The rest of america. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley well, this has never happened before. The results of an american president ial election are being disputed by the winner. Today the white house said President Trump now believes that as many as five Million People voted illegally based on evidence he was given but is not sharing. To be clear, mr. Trump believes that he did win the electoral vote and the presidency, but he questions how Hillary Clinton could have gotten a nearly three million vote lead in the popular vote count. Margaret brennan is at the white house. The comment that he made was he said three to five Million People could have voted illegally. Based on the studies that hes seen. Reporter white house Spokesman Sean Spicer said President Trump told congressional leaders yesterday that he lost the popular vote by nearly three million votes because of widespread fraud. He did win the electoral college. Hes very comfortable with his win. Hes bringing
Rethe fst ori ameca. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Congressional leaders yesterday that he lost the popular vote by nearly three million votes because of widespread fraud. He did win the electoral college. Hes very comfortable with his win. Hes bringing it up. I think hes having a discussion with some folks and mentioned something in passing that is a longstanding belief. Its worth clarifying whether illegal ballots. I think studies, there is one that came out of pew in 2008, that showed 14 of people that voted were noncitizens. There are other studies who have been presented to him. Reporter spicer appears to be citing a previous study of disputed election and did not present any evidence of fraud in the 2016 election. The association that represents state Election Officials told cbs news it is not aware of any evidence that supports the voter fraud claims made by President Trump. During the campaign mr. Trump questioned the integrity of the vote. Its a rigged electi
Well, late today the senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm nikki haley as ambassador to the united nations. Haley was in her second term as governor of South Carolina and has limited experience in foreign policy. Her diplomatic skills may be tested soon if the president follows through on his pledge to move the u. S. Embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. That would essentially be u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Palestinian leaders also claim the holy city, and they warn that the embassy switch would be an act of war. Seth doane is there. Its very important, very important. Reporter jerusalems mayor nir barkat showed us what he would like to see. That could easily become the embassy. All you need to do is change the plaque. Reporter barkat knows its not that easy but sees the move as cementing israels long standing claim on jerusalem. But the palestinians also claim the city as their capital and fear the move would spark violence. This is an earthquake. This
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