and ask for reassurances about the northern ireland backstop deal. but the eu has said the current deal can t be reopened. here is our political editor laura kuenssberg. the landmarks look the same, but these are extraordinary days this place will remember. on the prime minister s most important plan, the brexit compromise that has taken more than two years, theresa may simply didn t have the mps to back her. so instead, the prime minister backed down. if we went ahead and held the vote tomorrow, the deal would be rejected by a significant margin. we will therefore defer the vote scheduled for tomorrow, and not proceed to divide the house at this time. in other words, she knew she would lose, so there ll be no vote tomorrow. instead, she is appealing to the rest of the eu to look again at the most controversial part of the agreement, the backstop. i will go to see my counterparts in other member states and the leadership of the council and the commission. i will discuss with
the judge and gag order. the unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. maurice: president biden. we have the worst president in the history of our country. maurice: and the courtroom. it s freezing, by the way. maurice: the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i m maurice dubois. norah is on assignment. we begin tonight with day 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. former national enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer michael cohen to hide negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. the prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. before today s testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. prosecutors urged the judge to fine trump thousands of dollars and hold h
the judge and gag order. the unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. president biden. the worst president in history of our country. and the courtroom. it s reason, by the way. the cbs evening news starts now. good evening, and thank you for being with us. i maurice dubois. norah is on assignment. we begin tonight with a 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donal donald trump. former national enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer michael cohen to heighten negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. the prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. before today s testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. prosecutors urged the judge to find trump thousands of dollars and hold him in contempt, while the former pr
spacecraft launched to explore our solar system. panel of scientists who worked on the voyager mission recounts the project genesis and discussed the discoveries made so far. today in aere gallery that celebrates human and oration in earth orbit and human. human exploration in earth orbit and beyond. we are here today to celebrate and commemorate with them the 40th anniversary of the voyager spacecraft. it was an epic mission to explore the outer planets. commission that stands out as one of the most ambitious that nasa ever sent out into the solar system. to me, the mission has personal relevance not because i was ever involved with it, but because as a child, the encounters with the helped to define my childhood and helped to define my own understanding of our place in the solar system. i was too young to enjoy the slides of jupiter and saturn, but uranus and neptune i remember quite clearly as a kid seeing the images on the news and being impressed by what we were doing
we re here to commemorate with them the 48th anniversary of the voyager spacecrafts. it was an epic mission to exprope explore the outer plants and is one of the most ambitious that nasa has ever sent out to the solar system. the mission for me has personal relevance not because i was ever involved with it. but because as a child, encounters with the planet uranus and neptune i was too young to enjoy the fly buys of jupiter and saturn, but uranus and neptune, i remember quite clearly the images on the news and just really being impressed by what we were doing out there in the solar systems that i began to feel that i was once of the first to see these planets in such great resolution and i m sure that many others of you that were born in the 70s might feel the same way. and i want to note before going any further, that we do have a wonderful model of the voyager spacecraft upstairs in our exploring the planets ba s gall that s true to the actual voyager, and it s some of t