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
of can a special master get in there, we re gonna take a look at those talking, those were gonna have our legal team go over it. i love it, and i can t wait to see, it have a great show lawrence. thank you alex. well, a federal judge who in moscow joined the federalist society, an organization created to deliver right-wing judges to the federal judiciary. and, who is appointed as a federal judge in the final months of donald trump s presidency, today heard arguments in the case of donald j trump versus the united states of america. yes, that is never the case. donald j trump versus the united states of america. and that is the truth of the case. the federalist society, trump appointed shrub inch, we re in a two-hour meeting repeatedly asked justice department prosecutors what harm could there be in agreeing with donald trump s lawyers request to appoint a so-called special master, in the case, to examine some or all of the documents and records seized by the fbi with a se
january 6th just disappear? plus, with the midterms, 102 days away, how is the apparent republicans charge of obstruction and extremism working out? and, in a big lead for the biden administration, we will get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general an
of staff mark meadows testified that he knew the mob he was about to incite and send marching to the capital was armed. i was in the vicinity where i heard a conversation and the president said something to the effect of, i don t care that they have weapons. cassidy hutchinson testifying under oath about that. she testified to the president s eagerness to join the mob at the capitol. also, his counsel s horror at the prospect and his fears being charged with, according to her, every crime imaginable. hard to imagine what happens next. in a moment, stephanie murphy will be handling some of the questions. first, new reporting on what to expect tomorrow and also an item on what the former white house counsel was asked about in testimony on friday. we are joined now. what have you learned about patsy pallone s testimony? everybody wants to know what he told the committee during his lengthy deposition. he was with the committee for more than seven hours, i should say. we are
judge, bruce reinhart, who authorized the search warrant of donald trump s florida home released the redacted affidavit. that is what you are looking out. the blast is the redactions. it was used by the fbi to support the search. the affidavit says, quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at donald trump s florida home. the redacted affidavit gives us a window into what the fbi expected to find and found during their search of mar-a-lago. quote, the fbi s investigation has established that the documents bearing classification markings, which appear to contain national defence information were among the materials contained in the 15 boxes and were stored at the premises in an authorized location. further, there is probable cause to believe that additional documents that contained classified ndi, or that are presidential records subject to retention requirements currently remain at the premises, and quote. now, the affidavit describe