police fired tear gas at these protesters, who threw projectiles at them and set bins on fire. people also are not stopping this situation. we ll monitor it, bring it to you, in a live report. so none of that is keeping them out of the streets. the police are trying their best to corral them. pretty peaceful in this picture that we see right now. some of the video that we ve seen come in has been kind of back and forth between how rowdy the situation gets. this is a battle over what can france afford to pay for anymore, and people who say they deserve to have what they ve worked for all their lives. i m harris faulkner. you are in the faulkner focus. a bipartisan congressional delegation just touched down in taiwan today, one day after house speaker kevin mccarthy defied china s threats and met with taiwan s president in california. china still claims sovereignty over taiwan, something the united states does not recognize. in response to that meeting, china threatened they
singapore, malaysia, south korea and japan. if a surprise pop in as a way to show support for our ally against beijing bluster. china has repeatedly warned against losey visiting. former national intelligence director john radcliffe says the speaker should not back down. at this point, she does need to go for the sake of our national security so the american people see the chinese communist party is not the one dictating foreign policy. live at the white house with the very latest on the visit. good afternoon. the president is monitoring the trip from here at the white house isolating after testing positive again yesterday. that forcing him to cancel plans to be in wilmington today and sidelining his return to the road this week to sell his agenda with a trip to michigan on tuesday. that has now been scrapped. the president saying he is feeling fine in the video yesterday. his doctor saying he is not experiencing any reemerging symptoms. there are questions over just ho
and i m here whenever you re ready to talk. garrett: the actor posts an emotional apology to chris rock for the onstage slap at the oscars. hear what smith had to say. mega millions turns to megabillion. lottery fever as hopeful players line up for a long-shot chance at a billion-dollar payday. 9/11 families protest trump and the saudi-bracked golf tour. why the former president and players are accused of putting money ahead of justice. a halloween scare from hershey. why the chocolate maker says trick-or-treaters could be without their favorite treats. and on the road, with an update on the unlike friendship between twins and a world war ii veteran. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. tonight, the death toll in kentucky continues to rise following what the governor called the worst flooth disaster he has ever seen.
the economy. the new report out just today driving new recession fears tonight. and what president biden said about this today. and the american families from new jersey to kentucky, across this nation, who say no matter what you call it, we re feeling it. rebecca jarvis reporting. tonight, the big push. democrats racing to pass that surprise breakthrough deal on climate. it would be the most ambitious climate undertaking in u.s. history. the bill also lowers prescription drug costs, health care costs, taxing the very rich and corporations. so, do they have the votes? with joe manchin now onboard. rachel scott standing by live on the hill. also news tonight, this phone call between president biden and china s president xi. the candid and direct call lasting more than two hours. president xi with a warning to the u.s. and will house speaker nancy pelosi and a congressional delegation visit taiwan amid these tensions? mary bruce with late reporting. russia now responding
excessive climate change. good afternoon, i m jim sciutto in for erin burnett, and outfront tonight, preparing for battle. cnn has learned that investigators want to force former trump officials to testify in court, and will use the court to do so. they want to know the actions of former president trump around january 6th, and this is the clearest sign yet that they are zeroing in on trump s actions as he tried to cling to power. this development is coming as the january 6th select committee is speaking to former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and former secretary state steve mnuchin, and a key witness, mnuchin had conversations with trump cabinet members hours after the cabinet, and he had a conversation about trying to remove trump by evoking the 25th amendment, and a number of people that he spoke to included secretary of state pompeo, and tonight, pompeo also appears closer to sitting down with the committee. we have had discussions with them about potential a