after the department of justice reveals multiple police failures and a school shooting that killed 21 people. it was a complete breakdown and lack of leadership. major: the cbs evening news starts right now. good evening, everyone, i m major garrett in for norah. thank you for joining us. we will have more of that department of justice report on the uvalde school shooting in a moment, but first, coast-to-coast winter storms are blanketing the country with snow and a blast of cold air. more than 80% of americans will see below average temperatures this weekend. at least 60 deaths in the last week are being blamed on the weather due to car accidents, hypothermia, and heart attacks. plus, for the fifth time this week, the united states has launched air strikes on iranian-backed houthi s inside yemen. cbs s charlie d agata is with marines on a navy warship in the mediterranean, where they are preparing for a possible escalation of the war in the mideast. but we begin wi
what authorities are now saying. also, more than 40 deaths now in a dozen states blamed on this storm. the family electrocuted, killed while trying to get out of their car. another family member killed while trying to help get them out. and now the new storm moving in tonight. much of the east. in philadelphia, in fact, a winter storm warning. up to half a foot of snow possible. new york city set to get hit again. ginger zee standing by. also tonight, the new and scathing report on uvalde from the department of justice. tonight, suggesting the failed response allowed more schoolchildren to die. police were in that school three minutes after the gunman, so why did it take so long to get to the suspect? what they ve revealed. mireya villarreal in uvalde. also, breaking news tonight in a case that stunned the nation. the murder of a young pregnant wife, laci peterson. tonight, abc news learning the l.a. innocence project is now taking up the case of scott peterson, who was c
and moved and pushed forward immediately and continuously toward the threat until the room was entered and the threat was eliminated. that did not occur. cnn has been leading the way on the story, exposing details the authorities tried very hard to keep quiet. that is all thanks to cnn s shimon prokupecz and his team, who spent well over a year reporting on so many of the failures that are laid out now in this very government report. shimon, you are there, back in uvalde at this news conference, waiting for merrick garland to begin. this is all shocking to once again read. but again, it is all information that you pried out of officials right there on the ground in uvalde. reporter: yeah, it s different when you get to see it in such, as you say, a government report way. and the way it s laid out. and just how disturbing everything was here on that day. just from top to bottom, the mistakes from the response to the communication to the way they treated the victims who were
the woman at the heart of the post office scandal says she ll hand in her cbe but what s the plan for victims? on newsnight tonight, we hear from several former sub postmasters of south asian heritage who believe discrimination at the hands of the post office compounded their suffering. with my parents, because their english is very broken, people would get quite abrupt with them. so you re saying racism, in your mind, was at play? certainly with my parents. an mp who was also a sub postmasterjoins us does he see a plan forjustice for all the victims? also tonight, newsnight has seen nhs documents that say a student s life could have been saved had doctors at a brighton hospital acted sooner, yet an inquest concluded only yesterday there was nothing to trigger further investigation. we ll have an exclusive report. in washington, donald trump has been arguing that he should be exempt from prosecution. ifeel that, as a president, you have to have immunity, very simple. and if
and msnbc spent 95% of their air time covering donald trump s arraignment. think about the buildup over the weekend, too. by now you d expect the media to have learned how to cover donald trump and his family but that s the exact opposite of what happened. after the the left the courthouse, he stopped by a famous cue and cafe in miami on his way out. cnn like most networks took trump s cafe visit live. for most networks and producers, his surprise stop is a god send. after all, how exciting are plane landings, suv caravans, courtroom sketches? but not cnn. this unscripted moment where average voters, as you see right here, show affection and enthusiasm, a human side to president 45, would not be covered. they would not allow it. watch. donald trump is charged with a series of federal felonies for mishandling the most sensitive government documents that we have and for obstruction of justice along with walt nada who is charged with intentionally setting up lies for the grand