appointed director of the fbi, responds to threats against asians in the aftermath of the search. d-against agents in the aftermath of the search. good morning to all of you, welcome to way too early , that is the show on this thursday, august 11, it is not just the time on your clock. i m alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump s deposition from the ag s office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g. s probe into the trump business practices with the former president s attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about evaluations of items, and golf clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the size of his apartment. the former president said in a statement that he did it because his family, company, and all the people in his orbit
are release video surveillance of the search. uphill battle for liz cheney, voters in wyoming go to the polls on primary day, robert costa is the only correspondent dl as the congresswoman casts her votes withance a country we are facing challenging and difficult times. o donnell: the staggering number of americans who are unhappy at work. this job is not fun and we re not getting paid enough to deal with the stuff he with have to deal with every single day. o donnell: cbs s elise preston on why that is costing companies trillions of dollars. this is the this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. good evening, thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we begin tonight with severe water cuts that will impact tens of millions of americans. and puts a fine point on how dire the crisis is in america s west. a mega drought is drying up the colorado river and depleting the nation s largest manmade reservoir laker mead.
them to the federal government, but despite all of that the fbi still recovered 11 sets marked as classified documents when they did the search last monday. that included documents, john, that were marked at every level of classification in the system, including the most sensitive types of documents that are not to be represent anywhere but in special secured rooms called skiffs. those seized boxes are evidence in an ongoing criminal appropriate plus the justice department will look at all of the interactions that investigators had with trump s team over the past several month and that s going to be all factoring in as they decide whether anyone should be charged with a crime. no one has been charged at this time. there are a lot of questions about exactly what these documents pertain to. two house committees have asked for a classified briefing as well as a damage assessment from the intelligence community and trump for his part, he is indicating that his team could try to c
6th committee, she has warned that her party has become a cult of personalities. and as a former president is a threat to democracy. donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office. now her house seat is on the line in the mountain towns here in ruby red wyoming, which remains trump country. according to a recent poll, her trump backed challenger harriet hagemann is ahead by about 30 pointeds and trump has given hageman a lift. liz, you re fired. to fend off hageman who hasek owed trump s false claim that the 2020 election was rigged, cheney has been reaching out to democrats. asking them to switch parties and vote for her, which you can do in wyoming on primary day. should she lose cheney allies say she has not ruled out a 2024 presidential bid. meanwhile in alaska tonight, senator lisa murkowski is trying
attorney, norah. o donnell: catherine herridge, that you. we want to turn to the closey watched primary in the deep red state of wyoming. tonight republican voartds are poised to replace their state s only house member. congresswoman liz cheney. her political fortune turned when she became one of donald trump s fiercest critics. robert costa is in jackson, wyoming. there is nothing more important than the defense of our institution. cbs news was the only tv crew there, as congresswoman liz cheney headed to the poll. alongside her father former vice president dick cheney. what sat stake today congresswoman. we are facing very challenging and difficult times. we are facing a moment where our democracy really is under a dax. cheney was once a star of the republican party, winning office in 2016. the same time as donald trump. but after the capitol attacks she became one of trump s sharpest critics. as vice chair of the january