Makes people safe. Sometimes id rather take the bus because its its not safe. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night, and we do want to begin tonight with the rising crime rate in new york on americas largest subway system, with millions of commuters and tourists riding every day. Well, now, an extraordinary new approach by the governor there to bring down crime in the big apple. The democratic governor announcing a major crackdown, hundreds of National Guard will begin Tonight Patrolling Subway platforms and checking riders bags. The show of force comes after a recent spike in crime in the underground transit, including three killings since january. And even today, just hours after the announcement, a Train Conductor reported that she was hit in the head with a glass bottle. Cbss Elaine Quijano spoke with subway riders about the new security. Reporter new york governor Kathy Hochuls plan is aimed
The Campaign Looks like from here. Now that its pretty much yes, just the two of them. And how this 2020 rematch could look quite different from four years ago also tonight, what the president hopes to gain and all he stands to lose at tomorrows highstakes reelection year, state of the union address, plus with just a few days left to find 83 3 million in the E Jean Carroll case. Former President Trump says he needs more time, which could speak volumes about the state of his finances evening, everyone, thanks for joining us, john king here sitting in for anderson. Appreciate your time. We begin tonight with what comes next at this big Crossroads Moments, Crossroads Moment of the 2024 Campaign Last night, super tuesday results made a trumpbiden rematch. Allbutcertain. And today, several big and quick decisions made clear Donald Trumps grip on the Republican Party is all the more tight the first being nikki haley bowing out of the race, not endorsing the former president , but its not pre
Transitional council that will lead to elections. We think that is urgent that he moves forward in that direction, and start the process of bringing normalcy back to the people of haiti. Meanwhile, the violence in haiti is worsening. The un High Commissioner For Human Rights volker turk is calling for International Action and says the situation is beyond untenable. Since the beginning of the year, 1,193 people have been killed and 692 others wounded by the gang violence. The uns humanitarian coordinator in haiti told the bbc that gang members are killing and raping indiscriminately, and that bodies can be seen on the streets of the capital. The un says that gangs have stepped up their campaign of violence since the Prime Minister travelled to kenya a week ago. For more on the situation, i spoke to our Central American and cuba correspondent, will grant. Will, good to see you. Clearly an extremely tense situation for haiti with the Prime Minister stranded abroad, and then the leader of
In National Insurance, average households are still likely to be worse off at the end of this year than they were five years ago. The Institute For Fiscal Studies also says the budget did not tackle the long Term Economic choices and challenges the country is facing. It accused both the conservative and Labour Parties of a Conspiracy Of Silence in failing to address those challenges. Our chief economics correspondent, dharsini david, is here. Tell us more about what the Institute For Fiscal Studies as saying. In Institute For Fiscal Studies as sa in. ,. , Institute For Fiscal Studies as sa inc. ,. , saying. In the run up to budget, it is u to saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to saying. In the run up to budget, it is up to treasury officials to burn i is up to treasury officials to burn the midnight oil and get the details together and now
Tonight in his state of the Union Tonight in his state of the Union Address. I think it was a case and my sense speaking to officials in the administration that for many days now, there has been the growing sense of frustration with the israelis, that had been this played publicly, and it is Thatjoe Biden wanted to announce something on the humanitarian front in the state of the Union Address for happen today. As for the plans, its a massive logistical operation. Its been talked about for months. In fact, the uk had been involved in some discussions around it and the problems in gaza is there is no deep water port, a small efficient harbour but nothing bigger. Theres never been the ability to get big ships to gaza to deliver anything. With the increasingly desperate situation and the un no warning that more than a quarter of the publishing in gaza is on the brink of finding, the incident last week was a Tipping Point for the us administration, where we sought more than 100 desperate an