Senator j. D. Vance for the first time since becoming Donald Trumps Running Mate. And we take an indepth look at what a second Trump Presidency might look like. Because we have got to reelect president donald j. Trump to the White House, right . Norah plus, the turmoil in the Democratic Party as another House Member calls on President Biden to drop out. And the stunning number of democrats who want a new candidate. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, im norah Odonnell Right here in milwaukee, the site of the Republican National Convention, and Thank You for being with us. We are going to get to tonights events from here in just a moment but we have Breaking News out of las vegas. President biden has canceled an event after Testing Positive for covid. The 81yearold was an hour and a half late to a Campaign Speech in the Battleground State when it was abruptly called off. We saw him Boarding Air Force one a short time ago saying I Feel Good as he heads back to his home in the
Jeff bezos is about to lift off to the edge of space and back. The flight comes on the anniversary of another historic mission. It s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. More than five decades after neil armstrong mesmerized man with his step into space, space tourism and beyond that, the privatization of space. This is a project 20 years in the making for bezos. The founder of blue origin and amazon will be the second billionaire to blast off from earth in his own spacecraft. Richard branson and his virgin galactic soared to the skies from new mexico earlier this month. The youngest and oldest humans will be on the blue shepherd rocket along with jeff bezos and his brother mark. Wally funk was trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s. Part of the group known as of the mercury 13. They never made it to space because only men were sent at the time. Women proved they could pass the rigorous physical requirements that nasa had set up. Also aboard today, an 18yearold, recent
New exclusive interviews. The sounds surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door that s all i heard. New details. Over ran the capitol. I never dreamed he would ever do anything like that. It just getting started. Tonight a cnn special report assault on democracy, the roots of trump s insurrection. The early morning of january 6th, 2021 started for many as a day of anticipation. They came, tens of thousands from all walks of life. Led by a lying president they would converge with a singular goal, do whatever it takes to prevent the peaceful transition of power in the greatest democracy on earth. President donald j. Trump lost the election. They were deceived into believing the presidency had been stolen, their country was threatened. They had come to washington to fight for what they thought was right. They feel they re the heroic revolutionary courageous warriors saving democracy. But they were wrong. It was all a lie. January 6th was insurrection, december december d
much more on matt gaetz political legal peril in a moment. but we begin the reidout tonight with science, namely riveting testimony in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin that focused on the key question of exactly what caused george floyd a death. the prosecution zeroed in on that very question today with dr. martin tobin, an expert pulmonologist and breathing expert with 46 years of experience, who gave testimony free of charge to the state. no fees involved, offering his medical opinion on exactly how mr. floyd died. mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen, and this caused damage to his brain that we see, and it also caused a p.e.a. arrythmia that caused his start to stop. dr. tobin, who said that he watched videos of floyd on the ground hundreds of times also noted the body language that revealed floyd s desperation during his final moments of life. you see his knuckle against the tire. and to most people, this doesn t look terribly s
have a shockingly low blow to heroes who lost their lives trying to protect ours. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro, hi, carley. carley: i m carley shimkus. more on those stories in a moment, first breaking news overseas as new shipment of weapons are set to arrive in ukraine within the next hour. todd: the pentagon readies troops for possible deployment, steve harrison is live in kiev with the latest on the rising tensions. steve. steve: that s right, todd, the u.s. put 8500 troops on heightened alert. they will be deployed in the know event of a russian invasion. four upon countries have decided to pull out families of diplomats here due to deteraing situations here. they are under criticism from ukrainian officials who say it is unnecessary and premature. russia says they have no plans to invade, they say the west reaction is one of hysteria. it is responsibility of individual u.s. citizens to get out of ukraine on their own. press sect. psaki