when? i don t know. norah: the 45th and 46th presidents to meet on the debate stage. what we re learning about why they agreed to a rematch. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. the stage is set, the dates are picked, and president biden and donald trump are already throwing jabs ahead of two presidential debates that are now on the calendar. until today, it was unclear if there would be any general election debates, but that all changed this morning, when the two men, who can t agree on anything, agreed in a matter of hours that they would face off on june 27th and september 10th. the first date, now just 43 days away, will be the earliest televised presidential debate in american history. cbs s nancy cordes starts us off tonight from the white house on how it all came together. reporter: president biden threw down the gauntlet at 8:00 a.m. eastern in a video posted online. wel, make my day, pal. i
president trump, when? i don t know. norah: the 45th and 46th presidents to meet on the debate stage. what we are learning about why they agreed to a rematch. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. the stage is set. the dates are picked, and president biden and donald trump are already throwing jobs aheado presidential debates that are now on the calendar. until today, it was unclear if there would be in a general election debates, but that all changed this morning when the two men who can t agree on anything agreed in a matter of hours that they would face off on june 27th and september 10th. the first date now just 43 days away will be the earliest televised presidential debate in american history. cbs s nancy cordes starts us off tonight from the white house on how it all came together. reporter: president biden threw down the gauntlet at 8:00 a.m. eastern in a video posted online. make my day, p
good evening. world leaders are again calling for restraint in the middle east, after what s believed to have been an israeli attack on iran overnight. according to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes near the city of isfahan, which is at the centre of iran s nuclear programme. it appears to be the latest tit for tat exchange between the two arch enemies. for days, israel has been threatening to retaliate after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. we ll be live in israel shortly and we ll have the latest from washington but first, our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports on what we know so far about the overnight attack. it s a strange position tonight where we re still not sure exactly what s happened. israel has not publicly acknowledged it carried out the strike. iran is minimising it. so what do we know? well, we know a clear message was being sent. there were explosions overnight in syria, iraq and, most signific
escalation a strike on an iranian consular building in syria. two iranian generals with the country s revolutionary guards were killed, and the incident was widely blamed on israel, although it hasn t publicly acknowledged involvement iran promised revenge, and overnight on 13 april, it launched a major aerial assault on israel. the majority of projectiles were brought down by israel s air defences, helped by western and regional allies. which leads us to this latest incident in the past 2a hours, what appears to be a limited strike by israel on iran, with reports of an israeli drone attack and explosions in the central province of isfahan. hamidreza azizi is an iran analyst and visiting fellow in the africa and middle east division at the german institute for international and security affairs. i asked him what can we read into iran s relatively muted response. that s a let s get more now on the rising tension between israel and iran, that s a sign that the iranian side do
good evening. the un secretary general and other world leaders have called for restraint in the middle east, after what s believed to have been an israeli attack on iran overnight. us officials say israel was responsible for a missile strike. the israeli government hasn t officially commented. iran says the attack didn t cause any damage and indicated there would be no retaliation. there were reports of explosions in syria, iraq, and most significantly in iran, in the province of isfahan, in the middle of the country. the area is home to an airbase and several nuclear sites, as well as a missile factory. us officials called it an israeli missile strike. iranian media said three small drones were involved. in a moment we ll hear from our north america editor sarah smith, in washington, and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. but first, lucy williamson is injerusalem. well, there are reports tonight that israel s defence minister has been having conversations wi