in spirit. plus, celebrating orthodox christmas in ukraine. no cease-fire, but new american firepower heads to the front lines. i m ian lee in kyiv with ukraine being promised heavy weapons that the pentagon says can change the battlefield. weekend journal, a minnesota cancer survivor pays it back by sharing her hair. wow! and later, double duty on capitol hill. the four-day stalemate complicated lives and child care. challenging, but it s been fun. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it took 15 ballots and heated moments, but tonight congress finally has a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy won early this morning, putting an end to days of raucous debate and a historic standoff with emboldened hard-line republicans. the gop s strife playing out for all to see and ending with arm twisting, flaring tempers and phone calls from former president donald trump. cbs christina ruffini leads us off with what happen
there tonight. the idaho college murder suspect in court. why it could now take months for him to enter a plea. our nbc exclusive on the possible cause of a nationwide air travel meltdown. we ask secretary pete buttigieg how it could have happened in our one-on-one interview. what he told us. lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis presley, rushed to the hospital. what we re l learning. and the big move in the burger wars. the beloved chain from out west finally heading back east. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening from washington, where in response to what he calls the extraordinary circumstances, attorney general merrick garland today named a special counsel to look into secret documents found in president biden s delaware home in addition to a washington office he used. extraordinary circumstances may be an understatement with one current and one former president entangled in questions over the alleged mishandling of sensitiv
gun violence epidemic: the staggering numbers of deaths and school shootings in the years since columbine. plus a debate on gun legislation in the age of partisan gridlock. and anguish in america: we speak with angel garcia, after the loss of his 10-year-old daughter, amerie. i just want my baby back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. dokoupil: good evening on what is really anything but a good evening. and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah who is recovering from covid, and tonight we are here in uvalde, texas, a community shattered by one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. 21 victims, 19 of them innocent children. they ranged in age from 10 down to as young as eight. one victim described by family as the sweetest little boy i ve ever known, so full of life. others loved baseballs, they loved swimming, loved dancing to tiktok videos in other words, these are your eve eve
The urgent manhunt, with residents scared and frustrated, and school is canceled for another day. Here are tonights headlines. The stunning video shows the killer scaling a wall, then pushing through razor wire and running across the roof. Plus, one of the major obstacles facing search teams. The Undergrowth Fear of it is so thick, searchers can only go a few feet before losing sight of each other. Federal prosecutors say they plan to bring an indictment against hunter biden by late september. The president s son has been under investigation in Delaware On Gun and tax charges. Norah with recordbreaking heat, parents are scrambling to find child care as the start of multiple states. I was shocked. I couldnt believe that we didnt have something as basic as air conditioning. Norah plus, the new track for Hurricane Lee just coming in for the extremely dangerous storm is headed. more than four dozen children sent to the hospital after a school bus crash. That headon collision involving a sc
Why prosecutors say Enrique Tarrio was the leader of a conspiracy. Here are tonights headlines. The man who wrote On Social Media on january 6th make no mistake we did this sentenced to more than two decades in prison. The new details just coming in. Backtoschool meltdown, with nearly half of the country facing sweltering temperatures in the 90s or higher, some districts are forced to cancel classes. How long will it last . Today is the sixth day in a manhunt for convicted killer. Danelo cavalcante was spotted at longwood gardens. Expanding south with the latest sighting. United airlines has now lifted a nationwide ground stop. The ground stop translated to hundreds of delays. Lawyers for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh are seeking a new trial. They claim to have new evidence. The clerk of court had improper private communications the jurors. The white house confirms that First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for covid19. Yesterday he took a test, and it was negative. Today he too