Was set to get underway. I think Hunter Bidens legal team reached the maybe noncontroversial conclusion that there is no way he was going to win This case. Norah could Hunter Biden face time in prison . And what about a pardon from his father . The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. And we are going to begin tonight with that breaking news, after the president s only surviving Son Today pleaded guilty to nine charges of Tax Evasion and falsifying tax returns. And tonight, we are hearing from Hunter Biden about why the sudden change in his legal strategy, as This move will avoid a lengthy and embarrassing trial for the biden family. What we do know is This, that This development was not part of a plea deal, and it does set up the possibility that the president s son could spend decades behind bars and raises new questions about the chance of a pardon from President Biden. Cbss Scott Macfarlane reports the surprising move came a
heat. 2023 was the year the world woke up to the climate change threat. i don t think anybody can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore. what have we learned and what will next year look like? plus, landmark act. world leaders agree to transition away from fossil fuel, the chief driver of the climate crisis. we re not turning back, that is the future. but with loopholes in the agreement, is it enough? former vice president al gore is ahead. and seeing green, as governments around the world struggle to combat climate change, what role does wall street have to play? who s got the money on lock by being able to make it profitable. i ll ask the multibillionaire investor who is focused on climate change. ray dalia is coming up. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is sounding a very clear alarm. we are closing out 2023, a year we may look back on as the time that people started to truly grasp that the climate crisis is here and
the policies that they want. the president in massachusetts making the push for green energy. climate change i nation and . this is an emergency. i will look at it that way. i said last week and i ll say it again loud and clear, as president, i ll use my executive powers to combat the climate crisis. not a single republican in congress will help support my climate plan. not one. let me be clear. climate change is an emergency. we ll make the clean air safer. i mean it. we have an opportunity here. dana: that comes as democrats lay in to moderate democrat senator joe manchin with some claiming that he s doomed humanity. yes, doomed humanity. manchin pumping the brakes on half a trillion in climate spending. he says that they need to chill out. people criticizing me, i understand that. i understand their aspirations. i understand the criticism. don t you believe inflation is the number one thing in american right now hurting every human being? if they don t care about tha
who have died already. will reeve standing by in london. here in the u.s. that explosion and fire at the hoover dam. the images showing the flames and black plume of smoke, startling tourists. the immediate questions of course, was anyone hurt? and water? this mean for power - matt gutman with late reporting. what authorities are saying tonight. the primetime hearing before the american people this week. and tonight the two former trump aides who will now be testifying. jon karl on who they are and why their testimony could be key. the anger and frustration boiling over in uvalde, texas. we take you inside that school board meeting after that blistering report. 376 officers on the scene. 77 minutes that went by. and tonight you will hear the little girl and what she told the board. ukraine s first lady arriving at the white house, set to address lawmakers here in the u.s. and tonight u.s. intelligence and what it shows putin is now planning in eastern ukraine. ian pan
many out of control. the heat-related death toll tonight surpassing 1,500 people who have died already. will reeve standing by in london. here in the u.s. that explosion and fire at the hoover dam. the images showing the flames and black plume of smoke, startling tourists. the immediate questions of course, was anyone hurt? what could this mean for power and water? matt gutman with late reporting. what authorities are saying tonight. the primetime hearing before the american people this week. and tonight the two former trump aides who will now be testifying. jon karl on who they are and why their testimony could be key. the anger and frustration boiling over in uvalde, texas. we take you inside that school board meeting after that blistering report. 376 officers on the scene. 77 minutes that went by. and tonight you will hear the little girl and what she told the board. mireya villarreal from uvalde again tonight. ukraine s first lady arriving at the white house, set