Those waiti tell them that their child is never coming home. Reporter doctors and gun victims and mayors are blanketing the capitol, as some republicans signal new openness to gun laws after a summer of deadly mass shootings. Im hoping that in the next few day, early next week, well have a breakthrough. Reporter gop leaders met with the president today to try to nail down what he supports. Hes very interested. I think he is learning about this issue. Reporter House Democrats arent waiting. The Judiciary Committee will please come to order. Reporter advancing bills today that would ban high capacity magazines and confiscate guns from high risk individuals. Theyre urging the senate to join them in passing universal background checks. We wont stop until the job is done. Reporter finding consensus wont be easy. Do you think that it would be reasonable to mandate background checks for all commercial gun sales . Were waiting to see how we can actually achieve something on this issue. What do
Cannons to keep the peace. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Again, so grateful to have you here. This morning theres a dark assessment of the devastating effect of leaving Climate Change unchecked. Panel of scientists warning thousands of americans could die premature deaths, the economy could lose hundreds of billions of dollars if Global Warming is not addressed. Scientists behind the study didnt just look at climate shifts over one day or one year, they looked at long term trends here. Joining us now, cnns Allison Chinchar and a climate scientist from georgia tech. Good morning to you both. Good morning. Allison, you were on this call. There was some interesting insight that came out the way questions were either asked or answered or not. The main focus of the phone call was to talk about the report and the main take away was to show the direct impacts of Climate Change on americans lives. Usually the reports are from a global standpoint, but this was a focus on the United States. Talked
They had affairs with him. The wall street journal says federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of mr. Trumps direct role in the hush money deals with Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal which may violate Campaign Finance laws. Daniels lawyer, Michael Avenatti, says it is more proof that the president repeatedly and lied about his knowledge of the payoffs. This as mr. Trump is facing backlash for firing attorney general Jeff Sessions and appointing a controversial critic of the russia probe to oversee Robert Mueller. Ill get reaction from senator richard blumenthal. He is a top democrat on the Judiciary Committee. And our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, lets go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. Hes covering the president s trip to paris. Jim, mr. Trump landed there just a little while ago, but he landed with some new baggage. Reporter thats right, wolf. The president is on the ground here in france to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the en
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Odonnell and good evening. Welcome to our western edition President Trump deployed his signature line, youre fired, against his own National Security adviser today who says he quit. John boltons departure from the white house had long before rumored, but the end came quickly today. The president cited policy disagreements with bolton, who is known as a hawk on Foreign Policy. Bolton was President Trumps third National Security adviser to be forced out, preceded by Michael Flynn and h. R. Mcmaster. Bolton is also the 18th cabinet level official to exit the administration in just over 2. 5 years. Cbs weijia jiang is at the white house tonight with new reporting on why the president decided to cut his adviser loose. Reporter our cameras spotted john bolton outside the west wing this morning, just hours before the president revealed that he had told him histhwhite. But the ousted National Security adviser disputed that, saying he offered to
Sakran, director of emergency general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, will receive a $250,000 grant to further his work among medical professionals to reduce firearm injuries and deaths