subpoenaed to the grand jury two people from the white house counsel s office including the white house counsel himself, but what is standing in the way of getting all of the information that prosecutors want are claims that donald trump is trying to make about executive privilege where he s trying to protect statements that were made to him or that he said on these crucial days that are being investigated. so those claims of executive privilege, that s potentially leading to a court fight where the justice department will try to get access to those statements through these witnesses and that s what these talks are about, lining up the justice department team and trump s team, talking to one another, potentially they could be pitted against each other if this does go to court, but the big picture here is that criminal prosecutors right now are definitely interested in doing fact-finding and locking down what they can about what was said in the white house either by trump or t
following the headlines. natasha, first to you. this is a change from the white house. the white house is pushing back very hard on what it says is inf en inflammatory behavior by china. they said please don t up the ante here. now they re making public the fact that they have in fact summoned the chinese ambassador to the u.s. to the white house to essentially give him a dressing down about china s provocations against taiwan in recent days. they had said numerous times that they expected that china would have some kind of reaction to this visit by pelosi, which was extremely offensive to the chinese. but the white house has been, you know, kind of willing to respond in a meaningful way now to the chinese activities that we have seen around taiwan, which are really escalatory and are the most that we have seen in decades. so what the white house is saying now is that they re reiterating to the chinese that this is unacceptable, that the u.s. position on taiwan has not chan
boy killed in the sandy hook massacre. officers charged: the justice department accuses four current and former police officers for their role in the death of breonna taylor. tonight, her mother reacts. i have waited 874 days for today. brennan: china s show of force: beijing fires multiple rockets into the sea of taiwan in retaliation of speaker nancy pelosi s trip. record heat across the country, the latest forecast. fighting inflation: americans are growing their own food to beat high prices. and, how minor league bawl players hit a roam run while chasing big dreams. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. tonight, pressure builds on president biden to broker a prisoner swap with russia to free basketball star brittney griner. today, a russian judge gave her a nine-year sentence after finding
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Its is 11 00 ot west, 2 00 p. M. East we have two breaking stories the first, in moments Breonna Taylors family and their attorneys will hold a News Conference, following news that a multimillion Dollar Settlement has been reached in her death. Its been more than six months since 26yearold taylor was killed during a noknock raid at her home no criminal charges have been pressed against the officers involved were going to bring you that press Conference Live once it begin. Were also watching the gulf coast where Hurricane Sally is sneaking through the alley the storm is moving slower than most people walk, which has forecasters concerns, and warning that some people would experience as much as 30 inches of lane. A 6 to 9foot storm surge could be likely. Were already getting the preview of the storm rain is pummeling mississippi, florida and alabama right now. A state of emergency has been declared because of that, and mandatory evacuations have been ordered in the regions lo lowlying ar