o donnell: tonight s other top headlines: how long the socialite who help jeffrey epstein abuse young girls will face behind bars. plus the rush on the morning after pill after the supreme court abortion ruling. and the new details in the deadly migrant tragedy in texas. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday night. as we detail for you the bombshell testimony today in the january 6 hearing. history is important. during the watergate hearings 50 years ago, there was only one surprise witness. it was alexander butterfield, who revealed there was a white house taping system. hea well, in the january 6 hearings, the surprise witness is cassidy hutchinson. then-chief of staff mark meadows top aide described the then-president s fits of rage, that included throwing plates of food, grabbing the steering wheel of th
not produce any evidence of election fraud, something they were not ashamed to admit. at some point did one of them make a comment that they didn t have evidence, but they had a lot of theories? that was mr. giuliani. and what exactly did he say and how did that come up? my recollection he said we ve got lots of theories, we just don t have the evidence. the pressure campaign against state officials was relentless and it was dangerous. it included ugly threats and intimidation by trump supporters and the former president himself leaving one georgia election worker too scared to say her own name in public. a steep price for those who defended democracy and did their job. why didn t you just quit and walk away? because i knew that we had followed the law, we had followed the constitution and i think sometimes moments require you to stand up and just take the shots, you re doing your job, and that s all we did. i do not want to be a winner by cheating. were a l
The fight between americas Biggest Car Companies and the uaw over pay and Better Benefits is playing out in a key Battleground State in the 2024 president ial election, that is michigan. So this visit by President Biden is no accident. Hes trying to turbo charge the market for Electric Vehicles, that is part of his policy to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. His signature legislation, well, its known as the inflation reduction act, and it includes billions of dollars in incentives to get more clean cars on the road. President ial opponent, donald trump, who is also visiting michigan on wednesday, well, theyve argued the shift to Electric Vehicles will killjobs because, after all, it takes fewer people to make a battery than a combustion engine. And many of the new Battery Plants are being built in states that are hostile to organising. Add to that biden s push for clean energy, well, it hit another roadblock on monday. That is after ford said it was pausing work on a 3. 5 billion Batter