This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Elliott good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im josh elliott. This is our western edition. Obamacare is on the critical list. In the new congress today, republicans, led by the Vice President elect, set out to kill it. The laws namesake, meanwhile, rushed to capitol hill to try to save it for the some 20 Million People who rely upon it for health insurance. Heres conditional correspondent nancy cordes. Look out for the American People. Reporter president obama and Vice President elect mike pence pellied their respective troops today in the p. R. War over obamacares demise. Democrat Jerry Connolly described mr. Obamas marching orders. Make sure they own it. Make sure every american who hses his or her health care owows that the republican repeal vote did that. Reporter president elect trump pushed back on twitter, writing the simple fact is the the simple fact is the American People know who owns obamacare. Its the first half of the title. Reporter pence promised, repeal would be followed by a grace period until his party can eaaft a new law, but House Speaker paul ryan was short on details. We have plenty of ideas to replace it. Youll see as the weeks and months unfold what were talking about replacing it. Reporter democratic leader tncy pelosi to repeal and then delay is an act of cowardice. That means we dont really know. Hat were doing. Reporter new York Governor Andrew Cuomo entered the fray, announcing that 2. 7 million of his States Residents were at risk of losing coverage. Em even broke them down by county. The ayes have 51. The nays are 48. Reporter two hours later Senate Republicans voted to start the repeal process. Were legislatively at a disadvantage. They have all the cards. Reporter new york democrat joe crowley theyve done absolutely nothing to help advance the cause of Health Care Insurance and premiums in this country when they had the opportunity to do it. Now they have all the power. Lets see what they do with it now. Elliott so nancy, with this fight now squarely in the court e public opinion, where exactly does the American Public stand . Reporter well, americans are all over the map, josh. In fact, take a look at this recent Kaiser FamilyFoundation Poll taken right after the election. A of americans say they want the law repealed. 17 say they want it scaled back. 19 want it kept as is, and 30 say expand the law. So its clear that no matter what happens, josh, at least half the country is going to be pretty unhappy. Elliott indeed it will. Nancy cordes in washington. Nancy, thank you. President elect trump continues to question the conclusion of u. S. Intelligence agencies that the russians are behind hacking here in the u. S. Homeland security correspondent toff pegues has the latest on that for us tonight. Jeff . R reporter josh, just this umrning mr. Trump appeared to agree with recent comments by the founder of wikileaks, dmeone he denounced just six years ago. Mr. Trump wrote on twitter, also also said russians did not give him the info. Some republicans quickly disagreed with the president edect. Speaker paul ryan called the sskileaks founder a sycophant for russia while senator Lindsey Graham called him a fugitive from the law with a history of undermining u. S. Interests. Josh, in addition to posting podestas email, youll recall wikileaks also published classified information from hs. A. Leaker edward snowden. That happened in 2013. U. S. Intelligence agencies say they have yet to fully recover from those disclosures. Um elliott so, jeff, mr. Trump will get a briefing on the final report into alleged russian Cyber Attacks on friday, the day after tomorrow. What can we expect . Te reporter well, its going to be in new york at trump tower. And this is going to be an ecedecedented meeting with the. ,ads of the c. I. A. , f. B. I. , tos. A. And the director of the e,tional intelligence, who will brief the president elect. On top of that, our Law Enforcement sources are telling us that this will be the first meeting between the president elect and f. B. I. Director james comey. Comeys future at the f. B. I. Has been the subject of intense debate after his decision to reopen the clinton private email server investigation just 11 days before the election. Some democrats believe comey was part of the reason why Hillary Clinton lost. And josh, even trump has criticized comeys handling of the email investigation at times. Elliott jeff pegues in washington. Ceff, thank you. Well, late today, cbs news learned that mr. Trump is considering a restructuring of the office of the director of National Intelligence created after the 9 11 attacks. He may even leave the post now held by james clapper, vacant. President elect trump has well over 18 million followers on his preferred medium of twitter. Following him feels more and more like a fulltime job, as he is about to become the tweeter in chief. Heres jan crawford. Reporter just this week, mr. Trump has tackled not only hacking but house ethics, guantanamo, obamacare, crime and the auto industry. On monday he had this message about north korea for china in that prompted this response from chinas state news agency but twitter has proven an important tool for trump, a lkinrn way of talking directly to the people. Wan want to tell you what has been done in the last few days. Reporter like f. D. R. Did through radio, and j. F. K. Meth television i have several announcements mp make. Reporter in todays social media era, trumps tweets can dominate a news cycle. S he said on twitter. Hes all over twitter this morning. Reporter lesley stahl of 60 tnutes asked him after the election if he would keep it up as president. Im not saying i love it, but it does get the word out. When you give me a bad story or when you give me an inaccurate story or when somebody other than you, in another network or whatever because of course cbs avuld never do a thing like that, right . I have a method of fighting back. Reporter two former president ial chiefs of staff, Democrat Bill daley and republican andy card told cbs this morning they dont expect him to walk away from the medium hes made his own. I think the tweet world is going to be our world for a long time. Think before you tweet or speak. Because before it was before you speak. Now its before you tweet. Be reporter now beyond foreign capitals, trumps tweets are also rattling corporate boardrooms and have even igfected the stock price of specific companies. Josh, as a result, some corporations are making plans for how to quickly respond if trump tweets about them. Elliott certainly ynderstandable. Jan crawford there in washington. Jan, thank you. The president elect chose wall street insider jay clayton today to head the securities and exchange commission. Due s. E. C. Regulates the financial industry. Mr. Trump has made clear he wants to ease regulations on american businesses. And do you remember this . You know, ive always been a big omarosa fan, but omarosa, youre fired. Elliott that was one of three times in fact, that mr. Trump fired Omarosa Manigault on the apprentice. Well, today he hired her to be director of communications in the office of public liaison. Agd there is pushback against mr. Trumps choice for attorney general. Six arrests were made last night when protestors from the n. A. A. C. P. Staged a sitin at Jeff SessionsSenate Office in alabama. Theyve blasted his record on s vil rights and Voting Rights enforcement. More now from David Begnaud. Reporter the protesters said they were taking a stand by sitting down. Were either arrested or our demands are met. Reporter refusing to leave senator Jeff Sessions mobile, alabama, office. This is what they got. Six protesters were arrested last night. Offof them was bernard atmelton, president of the alabama n. A. A. Cp. State conference. You were handcuffed, taken to jail, mugshot. Yep. Reporter was it worth it . Oh, absolutely, absolutely. Elliott sessions was the first senator to endorse donald trump and became the first trump and became the president elects first cabinet selection, beminated to be attorney general. Critics like simelton say sessions record as Alabama State attorney general and then raderal prosecutor make him unqualified. Ensuring that people like you and i, our civil rights are hotected, we do not believe that he will do that. Elliott simelton points to sessions admission to the u. S. Senate in 1986 that he had previously called the n. A. A. C. P. Unamerican for its advocacy tactics. Sesstors rejected sessions appointment to a federal judgeship. Senator sessions may be a good person, but hes not the right person for this job. Pe Elliott William smith disagrees. Hes from alabama and hes worked with senator sessions for ten years. Hes known him for 20. The people making these allegations havent spent any time with senator sessions. You wont find anyone who has spent a substantial amount of time with senator sessions who ssiod make these allegations, no one. Elliott on tuesday, senator sessions goes before the same Senate Judiciary committee that rejected him in 1986, although s ere are new members now. P. Sh, the n. A. A. C. P. Has taken r eir protest from here in alabama to d. C. They wouldnt tell us what pleyre planning. Elliott David Begnaud there in birmingham, david, thank you. Well, today in south carolina, dylann roof spoke to the jury that will decide whether he gets the Death Penalty for the Charleston Church massacre. The same jury convicted him of federal hate crimes for the murders of nine black parishioners. Mark strassmann is in charleston. Reporter dylann roof spoke y ftly and calmly to jurors. He did not apologize. He did not apologize. He also never admitted to the killings the way he did to f. B. I. Agents the day he was arrested. Reporter assistant u. S. Attorney Nathan Williams was emphatic today. Williams introduced roofs jailhouse journal, which he wrote six weeks after the murders. Clementa pinckney, mother emanuels pastor, was one of them. His wife jennifer and sixyear old daughter malana were hiding n der a desk in this adjoining office during the massacre. Jennifer pinckney told jurors, as roof kept shooting, the petrified girl whispered to her, mama, is daddy going to die . By then, Clementa Pinckney lay among the dead and dying. Sharon rishers mother ethel lance and two of her cousins were among the victims. To have him nonexistent on this earth, i mean, my life r. Ill has to go on. If he dies, its not going to make my life better. Reporter at one point roof objected to the sheer number of relatives and friends testifying about their losses. Josh, the judge reminded him, thats because there are so many victims. Elliott mark strassmann, there in charleston. Mark, thank you. Well, chicago, which just had one of its most violent years ever, was the scene of another horrifying attack this week. A young man described by Law Enforcement sources as developmentally challenged was beaten, kicked and tormented for half an hour. Video of the assault streamed ayve on facebook yesterday. Ede victim had been reported missing from his home in the suburbs. He is now in the hospital and four suspects are in custody. While in new york today, more than 100 people were injured during the morning rush when a packed commuter train crashed as it entered its brooklyn terminal. Many had cuts and bruises. The worst suffered a broken leg. The Long Island Railroad train, though moving slowly, plowed brough a bumper block. The front of the train lifted off the track and crashed into a w rk area. Federal investigators are now on the scene. Still to come here on the cbs evening news consumers find a big tax on soft drinks hard to swallow. And a consumer alert about those special offers from mypillow. Crest complete presents sugar shield sugar is everywhere and crest complete has a sugar shield to protect teeth from sugar found in everyday foods. Crest complete. Shield your teeth from sugar. So sugar may visit, but its not sticking around. Whfight back fastts, with tums smoothies. It starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. And neutralizes stomach acid at the source. Tum tum tum tum smoothies only from tums io el elliott this week philadelphia became the biggest city to impose a tax on soft drinks, hoping to bring down obesity rates. Even diet sodas are covered, though it didnt take long for some to sour on the idea. Jericka duncan found out why. Reporter at this shoprite supermarket in philadelphia, kerple are experiencing sticker shock over the increased cost of sugary drinks. Elois dickerson saw the price of her favorite drink jump more than 100 . Ridiculous. Reporter Maurice Broadwater the nderstood the 96cent tax on his juice. T i thought that was the sale price of 96 cents off. Hi reporter philadelphia became ae first big city to impose a tax on all sugary or artificially sweetened drinks. The tax adds 1. 5 cents per ounce. Grocery store owner jeff brown says its hurting his customers. This threeliter soda, our 1. Ice is 1. 39, and the additional tax is 1. 52. And then theres sales tax. Reporter thats more than the actual soda. Before the tax, an eightpack of httorade with 160 ounces costs 5. 99. The new price is 8. 39. And this gallon of iced tea, which was 2. 79, is now 4. 71. Aside from health benefits, deputy revenue commissioner axrisa waxman says the tax is meant to help the community. We anticipate that the first year of collections will generate about 91 million that we can put toward prek Community Schools as well as our parks, libraries and rec centers. Reporter but ervin graham says the city has to find a s tter way. He returned his iced tea. I got my money back. Reporter . After realizing d paid almost 2 in beverage taxes. Reporter some people told me theyll consider traveling outside of philadelphia to avoid the tax altogether, and others say theyll simply start drinking more water. Josh, at least four other cities across the country have passed a similar tax on sugary drinks. Elliott more water certainly cant hurt. Jericka duncan in philadelphia. Thank you. Well still to come here mypillow, why the Better Business bureau is on the case. man my dad and i have the same eyes. Same nose. Same toughness. And since hes had moderate alzheimers disease, the same never quit attitude. 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Mcdonalds is producing a lot of problems, he told us. It has the same food , erywhere, whereas we do pasta amats famous worldwide and typical roman dishes. Cardinal Elio Sgreccia called the arrival of mcdonalds a disgrace, and said it served food he would never eat. Ndpe francis regularly rails against consumerism, but the umtican is in on this deal. Al owns the building and is said to be receiving 31,000 a month in rent. Mcdonalds certainly sticks out on these quaint, ancient streets. The restaurant is just there, behind me, here, you can see the u ll of vatican city, st. Itters basilica and around the rorner is another piece of vatican property that now host a different restaurant chain. Some inside vatican city are pragmatic. Its an inexpensive meal, after all. I think there are more Serious Problems in the world, this priest said. There are greater scandals. There are no signs that the vatican will back away from this mcdonalds. Up next, starbucks has announced plans to open. It would be italys first. Seth doane, cbs news, rome. Elliott and the doors are thrown open. That is the cbs evening news for tonight. For scott pelley, im josh elliott. We thank you for joining us. Good night. Lawyers up with a big name to challenge the president elect. Good evening, california bracing for a potentially ugly battle with donald trump the state lawyers up with a big name to challenge the president elect. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. Im allen martin. New at 6 00, california lawmakers are upping the ante as they brace for a potential showdown with the Trump Administration. They are just hired president obamas former attorney general eric holder. Kpix 5s melissa caen with the move on the first day of the legislative session. Reporter were learning today that within just days of the president ial election, leaders of the California Assembly and senate both democrats started having conversations with former u. S. Attorney general eric holder about how to insulate california from some of the effects of the Trump Administration. Today these men announce thed that they have signed a contract withholder and his law firm. The mission to protect california from trump. California democrats have a message for donald trump. Were not subservient to the federal government. Reporter he is the head of of the state senate. He says he has an obligation to protect the citizens of california from a Trump Administration the cabinet selection in washington, dc, to me, pose a very clear and present danger to the Economic Prosperity and to the values of the great state of california. Reporter to help the legislature deal with the changes in washington, deleon and his counterpart in the assembly announced a new weapon in their arsenal today former attorney general eric holder and his law firm. Unique ties washington, dc and to that community. Reporter according to the contract with the firm it will develop legal strategies