reporter: the carnage you re describing sounds like something out of world war ii. yeah. o donnell: in tonight s eye on america, cbs ben tracy on how parts of the mighty mississippi now look like a desert and why that could impact the price of things you buy. and, the new york city bus driver being hailed a hero after a hijacking. 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. tonight, we return to a community still in pain, still searching for answers, and still wondering why it took police more than an hour to enter the classroom where a gunman was murdering fourth graders. at a hearing today, families had their first face-to-face confrontation with the texas public safety chief. he s the one in charge of the dozens of state troopers who waited in the hallway during the deadliest elementary school shooting in a decade. today, colonel s
together. it s a little scary to think that i m raising a kid who is jewish in a world where anti- semitism is really a problem. reporter: the shooting happened on a saturday morning as worshipers gathered inside the tree of life synagogue to celebrate their faith. it shattered the community. rabbi jeffrey myers still leads the congregation. i m outraged and offended as an american that i still have to live in a country where this goes on. it s unacceptable. reporter: today s ceremony comes as anti-semitism is on the rise nationwide. the anti-defamation league reported a 34% increase in incidents from 2020 to 2021, this as fallout from kanye west s anti-semitic comments continue. a growing number of corporations are cutting ties with west, but he was back on instagram today after being suspended, writing in part, i lost $2 billion in one day, and i m still alive.