I call my daughter, and i tell her, im going to die. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. More than 30 Million People under threat of Severe Weather tonight from texas to maine. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. Thunderstorms, damaging winds, very large hail, and even tornadoes, all possible as tens of millions of americans hit the roads and airports. More than 12,000 flights have been delayed, and more than 700 canceled over the last two days. The faa says that today is the busiest day for the airlines this holiday weekend, with more than 53,500 flights scheduled at the nations airports. Cbss Omar Villafranca will start us off tonight with the Severe Weather that turned deadly across the border in mexico. Reporter shocking video shows the moment a Campaign Rally in mexico turned into a catastrophe. 10,000 people were attending an event featuring long shot president ial candidate jorge maynaz when wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour blew down the stage h
Former president and wants them held accountable in the case of the socalled hush money payments. A Legal Expense. A Legal Expense. Norah the Cbs Evening News right now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with those fireworks inside a manhattan courtroom. After a day he was dreading, donald trump left his criminal trial defiant this afternoon after nearly four hours of testimony by Stormy Daniels. Daniels testified under oath about an alleged sexual encounters she had with trump back in 2006 and at times it was graphic. Trump denies any such encounter took place and his legal team aims to paint the porn star as a greedy liar today. But it is the alleged coverup of the 130,000 hush money payment to daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election that is at the heart of this case. Prosecutors claim that trump falsified his companys Business Records to hide the payment by recording it as a Legal Expense to his former personal attorney a
first named storm of the season. we will hope for a miracle. norah: plus we get the first hand look at the destruction of the deadly wildfires in new mexico still burning out of control. we have certain areas of town where every home has been taken out. norah: and most of the united states bates under a massive heat wave. we got it all covered. cbs evening news starts now. sweltering, dangerous heat here in washington, at across the east coast tonight. and that s just 1 of 3 life-threatening weather threats facing americans right now. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. out west, wildfires are reaching, leaving behind scenes like this: melted metal, chard cars, smoke still rising, and a new mexico town that lost more than a thousand homes and buildings. to the gulf coast, which is fueling alberto s fury tonight, the first named storm of the season is bringing heavy rains, flooding, and high winds to texas. and more than 80 million
the cbs evening news starts now. the nation s highest court rejects an effort to limit the use of the widely-used abortion pill mifepristone. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. the implications are enormous. medications are now the most common way to end a pregnancy, and some providers send them by mail to states that have limited or banned abortions. the decision comes on the same day that senate republicans blocked legislation that would protect access for in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. democrats brought this bill to the floor because they are trying to make the battle over reproductive rights a centerpiece of the debate this election year. cbs s jan crawford is at the supreme court with why all nine justices on this divided court agreed on this ruling. my body! reporter: finding common ground in a divisive case, the supreme court refused to roll back access to the abortion pill mifepristone, saying a group
case, is to call the defendant himself to testify. margaret: plus, hunter biden s daughter takes the stand. what she said that made her father emotion all. the evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. the prosecution rested in the federal gun trial of hunter biden. his eldest daughter took the stand today to testify in his defense. naomi biden told the jury about visiting her father while he was in rehab, just weeks before the gun purchase at the center of the case. she said, he seems like the clearest i had seen him since my uncle died. and then i told him i was so proud of him. an emotional moment that came after prosecutors wrapped their case with testimony from law enforcement officials, who spoke about drug residue and text messages between hunter biden and his alleged dealers. cbs a scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom and will start us off tonight. reporter: 30-year-old naomi bid