i m going to grab him. norah: a d.c. teen is shot and killed by park police. the civil rights probe as we are now seeing body cam footage. stop! stop or i ll shoot! [chanting] norah: all across the country, students walk out of school, demanding gun reform. house speaker kevin mccarthy s historic meeting with taiwanese president tsai ing-wen. we once again find ourselves in a world where democracy is under threat. israeli police clashed with palestinian worshipers at the al-aqsa mosque in jerusalem. both sides are bracing for increased tensions. looks good. norah: and back-to-back holes-in-one in augusta on the eve of the masters. good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we begin with a startling new development in the federal investigation of donald trump that could mark a turning point. it comes after the former president launched a new round of attacks on the fbi and justice department
with modern weapons supplied by the u.s. but many analysts think it would be overwhelmed by the most likely scenario. that is a chinese naval blockade to cut the island off. retired u.s. air force officer guermantes lailari teaches at taiwan s national defense university. well, they could break it for a certain period of time. they could sink some ships and shoot down some airplanes. reporter: but then they would need the u.s.? they would need somebody to come in and help them. reporter: now, there is no military direct confrontation, at least yet, but this meeting between president tsai, who openly calls for taiwanese independence, and speaker mccarthy, will have provoked and angered china, and norah, taiwan is now braced for some kind of reprisal. norah: yeah, big developments there. elizabeth palmer, thank you. and there is this breaking news. robert f. kennedy jr. is running for president as a democrat, challenging president joe biden for the party s nomination.
free bird. cbs evening news evening onnell is next. we re back in 30 minutes with more news at 7:00. thanks so much for watchin norah: tonight, the breaking news. new legal trouble for donald trump, not from that new york case, but right here in washington in the special counsel probe. just hours ago, former vice president mike pence signaling he ll testify in a federal investigation. our new reporting as donald trump goes on the attack. here are tonight s headlines. there is no case. there s no case. norah: donald trump blasts the justice department and fbi. and the late development, what will mike pence testify to in the federal january 6th investigation? in missouri, a tornado has killed at least five people. please, god, don t get the house. please let us live.
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