Are go for the birth possible thing i can thousands of pieces of debris i wish i couldve done something differently. What i can undo that, you can just make it better, are those that fall hello. Space shuttle columbia, the final flight, two part finale, Sunday At Nine On Cnn you relied with the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good morning. We begin with the latest demand from former President Donald Trump to House Republicans, quote, killed oh fisa, fbi director Christopher Wray is expected to deliver a sobering response to trumps decree. This is no time to mess around with the law known as fisa, the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. Amid the turmoil in the middle east to add, following an isis attack in russia that could inspire acts of terrorism here on us soil, the law allows us to collect the communications of nonamericans overseas. Its up for reauthorization as its due to expire next week. But the continuing chaos up on capitol hill in the house may doom it. 19 con
Murder in the socalled trial of the century. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We begin tonight with the death of o. J. Simpson at the age of 76 from prostate cancer. The former Football Star turned sportscaster, pitchman, and actor saw his career and legacy come crashing down after he was accused of double murder. Simpson was famously acquitted for the brutal stabbing deaths of his exwife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend, ron goldman, in 1995. There was never another suspect, and prosecutors presented 62 incidents of abusive behavior by simpson toward his exwife. Tv networks followed every moment of the case. Its estimated that 95 Million People watched the infamous slow speed chase along a california freeway, and many remember to this day where they were when they heard the jerrys not guilty verdict. It was a shock to the nation. Simpsons fall from the grace captivated the country and much of the world, but his leg
unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not influence our decision making. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. that s attorney general merrick garland striking a defiant tone as he defended the justice department during a contentious hearing between house republicans. we ll show you how it unfolded and what happens next as garland faces a potential contempt vote in congress. plus we ll dig into donald trump s new comments that he may jail his political opponents if he is re-elected to a second term. and also ahead president biden signed an executive order drastically tightening the border, and now he s getting backlash from some democrats. we ll break down the divide in his own party and what the issue of immigration could mean for his base in the fall. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president biden issued an executive or
must first secure the border and secure it now. james: what the new policy means for migrants coming into the united states illegally. we ve just crossed the border into mexico to hear what this executive order means for people on this side of the border. james: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, i m james brown in for norah o donnell, and in just hours, 12:01 a.m. eastern time, president biden s aggressive new border restrictions take effect. the impact of this executive action will be immediately, soon, u.s. immigration officials will be authorized to deport large numbers of migrants without processing their asylum claims. the restrictions will stay in effect until illegal crossings dip below 1500 migrants a day, and they will be triggered again if crossings spike. we have team coverage from the border to the white house, and that s where we start, with cbs s nancy cordes. nancy, this is a dramatic election-year move. what does this mean? reporter:
effect at midnight. the president s tight new restrictions limiting the number of asylum seekers, allowing him to temporarily close the border when the daily average goes above more than 2,500 in between legal ports of entry. also developing tonight, those cell phone outages reported across the u.s. millions of at&t customers saying they cannot make calls to phones on other networks. erielle reshef with what we know so far. the life-threatening heat wave tonight. this early in the season. multiple states from california to texas. triple-digit temperatures and a new round of severe storms possible, including tornadoes from mississippi to minnesota. ginger zee has the forecast. in new york city, two young girls shot and wounded on a playground, just 9 and 11 years old. on capitol hill, the combative hearing. attorney general merrick garland defending the justice department from allegations of political bias, reminding lawmakers they had no role in donald trump s convict