plus, the path of destruction from a tornado in minnesota, damaging dozens of homes. clinton lawyer acquitted. tonight, the major blow to special counsel john durham s three-year russia probe. inflation and america s small businesses. main streets boarding up, family-owned stores and restaurants forced to close. are you afraid you might run out of business? oh, yeah, all the time, every day. o donnell: nationwide pilot shortage, and what it means for your summer travel plans. the deadly alligator attack. what a florida man was doing when police say a gator bit him. and social media used for good. how a small nonprofit used tiktok to reach thousands. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, we want to begin with the community of uvalde, texas, begins saying good- bye to the victims of last week s horrific shoo
u.s.? plus, the path of destruction from a tornado in minnesota, damaging dozens of homes. clinton lawyer acquitted. tonight, the major blow to special counsel john durham s three-year russia probe. inflation and america s small businesses. main streets boarding up, family-owned stores are you afraid you might run out of business? oh, yeah, all the time, every day. o donnell: nationwide pilot shortage and what it means for your summer travel plans. the deadly alligator attack. what a florida man was doing when police say a gator bit him. and social media used for good. how a small nonprofit used tiktok to reach thousands. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, we want to begin with the community of uvalde, texas, because they begin saying good-bye to the victims of last week s horrific shooting at robb elementary school. hundreds o
Response, has not responded to a request by the texas rangers made two days ago for a follow-up interview to get some answers. that is the agency that s investigating the shooting. a silver coffin was carried into sacred heart church in uvalde today. inside, the body of 10-year-old amerie jo garza, the first funeral for the 21 people killed last tuesday at robb elementary school. later tonight, maite rodriguez will be laid to rest. her family said she wanted to be a marine biologist. she didn t deserve it, but i just know in that moment she was brave. she was telling people where to hide. reporter: 19 of the victims are to be buried in specially designed caskets made and donated by a nearby texas business. including 44-year-old teacher eva mireles, whose sister, maggie, had the impossible task of picking the dress she would be buried in. that was the hardest thing that i ve ever had to do in my
And thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, we want to begin with the community of uvalde, texas, because they begin saying good-bye to the victims of last week s horrific shooting at robb elementary school. hundreds of mourners turned out for the first of 21 funerals to take place in the weeks ahead as the city tries to come to terms with what happened in their small town. the anger and anguish of parents is felt around the nation, and we re learning more about the investigation tonight, including this reversal: police originally said the gunman got into the school after a teacher propped open a door. we re now learning that door was closed but did not lock. we also want to get right to some breaking news. cbs lilia luciano is in uvaldee some new details about that school police chief who made the decisiono notclasm ri away. wh can yel reporrom the texas department of public safety that that school police chief, the man in charge of the police
911 for help. there are reports that 911 operators were able to relay this information to officers at ree scene, but operatorsth s.se a th wes elv were getting calm all over the country i m sorry, all over the world. reporter: this 911 dispatcher asked us not to reveal her identity. i do understand that they re grieving, and they want to vent, but dispatchers have gone through enough. reporter: residents respects at the growing memorial today, including oscar winning actor matthew mcconaughey, who grew up here, and local border patrol agents, laying a weeing after risking their lives to stop the rampage. and tonight, governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for the city of uvalde that would streamline access to any resources this community will need to cope with the aftermath of this horrific tragedy. norah. o donnell: horrific, indeed.