Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin the hour with Donald Trumps seizing the spotlight at the republican convention while President Biden is grappling with calls to exit the race for the White House right now, the president is isolating at is House And Delaware after his covid diagnosis, pressure is mounting on him this morning to step aside in favor of another democratic candidate to face trump in november, a Senior Biden Official told me things are looking bleak inside the campaign after reports surfaced that top democratic lawmakers are leaning on the president to get out of the race. Separate Source Close to the president told me biden as quote, listening, but the source added that the president feels like he is legally the nominee of The Party after winning the democratic primary is still another top Dnc Official said it seems more and more like a change could happen on the ticket. Meanwhile, in Milwaukee Gop is uniting at the republican National Convention hours from n
great food, some of the greatest food on earth. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la anthony: what is it exactly about this place? over the past century, the system here, the tradition, whatever it is that took hold here, churned out a tremendous number of the world s most important chefs point, chapel, troisgros, bocuse. and as importantly, influenced nearly all the rest of them. why lyon? why is this such a gastronomic capital though. i mean, why bocuse here, why troisgros here, why all of these great chefs? daniel: because lyon is it s really positioned between the north and the south. you are locked in between burgundy and rome. anthony: lyon, it s the second largest city in france, situated in the southeast of the co
states, the thousands evacuating tonight. florida s face-off with disney. lawmakers in the sunshine state vote to strip disney of its special tax status, but could taxpayers be the ones paying the price? military deaths: tonight, the navy investigation into a string of apparent suicides linked to uss george washington. handy man arrested: an and accused of the brutal murder of a new york city mom police say he had a two-year on and off affair with. all the details. and long live the queen. britain s longest reigning monarch celebrate hir 96th birthday. 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 thursday night. tonight, the battle for mariupol has entered a new stage with russia s vladimir putin claiming victory, even as he ordered his troops not to take the risk of storming an isolated steel plant. thousands of troops and innocent civilians remain trapped inside a
junta a week to reverse its coup which has seen mohamed bazoum placed under house arrest. the bloc threatened military intervention if the demands weren t met by sunday. but the deadline has now passed, so far, without action. but a short time ago niger s junta warned the threat is still there. translation: the planning of this war has been carried out. was not armed forces mohamed bazoum s armed forces and although defence and security forces backed by the unfailing support our people are ready to defend the integrity of our territory and the honour of our homeland. france has suspended all development aid to niger s neighbour, burkina faso, after its military government said it would see any intervention against the coup leaders as a delcaration of war. thousands of people gathered on sunday in the main stadium of niger s capital in support of the coup, chanting anti french slogans and waving russian flags. the bbc s nkechi ogbonna has been monitoring developments in ne
taken from one of their planes, which is helping to fight the blazes. well, many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this after being evacuated from hotels. others have been forced to gather in public buildings like halls and schools. 0ur correspondent jenny hill is in rhodes. 0ver over 250 firefighters have spent the day desperately trying to bring the fire under control, but tonight they have reported what they describe as large flare ups on all three fronts of that fire. you can probably see how windy it is right now. that wind is expected to strengthen significantly. that s going to make their task much more difficult, and indeed much more dangerous. you mentioned too that, at the same time, fire has also broken out on the island of poku of corfu in the north, forcing the evacuation of several settlements there, and as if that won t end up, this region, southern europe, is expected to be had by yet another heat wave in the coming days. so, very diffi