Not going to be tolerated. Any Property Damage will not be tolerated. Maurice the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. I am maurice dubois. Nor is on assignment. We will get to those growing clashes and protest on College Campuses in just a moment, but we begin tonight with the first witness taken the stand in the historic criminal trial of a former president of the united states. Donald trump, the Presumptive Republican president ial nominee is charged with 34 Felony Counts of falsifying Business Records linked to socalled Hush Money Payments to cover up an alleged affair with an adult porn star. In opening statements, prosecutors accuse trump of taking part of a criminal conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 election. But Defense Attorneys claim trump did nothing wrong and argued that some of the prosecution witnesses are liars and biased against the former president. Cbss robert costa was inside the courthouse, and starts us off tonight. Its a
Congress only has four working days left. Will republicans come together and do their jobs . We are talking to senator, raphael warnock, about why some republicans want to shut it down, and what role the senate can play before time runs out. Plus, i sat down with rap star, quavo, when he came to the Nations Capital this week. How he turned the trauma of witnessing his own nephew getting shot and killed, into activism against gun violence that plagues communities across the country. And, autoworkers expand their strike to plants in 20 states. A contract talks now with two of the big three automakers. How that is likely to impact you, and high stakes for the u. S. Economy. Im symone sanderstownsend, and i have something to say. We are a week away from a government shutdown. The House Of Representatives has gone home. Yeah, yall, the clock is ticking. The pressure is on. But they are getting nothing done. Lets review. Representatives left town after the House Republican majority failed no
oh [bleep] oh, by god. pete: we begin this hour with a fox weather alert. thousands of residents are left in the dark this morning as two tornadoes rip through parts of tennessee, kentucky and mississippi. rachel: at least six people, including a child, were killed after the tornadoes touched down. will: on the ground in nashville with the latest. nicole. reporter: will, pete, ray i chel, good morning to you all. it is a heartbreaking day here in the only in music city, but across the state of tennessee as several families are now mourning the six who lost their lives after those several tornado-warned storms moved through the area. behind me you re looking at just one community that was hit maybe the hardest. this is madison, tennessee. and you ll notice here we re only a few miles outside downtown nashville, but you can take a look at just the sheer destruction and the force of the potential tornado that moved through the area here. it s hard to see, of course, as we re
today marks 82 years since the japanese attack on pearl harbor, launching the u.s. into world war ii. and a 103 year old veteran, ira ike schab, made his way to hawaii. schab was the eldest of five other survivors on hand. as every year, there was a moment of silence at that moment the first bombs fell. 2300 service men were killed in the attack, a day president roosevelt family said will live in infamy. that s it for us. the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. see you tomorrow. straight from the source. donald trump in court today, as he prepares to take the stand again. as one of his own lawyers is acknowledging she s telling him not to do it. plus, a judge granting one woman an emergency abortion request in texas, the first case of its time since the fall of roe v. wade. but tonight, the texas attorney general is threatening to go after her doctor. also, we re following dramatic new images coming out of gaza as israel is rounding up what a
they included the three year old twins, ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i m finding that it s difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate, to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 of our hostages men, women, children, babies over 150 other hostages men, women, children, babies who s taking care of them? who is hold