Proabortion city. But theres a big prolife community in and around San Francisco. And they are going to be getting more vocal as time goes on. This was on a public street. Is there any indication there was a crime committed . Reporter no. They got in, they got out, they blocked the street. But they did it real fast and you know, like it or not, its called the first amendment. By the way, at 6 00, we are going to ask the mayor and get his opinion on it, as well. So stay tuned. Back to you. Thank you. Our other big story tonight, President Trump says he will ban transgender people from serving in any capacity in the u. S. Armed forces. He made the announcement this morning on twitter after what he called a consultation with generals and military experts. These are not exact numbers. But a rand study finds that there are between 1300 and about 6600 Transgender Service members in the active duty military. In the reserves, between 800 and 4200 members. Thats out of a total of 1. 3 million s
Critically wounded six weeks ago when a gunman opened fire on republicans practicing for a congressional baseball game. The hospital says scalise, who is 51, is in good spirits and looks forward to returning to work when his rehab is complete. We look forward to it too. A bill that would slap new economic sanctions on russia for meddling in the u. S. Elections has reached the senate after the house overwhelmingly approved it. Understandably, the russians dont like it. Charlie dagata found some of americas european allies are also opposed. Reporter senior russian Officials Say the new sanctions make no sense and move already tense u. S. Relations into uncharted territory. Andre kortinov, director of the Prominent Russian think tank, told us russians arent happy being thrown into the same basket as iran and north korea. Basically the signal is that you three bad guys, you will get the same treatment from the United States congress. And with all due respect, russia is not north korea. Rep
Cases and it is a lot easier for toxicologist and forensic pathologist to look at these cases and say fentanyl, that was the cause of death. Reporter i asked and spokesmen for einstein told me happies reevaluating its Visitor Policy in light of what happened in this case. Live, Henry Rossoff for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you very much. Tonight allentown married he had pawlowski and former reading mayor Vaughn Spencer are facing federal corruption charges. Government unsealed and indictment against men and three alleged coconspirators this morning. It alleged pawlowski and vaughn used their offices for personal, political gain, they have accused, they are accused of taking part in the elaborate pay to play schemes. Pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of the city hall, in reading and in allentown to sell their office and their services, to the highest bidder. Mayor pawlowski and former mayor spencer are facing charges including bribery and fraud, 11 other
Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. In his inaugural address, President Trump said, when you open your heart to patriotism, theres no room for prejudice. But today, the commander in chief decided there is no room for patriotic Transgender Americans willing to serve their country in the u. S. Military. He is reimposing the ban lifted by president obama. Major garrett begins our coverage of whats behind the decision and the fallout. Reporter the president s tweets sounded like new policy. The United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. But it caught the pentagon and congress completely off guard. The white house could not explain what it meant for the thousands of transgender individuals serving now. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders does dnot provide a time table for implementing the policy. Obviously, its a very difficult decision. Its not a simple one. But the president feels that its the best one for
Reporter the crowd, including Truck Driving democratturned republican voter gino defabio gino defabio reporter loved it. Thank you, sir, for keeping the promises that you made. To these 12,000 people and to the country. Reporter mr. Trump accepted the compliment. With few exceptions, no president has done anywhere near what weve done in his first six months. Not even close. Reporter today i asked defabio about the president s accomplishments. You cant do everything at once. Health care reform. Working on it. Tax reform. Its coming. It has to come. Reporter but the revival the president brags about is a long way off for the more than 700 workers who have lost their jobs at the big g. M. Facility nearby or the 100 Union Workers at a g. M. Supplier in austintown, or the 115 workers laid off at magna seating systems or the 15 who lost their jobs at jamestown industries, much of it since mr. Trump took office. Are the jobs coming back . No, theyre not. Bertram de souza. Hes playing on the f