This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Rose good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im charlie rose. And we begin with the latest security scare at the white house. The secret service says an agent shot an armed man outside the executive mansion after he refused to drop his weapon. The president was not at the white house at the time, but the Vice President was. Chip reid has the latest. Get back over that way lets any reporter the incident set off a flurry of activity by secret Service Officers and agents with guns drawn, even on the white house roof. The grounds and nearby streets were locked down for more than an hour. The shooting happened outside a secret Service Checkpoint on the southwest side of the white house compound. A man walked up to the gate and railed a weapon, according to the secret service, Uniformed Division officers gave numerous verbal commands for the subject to stop and drop the firearm. When the subject failed to comply with the verbal commands, he was sho
Chump would fly into a landing zone so exposed to enemy fire. This is the cbs evening captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Tonight from the Republican National convention in cleveland, ohio. Pelley not long after the gaffe el came down the gavel came down the hammer fell on antitrump forces trying to change the rules here. The Party Establishment ended the effort to prevent a trump nomination on the first ballot. It was chaotic for a time. Some delegates shouted words to the podium that we cant use on tv. So tomorrow night this convention is expected to name donald j. Trump of new york, businessman and television personality, the republican candidate for president of the United States. But hes not waiting for that. Trump will address the delegates tonight, three days before his acceptance speech. Major garrett leads us off tonight with what may be the end of the republican stop trump movement. This convention will come to order. Reporter order swi
Some delegates shouted words to the podium that we cant use on tv. So tomorrow night this convention is expected to name donald j. Trump of new york, businessman and television personality, the republican candidate for president of the United States. But hes not waiting for that. Trump will address the delegates tonight, three days before his acceptance speech. Major garrett l of the republican stop trump movement. This convention will come to order. Reporter order swiftly turned to disorder on the convention floor. Mr. Chairman, these rules will provide a strong governing framework for our convention and our party. Reporter delegates stop trump tried tried to change the rulings, the antitrurp forces wanted a roll call vote, a delaying tactic designed to demonstrate antitrump sentiments. Point of order, point of order. You are ignoring delegates who have been elected to this convention. Reporter utah senator mike lee, a ted cruz supporter was outraged. We just want a roll call, that sa
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Suggested he wanted to die, a socalled suicide by cop. Police recovered his weapon. The president was golfing at a nearby military base at the time but the Vice President was safe inside the white house complex. A white house statement says no one within or associated with the white house was injured and everyone in the white house is safe and accounted for. Its the latest in a string of security incidents at the white house in recent years. In 2011, a man fired eight rounds from his car into the building, and a number of jumpers have scaled the fence, including a man in 2014 who made it all the way inside the mansion before being arrested, eluding eight secret service members. A followup report cited communication snafus and severe understaffing of uniformed officers. A plan to almost double the height of the perimeter fence is in the works. The shooting occurred at that checkpoint behind me. You can see the white tent where it has been
Though the outbreak may be far from Middle America here in omaha, its still top of mind. Its now found in 66 countries and spreading and can cause devastating birth defects. As Summer Travel season begins, its impacting tourists around the world. Thats our cover story. While the mosquitoborne disease, brazil is the ground zero for the outbreak and it will be home for the summer olympics starting in three months. The tiny mosquito could have a huge impact on the tourism boost but here zika may cut the revenue by 20 or 47 billion. We will do everything to ensure the health of the athletes and all the visitors. In total, it could cost 3. 5 billion this year. Mostly from loss tourism revenue in countries from mexico to jamaica and dengeu cost the economy 8. 9 billion and more than tourism may be affected. Mainland china was 2. 2 million of potential investments. The u. S. Costs could surge and president obama has requested 1. 9 billion from congress to battle zika. So where is that money b