closely. well, tonight, three officers face punishment for the death of candidate kyle mullen during hell week. cbs david martin speaks to the mother of the yale football player. and a warning for parents. tonight, the respiratory illness on the rise in children. cbs nikole killion talks to parents and doctors. 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. and we want to begin with the breaking news in what is the largest defamation suit payout ever in american history. the landmark verdict awarded the families of those killed in the sandy hook massacre, parents who lost their young children and then faced a decade of. far-right info wars host alex jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages for spreading lies about the elementary school shooting. the 2012 massacre in newtown, connecticut,killed 20 children elementary schl shng ineadlies our nation so how listeners it was st
folks need to continue to keep their eye on the prize on that, even if the barn door is wide open. great to see you. i appreciate it. this isn t the only international crisis the president is facing. china is threatening to retaliate after the president announced yesrdhis ongoing trad war with beijing. in place on $250 billionion. worth of chinese products. here s what the president had to say about it yesterday. when my people came home, they said we re talking, we have another meeting in early september. i said that s fine, but in the meantime, until such time as there s a deal, we ll be taxing them. so in effect next month there s going to be a tax on all chinese goods coming into the united states from tech to toys to shoes. the president continues to claim without any factual basis that this is all being paid for by china. reports from his own administration contradict that