CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 12/18/24
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
A government shutdown looms. The stock market tanks, as the Fed cuts interest rates. Eye on America- Artificial intelligence is being used to create "deep fake pornography" that is often posted online.
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| 0:00.0 | We're being forced into this position. |
| 0:02.0 | Tonight, the chances of a government shutdown rise right before the holidays. |
| 0:07.0 | How Elon Musk put a stopgap spending bill in jeopardy. |
| 0:11.0 | This entire thing was an exercise in futility. |
| 0:14.0 | Plus, the stock market tanks. |
| 0:17.0 | As the Fed cuts the interest rate, what it means for you. |
| 0:20.0 | I felt violated and as if my innocence was stripped from me. |
| 0:25.6 | Tonight's eye on America, I'll look at the fight to stop deep fake technology used to create explicit content. |
| 0:32.6 | This case is not about tech. It's not about AI. It's sexual abuse. |
| 0:36.6 | And could the Supreme Court save the |
| 0:39.6 | popular social media app TikTok from being banned? The CBS Evening News starts now. |
| 0:51.1 | Good evening. I'm Nora O'Donnell, and thank you for joining us. It is quite a night of news because America is two days away from a government shutdown unless Congress acts soon. That means millions of government workers and military members could be without a paycheck days before the holidays. And it's quite a reversal since where we started just this morning. |
| 1:12.6 | The House of Representatives appeared to be on the verge of approving a last-minute bipartisan plan. |
| 1:17.6 | But tonight, it is imploding, as we seem to be witnessing the growing influence of the world's richest man. |
| 1:24.6 | Unelected tech billionaire Elon Musk spent the day repeatedly and publicly |
| 1:30.0 | calling on Republicans to vote no and called for those who support the plan to be voted out of |
| 1:35.7 | office. Then president-elect Donald Trump weighed in also urging a no vote and then within hours |
| 1:41.8 | Musk declared the deal dead. There's a lot to get to and it |
| 1:45.6 | concerns your tax dollars, your government, and your elected officials. CBS and Nicole Killian |
| 1:51.1 | is going to lead us off from Capitol Hill to explain all that's happening up there. Good evening, |
| 1:56.0 | Nicole. All right, where does this bill stand right now? Hey, good evening to you, Nora. Well, a lot of folks want to know that, but I can tell you that all of these developments |
| 2:04.2 | have really sent Capitol Hill into a tailspin. |
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