Good evening, i am norah odonnell. And thank you for being with us. We want to begin with the news and analysis of that historic decision from the Supreme Court. The justices ruling that states cannot bar donald trump from running for another term. Even though he is accused by some of insurrection. Colorado and several other states were seeking to disqualified trauma because of his action surrounding the january 6th attack on the u. S. Capitol. Now todays decision was unanimous. All nine justices agreed that trump cannot be barred from the ballot. And perhaps the most important ruling about a presdential election of more than two decades since the decision of Bush Versus Gore in 2000. This is the key paragraph of the ruling. States may disqualified persons attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. Now the courts three liberal members say the courts majority went too far. Justices sonya so
Good evening. I am norah odonnell. And thank you for being with us. We want to begin with the news and analysis of that historic decision from the supreme court. The justices ruling that states cannot bar donald trump from running for another term, even though he is accused by some of insurrection. Colorado and several other states were seeking to disqualified trump because of his action surrounding the january 6th attack on the u. S. Capitol. Now todays decision was unanimous. All nine justices agreed that trump cannot be barred from the ballot. And perhaps the most important ruling about a president ial election of more than two decades since the decision of Bush Versus Gore in 2000. This is the key paragraph of the ruling. States may disqualify persons attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. Now the courts three liberal members say the courts majority went too far. Justices sonya sot
party. when you pull out a gun and you start shooting people, we are going to put you in jail. norah: cbs news investigates, our exclusive with the lawyer of the potential irs whistle-blower. and new disclosures about the hunter biden probe. a judge has agreed to delay today s detention hearing for the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents. 21-year-old jack teixeira is being charged under the espionage act. norah: ufo sighting. the new pentagon video. what could the mysterious object be? and the baseball team bringing a special group of kids some major league fun. it was really inspiring. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday night. tonight, we want to begin right here in washington, where the supreme court has given itself until the end of the week to decide whether the abortion pill that has been used by millions of american women should
and a 20-year-old face mureadly massacre at a sweet 16 birthday party. when you pull out a gun and you start shooting people, we are going to put you in jail. norah: cbs news investigates our exclusive with the lawyer of the potential irs whistle-blower. and new disclosures about the hunter biden probe. a judge has agreed to delay today s detention hearing for the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents. 21-year-old jack teixeira is being charged under the espionage act. norah: ufo sighting. the new pentagon video. what could the mysterious object to be? and the baseball team bringing a special group of kids some major league fun. it was really inspiring. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday night. tonight, we want to begin right here in washington, where the supreme court has given itself until the end of the week to decide whether the abortion pill that has been used b
folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance. the white house says the $1,400 checks if many americans are stand landing in bank accounts as soon as this weekend. the law includes a boost to federal unemployment benefits and more funding for coronavirus vaccine and testing programs. later tonight, biden will deliver his first prime time address to the nation as president of the united states to chart a course out of this def devastating pandemic. almost 33 million fully vaccinated, which is the gad news, but not to mention, the nation is still down almost 10 million jobs. and as cnn phil mattingly reports, the white house plans to try to sell this new legislation to every corner of the country. i m going to have a lot more to say about that tonight and the next couple of days. reporter: for president joe biden, a day of major moments. this historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country. reporter: with major challenges still ahead. bi