and professor steve h hanke from johns hopkins university. he served on president reagan s council of economic advisers. we will bring you up to date in the case of the first american journalist to face espionage charges in russia since the soviet era. evan gershkovich has had an appeal against his pre trial detention rejected. and we will look at why encrypted messaging services like whatsapp are urging the uk government to make changes to the online safety bill. but first, our top story on the programme, the dominion versus fox trial. it s been variously described as explosive a bombshell trial, and today it got under way in the us. a company that makes voting machines dominion suing the conservative fox news network for defamation. and in the last few minutes, we have heard it has settled. you will remember that it was due to start yesterday. there were delays for 2h hours. the case had got under way, but we understand it has now settled. our correspondent michelle f
Investigation. And signs of progress. The first ship passes through a new temporary channel one week after the deadly bridge collapse after the deadly bridge collapse in baltimore. Captioning funded by cbs pse in baltimore. Good morning. Good morning. Im Shanelle Kaul in for annemarie green. April is ushering in not just showers but severe storms across much of the country. Extensive damage was reported in barnsdall, oklahoma, overnight, this after a possible tornado moved through. Millions are under severe storm and flash flood threats all the way from alabama to ohio, while some parts of the northern u. S. Are preparing for snow. Cbss jarred hill is joining us from new york, which is also bracing for a rough few days ahead. Jarred, good morning. Reporter yes, shanelle, were looking at a couple of days of rain in new york, but nothing like the Severe Weather threats across the country, including as you mentioned it, yeah, that spring snowfall expected in the north. As millions of amer
We want to begin tonight with more than 95 million americans in the path of severe storms from texas to pennsylvania with the danger said to last well into tomorrow. 19 states are under the threat of wild weather, Tornado Watches are already up in five states with more expected as the night goes on. Hail the size of grapefruits could damage cars and homes from san antonio to st. Louis. This massive storm system brought flooding to the west coast this weekend, and now charges east bringing flooding and even snow to the northeast. Cbss Omar Villafranca will start us off, tracking this powerful storm. Reporter tonight, the countrys midsection is bracing for severe spring weather. A storm system with heavy rain flooded roads in Oklahoma City this afternoon. But thats not the biggest threat. The Tornado Threat is definitely there today. We are concerned about some large potentially very large destructive type of hail. Reporter kansas also on alert, as ominous dark clouds crawl across the pl
Longevity of suffering of the palestinians under this occupation. Reporter u. S. And israeli officials spoke by Video Conference today about israels plans to launch a ground offensive in the city of rafah in southern gaza. The u. S. Has warned against it without a credible plan to protect civilians. Norah. Holly williams, thank you. Big developments tonight on abortion rights in florida. The Florida Supreme Court paved the way today for a new sixweek ban on the procedure to take effect. The state currently has a 15week abortion ban in place, and until now, florida had been viewed as a southern safe haven for abortions with less restrictive rules than neighboring states. The Florida Supreme Court also ruled today that abortion rights will be on the ballot in november, giving voters the final say. Tonight, crews are working around the clock to remove the remains of the Francis Scott key bridge in baltimore in a desperate race to reopen one of the busiest ports in the country. The army co
Past two weeks amid growing fears it could kickstart a regional conflict. Reporter back in gaza, the death toll has now soared to more than 5,000, hamas says, with thousands of children among the dead. Amid growing International Condemnation of the civilian deaths. The Israeli Military released graphic video of the massacre that unfolded here just over two weeks ago. Dash cam video said to be from a civilian car shows gunmen approaching the car and opening fire. A body cam recovered from one of the attackers shows a hail of gunfire. The bodies of the two victims slumped over, shot dead. In recent days, israeli commandos have mounted raids into gaza to attack targets and try to find out information about more than 220 hostages still held captive. The release of two more hostages tonight will come as a relief for their families. But to hamas, it may serve as a stalling tactic to slow down israels allout invasion. As was the case when the american hostages were released just a couple of d