and the major supreme court ruling on guns. first, the images coming in chaos at a supermarket south of little rock. a gunman opening fire on victims at least three people killed. two police officers among the ten wounded. customers running from the store. what we ve just learned about the suspect late today. pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, 15 states under heat alerts from coast to coast. new york issuing its first air quality alert of the season. amtrak and thousands of commuters struggling with delays along the northeast corridor. some areas facing triple-digit temperatures. erielle reshef at penn station. and the new tropic threat forming along the east coast. the system possibly gaining strength this weekend. thunderstorms, heavy rain, and winds. our weather team timing it out. family tragedy in florida. a couple swept away by a rip current while on vacation with six children. a supreme court ruling on a major gun case. upholding a law banning people
oh, my god. nancy: tonight, horror at arkansas grocery store as a shooter opens fire. speak i thought it was fireworks. or that he told me to turn around, active shooter. nancy: three people are dead there were ten others are hurt, including two officers. new details about how the suspect was taken down. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m nancy cordes in for norah o donnell. we start with that breaking news. another deadly mass shooting in america, this time in arkansas. it happened at lunch time, about an hour south of little rock. the gunman firing a shot after at a grocery store before he was taken down by police officers. the director of the arkansas state police spoke just a short time ago, giving new information about the status of the victims, but no word on the suspects motive yet. cbs s omar villafranca has the very latest. mad butcher in fordyce, and there is a shooting going on. reporter: gunshots ran
it comes as brutal heat refuses to let up. 65 million on alert. and in new mexico the massive dust storms and deadly wildfires burning out of control. also tonight the manhunt for a suspect wanted for multiple murders in two states. where he was caught today. the close call for a southwest plane triggering urgent warnings after descending at just 500 feet over a suburb. why was it so low? the train chaos in the north east. why amtrak service was suspended from philadelphia to connecticut. the first debate just one week away. new details on the biden-trump showdown, where they ll be positioned on stage, and who will get the last word. remembering donald sutherland whose acting career spanned six decades. from mash to thehuer games. the warning about popular weight loss drugs, the dangerous counter-foots on the market. and saving the whale. the nearly 3,000-mile mission to rescue two majestic belugas from ukraine s war zone. announcer: this is nbc nightly news
deeply rooted amid american conservatism for decades, but the attempt to root it into mesh government has new energy sparked by donald trump s first presidency and now fueled by his promises for a second. they want to tear down crosses where they can. and cover them up with social justice flags. but no one will be touching the cross of christ under the trump administration. i swear to you that will never happen. never happen. what more exactly do christian conservatives want in government. we see hints at the congressional level. the separation of church and state is a misnomer. mike johnson, the speaker of the house said shortly after he was made speaker last year, people misunderstand it. it s not in the constitution, he says. we see it in legislation at the state level from laws that ban abortion based on religious opinions of when life starts, to louisiana s just passed mandate to prominently display the ten commandments it every public school classroom. rulings from
air traffic control asking, are you okay? first tonight, the life-threatening heat across this country. tonight, more than 127 million americans under heat alerts at we come on the air. new york city firefighters in brutal temperatures battling those massive fires in manhattan and the bronx. philadelphia issuing a heat emergency tonight. fires breaking out along the new jersey turnpike during the come mute home. and amtrak passengers stuck for hours. service halted from philadelphia to new york to connecticut. our team on it all tonight. and ginger zee with the latest heat forecast. and now the storms we re watching from detroit right into parts of the northeast. we re also following the deadly fires in new mexico. at least 1,400 homes and businesses destroyed. tonight, president biden approving a major disaster declaration for the state. the scare onboard a southwest passenger jet. the plane suddenly dropping to about 525 feet above the ground, coming close to a school