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american detained: a u.s. citizen is arrested in the assassination of haiti s president. new details on the deadly overnight raid at the presidential compound. dramatic rescue: stunning new video as police stop a kidnapper and rescue the 6-year-old girl he grabbed off the street. and, unifying america: how one community is finding ways to heal through conversation and art. 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, i m major garrett in for norah. we re going to begin tonight with a frightening surge of infections of the delta variant of coronavirus. the c.d.c. director says more than 9 million americans now live in parts of the country where hospitalizations and deaths are spiking significantly, especially among people who haven t been vaccinated. one new study calls those areas breeding ground for covid, creating the potential for the virus to m ....
i thought it was oh, okay. rachel, we are going to be joined we are going to be joined by eric holder, tonight. because oh, good. it was it was get out of afghanistan day at the white house today but it was also vote rights day at the at the white house, today. he s involved in a project with president obama on voter fairness in this country which has been a battle going on for so long, that you would think you would think, that at some point, it would be settled. but that meeting in the white house today was very similar to the kind of meeting that the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. used to have in the white house with the president. and here we are, still, at it. i just spoke with wade henderson, who was at that meeting today. and i was interested to hear. he is a very measured person. and he speaks, um he is one of these people, who is completely in control, at all times, and speaks in very measured terms. but i was very interested to hear ....
introduced at least 389 bills that would restrict voting access. 22 of those bills have already been signed into law in 14 states. and at least 61 others are quickly moving through republican dominated legislatures in 18 states including one in texas likely on its way to becoming enacted. vice president harris made remarks today about protecting voting rights at howard university a few hours ago where she announced she and the president have directed the dnc to expand its i will vote initiative with an investment of $25 million. yes, it is early and we have never really started this early before, but, folks, it is never too early to defend your rights. so with these new laws that have been passed or they re trying to pass we have to start now to finish strong. the people must be able without hinderance, without obstacle, certainly without insurmountable obstacle, to decide our country s future. with this $25 million, the democrats are investing in the tools and techno ....
patriarchy, pedro patriarchy, capitalism, centrism and other forms of power and oppression at the intersections of our society this is american federation of teachers president randi weingarten defending members teaching what she calls honest history of the united states. mark my words, our union will depend any member who gets in trouble for teaching honest history. we have a legal defense fund ready to go and we are preparing for litigation as we speak. teaching the truth is not radical or wrong. distorting history and threatening educators for teaching the truth is what s truly radical. paul: bring deputy editorial page editor, dan henninger and jillian. i just want our viewers to understand that we didn t take the quote out of context, that s what they supported in their national convention so what does this mean? is this a command delegates are saying should go across the country and be taught at school districts? there things they want to lobby to put critical ....
after they are my after the miami apartment block collapse, four people are reported dead but more than 150 are still missing. at least 140,000 years old is this the skull of a new species of ancient human? and together stronger, the wales footballers and their fans prepare for the euros clash against denmark. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: disappointment for the defending women s champion simona halep who s forced to pull out of wimbledon because of wimbledon because of a calf injury.> good evening. the health secretary, matt hancock, has been forced to apologise, after pictures have emerged of him kissing a colleague, in breach of social distancing guidelines. he says he s let people down and is very sorry, after the sun newspaper published images of him and his aide, gina coladangelo embracing in the department of health. borisjohnson is standing boris johnson is standing by borisjohnson is standing by his health secretary, saying he consi ....