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 pfizer multiple rocket into the coast of the sea of taiwan in retall weighs of speaker nancy pelosi s trip. record heat across the country, the lateecast.fla, america ne bal ayers hit a roam run whilehg dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening 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 her guilty of drug possession and smuggling. the two-time olympic gold medalist pleaded with the russian judge to not e
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richard haass. and nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with us, the founder of the conservative website, charlie. liz cheney, one of two republicans serving on the committee, went on fox news yesterday to defend the committee s work. here s how she responded to a question about why capitol police weren t better prepared for the attack. it s an entire focus of the investigation. you will see in our report. you ll likely see in upcoming hearings, so it is certainly something we re going to be focused on. but what we aren t going to do, brett, is blame the capitol police, blame those in law enforcement for donald trump s armed mob that he sent to the capitol. kevin mccarthy decided not to participate in the committee, that, somehow, the house of representatives cannot investigate the single worst attack on the capitol since the war in 1812. cheney discussed the committee s interest in interviewing ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas.
dangerous heat and a state of emergency. the oak fire explodes near yosemite national park in california. it is 0% contained. blistering temperatures adding to the danger creating health concerns. under heat alerts. some cities like boston and newark seen triple digits. camilla, what s the situation there right now? reporter: hey, pam. we just got back from the mountain here behind me. cal fire took us there to see what the fire has done and i think the number of structures destroyed will go up. it was ten last report but seeing the destruction you can tell it is likely going to go up. we are waiting for the next report but firefighters just looking at the fire and the flames and the smoke telling me they don t think they made that much progress but seen plane after plane dropping that fire retardant doing everything they can to put the flames out but there s things that are making the fire fight more difficult. the first is the drought and the we weather. the temperatures
rushdie, the target of death threats for decades, airlifted to the hospital. news coming in on his condition tonight and what played out in front of those in horror in the audience. also breaking at this hour a major victory for president biden just moments ago. house democrats tonight passing the $740 billion bill. the biggest investment in fighting climate in u.s. history. lowering health care and prescription drug costs. taxing corporations and lowering the deficit. mary bruce at the white house. late word on the deadly movie set shooting involving actor alec baldwin. the new fbi report out tonight and what it reveals about the gun alec baldwin was holding. news tonight on the man who showed up at the fbi office in cincinnati with an ar-15, in body armor. the chase. now we learn what he posted and that authorities believe he was in washington, d.c., on january the new health warning tonight in new york city. traces of polio found in new york city wastewater raising conc