shots. mission to space: the first all- civilian crew to go to orbit. meet the billionaire paying the $200 million to take the historic group on a three-day trip. plus, what it means for the future of space tourism. biden backs america s top general. what the president is saying tonight after reports chairman mark milley secretly called china behind then-president trump s back. cbs news exclusive: she survived taliban bullets. now malala tells us what she fears most for women and girls in afghanistan. north korean threat: rising tensions after new missile tests. and all the right moves. an innovative program that s teaching life lessons with a chessboard. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. t hed shocking allegations that the f.b.i. and u.s.a. gymnastics enabled a serial sexual predator through botched investigations and inexcusable lies and cover- ups. star gymnast simone biles broke down as she and other top u.s. gymnast
plus, the latest on a storm gathering strength in the caribbean. when will it hit the u.s.? portrait of america. less white, more diverse. what the census report tell us about our country, and how changing demographics influence our politics. cycle of violence an officer killed, two suspects arrested. garrett: tonight, we speak with the man charged with supplying the gun. and, it s not heaven it s iowa. tonight, major leaguers emerge from a corn field to play on a field of dreams. 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. thank you for joining us. norah is off tonight. i m major garrett. we begin in afghanistan where, at president biden s order, the u.s. military is sending thousands of troops to safely remove state department staff from the embassy in kabul. the emergency move comes as a taliban takeover of the country could be weeks, if not days away, and it s all happe
infrastructure bill: the president s legislation clears a major hurdle with bipartisan support. where will the money go? severe weather: tornadoes in illinois, and a dangerous storm forming in the caribbean. border crossings: number of apprehensions, including tens of thousands of unaccompanied children this year. a star s diagnosis. christina applegate opens up about a serious illness that also impacts nearly one million americans. and from america with love. a 12-year-old hopes an entire village will walk in her shoes. 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. thank you for joining us. norah is off. i m major garrett. the sudden resignation of three- term new york governor andrew cuomo today came as a shock to many because for days, if not weeks, cuomo had vowed to fight allegations of sexual harassment by 11 women. moments before he announced his exit in fact, cuomo and his
we will show you the shocking and disturbing video of a black man killed in an encounter with police. thanks for joining us. well, after months of difficult negotiations the u.s. house of representatives has approved the creation of an independent bipartisan commission into the attack on the capitol last january. on this vote the yays are 252 and the nays are 175. the bill is passed without objection a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. 35 republicans broke ranks with their party s leadership in the final vote. that could be significant as the measure now heads to a showdown in the u.s. senate. both republican and democratic lawmakers hammered out the deal last week four months after thousands of trump supporters stormed the capitol, but once the plan was unveiled senate minority leader mitch mcconnell had this to say. after careful consideration, i ve made the decision to oppose the house democrats slanted and unbalanced proposal for another commission to
breaking out at a sushi restaurant in los angeles police investigating as possible anti-semitic hate crime amount right leaning consumer group launches a million dollar advertising campaign to shame a corporation for politics. which company made the list many we begin in israel with prime minister netanyahu defiant in face of increasing pressure to seek a cease-fire. greg is live again there as thursday morning begins to dawn in tel aviv. good morning greg. absolutely shannon early thursday morning here and more hopes of a possible cease-fire, just in the past few hours or so the dow jones news agency quoting egyptian officials as well as israeli officials saying we could see a cease-fire between israel and hamas as early as friday. we have no independent confirmation of that and have confirmation that all through the night fighting within on in fact, past 24 hours hamas rockets rained town on southern and central israel, some of them getting through the iron dome defense