CBS Evening News, 01/12/26
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has long criticized Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Now Powell is pushing back, claiming a DOJ investigation is retaliation for refusing to cut interest rates, as bipartisan concerns grow over the Federal Reserve’s independence. Mass protests that erupted in Iran last month are now entering a third week, with some demonstrators calling for an end to the Islamic Republic. President Trump has threatened U.S. military action if Iran’s leaders continue a lethal crackdown on their own citizens, but says the regime wants to negotiate. Reza Pahlavi, Iran's exiled crown prince, called on President Trump to take action against the Iranian regime sooner rather than later. Here’s what he told CBS News’ Norah O'Donnell.
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| 0:00.0 | Good to be with you. I'm Tony DeCopal in Denver. The breaking news right now. The unprecedented |
| 0:05.6 | political war between the Trump administration and the head of America's central bank. |
| 0:10.1 | Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats. Also breaking tonight, |
| 0:15.8 | the death toll top 600 in Iran. The new picture is in, are Holly Williams is standing by near the border tonight. |
| 0:22.6 | And Nora O'Donnell talks to the exiled crown prince. |
| 0:25.6 | Are you pushing President Trump to initiate regime change? |
| 0:29.6 | Also developing the new video out of Minneapolis, |
| 0:33.6 | for the first time we're seeing the crucial minutes |
| 0:35.6 | before an ice agent shot and killed |
| 0:38.2 | Renee Nicole Skanga is live. |
| 0:41.2 | Are you trying to send a message? |
| 0:43.1 | Also coming in tonight, new details on the murder of that Ohio dentist and his wife. |
| 0:48.1 | The men police have arrested what his connection is to the couple. |
| 0:51.8 | The ball's intercepted. The game is over. And the good stuff tonight, how a heartbreaking loss led to a heartwarming moment at a post-game |
| 1:00.7 | press conference. |
| 1:01.6 | You just hold your head up, okay? |
| 1:04.3 | Live from America, this is the CBS Evening News with Tony DeCCockel reporting tonight from Denver. |
| 1:14.7 | Good evening and welcome to week two of our live from America tour coming to you tonight |
| 1:19.2 | from Union Station in downtown Denver, but we're going to begin with a weekend of never-before-seeing |
| 1:24.0 | political warfare. It has spooked investors and caused even some Republicans to break |
| 1:29.0 | ranks tonight. For nearly a year now, President Trump has been attacking Federal Reserve Chairman |
| 1:33.1 | Jerome Powell calling him stupid and pushing him to lower interest rates. Now the Trump administration |
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