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all of this as california tonight declares a state of emergency. an atmospheric river set to unleash another eight feet of snow in some places, up to eight inches of rain along the coast. and in the midwest and northeast tonight, chicago to detroit to new york, what so many are bracing for. heavy snow, rain, and strong winds. rob marciano timing it all out. tonight, the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, in the hospital after a fall overnight at a washington, d.c. hotel. the 81-year-old being watched after suffering a concussion. rachel scott with what we know so far. just hours before the ceo of norfolk southern was set to testify today on the hill, yet another train derailment. gio benitez in that hearing room. the war in ukraine tonight. russia unleashing a massive seven-hour missile barrage across ukraine, including hypersonic missiles. what they were targeting. and james longman tonight inside ukraine. president biden unveiling his new $6.8 t ....
unleash another eight feet of snow in some places up to eight inches of rain along the coast. and in the midwest and northeast tonight, chicago to detroit to new york, what so many are bracing for. heavy snow, rain, and strong winds. rob marciano timing it all out. tonight, the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, in the hospital after a fall overnight at a washington, d.c. hotel. the 81-year-old being watched after suffering a concussion. rachel scott with what we know so far. just hours before the ceo of norle toing southern was set to testify today on the hill, yet another train derailment. gio benitez in that hearing room. the war in ukraine tonight. russia unleashing a massive seven-hour missile barrage across ukraine, including hypersonic missiles. what they were targeting. and james longman tonight inside ukraine. president biden unveiling his new $6.8 trillion budget, proposed increased spending on defense, border security, and social progra ....
nightclub. frankly we ve heard conflicting information on that. i think the main point here to make is we ve heard no confirmation that they did in fact find explosives. some officials say that search isn t done yet. others say no explosives were found. i think the best way to say it is there s no confirmation that there were explosives and it may turn out that there weren t. i think there was initial thinking that perhaps he was wearing an explosive vest but it may turn out that that was more of a bulletproof type vest. we re still waiting to hear about that. secondly, the authorities have said that he had two weapons, a handgun and ar-15 assault style weapon. we have now been told that he had high capacity magazines or clips, if you will. these are the devices that you attach to the weapon that hold the rounds. florida has no law restricting the size of capacity magazines for these weapons and there is no federal restriction on it either, so all the indications we hav ....
gunshots. oh, my god, they re all shooting back and forth. patron joshua mcgill described what he saw and heard. it was like boom, boom, boom. were people screaming? people laying on the ground, taking cover. jumping the fence. i think the pension actually broke with people pushing on it to get out. there was just too many shots, bang, bang, bang, that s when you know chaos, it was just turmoil. patrons trapped inside began calling 911. four us still hiding, lights are off in club. cops are here, but haven t got us yet. thank you, i jumped out. there s people still hiding inside the closet, that the shooters don t know they re in there. the club managers managed to post this notice on their facebook page, everyone get out of pulse and keep running. if only they could. my son was in the nightclub what his boyfriend and other friends and i know that his boyfriend has been shot multiple times and is in the emergency room. reporter: the gunman armed with h ....
other. we need to love each other and we will not be defined by a hateful shooter. we ll be defined by how we support and love each other. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs weekend news. pelley: this is a special edition of the weekend news. if you are just joining us, we have the latest now on this mass shooting in orlando, florida. a massacre in a gay nightclub that occurred in the early hours this morning and is now the worst mass shooting in american history. at least 50 people were killed. most of their bodies are still inside the club. the shooting began after 12:00 this morning. the gunman omar mateen was an american. he was a security guard who had pledged his loyalty to isis during a 911 call during his attack on the club. he was killed in a shootout with police. there were about 300 people in the club sipping their last drinks before the club closed. with more on that, we have mark strassmann. reporter: 15 minutes after last call, bartender t ....