Election. Jiang plus, u. S. covid death toll surges past 900,000. In canada today, new protests against vaccines and restrictions. In beijing, the Winter Olympics begin. Snowboard great shaun white with a big announcement. Platinum jubilee today Queen Elizabeth celebrate 70 years on the throne. And we visit a place instrumental in spreading the joy of music. They want the music to live on. This is the Cbs Weekend News. Jiang good evening. Im weijia jiang in new york. Tonight, the showdown over ukraine between russia and the west shows no sign of easing. Instead, it is intensifying, moscow sent two longrange bombers over its ally, belarus. Also today, the first of 3,000 american troops landed near the polandukraine border as the u. S. Tries to deter a russian invasion. Cbs Charlie Dagata is in estonia tonight with more on the brewing conflict. Reporter theyre the latest u. S. Combat forces to arrive in europe, 18th Airplane Corps Out of fort bragg touched down in germ me, Beefing Up Nat
Election. Jiang plus, u. S. covid death toll surges past 900,000. In canada today, new protests against vaccines and restrictions. In beijing, the Winter Olympics begin. Snowboard great shaun white with a big announcement. Platinum jubilee today Queen Elizabeth celebrate 70 years on the throne. And we visit a place instrumental in spreading the joy of music. They want the music to live on. This is the Cbs Weekend News. Jiang good evening. Im weijia jiang in new york. Tonight, the showdown over ukraine between russia and the west shows no sign of easing. Instead, it is intensifying, moscow sent two longrange bombers over its ally, belarus. Also today, the first of 3,000 american troops landed near the polandukraine border as the u. S. Tries to deter a russian invasion. Cbs Charlie Dagata is in estonia tonight with more on the brewing conflict. Reporter theyre the latest u. S. Combat forces to arrive in europe, 18th Airplane Corps Out of fort bragg touched down in germ me, Beefing Up Nat
And Demolition Man . Our reporters are following the latest developments. Lets begin with nbcs katie phang who has more. What happened and where does it all go from here . Reporter yeah, so now that the dust has settled a bit and weve had a chance to look at the order that judge mcafee ordered this morning, i want to start by saying to viewers this is not a ruling on the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. What it is is something that happens in common course in any type of case, civil or criminal. In this particular instance, when the District Attorney gets an indictment, the defense can seek to dismiss certain counts on legal grounds. What judge mcafee has done in Fulton County has said that because the state says in its indictment that certain of the defendants including donald trump relied upon violations of the United States constitution and the georgia constitution, because theres so many different clauses and so many different amendments that are con
Yeah, i know. I know. I know. You missed us. Do you . Happy ev sitting here . I get it. Happy wednesday, Everyonere Sobe joe biden had a big wing on super tuesday. He woke up. I mean, consider the alternative. But the president did lose American Samoa and he foundi out. He said its a shame. I really like their cookiereall meanwhile, donald trump when 14 and one losing only vermont. Permont has a population of over 645,000 people. Or, as trump calls them total losers. Ni nikki haley has suspended her president ial campaign after a series of supei r losses. Sses she got 46 delegates compared to trumps 731, and she still called it a success. Proving once again, woment do cant do math. Oh. Oh. Up. According to a report, the Biden Administration is secretly flown 320,000 illegal aliens to 43 airports. Joe claims to have a lot in common with these people since t dont speak english either. E Charles Barkley said he would punch black people in the faceny for wearing trump mugshot tshirts. Wock
Pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. Last hour, attorney general Merrick Garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been Special Counsel, at his question. David weiss requested the status change. Garland did grant that. This comes just a few hour after trumps lawyers and Special Counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. A key ruling could come down at any moment. Were on top of this. Lets star with the hunter biden news. Kara, tell us about this special appointment. Merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested Special Counsel on tuesday. Garland said he agreed to grant that. What this Special Counsel status means is david weiss, the u. S. Attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u. S. Thats been an issue,