Interference trial . Plus, the big developments in trumps socalled hush money trial. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with the Supreme Court and the unprecedented case of president ial immunity before the justices. At issue is whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for what he claims were official acts while in office. The decision will have major implications on the Special Counsels Election Interference case against trump, as well as this years president ial race. Trump wasnt at todays oral arguments at the Supreme Court. He was in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan, where he has mandated to appear for his trial for falsifying Business Records to hide an alleged affair. In addition, trump is facing criminal trials in georgia and florida, and in just the last 24 hours, trump was named as an Unindicted Coconspirator in arizona and michigan over fake electric schemes. We have Team Coverage of tod todays and jan crawford will start us off from the Supreme Court. Reporter in nearly three hours of historic arguments, the judges emphasized their decision will go beyond former President Donald Trump. Whatever we decide is going to apply to all future president s. Reporter no president has ever faced criminal prosecution, and some justices, while emphasizing a president is not Above The Law, focused on what precedent the case will set. The history tells us it is not going to stop. Its going to cycle back and be used against the current president or the next president , or the next president after that. I am concerned about future uses of the criminal law to target political opponents. Reporter trump is arguing he has absolute immunity as president from prosecution for official acts during his tenure in office, including efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He made the point again before entering a new york courtroom on trial today in 1 of 4 criminal cases against him. A president has to have immunity. This has nothing to do with me. Reporter but that sweeping argument of absolute immunity is on the justices, liberal and conservative, seemed almost certain to reject. If the potential for criminal liability, is taken off the table, wouldnt there be a significant risk that future president s would be emboldened to commit crimes with abandon while they are in office . The framers did not put an immunity clause into the constitution. Wasnt the whole point that the president was not a monarch and the president was not supposed to be Above The Law . Reporter instead, the justices appeared to be focused on a middle ground where president s may have some immunity from prosecution for official acts, as Justice Clarence thomas asked at the very beginning of the argument. How exactly would we determine what an official act is . Reporter that question may take time. The court has never decided it, but the clock is ticking of Special Counsel jack smith can prosecute trump before the election. Norah and jan joins us now. The justices ruled that he has some limited immunity, how long could this take . Whats the timeline . Reporter well, norah, i wouldnt expect a decision before june. Thick obligated case and the justices know it is going to be the law long after they leave the Supreme Court. But that is what Special Counsel jack smith asked for. He actually said the justices should expedite this case so they can make a decision by the end of the term, so that is what they are going to do. Whether or not this is going to go past too long before intervention, it will happen in november, that will be up to how the court writes it. There will still be decisions left for lower courts to resolve. Norah . Norah all right, really interesting. Jan crawford, thank you. Instead of being at those Supreme Court hearings, donald trump was in a courthouse in Lower Manhattan for his socalled hush money trial. Thats where we find cbss robert costa. Good evening, robert. Reporter good evening, norah. Former President Donald Trump isnt attacking david pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, just yet, but peckers testimony today here in Lower Manhattan the direct and trump, offering new details about an alleged catch and kill operation to influence the 2016 election. This morning, former President Trump weighed in on a key witness in his criminal trial. Warmer National Enquirer publisher david pecker. Hes been very nice. I mean, david has been very nice. Hes a nice guy. Reporter trump has known to be 21 for decades and oscars allege the pair along with former trump lawyer Michael Cohen engage in a conspiracy to suppress negative stories about trump as he ran for president in 2016. Pecker told jurors just after the Access Hollywood tapes surface just late wow weeks before the election. Just start kissing them. Reporter discussions of what to do with Stormy Daniels heated up. The Adult Form Star was according to pecker shot him a story of her alleged affair wit. Pecker testified he did not have the money so it told cohen to buy and burying the story. Of the story gets out the boss is going to be very angry with you. The d. A. S case really rises and falls with david peckers testimony because he is the linchpin behind the sort of conspiratorial theme to influence the election. Reporter pecker also testified about an agreement with former playboy model karen mcdougal, who says she had a ten month affair with trump, which he denies. Pecker acknowledged to be 23, which then owned the enquirer, paid 150,000 for her story jusn and never published it. Donald trump had not been running for president , do you believe this deal would have been made with ami, knowing what you know now . Probably not, no. Reporter in his testimony, pecker said the Payment Orchestrator of Michael Cohen was dumb because they didnt want the story to embarrass mr. Trump or hurt the campaign. Pecker said he asked to asked cohen who would foot the bill. He responded the boss, meaning trump, will take care of it. Meanwhile, trumps legal challenges expanded overnight. His former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and chief of staff mark meadows were among more than a dozen people indicted in a scheme in arizona to falsely declare trump donald j. Trump. Reporter trump himself was named as an Unindicted Coconspirator. Pecker also made a stunning new allegation that has never been heard before, that he engaged with hope hicks and Sarah Huckabee sanders, then white house staffers come along with trump, about Karen Mcdougals contract, raising new questins about the trump administrations implication in this case. Norah . Norah robert costa, thank you. Tonight, a stunning blow to the case that sparked the metoo movement. Disgraced movie mogul harvey wants to have his felony Sex Crime Convictions overturned today by new yorks highest court. Cbss Jericka Duncan has been covering this story since the scandal broke in 2017. And a warning, some of the details are disturbing. Reporter tonight, Disgraced Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein remains behind bars after a new York Appeals Court ruled he did not receive a fair trial. Weinsteins attorney, arthur aidala. This was a case about perversion. Well, and that courthouse, the trial, the laws were perverted. Because there was so much pressure because harvey was the face of this movement, that he had to be convicted. Reporter the court found that in 2020, the judge erroneously admitted testimony by allowing women who were not part of the case to testify that weinstein had assaulted them. Cbs legal news analyst rikki klieman. He would get a more fair trial, according to the court of appeals, because these other prior bad act witnesses, will be excluded. Reporter the decision comes more than four years after the 72yearold was found guilty and sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexualy assaulting two women. Lawrence yvonne, who never testified in court, says in 2007, Weinstein Masturbated in front of her at a dinner party. Do you think overturning Harvey Weinsteins conviction has an impact on whether or not people who say they have been sexually assaulted decide to speak out . It will 100 have a Chilling Effect on victims coming forward. I mean, think about it. Think about how hard it is to come forward in the first place. You know, whether or not you are even believed. Reporter the new York District attorney plans to retry the case, but keep in mind, Harvin Weinstein faces a 16 year sentence in california for Sexual Assault periods attos say they want to look at that case, too. Norah . Norah but for now he is in jail. Jericka duncan, thank you. Now to those growing propalestinian demonstrations broiling college campuses. Today we have seen tensions rise at more than a dozen schools from coasttocoast. Since last week, hundreds of Campus Protesters have been arrested. One Major University today canceling its graduation. Cbss jason allen has new details tonight on the campus chaos. Let them go reporter campus cracked down at atlantas emory university. Police tore down tents erected this morning, and some appeared to be tased by police. Some students and faculty were led away in handcuffs. Here at the university of texas, austin, dueling protests, propalestinian and proisraeli protesters they sing off on campus, with security watching. It is my understanding that the University Of Texas At Austin on the research that israel regularly benefits from. Reporter on the campus of usc, the l. A. P. D. Used their batons to disperse a large crowd of protesters late last night. The school canceling the main stage commencement ceremony. Cbss Nancy Chen Is at Columbia University. Reporter dozens of tents remain here at Columbia University as we near a midnight deadline, School Administrators have set to clear this long. Right outside it, israeli flags and some jewish students we spoke to say they feel scared to be on campus. Many of us new people who were at the music festival, or that lived nearby. Im sorry, im getting very emotional about that. And adding to that, the situation where people scream hateful speech, who have harassed and attacked us verbally and physically people, is just making it difficult to be here. Reporter back here in austin, Student Demonstrators are still here. They are on campus tonight. Police are close by but they are not making any efforts to clear this space the way that they did yesterday. Norah . Norah jason allen, thank you. President biden joined 17 other World Leaders today demanding that hamas release the hostages it took more than six months ago. Its unprecedented attack on israel. This comes the day after hamas released a Propaganda Video showing one of the five Israeli American hostages still believed to be alive. Cbss debora patta spoke with his mother today. Reporter the last time rachel goldbergpolin heard from her son, hersch, was over 200 days ago, in a text message saying i love you. As he was being taken hostage on october 7th. Shalom. Reporter that is until yesterday, when he appeared with an amputated hand, and injury sustained during the attack on a hamas Propaganda Video. Hersch and i are both lefthanded. Now hes not lefthanded anymore. It was truly just an overwhelming moment. Reporter goldbergpolin has urged her son to stay strong. We are telling you, we love you, stay strong, survive. Reporter it was a very powerful moment as a mother. I dont know if he hears it or if he feels it or if he knows that i am ordering him to survive. So many people were so emotional because they really have not thought he was alive. Reporter remarkably, goldbergpolins anguish over her sons abduction has not prevented her from seeing the suffering of others. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people in gaza are suffering, and i know one of them really well, and his name is hersch. Reporter her message to those negotiating a deal. It requires loving and caring about your people more than you hate the other. Lets be human. Lets figure it out. And lets end this. Reporter its enough, she said. Its now time for the hostages to come home. Debora patta, cbs news, jerusalem. Norah very powerful. Tonight, we continue our Cbs News Investigation into one of the dark sides of Online Dating, Romance Scams. In our final installment, cbss jim axelrod takes a look at what Law Enforcement can do to combat this billiondollar crime wave. I never thought that this could happen to our family. Reporter when kelly gowes widowed mother, laura kowal, went on match. Com, she eventually was scammed out of 1. 5 million. Lauras life would end at 57. Her body found in the mississippi river. We are constantly chasing our tails. Reporter David Parrish is the sheriff in lewis county, missouri, where lauras body was discovered. Online Romance Scams are a scourge. We deal with it every other week. Reporter but like Law Enforcement in small towns across america, Sheriff Parrish says he doesnt have the resources to fully investigate these online scam cases, even when a body washes ashore. We are always behind the eight ball on this. Reporter but it is not just Sheriff Parrish who is frustrated on this. It is a substantial problem and it is one that is rapidly accelerating. Reporter a rune row, the Justice Department official in washington overseeing romance scam cases, said his main challenge is that the scammers are far away. The fbi has participated in operations in the West African Nations of nigeria and ghana. Rao traveled there last fall. We were shown video of scammers using artificial intelligenceenhanced video technology, and so it appeared to the victim that they were speaking to another american citizen. Reporter chilling as you are describing it. It is chilling, and it also makes it challenging for Law Enforcement to intervene. Reporter but this former scammer, who spoke to us from the west african country of ghana, offers a key insight into combating these crimes. You cannot do that without the Online Dating site. Reporter you need those Online Dating platforms . Definitely. Definitely. Reporter a 2019 federal trade Commission Lawsuit alleged that between 2013 and 2018, as many as 25 to 30 of match. Com members who register each day were using match. Com to perpetrate scams. In a statement, match group told us, we believe the ftc allegations have no merit. Hi, how are you . Reporter good, jim axelrod from Cbs News Beard after six months of asking for an interview, we finally approached bernard kim, the ceo of match group, which operates at least a dozen dating platforms, including hinge, okcupid, and tinder. We have talked to scammers in africa. They say there is no issue. There is no Problem Setting up fake profiles. I mean, if you look at our community standards, our guidelines, we have reshifted the way that we address people that can come into our platforms. We are working really, really hard every single day to ensure people are authentic. Reporter match told us they remove 96 of improper accounts within a day and use both ai and Human Moderators to remove bad actors. Do your customers who have lost a lot of money, hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of dollars, life savings, or the relatives of people who even lost their lives, what do you have to say to them . Look, i mean, things happen in life. Thats really difficult. I have a tremendous amount of empathy for things that happen, but i mean, our job is to keep people safe on our platforms. That is the top, foremost, most important