His messages are being fact checked, the president signs an order to make social media platforms responsible for the content on their pages. Theres nothing id rather do doan get rid of my whole twitter account. Odonnell but will it backfire . Hail to the graduate hes got four College Degrees at an age when most havent even made it to high school. Boston marathon canceled for the first time in its 124year history. The worldfamous race is called off, but organizers say runners can still participate virtually. And tonight, call it pomp under the circumstances. Some of the most inspiring graduation speeches for a special graduating class. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news tonight out of minneapolis, where the National Guard is being mobilized after violent protests erupted overnight over the death of george floyd. A Minneapolis Police officer press
George floyd. A Minneapolis Police officer pressed his knee into the unarmed African American mans neck for more than seven minutes monday as floyd pleaded for help and said he couldnt breathe. Frustation over the lack of charges against the officers turned into anger overnight, as protesters looted stores and set buildings on fire. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Hose riots continued today, spilling into st. Paul, where crowds ransacked shops and smashed windows. Late today, the state capital was evacuated. And it all comes as minnesota and the rest of the country are facing th dual toll of rising jobless claims and cases of coronavirus. Today, we learned another 2. 1 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits in the last week, and as we come on the air tonight, more than 101,000 people have been killed by coronavirus in the u. S. There are now more than 1. 7 million confirmed cases nationwide. So theres a lot of news to get to tonight. Were going to begin wi
Make a wish, hanukkah. Thats right, President Trump hosted a hanukkah reception at the white house. Its his favorite holiday because no matter how hard he tries, he cant misspell it. [ laughter ] in a new interview, House Speaker nancy pelosi said that she never watched President Trump on the apprentice, and then trump said he never watched her on golden girls. [ light laughter ] you were blanche, right . According to reports, Rudy Giuliani has reached a divorce settlement with his third wife they opted for divorce after she realized he was difficult to live with, and he realized she didnt have any dirt on joe biden. [ laughter ] according to reports, during a hunting trip to mongolia earlier this year, donald trump jr. Killed an endangered sheep even worse, he bored it to death by reading from his book [ laughter ] Time Magazine has announced that teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is its 2019 person of the year when asked what she thought about time, thunberg said, we probably h
Obstruction of congress. The four numbers will be on the screen if you want to dial in. We would love to get your reaction to the last 14 hours of the House Judiciary Committee and we will begin with chris a, democrat in west convene a california. Chris you are on cspan. Go ahead. High, i would just like to make a comment about senator collins. He brings up the point that these impeachment hearings arent here. Let me ask him something he. Took an oath to defend the constitution of the United States. But in doing that, he has not released the mueller report, even redacted, he has not brought the witnesses, mulvaney, he has no brought trump for pompeo to testify. Or actually any of anyone from the white house will not testify if. President trump is innocent which i doubt if, he is minister, while not very well what theyre not sure all the evidence . Why will they continue to hide all the evidence, especially the mueller report, which they like to bring up a lot . Id like to make one more
Reaction to the last 14 hours. We will begin with chris, a democrat in california. You are on cspan. I would like to make a comment about senator collins. He brings up the point that these impeachment hearings arent fair. Let me ask him something. He took an of to defend the constitution took an oath to defend the constitution. In doing that, he has not released the mueller report, it has been redacted. He has not brought in witnesses. Mulvaney, trump wont testify. Wont testify. Nobody from the white house will testify. If trump is innocent, which i doubt, why wont they show all the evidence . Why did they continue to hide the muellerpecially report. Representative stube from florida made the comment that all veterans make a defensive trump. I am a veteran. I served during desert shield. I find it offensive that he would use veterans in this when they are doing traitorous acts toward the United States. Host this is john from memphis on the independent line. Caller i have watched most o