Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. It only got worse today. President trump and his spokeswoman kept up the attacks on florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who had criticized the tone of the president s condolence call to a fallen soldier. And the emotional defense of the president by john kelly came back to bite him today when his facts were called into question by video and by a check of the record. Chip reid is at the white house. I was stunned. Reporter white house chief of staff john kelly attacked florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson yesterday after she criticized President Trump for what she said was an insensitive condolence call to the widow of Sergeant La David Johnson, who was killed in action in niger. Kelly called her an empty bar expel claimed she talked only about herself when he saw her at a 2015 dedication of an f. B. I. Building in florida. She just called up president obama and on that phone call, she
We speak with him about his journey from loss to laughter and now love. But first we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. As we say in the south, all hat, no cattle. Thats a lie. He refutes the comments by a florida congresswoman. If you want to go after general kelly, thats up to you. If you want to go after him, i think thats something highly inappropriate. Families of four soldiers killed in niger are demanding answers. A manhunt is under way for a possible serial killer linked to three murders in a tampa neighborhood. This is our street, this is our neighborhood, and youre not going to drive us out of it. Thousands gather over an officer killed earlier this month. He received full department honors. The uss constitution marked its 0th anniversary of a voyage. A 21gun salute. I dont think youre going believe this, but you just went over puerto rico. Get out of here. All that and bright stars not skipping a beat, they finished the National Anthem for h
Returning to stage after the passing of his wife. First, today a look of the eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. As we say in the south, all hat and no cattle. Thats a lie, how dare he . Videos refutes john kelly charges of floridas congresswoman. If you want to get into a debate of the four star marine general, thats highly inappropriate. Family of four soldiers are killed in diger are demanding answers. Thanks, peter. Thank you all very much. A manhunt is under way for a possible serial killer linked to three murders in a tampa neighborhood. This is our street and our neighborhood and you are not going the drive us out of it. Thousands honoring an off duty officer killed in las vegas in the massacre earlier this month. Uss constitution marked the 220th anniversary. Thats a big voyage and 20 guns salute you just went over puerto rico. Get out of here. All that. Words failed her. New jersey crowd not skipping a beat and finishing the National Anthem for her. And all that matters. Gam
Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. And by the time this broadcast is over, three people will be dead, victims of an Opioid Epidemic thats taking 140 lives in america every day. Opioids are responsible for the overwhelming majority of drug deaths, which these maps show have grown dramatically from just under 17,000 in 1999 to 52,000 in 2015, a more than 200 increase. Today, President Trump declared a Public Health emergency to fight the epidemic, but critics were quick to say that does not provide the money to get the job done. Heres Major Garrett. We owe it to our children and to our country to do everything in our power to address this National Shame and this human tragedy. Reporter President Trump stopped short of declaring the Opioid Crisis a national emergency, opting instead for a Public Health emergency declaration. It will streamline some access to addiction treatment, but provides few new resources. Financing comes from the Public Health emergency fund, which has a balance o
New York City Police are moving closer to an arrest of movie producer harvey weinstein. They say rape allegations made by an actress are credible, and theyre putting together evidence for a judge to issue a warrant. Jericka duncan, who broke this story yesterday, has the followup tonight. We have an actual case here. Reporter at an n. Y. P. D. Niews conference, chief of detectives robert boyce made it clear they are working to arrest harvey weinstein. We are happy with where the investigation is right now. Mr. Weinstein is out of state. We would need a a arrest warrant to arrest him. Reporter cbs news first reported thursday that actress paz de la huerta told police that weinstein raped her in new york city twice back in october and december of 2010. Weinstein spokesperson has not responded to this latest allegation. Today, i asked chief boyce about de la huertas claims. What makes her story so creb . The ability each and every movement of the crime where she was, where they met, where