braces for immigration crisis at sea. cruise ships encountering boats full of migrants on their way to america. cbs manuel bojorquez tells us what happens next. help wanted: how some companies are getting around america s labor shortage by going after employees without college degrees. and on the road. how a stranger s gift brought music and joy to a little boy. 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 friday night. and there are a number of big developments. tonight, there s some intriguing news in the murders of four college students in idaho. we are just learning that mattresses were removed from the house, and we ve got more on that in just a minute. plus, today is january 6, the second anniversary of the attack on the u.s..prest y marked the occasion with an emotional ceremony and honoring 14 americans for their courage and selflessness in defending democ
About the new sighting. We begin with a look at what could be an important day in the georgia interference case against former President Donald Trump and his 18 codefendants, and all 19 people charged with conspiring to overturn the results of the president ial election there are scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, but only two of them, former white house Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, and former Coffee County director, have entered a plea. The proceedings in Fulton County Superior Court will be conducted now on camera. Garrett haake has been covering the trump investigations, and milea whily, president of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights. Garrett, most of the defendants wont be there so what can we expect things to look like tomorrow . We could end up in a situation where none of the defendants are present, and theres still time for the last two remaining defendants who have not filed a waiver in the case to do so. If georgia, if you already have surrendered and been
Donald trump throwing his weight as you might have heard behind one jim jordan. Steve scalise shows no signs of backing down. All of this as the Republican Congress plans to vote on a Secret Ballot next week on who their nominee will be for speaker. Will donald trump be a king maker or could this be a deal breaker . Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. Lets go to chad pergram on capitol hill. Chad, where are we on all of this . Neil, good afternoon. The endorsement of jim jordan by former President Trump cut multiple ways. It may boost jordan among trump loyalists, but some republicans think the last thing they need is a speaker endorsed by the former president. Jordan says hes the guy. Who can bring our Team Together . Who can unite our conference and who can tell the American People what were doing and why its important to them. Someone has to be able to come forward, unite the republicans around our message, around what were doing for the American People and go make that take that me
Good saturday morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you. We start this morning with dangerous conditions brought on by now posttropical cyclone lee. The storm is still maintaining those hurricaneforce winds, and so far warnings remain in place as lee begins to whip the new england coast, bringing heavy rainfall through cape cod and all the way through maine. Though its not expected to reach the u. S. , the outer bands are expected to pack strong winds up to 80 miles an hour and could bring flooding throughout the new england coast. Maine has declared a state of emergency, and authorities are warning people to stay inside and prepare to hunker down for the storm. Many states are warning people to state out of the water this morning because of Dangerous Rip Currents that could drag people out to see. Lets go to Allison Chincar in the weather center. What are we talking about in terms of impacts . The intensity of the storm h
The diplodocus. Good morning. Its the 4th of january. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Britains outgoing ambassador to the European Union, sir ivan rogers, has strongly criticised the governments preparations for brexit. In his Resignation Letter he said he didnt know what ministers Negotiating Objectives were and called on his colleagues to challenge what he called Muddled Thinking. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports. Sir ivan rogers has been britains ambassador to the eu for three yea rs, ambassador to the eu for three years, and his criticisms about the governments preparations for brexit will be hard to ignore. In his Resignation E Mail he said there is a short supply of Serious Multilateral Negotiating Experience in whitehall and he said the structure of the uks Negotiating Tea M Structure of the uks Negotiating Team need rapid resolution. He reveals that even he does not know what the governments Negotiating Objectives for brexit will be. But it is sir ivans implic