stretch. america reports is looking to a battleground matchup where stakes couldn t be higher. j.d. vance is neck and neck with his republican opponent. he join us live. judging from the opponent speaking this morning the tense political battle is about to hit a boiling point. try to dismiss j.d. as being an extremist weirdo which he is and everybody knows it. extremist weirdo? see how he responds in a closing race that could poachly tip the power out of democratic reports. welcome to america reports second hour. we will get to vance in a moment i m sandra smith in new york. we invited democrat tim ryan to join us any time. he s welcome on the program and hope he will come on to make his case after we hear from j.d. vance. he s been here before and can be here again. we begin the hour with breaking news. the hour at the white house the press secretary will face questions any minute 13 days from the midterm the president announcing plan to tackle inflation vowing to
norah: the cbs evening news starts now. tonight, a new york jury just hours from getting the historic case of the state of new york versus donald j. trump. good evening. i am norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. lawyers just wrapped up closing arguments summarizing the six-week trial after more than 20 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence. prosecutors are trying to prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt. that trump falsified business records tied to payments of stormy daniels, and that those payments were made to cover up another crime conspiracy to violate state election laws. now donald trump s lawyers had their turn earlier attacking the evidence and witnesses especially former trump s fixer michael cohen telling the jury that he is the mvp of liars. cbs s robert costa was inside the courthouse for all the day s highlights. reporter: allies say donald trump arrived confident in court this morning. this is a very dangerous day for americ
Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. In his inaugural address, President Trump said, when you open your heart to patriotism, theres no room for prejudice. But today, the commander in chief decided there is no room for patriotic Transgender Americans willing to serve their country in the u. S. Military. He is reimposing the ban lifted by president obama. Major garrett begins our coverage of whats behind the decision and the fallout. Reporter the president s tweets sounded like new policy. The United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. But it caught the pentagon and congress completely off guard. The white house could not explain what it meant for the thousands of transgender individuals serving now. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders does dnot provide a time table for implementing the policy. Obviously, its a very difficult decision. Its not a simple one. But the president feels that its the best one for
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