scott. >> pelley: margaret brennan for us tonight. margaret. thank you. well, the president's boasting got the better of him today. he said the u.s. is deporting drug dealers and gang members "for the first time." and as you heard, he said they're being deported at a rate nobody has ever seen before. well, for the record, our research department spoke to an official at the immigrations and customs enforcement agency. in january of last year, there were 17,649 deportations. last month, it was one now thou fewer. and last year, 58% had been convicted of serious crimes, such as drug dealing. congressional republicans are getting an earful in their town hall meetings, and nancy cordes is in pace, florida. >> thanks for being here. >> reporter: at grover t's barbecue in milton florida, congressman matt gaetz was grilled before he even got inside. >> i want to know what the president has not been bought and paid for by the russian olgary. >> we should know that about everybody, not just the president. >> reporter: mr. trump was also a prime topic in new jersey,

margaret brennan is at the white house where the president returned this evening from florida. >> he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. >> reporter: president trump introduced lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster as his new national security adviser after spending the weekend at his mar-a-lago estate interviewing candidates. the 54-year-old career army officer is known as one of the most successful battlefield commanders in iraq. >> i'd just like to say what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our nation. >> reporter: as an active duty general, mcmaster still serves as a commander-in-chief and is less able to make staffing demands. just last week retired admiral robert harward turned down the position, but mcmaster is outspoken. his book "dereliction of duty" criticized vietnam-era officer who failed to challenge president johnson and he critiqued george w. bush during the iraq war. mcmaster spoke to cbs news during 2010. >> try not to define future conflict as you would like it to be urge because if you, do you are guaranteed it will be nothing like that.

more about that now from state department correspondent margaret brennan. >> reporter: the fence-mending mission began with secretary of state rex tillerson's arrival in mexico city for a meeting with mexico's president. earlier, homeland security chief john kelly assured guatemala's leader that president trump is not interested in mass deportation. >> he has given me-- empsized a mission of intercepting irregular immigrants from any country on our border, treat them humanely, and return them to their country of origin as fast as possible. >> reporter: but the topic of fence building is still a sore subject. mexico's foreign minister said today he'd take the fight to the u.n. to defend the rights of immigrants in the u.s. president trump's new immigration order could subject millions of people living in the u.s. illegally to deportation back to mexico, even if they're originally from a third country. it prioritizes anyone convicted of a crime or charged with an offense. the policy is deeply unpopular in mexico, as is the wall that president trump has vowed to build along the 2,000-mile s

margaret brennan is at the state department with that. margaret? >> reporter: scott, president trump broke with two decades of u.s. policy today, saying he would not insist on a two-state solution to the israeli- palestinian conflict, that means no longer committing to the creation of a palestinian state that would exist peacefully alongside israel. here's the president. >> i thought for a while the two-state looked like it may be the easier of the two, but honestly, if bibi and if the palestinians, if israel and the palestinians are happy, i'm happy with the one they like the best. >> reporter: but president trump did bluntly say to netanyahu he needs to scale back on settlement construction on palestinian land, saying it's not helpful to peace and both sides do need to make compromises. netanyahu replied with a reference to mr. trump's book, "the art of the deal," and the two men had a warm relationship and talked about their long friendship, and this is really in stark contrast to the strained relations that netanyahu had with president obama. b

sh margaret brennan, thanks, margaret. today, vice president mike pence visited the jewish cemetery outside st. louis that was desecrated by vandals over the arekend. after sharing a prayer, he helped clean up the sacred ground where more than 150 headstones were damaged. pence denounced the vandalism and said the outpouring of support for the jewish community have inspired the nation. republican members of congress holding town meetings with constituents are facing loud protests from opponents of president trump. the administration claims professional outside agitators are partly to blame. congressional correspondent enncy cordes went to metairie, louisiana to look into it. >> reporter: if professional agitators were lurking in the line outside the jefferson ryrish library today, we didn't meet them. >> look at us. >> yes. >> yes. >> do we look like loud individuals? do we look like paid protesters? >> reporter: this group of mostly retired women, brought home made signs, umbrellas for the sun, and a newfound sense of act

margaret brennan is following that. >> judge gorsuch is an exceptionally qualified nominee, probably there has really been anybody that is more qualified. >> reporter: as president trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch tried to build support on capitol hill, the president did schis own outreach to a bipartisan group of senators at the white house. the meeting came a day after gorsuch privately lamented mr. trump's attacks on the judiciary, criticism that the president said was made up. >> you misrepresented his comments totally. >> i asked you what you thought. >> his comments were misrespected. >> reporter: but former senator kelly ayotte, who is guiding gorsuch around the capitol hhours earlier confirmed that gorsuch had, indeed, says sade he found any criticism of a judge's integrity and independence disheartening and demoralizing. republican senator ben sass, also said gorsuch was upset. >> he got a little bit emotional and he said that, "any attack or any criticism of his brothers and sisters of the robe is an attack or a criticism on everybody wearing the robe." >> courts

anthony. >> mason: margaret brennan at the white house. thanks, margaret. today, the homeland security department rolled out the trump administration's plan for crack down on illegal immigration. homeland security security jeff pegues has the details. >> reporter: the new guidelines come as u.s. immigration and customs enforcement units have carried out hundreds of deportation operations across the country. authorities will now be able to expedite deportation of any undocumented immigrant in the country for less than two years, immediately return many immigrants captured at the mexican border, and hire 15,000 new border patrol and immigration officers. the guidelines do leave in place an obama-era program that granted work permits to those brought to the country illegally as children. the department of homeland security is also tasked with building president trump's southern border wall, estimated to cost $21 billion. but a report by d.h.s.' internal watchdog questions whether the department is up to the task. >> homeland security has made progress in the l

margaret brennan has today's developments. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed the f.b.i.nter-intelligence division is leading an investigation into whether trump associates were coordinating with russian officials during the 2016 campaign. u.s. intelligence agencies have concluded that russia launched a series of cyber attacks designed to interfere in the election and help then-candidate trump. in reporting on the investigation, "the new york times" drew the ire of the white house for writing about constant contacts between trump aides and russian intelligence. last night, cnn reported that white house chief of staff, reince priebus, pressured the f.b.i. to publicly refute the story. today, white house spokesman sean spicer said that on february 15, the day after "the new york times" article was published, deputy f.b.i. mcrector andrew mccabe told priebus the story was inaccurate. spicer confirmed priebus did ask mccabe to say so publicly, but mccabe declined. in an off-camera briefing today, which excluded several major news outlets, including "the new york times" and cn

margaret brennan is at the white house. >> and i'm very proud to have picked judge gorsuch, who i think is going to be an outstanding member of the supreme court. outstanding. >> reporter: speaking to a gathering of sheriffs today, president trump praised his supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. but criticized the branch of government he works for, attacking a federal court for scrutinizing the president's temporary travel ban. >> courts seem to be so political, and it would be so great for our justice system if they would be able to read a statement and do what's right. >> reporter: the attack on the judicial branch stunned judge gorsuch, who told senators on capitol hill he felt mr. trump's recent comments were "disheartening and demoralizing." mr. trump's travel ban was put on hold by a federal judge last week. >> 212-"f." >> reporter: today the president recited the law he believes justifies the order. >> and it couldn't have been written any more precisely. it's not like, "oh, gee, we wish it were written better." it was written beautifully. >> reporter: yesterday, three federal app

margaret brennan is covering the president. >> radical islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland. >> reporter: in his first address to the troops as commander-in-chief, president trump accused journalists of covering up terrorism. >> it's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported, and in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. they have their reasons, and you understand them. >> reporter: mr. trump offered no examples. and neither did press secretary sean spicer when he tried to clarify aboard air force one. >> there's a lot of instances that have occurred where i don't think they've gotten the coverage they deserve. >> reporter: the president's comments come after senior adviser kellyanne conway referred last week to a terrorist attack that never took place. >> two iraqis came here to this country, they were radicalized. they were the master minds behind the bowling green massacre. most people don't know that because it didn't get covered. >> reporter: she later said she misspoke, but she talked about the purported bowling green a

margaret brennan is at the white house. >> anti-semitic threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful. >> reporter: for the first time, president trump addressed anti-semitic incidents that have happened on his watch. president trump's commentsam toppled at a jewish cemetery in missouri, and more than 50 jewish community centers nationwide received bomb threats. but today, the anne frank center, which fights discrimination, dismissed the president's statement as a "band-aid on the cancer of anti-semitism that has infected his own administration." white house spokesman sean spicer: >> i think that hopefully as time continues to go by, they recognize his commitment to civil rights, to voting rights, to equality for all americans. >> reporter: in january, jewish groups criticized the trump administration for not specifically mentioning juice over anti-semitism in a statement on holocaust remembrance day, and they have

margaret brennan is covering the immigration ban from the white house. >> we're going to take it through the system. >> reporter: president trump said he may take the fight to the supreme court to keep his temporary travel ban in place. >> it's very important. it's very important for the country, regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. i mean, we have to have security in our country. >> reporter: on capitol hill, homeland security chief john kelly admitted that no one from the seven banned countries has committed a terror attack on u.s. soil. >> but it's entirely possible that someone that's coming in, whether it's during this stay during the court action or previous to this period, would do us harm. >> but you don't have any proof at this point. >> not until the boom. >> not until what? >> not until they actually blow something up or go into a mall and kill people. >> reporter: kelly said he does not plan to ban additional countries and took responsibility for confusion surrounding the roll-out. >> i should have delayed it just a bit so that i could talk to members of cong

we turn first to al hunt's interview with margaret brennan and david ignatius. >> this is expressive, that the range of possibilities here through the campaign, through this period of the flynn's contacts, then after. we're going to be dealing with this for months. people have to understand, this russia investigation is just beginning. >> we continue with tom friedman of the "new york times." >> there's something rather patient and i would say unadult about the chinese in the sense they've seen this before. democrat or republican when i get in i'm going to really give it to them and they get in and understand the real balance of power and they tend to back. >> we conclude this evening with my interview of damien chazelle, director of lawaw land. >> it's like a single statement which i think is hard with a musical movie you're trying to wrangle three things together, dance, music and then the language of the cinema itself. and the old musical make it seems completely cohesive, the vincent manelli is one in a seemingly way, it's him but also a by-product of that musical system. we try t

>>> margaret brennan is covering the immigration ban from the white house. >> we're going to take it through the system. >> reporter: president trump said he may take the fight to the supreme court to keep his temporary travel ban in place. >> it's very important. it's very important for the country, regardless of me or whoever succeeds at a later date. i mean, we have to have security in our country. >> reporter: on capitol hill, homeland security chief john kelly admitted that no one from the seven banned countries has committed a terror attack on u.s. soil. >> but it's entirely possible that someone that's coming in, whether it's during this stay during the court action or previous to this period, would do us harm. >> but you don't have any proof at this point. >> not until the boom. >> not until what? >> not untilhe something up or go into a mall and kill people. >> reporter: kelly said he does not plan to ban additional countries and took responsibility for confusion surrounding the roll-out. >> i should have delayed it just a bit so that i could talk to members of congress, par

there is not one state election official, democrat or republican, who supports that margaret brennaning the prest. rical islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland. >> reporter: in his first address to the troops as commander-in-chief, president trump accused journalists of covering up terrorism. >> it's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported, and in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. they have their reasons, and you understand that. >> reporter: mr. trump offered no examples. and neither did press secretary sean spicer when he tried to clarify aboard air force one. >> there's a lot of instances that have occurred where i don't think they've gotten the coverage they deserve. >> reporter: the president's comments come after senior adviser kellyanne conway referred last week to a terrorist attack that never took place. >> two iraqis came here to this country, they were radicalized. they were the master minds behind the bowling green massacre. most people don't know that because it didn't get covered. >> reporter: she later s

operation as an adjective, to describe what they say is an efficient rate of deportation. >> pelley: margaret brennanret, thank you. well, the president's boasting got the better of him today. he said the u.s. is deporting drug dealers and gang members, "for the first time." and as you heard, he said they're being deported at a rate nobody has ever seen before. well, for the record, our research department spoke to an official at the immigration and customs enforcement agency. in january of last year, there were 17,649 deportations. last month, it was one thousand fewer. and last year, 58% had been convicted of serious crimes, such as drug dealing. congressional republicans are getting an earful in their town hall meetings, and nancy cordes is in pace, florida. >> thanks for being here. >> reporter: at grover t's barbecue in milton, florida, congressman matt gaetz was grilled before he even got inside. >> i want to know what the president has not been bought and paid for by the russian oligary. >> we should know that about everybody, not just the president. >> reporter: mr. trump was also a prime top

here's margaret brennan. >> reporter: while secretary of state rex tillerson has largely been silenthis almost three weeks on the job. he hasn't held any news conferences and many of his meetings and phone calls to foreign leaders are not being publicly disclosed. and there have been no daily briefings. that means foreign governments are often left describing american policy rather than the u.s. itself. but perhaps more serious for diplomats, state department officials were completely shut out of president trump's meeting with israeli prime minister last week, while mr. trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, who has no experience in foreign affairs, did sit in. insist tillerson suspect being shut out. he's meeting with the president today. officials tell me that tillerson is being careful and deliberate. he's trying to turn president trump's rhetoric into policy, while flying under the radar of a high profile administration that is face nothing shortage of challenges. >>> one of the many global is e issues secretary tillerson will have to confront is the growing nuclear threat from north

this is cbs news foreign affairs and white house correspondent margaret brennan questioning white housepokesperson sean spicer. give you a chance to respond to something i think the president remarks and clear vocational or he stands on anti-semitism is clear, but after that same [indiscernible] anne frank lisa pretty strongly worded one saying these remarks band-aid on the cancer of the administration saying there is, whether lessor otherwise, a sense of xenophobia within the administration. >> look, the president has made clear since the day he was elected, frankie, going back to the campaign, he is into unite this country. he is brought a diverse group of folks into is a administration, both in terms of actual positions and people he has sought the advice of. i think he has been very forceful with his denunciation of people who seek to attack people because of their hate, excuse me, because of the religion, because of their gender, because of the color of their skin. it is something that he has made clear has no place in this administration. it is ironic that no matter how many times

analysis from margaret brennan of cbs news. michael duffy of "time" magazine. carol lee of "the wall street journal," and pete williams of nbc news. >> this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> ♪ >> additional funding is provided by the xq institute. newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. the ford foundation. the ethics and excellence in journalism fun to day. cue and tricia ewen from the foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. and by contributions from your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again in washington, sution sues of npr. susan: good evening. president trump's second week in office was as frenzied as his first. it began with the chaotic rollout of new restrictions on refugees as well as visitors from seven majority muslim nations. the week ended with new sanctions against iran and in between the president fired the acting attorney general, nominated a justice to the supreme court and talked his way into a

. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," margaret brennan reports the restructuring. >>> the president's remarks yesterday marked first time he has addressed recent wave of threats against jewish community centers. a recent white house statement on the holocaust and comments by some of his supporters have strained relations with the jewish community. >> the anti-semitic threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful. >> more than 170 head stones were topple at a jewish cemetery in missouri. the director of the anne frank center dismissed the president's statements as a band-aid on the cancer of anti-semitism that infected his own administration. >>> new evacuations were ordered overnight near san jose, california. powerful rain producing storms have been pounding northern california. and overflowing creek in san jose trapped hundreds of residents in chest deep water. >> reporter: rescue crews pulled people from their cars and used rafts to move home owners to safety after flood waters left that san jose neighborhood submerged. >> take my daughter to sch

margaret brennan is at the white house with the administration's blunt messages. aret, good morning. >> good morning. president trump is taking a combative approach to foreign policy, ee ban donning diplomacy for strong rhetoric. that leaves rex tillerson starting his first day as secretary of state with a number of diplomatic crises. secretary of state rex tillerson was sworn into office in the oval last night hours after national security adviser michael flynn issued a warning to iran. >> as of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. >> reporter: flynn accused the country and its allies of destabilizing the middle east. cbs news has learned there was an attack because they thoug it was an american ship. that attack coupled with their recent test launch of ballistic missiles triggered this angry response. >> now instead of feeling thankful iran is feeling emboldened. >> reporter: these kinds of tests are discouraged but not completely prohibited since the missile was not carrying a nuclear warhead. >> i think the iran dealing is one of the worst deals i'v

if we stop doing so, it will fray and eventually collapse. >> margaret brennan is at the white house sing on iran. margaret, good morning. unusual to see the president's national security adviser in my administration come to the briefing room, but he had a message for iran. what was behind that? >> reporter: well, it looks like iran is testing our new president. yesterday, iran's defense minister publicly announced this missile test and said they would continue, so we also have learned that a recent attack on a saudi ship carried out by iranian-backed rebels was mo motivated by the thought they thought they hit an american thing. that triggered flynn's strong rhetoric. what's remarkable is that he also seemed to be saying that the u.s. is now going to hold iran accountable for the medd meddling that its allies carry out whether in yemen, syria, or elsewhere. frankly, that's something that america, israeli and arab allies really like to hear, but white house aides would not tell reporters what it means. are there u.s. sanctions coming down? are there perhaps threats of armed conflict?

margaret brennan is at the state department with that. margaret? >> reporter: scott, president trump broke with two decades of u.s. policy today, saying he would not insist on a two-state solution to the israeli-palestinian conflict, that means no longer committing to the creation of a palestinian state that would exist peacefully alongside israel. here's the president. >> i thought for a while the two-state looked like it may be the easier of the two, but honestly, if bibi and if the palestinians, if israel and the palestinians are happy, i'm happy with the one they like the best. >> reporter: but president trump did bluntly say to netanyahu he needs to scale back on settlement construction on palestinian land, saying it's not helpful to peace and both sides do need to make compromises. netanyahu replied with a reference to mr. trump's book, "the art of the deal," and the two men had a warm relationship and talked about their long friendship, and this is really in stark contrast to the strained relations that netanyahu had with president obama. bu