This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, president obama passed the torch to the person he hopes will succeed him, endorsing Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination. The president , the outgoing head of the party, would like to clear the field for clinton before the july convention. But democratic don quixote Bernie Sanders is not letting go of his impossible dream. Heres nancy cordes. Im with her. I am fired up. Pelley in a threeminute love letter to the presumptive nominee, president obama called clinton the most qualified person ever to run for the white house. I have seen her judgment. Ive seen her toughness. Reporter the Clinton Campaign posted the video an hour after the president met with Bernie Sanders, whose prolonged exit from the race has distracted attention from clintons achievement. I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can Work Together to defeat donald trump. Reporter it was his first acknowledgment that the compe
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley president obamas attempt to impose Immigration Reform by executive action was blocked today by judicial action. A tie in the Supreme Court was a defeat for the president who had sidestepped congress withs his plan to spare millions of Illegal Immigrants from being deported. Heres chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford. The People United will never be defeated. Reporter protesters gathered in front of the court, waiting for the justices to announce the case. But instead of a decision, there was deadlock, a oneline order by a court divided 44, keeping in place the Lower Court Ruling striking down the president s program. The nondecision effectively ends the president s efforts to reform Immigration Law by executive action. And the fact that the Supreme Court wasnt able to issue a decision today doesnt just set the system back even further. It takes us further from the country we aspire to be. Reporter the
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Defeat donald trump. Reporter it was his first acknowledgment that the competition is over, though he still wouldnt answer the big question how much longer do you intend to stay in the race, senator sanders . The democratic leaderses who met with sanders on capitol hill couldnt nail down a timeline, either. Im not pushing him to do anything. I think he needs a little time to just decide what he wants to do. Reporter what exactly is he holding out for . I think he is somebody who is interested in changing the direction of the country. I think hes done that with his historic election. I think hell, of course, be involved in the process. Reporter and that means pushing clinton and the party to embrace at least some of his positions. Those might be things ranging from the 15anhour minimum wage, to ending fracking in america. Reporter oregons jeff merkley was the only senator to endorse sanders. To have the the party united, you have to have i
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Today, president obama passed the torch to the person he hopes will succeed him, endorsing Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination. The president , the outgoing head of the party, would like to clear the field for clinton before the july convention. But democratic don quixote Bernie Sanders is not letting go of his impossible dream. Heres nancy cordes. Im with her. I am fired up. Reporter in a threeminute love letter to the presumptive nominee, president obama called clinton the most qualified person ever to run for the white house. I have seen her judgment. Ive seen her toughness. Reporter the Clinton Campaign posted the video an hour after the president met with Bernie Sanders, whose prolonged exit from the race has distracted attention from clintons achievement. I look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can Work Together to defeat donald trump. Reporter it was his firs
Delivers his blistering attack on Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the United States. He ditches the campaign trail and heads to scotland. But why . And holding out hope. One body found in the search for the missing family of four off the coast of florida. Rescuers still searching at this hour. We are live with the very latest. We start with that breaking news. You are looking live at pictures democrats still on the floor. Were now going on more than 21 hours since the sitin began. Frustraitted with not being able to get a vote on gun control, democrats said they wouldnt leave until they got one. It began yesterday morning. By evening, the protest was still going on. Sitting down, sitting in, youre standing up. At 10 00 p. M. , speaker ryan tried to get the house back in session and was shouted down. The chair appreciates that members will differ on matters of policy and will seek to express those differences. Eventually, the