>> pelley: what do you mean we're gunning for you? >> cernovich: do i really think that you guys are going to tell the story that i would like to have told? no. your story's going to be, "here's a guy, spreads fake news, uses social media and these social media people better..." i know the story you guys are doing before you do it. >> pelley: what's wrong with that story? >> cernovich: because it is an agenda. another story is, "here is a person who is able to bypass traditional media outlets, reach people directly, to tell a story. maybe he's a good guy, maybe he's not." i'm not going to serve as a mouthpiece for anybody. >> pelley: never in human history has more information been available to more people. but it's also true that never in history has more bad information been available. and once it's online, it is "news" forever. >> this cbs sports update is brought to you by the lincoln motor company. i'm greg gumbel in new york. in the south regional final, north carolina is going to the final four for the 20th time. in the east re

they're running out of options. >> pelley: at 7:12 a.m. captain ordered second mate randolph to send a distress message. cargo containers crashed overboard. the bow went under. >> young: the "abandon ship" signal is sounded, and the captain directs everybody to leave the ship. >> pelley: but davidson would not leave the bridge; a crewman was trapped there. the list was so great that the man couldn't climb up to the exit. is there panic? >> young: we only hear what's on the bridge, but the captain was extremely calm right to the end. >> pelley: the crewman said," you're going to leave me."" i'm not leaving you, davidson said." let's go."" i can't," said the seaman." i'm a goner." " no, you're not," davidson urged." let's go." >> claudia shultz: it was not an easy thing to read. >> pelley: claudia schultz is the widow of chief mate steve shultz. >> shultz: i didn't let my kids read. till this day, they haven't read it. >> pelley: because it hurts too much? >> shultz: yes. it's too painful to read their father's last words. >> pelley: tina ri

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today began the most critical week yet ofald trump's presidency with congress taking up his supreme court nominee and his replacement for obamacare. but both were overshadowed today by two revelations from the f.b.i. the f.b.i. director told congress he is investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with russia to sway the election. then the director and the head of the national security agency testified there is no reason to believe mr. trump's accusation that he was wiretapped by president obama. an extraordinary rift has now opened up between the white house and those who agencies critical to national security. jeff pegues covered the hearing. >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> reporter: several times f.b.i. director james comey rejected the president's claim that president obama ordered trump tower wiretapped. adam schiff is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. >> you said there has been no evidence of an illegal wiretap by president obama. is that right? >> i've said the f.

>> pelley: deadly tornadoes in the heart of america. >> it looks like a bomb went off. >> pelley: hundreds of homes are hit. >> all the windows are busted out. there's debris everywhere. >> pelley: also tonight... >> i can be more presidential if i want to be. >> pelley: and most viewers of his speech told us he was. >> i think he was much more professional and grounded. >> pelley: the trump rally sends the dow above 21,000. and road rage, the c.e.o. of uber gets into it with one of his drivers. >> good luck. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: march roared in like a lion with the kind of deadly storms you might expect in mid-april or early may. the warm winter spawned an outbreak of tornadoes. at least 28 since yesterday in seven states from the south to the midwest. the largest was an ef-3 with winds up to 165mph. the deaths include one in missouri, two in illinois, and more than 100 homes were blown apart. michelle miller met people who lost everything. >> reporter: this is all that's left of dozens of home in north central illinois a

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the repeal of obamacare has failed. done in by a fractured republican party. facing certain defeat, the speaker of the house pulled the bill that would have begun to replace president obama's affordable care act of 2010. there were more than enough republicans to pass the measure, but the president, who said that he could negotiate better than any politician, was not able to muster enough of them. last night mr. trump miscalculated, issuing a c.e.o.'s ultimate um. he told republicans if they didn't pass his bill today, they could forget the whole thing, he'd leave obamacare in place. it chip reid begins our coverage. >> i've been saying for the last year and a half that the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode. >> reporter: the president tried to put a positive spin on the failure t

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition.ll begin tonight with breaking news in a widening scandal involving the u.s. military. the defense department is investigating online outlets through which marines shared nude photographs of women, including fellow marines, and some of the pictures taken without their knowledge. well, tonight, david martin has learned that the investigation has spread to all branches of the military. >> reporter: the website called anon-ib, first gained notoriety for publishing nude photos of celebrities like jennifer lawrence, but it also contains a message board for military personnel, where men from all branches of the military exchange comments and nude photos of female service members, sometimes identifying them by name and/or duty station. some of the pictures are pure porn. others are innocent snapshots followed by requests for wins-- slang for nude photos. "anyone got any wins for this one?" someone asks about a young woman in the massachusetts national guard. this military-wide message board c

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: late today, attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from the f.b.i.'s investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election. this comes after the justice department acknowledged that sessions met with the russian ambassador to the united states, sergey kislyak, during the campaign. sessions did not disclose this when he was asked at his confirmation hearing about contacts between the campaign and the russian government. sessions was a campaign adviser. u.s. intelligence has concluded the russians tried to influence the election. now, the f.b.i. is investigating whether trump campaign associates colluded with russian operatives. last month, the president fired national security adviser michael flynn, after flynn lied to the vice president about contacts he had with ambassador kislyak. no administration official has been accused of collusion, but questions are being asked about why top trump officials have been evasive in explaining their meetings with ambassador kislyak. jeff pegues has today's developments

♪ bye, bye miss american pie this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our edition. we've known for some time that the russians meddled in the u.s. presidential election, but today we got a chilling account of one of the tactics used. the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence commit said russia paid more than 1,000 hackers to create fake anti- clinton news. the top republican and democrat on the senate panel spoke at a news conference today, and their unity was in sharp contrast to the feuding in the parallel investigation in the house. here's jeff pegues. >> this investigation scope will go wherever the intelligence leads it. >> reporter: republican chairman richard burr said the senate usmmittee is reviewing thousands of documents. both senator burr, and the top democrat on the committee, mark warner, made a public show of unity. >> an outside foreign adversary effectively sought to hijack our iost critical democratic process, the election of a president. and in that process, decided to favor one candidate over another. >> reporter: the senators stoo

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley, reporting tonight from washington. >> pelley: this is our western edition. unity is to be the theme tonight in the president's first address to a joint session of congress. his audience will be republicans and democrats, top military commanders, members of the supreme court, and we, the people, the whole constitution under one dome. president trump is expected to call for sharp increases in spending for defense and infrastructure. but if unity is the theme, it will have to be a fresh start for mr. trump, who has attacked powerful members of his own party, called federal judges "dumber than a bad high school student," and declared the news media "the enemy of the american people." in our cbs news poll, mr. trump's approval rating after a month is 39%, the lowest we have ever record faird new president. our coverage tonight begins with major garrett. >> it's a busy day, and i guess tonight will be a rather busy night. we look forward to it. >> reporter: president trump's first prime-time address to congress will emphasize his domestic a

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. and we begin with breaking news in the investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. election. president trump's first national security adviser, mike flynn, is offering to testify if he is granted immunity from prosecution. flynn, you'll recall, was forced to resign after it was revealed he misled vice president pence about contacts he'd had with the russian ambassador to the united states. we'll begin there with major garrett. >> reporter: "the new york times" named two national security staffers. the report said they gave house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes evidence that trump aides were caught up in surveillance of foreign officials. last week nunes briefed the media and the president. at the time, white house spokesman sean spicer said white house staffers were not nunes' source. >> that doesn't really make a ton of sense. so i'm not aware of it, but it doesn't really pass the smell test. >> reporter: today the white house would neither confirm nor deny the "times"

bayer aspirin. >> pelley: the t.s.a. is >> pelley: the t.s.a.sorting to more aggressive screening of passengers who fail an initial check at airports. one of these new pat-downs was recorded at d.f.w. airport, and we asked omar villafranca to get the story behind it. >> reporter: jennifer williamson started recording as the t.s.a. dilled aside her 13-year-old son aaron for additional screening after he left his laptop in his bag. then for two minutes performed the new pat-down procedure on the boy. >> i do think that as a young child that posed no threat, that had already passed an x-ray screening, that it was completely unnecessary. >> reporter: williamson said she informed the agents her son has a sensory processing disorder which makes him sensitive to touch, but... >> we were told in no uncertain terms we could submit to the pat-down or we could be escorted out of the airport. >> reporter: in a statement to cbs news, the t.s.a. says all soproved procedures were followed to resolve an alarm of the passenger's laptop. the t.s.a. implemented th

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: there's breaking news in the terror attack in london. we have just received word that a fourth innocent person was killed in that attack today. just as the british were on guard for a possible attack in the sky, they were struck on the ground in the heart of london. a driver plowed a car into a group of pedestrians, then stabbed a police officer. at least four people, including the officer, were killed. 20 others were wounded. the attacker was shot to death by the police. elizabeth palmer is in london. >> there has been a terror attack. >> reporter: in only seconds, a car speeding along the sidewalk left a trail of broken and bleeding bodies strewn across one of london's busiest bridges. seconds later the car had crashed into the railings around parliament, setting off a panicked rush. in the chaos, shots rang out. [gunfire] it turned out the driver had shoved past security into parliament's grounds and started to stab a policeman until he was fatally shot by another officer. the attack began in early afternoon when parliament

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today the president was out of sight after he insisted over the weekend that his phones had been tapped by president obama. president trump offered no basis for four twitter posts on saturday. they included, "how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process? this is nixon, watergate, bad or sick guy." spelling and punctuation are the president's. the claim, which mr. trump described as a fact, was repudiated by the f.b.i. director and the former director of national intelligence. since his inauguration, mr. trump has continually stamped rumors with the seal of the president, including millions of illegal votes for hillary clinton, terror attacks no one knows about, and describing the news media as "a great danger to our country." but today the wiretap claims seem to cross a line. democrats and republicans called for mr. trump to provide evidence. margaret brennan leads our coverage. >> i have recused myself. >> reporter: it began with attorney general jeff sessions' decision thursday to

. >> pelley: the president versus the >> i have no information that supports those tweets. >> pelley: the f.b.i. director tells congress there is no evidence president obama wiretapped candidate trump. but he is investigating the trump campaign and russia. but the truth? >> the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> pelley: also tonight, the president's nominee for supreme court justice argues his case. rs the answers we reach are always the ones we believe the law requires. >> pelley: an american suspected of nazi war crimes is defended by his son. >> these are lies. this is defamation. this is slander. >> pelley: and... remembering the man who started rock on a roll. ♪ go, johnny, go. go, johnny, go, go ♪ go, johnny, go, go. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today began the most critical week yet of donald trump's presidency with congress taking up his supreme court nominee and his replacement for obamacare. but both were overshadowed today by two revelations from the f.b.i. the f.b.i. director told congress he is investigat

>> pelley: margaret brennan at the white house. today we wanted to get some insight into all of this from leon panetta. first let us remind you why washington listens when he speaks. panetta was chairman of the house budget committee, director of the office of management and budget, white house chief of staff under president clint, director of the c.i.a. when osama bin laden was killed, secretary of defense under president obama, and is co-founder of the panetta institute for public policy. in the last few weeks the president has told his military that there are terrorist attacks no one knows about because the press covers them up. he's described the news media as the enemy of the american people. he has likened his own intelligence agencies to nazis. and now we have the wiretapping charge against president obama. is it appropriate to the president is having difficulty with rationality? >> scott, the coin of the realm for any president is trust, trust of the american people in the credibility of that president. and when he says the

>> pelley: anna werner for us tonight. anna, thank you. well, for the third day, the president did not take questions and the white house did not provide evidence for his claim that president obama tapped his phones during the presidential campaign. over the weekend mr. trump described this as a fact. the f.b.i. director has asked the justice department to deny mr. trump's claim. white house officials have struggled for days to justify the charge, which appears to have no basis. margaret brennan has the latest. >> obamacare is collapsing. >> reporter: president trump criticized his predecessor's signature achievement today but did not repeat the unsubstantiated claim that president obama wiretapped his phones during the 2016 campaign. >> it's not that he's walking anything back or regretting it. >> reporter: white house spokesman sean spicer said president trump stands by the allegations he made saturday when he wrote on twitter that mr. obama is a "bad or sick guy." spicer said a taxpayer-funded conditional investigation should now look i

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. the central intelligence agency has lost control of highly classified documents and computer code that described top-secret techniques for intercepting phone calls, reading encrypted text messages, and turning televisions into eavesdropping devices. today wikileaks, the anti- secrecy web site, dumped thousands of pages of c.i.a. documents in a breech of national security that is being compared tonight to edward snowden's theft at the n.s.a. the c.i.a. is prohibited by law from operating in the united states, but jeff pegues reports the breech has seriously damaged the agency's work overseas. >> reporter: wikileaks claims the stolen data came from a former u.s. government hacker or contractor code named vault 7. the disclosures reveal cyber espionage tools that can take over internet connected or smart tvs and record audio. the documents also cite the ability to hack iphone or google android smartphones. those hacks allow the c.i.a. to then monitor the communications of terrorist group

is scott pelley. we will see you >> pelley: mike flynn offers to sing. and the president changes his tune. >> if you're not guilty of a crime what do you need immunity for? >> pelley: but he now backs flynn's request for a guarantee against prosecution. also tonight-- >> oh, my god! >> pelley: fire brings down an interstate. a witness says a truck driver was texting when he plowed into a church bus filled with seniors. a new tactic in the war on cancer-- enlisting the immune system to join the battle. and steve hartman "on the road" in the worst place to live in america. >> i believe the phrase was "absolute worst place to live in america." this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today, the president intervened in the investigation of whether his aids colluded with russia to sway the presidential election. president trump said his fired national security adviser michael flynn should ask for immunity from prosecution in return for his testimony. presidents usually take great care to be silent on investigations because what they say co

ask your doctor about cialis. >> pelley: the t.s.a.king into new 3d scanners that quickly check carryon bags for weapons and keep the lines moving. kris van cleave shows us how they work. >> reporter: look closely. can you spot the knife? this is the type of image a t.s.a. screener sees now. >> that's why t.s.a. asks you to remove your laptop, for this reason. but using your fing tore manipulate around and there it is. >> reporter: oh, wow. >> there it is right there. >> reporter: but here, thanks to three-dimercial c.t. scanner impossible to miss on images that can be zoomed and spun a full 360 degrees. mark laustra is from an logic, one of about five companies developing the technology for airport checkpoints. >> in this system, we use high-powered algorithms to detect explosives. so if there were an explosive in here, it would be calendar red. it would really stand out. >> reporter: that should reduce secondary bag checks while allowing travelers to keep liquids and electronics in their carryons. it shows up as an empty bag almost.

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition.ch roared in like a lion with the kind of deadly storms you might expect in mid- april or early may. the warm winter spawned an outbreak of tornadoes. at least 28 since yesterday in seven states from the south to the midwest. the largest was an ef-3 with winds up to 165mph. the deaths include one in missouri, two in illinois, and more than 100 homes were blown apart. michelle miller met people who lost everything. >> reporter: this is all that's left of dozens of homes in north central illinois after a line of tornadoes tore through the midwest late yesterday. >> tornado! oh, my god, it's on the ground. >> reporter: 26 twisters touched down across five states, bringing up to 155mph winds, heavy rain, and hail. in ottawa, illinois, one of the 50 homes with significant damage belonged to penny. >> had to get in the bathtub to survive. my roof is off. trees are down. my car is wrecked. it's disaster. it looks like a bomb went off. >> reporter: in perryville, missouri, this woman had to be

color="#ffff00">>> pelley: the f.b.i. director tells congress there is no evidence president obama wiretapped candidate trump. but he is investigating the trump campaign and russia. >> the whole truth andhi notng but the truth? >> pelley: also tonight, the president's nominee for supreme court justice argues his case. >> thens awers we reach are always the ones we believe the law requires. >> pelley: an american suspected of nazi war crimes is defended by his son. >> these are lice. this is defamation.