or call off the mob. the committee really driving home the point that he not only failed to act but chose not to. did you ever hear the president ask for the national guard? no. did you ask him ask for law enforcement response? no. so as somebody who works in the national security space, if there were going to be troops present or called up for a rally in washington, d.c. for example, is that something that you would have been aware of? yeah, i would. we also learned during the committee s eighth hearing that there will be a season two so to speak. ryan nobles has more on last night s revelations from the capitol. reporter: there is no doubt that the january 6 select committee had been building toward that hearing on thursday night. they viewed it as their most important hearing to indicate. en en date. and one of the reasons that they moved it to primetime and completely focused on that 187 minutes where donald trump in their mind did not do enough to stop
in case you haven t noticed, the heatwave is continuing across america. and now severe thunderstorms are threatening the east coast. eye on america, cbs s jonathan vigliotti gets exclusive access to yellowstone national park, after unprecedented flooding. there is now concern that erosion in the area is so bad, parts of the cannian wall could collapse. o donnell: world s worst commute, a boston train catches on fire before 7:00 a.m., as passengers rush to escape, one even jumping into the mystic river below. and the kennedy center honors we ll tell you who will be celebrated. 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 busy thursday night. tonight, president biden has now joined many of us who have tested positive for covid 19, and is now forced to work from home. of course, that home is the white house, and is equipped by a full medical staff and team. the pre
to the conclusion that, yes, he has. and what i think he has exposure to is the charge of criminal incitement. and that derives from his text at 2:24 p.m. where he says to the crowd, who is really just coming to a ferment that it is time now to really act because mike pence didn t come do what wanted him do. and i think that tweet in combination with his inactivity and the big lie can be the basis for bringing some form of i incitement charge and we ll see whether or not the prosecutors agree with me. and now all eyes really on the attorney general, merrick xwar garland ansd d what his justice department decides do. thank you so much. and so right now president biden is isolating with covid. more on what this means for him and how he is coming.
twitter. closing arguments followed by jury deliberations are scheduled in steve bannon s trial. the former trump adviser is facing contempt of congress charges for ignoring subpoenas from the january 6 committee. the junk dismissed the jury thursday shortly after the defense rested without calling any witnesses and without bannon testifying. the lawyer tells you executive privilege has been invoked, you may not comply with that subpoena. not you have a choice, not think about it. his view was he is caught in the middle, his hands are tied and that was the view of his lawyer. it is not his privilege to waive. by the way, one last thing. i stand with trump and the constitution. thank you very much. before being dismissed, jurors were told not to, quote, consume media ahead of the january 6 hearing on capitol hill last night. president biden isolating this morning after testing positive for covid while the
republicans from very different swathes of life. what are the chances that this could be a model for future smaller bills that are easier to understand, easier to support and, you know, allow these members of congress a chance to actually read them before they have to vote them up or down? i want to be optimistic and say there is a good chance, but i don t know that i really can. this may be wishful thinking to think that this bill could be a model, but consider the contrast between how quickly and with how much bipartisan support this bill passed on the one hand and something like president biden s build back better agenda which has been in discussions for almost a year now, it keeps getting wilgded edwhittled dow can t seem to get everybody on board. it is intoing to think if they had introduced them as just small single bills a year ago, maybe a significant portion of that agenda would be passed by thousand. and as a lot of members of