Putin promises to support a process get out of control. Anger in argentina over a government plan to reform the judicial system critics say it could be used to protect the political elite. Big story for you this half hour u. S. President donald trump says novembers election will mark the difference between quotes saving the American Dream or allowing a socialist agenda to destroy itself to formally accepting the Republican Party nomination for a 2nd term as president he told a crowd of supporters that certain of embers votes will be the most important in u. S. History mr trump painted an optimistic picture of the country while describing the democratic partys proposals as extreme. As the Democratic National Convention Joe Biden and his party repeated lee assailed america as a land of racial economic and social injustice. So tonight i ask you a simple question how can the Democrat Party ask the lead our country when it spends so much time tearing down our country. They do not see americ
Were in their height, the number of private security contractors outnumbered the us troops. How did that come to be . Again, i think we are like that one of the unintended consequences of relying on the all volunteer force and allowing the country to slide into a condition of permanent war. We ended up with too much work, too few warriors and so policymakers and the pentagon turned to the notion of defense contractors to try to fill the gap. At a very high cost. At a very high cost and i would argue with little evidence that they that they were worth the money. I know youre going to stay around and sign some books i want to thank you, colonel, professor,. You know, we barely scratched the surface of this book, so i really encourage you to pick up a copy and you will have a very indepth although somewhat pessimistic understanding of the wars of the middle east. Thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this is book tv on cspan 2, television for serious readers. H
Mate. Pokemon mania. The new game thats taking over millions of smartphones launching a nationwide treasure hunt. How the virtual creatures are raising Big Questions about safety and privacy this morning. Okay, good morning, america. Which one of us is most likely to be playing pokemon . The bookends right here. The bookends right here. I mean, i cant help it that my daughter already downloaded it on my phone. Speaking of that, it has been downloaded at least 7. 5 million times since thursday. Which is insane. A number of people using it daily already closing in an big apps like twitter, and more people have downloaded it on android than the dating app tinder. People are searching for pokemon, theyre not searching for love anymore. 9 billion for nintendo. A lot more on that coming up. First that wild weather in the midwest. Tornadoes hit minnesota overnight, flash floods moving in too and abcs eva pilgrim is on the scene in watkins, minnesota. Good morning, eva. Reporter george, i want
Experienced dramatic melting. Although it is a harsh and dangerous environment, it has drawn some of the worlds leading climate scientists to study its ice sheath and look at its effects on the ocean. We watched as they attempted a firstever look at whats happening 300 feet below the ice. Bill whitaker these are all your kids . These are all my kids. Whitaker thats right. They are all her kids. We are family whitaker india howell is mother to more than 90 children. And her Business Partner, peter leon massy, is the father. Its the biggest extended family we have ever seen. Youre the legal guardian for the children in the village . Yes, i am the legal guardian. India and i, we are two legal guardians. So she is mom and i am dad. Im steve kroft. Im leslie stahl. Im Bill Whitaker. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. Sleep number beds with Sleepiq Technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. Save 1,000 on selected mattress and Ad
Political news. A decisive victory for donald trump. Is he now inevitable . Here they are. Were talking about those numbers out of the South Carolina republican primary. Look at that. Trump ten points ahead of his nearest rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz. Overnight, trump took to the stage to celebrate his win. His family, you can see, arrayed behind him. Meanwhile, a different kind of night for jeb bush. The clearly crest fallen candidate bowing out after a fourth place finish. We do have big developments on the democratic side as well. Hillary clinton pulls out a fivepoint win over Bernie Sanders in nevada. Celebrating with a latenight rally in texas. Meantime, sanders vowing to fight on. We have Team Coverage this morning. We get going in spartanburg, South Carolina, this morning with tom llamas. Hi, tom. Reporter paula, good morning. Donald trump last night said he would be happy if he won by one vote. He won but much more than that. Than just massive rallies and sound bites. There