I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
[cheers and applause] norah breaking news. The criminal indictment against donald trump just filed by special counsel jack smith as the former president is once again accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss. The narrow scope of the charges after they Landmark Supreme Court ruling on president ial immunity appeared plus our exclusive interview with the justice who wrote a stinging dissent in that case. Tonight, our new report and the new context. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Special counsel jack smith is not giving up, filing a new federal indictment in the Election Interference Case against donald trump be a good evening, im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. The former president is facing the same for charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But the special counsel tailored the allegations to respect and implement the Supreme Courts new immunity standard. Now a big part of that came down to arguing what is an official act of the president v
Grandmother from indiana. What was the charge . One count of parading in the capital, i kid you not. The effort to deprogram her thoughts. But first, the militarys woke makeover. That is the focus of tonights angle. If you were chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Secretary Of Defense or any top Military Leader today, there is a lot that should keep you up at night, right . Put yourself in that role. But most all of it is coming from china. Threats to our ally taiwan, strategic ally in the pacific, china is itching to invade them, threats from chinas hackers and intel agencies, their Growing Presence in africa, plus china threatening us in space. But our current chairman general mark milley is apparently spending a lot of his waking hours worrying about what he thinks is wrong with the United States. Yesterday when republican congressmen raised reasonable questions about whether its a good idea to expose our soldiers to antiamerican propaganda in the form of this Critical Race The
Grandmother from indiana. What was the charge . One count of parading in the capital, i kid you not. The effort to deprogram her thoughts. But first, the militarys woke makeover. That is the focus of tonights angle. If you were chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Secretary Of Defense or any top Military Leader today, there is a lot that should keep you up at night, right . Put yourself in that role. But most all of it is coming from china. Threats to our ally taiwan, strategic ally in the pacific, china is itching to invade them, threats from chinas hackers and intel agencies, their Growing Presence in africa, plus china threatening us in space. But our current chairman general mark milley is apparently spending a lot of his waking hours worrying about what he thinks is wrong with the United States. Yesterday when republican congressmen raised reasonable questions about whether its a good idea to expose our soldiers to antiamerican propaganda in the form of this Critical Race The