concerns about united states joint military drills with south korea. panic on the new orleans parade route. a gunman opened fire. mardi gras back to pre-pandemic levels. e policeorbr n an arrest in connection with the catholic bishop shot at home. woman killed in an alligator attack in a florida retirement community. what i have to say tonight doesn t come from here. it comes from here. norah: good evening and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. tonight cbs evening news goes in-depth with a look at how americans are exposed to chemicals in our food. plus the story of 281-year-old best friends who are in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world. first, the story, the top-secret historic trip. security was tight as it was the first time in modern history that an american president traveled to a war zone where there is not a u.s. military presence on the ground. president biden s motorcade slipped out of the white house at
shortly before a correlation in 1953, whatever your religion may be to pray for me on that day to pray that god may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises i should be making and that i may faithfully serve him and you all the days of my life. for the most part she did just that. and that was not a small achievement given the period she lived in. the week that elizabeth was coordinated, edmund hillary, the british subjects from new zealand, the beekeeper became the first man in history to summit mount everest. the achievement seems symbolic at the time, britain on top of the world. but in fact britain was already over whether the british knew it or not. to this day britain claims to have won both of the century s world wars but they destroy that nation forever after victory came, humiliation. the empire evaporated in along with apron self-confidence, and ultimately had self-respect. it s hard to believe now, but britain was not always a regional banking c
america and china s taiwan faceoff. tonight, tensions escalate ahead of speaker nancy pelosi s possible trip to the self-governed island. adam yamaguchi is there tonight as war games with uh underway. the fact we re seeing an amphibious assault suggests that the taiwanese think the chinese will take islands in the south china sea and dickerson: another supply chain log jam in the warning from the nation s businessiest port. terror shark encounters. what had swimmers racing to shore. and renning the life and careers of two americans icons and thee. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. dickerson: good evening, and thank you for joining us, i m john dickerson in for norah. tonight, we are awaiting president biden, who will speak within the hour about what s being described as a successful counterterrorism strike. a seen nor administration official tells cbs news that the u.s. killed top al quaida leader aym
funeral, and who might be join being president biden in scotland, and mary alice parks. ukraine fights back, taking back territory seized by the russians. the ukrainian flag raised once again in the northeast. russian forces appearing to be stepping back. and the fate of the nuclear power plant. the dangerous weather threat. fires in the west leading to dangerous air quality and new evacuations as flash flooding threatens those in the east. rob marciano times it all out. 21 years after the attacks on new york and washington, 9/11 is still claiming lives. and we remember the victims who died that day. some wounds still too deep to hale. and queen elizabeth. quotes from the queen you may not have heard. from abc news, this is world news tonight. reporting from edinburgh, scotland. good evening, everyone. i m linsey davis. the dreary weather matches the mood as the uk honors the queen. america pauses to honor the victims of 9/11, and the major developments in ukraine
the last ten years, the homicide rate has increased by leaps and bounds. my god, somebody fired a shot! these tragedies keep getting closer and closer to home. i m afraid to let my kids walk out the door. the interurban crime wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. step out, mr. bundy. i ll plead not guilty right now. there has been a disturbing growth in cult phenomenon in this country. i shall be god. and beside me there shall be no other. all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. the 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. at the time of a mass murder, there s a lot of media coverage. but usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perp