charged. and the nfl preseason kicking off on nbc. why tonight s game head coaches. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, from las vegas, where i m attending a gathering of black and hispanic journalists. we start tonight in moscow, where american pro basketball star brittney griner was sentenced today to nine years in a russian prison. the sentence coming right after the court pronounc
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