Wanted in the u. S. Is the focus of a global tug of war. Critical test, a space craft explodes minutes after launch. Why Todays Mission was a success. And a world war ii veteran finally gets the recognition he earned at 103 years old. Gods been good. This is the cbs weekend news. Villafranca good evening, im omar villafranca, tonight the Historic Senate trial of President Trump begins in less than 48 hours. House managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on capitol hill today to work on strategy. Senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks listening to hours of testimony with no questions allowed. Ben tracy starts us off from the white house. Well be sitting there in our chairs, about probably on the order of six hours a day. Reporter senators are now preparing to be jurors, deciding in just weeks whether or not President Trump remains in office. Republicans dont have enough votes for a quick dismissal but they are confident the president will
777 which is the same type of plane as mh370, the flight that disappeared last year with 239 people on board. Meantime, a u. S. Intelligence report suggests its likely that someone in the cockpit deliberately flew the plane off course before it vanished. Were covering all the angles this morning. Lets get first to nima on reunion island where the piece of airplane debris is getting ready right now to be shipped off to france. Nima, whats the very latest there . Reporter well, you saw how delicately they were treating it. Anything and everything on that debris could be crucial to helping establish where its come from, how it got here, and, of course, that will help them establish whether this is, indeed, from mh370. Even the barnacles on it, theyre trying to keep come of them alive because the water in the tissue of those barnacles will give a sense of the metal deposits in the waters where this debris was first floating. Really delicate, delicate operation but we understand from french
Shes reaching out to black voters by addressing the National Urban league in fort lauderdale, florida. Lets take a look. Asking ourselves, what more can i do in my life to counter hate and injustice . How can i make our country a better, fairer place . Let me be clear. I think all of us need to do that kind of introspection. But those of us who have not experienced systemic racial inequities, we have an extra obligation. We need to do a better job of listening when people talk about the seen and unseen barriers they face every day. We need to practice humility. Rather than assume that our experiences are everyones experiences. [ applause ] and, yes, we need to try as best we can to walk in one anothers shoes, to imagine what it would be like to sit our son down and have the talk. Or if people followed us around stores or locked their car doors when we walked past. That empathy, thats what makes it possible for people from every background, every race, every religion to come together as
The Apartment Building and Shopping Complex up in flames. Walls collapsing. A crane out of control. Tonight, arson investigators now on the scene. And the flight from the u. S. , and the fight that breaks out in the front of the plane. The pilot declaring an emergency. Tonight, the new images coming in now, as we hear from passengers describing the chaos. Good evening. Its great to have you with us here on a friday night. We begin with the face to face meeting. President trump, and Vladimir Putin. It was President Trump who did not ignore the elephant in the room, russian meddling in the u. S. Election. They would shake hands several times. The president telling him it was an honor. Putins response to the president when he brought up russian meddling was far different. And all of it played out as protests filled the streets. About 200 officers hurt. Images coming in at this hour. But first, putin saying he did not hack the u. S. Election, and President Trump appearing ready now to move
America. The young man under arrest. What he allegedly searched for online, and that vigil for that girl he attended. Good evening, and its great to be back with you. I hope you had a wonderful and safe fourth of july. We begin tonight with the deadly shooting involving that veteran new York City Police officer, a mother of three. Sending shock waves through the nation. This new York City Police officer was ambushed. The Police Commissioner calling it an assassination. She was sitting in a Police Mobile command unit, and the gm gunman shooting her through the passenger window. Tonight, revealing what the gunman posted online. Abcs Adrienne Bankert leading us off. Reporter tonight, police assassination. A department grieving the loss of officer miosotis familia, the 12year veteran murdered overnight. 1085 1085 my partners shot my partners shot it is clear this was an unprovoked attack on Police Officers who were assigned to keep this great city safe. Reporter around 12 30 a. M. Familia