Of 93. We remember the legendary actor with a commanding voice. I am your father. Norah the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im Norah Odonnell and Thank You for being with us. There are a number of top stories we are covering on this monday night. From that upcoming president ial debate that will air here on cbs to those outofcontrol wildfires out west, and a tropical storm thats gaining strength in the Gulf Of Mexico. We want to begin tonight with some news just coming in about the death of james Earl Jones, whose commanding performance onscreen made him a Household Name for decades. He was the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and mufasa in the lion king. He overcame a Childhood Stutter to win nearly every accolade and award, after appearing in nearly 90 Television Dramas and series and some 120 movies. We get more now from cbs vladimir duthiers. Reporter james Earl Jones was an industry giant. Steel isnt strong, boy. Reporter Whose Unmistakable Deep Booming Voice Captivate
Alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. We begin this hour with a looming deadline for former president donald trump. His legal team has six hours to respond to Special Counsel jack smiths request to limit what trump can say about the ongoing 2020 election interference case. The request for a special order came after the doj said trumps social media posts could, quote, have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice. The doj cited a post in which the former president wrote, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Campaign called the postpolitical speech and said it was meant for the former president s political adversaries, but just this morning, trump put out another set of posts attacking the Special Counsel calling on the judge presiding over the case to recuse yourself and accusing mike pence, former vp of disloyalty. Joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian and tali farh
hello and thanks forjoining us. here s your latest sports news. only one place to start, really in spain, where the champions league semi final between real madrid and manchester city is delicately poised after an entertaining first leg tie. it finished 1 1 at the bernabeu, and our reporter olly foster was watching in the spanish capital. all square it is, then, as the two sides head to manchester next week for the second leg. it s manchester city who ll be by far the happier of the two sides, coming back to earn a draw. in this first leg, they started really brightly here at the bernabeu stadium, forcing thibaut courtois, the real keeper, into a couple of fine saves. early on, erling haaland had a couple of those chances, but for the most part they kept haaland quiet, some fantastic defending from real. and it was real that took the lead, viniciusjunior with an absolutely rasping effort from just outside the area that had ederson beaten all ends up. they led 1 0 going into
hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news only one place to start really, in spain where the champions league semi final between real madrid and manchester city is delicately poised after an entertaining first leg tie. it finished 1 1 at the bernabeu and our reporter olly foster was watching in the spanish capital. all square it is then as the two sides head to manchester next week for the second leg and it s manchester city who will be by far the happier of the two sides coming back to earn a draw. in this first leg, they started really brightly here at the bernabeu stadium, forcing thibaut courtois, the real keeper, into a couple of fine saves. early on, erling haaland had a couple of those chances, but for the most part they kept erling haaland quiet, some fantastic defending from real. fantastic defending from real. and it was them that took the lead, viniciusjunior, with an absolutely rasping effort from just outside the area that had ederson beat
fantastic, thank you so much. laura scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now fora scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now for a look at the weather and hello to chris. we were hearing about the hosepipe bans and no rain in the forecast for a long, long time in parts of the south of the uk. one of our weather watchers spotted this combine harvester bringing the crops in. and although there is a lot of dry weather, across the north of the uk we are seeing some shower cloud speed in. answering the big question, when is it going to rain? well, not for the next five days across the really dry areas but i reckon actually this dry run of weather will last a long time. southern parts of england and wales, i don t think we ll see rain for the next ten days but perhaps even as long as the next two weeks. so perhaps the back end of august we could see some heavy rain moving in, but that is an awful long way off. this afternoon, dry across southern wales, the south m