to the drone strike that killed u.s. troops. so how long until the rest of the country and the world find out what it is. plus, republicans border strategy increasingly fixated on a man instead of a plan. hope surrounding a border deal fade as the house is stepping up efforts to impeach alejandro mayorkas. tempers flaring inside the committee room. we ll take you there in a minute. and a dream vacation turns tragic. at least four people are dead, including a young boy, after a boat carrying tourists sinks off the coast of mexico. so what went wrong? so much to get to. we start with president biden, telling reporters just a short time ago that after several days and multiple meetings with his national security team, he has settled on a plan to punish iran for the deadly drone attack that killed three u.s. service members. now, the details, the timing and matter of that response is still unknown. but here is the president on the south lawn of the white house earlier toda
and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv
northeast. what to expect after 80 degrees today in washington, d.c. what s now coming from d.c. to new york to boston. rob marciano is here. there is also breaking news tonight. iranian militants striking a british ship with a missile. that ship is now on fire, in danger of sinking tonight. martha raddatz with late reporting. there are also late developments in the israel/hamas war tonight. 12 u.n. aid workers accused of taking part in the hamas terror attack on october 7th. what s now happened to those workers tonight. matt gutman standing by in israel. here in the u.s., the dramatic testimony in the trial of jennifer crumbley today, the mother of school shooter ethan crumbley. the parents who bought their son the gun, days later called into school because of concerns about his behavior and what he had written. prosecutors saying they never told the school they might want to check for the gun. he opened fire hours later. tonight, the first-ever execution in the u.s.
bring it, donald. show me what you got. also, alabama set to make history tonight for the controversial way it is scheduling to execute a convicted murderer. across the south, more than 30 million people bracing for another round of heavy showers and flooding that could linger for days. and a family reunion, 14 years in the making. a mom finally back with her family after being separated by her nation s broken immigration system. and we begin this morning with breaking news from here in new york city, where testimony has resumed in former president donald trump s defamation damages trial after a three-day pause. the former president is in court today for proceedings, and could testify in his own defense later today. trump was originally expected to testify on monday in the case, brought against him by writer e. jean carroll, but the trial was postponed after a juror got sick and one of trump s attorneys told the judge she was exposed to covid and was feeling sick. l
brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. now i guess we are going to see, is this number enough or potentially do we go through this again? nancy: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m nancy cordes in for norah. thank you for being with us. we are going to have more on that massive payout donald trump was ordered to make to e. jean carroll in a moment. also tonight, though, big news from the border, where migrant crossings hit a new record in december. hundreds of thousands of them, and countered by border agents. plus, boeing 737 max 9 is returning to the skies. cbsnews is there as the first flight takes off from seattle after the planes were grounded for three weeks following that terrifying midair incident. but we want to begin tonight a jury found he acted maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, or spite in his ongoing verbal attacks on the former elle magazine columnist. they concluded he should pay $83.3 million in damages. a previous ju