It certainly isnt, and as the House Republicans continue to investigate hunter biden, the Justice Departments investigation, including bringing the iris whistleblowers, investigating that, its going to be a continuing thorn in the side of joe biden as he pursues reelection. Tell me more about Special Counsel david weiss and what he might do with these new Special Counwers . He was appointed byr President Donald Trump in 2017 and confirmed unanimously by e senate, so he was something that the Biden Administration decided to keep on because he was already independent, not somebody that biden put into place, now with the Special Counsel powers it means you have additional resources, a budget to bring in additional staff if you want also remove him from the daytod oversight of the justice will be able to continue to u invee this as they have been, and also allowed to look into charging any potential crimes in other jurisdictions, he doesnt have to stick in delaware, where the case has gumm
lets get you the latest on the israel gaza conflict. israel says it has now all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza and is proceeding aggresively with ground operations in the south. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have the israeli military has again urged people to evacuate from areas they re targeting. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have been warned to leave for their safety. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions and fire in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s nowhere safe for people to go. and there are reports from gaza that at least 30 people have been killed at two schools where people were sheltering, including children. earlier reports, from the official palestinian news agency, put the number of dead at 50 i
analysis. the cbs evening news starts now. the debate that could mark a turning point in the race for president, just five months from election day. good evening. i m norah o donnell, in new york tonight, and thank you for being with a spear millions arcs back to tune in for the matchup between president joe biden and former president donald trump. the two meeting at the earliest presidential debate in history. it is a chance for voters to hear the candidates vastly different visions for the future for america, and the contrast between the two cannot be more stark in both policies and personalities. the one thing they have in common, however, is age. president biden is 81 years old, and donald trump is 78, making them the oldest candidates to ever meet on the debate stage, and you can bet that will be a topic that we have team coverage, starting with cbs s nancy cordes in atlanta. reporter: president biden was embraced by supporters after touching down in atlanta this
that did not sit so well with me in relationship to perdue pharma and the sackler s. i felt like we were letting them off the hook, so i thought it might be interesting if we could find parents whose children had actually died from opioids and oxycontin specifically. to read the disclaimer then say, okay, what is fiction? what is real? my 23-year-old died of an oxycontin overdose and this is real. we thought that that would kind of set the tone for what we are trying to do with the show. what was particularly alarming is that we set up a call in just the l.a. area, the southern and central l.a. area, to see if there were any parents who had lost children who would be willing to talk. within one day, about 10 hours, we had 80 families. 80, for just this one little area of l.a. who all wanted to come forward and tell their stories. unfortunately, there is no
peter, congratulations on the series. it is amazing. i do want to get your reaction to this supreme court order. i know in the production of the show, you worked closely with actual families and actual advocates impacted by the opioid crisis. are you doing anything from them about the supreme court putting settlement on positive? first of all, hello, jake, thank you for having me. i ve been talking mainly to a very knowledgeable individual named barry meyer, who wrote the book, pain killer . that are show has used intensely as source material. it is interesting. basically, it really comes down to the sackler s, who have always been very, very good with lawyers and very, very good at sort of hiding the nest egg of money and making little payments that sound kind of big when you read about them, but