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This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor and this is our western edition, good evening. Frightening pictures you saw in our headlines of that scare in the air. We will have that story in just a few minutes. But we begin here tonight with a wild series of statements from a man under subpoena in the investigation of russian meddling. Former Trump Campaign aide sam nunberg said today he will not comply with the special counsel and dared Robert Mueller to have him arrested. Heres justice reporter paula reid. Mueller thinks that trump is the manchurian candidate. Reporter the former Trump Campaign aide believes investigators have evidence that the Trump Campaign may have colluded with the russians, but nunberg refuses to appear before a federal grand jury. He called several Media Outlets this afternoon to explain why he will defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller. What they sent me was absolutely ridiculous. Why should i hand them emails from november 1, 2015 . If youre held in contempt of court wouldnt you have higher legal bills . I think it would be really, really funny if they wanted to arrest me. Reporter nunberg was part of the Trump Campaign before it was officially launched in june 2015. He was fired for offensive social media posts just two months later. He says hes not trying to protect the president. Im not a fan of donald trump, as you well know. Reporter nunberg says hes spent five and a half hours being interviewed by federal investigators, and based on their questions, he believes the special counsel may have evidence against President Trump. Trump may have very well done something during the election with the russians. If he did that, you know what, its inexcusable. If he did that. Reporter White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders pushed back. I definitely think he doesnt know that for sure, because hes incorrect, as weve said many times before. There was no collusion with the Trump Campaign. Glor paula, whats next for sam nunberg . Well, mueller wouldnt try to put nunberg before a grand jury unless he thought that he had some valuable evidence to present. So if nunberg does not cooperate, he could be held in contempt and be looking at possible jail time. Eiff . Glor paula reid in our d. C. Bureau. Paula, thank you. Today the president stood by his plan to put tariffs on imported steel and aluminum as he faces criticism from the highest levels of his own party. Major garrett is at the white house with more on this. Major . Reporter jeff, President Trump focuses on china when he talks about trade deficits, but china provides less than 1 of annual u. S. Steel imports. Far larger suppliers, allies like canada, south korea, japan and mexico, all of whom fear tariffs and what they can sometimes bring. Riffre you going to back down on the tariffs . No, were not backing down. Reporter President Trump said he will press ahead with tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum. Details are pending, but mr. Trump has threatened a 25 tax on steel and a 10 tax on aluminum, all in the name of protecting u. S. Manufacturers. I dont think theres a problem. I dont think youre going to have a trade war, no. Reporter in a rare split, House Speaker paul ryan fears precisely that. Countries hit by tariffs could retaliate and hurt u. S. Businesses. In a statement, a ryan spokeswoman said the speaker is urging the white house to not advance with this plan. The new tax reform law has boosted the economy, and we sertainly dont want to jeopardize those gains. Whats your reaction to speaker ryan . We have a great relationship with speaker ryan. Were going to continue to have one. But that doesnt mean we have to agree on everything. The president has been committed and talked about this for many years. Reporter and nothing about this will jeopardize Economic Growth as the speaker fears . The president feels strongly that we have to protect some of the industries that are the backbone of this country, and we nked to protect american workers. Reporter the president also linked the tariffs to the renegotiation of the north American Free trade agreement or nafta, suggesting a new deal could spare mexico and canada from the import tax. But if i do make a deal which is fair to the workers and the american people, i imagine that would be one of the points that will be negotiated, tariffs on steel for canada and for mexico, so well see what happens. Glor so, major, can you talk about the history of these ocriffs . Reporter sure. Coeel has been considered a bedrock industry in the United States for decades. With that comes political clout. So not surprisingly, president s johnson, nixon, carter, and reagan, and george w. Bush all either imposed some kind of tariffs or took protective measures to help steel out. In 2002, george w. Bush imposed what he then called temporary tariffs, but he repealed them before they were due to expire because of International Pressure and the fear of retaliatory tariffs. Glor okay, Major Garrett at the white house. Major, thank you. Now to that midair scare we mentioned at the top, a cossenger tried to open the door of a plane in flight today. Here is transportation correspondent kris van cleave. I am god. I am god. Reporter passengers on board United Express flight 5449 restrained this boise, idaho, woman, who was ranting about being god. Sou can see a passenger working to tie up the womans feet as another man holds her down in the aisle. Moments earlier she had tried to open the aircraft door while the plane was in flight traveling from San Francisco to boise this morning. That plane landed safely and boise police were waiting at the gate. The woman was taken for medical evaluation. The United Express plane was operated by Skywest Airlines and had 73 passengers on board. Experts say it would be impossible to open a door in the pressurized cabin of a plane in the air, but that wouldnt make it less terrifying for the people on board. Boise police tell us the officers who responded will forward an incident report to the local prosecutor to determine if charges are warranted. Locally we have also learned the f. B. I. Is now investigating. Jeff . Glor kris van cleave, thanks very much. From virginia to massachusetts, a massive cleanup continues after the weekend noreaster. It is blamed for at least nine deaths, including two children struck by falling trees. More than 350,000 homes and businesses are still without power tonight. At mount vernon in virginia, high winds brought down a tree believed to have been planted by George Washington 227 years ago. Now a new winter storm is bringing snow and freezing rain gh the dakotas and minnesota tonight, and that system is headed toward the northeast with plenty of snow expected by wednesday. Meteorologist eric fisher is tracking all of this. Eric . Reporter very busy times here, jeff. As we look at the weather, a blizzard fullfledged across the Northern Plains and upper s dwest tonight. Very strong winds up and down the plains with highwind warnings as well as wind tavisories. Gusts over 60mph at times. Blizzard warnings in red across uguth dakota and eastern parts of montana. Heavy snow has been swinging through minneapolis. Now there are winter storm watches up across all the northeast corridor for what this storm will become down the road. This energy will swing down across the appalachians, become a noreaster, and move right along the shoreline once again. This is a colder storm than what we had last week, so big snow totals just northwest of the i 95 corridor. Over a foot of snow looks likely. Some of those heavier totals could make their way into new york city as well as hartford with this one. And more strong winds, not quite as intense as last weeks storm, but any strong winds, more rough surf, more coastal flooding, jeff, is not what anyone needs along the eastern seaboard right now. Glor even more concern for those folks without power tonight. Eric, thank you very much. Bad things have been known to happen to russians who cross vladimir putin. Now, a former spy accused of being a traitor to russia is fighting for his life in britain possibly after being poisoned. Heres elizabeth palmer. Reporter the man in Critical Condition is reported to be sergei skripal, an exrussian army colonel. He was arrested in 2004 and sentenced in a Russian Court for spying for britain. But in 2010, he left russia, part of a prisoner exchange. In return for ten russian sleeper agents, including the infamous anna chapman, who had been operating in the u. S. In salisbury, the town where skripal had settled, witnesses say he and a woman companion collapsed on a bench on sunday. It was a couple, an older guy and a younger girl. She was sort of leaning on him. It looked like she passed out maybe. He was doing some strange hand movements, looking up to the sky. Reporter the couple was rushed to the hospital suffering from what police say is exposure to an unknown substance. Meanwhile, hazmat teams scoured and then cordoned off an area in salisburys town center. So far the police say this is not a counterterrorism case. But all britons will recall the 2006 murder of another russian intelligence officer, alexander litvinenko, in london. He was poisoned by radioactive polonium in what British Intelligence believes was a russian state ordered execution. Glor liz, why would russia potentially target skripal now after all these years . Well, if he was targeted, and thats still a big if, jeff, obviously, but he was a very unlikely choice. He had apparently kept a low profile since coming here. His espionage was reported to be identifying russian spies to the europeans back in the 1990s, so he didnt have current information that would threaten the kremlin, as far as we know, and he had been officially pardoned, a sign that moscow had closed the file on him back in 2010. Glor elizabeth palmer, thank you very much. Such and review are trying to recover the bodies killed in an avalanche saturday. Heavy snowfall has led to a number of avalanches in the west. Skiers dug by hand to clear snow there his face after he was buried for a hugh minutes. Hawk and his wife survived the avalanche. Thousands of striking teachers jammed west virginias state capital today as schools were closed for an eighth day. The teachers demand 5 pay raise. The state senate has offered 4 . West virginia ranks 48th in teacher pay. The average is 45,000. Oklahoma is 49th. Teachers there are considering a strike now next month. In syria some food and medicine finally reached civilians today in eastern ghouta, the rebel held suburb of damascus where 700 people have been killed by syrian and russian air strikes in the past two weeks. In the north it is ally versus ally. Americas most effective partner against isis, the kurds, are now fighting turkey. Seth doane is the first u. S. Correspondent to reach afrin since the fighting broke out. And a warning, some of what youre about to see is graphic. Reporter throughout syrias seven year war, afrin was untouched, but not anymore. Since january, turkey has been targeting the ethnic kurds who live here with air strikes and shelling. It sees the Kurdish Forces as a terrorist group on their border. This man just came up to me and started crying and pointing to the sky and motioning about air strikes. While afrin is kurdish held, its syrian territory, so president Bashar Alassad sent in fighters to support them. In yet another twist to this war, that means syria is allied with the very same Kurdish Forces who have been armed and trained by the u. S. In the battle against isis. Thousands of civilians have fled surrounding villages in the last two months. This is an unfinished house that about a week ago has become a shelter. Now among pigeons and in the dark, 18 families live here, including Sherehan Hasan and her six kids. How is it living in this place . We were so frightened and scared, she told us. Its all just too much. At the smalltown hospital, dr. Khalil ahmed is overwhelmed. They received 27 new patients overnight who had been caught up in air strikes. In the morning i see injured children. At night i see injured children. What did they do to deserve this, he asked. The boy in the bed has shrapnel injuries and his mother was burned. We tried to run, said his grandmother, but the air strikes followed us and left another grandson without his eyes. The hospital told us the little boy has been saying, i want to see. Seth doane, cbs news, afrin, syria. Glor coming up next on the cbs evening news, who is an easier target for scammers, the young or the old . Anna werner has the answer tonight. And later, a onehanded player delivers an audition that made the n. F. L. Take notice. That you may be. Part of s overlooking. Its your eyes. Thats why theres ocuvite, from bausch lomb. As you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. Ocuvite helps replenish those nutrients. Ocuvite has lutein, zeaxanthin, and omega3. Nourish your eyes to help them be their healthy best. Ocuvite eye vitamins. Be good to your eyes. Im actually closer to my retirement daysing. Than i am my college days. I just want to know, am i gonna be okay . I know people who specialize in am i going to be okay. I like that. You may need glasses though. Schedule a complimentary goal Planning Session with td ameritrade. With tough food, your dentures may slip and fall. 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And then shortly after, about g couple hours after taking all that money out from the bank and sending it away, i got a call from wells fargo saying that nes fraudulent and that im on the hook for the entire amount thats been taken out. Reporter fake check fraud can hit anyone, but a new scam risk report from the Better Business bureau shows its one of the most frequent tricks played on millennials, those aged 25 to 34. On top of that, the federal trade Commission Found twice as many millennials who reported fraud in 2017 lost money as did people over 60. Monica baca is with the f. T. C. s bureau of consumer protection. D some of these older folks are doing a really good job recognizing fraud when they come upon it. Theyre doing a really good job avoiding a loss. And they want to warn people eport it. Reporter and while older people were more likely to become victims of phone scams, the b. B. B. Reports younger people, as might be expected, were more likely to fall for online scams on social media or the internet. I like to think im fairly well educated. And i was completely blind sided. Reporter one interesting thing to note, when the older people did lose money, they lost more, a median 621 for those in their 70s as opposed to a median 400 for those in their 20s. But the people in their 20s lost more often. Glor it would be nice if nobody was scamming in the first place. Reporter absolutely. Absolutely. Glor thanks, anna. Up next here, grand theft oscar. Can be. N for fastacting, longlasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. It quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. Relieve heartburn with fast acting, longlasting gaviscon. And helps keep acid down for hours. Hey, hi. You look good. Thank you, i feel good. It all starts with eating right. Thats why i eat amazin prunes now. Theyre delicious and help keep my body in balance. I love these. 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And back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time. Then i found aleve pm. The only one to combine a safe sleep aid. Plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. Im back. Aleve pm for a better am. Glor it was a big night for frances mcdormand. She won her Second Academy award only to have it stolen hours later. And she called on women in the oscar audience to stand up for themselves. Heres jamie yuccas. Meryl, if you do it, everybody else will. Come on. Reporter Frances Mcdormands speech captured a movement focused on diversity and womens empowerment. We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed. Reporter she stole the show. Hours later her oscar would be stolen. Its mine pa reporter terry bryant who goes by the name d. J. Matari posted this video on social media after allegedly taking mcdormands engraved oscar from the official oscar party. Who wants to tell me congratulations . Congratulations reporter bryants Instagram Account shows him trophies from several big awards shows. Mcdormand was seen crying after bryant left the oscar party with her statue. He was immediately spotted by a photographer as someone who did not win. Los Angeles Police said the photographer followed bryant and without any resistance from bryant took the oscar from him. The oscar was returned to the recipient. Jeff, police say that bryant definitely did have a ticket to the governors ball, but no one is quite sure how he got it. He will be arraigned in Court Tomorrow on grand theft charges. Glor my guess is he wont be there next year, and good work by that photographer. Jamie, thank you very much. Up next here, a onehanded Football Player shows why he may be the n. F. L. s newest star. Glor we end here tonight with the story of a young man who has inspired millions. 22yearold Shaquem Griffin, who was born with a condition that led to the amputation of his left hand, hopes to play pro football. And this past weekend he electrified scouts and fans at the n. F. L. Combine. Reporter the n. F. L. Combine can get repetitious, literally, hundreds of prospects lifting, jumping, and running day after day. Go to work. Go to work glor but Shaquem Griffin elevated everything. Lets go reporter bench pressing 225 pounds, 20 times, with a prosthetic hand. Come on. Come on. I got you. I got you. Glor and running the fastest 40yard dash for any linebacker in more than a decade. Shaquem griffin is absolutely dominating social media exploded following his performance. Richard sherman tweeted,if Shaquem Griffin doesnt get drafted in the first two days, the system is broken. Demarcus ware chimed in, you got my vote. Griffin was born with a condition called amniotic band syndrome, leading to a underdeveloped hand and amputated when he was four years old. His twin brother, shaquille, only one minute older than him, plays for the Seattle Seahawks and is his brothers biggest fan. Im proud of him. He came through all this adversity. Who else, Shaquem Griffin glor at the university of central florida, shaquem became a star. Hes got that passion, too, never gives up on a play. Glor a steely determination that was on full display, something he joked about with his brother last month while training in dallas. Im telling you, im going to beat his time. Im going to let everybody know now. Listen, dont put that much pressure on yourself. This is stuff they write down and it never goes away. Glor as it turns out, identical times for identical twins who hope to have the n. F. L. Seeing double. Wow, a future buffalo bill, well take it. That is the cbs evening news tonight. Im jeff glor. The news continues now 24 7 on cbsn. Theres Elaine Quijano and Anthony Salvanto ready to go. Have a good night. A reported Domestic Violence incident ove kpix five begins with an arrest warrant being issued for aldon smith after a report of Domestic Violence incident over the weekend. Good evening i am ken bastida. The arrest warrant is just part of the new trouble for the former nfl star. Kristin ayres is here with the latest developments. Sever cisco police have been actively searching for smith since the alleged Domestic Violence incident on saturday night. He is accused of abusing a woman at her apartment on the 600 block of busch street in sever cisco. Dispatch reporting indicate that he was inside her apartment as she reported the Domestic Violence to 91 officers. Suspect in the room. And out by the window. The dispatcher went on to say that smith drove away from the apartment in a black range rover. Today tmc reported that he checked into a rehab facility. He has not spoken to police. The arrest warrant indicates charges could include willful infliction of corporal in dish injury. Assault likely to include great bodily injury, false improvement and vandalism. It has likely ended his nfl career. The raiders have cut ties from him. He was cut by the 49ers due to earlier troubles. He was suspended by the nfl for repeat Substance Abuse violations. As of this evening, San Francisco police say they are talking with his lawyer about the surrender. Kristin ayres, to you. There are new hospital beds for the mentally ill this evening and homeless as well. Urine semper cisco. We are live in sever cisco. Phil, a lot of people this seems like a logical step. Getting some of these people some help. But not everyone is on board ex