Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into president bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges were warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, beaus, death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used the hearing to score political points ahead of the 2024 president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging biden with a crime, while democrats aimed to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, who is facing charges for mishandling classified documents, saying trump obstructed all investigations. The white house views the matter as over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is
Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that firestorm on capitol hill. The former special counsel robert hur testifying about his investigation into President Bidens handling of classified documents. The special counsel was defiant, standing by his conclusion that no charges are warranted. You may recall, though, it was his final report that angered the white house. The report included personal assessments about the president s age and memory, mentioning his son, zelenskyys death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle usually hearings to use head of the president ial election. Republicans blasted hur for not charging the crime while democrats aims to point out the differences between the current president and donald trump, facing charges for him him its only because my document saying trump up obstructed all investigations. White house the matter is over and says the case is closed. Cbss ed okeefe is going to start us off tonight
plus, the reversing of roe, what that means for some other rights in this country. during this pride month, right for the lgbtq+ community are under fire. we are going to hear from jim obergefell, the man who led the legal battle for same sex marriage. i am symone sanders, and i have something to say. two days after supreme court overturned roe v. wade, the nation continues to grapple with the realities of a post roe america. yang, that s not good. at least nine states have already banned abortion. ripping away women s rights to make decisions about their own bodies. even more states are expected to follow. thousands of americans nationwide are still hitting the streets to protest the courts ruling. and the idea that state governments can now force people to give birth. meanwhile, democratic members of congress are sounding the alarm. but, how are they talking about this? well, they are talking about how the decision will affect americans everywhere. take a listen to democrat
Ainsley lets turn to c. B. Cotton with latest live report from Columbia University in new york city. Actually, you are looking at ucla. It looks like something is. Brian yeah, we have breaking news here, i guess. They are trying to bring some semblance of order back to ucla. Thats a flat screen or something in the square. It looks like its outdoors. You see it pull out and that reveals where the chaos was taking place throughout the night, ainsley. I thought we would be talking about columbia today this was the story when we walked in. Ainsley columbia happened last night and this morning there was a lot of chaos. Lots of fighting breaking out at ucla campus. Thats in front of the royce hall. Royce quad where everyone was camping out. I think g. G. Is live there for us. Steve i think we will have her in just a moment. Ainsley this is all breaking. [laughter] brian thats an apt term. Steve 4 01 as you can see the right the calls have been called in by the mayor and the administration of
[shouting] bill: there was a lot where this came from. last night. chaos in d.c. pro-palestinian protestors on the streets fighting with capitol hill police outside a dnc headquarters. this went on for a while. quite a contrast from the march the day before. good morning, everybody. bill hemmer live in new york. friend and colleague rejoins us today. good morning. martha: i m martha maccallum. dana is off today. this is america s newsroom. bill: she got the invite to go to nashville. we re back home. martha: we have a little nashville promo this morning. you see the video of what happened last night and it was pretty disturbing. at least six officers were injured in that melee. one protestor was arrested. the crowd falling for a cease-fire in the israel/hamas war and using the violence eventually last night to try to make their case. bill: they were in the faces of police officers shoving them. trying to grab hold of barricades. police trying to keep the peace. th