elections official in philadelphia and who was certainly the focus of some of the efforts by people associated with the former president trying to focus on this idea that there was fraud in center city philadelphia. commissioner schmidt, we had him on the show a lot. exactly. now he has been appointed. he s the secretary of the commonwealth now. in the case of maggie oliver, she was questioned in right weeks. th they re getting asked about the effects of the fraud claims and the threats they received, election officials all over the seven states that were the focus of some of the efforts by the former president and his allies, not only to claim fraud, but also to set aside the valid election results and try to replace them with donald trump essentially even though he had lost them. interestingly, even though this did seem to happen in all of these different battleground states, it s only georgia that there s a local investigation, in fulton county which contains part of
freedom today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes! reporter: the speech in lithuania s capital, coming at the end oh of a dramatic, sometimes heated two days of discussions over ukraine s future within the nato alliance. it s going to happen. we re moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. reporter: presidents biden and volodymyr zelenskyy all raise and thanks closing out the nato summit, despite ukraine coming away without the biggest ticket item it had hoped for a concrete path to nato membership. zelenskyy came in blasting the lack of a membership timeline as absurd and unprecedented. wednesday, he took a soft ever tone, arguing the summit was a success because of security guarantees. the outcome of the nato summit was much needed and meaningful success for ukraine. i m grateful to all leaders in the nato conference for very practical, unprecedented support. reporter: while the u.s. and others argue tha
competitively that republicans flipped four seats, ultimately handing the republican party the majority in the house, and kevin mccarthy, the gavel, we re going to work on the lights. now, democrats have a chance to try once more. a state appellate court threw out the maps again. a major win for the party. we re going to explain what happened because if that ruling stands, the democratic party has a serious shot at retaking the house next year. especially since the needs of front line republicans, the moderate ones who won, like toes here in new york are being sacrificed by kevin mccarthy to appease the conservative wing of the party. the amendments added to the defense version of the budget focusing on culture war issues like abortion, diversity, critical race theory, transgender medicine and covid vaccines. what does the democratic party do now, and what does kevin mccarthy do now? let s bring in nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake and msnbc legal analy
neither side is backing down. also tonight, new strikes. u.s. forces hit militants targeting ships in the red sea. charlie dis hunting. they were hunting shafts from underground facilities. plus, punishing storms. a new system set in the west. anchors away, the world s largest cruise ship leaves miami. reporter: the largest cruise ship in the world is setting sail. and later causing a stir. an american lands in hot water in britain over how to make that perfect cup of tea. you can add a pinch of salt to remove some of the bitterness. rubbish. %. this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. good evening. thank you for joining us. adriana is off. tonight, we re getting a sense o what could be the longest general election campaign in history. president biden is in south carolina. the first time democrats are beginning their primaries in the south and the first opponent is in nevada where republicans hold their next contest. it s the first
mystery in how much she is getting under his skin. plus trump is back at a regular campaign stop, the courtroom as a jury weighs how much he has to pay in damages after being found liable for defamation and sexual abuse. the question everyone is asking is will he take the stand. still pushing bidenomics. president biden is hitting a key swing state to convince voters the economy is strong and his policies are why. i m dana bash let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first up, donald trump wants nikki haley out of the republican race for president. she said she s not going anywhere. so trump is using a familiar tactic. bullying. the former president is insulting his last rival standing threatening to blacklist her donors it came after she announced her campaign raised more than a million dollars after her new hampshire loss and trump s election night speech. last night haley was back in her home state of south carolina which votes four weeks from now and sh