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Give republicans minority control over Critical Issues like abortion. And the brawl on an alabama dock that launched a thousand memes. Why is this Fight Resonating so much and will the Folding Chair Wind up in a museum . We begin tonight with donald trump obliterating norms for his political and personal gain. Norms like rooting for your country on the international stage. Call it patriotism, fandom, however you want to characterize it, we generally root for the home team when american athletes ...

grips france. here at home, republicans seeking to defeat the president in next years election are refining their tactics on the campaign trail. with presumed front runner, over the gop, donald trump. donald trump betting on expanding his electoral base by campaigning this weekend and nevada. a state that he lost twice. trump and other republicans continuing to double down on cultural issues to rally gop voters. oklahomas education chief is still under fire for his insensitive comments...

classified documents to people in private meetings? >> the short answer is yes. i watched him show documents to people at mar-a-lago on the dining room patio. he has no respect for classified information, never did. >> former staff like stephanie grisham say he did it. trump himself is heard on tape bragging about it. now the former cia director is speaking out about the danger trump posed to national security. also, were learning more able rich billionaires that justice clarence tho...

he is now running against his former boss for the republican nomination. i have to say, mike pence has always struck me as a somewhat ridiculous figure. he always sounds like he is doing a bad impersonation of a politician. but his biggest obstacle in the republican primary is that voters do not seem to like him very much. despite his real advantage on name recognition, just 7% of republican primary voters say they would vote for pence if the primary election were held today. and this ...

>> lynching is a tool to control and oppress black people. >> racialized violence is as old as the constitution. >> klans are not running around with white sheets over their head, but its still happening. >> today, people are horrified of the police. its the modern day lynching. >> what are we going to do about it? we move forward with people deciding im bold enough, and im going to make it change. >> beulah mae donald took on one of the most violent criminal organizations in the unite...

>> putin is right now entirely too confident of his ability to wear down ukraine. plus, millions brace for tougher times at the grocery store as extra federal benefits are cut. and later, go for launch. spacex gets set for nasas upcoming crewed flight. >> why me? why am i so lucky? >> announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. more than 10 million people from texas to missouri are threatened by sever...

to the courthouse. he is being closely guarded by the secret service. this is a pretty fluid situation, but heres what we know so far. former president expected to get fingerprinted once hes inside the courthouse. it remains unclear if you will have a mug shot taken. they have been going back-and-forth on that today. we do understand he will not be handcuffed. remember, i told you on tucker couple nights ago that no, the secret service would decide the tone of all of this. the tone wou...

britain and the world feeling shock over the sudden death of queen elizabeth ii. at the age of 96. don has broken here in the palace where people have been coming to pay their respects and share their memories. and just be part of this tremendous moment in time. the formal notice of queen elizabeths passing was posted on the gates of the palace behind me, on thursday, as part of the royal tradition. church bells have been toiling across the country, and we are expecting more of that in...

that talk. and one florida community prioritized lifestyle over safety and sustainability. residents are now paying the price. and later, noted historian and film maker, henry louis gates joins me to talk about his highly anticipated new pbs series, making black america. we begin with the global resurgence of fascism. brazil held the first round of the election. bolsonaro emerged in second place, five points behind the front runner, leftist former president, dela silva. because no ...

scott, who would not attack something trump said. dont we also have a responsibility to not only not do it but also to say when someone does it, that thats wrong or we disagree with it forthright and not try to kind of pull out punches? >> absolutely to i agree with you. one of the things that just shocked me early in trumps presidency was when he would use words like deranged and human scum to describe his enemies, enemies of the state. and im from a generation when we would address o...