eye on america. cbs carter evans looks at the life-and-death consequences of the nation s e.m.t. staffing shortages. and, the ultimate pep talk. we re all rooting for you, man. garrett: college athletes lifting the spirits of kids in the hospital. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. ing from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett, in for norah. after a surprise trip to washington, ukraine s president zelenskyy is back home tonight, hoping more u.s. military aid will soon follow. .plus, f.t.x. founder sam bankman-fried is under house arrest tonight as he awaits trial after his first court appearance in new york. but, first, the biggest prechristmas storm in decades consumes much of the country. winter storm warnings, blizzard conditions, and dangerous cold forecast now in more than 40 states, from the pacific northwest to new england
i m john king in washington. thanks for sharing a busy news day. alec baldwin staring down charges. he will be indicted for involuntary manslaughter after the onset death of the rust cinematographer. we ll bring you details plus, brand-new cnn reporting. sources say questions about classified material and a special counsel investigation will not alter joe biden s 2024 campaign launch. the view in the west wing, the documents scandal. team biden says it s a beltway obsession and hope not much more and go to hell. a homeless veteran accuses george santos of a new low. swindling money from a gofundme intended to pay for a dying dog s lifesaving surgery. i don t want him to do it again. he took a piece of my heart when he did this. prosecutors in new mexico just last hour are announcing alec baldwin along with the film s armorer will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in that fatal shooting on the shoot of the western movie rust. let s bring in elie honig and crimi
than the country. . i appreciate your time. dateline white house picks up with nicole right now. it s 4:00 in new york and yes, it s groundhog day, the crisis in the house of representatives and the united states of america is in its third day. there still no speaker of the house of representatives which means there are no members of the house of representatives. that despite and evening of negations. kevin mccarthy has lost eight votes to be speaker and is on track right now to lose the ninth vote. that s despite making a series of unbelievable concessions, things that were off the table sunday night and into monday, to the holdouts in his car gets caucus, a major allowance to the hard right republicans, he said he would lower the number from 5 to 1. he said he previously not accept that. congress and matt gaetz, he nominated donald trump for the speakership and described the power to remove the speaker as anyone, anywhere, anytime, raising questions about whether anybod
sensitive documents, the dna is conducting its own review. avril hayne said her department is looking into any potential risks to national security. another delay could be the appointment of a special master opinion on saturday federal judge eileen cannon indicated she is inclined to grant trump s request. she also ordered the dodge to file under seal a more detailed inventory of what agents took from mar-a-lago. while we don t know what merrick garland will decide and when he will decide it, we do know americans will go to the polls on november 8th. and while republicans complain about and question d.o.j. s timing, some prominent republicans also concede donald trump s actions are cause for concern. it s hard to believe that the justice department and the fbi would take steps unless they had something pretty serious they were investigating. we don t know the facts yet. he should have turned the documents over. i think we re all concerned about what might be in those do
on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. john fetterman, his first tv interview since having a stroke. an update on his health, and how his campaign against trump back doctor oz is going. but we start this evening s broadcast with breaking news in the vesta geisha at mar-a-lago. the next phase of the battle between the justice department and donald trump will take place in a florida courtroom tomorrow. both sides will appear before a trump appointed judge ian mckinnon. she will be the one to decide whether to grant the former presidents plea for a special master to go through those documents that were seized in his florida home. just a few hours ago, his legal team filed its response to the department of justice s objections to having a third party review those documents, citing the need for, quote, independent attorney client privilege assessments and executive privilege determinations. in a court filing revealed at this very hour last night,