This is this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon reporter the internet lit up, and her longtime partner, stedman graham, added fuel to the fire, telling the l. A. Time has the winfrey would absolutely run for president if the people want her to. A notable shift from last fall. Shes lost her mind. Reporter when winfrey, who is a special correspondent for 60 minutes, laughed off the notion of a bid on cbs this morning. There will be no running for office of any kind for me. Reporter but the democratic field in 2020 is wide open. Which could prove enticing for a wellknown, wellfunded media mogul. Oprah. I love oprah. Reporter in fact, her fellow billionaire, donald trump told larry king in 1999 that winfrey would be his first choice for v. P. If s be fantastic. Shes popular. Shes brilliant. Shes a wonderful woman. Report detractors say what she lacks is political experience, but so did mr. Trump, and he began mulling a bid
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. We welcome the challenge. Whether its Oprah Winfrey or anybody else. That was the reaction from the white house today after a widely discussed speech at the Golden Globes last night. Winfrey did nothing to dissuade president ial talk. In fact, her longtime partner seemed to encourage it. With more on this potential matchup in 2020, we begin tonight with nancy cordes. Reporter to the casual observer, the speech was vintage winfrey, an emotional commentary on Sexual Harassment. For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Reporter but fans thought they heard something more, the crescendo of a campaign address. So i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon reporter the internet lit up, and her longtime partner, stedman graham, added fuel to the fire, telling the l. A. Time has the winfrey would ab
Two sides are talking again. It took the olympics to bring them together but theres hopes that the talks will lead to deeper discussions on other topics like north koreas controversial Nuclear Missile program. Ben tracey has more. This scene seemed unthinkable just weeks ago. Five men from the south, five from the north shaking hands. Dire warnings of war replaced with warmth. The North Koreans said they are serious and sincere offering invaluable results. They could afford the optimism because the conversation was not about kim jong uns nuclear program, instead focusing mainly on north koreas attendance at next months winter olympics. The north offered to send a high level delegation including athletes, a cheering squad and sports groups. The south asked that the two countries marched together and resume reunions of families separated. Its a big win for south korean president moon jaein who called it the peace olympics. The olympics is not going to solve anything. John derore is an ex
The country, to shot world, that we are one house, the peoples house, united in our humanity, it is that humanity which will win the day and it always will. God bless. [ applause ] House Speaker paul ryan making empassioned speech in congress. The president praising the heroes who took down the shoot shooter. Our Brave Capitol Police performed a challenging job with incredible skill and theyre sacrifice makes democracy possible. Recommend also offering his thoughts and prayers to the injured congressman the Capitol Police officer, the congressional aid and lobbyist injured in the shooting. Tonight congressman Steve Scalise is recovering in the hospital listed in Critical Condition after surgery. Thank you for joining us at 5 00. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. This all began as you heard just after 7 00 this morning as republicans were actually wrapping up practice ahead of tomorrows congressional softball game. Heres what we know right now. Gunman arrived at the republican softball prac
Indecent assault that the drugs impaired her judgment. They are struggling with all three of them. They carry five to tenyear sentences each. And they would run concurrently. Vernon odom has more on the deadlock and what went on in the courtroom today. Some dramatics in the courtroom this morning or late morning i should say as the jury announced they were deadlock but the judge sent them back to look at the charges against bill cosby once again and no word from the jury since then. Bill cosby looked tired and emotionally drained when he arrived for the fourth day of deliberations so did the jury when they aemerged from 30 hours of talks to tell judge oneil, quote, we cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any count. The defense immediately call ford a mistrial and the judge denied the motion and sent the jury all from the pittsburgh area back to the jury room to keep trying and the cosby team went on the offensive. It shows the not guilty mr. Cosby has been saying the entire time man