President trump tweeted yesterday that the suspension of his ban is now allowing people to pour into the u. S. We dont have a complete picture, but we can tell you that the number of refugees over the last three days is 27 families. Who have gone through a vetting process that can take years. Jericka duncan was at new yorks jfk airport today when a family from syria arrived. Hi. Reporter this is the moment dr. Ghassan asaili and wife sarmad dreamed about for more than 13 years. Im happy. Im happy like i won the super bowl like yesterday. Im very happy. Reporter the reunion with asailis two brothers wa canceled when President Trump signed the executive order. After landing in philadelphia, the six syrian immigrants were forced to return home. Inhuman what happened to us. Reporter 17yearold matthew asaili had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. We did everything by the rules, everything what we done was right. We did not do anything illegal. Reporter why did your family lea
Terror. Our president lies pathologically, then he attacks the free press, he attacks the judiciary, and this is what start s authoritarianism. And betsy devos nomination for education secretary. A nightmare. A nightmare. A series of storms continues to threaten much of the west. S treepoand wer l winesere knocked down and travel was a mess. This doesnt happen very often in seattle. And nobody knows what to do when it shows. Whoo the World Champion patriots are back home in boston. Up parade for that city. History. 172 Million People watched. A police dog grabs a man to the ground. All that you guys seem to get along. We get along. I dontno kw if hell admit it. How do you know . I do that in life. Its like i understand. And all that mattered its nice to see things work out finally for tom brady. He suffered a twoho wle hours before turning around and winning. Theres another inspiring motto in america, that in america, rich white guys married to a model can still make it. It shows up on
Pelley and tuning up a car. So it sounds just right. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Let me get hurt. And the next thing you know, here we are. Reporter the tornado left a trail of destruction, ripping off roofs, toppling trees and downing power lines. It was actually a twister. The funnel come straight over, come straight across, come straight up behind us. Reporter a Warehouse Security camera captured the moment of tornado ripped off the buildings roof and flipped over an 18wheeler. It went about two miles, and it covered about a half a mile swath of land. Reporter mayor Mitch Landrieu weve been able to see the damage. Its devastating. There are a lot of families that lost everything they had. Reporter the tornado was part of a larger weather system that was sweeping through louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. More than 2. 5 Million People were in the storms path. Just north of new orleans, two more tornadoes touched down. Mobile homes were destroyed in the town of k
And the neighbors who need to be more neighborly. Angela merkel visits poland in an effort to improve relations. On the agenda the migration crisis and europe. The European Union after brexit. I am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. We start with allegations of crimes against humanity in syria. Amnesty international is accusing the Syrian Government of hanging thousands of prisoners in a military prison near damascus. Amnesty says this policy of extermination was carried out beginning in 2011, a that the executions are probably still happening. More than anything, the syrian war is a Brutal Campaign against the countrys own population. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed, and thousands more have disappeared. Many in a prison north of damascus. Now, Amnesty International has published devastating details about events that took place behind the walls of this notorious prison. The report claims that over the past few years, thousands of inmates were killed without
His controversial travel ban to the Supreme Court. And keeping it cool. People in northern japan are lining up to save for an allwhite winter spectacle. The annual sapporo snow festival. Japan easiest Prime Minister says he hopes to build trust with donald trump when they meet friday and it seems the new mesh president feels the same way. The u. S. Has officially announced shinzo abe is going to trumps private resort in florida. A spokesperson says its sending a good signal. This is a testament to the importance the United States places on the bilateral relationship and the strength of our alliance and the deep economic ties between the United States and japan. Trump and abe are slated to travel together on air force one after their first meeting at the white house. The u. S. President also plans to host a dinner and play a round of golf with the japanese leader. I will be the greatest jobs producer that god ever created. One major issue the two will discuss is trade. Trump has critici