Its a good steppingstone. Jericka and Tonights Eye on america. The new neighborhoods popping up with plenty of houses, but none for sale. Well explain. This is just the perfect inbetween for us. Jericka the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im Jericka Duncan in tonight for norah. We begin with the growing tensions in the Middle East following those exploding Pager And Walkietalkie attacks in lebanon. The highly unusual attacks targeting the Terror Group Hezbollah killing at least 37 people and leaving thousands wounded. Tonight, israel says it struck hundreds of Hezbollah Rocket Launcher barrels inside lebanon before they could be fired into israel. Earlier, hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered his widely anticipated response to those exploding devices pointing blame firmly at israel, saying the attacks could amount to a declaration of war. And it is that wider war the world has feared since an assaults between Hezbollah And Israel have escalated since october 7th. And
Its now 4 00 in new york. This Morning A Key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american expresident came to a close. The Testimony Phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. Donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. Although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, im testifying. I tell the truth. Whatever that means. Happening right now in court, prosecutors and trumps Defense Attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. Its incredibly important. Where donald trump faces 34 Felony Charges for falsifying Business Records in order to conceal another crime. Well keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. We turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. Team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. Whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ones that resulted in
and there were many years when there would be nols? without the supporting schedules and the prior returns, i can t answer that. it could be one year or it could be multiple years. and mr. mitnick, i want to listen to something that happened in the debate, when hillary clinton raised the possibility that donald trump pays no federal income taxes. let s listen to this moment. or maybe he doesn t want the american people, all of you watching tonight, to know that he has paid nothing in federal tax because the only years that anybody has ever seen were a couple of years when he had to turn them over to state authorities when he was trying to get a casino license, and they showed he didn t pay any federal income tax. that makes me smart. just as a voter, if you re talking to other voters about it, how would you react to that in a presidential debate one candidate whose it s suggest head doesn t pay any federal income taxes. and he doesn t deny it.
and then there is also the fact that we don t actually have any proof at all that there is an audit going on. it s something donald trump just says. what is your reaction to that generally, the notion of a presidential candidate saying i can t release it because it s under audit, and then never even giving us the audit letter from the irs, never even proving there is an audit. well, i can t comment on whether or not he is having an audit because i have no knowledge. but clearly, there is no reason not to be able to release the return. david cay johnston has a question, mr. mitnick. david? the net operating loss number, the $916 million that you had to do using your selectrik typewriter, that s just a cumulative figure? right? largely came from prior years and there were many years when there would be nols? without the supporting schedules and the prior returns,
i ll say this, i d be terrified of a socialist more than a conservative muslim, for example. i have to leave it there. this has been a fascinating conversation. thanks to both for joining me this morning. i appreciate it. thanks. thanks. still to come, millions may be enthusiastic about the pope s visit to cuba and the united states but others are criticizing the pope for still not doing enough about the church s sex abuse scandals. nols to achieve more. it pushes us to go further. special olympics has almost five million athletes in 170 countries. the microsoft cloud allows us to immediately be able to access information, wherever we are. information for an athlete s medical care, or information to track their personal best. with microsoft cloud, we save millions of man hours, and that s time that we can invest in our athletes and changing the world.