Surf is up. Hello and welcome to todays verified live. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors about the mp diane abbott. The guardian reports that during a Business Meeting in 2019, frank hester said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude. Mr hester has issued a statement saying that at the meeting in question, he said he abhorred racism. Diane abbott has also released a statement responding to his alleged comments. She said. Government ministers have faced questions from the media and they called his comments unacceptable but stopped short of calling them racist. Well, its clear that what he said was inappropriate. He has, as i understand it, apologised for those remarks. I think the Critical Point here is i dont think what he was saying was a gender based or a race based comment, b
off, off the runway. the services, and answer all of their questions because they have a lot of them. norah: the cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. are you just heard from boeing ceo, america s largest airplane manufacturer, he is under increased scrutiny. the faa is now investigating a new incident after the front nose wheel of a delta plane fell off over the weekend. cbs s kris van cleave is going to join us in just a moment to address this allegation that boeing just installed that side plano of a plane that blew up midflight. we are also watching dangerous weather across the country. a state of emergency out west. the video of a dramatic water rescue of a woman who was stranded for 14 hours. well, that same storm system in the south now 36 million people are under flood watches across seven states. why scientists are warning weather like this is becoming more common. but we begin with donald trump s d
recognize the seriousness, and to answer all of their questions, because they have a lot of them. norah: the cbs evening news begins now. good evening, i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. well, you just heard from boeing ceo, as america s largest airplane manufacturer, he is under increased scrutiny. the faa is now investigating a new incident after the front nose wheel of a delta plane fell off over the weekend. cbs s kris van cleave is going to join us in just a moment to discuss this allegation that boeing misinstalled that side panel of a plane that blew off midflight. we are also watching dangerous weather across the country. a state of emergency out west. the video of a dramatic water rescue of a woman who was stranded for 14 hours. well, that same storm system in the south now. 36 million people are under flood watches across seven states. why scientists are warning weather like this is becoming more common. but we begin with donald trump s do
in japan. we are live on capitol hill with a look at where the talks stand right now. plus, let it go. for governor ron desantis cost his state a billion dollar project and thousands of jobs all because he is fighting a losing war with disney. how that disney drama and defending diversity will impact his presidential bid with desantis just days away from making it official. and later, tourist trap. america s gun crisis stretching far beyond its borders, a 700 advisories seven countries issue advisories on visiting the united states. what it means for america s seven trillion dollar tourist industry. and a good saturday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin overseas in japan at the g7 summit where russia s 15 month war in ukraine takes center stage. just hours ago, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy touchdown and hiroshima to meet with president biden and leaders of some of the world s most powerful democracies. zelenskyy s arrival comes just a day after bide