Political enemies facing new charges and the potential for more, donald trump flexes his power over his party. The republicans are very high class. Theyve got to be a little bit lower class. Whats next, and up close and personal. Republican candidates take their message to key, early states. If i am the republican nominee, joe biden doesnt stand a chance. We, the people, can handle the truth. But can they overtake the frontrunner without taking him on . Ill ask gop president ial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie joins me to respond. Plus, just a number . Renewed concerns about aging political leaders as candidates on both sides say its time for a fresh start. We need to start getting d. C. In order. Do americans believe age is just a number. Democrat chris murphy is coming up. Hello. Im Casey Hunt In Washington where the state of our union is thinking weve seen this film before. The political world begins a new week as we have so many times over the past seven years under th
politics. trump represents 74 million voters. what happens when you throw 74 million voters in jail? alvin bragg, the manhattan district attorney, is trying to pinch trump for some bad bookkeeping. bragg says trump put the payment to stormy daniels in the wrong column. at most that s a misdemeanor accounting charge, at most. but the statute of limitations ran out on that charge years ago. it s dead. bragg is trying to shock it back to life. he is going to splice the local misdemeanor with a federal charge, a campaign finance violation to make it a felony. this is a gain of function research prosecution. bragg thinks trump paid off stormy daniels to help his presidential campaign. trump would have paid off stormy even if he wasn t running for president to protect his marriage, his reputation, and i don t know what happened between the two of them, but he wanted it to go away and she wanted to get paid. who is hurt? women make stuff up all the time. kavanaugh accusers eventuall
sit down and, you will hear what i have to say. o donnell: on the eve of tomorrow s january 6th hearing, what president trump s former white house counsel may have told lawmakers. plus, steve bannon s last-minute offer to cooperate. presidential palace under siege, the remarkable pictures tonight. why these protestors stormed the residence of the president of sri lanka. elon musk versus twitter, the social media stock plunges after the billionaire pulls his $44 billion bid. how this saga could end. and an honor 77 years overdue for an american hero. god bless america. 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 as we start a new week together. tonight in california a fast- growing wildfire in yosemite national park is threatening the park s famous giant sequoias, some of the largest and oldest trees in the world. these national tr
and you know, ultimatelies are t the bidens are a real family like anyone else. scott jennings, the president has made being a family man a central part of his political identity. it s not republicans with all due respect who made hunter biden a complete scumbag on this and other issues. the ignoring his own daughter for four years and the president of the united states hanging up a stocking for the dog and not for his seventh grandchild. we can have simply for peo sympathy for people struggling with addition. you know who end up picking up the pieces? the grandparents and in this case the grandparents would not acknowledge this little girl, it is offensive. they have now. oh, what a hero! the polling must have been brutal. the polling must have been brutal. you can t question the heart and integrity of joe biden as a
calling for the creation of a red light district in san francisco effectively decriminalizing sexual slavery. so, you know, good question. jesse: she doesn t want to help the women. she wants to make it legal for the traffickers to exploit the women? wow. that s right. and she is also in favor of decriminalization of selling drugs, selling meth and fentanyl on the streets of san francisco. opening up more supervised consumption sites where drug users can use out in the open, et cetera, et cetera. jesse: boy, did she give it to ted cruz, what a hero. i love these resistance ladies. thank you very much, leighton, try to survive there in san francisco we are worried about you. thank you. thanks, jesse. jesse: the crisis at the southern border is growing every day. border patrol is reporting, ready? the number of chinese illegally entering the united states has now spiked almost 1,000%. national correspondent griff jenkins has the latest.