control. but a city of bakhmut is facing a ferocious assault right now with thousands of civilians in dang danger as the russian s advance. and a man is rested for trying to bring explosives on a flight to florida in his suitcase. what we re learning about the case. new information coming in. and juries visit the scene where alex murdaugh s wife and son were kill and then the closing arguments in the disgraced lawyer s murder trial. prosecutors wrapping up just a short wild ago after condemning his lies confirm his guilt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story this evening. very intense fighting raging right now in the key eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. civilians hunkering down as russia throws some of the most battle hardened forces into the fight. cnn s melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv with an update. melissa, how dire is the situation in the
there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
justice for tyre nichols, ahead of the release of video described as horrific and even sickpenning. this hour what public can expect and what the nichols parents tell the most telling part. more disturbing video out today showing the hammer attack on nancy pelosi s husband paul and the split second police had to intervene. and a consequential vote setting the tone for the future of the republican party. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. jake tapper is on assignment. we start with our national lead, heartbreak, grief and calls for justice in memphis, tennessee, in just a few hours from now the city is set to release videos of tyre nichols arrest. the 29-year-old died three days after a confrontation with police on january th, an encounter nichols stepfather who has seen the video described as a brutal beating. i saw officers hitting on him. i saw officers kicking him. one officer kicked him like he was kicking a football a couple times. and but the most th
from the nation s capital. to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. as we come on the air, congress tonight is demanding access to the classified materials found at the homes of both presidents biden and trump, asking is there a national security threat? plus, this just in the national archives asking former presidents to do a search. also tonight, a cbs news exclusive, sick veteran and toxic burn pits. the new outreach from the v.a. that could help millions of veterans. but we want to begin tonight with the five memphis police officers facing felony charges for the death of tyre nichols. the 29-year-old father died three days after a traffic stop turned violent. the district attorney said video of the arrest will be released to the public tomorrow night. president biden has been briefed on the case, and cbs news has learned that governors, police chiefs, and local officials are all preparing for potential protests. tyre nichols f
cbs s robert costa with new reporting. new details tonight in the search for a motive in the monterey park shooting. plus, have you tried buy now, pay later for online shopping? it s popular, but it s also pushing many people into debt. we ll tell you why. our eye on america, we talk to an army veteran who believes he got cancer from burn pits. tonight, our exclusive with the v.a. secretary on the new cash and health benefits for veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars. and, netflix password crackdown. when you ll have to stop sharing your log-in with friends and family. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. and as we come on the air come on the air, congress tonight is demanding access to the classified materials found at the homes of both presidents biden and trump, asking is there a national scrurt threat? plus this just in the natio