It was a texas lawmaker today who reminded us that while one battle for equality is finely finished, others are in limbo right now in congress. We steadfastly worked day after day for 12 years and it says that you voted for this holiday, now you can vote for the george floyd justice in policing act. You can fix the voting system to give us voting rights to protect against those voter suppression laws. But the sweeping voting rights bill s1, it s frozen. While moderate senator joe manchin waives the flag of bipartisanship, the fate of his counter proposal to federal democrats might be a foregone conclusion. Minority leader mitch mcconnell seems more intent on acting like a blockade. Equally unacceptable. Totally inappropriate. All republicans i think will oppose that as well if that were to be surface on the floor. Yet manchin s counter is gaining traction on the left with voting rights advocate stacey abrams. She s signaling possible openness to a voter i. D. Requirement. What senator
There have been a lot of images from the rioters. Along with the videos of rioters, one of them has been of police officer eugene goodman running up a staircase leading rioters away from members of congress. The men and women that he was sworn and assigned to protect. Since then lawmakers have voted to award he and other officers medals for their service. And tonight officer goodman was given this honor as well. He threw out the ceremonial first pitch at tonight s washington national baseball game against the new york mets. I hear it s really hard to do that. The news continues. Let s hand it over to michael smerconish in for chris. How cool is that image? i am michael smerconish in for chris cuomo, and welcome to prime time. And also the first official juneteenth federal holiday in our nation s history. Complete with its own flag hoisted in places like wisconsin today. The single white star symbolizing texas where the last enslaved people in this country were told they were free and t
And the stunning new video of that passenger attacking a flight attendant. Wicked weather, 22 million americans in the path of dangerous storms, high winds, possible tornadoes and the rain and chilly temperatures that may dampen your weekend barbecue. Falling on deaf ears, the mother of a fallen capitol police officer begs g. O. P. Senators for a bipartisan investigation into the january 6th riot. Why the republican leader is asking his party to vote no. Strip search outrage the disturbing body cam video of baton rouge police strip searching two black men, then entering their home with guns drawn. Tiger s roar, the star golfer breaks his silence after that devastating car crash. And racing through the glass ceiling, meet the women in the pit and on the track, making history at the indy 500. Cbs ev with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. Good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. We re going to begin with breaking news on the deadly shooting
Nine people, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, who became just the latest victims of gun violence in america. The nine people that you see listed on the screen with their ages were going to work at a san jose light rail yard and never returned home to their loved ones. What a mix of people. Different backgrounds. So familiar. I don t know what to call it. Call it a tragedy, but it s almost a daily tragedy in this country. In no way is this an anomaly. It s become normal. In just the past week, 26 people have been killed. At least 17 mass shootings. 17 in one week. Murdered. Americans murdered. Josh campbell is in san jose. Josh, you and i, our colleagues, everyone across the country has read about these kinds of things so frequently. We ve covered them before. Tell us what you learned today about these victims. Yeah, just the latest mass shooting in america. This is becoming normalized. We re here outside this crime scene near the rail yard where the shooting happen
Okay. Oh get over louisiana state police just releasing e ing this footage wh includes nine body cam and dash cam video clips. Green s death happened over two years ago. His family says police told them he died on impact in a car crash. Cnn has a closer look at those videos, and now autopsy photos obtained by cnn. We do want to warn you, the video and the images you re about to see are very graphic. Lord reporter: the new video obtained by cnn is 30 minutes long and offers a different view from a louisiana state trooper s body camera than the video obtained earlier wby the ap. It shows ronald green following a highspeed chase near munroe, louisiana, on the ground facedown and struggling to turn over. Don t you turn over don t you turn over. Lay on your belly. Lay on your belly. Yes, sir okay, okay. [ bleep ] yes, sir. Yes, sir. Reporter: green apologizes and politely calls the officer sir, each as they continue to berate him. The video shows green s legs shackled and his hands kufr beh