Im George Howell. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, january 31st. 4 00 a. M. In the east. It is hard to overstate the nature of the rapid developments we saw in washington overnight. In a move that evokes president nixons mass firings in 1973, the Trump Administration creating a level of chaos after a week and a half on the job. A new acting attorney general has been sworn in to replace the old acting ag sally yates after she did not defend the travel ban in court. The u. S. Attorney for eastern virginia, dana boente took the oath and quickly rescinded yates order. More on that in a moment. Evan perez joins us with the latest. Reporter george and christine, in an extraordinary series of events, President Trump fired sally yates, the acting attorney general, because she ordered the Justice Department not to defend the travel ban. The travel ban to the United States from seven countries deemed to be security risks. Yates is an obama appointee. On monday evening, they told Justice Depar
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Middleton, britains most famous bridesmaid, becomes the bride. This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening, im reena ninan. This is our western edition. Trump administration turmoil briefly seemed a world away today as the President Trump was greeted warmly in saudi arabia, 6,700 miles from washington. First lady melania trumps decision not to wear a traditional head scarf turned heads on social media, especially since mr. Trump criticized Michelle Obama for doing the same thing in 2015. Other female foreign dignitaries have also chosen not to. Of course, that was just one storyline in a day of diplomatic developments in riyadh, and our Major Garrett is traveling with the president. Reporter a day of u. S. Saudi celebration, capped by secretary of state Rex Tillerson and commerce secretary wilbur ross holding swords as part of a traditional arabic ardah dance with saudi king salman. The president s trip to forge new bonds with the royal family segan when air force one touched down
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