CBS Evening News Season 78 Episode 43 Feb 27, 2026

Former President Bill Clinton denied any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes in an opening statement before the House Oversight Committee in New York, the first time a former president has been compelled to testify to Congress. Nikole Killion reports. For days, one of America's leading artificial intelligence companies and the Pentagon have been in a standoff over this question: who gets ultimate control over the use of that powerful technology? Jo Ling Kent explains what's at stake. Renee Good's parents and brothers sat down to talk about her death with Matt Gutman in their first on-camera interview since the 37-year-old was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Colin Gray took the stand in his Georgia trial, where he's facing second-degree murder charges after buying his son a rifle the boy allegedly used to kill people in a school shooting. Skyler Henry has more. As the threat of war with Iran looms, a second American aircraft carrier moved closer to the Middle East as the families of U.S. diplomats in the region were given the option leave. Charlie D'Agata has details. For Buddy Wiggins of Honolulu, Hawaii, the end result of a yearslong sports gambling addiction has come to this: soliciting strangers on the beach. The 32-year-old pool cleaner says he heard a voice, a calling, to take his life in a radically different direction. Steve Hartman has the story.