good evening the u.s. supreme court tonight ending a term that reshaped the court itself and the country in dramatic fashion. the first black woman to be confirmed as a supreme court justice sworn in today justice ketanji brown jackson replacing retiring justice stephen breyer she joins a court that days ago rocked the country with its ruling overturning the long-established constitutional right to abortions the term ending today with split decisions for the biden administration on immigration and the environment. in a win for its border policy, the court saying the administration acted properly in trying to end the trump-era policy that requires asylum seekers wait in mexico while their cases are decided. but the court also undercut the administration s climate change efforts, saying the epa overreached in its efforts to move the country from coal production to cleaner alternatives justice correspondent pete williams has details. reporter: in one of the most important envi
abortion bans put on hold. the latest tonight, as the battle over the procedure goes to the states. plus, what president biden wants to do to make abortion rights federal law.de our exclusive interview with the german chancellor what he told margaret brennan about vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. crime without punishment. our cbs news investigation continues, as we talk toestigatn continues, as we talk frustrated moms who were told to solve their children s murders. and, a sweet story involving an airline pilot and the tooth fairy it will be sure to make you smile. 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 thursday night, where it appears america is ready to travel and celebrate independence day. but there won t be freedom from the frustration and chaos that s already piling up. tonight, we can report that more than 440 flights we
good morning to all of you. welcome to way too early. on this friday, july 1st. i m alex witt in for jonathan lemire. there are new legal and ethical questions being raised about whether former president trump may be trying to influence witness testimony related to the house select committee s january 6th investigation. so according to the new york times, trump s save america pac and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen in to testify. financial disclosures show that in may alone, trump s save america pac paid about $200,000 to different law firm, the times notes that a dozen witnesses have received free legal advice and had attorney s fees paid for by the american conservative union s first amendment fund which consults with mr. trump s team about who s fees to cover. that is according to the organization chairman. the house select committee is known to ask witnesses whether anyone has tried to influence their testimony, it
bertran. good morning. what is the president doing right now? i know that he said some words just a short time ago. reporter: yeah, good morning, laura, so right now the president is meeting with members of the north atlantic council which is the main political and policy making body of nato. and of course in that meeting is turkey. and one of the biggest diplomatic achievements of this entire summit has been turkey s dropping of its opposition to sweden and finland actually joining the alliance, obviously something that has been the main topic of conversation over the last two days is the expansion of nato. so that will obviously be discussed. the president met with erdogan yesterday and praised him for allowing this bid by sweden and finland to move forward to join the alliance. so they will be discussing all of this. of course the enhanced force posture that the united states is providing to nato, providing to europe am mid the russian invasion of ukraine and the threat
we start with the bombshell new details in the justice department s investigation into the capitol attack. nbc news confirming with an administration official that the doj has been asking questions about former president trump s actions leading up to january 6. the official adds there is not a criminal investigation of mr. trump himself. nbc news reached out to a trump spokesperson for comment. the doj is not officially commenting on the story but in an exclusive interview with lester holt attorney general garland states that no one is above the law. we will hold accountable anyone criminally responsible attempting to block the peaceful transfer of power. that conversation between merrick garland and lester holt. we want to bring in pete williams, charlie savage, chuck rosenberg. we have a great group to get us started. pete, confirming the questions asked related to donald trump s actions on that day and leading up to that day. what specifically do we know? what is the f