republican george santos facing new calls to resign from leaders of his own party. extreme weather whiplash, the latest on the deadly california storms. this landslide bloed a mountain highway rkjill biden se her surgery today and her latest diagnosis. and damar hamlin released from the hospital. tonight we find out the questions every parent should ask their kids coaches to keep them safe while playing sports. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capitol. good evening, and thank you for joining us, on what is turning out to be a busy wednesday night, airports and travelers are still feeling the effects after a stunning computer outage that grounded all domestic flight this morning feeding questions about what could have caused this, plus another big headline tonight involving coppingman george santos. he says will not step down despite growing calls to resign from members of his own party. and there is a new resume full of l
Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We are tracking an incredibly busy day on capitol hill. Just moments from now a Veteran Boeing Engineer will testify before a Senate Subcommittee that the 787 dreamliner could break apart in midair due to safety flaws. The president of Colombia University is defending her handling of antisemitic incidents on campus and accusations she failed to protect jewish students after october 7th. And in two hours, the senate will open the Impeachment Trial of Homeland Security secretary alejandro mayorkas, the first impeachment of a Cabinet Member in almost 150 years. But, we begin this morning with the very latest from former president Donald Trumps hush money trial, that is now taking shape after hundreds of new yorkers were summoned to court this week. Seven have now been sworn in to serve as jurors in the very first criminal trial facing the former president , centered around hush money payments made to stormy d
Good morning and welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Downing street has rejected calls to cancel the state visit to the uk by President Trump, which is expected to ta ke President Trump, which is expected to take place this summer. An online Petition Calling on the Prime Minister to withdraw the invitation has gathered more than a million signatures. Government sources say it is in britains long term interest to maintain links with the us. Foreign secretary borisjohnson will give a statement to mps this afternoon after the us says britons who have shared nationality with one of the seven Middle Eastern and african countries would not be stopped from coming into america. The Uk Foreign Office has advised that only those dual nationals travelling from one of the blacklisted seven countries would be subject to extra checks and those travelling between the uk and us would not be affected. Thousands have gathered at us airports in protest at the measures. President trump says the ban is an interi
Here in the uk nearly one and a half million signatures. The Petition Calling for the uk government to abandon Donald Trumps proposed state visit to britain is growing but theresa may is having none of it. I have issued that invitation, the invitation to President Trump to the United Kingdom and that protest stands. The protests are beginning in london tonight. The Foreign Secretary says uk Passport Holders and dual nationals will not be affected by the ban. Hello and welcome to 100 days. Im Katty Kay In Washington and Christian Frasers in london. Week two of the Trump Administration and already there are legal challenges to one of the president s key election pledges the introduction of a temporary ban on refugees and visa holders from seven majority muslim countries, including iraq and syria. Today european governments have been seeking further clarity on who is banned, and who is not. But mr trump makes no apology for the way the ban was implemented, as nick bryant reports from new
And it starts with copper, the mineral copper. Theres copper in brass. Theres copper in bronze. The Statue Of Liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. Thats about the thickness of two pennies. Pennies themselves used to be copper, but now theyre just coppercovered zinc, which sort of seems sad. It makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wiring. There is a massive global appetite for copper. And the Worlds Largest producer of copper is an american company. Its a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the Mining Company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. And the freeport Mining Company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and
they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. But they are a gigantic firm. And theyre a global operation. In south america, they mine copper in chile, peru. In indonesi