as now nikol pashinyan will go to moscow on call. let's see how events develop. a meeting is being prepared, for example, there is information that aliyev and pashinyan are to meet on october 5th in granada, spain, but events are so, well, crowded, so rapidly developing that i would, i would not now, give a forecast that this will finally happen meeting or not. regarding the 102nd base, you understand. there , well, if there is a real turnaround, they need to solve the issue of energy supply, which gazprom to armenia is completely dependent on moscow, borders, normalization of relations with azerbaijan - this is the opening of borders with there are russian border guards of the fsb of the russian federation standing with azerbaijan and turkey, with turkey, that's the belligerence, if you suddenly don't come from georgia by car, but take a plane to zavarnad aerop. you will be met by a russian border guard of the fsb, not an armenian, i am giving such examples, banal , simple, that is, there, if they start , i will turn them around, well, turn them away from russia

pashinyan , actually vermen, now in these conditions, the demolition of nikol pashinyan, it is not aames and preferences, this is a question of the destruction of state institutions, and the very existence of the armenian state is threatened, the armenians understand that, further, everything will depend on how the security and defense sector. vertical military security forces to the extent that they are subordinate to nikol pashinyan, for now, well the vertical is quite stable, as we can see, vintya is quite powerful and so on, on the other hand, the armenians perfectly understand who is behind the financing and organizational resource of these protests, this is robert kocharyan, by the way , his son was detained there for a month, it seems that what forces with of the past, which are even more toxic, shall we say, well, totally toxic, are these forces pro-russian or not? you will understand how much, definitely, definitely, they are financed by one, at least one kremlin power group, with no options there according to the fsb, to things, they changed because of the so-called electio

good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, john.new evidence presented during this impeachment hearing, and democrats blasted republicans for holding it while the government is in danger of shutting down. >> the committee on oversight and accountability will come to order. >> reporter: after months of investigation, house republicans began their first impeachment proceeding seeking to tie president biden to his son, hunter, and his family's business dealings. >> what were the bidens selling to make all this money? joe biden, himself. joe biden is the brand. >> hunter biden cashed in by arranging access to joe biden. >> reporter: the white house has denied any wrongdoing, and minutes into the hearing, the panel's own gop witnesses knocked some of the allegations down. >> i do not believe that the current evidence would support articles of impeachment. >> i'm not here today to even suggest that there was corruption, fraud, or any wrongdoing. in my opinion, more information needs to be gathered. >> reporter: democrats mocked the hearin

>> john: thank you, nikole.ted in the murder of a 26-year-old tech ceo in baltimore is under arrest. authorities captured jason billingsley, a convicted felon and registered sex offender, after a sprawling manhunt. cbs's nicole sganga reports billingsley is also linked to another violent crime from just last week. >> reporter: 32-year-old suspect jason billingsley was arrested at a train station about 30 miles outside of baltimore. >> billingsley was taken into custody at approximately 11:00 last night. >> reporter: he is now facing 30 charges, including the first-degree murder of pava lapere. police say the 26-year-old tech ceo was killed on friday at this luxury building, where she lived in downtown baltimore. authorities found her body days later, with signs of blunt force trauma. police calling it a random act. >> we do know that there was no forced entry into an apartment building. >> reporter: this case raising questions about maryland's sentencing laws. billingsley pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexual assault

good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, norah.serious and respectful in court, although at times he did crack a few smiles and consoled his wife while more of his senate colleagues abandoned him politically. new jersey senator robert menendez arrived at federal court hand in hand with his wife nadine. the couple were in the same row as they were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to three felony charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery, fraud, and ex-portion. the senator responded, "yes, your honor" when asked if he understood the charges against him, and was ordered to surrender his personal passport. >> can you continue to serve effectively in the senate, sir? >> reporter: according to the indictment, menendez and his wife allegedly accepted bribes in the form of nearly $500,000 in cash, found in pockets of a coat bearing his name, over $100,000 in gold bars, and a $60,000 mercedes convertible in exchange for his efforts to direct federal aid and weapons sales to egypt. he is also accused of enriching a trio of business par

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about the situation in the region the day before, and vladimir putin and prime minister of armenia nikol pashinyan discussed the chronology of events with boris ivanin over the phone. artsakh in armenian nagorno-karabakh in the center of yerevan this evening again a large-scale protest action, the crowd on republic square is pressing on the cordons of security forces, the government of the country is being pelted with bottles and stones. in some places in the building, windows have already been broken between demonstrators and the police, and every now and then clashes arise and brawls against armenian prime minister nikol pashinyan. the opposition is calling for his impeachment for effectively withdrawing himself from the conflict in the region. even a complete cessation of hostilities. in nagorno-khababakh, achieved through the mediation of russian peacekeepers. he commented rather sparingly, and armenia did not participate in the preparation of the signed text on nagorno-karabakh and was not a party to the discussions. it is assumed that if the peacekeepers made such a proposal, it me

>> norah: nikole killion here in new york, thank you.rivate travis king is back in u.s. custody 71 days after crossing into north korea. pyongyang deported him with help from swedish diplomats, who arranged his safe return, via china, where u.s. officials met him before heading to a military base in south korea. cbs's elizabeth palmer has the new details from tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, private king is on his way home, in good spirits, according to one u.s. official, and looking forward to seeing his family. king has already spoken with his mother, her spokesperson told cbs news. >> everybody is overjoyed. this is a large, very close-knit family. they have been desperately worried about him. >> we thank sweden and the people's republic of china for their assistance in facilitating that transfer. he is now on his way to the united states, and we expect him to arrive in the coming hours. >> reporter: north korea said the 23-year-old was being deported because he had illegally intruded into the territory of the dprk, claiming ill feeling a

however, the sudden statement of nikol pashinyan radically changed not only the status of the territorylso of our military, president aliyev says, well, you you know that armenia recognized that karabakh is ours, that the question of the status of karabakh no longer stands, it has decided and armenian leadership. she publicly stated this, considering the entire territory before 1991 within the framework of azerbaijan. sir, and having named the figure that includes, which includes, of course, the territory of karabakh itself, this took place. this is not our decision, this is the decision of the armenian leadership today. and if this is what they tell us, then now you have all the answers. if you want to do something, karabakh, you must decide with us on a bilateral basis. well , why should we say anything if armenia itself admitted that karabakh is this part of azerbaijan? so what? to what extent, in your opinion, is yerevan’s claim generally justified when it says that russia did not help? oh yes, no matter how much it helps, the blockade of nagorno-karabakh was also not lifted and hum

it’s difficult to determine, but all because nikol pashinyan spoke with european leaders last fall afters in prague, which took place without russia’s participation. then they diligently intercepted the peacekeeping initiative in the region from our country. not only did he sign an agreement on the mutual recognition of the border by azerbaijan, but he also spoke very specifically, and on the mountainous territory of 86,600 m² of azerbaijan, they include nagorno- karabakh, if we understand each other correctly friend, then armenia recognizes the territorial integrity of azerbaijan within the stated limits, and baku recognizes the territorial integrity of armenia at 29,800 m². the territories of azerbaijan include nagorno-karabakh; we repeat pashinyan’s words. he defined the very status of nagorno-karabakh as the territory of azerbaijan and he signed the corresponding documents, which really means armenia and azerbaijan. they defined the territory of azerbaijan taking into account practically. well, every kilometer, especially the day before, when azerbaijan began to conduct anti-terroris

announce the anti-terrorist operation in karabakh, azerbaijan , for example, the armenian minister nikolhe day before completely distanced himself from what was happening, saying that the armenian military was in the conflict zone . no, by the way, at that time they were in joint exercises with the american the military and did not interrupt even when the first explosions had already occurred in karabakh. and that's true. why did yerevan never officially declare claims to this territory, and even vice versa last fall? in prague , the leaders of armenian azerbaijan, through the mediation of european leaders, signed a joint agreement on the mutual recognition of the borders that existed at the time of the collapse of the ussr . well, later pashinyan personally elaborated. what exactly is hidden behind the formulation 86.600 m² of territory of azerbaijan includes nagorny karabakh, if we understand each other correctly, then armenia recognizes the territorial integrity of azerbaijan within the boundaries of baku, the territorial integrity of armenia of 29,800 m² , they understood each other

armenian flags, protesters are chanting slogans sharply, criticizing the policies of prime minister nikolan, protesters began to gather near the building of the armenian government even after svetlaya , demonstrators called for military participation armenia in the nagorno-karabakh crisis, accusing prime minister pashinyan of betraying his people today azerbaijan announced the implementation of quotation counter-terrorism measures of a local nature in nagorno-karabakh, claiming that armenia has allegedly secretly strengthened its military presence in the region baku claims that it is striking exclusively at the military objects, armenia, for its part, described this excavation as new. this is also a quote of large-scale aggression against the people of nagorno-karabakh, end of quote, but at the same time armenia denies the deployment. there are no units there nikola pashinyan previously convened an urgent meeting of the security council and held talks with the us secretary of state and the french president. it was about the inadmissibility of the use of force and the need for de-escalatio

norah. >> nikole killion, thank you. >>> there were some terrifying moments today aboard a jetblue flightdor to ft. lauderdale when it hit severe turbulence. the flight landed safely, but seven passengers and a crew member were sent to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. the plane was taken out of service for inspection. >>> turning now to the crisis at the border, tonight cbs news can report that more than 9,000 migrants were apprehended at the border just yesterday. the mayor of el paso says his city is reaching a breaking point with more than 2,000 migrants arriving per day. a dozen buses of migrants pulled into chicago over the weekend. america's third largest city is now spending $29 million to set up winterized tent camps for the migrants. >>> turning overseas, ukraine says it killed the commander of russia's black sea fleet in a missile strike last week. the attack targeted the russian navy's headquarters in crimea. the claim comes as president zelenskyy announced today that his forces have received much-needed u.s. abrams tanks, saying they're being prepared for battle. >>>

as nikole killion reports, a fellow senator expressed doubts about the diagnosis given by the capitolrity leader mitch mcconnell dismissed questions about his health and vowed to stay on. >> going to finish my term as leader, and i'm going to finish my senate term. >> reporter: the kentucky republican pointed to a letter from congress' attending physician which found no evidence of stroke or seizures or movement disorders like parkinson's disease following two recent incidents in which he froze up. kentucky's rand paul, an eye doctor, expressed support for mcconnell but skepticis about the capitol physician's diagnosis. >> i practiced medicine for 25 years. it looks like a focal neurologic event. >> reporter: mcconnell met with his republican colleagues privately to discuss his condition. do you feel that he is being fully transparent about his health? >> he's a fine leader. if he has a hangnail, i don't need to know about it. >> reporter: uestions aren't only swirling around the 81-year-old. in jakarta, vice president kamala harris was asked about president biden's age and whether sh

as nikole killion reports, he is standing strong amid calls for his resignation. >> reporter: new jersey senator bob menendez says he's bracing for his biggest fight yet and showed no signs of backing down. >> i firmly believe when all of the facts are presented, not only will i be exonerated, but i will be new jersey's senior senator. >> reporter: flanked by a handful of supporters, the democratic lawmaker took no questions. >> are you running for re-election? >> reporter: as he responded publicly to a three-count indictment filed last week against the senator, his wife, and three new jersey business associates. the senator is accused of using his political influence on the powerful foreign relations committee to take thousands of dollars in bribes, including mortgage payments to his wife, a luxury car, 13 bars of gold, and around $500,000 in cash with some of the money stuffed in congressional jackets bearing his name. >> for 30 years, i have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account, which i have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my famil

, this is one of my steps, which constantly declared that we are for armenia, european. and today, nikolhinyan's steps lead to this, because of a bitter experience, which, of course , they, having lost the position they had, they came to the fact that they had to understand that the only salvation today for armenia is this the european course, then realizing that proving to the whole world that nothing is impossible with russia come to an agreement, russia has never kept its promises not... with some other state or nation, therefore today is the only one that is suffering, civilian people, for 30 years, in the territory of artsakh, nagorno-karabakh, for example, well, there were, the generations grew up, they did not even suspect that they would have to leave it all, mr. suran, but here... returning to the relations between armenia and russia, do you think that armenia will now go to, for example, leave the csto, and what does it matter to me whether russia will let go? that's a question about what let out, this is the question you are looking at, armenia from the first days, practically

nikole killion reports. >> reporter: new jersey senator robert menendez arrived in federal court hand in hand with his wife nadine. the couple were in the same row as they were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to three felony charges including conspiracy to commit bribery, fraud, and extortion. the senator responded, yes, your honor, when asked if he understood the charges against him and was ordered to surrender his personal passport. >> can you continue to serve effectively in the senate, sir? >> reporter: according to the indictment, menendez and his wife allegedly accepted bribes in the form of nearly $500,000 in cash found in pockets of a coat bearing his name, over $100,000 in gold bars, and a $60,000 mercedes convertible, in exchange for his efforts to direct federal aid and weapons sales to egypt. he's also accused of enriching a trio of business partners who also pleaded not guilty. >> i'm innocent. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the fbi is investigating whether egypt's intelligence services tried to gain access to the senator through his wife. more than half of the senate

cbs' nikole killion has more. >> reporter: house republicans huddled behind closed doors wednesday ready to move full speed ahead with their impeachment inquiry against president biden, unilaterally authorized by speaker kevin mccarthy. how do you justify this impeachment inquiry without holding a full house vote? >> easily because nancy pelosi changed the rules. >> reporter: despite saying earlier that he would hold a vote, the speaker pointed to former speaker nancy pelosi's decision four years ago to announce an impeachment inquiry into then-president trump. it took five weeks until the house voted. >> the resolution is adopted. >> reporter: prompting the trump department of justice to declare that impeachment inquiries are invalid unless the chamber takes a formal vote. >> this is completely impeachment theater. there is no additional power that the republican congress has. >> reporter: the chair overseeing the probe into the business dealings of mr. biden's son and associates countered. >> we are following the money, and we will see where that leads us. >> reporter: the white house

>> nikole killion on capitol hill, thank you. >>> and we have breaking news out of texas. a federal judge is ordering governor greg abbott to move that floating barrier from the center of the rio grande to the river bank by september 15th. the one thousand-foot barrier was designed to stop migrants from entering the u.s. the judge wrote the buoys are a, quote, threat to human life. texas plans to appeal. >>> turning now to the war in ukraine, russia unleashed one of its worst attacks on civilians in months today. a missile strike in eastern ukraine killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens. the attack unfolding as secretary of state antony blinken returned to the war zone with a new aid package for america's besieged ally. cbs' imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv. >> reporter: the moment a russian missile slammed into a busy outdoor market, bringing fire and death to the streets of constantin nivka. it's one of the deadliest assaults in months and came shortly after missiles targeting kyiv were shot down by ukrainian air defenses as secretary of state antony blinken was tra

the demonstrators demanded the resignation of the armenian prime minister nikol pashinyan and find aution to the crisis of the displaced people of karabagh. it continues to armenia. according to the latest census, garbagh region has about 160,000 people, 120,000 of whom are armenians. the adviser of the president of azerbaijan on foreign policy matters described the negotiations with armenia as very productive. hikmat hajiov added that the opportunities for progress in the normalization of relations between baku and iran are currently in the best position. the european union is hosting a meeting in brussels between hekmat hajiov and armin gregorian, secretary of the national security council of armenia . arrangements for the upcoming meeting between the president of the republic of azerbaijan elham aliyu and the prime minister of armenia nikol pashiyan in spain should be reviewed. the representative of syria in the united nations said that the approach and policy of the parallel governments in the united states over the past years has caused chaos and insecurity in syria. in a speech

nikol pashinyan came to armenia.tern leaders began to occur more and more often. pashinyan abandoned the exercises this year at the dkb, but conducted a joint us exercise and at the height of the russian war, pashinyan sent his wife to kiev to the forum of the first ladies and gentlemen, where she warmly communicated with the participants, including zelensky’s wife and himself, pashinyan himself after a series of meetings with blinky schultz macron and michel publicly announced that he recognizes the territorial integrity of azerbaijan within the borders of 1991, that is, including nagorno-karabakh, thereby collapsing all previous agreements. now, when the situation has escalated to the limit and what has been said pashinyan began to happen de facto in washington, brussels limited themselves to expressing concern. directly on the ground, only russian peacekeepers who work at risk to their lives after the outbreak of hostilities, the patrol came under fire, all the military personnel in the car died during a telephone

demonstrations demanding the resignation of prime minister nikol pashinyan, who in turn blames russia, continue in the capital yerevan. said. kva is not doing enough to protect the armenian population of nagorno-karabakh with details from yerevan bbc correspondent kastra nadzhi. i'm standing on the main square of yerevan, the capital of armenia. behind me are police and special forces guarding the building that houses the country's government and prime minister nikolay pashinyan's office. he is criticized for allegedly not doing enough to protect nagorno- karabakh. we witnessed huge demonstrations that have been going on for several days in a row. there were approximately 10,000 people here last night calling for the prime minister to resign. the fact is that people here are very concerned about the state of security armenian karabakh. and also the fact that tens of thousands are apparently heading here, and people are not sure that armenia, the government, is ready to accept so many refugees. the authorities reject this criticism. yesterday, prime minister nikola pashinyan: speaking

he also met with his colleague, the head of the country’s police, the prime minister of armenia nikoltails in the material by maxim shevchenko. in sunny yerevan, the plane from moscow landed on monday morning, and here is the red carpet, solemnly greeted with the participation of the guard at the airport. receive a delegation led by russian minister of internal affairs vladimir kolokoltsev, the visit of the head of the russian police to armenia has been prepared for a long time. unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, our meetings were postponed, but fortunately everything is behind us and we were able to resume our meetings again. i would like to note that the unified colleague continues to be an important mechanism for increasing efficiency. divisions of our departments. enough topics for communication have accumulated to be discussed at a round table. on the agenda of the meeting of the joint board of ministries two countries, a few questions. one of the key ones is the possibility of expanding bilateral cooperation, because according to the participants in the conversation

by the way , nikol pashinyan publicly agreed and repeatedly and on various platforms said that the regionhich means all questions about its security, like cape. must the official representative of the russian foreign ministry, maria zakharova, recalled these statements to be addressed there and called on the conflicting parties to stop the bloodshed and return to the implementation of the agreements that they themselves signed. the russian side strongly calls on the conflicting parties to stop the bloodshed, immediately cease hostilities and return to the path to a policy of diplomatic settlement . all steps for a peaceful solution to the karabakh problem. we repeat. this happens repeatedly. we want to draw their attention to these statements today, especially since all the steps for a peaceful solution to the karabakh problem are spelled out in a set of trilateral statements, the leaders of russia, azerbaijan and armenia, which were adopted in the period from 20 to 22 by tuesday afternoon, concerned about the aggravation. in nagorno-karabakh , one of the central avenues was blocked. yere

they want prime minister nikol pashinyan to stand down.hinyan says the armenian military wasn't involved in the latest fighting or the cease fire process. >> we hope that military escalation will not continue, because stability is very important for future projects. reporter: thousands of russian peacekeepers field to stop the fighting. they helped evacuate around 10,000 ethnic armenian civilians. now they will monitor the new cease fire. as azerbaijan seeks to reintegrate the region and its people. fintech monaghan for "inside story." ♪ mohammed: for more on all of this, i am joined by are guests. in istanbul, is esmira jafarova, a board member of the center of analysis of international relations. she's a former azerbaijan diplomat and adviser to the minister of energy. in yerevan, is arsen kharatyan editor-in-chief of aliq media, an armenian-georgian media platform. he is also the former foreign policy adviser to the armenian prime minister. also in istanbul is matthew bryza, former u.s. mediator to the nagorno-karabakh conflict. he is t

that is what the butcher of the unrecognized region claims, meanwhile, the prime minister of armenia nikol pashinin declared that his country will not fight official baku because of these events, at the same time in yerevan itself mass protests, people are blocking the streets and gathering near the government building with a call to kitten to influence the situation in nagorno-karabakh and protect the armenians who are there, i will remind you that azerbaijan has announced the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in this region, while the ministry of defense of the country noted that their goal is only military goals, i reminded my compatriots of the border guards for the day of the white-red-white flag on the border with the republic of belarus launched in the sky measuring 5x10 m such a symbolic action was organized by servicemen of the kalinovsky regiment together with belarusian partisans who do not support the regime self-proclaimed president lukashenka in this way, activists seek to remind their northern neighbors that sooner or later they will have to find a common language wit

nikole killion, thank you. >>> we've now got some breaking news on hurricane lee.nd are now under tropical storm and hurricane watches as the category 2 storm approaches. lee is weakening as it heads into cooler waters, but it will bing at least tropical storm force winds to new england starting friday night. and dangerous waves and rip currents up and down the east coast from south carolina to maine. >>> turning overseas now to a rare meeting today between two nuclear-armed adversaries of the u.s. north korean dictator kim jong un and vladimir putin spending more than four hours together in far east russia discussing military cooperation. cbs's david martin reports from the pentagon, where there is growing concern about this rogue state alliance. >> reporter: kim jong un rode his armored mystery train into russia to meet vladimir putin. the message the two dictators - were sending. this is our new cosmodrome, putin told kim. and the sight of them touring russia's newest space launch facility looked like a down payment on a russian promise to help north korea devel

norah. >> norah: nikole killion, thank you.d a jetblue flight from ecuador to fort lauderdale when it hit severe turbulence. it landed safely, but seven passengers and a crew member were sent to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. the plane was taken out of service for inspection. now to some lingering weather problems caused by the remnants of tropical storm ophelia. the storm lashley east coast over the weekend with strong winds and up to 10 inches of rain from north carolina to the jersey shore. while the worst is behind us, states up and down the coast are in store for more stormy weather. so for all of that late spring and meteorologist alex wilson form our partners at the weather channel. good evening, alex. >> reporter: norah, it's going to be a tough week on the east coast as conditions remain unsettled, particularly at those areas along the beaches. we have the remnant circulation of ophelia, keeping rain showers stronger and high to the north. that will lead to an increased pressure gradient, strong winds and a

prime minister nikol pashinyan essentially admitted this.n the country has not subsided for a week. detained during the day. 150 people, thousands more became forced migrants, they are being helped by russian peacekeepers, anatoly lazarev collected the latest information. in yerevan, every day begins. the same protesters come out, police detain. the reason for arrest is not always obvious to an outside observer, so the police pounce from behind on people calmly walking along the boulevard. the police have already detained more than one hundred and fifty people today, and this despite the fact that formally the rally is planned to begin in the evening in the central square. the protests broke out almost a week ago and have followed the same scenario ever since. the protesters are chanting artsakh, as nagorno-karabakh is called in armenia. protesters demand pashinyan's resignation because he recognized nagorno-karabakh as azerbaijani territory, and did this twice in october 22nd and may 22nd at eu summits, which essentially collapsed all the l

all right, nikole killion, thank you. we've now got some breaking news on hurricane lee.storm and hurricane watches as the category 2 storm approaches. lee is weakening as it heads into cooler waters, but it will bring at least tropical storm-force winds to new england starting friday night and dangerous waves and rip currents up and down the east coast from south carolina to maine. turning overseas now to a rare meeting today between two nuclear-armed adversaries of the u.s., north korean dictator kim jong un and vladimir putin spending more than four hours together in far east russia, discussing military cooperation. cbs's david martin reports from the pentagon, where there is growing concern about this rogue state alliance. >> reporter: kim jong un rode his armored mystery train into russia to meet vladimir putin. but there was no mystery about the message the two dictators were sending. "this is our new cosmodrome," putin told kim. and the sight of them touring russia's newest space launch facility looked like a down payment on a russian promise to help north korea de

the claims of the country's residents against their prime minister, nikol pashinyan, can hardly be called unfounded. he personally recognized karabakh as essentially azerbaijani territory. uh, turning the karabakh crisis into an internal conflict baku and at these moments protesters are again dismantling in the center of yerevan the number of deaths as a result of a gas explosion in a nine-story residential building in balashikha near moscow according to the latest data, two more have risen to 4:00 - these are mothers and children remain under the rubble, in addition, as a result of the repeated collapse of ceilings and six rescuers were injured ; it is reported that two of them died at the scene ; more than 160 people and 40 units are working. rescue technicians evacuated 170 people and organized the work of three points temporary accommodation. an explosion occurred this morning on the fourth floor. according to preliminary information , a gas-air mixture detonated; a criminal case was opened under the article on the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements. all the de

>> norah: nikole killion on the hill tonight, thank you.of louisiana is facing a potential drinking water crisis. persistent drought conditions have lower levels of the mississippi river, allowing saltwater to creep in from the gulf of mexico, where it threatens to contaminate the freshwater. cbs's omar villafranca is in new orleans, where the city has declared an emergency. >> this is pretty significant. >> reporter: heath jones is with the army corps of engineers. they are in a race to fix a looming threat brewing underwater. extremely dry conditions over the past few months have led to historic low levels on the mississippi river, allowing dense saltwater from the gulf to creep its way up river, which could affect the ability to treat and supply drinking water in new orleans. in july, these boats built a sill, or an underwater levy, to try and slow the saltwater. but last week, the sill was overtopped. now, engineers are working to increase its height by 30 feet. we are about 20 miles south of new orleans, in plaquemines parish, and this

we know that prime minister nikol pashinyan, a few days ago, spoke about government's preparedness forn that. and i'm not sure whether this place is prepared to receive them yet. and the leaders of azerbaijan and turkey are meeting today as well. what is that about? this is the wider regional conflict. this thing is not about karabakh only, many people here feel. there's a push, there's ambition in azerbaijan, let's say, for more territorial gain. and that territory that they're looking to is a southern part of armenia on the border with iran. azerbaijan wants to open a corridor that would connect azerbaijan to nakhchivan and turkey, and that corridor eventually has to pass through armenia. so there's there's a fear that azerbaijan have more plans for this region and for taking over that bit of armenian territory. and today's visit by presidents of turkey and azerbaijan to this autonomous region of nakhchivan on the west side of the armenian area is very provocative. they are pushing for this corridor, zangezur corridor, to open. we just wejust had a line we just had a line from the ar

>> norah: nikole killion, thank you very much.ade 2024 election news today, announcing that she is running to keep her seat in the closely-divided house. the san francisco democrat, now 83 years old, has served in congress since 1987, and she was the first woman ever to serve as speaker of the house. even after stepping down as the democratic leader, pelosi remains one of the nation's most influential lawmakers. president biden arrived in india today for a weekend of important meetings with world leaders at the g20 summit. the president met privately with prime minister modi. the leaders of russia and china are skipping the summit this year, giving president biden and other heads of state an opportunity to strengthen ties and focus on economic security, climate change, and other key global issues. the heat dome that smothered much of the country this week is still blanketing texas with temperatures well into the triple digits. the extreme heat is not only threatening people's health. it is having a major impact on the lone star st

nikole killion on capitol hill, thank you. and we have breaking news out of texas.eg abbott to move that floating barrier from the center of the rio grande to the riverbank by september 15th. the 1,000-foot barrier was designed to stop migrants from entering the u.s. the judge wrote that the buoys are "a threat to human life." texas plans to appeal. turning now to the war in ukraine, russia unleashed one of its worst attacks on civilians in months today. a missile strike in eastern ukraine killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens. the attack unfolding as secretary of state antony blinken returned to the war zone with a new aid package for america's besieged ally. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv. >> reporter: the moment a russian missile slammed into a busy outdoor market... [explosion] bringing fire and death to the streets of kostyantynivka. the carnage in the eastern donetsk region is one of the deadliest russian assaults in months. and came shortly after missiles targeting kyiv were shot down by ukrainian air defenses, as secretary of state antony blink

and so on and so forth , information was received from the prime minister of the republic of armenia nikolains interesting nuances, and in which, well, in fact, in the first paragraph, nikola pashinyan, a emphasizes that nagorno-karabakh negotiated with azerbaijan independently without the participation of armenia, that is , once again formally, despite the fact that he has already stated more than once that, well, that is, in fact, karabakh he, well, sort of distanced himself from him, recognizing him as territorial. uh, part of the territory of the republic of azerbaijan is already here. he says that armenia is not involved in any negotiations. but remember, when i said i reported to the nagorny authorities karabakh, with reference to them and the azerbaijani ministry of defense, says that there have been no military personnel of the armenian armed forces on the territory of nagorno-karabakh since 21 , which means a very important and indicative point in which the prime minister of armenia , which for decades has supported . e, karabakh and connections. well, then we understand this, wel

the street that brought nikol pashinyan to power is now accusing him of treason. the prime minister has turned against himself. it seems that all of yerevan has declared that azerbaijan has launched a ground operation to ethnically cleanse the armenians of nagorno-karabakh, because pashinyan’s task was precisely to prevent new escalations after the 44-day war and solve the problems of artsakh peacefully, having missed this chance the armenian prime minister was left with the street, which is more obvious to him that he doesn’t believe one in one thousands of people last evening tried to enter the government building on republic square. at that time he spoke with the leadership of france and called for russia to intervene, but all his statements lost their meaning a year ago , as soon as pashinyan recognized the territory of karabakh as part of azerbaijan for the first time. he said this in october 22 in prague at a meeting with the presidents of azerbaijan and france, then publicly confirmed his words at a press conference in may of this year, if azerbaijan and i

let’s add that nikol pashinyan diligently avoids the topic of his public renunciation of karabakh andin any way and with these are their european partners. as for the russian peacekeepers. they are right now doing everything possible to extinguish the conflict in which civilians are suffering. since 20:00 , no violation of the ceasefire has been recorded, this is confirmed and the azerbaijani side has reached an agreement to suspend the anti-terrorist operation, a unit of the armenian armed forces located in the karabakh region of the republic of azerbaijan and illegal armenian armed forces lay down their arms and leave territory of azerbaijan, everything happens in cooperation with the russian peacekeeping contingent in the capital of armenia, where an anti-government rally took place the previous evening and at night, the ministry of health reported about thirty victims, half of whom were law enforcement officers . today thousands of people have gathered again, and the armenian opposition announces the creation of a national committee to remove pashinyan from power anton leninsky na

nikol pashenyan’s latest maxims confirm our earlier conclusions that we are inspired by the west andllied relations are not episodic, but systemic in nature. the head of government essentially admitted that all this time the republic was deliberately preparing for a turn away from russia; its steps are intended to set a new western vector of development for armenia ; they are unconvincingly justified by alleged mistakes on the part of the russian federation. and odb. our media also stated that the authorities in yerevan are making a mistake when they try to destroy the centuries-old ties between armenia and russia, making their country a hostage to the geopolitical games of the west. our diplomats are sure of this, and the vast majority of armenians are aware of this. and here's the confirmation. in the evening, thousands of people gathered in yerevan for a new rally demanding the resignation of prime minister nikol pashiyan. meanwhile, thousands of people are leaving nagorno-karabakh. our peacekeepers are helping them reach armenia safely. the topic will continue she. usually this i

, block roads, try to paralyze transport links, residents demand the resignation of prime minister nikolan. according to the latest data , more than 50 people have been detained. moscow is making every effort to stabilize the situation in karabakh and ensure the rights of the armenian population. as stated in our media, two rounds of negotiations have already taken place between representatives of baku and stepanokert with the participation of russian peacekeepers. among these priority tasks. contacts issues of demilitarization, restoration of peaceful life and ensuring the rights and security of the armenian population of nagorno-karabakh. we hope that the positive results of this process will contribute to the speedy resumption of work on the implementation of the set of agreements between the leaders of russia, azerbaijan and armenia for 2020-2022, including the unblocking of transport communications, the delimitation of the armenian-azerbaijani border, the coordination of a peace treaty and development humanitarian... contacts, in ukraine there are professional saboteur training camp