tv CBS Evening News CBS March 3, 2025 6:30pm-7:01pm PST
6:30 pm
>> 911, it's an emergency. >> an emergency? >> we want to eat donuts. >> are you going to share? >> i'm not. >> you're not? >> oh, my. well, while the toddler didn't want to share donuts, the dispatcher did. the next day police surprised the toddler at his front door with his special request, a box of dunkin' donuts. the police department says the boy used an old cell phone that could still be used to call 911, but had no other functional use. oh, my. sugar rush. thanks for joining us! the cbs evening news with maurice dubois and john dickerson is next. local news continues streaming on cbs news bay area. we're back here in 30 minutes with more news just for you at 7:00. look at that sunset! who ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from cbs news headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news."
6:31 pm
>> john: here come the tariffs. good evening. i'm john dickerson. >> maurice: i'm maurice dubois. president trump is making it more expensive for mexico and canada to get their products through america's front door, and that could increase the cost of the packages left on your front porch. >> john: at a time when 3 out of 4 americans are telling cbs news their incomes are not keeping up with inflation. at a minute past midnight, a 25% tax takes effect on imports from america's closest and biggest trading partners. >> maurice: the announcement had investors running for the exits. nvidia, gm, and amazon led a sell-off that saw the dow plunge nearly 1.5%, the nasdaq more than 2.5%, and the s&p 1.75%. >> john: weijia jiang is at the white house. weijia? >> reporter: well, president trump says canada and mexico must face those tariffs because they have failed to stop the flow of fentanyl into the u.s. and for this same reason, he is bumping up the fee on chinese imports. tonight, economists warn this
6:32 pm
could spark a trade war that will cost consumers. after following through on his threat... >> the tariffs, they're all set. they go into effect tomorrow. >> reporter: president trump says there's a simple solution for countries that want to avoid tariffs. >> what they have to do is build their car plants, frankly, and other things in the united states, in which case they have no tariffs. >> reporter: to make his point today, trump hosted the ceo of a taiwanese semiconductor chip manufacturing company who pledged to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing plants in the u.s. and the president said japanese automaker honda has ditched its plan to open a new plant in mexico, opting instead for indiana, to avoid tariffs. but auto prices are still likely to increase. one study found a large suv with parts from mexico could jump $9,000. >> trade wars are costly and nobody wins. >> reporter: josh lipsky
6:33 pm
is a former state department official. trump argues that we're going to slap all these extra fees on imports so then everyone's going to buy american and that will be great for american manufacturing, american companies. but doesn't that take time? >> that doesn't happen overnight. that could take years. and in the meantime, there's huge cost of transition. >> reporter: another recent study estimates the new tariffs could cost the average u.s. family more than $1200 a year. i think people at home really just want to know, what does this mean for me? do companies absorb the cost? or am i going to have to pay more? >> you're going to have to pay more. it doesn't mean you're going to have to pay exactly what the tariff is, because there are all kinds of ways some of this gets absorbed by companies and otherwise. but you as a consumer will very likely pay more for the products that are tariffed. and it could get worse if a trade war erupts. >> maurice: weijia, we remember candidate trump promising to lower prices on day one. what has he been saying
6:34 pm
about the overall economy? >> reporter: well, he hasn't been talking much about those prices and in fact has not talked about the overall economy in terms of specific actions he's taking to immediately lower the prices. his economic team says look, it's only been six weeks since he took office, so you have to give us some time for the policies to take effect. the white house says he'll talk about all of this when he addresses a joint session of congress tomorrow night. >> john: and, weijia, there are even more tariffs coming, yes? >> reporter: yeah, the president announced next month the u.s. will impose reciprocal tariffs on any country that has a fee on american exports. and a new study from the university of michigan shows that all these tariffs are already having an impact. it showed that consumer confidence decreased by 10% since january, and it will likely impact consumer spending. >> john: and weijia, has that consumer spending received any kind of pushback from the white house? what's their explanation for that?
6:35 pm
>> reporter: well, they say that they are doing everything that they can. for example, when it comes to the price of eggs, they say the department of agriculture has a plan to deal with the bird flu and then deal with the cost. so far, they claim that the economy is doing great and because of all these bigger actions that trump is taking, whether it's with d.o.g.e. or whether it's with tariffs, they say it will have an impact and boost that confidence overall. >> john: just got to wait. weijia jiang at the white house. thank you, weijia. >> maurice: china has already found a way around u.s. tariffs on imports. >> john: anna coren reports china is exporting its factories. >> reporter: a two-hour drive outside the cambodian capital, phnom penh, a convoy of semitrailers passed by. let's drive straight through. moments later, an enormous arch greeted us with signage in two languages: the local language, khmer, and beneath, chinese. but it's very clear who's in charge of this special economic zone rising from the dirt. hello, sir.
6:36 pm
hello. the manager of this furniture factory invited us in. okay, thank you. they moved here from china a month ago to produce ottomans to export to the united states. most of the companies coming here are chinese. and their driving incentive? to avoid u.s. tariffs. the u.s.-china trade war is the main reason for this explosion of chinese investment in cambodia. in 2016, before president trump took office, cambodian exports to the u.s. were roughly $3 billion. last year, they topped 12 billion, representing nearly 30% of the country's gdp. the cambodian government says for than half of the factories in cambodia are chinese-owned. to america? while chinese companies are skirting u.s. tariffs, economists we spoke to say they are playing by the rules, but there are fears cambodia's economy could become collateral damage. are you concerned
6:37 pm
that president trump might put tariffs on cambodia considering the chinese investments? >> yes. >> reporter: chinese garment factory owner mr. huang moved to cambodia 20 years ago, capitalizing on tax breaks and lower wages while still running factories in china. but when the trade war began in 2018, he moved all operations to cambodia and now exports 60% of his garments to the u.s. and who are your customers? >> walmart, costco. >> reporter: and he said those orders have only multiplied since president trump announced new tariffs. >> john: and anna coren joins us now from beijing. anna, as you mentioned, there are already tariffs on china. president trump says he's going to add more tariffs. what's that going to do to china? >> reporter: well, john, chinese manufacturers certainly are going to feel some pain. we spoke to one who said she will try to absorb the tariffs. others won't be in a position to do so. that's when you'll see those higher costs passed on to american customers.
6:38 pm
those retaliatory tariffs we saw from china were mainly symbolic last month. now they're going to target u.s. agriculture, and that's u.s. farmers. >> maurice: anna, china's national people's congress starts on wednesday, that of course is their big government meeting. their economy is not exactly in great shape, so what do they expect it to do now? >> reporter: that's right, maurice. it's been hurting from the property crisis and high youth unemployment. the national people's congress is about laying out the road map to strengthen the economy. i spoke to an advisor to the chinese government last night, and he said that despite all the noise about a trade war, he still is confident a deal will be done and that president trump will visit china later this year. >> john: anna coren reporting from beijing. thank you, anna. >> maurice: we expect the president to have much more to say about tariffs and other issues when he addresses a joint session of the house and senate and the american people tomorrow evening. >> john: maurice and i will bring you live coverage beginning at 9:00 eastern time.
6:39 pm
now more top stories from around the world in tonight's "evening news" roundup. beginning with a new setback for pope francis as he battles double pneumonia in a rome hospital. he had more breathing problems today. doctors twice had to clear his lungs. francis is 88. his prognosis remains guarded. cbs news has confirmed the trump administration is pausing military aid to ukraine. sources tell cbs's margaret brennan it is not a permanent end to aid but a pause. the administration has not yet authorized a drawdown of the remaining 3.8 billion in military shipments. a number of passenger planes on final approach to reagan national airport this weekend received apparent false alarms from their collision avoidance systems. senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave joins us. kris, we have had enough with regular alarms. now these are false alarms? >> reporter: yeah, john, we pored through hours of air traffic control audio from
6:40 pm
saturday at washington reagan airport and identified at least 12 flights that received these false alarms from their onboard collision avoidance systems. six of them in fact encouraged the plane to take evasive maneuvers. at least three did go-arounds before safely landing. this is the same airport where that deadly midair collision occurred in january. flyers are already on edge. now the faa is investigating and looking into the possibility that some kind of external interference may have triggered these alarms. we do know that all 12 of these planes we identified were regional jets, two different makes of regional jets. other airplanes did not receive these alerts. so it is a mystery at this point. no evidence of nefarious activity, but this many false alarms is highly unusual. >> maurice: and raises a lot of questions. kris van cleave tonight in phoenix. thank you. >> john: still ahead on the "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn on wildfires in the carolinas and a winter storm that could produce a blizzard.
6:41 pm
>> maurice: and we'll have these stories. >> thousands of usaid employees fired by the trump administration this week were given just 15 minutes to clear out their desks. i am caitlin huey-burns outside of the agency's headquarters with one federal aid worker's emotional goodbye. >> i'm imtiaz tyab in kyiv. we'll take you inside a military trauma hospital where injured soldiers told us they had no choice but to keep fighting against russia, as u.s.-ukrainian ties unravel. that's next on the "cbs evening news." that's next on the "he is evening news." albuterol only treats your symptoms, not inflammation— a cause of asthma attacks. treating symptoms and inflammation with rescue is supported by asthma experts. finally, there's a modern way to treat symptoms and asthma attacks. airsupra is the first and only dual-action asthma rescue inhaler
6:42 pm
fda-approved to treat symptoms and help prevent asthma attacks. airsupra should not be used as a maintenance treatment for asthma. get medical help right away if your breathing doesn't improve or worsens or for serious allergic reactions, like rash, mouth or tongue swelling, trouble breathing or swallowing, or chest pain. using airsupra more than prescribed could be life-threatening. serious side effects include increased risk of thrush or infections, or heart problems like faster heart rate and higher blood pressure. welcome to the modern age of dual-action asthma rescue. ask your doctor if airsupra is right for you. swiffer sweeper dry* traps 2x more dust and hair for a clean even mom approves of. nice reach! brooms can just push stuff around, but swiffer grabs dirt and even traps the hair. swiffer. the mother of all cleans. love it or your money back! choose advil liqui-gels for faster, stronger and longer-lasting relief than tylenol rapid release gels. because advil targets pain at the source of inflammation.
6:43 pm
so for faster pain relief, advil the pain away. ♪ ♪ >> john: it did not end friday. president trump attacked ukrainian president zelenskyy again today, this time for saying an end to the war with russia is still "very far away." >> maurice: mr. trump, in a post on social media, called it the worst statement zelenskyy could have made and said the u.s. will not put up with it for much longer. >> john: the war, now more than 3 years old, has left three quarters of a million people dead or wounded. >> maurice: that includes civilians and military. imtiaz tyab is in kyiv tonight.
6:44 pm
>> reporter: at just 26 years old, dr. igor pryntsypal is one of ukraine's youngest orthopedic trauma specialists. he took us to an operating room where a ukrainian soldier was having reconstructive surgery. this group of surgeons meticulously removed skin and other tissue from the soldier's back to rebuild part of his arm that was nearly severed while he fought against russian forces on the battlefield. this is the highest level of reconstruction. >> yes. this is the best surgeons operating in ukraine. >> reporter: what we are seeing is one of the most complex reconstructive surgeries that the surgeons here perform, and it really is a race against time to help soldiers like this who've suffered life-changing injuries. are you afraid ukraine may lose america's support? >> if we have it, we will be more strong. but today's soldiers said we know we must save us.
6:45 pm
>> reporter: dr. pryntsypal is also closely involved in the physical rehabilitation of wounded soldiers, many of them told us they felt a deep sense of uncertainty as u.s.-ukrainian ties continued to unravel. including oleksiy, a grandfather and volunteer soldier in his 50s. he was being treated for shrapnel wounds to his legs and hips from a russian shelling. oleksiy also suffered a battlefield injury to his arm a year ago and still went back to fight. so you're going to keep fighting no matter what. >> [speaking in a global language] >> reporter: "of course. for the sake of my granddaughter," he said. "we must protect ourselves to prove that ukraine exists." a fight for ukraine everyone we met here believes in. what keeps you hopeful? >> we understand that if we are together, we can fight with everything. and when our friends help us, we are better.
6:46 pm
>> maurice: and imtiaz tyab joins us now from kyiv. you have really extraordinary access there, imtiaz. what's the mood of the people there in ukraine? who are they counting as their friends nowadays? >> reporter: well, of the many ukrainians we've been speaking to, from injured soldiers to politicians, they tell us they believe the u.s. and ukraine are still friends and that the connection between these two nations runs far deeper than any disagreement between two presidents. and of course following president zelenskyy's visit to london this weekend, the quite literal warm embrace he received from european leaders as well as promises of aid and security guarantees, well, that had many here feeling that ukraine is not alone. >> maurice: okay, thanks so much. imtiaz tyab in kyiv tonight. >> john: hundreds of wildfires are burning in north and south carolina but firefighters battling them got a break from the weather today. >> maurice: the wind that was helping spread the flames has died down.
6:47 pm
lonnie quinn has the latest on that. lonnie. >> gentlemen, you're right. the winds in the carolinas have sort of relaxed but not the case off to the west. every color depicted here shows some kind of wind warning. pay close attention to the bright red in texas and new mexico. red flag warnings in effect until tomorrow afternoon. we could use some rain. there is some rain on the way. the problem is it could possibly come in the form of severe weather. overnight tonight at 4:00 a.m. for dallas until about 7:00 a.m, the threat is there for severe thunder storms, possibly even tornadoes. it moves into shreveport, louisiana, later in the morning. jackson, mississippi, mobile, by the time you get to wednesday, the line makes its way to the east coast. when you look at the radar signature, it will tell you a lot. when you watch a line form that is vertically stacked, straight line straight up and down, see what's developing right here? it's a strong line of storms as it makes its trek through the midsection of the country, it's going to finish and exit the east coast on wednesday and wednesday we watch anywhere from say washington, d.c., all the way down to savannah, georgia. as for the carolinas, which is what we started talking about,
6:48 pm
the winds come back to play on wednesday but it comes also with a lot of rain, which is a good thing. gentlemen? >> maurice: all right, lonnie quinn, thank you. >> john: federal workers targeted in the mass firings are losing more than a job. >> maurice: "eye on america" is next. e on america" is next. brushed away. feeling can't be even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com ok guys, instead of getting weathertech, i saved a few bucks and got some cheap, foreign made floor mats. but they really stink, so put these on. ♪♪ really, gary? mom, i'm thirsty.
6:49 pm
don't settle for cheap, stinky floor mats. at weathertech we make our floorliners and cargo liners here in america, out of pure non-toxic american materials. dad, next time get weathertech. they don't stink! i'm on it. find out everything we have at wt.com. join the more than 7 million adults, like michael, who have taken ozempic®. i'm on it. as touring musicians, my type 2 diabetes could have slowed us down. but i didn't let it. i'm michael from the war & treaty, and this is what my ozempic® era looks like. i'm lowering my a1c. and i lost some weight, too. i also learned some people take ozempic® to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events, like stroke, heart attack, or death. and others take it to lower the risk of worsening chronic kidney disease. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles.
6:50 pm
don't take if you or your family had mtc, men 2, or if allergic to it. stop taking and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck or any of these allergic reactions. tell your provider if you plan to have surgery or a procedure, are nursing, pregnant, or plan to be. serious side effects may include inflamed pancreas, gallbladder or severe stomach problems, or changes in vision. call your prescriber if you have any of these symptoms. taking with a sulfonylurea or insulin may raise low blood sugar risk. common side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, constipation. some side effects lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. discover the glp-1 with the most fda-approved uses, ozempic®.
6:51 pm
>> maurice: president trump is giving the heads of federal agencies until next week to submit plans for eliminating more government jobs. the thousands being cut in the mass firings are much more than numbers on a payroll list and every one of them has a story. caitlin huey-burns has tonight's "eye on america." >> what do you want for lunch today? >> reporter: we joined kate scaife friday morning as she made her kids' lunch, dropped them off at the bus stop, and headed to her office at usaid
6:52 pm
where she was a program analyst. scaife was one of thousands of federal employees who received an email saying they are being affected by a reduction in force, government speak for "you're fired." >> it has been one of the hardest months of my life. to feel that i did something wrong when all we were ever trying to do was the right thing. >> they are increasingly viewed as the villains. >> reporter: that's top trump official russell vought talking to his right wing think tank in 2023. vought has helped billionaire elon musk carry out the mass firings across the federal government. last week vought sent this memo directing agencies to plan for a significant reduction in the number of full-time workers, an effort to shrink the government that could ultimately leave 700,000 federal employees across the country out of a job. >> we want to put them in trauma. >> reporter: that trauma was
6:53 pm
on display friday as usaid workers left the building for the last time. >> usaid saves lives. >> reporter: that's how you would have described your work? >> that's right. we make america safer. >> reporter: for the last two years, kate scaife's job was to make thousands of humanitarian programs around the world run efficiently, a role she optimistically believed would match the priorities of the new administration. >> one of our senior leaders came up to me at one point, passed me in the hall and said "be prepared to be the most popular girl in the room in a couple weeks." >> reporter: her illusions faded last month when musk tweeted about feeding usaid into the wood chipper. the next day, scaife couldn't log on to her work devices. >> i felt disappeared, right? all of our work was made invisible too. >> reporter: we rode with scaife as she drove to the office. >> i've got my kids' pictures. >> you leave it there thinking you'll get it back. >> that it will be there on monday.
6:54 pm
>> reporter: she was allowed 15 minutes to clean out her desk. >> it just felt really demeaning to be treated like that. >> reporter: scaife had been the breadwinner in her family. how do you talk to your kids about this? >> it was so hard to tell them things like, you know, we've made summer plans for these camps. and you know, i can't afford that. >> reporter: it feels like work was a big part of your identity. >> i feel like i am my best mom when i have this other part of me that helps me to feel engaged with the world. i don't know how i'll find something new that gives me that same joy. >> reporter: a feeling now looming for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. for "eye on america," i'm caitlin huey-burns in silver spring, maryland. >> maurice: in tomorrow's "eye on america," the impact of the southern california wildfires goes beyond the land. we'll take a look at the long-term effects
6:55 pm
of the toxic ash on the ocean. john and i will be right back. . '♪ ♪ go re-charge your batteries, ♪ ♪ come back to me and make your mama proud ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i need your arms around me, ♪ ♪ i need to feel your touch ♪ ♪ and i really want to talk! ♪ ♪ rinse it out ♪ ♪ every now and then ♪ ♪ i get a little bit tired of the stinks ♪ ♪ that just will never come out ♪ ♪ pour downy in the rinse, jade ♪ ♪ every now and then i rinse it out! ♪ fights odor in just one wash. (woman) what if all i do for my type 2 diabetes isn't enough? or what if... (vo) ...once-weekly mounjaro could help?
6:56 pm
mounjaro helps your body regulate blood sugar and can help you eat less food. plus 3 out of 4 people reached an a1c of less than 7%. and people lost up to 25 pounds. don't take mounjaro if you're allergic to it, or if you or someone in your family had medullary thyroid cancer or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or vision changes. serious side effects may include inflamed pancreas and gallbladder problems. taking mounjaro with sulfonylurea or insulin may raise your low blood sugar risk. tell your doctor if you're nursing, pregnant, plan to be, or taking birth control pills. side effects include nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, which can cause dehydration and may worsen kidney problems.
6:57 pm
(woman) i can do diabetes differently with mounjaro. (vo) ask your doctor about mounjaro. all doses available. this is what joint pain looks like. when you keep moving with aleve. (♪♪) just 1 aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted joint pain relief. aleve. strength to last 12 hours. before taking breztri for my copd, i had bad days. days ruined by flare-ups [cough] that could permanently damage my lungs. then i talked to my doctor about breztri, and i noticed things changed. breztri gave me better breathing. ♪♪ starting within 5 minutes, my lung function improved. ♪♪ breztri also helped improve my symptoms...
6:58 pm
and was even proven to reduce flare-ups... including those that could send me to the hospital. now i worry less about bad days... and enjoy more good days. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling,... problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. can't afford your medication? astrazeneca may be able to help. ask your doctor about breztri for copd. >> john: finally tonight, lest we forget. these are the seven people shot to death at a fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois,
7:00 pm
removal of san creating a toxic work environment. >> it absolutely affected morale. she created a culture of fear and retaliation. tomorrow, voters are deciding on removing san mateo's embattled sheriff, she claims it is all a witchhunt. >> the election itself is geared only to target her. and a case where size did matter and it almost blocked much needed new housing. >> we are letting an eighth of an inch get in the way of housing. something is fundamental. >> that denial that left san jose's mayor stunned. an apparent prank that no one found funny. the stunt involving a horse and a child that left one woman in jail. >>
0 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
KPIX (CBS)Uploaded by TV Archive on
