6th, we had conversations about potentially obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count. we ll have much more on her testimony in just a moment. back here in madrid, multiple developments this morning on the first day of the nato summit. president biden, he s participating in several meetings with nato allies including a highly anticipated sit-down with the turkish president next hour. so far, the alliance has announced a significant strengthening of forces along the eastern flank. formally invited finland and sweden to become members after overcoming turkey s opposition and naming china in the strategic concept, as it s known, their mission statement. confronting russia as the brutal invasion of ukraine drags on. poppy? we ll take you back to jim in madrid in just a moment. let s begin this hour though with more on yesterday s damning january 6th testimony. our capitol hill reporter melanie zanona with me. you have reporting, significant developments. walk us
influence europe. our cbs news investigation: crime without punishment. unsolved murder in america. why cases are going unsolved at record numbers. tonight s other top headlines: stepping up testing for monkeypox in america. a terrifying moment at yellowstone where a man and his son got attacked by a wild anelebrating pride month. the female baseball star going public with her own personal truth at the age of 95. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capitol. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. there are a number of new questions tonight after that jaw-dropping testimony from cassidy hutchinson, the close aide to then-white house chief of staff mark meadows. some of the revelations could land members of the trump inner circle and the former president himself in legal jeopardy. that includes hutchinson s firsthand account of the former president encouraging his supporters to march to the
well, any moment, we ll learn how much time r. kelly will spend in prison. the disgraced r&b singer convicted of nine accounts including racketeering and sex trafficking charges. witnesses testified they were sexually and physically abused by kelly, some when they were minors. our jean casarez joining us live outside the federal courthouse here in new york. jean, prosecutors called for more than 25 years. what are we expecting? reporter: well, this is interesting because it can go up to life in prison, and as you just said, these are very serious convictions here, and the u.s. attorney s office is saying because of the seriousness of these convictions, because of the deterrence aspect, which is so important, and additionally, to protect the public because r. kelly, they allege, is still a risk with the community so he needs to be sentenced to 25
i will eat it. anyway. ng sponsored by cbs o donnell: tonight, the fallout over a white house aide s explosive january 6 testimony. could former president donald trump face criminal charges? the possible new legal jeopardy for donald trump and his inner circle. the concerns tonhtbout possible witness tampering. r. kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in a sex trafficking case, charges he denied in that bombshell interview with gayle king. robert. o donnell: we speak to a survivor victimized by the disgraced r&b star. still performing abortions. the uncertainty tonight in states with trigger laws, the clinics seeing a surge in calls trying to get in as many patients before the bans take effect. u.s. beefing up its military
which, if proven, could lead to a charge of obstruction of justice. norah. o donnell: i think we ll hear more about that. scott macfarlane, thank you. former r&b superstar and convicted sex predator r. kelly is likely to spend much of the rest of his life in prison after a judge handing down a 30-year prison sentence today. as cbs jericka duncan reports, it was an emotional day at the courthouse in brooklyn. reporter: r. kelly showed no emotion after federal judge ann donnelly effectively put the 55-year-old behind bars until he s 85. r. kelly is a predator. and as a result of our prosecution, he ll serve a long jail sentence. reporter: kelly opted not to address the court after seven victims detailed how he ruined their lives. seated at the defense table, he never made eye contact with any of them. the grammy award-winning artist was convicted last year for leading an illegal enterprise to recruit women, underaged girls and boys for sex, but in handing