good monday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. hi jim. great to be with you. i m jessica dean and happening right now. massive protests in israel, a crippling general strike and several mayors launching a hunger strike after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for opposing his plans to overhaul the judicial system . this as many israelis fear the united states closest ally in the region is moving further away from democratic principles. ahead we will have the very latest from jerusalem remarkable events there in israel plus today and though the round of were severe weather expected to strike the southeast of this country, parts of alabama and georgia, bracing for large, hail , damaging winds this after just devastating tornadoes ripped through the region this weekend . at least 26 people are dead, several others injured. we re going to take you live to see scenes of that damage. we do begin this hour, though. with those protests the ongoing general stri
jonathan at mar-a-largo. jonathan, how are things looking there? yeah, hi there, neil. joe tacopina, one of the lawyers representing president trump says he plans to file several motions to dismiss on this case on multiple grounds. one being selective prosecution. in his speech last night at mar-a-largo, mr. trump had harsh words for alvin bragg. take a listen. the criminal is the district attorney because he illegally leaked massive amounts of grand jury information. for which he should be prosecuted or at a minimum he should resign. yesterday mr. trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records including transactions associated with alleged hush money payments to adult film actress stormy daniels. a federal appeals court in california has ruled that daniels must pay more than $120,000 in legal fees that mr. trump accumulated defending himself against her defamation lawsuit against him that ended up being dismissed in 2018. neil, in his mar-a
remember that first grade teacher shot by a six-year-old? tonight, the teacher s lawyer claiming school officials failed to act. three times, school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him. o donnell: heavy tanks to ukraine president biden reverses course, european allies follow suit, promising 80 more of their own leopard tanks. tonight, what the pope is saying about homosexuality, in a new interview. and, the high school class, and lesson, that changed one student s life forever. 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 so much for joining us on this wednesday night. we are learning new details in that federal civil rights investigation into what the u.s. attorney calls the tragic death of tyre nichols. five officers were fired and just tonight cbs news has obtained new police dispatch audio. we ar
remember the first grade teacher shot by a six-year-old, tonight s the teacher s lawyer claiming officials failed to act. three times, full administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him. o donnell: heavy tanks to are ukraine, president biden reverses course, european allies follow suit promising 80 more of their own leopard tanks. tonight with what the pope is saying about homosexuality in a new interview and the high school class, a lesson that changed one student s life forever. this is the cbs evening news with nora o donnell reporting from the nation s capitol. o donnell: good evening and thank you zoo much for joining us on this wednesday night. we are learning new details in that federal civil rights investigation into what the u.s. attorney today called the tragic death of tyre nichols, five officers were fired and just tonight cbs news has obtained new police dispatch audio. we are hearing for the first time from
america s gun violence epidemic. plus, ruben gallego joins me here in the studio as he launches his bid to evict conservative former democrat kyrsten sinema from the senate. and the latest from the devolder files. george santos claims to have been mugged on one of the busiest and fanciest avenues. when it comes to the january 6th assault on the capitol and the attempt to subvert our democracy, the wheels of justice are indeed actually turning. in the two years since the insurrection, the department of justice has made more than 950 arrests. nearly 500 of those people have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges. at least 40 have been found guilty at contested trials. just yesterday, four members of the extremist group the oath keepers were found guilty of the most serious charge lobbed in the attack, seditious conspiracy. this follows november s conviction of two other oath keepers including the group s leader, elmer stewart rhodes under the same charge. and righ