weekend. also tonight, ukraine s president marks 500 days of war. while the u.s. is blased for sending a controversial weapon to use against russia. plus, the president says bidenomics is working. but is a hot jobs market cooling? former president trump returns to the campaign trail this weekend as florida governor ron desantis campaign appears to stall. in california, a follower of charles manson moves a step closer to freedom after more than half a century behind bars. multi-state manhunt. police search for a dangerous fugitive who escaped jail using bedsheets. and later, it s a jumbo hot dog on wheels with a new name. meet the college grads getting grilled on how to drive an american icon. what made you want to drive this across the country? adventure and the mission. it s a dream come true. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. extreme dangerous weather has struck all over the country this summer and
charging trump with 37 counts, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information. the 49-page indictment includes new details about how trump allegedly took classified documents to mar-a-lago after leaving office in 2021. then, resisted the government s attempts to retrieve those materials. special counsel jack smith also releasing new photos showing the scope of the investigation, and evidence, including photos of boxes containing classified markings, at locations around trump s mar-a-lago resort. trump is expected to speak at gop conventions in both georgia and north carolina today. cnn s zach cohen, and randi kaye are following all the details for us today, zach, let s go to you first, trump is now the first former president ever charged with crimes in federal court. so, how potentially damning is the evidence against him? reporter: fredricka, those photos you were just showing speak to the level of detail in this indictment where prosecutors are a
that a former president has faced federal charges. speaking on his truth social media platform mr trump said he s due in court in miami, florida on tuesday and defiantly protested his innocence. our north america correspondent, jessica parker, reports. the bombshell post on social media that set headlines running. earlier this evening, the news came from the defendant himself donald trump told his millions of followers on truth social that he was going to be indicted. a sealed indictment has charged the former president of the united states in what is reportedly a seven count indictment. breaking news tonight, the federal indictment of donald trump. - the first time in american history a former president has faced federal charges. donald trump declaring he had been indicted over what he calls the boxes hoax . it was all a big hoax. you had two impeachments and they lost and we won. and we had tremendous support. but that was a hoax and a scam. so i just want to tell
it is the second indictment of mr trump and the first ever federal indictment of a former president. it follows on from raids carried out at his florida resort mar a lago when the fbi seized 11,000 documents, including around 100 marked as classified. some of these were labelled top secret. 0ur north america correspondent jessica parker has more from washington. in a post on his social media channel, truth social, donald trump said it was an attempt to derail his latest presidential bid. it is called election interference. they are trying to destroy your rotation so they can win an election. that is just as bad as doing they can win an election. that isjust as bad as doing any they can win an election. that is just as bad as doing any of the other things that have been done over the last number of years, and especially during the 2020 election. so ijust want to tell you i am an innocent man, i did nothing wrong and we will fight this just like we have been fighting for seven
investgation of a federal criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information. it s the latest news in a string of legal challenges facing mr trump as he s vying for the republication nomination. with me is our correspondentjess parker. what do we know so far? what we hearing from reports in the us media is that federal prosecutors have notified donald trump s legal team that he is the target of this investigation that is into, as you said, the handling of classified documents after donald trump left office, in his mar a lago residence. you will remember documents were seized from that property last summer. thejustice summer. the justice department s summer. thejustice department s rules significantly say the subject of that investigation could be notified ahead of a possible indictment. people are really into this that could be imminent. we have not had confirmation that is a case so the indictment could follow or could not. but it is read as an im