oc mason: also tonight... >> they call her pocahontas. >> mason: she calls it... >> a racial slur. >>on: delivered at a ceremony honoring native americans. a manic monday at amazon as holiday shoppers hit the keyboard. tt it's so much easier to click. >> mason: and cigarette makers are advertising on television again. >> us tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch. >> mason: with one big itfference. >> smoking kills on average 1,200 americans every day. this is the "cbs evening news." >> and this is our western edition. good evening. i'm anthony mason. we begin tonight with a new alliance between the united states and britain. more than two centuries after americans revolted against the monarchy, a british prince has asked a commoner from the colonies to be his wife. and she's accepted. the 33-year-old prince of wales, will marry meghan markle, the 36-year-old hollywood actress. the announcement came today in anndon. charlie charlie d'agata is there. >> i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly was sort of confirmation for me that all the stars were aligned, everything w

i'm anthony mason.begin tonight with deadly gun violence on both coasts and a court battle aimed at stopping it. first, a gunman in remote rural area of northern california started shooting people at random. police say he killed four before they killed him. the wounded include school children. it happened in rancho tehama reserve, 130 miles north of sacramento. here's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: the shooting spree omgan at 8:00 a.m. with reports of the gunman randomly firing out of his vehicle. tehama county sheriff phil johnson says he crashed a pickup truck, stole another car and started shooting. >> we know of no real connection to any of the victims. most of the victims in this case appear to be random selections. >> reporter: a mother and one of hir children were hit. >> she was transporting, i believe, her children to school, driving down the road, passed by the vehicle, and he opened fire on them without provocation or warning. >> reporter: the spree ended at scis elementary school where he s

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. for the first time in a year, democrats have something to celebrate. with president trump's approval rating under 40%, a record low for a president's first year, democrats won decisively in two governors' races last night, and they're suddenly feeling very good about next year's midterm elections. nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> it was a big night for democrats. >> reporter: phil murphy was still marveling today at his 13-point win in the new jersey governor's race. in virginia, dr. ralph northam savored a nine-point win over republican ed gillespie in a governor's race that was supposed to be close. >> virginia has told us to end the divisiveness. >> reporter: republicans on capitol hill took notice. >> our problem is our base is pretty unenthusiastic. >> reporter: it's more than that. in exit polls, 34% of virginians said ther vote was, at least in part, a vote against trump. a surge in democratic turnout handed the party at least 14 new seats in virginia's house of delegates.

i'm anthony mason.chigan courtroom today, former doctor larry nassar pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting seven girls, most of them gymnasts. nasser told his victims he is sorry. one of his high-profiler accusers not part of this case is olympian aly raisman. in a tweet she criticized the court for referring to nasser as a doctor. "larry is a monster, not a doctor." here's jericka duncan. >> guilty as stated, your honor. >> reporter: for nearly 20 years, larry nasser a team physician at michigan state university and for u.s.a. gymnastics, admitted court for penetrating the vaginas of seven minors, six of whom were gymnasts he's worked with. judge rosemarie aquilina: >> you violated the oath that you took, which is to do no harm, and you harmed them. he reporter: alexis alvarado says nassar sexually abused her. >> i know that he'll never do it to anyone else again, and that's reassuring, i think, for all of us. >> reporter: the victims were 15 or younger when the abuse started. >> i've been known as jan

i'm anthony mason. we begin tonight with a new alliance between the united states and britain. more than two centuries after the americans revolted against the monarchy, a british prince has asked a commoner from the colonies to be his wife. and she's accepted. harry, the 33 year old prince of wales, will marry meghan markle, the 36-year-old hollywood actress. the announcement came today in london. charlie charlie d'agata is there. >> i fell in love with meghan so incredibly quickly was sort of cir pages for me that all the stars were aligned, everything was just perfect. it was this beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life. i fell into her life. >> reporter: and in falling into each other's lives, a once-rebellious prince and an american divorcee and tv british mon

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i'm anthony mason. president trump has tiptoed around republican senate candidate roy moore, but today, he dove tweet-first into the sexual assault case, attacking the democratic senator from minnesota on twitter. that had reporters asking whether sexual misconduct allegations against mr. trump should be investigated as well. his spokeswoman responded, "senator franken has admitted wrongdoing. the president hasn't." that's where we begin tonight with chief white house correspondent major garrett. >> mr. president, do you believe roy moore's accusers? >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly declined to answer questions about alabama senate candidate roy moore, but on twitter, he was full of outrage over allegations of sexual harassment by democratic senator al franken. the "al frankenstein" picture is really bad the president wrote. this photograph shows franken appearing to grope leann tweeden on a u.s.o. tour. franken has apologized but the president wondered, "where do his hands go in pictures two

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. they had no idea what they were walking into. tonight cbs news has new details of the october ambush in niger that left four american soldiers dead and their bodies stripped. they were part of a larger force of u.s. and nigerian troops on a reconnaissance mission near the border with mali where islamic terrorists are known to travel. at some point their orders changed and the soldiers were forced to camp outside for the night. the pentagon has said little about what happened next, so our debora patta went to the ambush site in niger for answers. >> reporter: the village of tongo tongo is so remote, our nigerian military escorts had trouble finding the road to get there. this is where the 12-member american team and 13 nigerian soldiers stopped to get supplies. villager adamou bubaker told us he saw three or four armed men on motorcyclepr the u.s. convoy. he was so nervous he walked 25 miles to speak to us at another location. "we thought it was just a few terrorists the soldiers can k

." >> mason: good evening.'m anthony mason. the number of accusers is growing. today another woman came forward to say roy moore, senate candidate in alabama, attacked her sexually decades ago when she was a teenager. but even before she gave a tearful account of the incident, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said he had heard enough, that moore should drop out. manuel bojorquez is in birmingham. >> mr. moore attacked me when i was a child. >> reporter: beverly young nelson says when she was 16 years old, roy moore offered her a ride home from her job as a waitress, but once in his car, she says he sexily assaulted her. >> mr. moore reached over and began groping me, putting his hands on my breasts. instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head on to his crotch. >> reporter: she says she struggled until he let her go. at today's press conference, nelson brought along her high school yearbook, which she says was signed by moore. the message calls her a sweet and beautiful g

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. first hollywood, then politics. now there are new allegations involving abuse of some of america's top athletes. more than 130 member #-z of the u.s. women's gymnastics team have accused former team doctor larry nassar of abusing them. and aly raisman, the two-time captain is coming forward. raisman won six medals in past two summer olympics, three gold. she says she spoke to the f.b.i. about nassar after the 2016 games in rio spp nasser worked with the team for more than 20 years. he's now in jail and has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, but not to charges of sexual assault. raisman shared her story with dr. jon lapook for "60 minutes." >> you don't want to let yourself believe-- i-- i am-- i am a victim of sexual abuse. like it's really not an easy thing to let yourself believe that. >> reporter: you're saying you were sulsexually abused. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: by the national team doctor. >> yes. >> reporter: while you were out there representing your count

>> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. in ten months as america's chief diplomat, rex tillerson has found no world leader a greater challenge than the president of the united states. relations between president trump and the senior member of his cabinet, the former c.e.o. of exxon-mobil, have been strained almost from the start. now cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force tillerson out. here's white house and senior foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan. >> he's here. rex is here. >> reporter: today president trump refused to answer questions about a white house plan to replace secretary of state rex tillerson after less than a year on the job. mr. trump has been publicly frustrated with his top diplomat. >> we disagree on a couple of things. sometimes i'd lik little bit tougher. >> re

"ronald reagan." >> mason: at a u.n.te ranference in germany today, the trump administration talked up thssil fuels, including coal. that puts the u.s. at odds with 194 other nation, but some american entrepreneurs and politicians want to make sure the administration does not have the final word. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: despite the kids' demonstration, saving the world has been harder since the trump administration announced its pullout from the paris climate deal. there is an enthusiastic american delegation at this u.n. conference, but washington didn't send it. state and city governments and businessmen like michael bloomberg did. >> the american government may edve pulled out of the paris ireement, but the american people are committed to its goals, and there is nothing washington can do to stop us. (applause) >> reporter: washington has other ideas. its main pitch here is to promote coal, which much of the world sees as exactly the wrong way to reduce greenhouse gasses that cause global warming. the lead

>> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. north korea deified the united states today with another missile test, the first in 10 weeks, firing an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the u.s. capitol. the launch comes one week after president trump declared north korea a state sponsor of terrorism, and imposed new sanctions. the north called that a serious provocation. mr. trump was briefed on the launch while the missile was in the air. he said, "we will take care of it." he did not say how. david martin is at the pentagon. >> reporter: it was north korea's third test of an i.c.b.m. the other two took place this summer, and according to defense secretary mattis, it went further. >> it went higher, frankly, than any previous shot they've taken. it's a research-and-developme continuing about

i'm anthony mason. new accusations of sexual misconduct are being leveled at powerful men seemingly every day. the latest could have national implications. in a story first reported by the "washington post" and confirmed by cbs news, four women accuse alabama republican roy moore of pursuing them when they were teens, and he was in his 30s. moore is running in a special election next month for the u.s. senate, where republicans hold a slim 52-48 majority. nancy cordes reports, members of moore's own party now want him out. >> he should step aside if the allegations are true. gm reporter: judgment came swiftly for candidate roy moore today as senate republicans universally condemned their would-be colleague. h the allegations, if true, to me, mean he needs to step aside. >> reporter: moore is a former chief justice of the alabama supreme court and a staunch evangelical. >> but we're all created in the image of god. >> reporter: but four women told the "washington post" that moore pursued intimate relatio

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: and this is our i'anthony mason.th korea deified the united states today with another missile test, the first in 10 weeks, firing an intercontinental ballistic ballistic missile capable of reaching the u.s. capitol. the launch comes one week after president trump declared north korea a state sponsor of terrorism, and imposed new sanctions. the north called that a serious provocation. mr. trump was briefed on the launch while the missile was in the air. he said, "we will take care of it." go did not say how. epvid martin is at the pentagon. >> reporter: it was north korea's third test of an tc.b.m. the other two took place this summer, and according to defense secretary mattis, it went further. io it went higher, frankly, than tny previous shot they've taken. it's a research-and-development effort on their part to continuing about ballistic the iles that could threaten everywhere in the world, s,sically. >> reporter: the missile was fired from a mobile launcher just north of the capital, pyongyang, and flew for more t

. >> mason: the tsa gets an f. airport screeners fame, test after consideration fail, test after test. also tonight many the momentum shifts. democrats rack up big wins. >> there are four >> mason: newcomers shake up politics. >> it's okay to be you. >> mason: trump supporters grade his presidency. >> nobody gives him the benefit the doubt. is the trump justice department trying to force a sale of cnn? kevin spacey faces new allegations. >> my son said to me, kevin spacey tried to rape me. >> mason: the final moments before pitching ace ray halladay crashed in the gulf. was his plane safe? >> this is are extraordinary >> this is extraordinary to have three accidents in six, seven months. >> mason: and a former president performs his civic duty. this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: and this is our western edition. good evening. i'm anthony mason. screeners continue to miss fake bombs during undercover test. jeff pegues is following this. jeff. >> reporter: the new report by the dhs inspector-general found conti

i'm anthony mason.ew york city police are moving closer to an arrest of movie producer harvey weinstein. they say rape allegations made by an actress are credible, and they're putting together evidence for a judge to issue a warrant. jericka duncan, who broke this story yesterday, has the follow- up tonight. >> we have an actual case here. >> reporter: at an n.y.p.d. news conference, chief of detectives robert boyce made it clear-- they are working to arrest harvey weinstein. >> we are happy with where the investigation is right now. mr. weinstein is out of state. we would need a-- a arrest warrant to arrest him. >> reporter: cbs news first reported thursday that actress paz de la huerta told police that weinstein raped her in new york city twice back in october and december of 2010. weinstein's spokesperson has not responded to this latest allegation. today, i asked chief boyce about de la huerta's claims. what makes her story so credible? >> the ability to articulate each and every movement of the cri

good evening, i'm anthony mason.resident trump has decided it's better to have an accused serial sexual predator in the senate than a democrat. the president said he prefers roy moore to an opponent in alabama's election three weeks from today. he went on to say this is "a very special time for women because of all the sexual misconduct allegations that have been coming out margaret brennan g at the white house. >> i can tell you one thing for sure-- we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat. >> reporter: on his way to his mar-a-lago estate for thanksgiving, president trump voiced support for roy moore, g o is facing multiple sexual misconduct allegations, including with teenaged girls when he was in his 30s. >> well, he denies. he denies it. and by the way, he gives a total annial. and i do have to say 40 years is halong time. he has run eight races and this nts never come up. >> reporter: the president also said he welcomed recent scrutiny of sexual misconduct. >> women are very special. i think it's a ve

i'm anthony mason. the wave of sexual abuse allegations we've been reporting from hollywood to washington has now touched cbs news. late today cbs suspended correspondent charlie rose after the "washington post" reported that eight women associated with his pbs program are accusing him of sexual harassment. rose apologized in a statement to the "post." more now from jim axelrod. >> reporter: the eight women, according to the "washington post," were either employees of the "charlie rose" show from the late 1990s rose, suspended late today by cbs news, is 75. he co-hosts "cbs this morning" and has been a contributing correspondent for "60 minutes" for nearly a decade. >> the bureau is also expanding its presence overseas. >> reporter: the women who worked for the post worked for charlie rose inc., not cbs or pbs, where his interview air, or bloomberg, where it's taped and inbroadcast. the allegations in the "washington post" article include rose making unwanted sexual advances in the form of lewd phone ca

we go back now to anthony mason in the studio. >> mason: thanks, jeff. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," after indictments and a guilty plea, president trump tries to distance himself from the mueller investigation. and social media executives tell congress russian election hacking was a lot bigger than hacking was a lot bigger than they thought. your eyes work as hard as you do. but do they need help making more of their own tears? if you have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation, restasis multidose® can help, with continued use, twice a day, every day, one drop at a time. restasis multidose® helps increase your eyes' natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to chronic dry eye. restasis multidose® did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs. to help avoid eye injury and contamination, do not touch the bottle tip to your eye or other surfaces. wait 15 minutes after use before inserting contact lenses. the most common side effec

captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: silent no more. one of america's greatest atympians tells "60 minutes" she was among those sexually abused by a team doctor and blames the organization. >> what did u.s.a. gymnastics do and larry nassar do to manipulate these girls so much that they are so afraid to speak up? >> mason: the first wife of the rixas church gunman describes living in fear. ju he just had a lot of demons or hatred inside of him. >> mason: tests show one of america's most widely used jets is vulnerable to hacking. and "on the road" with steve hartman. is this any way to run a business? >> reporter: you've got a lot of books, but i don't see a cash register. >> all free. it cuts down on robbery. this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: and this is our western edition. good evening. i'm anthony mason. first hollywood, then politics. now there are new allegations involving abuse of some of america's top athletes. more than 130 women have accused the u.s. women's gymnastics team have accused former team doctor larry nassar of

>> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. another powerful man has been brought down by accusations he sexually abused women. this time, matt lauer, known to millions of tv viewers as the amiable host of "today" show. nbc news fired him today for what he was allegedly doing off camera. here's bianna golodryga. >> welcome to "today," and hoa is with me because this is a sad day. >> reporter: a visibly shaken savanna guthrie broke the news only moments after learning it herself-- her cohost, matt lauer, had been fired over allegations of swul misconduct. >> you know, for the moment, all we can say is that we are heartbroken. >> reporter: nbc chairman andy lack made the decision after an hours-long meeting with an nbc staffer and her attorney where she egregious acts of sexual harassment by lauer in 2014. both "new york times" and "variety

i'm anthony mason. the roy moore for senate campaign took on one of the women accusing him of sexual assault. aides raised doubts about handwriting evidence that appeared to show moore knew the woman when she was a teenager. and still more accusers are coming forward. dean reynolds is in birmingham, alabama. >> i've known judge moore for 24 years. when these allegations came out within the last week, it was incredibly, incredibly painful for him, for his wife, his mom, his daughter. >> reporter: aides to embattled republican senate candidate judge roy moore tried the cast doubts today on at least one of the women who have accused him of lecherous behavior when they were teenagers. an attorney phillip jauregui said the accuser, beverly young nelson, was not telling the truth about her contact with the judge and that her evidence, a signed yearbook greeting from the judge, may well be a forgery. >> release the yearbook so that we can determine, is it genuine or is it a fraud. >> reporter: late today a sta

this is the "cbs e >> mason: good evening, i'm anthony mason. this time it's senator al franken, the minnesota democrat is the latest prominent american to be accused of sexual assault. it dates back more than a decade to when franken was a comedian, and there is photographic evidence. here's julianna goldman. >> reporter: this photograph was taken at the end of a two-week u.s.o. tour to visit troops in 2006. radio host leann tweeden says it shows al franken groping her while she was sleeping. >> i guess i always wondered if i had any talent. >> oh, you've got talent. >> reporter: it was before franken was a senator. tweeden says before the trip franken insisted rehearsing a skit he wrote that included a kiss. >> he grabs the become of my head and just sort of comes in and puts his lips right on mine and sticks his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: in an initial statement, franken said, "i certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but i send my sincerest apologies." he added the photo was clearly intended to be funny bu

and the brick masons built that with the stone mason's cooperation. and the house rose. and it was identifiable when washington made his last trip here from philadelphia, after he left office. they parked out in front of the north portico here, its carriage. he and mrs. washington were in -- his granddaughter, step granddaughter, and george washington lafayette. the son of lafayette, who had been sent to safe him from the french level resolutirevolution, with was with him. and they stopped and hoeven had the militia that he forced everyone to join give a 21-gun salute from the walls of the house. and it was finished enough not to have windows yet or any of that, but washington could see what it looked like. >> so george washington saw his vision, but he never was able to enter a completed white house? >> no, not to our knowledge. >> so people should know that there were three basic classes of workers. there were the elite scottish mason who is did the stone work and the carving. there was an irish workers and then there were slaves. >> labor, but more. the scottish stone

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. a manhunt is on for whoever ambushed two u.s. border patrol agents over the weekend at the mexican border, leaving one dead, his partner injured. the attack brought a new call from president trump for a border wall. here's david begnaud. >> reporter: f.b.i. and border patrol agents have scoured the rocky desert terrain by foot and air looking for evidence after what's being called an attack. it was around 11:00 saturday night. border patrol agent rogelio martinez went out to investigate an alarm triggered by a lround censor. martinez called for back-up when he determined it was setoff by human movement. according to the national border patrol council, it appears he may have been ambushed and attacked with rocks. a second agent arrived to find martinez unconscious, bleeding from the head. that second agent radioed for back-up. both agents were then discovered with serious head injuries. both possibly victims of a stoning. martinez, who has been a border patrol agent for just four years