draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit
attacks as vladimir putin marks the new year with a combative speech. [ cheers ] plus, the world welcomes 2023 from the land down under to asia and beyond. new york getting ready for its biggest celebration in years. oh, i ve always seen it on tv, so i decided to be here today. and later, the rubik s cube fast approaching 50. why the color-matching puzzle is showing no signs of aging. whenever i m bored and i don t know what to do, i just play with this. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with adriana diaz. good evening. there is only one pope today. benedict xvi died today ending an unprecedented decade in which the catholic church had two living popes, one reigning, one retired. in 2013 benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign saying that at age 85, he was no longer up to the job. his successor, pope francis, is 86. the path could be clear now for him to step down. cbs chris livesay is in rome tonight with more on the death of
proposed a trial date for donald trump s georgia election case. we have the details about the ex presidents formal lawyers who told willis once they reached plea agreements. plus, george santos s last stand in just over a week. the republican could finally be expelled from congress. also, the maga fiction, the magnification of the gop. al secret congresswoman barbara lee but the vile rhetoric coming from the right. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we start this hour with major developments in fulton county district attorney fani willis s election interference case against donald trump. just within the last 24 hours we have learned when we could expect to see the disgraced ex president and his codefendants had to trial in georgia. prosecutors have requested in august 5th, 2024 trial date. that is just three months before the general election. willis s proposal kept off a busy week in court. on thursday, sct mcafee judged a request from the office from an emergency pe
trayvon martin was shot and killed, could be a key piece of evidence. he had a closed fracture of his nose, two black eyes, two cuts to the back of his head in a minor back injury. i want to go to martin savidge covering the story for us. with all these new details and developments does it help zimmerman s argument he was in fact standing his ground they killed trayvon martin in self-defense? reporter: it depends on who you talk to. here s the way it breaks down. this information coming from the prosecution, the special prosecutor angela corey, they had to provide the basics of their investigation over to the defense so that s why we re starting to see this information come out this week. two reports caught her eye, the autopsy report on trayvon martin and that s the one you re referring to that says bruising on the hands of trayvon martin that would seem to support the defense s claim that george zimmerman says that trayvon martin came up to him, punched him in the nose, k