CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 06/04
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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On tonight's CBS Evening News -- Facebook's big decision to suspend former President Trump for at least two years. But, could he return to the platform ahead of the 2024 presidential race? Plus -- baby product recall. Why Fisher-Price is recalling over 100,000 "soothers."
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| 0:31.5 | thank you for joining us on this busy friday we're going to begin tonight with that bombshell move |
| 0:35.5 | by the world's largest social media platform, |
| 0:38.4 | suspending former President Trump for two years. Nearly three billion people use Facebook each month, |
| 0:45.1 | but in a statement tonight, the company says the 45th president won't be one of them until at least January of 2023. |
| 0:52.8 | Punishment for posts he made during the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol. |
| 0:56.6 | The decision to keep Mr. Trump off of Facebook as well as Instagram has major implications |
| 1:02.2 | ahead of next year's midterm elections, as well as on Mr. Trump's plans to run for re-election |
| 1:07.1 | in 2024, in part because social media has been a vital source of political fundraising. |
| 1:12.9 | Now, this suspension comes five months after the attack on the Capitol, and tonight, CBS News |
| 1:18.2 | has learned the Department of Justice is still looking for 250 people, it says, assaulted police |
| 1:23.7 | or committed violence on that day. CBS is Nicole Killian is on Capitol Hill for us tonight. |
| 1:28.3 | But first, CBS is Nancy Cordes is going to lead up our coverage with that stunning |
| 1:32.3 | announcement by Facebook. |
| 1:33.3 | Good evening, Nancy. |
| 1:34.3 | Good evening, Nora. |
| 1:36.3 | And tonight, those January posts from President Trump have prompted Facebook to come up with |
| 1:41.3 | entirely new rules for public figures who stoke or embrace |
| 1:46.3 | violence. And Mr. Trump got the maximum penalty. |
| 1:51.7 | If former President Trump had a Facebook status tonight, it would read suspended until January |
| 1:57.9 | 2023. If Mr. Trump commits further violations in future, Facebook said, |
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