coming up this hour, an honor that is long overdue, president biden will award a vietnam veteran with the medal of honor for his incredible bravery almost 60 years ago. we begin with breaking news out of south carolina where just in the last hour disgraced ex-lawyer alex murdaugh was sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. after he was convicted of murdering his wife maggie and youngest son paul in a high profile case that captivated the country. in the murder of your wife, maggie murdaugh, i sentence you for a term of the rest of your natural life. for the murder of paul murdaugh, whom you probably loved so much, i sentence you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life. before he was sentenced, murdaugh addressed the court this morning. i m innocent. i would never under any circumstances hurt my wife maggie and i would never under any circumstances hurt my son paul paul. pretty much all he said. last night in just under three hours
the administration is under intense scrutiny as it tries to put out firestorm of criticism over a lack of transparency, but president biden says he is fully cooperating with investigators while arguing, quote, there s no there there. all this coming as two senate democrats are calling for a full investigation. former federal prosecutor alex little is standing by with the big picture, but first, let s go to lucas tomlinson live at the white house with the very latest. hello, lucas. reporter: good afternoon, arthel. many republicans asking more questions about the timeline and why the decision was made not to reveal these classified documents before the midterm elections. nobody should be above the law, but what it comes down to here is the deliberate misleading of the american people. again, when did they know, how many people knew, and did they choose to keep it secret from the american people. reporter: now two democratic senators, tim kaine and joe manchin, say they
encounters just in the first three months of fiscal year 2023. but the biden administration continues to maintain that the border is secure. we re looking live at eagle pass, texas. that s where griff jenkins joins us with the late from there. hey, griff. reporter: hey, good afternoon, eric. and if you weren t just watching that drone, we can take you back up to it. the border patrol air boats just passing underneath the bridge here in eagle pass. it is ground zero here in the del rio sector for this crisis is. these agents in texas dps troopers and national guard here are absolutely exhausted from what has been happening, and that is why these december numbers were so startling. take a look at these numbers. let s go into them. 251,000 migrant encounters in december of which 49,405 were title 42. that means that 200,000, eric, were released into the u.s. that is quite a stunning number there in and of itself. but the the second number is what i wanted to show you. the 717,
alec baldwin officially charged in the rust shooting death. prosecutors detail what they say the actor did wrong the day the cinematographer died. and breaking news in the search for two monkeys missing from a dallas zoo. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from new york. brown: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. norah is on assignment. i m james brown. tonight, former president donald trump pleads the fifth during his deposition, ahead of a $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by new york s attorney general. plus, alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting on the set of his film rust, along with the movie s weapons specialist. but first, a massive winter storm system is targeting the nation s midsection with ice, sleet, and snow. winter storm alerts are spread across 14 states. officials are urging residents to stay off the roads and b
want him to show up because he has to testify under oath, but i don t think he ll show up. i don t think he s man enough. we ll see. okay. i guess she said that. nancy pelosi challenges the former president, doubting he will give any testimony to the january 6th committee. i don t know if you heard, but at one point, she didn t think he was man enough to show up. we ll go through the time line in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, alarming details about what the fbi found at trump s country club, documents so sensitive they could endanger the lives of people who are helping u.s. intelligence. also healed, boris johnson. he wants to come back, right. he s a no go. like tom brady s comeback. he s a no go. this is going to end really well for everybody involved. he s no longer in the running to become the british prime minister. what? but a new leader could be named as soon as today. we ll go live to london for that. plus, joe, the part of