now that the shelby county commission done their job. i m so glad we get to get back to doing our job and what is our job? to elevate the voices of the six kids the six people in nashville. three children who were just 9 years old. now both lawmakers expelled by republicans in the tennessee legislature have been reinstated, proving just how pointless that exercise was. state representative justin j. pearson joins me in just a moment and the two pillars of the republican party, trump and fox, are all friendly again and there are big new developments in both of their perilous legal situations. and late today, a new threatening letter is received by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s office containing a suspicious white powder but we begin tonight with the triumphant return of the tennessee three. earlier today, the shelby county commission voted to reappoint justin j. pearson to his duly elected position, to represent the good citizens of district 86 not a single republic
it means for you and your money. john: right now we are waiting to hear from the white house council office spokesperson, ian sams, expected to talk about the probe into president biden s classified document scandal. also waiting for karine jean-pierre to talk to reporters at about 2:30ish, sort of, with everything that s going on today. she might want to bring with her her biggest binder yet, there s a lot to talk about. sandra: the first chance for the white house to respond to the fbi search for classified documents at the president s beach house. john: we are also expecting questions at the briefing about the high stakes meeting at the white house in just about an hour s time. the president face-to-face with house speaker andy mccarthy. did i say andy again, kevin mccarthy, as the biden white house gets the first dose of a divided washington, d.c. yes, i ll call him david osman as well. i m sorry, i m excited, so much happening. john roberts in washington. sandra:
it s their constitutional obligation to do that. we re talking about programs when they talk about medicare, social security, we re talking about programs that they want to take hostage that will affect taxpayers, that will affect seniors and veterans. again, it s their constitutional duty. they should do this without conditions. trying to address market-related chatters. jerome powell was asked about the debt ceiling. there s only one option. for congress to pass the increase. is that the crew here, there s one option, there s no off ramps to consider? congress is the only option here? on any of the coins that s come up before. that s something that the treasury deals with and answers on. so i m not going to comment there. i think we ve been very clear from here that this should be done without conditions. and it is their basic job, congress, right? it s their basic duty to lift the debt ceiling. it s something that has been consistently done over the years. that s how
passenger on board. and, that shocking video from inside a passenger plane as it crashes. what could have caused the air disaster that killed dozens? protests in memphis, after a traffic stop turned deadly. we want the officers to be charged with murder. o donnell: tonight, the growing outrage. with tens of millions of americans taking part in dry january, our health watch tonight on the disturbing rise in alcohol-related illnesses. and, on this martin luther king jr. day, the civil rights leader in his own words. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we begin a new week together. tonight, we are learning more about the investigation into that near collision of two passenger planes at j.f.k. airport in new york, putting the lives of more than 300 people at rsk. plus, one of the deadliest days for civilians in ukraine since the wa
we have a long way to go, but we ve come so far and can t quit. you don t fire a guy who is winning. it is not dysfunction, what it is the exchange of ideas. house republicans under speaker kevin mccarthy will unleash a pro-growth agenda to get the economy moving. we need to get to a point where we start evaluating what life without kevin mccarthy looks like. ashley: alexandria hoff has the latest, good morning. alexandria: 11 votes in three days, enough for the history books. we enter day four and kevin mccarthy was asked if the party has been weakened by this process? your power has it undercut the power of the other speakers? it was used over john boehner. i m not doesn t that inherently mean you will be a weaker speaker? no, i would only be a weaker speaker if alexandria: details of a potential deal emerge. given all demands of those resisting a vote for kevin mccarthy, the deal would allow an easier route to oust mccarthy and provides house