the bill moved a step closer last night, passing through the house of representatives on wednesday, but the clock is ticking. and do you know your o s from your e s, your g s from yourj s? the pressure mounts in washington, as the final of the national annual spelling bee gets under way. i ll put our panel to the test. but first the legal challenge launched by the government. it s over demands from the covid public inquiry that ministers whatsapp messages from the pandemic are released. in a letter, the cabinet office said it was doing so with regret but that the request goes beyond the remit of the inquiry. a deadline for the government to submit the messages passed at 4pm this afternoon, but the inquiry says it instead received notice of legal action. in response, borisjohnson said he was happy to hand over unredacted material if asked. let s talk about it with the panel, and, jim, what do you make of this? because the government here is saying we are not going to ha
a.m. pacific, i m josé diaz-balart. right now on msnbc, a michigan newspaper revealing details of never before heard audio of donald trump appearing to pressure officials in one county not to certify the 2020 election results. plus, who else the paper says was on that call. we re also following extreme weather, the storm drenching the west coast and how it could impact holiday travel across the country. also ahead, terror in prague, what more we know about a rare deadly mass shooting at a university in europe. and later, the new calls for a cease fire in the israel-hamas war, including the tense negotiations at the united nations to reach a resolution demanding a new pause in fighting. we begin this morning with new reporting about another instance of former president donald trump pressuring local officials to overturn the 2020 election results. the detroit news revealing there is an audio recording of then president donald trump and rnc chair ronna mcdaniel talking to
other drugs. though fentanyl abuse and deaths are a nationwide problem, some states are especially hard hit. the darkest colors on the map represent the greatest number of deaths per 100,000 with graham zero being appalachia, west virginia in particular. i will talk to a medical professional from there as well. throughout the hour we will talking about how we will address this publicly behind you see there from the substance abuse and mental care services administration. 162 health, one 862 health. someone to talk to, a resource to john perhaps. certainly not the only one. we will talk about the government s response and this person, cindy lindsey graham and a health executive. but just about everyone here has been victimized by the crisis in their own ways. those stories we hope will be at the heart of the hour ahead. with me here tonight is aaron rockwell, two years ago, his son died. he was a college freshman. she is here with her son hayden who joins us. also april is w
also tonight, a possible indictment looming in new york, former president donald trump blasts investigators, manhattan district attorney receiving death threats, and new witness testimony expected before the grand jury. the death toll rising in that explosion at a pennsylvania chocolate factory as they search for victims intensifies. growing political turmoil in israel. a top government official is fired as protests escalate over what some call a power grab by prime minister prime minister benjamin yet yahoo. new details in the arrest of rising hollywood star jonathan majors, a woman is accusing him of assault in alleged domestic a suit and make a solid, known for several popular roles in films including creed iii. tonight his lawyers says he is completely innocent. and mississippi strong, a community brought together by tragedy now counting its blessings. announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is world news tonight. linsey: good evening, ev
nevada s governor declared a state of emergency. treacherous trip. the u.s.-canada border is largely desolate, undefended and now seeing a spike of illegal crossings. cbs news is there. and later, kicking off super bowl lvii. history being made by the quarterbacks and the navy aviators doing the flyover. we ll also have the line-up of the big game commercials. wow. this is really good, right? or am i just acting? announcer: this is the cbs weekend news, from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. there is breaking news tonight. an american fighter jet has shot down another unidentified object, this time over canada. just one day after a warplane took similar action over alaska and one week after a chinese spy balloon was shot down off the carolina coast. canadian prime minister justin trudeau says the shootdown happened over the yukon territory. in a tweet tonight trudeau said he ordered norad to take down the object that had violated canadian air space. cbs s