during the capitol riot s 187 minutes. the brutal heat wave, almost 100 million americans under heat alert, records being broken again, the impact on farms and what could it mean for those already high food prices. plus, we re on the front lines of the wildfire battle in europe. pop icon ricky martin speaking out about his newly dismissed case and the lurid accusations from his own nephew. and while some summer flights are getting back on track, we ll tell you where the newest pain points are for flyers. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, the 90 million covid cases recorded in this country through the pandemic tonight now include another american president. white house officials and president biden himself offering an upbeat assessment of his condition after a routine covid test this morning came up positive. within a few hours of the news breaking, the president tweeted, i m doing great. pictured at a desk in the white house r
office? an historic apology: pope francis humbly begs for forgiveness in canada. why some say it s too little, too late. global health emergency: frustration growth of grows as monkeypox cases increase across the united states. when will more vaccines arrive? rent prices on the rise: more americans are being forced from their homes. we ll speak to one woman who says it s cheaper to live in a hotel. whale of a story. spectacular video of a fishing boat getting walloped. and a cancer patient takes a risk: find out how one woman s honesty and bravery changed her life and inspired another. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. tonight, record high temperatures across the country are fueling wildfires in 15 states, the largest in northern california, with smoke now visible from the international space station. the oak fire exploded over
office? an historic apology. pope francis humbly begs for forgiveness in canada. why some say it s too little, too late. global health emergency. frustration growth of grows as monkeypox cases increase across the united states. when will more vaccines arrive? rent prices on the riles. more americans are being forced from their homes. we ll speak to one woman who says it s cheaper to live in a hotel. whale of a story. spectacular video of a fishing boat getting walloped. and a cancer patient takes a risk. find out how one woman s honesty and bravery changed her life and inspired aer. this is the cbs evening this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. tonight, record high temperatures across the country are fueling wildfires in 15 states, the largest in northern california, with smoke now visible from the international space station. the oak fire exploded ov
Wicked weather this week between heat and rain storms and winds in excess of 100 mile per hour in texas, houston, where at least seven are confirmed dead. And hundreds are still without power. Katie, how do things look there now . A new shift of workers have arrived this morning and their work is underway after some cleanup crews worked through the night and theyre trying to board up a lot of the shattered windows in some of the Downtown High Rise Office Buildings and hotels. And you can see the work is cut out for them and there are a lot of windows theyre going to have to take care of, all of this damage, caused by the strength of 100 mile per hour straightline winds that hit right in downtown houston. The cleanup and power Restoration Efforts are likely to take weeks, not days. More than 500,000 people in Harris County here are still waking up in the dark. Its a huge concern as we enter the stretch of 90 degree days coming up. Weve been speaking with a lot of people on the ground be
Hroza is located more than 30 kilometres 18 miles from The Front Line town of kupiansk, in an area where Russian Forces have been pushing to recapture territory they lost to ukrainian troops last year. The attack comes as Vladimir Putin has been speaking at a meeting in the black sea resort of sochi. Russias president again blamed the west for his invasion of ukraine. He said russia didnt start the 20 month long war against ukraine and is trying to bring it to an end. Translation since the beginning of the socalled counteroffensive, | this is the latest data. Sincejune fourth alone, the Ukrainian Army has lost over 90,000 men. These are irrecoverable losses. 557 tanks, almost 1900 armoured vehicles including various classes. Is it now convincing we have an understanding, what goes where. We understand what we need to do or what we need to add. We are calmly working to achieve our goals and im sure we will achieve them. Meanwhile president zelensky is at a European Summit in the spanish