Still work, and ill just keep going. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today the president raged against the murder of children in yesterdays chemical attack in syria, but when pressed he seemed unable to express a policy on the syrian civil war. President trump took several questions at a rose garden News Conference today alongside the king of jordan, facing his First International crisis when mr. Trump was asked about syria, he changed the subject, blamed the obama administration, and described himself as flexible. Last week the Trump Administration reversed u. S. Policy and said that the syrian dictator could remain in power and not be held accountable for crimes in the sixyearold war. The apparent nerve gas attack happened five days later. Major garrett begins our coverage. I want to thank you both very much. Reporter in the oval office with jordans king abdullah, President Trump called the Syrian Regimes chemical weapons attack on civilians an affront to human
First, start with a troubling trend confirmed by the tough jobs report. Only 98,000 jobs were added. That is only half the story. The real story, the complete decimation of the retail industry. In fact, it was the worst two monthperiod for job creation for retailers since december of 2009. Ouch is it setting a major warning for the rest of the market . And if these jobs that are so important to the economy are actually going away, what does it mean for the economy and the markets . Guy. Thats it. I thought the retail trade would auger poorly for the market. It hasnt yet. This has been the story for quite some time. You can argue the other way, listen, people are changing the way they spend money, theyre not going to the malls, the stores. There is a lot of truth in that. Then you overlay the auto number, which were disappointing. You paint that pastish if i may of maybe the consumer is in trouble. I think Consumer Debt is above a trillion dollars nor the first time ever. You are talkin
Tattered playbook. And that is attack, attack, attack, especially women who speak out against their moneymakers. Amy more than 50 advertisers showoycotting oreillys over his history of sexually harassing women, but the fox host has picked up the support from one big fan President Trump. He says he does not think oreilly did anything wrong. We will get the latest. Plus, we will look at u. S. China relations. Pres. Trump we cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. And that is what theyre doing. It is the greatest theft in history of the world. Amy that was donald trump on the campaign trail. Today, he is hosting chinese president xi jinping at his maralago golf resort. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump said wednesday a chemical weapons attack in syria this week that left at least 86 people dead had altered his position on syria and its leader bashar alassad. Speaking a
We went and a list of questions about infrastructure and immediately unprovoked he hit us with the susan rice stuff, and we asked him essentially claimed it is going to be one of the biggest stories in the world. We hit him up immediately for evidence of this. He provided none. He then said there were other members of the Obama Administration who had done similar things. We said can you name those folks . He said perhaps at a later date so it is sort of the typical, the typical trump technique in terms of diverting attention, and also attempting to make Mainstream Media look like the New York Times cover the susan rice story more vigorously. Rose and continue the conversation with eric ripert, the chef and part owner of le bernadin. One of the great restaurants here in new york. I dedicate a lot of energy and time in le bernadin, and i have a good balance, i believe that if you take time for yourself, it gives you the luxury to reflect and at a distance with the family and the business
We went and a list of questions about infrastructure and immediately unprovoked he hit us with the susan rice stuff, and we asked him essentially claimed it is going to be one of the biggest stories in the world. We hit him up immediately for evidence of this. He provided none. He then said there were other members of the Obama Administration who had done similar things. We said can you name those folks . He said perhaps at a later date so it is sort of the typical, the typical trump technique in terms of diverting attention, and also attempting to make Mainstream Media look like the New York Times cover the susan rice story more vigorously. Rose and continue the conversation with eric ripert, the chef and part owner of le bernadin. One of the great restaurants here in new york. I dedicate a lot of energy and time in le bernadin, and i have a good balance, i believe that if you take time for yourself, it gives you the luxury to reflect and at a distance with the family and the business