republican and one of the most extreme foreign policy hawks in the party. before entering politics, the first time she came on my radar screen, she s probably best known for her policy to keep america safe. that levied some pretty disgusting attacks against obama era department of justice officials who had, in private practice before they join the government, defended guantánamo bay detainees. cheney formally launched her political career by trying to carpetbag a wyoming senate seat, despite being born in wisconsin and despite having much of her adult life being spent in virginia. as the intercept reports, cheney launched a campaign to represent wyoming with a facebook post geotagged, mclean, virginia, her real home. she was challenging incumbent wyoming senator mike enzi, a staunch conservative from the right. but he was she was never able to shake the carpetbagger label. or provide a coherent reason for why she was a better choice than nze other than i am a cheney and i wa
Los angeles. The Israeli Military releasing a statement moments ago saying it has killed a senior hamas member involved in planning last saturdays horrific attacks in israel. Murad abu murad was killed in a strike targeting a building in the gaza strip. We also just received some new video showing the damage from the israeli city of ashkelon. Hamas armed wing al qassam saying friday that it launched 150 rockets toward that city. There are now reports whether any israelis. No report, should i say, whether any israelis were injured in that attack. Its been exactly one week now since hamas staged those shocking, brutal and deadly attacks against israel. Israel has been striking back hard all week. Now, the Israeli Military says Commando Units are conducting localized ground raids in gaza. And a short while ago, they also issued a statement that more than 120 civilians are confirmed to be held captive by hamas in gaza. The idf also continuing to pound gaza from the sky. Hundreds of thousan
Trumps legal Team Amping Up Efforts to get her and then potentially the whole trial thrown out as his current Hush Money Trial takes a break. Plus, a midmay primary throwing even more uncertainty into an already volatile race for president. The lights flashing red for donald trump after a shockingly strong showing by nikki haley who dropped out of the race months ago. And its a first since the october 7th hamasled attack in israel. Could the u. S. Pause an Arms Shipment, include thousands of weapons including bombs, and will israel pause plans for a major assault on rafah as a result. But we begin with the potentially big win for donald trump in Fulton County, georgia, where the state Appeals Court just granted his request to consider whether District Attorney fani willis should be disqualified from his election interference case. The decision comes nearly six weeks after donald trump and eight of his codefendants all accused of working to overturn the 2020 Election Results in georgia
Here are tonights headlines. Everything was perfect. There was no crime. Norah . Norah donald trump and his son eric and her a manhattan courtroom fighting a more than 250 million lawsuit. Could he lose control of some of his high profile property is like trump tower . No matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. Congress did the unexpected. Lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill over the weekend avoiding a government shutdown. But there is a new political crisis developing. The push to remove Health Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Its becoming increasingly clear who the speaker the house already works for and its not the republicans. The fbi joining a search for a 9yearold girl who banished from a park while riding a bicycle. Was abducted and is in danger. Its been on the Largest Health care workers strike in history looms as Union Workers across Industries Hit the picket line. What are their demands . The details tonight. Student Loan Payments are back for millions o
Okay, thats not good. Margaret the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah. We begin tonight with breaking news. Dozens of tornadoes touched down in at least three states, including texas, oklahoma, and nebraska. Take a look at this massive funnel cloud tearing across an interstate north of lincoln, nebraska. Large pieces of debris can be spotted flying through the air as the Twister Spins just out of control. In addition to tornadoes and torrential downpours, parts of texas, including arlington, were hit with hailstorms, some as large as golf balls. And the threat is far from over. This dangerous system will stretch from michigan to texas, with twisters, largescale, and damaging winds straight through the weekend. It is tornado season, and cbss Omar Villafranca will start us off tonight from ennis, texas, which is currently under a Severe Weather alert. Reporter dramatic moments along Interstate 80 near lincoln, nebr