With congressman scalise sunday on 60 minutes and first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. Twitter executives were on capitol hill today for the investigation of russian interference in the u. S. Election. But senators were not happy with the answers they got. Here is jeff pegues. Their response was frankly, inadequate on almost every level. Mark warner, top democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, publicly scolded twitter executives for not being more forthcoming during a meeting on capitol hill. Their actions have not matched their words in terms of their grasping the seriousness of this threat. Both twitter and facebook have been under pressure to be more transparent about russias use of social media to influence the 12016 election. Facebook acknowledged 3,000 ads during the campaign that had links to russian trolls. Including one designed to amplify the divisions over the black lives matter movement. Sources say it was carefully crafted to both support the movement and portr
Rockclimbing walls. And o. J. Simpson could be free as early as sunday after serving time for robbery. James brown looks at how america still cannot agree on his acquittal for murder 22 years later. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. President trump has put people first and paperwork second. Hes had us pull out all the stops. Washington scrambles to distribute aid in puerto rico. The supply chain, the logistical chain in puerto rico is broken. Its not just broken, it is shattered. It is nonexistent at this point. Its really a good news story in terms of a limited number of deaths from such a devastating hurricane. My respect for the taxpayer is as strong as it can be. Secretary tom price under fire over his use of private jets. Cant put lipstick on this pig. Playing the big shot on the taxpayers dime. Its indefensible. The u. S. Is preparing to withdraw staff from the u. S. Embassy in cuba. Its because of reported Health Attacks on u. S
The twoyard line, vertically. She hit me hard, and i was like, all right, maybe she should be playing football. laughter captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. He embarrassed the president , and it cost him his job. Dr. Tom price was forced to resign today as secretary of health and Human Services for using highcost charter flights when cheaper alternatives were available. President trump had campaigned against wasteful government spending. More now from nancy cordes. I was disappointed because i didnt like it cosmetically or otherwise. Reporter President Trump blasted price again today, but the secretary had already gotten the message. In order for you to move forward without further disruption, he wrote i am officially tendering my resignation. Ive heard the concerns. Ive heard the criticisms. Reporter price, a former congressman, had tried to do damage control, backing an internal review of his private flights, more than a doz
Times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families that are there to remember them, and, you know, i remember so profoundly the massacre at newtown. Senator murphy brought photographs of all of the victims, their families, told their stories at length on this senate floor. As weeks and months persisted here in the United States senate, and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the senator from connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people that we dont read about because the media doesnt rush to the scene when somebody dies in a driveby shooting or in a place that doesnt garner the attention, the spotlight like the massacre and tragedy in orlando has garnered by the national media. So i i thank the gentleman from connecticut for his perseverance, and i am just so proud to join him this afternoon in this insistence f
Mr. Jolly i will tell you this is clear this is an individual who sought to be a terrorist and he achieved that. It is unfortunate. Law enforcement has done human work. Yeoman work. They were well aware of this individual. They had worked the case very hard, but obviously this is one that turned out with consequences that the nation will forever regret. Sought to anne who act to an act terror on the homeland. Reporter did they explain why . Mr. Jolly you have to ask Law Enforcement. [inaudible] the first question was about gun control and we will arrive as to what the right policies. We have lived through this for 20 years. The partisan solutions arent working. This is a week one nation mourning together and if we cant arrive at a consensus and reject this democratrepublican divide, we all lose, and we dishonor those who were lost. Shame on members of congress who use a tragedy in orlando to play politics. And thats on both sides of the aisle and shame on president ial candidates who d