Court as 12 americans are selected to decide the former president s fate in the socalled hush money trial. The jury called you how did that make you feel . Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with that breaking news. A jury of 12 new yorkers has now been seated for the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the united states. Seven men and five women have been selected for the trial of donald trump, who is charged with falsifying Business Records to hide an alleged affair and influence the 2016 president ial election. One alternate has already been selected, and the court needs five more to begin the case. The judge said he hopes to have that wrapped up tomorrow. Now, earlier in the day, the case appeared to be heading in the wrong direction. Thats because two jurors who were already seated were then removed. Tonight, prosecutors are also asking the judge to hold trump in contempt
We continue to follow breaking news overseas, as promised, israel has responded to irans attack last weekend, a source familiar with the situation said israel has carried out a limited military strike against iran, israeli officials notified u. S. Officials this was coming. There have been reports of explosions heard in the city of istafan were some Nuclear Sites are located, but within the last 30 minutes the International Atomic Energy Agency verify theres no damage to the facilities, after irans first direct attack against israel saturday, we will monitor the situation closely overnight and will bring you the latest in the morning onto day in the bay. We want to end the newscast with a little bit of good news, the weekend forecast. Shaping up really nice, we will have some fog to start, sunshine in the afternoon, 79, and the 70s through saturday and sunday. Enjoy that, Colder Weather on the way next week, maybe even a few shower chances once we get to wednesday and thursday, i will
Weekends unprecedented drone and missile attack. Good morning, and good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Israel has been warning it would retaliate, and today cbs news has confirmed it did less than one week after iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at the jewish state. Tehran is downplaying the attack which happened in the city of isfahan, about 260 miles south of the capital of tehran. All sides are being tightlipped, and details are very preliminary. Jarred hill is here to help us sort things out. Still early with this, but here is what we know right now two u. S. Officials have confirmed here that israels missile did hit iran overnight. A senior israeli official told the Washington Post that the strike was intended to signal to iran that israel can attack its territory. State media posted this video of irans air defense shooting down what they called mini drones near isfahan. As far as damage goes, the New York Times is reporting iranian officials said the strike hit a
President calling in the nypd to arrest more than 100 propalestinian protesters a day after she testified before congress about antisemitism on campus. The widespread 911 outage in four states. Millions unable to call for emergency help. The cause now being traced to a single light pole. The 18yearold arrested in maryland threatening to shoot up schools. The chilling 129page document and more that led a friend to call police. The close call at Reagan National airport. Two planes nearly colliding on the runway. Youll hear the frantic call from the tower. 15 members of rfk jr. s family sending him a sharp rebuke, blasting his president ial bid and endorsing President Biden. And the Southern Rock Legend and the cofounder of the allman brothers band. Remembering the iconic dickey betts. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. The trump Hush Money Trial appears to be speeding towards Opening Statements tonight, more quickly than many imagined, with 12
Any way strips even one vote from President Biden. Reporter today kennedy tweeted about his familys decision, saying, quote, i am pleased they are politically active. Its a family tradition. He added that they are divided in opinions but united in their love for each other, though there was clearly no love lost today in philadelphia. Norah. Weijia jiang, thank you. There are new developments tonight in the murder case of the man charged with killing four university of idaho students in 2022. The defense says suspect Bryan Kohberger has an alibi for the night of the murders. Cbss carter evans has the latest news in this closelywatched murder investigation. Reporter Bryan Kohbergers lawyers say there was no way he could have been at the murder scene and plan to use cell phone data to prove it. The 29yearold criminology student is accused of brutally stabbing madison mogen, kaley gonsalves, Xana Kernodle and ethan chapin in this house in 2022. A newly filed alibi claims kohberger was out