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Money will not change. Tuesday stated that there will be some wiggle room or maybe some wiggle room if that means reaching a deal. Look at things that make provide cost savings compared to what we are offering. We are looking at those things as well. Reporter we will see if they get anywhere but what we do not know if trains will run tomorrow through it again, that decision was made yesterday by the unions. When that announcement will come tonight i do not know. The public is still in limbo because what because of that limbo or a decision made late last night bart official state that to cause more passengers traveling on bart to between four and 10 tomorrow when they compared and still having some impact even though the trains are running catherine think you bay and yes that is very frustrating for some people. Heres a quick look at the scene during the last bart strike in july commute chaos. Helicopter partnership with abc7 news. Jammed freeways, packed catherine a lot of anxious comm
It was obvious. Miller mike morell was Deputy Director of the cia and he gave us the only Television Interview hes ever done. I think he has betrayed his country. Miller first thing we asked morell about was the last thing he did at cia, taking part in the Damage Assessment on edward snowden. How serious a threat is that to National Security . This is the most serious leak, the most serious compromise of classified information in the history of the u. S. Intelligence agency. Miller because of the amount of it or the type in the amount and the type. Simon the phrase the greatest show on earth usually refers to the circus, but man named peter gelb who runs the metropolitan opera in new york city is doing everything he can to change that. Theres no other place where you can see such monumental staging, elaborate sets and a cast of hundreds. But the met is above all about extraordinary voices, some of the best voices in the world. Tonight were going to take you backstage at the met and sho
As soon as they experience it. Them as quickly as possible and we can protect others as quickly as possible. Protection liability is constructed i am not a lawyer, i cannot do find that in the legal terms that you all need to put into the law, but i we arewould be ready and willing to help with ethical assistance on trying to define precisely what it ought earlierlike as we tried with the last attempt to write the legislation in this body. Mr. Olson . I dont have anything to add on that cyber legislation. Thank you. Lets talk a bit about the lone wolves, american citizens, in many cases, that become radicalized, in some cases by traveling abroad and being exposed to jihadist activities and other cases being radicalized here, yogurt over the internet and in no communities. I worry about that, and i know you do, too. Share with us what you are doing in trying to address that threat and how you are working together and how we can help you. Let me go ahead and start. In addition to the gre
Well talk to bill clinton about his friend Nelson Mandela. We could have had the politics of resentment. He chose the politics of inclusion. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. He changed the world. You cant say that about many people. But you can say that about Nelson Mandela. The man who lead south africas peaceful transition out of apartheid and became the countrys first black president. He died today at the age of 95. Mandela had been battling a lung infection for many months. Right after its official announcement tonight mourners began gathering at mandelas home in johannesburg to sing his praises. We have extensive coverage of Nelson Mandelas life and legacy. First well go to deborah in johannesburg tonight, deborah, how has this unfolded for us this evening . Well, scott, for 26 weeks South Africans have lived with the knowledge that Nelson Mandela was gravely ill. First the three month hospitalization and then he was