from school. o donnell: deadly shark attack. a pennsylvania woman on a cruise killed while snorkeling in the bahamas. and the obamas return to the white house. let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks. ( laughter ) this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction amid record-breaking heat in the west. the california heat wave is screching into its eighth straight day with seven states under warnings and advisories. the temperatures are record breaking. salt lake city and fresno, california, had their hottest september days ever. the brutal heat is straining california s power grid and power companies are pleading with the public to conserve energy. the governor there sending out rare text alerts to avoid rolling blackouts. the dry weather has caused more than a dozen wildfires
use it. i got a bill i just paid and i can t use the water. hello and welcome, it is friday, september 2, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and philadelphia where u.s. president biden says donald trump hand his extremist supporters are a threat to the very soul of the nation. he lasted their election conspiracies, assault on civil rights and calls for political violence. plb i mr. biden is heoping to set the tone for the midterms. reporter: president biden delivered one of the most forceful speeches of his presidency thursday night in philadelphia taking direct aim at donald trump and what he says is the extremism that is coursing through the republican party. maga republicans have made their choice. they embrace anger, they thrive on chaos, they live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies. here in my view is what is true. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. reporter: this message coming nine weeks before the midterm election
outcome in every single person on the committee we all know voted to impeach donald trump. it s so unethical that the members of the committee they should be ashamed of themselves we all know that they have no shame. nor do their cheerleaders know the media mob they are completely shameless. together they have lied to this country about the donald trump and russia collusion they ignored her dirty russian dossier. they ignore abuse and hunter biden s laptop just weeks before the 2020 election. that could ve been relevant and it could ve had an impact on election with the russia disinformation they made it up they turned out to be true. they ignored holding out a billions of taxpayer dollars was a fire to prosecutor investigating the experience on making millions in ukraine. they ignored his lies about never one time talk to hunter about his foreign business dealings now we have a form called from 2018 he was denying ever talking to him about it all through 2020. the media mo
but senior republicans, including former vice president mike pence and mitch mcconnell welcome the ruling. millions of women across the united states have lost their constitutional right to abortion, after a ruling of historic significance by the country s supreme court. it has overturned a 50 year law that legalised abortion nationwide and it now means that individual us states are legally able to ban it. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. president biden has said it was a sad day for the court and for the country. 0ur north america editor sarah smith reports now on an issue and a decision which has polarised the united states. this is a huge, historic moment for america. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. life won today! life won today, they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 y
we ve been telling you, has been and remains predetermined. it s been that way since day one. instead of honest hearings on how to protect our institutions, our elected officials, to protect the people s house, the capital. instead of ever allowing riots that those that occurred in the summer of 2020 from ever, ever happening again, we see nothing but blind, never ending rage, what is seemingly an obsessive-compulsive cult like rage against donald trump. it never ends. clearly trump haters, for them, january 6 this just another excuse to smear donald trump, anyone who supports him. this is not about safety and security and securing the capital or get into the truth. this is never been about having a fair and serious hearing and proceeding so we can come up with solutions. today we heard more rumors, a ton of hearsay, and, wow, a lot of impeached testimony that we will get to in a second and this why hearsay is never admissible in a court of law, including this wild claim numb