reena. >> ninan: thank you, errol. in washington, d.c.a funeral was held for journalism pioneer gwen ifill. the "pbs newshour" coanchor and managing editor died monday of endometrial 7 cancer at the age of 61. coming up next, they're the new princes of the catholic church. pope francis inducts a new group of cardinals. ♪ ♪ >> ninan: at the have the today, pope francis elevated 17 bishops to cardinals, including three americans. seth doane tells us about the new prenses of the catholic church. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: pope francis placed those signature cardinal-colored skullcaps on the 17 newest members of this exclusive club. the pope references their diversity as he expressed worry about increasing polarization and exclusion in the world. he called it a virus. your excellency i'm seth doane with cbs news, first of all, congratulations. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: this afternoon, we met now-cardinal joseph tobin, who was indianapolis archbishop clashed with vice president-elect mike pence over resettling refugees. we asked if the pope's me

according to american express, 95 million people gave small reena. >> ninan: marlie, thanks. up next, why many are paying the >> ninan: cities across the country are seeing a backlash against new taxes on streaming video. local governments are trying to make up for lost revenue when people cut the cord from their cable companies and switch to services like netflix and hulu. here's carter evans. >> this tax doesn't council has been taking heat for weeks after announcing a 9.4% tax on streaming video, calling it a utility so it can be taxed like water and electricity. >> my constituents do not want this tax. >even if it's just a couple of bucks to help out the city? >> even if it's just a couple of dollars that they're already-- it's being taxed twice. >> reporter: councilman tyron hampton says the surprise tax was designed to make up for lost rid of cable tv and home phones. voters in 41 california cities have now approved changes to tax cell phones as they would land line, never anticipating those taxes could be applied to video streaming. it happened just this month in alamed

i'm reena ninan with the western edition of the broadcast. four more americans were killed today in afghanistan in a major breach of security. a suicide bomber blew themselves up inside the bagram airfield. that's the largest u.s. military base in afghanistan. the taliban claimed over the past 15 years, the united states has spent about $115 billion in aid for afghanistan. thousand of american troops have given their lives. about 8500 remain. president-elect trump will soon become the third u.s. commander in chief to oversee u.s. military operations for a war with no end in sight. jonathan vigliotti has more from london. >> reporter: reena, afghan officials believe the suicide behind local afghan staff members reporting for work this morning. once inside the base, he successfully detonated his explosives. four americans were killed. among them, two u.s. service members and two contractors. 16 other american troops were wounded. the base has been attacked from the outside before, including a motorcycle bombing that killed six american soldiers