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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 opposition party is saying that it is not just boris johnson that needs to be replaced, it is all the conservatives. the implication is that they potentially would want to call and push for a general election. so there is pressure on the party who can rebuild the government. one senior cabinet level position was offered to, a conservative member of parliament earlier today who turned it down. it is not possible for this prime minister to rebuild his government and reshape it as last night he was saying he would. this is the scenario, the prime minister expected to come out and speak today, perhaps in the next couple of hours. he s likely to want to frame his resignation, listing his successes, brexit undoubtedly one of them, and likely airbrush out all the reasons for being forced out of his own party. a full government implosion. that s what this really is, in the united kingdom, key ally of the u.s. nic, explain to our viewers the most recent scandals that necessitate
good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, july 7th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. what a moment. moments ago, boris johnson announced he s resigning as britain s prime minister. them s the breaks, he says, a defiant boris johnson, bragging about his accomplishments, his electoral mandate, but certainly not apologizing and failing or refusing to answer the biggest question, when will he actually leave? johnson says he will announce a timetable next week, but there are indications he may want to hang on for months. this only exacerbates the turmoil at the top of this key u.s. ally. his resignation is coming after just a raft, a litany of scandals and a flood of resignations in the last 48 hours, 60 officials quitting johnson s conservative party government, johnson and his speech not dressing those self-inflicted wounds that brought his government down in the end, leaving it as berman mentioned there, them s the breaks
to deliver that mandate in person was not just because i wanted to do so, but because i felt it was my job, my duty, my obligation to you to continue to do what we promised in 2019. johnson is vowing to stay on until conservatives pick a new leader. the brash prime minister desperately tried to stay in power but dozens of his top ministers resigned in the last 48 hours, calling on him to step down. johnson survived a no confidence vote last month over the revelation that there were parties being held at downing street during covid lockdowns. there were also recent revelations that johnson knew about sexual misconduct allegations against the conserve thetive lawmaker before he promoted him. at the center of the controversies that brought him down, concerns over the prime minister s integrity. let s take you now to 10 downing street in london with cnn s north carolina robertson. he s got breaking news. nick, you were there when johnson announced that he was resigning. he did