supreme court we want to rule voting just as you re prepared for any efforts republicans make in any court and the states to advance the absurd theory that the president is ours last night. they re watching our to international coverage of the 2020 u.s. presidential election my name s donald quarter and i ll be joining you for the program it s certainly a nail biter so let s jump right in the fate of the u.s. presidency rests in the hands of half a dozen states still counting votes right now results they are hanging in the balance and could still go either way making both donald trump and joe biden confident they ll win the white house earlier the democratic candidate gave a prefix 3 speech of sorts while the president took his case to twitter caleb maupin explains. joe biden gave remarks that seemed somewhat contradictory he emphasized that he was not declaring victory but he believed he was on the road to a win biden said he will plan to lead the country in healing the woun
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forever. this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. reporting tonight from washington. pelley: tonight the central intelligence agency is confident that a russian hacking plot tried to influence the u.s. presidential election in favor of donald trump. the hacking did not affect the actual vote totals. instead it was centered on the leaking of embarrassing e-mails and a campaign of misinformation. now with 39 days to go before the president-elect takes the oath on the steps of the capitol, jeff pegues looks at the case against russia. > reporter: the evidence that the russians were trying the influence the u.s. election dates back to mid-june when private e-mails, opposition research and campaign information stolen from the democratic national committee appeared online. u.s. investigators said the russians were to blame. did their actions impact one candidate over another? i would say that their actions definitely were more detrimental to one candidate than the o
the war came closer with the constant shelling this past week. aleppo s historic old city has now been reclaimed by the syrian army, among the rubble, some insights into how this war was fought. a tunnel dug by opposition groups to reach the government controlled western side and launch surprise attacks. the rebels were outgunned and outnumbered. the syrian soldier showed us how they fought back. the sandbags. the propaganda on the walls. and the improvised weapons. before they started using cannons, he told us, they used these catapults. his word drowned out by his army s fighter jets overhead. this increasingly one-sided battle may be coming to an end. a bicycle. a sewing machine. a kitchen stool is what s left behind. the battle for aleppo has stretched syrian forces thin. so thin the regime lost track of palmyra, the ancient city the government vowed they would never lose again is now back under isis control. with much fanfare earlier this year, the syrian and russian for
a look at how low temperatures will go. t how low temperatures t how low temperatures will go. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning, president-elect trump plans to announce that exxonmobil chief rex tillerson is his choice for secretary of state. questions about tillerson s ties to russia come as congressional leaders say they support investigations into the possible russia cyber attacks to influence the election. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. good morning, anne-marie. overnight, russian president vladimir putin said he s ready to meet with the next president of the u.s. in fact, he wants to give mr. trump time to form his administration first. reporter: president-elect donald trump hinted at his secretary of state announcement in a tweet. days after praising exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson in an interview with fox news. he s much more than a business