all right, robert costa. thank you. >>> well, today federal agents arrested an illinois woman who is accused of threatening to shoot former president trump and his youngest son, barron, who is 17 years old. court documents say that tracy fee ren za admitted to making her threat in emails to a school in palm beach, florida, in may and june. the trumps' primary residence is in palm beach. fee ren za is expected to be brought to florida to face charges. >>> a community in california is hken after a local business owner was shot to death. police say the gunman objected to the mother of nine displaying a pride flag outside her shop in lake arrowhead. here's cbs's elise preston. >> reporter: the pain palpable as community members cling to each other for comfort. signs of love and support flood this space where loved ones say hate killed lauri carleton. carleton was shot and killed friday after police say the shooter made several disparaging remarks about the pride flags hanging outside her shop. her best friend tel

norah. >> norah: all right, robert costa, thank you.se oversight committee today interviewed hunter biden's former business partner devon archer, about any possible connections to president biden. cbs's catherine herridge has new details on the hours long behind closed doors testimony. >> reporter: devon archer was one of hunter biden's closest business associates, and served alongside the president's son on the board of burisma, a ukraine energy firm. both republicans and democrats say that archer testified that hunter biden put his father on speakerphone with business associates. the republican committee chairman said that joe biden was the brand, that his son sold around the world to enrich the biden family. but a senior democrat who was there today said that he did not hear any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. >> the witness was very, very consistent that none of those conversations ever had to do with any business dealings or transactions, they were purely what he called "casual conversations." >> reporter: and the white ho

there's a lot to get to tonight, and cbs's robert costa is here to start us off. you, norah. it was something americans have never seen before. a former president accused of trying to defraud the nation he once led. and arriving back in washington to a crowd gathered not at the white house but at a federal courthouse. former president donald trump took on his critics after he left his arraignment in washington. >> this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america. >> reporter: he traveled to the federal courthouse under heavy security, escorted by his secret service detail. throngs of protesters and fans gathered outside. once inside, he was processed, but no mug shot was taken. inside, trump was fingerprinted. in the courtroom, he raised his right hand to be sworn in. he stated his name and gave his age as seven-seven, 77. he pleaded not guilty to four charges brought in a grand jury investigation being led by special counsel jack smith, who was also in the courtroom. three counts of conspiracy, one for obstruction for al

there's a lot to get to tonight and cbs's robert costa is here to start us off. r: good evening to you, norah. it was something americans have never seen before. a former president accused of trying to defraud the nation he once led. and arriving back in washington to a crowd gathered, not at the white house, but at a federal courthouse. former president donald trump took on his critics after he left his arraignment in washington. >> this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america. >> reporter: he traveled to the federal courthouse under heavy security, escorted by his secret service detail. throngs of protesters and fans gathered outside. once inside, he was processed, but no mug shot was taken. inside, trump was fingerprinted. in the courtroom, he raised his right hand to be sworn in. he stated his name and gave his age as 7-7. 77. he pleaded not guilty to four charges, brought in a grand jury investigation being led by special counsel jack smith, who was also in the courtroom. three counts of conspiracy, one for obstr

all right, robert costa, thank you.ested an illinois woman who is accused of threatening to shoot former president trump and his youngest son barron who is 17 years old. court documents say that tracy fiorenza admitted to making her threat in emails to a school in palm beach, florida, in may and june. the trumps' primary residence is in palm beach. fiorenza is expected to be brought to florida to face charges. a community in california as heartbroken after a local business owner was shot to death. police say the gunman objected to the mother of nine displaying a pride flag outside her shop in lake arrowhead. here is cbs's elise preston. >> reporter: the pain palpable as community members cling to each other for comfort. signs of love and support flood this space where loved ones and say hate killed lauri carleton. carleton was shot and killed friday after police say the shooter made several disparaging remarks about the pride flags hanging outside her shop. >> the suspect identified as travis ikeguchi. carleton confront

. >> and robert costa joins us now with more from washington. so, bob, what are we learning about how expensive these legal fees are and how trump is paying for them? >> reporter: trump's political action committee has already spent more than $40 million on legal fees this year, and cbs news has learned tonight that a new legal defense fund is now being established by trump associates as they brace for more indictments on the horizon. norah. >> all right. robert costa, thank you. >>> well, now to the desperate search for a kidnapped american nurse and her daughter in haiti. alix dorsainvil was abducted near haiti's capital and works for a faith-based organization that runs a school for underserved haitian students. the state department says they are in regular contact with the haitian authorities, but they declined further comment. >>> turning now to the war in ukraine, president zelenskyy says at least six people, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother, were killed today in a russian missile attack on his hometown. it is seen as retaliatio

. >> robert costa, thank you. >>> the u.s. navy remains on alert after chinese and russian warships approached the coast of alaska last week in an unprecedented joint military patrol. the ships never entered u.s. waters and were not considered a threat to the aleutian islands. but the u.s. did send four navy destroyers and surveillance planes to keep watch until they left the area. >>> turning to the war in ukraine, ukraine's security service says a woman is under arrest for an alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. cbs's ramy inocencio has the latest from odesa. >> reporter: "we will continue the internal cleansing of our state" said volodymyr zelenskyy. mere hours later, ukraine's spy agency alleged this ukraininian woman w was an inforormant for russia, now arrested, who gathered intel on the presesident's jululy itinerary mykolaiv, a city near the southeast front line, for a possible assassination attempt and, quote, massive air strike. also today, two russian hypersonic missiles slammed into the eastern f

. >> robert costa with all those new details, thank you very much. >>> and now to this breaking news. a suspect is in custody tonight after chaos on the campus of the university of north carolina at chapel hill. a faculty member was shot and ki killed, locking down the school and forcing terrified students and faculty to barricade themselves inside dorm rooms and classrooms for hours. here's cbs's jeff pegues. >> active shooter on campus. >> reporter: in a massive show of force, police at the university of north carolina swarm the campus. the alert went out first of a person armed and dangerous, and then -- >> the gunshot victim is going to be in room 159. >> i'm grieved to report that one of our faculty members was killed in this shooting. >> reporter: tense moments and a lockdown that lasted hours. the silence punctuated by police helicopters and chimes from the campus bell tower. officers began evacuating buildings, several groups at a time. >> i heard one gunshot, and i've been hearing, like, sirens and all of that. >> we all very quickly jumped up out of our seats to get gejs the

robert costa, thank you. >>> we turn now to a closely watched battle over abortion.iming victory after voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to add abortion protections to the state's constitution. cbs' caitlin huey-burns reports on the political impact of the vote. >> reporter: ohio, we did it. we did it! >> reporter: voter turnout far exceeded expectations for a summer special election that sent a message across the country. >> they underestimated ohio. and they have aye awakened a sleeping giant. >> reporter: at issue, whether to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution from a simple majority, 50% plus one vote to 60%. republicans, including secretary of state frank larose had hoped to implement the change ahead of november when enshrining abortion protections into the state constitution will be on the ballot. >> of course we don't want the to see a really radical abortion amendment put in our state constitution. >> changing the rules at this stage in the game, isn't that stacking the deck? >> no. >> repo

and as robert costa reports, the investigation now includes trump's social media account. >> reporter: court documents reveal the special counsel obtained a search warrant for former president donald trump's twitter account seeking more information as it continues to investigate the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. trump responded immediately on social media calling the search warrant a major hit on my civil rights. as prosecutors continue to build their case, we're learning new details about the justice department's probe into trump's conduct in and around january 6th. a memo authored by trump lawyer ken chesebro written in early december, 2020, and first reported by "the new york times" outlines a plot to encourage the creation of false trump electors in battleground states where trump lost. the idea was to compel congress to consider those false slates on january 6th when it certified the election. in the memo, he writes that letting matters play out this way would enable trump to deprive biden of electoral votes, but he acknowledged the proposal as a bold controversial stra

i'm robert costa. tonight the legal battle between former president donald trump and the federal prosecutors investigating january 6th is nearing a crucial showdown in court just as the republican presidential race is heating up and his own former vice president is speaking out. trump's legal team has now been ordered to respond as soon as possible to the justice department, which is seeking to restrain comments about the case made by trump, who has been raging against special counsel jack smith both on the campaign trail and on social media. this weekend trump's lawyers sought a delay, but the judge tanya chutkan denied that request and gave trump a monday deadline to respond. trump pleaded not guilty this past week to criminal charges related to his alleged role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's willie james inman is in washington tracking the latest developments. willie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, robert. ahead of monday's standoff over what former president donald trump c

robert costa reports. >> reporter: a legal and political collision. the march 4th, 2024, trial date when trump will face criminal charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election will take place before super tuesday when voters in 14 states across the country cast ballots in primary elections. judge tanya chutkan denied the request from trump to start the trial in 2026, telling trump's lawyers mr. trump will have to make this trial date work regardless of his schedule. there are now three trials crowding his schedule next spring, and trump's former chief of staff mark meadows 'peered in court in fulton county, in an attempt to move his charges from state court to federal court. meadows was present on a phone squall between trump and georgia secretary of state mr. brad raffensperger. >> mr. president, everybody is is present on the line. this is mark meadows, chief of staff. >> reporter: when trump asked him the overturn the election. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. >> reporter: meadows, who unexpectedly took t

but i'm sure they have more. >> i want to bring in robert costa again. robert, walk us through what essentially is in this indictment, because in addition to these charges we also get a glimpse at some of the evidence that the special counsel has. >> a lot of evidence. but what is important to recognize when you digest this document is that this indictment was issued against former president trump while the investigation continues. so the special counsel jack smith is still pressing some of these alleged coconspirators and other witnesses to further cooperate with the government as theyuild the case against trump. it almost like you're trying to fix the plane or change its engine while its landing. this is a lot of work going on simultaneously inside the justice department, and with thisndtment shows in brief is a former president, then in the white house, was orchestrating acheme that played off on many fronts. it wasn't just trump asking someone to overturn the election. it was trump, based on this indictment, leaning on members of congress, leaning on

as robert costa reports, the request followed a social media post by trump that some found threatening >>> in a filing, trump's lawyers pushed back against prosecutors and their request to limit what the former president can say, arguing it is, in effect, asking the court to censor his political speech. the request from federal prosecutors came as trump's attacks against special counsel jack smith are now standard on the campaign trail. >> he's a deranged human being. those indictments aren't worth the paper they're written on. >> reporter: and his social media outbursts, including writing, if you go after me, i'm coming after you, prompted prosecutors to act, alarmed about the possibility that trump could divulge sensitive information or even evidence in the case. >> i think the former president's most recent comments really reinforce the government's concern that the former president is not a defendant who sits and ruminates in silence. >> reporter: trump lawyer john lauro said trump can speak out on free speech grounds. >> we're going to file on first amendment grounds, on the fact

cbs news' robert costa has today's late-breaking details and starts us off tonight. evening, major. let's talk about the former president's defense at this point. the former president is saying -- is being accused of a sweeping conspiracy against the united states, something that's based on fraudulent claims of the election being rigged. according to the indictment, for more than two months following election day, the defendant spread lies that there was fraud in the election and he had actually won. is these claims were false, and the defendant knew they were false. >> the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. as described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news former president trump's legal team is now mapping out a new strategy to push back on the charges, shifting blame onto lawyers who were advising him at the time of the aftermath of the 2020 election. in a recent social media post, trump noted his attorneys met with the dep

robert costa, thank you very much.er suspect bryan kohberger has been indefinitely delayed. kohberger, who waived his right to a speedy trial, is charged with the brutal stabbing of four university of idaho students last november. his attorneys requested the delay, saying they need more time to prepare their defense. kohberger has pleaded not guilty. tonight, the county of maui filed a lawsuit against the hawaiian electric company alleging the utility's neglect caused the deadliest wildfire in the u.s. in more than a century. meanwhile, cbs's ben tracy reports the search for victimsot ruins and the sea were many tried to escape. >> reporter: divers are scouring a 4-mile stretch of water off lahaina, searching for any human remains. scores of people jumped into the water to escape the fast-moving fire on august 8th. not everyone made it out. back on shore, the painstakingly grim search for the deaead cocontinues. >>>> the amoununt of -- ofof fie deststruction ththat has hapappd hehere makes e everything blend together,

major. >> major: robert costa, thank you. the u.s.nese and russian warships approached the coast of alaska last week in an unprecedented joint military patrol. the ships never entered u.s. waters and were not considered a threat to the aleutian islands, but the u.s. did send four navy destroyers and a surveillance plane to keep watch until they left the area. turning to the war in ukraine, ukraine security service as a woman is under a less for an alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. cbs's ramy inocencio has the latest for odesa. >> "we will continue with the internal cleansing of our state" said volodymyr zelenskyy. mere hours later, ukrainian spy agency alllleged at thisis ukran woman was an informant for russia, now arrested who gathered intel on thee presidident's july itinerary to mykolaiv, a city near the southwest front line for a possible essay's donation attempts and "massive air strike." also today two russian hypersonic missiles slammed into pokrovsk near the eastern front line killing at least five and w

david becker, robert costa, nikole killion, scott macfarlane, thank you for being here today.it. >> we will be right back. >>> welcome back. russia's investigative committee confirmed today that the remains of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin have been positively identified along with nine others who died in a plane crash last week. we're joined by fiona hill, senior fellow at the brookings institution and former white house russia expert. good morning, fiona. thank you so much for being here. russian president vladimir putin claims he had nothing to do with this. is there anyone in the diplomatic community who believes that? >> i doubt it. i think what we cap certainly say he didn't order it not to happen because there are plenty of people who were painting a target on prigozhin's back. the system it will expected him to be taken out in the picture in some fashion. i guess it was a question about what the method would be, and, in fact, i think over the last two months there's been more shock not just internationally but domestically based on source reporting that fact that not

and cbs's robert costa was there. >> reporter: republican presidential candidates pushed ahead today in the wake of a contentious debate where the front-runner was a no-show. >> it didn't matter to me last night in the end that he wasn't there. >> reporter: political newcomer vivek ramaswamy won attention. >> do you want a super pac puppet, or do you want a patriot who speaks the truth? >> reporter: and he also drew attacks. >> now is not the time for on the job training. we don't need to bring in a rookie. >> i've had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like chatgpt. >> reporter: but the difference is on the big issues were also front and center. on ukraine, a stark divide over whether the u.s. should continue to support that embattled nation as it fends off a russian invasion and whether allies should do more. >> i will have europe to pull their weight. right now they're not doing that. >> ukraine is not a priority for the united states of america. >> you have no foreign policy experience, and it shows. >> and you know what? >> it shows. >> anybody that thinks we can't solve

cbs's robert costa is in milwaukee and joins us. good evening, robert.s. the former president is facing 91 charges and still dominant in the polls. what do you expect will be some of the issues discussed tonight? >> reporter: good evening, norah. while some in the party do see this as a moment where the republican party is at a crossroads, many on stage tonight, based on our latest reporting, do not see this as a reckoning on trump. instead, they want to focus on issues that are kitchen table, front and center for so many republican voters, whether it is the economy and taxes, or how far to go on federal policy on abortion rights, and on foreign policy, about the u.s. role in ukraine. >> norah: how do you expect these candidates will distinguish themselves? >> reporter: it's a real choice they all have to make. do they attack and punch up at former president trump, by far the republican front-runner? we hear that former new jersey governor chris christie and former vice president mike pence will do just that tonight from this stage. but others will not a

robert costa, thank you. former president donald trump's arraignment tomorrow afternoon. well, the gunman responsible for killing 11 worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh in 218, will be sentenced to death. cbs's shanelle kaul reports a federal jury today unanimously recommended 50-year-old robert bowers be put to death for carrying out the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. >> finally, justice has been served. >> reporter: inside this pittsburgh courthouse, victims families, a juror, even the judge broke down in tears as robert bowers learned he will be given the death penalty. >> anti-semitism and hate have no place in our hearts, no place in our communities, no place in our country. >> reporter: the gunman killed 11 worshipers and injured seven others when he opened fire inside the tree of life synagogue in october 2018. before the attack, prosecutors argued bowers spent years making anti-semitic comments online. this june, he was convicted of all 63 charges against him, in

cbs news' robert costa has today's late-breaking details and starts us off tonight. evening, major. an historic day with the former president and the current republican front-runner donald trump accused by the justice department of spearheading a criminal conspiracy against the united states. according to the indictment, for more than two months following election day, the defendant spread lies that there was fraud in the election, and he had actually won. these claims were false, and the defendant knew they were false. the former president was also charged with impeding the january 6th congressional proceeding where the 2020 election outcome was to be verified and led to the storming of the capitol by trump supporters. >> the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it is described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. lies by the defendant. >> reporter: the indictment lists six unnamed coconspirators. to the actions described possibly match of the conduct of former attorney rudy giuliani

media account, calling smith "deranged" and the indictment "election interference" cbs's news robert costals and start this off tonight vehicle robert, good evening. >> good evening, major. let's talk about the former president's defense this point. the former president is saying -- is being accused of a sweeping conspiracy against the united states, something that is based on fraudulent claims of the election being rigged. according to the indictment, for more than two months following election day, the defendant spread lies that there was fraud in the election and he had actually won. these claims were false, and the defendant knew they were false. >> the attack on our nation's capital on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. it is described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies. lies by the defendant. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news former president trump's legal team is now mapping out a new strategy:% shifting blame onto lawyers, who were advising him at the time of the aftermath of the 2020 election. in a recent social media post, wi

i'm robert costa in new york.n incendiary social media post by former president donald trump has sparked a standoff between him and federal prosecutors. after trump broadly threatened revenge on friday, justice department officials pushed back and asked the judge in the january 6th case to rein in trump. this comes just days after trump pleaded not guilty in federal court over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and tonight after the judge gave trump a deadline of 5:00 p.m. monday to respond there has been a flurry of statements from both sides. cbs's christina ruffini is in washington tracking the latest in this legal showdown. good evening, christina. >> reporter: good evening, robert. well, the trump legal team has responded and they've asked for three more days. but this is just one of many legal proceedings the former president is facing as he tries to become president yet again. >> every time they file an indictment we go way up in the polls. ♪ stand up ♪ >> reporter: simultaneously facing thr

>> norah: robert costa with all those new details, thank you very much. in custody tonight after chaos on the campus of the university of north carolina chapel hill. a faculty member was shot and killed, locking down the school and forcing terrified students and faculty to barricade themselves inside dorm rooms and classrooms for hours. here is cbs's jeff pegues. >> possible active shooter on campus. >> reporter: in a massive show of force, police at the university of north carolina swarm the campus. the alert went out. first, of a person armed and dangerous and then... >> the gunshot victim is going to be in room 159. >> i'm grieved to report that one of our faculty members was killed in this shooting. >> reporter: tense moments in a lockdown that lasted hours. the silence punctuated by police helicopters and chimes from the campus bell tower. officers began evacuating the building several groups at a time. >> i heard one gunshot and i have been hearing sirens and all of that. >> we all very quickly jumped up out of our seats to get against the wall so t

robert costa, thank you. we turn now to a closely watched battle over abortion.re claiming victory after voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have made it more difficult to add abortion protections to the state's constitution. cbs's caitlin huey-burns reports on the political impact of the vote. >> ohio, we did it. we did it! [cheers and applause] >> reporter: voter turnout far exceeded expectations for a summer special election that sent a message across the country. >> they underestimated ohio. [cheers] and they have awakened a sleeping giant. >> reporter: at issue, whether to raise the threshold to amend the state constitution from a simple majority i'm a 50% plus one vote, to 60%. republicans, including secretary of state frank larose come had hoped to implement the change ahead of november, when enshrining an abortion protections into the state constitution will be on the ballot. >> of course we don't want to see a really radical abortion amendment put in our state constitution. >> changing the rules at this stage of the game, isn't tha

i'm robert costa.ouldn't the legal battle between former president donald trump and the federal prosecutors investigating january 6th is nearing a crucial showdown in court just as the republican presidential race is heating up. and his own former vice president is speaking out. trump's legal team has now been ordered to respond as soon as possible to the justice department, which is seeking to restrain comments about the case made by trump, who has been raging against special counsel jack smith both on the campaign trail and on social media. this weekend trump's lawyers sought a delay, but judge tanya chutkan denied that request and gave trump a monday deadline to respond. trump pleaded not guilty this past week to criminal charges related to his alleged role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. cbs's willie james inman is in washington tracking the latest developments. willie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, robert. ahead of monday's standoff over what former president donald trump can a

robert costa, cbs chief election and campaign correspondence, great to have you, as always.news. wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we've had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we've got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we're going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. now, that is going to be working into the south—west of the uk, but already those winds are picking up across south west england, across southern parts of wales, as our band of rain gets driven northwards and eastwards across much of the country. and, ok, it's going to be a mild start to the day on wednesday, but those winds will continue to strengthen during the first part of the morning. the windiest

robert costa is a correspondent with cbs news. hejoined me earlier. studio is robert kostyuk, chief election and campaign correspondent for cbs news. great to have you with us, bob. —— costa. we are on uncharted territory i think it's fair to say and also we have been here before in the past few months when it comes to donald trump so talk to us about what you are hearing today from the trump campaign? inside the trump campaign today there is defiance and inside his legal team there will be a push to delay this trial, the special counseljack smith has wanted to get this moving after the indictment of trump and he now wants to make sure this is moving at a speedy clip as the campaign season heats up. there's going to be a delay strategy from from's lawyers untold from sources close to the legal team as they make the argument to thejudge the legal team as they make the argument to the judge in the coming days that because trump faces a trial looming in new york over hush money payments, he faces the classified documents case in florida and now in additio

robert costa, thank you.mer president donald trump's arraignment tomorrow afternoon. >>> well, the gunman responsible for killing 11 worshipers a the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh in 2018 will be sentenced to death. cbs' shanelle kaul reports a federal jury today unanimously recommended 50-year-old robert bowers be put to death for carrying out the deadliest anti-semitic attack in american history. >> finally, justice has been served. >> reporter: inside this pittsburgh courthouse, victims' families, a juror, even the judge broke down in tears as robert bowers learned he will be given the death penalty. >> anti-semitism and hate have no place in our hearts, no place in our communities, no place in our country. >> reporter: the gunman killed 11 worshippers and injured seven others when he opened fire inside the tree of life synagogue in october 2018. before the attack, prosecutors argued bowers spent years making anti-semitic comments online. this june, he was convicted of all 63 charges against him, in

robert costa, cbs chief election and campaign correspondence, great to have you as always.being with us. i'd like to ask you about the indictment and what you think of the charges that the special counsel's office has brought. special counsel's office has brou:ht. ~ ., , special counsel's office has brought-— brought. when i was very interesting _ brought. when i was very interesting and _ brought. when i was very interesting and they've i brought. when i was very i interesting and they've used the indictment, this speaking indictment are set out their story, their narrative of what happened here, very thoroughly. and so, i looked sort of beyond the four charges which are no doubt very serious and pose a big threat to the former president's liberty but the narrative here, of what happened, so i think that narrative is particularly ported for the public to have that in one spot, narrative of according to thejustice department. ii according to the justice department.— according to the justice department. according to the justice deartment. , ., ., ., department. if you look a

prosecutor in the southern district of new york, and cbs chief election and campaign correspondent robert costaabout 23 square miles of foliage. more than 1100 firefighters and 1a water—carrying aircraft have been deployed to battle the fires. this all comes as portugal recorded its hottest day on—record this year, raising the risks for fires. in the us, a former minneapolis police officer has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in the death of george floyd. the ex—officer, tou thao, held bystanders away while another ex—officer knelt on floyd's neck for nine and a half minutes, in may of 2020. thao was found guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter in may of this year. history will be made later this week with the latest launch of virgin galactic�*s commercial space programme. the first mother—daughter duo will go to space. ana mayers and her mother keisha schahaff won a place on the company's second flight in a prize draw. they will be the first mother and daughter and the first people from the caribbean to make the journey. to just have the experience to actually go

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." >> i'm robert costa in washington, we're coming on the air with breaking news in georgia's investigationd interference in the 2020 presidential election. cbs news has learned that a fulton county grand jury has voted to indict donald trump for his efforts to overturn his election loss to then president-elect joe biden. this is the fourth indictment in less than five months, and like his third indictment issued in washington, tonight's is for alleged crimes committed while trump was still in office. the fulton county district attorney's office began this investigation following the release of the infamous phone call where then president trump asked the secretary of state to quote find 11,780 votes. >> specifically the indictment brings felony charges against donald john trump, rudolph william louis giuliani. john charles eastman, mark randall meadows. john chesebro. jeffrey clark. jenna lynn ellis. every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating georgia's racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act through participation in a criminal enterprise in

for more, we're joined by our senior investigative correspondent catherine herridge and robert costa..s. attorney in delaware, had been said to have full ability to bring a prosecution. why did he feel he needed special counsel status, and what actually changes now? >> well, as you mentioned, margaret, david weiss has said that he had the ultimate authority. but based on the order friday for special counsel status at his request, he wanted that ultimate authority now in writing. and that makes a lot of sense to me based on our reporting here at cbs news, because we heard exclusively from these irs whistle-blowers who said he wanted to partner with u.s. counties in california and washington, d.c. to bring charges, but he was refused. if you look closely at the language here in the order, it says that the special counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes in any federal jurisdiction. so now he's got it in black and white so there can be no question. >> does that suggest something political rather than legal? >> this is one of the lingering questions in the case is that why sudden

. >>> plus, robert costa with a read with tess gunty. >>> kris van cleave on some decidedly differentrpet. >>> we will have the latest on those destructive wildfires on the hawaii andr island of maui, story from jim kbaf began and more. it's sunday morning, august 13th, 2023, and we'll return in a moment. >>> he is the subject of a current art exhibit, popular podcast and many books. his name is banksy, an artist who works in the shadows, but can't seem to avoid the limelight. seth doane goes in search of an elusive modern master. >> reporter: most artists have an obsession that defines their work. monet had light. hawkny has color. i've got police response time. that's banksy in his own words, from his first authorized exhibition in 14 years. one scene is a vandal he has revered for his work, it sells for millions. street artist's most ambitious masterpiece may be keeping his identity hidden. did you hear directly from banksy? >> no, this is what, i suppose, one of the great mysteries. i have never met him. i have never spoken to him. >> reporter: you are hosting the exhibition? >> y

robert costa squares off with chris christie. >> hey, man, what's your name?>> neil, we are going to work hard. >> don't you worry. >> me and donald trump, how much fun will that be? get ready, baby. >> reporter: chris christie has always been ready to mix it up. >> he never got his ass kicked somebody from new jersey before. >> reporter: he has had that personality for a long time. >> you should see me when i'm pissed. >> reporter: a decade ago, critics called him the bully on america's boardwalk. then new jersey's governor, christie sat down with "sunday morning's" tracy smith. >> are you a bully? >> no. i'm not a bully. i am a fighter. >> going to get thrown in jail, idiot. >> reporter: bully or not, christie need that attitude and his response to superstorm sandy in 2012 -- >> i'm gonna lose it. >> reporter: his calling cards. some republicans loved him. >> one piece at a time, all right? >> reporter: others, less so, especially after he worked with president obama, a democrat, in the aftermath of the storm. >> i can't thank the president enough. >> hi, go

prosecutor in the southern district of new york, and cbs chief election and campaign correspondent robert costae and the political consequences. trump's legal team have today opposed a government order for a protective order. sarah, what does this mean for the january 6 case against the former president? these types of protective orders have become very standard, frankly, in recent years and they are going to be litigating the details of this protective order. it is clear one will be issued. the question is how broad it will be, the question is what types of classifications will be for the various documents, and so that really remains to be seen. it is, frankly, reasonable for donald trump's team to be litigating the contours of that protective order and that is something that is done in a really standard way. rob, to you now. this past weekend, we saw donald trump attack judge tanya chutkan online. since then, we have learned that the security detail has been upped for both the judge in this case and special counsel jack smith. are there concerns about their safety? there are growing concerns

robert costa is a correspondent with cbs news, hejoined me earlier. rrespondent for cbs news. great to have you with us. we are on somewhat unusual ground, this is uncharted territory, and yet we have also been here before in the past few months when it comes to donald trump. talk to us about what you are hearing today from the trump camp. hearing today from the trump cam -. , , . ., h, camp. inside the trump campaign toda , camp. inside the trump campaign today. there _ camp. inside the trump campaign today. there is — camp. inside the trump campaign today, there is defiance, - camp. inside the trump campaign today, there is defiance, and i today, there is defiance, and the legal team will push to delay this trial. special counseljack smith has wanted to get this moving, and after the indictment he wants to make sure it moves at speed, as the campaign season heats up. there is going to be a delay strategy from the trump lawyers, as they make the argument to the judge in the coming days that because trump faces a trial looming in new york over hush mon

this is a cbs news and special report, i'm robert costa in washington.oming on the air night with breaking news in georgia's investigation into alleged interference in the 2020 presidential election... now unlike the other three criminal cases mr trump faces, in the new case cameras were allowed in court to see the moment the judge in fulton county approved the grand jury�*s decision to indict mrtrump. you can see the official handing over the big stack of papers. so, let's take a closer look at the indictment. it's 97 pages long and includes the 41 counts faced by mr trump, and 18 others. it also includes evidence such as mr trump's tweets. the former president has been charged with attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat in georgia. he is facing 13 of the 41 charges. the 18 other people indicted includes people who were very close to mr trump in 2020. amongst them, former trump lawyer rudy giuliani seen here on the left, with former white house chief of staff mark meadows on the right. there's also former white house lawyerjohn eastman, and a f

robert costa, cbs, conditions of release. this is what happened in the courtroom. agreed to by both sides. no violations of federal law. must appear in court as required and sign appearance bond. shall not communicate about the facts of the case to any individual known to the defendant to be a witness except through attorneys. again, that's robert costa, cbs, in the courtroom. janet, atlanta, democrat, you are on c-span. caller: yes i will not vote for biden ever again. i don't believe he is a unifier like he pretends he is. it's time for robert kennedy junior to be our president. if you are going to get someone in there who is a unifier, you get him. host: janet, do you want to make any comments about today's indictment? caller: the indictment is only because biden is not a unifier. host: thank you. we will leave it there. this text came in. president biden's dirt doesn't make former president trump clean. both are corrupt. let's talk to norma, next, virginia. caller: hi there, how are you? host: how are you? caller: i'm so disgusted. i believe this is a national