after a row home collapses and traps them inside. i can t breathe the federal trial begins for three former police officers accuse end of affirmatictn? dominated supreme court will decide whether race based admission to universities like harvard is lawful. deadly gun violence surges, multiple police officers shot and killed as homicides spike nationwide. gas price warning, why your next trip to the pump may cost even more. and making history on the high seas, as the first woman takes command of the u.s.s. constitution. 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. there is a lot of news to get to on this monday night but we re going to begin with rising tensions in ukraine and the threat of a possible russian invasion growing by the minute. here in washington, president biden held a video call with european allies this afternoon to discuss a common response to r
traps them inside. i can t breathe the federal trial begins for three former police officers accused of ignoring george floyd s pleas for help. end of affirmative action, the conservative dominated supreme court will decide whether race based admissions to universities like harvard is lawful. deadly gun violence surges, multiple police officers shot and killed as homicides spike nationwide. gas price warning, why your next trip to the pump may cost even more. and making history on the high seas, as the first woman takes command of the u.s.s. constitution. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. there is a lot of news to get to on this monday night but we re going to begin with rising tesions in ukraine and the threat of a possible russian invasion growing by the minute. here in washington, president biden held a video call with european allies this afternoon to discuss a common response to russia s continued military buildup around ukraine s border. n.a.t.o
legal loss for the national rifle association or nra. a new york jury found it liable for corruption, basically financial mismanagement that went all the way to the top. the former ceo lepierre corruptly managing the organization. he s ordered to pay $5 millions because of money the xi found was misspent, millions that went to basically perks, personal spending, lavish lifestyle, trips, yachts, jets, you name it to seemed he was sending the money that way. and the new york attorney general who brought this case might seem familiar. she s been in the news recently for a string of victories. i m talking about a.g. letitia james. and this suit dates all the way back to 2020. she and her team have been working on it for four years. it is a major rebuke to the nra at a time when many have asked just how america s gun laws got to this point, why a country that has overwhelming 60% support for, for example basic common sense gun safety can t get those measures passed on a federal ba
So. cbs news confirmed the committee is conn firming a draft order that would have ordered the pentagon to series voting machines from several battleground states where they allege fraud took place. we are concerned our military was part of this big lie on promoting that the election was false. reporter: the order which was never signed by former president trump would have also involved the department of justice. thompson revealed sunday former attorney general bill barr halls had a voluntary conversation with the committee. so if you are using nirlt to potentially seize voting machines, even though it s a discussion, the public needs to know. we ve never had that before. reporter: also tonight, a georgia court has granted local prosecutors request nor a special grand jury to investigate whether the former president tried to speer veer with georgia s 2020 election results. mr. trump referred to that as a
Of my decisions, not my personal beliefs. i don t think they re particularly interested in statements that either of us made 20 or 30 years ago. all of his interests can also be measured in fund-raising. o donnell s campaign says that online they raised more than $1 million since her primary win and also drive interests to chris coons campaign and vice president biden is appearing with him today in delaware. o donnell is saying that the tea party interest is bringing attention, not just her, she has been a notable character who is saying she wants voters to get to know her. she promises to spell out the things that she would be willing to do and calls it a common sense approach. coons is the county executive. he is an office holder now and says he believes that there is a positive role for government, one of the big ways that he sees a division between the two. it s a big race, we re watching it and a lot more to talk about. back to you. all of you watch meet the press this sun