Well take you to los angeles where thousands of basketball fans have been paying tribute to kobe bryant. Harvey weinstein has been found guilty of two counts in his Sexual Assault trial. Hes been convicted of third degree rape and of a criminal sexual act, in the first degree. He was acquitted of the most serious charge against him of predatory Sexual Assault and first degree rape. The charges rested on the allegations of miriam haley, a former Television Production assistant who testified that mr weinstein forced oral sex on her at his manhattan apartment in 2006 and jessica mann, a former aspiring actress, who says he raped her in a hotel room in 2013. Hed pleaded not guilty to all charges. The Manhattan District Attorney who led the prosecution spoke shortly after the verdict. I believe a b felony conviction with a maximum of up to 25 years is. It is not the top counts in the indictment but by no means am i disappointed with the jurys unanimous statement that Harvey Weinstein is gui
New details tonight in the disappearance of a sixyearold South Carolina girl. Did her killer live right down the street . Resting their case prosecutors tear into Harvey Weinstein as they make their Closing Arguments. Tonight, the movie moguls dramatic reaction in court. Held by police new video of a sixyearold removed from her school after an outburst, forced to stay in a behavioral facility. Why even the officers who took her away were questioning the decision. Polar plunge the coldest weather of the season heads east as rising rivers force evacuations in the south. Fiveyearold hero his quick thinking saved his entire family when his house went up in flames. I said, boy, youre a hero. He said, me no hero. Odonnell and on this valentines day, Steve Hartman is going to the chapel with a ory trulove this is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west. Were going to begin with breaking news. Michael avenatt
Growing fears that it wont be possible to stop the spread of coronavirus across the world. In italy, the number of cases rockets and 11 towns are put into quarantine. Also on the programme. As Bernie Sanders emerges as democratic frontrunner we look ahead to the next nine days. Will it be a lingering fight, or a decisive end . From howdy modi to namaste trump donald trump begins a two day visit to india with hopes of a major trade deal with south asias biggest economy. And keeping all our sporting dreams alive a zamboni driver gets the emergency call in a professional hockey game. Best of all it has a storybook ending. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in washington, James Reynolds in london. Harvey weinstein, once the most powerful man in hollywood, has been convicted of rape and Sexual Assault against two women. But the jury of seven men and five women acquitted him of two of the most serious charges at his trial in new york. The guilty verdict is a dizzying fall for the hollywood
4 00 a. M. In new york, 2 30 p. M. In new delhi where the president is on a state visit. More on that in a meet. But first democrats are bracing a high stakes depate, a critical showdown tonight in South Carolina. Expect a much tighter focus on Bernie Sanders now the undisputed frontrunner in this race. A new marist poll shows biden within striking distance of sanders. The vermont senator has been working to grow his coalition, a Lesson Learned from his 2016 losses. Will put that to the est on saturday as well as the delegate rich and very diverse super tuesday states of california and texas. Other democrats face mounting urgency to blunt sanders momentum on super tuesday when he could amass a delegate lead hard to overcome. So far sanders rivals havent drilled down on his record at all. Thats a break. President trump, his super pac and surrogates wont give him if hes the nominee. They focused their fire on bloomberg last time who isnt even on the ballot in South Carolina. Cnns jeff ze
Heard for months and months now from top u. S. Intelligence officials from the president s former top russia adviser and from former special counsel robert mueller. Foreign actors will view the 2020 u. S. Elections as an opportunity to advance their interests. We certainly are seeing and have never stopped seeing really since 2016 efforts to engage in blind foreign influence. Right now russias Security Services and their proxies have geared up to repeat their interference in the 2020 election. We are running out of time to stop them. Theyre doing it as we sit here, and they expect to do it during the next campaign. So with all of that, you might expect President Trump to take concrete steps to frekt pr the votes of millions of you. Instead, he has ousted Joseph Maguire the man tasked with overseeing the nations intelligence agencies. It comes after a Briefing Held with lawmakers last week where according to sources, officials spelled out russias efforts to meddle in our elections again