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The most deadly carried out with assault weapons. cbs nicole killian spoke with one victims mother whos taking her cause straight to congress. >> reporter: it is not the book patricia oliver wanted written about her son. >> when you open the book youre always going to see joaquin was shot four times. >> reporter: joaquin was one of 17 people killed when a gunman opened fire at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, in 2018. what is it you miss most about joaquin in. >> everyt...

For more than 40 years a virginia man has used his artistic eye to take americans where cameras often cannot go, inside some of the nations highest profile trials and legal proceedings. cbs scott macfarlane turns our camera on courtroom artist bill hennessy. >> reporter: in a year of blockbuster courtroom moments theres always a reserve seat up front for the man with the pencils and the pad. bill hennessy of virginia is one of the busiest and most prolific courtroom artists of his time. for deca...

Penniless and traumatized like this venezuelan. she told us she prayed for courage. federal authorities have increased deportation flights and added space at detention facilities to ease overcrowding. >> were not out of the woods yet. >> were absolutely not out of the woods yet. were going to continue to work really hard. >> reporter: and tonight legal sparring after a federal judge in florida temporarily blocked the biden administrations migrant release policy designed to alleviate overcrowding...

Its not reached the crunch point yet. >> reporter: and major, lawmakers were supposed to meet here with the presidnt to discuss those debt ceiling negotiations yesterday. that meeting has now been pushed to next week. >> at the white house for us tonight christina ruffini, thank you. to the middle east now. today israel and the islamist militant group in gaza agreed to a cease-fire. five days of fire has claimed the lives of at least 13 palestinians and two israelis. today ukrainian president ...

Under a state of emergency because of a sharp spike in covid cases.rgency because of a sharp spike in co cbss ramy inocencio on what that means for the games. >> reporter: just landed in tokyo, olympic star simone biles and team u.s.a. gymnastics, and the u.s. swimming team. these and more than 11,000 other athletes are touching down just as tokyo reports more than 1,300 new covid cases today, the most since january. the latest confirmed thursday alone: an unidentified olympic athlete, five olym...

Their property and got to thank the very firefighters who kept their home safe from the flames. >> odonnell: lilia luciano, thank you. theres breaking news tonight from levelland, texas. four law enforcement officers were shot and wounded by someone barricaded inside a house. two of the officers are in critical condition. a s.w.a.t. team surrounded the building. tonight, the u.s. government is arming itself for a battle with foreign hackers who target businesses and critical infrastructure. its ...

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Discussed resigning one after another if it became necessary. these new accounts coming as the house select committee investigating the causes of january 6th has scheduled its herae, t,ightrost are oe t lel of alfor wildfires, and its the earliest thats happened in a decade. more than 70 large fires are burning in a dozen states. heres cbss lilia luciano. >> reporter: the brutal summer continues, plagued by drought, scorched by record heat. the fire danger remains extreme. one burning now in cal...