about her life in the spotlight and her advice to democrats dealing with some tough elections outcome. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. who all right, so we begin tonight with a question does the republican party trust elections, it s pure and simple in new jersey, what was expected to be a easy reelection for democratic governor phil murphy, turned out to be a tight race. republican candidate jack ciattarelli, is also digging in his heels refusing to concede, despite the fact that murphy has a clear majority of more than 60,000 votes as of this hour. in the run up to the election in virginia the republican candidate, glenn youngkin, repeatedly called for audits of election machines. and former president trump, said he was ready to yell fraud if the race was even close. then on tuesday youngkin secured a slim victory in the virginia governor s race. and miraculously, lo and behold, those results were immediately accepted remember those calls for audit? suddenly not suc
their way back to lahaina devastated by these fires, hundreds of homes reduced to metal and ash. what happened to the warning systems? i m outside lahaina where hundreds of people are still missing. as the search continues, fema in flying in extra cadaver dogs to assist. hundreds still missing. others filling shelters. is there enough space? i m in maui. harrowing stories of escape and kindness. we ll have the latest. also tonight, weather threat. extreme heat scorches the sunbelt and northwest. damaging storms, thunder across the east. you know the answer to that. plus, donald trump tonight facing a fourth indictment, a georgia grand jury considering the case. deadly explosion, a blast destroys homes and lives in pennsylvania. eating a sandwich and heard a very loud explosion. and later, hawaii strong. out of the horror, help and hope, the faithful gathering today focused on healing. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news . good evening. i m major g
good to be with you, i m katy tur. it is getting spicy inside a new york city courtroom where the judge overseeing the second e. jean carroll defamation trial against donald trump is forcefully admonishing his lawyer lawyer. and it s clear he does not like what he s hearing. reporters inside the room say trump has slammed the table with his hands and ranted loudly enough for the jury to hear saying things like now she seems to have gotten her memory back. and carroll s statements are false. he said this as the jury was being dismissed, and quote, this is really a con job. judge kaplan was not having any of that and on his second warning, he told donald trump he might have to consider kicking him out. i understand you are very eager for me to do that. to which trump put his hands up in the air and said i would love it. i would love it. i know you would judge kaplan said back because you just can t control yourself in this circumstance. you just can t. it sounds like an episode
the nation by pardoning a president, who was accused of doing something wrong, is not a good idea. as we learned from gerald ford. do you think any of them believe that? or do you think it s just a talking point? that s a good question. luckily, i ve run out of time. i have to start my show. you can t put me on the spot like that. anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. the backing donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. some insane levels. we are going to help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new report on clarence thomas problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonigh
trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. nbc has not heard or verify the audio recordings. but it s statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. this afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the election officials were under pressure back in 2020. they re recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. it didn t surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. we knew as it was happening, it s really, when you re up against the president of the united states, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our