for the first time a former president faces indictment, two of them, actually, with the real possibility of more on the horizon. but the presidential campaign is now well under way with the first debate occurring 38 days from now. and from that moment, until election day, november 5, 2024, the calendar is littered with campaign milestones, debates, caucuses, primaries, conventions, raising unique questions as to whether donald trump can be tried without conflicting with the election schedule. and the answer is no. trial in the state case brought by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg has been set, march 25, 2024 in manhattan. trial bought by special counsel jack smith was originally scheduled for next month but is yet to be determined. smith suggested december 11, b lawyers for trumked for postponement until all substantive motions have been presented. they said the court presides over a prosecution by a sitting president, against a rival, therefe a measured consideration and timeline
middle east. cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagons has killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed know my claim for the death of three soldiers. the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will con
as both sides debated the defense bill that has become a maga agenda political football. i hope all of these measures stay in there because the military should not be paying for abortion tourism or they should be buying weapons we need to defend our nation and to support our troops. my hope is that we will, in fact, be able to pass a clean nda that really meets the needs of our department of defense, families, and people. later on this hour i will be speaking with democratic congressman, stansbury, about that. all of that plus a mother s rage. we are asking. we are begging you if you will not support our queer kids, we leave them alone. shame on you. you better, all of you! i will be joined by lindsay patrick wright who went to war with the local school board to protect her lgbtq daughter, that interview as a head as well. we begin this hour, once again, in bucks county, pennsylvania. just north of philadelphia, about an hour from now, we are expected to get an up
good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagon says killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed for the death of three soldiers in jordan. the united states says the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will continue as long as the u.s.
and more shocking pictures coming out of vermont. rapid flood waters pounding that area following those massive storms. so much damage that the federal government has now officially declared a state of emergency there. so lots to get to, but we begin with the high stakes nato summit in lithuania. members making decisions that could change the course of the war in ukraine and that are already reshaping the alliance itself. this as the man with arguably the most at stake, ukrainian president zelenskyy here, you see him arriving ending speculation on whether he would even be invited or show up to this summit. well, he will meet, as we said, with president biden tomorrow less than three days after the president poured cold water on the idea of ukraine joining the transatlantic alliance. and ahead of his speech, where he ll make his case for his country s membership. zelenskyy tweeted earlier today uncertainty is weakness. nbc s monica alba is traveling with president biden in lit