after the department of justice reveals multiple police failures and a school shooting that killed 21 people. it was a complete breakdown and lack of leadership. major: the cbs evening news starts right now. good evening, everyone, i m major garrett in for norah. thank you for joining us. we will have more of that department of justice report on the uvalde school shooting in a moment, but first, coast-to-coast winter storms are blanketing the country with snow and a blast of cold air. more than 80% of americans will see below average temperatures this weekend. at least 60 deaths in the last week are being blamed on the weather due to car accidents, hypothermia, and heart attacks. plus, for the fifth time this week, the united states has launched air strikes on iranian-backed houthi s inside yemen. cbs s charlie d agata is with marines on a navy warship in the mediterranean, where they are preparing for a possible escalation of the war in the mideast. but we begin wi
during? this yes, i. and sit there and look pretty. let s dive into some of the big stories of the week. donald trump, a busy man on the campaign trail in new hampshire and in the new york city courtroom during the second day of the defamation damages trial he faces involving writer e. jean carroll. the judge threatened to throw former president donald trump out of court for talking, being disruptive ball carroll was testifying on the stand. the judge also scolded trump attorney alina habba, one before the start the trial trial, she requested for the third time the trial be adjourned today. so that trump could attend his mother lost funeral in florida. the judge denied that request again, telling her to sit down, which haven t responded, she does not like being spoken to in that way by the judge. understand yesterday, e. jean carroll testified about the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of donald trump and how speaking about it in 2019 ruined her reputat
with a nearly 30-point lead. what does this mean and why does second place finish could be make or break for the others? rachel scott and our team across iowa and rick at the big board. the new storm and the life-threatening cold sweeping across the u.s. 200 million americans under winter weather alerts from montana down to florida, all the way to the northeast. the storm deadly across several states and the storm tonight for the east. washington, d.c. up through philadelphia and new york city. the urgent search for two missing navy s.e.a.l.s lost at sea during a daring mission. 100 days now since the hamas terror attack in israel igniting the larger war. tonight hamas releasing new images, showing three of the hostages still in captivity. there is news tonight on defense secretary lloyd austin. in new york city, the news coming in on the case of accused long island serial killer and what could be a new turn in this case. the deadly hot-air balloon crash. four people ki
bedtime stories he told you about going to iowa in 1972 for george montgomery, the first time in a presidential candidate paid attention to the iowa caucuses, winning it, and how he created political history with everyone wanting to follow. karl wagner s footsteps, managing a winning, presidential the monster he helped create, in other words. we were working monday night, all because of carl. he did this to us. he was looking on us with a smile on his face, and probably, a frown. brilliant. a brilliant move when he did it, and i m just sorry that it has become an enduring phenomenon of this absurd thing. all i knew was karl said, no one is paying attention to this, we can get there, when it, and get credit for it. then we re off to the races. only a son of iowa would come up with a plot like that. thank you carl wagner. thank you kara wagner. have a good show, lawrence. thank you alex. today, on the witness stand, in federal court, in manhattan, e. jean ca
tonight on the mehdi hasan show, a warning to us all, that s not the first time i ve said it, far from it. the 14th amendment case heads to the supreme court with existential danger that donald trump poses to our democracy. plus, pictures don t lie. the horrors in gaza through the lens of now iconic palestinian photographer murtaza a visa. finally, republicans in control of the messaging law, while they are taking a victory lap over claudine gay resigning. when will liberals push back? good evening, i am mehdi hasan. three years, ago i launched this show on msnbc with a very stark warning about the danger imposed to american democracy by one donald j trump. tonight, on the very last edition of the mehdi hasan show, yes, our last show. i want to begin by again warning you all about the threat to our democracy from donald j trump. the donald trump who was running for president again, who s leading joe biden in some of the polls. and who continues to make violent authoritarian u