CBS Evening News S2025E28: Episode 28

Overview

Crews have recovered 41 bodies from the wreckage of the American Airlines regional jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter sitting in the Potomac River. Now, they're waiting for additional equipment to pull pieces of fuselage from the river in the hopes of reaching those unaccounted for. Kris Van Cleave reports on the latest recovery efforts. On a National Day of Mourning after 9/11, then-President George W. Bush told the nation that the tragedy had brought political parties together in a kinship of grief, with no room for politics. But President Trump took on a different tone Thursday after another national tragedy -- the deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C. Margaret Brennan explains. Leslie Stahl sits down with Sen. Mitch McConnell for an interview airing in full on "60 Minutes" to discuss his support for President Trump's policies and more. A security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art now has a piece of art on display there thanks to a chance encounter with a museum curator. Steve Hartman has the story for "On the Road."