top issue in the 2024 election, did the former president just derail a bipartisan border deal? does donald trump have the ability to kill this immigration bill? there is not a deal to be killed yet. james: cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m james brown in for norah. thank you for being with us. you just heard from republican senators mitt romney and lindsey graham. just when congress appeared close to a deal on the southern border and funding for ukraine, there are concerns election politics are getting in the way. cbs s scott macfarlane is on capitol hill tonight speaking to lawmakers about what is standing between america and immigration reform. the election s other top issue: the economy. we got big news today. u.s. gdp grew at a surprising pace last quarter, but despite low unemployment and a booming stock market, we speak to americans about why some are not feeling the effects. but we begin tonight with severe weather. nearly 26 million people are
top issue in the 20s 24 election did the former president just delay a bipartisan border deal. there is not a deal to be killed yet. james: cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m james brown in for norah, thank you for being with us. you just heard from republican senators mitt romney and lindsey graham, just when congress appeared close to a deal on the southern border and funding for ukraine, there are concerns election politics are getting in the way. cbs a scott macfarlane is on capitol hill tonight speaking to lawmakers about what is standind immigration reform. the elections other top issue, the economy. we ve got big news today. u.s. gdp grew at a surprising pace last quarter, but despite low unemployment and a booming stock market, we speak to americans about why some are not feeling the effects. but we begin tonight with severe weather. nearly 26 million people are under flood watches from louisiana to west virginia, with more rain expected in the days
drops out of the race, saying it s clear a majority of republicans want to give trump another chance. the bombshell announcement comes as trump and nikki haley sharpen their attacks on each other. haley now claims the former president is experiencing cognitive decline after appearing to confuse haley with former house speaker nancy pelosi. rachel scott is in new hampshire with what this means just two days before the new hampshire primary. linsey: also tonight, american troops targeted. attacks on u.s. air base in iraq now raise concerns about a wider conflict. this all comes just days after the pentagon ordered a sixth round of air strikes against houthi rebels inside yemen. the strikes from the u.s. are not deterring the iranian-backed rebels as their attacks on ships in the red sea cause a massive ripple effect in the global supply chain. the grim death toll in gaza. more than 25,000 dead since the beginning of the war with israel, according to the hamas-run health min
Boston. Thousands of flights delayed. The tsa bracing for what could be the busiest travel day ever. 45 million americans expected to drive or fly over the holiday. Trevor ault standing by. The chilling headline in haiti. Two american missionaries, a husband and wife, shot and killed by gang members in portauprince. Their murders coming after President Biden and the president of kenya pledged support for a new u. N. Backed police force in haiti. Selina wang with the president of kenya. Breaking news concerning defense secretary lloyd austin. The pentagon revealing hes undergoing a medical procedure today, transferring his duties to a deputy. It comes months after he was secretly hospitalized for complications from Prostate Cancer. Not even President Biden had been told. The american father sentenced for bringing ammunition into Turks And Caicos. He was facing a possible 12year Prison Sentence. What a judge decided instead, and what this signals to four other americans facing similar ch
Philadelphia, new york to boston. Thousands of flights delayed. The tsa bracing for what could be the busiest travel day ever. 45 million americans expected to drive or fly over the holiday. Trevor ault standing by. The chilling headline in haiti. Two american missionaries, a husband and wife, shot and killed by gang members in portauprince. Their murders coming after President Biden and the president of kenya pledged support for a new u. N. Backed police force in haiti. Selina wang with the president of kenya. Breaking news concerning defense secretary lloyd austin. The pentagon revealing hes undergoing a medical procedure today, transferring his duties to a deputy. It comes months after he was secretly hospitalized for complications from Prostate Cancer. Not even President Biden had been told. The american father sentenced for bringing ammunition into Turks And Caicos. He was facing a possible 12year Prison Sentence. What a judge decided instead, and what this signals to four other a