victory for baby beau! see you at 6:00. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: the commander in chief says, "about face." he's reimposing a ban on transgender americans serving in the armed forces. >> the yeas are 45, the nays are 55, the amendment are not agreed to. >> mason: also tonight, senate republicans fail again to keep their promise, and the president's promise to repeal obamacare. >> can't do everything at once. >> mason: the president's >> masers. >> reporter: health care reform? orm?orking on it. >> reporter: tax reform? >> it's coming. >> mason: all that and puppies. how a computer is helping a guide dog school find the pick of the litter. this is the "cbs evening news."

>> mason: and this is our western edition. good evening. i'm anthony mason. in his inaugural address, president trump said, "when you open your heart to patriotism, there's no room for prejudice." but today, the commander in chief decided there is no room for patriotic transgender americans willing to serve their country in the u.s. military. he is reimposing the ban lifted by president obama. major garrett begins our coverage of what's behind the decision and the fallout. >> reporter: the president's tweets sounded like new policy. but it caught the pentagon and but it caught the pentagon and congress completely off guard. the white house could not explain what it meant for the thousands of transgender individuals serving now. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders did not provide a time table for implementing the policy. >> obviously, it's a very difficult decision.

it's not a simple one. but the president feels that it's the best one for the military. >> reporter: but you can't >>swer the question of what's going to happen to transgenders who are in the military now. shouldn't you have been able to answer that basic question, with a policy of this magnitude? imes yk, i think sometimes you have to make decisions, and once he made a decision, he didn't feel it was necessary to hold that decision. >> we're ending the ban. t reporter: the obama administration lifted the ban on transgender military service in june of 2016. then-defense secretary ash carter: >> transgender americans may e ope openly. and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender. >> reporter: estimates of transgender individuals in the military range from 1,300 to 15,000. in his tweets this morning, the president said their continued service would burden the military with tremendous medical costs. but a 2016 study found transgender individuals who may opt for gender reassignment surgery or other procedures

would add one-tenth of one percent to overall military health care spending. ♪ the men who died >> reporter: during the campaign, candidate trump said he would fight for the transgender community. >> l.g.b.t. is starting to like donald trump very much lately, i will tell you. >> reporter: today he ignored a question about the policy. >> reporter: john mccain, chairman of the senate armed services committee, rejected the policy implied by the eetsident's tweets writing, one one who meets current medical and readiness standards should be allowed to continue serving." anthony. >> mason: major garrett at the white house. thank you, major. it was on this day in 1948 that president truman declared that all members of the armed e rvices would have equal treatment and opportunity, regardless of race, color,

religion, or national origin. transgender service members say they deserve the same. here's jericka duncan. >> i've done 11 deployments, including five strategic ing ols. >> reporter: lieutenant commander blake dremann served in afghanistan in 2011. two years later he started transitioning from female to male. today's tweets by president trump worry him. >> this does impact me, absolutely, personally. iansgender people are already serving in various aspects of ope military honorably, and aney've shown no impact to readiness or the lethality of rer mission. >> reporter: civil rights and veterans groups reacted with outrage. the transgender american veterans association said, "we want to ensure that people know that right now, this is a tweet, not an official policy." but organizations like liberty counsel, who have been calling for a reversal of the obama-era lilicy, applauded the president for "making america safe again."

the military, according to founder and chairman matt staver, is a "lethal weapon designed to protect america and our allies. it is not a social club, a social experimentation petri dish, or club med." allison jaslow is executive owrector for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. is it disruptive to be transgender? is it disruptive, based on your own experience in the military, does it matter? >> you know, i think, honestly, what's disruptive is sort of shoot-from-the-hip policy making. >> reporter: do the comments that president trump made today set the transgender community back? >> i think that the comments that the president made today harm national security. we need soldiers in uniform. once you put that uniform on, you're the same as anybody who t next to you. >> reporter: as for dremann, he said today's tweet shouldn't prevent any american from serving openly. >> i do want to say to the service members that are currently transitioning in the military, continue to do what you're doing.

>> reporter: the american medical association weighed in, saying, "there is no medically valid reason to exclude transgender personnel from military service. the a.m.a. says people should be honoring their service, not trying to end it." ththony. erviason: thanks, jericka. one day after senate republicans brought their health care plan back from the dead, caring it to the senate floor on a stretcher, >> mchances for survival are still in doubt. here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: seven republicans bucked their leaders this afternoon voting along with every democrat against repealing obamacare without a replacement. epub republican rob portman: >> i didn't think repeal only was appropriate because it doesn't provide that help for those people. iney're stuck in the status quo. >> reporter: it came after nine republicans voted down their irrty's replacement plan last y's t, which would have slashed medicaid, cut some taxes for the

wealthy, and allowed healthy people to buy cheaper plans. .> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: in the absence of consensus, republicans are voting their way through a buffet of repeal plans. democrat mark warner: >> in effect, we have a series of options that say do we want to pass legislation that would llke 16 million americans off of health care? do we want to pass legislation to take 22 million americans off 22 mth care? >> still a little bit of confusion about what is the path forward. >> reporter: alaska senator lisa murkowski was one of two republicans who voted against even starting debate without a clear plan. icanident trump tweeted this morning that she "let the republicans and our country down." do tweets like that from the president work? do they intimidate you, put pressure on you? >> if i were to focus on-- on every little morsel that comes out every day, i wouldn't have the time to do the job that i

need to do. >> reporter: these votes will go on another couple of days, and it's looking increasingly likely the g.o.p. leaders will ultimately try to pass something biown as skinny repeal, a bill that would only eliminate one or oo elements of obamacare, but that would give them something, anthony, that they could take into a negotiation with the house. >> mason: putting the health care bill on a diet. nancy cordes, thank you very much. repealing and replacing obamacare was one of president roump's key campaign promises, so was bringing back jobs. today, he announced the electronics giant foxconn, will build a factory in wisconsin, eatected to create 3,000 jobs. dean reynolds caught up with trump supporters in ohio. >> reporter: as his motorcade made its way to a big rally in youngstown last night, the president said he was struck by the closed factories he passed. >> my wife, melania, said, "what happened?" i said, "those jobs have left ohio." they're all coming back.

( applause ) don't move! don't sell your house. ( cheers ) >> reporter: the crowd, including truck-driving democrat turned republican voter gino defabio loved it. >> thank you, sir, for keeping the promises that you made to these 12,000 people and to the country. >> reporter: mr. trump accepted the compliment. >> with few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what we've done in his first six months. not even close. >> reporter: today, i asked defabio about the president's accomplishments. >> can't do everything at once. >> reporter: health care reform? >> working on it. >> reporter: tax reform? >> it's coming. it has to come. >> reporter: but the revival the president brags about is a long way off for the more than 700 workers who have lost their jobs at the big g.m. lordstown facility nearby, or the 100

union workers at a g.m. supplier in austintown, or the 115 workers laid off at magna seating systems, or the 15 who lost their jobs at jamestown industries. much of it since mr. trump took office. are the jobs coming back? >> no, they're not. >> reporter: bertram de souza is editorial page editor of the "youngstown vindicator." >> he's playing on the fears and the emotions of people in areas that have been hard hit economically. >> it's great to be back in youngstown. >> reporter: at a separate event with veterans last night, the president suggested his message carried youngstown and mahoning county in november. >> democrats, they win in youngstown. but not this time. >> reporter: actually, mr. trump lost youngstown to hillary clinton, but her margin of victory, both here and in mahoning county, was only three points. in 2012, barack obama won by 28. anthony. >> mason: dean reynolds in youngstown. thank you, dean.

congressman steve scalise of louisiana has been moved from a washington hospital to a rehabilitation facility. the house majority whip was critically wounded six weeks ago when a gunman opened fire on republicans practicing for a congressional baseball game. the hospital says scalise, who is 51, is in good spirits and looks forward to returning to work when his rehab is complete. and we look forward to it, too. a bill that would slap new sanomic sanctions on russia for meddling in the u.s. elections has reached the senate after the house overwhelmingly approved it. understandably, the russians don't like it. and charlie d'agata found some of america's european allies are also opposed. >> reporter: senior russian officials say the new sanctions ovake no sense," and move already-tense u.s. relations into "uncharted territory." andrew kortunov, director of a prominent russian think tank, told us russians aren't happy being thrown into the same basket as iran and north korea.

>> so basically, the signal is that you three bad guys, you will get the same treatment from the united states congress, and with all due respect, but russia is not north korea. >> reporter: but the sanctions also have some unintended consequences. the bill, as written, now targets any company that contributes to the maintenance or construction of russia's energy export pipelines. instead of just punishing the russians, they snared european and american business in their web. the vast nord stream 2 pipeline between russia and germany, has huge financial stakes for more than a dozen european energy companies. rimerica first cannot mean europe's interests come last," complained jean claude juncker, the e.u.'s chief executive. alexis rodzianko is president of the american chamber of commerce in moscow. he told us american companies would also pay a price.

>> the ability to do business for large u.s. investment banks and global investment banks have been affected the most by sanctions. >> reporter: nobody knows how president vladimir putin will react, anthony, but a kremlin spokesman said today putin will easu until the new measures become law and then act accordingly. >> mason: charlie d'agata in moscow. thanks. a police supervisor in texas is defending the actions of a constable in a confrontation last week with a young man. millions have seen the cell phone video. some believe the constable crossed the line. omar villafranca reports. >> reporter: the cell phone video captures the moment when a harris county constable stopped 20-year-old marvin gibson last week as he and his brothers were passing out business cards for his lawn service. but the situation got tense after gibson asked the constable for his information.

>> turn around and put your hands behind your back. >> for what? no. >> reporter: gibson, instead, left the scene. >> i still be doing this right here, my lawn service, making rvney. that's-- that's the goal for me. that's what we were doing, trying to support our family. >> reporter: constable administrator alan rosen says gibson left because of an outstanding misdemeanor assault warrant. >> when originally stopped and inestioned by the officer, that's why he really didn't want to say who he was. >> reporter: constables came to his house later that day. gibson recorded that, too. the 20-year-old says constables broke down his door, tased him, and sicced a canine on him, leaving him with bite marks on his arm. >> can't even lift certain stuff no more. my arm is still numb in certain spots. i can barely lift it up. reporter: but rosen says his officers did nothing wrong. >> we gave mr. gibson-- before the police dog even went upstairs. we told him four different times, we yelled, "police dog, police dog, come out."

>> reporter: the harris county constable says they have body camera video that backs up their side of the story but they have not released it yet. anthony. >> mason: omar villafranca. thank you very much, omar. coming up next on the cbs evening news, a death aboard a cruise ship following a domestic dispute. and later, a computer helps find just the right puppy for a very special job. special job. steve was born to move. over the course of 9 days he walks 26.2 miles, that's a marathon. because he chooses to walk whenever he can. and he does it with support from dr. scholl's. only dr. scholl's has massaging gel insoles that provide all-day comfort to keep him feeling more energized.

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the investigation falls within the f.b.i.'s jurisdiction. it added that "our fleet security team has been coordinating with the f.b.i. and other local authorities." the "emerald princess" departed sunday from seattle for a seven- day round-trip cruise. the 3,000-passenger ship docked this morning in juneau, so the f.b.i. could board and begin an investigation. no arrests have been made so far, and the authorities are trying to determine if the incident happened in international waters or u.s. territory. anthony, still a lot of details unknown but that's what we've got so far. >> reporter: thank you, r: thanie. t next, trouble in paradise. wildfires force thousands off the beach on the french riviera. rench riviera. yes. so let me ask you this... how does diabetes affect your heart? it doesn't, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die

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♪ a way that sees the only path to fulfillment- is through others. ♪ >> mason: the >> mason: the acting police chief in minneapolis ordered officers today to turn on their body cameras every time they answer a call. cameras were not rolling when

two officers responded to a 911 call earlier this month about a possible sexual assault. for reasons still unexplained, one of the cops fatally shot the woman who made the call. the officers are on administrative leave. wildfires are raging tonight in the drought-stricken hills and forests of southern france. the flames have forced thousands off the beach in the french riviera. large fires are also burning on the island of corsica, and in italy and portugal. year the cubs broke a 108-year drought and won the world series, it apparently started a baby boom. nine months later, chicago hospitals are reporting a spike in births. according to the "chicago tribune," mothers are telling doctors their babies were likely conceived during the play-offs. ede couple named their daughter ivy after wrigley field's famous ivy-covered wall. don't go away. we have puppies, lots of them, and the story to go with them.

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>> mason: a guide dog school is teaming up with i.b.m., wall street's "big blue" to determine which puppies are good h ndidates to serve as guide dogs for the blind. here's don dahler with "big blue's" clues. >> reporter: if there are two things that seem to be polar opposites, it's the warm exuberance of puppies, and the anld intelligence of a super computer. >> watson can understand cturructured data. >> reporter: at guiding eyes for the blind in yorktown heights, new york, need has brought the two together. therhe incidence of blindness is increasing at an incredibly and

somewhat alarming rate. good job, gus! or reporter: thomas panek lost his sight in his 20s. he is c.e.o. of the guide dog organization. do all these dogs that start off as a puppy, do they become guide dogs? >> unfortunately not. actually, only about 36% of the dogs make it. >> come on, buddy! >> reporter: the puppies need to be healthy, confident enough to take charge and make decisions on the fly, and most of all, they have to enjoy the work. >> that's a good boy! very nice job! >> reporter: for decades, "guiding eyes for the blind" has been accumulating data, some of py provided by puppy raisers like lorraine trapani who is also an i.b.m. employee. >> t.j. is four months old, and i've already started to collect data on his behavior, things that he might be interested in, a bee that's flying by-- things that we need to work on so that when he's a guide dog he can ignore those distractions. >> reporter: that's where i.b.m.'s watson comes in. so far, watson has analyzed half a million kilobytes of behavioral data and that's just

the beginning. >> it's enabled guiding eyes to uncover insights that they couldn't previously do with the resource that they had. >> reporter: the system was able to predict with 100% accuracy which dogs would make it to graduation. >> come on, buddy! >> reporter: it costs $50,000 to produce a guide dog, whether they graduate or not. improving the odds for picking puppies will not only stretch the charity's precious dollars. it will give dogs like t.j. an better chance at a rewarding life. don dahler, cbs news, yorktown heights, new york. >> mason: t.j. just happens to be the name our director and he liked that story and see did we. that's the "cbs evening news." thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

taco truck. the business that ousted its neighbor.. now showing a change of heart. we begin with a potential truce in the heated battle over a popular taco truck the business that ousted its neighbors is now having a change of heart. outrage spread after we reported the pleasanton taco truck was forced to move from its location of 18 years. it stemmed from a complaint from the nearby casa real event company that operates near the taco truck on vineyard avenue. only on "5" our susie steimle reports that business is reaching out with a compromise. >> reporter: well, veronica, this all started because casa real the events company here didn't want nelly's taco truck's customers to be parked where i'm standing. she used to park her truck just on the other side of this fence here and now they're offering her, her own space here on private property just hoping that will make this controversy go away.

[ speaking spanish ] >> i'm thinking about accepting it but i must show the letter to my family tonight. >> we met with her here to say, listen, we want to coexist. >> reporter: mike callahan wants to put the controversy to rest between the casa real and the taco truck. she parked her spot in the same spot in front of casa real for the past 18 years. this january, casa real told her she was causing traffic issues and needed to move. >> we would have the vehicles you see over there today lined up here. we wouldn't be able to use our space. we couldn't come to a resolution. >> reporter: callahan went to the city. he kpix 5 obtained casa real's mp