reporting to special counsel jack smith will square off in front of a three-judge pam of the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. at issue whether trump has immunity for conduct he undertook as president or cannot otherwise face prosecution because it would represent double jeopardy. that s the legal issue. but what s most important here is the timing. trial court judge has determined she can t move forward until this issue is resolved. she entered an order on december 13 saying trump s appeal automatically stays any further proceedings that would otherwise move the case toward trial. but that stay could be lifted after the outcome of tuesday s argument. for sure, the losing side is going to appeal to the supreme court after perhaps first asking for the first court of the appellate court to hear the matter on bond. the losing party has 90 days to ask for supreme court review. as i detailed before, smith is eager to get trump tried before the election. trump, on the other ha
this is ridiculous. it s so steep. yeah. [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. oh! doing something that nobody s ever done before, there s no guarantee that your plan s going to work. once you commit, there is no turning around. we re entirely removed from civilization. look at this one! we know once we get there, we re on our own. climbing. we ve chosen to live a life that does have risks. oh, my god. one mistake, and you re dead. come on now. if you harness that fear, you can do something that you never thought possible. is the pursuit worth the risk? to be able to make a journey through a place so few other people have experienced is like maybe being the first person that goes to the moon or the first person that goes to the top of mt. everest. this is a place that doesn t exist almost anywhere else on our planet. the llanganates mountains is a wild place in that it is completely roadless. it s vast, impenetrable jungle with 14,000-foot r
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
they don t plunder their children s future, as we have been doing. we have 12 years ago past since i wrote that. and in all honesty, i can t make the same assertions now. we have two candidates for president, who apparently are on their way to the finals. both are sworn to make it worse. both are saying that they won t touch any of the entitlement programs, which is where all the money is. people sooner or later will figure out the mortal enemies of social security and medicare and other such safety net programs are the people who say don t change them. i won t touch them. when you re a passenger in the car heading over the canyon wall, what you don t want is somebody putting it on cruise control or stepping on the gasp. you want somebody to turn the wheel. right now, we don t have leadership that shows any indication of willingness to do that.