the alleged $300,000 murder-for-hire plan, iranian targeting two top trump officials. cbs catherine herridge speaks to one of them. that it was potentially an effort to either kidnap me or assassination me. brennan: how will the biden administration respond? and nationwide teacher shortage. cbs elise preston on what s behind the crisis in america s classrooms. teachers are burned out. but at the same time, they want to make a difference in the lives of kids. 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. we begin tonight with the latest news about former president donald trump s growing legal troubles. he was set to be questioned under oct today for a civil investigation by the state of new york into alleged fraud by the trump organization. in manhattan, the former president waved today to the crowd on the way to his deposition. he invo
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
in case you haven t noticed, the heatwave is continuing across america. and now severe thunderstorms are threatening the east coast. eye on america, cbs s jonathan vigliotti gets exclusive access to yellowstone national park, after unprecedented flooding. there is now concern that erosion in the area is so bad, parts of the cannian wall could collapse. o donnell: world s worst commute, a boston train catches on fire before 7:00 a.m., as passengers rush to escape, one even jumping into the mystic river below. and the kennedy center honors we ll tell you who will be celebrated. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, president biden has now joined many of us who have tested positive for covid 19, and is now forced to work from home. of course, that home is the white house, and is equipped by a full medical staff and team. the pre
news himself just hours ago. multiple sources tell cnn the search is related to the handling of classified documents and where documents were kept. cnn s randi kaye and sara murray are covering the very latest. this is such a huge night to think about what s going on right now. extraordinary developments continue to come out, sara. what are you learning about this fbi search at mar-a-lago? absolutely. these are very wild circumstances because we re talking about a former president and he broke the news. he released a long statement saying the fbi had even searched a safe that he had. we ve been told by multiple sources this is related to the presidential records act. this has to do with materials he took when he left the white house potentially classified documents that he took and we know from earlier reporting the national archives said they had recovered 15 boxes of materials that the former president took with him, but what this was focused on is where he was keeping cl
single text exchange is from the capitol police chief to the head of the secret service uniform division asking for help as the riot escalated. we got one text message. and i haven t seen it yet. it will be sent over to me. it is obviously this doesn t look good. and so, you know, coincidences can happen, but, you know, we really need to get to the bottom of this. the january 6 committee and inspector general aren t the only ones demanding answers from the secret service. more from jessica schneider. reporter: key secret service text messages from date before and the day of the capitol attack are still missing. the secret service under subpoena from the january 6 committee acknowledging they are still unable to uncover the texts after admitting that data was lost because of a routine phone replacement program. and now the national archives is demandingn ing answers sending letter laying out concerns about the unauthorized deletion of text messages and telling the secr