america s job market stays hot even as the economy faces headwinds. not so sweet. why a georgia peach could be hard to find this summer. and later, a yellowstone star s new mission, now asking to help the children of the fallen. that s my way of serving this country. announcer: this is the cbs evening news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with new tensions between global rivals. today china s defense minister aggressively defended sailing a warship directly in front of an american missile destroyer. speaking at a summit in singapore, he warned the west to stay out of waters and air space near china s borders. the dangerous close encounter happened in the taiwan strait separating taiwan from china. cbs s elizabeth palmer leads us off tonight. reporter: addressing an audience of global security officials, china s defense minister general li shangfu had some blunt advice for the united st
sales plunging as mortgage rates rise. what it means for buyers and sellers. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone as the heat tightens its scorching grip, in some places, it s one eye on the thermometer and the other on the electricity meter. texas in particular seeing nearly unprecedented power usage as triple-digit temperatures continue to drive people indoors, testing the power grid nationwide electric bills are already expected to climb 20% over last year, to a average of $540. roughly a third of americans right now under heat alert yesterday saw a dozen record highs broken. more expected today. parts of the desert southwest could see a dangerous 115 degrees. and th heat now pumping into the east and south washington, d.c., bracing for a possible high of 100 by sunday. philadelphia under a heat advisory through the weekend. ou team in place tonight with the very latest and we begin with sam brock reporter: the blistering heat
greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. he blames candidate quality. but who s to blame for that? we re going to look at the key races where warning signs are flashing for the gop. plus, when americans think of the irs, accountants come to mind, but some republicans are now portraying the agency as an armed strike force. the potentially dangerous implications of the party s escalating rhetoric. we re going to start, though, with that affidavit and the doj s investigation. joining me right now, nbc news correspondent sam brock in west palm beach, florida. nbc s julia ainsley in washington. also with me is kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for politico, and harry litman, former u.s. attorney and host of the talking feds podcast. thank you all for being with me. sam, first, we want to go to you. the government has until thursday to submit the redactions it wants to this affidavit. what will this process look like and what else did the judge say? re
agenda, are we going to have success, are we going to be able to match bringing down the price of gasoline, when you down the price of other things continuing to create jobs. that is the challenge. that is what we have to deliver. on 90 million americans from the plains to the northeast remain under heat alerts at this hour. former vice al gore is once again sounding the alarm on climate change. comparing climate deniers to delay law enforcement reaction to the uvalde school massacre. confronted with this global emergency, what we are doing with our inaction and failing to walk through the door and stop the killing is not typical of what we are capable of as human beings. we do have the solutions. and i think these extreme events that are getting steadily worse and more severe are really beginning to change lives. well, back to capitol hill now in the january six committee which has completed the season finale of its hearings. they do say there is more to come after the
in september. ali is following the latest developments from us, also joined by cynthia, a former federal prosecutor and an msnbc analyst. welcome to both of you ladies. [inaudible] as they are still looking [inaudible] this upcoming for every lawmaker in this committee because they say it s a matter of this tie up any loose ends already know what s they still need to they say they already have [inaudible] ginni thomas, if she doesn t cooperate voluntarily. they say they ll delve deeper into the suns deleted text messages by the secret service. there is now a federal probe into. one big piece that they want to know more about is really wet members of the secret service, those agents who are with former president trump on january 6th, what they know, and what they witnessed. remember, anonymous sources disputed cassidy hutchinson s account when she testified about what she saw secret service agency that day, you know, the committee use some accounts at that hearing to coo