Questions at an event with Oprah Winfrey. What changes in the electoral process in georgia could mean for the President Ial election. And now congress is trying to shape the future of sports gambling. But, first, breaking tonight. The Acting Head of the Secret Service says his agency failed in its mission to protect former President Trump. He blames, in part, complacency, poor communication, and a lack of clarity in dealing with local Law Enforcement particularly regarding conch of that roof from which an Assailant Shot and nearly killed the republican nominee. The assessment of the first Assassination Effort comes just five days after the second attempt on the former president s life. Correspondent David Spunt starts us off tonight from the justice department. Good evening, david. Hello shannon, good evening. Acting secret Service Director Ronald Rowe says it waS Poor communication that led to the Assassination Attempt of former president Donald Trump on july 13th. Today he announced
iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
we will have more on the massive atmospheric river barreling through the west coast and just a moment, but first a michigan mother takes the stand in the first case of a parent accused of being criminally responsible for their child s role in a school shooting. plus, defense secretary lloyd austin apologizes to the american people for keeping his hospital stay for cancer treatment a secret, including from president biden. this as the u.s. readies a military response for the drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers in jordan. but we begin tonight with a monster pacific storm bringing what s described as a fire hose of rain to parts of california. more than 15 million are under flood alerts tonight. this powerful system is the first of a one-two punch. another atmospheric river is coming in the days ahead. cbs s carter evans reports tonight from a hard-hit long beach. speed to dramatic rescues today in southern california as floodwaters rushed in. hey, a boat is in the wa
of a new york city courtroom that has likely put a damper on donald trump s weekend. a nine-member jury has reached its verdict in trump s second defamation trial brought by writer e. jean carroll. the unanimous verdict, donald trump is on the hook for just over $83 million in damages. $83.3 million to be exact. it took just less than three hours of deliberation by the jury to come to that verdict. which includes $11 million for damages to her reputation. $7.3 million for emotional harm and other damages, and a whopping $65 million in punitive damages. it s a huge increase from the $5 million verdict a separate jury awarded carroll last year after finding trump liable for sexually assaulting and defaming her. now, this is the part where if you have kiddos in the room, you might want to cover their ears because i think it s important to remind you that mr. carroll s case goes back to the 1990s. and she accused trump of doing exactly what he said on that infamous access hollyw