craig boswell cbs news the white house. >> it's possible lawmakers may have to pass a one week stopgap bill to keep the government running while they work out final details of a spending bill. >>> ivanka trump is in germany on her first international trip as a white house advisor. she had a hard time convincing the crowd that her father cares about women'sish-- issues. take a listen. >> supporting families. [ inaudible ] >> the crowd hissed and booed as she defended the president's attitude and record on women. her visit to germany came at the invitation of angela merkel. >> you get access to donald trump and maybe a moderating effect to donald trump. >> ivanka's visit comes as president trump approaches his 100th day in office this week and at a time when many world leaders are trying to figure out where the president's policies will lead. >>> in marin county three police departments will be equipping their office with a medication that instantly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. so far only medical personnel have been able to carry ma naloxone. >>> police are serging for fi

craig boswell cbs news. >>> the company just got a license from the dmv. according to bloomberg apple is expected to assess its progress on the project at the end of this year. >>> the state has cut a deal with general motors to lure the company into bringing its self- driving car setup to san francisco. gm's cruise automation has quickly expanded to 150 employees in the past year. the auto giant says it plans to add more than 1,000 jobs in the city in exchange the state has agreed to give $8 million in tax breaks. >>> new evidence of life in space. why nasa says it's even closer than scientists first imagined. >> panic over a potato chip shortage in japan. what people there are willing to pay for the crunchy snack. >> hi everybody. good afternoon and it is a great good friday. visibility is limited. air quality is fantastic. the air is fresh. with that a wonderful day but we have changes for your easter sunday. the details as the news continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, despite lingering damage that could cost a billion dollars to fix.. the spillway has largely s

reporter craig boswell with more how the country is trying to show it won't be intimidated by the u.s.. >> reporter: mike pence visited the militarized zone between north and south korea. and then delivered a warning. >> president trump has made it clear that the patience of the united states and our allies in this region has run out. >> reporter: the u.s. is demanding north korea end its nuclear weapons program and stop launching ballistic missiles. the u.s. wants to achieve this through peaceful means but all options are offth table. >> in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would will well not to test his resolve. >> reporter: on the diplomatic run, the white house is looking to china, north korea's primary trading part they are to turn up pressure on the north. north korea says it will not be intimidated. dictator kim jong un staged a massive show of force over the weekend. nuclear and missile tests were also expected. north korea has promised another nuclear test at a time of the dictators choosing. craig boswell cbs news the white house. >>> president trump's dep

craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> china's president told president donald trump he is willing to coordinate with the u.s. on ending north korea's north -- nuclear weapons program. the two leaders spoke on the phone. meanwhile, a u.s. navy strike group has been rerouted to the caribbean peninsula. china's ministry released a statement saying it will hold the u.s. accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions. >>> press secretary sean spicer is apologizing for an insensitive remark about the holocaust. >> i used an inappropriate and insensitive reference to the holocaust for which there is no comparison, and for that i apologize. it was a mistake to do that. >> reporter: the comments sparked an immediate backlash because of course hitler sent many -- millions of juice to the gas chambers. it came as spicer talked about the syrian chemical weapons attack last week. >> you have someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even think to using chemical weapons. >> spicer also said it's disappointing because he believes he let the president down

craig boswell cbs news capitol hill. >> and just in the divided senate panel has backed gorsuch by an 11-9 vote along party lines. the gop is likely to change senate rules to confirm him. as for dianne feinstein and kamala harris, both plan to vote no. >>> jared kushner is in iraq today. that is according to a senior administration official. kushner expected to visit with u.s. forces, meet with iraqi leaders, and talk with senior u.s. advisors. during his trip he can get an update efforts. and will have a major role in meetings this week between president trump and china's president. >>> on the storm watch a twister caught on camera in louisiana. storm chasers spotted the funnel cloud crossing a road. that is when they decided to back away for their own safety. a wise decision. that was one of at least ten tornadoes to hit louisiana and texas yesterday. one of them was deadly. david reports 50 million people in the southeast are facing the risk of more severe weather today. >> reporter: it was an outbreak of tornadoes that struck texas and louisiana sunday. >> oh my gosh that's it. >>

craig boswell reports the secretary of state is trying to get the white house and the kremlin on thee page. >> reporter: rex tillerson arrived in moscow trying to convince them to get assad out of power. but those talks just got tougher. tuesday russian president vladimir putin denied syria was behind the chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 civilians and says russia has evidence that the u.s. is planning more strikes in syria. >> russia has really aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians and hezebollah. is that a long-term alliance that serves russia's interest? >> reporter: secretary tillerson will address growing concerns over north korea's nuclear program. another topic where the two countries disagree. moscow is very concerned the u.s. will take action against north korea without the support of the world. the military is carrying out military exercises against north korea. >> we are prepared to take whatever action is necessary to make sure north korea does not engage in a deliberate attack. >> reporter: president trump tweeted north korea is looking for tr

craig boswell explains what is driving the divide. >> reporter: president donald trump sent a message of reassurance about the u.s.'s rocky relationship with russia. thursday morning, he tweeted "things will work out fine between the usa and russia. at the right time, everyone will come to their senses and there will be lasting peace." but that stands in stark contrast to the message he delivered from the east room of the white house wednesday afternoon. >> right now, we're not getting along with russia at all. we may be at an all-time low in terms of relationships with russia. >> reporter: a sack with -- secretary of state rex tillerson had a private two our meeting with russian president vladimir putin. tillerson didn't sound very optimistic afterwards. >> there is a low level of trust between our two countries. >> reporter: the biggest wedge is russia's support of bashar al-assad. secretary tillerson told russian president vladimir putin that peace cannot happen in syria will a sad is in power. >> russia is their closest ally in the conflict and perhaps has the best means of helpin

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >>> erik prince is no stranger to headlines. he founded blackwater security involved in the massacre of iraqis in baghdad in 2007. four blackwater security personnel were convicted in those shootings. >>> bids are due today on the first contract to design president trump's proposed border wall with mexico. more than 600 companies have put in bids to build the 2,000- mile wall. 4 to 10 bidders will be chosen to build prototypes. they will be constructed on a strip of federally owned land in san diego. >>> as early as today, president trump's administration could unveil details of a revised plan to repeal and replace obamacare. that's according to a member of the house freedom caucus who met with vice president mike pence in washington last night. pence's new offer would allow states to opt out of some of the obamacare insurance mandates like essential health benefits. it would also preserve some of the more popular features of the affordable care act. >>> president trump has called president putin to offer condolences after a dea

craig boswell has more details sky as the u.s. and south korea are holding joint military exercises on the korean peninsula. >> the purpose of this exercise specifically is to strengthen the u.s. and the koreans in order to provide a combat like scenario as real as possible. >> the threat of a real war got slightly closer to reality thursday when north korea warned of a super mighty preemptive strike that would wipe out america. two tests of a missile system and the u.s. s carl vincent is finally headed towards the korean peninsula and expected to be on station next week. previous administrations are tried to buy out but president trump won't make the same mistakes with north korea or iran. >> and unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. >> the u.s. deal despite acknowledging that they are complying with the deal. more sanctions could be coming because iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. >> the evidence is clear iran threatens the united states, the region and the

as craig boswell reports, it was a real battle to get there. >> reporter: president trump walked into the white house rose garden with the man he nominated to the united states supreme court. >> and i got it done in the first 100 days. that is even nice. you think that is easy. >> reporter: justice neil gorsuch who was confirmed by the senate on friday wants clerk for justice anthony kennedy and it was kennedy that administered the oath. justice gorsuch thanked the president for his if nomination. >> i'm humbled by the trust placed on me today. >> reporter: the white house event followed a private swearing in at the supreme court with the rest of the justices in attendance. it took just 66 days to get justice gorsuch through the confirmation process but it was a rough ride. republicans had to change the rules in the senate to get the job done. by simple the vote to a simple majority, the republicans bypassed the objections of democrats. many of whom who were angry about the snub to president obama's nominee. >> we are poised to hasten that destruction. >> >> reporter: gorsuch now rest

craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> on the eve of his 100th day in office, president trump is in georgia where he delivered a keynote speech at the nra's annual meeting. ironically, no guns were allowed at the convention while the president was speakingment he thanked people in the crowd for their support and discussed gun rights. president trump is the first president since ronald reagan to address the nra's annual meeting. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi is facing a challenger from her san francisco district. attorney stephen jaffey cias he is going to make a 2018 bid. he worked as a volunteer for the bernie sanders presidential campaign last year. and in a recrept interview, he criticized her for raising money from corporations and special interests. >>> new at noon, the secretary of state is holding a special meeting right now at the united nations. the focus, nuclear threats from north korea. reporter alex ortiz is at the u.n. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson warned u.n. security council members it is only a matter of time before north korea's missiles

he has less than a week to go before reaching that dead lean and as craig boswell reports many of the items on that contract are still unfulfilled. >> no particular rush but we'll see what happens. >> president trump says the first 100 day mark is not very meaningful even though he laid out his plans for the first 100 days. in that period the confirmation for judge neal gorsuch with drawn from the trance pacific partnership trade agreement and green line for the keystone pipeline. >> he is fulfilling it at break neck speed. >> but he failed on tax reform and obamacare americans are disapproving of the president's performance to date according to polls. the 100 day mark isn't arbitrary and becomes much tougher for legislation through congress after that period and the president's top priorities facing a tough fight on capitol hill. >> the wall is immoral, expensive, unwise. >> democrats will not support funding for a wall along the mexican border but the white house is insisting it be a part of a spending package that has to be passed by the end of the week to avoid a shut down. if the

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >>> tragic news out of hollywood. musician and soul singer cuba gooding sr. has been found dead. he is the father of actor cuba gooding jr. he rose to fame singing the song everybody plays the fool. he was 72 years old. >>> well, fans of pop star prince gather at his paisley park mansion. it is the one year anniversary of his fatal drug overdose. don champion on how he is being remembered. >> reporter: a sea of fans in purple snaked around his paisley park estate in minnesota. the iconic singer remains as influential in death. >> you would think an uncle had died. >> reporter: prince rogers nelson died a year ago today at age 57 from an overdose of the opioid fentanyl. the medical examiner ruled it an accident. they are still investigating the circumstances of his death. but today, fans from all over the world want to remember his life and music. >> i'm from holland. >> i'm from holland. >> begum. >> belgium. >> u.k. >> iceland. >> just to be around the feeling and the energy of prince. everyone has seemed really posi

craig boswell cbs news the white house. >> the national security advisor will not say if the u.s. sabotag missile launch this weekend. in 2013 president obama ordered electronic strikes against the north's missile program. >>> all eyes are on the supreme court today as neal gorsuch takes his place on the high court replacing the late scalia. justice gorsuch asked his first questions from the bench in a federal worker's employment discrimination claim. later in the week justice gorsuch will hear his first major case one involving separation of church and state in missouri. >>> the death toll in alepp o continues to climb after the bombing of a bus convoy carrying evacuees on saturday. at least 126 people were killed more than 60 of them children. further evacuations have been postponed. pope francis condemned the attack as vial in his easter sunday homily. >>> cheers erupted in a district court after a washington area woman cleared of child abuse and human trafficking charges. a george mason university grad and her husband and six others were arrested in 2014 on charges of kidnappi

craig boswell reports from the white house. >> reporter: president trump focused on veterans wednesdayning. first, he held a closed door meeting with va secretary david shulkin then he signed legislation that continues va program that allows veterans to seek medical treatment through private providers if they can't get the treatment they need at a va facility. >> we're all united by a very common mission. we will protect those who protect us. i've been saying that a lot over the last two years at rallies and speeches. we will protect those who protect us. >> reporter: while president trump focused on past service members, vice-president mike pence talked with sailors and marines abort uss ronald reagan in japan. >> president trump will unfailingly support the brave men and women in uniform who defend our freedom every single day. >> reporter: vice-president pence called north korea the most dangerous threat to peace and security in the region. >> we will defeat any attack and meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effective american response. >> report

craig boswell has details from capitol hill. >> mr.aul, aye. >> reporter: with the vote of a simple majority, the senate confirmed judge neil gorsuch as the next supreme court justice. republicans say judge gorsuch is more than qualified to take his seat on the bench. >> in that those 800 opinions judge gorsuch has written he has been overturned by the court he will now sit on the u.s. supreme court exactly once. >> reporter: while democrats worry gorsuch is too beholden to corporate interests. >> in many cases, the supreme court is the last resort for everyday americans who are seeking fairness and justice against forces much larger than themselves. >> reporter: the judge's confirmation was decided thursday when the senate changed the rules ending filibusters for supreme court nominees. that will forever change hour justices are picked. >> we have now restored 200 years of tradition requiring 60 votes, destroyed it, which means you have to have bipartisan approach to these issues in these appointments. >> reporter: both sides say the

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> all eyes are on a special election going on in georgia. they are trying to fill the congressional seat that tom price left when president trump named him health and human services secretary. the democrats are hoping for an upset. historically it's been held by republicans. but the winner must get at least 50% of the vote. and there are 18 candidates vying for the one spot. democrat and documentary filmmaker john [ indiscernible ] is getting the most attention. he bills his campaign as a way to make president trump furious. >> i feel so well supported by thousands of volunteers here in this community. i want to make them proud. >> republicans have attacked him as inexperienced and trump has chimed in through twitter urging georgians to go out and vote. >>> george h.w. bush went to the hospital on friday for complications from pneumonia. doctors are keeping him in as a precaution. >>> the facebook killer found dead after a police chase. >> what led officers right to him after a multi-state manhunt. >> and a sierra ski resort celebrating hist

as craig boswell reports lawmakers voted unanimously in the senate to extend it. >> reporter: president trump focused on veterans wednesday morning. first, he held a closed door meeting with va secretary david shul kin and then he signed legislation that continues a va program that allows veterans to seek medical treatment through private providers if they can't get the treatment they need at a va facility. >> we're all united by a very common mission. we will protect those who protect us. i've been saying that a lot over the last two years. that rallies and speeches. we will protect those who protect us. >> reporter: while president trump focused on past service members, vice president mike pence talked with sailors and marines aboard the uss ronald reagan in japan. unfailingly support the brave men and women in uniform who defend our freedom every single day. >> reporter: vice president pence called north korea the most dangerous threat to peace and security in the region. >> we will defeat any attack and meet any use of conventional or nuclear weapons with an overwhelming and effecti

craig boswell has more details from the white house. >> reporter: fighter jets roar into the sky as the.s. and south korea are holding joint military exercises on the korean peninsula. >> exercise specifically is to strengthen the cooperation between the u.s. and the koreans in order to provide a combat like scenario as real as possible. >> reporter: the threat of a real war gets slightly closer to reality thursday when north korea warned of a "super mighty pretempt tiff strike that would wipe out america." the u.s.s. carl vinson is heading towards the korean peninsula expected to be on station next week. the trump administration says previous administrations have tried to buy off rogue regimes with nuclear ambition. they say president trump won't make the same mistakes with north korea or iran. >> an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. >> reporter: the u.s. is conducting a 90 day review of the iran nuclear deal despite acknowledging that tehran is complying with the deal. secretary of state rex tillerson says more sa

craig boswell has details from the white house. >> reporter: president trump invited american aid work tore visit him at the white house today. the 30 year-old was released from egypt after spending three years in jail on charges of child abuse. charges many human rights groups dismissed as bogus. >> presidential-sisi has been very close to me from the first time i met him. >> reporter: president trump met with the egyptian president earlier this month at the white house and helped negotiate his release. >> i look forward to working with the president and we have some interesting conversations , going to start, effective immediately. >> reporter: president trump hell repair ties which bee kaine strain during obama administration. friday, secretary of defense, james mattis visited another key middle east alley, israel. >> we sense a great change in the direction of american policy. >> reporter: secretary mattis says iran continues to threaten israel and neighbors with ballistic missiles. >> we're committed to stopping that and doing whatever it takes to pass on peace and freedom to the

cbs reporter craig boswell on the growing tension. >> reporter: north korea says it's ready to strike first if provoked. if the u.s. comes up with a dangerous military option, then the first card is in our hands. we'll deal with it with our preemptive strike. this means war. the country's vice minister of foreign affairs told cbs news the situation between the u.s. and north korea is the worst it has ever been. [ non-english language ] >> in one word, trump is openly pursuing a policy to annihilate north korea by force of arms. a u.s. navy strike group is sailing toward the korean peninsula as north korea dictator is going to celebrate the country's founder. he is will go expected to mark it with another round of nuclear or missile tests. >> we have a new president and kim jong un is trying to challenge him is trying to get him back to the negotiating table. >> reporter: president trump says north korea is a problem that will be taken care of. he is working to enlist the help of china but the u.s. will go it alone. the chinese foreign minister says no one will win if there is a war an

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> president trump's deputy national security advisor would not say if the united states had sabotaged north korea's attempted missile launch this weekend. >>> hundreds of people marched through istanbul, turkey this evening angry about a referendum expanding the president's power. demonstrators held fines saying, quote, it's not over and the struggle will continue. the referendum won by about 2 percentage points but international monitors are reporting voting irregularities. >>> a u.s. soldier died when a u.s. helicopter crashed during a training flight in maryland. this happened at the briton bay golf course and country club. one is in critical condition. the other in serious condition. investigators are looking in to what caused that crash. >>> still ahead, casualties of a dui crash. >> couple of miniature horses were killed. the clues that police used to track down the driver. >> plus candid comments from prince harry. what he's revealing about himself in the hopes of helping others. >> and people use it to get rid of wrinkles. now could b

as craig boswell reports, the trump administration is now making a concession that will [000:02:58;00] sides to agree on a bill. >> reporter: president trump has backed off on his demands to funds a wall along the mexican border for now. >> building that wall and having it funded remains an important priority to him. but we also know that that can happen later this year. and into next year. >> reporter: the president had been asking congress to include money for the wall in the spending bill being negotiated on capitol hill. but convincing republicans made that a tough pitch. >> the 2200-mile wall count make a whole lot of sense, there's not a big appetite for that? >> reporter: the president trump has promised his dream of a wall isn't gone. this morning, he tweeted -- don't let the fake media tell you that i have changed my position on the wall. it will get built and help stop drugs, human trafficking, et cetera. for now, the president is shifting focus to another campaign pledge. tax reform. the president is holding private meetings ahead of tomorrow's rollout reform blue mint. it

cbs reporter craig boswell has more details of the bomb and who might have been watching. >> reporter: pentagon released a video showing the exact moment an 11-ton bomb crashed in an afghanistan mountain that sent a mushroom shaped cloud of smoke and debris in the sky. afghan officials say 21,600- pound bomb killed 36 isis fighters in eastern afghanistan, isis has built tunnels, caves in the mountains for protection. >> this weapon was the right weapon against this target. >> reporter: general john nicholson who head up the u.s. forces in afghanistan says 16 million-dollar bomb, saved lives, because it kept u.s., afghanistan forces from having to take on isis fighters in the caves. >> this weapon was very effective in that use and our soldiers on the ground, afghan commandos, special forces, they are on the site now and weapons achieved its intended purpose. >> reporter: pentagon has been working on then mission for months and positioned it in afghanistan during the obama administration. the political shock waves, could be felt as far away as north korea. >> i think it was used becaus

reporter craig boswell has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president trump pointed the finger at president obama's national security adviser with a retweet rice ordered spy docs on trump, susan rice is firmly pushing back. >> i leaks nothing to nobody. [ laughter ] >> and never have and never would. >> reporter: rice told msnbc as national security adviser she would sometimes ask for the identities of u.s. civilians caught up in foreign surveillance but it had nothing to do with politics. >> there's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking. the -- the effort to ask for the identity of american citizens is necessary to understand the importance of an intelligence report in some instances. >> reporter: the white house says there was no collusion between trump campaign associates and russia during the election and insists the real story is the obama administration's improper surveillance of u.s. civilians and leaks to the press. >> we have been trying to say that from the get-go that there's been an ongoing investigation that we have supported looking into th

craig boswell is reporting from the white house. >> reporter: vice president mike pence arrived in japan to deliver a message to prime minister shinzo abe. >> the united states will continue to work with japan and with all our allies in the region confront the most ominous threat posing this region of the world. the regem in north korea. >> reporter: the vice president said the first goal is to use diplomatic and economic pressure to get north korea to abandon its nuclear and missile program. >> but all options are on the table. >> reporter: north korea tried to test a missile on sunday. but it failed and a fierily explosion. now a top official in pyongyang is promising weekly missile tests. >> what happens if north korea launches another missile? >> we'll find out. >> reporter: president trump says he's working closely with chinese president she'll jinping. he says that's why he hasn't labeled china has a currently manipulator which he promised to do during the presidential campaign. >> what am i going to do? start a trade war with china in the middle of him working on a bigger problem

craig boswell has the from washington. >> reporter: president trump says he will not immediately pull out of the north american free trade agreement. he tweeted this morning that he spoke with the leaders of mexico and canada and agreed to renegotiate the deal. he often criticized. but he added if they can't reach an agreement, he nay still terminate it. on wednesday, the president unveiled his tax reform blueprint. details won't be revealed until the summer. but the plan would slash the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%. cut rates for individuals andly few the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to three. >> the american economy has been held back and this is about unleashing economic growth. >> reporter: but critics including senator minority leader chuck schumer called it a giveaway to the wealthy. >> while emydable class americans and those struggling to get there need help just staying afloat. >> reporter: a cbs news poll shows americans remain sharply divided on their views of the mm a majority of republicans, 56%, say they are very confident in president

reporter craig boswell on another change to what was a campaign promise. >> reporter: president trump wanted to set the record straight about the nafta agreement. >> i was going to terminate nafta as of two or three days from now. >> reporter: instead, he decided to renegotiate the deal he once referred to as a disaster on the campaign trail with the leaders of mexico and canada. >> if i'm unable to make a fair deal unable to make a fair deal for the united states, meaning a fair deal for our workers and our companies, i will terminate nafta. >> reporter: as the president approaches day 100 in the white house, he is looking to show progress on his pledges as a candidate. >> this has been something right from the beginning of the campaign does not get any more important for me. >> reporter: today that meant a trip to the va where the president signed an executive order to create a new office of accountability and whistle blower protection. >> this executive order makes it clear that we will never, ever tolerate substandard care for our great veterans. >> reporter: congress is plowing a

craig boswell cbs news the white house. >>> now about those 100 days. just this morning president trump tweeted no matter how much i accomplish during the ridiculous standard, media will kill. and earlier this week president trump declared that no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days. president trump will look to the house or reboot efforts to repeal or replace obamacare. but president reported there is no rush to get that done. also lawmakers will have just five days to pass plan to keep the government from shutting down. right now federal agencies are only funded through next friday. as ewe know it's always possible congress will pass a short term spending bill to keep the government funded for a give themselves more time to negotiate. >>> the white house is threatening to pull federal grants from several sanctuary cities. cities that choose not to provide resources in the federal deportation of illegal immigrants. d.c. is a sanctuary city but not included in this latest crack down. the justice department has singled out nine othe

craig boswell cbs news the white house. >> despite down playing significance, president trump is planning to hold a ramly on day 100 in the battleground state of pennsylvania. >>> new at noon former president barack obama is back in the spotlight holding his first be public engagement since leaving office. he was at the university of chicago this morning for a discussion billed as a conversation of civic engame. oh baa mall kicked off the event by emphasizing the importance of community engagement and discussing his own time as a community organizer. >> the single most important thing i can do is to help in any way i can prepare the next generation of leadership. to take up the baton. and to take their own crack at changing the world. >> reporter: obama has kept a low profile. some believe today's event is a warmup for his next phase of public life. >>> berkeley college republicans not anne colter. we'll have much more on this story tonight at 5:00. >>> aiming for an entirely clean commute. >> plus would you consider a six figure salary low income? apparently in the bay area it is. the la

craig boswell reports, the mission is to get the white house and the kremlin on the same page.>> we want to create a future for syria that is stable and secure, and so russia can be a part of that future. >> secretary of state rex tillerson is preparing for meetings in russia, and he is prepared to tell the kremlin it is time to make a choice. >> we are in for some tough negotiating right now in terms of really trying to get the russians to exert some influence here so that aside does not conduct additional chemical attacks. >> but russia continues to deny the syrian government was behind the chemical attack, which killed more than 80 people. a senior white house official accused russia of a cover-up. >> when it comes to its support of syria or frankly the lack of acknowledging what happened, the facts are on our side. >> the white house will launch a unilateral attack on north korea. president trump sent a tweet today saying north korea is looking for trouble. if china decides to help, that would be great, if not, we will solve the problem without them. usa. >> their behavior and action

craig boswell has more details from the white house. >> reporter: vice president mike pence arrived in japan to deliver a message to prime minister shinso abe. >> the united states will continue to work with japan and all our allies in the reasonable including south korea, to confront the most ominous threat posing this region of the world. the regime in north korea. >> reporter: the vice president said the first goal is to use diplomatic and economic pressure to get north korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs. >> but all options are on the table. >> reporter: north korea tried to test a missile on sunday but failed in a fiery explosion. now a top official in pyongyang is promising weekly missile tests. president trump was asked about that on "fox and friends." >> what happens if north korea launches another missle ? >> we'll find out. >> reporter: president trump is working closely with the chinese president to lean on north korea to stop the nuclear program. he says that's why he hasn't labeled china as a currency manipulator which he promised to do during the presidentia

craig boswell. >> not so far not one lawmaker has expressed support to build that walsh >>> there was an -- wall. >>> there was an awkward moment when he made an undiplomatic comment about nikki haley. >> i want to thank ambassador nikki haley for her outstanding leadership and acting as my personal envoy. she's doing a good job. does anybody like nikki? >> [laughter] >> other wise she could easily be replaced. >> [laughter] >> no, we don't do that i promise we don't do that. she's doing a fantastic job. >> and on another front the president placed a long distance phone call to the the call was to congratulate peggy whitson on breaking a record for her time in space. the president has authorized funding for exploration of mars and during the call he sought whitson's opinion of that mission. >> unfortunately space flight takes a lot of time and money. getting there will require some international cooperation to get the -- it to be a planet wide approach in order to make it successful just because it is a very expensive endeavor. but it is so worthwhile doing. >> okay. let's stay stay o

craig boswell cbs news the white house. >>> the white house launched a new web page featuring president donald trump's accomplishments in the first 100 days and the administration was hoping to have the congressional up repeal of the placement of obamacare but that's not likely.>>> and president donald trump paid tribute to the 6 million juice who died at the hands of the [ null ] and those who denied the holocaust ever occurred. >> derek carr even those filled with such hate, total hate that they want to erase the holocaust from history. those who deny the holocaust art an accomplice to this horrible evil. >> the president was speaking at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum national days of remembrance and pledged to confront anti-semitism and stamp out prejudice. he called israel an internal monument to the undying strength. >>> white house adviser ivanka trump in germany for the w20 women's summit in her first international trip since her father took office. in berlin she took part in a panel discussion about entrepreneurs at things got interesting. the president's daughter ended up d

craig boswell is at the white house with george mason university graduate who met president trump forthe first time less than an hour ago. >> president trump invited an american aid worker to visit him at the white house today. the 30-year-old was released from egypt earlier this week after spending three years in jail on charges many human rights groups missed. >> he's been very close to me from the first time i met him. >> president trump met with him at the white house earlier this month and helped negotiate the release. >> i look forward to working with the president and we have some interesting conversations going to start effective immediately. >> president trump helped repair ties to egypt which became strained during the obama administration. friday secretary of defense james maddus visited israel. >> we sense a great change for the direction of american policy. >> the secretary says iran continues to threaten israel and neighbors with ballistic missiles. >> we are committed to stopping that and doing whatever it takes to pass on peace and freedom to the next generation. >> pr

craig boswell has the trump administration's response. >> reporter: fighter jets in the sky as the u.s. and south korea are holding joint military exercises on the korean peninsula. >> the purpose of the exercise specifically is to strengthen the cooperation between the u.s. and the koreans in order to provide a combat-like scenario as real as possible. >> reporter: the threat of a real war got slightly closer to reality thursday when north korea warned of a, quote, super mighty preemptive strike that would wipe out america. the pentagon says it will conduct two tests next months of a missile defense system it's setting up in south korea and the u.s.s. carl vinson is finally heading towards the korean peninsula and expected to be on station next week. the trump administration says previous administrations have tried to buy off rogue regimes with nuclear ambitions. they say president trump won't make that same mistake with north korea or iran. >> an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. >> reporter: the u.s. is conducti

cbs news correspondent craig boswell has the latest from the whites house. >> reporter: north korea's vice minister of foreign affairs isn't mixing word, he told cbs news that his country is ready to strike first if provoke, including possibly, using nuclear weapons. >> if the u.s. comes up with a dangerous military option then the first card is in our hand. we will deal witt with our preemptive strike this means war. >> reporter: tensions in the korean peninsula escalated since north korea started testing nuclear and ballistics missiles, u.s. navy strike group is making its way to the region. north korean government official told cbs news that the trump administration is deliberately insighting a military conflict by sending the aircraft carrier group and continuing u.s. military exercise necessary south korea saturday is the most important day of the year in north korea , dictator kim jong un presided over a military parade to mark 105th anniversary of his grandfather 's birth the country's founder. he also may order another round of missle test or nuclear test which would be the si

. >> craig boswell, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >>> president obama is making his first public speaking appearance, leaving the white house in january, the former president is at the university of the chicago for conversation with young leaders on organizing and civic engagement. >> let's listen. >> issues related to violence, all those problems are serious, they're daunting, but they're not inch soluble. >> president obama speaking at the university of chicago. we will have much more on his speech later today beginning on "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> well, vandals ransacked the upper moreland swim club in montgomery county leaving the offers in shambles and members are disheartened. now police are hunting for those responsible. staff tells "eyewitness news" the van as torre part offices, damaged the room and damaged kitchen equipment. one who work at the swim club for years, never seen anything like this. >> i just couldn't believe it would happen here. i've been here 35 years, and we didn't have vandalism here. so that really, i was really upset, because of the time that we put in as

craig boswell has more from the white house. >> a trump campaign donor and education secretary, betsy devos' brother allegedly melt with close associate of russian president vladmeere putin nine days before president trump took office. that's according to the washington post, which reports that principal's aim back channel every communication between president's trump and putin. united air em rid reportedly arranged the meeting which took place in the island. fbi and two congressional committees, see if they coordinated with russia to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. >> the bottom line is if there were any contact between the trump campaign and the russian intelligence service that is were inapropriate. i want to find out about it and i want the whole world to know about it. >> the white house says it isn't aware of any meetings and the focus needs to be about finding who is leaking classified information. >> there is a trouble direction some of this is going in. >> cbs news has confirmed susan rice, president obama's national security advisor, asked for names of the trump

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> vice president mike pence is headed to the region this weekend. he is scheduled to spend easter sunday with the u.s. and south korean troops. >>> well, this is what an 11- ton bomb looks like when it crashes into a mountain in afghanistan. the pentagon today released this video of the exact moment the so-called mother of all bombs sent a mushroom shaped cloud of smoke and debris into the sky. 36 isis gh afghanistan says the $16 million bomb accomplished its mission because it kept u.s. and afghan forces from having to take on isis in the tunnels and caves it built into the mountain for protection. >> this weapon was very effective in that use and our soldiers on the ground, our afghanistan commandos, our special forces are on the site now and the weapon achieved its intended purpose. >> the pentagon positioned the bomb in afghanistan during the obama administration and has been working on the mission for months. it is now the largest nonnuclear bomb ever used in combat. >>> there's going to be tighter security over the easter weekend in jerusalem

craig boswell more from washington. >> secretary of state, rex tillerson, arrived in moscow hoping to convince the kremlin to go along with us plan to transition syrian president assad out of power. >> i think it is clear to all of us that the rain of the assad family is coming to an end. >> but those talks just got tougher tuesday russian president putin denied syria was behind the chemical weapons attack which killed more than 80 civilians. he said russia has evidence the us is planning more strikes in syria and plans to blame the syrian government. >> russia has really aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians, and hess bull a. is that -- is that a long-term alliance that serves russia's interest? >> secretary tillerson will address growing concerns over north korea's nuclear program, another topic where the two countries disagree. russia's foreign ministry department says moscow is very concerned the us will takings against north korea without support from the rest of the world. the us is cakier out military exercises in south korea, and the pentagon has positioned an air

reporter craig boswell on how this political fight turned nuclear >>> reporter: >> i appeal the ruling of the chair. >> reporter: the battle in the senate became a war over the nomination of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. as expected, democrats filibustered refusing to provide the 60 votes needed to proceed to a final vote and infuriating the republican majority. >> what exactly is so objectionable about this nominee that he should be subjected to the first partisan filibuster in u.s. history? >> reporter: in response, majority leader mitch mcconnell called for the "nuclear option." >> this is the latest escalation in the left never ending judicial war, the most audacious yet and it cannot and it will not stands. >> reporter: republicans unilaterally changed the rules to require only a simple majority now and in the future. it's a fundamental change to the confirmation process and it advances judge gorsuch to the final vote. >> we will sadly point to today as a turning point in the history of the senate and the supreme court. >> reporter: democrats say they are against gorsuc

craig boswell cbs news capitol hill. >> the house is going to vote on revision approved to the freedom caucus doing that as early as next week. house leaders delayed yesterday. rex tillerson had a special meeting of the united nation's security council and sounded a threat. the meaning for president trump and a conflict is possible over the nuclear and missile programs. the president says he the diplomatic solution he does say military action is indeed an option. >> british police say they stopped an active terror plot for raids in london an england last night. fired tear gas, shot and injured a woman in her 20s and security forces took six suspects into custody. in a separate incident hours earlier police arrested a 27- year-old man who happened to be carrying a bag of knives near parliament and these threats come over a month after another man rammed his car into pedestrians on westminster bridge. >>> even with the threat of a strike looming by metro workers it was a smooth commute this morning, 500 workers requested to be off today as part of a stick out. according to metro all of t

cbs reporter craig boswell says north korea has a threat of its own. >> reporter: north korea says it'sdy to strike first if provoked. if the u.s. comes up with a dangerous military option, then the first card is in our hands. we'll deal with it with our preemptive strike. this means war. the country's vice minister of foreign affairs told cbs news, the situation between the u.s. and north korea is the worst it has ever been. [ non-english language ] >> in one word, trump is openly pursuing a policy to annihilate north korea by force of arms. >> reporter: a u.s. navy strike group is sailing toward the korean peninsula as kim jong-un prepares to mark the 105th anniversary of his grandfather's birth. he has been stage events. >>> ahead on ahead of saturday's parade and will have another round of nuclear or missile tests. >> we have a new president and kim jong-un is trying to challenge him. he is trying to get him back to the negotiating table. >> reporter: president trump says north korea is a problem that will be taken care of. he is working to enlist china's help but also says the u.s.

craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> both china and russia were part of a unanimous u.n. security council resolution condemning north korea's recent attempt to launch missile, demanding it conduct no further nuclear tests and threatening more sanctions. >>> police arrested one man but still looking for two others connected to a murder in college park. 27-year-old william moore of dundalk, maryland is charged with first-degree murder. 36-year-old rally farley was shot and killed in an apartment on milestone way last month. police released some video of two other people walking into his apartment building just before that shooting and $25,000 is out there for the person who can lead police to those men. >>> the traffic is moving on the beltway's inner loop again after a large truck flipped over near the suitland parkway. two cars were also involved in that crash. this backed up rush-hour traffic for 8 miles. we are told two other people were hurt but they are going to recover. >>> tonight we are keeping maryland governor larry hogan and his father in our thoughts. >> larry

craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> meantime we're getting our first look at the moment that 11-ton bomb his isis fire in eastern afghanistan this video from the defense department shows the bomb hitting a mountain that send a mushroom shaped cloud of smoke and debris in the sky. the bomb killed 36 isis fighters, isis has built tunnels and caves in the mountains for protection. he so-called mother of all bombs was largest non-nuclear weapon. >>> carnival increased security after a huge fire. philadelphia police are continuing to look for the attackers. "eyewitness news" report's natasha brown talked tie young man victimized at that carnival. >> reporter: the playful sound of the carnival here at hunting park, enjoying the ride, food and the games rewind back to a few days ago on tuesday and innocence of the night out at the carnival turned violent. a teenage girl in the pink being viciously punched accounts kicked and attacked outside the north philadelphia carnival. >> everybody, started going in and swinging at us, back and forth abe it escalated quickly >> reporter: girl h