investigating how the suspect, allegedly armed with a homemade gun, was able to get so close. bob woodruff in tokyo. back here at home, dangerous heat alerts across much of the u.s. a large wildfire exploding at yosemite national park. red-flag warnings in the west, and tracking severe storms and possible tornadoes into tomorrow. elon musk s twitter battle. 24 hours after saying he s terminating the $44 billion deal, will the court have the final decision? news tonight about that much anticipated testimony from former president trump s white house counsel pat cipollone. what we re learning about what he told the january 6th committee behind closed doors. shark patrols on high alert along america s beaches. two recent shark attacks involving life guards off new york. the warning to everyone going into the water. chaos on the streets of sri lanka. the president and prime minster both vowing to resign amid violent protests. tens of thousands storming the presidential r
contemplated an additional mass shooting. there s new word about how his father helped him obtain a gun license he likely should not have had given the red flags in his past. a young man who had attempted suicide and yet his father helped him get a gun license. more on all of it shortly. first, though, because we have the names of all seven peoplekilled, we want to begin with who they were. eduardo uvaldo had just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. his wife and four daughters were everything to him. his daughter telling cnn that he would have turned 70 on friday. despite being the oldest victim at 88, stephen straus was still active, still enjoying life, according to one grandson. another agreed, and i m quoting here, america s cultural worship of guns is deadly, it kills grandfathers. and it certainly did in this case. nicolas toledo had eight children, countless groundchildren, one of whom describes him as a loving man who was creative, adventurous and funny. in hig
the opposition party is saying that it is not just boris johnson that needs to be replaced, it is all the conservatives. the implication is that they potentially would want to call and push for a general election. so there is pressure on the party who can rebuild the government. one senior cabinet level position was offered to, a conservative member of parliament earlier today who turned it down. it is not possible for this prime minister to rebuild his government and reshape it as last night he was saying he would. this is the scenario, the prime minister expected to come out and speak today, perhaps in the next couple of hours. he s likely to want to frame his resignation, listing his successes, brexit undoubtedly one of them, and likely airbrush out all the reasons for being forced out of his own party. a full government implosion. that s what this really is, in the united kingdom, key ally of the u.s. nic, explain to our viewers the most recent scandals that necessitate
announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening, everyone we re getting a much fuller picture of the apparent plot, the frightening near-miss for another community, and the heartbreaking depth of loss following the july 4th attack on parade goers in highland park, illinois today, the state s attorney there saying the 21-year-old now charged in the murders of seven people has confessed and that he went into details about what he had done officials revealing that after the highland park shootings, robert crimo iii considered unleashing a second attack 2 1/2 hours away in madison, wisconsin. while a possible motive is unclear tonight, a series of numbers is being examined as possible clues. his history with police and the guns he owned also under scrutiny as a grieving community opens its aching heart for a child orphaned in the shooting tom llamas starts off our coverage reporter: tonight, officials say robert crimo iii has confessed. telling polic
police in richmond, virginia, praise a hero citizen who called in a tip that saved lives. and in uvalde a report out today finds an officer may have missed a chance to take down the gunman before the carnage at the elementary school. tonight s other top headlines, former white house lawyer pat cipollone agrees to meet with the january 6th committee behind closed doors. president biden speaks with the wife of w.n.b.a. star brittney griner. and, boris on the brink: will the british prime minister resign? the job of the prime minister in difficult circumstances, is to keep going. o donnell: and the $500 tip that is sure to make you smile. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening and to our viewers in the west thank you so much for joining us on this wednesday night, i m jericka duncan, in for norah. tonight, authorities say the suspect in the mass shooting of an independence parade in highl