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KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell January 17, 2020

Swore in senators, each pledging impartial justice in the impeachment trial of President Trump. House managers formally read the charges against mr. Trump, who becomes just the third president in American History to face a senate trial. But the first to do so while running for reelection. But just as history was unfolding on capitol hill, a Government Agency ruled the president broke the law by withholding aid from ukraine, and tonight, there are explosive new accusations by a witness who says the president knew everything about efforts to dig up dirt on joe biden. We have all the developments covered tonight. Ben tracy is at the white house, but were going to begin with nancy cordes on capitol hill. Reporter norah, even as this trial gets under way, new evidence continues to emerge, and what these 100 senators are going to have to decide at the end of the day is whether all the evidence, taken together, warrants the removal of the president from office. Od . D repord u after chieftice john roberts took the reins in the senate trial. Will all senators now stand. Reporter his first act, swearing in the senate, which will serve as the jury. You will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws, so help you god. We do. Reporter lead house manager adam schiff offered this refresher on the charges. President trump solicit the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2020 United States president ial elec. T reporter just today, a non partisan Government Watchdog Agency announced that the White House Office of management and budget violated the law last summer when it followed President Trumps order to withhold millions in aid to ukraine. I have never ever seen a indied businessman lev parnas, who says he worked on the president s behalf to push ukraine to investigate the bidens. The source of the evidence is at best questionable. I dont want to hear from any witnesses. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi. Whats your response to Senate Republicans who say they shouldnt have to consider new evidence, like the parnas material, because it wasnt included in the house investigation . Theyre afraid of the truth. This is just another avoiding of the facts and the truth on their part. Odonnell and nancy joins us from the hill. Nancy, the president is slated to deliver the state of the union in just 2. 5 weeks. What happens if that impeachment trial is still going on . Reporter well, Speaker Pelosi said today, norah, that the president has three options. He can come anyway and give his speech. He can ask for a delay. Im, he can simply provide his address in writing without a speech, the way that president s 80ed to do in the 1800s. Incidentally, norah, president clinton faced the exact same dilemma back in 1999. He decided to go ahead with his speech. Odonnell an important history, nancy. Thank you. We want to turn now to those new allegations that challenge the president s defense just as his impeachment trial is starting. Sovietborn businessman lev parnas says he worked closely with the president s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, trying to force ukraine to investigate joe biden. And parnas says the president knew exactly what was going on. Ben tracy reports from the white house. Reporter pictures lev parnas gave to impeachment investigators show him with President Trump, his family, and his inner circle, but today, the president denied knowing him. I dont know him at all. Dont know what hes about. He lied. Reporter in a series of explosive interviews, parnas claims he was Rudy Giulianis man on the ground in ukraine, tasked with making sure an investigation into the bidens was announced publicly. President trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all of my movements. Reporter par pence, thennational security adviser john bolton, and attorney general bill barr. Attorney general barr was basically on the team. Reporter the Justice Department says thats 100 false, and the white house gues, parnas is simply not credible. This is man who is under indictment and who is actually out on bail. Reporter parnas does deny working with trump donor robert hyde to have u. S. Ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch followed. But today the Ukrainian Government opened an investigation into whether she was under surveillance and the f. B. I. Searched hydes connecticut home and office. Trump allies saw yovanovitch as an obstacle to launching an investigation into the bidens, even though the Administration Says she was removed for not supporting what it claims was its anticorruption agenda. It was never about corruption. It was never it was strictly about burisma, which included hunter biden and joe biden. Reporter white house sources say these allegations by parnas wont change the outcome of the impeachment trial, but they do acknowledge they have made things messy. Other sources say that even more unsavory allegations could surface once the trial is over. Norah . Odonnell all right, ben. Thank you. The f. B. I. Arrested three members of a neonazis group known as the base today. Prosecutors say they were armed with a homemade assault weapon and were planning to attend a progun rally in richmond on Martin Luther king day. Tonight, there are new concerns about violence at that rally. Virginias governor has declared a state of emergency, warning violent groups may try to storm the capital or use weaponized drones. Jeff pegues reports tonight from richmond. Reporter among the men arrested is patrik mathews, a Canadian Army veteran said to be an explosives expert. The three men face weapons charges for building a functioning assault rifle, and are alleged to be members of a White Supremacists group known as the base, which calls for violence against minorities with slogans like save your race. Sources tell cbs news the men had discussed heading to richmond for mondays gun rights rally. They had recently purchased 1,500 rounds of ammunition. The threat in this kind of situation is, with 1,500 rounds and a semiautomatic rifle, hundreds of people could go down in seconds. Reporter with fears of the charlottesville chaos in 2017, cilice in virginia have been bracing for violence on monday. Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency, banning all weapons near the capitol and warned of threats from outof state militia groups. Threats like storming our capital, is one specifically, weaponizing drones over our Capital Square is another. Reporter rally organizer phillip van cleave said the event should not be canceledh. If theyre trying to create problems, the police will handle them. We will go on. Reporter one of the two americans arrested is an army veteran who se when the f. B. I. Moved in to take the men into custody, were told two of the men tried to destroy their phones. Norah . Odonnell all right, jeff, in richmond tonight, thank you. A powerful storm system is set to howl across the country with more than 170 Million People in its path. Snow is piling up fast in the northwest. In oregon, its icy roads are cutting visibility for drivers. Its also spinning tires in washington state. Lonnie quinn from wcbs tv joins us. Lonnie, what happens when this heads east . Reporter okay. Its going to merge with a second storm. So heres storm number one that youre talking about in the pacific northwest. Storm number one will find storm number two that is currently down around texas. In fact, this is causing its own problems with big flooding conditions outside of dallas. Watch how the two systems merge as they make their push from the west to the east. Who gets the worst of it . I think the dakotas will be wiomza it places like minneapolis or for r ta a look at this. This is a great story, norah. Because boston on sunday, okay, had their warmest january day ever. It was 74 degrees. Tomorrow morning, it will feel like 1 below. Thats a big flipflop for bean town. Norah. Odonnell look at those wind chills. Reporter isnt that something . Odonnell tempers were hot in the moments after tuesdays president ial debate. And so were the mics. Now, the caughtontape between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders is highlighting the wrriers women still face in trying to win the white house. Have you spoken to senator warren . Reporter neither senator Bernie Sanders, nor senator Elizabeth Warren i have no further comment on this. Reporter wanted to discuss what everyone else is talking about, their confrontation after tuesday nights debate. I think you called me a liar on national tv. Sorry, what . I think you called me a liar on national tv. You know, lets not do it right now. If you want to have that discussion, well have that discussion. Anytime. You called me a liar, you told me all right. Lets not do it now. Reporter the disagreement stems from whether he once toldt say it. I disagreed. Reporter warren fundraised off the episode, highlighting the success of women candidates since President Trump was elected, but our poll of super tuesday voters think 39 ofmos r time beating mr. Trump if their nominee is a woman. While they battle it out in washington i would rather be in iowa today. There is a caucus there in 2. 5 weeks. Reporter Pete Buttigieg is taking advantage in iowa, where hes holding nine events in two days. Will you have an unfair advantage . Ill leave it to the analysts lled joiout the political back fm the campaign trail. Velopment. Ocn natesting ing for prest, two of them ward are they all going to do when they have to be in washington and cant be in iowa . Reporter they would love to be out on the campaign trail, but instead they will send out their spouses and top surrogates to campaign in their place. This gives a huge advantage to Pete Buttigieg and joe biden, especially in iowa and new hampshire, because as we well know, those are two states where the voters love their face time with candidates. Odonnell all right, ed. Epank you so much. Rince rry ma his first public appearance since he and his wife meghan declared their independence from the royal family. Harry will soon join meghan in canada. Jonathan vigliotti is there, and also has new details about a possible announcement coming soon from Buckingham Palace. Reporter while Meghan Markle is getting to know what could be her new neighborhood in vancouver, prince harry was beginning to exit his, making what may be his last appearance at Buckingham Palace as an official senior royal. Promoting the sport of rugby, prince harry joined kids in the queens backyard, and later, ignoring media questions, hosted couple was in toronto in 2017 the draw for the Rugby World Cup where meghan lived as an actress. Games. Here in vancouver, meghan chose i get my fruit here. My favorite bakery. A more subtle approach, showing you can bring your dog, too. Up earlier this week at a young reporter but the feelings may not be mutual. Womans social Justice Group experts estimate the price to protect the royals when living during a snowstorm, without the in canada could run as much as media even knowing. She was really committed to making that meeting work. Reporter zoe craigsparrow 10 million a year. With justice for girls spoke in a recent poll by an independent research group, with the duchess over tea. Her analysis is incredible. Nearly 75 of canadians said no thank you to paying for their protection. E made l ofs feel and british media now reporting super comfortable and at ease. That Buckingham Palace will have reporter the conversation an announcement tomorrow about was kept professional, but the state of talks with the meghan has been candid about the royal couple and their potential prying british media, andeifirsa new roles. We also hope to learn more about when prince harry will join his new family here in canada. Norah . Odonnell all right, jonathan, ill bet youll have the update for us tomorrow morning. Thank you. There is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. What researchers have learned abblooesrewomen,ldr trent. Strike three another manager is out in baseballs cheating scandal. And their music was lost for generations because of discrimination. 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And, this Research Challenges that notion and says, no, in fact, the biology of women is different, the physiology of women is different, and the wayr cardiovascular disease i different. So in this study they, in fact, found that Blood Pressure ch trajectory of rise, was bigger and steeper and faster in women. Odonnell and it sounds like really a systematic issue. Are women being underdiagnosed and undertreated . Yes, and theyre also under researched. We really have a lack of sex specific research. And we need that to help inform our care. You know, we in the cardiology community who treat women have talked about how weve take an bikini approach to treating women, where we focus on just the breasts and reproductive organs, and thats a big problem. Thats why we find ourselves in a situation where more women die after their first heart attack than men. More women die after bypass surgery than men. So we need this type of research to change those statistics. 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