Congress. Well have the latest on the talks between Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. And take a look at new polling which shows President Biden making up significant ground in a swing state. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 22nd. Im ali vitally in for jonathan lemire. Testimony in President Trumps hush money trial has officially finished. Former President Trump did not toifr in his own defense can spite telling the press multiple times he really wanted to. Yeah, i would testify, absolutely. Its a scam. Its a scam. Mr. Trump, are you going to testify . Yes. Will the gag order stop you from testifying . No, it wont stop me from testifying. The gag order is not for testifying. Do you plan to testify in court . Probably so. I would like. I would think so. When asked why he didnt testify the former president refused to answer. Watch. Why did you decide against testifying in your case . Did you not want to take the stand . The im
Irans Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has announced five days of public mourning. The search, in a mountainous area in North Western iran near tabriz, has been hampered by bad weather. Graham satchell has the story. Search teams have been scouring the mountains of north west iran all night. Thick fog and heavy rain have hampered efforts, but in the early hours of this morning, this, a drone sent by turkey identified a source of heat. Footage shows an aerial view of a landscape at night and a Dark Blotch On what appears to be a hillside. When rescuers eventually reached the wreckage on foot, they found the helicopter, which had been carrying irans president and Foreign Minister was completely burned with no signs of life. And soon after, confirmation that both irans president , Ebrahim Raisi, and Foreign Minister have been killed in the crash. Translation the servant of the iranian people, Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the republic of iran, was martyred while serving the people of
This is a man who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We are going to get to the intense and contentious questioning of former fixer Michael Cohen by Donald Trumps defense team in just a moment. But first, there is some breaking news about a horrific accident in florida. Now a truck driver is under arrest for a dui after a deadly crash that killed at least eight people and injured 40 others in Central Florida early this morning. State investigators say the driver of that pickup truck collided with a bus that was carrying 53 migrant farmworkers. Cbss Manuel Bojorquez reports tonight on the conditions of those still in the hospital in ocala. Reporter more than 30 ambulances rushed to the scene of the crash at about 6 30 this morning. It happened on a rural road about 50 miles south of gainesville. 53 farmworkers were riding in a bus once used as a school bus when police say
Michael cohen. The former speaker of the house trying to discredit the prosecutions key witness. This is a man who is clearly on a mission for personal revenge. Norah the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We are going to get to the intense and contentious questioning of former fixer Michael Cohen by Donald Trumps defense team in just a moment. But first, there is some breaking news about a horrific accident in florida. Now a truck driver is under arrest for a dui after a deadly crash that killed at least eight people and injured 40 others in Central Florida early this morning. State investigators say the driver of that pickup truck collided with a bus that was carrying 53 migrant farmworkers. Cbss Manuel Bojorquez reports tonight on the conditions of those still in the hospital in ocala. Reporter more than 30 ambulances rushed to the scene of the crash at about 6 30 this morning. It happened on a rural road about 50 miles sou
Hello. Welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and Around The World. We continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im john voice, and its midnight here on the east coast. Some gruesome details carried out of the weekend in israel. Sikh cruel acts of brutality carried out On Women And Children which were beyond it or abhorrent. Subject matter the video is graphic and disturbing. The Israeli Government says babies and toddlers were found with kids decapitated at a kibbutz in Southern Israel. Amounts denies the beheading of children, that calling the allegations fabricated and baseless. Meantime israels military stepping out airstrikes on gaza as its forces mass near the border ahead of a likely Ground Incursion. Palestinian Officials Say the only Power Station in gaza has now run out of fuel and is no longer working. Hospitals also expected to run out of fuel for their own private juror generators. The Weeknd Territory Acts have brought together Rival Facti