Global tugofwar. Critical tests. A spacecraft explodes minutes after launch. Why Todays Mission was a success. And a world war ii veteran finally gets the recognition he earned at 103 years old. Gods been good. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im omar villafranca. The countdown has begun to the Historic Senate trial of President Trump. It begins tomorrow morning. House managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on capitol hill sunday to work on strategy. Senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks listening to hours of testimony with no questions allowed. Ben tracy starts us off from the white house. Well be sitting there in our chairs probably on the order of six hours a day. Reporter senators are now preparing to be jurors, deciding in just weeks whether or not President Trump remains in office. Republicans dont have enough votes for a quick dismissal, but they are confident the president will be acquit
Im annemarie green. We begin with a new day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Today a top diplomat central to the democrats investigation will testify. In just a few hours, lawmakers will hear from u. S. Ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. He will likely face questions about a phone call with President Trump a day after mr. Trumps july 25th call with ukraines president. Later in the day, laura cooper and david hale will testify. All three witnesses were recently questioned behind closed doors. Meanwhile, key testimony involving the republicans star witnesses went into the night. Yesterday lawmakers questioned former envoy to ukraine kurt volleyer volker and National City council chairman. This was critical for house republicans. How did it go . Reporter yeah. Good morning. It seemed like a marathon, didnt it, because of how long everything went. Both witnesses who testified said that they had concerns about the white houses ukrainian policy. Kurt vol
Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. After weeks of sitting on the fence, former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg has made it official. Hes running for the democratic nomination for president. Bloomberg is the 11th richest person in the world with a net worth of more than 50 billion. The 77yearold media mogul joins 17 other democrats all hoping to take on President Trump. Here is dev dorsey. Jobs creator, leader, problem solver. Reporter billionaire Michael Bloomberg launched his president ial campaign with this minutelong ad, part of a 34 million media blitz as he looks ens in nempshire and instead to march super tuesday states like virginia and california using his campaign to target another billionaire. Now he is taking on him to rebuild the country and restore faith in the dream that defines us, where the wealthy will pay more in taxes and the middle class get their fair share. Reporter earlier this month President Trump d
Truck plunging onto boats below. Several people reported missing. The controversial study claiming red meat isnt that bad for you. Nutritionists fight back. And from this pornography prank on a highway billboard to this problem spinning out of control at the airport, to this garbage bin that takes itself to the curb, all of the trending stories to jump start your tuesday morning. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Im Elizabeth Hur in for janai. And im kenneth moton. We begin with new details overnight from the impeachment investigation as President Trump pushes to learn the name of the whistleblower in the ukraine scandal. Abc news has now confirmed secretary of state mike pompeo was on the phone call when President Trump urged the leader of ukraine to investigate joe biden. Meanwhile, House Democrats have now subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, the president s personal attorney. Live abcs Serena Marshall has the latest from washington. Serena, good morning. Reporter kenneth, elizabeth, good mornin
Ransom survived after all. And how did she do that . She scales the side of a building while performing at the American Music awards. We talked to her choreographer about how she pulled it all off. A good monday morning. Well start off with breaking news this morning. The death of the man many called the face of evil. Yeah, the convicted killer and cult leader Charles Manson died of Natural Causes at the age of 83 overnight. He and his followers terrorized los angeles in the summer of 1969 with a string of coldblooded murders. Abcs Marci Gonzalez takes a look back. He was the mastermind of some of americas most chilling mass murders, the creator of a killer crime family. Im a convict. Im an outlaw. Im a rebel. Im not a sunday school teacher. For decades he occupied a lone place in american pop culture, the thing of nightmares. A man who convinced other people to commit murder for him. You have them thinking you were jesus christ. How did you do that . Just being myself. All men are jes