night mare. almost feels like it s impossible to buy a home. o donnell: hurricane fiona continues to wreak havoc now heading towards bermuda. and there s concern tonight about another storm that could hit the gulf of mexico next week. and eye on america, cbs s general cbs s jonathan viglios on a natural resource helping an idaho mining town come back to life. duncan: good evening and thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight, the federal investigation into the top secret documents seized from donald trump s florida home has resumed. the eleventh circuit court of appeals ruled in favor of the justice department and criticized the former president s argument the documents had been declassified. but in his first interview since the f.b.i. search, the former president doubled down on that claim saying just by thinking about it, he could declassify documents. tonight the wife of sct justice clarence thomas ginny
gulf coast more than five people rescued in charlotte and lee county so far. if you need to be evacuated step out of your front door. the fort meyers fire chief said they conducted 200 water rescues overnight. lee county was the hardest hit. this is a home on fire after the storm. fire crews as you can imagine unable to reach it. this is a neighborhood completely inundated as you can see floodwaters have yet to receive. new video from the lee county sheriff s office confirming the work worse. whole towns have been completely level and mayors giving details about their town out the day. i came here in the mid-70s and was on the police department for 25 years and saw a lot of storms. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. debris is everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone. as of this hour there is some places that are impossible to reach by road. this is the only bridge destroyed in multiple spots as a result of hurricane ian. this is fort meyers bea
nightmare. almost feels like it s impossible to buy a home. o donnell: hurricane fiona continues to wreak havoc, now heading towards bermuda. and there s concern tonight about another storm that could hit the gulf of mexico next week. and eye on america, cbs s jonathan vigliotti reports on a natural resource helping an idaho mining town come back to life. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday night. i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight, the federal investigation into the top secret documents seized from donald trump s florida home has resumed. the eleventh circuit court of appeals ruled in favor of the justice department and criticized the former president s argument that the documents had been declassified. but in his first interview since the f.b.i. search, the former president doubled down on that claim,
cnn through the crime scene. plus, she s the one that we wanted and treasured. singer, actress, and icon olivia newton-john passes away. hello, and welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. president biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party. the senate this weekend in a marathon voting session passed the democratic branded inflation reduction act strictly along party lines. every single republican voted against it. the bill now heads to the house. it is expected to pass along party lines there as well. and president biden could sign it into law as soon as friday. the massive $750 billion bill contains sweeping health care provisions, tax increases on wealthy corporations, and the largest climate investments in u.s. history. and this comes as the president and first lady tour eastern kentucky, where hellish flooding killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage to communities. presi
of government records. as of now, we should note no one has been charged with a crime. trump s first line of defense was to baselessly suggest the fbi may have planted evidence while in his home. plan b, trump had declassified documents before the fbi seized them. so they re both declassified and planted. does that make any sense? the espionage act does not hinge on whether documents are classified. the trump team s latest move is to blame a government agency for moving boxes of classified information to mar-a-lago claiming, quote, that s not on the president. now, new this afternoon, the democratic chairs of both the house intelligence and oversight committees have written a letter to the director of national intelligence saying they want a damage assessment and briefing regarding these documents recovered from mar-a-lago, whether they posed some sort of national security risk to the country. joining me to talk about this is the former director of national intelligence, jame