the american economy and the prices you re paying for everything. tonight, the new and encouraging signs. the slight improvement on inflation. combine that with falling gas prices and what economists tonight are now cautiously saying. we have new reporting here after the fiery crash landing on a california freeway. the plane making that emergency landing, hitting a truck, bursting into flames. how the pilot survived this, trying to save lives as he came down. the alleged murder for hire plot. tonight, an iranian national charged in an alleged plot to assassinate former trump nsa adviser john bolton. that suspect still at large. the u.s. tonight sending a blistering warning to iran. the war in ukraine tonight. and g7 leaders now demanding russia turn the largest nuclear power plant in europe back over to the ukrainians. and tonight, ukraine claiming it destroyed nine russian war planes in that crimea blast. back here at home tonight, authorities releasing new surveilla
the alleged $300,000 murder-for- hire plan iranian targeting two top trump officials. cbs catherine herridge speaks to one of them. that it was potentially an effort either to kidnap me or assassinate me. brennan: how will the biden administration respond? and nationwide teacher shortage. cbs elise preston on what s behind the crisis in america s classrooms. teachers are burnt out. but at the same time, they want to make a difference in the lives of kids. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan, in for norah. we begin tonight with the latest news about former president donald trump s growing legal troubles. he was set to be questioned under oath today for a civil investigation by the state of new york into alleged fraud by themp president waved to the crowd on the way to his deposition. he invoked his constitutional r
the hours long standoff that followed. gun fire was exchanged. brennan: gas prices fall to the lowest in five months. errol barnett talks to drivers still feeling the pain. reporter: so you re encouraged by this but still i m looking for more improvement. brennan: c.d.c. s covid guidelines. more trantwo and a half years after the virus hit, the u.s. loosens restrictions. dr. job jon is here to make sense of it all. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. brennan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i m margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, the department of justice is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant that the f.b.i. used to search the florida home of former president donald trump. agents were looking for classified documents that may have illegally been taken from the white house. we learned today that investigators first subpoenaed those records this spring. 15 boxes of presidential record
candidates for president as it turned out they were supposed to be two, john adams was running as a federalist made upon thomas jefferson running as a republican jefferson was running with aaron burr. jefferson burr is the vice president hurry back to before the 12th amendment who ever got thewh most electoral votes would be the president. for reasons i don t need to get into although it s very exciting aaron burr decided he had a shot at being president. the federalist were playing games and they knew adams can get the presidency and having decided that they then decidedo to try to stop thomas jefferson. they had a problem even though hamilton despised both jefferson number he decides to more they were both with bad expenses. with burr jefferson was furious about all the visit they were playing games and he was furious that burr had stabbed him in the back. in the end it was pointed out in the smithsonian a piece written 2004 and excellent piece by john, the federalist decid
not accepting the counsel of his real advisers, not the imposters, but those who were actual advisers, not just yes people wanting to tell him exactly what he wants to hear, even when there s clearly no evidence to support what he wanted to hear. but we have heard about the attempt to exploit the legal process, the department of justice, local election officials, and a relentless pressure campaign to what he called an attempt to stop the steal. the fact that nothing had actually been stolen, i mean, details. details, it seems. i ll leave you all to decide whether the hearings so far have threaded the needle or maybe moved your own needle. but we are seven hearings in and we re learning tonight that the january 6th committee s upcoming eighth hearing will turn to the number 187. that s 187 minutes where the president of the united states was radio silent. i mean, crickets. well, at least publicly. but what exactly was he doing for over three hours? after the capitol had been b