now also reportedly warned of this potential for violence as early as tomorrow and says quote, in early september social media users discussed storming the u.s. capital on the night before the rally, and one use your commented on kidnapping and identifying member of congress. while they might be disappointed to learn that congress being congress is not in session tomorrow, or over the weekend. the warning is also set to mention the potential for a lone wolf attacks in the days ahead. capital is not being protected with a seven foot high fence, tonight a similar barrier has been installed around the supreme court building nearby. the entire area as well as the city itself has been flooded with law enforcement as you might imagine. earlier today house speaker pelosi and republican congressman adam kinzinger talked about security preparations at the capitol. everybody will be ready, more ready for them. i m pretty confident we won t see a repeat of occupy the capital, i m no
we start with the national lead. any minute we expect the first court appearance for the prom innocent south carolina lawyer at the center of a series of family tragedies. alex murdoch is in jail. someone shot and killed his wife and son back in june. but it s not that case that has him behind bars. his attorney admits the attorney hired a hit man to shoot him in the head for his son to collect life insurance but that failed and the setup is not half the story. martin savidge starts us off from south carolina. reporter: his life in a scandalous spiral. alex murdoch surrenders to law enforcement to face charges in a scheme in which he was the target a warrant for arrest detailed the botched murder attempt meant to provide millions of dollars of life insurance money attorneys say. murdoch arranged for cur missmith to shoot and kill him but the plan failed because the shot wasn t fatal. smith is charged with an assisted suicide, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fra
sir richard branson. they went to the very lowest part of what is considered space where they were briefly weightless for a few minutes and then they returned which, you know, that s cool. this is not that though. this is actually a genuine honest to god actual space mission. spacex rocket is going to launch four amateur astronauts although one does include a billionaire. don t you worry, we re getting another billionaire into space. they re going to go into orbit 360 miles above earth. the crew is composed entirely of civilians. there is a billionaire who funded the trip, a physician s assistant from saint jude research center, data engineer and geo science professor. got a very cool second chance. those don t usually happen. what we re going to witness basically is the closest thing that we ve ever seen here in the u.s. at least to the kind of dream that we were sold as children, right? the futuristic dream of space travel available to normal people, nontrained astronauts,
i.c.u.s packed full, forcing non-covid patients into a dangerous waiting game. i m just a dad who had to watch his son suffer. o donnell: california recalls voters head to the polls. will governor newsom survive? toxic for teens: the report tonight that facebook knows instagram is harmful for some young adults, creating body and mental health issues. the stunning internal documents. raising the curtain: after a year and a half, broadway returns. and space pioneer: a wild ride with the young woman who will soon be america s youngest astronaut. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin with breaking news from the gulf coast, were flash flood alert are posted tonight from southeast texas to the florida panhandle. hurricane nicholas came ashore as a category one storm with gusts approaching 100 miles per hour, downgrade
actions to protect trump. house minority leader kevin mccarthy setting the stage for the out of thing of liz cheney. a major development on the vaccine front. the question is how soon will adolescents be able to get the coast shot? it s way too early for this! good morning! welcome to way too early. the show that knows the microphone, it s always on. i am kasie hunt on this wednesday, may 5th. we will start with the news. a federal judge blasted former attorney general bill barr in a decision released last night accusing barr of misleading her and congress. the remarks from judge amy berman-jackson came as she ordered the justice department to released the redacted portions of a 2019 memo that was prepared by barr and top doj officials whether president trump should be charged with obstructing the mueller investigation. the justice department at the time withheld the full memo from a watchdog group saying it continued information around an undecided case. how