this as one former wagner group commander flees to norway, and his lawyer is outfront tonight to tell his story for the first time. plus, just in to outfront, new details about the investigation into biden s classified documents. we now know more about who federal investigators have been speaking with about the case. and ron desantis launching a new charm offensive. he s trying to shed the notion that he s dry and reserved, those are the quotes. why now? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, convicts on the front line. new audio into outfront of the chief of the brutal private russian army fighting on the front lines in ukraine, the wagner group. the chief yevgeny prigozhin s influence with putin has been surging. this is what prigozhin is now telling convicted criminals who have finished their tours of duty with him about staying out of prison. listen for yourself. translator: don t drink a lot, don t use drugs, and don t
also tonight, guns at america s airports, the record number of firearms confiscated at security. wait until you hear just how many of those guns were loaded. the 12-year-old boy who caught a great white shark. i don t know if i want to go up against a shark. o donnell: and making dreams come true for americaas heroes. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you tore joining us observe this tuesday night. tonight there are alarming new details about what the mayor of albuquerque is calling politically motivated shootings. a failed republican candidate is under arrest accused of hiring men to shoot at the homes of democratic lawmakers. plus cbs news tonight has new details on the timeline of the special counsel s investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents. first, we want to start with those major storms that are pummeling the west coast in the aftermath as califo
elections were fake, really speaking dramatically. he weaponized those dangerous thoughts to threaten me and others, causing serious trauma. reporter: peña also showed up at what he believed was the home of former commissioner debbie o malley, again, uninvited. o malley does not live at that address. but peña later tracked her down at her home, seen here on her ring camera interacting with him at her property gate. he seemed agitated and a little aggressive. her home was one of the four targeted. now, erin, i regularly hear from law enforcement sources who have warned that this is exactly the type of case that keeps them up at night. they fear that there are others out there who are on the receiving end of these election lies. they internalize them and then could be predisposed to act with violence. in the case of solomon peña, he lost his election by a landslide, yet allegedly, according to police, determined that the solution was to take up arms against his political
co-conspirators, photos that were sent by penna. those images show him with one of the four suspected shooters who when arrested had a gun police say was used in one of the shootings. despite getting walloped by 48 percentage points, peña maintained a state house election was rigged. and amplified by former president donald trump. peña is an outspoken trump supporter, and just days after his loss, he tweeted, trump just announced for 2024, i stand with him. i never conceded my hd-14 race, now researching my options. just this month, tweeting he d fight the election, quote, until the day i die. peña is a convicted felon. he served nearly seven years for burglary and larceny. cnn has reached out to peña s campaign for comment. county commissioner adriann barboa s home was one of those targeted just hours she says after she was playing with her grandchild. she says peña visited her home uninvited after the election. he was saying that the