Criminal charges involving classified documents found at his home. But it is his latest indictment on the Capitol Attack that may lead to new Court Restrictions on the former president. In a court filing last night, Special Counsel jack smith seeks to stop Defense Lawyers from Sharing Copies of evidence with trump that is deemed sensitive. Smith said he feared what the er psident would make public. Writing, if trump, quoting now, were to begin suing public posting details or for example grand jury transcripts ined in discovery here, it could have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses, or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice in this case. End quote. And smith flagged trumps online post from yesterday, as an example, it says, if you go after me, im coming after you. A trump spokesperson said the comment was the definition of political speech. And it had nothing to do with the case. Trump in alabama yesterday, kept up his condemnation of the prosecutions against him and m
A new york gas station in custody what police are saying. The severe storms in the South Flood Evacuations and rescues, and more dangerous heat. Were tracking it all. Donald trump entering his second not guilty plea in 24 hours, this time to new charges in the classified documents case the dramatic video, a ukrainian sea drone striking a warship in the black sea. Our Richard Engel is standing by. Simone biles back in action for the First Time Since withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics and do you have your tickets more than A Billion Dollars up for grabs tonight. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. We start tonight with Breaking News. Police in New York City restoring calm tonight after a riot broke out in manhattans union square neighborhood. A crowd estimated at 2,000 people descended into the area after popular social Media Influencer kai cenat advertised a video game giveaway. The crowd appearing to be mostly young people turned restless and
Indictment. This one handed up this week charges trump with four counts related to subverting the result of the 2020 election. Paula reid has more. Reporter former President Trump is expected to come here to washington to appear in person for this hearing which is expected to be both an initial appearance and also an arraignment. It is unclear if well see him arrive because this federal courthouse, it is designed to deal with people who have Security Details and vips. So it would be easy for him to pull into the underground garage and we wont get to see him at all. But once he is inside the federal courthouse where of course there are no cameras, he is effectively under arrest and it is expected that he will be processed like any other defendant but we dont expect a mug shot because those are used to identify suspects if they go on the lam. But this will be a quick procedural hearing. It will be in front of a magistrate judge. This is expected that he will hear the charges, have the op
abortion bans put on hold. the latest tonight, as the battle over the procedure goes to the states. plus, what president biden wants to do to make abortion rights federal law.de our exclusive interview with the german chancellor what he told margaret brennan about vladimir putin and the war in ukraine. crime without punishment. our cbs news investigation continues, as we talk toestigatn continues, as we talk frustrated moms who were told to solve their children s murders. and, a sweet story involving an airline pilot and the tooth fairy it will be sure to make you smile. 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 on this thursday night, where it appears america is ready to travel and celebrate independence day. but there won t be freedom from the frustration and chaos that s already piling up. tonight, we can report that more than 440 flights we
joe on a friday morning, this first day of july. it is 6:00 a.m. in san diego, 9:00 a.m. here on the east coast. it is a holiday weekend but busy friday morning as we talk to governors across the country to talk about abortion. two states had their ban blocked. that important nato summit for the president ended yesterday but less than 24 hours after the alliance meeting wrapped up, russia ramping up attacks on civilians in ukraine striking a residential building in odesa and killing at least 19 people amid a new report from amnesty international that declares russia committed clear war crimes in the attack on the theater in mariupol and while the january 6th committee is taking a break for the july 4th holiday, new questions who exactly is paying for the lawyers representing some of the witnesses and whether that is impacting their testimony. meanwhile, vice chair liz cheney is defending the committee s actions during a debate for her political life. we need to recognize t