t the lead starts right now. ukraine is pushing, pushing, pushing. cnn is live as the 31 nations meet. and why special counsel is accusing donald trump s right-hand man of trying to delay the prosecution of him. and the once in a thousand year rainfall behind devastating flooding in parts of america ears noamerica s northeast, trapping drivers in cars and on roads and forcing some to swim to safety. we start today with our word lead. the president in lithuania with one goal on his list unity. ukraine will be the main focus of the two-day meeting but for a group that has been, frankly, stunningly united, there are public fractures in the alliance starting to emerge, ones president biden will have to fix over the next few days, mainly overs decision to send cluster bombs to the front line, one that has been banned by most of the allies who will be sitting around president biden at that table in lithuania. they will have to decide when and how they will let ukraine join
documents case. what special counsel jack smith did about it today. also tonight, record rain and floods in the northeast, we ll tell you who s about to get hit next. good evening, vladimir putin may be one of the most secretive russian leaders since joseph stalin. tonight, we re taking you inside his secret armored train. this on a day that russia and the war in ukraine is very much in the news. president biden has arrived in lithuania for the nato summit when the u.s. and allies will discuss efforts to obtain vladimir putin s aggression. as for biden, we ll be meeting with ukraine s president zelenskyy whose attendance had been in question until late today. both expected to be on the agenda and top the agenda. also today. turkey dropped objections to sweden becoming a member, and stockholm in turn appears to be supporting turkish membership in the european union. according to turkey s state run news agency. complete the succession to nato is a historic step that benefit
for a third straight day, kevin mccarthy rejected now 11 times to lead the house of prepresentatives. and, royal rumble. prince harry accuses his brother, the future king of england, of shoving him, in a fight about meghan markle. tonight, the new revelations. 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 busy thursday night. tonight, there is promising news from doctors about buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. they say today marks a really good turning point in his recovery. plus, that republican revolt in the house of representatives continues for the third straight day, as a small group of members hold kevin mccarthy s speakership hostage. we ll tell you about the real- life consequences of the stalemate in just a minute. but first, we have new details in the murders of the four university of idaho students. it was this affidavit relea
speaker votes stalemate. for a third straight day kevin mccarthy rejected now ten times to lead the house of representatives. and royal rumble, prince harry accuses his brother the future king offengland about shoving him in a fight about meghan markle. tonight the new revelations. o donnell: well, good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, there is promising news from doctors about buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. they say today marks a good turning point in his recovery. plus the republican revolt in the house of representatives continues for the third straight day as a small group of members hold kevin mccarthy s speakership hostage. we re going to talk about the real-life consequences of the stalemate in judgment. but first, we have so many new details in the murders of the four universities of idaho students. it was this affidavit right here released today and it reveals how police identified the suspect 28-year-old bryan kohberge