>> norah: we have been watching very closely, scott macfarlane, thank you so much. donald trump met with his probation officer after being convicted of 34 felony charges in new york. in a month he will face sentencing. cbs's robert costa joins us now, we have not seen anything like this before. >> reporter: we have not come a good evening norah, former president trump spent the day at his home in mar-a-lago, but he did talk with todd blanchette to his side, lasting less than half an hour, answering questions about its personal background, criminal record, and employment history, they will prepare a report for judge juan merchan on with a sentencing recommendation. and new polling shows a majority of likely voters feel that the conviction is not a major factor in november's election. the top issues being the economy and inflation where trump has an edge. and you can tell in the coming days, sources tell cbs news that both donald trump and president biden will make pitches to workers and labor unions to try to support that

cbs' scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom for her emotional testimony. >> reporter: a star witness in a potentially pivotal piece of video evidence at the trial of president biden's son hunter. hallie biden, the widow of hunter's brother beau, testified this surveillance video shows her throwing away her brother-in-law's gun in a delaware parking lot on october 23rd, 2018, just 11 days after hunter biden bought the gun and just after hallie biden said she found it in hunter biden's car along with drug residue and drug paraphernalia. hallie biden said "i didn't want him to hurt himself or the kids to find it and hurt themselves. i was panicking." prosecutors are trying to prove hunter biden was addicted or using drugs at the time he bought the gun, lying on this federal application. >> prosecutors will tell you that physical evidence doesn't lie, and this is about as powerful physical evidence as you can get linking his possession of that gun to his use of illegal drugs. >> reporter: hallie biden described taking up a romantic relationship with her brother-in-law about a year after

scott macfarlane, cbs news, wilmington, delaware. >>> israel's military says it made a deadly strikea u.n. school building in gaza on thursday morning but claims the building was the site of a hamas compound. the hamas media office says at least 39 people were killed in the strike and dozens wounded. this comes as u.s. embassies across the middle east remain on high alert following an attack on wednesday morning outside the u.s. embassy in beirut. a suspected isis gunman was shot by security forces and arrested. no americans were hurt, but it comes as tensions rise along the israel-lebanon border, increasing the threat of a widening war. more now on this from cbs' imtiaz tyab in israel, where he was roughed up while covering a demonstration in jerusalem. >> reporter: this cell phone video captured what appears to be the shooter as he exchanged fire with the lebanese army outside the u.s. embassy. the attacker a syrian national was shot and has been hospitalized as investigators continue to search for a motive. the incident comes amid heightened tensions between israel and lebanon's p

cbs' scott macfarlane was there. >> reporter: first lady jill biden spent a third day at the courthouse, again seated behind hunter biden, as prosecutors tried to prove he illegally purchased this colt handgun while using drugs in late 2018, lying on the application form. they called two women formerly in his life to the stand to help make their case. his ex-wife, kathleen buhle, testified she found a crack pipe at their washington, d.c., home in 2015, was rejected when she urged him to go to rehab, and would scour his car to ensure their kids didn't find drugs. under cross-examination, hunter biden's attorney, abbe lowell, got buhle to admit she never actually saw hunter biden do drugs. former justice department official tom dupree -- >> the key evidence is going to be provided by people who were intimately close with hunter biden. his ex-wife, ex-girlfriends, and the like. >> reporter: former girlfriend zoe kesten, who dated him for much of 2018, testified hunter biden frequently bought and used crack. at times using a chopstick to clean out his crack pipe. >> i went one time for 13 d

here's cbs' scott macfarlane. >> reporter: an emotional first day in the trial of hunter biden with the first lady and hunter biden's wife seated behind the president's son. prosecutors and an fbi agent witness played long clips of biden's 2021 audio book of his memoirs in which he narrated his descent into crack-cocaine in 2018. >> i used my superpower finding crack any time, anywhere less than a day after landing the l.a.x. in 2018. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor tom dupree -- >> prosecutors will tell you there are few things more effective before a jury than being able to show the jury what the defendant said. in this case hearing the defendant's own voice describing his struggles with addiction and the fact that he was using illegal controlled substances around the time he bought this gun. >> reporter: prosecutors for special counsel david weiss opened their case telling the six man-six woman delaware jury no one is before the law. addiction may not be a choice, but lying and buying a gun is a choice to. -- choice. biden has pleaded not guilty to unlawfully using a gun while

>> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you.ld trump's most outspoken allies, steve bannon, was ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by july 1st to serve a four-month sentence. bannon was found to be in contempt of congress in 2022 after failing to appear for a deposition ordered by the house january 6th committee and refusing to turn over documents. bannon says he'll fight to appeal his conviction all the way to the supreme court. bannon's former boss, donald trump, is in battleground arizona tonight, firing up supporters at his first campaign event since he was convicted in the hush money case. cbs's caitlin huey-burns is in phoenix. >> reporter: donald trump today took aim at immigration in the battleground border state key to his chances of winning the presidency. >> joe biden wants an invasion. i want a deportation. >> reporter: cbs news polling shows trump leading biden here, with immigration among the top issues of concern. >> they assume that because we're immigrants, we are for criminality and for open borders

cbs's scott macfarlane is at the courthouse in wilmington. >> will you testify?reporter: with his freedom on the line, president biden son hunter chose not to take the stand and then's own defense and watched as the jury got the case late today. as the first lady, the president sister, brother, and hunter biden's wife said on the front row, prosecutor leo wise said to ignore their presence in the media circus around the trial, people in the gallery are not evidence, he said, adding that jurors should use their common sense to find him guilty of illegally possessing a gun while being a drug user. it closed the trial on images with a crack pipe, photos of crack he allegedly purchased, plus video of his brother's widow hallie biden throwing the gun away in a dumpster after claiming she founded in hunters truck near drug residue. this doing time in which she said that she and hunter were in a romantic relationship and have both been using drugs. abbe lowell argued his client was not using or addicted when he lied on this federal background check form in octobe. >> th

>> james: scott macfarlane, thank you so much.orney general merrick garland pushed back today against what he calls dangerous attacks on the justice department. garland appeared before the house judiciary committee amid threats from republicans to hold him in contempt of congress. garland accused republicans of spreading false conspiracy theories, suggesting the justice department was involved in former president donald trump's historic conviction last week by a new york jury. >> these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented, and they are unfounded. these attacks have not, and they will not, influence our decision-making. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. >> james: garland also shot down the baseless claim that federal law enforcement was clear to use deadly force against trump during their search for classified documents at mar-a-lago. now to the brutal and dangerous heat in the west. at least four cities saw record-breaking heat today, and in the coming days, it's

cbs's scott macfarlane was inside the courtroom for today's proceedings. >> reporter: a show of supportfirst day of trial for president biden's son hunter. 73rd birthday sat directly behind him. and in a rare statement on the case, the president said "jill and i love our son. and we are so proud of the man he is today." hunter biden is charged with making false statements when he bought a cult 38 handgun six years ago by not acknowledging on the application he was using or addicted to drugs. >> i made mistakes in my life, wasted opportunities and privileges i was afforded. for that i am responsible. >> reporter: prosecutors are expected to call as a witness, beau biden's widow hallie biden, she and hunter were romantically linked at the time of the gun purchase. >> i returned that fall of 2018 after my most recent relapse in california with the hopes of getting clean through a new therapy and reconciling with hallie, neither happened. >> reporter: prosecutors will claim that hallie biden found the gun in hunter' truck in 2018 and tossed it in a dumpster. according to court documents he

>> margaret: scott macfarlane in delaware tonight.l, president biden paid tribute today to the army rangers who stormed the beaches of normandy 80 years ago this week. and drew parallels between nazi germany's invasion of europe then to russia's invasion of ukraine today. cbs's ed o'keefe reports the president's message to the world was clear: a plea to defend democracy. >> reporter: president biden's helicopter swooped over the 100-foot sheer cliffs of pointe du hoc, scaled by american army rangers 80 years ago. and celebrated by the commander in chief today. >> i have long said that history has shown that ordinary americans can do extraordinary things when challenged. there is no better example of that in the entire world than right here at pointe du hoc. >> reporter: he used the stunning backdrop to argue the best way americans can honor their sacrifice is to sustain democracy at home and in places like ukraine. >> they fought to vanquish a hateful ideology of the '30s and '40s. does anyone doubt they wouldn't move heaven and earth

scott macfarlane, cbs news, wilmington, delaware. >>> major league baseball is struggling to tackle aeen suspended, including one lifetime ban for betting on games. as cbs's carter evans reports, it comes on the same day the former interpreter for dodgers superstar shohei ohtani pleaded guilty in another betting case. it's a series of scandals rocking america's pastime. >> reporter: the interpreter for one of baseball's biggest stars says he's guilty of stealing almost $17 million from shohei ohtani. ippei mizuhara says he used that money to pay his gambling debts to a bookie. he faces a maximum of 33 years in prison. >> mr. ohtani is considered a victim in this case. >> reporter: this as major league baseball is cracking down on five players for betting on the game. four of them received one-year suspensions, but infielder tucupita marcano got the ultimate punishment, a lifetime ban for allegedly betting on his own major league team. the league says marcano wagered more than $150,000 on baseball, including more than two dozen bets on the pittsburgh pirates when he was an active playe

scott macfarlane, cbs news, wilmington, delaware. >>> president biden is in france where he took party of the d-day landings. overshadowing those events, russia's war in ukraine. and because of that, russia was the only ally nation not invited. during a speech, biden warned that democracy is now more at risk than at any point since world war ii. cbs's elaine cobbe is in normandy with more. >> reporter: president biden and the first lady bowed their heads in front of a wreath at the american cemetery overlooking omaha beach, where more than 9,000 u.s. soldiers are buried. earlier, he was joined by french president emmanuel macron, who bestowed the legion of honor, france's highest award, on 11 u.s. world war ii veterans. >> in memory of those who fought here, died here, literally saved the world here, let us be worthy of their sacrifice. >> reporter: the president marks the 80 years since the d-day invasion by saying the u.s. and its allies will not walk away from ukraine as it continues to defend itself against russia. >> we're living in a time when democracy is more at risk across th

>> norah: scott macfarlane, very detailed testimony, thank you.l, there is some breaking news in the criminal cases against donald trump in georgia and florida, with indications tonight that the former president will not face trial again before the november election. here's what we know. an appeals court in georgia delayed trump's election interference and racketeering trial indefinitely today while it considers whether fulton county district attorney fani willis should be disqualified from the case over her relationship with the former lead prosecutor. and then there is the case in florida. still no trial date set in trump's classified documents case, and today, u.s. district judge aileen cannon changed the timing for several important pretrial hearings. tonight, dangerous temperatures are scorching much of the western u.s., with more than 31 million americans from california to texas under excessive heat warnings and advisories. so, for how long it will last, let's bring in cbs bay area meteorologist paul heggan. meteorologist paul heggan. good

spin on scott macfarlane, thank you.he israeli military reported that four more hostages objected in the ad talk to october 7th attack are dead. in their bodies are still being held by hamas, news of their deaths putting pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to root bringing the remaining hostages home. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports from tel aviv on who these men were and how hamas used them for war messaging. >> reporter: it was in the ruins of the southern gaza city of khan yunis where the remains of the note dolph poppel well, haim perry, yoram metzger were found by the israeli military. this hamas propaganda video released in december shows three of them still alive. it's not known how they died, but an army spokesperson says that likely happened months ago. the discovery of the remains of even more hostages has only intensified the pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu. on saturday over 120,000 israelis took to the streets of tel aviv to demand he move forward with the deal to release the hostages and en

cbs's scott macfarlane has our new reporting. >> reporter: multiple sources tell cbs news four womene informed the ethics committee they attended parties that included sex and drugs that congressman matt gaetz also attended. we have also learned the committee has gaetz's venmo transactions allegedly showing payments to the women. the 42-year-old republican said he will be exonerated and previously blamed then-house speaker kevin mccarthy for the probe before leading the effort to oust mccarthy. >> i fear no investigation. that was simply something that kevin mccarthy tried to use as leverage. >> reporter: the justice department previously investigated gaetz, but no charges were filed. >> norah: investigators are trying to find out what caused a home to explode with more than a dozen people inside. the leading theory is natural gas. conor wight of our cbs syracuse affiliate reports on the conditions of those who were in the house. >> reporter: norah, a construction crew is on scene here in syracuse, new york, tearing down what is left of this house after a powerful explosion on tuesda

cbs's scott macfarlane is at a polling place in new rochelle. >> reporter: $25 million have flooded intos bitterly-divided primary, in part because it's a political proxy war over the war in gaza. two-term progressive jamaal bowman has called prime minister netanyahu a maniac, who needs to be removed for carrying out a genocide. his challenger, westchester county executive george latimer has received millions from pro-israel political groups. >> the issue of the middle east is very high. we have a large jewish population here. >> reporter: bowman says latimer is beholden to rich donors. >> send a working-class person back to congress. >> reporter: but bowman has been dogged by controversy, pleading guilty to pulling a capitol hill fire alarm during both last year. >> norah: now to the desperate search for nearly a dozen people still missing after raging wildfires swept through southern new mexico last week. cbs's omar villafranca reports residents have been allowed to go home for the first time, but the hardest-hit areas remain off-limits. >> reporter: the flames near last week's south f

cbs's scott macfarlane has our new reporting. >> reporter: multiple sources tell cbs news four womencommittee they attended parties that included sex and drugs that congressman matt gaetz also attended. we've also learned the committee has gaetz's venmo transactions, allegedly showing payments to the women. the 42-year-old republican said he'll be exonerated and previously blamed then house speaker kevin mccarthy for the probe, before leading the effort to oust mccarthy. >> i fear no investigation. that was simply something that kevin mccarthy tried to use as leverage. >> reporter: the justice department previously investigated gaetz but no charges were filed. >> our thanks to scott for that reporting. >>> louisiana's governor signed a new bill on wednesday requiring all public classrooms to display the 10 commandments. cbs's elise preston with more. >> reporter: louisiana has become the first state in the country to require a poster-sized copy like this one of the 10 commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. republican governor jeff landry signed the bill into law.