Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Of course we begin with an election day unlike any other in u. S. History. After months of aggressive campaigning, President Trump and joe biden now leave it up to the voters. About 98 Million People have already cast a ballot. That is the biggest early vote total ever and more than 2 3 of all the ballots cast in 2016. So skyler henry is outside a polling location in alexandria, virginia. Skyler, what are the chances that we may see results from this hotly contested race, i dont know, by tonight . Reporter hey, annemarie. Good morning to you. Every indicator weve had up to this point essentially says patience will be a virtue as it will take some states days to get their final tallies in. We could see a few early indicators, especially as polls close in some key battleground states in the south. But as you mentioned, weve already seen historic voter turnout thus far with people in some cases waiting hours to cast their ballots as t
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. President trump says he is commuting the prison sentence of Rod Blagojevich, freeing the former illinois governor and apprentice contestant from federal prison. Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 for trying to sell Barack Obamas senate seat to the highest bidder. And the president isnt stopping there. Hes also pardoning bernard kerik, whose spectacular fall from new York City Police commissioner and cabinet nominee ended in prison time for tax fraud and other crimes. All in all, the president issued four commutations and seven pardons, including one for 1980s junk bond king michael milken. Weijia jiang reports tonight from the white house. Rod, youre fired. Reporter former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich lost Celebrity Apprentice but won his freedom back today when President Trump commuted his 1
They say russia is again meddling in the president ial election. In a top secret briefing last week house members were told no doubt russia is interfering in the 2020 campaign. A source who attended the meeting confirmed that the goal is to get President Trump reelected. Major garrett reports from washington. Reporter sources tells cbs news President Trump was furious when he found out about the classified briefing on russia election interference. He was not informed the house briefing would take place and according to one Senior Administration official blew his stack and repeatedly used an expletive. The briefing took place on february 13th. The director of National Intelligences top staffer on Election Security told lawmakers russia is working to help President Trump get reelected. Sources say there was intense bipartisan push back on her assertions and questions about the strength of the evidence. The Intelligence Community concluded in 2016 russia meddled in the election and its be
Residential primaries. Also kyle kondik, the managing editor of sabatos crystal ball will talk to us about the developments in the 2020 president ial race. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal on the super tuesday. Biden gaining joe the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and beto orourke. Bernie sanders is looking today and get dashed again delegates from those participating today and hoping to do well in california. This as President Trump held a rally in North Carolina where he not only talked about the november election but the administrations action on testing and developing a vaccine against coronavirus. You can make comments on either super tuesday or the u. S. Coronavirus response on three lines. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. Wj can tweet us at cspan and follow along on facebook and facebook. Com cspan. When it comes to our coverage for t
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