This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today president obama shared a piece of advice that he gave the president elect campaigning is different from governing. And mr. Obama added, i think he recognizes that. That was apparent in mr. Trumps first postelection interview with lesley stahl for 60 minutes as he began to roll back some of the promises that got him elected. Heres jim axelrod. She is as crooked as they come. Reporter on the strumpf, candidate trump was crystal clear. If i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. Reporter but on 60 minutes, president elect trump backed off his threat when lesley stahl asked about a special prosecutor. She did some bad things. I mean, she did some bad things. But a special prosecutor . I dont want to hurt them. I dont want to hurt them. Theyre good people. Real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing obamacare. Its a disaster. Reporter his stance on o
Cer you taught him how to hit a baseball. How to hit a receiver. You even taught him how to hit the open man. But how much time have you spent teaching him. What not to hit . Staffing decisions are the most important challenges the new president will face. That was the insight of president obama today in his first News Conference since his partys losses six days ago. Jan crawford is at the white house. The people have spoken. Donald trump will be the next president. Reporter setting aside the harsh rhetoric of the campaign, president obama struck a tone of conciliation. Let him make his decisions and i think the American People will judge over the course of the next couple of years, whether they like what they see. Reporter in other word, give him time. Do i have concerns, absolutely. Of course i have concerns. He and i differ on a whole bunch of issues. Reporter the president gave a nod to mr. Trumps victory and his strengths. I think that connectioning that he was able to make with h
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today president obama shared a piece of advice that he gave the president elect campaigning is different from governing. And mr. Obama added, i think he recognizes that. That was apparent in mr. Trumps first postelection interview with lesley stahl for 60 minutes as he began to roll back some of the promises that got him elected. She is as crooked as they come. Reporter on the strumpf, candidate trump was crystal clear. If i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. Reporter but on 60 minutes, president elect trump backed off his threat when lesley stahl asked about a special prosecutor. She did some bad things. I mean, she did some bad things. But a special prosecutor . Theyre good people. Real change begins with immediately repealing and replacing obamacare. Its a disaster. Reporter his stance on obamacare also seemed to soften. Are you going to make sure that people
The Los Angeles Times about the importance of this legislation, i think he would tell you it would be pretty nice to have a fulltime u. S. Attorney in that office. Eight of the people that have already been charged have been convicted. Some receiving sentences of up to 20 years in prison. Other major work from the office include operation high life, a major Drug Trafficking investigation involving more than 100 local, state and federal Law Enforcement officers and resulting in 26 indictments, 25 guilty pleas and sentences up to 200 months in prison. I would note that right now we are experienced as they are in many places around the country, mr. President , a heroin epidemic in minnesota. Over 50 people in one county alone, hennepin county, died last year from heroin overdoses. Thats what were talking about here. Were having a heroin epidemic and then we have to go home and tell the people of our state that the senate has not yet confirmed a u. S. Attorney, someone who went through the
He said it got fixed within a month and a half, he said it was up and running and then he said now its working the way its supposed to. According to the president of the United States healthcare. Gov is now working the way its supposed to. Mr. President , the president of the United States is in denial. This is an incredible statement that he has made. I find it especially hard to believe when i looked at the Washington Post the next morning on monday, the day after the president s interview where he said that its working the way its supposed to, and you look at that headline on the front page of the Washington Post on monday, health site cant handle appeals. Health site cant handle appeals. Thousands of requests for fixes filed but unprocessed. Filed but unprocessed. Is that what the president of the United States means when he says now its working the way its supposed to . Is the president oblivious to what is happening in this country with his signature piece of legislation . Accord