Of 93. We remember the legendary actor with a commanding voice. I am your father. Norah the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im Norah Odonnell and Thank You for being with us. There are a number of top stories we are covering on this monday night. From that upcoming president ial debate that will air here on cbs to those outofcontrol wildfires out west, and a tropical storm thats gaining strength in the Gulf Of Mexico. We want to begin tonight with some news just coming in about the death of james Earl Jones, whose commanding performance onscreen made him a Household Name for decades. He was the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and mufasa in the lion king. He overcame a Childhood Stutter to win nearly every accolade and award, after appearing in nearly 90 Television Dramas and series and some 120 movies. We get more now from cbs vladimir duthiers. Reporter james Earl Jones was an industry giant. Steel isnt strong, boy. Reporter Whose Unmistakable Deep Booming Voice Captivate
today on inside politics, red, white, and blue political theater. republicans pound the pavement, put on their best every man polos, and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. fourth of july provides a 2024 test, one donald trump bets he s fine just skipping. plus, a first amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? a judge calls a biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild orwellian while telling top biden officials to cut off contact with social media companies. and just in, cocaine at the white house. a positive lab test prompts an obvious question for the secret service, whose was it? i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, a white house crime scene. a source just confirmed to cnn that cocaine was discovered inside the west wing. i want to go straight to the white house and cnn s priscilla alvarez. what are you hearing from your sources on this? reporter: dane, a source familiar tells
weekend. there s still time for some notes before you get the time to grill. let s take a look at some of the week s top stories. ron desantis has officially entered the 2024 right house race, as we said the live stream events on twitter got off to a rocky start. crashing several times. with the announcement delayed by more than 20 minutes due to a series of technical glitches. sorry about that, we ve got so many people here that i think we are affecting the service. let s say, so yeah. make sense. just to simplify this. so let s say. does it keep crashing? i think rebecca online now. i think we are back online now. well, it s an honor to have governor desantis make this stuck announcement. the technical troubles your mockery on social media. president well then posted a link to his donation page. writing simply this link works. and former president donald trump has a series of posts on truth social calling the announcement, fatal and a disaster. he also had one str
headlines. heat. florida governor ron desantis is now set to officially announce that he is running for president. cnn learned that the florida governor is going to make the announcement tonight during an interview with elon musk on twitter. his wife, casey desantis released this video of him getting ready to walk on a stage as a dramatic voiceover speaks in the background. do i have the courage? it is worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it. every single time. desantis has widely been seen as former donald trump s leading challenger for the republican nomination. there are questions on what this launch will look like. the poll numbers have been slipping after shaky performances leading up to this launch. trump has been relentlessly attacking him for months now. and we re now learning that trump and his allies have been preparing for this moment with a coordinated plan to try to up end desantis campaign launch. there is a social media blitz and appearing in
well. it didn t end well. our administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. the administration didn t end well. it obviously didn t end well. it didn t end well. it did not end well. i think i m very clear in saying that the administration did not end well. hang mike pence! hang mike pence! yeah, that s not the fairy tale ending that you kind of hope for. tend to agree. it could be a while before we see new material from the late night talk shows. they re expected to go dark during the hollywood writers strike, which started at midnight on the west coast. it s the first major labor-related work stoppage in 15 years. meanwhile, on capitol hill this morning, there is more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. following a new warning from the treasury department. we ll also have the latest on the first republic banking collapse. the third financi