nikole killion joins us now. the other big bombshell we learned today-- never-before-seen video from a documentary filmmaker that was shot before and after january 6, and includes interviews with donald trump's family. what do we know? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, norah. british filmmaker alex holder will be deposed before the panel thursday. he got exclusive access to then-president trump, including 11 hours of interviews with his family. ivanka told that film crew in december 2020 that she thought her father should fight the election results until every legal remedy was exhausted, which is different from what she told the committee in her deposition. norah. >> o'donnell: and we will soon see that. all right, nikole killion, thank you. a new phase in the fight against covid is finally here with vaccines now available for about 20 million children under five. president biden and first lady jill biden visited a "shots for tots" clinic here in d.c. where some parents have been waiting for nearly a year and a ha

cbs's nikole killion joins us now from capitol hill. so nikole, what is in this bill? >> reporter: lawmakers say this agreement is a significant first step. the proposed framework would provide financial incentives to states to implement red flag laws. it also includes an enhanced background review for gun buyers under 21, and makes new investments in mental health and school safety. it does not contain some of the reforms pushed by president biden and democrats, like bans on assault weapons or high capacity magazines. at least ten senate republicans signed on, upping the chances for passage-- notably, none are up for reelection this year. the legislation still has to be written, and gun safety advocates hope it doesn't get watered down. the n.r.a. wouldn't comment on the framework, but says it will continue to oppose gun control policies. norah. >>on'll watching. nikoleilonthk there's a lot more news ahead on the cbs overnight news. and tonight's winning numbers are 18, 18 55, 39, 71, and 43 we won! yes! noooo... noooo... noooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! boun

nikole killion, thank you. let's turn now to uvalde, texas, where three more funerals took place today. we're learning stunning new details from a state senator who says the police chief who ordered officers to remain outside the classroom during the shooting was not carrying a police radio as the massacre unfolded. and here in washington, a bipartisan group of lawmakers say they are making progress on new gun control legislation in the wake of those recent mass shootings. cbs' scott maccfarlane reports tonight on the measures being discussed. >> reporter: with some progress among senate negotiators over gun laws, president biden today said he would soon get involved. >> i will do what i can to try to see if we have real progress. >> reporter: the president laid out a series of proposals thursday, including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. >> how much more carnage are we willing to accept? >> reporter: but in a narrowly divided u.s. senate, where 60 votes and both party's support are needed

cbs's nikole killion starts us off from capitol hill with all the details. good evening, nikole. >> good evening to you, norah. this appears to be another case the former ece from his own administration as he tried to pressure senior justice department officials to overturn the 2 the 2020 election. >> between december 23rd and january 3, the president either called me or met with me virtually every day -- >> reporter: testifying under oath, top former department of justice officials told the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack that former president trump relentlessly pressured them to investigate false claims of election fraud. >> we had concluded, based on actual investigation, actual witness interviews, actual reviews of documents, that these allegations simply had no merit. >> reporter: weaving previous interviews with live testimony, committee members paint a picture of a desperate president attempting to forms former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputies to cast doubt on election integrity. >> how did the preside

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. so much of what happened before and during the capitol attack was focused on then vice president mike pence. first came the pressure campaign directly from president trump, then came the threats to his life from trump supporters who stormed the capitol. cbs's scott macfarlane is here to walk us through it all. good evening, scott. >> reporter: norah, he won't be at the hearing but you'll hear mic's name a lot. theaves the focus of so much pressure from the days before and in danger from some in mob who allegedly chanted hang mike pence. on the west front by the inaugural platform, someone erected this gallows noose. e his is wheeome n thnaha touseere's he wasro got inside and sat in his chair. he was evacuated out of a back door. you see him leaving out the door down a stair cause to an underground loading dock until the count resumed later that night. tonight the committee reveals what he was doing underground including the pressure from former president trump. top aides are cooperat

nikole killion, thank you. let's turn now to our cbs news s exclusive, and a new twist in the committee's investigation, in the form of 120 hours of never-before-seen footage of tho trump campaign and white house. the new revelation is making some members of former president trump's inner circle nervous. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: what's being billed as "an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the trump family"... >> okay. >> my father... >> reporter: the newly-revealed docu-series "unprecedented" features interviews with the former president and his kids, both before and after the january 6th capitol riot. the january 6th capitol >> reporter: through the hearings, we've heard from trump's inner circle, including daughter ivanka. she was asked about her reaction to then-attorney general bill barr saying there was not widespread voter fraud in 2020. >> it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr, so i... accepted what he said-- was saying. >> o'donnell: in this exclusively-obtained clip from the foo

nikole killion, thank you so much. well, today we learned this: that 33 children at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, waited for more than an hour before police moved in. and the police? they reportedly knew that some kids were still alive inside. cbs' omar villafranca tells us the school police chief's excuse for why his officers waited to confront the gunman. >> reporter: uvalde school police chief pete arredondo is telling his side of the stor. in an interview with "the texas tribune," arredondo revealed he decided to enter the school without his police radios because he believed they would slow him down. arredondo told the outlet, "one had a whip-like antenna that would hit him as he ran. the other had a clip that arredondo knew would cause it to fall off his tactical belt during a long run. while he and his officers waited outside the barricaded classroom for more than an hour, students were making 911 calls from inside, begging the police to come in and help them. but arredondo told the "tribune" he wa

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. and while these rent events have brought attention to lax gun laws, they have also shed a light on the sheer number of firearms nationwide.firearms according to the a.t.f., u.s. gun makers produced 11.3 million firearms in 2020. that is almost triple the 3.9 million that were produced just 20 years ago. cbs' jeff pegues has more on the new plastic pipeline. >> reporter: this is what easy access to guns looks like: a 12- year-old boy in michigan robbing a store with a gun allegedly stolen from his grandfather. police say that they are seeing more guns than ever on america's streets. >> 500 million firearms possibly on the streets right now. another 18 to 20 million added to circulation every year. >> reporter: john devito is the a.t.f. lead agent in new york 2d to circulation every city, and john miller is n.y.p.d.'s intelligence chief. >> we're seeing more and more people carrying guns, using guns. >> reporter: it is the wild, wild west. >> i mean, when we look at a gun that clatters

nikole killion, thank you. tonight some to have the most aggressive charges stemming from the january 6th assault on the capitol, the justice department charging the leader of the right wing hate group the proud boise and four other members with seditious conspiracy. the five were already facing other charges relating to the insurrection. let's turn to the war in ukraine because tonight the u.s. made a major move to go avenue one of russia's richest ol' dwarks and his planes. the justice department claimed easier warrants for two jets belonging to former football owner roman abramovich including a boeing dreamliner. russian troops are closing in on key cities in the country's southeast. chris livesay is fong it from the port city of odesa. >> reporter: the capitol kyiv once again in the crosshairs, russia said it attacked tanks donated by ukrainian allies but local resident leonid says there's nothing here but railcars, a smoldering reminder russia can strike whenever and wherever it wants by air, etch if only

cbs' nikole killion is going to start us off from capitol hill. good evening, nikole. this was some of the toughest testimony i've ever heard. >> reporter: yeah, very difficult day, indeed, norah. and as the debate over how to combat gun violence intensifies here on capitol hill, many lawmakers were forced to confront the human toll that it's taking by listening to a young girl who had the courage and instinct to save her own life. >> my nameri ep this th nt fgr m ceo relid the nucleerooatmenthoi alde, texas. >> shot my teacher, told my teacher "good night," and shot her in the head. and then he shot some of my classmates and the white board. when i-- he shot my friend. >> reporter: she feared she would be next. >> i thought he was going to come back to the room, so i got the blood and put it all over me. >> what did you do then when you put the blood on yourself? >> i stayed quiet and i got my teacher's phone and called 911. >> what did you tell 911? >> i told her that we need help. >> reporter: terror and trauma ingrained in her psyche. >> do you feel safe at school?

cbs' nikole killion is going to start us off from capitol hill. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: yeah, very difficult day, indeed, norah. and as the debate over how to combat gun violence intensifies here on capitol hill, many lawmakers were forced to confront the human toll that it's taking, by listening to a young girl who had the courage u and instinct to save her own life. >> my name is miah cerillo. >> reporter: this is the moment% fourth grader miah cerillo relived the nightmare of a gunman entering her classroom at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. >> reporter: she feared she would be next. >> reporter: terror and trauma ingrained in her psyche. >> reporter: it was hard to find a dry eye as miah's father watched his daughter's recorded testimony. >> reporter: the parents of 10-year-old lexi rubio recalled the last time they saw their daughter, promising her ice cream after she won a good citizen award. >> i left my daughter at that school, and that decision will haunt me for the rest of my life. >> reporter: dr. roy guerrero is uva

nikole killion, thank you. tonight, federal authorities are on alert, after police in idaho say they prevented a possible domestic terror attack over the weekend. 31 members of the white supremacist group patriot front were arrested on suspicion of plotting to violently disrupt a local l.g.b.t.q. pride event. cbs' catherine herridge has the new details. >> reporter: this new video shows idaho police swarming the u-haul truck near a weekend pride celebration in the town of coeur d'alene. jammed inside with heavy gear are alleged members of a white supremacist organization called the patriot front. >> this is a riotous group that had prepared in advance to come downtown and disrupt either the pride event or the prayer-in- the-park event. >> all wearing blue khakis. >> reporter: those arrested, wearing nearly identical clothing, ranged in age from 20 to 40, and were from about a dozen states-- no one was from coeur d'alene. authorities recovered gear including shields, shin guards, and a smoke grenade. a witness t

nikole killion joins us now. the other big bombshell we learned today-- never-before- seen video from a documentary filmmaker that was shot before and after january 6, and includes interviews with donald trump's family. what do we knoh,hat's right, norah. british filmmaker alex holder will be deposed before the panel thursday. he got exclusive access to then- president trump, including 11 hours of interviews with his family. ivanka told that film crew in december 2020 that she thought her father should fight the election results until every legal remedy was exhausted, which is different from what she told the committee in her deposition. norah. >> o'donnell: and we will soon see that. all right, nikole killion, thank you. a new phase in the fight against covid is finally here with vaccines now available for about 20 million children under five. president biden and first lady jill biden visited a "shots for " ine d.c. wher some parents have been waiting for nearly a year and a half for this day to come. cbs' elise

cbs' nikole killion spoke with them. >> my mother's life mattered. and your actions here today will tell us how much it matters to you. >> reporter: filled with heart-wrenching grief, garnell whitfield jr. implored a senate panel after his mother was to erath eradicate the white supremacy after his mother was gunned down in a racially motivated shooting along with nine others at a grocery store last month. what specifically do you want congress to do? >> i want them to do their job. their job is to protect us. their job is to pass legislation. >> reporter: his plea echoed by several other families who lost loved ones in the buffalo attack, like pamela pritchett, whose mother was also killed. >> i want them to imagine getting a phone call that -- from the funeral director that you need to bring a hat to the funeral home because of the damage that was done by this man with the gun. >> reporter: as pressure builds on congress to act, lead democratic negotiator chris murphy spent part of the day at the white house meeting with president biden. >> every d

cbs's nikole killion starts us off, all those details. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this appears to be another case of the former president ignoring advice from his own administration as he tried to pressure senior justice department officials to overturn the 2020 election. >> between december 23rd and january 3rd, the president either called me or met with me virtually every day. >> reporter: testifying under oath, top former department of justice officials told the house select committee investigating former president trump that - relentlessly pressured them to investigate false claims of election fraud. >> we had concluded, based on actual investigations, actual witness interviews, actual reviews of documents, that these allegations simply had no merit. >> reporter: weaving previous interviews with live testimony, committee members painted a picture of a desperate president attempting to force former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and his deputies to cast doubt on election integrity. >> you also noted

cbs' nikole killion is going to start us off from capitol hill. good evening, nikole. >> yeah, very difficult day indeed, norah. and as the debate over how to combat gun violence intensifies here on capitol hill, many lawmakers were forced to confront the human toll that it's taking by listening to a young girl who had the courage and instinct to save her own life. this was the moment fourth grader miah cerrillo relived the nightmare of a gunman entering her classroom at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. >> shot my teacher. told my teacher "good night" and shot her in the head. and then he shot some of my classmates and the light board. when i went to the desk, he shot my friend that was next to me. >> reporter: she feared she would be next. >> i thought he was going to come back to the room. so i got blood and put it all over me. >> what did you do then, when you put the blood on yourself? >> just stayed quiet. and i got my teacher's phone and called 911. >> and what did you tell 911. >> i told her that we need help. >> reporter: terror an

nikole killion, thank you. it's been a massive clean up in florida effort in south florida today after a powerful storm flooded areas forcing rescues and turning high-priced cars into waterlogged trash. that system went on to become the first named storm of the season tropical storm alex, it is now in the atlantic. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports from south florida. >> reporter: some parts of south florida got more than a foot of rain this weekend, leaving cars and drivers stranded in knee deep water in miami. >> whoa, whoa, whoa! >> reporter: and making others look more like amphibious vehicles. >> whoo! >> reporter: it was the result of a tropical system not organized enough to be a named storm at the time, but still packing a punch, leading to water rescues and some flooded homes. >> this is the beginning season to have the rain, and we are forecasters predicted above average hurricane season this year and just days into it, they urge residents in hurricane and flood-prone parts of the country to be prepared a

." >> i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us. after months of wrangling, the european union has reached an agreement to cut russian oil imports by 90% over the next six months. the eu currently buys nearly half a trillion dollars worth of russian oil each year, and this has been funding vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, president biden said the u.s. would not supply ukraine with long-range rockets that can reach into russian. moscow has threatened to retaliate if those missiles were used against its territory. and the russian disinformation campaign has kicked it up a notch. last week, chris livesay ventured inside a bioresearch lab in ukraine falsely accused of creating biological weapons. now two of those scientists find themselves targets of moscow. chris livesay is back from the war zone with more. >> russian conspiracy theory has proven to be a deadly weapon without any evidence, the kremlin says the u.s. has been helping ukraine develop biological weapons. and caught in the crosshairs, in the kremlin's crossh

." >> i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us. six million people living in southern california are bracing for a summer of short showers and brown lawns. the state is suffering through the driest start of the year on record, and new water restrictions that took effect yesterday are designed to cut consumption by 35%. jim cantore with our partners at the weather channel tells us what californians can expect over the next few months. >> yeah, well not much, unfortunately. this is not the time of the year to make up any kind of deficit. we have a 22-year mega drought here, nate. in is the driest it been in 100 years. california is in a, quote, uncharted territory area. let's talk about this. let's talk about the drought and how it came upon us. we went into the win it were drought, and then we got that blockbuster december. right after that, january through march the driest on record for the state of california. so we're pretty much right back where we started here in terms of the drought. these kinds of deficits that you see, sure,

." >> i'm nikole killion in washington. thanks for staying with us. police in oklahoma say the gunman who opened fire in tulsa oklahoma blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain after a recent operation. the surgeon was one of four people killed in the rampage before the gunman took his own leitch. the ar-15 assault style rifle was purchased before the shootings. this makes 20 since last week. on capitol hill, the house committee took up several gunman reform measures. one would raise the age to buy an assault-style rifle to 21. another would also ban the manufacturer or possession of large capacity magazines. the u.s. leads the world in mass shootings. seth doane has a look back at how one nation, australia, responded to the worst massacre in its history. >> it's said that when you lose your parents, you lose your past. when you lose your child, you lose your future. >> reporter: carolyn lawton flung herself on top of her daughter when a gunman started shooting. but it was not enough to save sarah's life. >> she was 15. >> she just turned 15, yes. >> repor

i want to bring in nikole killion, who covers capitol hill for us. nikole, i know you've spoken with many of the capitol police officers, more than 140 of them wounded in this attack, and many of them the viewers cannot see, some of them are in the room taint. we'll hear from them after this break, and this is difficult for them to watch. >> it is, because they have to relive this experience, and not just with this testimony, but literally every day. you know, today, i spoke with officer sergeant gonell who served with the u.s. capitol police, and even when he's on duty, he tries to avoid certain areas of the capitol because he doesn't want to relive that moment, and what many people at home didn't see and what they're seeing now is many of them are showing up. that was officer harry dunn, sergeant gonell, sandra garza whose partner was killed in the attacks i've spoken to them over the year. what's surprising to me, coming off the school shootings, just the pain and anguish that you see in the family faces and that we're seeing in the faces of peopl