CBS Evening News S2024E284 - Episode 284

In the aftermath of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, there is renewed hope but little hard evidence that it will be possible to reach a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war. Ramy Inocencio reports from Tel Aviv. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held several campaign events in the battleground state of Michigan Friday. Speaking in Grand Rapids, Harris touted her support for union labor, while Trump has taken an unusual tack by criticizing Detroit twice in the past 10 days. Nancy Cordes reports from the campaign trail. The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case on Friday released nearly 1,900 pages of evidence gathered by special counsel Jack Smith. Scott MacFarlane has more on what was in those pages. Paul Whelan, the former Marine who was wrongfully detained in Russia for nearly six years, spoke to CBS News in his first interview since his release in August as part of a complex prisoner swap. Whelan described the frustration he felt when he learned in 2022 that he would not be freed as part of the deal that saw the release of basketball star Brittney Griner. Opening statements were heard Friday in the trial of a man charged with murder in the 2017 slayings of two teen girls in Delphi, Indiana. The two had gone for a hike along a bridge trail and their bodies were found the following day about a half-mile from where they were last seen. The suspect, Richard Allen, was arrested in 2022. Meg Oliver reports from the courthouse.