talking. this is brutal for president biden. the record low is actually six points down since february and the skepticism of his leadership extends deep inside his own party only 36% of democrats think the party should nominate joe biden for a second term, you see real weakness and the coalition the power joe biden to the presidency back in 2020, biden carried independence by 13 points against donald trump he is now trailing trump by nine points among the same voters, that does spillover into the head-to-head matchup, trump versus biden, right now seven-point our pool and trump leading biden even among the 56% people that think trump should face criminal charges, 18% say they would vote for donald trump over joe biden anyway. one in five people say they believe president trump should face criminal charges but they still vote for him. is remarkable. good evening welcome to the next revolution gets all of that in the political news even the border crisis on a moment
talking. this is brutal for president biden. the record low is actually six points down since february and the skepticism of his leadership extends deep inside his own party only 36% of democrats think the party should nominate joe biden for a second term, you see real weakness and the coalition the power joe biden to the presidency back in 2020, biden carried independence by 13 points against donald trump he is now trailing trump by nine points among the same voters, that does spillover into the head-to-head matchup, trump versus biden, right now seven-point our pool and trump leading biden even among the 56% people that think trump should face criminal charges, 18% say they would vote for donald trump over joe biden anyway. one in five people say they believe president trump should face criminal charges but they still vote for him. is remarkable. good evening welcome to the next revolution gets all of that in the political news even the border crisis on a moment
And your chance to catch saturday night fever. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. His suggestive tweet calling fer a lightweight and flunky who once begged him for Campaign Contributions and would do anything for them. I think it was shameful. Reporter democrats called the president s words. Nasty. Reporter and. Grotesque. Reporter massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren even accused him of trying to intimidate and shutshame gill brand. If your mind is in the gutter would you have interested that way. Reporter White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders insisted there was no innuendo. He was obviously talking about political partisan games that people often play and the broken system that hes talked about repeatedly. Reporter but by this afternoon, more than 100 House Democrats had signed a letter requesting that the House Committee on oversight investigate the reports of sexual miconduct raised against President Trump by more than a dozen women, stresming back to the stretching
And your chance to catch saturday night fever. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor and good evening. It is the most closely watched special election in recent memory. The ballsenate showdown between roy moore and doug jones. Moore has been repeatedly accused of Sexual Misconduct. As the issue has dom nailtd headlines in recent weeks, today it became a starting point between President Trump and a prominent u. S. Senator. Kristen gillibrand, from mr. Trumps home state of new york, first said the president should resign over allegations of misconduct before mr. Trump took office. He fired back with his weapon of choice the tweet. With the latest on this, heres nancy cordes. It was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. Reporter new york senator Kristen Gillibrand was attending a bipartisan bible study this morning when the president sent his suggestive tweet calling fer a lightweight and flunky who once begged him for Campaign Contributions and would do anything for
I still write a couple. Were spending today with our families so weve taped this show so that we can also start the new year with all of you. We do have a packed morning ahead including a guide to the year ahead in politics, your money and your health. And then the movies, the music and the tv shows we are all looking forward to in 2018, but let us begin with a check of the mornings top stories. Peter alexander is in washington this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning, and happy new year. Sadly, we begin today with a deadly plane crash in costa r a rica, ten minutes were on board a private plane that went down shortly after takeoff. Tammy lighter in is in miami with the latest. Reporter aviation authorities will be back out at the crash site today to try to determine what happened, all this comes as the first victims are being identified. Burning debris from the wreckage was discovered soon after the single engine an area near costa ricas Pacific Coast popular with internation