We are still in crisis mode, still in search and rescue mode still in search and rescue mode. Norah: battleground blitz liz cheney hits the campaign trail with vice president harris while donald trump is in michigan. Plus our interview with a top justice department official tasked with protecting the u. S. From foreign election interference. Iran, russia and china are trying to strike at the heart of democracy. I think that s a very fair statement. Norah: and tonight s eye on america. The major city that has seen an unprecedented drop in homelessness, how the mayor is combating the crisis with an unprecedented solution. Cbs evening news starts now. Good evening i m norah o donnell and thank you for joining us. We have some breaking news tonight out of memphis. There are verdicts in the federal trial of three police officers accused in the fatal beating death of tyre nichols during a traffic stop last year. Elise preston was in the courtroom, what can you tell us? reporter: norah, all t
Gulf coast ports shut down. That was going to be disastrous. President biden helped get that thing fixed fast. They have agreed, tentatively, to a 62% increase in wages over the next six years. The first offer that the union turned down, to show you how far apart this was, was 40%. That is where this began, so the pressure that the union put on related work and of course the port companies, they were hoping that president biden would feel the pressure of this and just order a tafthartley return to work by that union to get through the election and you can imagine how the company s thought the president will have to do this because this will be so difficult for the harris campaign, but the president kept the administration pushing both sides to an agreement. At 5:30 you can imagine how this was at the white house. The white house chief of staff is on zoom. Pete buttigieg and others in the administration, with both sides forcing them to get together and so both sides understood that it l
Now an extraordinary political moment, the kind that just a few years ago was in the category of hell has frozen over and pigs are flying. Vice president harris will be joined on the Campaign Trail by None Other than Liz Cheney in battleground wisconsin. Their joint Campaign Appearance is fraught with symbolism. Nbc news reports, quote, harris plans to play into that symbolism by recognizing the founding principles of the Republican Party. Thats according to a senior campaign official. Harris will be at the Birth Place of the gop together with Liz Cheney. The democratic president ial nominee and a former Republican Congresswoman, former leader of the republican caucus and the heir to a family whose name is synonymous with what it meant to be a conservative republican speaks to the coalition Vice President harris has assembled. Its unprecedented in modern american politics. Its an incredibly large tent she has assembled that includes former Vice President Dick Cheney and bernie sanders.
Bret good evening im Bret Baier its five weeks until election day. Martha we are waiting for the debate to get started with ohio senator j. D. Vance from the top from the Trump Ticket and minnesota governor Tim Walz coming Face To face as there is an active backdrop in america for issues for them to deal with tonight. Bret its the Cbs Vice President ial debate beginning in moments thanks for watching it here with us on fox news. Tonight it the matchup comes as the u. S. Faces escalate in crises at home and abroad with devastation of Hurricane Helene to iranian strakes in israel. All that weighing heavily on the campaigns and on stage tonight. Martha they both share a midwestern background and are expected to have stark views on opposing issues and well see how that plays on the Debate Stage. Postgame and analysis afterwards. Norah im Norah Odonnell and thanks for joining us for the Cbs Vice President ial debate. We welcome our viewers on cbs and other networks here in the u. S. And Aro
And the Breaking News just released. Neverbeforeseen evidence in the 2020 Election Interference Case against Donald Trump. Whats inside the 165page Filing . [chanting stop the steal] the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday. And we begin with Breaking News, a Bombshell Court Filing just unsealed in the 2020 Election Case against former president Donald Trump. In it, special Counsel Jack Smith argues that trump resorted to crimes after losing the election to joe biden. The case had been thrown into doubt when the Supreme Court ruled that a President Cant be prosecuted for official acts. Smith is claiming trumps actions were taken in a private capacity as a candidate. The filing, which runs 165 pages and has a lot of names reacted, also Details Trump actions on january 6th, when thousands of his Supporters Storm to capitol as congress was certifying the election. And it claims trump tried to advance his own Self Interests and perpetuat