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Into question. What did you think of Stormy Daniels testimony . Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Tonight, jurors in the socalled Hush Money Case against donald trump are weighing a dizzying day and a half of testimony from Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels. She was called back to the Witness Stand today with the former president sitting just feet away from daniels as his attorneys prodded her about sex, the porn industry, and more. They aim to paint her as a moneyhungry liar, as they questioned her about the alleged 2006 tryst that resulted in the nowinfamous hush money payment. And daniels forcefully pushed back, saying, if that story was untrue, i would have written it to be a lot better. Trump faces 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records to cover up that payment. Cbss robert costa starts us off tonight with the salacious details from court. Reporter former President Donald Trump has always advised his lawyers to be aggressive. Today, his defense Team Targeted Stormy Daniels credibility. Here we sit after two and a half weeks, and i think youll see some very revealing things today. Reporter trumps Attorney Susan Necheles led an oftentense crossexamination of daniels, who prosecutors say accepted a 130,000 payment from trumps former Attorney Michael Cohen before the 2016 election, in exchange for keeping quiet about her story. Necheles focus on daniels highprofile appearances after news of her alleged sexual encounter with trump, which he denies, made headlines, and argued daniels tried to capitalize on her fame. Necheles you wanted to make more money, right . Daniels no. Thats why i did 60 minutes for free. Did you want to have sex with him . No. But i didnt i didnt say no. Im not a victim. Reporter trumps attorney brought up daniels career of writing, directing, and acting in adult films. Necheles asked, you have a lot of experience making phony stories about sex appear real. Daniels disputed that. The sex in the films is very much real. Just like what happened to me in that room. Adding, if her encounter with trump was untrue, i would have written it to be a lot better. Trump grimaced at the comment. You feel like if you had wanted to go public, you could have gotten paid a lot of money to go public without a doubt. I know for a fact. Reporter daniels repeatedly denied being motivated by money and when necheles noted she was selling merchandise related to trumps indictments online, daniels replied, not unlike mr. Trump. Did the defenses strategy potentially make Stormy Daniels look sympathetic to the jury . Some jurors may have had sympathy for Stormy Daniels, and some jurors may have had contempt for her. Reporter late today, trumps lawyers pushed the judge to modify the gag order so that he could comment on daniels testimony, but the judge denied that, saying it would remain in place because of trumps record of attacking witnesses with vitriol, and he also rejected another call for a mistrial. Norah and robert, there is still another highlyanticipated witness Michael Cohen. What do we expect there . Reporter all eyes on a long time trump fixer and trump lawyer. He will be the key Witness For The Prosecution in the coming days. Expected to take the stand. If you thought today was rough and tumble, just wait until Michael Cohen is in that chair. Norah robert, thank you. Now to some Breaking News. A florida Sheriffs Office released Body Camera Video this afternoon showing the Fatal Shooting of a u. S. Air force airman last week inside his own apartment. Cbss Mark Strassmann reports the family of the decorated Service Member is seeking answers. And a warning, some of these images you will see are disturbing. Reporter tonight, newlyreleased Body Cam Video shows an Okaloosa County deputy arriving at the home of Senior Airman roger fortsons apartment door, responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance. The video is partially blurred. The deputy appears to step to the side and knock. Seconds later, fortson opens the door holding a handgun at his side that was legally owned, according to his family. The Deputy Orders him to step back and then fires. [gunshots] Okaloosa County sheriff eric aden says his Department Released the video to be transparent. I want to assure you that we are not hiding, covering up, or taking action that would result in a rush to judgment of mr. Fortson or our deputy. Reporter fortsons mother, mika, says here son was facetiming with his girlfriend during the shooting. A portion of that facetime video, which appears to be after the shooting, was released by the familys attorney. Law enforcement can be heard talking about fortsons injuries. The subtitles were added by cbs news. Yeah, hes shot. Six gunshot wounds. They just said, oh, yeah, he shot him. He shot him. Our baby was shot. Reporter fortsons family claims the deputy had no reason to go to his apartment. The sheriff says his deputy went to the apartment he was directed to. In other words, contradictory accounts. Lawyer ben crump represents the family. Roger was the best of us. He was the best america had to offer. And they stole his life, and the very people who were supposed to protect and serve him, took him away from mika and their family. Reporter the investigator is now looking into this shooting. The deputy who pulled the trigger has been placed on administrative leave. Norah . Norah Mark Strassmann, thank you. Weve got some Breaking News from utah with a tragic day on the slopes in the mountains outside salt lake city. Three skiers were buried in an avalanche and only one made it out alive. We get details from Kristen Mcpeek of our cbs utah affiliate, kutv. Reporter a life flight helicopter flew one of the three skiers to safety this afternoon. He appeared to be walking with a slight limp as First Responders he appeared to be walking with a slight limp as First Responders led him to an ambulance. He was able to dig himself out, and he was in pretty fair condition, other than mentally. Reporter the avalanche happened in an area recently covered in 3 feet of snow, about 30 miles south of salt lake city. The two others skiers were found dead after being trapped in steep, rugged terrain. Avalanches are common in this region. Experts say rapidlychanging Weather Conditions are triggering them this late in the season. Up in the mountains, its fullon winter, with dense, heavy snow, strong winds, and any time the sun pops out or there is rapidlyrising temperatures, that, of course, is instantly going to ramp up the avalanche danger. Reporter we are told that this was a group of experienced Backcountry Skiers who had avalanche gear, and now, norah, the Recovery Process begins for those skiers who lost their lives. Norah Kristen Mcpeek, thanks for your reporting. There is more dangerous weather in the forecast tonight after a string of brutal storms tore through the south last night, with at least nine tornadoes touching down in five states. Three people died in the storms and more are injured, including a 10yearold boy, who is in Critical Condition after he was swept into a storm drain in tennessee. Cbss dave malkoff reports tonight from the hardhit community of columbia, tennessee. Reporter four days of Pounding Tornadoes has taken a toll. That is 100 a tornado. Reporter With Relentless Heavy Rain and wind pummeling the region. The latest round on wednesday, at least two twisters touched down in tennessee. An ef3 with winds in excess of 140 Miles Per Hour caused catastrophic damage in maury county. One person died and 100 homes were damaged or destroyed. You can look around and see all of the stuff that was pulled out of the house. Reporter david white watched from a few blocks away as his familys house was hit, with his sisterinlaw inside. She was able to get down off of the second floor before all of this came off of the front of the house. So shes lucky to be oh, my god. Reporter the tornado passed near spring hill, destroying a barn at spirit horse stables, and flipping a car on interstate 65. Along with the strong winds, heavy rain, up to 9 inches, north of nashville, causing flash flooding. A 10yearold child is now in Critical Condition after being swept into a drain pipe. Near the town of henagar, alabama, calm after the storm. Thats what saved our lives. Reporter wanda white took cover inside her shelter. Her home survived a tornado 13 years ago. Now, there is nothing left. We started Hearing Trees popping and blowing and popping sounds. And this is what we woke up to at 5 00 this morning. And this is what we saw. Reporter wow. It really feels like tornadoes are happening all at once this season. Just since april 25th, there have been more than 300 reports of tornadoes, and norah, if you add all that up, that is nearly half of the tornado reports this year. Norah a lot of severe weather. Dave malkoff, thank you very much. The israelhamas war appears to be entering a dangerous new phase, with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly vowing that israel will go it alone if necessary to finish off hamas. Netanyahu today shrugging off the withholding of u. S. Military weapons and repeated warnings not to invade the city of rafah. Cbss Ramy Inocencio has the late developments from tel aviv. Reporter with israels military pushing closer to the city of rafah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back, angrily, against president biden. If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone, he said. His reply to bidens blunt warning wednesday to not launch a major strike. Its just wrong. Reporter the president said he wants to avoid mass casualties and paused a shipment of 3500 bombs last week. But refusing to back down, israels Military Spokesman said they have the necessary ammunition for the rafah operation. A far right minister posted on social, hamas loves biden, and another lawmaker said, biden not only jeopardizes israel, but the entire free world. Rafah is believed to be hamas last bastion, with four battalions, but for nearly 1. 5 million people, 600,000 of them children, its their last refuge from this war and still getting struck. Some in israel want to keep advancing, says former Deputy National secure advisor chuck freilich. To what extent can israel win this war without the u. S. . I think israel won the war by the middle of again, by the middle of december, we had essentially destroyed hamas as a coherent military force. At the same time, israel may have lost, its International Standing is bad, and now we have seen this emerging divide with the united states. For hamas, i think thats an incredible achievement. Reporter and ceasefire talks in cairo have ended for now. Both the israeli and hamas delegations left today, as well as cia director bill burns. Norah . Norah Ramy Inocencio, thank you. The trial against Hunter Biden On Federal Gun Charges is on track to begin next month after a federal Appeals Court declined to dismiss those charges today. Hunter biden is accused of falsifying a federal firearms form and illegal possession of a firearm while using a narcotic. The president s son also faces federal tax charges in california and is scheduled to stand trial later in june. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases. One of the biggest decisions we can make in life is if and when to start a family of our own. Thanks to modern science and new social norms, more women are choosing to have babies later in life and on their own. Cbss Nikki Battiste goes in depth on the growing trend of women becoming single moms by choice. Hi, how are you . Good. Reporter up against her biological clock, traci kodeck Faced Atough Decision at 39. Do you remember the moment you thought, im going to have a baby on my own . I do. You know, i was with my best friend, and i said, i dont have a partner. I need to be a mom. [laughter] reporter she emptied her savings to cover fertility treatments, ultimately using sperm donated by a friend. After three years of trying, she had zola, sevenplus pounds of pure wonder. Then it was, oh, my gosh, im taking home a human. And she was perfect. Reporter kodeck belongs to the organization single mothers by choice. Its 30,000 members are part of a growing trend women having babies alone, because they are tired of waiting for the one, or they simply want to parent solo. You could do this all day, couldnt you . Reporter like emma ramos, mother to 2yearold michael. If you had to choose one word to describe life as a single mom by choice, what would it be . Can it be two words . [laughs] i would say, just, like, beautiful chaos. Reporter as a teenager, ramos dreamed of having a child, not a partner. Modern attitudes have helped make that possible. Today, more than three quarters of americans find single parenting acceptable, although more support a twoparent household. That speaks to the misconception that we have somehow we have purposefully handicapped our children by only bringing them into the world with one parent. Reporter you obviously make all of the decisions. Mmhmm. Reporter is it a blessing and a curse . Decisionmaking i would say is a blessing, but then i suppose if i make the wrong decision, im the only one, you know, to blame, i guess. Reporter just in time for this mothers day, zola kodeck turned 11. Having a single mom by choice can be hard. Like, when you are first growing up. Then my mom just wanted me, nobody else. Everything i do, i do for her. This house is for her. My job. Its all for her. Reporter two single moms living with their choices and their children and loving both. I love you. I love you, too. Reporter Nikki Battiste, cbs news, new york. Norah mothers day is this sunday. A young man survives a terrifying shark attack. Well have his story next. Ttack. Well have his story next. Ion caused unintentional movements in his face, hands, and feet called tardive dyskinesia, or td. So his doctor prescribed austedo xr a oncedaily td treatment for adults. As you go with austedo austedo xr significantly reduced dans td movements. Some people saw a response as early as 2 weeks. With austedo xr, dan can stay on his Mental Health meds dan cool hair vo austedo xr can cause depression, suicidal thoughts, or actions in patients with huntingtons disease. 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If i was in the water for another two seconds, there definitely was another shark right there that probably would have grabbed me and who knows what would have happened after that. I didnt really feel like sharpness at all or my skin getting cut. It was more like something pinched me around my knee, and a lot of pressure. And the one on my shoulder probably just felt like a punch more than anything. Norah wakeman says he is already thinking about getting back on the water, but says hell be more careful next time not to slip on the docks. A boeing jet skidded off the runway and caught fire today at an airport in senegal. The plane was trying to lift off with 85 people on board. At least ten people were hurt. Panicked passengers were heard screaming as they escaped from the plane. Many had to use emergency chutes. No word yet on what caused the terrifying mishap. There is some Pageant Controversy within the Miss Usa Organization. Weve got the details next. Nex. 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We reached out to Miss Usa Organization for comment, but we have not heard back. Tonight, the cbs news family is honoring the Life And Work of veteran reporter rick sallinger. Sallinger died of Natural Causes wednesday at the age of 74. He started reporting at cbs news colorado more than 30 years ago and covered some of the biggest stories, including the Columbine High School shootings, the murder of jonbenet ramsey, and the Aurora Movie Theater massacre. Sallingers work earned numerous honors, including the prestigious George Foster peabody award. Rick sallinger will be greatly missed by all of us here at cbs news. Heart of america is next, with a mom on a mission. Announcer this portion of the Cbs Evening News is brought to you by Fisher Investments. Clearly different money management. Management. other Money Manager you cant be that different. Fisher Investments we are. 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And we are looking forward to this sunday is mothers day. And thats im juliette goodrich. Here in the bay area, new fixed rate charges coming to your power bill, not everyone will pay more. A significant amount of renters will pay more, a significant amount of single families will pay less. Who will benefit the most and why. Warm temperatures across the bay area today. Inland, that is not a surprise in may. The temperatures were in the 80s in San Francisco and oakland. How long will it last . Details in the forecast. Cut off by a winter landslide. There is no way to get out. I mean, we would have to carry everything or leave it. They have been living like this for months. Why a fix is nowhere near. People in san jose are so bad at recycling Trash Inspectors are Checking Bins and rating how well you did. We see nonrecyclable paper. This is an oops. Meant to clear up confusion about what goes in what bin. This is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. Good evening, thanks for joining us at 7 00. After a a winter that did not end, we are seeing a spring that is warm. Across the bay area people were out