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evening news plus." i am john dickerson. the second chapter in the era of donald. trump and washington is said to. begin shortly as a republican. congress tries to agree with the. president on spending and taxes. caitlin huey-burns reports on. not coming fight and the view. among some members of the. president's own party that the. cuts he has made so far may be. going too far. president trump says volodymyr zelenskyy has no cards in the negotiation over the fate of his country. we will speak with marc caputo of axios about why the president is putting a squeeze on zelenskyy to accept the deal with russia. and an invasion along learn more northern border why hogs are threatening the economy and they seem to be unstoppable. adam yamaguchi with our in-depth report tonight. those stories and more right after our news headlines. ♪ ♪ >> it so painful. >> john: fury and anguish in israel after dna testing shows remains were returned by hamas

are not from shiri bibas. she remains missing and gauze. raising fear that fighting may resume. >> hamas lied and violated the agreement. >> john: cbs news has learned that 7,000 jobs are being cut at the irs. just as taxis and it moves into full swing. many of those being let go were recently hired under legislation assigned by former president biden. and today a federal judge refused to drop corruption charges against new york city mayor eric adams. as the justice department had requested. instead he appointed an outside lawyer to advise him on the matter. ♪ ♪ we begin this friday evening in washington, where lawmakers must approve a new budget before the government runs out of funding in mid-march. this morning there republican-controlled senate adopted a $340 billion budget blueprint. and next week the g.o.p. led

house will advance their own proposal. there are some differences in the strategy and the president prefers the house approach. this is usually where the major questions about taxes and spending take place in american government, but this time it will take place as the president and elon musk have been working to drastically reduce the size of federal agencies. cbs's caitlyn huey-burns is in washington on the hill. caitlin, let's start with that government funding question. there are two approaches. is it possible to tell me what the difference in those two approaches are? >> reporter: yes, john. basically all republicans here on capitol hill want to pass the president's priorities. but they are at odds about how to do it. and the challenge really is on the approach, because they know they have a fragile majority in the house especially, and they also know that they have kind of an unreliable actor in the white house. knowing that he could blow it all up. we have seen that game before, and so, what the senate decided to do was they decided to break

this up a bit. they want to tackle emigration funding and national security funding, some energy priorities as well. get that done first, and then in a second bill talk about some of these tax cuts of the president wants to make permanent. the house, however, has a whole different ball game, john. they have a very narrow majority, you have a handful of republicans who don't like any government spending at all. they want to see deep cuts. another handful of republicans from more moderate districts were afraid of what those cuts may be. >> maurice: still in xp this is brilliantly explained, and this will matter because it's the main get through to the tax and spending priorities, right? >> reporter: that's exactly right, they have a lot to do not allowed to do it. and this is a complicated process, but basically given the tight margins here and given that they know, they are not going to get any support from democrats up here on capitol hill, they want to do this through a process that can't be filibustered. that as very specifically is

attached to budget. >> john: quickly, caitlin, before i lose you coming to talk to senator murkowski about the cuts that a man made and the federal branch? >> reporter: that's right, john. we are seeing a clash between republicans who want to see government shrink a bit who are supportive of general cuts, but also don't want to see their cuts in their particlar states and districts. this is a problem that has long perplexed to washington and has really come into a class year, not only people like lisa murkowski, but other republicans who are raising their hands trying to tell the white house and the administration hey, you may want to think twice about some of these cuts. >> john: an age-old battle, caitlin huey burns in washington, thank you. beneath the battle scarred fields of ukraine hides a treasure, rare earth minerals used to power the advanced technologies. white house national security advisor mike waltz said ukraine is close to signing a deal giving u.s. access to these scarce resources. here to discuss is marc caputo, senior editor -- i should say reporter at axios. i don't want to accuse you of

being an editor. marc, remind me about this rare earth deal. >> reporter: there are number of rare earth minerals whether it is lithium, aluminum, there also might be rise to gas and the like in ukraine. and the united states in the trump administration wants access to half of that or a one point did in order to essentially recoup some of the money spent in ukraine so far, and to recruit some of it going forward. >> john: has president trump is making the negotiation with the russians, how does this work in the context of that deal for the ukrainians who have to rely on him to basically have their interests in mind in these negotiations with russia? >> reporter: initially had in it. russian -- or better said ukrainian president zelenskyy was opposed, and according to the trump administration sort of sand bags them or surprise them with this opposition by voicing a publicly and not privately. however, he has at the negotiating table and as you just said, it looks as if a deal

will be struck. >> john: so is there a lot of pressure on zelenskyy to make the deal on rare earth minerals, because he is basically relying on donald trump to help him out with whatever the deal is with russia? >> reporter: yes, the problem that zelenskyy has is that trump's overall view generally is that history now is pivoting on these large nations, these big personality is leading them, him, president trump, president xi and china, president putin and russia, president modi in india. and it zelenskyy is sort of a big player here. in the trump administration has signaled, has not said yet, but has signaled it is willing to essentially countenance russia taking over both the eastern areas of ukraine that it invaded as well as parts of the as off coast and crimea. those are things that zelenskyy and ukraine does not want to. but the end, zelenskyy has no leverage or no cards to play

here, and it's a very difficult pill for them to swallow. >> john: axios' marc caputo. thank you so much. an update on a story we told you about last night on the cbs evening news plus. the cdc says probationary workers abruptly fired from the world trade center health program last week and return to their jobs. president trump along with elon musk and his department of government efficiency cut funding to that initiative that provides medical care for those sickened by the september 11th attacks. the move prompted a huge outcry and the white house reversed itself. los angeles fire chief has been demoted six weeks after the most destructive wildfires in city history. the los angeles mayor karen bass ousted the chief today, kristin crowley had publicly clashed with the mayor over the wildfire resources even as homes burned. cbs's carter evans is in los angeles with the latest. >> reporter: just weeks after one of he worst national disasters in u.s. history. >> is a mayor of the city, the

buck stops with me. >> reporter: and battle los angeles mayor karen bass took action against the embattled city fire chief kristen cawley. >> acting in the best interest of los angeles public safety, i just met with chief crawley and removed her as fire chief. >> reporter: it was a feud that at x collated even as flames were still consuming thousands of homes in pacific palisades on l.a.'s west westside. chief crawley had publicly released an internal memo warning that a severe budget cuts would impact the fire department's ability to respond to large-scale emergencies such as wildfires. >> was a budget cut? >> yes it was cut and it did impact our ability to provide service. >> let me just be clear about the budget per the fire department was not cut. >> today mayor bass said that the firing was in the interest of public safety. what specifically did she do to endanger public safety? >> as i mentioned, 1,000 firefighters who could have been on the job fighting the fires were sent home. >> reporter: we knew the file

and thousand firefighters could've been called in the day after the fire, what changed? >> what changed? >> reporter: you said you weren't planning on firing heard on january 11th. >> while los angeles was on fire. after that we had rain's. i was not going to do anything while we were in the state of emergency. >> reporter: mayor bass tried to reflect criticism of why she was on a trip to ghana during the fire despite warnings of life-threatening winds and extreme fire danger days before it ignited. >> whenever there was a fire emergency, a weather emergency, or a hint of a problem, i am contacted directly. >> reporter: did you see any forecast before you went to ghana? >> no. >> reporter: it marks a stunning turn for the first filed joint and female fire chief terminated by l.a.'s first elected female mirror. carter evans, cbs news los angeles. >> john: now here are three things to know, the measles outbreak in northwest texas is

now the largest in the state in three decades, 90 cases have now been reported. most in children and teenagers. 16 people have been treated at hospitals. state health records show the epicenter of the outbreak gains county has seen a dramatic jump in the number of vaccine negations and schools. you could have seen this one coming or not, new study says just one hour per day, can significantly increase the risk of nearsightedness and it goes way up with one to four hours of screen time, so don't look too long. and tonight we know -- and tonight we note the passing of jerry butler, known as the iceman for his rich baritone, first with the impressions and then later in his solo career. butler reportedly was diagnosed with parkinson's disease and died thursday at his home in chicago. he was 85 years old. coming up on the cbs evening news plus, from political

showdowns to policy shake-ups, we break down the turmoil of the justice department. plus this. >> these tracks are clearly quite fresh, right? and you see them going about directions. >> john: we are tracking super

>> john: on the u.s./canadian border, there is an epic battle between man and beast going on. and it seems that beasts are winning. large wild hogs are wreaking havoc on ranches and farm land on both sides of the border. in tonight's "in-depth" cbs's adam yamaguchi travels to canada to track the so-called super pigs. ♪ ♪ >> what you got there? >> reporter: is a sun sets on the canadian prairie, the search begins for one of north america's most destructive animals. >> these tracks are quite fresh, and you can see them going in both directions. >> reporter: professor ryan broke of the university of saskatchewan has been tracking them for years. >> like lots of them, not just two oh three. there a lot. it is mildly alarming. >> reporter: brooke is one of canada's leading authorities on the so-called super pigs.

he calls them in ecological train wreck. the cross breeds, the wellbores bread with domestic pigs. the population now spreading out of control. why is this so difficult to eradicate this problem? >> i think that there are two challenges in canada, one is their biology makes them very, very hard to get rid of. they reproduce faster than you can shoot them. >> reporter: they will eat anything to survive, with devastating consequences. it's because they have eaten everything of value off of it, so. he has lost all of this. >> reporter: for local farmers fed up with the damage -- >> and this looks like it was a nice-looking crop at one time. >> reporter: there is one man to call. he catches and kills nearly five super pigs a week. >> these pigs can spread disease to humans, to pets, to wildlife, and to livestock. >> reporter: americans have reason to worry. wild pigs already because around

$2.5 billion of damage to u.s. crops every year, and they can be aggressive towards humans. a woman in texas was killed by wild pigs in 2019. >> so here's the border fence between us and canada, just a little barbed wire fence. >> reporter: maggie nutter is a fourth-generation farmer near sweet grass, montana. >> you look at the billions of dollars, billions of dollars of damage that those pigs do down south, and the damage they are doing up in canada. we can afford them. >> reporter: montana has launched a squeal on pigs campaign, urging anyone who has seen feral swine to report them. >> reported immediately. >> reporter: for professor brooke it's not if they spell over the border, but when. >> this is what i have been warning for now into 15 years. and warning anyone who would listen that this is coming. >> reporter: an invasion that so far appears unstoppable. adam yamaguchi, cbs news near milford, saskatchewan.

>> john: chaos, controversy, and crucial decisions involving the justice department are the sc es of justice, now out

i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line.

you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise] cbs cares. [joe] that's my commitment. >> john: kash patel was sworn in as fbi director today. not since j. edgar hoover has that head of the department invited so much controversy. but controversy may be the word of the week when it comes to the justice department from the mayor eric adams corruption case to the top prosecuting resignations. so for tonight's interview we turn to justice correspondent scott mcfarland. so scott, kash patel is now the head of the fbi, what does that mean for the borough? >> immediately it means they are going to move people out of washington and redeployed the male storm of the country, the

first and out men from the new fbi director kash patel is that 1,000 agents and employees win employees will be relocated from the eight headquarters at washington to the many dozens of field offices and regent offices worldwide. that's a change, but there is a fundamental transcendent change here. that kash patel had a job opening to apply for in the first place is big. big moving forward. the previous fbi director chris ray stood down from his post just before president trump came in knowing he would be fired otherwise, and the fbi, the borough that is pride as in step independence is led by a trump loyalist, an ardent one, perhaps this is a future where presidents bring in their own personal fbi director's. >> john: scott come on that question of the thousand agents being moved out of washington into field offices, is the idea behind that the idea that basically washington is where this is as kash patel sees it,

where the trouble is for the agency's, so get them out of the swamp and into the country? >> reporter: kash patel argued at his confirmation hearings he wanted to depoliticize the borough. it runs counter to him being a trompe l'oeil list, but that's the promise he made and there is an objects to having 1,000 plus in washington, the epicenter ofn politics where they can be elsewhere, but the thing he may declaratively is that the fieldwork is in the field coming out of washington, d.c., and he is in the past talked about turning the hoover building in d.c. and to a museum of the deep state. and it has already removed quite a few people from the hoover building today. >> john: so as you say the fbi may now change into an instrument of the person in the white house. this is also the charge leveled at justice department, there were developments in the case with eric adams, you are at that trial this week. update us on the latest developments of that case.

>> reporter: you need a little bit of a scorecard here, but the judge in this case had very limited flexibility. both the prosecutors and the defendant won the case dismissed. usually that means dismissal. but the judge wants to hear from a third party first, an outside attorney, former solicitor general, well-known figure in washington named paul clement. come in and make your argument as to how they should go. there been concerns there was a quid pro quo between the mayor and t the trump allies at the justice department to get this kicked. both deny it and the judge wants to hear from the outside lawyer. he said to deadlines, march 7th for filings, march 14th for a possible hearing. so for about another month, eric adams remains a charged felony defendant. >> john: and the idea is that clement who was once on the list for supreme court nominees for donald trump that he would be a fair arbiter of a very hot political question, is that the idea? >> reporter: because on wednesday at the latest hearing there was nobody standing in there on behalf of those

sentences or the alleged victims of the crime, and now bringing in an outside lawyer to button things up and sharpening argument to help clarify these upcoming rulings. >> john: that is very helpful. scott macfarlane from washington, d.c., thanks a lot. after nearly 50 years, e

>> john: the new york yankees have finally thrown in their

razor, the team is allowing beards. baseball has been around long enough to have a rich history with facial hair. players in the 19th century n teams like the detroit wolverines and boston being eaters sported mustaches which on early baseball cards makes them all local like baristas and that downtown coffee shop everyone likes. but a great tidiness swept players cheeks. and then in the 1970s, things got a little loose in america. an experimental time when people thought trousers needed more room in the ankles and created bell-bottoms. ballplayers wearing stirrups could not match that, but they did let their hair ago like everyone else. not on the yankees. george steinbrenner, the club owner for almost 40 years allowed only a thin mustache. reggie jackson shaved his beard down when he joined from the oakland a's. players were benched for a long hair or a beard. player lou panella complained that jesus had long hair and beard, steinberger wrote back

"walk back to look back across that pond and you can have long hair and a beard." it's a wack rule, said one former yankee. when they leave for other teams they grow back there beards. steinbrenner's son hopes the new rule will keep players and make it easier to lure new ones. it is part of who these young men are, it's a part of their character. it's part of their persona. it's a part of the fans persona too. we like to see ourselves and our favorite teams and for a sport worried about its audience. one way to prove that america's pastime is not passed its time is to keep up with the times. and that's tonight's "c

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