The president will give his speech live from an elaborate stage with as many as get this 2,000 invited guests sitting there in the audience. Thats an alarmingly large crowd right in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic. Only those nearest to the president were told will actually be test frd the virus. And as you can see no one is required to wear a mask during the speech. The president clearly is ready and willing to use the trappings of his office to promote his agenda and himself as we have seen throughout this convention. Tonight hell be introduced by his daughter and Senior Advisor ivanka trump, and we expect his family also to be on hand. Were covering all of it with our Political Team including jake tapper, dana bash and andy philip. Jake, what more are you learning about the president s speech in. Republicans say the president will address the hurricane disaster in texas and louisiana as one would expect any president to do. Were also told he will discuss the racial unrest in ken
Moments from inside the House Chamber tonight. And the man who replaced john bolton as National Security advisor, ambassador robert obrien. He joins me tonight to tell us what will change under his stewardship. The first, the not ready for prime time democrats. Thats the focus of tonights angle. The democrats bungling of the Iowa Caucuses, it shouldnt have surprised anyone paying attention to this party lately. After all, what have they actually accomplished over the past three years . Think about it. Watching this party operate in the trump era has been like watching a slow moving car cra crash. Chaos and confusion in the iowa caucus. It so awkward, so embarrassing. This is an unmitigated disaster. A horrible showing. Just pathetic. Its pathetic. Embarrassing. This is a disaster and available for democrats and for iowa. Laura when you really think about it, last night was a perfect embodiment of the democratss abysmal record. When they revamp health care it fails. When they set up a w
Iraq, an effort which is a show of force. It comes on the same day that pilots with the uae joined forces launching their own strikes against isis. We have all the details covered. Keir simmons is on the ground. We are following other big stories with iran. Keir, lets start with you. How significant is this Troop Movement this morning . Reporter jose good morning. Its clearly another move by the jordanians to show their force. Thousands of troops are being sent to the border to protect the border. As you mentioned, it comes as the uae says it has conducted its first major strikes against isis using its f16s from a base here in jordan. It comes together as the king of jordans push to try to unite nations in this region in a new push against the isis in iraq and syria. At the same time there are aspects pushing against this. Theres an interview this morning with syrias president assad in which he suggests there are some communications between his government and the allied forces arranged
This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is a western edition of the broadcast. Northern california and the Pacific Northwest are getting muchneeded rain this weekend. The rain comes with a heavy price in terms of flood and wind damage. Heres carter evans. Reporter that was a 90foot pine tree in the Berkeley Hills east of san francisco. Blown down by powerful winds up to 50 miles an hour. Ken renworth says his neighbors were lucky. When you went back there and looked at it, what did you think . Oh, it was incredible. I mean, its a huge tree, and the roots failed. Its scary. Reporter while Northern California got pounded with up to four inches of rain, the wind did the most damage, uprooting dozens of trees and bringing down power lines. Over the past 24 hours, more than a quarter Million People were in the dark. Electricity was restored for most, but flights are still delayed in san francisco. The National Weather service didnt expect much snow from