CBS Evening News, 04/07/26
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
President Trump announces a two week ceasefire with Iran on social media. Elizabeth Palmer reports on what citizens inside Iran are thinking tonight and how they're preparing for another escalation of the war. It's been 150 years since the first phone call from space was received on Earth. Today, another phone call between the Artemis crew and the International Space Station, representing the first "Alexander Graham Bell" moment. Mark Strassmann is covering it all, including the awe-inspiring views from the moon.
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| 0:00.0 | Good to be with you. I'm Tony DeKoppo. The breaking news right now. Dyer deadline, the Iranian government |
| 0:06.5 | asking people to form human chains outside power plants and bridges. That as the clock counts down |
| 0:13.5 | to President Trump's 8 p.m. deadline, saying an entire civilization will die if no deal is reached. |
| 0:20.6 | This is Pakistan asked President Trump for a two-week extension, how the White House is responding tonight. |
| 0:26.6 | Also developing tonight, a massive explosion rocks a bridge over the Panama Canal, killing at least one. |
| 0:34.6 | What happened? What authorities are saying tonight? And a CBS News exclusive investigation |
| 0:40.8 | on hospice fraud in California. We tracked down the doctor with the most claims. Hi, Dr. Bouva. |
| 0:47.2 | This is Adam Yamaguchi again, CBS News. We were able to hear you through the door. What happened next? |
| 0:52.9 | And the search for that woman missing in the Bahamas, |
| 0:56.7 | her husband says she fell overboard, |
| 0:59.3 | but her daughter has a very different story. |
| 1:02.3 | And the good stuff, |
| 1:03.5 | why a new photo of Earth |
| 1:05.5 | is a new opportunity for all of us. |
| 1:09.6 | From CBS News Headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News with Tony DeCopal. |
| 1:18.1 | Good evening. Twice in his second term, President Trump has set a deadline for a deal with Iran, |
| 1:23.5 | and twice he has followed through with major military operations after no deal was made. |
| 1:28.4 | The question tonight is, will he do it a third time? |
| 1:32.0 | Last week, the U.S. blew up this major bridge near Tehran, and now the U.S. has a plan where |
| 1:37.4 | every bridge in Iran will be decimated by midnight tonight. |
| 1:40.9 | The president says, along with every power plant, unless Iran reopens the |
| 1:45.7 | oil-critical strait of Hormuz. But Iran has so far refused and has sent human chains to |
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