there's a strategy, errol, to be noncommittal prior to getting into office?nd if it is his strategy, is it a smart one? >> i don't know if i'd call it a strategy or maybe close to a style or tendency. as we've seen with donald trump, he tends to leave him ambiguous and give himself wiggle room to negotiate and maybe change course if he decides to along the way. again, he did it in business quite a bit. has been doing it in politics quite a while. and box he doesn't a doctrine or philosophy or book or anything that we can point to that says he's going to try to be consistent on foreign policy, russian relations or anything else, we don't really know where he's going with any of this. i think almost more troubling in a way is this snogs that when he says, well if russia is doing great things, why would we impose sanctions on them. the sanctions were imposed for a very specific reason. and it has to do with the illegal annexation of territory in europe for the first time since world war ii. this is the part of all of that, that part that is missing the piece of

thank you for that report, errol. now we turn to london where jonathan vigliotti has an update on the former british spy who had been hired to dig up dirt on trump. >> reporter: everything within christophechristopher steele's a remains unsubstantiated but those who know him say he wouldn't make stories up to satisfy clients. three intelligence officers told the associated press steele was well regarded for his work in russia, so much so he helped with the alexander litvinenko case, the former russian secret service officer and kremlin critic who was poisoned in london in 2006. steele's private firm ocial, was hired by a wiewrks company in 2015 to help produce opposition research for the presidential campaign. the resulting unproven report has a number of explosive claims, among them, steele alleged trump's inner circle made contact with russia regarding hacks leading up to the election. according to british newspaper, "the independent" steele was so concerned with what he discovered, he alerted u.s. and british intel

let's talk about this with errol louis and thank you both for getting up early to join us.e're going to get to, lynn, from you, what is your reaction to senator dan coats, and his nomination to director of national intelligence? >> oh, it seems that it's an experienced hand in dealing with intelligence who has come up through senate committees where they have been briefed who strikes me as somebody with his track record who would appreciate the professionalism of the various intelligence services. and what will we'll see is, if he can serve the incoming president in a way that can help him organize and digest the various intelligence report that come to him in a way that could be useful. that's the big thing we don't know yet, is if he finds this intelligence credible. and to make the changes he will be able to make as president to find out how to make his intelligence credible which is a little forward-looking question. i would like to put out there, if -- very soon, january 20th at noon, you got to perhaps think about about, well, if i don't like the quality of intelligen

errol barnett, cbs news, washington. >>> something a little lighter now. the musical "lala la la land" dominated last night's golden globe awards. >> the golden globe goes to emma stone. >> emma stone won best actress in a comedy or musical. in all it won seven awarding including best acteder for ryan gosli gosling, best screenplay and best director. we veal more on the golden globes coming up a little later in the broadcast. >>> also coming up, meningitis trial. opening statements of a man accused of a deadly outbreak. >>> and -- >>> with hard work people can change it. >> the cost for tickets to the president obama's last speech soar on the open market. this is the "cbs morning news." the shingles virus. i've been lurking inside you since you had chickenpox. i could surface anytime as a painful, blistering rash. one in three people get me in their lifetime, linda. will it be you? and that's why linda got me zostavax, a single shot vaccine. i'm working to boost linda's immune system to help protect her against you, shingles. zostavax is a vaccine used to

also with me, errol lewis, ooh commentator for spectrum news. good to see you, as well.a, you first. chuck schumer has accused the transition team to colluding through these hearings. is there any evidence to back that up? >> not that i know of. in 2009, when president obama took office, i believe -- i think i'm correct on this, on the same day he was sworn in, the day of his inauguration, seven of his cabinet members were sworn in. mcconnell and everyone else didn't like that. there was some moving around. the process is swift and you know, went pretty well. president-elect trump has, i believe, eight that are up for confirmation process. part of the challenge with trump's picks are that they are outside of the washington, you know, sort of set. right? so, they're outsiders. they have more complicated finances. and you know, they have more complicated entanglements, financial entanglements. but i suspect at the end of the day, this is all of these nominees are probably going to go through. mainly because they have the votes. >> potentially nominees have potential confli

errol, thank you. mr. trump has said repeatedly that he wants a better relationship with russia.orrespondent, elizabeth palmer, to give us the view from moscow. >> reporter: whether president putin was in his office behind the kremlin walls tonight or at home, he made no comment. earlier today, his spokesman dmitry peskov said putin was unlikely to watch the inauguration live, but catch it later on the news. "donald trump," said peskov, "is not our soul mate." that's a frosty change from the surprisingly warm endorsement mr. putin gave mr. trump during the campaign. "he's a colorful and powerful man, and he says he wants to move to deeper relations. how can we not welcome that?" top of russia's wish list is to be treated by america as an equal, not a mere "regional power," as barack obama once called it. andrei soldatov is an expert on cyber espionage, and he says russian hacking during the election campaign was meant to damage hillary clinton, but it had an unexpected benefit. >> so russia and the russian role became a big story. >> reporter: and is that good or bad for russia?

here's errol barnett. >> reporter: republican leaders say president-elect donald trump's cabinet will be approved, despite delays in submitting background paperwork. >> all of these little procedural complaints are related to their frustration in having not only lost the white house but having lost the senate. >> reporter: trump's choice for attorney general, senator jeff sessions, and his pick for secretary of state, exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson, are two of the seven cabinet nominees to face confirmation hearings this week. >> we confirmed several cabinet appointments the day president obama was sworn in. we didn't like most of them either. but he won the election. >> reporter: repealing obamacare is trump's first priority. but democrats are resisting. >> the effort to repeal obamacare right now without a plan to replace it, this is about real people in america who will be hurt immediately. >> reporter: meanwhile, thousands lined up in chicago this weekend to get tickets to president obama's farewell address. >> with hard work, people who love their country can change it. that will b

reena. >> ninan: errol, thanks. coming up next, the parents of an american journalist killed by isis give their first tv interview to "60 minutes." the search for relief often leads here.s, today there's drug-free aleve direct therapy. a high intensity tens device that uses technology once only in doctors' offices. for deep penetrating relief at the source. aleve direct therapy. >> ninan: the parents of a journalist killed by isis are speaking about their son's death in their first tv interview. steven sotloff was the second american killed by the extremist group. he was kidnapped in august 2013, shortly after entering syria. in an interview with lesley stahl for "60 minutes," sot lor's family discussed their frustration with the u.s. government's no-ransom policy. >> i am steven joel sotloff. i'm sure you know exactly who i am by now and why i am appearing before you. >> reporter: steven joel sotloff was beheaded by isis. his execution, on september 2, 2014, was seen around the world on a video. did you ever watch

errol barnett has more on the administration's defense of the administration's crackdown. >> reporter: sunday the president's chief of staff said this helped trump win the white house. >> he was elected president in many respects because people knew that he was going to be tough on immigration from countries that harbor terrorists. >> reporter: republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell supports the goal of the executive order but welcomes court intervention. >> if they're looking to tighten the vetting process, i mean who would be against that. but i am opposed to religious tests. the courts are going to determine whether this is too broad. >> it's of concern, this, quote, reorganization. >> reporter: senator john mccain weighed in on another of president trump's weekend actions assigning chief strategist and former breitbart news steve bannon. >> reporter: the administration's press secretary described the move as essential. >> having the chief strategist for the president in those meetings who has a military background to help guide what the president's final analysis is goi

let's bring in errol louis, and sarah westwood, white house correspondent for the washington examinergood morning to both of you, sarah, i want to start with you. we've got the president saying it's too early to start lifting sanctions but also that the white house requested information about the sanctions ahead of the call with vladimir putin. how deeply do you expect they'll get into the discussions of those sanctions on this first call? >> you know, president trump himself has said he's still in the very early stages of considering whether he'll remove sanctions against russia. keep in mind, there's a couple different layers of sanctions that are on russians and the kremlin itself. some of them are in response to in ukraine. some of them are in response to what the obama administration said was interference in the election. so president trump has sort of -- as he likes to say, a buffet of options as to what he can do to sort of walk back the sanctions that have been put on russian officials, but, certainly, this is being just being dove as an initial meeting that will open the dial

errol barnett, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.l of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org lawmakers: defying tradition and skipping out on donald trump's inauguration. good evening, i'm allen martin. >>> kpix. >>> a growing number of bay area lawmakers defying tradition and skipping out on donald trump's nation. >> a live look right now at the nation's c capital. we talked to bay area lawmakers about their reasons for joining the boycott. >> some of it is personal, some of it is political. that's only part of the story. there's even more that may be happening after the inauguration. here's the story. >> it's not about conservative or liberal from my perspective. it's how he treats people. it's how he treats issues. >> reporter: you can add representative mark [ indiscernible ] of concord to the growing list of democrats -- >> two reason, the overall tenor of the election. but since the election, just a really large problem about common de

errol barnett is there. >> this administration has hit the ground running at a record pace.rybody's talking about it. >> reporter: delivering his first weekly address, president trump defended more than a dozen executive actions from his first week in the white house. >> every day, we are fulfilling the promise we made to the american people. >> reporter: the president also signed two memorandums and an executive order saturday. >> that i've been talking about a lot on the campaign trail, and we are now putting it into effect. ( applause ) >> reporter: the order is a five-year, post-white house lobbying ban for administration officials, banning them indefinitely from lobbying for foreign governments. the two memos streamlined the national security council's structure to address cyber warfare, and established a 30-day deadline for the joint chiefs of staff to draft a plan to defeat isis. >> okay. that's big stuff. >> reporter: mr. trump started his day firing off several tweets from his personal account to what he calls "the failing 'new york times'." the newspaper responding

our errol barnett is somewhere in this crowd, talking to marchers about what brought them to washingtone're all, as women, concerned about the issues that affect all of us. >> reporter: these women orrived 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 president trump's nominee for secretary of education, who 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 seen by the planeload and busload heading for washington. nawoman named tnay arrived on a flight from georgia. >> almost 100% of the women on the flight were coming to the march. and then i brought my mom with me, so we did a mother-daughter bonding 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 struggle

reena. >> ninan: thanks, errol. malala yousafzai, the pakistani school girl who survived being shot in the immediate headby the taliban said she's heartbroken over president trump's ban on refugees. she urged mr. trump not to turn his back on defenseless children and families. jonathan vigliotti has world reaction to the president's exclusivpresident'sexecutive or. >> reporter: u.k. papers were quick to call them "the happy couple." "i want to hold your hand" said "the daly mirror" of president trump and prime minister may who met yesterday in washington. but elsewhere around the world, relations with trump are thin, if not already fraying, after a week of controversial executive orders, including a ban on refugees and citizens from seven muslim nations, including iran. "today is the day of reconciliation" said iranian president hassan rouhani. "it's not a day of creating distance between nations." iran's foreign minister also threatened this afternoon to take appropriate legal and political measures against the ban

here's errol barnett. >> republican leaders said president-elect donald trump's cabinet will be approved despite delays in submitting background paperwork. >> all of these little procedural complaints are related to their frustration. in having not only lost the white house but having lost the senate. >> trump's choice for attorney general, senator jeff sessions and his pick for secretary of state, exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson are two of the seven cabinet nominees to face confirmation hearings this week. >> we confirm seven cabinet appointments the day president obama was sworn in. we didn't like most of them either. >> but he won the election. >> repealing obamacare is trump's first priority but democrats are resisting. >> the effort to repeal obamacare right now without a plan to replace it, this shouldn't be about politics, this is about real people in america who will be hurt immediately. >> reporter: meanwhile, thousands lined up in chicago this weekend to get tickets to president obama's farewell address. >> that with hard work, people who love their country can change it. that wi

errol barnett, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.l of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. ♪ >>> brad pitt is back. after lying low for a while, why his life is looking a whole lot different post split. >>> plus -- >>> then, the kim kardashian robbery in her oww words. her frightening minute by minute account of the paris account, as new details emerge about the gang of accused criminals. >>> plus -- ♪ do you ever know that you're my hero ♪ >>> "e.t." behind the scenes of the "beaches" remake. can the new stars pull off the iconic tear jerker? >> there's a lot of people out there saying don't mess with it. >> it's a big risk. >>> and our exclusive look at an a-list couple together on set. >> all of us are just like -- aw. >> chris pratt cracking up his wife anna faris. >> we've been rehearsing that for ten years. >> now for january 16, 2017,

errol barnett, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.l of us at cbs news all around the >>> the goal is to bring america together. and americans. >> i don't see this president elect as a legitimate president. >> i think the ssruians participated in helping this man get elected. he had this conviction, it lasted all his life, that if we just love, we can arrive at what john lewis always talked about, that beloved community. >>> as we celebrate martin luther king's legacy in the dmv, his son met president elect donald trump. that meeting didn't include

so errol, you heard sean spicer, and you heard mr. trump say he knows things others don't. so what are the american people to believe? >> i think what we should believe is, first of all, the obvious, which is that the transition team is not fully completed the task of transitioning from running a campaign to running the country and running the government. so that they see anything bad cast, even a shadow of a doubt, on the effectiveness or the reality of their victory, they get very touchy about it. that might be because they lost the popular vote, i'm not sure. but there's something else that's going on here, which is that you've got a team that doesn't seem to quite understand that working from imperfect information is something that the next president and his team will have to do every single day on vital matters. that's why there's a daily intelligence briefing. this notion that he knows something and other people know other things and you can't always be sure and no computer is safe, yeah, we operate in a world of uncertainty, and it is their job to master that uncerta

>> errol barnett.s. >>> president obama encountered an immediate detour. the plan of taking his family for vacation could not enter in palm springs because of bad weather. instead they landed at a military base and finished the trip by motorcade. he addressed supporters just before leaving washington. >> this is just a little pit stop. this is not a period. this is a comma in the continuing story of building america. >> the obamas also released a video on their new website, obama.org. they invited the public to suggest issues that could be tackle fwid obama foundation. >>> a crowd was waiting on friday to welcome joe biden and jill biden back to delaware. they made the trip from washington by train as is the custom. he choked back tears as he described what the home coming meant to him. >> when i die, delaware will be written on my heart. >> mr. biden was never away from delaware very long during his more than four decades of service in washington. amtrak conductors say he made about 8,200 round trips

errol barnett, cbs news, washington. >>> and that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us just a little bit later for the morning news and be sure not to miss "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. we are just three days away from the presidential inauguration of donald trump. as the nation prepares for the transfer of power, questions linger over russian interference in the election. president-elect trump continues to clash with intelligence leaders who are investigating the scope and gravity of russia's actions. on sunday, mr. trump shot back at cia director john brennan tweeting the agency couldn't do much worse, and asking was this the leaker of fake news? major garrett is covering the trump transition. >> reporter: mr. trump was responding to the cia director's assertion sunday that the president-elect does not fully understand the russian threat. he also refused to confi

errol barnett is there. >> it's not a muslim ban, but it's working out nicely. you see it at the airports and all over. >> reporter: defending his controversial immigration crackdown, president trump said saturday it is something that should have been in place for a long time. sunday, the president's chief of staff said this firm stance helped trump win the white house. >> he was elected president and in many respects because people knew that he was going to be tough on immigration from countries that harbor terrorists. >> it's of concern, this "reorganization." >> reporter: senator john mccain weighed in on another of president trump's weekend actions. assigning chief strategist and former breitbart news executive steve bannon to the national security council. >> the appointment of mr. bannon is something which is a radical departure from any national security council in history. >> reporter: the administration's press secretary describes the move as essential. >> having the chief strategist for the president in those meetings, who has a significant military ba

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most would say no, but let's talk about it with errol lewis, jackie kucinich and anthony druker. i don't think it's how you do these things necessarily and it's about what shape they take. it's a very sensitive issue with a very provocative issue. what's your take? >> i would rather not deal with the man-child in north korea through twitter because he is a little unstable and you never know what a tyrant like that is going to do, but this is how donald trump has chosen to duct foreign policy. this is how he's going to conduct foreign policy, so i think what we can hope for and we won't really know until he takes office and his administration is really up and running, we can hope that behind the scenes there are the usual wheels of both diplomacy and military posturing and communication taking place with other countries to flesh out exactly what the president, the new president means by his tweets so that other countries understand what to expect from us, that our adversaries know what lines not to cross and our allies know what they can trust us and how they can trust us. >> that

errol lewis. kirstin powers. chuck schumer as said democrats, their strategy is to try to make republicans own whatever the ramifications of repealing obamacare are. >> that makes sense. this is the first chance for republicans to show how they'll lead now that they have control in washington and something they've been promising they want to do for a long time. everybody's said what are you going to replace it with? they don't seem to have any idea other than this maybe repeal and delay where they will repeal it and then sort of kick the can down the field in four years maybe and give them time to come up with a replacement. >> errol, it seems they would have to have something to replace it because we're talking about tens of millions of people. >> one would hope. a complicating factor, as you suggest, there's something like 18 million insurance customers that the insurance company might not be so eager to shed all of a sudden. so they'll probably weigh in. the swamp has not been entirely drained. they are donor.

beer joined by errol louis cnn editor for effective news and brian scott.to both of you. >> good morning. >> eugene, i want to start with you, chuck schumer, tears are running down the cheeks of the statistic tie of lint tonight as a grand tradition of america, welcoming immigrants that has existed since america was founded has been stomped upon. taking in immigrants and refugees is not only humanitarian has not only boosts our companying and created jobs decade after decade. this is one of the most backward and nasty executive orders that the president has issued. what are you hearing about this executive order? >> i think people here, victor, are mainly surprised. our president is a son of an immigrant and husband of an immigrant. and you would think he would be want to be more sensitive for people wanting to leave their country for better opportunities on the other hand, people here in london have been very engaged in the presidential election and have heard things from donald trump they don't think this is surprising including when he introduced his ide

errol barnett has more. good morning. >> good morning. by this time next week donald trump will be president but in the house they're still reeling from the loss. briefings on capitol hill this week have only deepened their anger while the trump team admits it has been in contact with one russian diplomat. >> i don't see the president-elect as a legitimate president. >> reporter: senator lewis said he won't attend the inauguration along with seven other house democrats. >> i think there was a conspiracy on the part of t get elected. that's not right. that's not fair. >> reporter: democrats directed their frustration at fbi director james comey on friday. >> my company and the fbi director has been shaken. >> what is it that the russians know or have about that communication during the campaign that increases their leverage over this new administration? >> democrats see a double standard and current reluctance to acknowledge trump's links to russia are being investigated. >> especially in a public forum, we never confirm or deny an investi

they got to walk run here trump tower a few weeks ago and they've seen donald trump on errol the time. i think they're little young to fully comprehend but they're excited for their dad as is my wife, and she's the only reason i can do this job is because she's so supportive. >> donald trump is tweeting early in the morning, his up late at night. >> he is, keeping up with him is the biggest challenge. he doesn't stop. he is so driven to make this country better and to unite the country and create jobs. and you're right he doesn't stop. he keeps going. i think the country is going to benefit from his energy, enthusiasm and ideas. >> how did you meet your wife? >> she was a member of the media. she stood work at an abc station in washington. we had a mutual friend who we thought would connect and she was right and so we went out to an event outside of washington one saturday and hit it off. >> does she understand the challenges you face. >> she worked in the bush white house. so she understands that. plus being in television her background moving station to station and the intensity of

errol barnett has more from washington. >> donald trump won by a landslide. the american people spoke decisively. >> on face the nation today, vice president-elect mike pence defended the legitimacy of the incoming commander-in-chief, donald trump. g and i promise them come noon this coming friday, change really begins. >> a growing number of house tioncrats are refusing to attend mr. trump's inauguration. including civil rights icon john lewis, who attracted trump's twitter wrath on saturday after questioning his presidential win. >> i think we should have a special commission to get to the e ttom of what happened, what role did the russians play in determining the leader of our country? >> pence says he is deeply disappointed by lewis' comments, and predicts better u.s. russia ties. >> in the president-elect you have someone who is willing to approach this terrible relationship the united states has with russia today with fresh eyes and to at least be open to a better relationship. >> this weekend, rallies in support of immigration reform and obamacare were