Wanted in the u. S. Is the focus of a global tug of war. Critical test, a space craft explodes minutes after launch. Why Todays Mission was a success. And a world war ii veteran finally gets the recognition he earned at 103 years old. Gods been good. This is the cbs weekend news. Villafranca good evening, im omar villafranca, tonight the Historic Senate trial of President Trump begins in less than 48 hours. House managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on capitol hill today to work on strategy. Senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks listening to hours of testimony with no questions allowed. Ben tracy starts us off from the white house. Well be sitting there in our chairs, about probably on the order of six hours a day. Reporter senators are now preparing to be jurors, deciding in just weeks whether or not President Trump remains in office. Republicans dont have enough votes for a quick dismissal but they are confident the president will
Tear gas and rubber bullets to try and disperse demonstrators. Protestors marching to the police station, some with signs saying, i cant breathe. Among the final words spoken by 47yearold floyd in that video that was captured by a bystander on monday. What were about to play for you is disturbing. I cant breathe. Please, the knee in my neck. I cant breathe. Get up and get in the car, man. I will. I cant move. Four unnamed Minneapolis Police officers have now been fired as a result of that. The Minneapolis Police department in a press release saying they arrived on the scene for a reported, quote, forgery in progress and that floyd physically resisted officers. An investigation is opened by the fbi and the state. Floyds sister speaking about all of it on nbcs today show. Me and my family are taking this very, very hard. Its very heartbreaking. I would like for those officers to be charged with murder because thats exactly what they did. Shaquille brewster is in minneapolis with the very
California counties, brian. Brian in new york, long island, which is near me is set to restart reopening process today as Governor Andrew Cuomo heads to the white house to meet with the president. After that trump and the Vice President will head to the Sunshine State for the historic spacex launch a live look at Cape Canaveral as American People go back into space through our own spaceship. Steve mission demo 2 as its being called the first crewed manned flight to space aboard a commercial space craft in history and the first from u. S. Soil in nearly a decade. Lift off is just after 4 30 eastern time provided the weather is good you will see it right here on the fox news channel. And there you can see the astronauts in the tesla that will take them out to launch pad 39 a. Good morning, irving, it is wednesday, may 27th. Thank you very much for joining us. You know, i was thinking, anxiously and brian this morning whether it is the spacex launch later today or the race for a vaccine,
Who follow isis in the media, in the academic world, but clearly someone that u. S. Intelligence and the u. S. Military had known about and were tracking for some time. I think a lot more is likely to come to light. We cant assume we know everything at this hour. But officials familiar with the raid in syria have told cnn that he was for some time essentially the oil and gas emir the head of isis oil and gas operations which had in the past been vital to them raising money. But recently had become something much more than that something very troubling. He had taken on an increasing role in isis Operations Planning commanding control and critical information here. The u. S. Believes he may well have had some kind of communication with abu bakr al baghdadi, the leader of isis. So you put this whole intelligence picture together plus his wife and her knowledge potentially of hostage operations that isis had been involved in and you see why the u. S. Wanted to get him. This was supposed to
Crashing down. And then the man responsible for 12 murders. You know he heard voices, thought he was being followed, reportedly suffered from ptsd but he still got security checks. Was it an oversensitivity to Mental Health issues that did that . Plus his mother today spoke out for the first time. Youre going to hear what she had to say. And police find two cars in a muddy lake with bodies inside. A lot of bodies inside. And these cars, you wont believe it. Have they just solved a 40yearold mystery . Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. We begin with the breaking news. A record high stocks surge today dow jumping 147 points. Dow and s p closed at new highs. I think this is so significant. Nearly five years to the day after the financial crash and crisis, when this country is still facing an unemployment crisis, a major milestone, and a good one for the markets. Well, the reason for the record, the fed announced it would not stop the flow of easy money. And it is t