Former president and wants them held accountable in the case of the socalled hush money payments. A Legal Expense. A Legal Expense. Norah the Cbs Evening News right now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with those fireworks inside a manhattan courtroom. After a day he was dreading, donald trump left his criminal trial defiant this afternoon after nearly four hours of testimony by Stormy Daniels. Daniels testified under oath about an alleged sexual encounters she had with trump back in 2006 and at times it was graphic. Trump denies any such encounter took place and his legal team aims to paint the porn star as a greedy liar today. But it is the alleged coverup of the 130,000 hush money payment to daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election that is at the heart of this case. Prosecutors claim that trump falsified his companys Business Records to hide the payment by recording it as a Legal Expense to his former personal attorney a
The emergency, First Responders and hundreds of water rescues. Also breaking as we come on tonight, israel now launching dozens of air strikes on the Southern Gaza city of rafah. The israeli war cabinet approving plans to launch a Ground Attack. It all comes just as hamas now says it has agreed to a potential ceasefire, though different terms from what was offered in recent days. So, what both sides are saying at this hour. Here at home tonight, the protests on College Campuses over the war. Tonight, columbia now canceling its main commencement ceremony. And more than 100 arrested in california. Tonight, the news coming in, an american soldier has now been detained in russia. Martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. Tonight, the drama in court. President trumps criminal trial. The judge telling trump, the fines against him are not working, telling the former president , jail is now a possibility. The judge telling trump, at the end of the day, i have a job to do. Tonight, the he
Waiting to get into gaza. The un has accused israel of not allowing aid into the area and any delay would put their gaza operation in its grave. There was a Brief Glimmer of hope yesterday. These were the scenes outside the al aqsa hospital as palestinians celebrated news that hamas had accepted a ceasefire deal. But this was rejected by israel as far from meeting its core demands. Instead, the countrys war cabinet voted to continue operations in rafah. Talks are resuming in cairo and israel is sending a delegation to the talks. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the lastest. Rolling into rafah. Israeli tanks have now taken control of gazas key crossing into egypt. The Israeli Army Says it has killed what it calls 20 Hamas Terrorists and destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. But palestinians, mourning their lost loved ones, say children were among those killed in the latest air strikes. Muhammad has his family lined up in body bags. Translation my wife, my brother, my
Good evening. I am norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We come on the air with the threat of dangerous and deadly weather for tens of millions of americans tonight across the southern plains. The National Weather service is issuing a rare high risk forecast for violent thunderstorms, long track tornadoes, and giant hail, talking about hail from 24 inches in diameter, thats the size of baseballs to grapefruit. Residents from oklahoma to kansas are in the bullseye tonight and are bracing for the potential outbreak of powerful ef3 Strength Twisters or stronger. This is the first Time Oklahoma has been under a high risk weather alert in five years. We will begin tonight in Oklahoma City where Meteorologist Paul Goodloe from our partners at the Weather Channel is standing by for a busy night of storms. Good evening, paul. Reporter good evening, norah. Again, the wind has been howling all day long. 30 plus miles an hour as the Winds Of Change coming in here. You mention the high
Tonight. One, the enormous tension right now over what happens next in gaza after de this all celebrations over hamas saying they accepted a Ceasefire Deal than apprehension jennifer israels war cabinet rejecting it, and the idf beginning limited strikes on Territory Issa of raffa. Wheres really forces have ordered civilians to leave the white house as you know, has long opposed any major incursion into raffa. And today, President Biden spoke with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Yahoo Administration Spokesman saying the president asked about israeli intention for the city and plans to keep civilians. Theyre safe. Were going to live updates on the situation throughout the next two hours of our special primetime cupboard tonight, we begin though with another de, unlike any other and the former president s, new york Hush Money Trial, de 12 started with the judge Finding Donald Trump at contempt. Again and telling him directly the next time could mean jail though he said it, its the last t