let s hand it over to kasie hunt and cnn tonight. you re right. we don t talk about grief enough. i m very much looking forward to listening to that podcast. thank you very much. i am casey hunt, and this is knight. we re in the midst of another general election season that will test donald trump s impact across the board. independents turned away from him in 2020. and as criminal investigations widen by the day, those independents are being reminded why they still don t like him. two third of independents say in a new poll that they don t want the ex-president to run for office again. and though he is not on the ballot this november, democrats, led by president biden, have tried to frame the midterms as a choice between democracy and trumpism, which the president defines as a threat to democracy. democracy voters, meanwhile are energized over abortion rights, trump, and more 62 days before the final votes are cast. where does that leave republicans who are on the ballot?
which that they could indict somebody on, including him? that s the first question. and i think they re getting very close to that point, frankly. but i think at the end of the day, there s another question, it s do you indict a former president? what will that do to the country? what kind of precedent will that set? will the people really understand that this is not failing to return a library book? that this was serious? you have to worry about those things. and i hope that those kinds of factors will inclined the administration not to indict him. because i don t want to see him indicted. it comes as we re learning that the documents seized from mar-a-lago s resort including one on a former government s nuclear capabilities. that s according to the washington post. i want to bring in the former nick akerman, nationalistic bradley moss and cnn political analyst kirsten powers. good to see all three of you. nick, i m gonna start with you. bill barr there. saying that he
the former attorney general, bill barr, weighing in on a potential indictment of donald trump. here s what he said on fox earlier. i think, as i ve said all along, there are two questions. will the government be able to make out a technical case? will they have evidence by which that they could indict somebody on, including him? that s the first question. and i think they re getting very close to that point, frankly. but i think at the end of the day, there s another question, it s do you indict a former president? what will that do to the country? what kind of precedent will that set? will the people really understand that this is not failing to return a library book? that this was serious? you have to worry about those things. and i hope that those kinds of factors will incline the administration not to indict him. because i don t want to see him indicted. it comes as we re learning that the documents seized from mar-a-lago s resort including one on a former government
disaster. cnn s frederik pleitgen is joining me live from ramstein air base. what do we know about the new aid package? reporter: the secretary of defense made those remarks just a couple minutes ago here and you re right, it certainly comes at a really decisive time as the war is dragging on in ukraine. on the one hand the fighting around the zaporizhzhia power plant, but then also you have the ukrainians making gains in south of the country and also in the northeast of the country as well. the secretary of defense says the u.s. wants to make absolutely clear that they remain strong in their commitments to ukraine and are going to give the ukrainians what they need to succeed. he was saying that the package from the presidential drawdown is $675 million and he listed some of the main items on that new drawdown. here is what he said. the latest package includes more gimmlecs, howitzers, artillery munitions, missiles, humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems, small a
o donnell: deadly shark attack. a pennsylvania woman on a cruise killed while snorkeling in the bahamas. and the obamas return to the white house. let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks. ( laughter ) this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. onight, wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction amid record-breaking heat in the west. the california heat wave is stretching into its eighth straight day with seven states under warnings and advisories. the temperatures are record breaking. salt lake city and fresno, california, had their hottest september days ever. the brutal heat is straining california s power grid and power companies are pleading with the public to conserve energy. the governor there sending out rare text alerts to avoid rolling blackouts. the dry weather has caused more than a doz