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>> odonnell: deadly shark attack. a pennsylvania woman on a cruise killed while snorkeling in the bahamas. and the obamas return to the white house. >> let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks. ( laughter ) this is the "cbs evening news" with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. >> odonnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. onight, wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction amid record-b...

security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president, some members of his cabinet, or a near cabinet level official, could authorize other government officials to no details of these special access programs. now trumps fellow republicans, who had already stuck their neck out for him, without knowing all the facts, -- always dangerous -- were left exposed. and struggling to explain why it was, actually find that the ex president kept nuclear documents in the basement o...

wrapping up his first term in office with a tradition that goes back decades, hosting the previous president for the unveiling of his official presidential portrait. on that day, in may of 2012. obama made this statement about the point of these portraits, as an enduring member of the presidents temporary time in office serving the people. >> now the white house is many things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the ...

>> good evening, alex -- in my experience -- and i dont keep a temperature diary. but in los angeles, generally, september seems to be the hottest month, hotter than august. so, those alerts might be going out. >> i love the very notion of you keeping a temperature diary. >> i have thought about, but now. >> there is always, tomorrow lawrence. >> thanks alex. >> have a great show. >> thank you. if you control the courts, you can do whatever you want. every dictator knows that. vladimir...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russia has made a rare acknowledgement that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new years eve attack by ukrainian forces. the strikes were carried out with himars rockets supplied by the us and destroyed a former school in the donetsk region, where the soldiers are said to have been temporarily deployed. several russian politicians have said commanders must be held to account for allowing such a large number of troops to be...

we start with some breaking news. damar hamlin, an american football player for the buffalo bills is in a critical condition in hospital after collapsing on the field. the incident happened in the game between his team and the cincinnati bengals. our reporter azadeh moshiri is here. what do we know so far? damar hamlin is only 2a and starting for the bangles this season as a replacement for another player suffered a neck injury and damar hamlin has stepped in. he collapsed to the groun...

how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession...

they have four shelters opening this morning at this hour here. they can hold about 4,000 people. but the evacuation order right now under way for zone a is about 40,000 people. so theyre hoping that they will use those shelters as a last resort and go find family or friends on the east coast of florida or just get out of town. i spoke with the spokesperson for the emergency operations center here in punta gorda and he told me that their motto is hide from wind and run from water. he s...

things at once. it is a working office. it is a living museum. it is an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it is fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep and tell our lease runs out. but we also leave a police of ourself in this place...

vladimir putin knows that. when he was president, donald trump was not smart enough to know that. but mitch mcconnell knew it. and so, this steady stream of trump appointed judges to federal courts, from top to bottom, from district courts through the appeals courts, all the way up to the united states supreme court, were all certified by a right-wing organization that calls itself the federalist society, had rushed through senate confirmation by mitch mcconnell. at the trump judges ha...