california s 20th congressional district is homing an election to see who will serve out the rest of kevin mccarthy s term. with that, let s bring in our leadoff panel. mark murray, nbc news senior political editor. simone sanders townsend. cohost of the msnbc weekend morning show called the weekend. and brandon buck. thank you all for being here. brendan, since you are here i will start with you. you know ohio politics. your reaction to what we are seeing in the buckeye state tonight. obviously a big win for donald trump. h e had to go in at the last minute and do a rally for bernie moreno to push him over the finish line. it is a risky play for republicans there. as you said, the other two candidates i think everybody in at least accomplishment republican circles were perhaps the better candidates in position to win. in november. and this is a very critical seat. republicans are banking everything on taking back the senate now. democrats hold 51 seats. we think republic
london at this hour to the left of your screen and moscow the right of your screen. two dramatic stories that are unfolding as we speak in moscow. we have learned of a terror attack at a concert hall forty were killed and more than 100 our wounded. don t know much more than that but it was two weeks ago that the u.s. embassy in moscow warned of imminent terrorist attacks possibly in the region. i want to quote on something that the embassy at the time that extremists had imminent plans to target large gatherings in moscow to include concerts. it said in the same security alert american citizens residing in russia should be careful and cautious and visitors as well that u.s. citizens should avoid large gathering over the next 48 hours. that was released and sent two weeks ago today. we don t know much more about this attack and we are told it is not in a ukrainian source and that has come from president volodymyr zelensky himself. no indications from vladimir putin who he thin
the white house warns it s provocative and irresponsible. our interview with taiwan s top representative to the u.s. are you ready for what may be coming? plus, russia finally says it s ready to talk about a prisoner swap. and basketball star brittney griner. the c.d.c. s new covid recommendations. the nation s top public health agency agency is expected to ease guidelines, just as students return to schools. and on the road : how one woman s passion for grammar is taking her across the country. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening, to our viewers in the west, thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. tonight, america s economy has recovered from the pandemic. the labor market has regained of tens of millions of jobs lost when covid first hit u.s. shores. a stunningly strong jobs report shows a hiring surge in july. employers added 528,000 jobs last month, the biggest
u.s. on vital issues and stages military drills off taiwan s coast. the white house warns it s provocative and irresponsible. our interview with taiwan s top representative to the u.s. are you ready for what may be coming? plus, russia finally says it s ready to talk about a prisoner swap. and basketball star brittney griner. the c.d.c. s new covid recommendations. the nation s top public health agency agency is expected to ease guidelines, just as students return to schools. and on the road : how one woman s passion for grearm is taking her across the country? this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening. thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, america s economy has recovered from the pandemic. the labor market has regained of tens of millions of jobs lost when covid first hit u.s. shores. a stunningly strong jobs report shows a hiring surge in july. employers adde