osprey-22, like this one, crashes in california. the fast-moving developments. also, the threat to assassinate a supreme court justice, a man arrested near brett kavanaugh s home in the middle of the night. the disturbing motive revealed. simone biles and dozens of top olympic gymnasts take on the f.b.i. for $1 billion, accusing agents of letting dr. larry nassar continue his abuse. exclusive new audio. on the day before the blockbuster january 6 hearing, the never-before-heard audio of the house republican leader describing how he begged donald trump to stop the attack. triple-digit temperatures expected from california to texas, and could there be a new covid vaccine on the way specifically for the omicron variant? 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 wednesday night. we re coming on the air with that breaking news a military osprey aircraft has crashed in
o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we re coming on the air with that breaking news a military osprey aircraft has crashed in california with reports of five service members on board. we are gathering those late-breaking details right now, so stay tuned. but we are going to beginto nation s capital, where the house of representatives is voting now on a package of gun control measures that would tighten the nation s gun laws in response to the recent mass shootings. now, democrats want to put republicans on record with these eight measures, everything from raising the purchasing age for semiautomatic weapons to limiting magazine sizes. and even though those measures are expected to pass in the democratically controlled house, those measures won t make it through the senate. instead, there, a bipartisan group is working on a narrow bill which critics say won t change much. so the lead-up to these votes was heartbreaking testimony from a fourt
o donnell: this story is not over. jeff pegues, thank you. we have exclusive new audio tonight of house leader kevin mccarthy recorded just days after the january 6 attack on the capitol. and it comes the day before the highly anticipated public hearings of the committee investigating the insurrection. as cbs robert costa reports, they are promising explosive new evidence. reporter: thursday s prime-time hearing will take americans back to january 6 when an estimated 2,000 rioters breached the capital building, causing the deaths of five police officers. will this committee break through? i certainly think so. i think that this the depth, the breadth, the severity of this attempt to undermoon our, i think that it will break through. reporter: republicans, including house leader, kevin mccarthy, have been sharply critical of the panel, calling it overtly partisan. look it, the committee is not a legitimate committee. reporter: but an exclusive audio obtained by cbs news
Cream after she won a good citizen award. i left my daughter at that school, and that decision will haunt me for the rest of my life. reporter: dr. roy guerrero is uvalde s only pediatrician who described in graphic detail how he treated some of the victims. two children, whose bodies had been pulverized by bullets fired at them, decapitated, whose flesh had been ripped apart, that the only clue of their identity was a blood-spatter cartoon clothes still clinging to them, clinging for life and finding none. reporter: tonight, the house is voting on a package of gun restrictions that include raising the purchase age to 21 for semiautomatic weapons and banning high-capacity magazines. but most republicans oppose it, calling it reactionary, and unconstitutional. norah. o donnell: nikole killion with all that testimony today. thank you. the weapon of who is for both the uvalde and buffalo mass shootings were an ar-15-style
Free gingerale and i m a happy guy. that s it for us at 3:00. caps o donnell: tonight, we hear from a fourth grader who survived the elementary school shooting in uvalde, texas and from parents who lost their 10-year-old daughter. their gut-wrenching testimony all in hopes of getting congress to pass gun reform. a mother s heartbreak and warning. somewhere out there there s a mom listening to our testimony thinking, i can t even imagine their pain, not knowing that our reality will one day be hers unless we act now. o donnell: tonight, we also hear from a texas pediatrician who treated the children. a cbs news investigation: how gun manufacturers are marketing assault-style weapons for young people. breaking news: a military