it with the midterms fast approaching. sandra, the busiest woman in television. sandra: great to be with you this afternoon, john. president meeting with fed chair jay powell yesterday as the white house kicks off a months long effort to focus, it says, on the economy. but inflation has been on the minds of many voters in this country for months now, especially when filling up their tanks. price of gasoline rising almost daily with the new national average for a gallon, 4.67 today, a jump of 1.60 a year ago, and up $0.05 since yesterday. john: 11.4 million unfilled positions. labor shortage driving up wages and keeping inflation high as businesses continue to struggle with hiring. minnesota congressman and national republican congressional committee chair tom emmer will join us. sandra: we head to the white house, peter doocy live from the north lawn to kick things off. hey, peter. peter: good afternoon, here at the white house hearing two different things about how
correspondent mark meredith is here with all the details of this big case. good evening, mark. bret, it was a big case. good evening to you. johnny depp was not in the courtroom when today s verdict was announced. tonight both he and his legal team are celebrating after a jury in virginia ruled depp s ex-wife actress amber heard owes him $15 million for defamation. he claimed an op-ed written by heard in 2018 and published in the the washington post significantly set back his career. in the piece, heard wrote she was, quote, a public figure representing domestic abuse. the jury ruled these claims were intentionally meant to hurt depp. the ache door wrote published already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond had seismic impact on my life and career. six months later the jury gave me my life back. i m truly humbled. we also heard from his legal team. we are also most pleased that the trial has resonated for so many people in the public who value truth and
The new danger stretching from texas to michigan. In norman, oklahoma, folks in the plains states are getting ready for what could be a tornadic weekend. Also tonight, antiwar Campus Protests spread, but in boston, police in northeastern move in as they dig in. Theres genocide being committed. In the middle east, new protests in israel with a showdown in gaza looming. Reporter im in jerusalem. A new hamas Propaganda Video showing two hostages has given fresh impetus to families demanding a deal. Plus, weekend journal. These texas vietnam vets tour the War Memorials and reporter doug dunbar revisits his own painful past. A picture of my dad. Thats my dads name. And later, a president ial stage of a different kind. It happens here where the president becomes comedianinchief. [ laughter ] announcer this is the Cbs Weekend News from new york with adriana diaz. Good evening. Im Mark Strassmann sitting in for adriana. Tonight nearly 40 Million People bracing for severe potentially lifethreat
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Now, were following two major breaking stories tonight he case begins. Its the first time a former us president as ever stood trial. On criminal charges. Jury selection now underway as the judge, the Defense Attorneys and the prosecutors marrow down a massive list of potential jurors to find the 12th New Yorkers who will consider trumps fate also tonight, The Middle East on edge after israel vows to exact a price for an iranian attack, what israeli official tells Cnn The War Cabinet is determined to act, but its still unclear where, when and how the idf might retaliate the white house, meanwhile, urging calm in the region as President Biden turns his focus to diplomacy and deescalation welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world im wolf blitzer, a urine the Situation Room the skis, cnn, Breaking News we begin our coverage tonight in new york. Were Donald Trumps historic criminal trial is finally underway. The court adjourning for the day just a short time ago