in 2020, during an unprecedented covid pandemic, he was defeated by joe biden. but wouldn't concede, encouraging his supporters to march to the capitol on january 6th. >> you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: for his critics, this was the end for donald trump. but for his supporters, it was the beginning of the next chapter. following the attack on the capitol, the house of representatives impeached trump for a second time. >> the house demonstrated that no one is above the law. not even the president of the united states. >> reporter: by november of 2022, he set the stage for a rematch with president biden. >> in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: but as he geared up for the 2024 race, he was hit by several different indictments. among them, a case involving hush money payments to a porn

star. trump denied any wrongdoing but was found guilty of 34 felonies, becoming the first president in american history to be criminally convicted. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. >> reporter: despite the legal troubles, trump defeated his republican rivals to clinch the gop nomination again. >> we're going to make america great again. greater than ever before. take a look at what happened -- >> reporter: four months later, he survived the first of two assassination attempts at a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania. >> every daily strive to honor the trust you have placed in me, and i will never, ever let you down. we will press forward, and together we will win, win, win. >> reporter: he pressed on, even after vice president kamala harris replaced president biden

on the democratic ticket, with trump stressing the economy and immigration as his key issues. >> on day one, i will launch the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of our country. >> reporter: and last night, he had this message for his supporters. >> this was i believe the greatest political movement of all time. there has never been anything like this in this country and maybe beyond. >> that was robert costa reporting. president-elect trump has already left a lasting impression on the federal judiciary, nominating hundreds of judges and three supreme court justices. he may now get a chance to put even more members on the high court. cbs' jan crawford has more. >> everybody here in washington once we kind of processed what happened is looking at the court, obviously. it looks like trump is going to have the white house and the senate, which means that he is going to have essentially free rein to put potentially another

justice or two on that supreme court, as well as other judges on the federal courts of appeals and the trial courts. so, yes, as you said, he actually turned the court to the right in a way no other republican president has been able the do, and they have tried, in a way that resulted in the overturning of roe v. wade. we saw those conservatives, those three conservatives that trump appointed vote to overturn roe v. wade. and now with this election, he has yet another chance to keep that court a conservative court for a generation. there are a number of cases already this term involving guns, involving transgender rights and whether states can ban medical treatment or medical transition care for miners who are experiencing gender dysphoria. but the bigger picture, vlad is exactly what you pointed out. it's not just this term. there is going to be cases every term. this is about 10 year from now, 20 years from now, 30 years from now, trump has a chance to set this court on a conservative court course for the next 30

years. and i think he will get that chance. i think he is definitely getting one appointment. i think justice alito is clearly going to retire. he wrote roe v. wade. he is the subject of endless death threats. i think he is ready to leave that court and try to find some peace. and i think that justice thomas also, although he is saying that he is not going retire, he is telling everybody he is not going retire, with that senate now being republican, with no filibuster, because democrats ended the filibuster, i think that the odds are that he also will step down after justice alito potentially two years from now, or three years, i guess, if i can get my math right, which means again two potentially more appointments for president trump. now that would mean he would have five justices nominate food the supreme court. you've got to good become to eisenhower to see when a president did something like that. >> that was jan crawford reporting. stay with us. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.

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status as unborn children. although alabama's governor signed a law protecting clinics from prosecution in such cases, the controversy continues. barry petersen has more. >> reporter: toddler levi carpenter is a much wanted child whose happiness delights parents melissa and aaron. and his being here is thanks to a donated embryo. unable to conceive, and she says adoption wasn't working, melissa gave birth after a fertilized egg was implanted in her womb. >> and even in times that i tried to not let that go and tell myself, you know we can be happy the way that we are, it felt like we're supposed to parents, one way interest other. >> reporter: melissa was happy, but aaron was overwhelmed. when you first saw your son, how did it feel? >> oh my goodness. i get emotional again.

to see what she went through to have him was -- it was unreal. and to see that little baby come out was -- it was the most joy i've ever experienced in my life. >> reporter: the carpenters used the snowflakes embryo adoption program which focuses on donors and letting them choose who gets their eggs instead of donating them anonymously. >> the donor kind of drives the bus, if you will, on the matching process. >> reporter: kimberly tyson is snowflake's vice president. >> they don't have to do a do it yourself matching on craigslist or facebook or something of that nature. we will help them find a family that they are comfortable with taking their embryos and giving birth to children that are genetically related to the children in their own home. >> reporter: the carpenters prepared a profile that a donor would consider before approving them as a receiving parent. >> and then being really transparent about who we were,

what we believed, where we stood with things, what our interests were, because something as small as hey, we like this tv show. >> reporter: did you tell them your favorite tv show? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: what is it? >> the office. >> reporter: tyson met the carpenters for the first time during our visit. >> are you kimberly? i'm marissa. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: and got her first chance to hold levy. >> you're my handsome. yes, you are. >> reporter: but as donor births increase, so does the controversy about calling the process an adoption, which to some means life begins at conception, and to others only when life is sustainable outside the womb. >> it's not hard for me, because i know for myself that an embryo is a human being. so we do have particular world views, and our organization is run on our christian world views. >> that is a medical process of donating a tissue. you cannot adopt an embryo that has not yet been born.

>> reporter: shawn tipto is chief officer for the society of reproductive medicine, a nonprofit group working to advance science in reproduction. >> well, i used to say in this country that we didn't let government make our decisions about when and how to have children. that unfortunately is no longer true. >> reporter: but the alabama supreme court has now ruled that an embryo is a child under state law, and its destruction is a wrongful death. the chief justice wrote in part, "we believe that each human being from the moment of conception is made in the image of god, created by him to reflect his likeness. the american society for reproductive medicine warned that modern fertility care will be unavailable to people of alabama, and some alabama doctors and hospitals are now pausing their work with embryos for fear of potential criminal prosecution. for now, the process remains unchanged in other states. for donors like james and aislin

estes who donated an unused embryo. >> i couldn't stop smiling the first few times we met him. >> reporter: joshua is now 5, and the families spend time together. did you feel like this was my baby when he was born, or were you past that or do you still feel that? >> i was 100% past that. i never have felt that way. >> reporter: you strike me as a kind of guy that doesn't go around the neighborhood talking about your feelings. but in this case, you really did. you felt stuff from this. >> yes. >> reporter: what? >> i think i was feeling some sense of just elation and closure and happiness for them to be able to continue their family the way that they had wanted to. and we had some part of that. >> reporter: and even joshua is learning new words. >> when we visited last joshua needed help with something, and his mom was busy. he was running arond the house. he was "genetic mom, genetic mom, can you help me tie my shoe"? i was aww, that's really cute.

>> reporter: for melissa and aaron carpenter, a donated egg from the family that gave them eli gave them their new daughter elena. >> we love the idea of our kids having that genetic, even if they're not genetically related to us, at leat there is that genetic relation to each other, and we also wanted the relationship with the family. >> reporter: but putting aside the political and legal debate, it's the happiness of being a parent and basking in the smile of a child. barry petersen, denver. there is a lot more just ahead on "cbs news roundup." stay with us.

by one estimate, about two million american children and adolescents have a nonverbal learning disorder, or nvld.

it affects a person's to problem solve, notice patterns and learn concepts. but up until now it was not a recognized medical condition. cbs' jarred hill has more. >> i have always known that i was different. >> reporter: ariel miller says it was things like playing by herself and problems with organization that tipped her mom off when she was young. >> i was always alone and spending time doing my school work instead of interacting with people, which was really scary for me. >> reporter: now 33, she has been living and coping with nonverbal learning disorder, or nvld. it affects nonverbal skills, especially understanding visual spacial processing. >> this might be the ability to pack the back of the carwell, or to follow the instructions to put together a piece of ikea furniture. for children, when they learn to do jigsaw puzzles, or when they're using legos and have to follow instructions. and then in school it becomes incredibly important where they have to interpret pictures or

read graphs. and they also may have trouble with maths and with motor skills. >> reporter: ariel's mom laura started the nvld project over a decade ago, hoping to build a community and create awareness for nvld to become classified by the american psychiatric association. >> we're hoping to get it recognized as a disorder in the medical community. >> reporter: there are also evers to change the name. >> the first thing people think is they're mute or don't talk. the new name proposed is developmental visual spacial disorder. you can describe visual spacial issues like getting lost in space, not understanding what is salient, not reading nonverbal social clues. >> nvld has been gaining attention since chris rock revealed his diagnosis. chris walz revealed his son has nvld. >> i still have nvld. so i can't comment i don't have

it anymore. but there are easy ways you can make it easier for yourself. >> reporter: and she is taking it one step at a time. jarred hill, cbs news, new york. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul.

♪ hello, and thank you so much for staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." vice president kamala harris concedes defeat, urging the nation to accept president-elect donald trump's historic victory. we'll tell you what effect trump's return to the white house will have on his landmark federal criminal case. and it was a big day on wall street where investors are optimistic toward another trump presidency. president-elect donald trump defied expectations and swept every single battleground state that has so far been decided. now the long and complicated presidential transition begins, culminating on january 20th with trump's inauguration in washington, d.c. cbs' bradley blackburn reports from trump transition headquarters in west palm beach, florida.

>> reporter: in her concession speech, vice president kamala harris said she would help with a peaceful transition of power to president-elect donald trump. >> while i concede this election, i do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign. >> reporter: earlier wednesday, harris spoke with trump on the phone, congratulating the former president for his resounding election day victory. >> a fundamental principle of american democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results. >> reporter: the battleground state of wisconsin put trump above the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. the president-elect won the popular vote for the first time in his three white house bids, starting in 2016. >> america has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate. >> reporter: in his victory speech early wednesday, trump vowed to bring change. >> we're going to fix our borders. we're going fix everything about

our country. and we made history for a reason tonight. >> reporter: trump campaign officials tell cbs news they plan to start holding transition meetings immediately here in florida so they're ready to take office on january 20th. trump has said beginning on day one, he will begin the mass deportation of people living in the u.s. illegally. he also says he will end the wars in ukraine and gaza. >> they said you will start a war. i'm not going to start a war. i'm going to stop wars. >> reporter: and the president-elect says he wants to impose a tariff of 10 to 20% on all goods not made in america. bradley blackburn, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. and now that he's clinched victory in the polls, president-elect donald trump appears ready to defeat his landmark federal criminal case in washington. cbs news has learned special counsel jack smith is now making preparations to wind down his criminal case against trump for conspiring to overturn the

results of the 2020 election. it's just one of the legal dominoes poised to fall after inauguration. cbs' scott macfarlane explains. >> reporter: cbs news has learned special counsel jack smith is expected to shut down the federal criminal case in which former president trump is charged with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results. and capitalizing on the chaos of the attack on the capitol as part of the scheme. a justice department policy blocks prosecutions of sitting presidents. >> history will record that the trump prosecutions were resolved not in a court of law, but at the ballot box. but that's for better or for worse the way our constitutional system works. >> reporter: shutting down the prosecutions would also end smith's attempt to avrevive the charges against trump for illegally storing classified documents at mar-a-lago. >> we got immunity at the supreme court. it's so easy. i would try him within two

seconds. >> reporter: the special counsel had hoped to bring trump to trial by jury in washington, d.c. earlier this year, and even seated a new grand jury and secured a new indictment against trump after a july ruling from the supreme court that trump enjoyed some presidential immunity from crimes. but delays and trump's appeals pushed the case well beyond the election. as for the capitol riot defendants still facing trial, trump has not specified if he is considering pardons for some or all of those defendants. one defendant asked a judge to delay proceedings in his case, writing that the defendant is expecting to be relieved of the criminal prosecution that he's currently facing when the new administration takes office. a washington, d.c. judge rejected that request. scott macfarlane, cbs news. another big reaction to donald trump's presidential victory came from wall street, where markets surged on wednesday. investors are betting a second trump presidency will boost the

economy. here is money watch correspondent kelly o'grady explaining what trump's win could mean for your wallet. >> reporter: years of economic pressure spurred trump voters to the polls, hopeful the election could mean relief. >> every day. i will work with $20, just waiting for my paycheck. and honestly, when it was trump in office, i wasn't having that issue. >> i think his economic plan benefitted all of us americans. >> reporter: president-elect trump shared numerous proposals on the campaign trail, but few specifics. one such policy is a sweeping tariff of at least 10% on all imported goods, 60% for those coming from china. what could a trump tariff mean for the american consumer? >> usually when you have a tariff, it's basically a fee on an imported good. i think any sort of reemergence of inflation would be a real shock to the system of consumers. >> reporter: the former president has stated tariffs would be more of a negotiating

tactic to drive better trade deals. >> we're going turn it all around, and we're going to do it through taxation and tariffs. >> reporter: another major pillar of trump's economic plan, cutting taxes. not only does the president-elect intend to extend his 2017 individual cuts, but is also promised to remove taxes on tips and provide a tax credit for family caregivers. it could mean welcome relief for the middle class, but it could also send the national debt soaring, unless paired with less government spending. >> every tax benefit that is awarded to a consumer or to a taxpayer and to a corporate taxpayer has to be paid for. and there has never been a plan to pay for these tax cuts. >> reporter: the president-elect has also promise toddler food prices, but given the details on how. the reality is these policies are nuanced, and the economic impact often lies in the execution. kelly o'grady, cbs news,

washington. thousands of people in southern california have now been ordered to evacuate their homes as powerful winds are accelerating a fast-moving wildfire. it's being called the mountain fire, and first responders say several people have been injured and multiple homes destroyed. the fire broke out wednesday morning in southern california's ventura county, just 50 miles northwest of los angeles. wind gusts of more than 60 miles per hour are making it too dangerous for firefighting airplanes to help battle the flames. straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," big changes are coming to capitol hill. we'll take a look at the new makeup of the house and senate, and what this all means for the future of the nation.

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. when vice president kamala harris delivered her concession speech, it was possibly the most difficult moment of her political career, but as cbs' mark strassmann reports, those speeches are a bedrock part of our democratic process. >> we will make america safe, strong, prosperous, powerful, and free again. >> reporter: we've just watched a two-part, two-speech american ritual. donald trump savored his undeniable triumph. >> while i concede this election, i do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign. >> reporter: but kamala harris had in many ways the tougher speech to give. she had to concede, a moment that demand patriotism despite personal pain. >> earlier today, i spoke with president-elect trump and congratulated him on his victory. >> reporter: words matter.

tone matters for a peaceful transfer of power. >> if you make the argument that i didn't lose, then that undercuts trust in our electoral system. >> reporter: at the university of georgia, professional charles bullock has studied elections for nearly 60 years. >> like any kind of sporting event, you may go well, there were some calls that went against us that shouldn't have, but you get beyond it. >> reporter: sends a needed signal. >> when it's all over, don't keep fighting. >> reporter: in 1960, john f. kennedy beat richard nixon with widespread allegations of vote fraud in texas and chicago. nevertheless, nixon concede. >> once the decision is made, we unite behind the man who is elected. >> reporter: it was a moment where nixon put country above self. >> right, rite. it was very much of a noble moment. he did not continue to fight it. >> reporter: in 2000, george bush beat al gore by just one electoral college vote after the supreme court in a 5-4 decision stopped florida's recount.

>> while i strongly disagree with the court's decision, i accept it. i say to president-elect bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside. >> reporter: john mccain conceded the 2008 election. >> i had the honor of calling senator barack obama to congratulate him. [ booing ] please. >> reporter: beginning in 1896, every presidential election, 31 straight ended with the loser conceding, often with a simple congratulations, always for the good of the country. more than a century of political good will and grace, until four years ago. >> we're going walk down to the capitol. >> reporter: but rules can have exceptions. after the 2020 election, we saw what happens when the exception rules. mayhem. the fraying of our democratic traditions. >> maybe that becomes the norm. so even if you're running in michigan you don't win, you don't concede. >> refusing to concede can

metastasize in the system. >> it does, it does. right, right. >> a fundamental principle of american democracy that when we lose an election, we accept the results. >> reporter: the hope, the country will unify. the worry, what happens if it doesn't. for eye

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the magnitude of the gop victory surprised even the party faithful. but what do the voters think? here is a sample. >> drum one rtrump won, trump w! > i woke up and learned he had the electoral votes. he was going to win the white house for the third time and i started to cry. >> honestly, i'm so a little in shock. >> let's go trump! let's go! let's make this america great again. >> we didn't get the job done. we were supposed to. and it didn't go the way that i had hoped at least. >> usa, usa! >> tears came to my eyes when he got in stage, and a big weight lifted off my chest after i seen him talking. >> the world is not ready for a woman president. >> i think he is going to close the borders. i think he is going to help veterans. he is going to get rid of the illegal criminals that are already here that were allowed to come in.

>> i felt like maybe kamala and her positivity and, you know, clear policies about supporting and uniting would somehow re-ignite the country. >> i'm feeling very disheartened. it's such a -- it's one of the darkest days in history. >> i think there is going to be a lot of sadness from people like myself who wanted to see the first female president, the first indian and woman of color to be president. >> as a palestinian, i could not get myself to bubble in kamala harris, who has repeatedly said over the last seven or eight months that she believes in israel's right to defend itself. >> we have to work together to move forward. and i don't -- we have to find common ground somewhere. >> the voices of america. stay with us. cbs news roundup will be right back.

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desk. >> i'm defining self-confidence as believing in yourself and your abilities. >> emmett, you are a three-time national junior shuffle board champion. this is something very few people know about you. you're very self-confident when you're on a shuffle board court. but what if i put you on the ballet stage? >> i'm out. >> so you can play, but you can't plie! >> point is, self-confidence is easy when you're good at something. the challenge is when you're not. when you're outside your comfort zone. but it is possible. as you'll see in this story, pulled from our library, filed under "self-confidence." in athens, georgia, in the best-seller section of this barnes & noble, kathy rackley found a novel story of her own. did you have any idea at all who he was?

>> none. >> reporter: and you didn't tell her? >> i knew they were going to find out, but i wasn't going to find out. >> reporter: the fact is kathy may have been the only one in athens who didn't know the name malcolm mitchell. number 26 for the university of georgia bulldogs was one of the top recruits in the country a few years ago. he is georgia royalty, and presumably, if kathy had known that, she wouldn't have stood in that barnes & noble talking his ear off about the book club she'd just joined. >> i mean, he like stepped back and said you did. and can i join your book club. i don't know if you want to join mine. we're owl 40, 50 and 60-year-old women. >> reporter: but malcolm was undeterred. which is how one of the top players in the country began meeting monthly with his book club lady friends. >> oh, yeah. and then he went to the wedding? >> i loved that part. >> reporter: he's the only man and the youngest by a generation. but malcolm doesn't care, nor does he care what anyone thinks. >> somebody called me a nerd. it's not a word that i'm used to hearing.

>> reporter: is it okay? are you okay with a label? >> it's like a badge of honor to me. knowing where i came from. >> reporter: malcolm confessed to me that when he started college, he could only read at about a junior high level, and it bothered him. so he started putting as much effort into his reading game as his football game. every free moment he had a book in his hand. he is now reading things he never dreamed he could. and although some of the book club selections he would never pick himself, malcolm seems to enjoy them all. >> the ending was great. >> reporter: looking at your life now, all you've accomplished, what are you most proud of? >> i finished the hunger game series in about two days. >> reporter: have you seen any footage of you scoring touchdowns? that's not your most proud moment? >> that came natural. that's a gift. i had to work to read. >> reporter: but his greatest talent is his self-confidence. to step outside his comfort zone, to be able to meet people

and focus so sincerely on what they have in common instead of their trivial differences. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: sometimes football makes great men. and sometimes great men just happen to play football. malcolm mitchell joins us now. hello, malcolm. >> hi. how are you all? >> we're great. >> how did you find the self-confidence to read after struggling for so long? >> i think my dreams outweighed my fear. so joining the book club, for me, it was as simple as this seems like the necessary next step to get where i want to be. >> you made it into the nfl, and you were in some kind of big contest. what's the name of that? >> something about a bowl. >> super bowl i think it was. >> super bowl. that's right. >> and then after that, you did something even more impressive. >> in 2016, i created share the magic foundation. when i learned how much reading

impacts an individual's life in every aspect, it became my deepest desire to inspire people to read. and one of my ways of doing that is writing picture books. >> how many books have you written? >> i have two books published by scholastic. one is titled "the magician's hat" and the other is titled "my very favorite book in the whole wide world". >> so the guy who could barely read is now an author? >> emmett, i would have to say that in itself explains the power of books. >> thank you, malcolm. hope to see you soon. >> keep spreading that kindness. >> self-confidence means believing in yourself. but more importantly, it means believing that you can be good at something, even if you're not right now.

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