press conference from yesterday explaining what happened next. the suspected take responsibility for the shootings. early on we began interviews with him. he claims it s early, but he claims it was not racially motivated. he has an issue with what he considers and sees the locations as something that allows him to go to these places and it s a temptation that he wanted to eliminate. tucker: so, the police took a long and detailed statement from robert long. here s what they phone. if you mutely confess to the crimes but while he admitted to committing multiple murders which is the death penalty offense in the city of georgia, he denied having any racial motivation. instead he told police he had addiction an issue with porn. so, robert long was fixated on and pornography. that s why he said he committed the murder. next day, it seemed to confirm his story. if a man called tyler bayliss said that he shared a room with robert long in a georgia rehab facility last year and
theater. capitol riot manhunt, the fbi releases new video showing assaults on police officers hoping the public will help pubh identify some of the most violent offenders. more than two dozen tornadoes reported in the south. some packing winds up to 130 miles per hour. angry putin. the russian leader lashes out after president biden calls him a killer and says their country will pay a price for election interference. attention pet owners: is a popular flea collar to blame for the death of nearly 1,700 dogs and cats? peloton safety warning after a child dies. the company s message tonight about keeping your kids safe. and the sweet story of a hugging machine, a five year old s invention that lets students hug their teacher during the pandemic. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us, we will begin with new developments in the shooting rampage in the atlanta area that left eight pe
but, first, the battles over biden s border crisis and big tech dominance playing out in courtrooms across the country. texas a.g. ken paxton leading the charge demanding answers from twitter, google, and the biden administration. here s paxton with me on the program earlier this week. we have asked twitter for basically answers that if they are going to operate in our state they have to answer. it s state law. and despite that, they have taken this to california to ask a california judge about texas law doesn t make any sense to me but i guess i understand why they want to be in california because they don t want to answer questions in texas which they re ultimately if they are going to operate here have to answer those questions. maria: and the questions do not stop there. 21 a.g.s are banning together to save american jobs. suing the biden administration over its shutdown of the keystone pipeline. several other states are fighting the administration in court over its d
forgotten, the victims in atlanta. i felt like watching your whole show tonight. that s what it was about. so our bill is about not forgetting our democracy. so go ahead. thank you so much for saying that. there have been so many people who have brought poignant words and made us think tonight and who inspired us to be better people. you chair the senate rules committee that will hold a hearing on the bill next week. and listen, the stakes couldn t be any higher. republicans are trying to suppress the vote all over the country. how will you get this bill passed? that s the central question. let s start with the good. the good is that for the first time, thanks to those incredible senators from georgia, warnock and ossoff, we have the gavel. i have the gavel. jeff merkley, the author of the bill, we have two new senators, and we ll get this bill through the committee. we ll have the first hearing ever in the senate. it has only been in the house. they passed it in the hous
what could be the most important battle in decades heating up on capitol hill, senate democrats today introducing s-1, also known as the for the people act. the sweeping election reform and voting rights package was passed by the house earlier this month and would stop republican efforts to limit access to voting around the country. the ultimate fate of the bill is far from clear as democrats debate whether they can or should change or pass the landmark reforms. let s discuss now democratic senator amy klobuchar. so good to see you, senator, thank you for appearing. thank you for having officer dunn on. i watched that whole interview. it was so moving when he said, i didn t bring race into this. they did. ist just doing my job. and then to follow with the other people that shouldn t be forgotten, the victims in atlanta. i felt like watching your whole show tonight. that s what it was about. so our bill is about not forgetting our democracy. so go ahead. thank you so much