we re there as families and communities grapple with the worst news possible extraordinary, in depth look at how gun violence is destroying communities and plaguing our country this is one night in one city, in the richest country in the world. how can this make any sense? this is a special edition of nbc nightly news with kate snow. one night in america. good evening. we have new information tonight about the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, that a total of 400 officers were on the scene that day a new report detailing failure after failure. but we re going to begin by focusing on the overwhelming amount of gun violence happening every single day in america more than 40,000 people are killed each year by guns and while we tend to focus on mass shootings, far more americans are killed in smaller incidents so tonight, we re going to chronicle gun violence across one night in america specifically, last night in america we had teams embedded in communities across the c
we have seen this gradually growing stronger. refusal to accept the results of any election. you can run the best campaign and become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you. despite the final tally and the inauguration and the was we find ourselves in, i i have one affirmative statement to make. we won. i never conceded, never. they rigged the election. brian: the understanding and belief that we are an exceptional nation. we used to agree on that. we are not going to make america great again. it was never that great. our collective identity is hinged on this idea we are the freest and most equal country the world has ever seen. but it s in defiance of facts. we are the most unequal of the western democracies. brian: the branch of government we thought was impervious to politics, the supreme court. this is a crisis legitimacy. crisis of the very legitimacy of the united states supreme court. fills me with sorrow, really. how do we put ameri
as well as a new video showing the police response to that massacre. a texas house committee investigating this may 24th shooting at robb elementary released a preliminary report on what it has learned so far. saying it found, quote, systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making. those systemic failures including three exterior doors that were unlocked, a classroom door with a faulty lock that nobody dealt with, wi-fi that was not working properly, and a force of nearly 400 law enforcement officers larger than the garrison that defended the alamo that did not have clear leadership, basic communication, significant urgency to take down this gunman. uvalde s mayor responding to the report by putting the city s acting police chief on administrative leave and releasing body cam footage showing the horror in the hallways and outside the school as well. i want to warn you, some of these images you re about to see, they are incredibly disturbing. [ gunshots ] am i green,
showing smoke rising near the plant, where authorities today confirmed a fire. president biden speaking to president zelenskyy, voicing concerns, and what experts fear about the possibility of a reactor meltdown. britt clennett on the ground in ukraine. the flash flood threat moves east. millions on alert in the deep south. from eastern texas to the florida panhandle. parts of mississippi and alabama seeing two to three inches of rain per hour. a day after record-breaking downpours turned roads into rivers. forcing evacuations from an assisted living facility in mississippi. trevor ault in the storm zone. rob marciano timing it all out. a major move on climate change by california. banning the sale of new cars powered only by gas by 2035. the first state in the nation to do so. is this the beginning of the end for the combustion engine? the fallout from the firing of the controversial uvalde school police chief. pete air don know now fighting his termination. john quino
are you competing with other school districts for applicants? absolutely we are. o donnell: and our eye on america, cbs s meg oliver shows us a program working to keep kids safe. if it wasn t for basketball, i don t know what i would be doing right now. 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, we are one step closer to seeing a redacted version of the affidavit the government used to support a search warrant of former president trump s florida home mar-a-lago. that release could come at any moment. a federal judge ordered the unsealing just hours after the justice department submitted the document with those redactions. there are parts of the affidavit that federal investigators want to keep secret, citing concerns that it will impact the early stages of this probe. the redactions are expected to be extensive. media organizations