earlier in center city, democrat senators corey booker and robert casey sat down with the lgbtq community they talked about the potential impact of president trump's proposed policies and brainstorm ways to defend lgbtq rights. mobs of the elite navy sale unit carried out a risky in yemen one american did not make on it alive. jonathan vigliottity has more. >> reporter: the high stakes and risky raid was planned during the obama administration, u.s. officials say a team carried out the surprise attack just before dawn. their target was the headquarters for al-qaeda's branch in yemen believed to contain vital intelligence that was there add ground option. when the team arrived they were confronted by fears gunfire. one u.s. serviceman was killed, three others injured. at least 14 suspected jihadist were also killed. a helicopter had to be abandoned and destroyed after making a crash landing. it was the first counter terrorism approved by trump since the taking office. in a statement released he said his quote deepist thoughts were with the family of the fallen service member. >>> nearly 20

however, whether that is reaching the ground, senator robert casey wants an investigation starting at philadelphia international. we're live on villanova's campus tonight i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right joe, thanks very much. another piece of this story local college faculty and students are wondering if the ban will affect them or their families. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live in university city with this part of the story, anita. >> reporter: good evening, jessica, here at university of pennsylvania cool officials tell he it is is in the yet clear how many if any students air affect by this executive order but across our region and the country, universities and colleges are grabbling with the potential effects of these abruptly announced changes may have on students scholars and staff. >> huge crisis and it will go against exactly what we believe in as americans. >> reporter: drexel student, anis is clear, he does not support president donald trump 's executive order on immigration which halts all refugee entry into the united states, for the ne

casey and i met with them, too. lastly, being in pennsylvania gave me the chance to secretary with dr. robert bruele of drexler university. he is the scholar who has documented the intricate propaganda web of fossil fuel industry-funded climate denial, collecting over 100 organizations from trade associations to conservative think tanks to plain old phony front groups. the purpose of this climate denial apparatus is to quote drd organized effort to misdirect the public discussion and distort the public's understanding of climate -- end quote. i'll wrap up with a special thank you to one of the folks who helped organize my texas trip, tom smith, who has been the director of public citizen of texas for more than 30 years. known by his friends and colleagues as smitty and known for his signature straw hat, over his career, he has testified more than a thousand times before the texas legislature and congress. mr. uphill struggle indeed. he was successful, though, and central in creating the texas emissions reduction program which led to wide-scale deployment of is he solar and wind across texas.