Results of the president ial election. Coming up, well dig deeper into the indictment and the former president s defense. Can trump be charged with lying if he believes what he said was true . The answer may hinge, at least in part, at least on district judge Tanya Chutkan, a vet ran on cases involving january 6th defendants. What members of congress are claiming and will it be a jury of his peers or the electorate who render the final verdict . We begin with tomorrows arraignment in a d. C. Federal court where donald trump will be formally charged for repeatedly spreading lies as part of an elaborate criminal scheme with the ultimate goal to hang on to power by any means necessary. In fact, trump is raising four federal counts including three conspiracy, to defraud the United States, to obstruct an official proceeding and to impede the peoples right to vote. Ever since the news broke, the former president , his allies and attorneys have been working furiously to smear jack smith and t
Was really surprised. I think its an amazing thing that these young people have taken on a challenge of this type. I feel like it was a huge win. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. One way Law Enforcement worked to protect and service is by getting guns out of the hands of criminals, but weve discovered each year thousands of guns once used by officers have been discovered at crime scenes. Cbs news partnered with nonprofit newsrooms, the trace and reveal. We surveyed 200 Police Agencies nationwide and found a majority sell their guns when they decide to upgrade their arsenal. What about our local Law Enforcement . We found at least five agencies across the bay area that sell their weapons, but also two that choose not to. Kelsi thorud has been looking into this and joins us with the details. For months we here at cbs news bay area as well as our fellow cbs stations and the network have been digging into what appears to be a common policy at Law Enforcement agencies across the country
Milestone on wall street. For the first time ever, the Dow Jones Industrial average this morning broke past the 40,000 point threshold. The increase was fueled by an encouraging report showing that inflation is cooling. The dow was up 114 points in midmorning trading. Well take a peek at the numbers now just below that key benchmark. It has gained a handful of points from where it started but has dipped back below that 40,000 mark will keep watching stocks before the market closes at 1 00 our time s p showing very modest gains as excuse me, nasdaq essentially flat demonstrators in berkeley have taken over a building owned by uc berkeley thats about two blocks from campus. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama there live now at the site at the corner of channing and bowditch. What have you learned . Jana well, just a short while ago, i spoke to both the university and some of the organizers of the sproul plaza protest. Earlier this week, and they say that they do not have any people here. It is a Differe
Its thursday, may 16, 2024. Back on the stand. Michael cohen is facing another tough day of crossexamination in the former president s hush money trial. How mr. Trumps team is working to discredit his former fixers credibility. Access denied. President biden blocks the release of audio recordings of his interview with special counsel robert hurd. Why republican lawmakers are balking. Families nationwide are struggling to keep up with soaring child care costs. The drastic measures some parents are forced to take. Age before beauty . Guess who is buying antiaging skinCare Products . Teens and tweens. That is an interesting conversation. Happy thursday. We begin with the criminal trial of former president donald trump. Today Michael Cohen, trumps former fixer and lawyer, testified for the Third Straight day. Mr. Cohen was grilled by trumps attorney about a number of times he had previously lied under oath and cohens dispointment when he was not given a position in the trump white house. V
Morning to you. Thanks for starting your morning with us. Im marcus washington, im laura garcia. Were going to start out with traffic this morning, because mike has been following some breaking news that certainly impacting the morning commute huge impact the nimitz as you travel through hayward really jammed up two separate crashes weve learned involving six vehicles total. But two of those vehicles reportedly on fire. Now the good news i got word there are no major injuries. Major impact to the traffic, though for a short period of time, we had all southbound lanes blocked. Just about whipple, just past there. So alvaradoniles, lets talk about that. If you enter the freeway south of alvaradoniles into union city and fremont, youre okay heading south. If youre north of there, things will jam up as you approach 92 with the build coming off the castro valley. Y hyperion is a big surface street transitioning onto union city boulevard, but you see that a lot of traffic is heading across t