After the Fatal Movie Set Shooting . The Cbs Evening News starts now. A Courtroom Stunner in new mexico. Good evening. Im Norah Odonnell, and thank you for being with us. A judge tosses out the Manslaughter Case against Alec Baldwin in the Rust Movie set shooting. He cried into the arms of his legal team and his wife after the case fell apart just a short time ago when the defense successfully argued thAt The prosecution withheld evidence. Cbss Elise Preston was inside the court. She joins us now with this Breaking News that just happened. Elise, walk us through what happened. Reporter norah, just now this Breaking News, the judge dismissing the case. A mistrial would not be based upon manifest necessity. Further, the section of dismissal is warranted in this case. Reporter now Alec Baldwin, as you mentioned, visibly emotional in court, breaking down, hugging his attorneys and family. This all came after this morning, the judge dismissed the jury on supposed to be day 3 of testimony. I
the united states has issued a stern warning to myanmar s military leaders of more sanctions if killing of unarmed protesters and attacks on journalists and activists continue. earlier in myanmar, the deposed leader aung san suu kyi, appeared via videolink in court and was told she faces fresh charges. it s the first time her lawyers had seen her since the military seized power on the 1st of february, detaining many government leaders. since then there ve been widespread protests with security forces responding with increasing force this weekend at least 18 protestors were killed. here s what the state department had to say. we condemn burmese security forces s brutal killing of unarmed people, its attacks on journalists and activists, and ongoing unjust detentions. the united states, in close co ordination with our partners and allies, we have made clear to the burmese military that violence against the people of burma is abhorrent. the recent escalation and tactics by sec
of the oil rich city of marib. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one of the largest legislative packages in us history has passed its biggest hurdle by the narrowest possible margin. the senate has approved president biden s 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan the plan at the heart of his election campaign by 50 votes to 49. the vote means millions of people will get a payment of fourteen hundred dollars. and there ll be multi billion dollar payouts to cities and states to help them deal with the effects of the pandemic which has now killed more than half a million americans. the bill only passed after democrats made a key concession to placate moderates in their own party. president biden has welcomed the vote, saying it s essential to americans struggling through the pandemic. this plan puts us on a path to beating the virus. this plan gives those families who are struggling the most the help and the breathing room they need to
it s concerned there are a large number of victims from a hack, on microsoft s email software, which the tech firm has blamed on china. dozens are reported dead in yemen, as fighting breaks out over control of the oil rich city of marib. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one of the largest legislative packages in us history has passed its biggest hurdle, by the narrowest possible margin. the senate has approved president biden s 1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief plan which was at the heart of his election campaign by 50 votes to 49. the vote means millions of people will get a payment of 1,400 dollars. and there ll be multi billion dollar payouts to cities and states, to help them deal with the effects of the pandemic, which has now killed more than half a million americans. the bill only passed after democrats made a key concession to placate moderates in their own party. president biden has welcomed the vote, saying it s essential
hello to use. hello to you. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the united states has issued a stern warning to myanmar s military leaders of more sanctions if troops carry on killing unarmed protesters and attacking journalists and activists. the deposed civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, has appeared via videolink in court in myanmar. she now faces fresh charges. it s the first time her lawyers have seen her since the military seized power on february 1st, detaining many government leaders. since then, there ve been widespread protests, security forces responding with increasing force. this weekend they killed at least 18 protesters. here s what the us state department had to say. we condemn burmese security forces brutal killing of unarmed people, its attacks on journalists and activists, and ongoing unjust detentions. the united states, in close co ordination with our partners and allies, we have made clear to the burmese military that viole