sequoia, known as the grizzly giant, to protect it from the flames that are ripping through at this hour. this tree, the national park service says it s the second largest tree in yosemite. what we know about this fire is that it has doubled in size in the past 24 hours. nearly 1600 acres have already burned and fire officials are warning that they do expect this fire to continue to grow as they are also expecting continued hot, unusually hot temperatures. escalating drought, climate change, a horrible combination, also adding to this yearly threat of wildfires. how are federal officials dealing with all of that? we have been talking to, on the federal level, the national park service. this is something they are very concerned about as far as the impact of climate change on places like these national parks. most of the national parks across the united states are impacted, if not by extreme temperatures, wildfires, it s the sea level. they are working, on the federal level
more than a dozen from the water. a 7-year-old among the dead just in, twitter suing elon musk for breaking his deal to buy the social media giant. and the new images from the most powerful telescope ever created, changing the way we see our universe announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone for almost two months we have tried to understand why it took nearly 80 minutes for police to end the massacre that claimed 21 innocent lives at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas tonight some horrifying new insight. let me warn you that what we re about to show you is disturbing on so many levels. surveillance video from inside the school that has just been made public revealing the decisions that cost time and lives. the video shows a police response that appears at moments uncoordinated, confused, with officers in apparent disagreement over how to proceed it begins outside capturing the shooter, crashing his car, his sprint to the school
outside advisors to then president trump and white house lawyers. plus, why congresswoman liz cheney just accused former president trump of trying to tamper with a witness. covid hospitalizations double, as the new ba-5 variant sweeps the country. firefighters gaining ground on the yosemite wildfire, as dangerous heat engulfs the nation. after the supreme court struck down abortion rights, the medical procedure more men are asking for. do you have any pain? o donnell: out of this world, a look tonight at these beautiful pictures from n.a.s.a. s telescope. and an inspiring story of a young baseball player whose love of the game has helped him overcome every challenge life has thrown his way. 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 busy tuesday night. we begin with breaking news, tonight we re getting an excruciating look
the sheriff will testify monday. meantime, police in japan say, the man accused of assassinating shinzo abe had a stash of weapons in his home. a number of homemade pistols made out of pipe and adhesive tape. he had, also considered, using explosives. new details on what might have motivated the attack. and a scramble to save yosemite s ancient sequoias, as wildfires close in. i m standing right in front of the grizzly giant with a speaker system set up around it. i m pamela brown in washington. you are living the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with the congressional investigation into the attack on the capitol and what could be a new start with this for the january 6th committee. steve bannon, former trusted advisor to donald trump now says, he will testify, and he wants to do so publicly.his offer comes as he faces trial next week on criminal contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena. bannon had argued he wasn t allowed to cooperate because trump
bus. right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered. i don t remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. was it a robbery? the television s on. was it darker? you re always going to look at the closest people to the victim. or was it something much darker? you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared. a missing woman, a murdered woman, and a lie. i didn t get through more than a page and a half, and i threw it. i could barely stomach to finish it. but the family was rocked by scandal and then murder. aaron s father was found at the cri