still too cowardly to take a stand against insurrectionists ex president. the idea of political violence is being normalized. he held newspaper published a piece this weekend underlying its stark terms what this new post trump post january 6th world looks like. the number threat in vests launched by u.s. capitol police in 2021 was 100 and 50% higher than it was in 2017. trump s first year in office. lawmakers who are critical of trump remain among those most frequently targeted for violence. the long and diverse listening clues republicans who voted for an infrastructure bill he opposed. democrats who manage the former presidents impeachments. republicans who supported his ouster after the january 6th capitol attack. and most recently, the nine lawmakers on the select committee investigating the 2021 a riot. all of whom have around the clock security details. end quote. president biden addressed the normalization of violence this week in his soul of the nation s speech. y
during that search. first though, we do want to begin with former white house counsel pat cipollone. his deputy appearing before a january 6 grand jury today. evan perez is outside u.s. district court in washington. this of course separate from the investigation to the handling of classified documents. this relates to january 6th. how significant is the testimony of cipollone and his deputy? reporter: jim, this is a very important testimony that we re going to get from the that the grand jury is going to get from pat cipollone and patrick philbin. these are two men who are inside the white house counsel. they were in a lot of the meetings that the president was organizing, as he was trying to overturn the election. he was trying to find ways to remain in power. and the importance of this grand jury is that this is the grand jury that is going beyond the 850 rioters who have been brought here and are facing charges for the violence that happened at the u.s. capitol. this
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democracy. the president made the comments against an eerie blood red background complete with marines on guard at philadelphia s independence hall. critics say it is the hyper divisive president and his progressive agenda that are the real threats to the country. now the president seems to be backing off a bit. white house correspondent peter doocy takes a look at the address and the fallout. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, mike. the president s argument is basically that he thinks the united states can have a democracy or maga republicans. but not both. so i asked him today whether or not that applies to all 74 million americans who backed trump in 2020 and his answer was very revealing. this is not unusual, right? to have a to have a speech like this. peter: that speech a warning about so-called maga republicans. they promote authoritarian leaders and fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights. peter: but the preside
cbs robert costa reports on what a federal judge said about donald trump s request for a special master to review those mar-a-lago materials. i feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. o donnell: and, eye on america. cbs jonathan vigliotti on how one school district is hoping to fix the nation s teacher shortage by getting into the real estate market. this gives teachers hope. 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 busy thursday night. tonight, day four of the humanitarian water crisis in jackson, mississippi, as frustrations grow for the nearly 200,000 americans living without clean drinking water. officials reported progress in repairing the city s water treatment plant, but even as the water pressure returns, the state capital and its surrounding communities can t drink that water. some 600 national guard troops are on the sce