cbs news congressional correspondent nikole killion, and white house chief correspondent peter baker and "new yorker" staff writer susan glasser. susan and peter are coauthors ew book on the trump presidency called "the divider." susan and peter, i want to start with you. to what degree did you just see what kari lake do many in the trump world consider her as a fast rising star? >> i was struck in your interview with her that the trumpist style in american politics, ala the famous paranoid style in american politics seems to be with us whether or not trump himself is literally on the ballot. i think kari lake is an example. she was rerunning a trump play from the 2018 midterm election, which did not work, by the way, in which he falsely claimed there was an invasion at the southern border and actually sent real u.s. military troops to defeat this fake invasion. you have her and other candidates now using this language of invasion. i think we should point out, as a matter of fact, that we are not actually experiencing an invasion, number one. number two, you just -- you have brazennes

cbs news congressional correspondent scott macfarlane has more. >> reporter: a crime unlike any in the led to a criminal trial unlike any in history. stewart rhodes, military vet, yale law grad and former congressional staffer is founder of the far right oath keepers group, along with four

cbs news congressional correspondent scott mcfarland has more. >> reporter: the day after the horrificttack, house speaker nancy pelosi expressed gratitude for law enforcement and her husband's medical team and said she and her family were heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack. president biden spoke with the pelosis on saturday. >> don't know for certain, but it seems this was intended for nancy. kept asking, where's nancy, where's nancy. >> reporter: 42-year-old david depape will face a serious. de pape's social media posts are saturate ready conspiracy theories, holocaust denial. republicans must do more to denounce the violence and end the baseless claims that could fuel threats. >> that's the problem. whoa can't just say, i feel badly about the violence. we condemn it. condemn what produces the violence. and this talk produces the violence. >> reporter: the attack on paul pelosi is the latest in a growing wave of threats and plots against elected official. capitol police records obtained by cbs news show nearly 10,000 investigations into threats on members of c

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our cbs news congressional correspondent is live from capitol hill. scott, what can we expect to learn fros hearing today? >> reporter: good morning. a big big day at the u.s. capitol. it could be the final public hearig of this january 6 panel, this unprecedented congressional come and investigation. it's going to to look and sound different. the won't be live witnesses at the table undergoing live questioni. it will be the committee memberg presentations, components of what they characterize as a clog argument. they haven't forecast what they're about to show but we know what they've obtained since we last saw this committee. hundreds of thousands thousands of pages of documents from u.s. secret service which was a pivotal agency that day in in this place and also an agency agency that had been accused of stonewalling the committee previously. they got their long sought affinity view with jenny thomas, wife of clarence thomase committee says jenny thomas was making arguments to overturn eln results. we'll see what excerpts excerpts or quotes from in

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cbs news has learned that congressional investigators looking into the attack on the capitol are planning to call back two senior members from the secret service. what do they want to know? we get the details now from cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight, the january 6 committee has its sights set on the secret service, with plans to interview tony ornato, the now-retired agency offhutchion's testimony r this year. >> he said something to the effect, i'm the f'ing pre of an e the suburb an when he lunged at a secret service agent. >> the president reached up toward the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, circ you need to take your hand off the steering wheel." mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. >> reporter: engel has been called to testify, as has the unnamed driver of the presidential vehicle. tomorrow marks one week until the deadline for the former president to respond to the committee's subpoena for documents. one committee member tells cbs news there is still no firm indication if trump will comply.

cbs news has learned that congressional investigators looking into the attack on the capitol are planningll back two senior members from the secret service. what do they want to know? well, we get the details now from cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight, the january 6 committee has its sights set on the secret service, with plans to interview tony ornato, the now-retired agency official whose name was featured prominently during former white house aide cassidy hutchinson's testimony earlier this year. >> the president said something to the effect of, "i'm the f'ing president. take me to the capitol now." >> reporter: hutchinson said ornato told her of an episode january 6, 2021, inside trump's suburban, in which the former president lunged at his lead secret service agent, robert engel, urging to be driven to the capitol as the rioters arrived there. >> the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, "sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel." mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards

cbs' scott macfarlane is right there on the scene. good evening, scott. what happened? >> reporter: norah, good evening. a congressional source tells cbs news including two handguns and a shotgun were found in a white van stopped steps away fry the u.s. supreme court. an 81-year-old man is under arrest on weapons charges. his adult grandson is in custody, and a woman with them was briefly detained but released. the van was pulled over for a police stop. a police dog alerted to something suspicious in the vehicle. they say they did find concerning items in the car, but no explosives. the supreme court was not in session today, but this happens at a time of heightened security around the high court. an eight-foot fence was just recently removed. it had been erected after justices received threats ahead of their abortion rights ruling. and this is not the first gun seized, norah. at least 16 since january of 2021 according to public records obtained by cbs news. >> all right. law enforcement on alert. scott macfarlane, thank you. >>> president biden today ordered the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve. he says the

cbs' scott macfarlane there on the scene. good evening, scott. what happened? >> reporter: norah, good evening. a congressional source tells cbs newsuns, including two handguns and a shotgun, were found in a white van stopped steps away from the u.s. supreme court. an 81-year-old man is under arrest on weapons charges. his adult grandson is in custo d a woman withthem was briefly detained but released. policetop. a police dog alerted to something suspicious in the vehicle. they say they did find concerning items in the car bute no explosives. no explosives. t the supreme court was not in session today, but this happens at a time of heightened security around the high court. an eight-foot fence was just an eight-foot fence wa recently removed. it had been erected after justices received threats aheadd of their of their abortion rights ruling. and this is not the first gung. and this is not the first gun seized, norah.eized, norah. at leas at least 16 since january 2021, according to public records obtained by cbs news. >> o'donnell: all right, law enforcement on alert.> o'donnelw enfor scott macfarlane, thank you. president biden to

cbs news elections and surveys director anthony salvanto is here. anthony, tell us more. >> good morning, margaret. we've been talking to voters throughout this campaign in all the congressionallatest cbs news estimate is that the republicans lead in distri rity.ish to take now, there ran a these estimates. let me show you the political implications here. they really center around turnout. you might ask, do democrats have any chance to hang on, even to a slim house majority? the answer to that starts with the possibility that they get bigger turnout from younger voters. if voters show up the way they did in, say, 2018, that could get the democrats a little bit closer, make the house effectively even. the trouble for them is, we have not seen strong indications that that is going to happen. the more likely scenario is that republicans, who do have an express turnout advantage, more motivation, more enthusiasm so far, if their turnout advantage grows, we plug that into the model and that would get the republicans up to 238 seats, a slightly larger majority. now, in any case, we're looking at a seat gain here for the republicans that's about or even below average for a party out

cbs news has learned that congressional investigators looking into the attack on the capitol are planning members from the secret service. what do they want to know? we get the details now from cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight the january 6th committee has its sights set on the secret service with plans to interview tony ornato, the now retired agency official whose name was featured prominently during former white house aide cassidy hutchinson's testimony earlier this year. >> the president said something to the effect of, i'm the f-ing president. take me up to the capitol now. >> reporter: hutchinson said ornato told her of an episode on january 6th, 2021, inside trump's suburban in which the former president lunged at his lead secret service agent, robert engle, urging to be driven to the capitol as the rioters arrived there. >> the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel. >> r

new details. >>> congressional power hangs in the balance. what a cbs poll says who could win in the upcoming midterm election. >>> violence on the streets of san jose. lease investigating a number of shootings and stabbings. thank you for joining us. >> new details emerging tonight in the attack of paul pelosi. >> the suspect is expected to make his first court appearance on tuesday according to the san francisco district attorney's office who said they plan to charge him tomorrow. police say they saw him attacking the speaker's husband with a hammer and is facing attempted murder, elder abuse, and burglary charges. >> speaker pelosi is in the city and was seen this morning leaving her home. she released a statement yesterday saying the family was traumatized by the attack and thanking people for the outpouring of love and support. >> the san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins is debunking conspiracy theories about the attack tonight. >> kpix5 's da lin has the details. >> a study came out to release the details but more importantly, correct th

knew there'd be violence, and the never-before-seen video of congressional leadership during the assault. cbs's scott macfarlane has the new details. no death penalty. the outrage and tears in the ourtroom after a jury in the recommends the parkland shooter get life without parole. >> this animal deserves to die. >> o'donnell: killed in the line of duty -- three connecticut police officers apparently ambushed, leaving two dead, including a father including a father of two with one on the way. cbs's lilia luciano is on the scene. >> today our hearts are broken. >> o'donnell: and red-hot inflation. prices are up everywhere, from the grocery store to the gas station, even at the bar. ( ringing bell ) plus, what happened today on wall street. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. it was a dramatic ending to what's expected to be the final january 6th hearing, a vote to subpoena former president trump to appear before congress, and it came after shocking new evidenc

knew there'd be violence, and the never-before-seen video of congressional leadership during the assault. cbs's scott macfarlane has the new details. no death penalty. the outrage and tears in the courtroom after a jury recommends the parkland shooter get life without parole. >> this animal deserves to die

knew there'd be violence, and the never-before-seen video of congressional leadership during the assault. cbs's scott macfarlane has the newth penalty. the outrage and tears in the ourtroom after a jury in the recommends the parkland shooter get life without parole. >> this animal deserves to die. >> o'donnell: killed in the line of duty -- three connecticut police offics

news to get to tonight, and cbs' scott macfarlane will start us off from capitol hill. good evening, scott. >> norah, good evening. after a year-long investigation and a series of congressionallike we've ever seen before, the house select january 6th committee voted unanimously to take its probe to the next level, calling former president trump the central figure of january 6th. >> those in favor will say aye. >> aye. >> with just weeks remaining to finish its work, the house select january 6th committee made the stunning move, calling on the former president to testify. >> he must be accountable. he is required to answer for his actions. he is required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy. >> reporter: the committee argued trump agitated the crowd, then directed them to the capitol, knowing some were armed and angry. >> the central cause of january 6th was one man, donald trump, who many others followed. none of this would have happened without him. >> we need them there now, whoever you got. >> reporter: in never before released footage, the committee showed congressional leaders who had just been evacuated b