brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. now i guess we are going to see, is this number enough or potentially do we go through this again? nancy: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m nancy cordes in for norah. thank you for being with us. we are going to have more on that massive payout donald trump was ordered to make to e. jean carroll in a moment. also tonight, though, big news from the border, where migrant crossings hit a new record in december. hundreds of thousands of them, and countered by border agents. plus, boeing 737 max 9 is returning to the skies. cbsnews is there as the first flight takes off from seattle after the planes were grounded for three weeks following that terrifying midair incident. but we want to begin tonight a jury found he acted maliciously, out of hatred, ill will, or spite in his ongoing verbal attacks on the former elle magazine columnist. they concluded he should pay $83.3 million in damages. a previous ju
in new jersey. in new york city in the northeast, the flood warnings and the alerts, potentially damaging winds. rob marciano on these deadly tornadoes, and ginger zee timing out tonight, tomorrow, and now yet another new storm right behind this one. tonight, the pentagon now saying that defense secretary lloyd austin is being treated for prostate cancer. and that the president and the white house only learned about it today. selina wang at the white house. more than 170 passenger planes now grounded tonight after that door plug came off the plane at 16,000 feet. what both alaska airlines and united airlines have now found while conducting their own inspections, and gio benitez reporting. former president trump in federal court today. his attorneys making the case that presidential immunity protects trump from anything related to the election and january 6th. a judge then asking trump s lawyers, if a president orders the assassination of a political rival, would preside
in new jersey. in new york city in the northeast, the flood warnings and the alerts, potentially damaging winds. rob marciano on these deadly tornadoes, and ginger zee timing out tonight, tomorrow, and now yet another new storm right behind this one. tonight, the pentagon now saying that defense secretary lloyd austin is being treated for prostate cancer. and that the president and the white house only learned about it today. selina wang at the white house. more than 170 passenger planes now grounded tonight after that door plug came off the plane at 16,000 feet. what both alaska airlines and united airlines have now found while conducting their own inspections, and gio benitez reporting. former president trump in federal court today. his attorneys making the case that presidential immunity protects trump from anything related to the election and january 6th. a judge then asking trump s lawyers, if a president orders the assassination of a political rival, would preside
days have just been released. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, putin threatening nuclear war amid humiliating losses in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin today ordering a military draft and warning that he could use nuclear weapons against west. during a rare televised address to the russian nation, the russian president summoned 300,000 more troops to fight and threatened nuclear retaliation. translator: mobilization will begin today, september 21st. i am instructing the heads of the regions to provide the necessary assistance to the work of the military recruitment offices. this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. i emphasize this again with all the means at our disposal. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the prevailing winds c
republican gubernatorial race that seen by many as the barometer of former president trump s ongoing influence within the g.o.p. bret baier joins us live. new details tonight on stephen colbert s the late show staffers are arrested for trespassing on capitol hill. the capitol police criticizing the decision on the u.s. attorney s office not to prosecute them. republican on the house judiciary committee weighs in on just a minute. more than a dozen progressive lawmakers, including aoc arrested during an abortion protest at the supreme court. more controversy tonight as it appears she s being handcuffed, then raised her hand. tonight, with the biden administration ticket prices for gas prices edging down with the president just hours away from addressing the climate crisis. white house correspondent kevin corke is the very latest. white house officials are also weighing, as you pointed out, i think very importantly, a narrow public health directive and they say safeguarding n