where we re police in new york. what they re doing to seize illegal weapons. soaring gas prices. fuel hits more than $5 a gallon in more than a dozen states as we learn the pain at the pump might be here to stay. the battle against long-haul covid. the first in our two-part series about the 23 million americans, including kids, fighting to the battle against long-haul covid. recover after months of illness. and american kindness: a teenager using her birthday money to help her neighbors. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. t, the presso something on gun reform came to washington today in moving testimony and star power. oscar award-winning actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey gave one of the most emotionally powerful speeches about gun laws that we ve ever seen at the whit
newscast. i got myself an in. you got yours. we ll make you work extra. i can t ored by cbs o donnell: tonight, from here in washington, the big focus on the epidemic of gun violence. the emotional pleas from families tonight, begging lawmakers to do something as the department of homeland security issues a heightened alert, warning of copycat attack this summer. in an extraordinary speech from the white house podium, actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey fights back tears. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting. o donnell: and the families who lost loved ones demand congress act. my mother s life mattered. o donnell: tonight, the behind-the-scenes of intense senate negotiations. could they have a deal by the end of the week? the surge of guns in america. 500 million firearms possibly on the streets of america right now.