CBS Evening News, 11/18/25
CBS Evening News
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🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The vote to release the Epstein files moves the bill closer to President Trump's desk, but will he sign it?
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| 0:00.0 | The yeas are 427. The nays are won. |
| 0:05.0 | The House and Senate vote near unanimously to force release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, |
| 0:10.5 | as dozens of survivors of his abuse gather at the Capitol. |
| 0:14.4 | Our voices prevail today. |
| 0:17.5 | Also tonight, the president defends the Saudi Crown Prince, |
| 0:22.4 | who U.S. intelligence says ordered the murder of a Washington Post journalist. |
| 0:25.3 | Things happened but he knew nothing about it. |
| 0:27.6 | The death of a teenager on a carnival cruise ship, the mystery deepens as we learn where her |
| 0:33.1 | body was found. |
| 0:35.1 | I don't see myself as being old. |
| 0:37.3 | And still answering the call at 76. You just feel |
| 0:41.1 | good that you've done something valuable. From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS |
| 0:50.6 | Evening News. Good evening. I'm John Dickerson. I'm Maurice Dubois. We are closer to seeing what's in the |
| 0:59.1 | Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and alleged sex |
| 1:04.0 | trafficker of minors. A House voted 427 to 1 today to force the department to release them. |
| 1:10.8 | That one no vote was from Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins, a start supporter of President |
| 1:15.9 | Trump. |
| 1:16.9 | The Senate then passed the bill unanimously before sending to the president for his signature. |
| 1:21.9 | Nicole Killian is on Capitol Hill for us. |
| 1:24.6 | Nicole. |
| 1:26.8 | Good evening. The Senate moved to pass this bill. As soon as it's received from the House, |
| 1:31.3 | putting it one step closer to the President's signature, one Epstein survivor told me this is the most hope she's had in a long time. |
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