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traveled to c.i.a. headquarters to make this promise: >> i know maybe sometimes you haven't gotten the backing that you've wanted, and you're going to get so much backing. >> reporter: the president vowed to intensify efforts to defeat isis and after denouncing an intelligence summary that contained unsubstantiated allegations against him, blamed the media for the rift. >> and they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. i just want to let you know, the reason you're the number one stop-- it is exact let's opposite. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: earlier in the at day mr. trump and his family, following a presidential tradition, attended a multidenominational prayer service at washington's national cathedral. >> we pray you start a fire in every heart, the true love of peace. >> reporter: the service came nearly 24 hours after the president's inaugural address, where he preached patriotism as a remedy for an a
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and unemployment. >> this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the first couple attended three inaugural balls. at one, the president acknowledged promises he made during the campaign. >> now the work begins. there's no games, right, no games. >> reporter: that work included mr. trump signing an executive order that sought to weaken the affordable care act. the republican-led congress is expected to vote to repeal the law in the coming weeks. the trump administration is starting to take shape. defense secretary james mattis reported for duty at the pentagon, and john kelley took the oath to service as secretary of homeland security. >> thank you. >> reporter: mr. trump takes office with unanswered ethical questions about his real estate holdings. during yesterday's inaugural parade, he got out to walk near his washington hotel. the third such effort to burnish the hotel's brand this week. >> don
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running the company. >> reporter: there is no evidence the president has separated himself from his businesses as he promised to do earlier this month. a lawyer for the president did not respond to a cbs inquiry. the president has cleared one ethical hurdle, demarco. the justice department concluded there is no legal parrier to appointing jared kushner, mr. trump's son-in-law, to a senior white house position. >> morgan: major garrett, thank you. and just off the south lawn of the white house, a huge crowd gathered for the women's march on washington. it was expected to be the largest of hundreds of demonstrations around the world today. we have two reports from the national mall, starting with kris van cleave. >> the people united will never be defeated! >> reporter: they came from across the country. pouring off buses, clogging the roads, and cramming the subway. 275,000 riders by late morning, compared to
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yesterday's inauguration. what do you think the message that's being sent today is? >> that we will not tolerate racism, bigotry, xenophobia, sexism. >> reporter: they're here, they said, because they see the election of donald trump as a threat to women's rights. the city was preparing for about 200,000 marchers. by early this morning, the city's estimate had more than doubled to at least a half a million. >> we are totally overwhelmed. it's awesome. we had no idea that it was going to look like this. >> reporter: they flooded streets blocks away from the main stage, and its dozens of speakers, including madonna. >> good did not win this election. but good will win in the end. >> reporter: singer alicia keys: ♪ these girls are on fire >> reporter: activist gloria steinem: >> this is an outpouring of energy and true democracy like i
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life. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: and political novices turned organizers. >> before this march began, i had never done anything like this. >> we march because love trumps... >> hate! >> reporter: the plan was to march from the shadow of the capitol to the home of the new president. but the crowd packed the entire route. among them, now former secretary of state john kerry. hillary clinton can did not attend the march but tweeted, "thanks for standing, speaking, and marching for our values." our errol barnett is somewhere in this crowd, talking to marchers about what brought them to washington. >> i think we're all, as woman, concerned about the issues that affect all of us. >> reporter: these women arrived at the women's march on washington this morning after a long bus ride from michigan. julia chambers says she was spurred to act because of seesident trump's nominee for
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hails from her state. >> betsy devos, who has little experience, if any, to run our education system, and that affects our young people. and they are our future. so we need to protect that. >> can i get a hug! >> reporter: on social media, groups could be soon by the plane load and bus load heading for washington. a woman named tnay arrived on a flight from georgia. >> almost 100% of the women on the flight were coming to the march. and them i brought my mom with me, so we did a mother-daughter trip. >> reporter: she's most concerned about workplace inequality. >> even here, the color of our skin, sometimes prevents us from obtaining these jobs. they don't know the problems and struggles that black women and brown women face. >> i do not feel what had election has been inclusive of everyone. >> reporter: for olivia brickley, a chinese teen adopted by american parents-- >> love trumps hate! >> reporter: ...donald trump's campaign pulled people apart. >> i feel it
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partisan and divide, and i don't think it's in the best interest of the country. >> reporter: many in the crowd wore pink knitted hats. jay alapati says it's more than a fashion statement. >> it's a hat to signify that women's rights and all of causes. >> reporter: the march ended here at the elipse, directly across from the white house. demarco, organizers hope their feminist message and massive turnout cannot be ignored by president trump. >> morgan: the more than 600 sister marches were planned across the u.s. and around the world. organizers estimated three million people would march worldwide. mark strassmann has the latest. >> reporter: waves of anti-trump marchers rolled through hundreds of towns and cities coast to coast with one clear message: >> love trumps hate! hoff trumps hate! >> we have our rights, and we're sticking up for them. >> we're here to fight so don't take back our rights.
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where tens of thousands flooded to hear senator elizabeth warren lead the charge. >> and we believe that sexism, racism, homophobia, and bigotry have no place in this country. this is what we will fight for. this is what we will march for. are you ready to fight? ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: in chicago, crowds mushroomed to more than 150,000 people, forcing organizers to shut down the official march. protesters carried on, streaming over bridges and into downtown grant park. from austin, to new york, and l.a., they called out for women's rights, immigrant rights, and the power of inclusion. in atlanta, more than 10,000 protesters marched almost two miles from the national center for civil and human rights to the state house. they were led by
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he has called trump's presidency illegitimate because of russian hacking and interference in the election. >> we have a moral obligation to fight, so never, ever lose hope! protester courtney racey, brought eleanor, her six-year-old daughter. >> i just wanted to show her that it's not right to be talking bad about people because of their race or err ethnicity or gender. >> reporter: these protesters have long-term concerns about the new president, but they also feel disrespected twice over by the trump tweets, attacking their congressman and their city. demarco. >> morgan: all right, mark strassmann, thank you. president trump got a congratulatory phone call today from canada's prime minister justin trudeau. we also learned today that british prime minister theresa may will visit president trump at the white house next week. and a spokesperson for russian president vladimir putin said today mr. trump should also expect a phone call from putin
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soon. meanwhile, anti-trump demonstrations were held in cities around the globe. jonathan vigliotti is in london. >> reporter: protesters in the tens of thousands snaked through the streets of london saturday in solidarity with the women's march in d.c. ivonne was among them. >> i'd like to say that we're with you in this because i think there's a lot of people in the u.s. that also don't agree with his inauguration. >> donald trump has got to go! >> reporter: the u.k. may be an ocean apart, but protesters here took the u.s. election personally, crediting president trump's campaign rhetoric for fueling europe's nationalist movement, which gained steam with last summer's brexit. >> i felt very strongly that we haven't brexit, and we have done. we need to be-- we want to be a united world. >> reporter: around the world today, more than 600 marches swept through major cities, from paris to
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rome to berlin. even as far away as japan and australia. they are vastly different worlds, united under one message. trump hasn't taken criticism very well in the past. do you think that he's going to hear or listen to any of this today? >> most probably not, but one of the greatest things we've got is the free of speech, and the right to speak. >> reporter: today's international turnout is a reflection of how important president trump now is, and just how much some people around the world disagree with the tone he's already set. demarco. >> morgan: jonathan vigliotti. jonathan, thank you. well, former president can george h.w. bush is expected to remain in the intensive care unit of a houston hospital for the next few days while former first lady barbara bush could go home tomorrow. a spokesperson says the 92-year-old former president is breathing on his own and is in good spirits. he's being treated for pneumonia. the 91-
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flash floods in arizona led to these swift-water rescues near phoenix. it's part of the same storm system that dumped snow in the sera and drenched lower elviations in california. overwhelming a levee near hollister, where water flooded farms and homes for the second time in a week. in santa barbara, floodwaters swept cabins and vehicles down a coastal canyon and 20 campers were rescued. >> we just watched it go like this. >> it was crazy. >> and then flow right into where our picnic tables, the firepits. >> reporter: one of the biggest concerns now is the burn areas. in july, a massive wildfire north of l.a. consumed 18 homes and more than 40,000 acres. those hillsides can no longer absorb water, sending mud and debris on to roads. homeowner virginia brown: >> i have never seen anything like what came down that canyon.
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happened here friday, hab is bracing for more. >> there's supposed to be about 50% to 100% more than we got yesterday. >> reporter: that caused this mess? >> that caused this mess. >> reporter: workers have already cleared out this creek here to make way for the water they know is coming, up to four inches of rain is expected tomorrow. and, demarco, the national weather service says it could be the biggest storm to hit southern california in seven years. . >> morgan: carter evans, thank you. in central italy today, four more people were dug up on the of the snow and ice that buried a ski resort. at least five were killed in the avalanche. three days after the disaster, more than 20 others are missing. well, still ahead, why did the galaxy 7 smartphone overheat and burn? samsung says it has the answer. let's do more. add one a day 50+ a complete multi-vitamin with 100% daily value of more than 15 key nutrients. one a day 50+.
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>> morgan: we close tonight in china, population 1.4 billion, home to the world's second-largest economy. under orders from china's president, a national movement is afoot to get better, much better, at soccer. adriana diaz is there. >> reporter: it has all the fury and the fanfare of a world cup final. but this mosh pit of adrenaline is a home game in beijing. yet, china's national team ranks 81st in the world, behind st. kitts, population 51,000, which must be particularly painful for superfan and president xi jinping. his love of the game is well documented. selfies and all. xi wants a world cup, and in typical chinese government style, a national decree was
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ordered-- turn china into a soccer powerhouse by 2050. >> and we're just going to try to work on balancing the ball ourselves. >> reporter: to get there, china hired american coach tom byer. shouldn't sports development be organic and not by government decree? >> it should be, but if you look at the history of what's happened in china, one-child policy, emphasis on education, parents have basically been living with the idea that sport is a distraction to education. that's one of the reasons that the government has stepped in. >> reporter: to promote the game, these tv spots will air daily. >> in soccer, to really abe world power, you have to have a huge player pool. and this is the reason that most of those latin countries kill everybody else. >> reporter: the government plans to enroll 30 million students in so, schools like this one, casting a wide net in search of future soccer stars. the focus is clear. do you want to particular
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star? "yes" said li. i want to be famous and break records. it starts with three hours of practice a day for these 10-year-olds. li's father says it's time well spent. "china's currently bad at soccer" he told us "so we fully support this new push." are you guys tired? you're not tired. bu lei. >> reporter: li's little sister may be next to help china reach its the soccer goal. adriana diaz, cbs news, beijing. >> morgan: practice makes perfect. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm demarco morgan. thanks for watching. good night.
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