cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell. and thank you for being with us. we want to show the dramatic pictures today from san francisco and the golden gate bridge, where pro-palestinian protesters shut down one of the most iconic bridges in america for nearly five hours. it was part of a worldwide economic blockade. we ll get to that story in just a moment. but we do want to begin tonight with the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the united states. the so-called hush money trial of donald trump is underway with nearly 100 potential jurors being questioned on the first day. none were picked today. jury selection could take up to two weeks. trump is facing 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in order to hide an alleged affair with former porn star stormy daniels. as he left court, a clearly angry trump lashed out at the judge who said he s expected to be there every day. and this trial could last eight weeks. cbs s r
thank you for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we re grateful to be with ari melber. he starts right now. we ll be busy for a while here. thank you, nicolle. we ll see you. thanks to nicolle wallace. welcome to the beat. the prosecution of donald trump is making progress today. i have things to tell you right now that we couldn t have told you last night. it s clear in the first ever criminal trial of an ex president, we talk about the mood. this defendant doesn t want to be there. that was clear from the start. the first day focussed on how they hadn t found jurors and projections that picking a jury could take two weeks. there were clashes over scheduling, evidence and the gag order. they did do vetting of jurors, but not a single juror was picked yesterday. zero jurors selected. it looked like some kind of long haul. we re also hearing today for the first time from perspective jurors who didn t make the cut, which is super interesting, b
more now on developments in the middle east. uk prime minister rishi sunak will make a statement to the house of commons shortly. the statement will be about the iranian attack on israel and how rafjets helped to shoot down some of the drones that were launched against israel. earlier, the foreign secretary lord david cameron confirmed that the uk would absolutely consider further sanctions on iran in response to its attack on israel. we will return to the house of commons when rishi sunak begins his statement. we can cross live to westminster to speak to our political correspondent harry farley. i suppose we will get the details of the british involvement but i suppose the basic message to israel of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. i of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. of restraint will be underlined in the next few minutes. i think that s exactly right. the next few minutes. i think that s exactly right. i the next few minute
a couple of hours ago. he s charged with 3a counts of fraud, relating to hush money allegedly paid to the former adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 presidential election. he s now in the courthouse itself for the start ofjury selection. prosecutors accuse him, of arranging payments to stormy daniels in an effort to buy her silence. donald trump has pleaded not guiltydescribing the case as a witchhunt. he spoke to the media just before heading into the courtroom. he s been in the courts for around an hour and a half. let s hear what he had to say. something like this has never happened before. there s never been anything like it. every legal scholar said this case is nonsense, it should never have been brought. it doesn t deserve anything like this. there is no case, and they ve said it. people that don t necessarily follow or like donald trump said this is an outrage that this case was brought. this is political persecution. this is a persecution like never before