>> pelley: the trump tax plan. >> we will have a massive tax cut for businesses. >> pelley: what about the middle class? >> we will let you know the specific details at the appropriate moment. >> pelley: and one more time: mr. trump's tax returns? >> the president has no intention. >> pelley: also tonight, the intersenate heads to the white house for a fill-in on the korean nuclear threat. >> we want to bring kim jong un to his senses, not to his knees. >> pelley: more legal trouble for fox. accusations of racial discrimination. >> i've seen this before, and i was silent. i cannot be silent anymore. >> pelley: and remembering filmmaker jonathan demmie, oscar-winning director of "silence of the lambs." >> i ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. >> this is the "cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: today the trump administration rushed out a plan for historic tax cuts high on hyperbole with only a dal almost of detail. the list of aspirations looked more like an attempt to beat the 100-day mark in the trump p

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition.oday, the president intervened in the investigation of whether his aides 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 could be seen as pressure on prosecutors and f.b.i. agents. and mr. trump's tweet this morning could be seen as a signal to a key witness. flynn was fired for lying to the vice president about contacts he'd had with the russian ambassador to the united states, and previously, mr. trump's campaign manager, paul manafort, was fired for his pro-russian contacts. we'll start our coverage tonight with major garrett. >> i will tell you that the president's view is he should go up there. he should testify. >> reporter: white house spokesman sean spicer said michael flynn fired as national security adviser in february for lying to the vice pr

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight, president trump is facing his first crisis requiring decisions that only a president can make. after a chaotic beginning to his administration, the world is watching what he will choose. tonight, the pentagon is presenting mr. trump with options for a u.s. strike on the syrian regime, a response to that nerve gas attack this week that killed more than 80 syrian civilians. nerve gas is banned by international convention. its use is a war crime. but syrian dictator, bashar al-assad, has inflicted it repeatedly against civilians who rebelled against his rule six years ago. today, mr. trump said, "something has to happen." holly williams reports from the syrian border where survivors of the attack are being treated. >> reporter: abdul hameed al-youssef lost his nine-month-old twins in the attack. aya and ahmed. "say gone, my loves," he said. before he buried them along with his wife and several other family members. turkey's government said today that initial findings suggest it was sarin nerve agent. the chief suspect is t

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition.oday, the united states dropped the largest non-nuclear weapon the u.s. has ever used in combat. ground zero was afghanistan. the pentagon says the target was isis. but the impact could not have been lost on the young dictator of north korea. kim jong-un is deciding whether to celebrate his country's biggest holiday on saturday with a missile or nuclear test. asked whether he was sending a message to north korea, the president said today, "it doesn't make any difference. that problem will be taken care of." more now from david martin at the pentagon. >> reporter: the bomb, all 21,600 pounds of it, was aimed at the center of an isis cave complex in afghanistan. when it detonated at 7:32 in the erening local time, it set off a massive pressure wave that would have literally crushed the life out of fighters hiding in the caves. the massive ordnance air blast, as it is officially called, sent a mushroom-like cloud towering into the sky. general john nicholson, the u.s. commander in afghani

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. tonight the man wanted in a depraved easter sunday murder in cleveland has a $50,000 price on his head. the search area now includes five states, ohio, indiana, michigan, pennsylvania and new york. the elderly victim apparently was chosen at random and the killer put video of the crime online. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: in a cool unemotional voice 37 year old steve stephens tells a friend about a video he just posted on facebook. >> look at him. >> reporter: he's referring to this. >> i'm about to kill this guy right here. >> reporter: stephens then walks up to 74 year old robert godwin senior, father of nine and grandfather of 14. >> can you do me a favor? can you say joy lane. >> reporter: joy lane is stephens' ex-girlfriend. >> she is the reason why this is about to happen to you. how old are you? >> man, look, i don't know-- i don't know nobody by that name. >> reporter: godwin is shot in the face allegedly by stephens, left for dead on the sidewalk, apparently selected at

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: it was donald trump's gettysburg address, but if he thought the world would little note nor long remember what he said there less than three weeks before the election, he put it all in writing and signed it, promises for his first 100 days in office. with 95 days down and 5 to go, chief white house correspondent major garrett has a progress report. >> what follows is my 100-day action plan. >> reporter: as a candidate, donald trump set a high bar for his first 100 days in office, laying out a 28-point contract with american voters. >> totally renegotiate raft. repeal and replace obamacare. we're going to end common core. >> reporter: but late last week, the president took to twitter to call the 100-day milestone "ridiculous." mr. trump told the associated press the contract wasn't really his. somebody put out the concept of a 100-day plan, he said, even though his signature appears on the document. press secretary sean spicer. is 100 days, as the president said on twitter, a ridiculous benchmark or an important one? >> i thi

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: an act of terror in the heart of paris has shaken the city of light. tonight, the famous champs-elysees is locked down after a french police officer was shot dead and two others were wounded. police shot and killed the attacker. this happened three days before the french begin electing a new president. at least one candidate has called for the campaign to be suspended. elizabeth palmer is in paris. >> reporter: minutes after the shooting, police rushed to secure central paris, clearing panicked bystanders away to safety. in this video from social media, a not-yet-confirmed, you can see two armed men, possibly police, moving near a vehicle. french officials say a man armed with a kalashnikov opened fire on police officers. one of them was killed and two more were injured, and the attacker himself was shot dead. a tourist here in paris saw it all. >> the guy, he was shooting to police. he tried to shoot, and then suddenly five, 10 seconds, or whatever, policemen came and start to shoot this guy, and immediately he is-- he was do

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: retired general michael flynn, president trump's first national security adviser, is now the target of five investigations into his ties with russia. the latest was opened by the inspector general of the defense department, investigating whether flynn, before he joined the administration, took money from a foreign government without the required approval. the president fired flynn for lying to vice president pence about contacts that he had with russia's u.s. ambassador. today, a top house democrat released documents that could spell legal trouble for flynn, and here's our justice correspondent jeff pegues. >> but we have no evidence, not a shred, that he disclosed his payments. >> reporter: elijah cummings, the top oversight committee, said the documents released today, showed retire

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight two students are in critical condition. their teacher is dead after a shooting in a san bernardino, california, elementary school. police say the gunman killed himself. general blackstone is on the scene. >> active shooter at north park elementary. >> we got three down. >> reporter: it was shortly before 10:30 when the chaos began. >> the guy just walked in, and he just started shooting. >> reporter: teachers' assistant jocelyn kelly was inside the classroom filled with students when the teacher was shot. >> a lot of the kids, i know they saw him go down. >> reporter: seven-year-old brooklyn hughes saw it all. what did you see, sweetheart? >> i saw blood across the room. >> oh, my god. what did you do? >> i ran as fast as i can. >> reporter: the teacher died. two students were wounded by stray bullets. one had to be airlifted to the hospital. police say the suspect signed into the school office and was known to staff. san bernardino captain ron moss. >> the suspect had come to the classroom to visit. the adult female that

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today the trump administration rushed out a plan for historic tax cuts high on hyperbole but with only a dollop of detail. the list of aspirations looked more like an attempt to beat the 100-day mark in the trump presidency rather than a serious proposal to reform the tax code. on paper everyone is in for a break-- personal income taxes, corporate taxes, savings for the rich and the dead, but nothing on how to implement it or pay for it. far from legislation, the president's bullet points today were loaded into a starting gun that signals the beginning of a race of lobbyists and special interests to rewrite america's 70,000-page tax code. here's major garrett on the opening lap. >> great plan. >> reporter: president trump's plan calls for big corporate and personal tax cuts, but lacks basic details. the president wants to replace the current seven personal income tax brackets with three, with rates of 10%, 25% and 35%. his proposal, however, did not give income levels for those bracke

unturned. >> pirro: . >> pelley: our victim apparently chosen at random is murdered. the killer posts video of the crime on facebook. also tonight, on the eve of tax day. >> it is is time is the president fever going to release his tax return. >> we'll have to get back to you on that. >> pelley: prince harry reveals decades of mental anguish over his mother's death and how he overkairm depression. >> it was 20 years of not think being it and then two years of total chaos. >> pelley: and catherine swizzer returns to the boston marathon a half century after she blazed a 26 mile trail for women. >> this is the this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight the man wanted in a depraved easter sunday murder is cleveland has a $50,000 price on his head. the search area now includes five states, ohio, indiana, michigan, pennsylvania and new york. the elderly victim apparently was chosen at random and the killer put video of the crime online. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: in a cool unemotional voice 37 year old stef stefens tells a friend about a vi

from new york here's scott pelley. take care family we will see you captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: a new investigation of flynn. >> i honestly do not understand why the white house is covering up for michael flynn. >> i was, frankly, taken back by his comments today because they're, frankly, not true. >> pelley: also tonight, on day 98, a message from the coal mines to the white house: >> we supported him. now it's time for him to support us. >> pelley: united and this passenger have reached a settlement as the airline announces a new compensation policy. crash dummies are gaining weight to better reflect america. and a pint-sized mr. wizard with his own show. >> i think it's actually just my curiosity. a 50-year-old man an in a six-year-old body. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: retired general michael flynn, president trump's first national security adviser, is now the target of five investigations into his ties with russia. the latest was opened by the inspector general of the def

captioning sponsored by cbs color="#ffff00">>> pelley: man hunt for a killer. >> we are not going to leave any stone unturned. >> pirro: . >> pelley: our victim apparently chosen at random is murdered. the killer posts video of the crime on facebook. also tonight, on the eve of tax day. >> it is isim te is the president fever going to release his tax return. >> we'll have to get back to you on that. >> pelley: prince harry reveals decades of mental anguish over his mother's death an