jon stewart goes to the hill and sounds off on the gop. they haven t met a veteran they won t screw over. o donnell: families of 9/11 victims blast donald trump as the former president hosts a saudi backed liv tour at his new jersey golf club just 50 miles from ground zero, his controversial comments. nobody has gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately. o donnell: monkeypox crisis: the major american city tonight declaring a state of emergency as cases explode. jetblue buying spirit: what the $3.8 billion deal could many for your next strip trip and how an nfl superstar is helping kansas city teenagers give back to their community. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, for the second time this week, catastrophic flooding has forced americans to flee their homes in the middle of the night, th
for the last month. john so it has been a fierce advocate on this issue, and you will not want to miss what he has to say. that is coming up. but first, i want to start tonight with this really weird moment that happened last week at a house hearing. transportation secretary pete pitt a judge was testifying before the house committee, and as you would expect, for several hours, they discussed infrastructure. roads, railways, electric vehicles, energy prices, all the usual stuff. until one republican congressman on the committees suddenly took the transportation hearing off the rails. and that joke was for you, transport nerds. you re welcome. have a watch. we now have president biden in office for 18 months, and just recently, we now see the mainstream media questioning president biden s mental state and for good reason. sadly, he shakes hands with ghosts, and imaginary people. he falls off bicycles. even at the white house easter celebration, the easter bunny had to guid
repercussions for u.s./china relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a cold war? i ve got the experts on it all. also justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills a leader of al qaeda, once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair-raising crisis that could spill into military conflict. and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china, one that has been carefully managed for five decades, and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago. but on the american side, a series of errors, many of them tactical and driven by domestic politics, have resulted in a dangerous reality. there is no serious working relationship between the 21st
the target of a criminal investigation about his false claims of election fraud. what we ve learned tonight. steve osunsami live in georgia. a crushing defeat for congresswoman liz cheney. an outspoken critic of former president trump. he fought back, endorsing her opponent. and tonight, cheney will now leave the congress at the end of this year. but what she s now vowing and what she s now saying about running for president. jon karl back with us again tonight. tonight, the suspect accused of attacking author salman rushdie sfrom behind bars sayin he s surprised rushdie survived. tonight, the suspect s own mother reportedly disowning him. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we have several developing headlines as we come on tonight. rudy giuliani, once known as america s mayor, spending nearly six hours questioned under oath, the target of a criminal investigation in georgia over false claims of election fraud. also tonight, the
very good week for president biden with some major victories in congress while republicans were doing the usual, like voting against veterans and american technology. plus, the republican embrace of christian nationalism proves they do not know their history. we ve seen this story before and it doesn t end well. and trump is playing host to the big saudi golf tournament this weekend insulting 9/11 families in the process. trump actually defended the saudis saying, quote, nobody s gotten to the bottom of 9/11. seriously. we begin tonight with a major development in the duelling january 6th investigations. the house select committee has agreed to a formal path to share evidence and witness transcripts with the justice department as it escalates its own investigation. first reported by politico chairman bennie thompson confirmed the agreement on a template for evidence and witness transcript sharing. it is a major step at the extent of the justice department s investigation