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happened before. there's never been anything like it. >> norah: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ good evening, i am norah o'donnell. and thank you for being with us. we want to show the dramatic pictures from san francisco and the golden gate bridge where pro-palestinian protesters shut down one of the most iconic bridges in america for nearly five hours. it was part of a worldwide economic blockade. more to that story in just a moment. but we do want to begin tonight with the first criminal prosecution of a former president of the united states. the so-called hush money trail of donald trump is underway with nearly 100 potential jurors being question on the first day. none were picked today. jury selection could take up to two weeks. trump is facing 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in order to hide an alleged affair with former porn star stormy daniels. as he left court, acute clearly

angry trump lashed out at "the drudge" who said he is expected to be there every day and this trial could last eight weeks. robert costa starts us off tonight. >> a history making moment in lower manhattan this morning. donald trump had his rights read to him by new york judge juan merchan, acknowledging he understood and officially became the first former president ever to stand criminal trial. during the proceedings, trump it appeared irritated at times and board at others even appearing to nod off at one point. later perking up when jury selection began. turning to face potential jurors as they filed into the courtroom. the juror questionnaire opposed 42 questions including if they have ever attended a trump rally or if they follow the former president on social media. more than half of the 96 prospective jurors today were excused, many after saying they could not be fair and impartial.

>> this is going to be a difficult task, because there is virtually no one who has no opinion about donald trump. whether you voted for him, or you voted against him, you still have an opinion about the criminal case against him. >> reporter: trump is accused of skimming to funnel payments to stormy daniels through his former a lawyer michael cohen. both him and hicks are expected to be called as witnesses. >> i'm hoping that they call me. it was an alleged affair with daniels from becoming a scandal just before the 2016 presidential election. trump has denied both the affair and making payments. >> did you know about the $35,000 payments to stormy daniels? >> reporter: the former president slammed cohen and daniels on cohen last week calling them sleazebags. and attorneys with the manhattan

d.a.'s office asked the judge to hold the former president in contempt and fined him $3,000 from violating a gag order. also complained that the judge filed his request to skip court to attend washington in ten days for the land market supreme arguments on presidential immunity. >> i would like to go for a half a day and go to d.c. and go for the united states supreme court, because -- >> reporter: sources close to trump's legal team tell me that trump's lawyers will soon push for a change in venue, arguing trump can't get a fair hearing in new york. for now, trump will be at this court tomorrow for jury selection, the judge says he has no choice. norah. >> norah: robert costa, thank you very much. tonight the chief of staff or the israeli military announced that there will be a response to iran's unprecedented large-scale drone and missile attack over the weekend.

cbs's debora patta reports on how the western alliance came together for the first time to defend the jewish state. >> reporter: a fiery display of iran's maximum effect resulting in minimal damage. more than 300 projectiles were launched, first came over 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles all shot down before reaching israel. with help from usa prompted jordan and saudi arabia that took out nearly 80 drones. then came 120 ballistic missiles around half failed to launch are crushed in flight. looking at the powerful air defense system causing minor damage to a military base. israels war cabinet favors retaliation, but differs on timing and scale while the israel defense force is on standby.

"we are weighing our steps" chief said, so many missiles and drones towards israel will be responded to. the attack has triggered local calls for restraint. >> it's time to step back from the brink. >> reporter: critics of president benjamin netanyahu question whether he is the right person to make such a critical decision. >> it is a risk to israel. >> reporter: retired two-star general nimrod sheffer says benjamin netanyahu has an interest in promoting the war in gaza and escalating the conflict with iran in order to stay in power. >> if you are retaliating just to show that you are strong enough, it's the wrong idea. it's the wrong strategy. >> reporter: nimrod sheffer told us that israel could respond with a attack, targeted strata, or hitting a area like

hezbullah, but he thinks the best course of action as not to retaliate as israel has artie won by demonstrating their powerful capabilities. norah. >> norah: debora patta in jerusalem, thank you. back here in washington, the white house is reiterating its unwavering support for israel. president biden is urging caution at the head of any israeli counterattack. cbs's weijia jiang reports that the president is facing here at home with protests shutting down major parts of the city. >> reporter: from san francisco to chicago, protesters and several major cities block traffic, demanding an end to the war in gaza, dialing up pressure for president biden to do the same. in new york city, some even waved a hezbullah flag showing condemnation for israel. at the were planned before iran launched an unprecedented assault on israel. today as president biden hosted

the prime minister of iraq in the oval office he stressed u.s. support of israel, but acknowledge fears that responding to iran could widen the war. >> we are committed to a cease-fire that will bring the hostages home and prevent any conflict from spreading beyond where it already has. >> reporter: cbs news has learned during a phone call saturday night president biden urged prime minister benjamin netanyahu to think carefully and strategically about the risks of escalation and said that if the idf launcha reprisal strike on iran, the u.s. would not participate. biden issued this morning to iran just one day before the strikes. >> don't. >> reporter: tehran went ahead anyway. it does that signal to iran that it can defy the u.s. without consequences? >> if i am sitting in tehran and i'm taking a look at what happened saturday night, i don't think i will be betting that the united states is not willing to get engaged here and help defend

israel. >> reporter: house speaker mike johnson says at the house would soon vote on aid for israel in light of the iranian attack. tonight the white house as it opposes any measure that focuses solely on israel as it pushes congress to pass a package that also includes money for ukraine and border security, norah. >> norah: weijia jiang at the white house with those tough questions today. thank you very much. it could be another week of wild weather with severe thunderstorms sweeping across the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic. for where the threats are for the rest of the night and tomorrow, let's bring a meteorologist mike bettes, with our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> reporter: norah, good evening. we will keep a close eye on the severe weather storms through the evening in many locations, including right here in the mid-atlantic in areas like charleston, places like richmond even out to ocean city, 70-mile-an-hour winds, and hail could be possible in this location. we will see a storm through the night tonight, racing down i-95

through the hampton roads area before clearing overnight across the atlantic ocean. then we turn it back to the middle of the country where through tonight we have a tour count as many as five medium, tornadoes from the high lands all the way through texas. the high-resolution says that a lot of storms are popping up around dinnertime, after dinnertime and right through the night tonight. that translates in the midwest, norah, as we go to tuesday. >> norah: mike bettis, thank you. a new mexico judge today handed on the maximum sentence of 18 months in prison to the weapon supervisor on the side of the alb alec baldwin movie "ross" hannah gutierrez-reed was found guilty of the films cinematographer halyna hutchins, elise preston reports on what this could mean for baldwin's upcoming trial. >> reporter: a handcuff hannah gutierrez-reed, the weapons handler on the movie rust wiped away tears as she listened to gut-wrenching impact statements. >> a live bullet should have never made its way onto the set,

let alone a gun, full to. and that is where hannah gutierrez-reed as the armored handler on rust failed. >> reporter: guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of the films cinematographer halyna hutchins. she was struck by a live round from the gun held by actor alec baldwin. live ammunition mistakenly loaded by gutierrez reed. >> miss gutierrez continues to refuse responsibility in her role of the death of halyna hutchins. >> reporter: this said that there was no contrition citing 200 jailhouse opponent calls where she described the jury of "idiots" accuse the judge of being paid off and wanting to put alec baldwin in jail. speak with the jury has found me at part and fault for this god awful tragedy, but that does not make me a monster. that makes me human. >> reporter: despite her plea for leniency, the judge handed

down the maximum 18 month prison sentence. >> you alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon. please take her. >> reporter: the family of gutierrez reed plans to appeal as alec baldwin prepares for his trial. >> what he will argue is this is a trial and the person responsible has artie been found guilty and is already in prison. >> reporter: in today's statements, loved ones of hutchins called for accountability for everyone involved in her death. baldwin also faces involuntary manslaughter charges, but he has maintained his innocence. his trial is scheduled for july. norah. >> norah: elise preston, thank you very much. we learned today that the fbi opened a criminal investigation and boarded the cargo ship that crashed into baltimore's francis scott key bridge last month. six construction workers were killed when the bridge collapsed. a body of a fourth worker was recovered from a sunken vehicle on wednesday. the fbi is discussing the scope of the investigation, but they

tell the associated press that the ship had electrical problems before it left port, but took off anyway. majored of elements now in the disappearance of two mothers from kansas. police believe their bodies have been found and four people are under arrest. the details in this disturbing case from cbs's mark strassmann. >> reporter: heartbreak in the heartland, investigators say the two week search for veronica butler and jillian kelley is over. >> this case did not end to the way we had hoped. it has certainly been a tragedy for everybody involved. >> reporter: the kansas moms went missing march 30th while going up to pick up butler's children in oklahoma. the car was left abandoned on the side of a rural road, blood and a broken hammer found nearby. >> reporter: we felt this was not a random bill, all right? we felt that with some of the information coming in that it was more targeted. >> reporter: on saturday four people were arrested in

connection to the case. tad cullum, tiffany adams, and cole and cora twombly all charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and conspiracy. in an affidavit released today, they say adams was the paternal grandmother up butler's children in the two were locked in a custody battle. police also say that adams bought five stun guns at a local shop and three burner phones, all of which ping to nero where butler's car was found in a property eight and a half miles away where police found a freshly dug toll covered by h hail. >> this case was tragic. got two people who are dead, and four people that committed an absolutely brutal crime. >> reporter: police say the four belong to an antigovernment group and had tried to kill butler before, norah, they will be in court on wednesday. >> norah: so disturbing. mark strassmann, thank you. now some news from the supreme court helping ido --

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generation of black players their field of dreams. here's cbs's charlie demar. >> reporter: 77 years after jackie robinson blazed a trail of her black players, coaches like earnest horton know the work is far from over. >> the grassroots are suffering, there's no baseball played in the community is, of course there's not going to be black baseball players in the mlb. >> reporter: horton is a public school teacher in chicago, starting black baseball media, the organization giving players from her predominately underserved communities access to top-notch facilities and exposure to college scouts. >> seeing is believing, everyone is drink the kool-aid. >> reporter: high school senior khamaree thomas will play in college, so will dim your heidelberg and we do follow in the footsteps of current black big leaguers, but the team say they are often barriers. >> what difference does that make having the access? >> it's a huge difference, usually kids with my skin color can't get into it because they don't have the money or the

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captions paid for by cbs television distribution edith sieg-reed is suing her neighbor, richard gorman jr., for the cost to move a shed, harassment, and bullying. >> byrd: order! all rise! this is case number 295 on the calendar in the matter of sieg-reevs. gorman. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. folks, have a seat, please. >> judge judy: ms. reed, you and mr. gorman live in the same gated community. how long have you lived there? >> i've lived there for four years, ma'am. >> judge judy: and mr. gorman, how long have you lived there? >> three years, sir -- ma'am. >> judge judy: and when, mr. gorman, did you become part of the homeowners' association? >> i became a board member in 2016. >> judge judy: are you still a board member? >> no, ma'am. >> judge judy: were you asked to leave? >> i was voted out, ma'am. >> judge judy: okay. each of you claim an ongoing course of conduct that is harassing withegard to a shed that you put up on your property

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