visit ncicap.org] ♪ scott: hello, i'm scott thuman in for sharyl attkisson.he term "sanctuary city" has generated a lot of headlines and a lot of controversy. throughout his campaign, candidate trump spoke out against them, and less than a week after he was sworn in, signed an executive order to cut off federal funds to sanctuary cities. many local leaders responded by doubling down on their promise to protect undocumented residents. but one county in florida went the other way, immediately changing its policies. this week's cover story is "sanctuary shutdown." >> shame on you! shame on you! scott: in south florida, temperatures were hotter inside than out, after the miami-dade commissioners signed off on the mayor's plan for the county to become less of a sanctuary. president trump: we are going to get the bad ones out, the criminals and the drug dealers and gangs and gang members and cartel leaders. scott: 24 hours after president trump announced a plan to cut cities, mayor carlos gimenez became the first local leader to fall in line. mayor gimenez: we are

tim scott: because we are a team. margaret talev: welcome to the 73rd annual dinner of the washington press club foundation. i am from bloomberg news and i am the foundation president and i would like to introduce the table. starting on my right into your left, deidra walsh of cnn. she is our secretary. [applause] margaret talev: secretary of the foundation board and dinner committee cochair. congressman cedric richmond, democrat from louisiana. [applause] margaret: diane rehm. [applause] margaret taley: lou jacobson, a political act vice president of our board. [applause] margaret taley: greta von susteren, our master of ceremonies for the night. [applause] margaret taley: senator tim scott of south carolina, republican. [applause] margaret taley: jill jackson of cbs news. [applause] [cheers] margaret taley: jill is the cochair of our dinner committee. congressman jim feinberg of south carolina the assistant democratic leader of the house of representatives. [applause] margaret taley: and our treasurer, sheila casey,

>> with scott. oh, god, melissa.t matter. >> reporter: but it had been years before, when melissa was first hired out of law school. detectives discounted it, saying it had nothing to do with melissa's murder, and was not relevant. and, of course, rothstein himself was grilled about melissa lewis' murder during depositions in civil suits brought by the investors. >> we asked him directly whether or not he was involved in any way in -- in the homicide, and he vehemently denied it. >> reporter: how did he take it? >> he was indignant. but he was also a great actor, because he was a sociopath. >> reporter: in the end, neither the police, nor the fbi could connect melissa's murder to rothstein, and his ponzi scheme. so what happened to his loyal aide debra? she pleaded guilty to money laundering and the judge came down hard. and you went away to federal prison? >> i did, with a 10-year sentence. >> reporter: the sentence was later reduced to four years. meanwhile, years had gone by and debra's ex-husband tony still hadn'

[laughter] tim scott: i love you, mick.ick said, to his credit, mick said that he was willing to be the most hated man in washington as the head of omb. mick, you have that taken care of about four years ago. he needs a new goal is what he needs. ey, whate, --t tr have we learned about trey gowdy? he told us that you can wear a black suit and white socks and call that fashionable. hair -- tter your [laughter] tim scott: no matter your hair you can have a part-time job on , fox news even as a member of congress. and yesterday, true story, yesterday trey learn something new. he was coming in to talk to my historically black colleges and universities. and he was coming down the hallway. and one of the security guys saw him and said sir, where are , you going? he said, i am going to go talk to the historically black colleges and universities. they looked at him and said, show me some id. [laughter] tim scott: i was like, it even happens to white people. this is awesome, man. anyway, that was funnier in my head. people say what

scott: equal protection. let's suppose that the states openly passed a resolution that whites privacy is good and african-americans are inferior. and that is all that they did, they -- white supremacy is good and african-americans are inferior. that is all that they did. i proclaim that in documents. is that a denial of equal protection for the african-americans who live in mississippi? absolutely, but it doesn't happen. we have the symbolic endorsement of the same thing. >> i find it interesting that the complaint -- looking at the third amended complaint, don't have the fourth one in front of me, it is basically an equal protection class of one claim . he is not seeking really for himself and all other similarly situated. it is an equal protection class of one. mr. scott: it is like murray. jdg. barksdale: we are talking about the establishment clause. mr. scott: i agree, but there are numerous reasons why the establishment clause precedent should apply here. jdg. barksdale: i think, in your brief, because

>> yes, scott, it is. it sounds to me as if he did not get these reports directly from mike rockingers at -- rogers at n.s.a. and somebody else brought them to him. it would have been much more appropriate to have gone back the director rogers to ask about the reports, to get a full readout, a full review of the report, and then it would have been appropriate to have discussed that with his committee and not run to the white house immediately. >> pelley: that is not what generally happens with the chairman of the intelligence committee? >> that's correct, scott. >> pelley: thank you very much, michael morrell, former number two at the c.i.a. the president has said many times that he has nothing to do with russia, but it's getting harder for his former campaign chairman to make the same claim. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: for a second day the trump white house downplayed its connection to former campaign chairman paul manafort. white house press secretary sean spicer. >> paul was hired, as i said, to co

scott: right. that is expected. but so is the recusal. the problem is this is not going to go away for jeff sessions, for administration yet. he explained today saying during that testimony he was trying to give the excuse there was no continuing exchange of information. that that is totally false, the accusation. he never had a discussion with his russian counterparts or russian ambassador regarding the election. it was as a senator doing his daily job. he was not acting as a surrogate when he had the conversations. this is what he said when senator al franken asked him about any conversations, how he would handle them as the attorney general. hix execution. this is what he had to say. >> my reply to the question of senator franken was honest and correct as i understood it at the time. taken the view this is a false comment. that is not my intent. that is not correct. i will write the judiciary committee soon, today or tomorrow and to explain this system for the record. scott: so the issue is the white house is trying to turn off the fau

scott: sounds like a bit of flashback.n o' conner: yeah, it is a bit, but that's because um the way of dealing with it is probably the same except that the strategy used by jihadists isn't to use car bombs at the moment. scott: this latest attack seems knife -- but still high profile. which throws attention back on intelligence gathering, an area where authorities have typically done well, helped by a population eager to relay anything suspicious to police who still believe bonding with those on one's beat is integral. john o' conner: and i think they've been doing that very successfully. we don't always hear about the successes that they have, but i think the absence of major terrorist successes in this country since 7/7 is testament to it. scott: 7/7 is the july date in 2005 that jihadists set off coordinated attacks on london's public transit system, killing 52, wounding more than 700. until last week's attack at parliament, british authorities had successfully foiled more than a dozen plots over the last three years. e

scott: mr. speaker, today we're considering a bill that purports to make it easier for small businesses to obtain coverage, and tomorrow we'll vote on a bill that will take away health insurance coverage for 24 million americans and force everyone else to pay more for less. so not only are we considering a bill today that will make things worse, we're considering it a day before we vote on ruining health security for working families in order to provide tax cuts for the wealthy. as we debate the possible replacement of the affordable care act, i think it's instructive that we look back at the situation -- what the situation was before the a.c.a. passed. listening to some, you think costs weren't going up at all. in fact, costs were going through the roof before the a.c.a. and small business in particular were having cost increases -- spectacular cost increases and that's until somebody got sick. at that point you were unlikely to be able to afford any insurance at all. every year before the a.c.

scott, d.h.s. officials believe the document lacked classified and sensitive law enforcement information that would have provided a "complete intelligence assessment." >> pelley: jeff pegues for us tonight. jeff, thank you. a short time ago, we spoke with bernie sanders, former candidate for the democratic presidential nomination. senator, they're telling us at the white house that the president hopes to deliver a unity speech tonight. and i wonder, are there place where democrats think they can work with the president? >> well, scott, i truly hope that you're right because i have never in my lifetime seen a president who seems to be working overtime to try to divide us up, to try to have us hate muslims, or hate latinos or hate blacks, or hate people in other countries. so i hope very much that perhaps the president has learned something from the american people that we need a president that can bring us together, where we can have civil discourse, where we're not busy attacking federal judges or

scott: fabulous point.oncept that real rates haven't risen materially is an important thing to keep in mind. as those begin to become positive, i think the rate of change is incredibly important. how quickly do we get to more positive levels? if it is reflected in a slow, methodical way which is mirroring the economic growth in the u.s., the market and the economy can sustain higher real rates. we're still at incredibly depressed levels in terms of the fixed rate and the real rate. it's important that we are starting from incredibly accommodative levels to begin with. but i do think it is really about that rate of change. for us at blackrock, that is what we're focused on. matt: great to get your take, scott. scott thiel is the deputy chief investment officer for fixed income at blackrock. still to come on the open, we bring you our open with -- our interview with the ecb governing council member and discuss the central bank's qe pathway. will they have to cut it before they raise rates or could it go the o

kris. >> reporter: scott, u.s. intelligence officials tell cbs news terrorist groups such as al qaeda and isis, have been perfecting and testing a bomb small enough to fit in a laptop computer that could get past airport scanners. the new intelligence suggests the terror groups have been testing the new bomb on airport scanners they've obtained. this concern prompted the u.s. and u.k. to ban laptops and other large personal electronics from carry-on luggage on flights from certain designated countries. now, last year, a laptop bomb blew a hole in the sideave somali airliner. the plane was able to land safely. in a statement to cbs news this evening, the department of homeland security says, "terrorist groups continue to target commercial aviation, to include smuggling explosive devices on board." u.s. officials have been gathering information on the threat over time. scott, some supporting intelligence was obtained in the january raiding in yemen that killed naval seal ryan owens. >> pelley: kris van cleave. well,

mike: these are the cajóns that scott made. lemonis: scott made these? mike: yeah.play it. lemonis: while scott may no longer be working with his brother at sjc, he's still making other percussion instruments and wholesaling them. one of his customers is mike. lemonis: what's your relationship like with him these days? -mike: um... -lemonis: be honest. mike: yeah. it's different. it's not -- it's not, like, better by any means. -we're, like -- -lemonis: it's not better? mike: i-i-i honestly don't want to talk about it. lemonis: why? mike: i'm done talking about it. lemonis: for exclusives, extras, and business advice, visit... jóns that scott made. lemonis: what's your relationship like with him these days? mike: i-i-i honestly don't want to talk about it. i'm trying to just have a very clear relationship with my brother outside of money and... business stuff because that got us into where we were before. i had nothing to do with these, but we owe him money for them. lemonis: if the goal was to rebuild the relationship and not worry about -the personal side... -mike

scott? scott: thank you for being with us. >> pence thank you. jonathan: you might not be joining us if this didn't require a hard sell. very few people describe obamacare as perfect but everybody in your own party there are critics for this plan. loudest say fewer people may have healthcare. estimates from 10 to1 >> obama care is not perfect. obamacare has failed. one of the greatest policy disasters of my lifetime. it passed an i was a member of congress at the time in 2010. we have seen premiums go up. millions have lost the ability to choose their own doctor. obama care failed. in the campaign and the administration, president trump made a commitment to repeal and replace obamacare. not with the taxes and mandates of that policy. but with more consumer choice, more resources and flexibility to the states for medicaid. we look forward to president trump signing the legislation to repeal obamacare and set into motion the policies to give the american people more choices in healthcare. give states more flexibility in medicaid and a better health

and ladies and gentlemen, how about that governor, rick scott? florida is incredibly fortunate to have a leader like rick scott. since he took office he signed over 50 tax cuts, balanced the bemidji-walkeret year after year, and helped create more than 1.3 million jobs, one of the fastest growing state economies in america. the sun is definitely shining on the florida state with governor rick scott. give him another round of applause, would you please? governor, i have to tell you, president trump and i are proud. proud to partner with you, to make america great again. the same goes with the others re. mayor lengthy curry, thank you for joining us. and seema verma, such a privilege to have you here. i had the honor of swearing her in this past tuesday as the 15th administrator of america's center for medicaid and medicaid services. she happens to be a hoosier. and she's one of the leading health care experts in the country. and she's going to do an incredible job for people all across this country. thank all these public servants. . see with conf

alison: thanks, scott. jonathan: next at 4:00, why work days for some alison: and hanging on for dear life. can you believe that? a little girl in ohio gets the nation's attention with this video. the two things you might not notice as the high winds blow her off her feet. jonathan: also ahead, a new biker attack. why police couldn't find any of the bikers. we'll explain this one alison: as you know, we have had problems in the d.c. area with packs of bikers. now a new attack caught on camera. this was in san francisco. you can see the pack tries to slow down a man in a car. he stops, gets out. and then he is attacked. >> that party got out of the vehicle to confront the motorcyclists. unfortunately the verbal altercation escalated to a physical fought. alison: all of the bikers were gone by the time police arrived. so no arrests were made in this case. the bikers did break the driver's leg. we are told he will be okay. jonathan: we can laugh because she is just fine. but probably one of the best videos we

scott, the n.y.p.d.ays they know of no credible threat to the city. >> pelley: don dahler here in manhattan. ofn, thank you. well, the republican chairman of ode house intelligence committee said again today, there is no svidence to support president werep's claim that his phones were tapped during the campaign on the orders of president obama. but congressman devin nunes did reveal today that after the election, mr. trump and some of his aides were intercepted epeaking to foreign officials. nunes said the intelligence intercepts were routine and lawful, but the committee chairman took the unusual step ks briefing mr. trump. margaret brennan picks up the d ory. >> i recently confirmed that on numerous occasions, the astelligence community incidentally collected information about u.s. citizens involved in the trump transition. >> reporter: house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes boid he had seen about a dozen intercepted communications involving members of the trump transition team. asat may mea

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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

>> yes, scott, it is. it sounds to me as if he did not get these reports directly from mike rogers at nsa and somebody else brought them to him. it would have been much more appropriate to have gone back to director rogers to ask about the reports, to get a full readout, a full review of the reports, and then it would have been appropriate to have discussed that with his committee and not run to the white house immediately. >> that is not what generally happens with the chairman of the intelligence committee? >> that's correct, scott. >> thank you very much, michael morrell, former number two at the cia, >>> the president has said many times that he's had nothing to do with russia, but it's getting harder for his former campaign chairman to make the same claim. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: for a second day, the trump white house downplayed its connection to former campaign chairman paul manafort. white house press secretary sean spicer -- >> paul was hired, as i said, to count delegates. that's why he

scott wapner and "the half." >>> yes, it is, the final countdown. welcome to "the halftime report, he" i'm scott wapner, down to the wire as the house is ready to vote on the health care bill today. does the trump rally hinge on the outcome? with us for the hour today, joe terranova, jim lebenthal. and head of macro investments. we begin with the markets. there is the dow up 71 points. s&p good for eight. that big vote on capitol hill today looming. the president making that 11th-hour push now to win support of some conservatives within his own party. our kayla tausche on the hill with the very latest. >> scott, not just some conservatives, it is the single largest group of republican holdouts. they have been the opposition throughout this process and they have just arrived at the white house for a meeting with the president and the vice president following a meeting with top staff yesterday. chairman of ways and means, kevin brady, saying earlier this morning that they're going to have to wait and see how that meeting turns out. that is really what

scott, comey says the russians wanted the u.s.know what they were doing, and he said that they're likely to do it again. >> pelley: jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. major garrett is covering this story from the white house tonight. >> reporter: president trump ignored yet another question about his baseless wiretap claims. but he couldn't keep quiet on twitter even before today's hearing began. mr. trump wrote there was no evidence of trump campaign collusion with russian operatives, calling the narrative fake news. the democrats made up after they lost the election. >> do you have any evidence? >> reporter: then during the hearing, mr. trump highlighted testimony he said indicated no evidence russian meddling influenced the electoral process. a short time later connecticut democrat jim himes read the tweet to comey. >> is that accurate? >> we've offered no opinion, have no view, have no information on potential impact because it's never something we looked at. it certainly wasn't our intention to say that today because we

scott. >> pelley: david martin breaking the story from the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. president trump has been hold up in the white house all week not taking one question there reporters since he accused president obama of wiretapping his phones. twice this week, white house events scheduled to include reporters have been closed at the last minute. it was saturday that president trump accused his predecessor of committing a crime that he said was equal to watergate. mr. trump said, "it is a fact that his phones were tapped in the latter days of the campaign." it is true that the f.b.i. has been investigating communications between campaign officials and russian operatives. no one has been charged with a crime. yesterday, our margaret brennan asked the white house whether mr. trump is the target of an investigation. the president's spokesman came up with two answers, and today, a third. >> reporter: press secretary sean spicer said that the white house is still not sure whether or not the president is under investigation. >> i'm not aware of it. but that's not point is

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scott, the c.i.a. is not commenting on the data, nor would it confirm its authenticity. >> pelley: jeff pegues for us tonight. thank you, jeff. firefighters tonight are attacking explosive wildfires that are tearing through kansas, oklahoma, texas, and colorado. at least six people have died. more than a million acres have burned, and thousands have been forced from their homes. david begnaud is on the fire line. >> reporter: the deadly wildfires are sweeping across four states in the southern plains. heavy winds and dry brush are making these fires harder to contain, even with help from the air. drew baily is with the u.s. forestry. what's making it so hard to contain? >> the extreme fire behavior and the dryness of the fuels. normal fire fighting tactics are proving to be unsuccessful. >> reporter: in the texas panhandle four people died, including two young ranch hand, sydney wallace and cody crockett were killed trying to save cat federal the raging fires. along the border of kansas and oklahoma, t

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scott, mr. trump's order urges all federal agencies to suspend or revise any rule he believes unduly burdens domestic energy production. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks. after the president's announcement today, the democratic governors of california and new york said that they would continue to impose state laws limiting carbon in the atmosphere. 20% of americans live in one of those states, and john blackstone met one of them, a climate scientist who sent mr. trump a warning. >> reporter: climate scientist ben santer has long believed that with temperatures rising and glaciers melting climate >>ange denial would met away. >> boy, how naive were we? >> reporter: now he's faced with a new president raising old doubts. >> a lot of it's a hoax. it's a hoax. >> imagine you spend your entire life trying to do one thing, and then someone comes along and says, everything you have done is a hoax or a conspiracy or is worthless. epat do you do with that? >> reporter: in the 1990s, santer became one of

scott, these arrests have raised eyebrows in washington. they're seen as more heavy handed stifling of any opposition to president putin, but alexander navalny is not going anywhere. in fact, he says he's going to xtn against mr. putin next year for the presidency. >> pelley: liz palmer in our london newsroom. liz, thank you. the nfl is betting on las vegas. today owners approved the oakland raiders' move to the gambling capital that it had shunned for decades. but football won't happen in vegas until a domed stadium is built. the raiders intend to play at least two more seasons as lame ducks in oakland. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," we'll take you to the border where the president is getting ready to build a wall. and make sure everything's clear. yeah, that would be great. being proactive... it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. youthat's why you drink ensure. sidelined. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. y

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this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: there are two important developments tonight in the investigation into the russian plot to sway the u.s. presidential election. we learned today that a lot of those crazy conspiracy theory stories masquerading as news in the days before the election were not written by american partisans. they were concocted by an army of russian disinformation specialists who had been ordered to sow confusion among the american voters. also today, "the new york times" reported that the white house has been secretly feeding information on the investigation to the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee. we'll begin there with major garrett. >> reporter: "the new york times" named two national security staffers, eznar wattnick and michael ellis, they said devin nunes gave trump information. last week nunes viewed classified documents in a secured facility on white house grounds. he then briefed the media and the president. at the time, white house spokesman sean spicer said white house staffers were not nunes source. >> it doesn't

hi thanks, scott.pelley: today 13 months and one presidential election after the death of supreme court tostice antonin scalia, the senate opened confirmation hearings for his successor. jan crawford is following that. >> we sometimes hear judges cynically described as politicians in robes, seeking to enforce their own politics rather than striving to apply the law impartially. th i thought that were true, i would hang up the robe. ru reporter: pledging to respect the rule of law, judge neil eprsuch told the senators judges must be above politics. >> i don't think that's what it's about. >> reporter: in a deeply personal statement, the colorado native talked about his western roots and family and thanked his wife louise. al s love you so much. we reporter: but throughout the first day, another respective federal appeals court judge also rs in focus. >> chief judge merrick garland. >> judge garland. .> chief judge merrick garland. >> reporter: democratic senators like patrick leahy are still seething th

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new york party promoter scott harrison decided to take a year off to take a humanitarian trip.e came home forever changed. >> i couldn't believe people were drinking dirty water in this day in age. i came home, you know, shouting from the rooftops, this is crazy what i've seen. a billion people are drinking dirty water. this shouldn't be. >> that was the beginning of charity:water, which is helping people around the world get access to clean water by building wells all over the globe. it's one of the fastest growing non-profits with a track record many for-profit companies are looking at in awe. >> we've given 7 million people access to clean water, funded 22,000 projects that will help 7 million people across 24 countries. >> last year, they raised more than $30 million. they have more than 2 million loyal followers on social media and companies like google and caterpillar are bending over backwards to help them. what's the secret? how has charity: water succeeded when so many others have faltered? scott says it all starts with a fierce commitment to staying true to your princ