Barbara bush on the mend. Theyre essentially therapy for each other. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. President trumps First Business day was all business. He met with c. E. O. S and Union Leaders and pulled the United States out of a wideranging pacific trade agreement. This comes after a rough start to his presidency, a weekend of tweeting tantrums and falsehoods from the president and his spokesman. Mr. Trump was peeved about estimates of his inauguration crowd, which he felt were too low. Saturday he used his first visit to the c. I. A. To boast about his victory and complain about what he called a running war with the media. Margaret brennan has this busy day at the white house. All right. Were going to sign three memorandums right now. Reporter with the stroke of his pen, donald trump took three executive actions, reinstating a reagan era band on sending foreign aid to any overseas group that supports abortion rights, ordering a
Good evening to our viewers on the west coast. With pen to paper, President Trump sent a strong signal to americas trading partners there will be a new playing field. Making good on his promise to withdraw from the Transpacific Partnership agreement while putting u. S. Businesses on notice that there will be a price to pay for moving jobs offshore. On the First Business day of his presidency, mr. Trump moved quickly to begin dismantling obamaera policies, refocusing on the job ahead after seizing on a headshaking distraction over the weekend. Our White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson starts us off tonight. Reporter at the white house, a reset already after a rocky start. On his first full white house workday, President Trump most notably backing out of the Transpacific Partnership, a major deal that would have made it easier to trade with allies around the pacific to counter china. Weve been talking about this for a long time. Reporter the move winning praise from people like senato
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