Very good friday evening. Chris cuomo is off tonightment im jim sciutto. President trump will be addressing a large group of people from all over the country gathered closely together, and most of them not taking the simple step of wearing a mask. He is at Mount Rushmore in south dakota at an event the governor there proudly declared would not observe social distancing, as recommended. Before leaving today, the president played golf at his club in virginia, not wearing a mask, even though he did say this week he liked the way he looked in them. And before that, he once again tweeted out his false notion blaming the countrys record spike in coronavirus cases simply on more testing. Which is odd because members of the European Union where they do plenty of testing have gotten their outbreaks very much under control, as have countries around the world. But you look at the graph there, look at that green line, how sharply it is rising. Its clear this country has not. Tonight the president
Lays out Donald Trumps actions and words on the attack of the capitol. A rash of catalytic converter thefts. Where nearly a dozen of the pricey devices were stolen in a span of 24 hours. A connection to bay area cold case murders. The suspect now in custody. As the nation deals with a severe teacher shortage, some educators are cashing in. Good evening, im elisabeth cook. Im ryan yamamoto. A live look from washington, d. C. Tonight where the january 6 committee laid out a case that donald trump knowingly provoked the mob that attacked the u. S. Capitol. He sent tweets that inflamed and expressed support to the desire of some to literally kill Vice President mike pence. For three hours he refused to call off the attack. Cbs correspondent skylar henry is at the capitol with some of the key moments from tonights hearing. Reporter the House Select Committee investigating january 6th detailed former president trumps inaction as his supporters stormed the capitol. Unbridled, destructive ener
Im janelle wang. Im raj mathai. Went on the defensive. Steve bannon insists hes the target of a political attack. This is day two of his trial for refusing to testify before the january 6th house committee. Nbc Susan Mcguinness reports from washington, dc. Reporter bannon with a message for january 6th Committee Chairman benny thompson. Hes made it a crime, made it a crime, not a civil charge of wanting my testimony, but a crime, and he didnt have the courage or guts to show up here. Reporter thompson likely not appearing at the Committee Thursday hearing after testing positive for covid. The panel will not receive an expected trove of Text Messages from the secret service from january 5 and 6. The Washington Post reports the agency determined it has no new texts to provide congress and texts exchanged around the time of the insurrection were punched blaming a technical upgrade or migration. They refuse four requests from congressional committees on january 16th to preserve records and
Former President Donald Trump, a figure never far from controversy, is once again at the heart of a political storm due to a new book by a CNN journalist featuring claims by Trump’s former chief of staff, General John Kelly. The book alleges that during his time in the White House, Trump praised Hitler’s economic…