This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im anthony mason, and this is our western edition. President trump took time out from his busy schedule as leader of the free world today to fire off a tweet to his longtime nemesis, comedian rosie odonnell. He said, we finally agree on something. That was a response to her tweet nearly five months ago calling for james comey to be fired. Today, the administration rewrote the story it was telling just yesterday of how and when the president decided to dismiss the director of the f. B. I. Heres Major Garrett at the white house. Hes a showboat. Hes a grandstander. The f. B. I. Has been in turmoil. Know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. Reporter President Trump said today he was going to fire tmes comey no matter what advice he received from attorney reneral Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. I was going to fire comey. Theres no good time to do it, by the way. They because
Have told you, and a bombshell report from sara carter about fusion gps continuing to investigate President Trump. It is it is all in tonight opening news breaking monologue. Sean a big hour tonight. They areff dusting off the tinfl hats, and f are running absoluty wild with baseless conspiracy theories about President Trump and his great health report. We will cover the outofcontrol media and the bias. We do it regularly on the program for this is insane. This is a new level. Dr. Ronnie jackson briefed the media on the results of the president s extensive medical exams. What did he find . A president in Excellent Health. Dr. Jackson is saying of the president did so while onl a cognitive test that he has normal, perfect, neurological functions. No early onset alzheimers orly dementia. Of course, this does not fit the media and their preconceived fake news narrative that President Trump is crazy, suffering from dementia, early onset, and is mentally unfit to serve, which means in their
Reacting and raising new questions about the corrupt russia investigation. We have a deep dive on this dirty dossier you not see anywhere else. Plus, 60 minutes correspondent lera logan is here with a preview of her exclusive reportn afghanistan. You must watch that. First, the opening monologue with a lot of breaking news. The evidence of corruption and bias inside special counsel mullers team, it just keeps piling up. It does get complicated, i promise, well go stepbystep, break it allco down for you tonight. Breaking right now, sara carter, investigative reporter, now telling us that the top investigator, the guy weve been telling you about, andrew weissmann, he met with journalists from the ap last april to discuss the news outlets investigation into Paul Manafort. Now the next day, the ap published a major expose about Paul Manafort and alleged money laundering. Sources are telling sara carter that the ap reporters in that meeting, they were actually promising to share documents a
Anybody that votes for a democrat now is crazy. Lets get these people out of there . Theres something wrong. Attacking democrats. The Democrat Party is openly inviting millions of illegal aliens to break or laws violate or borders and overwhelm our nation. Democrats want to throw your borders wide open to deadly drugs, cmon in, everybody. Cmon in. Theft it to be a big, fat, bile sang wear. The president returns ton rhetoric of 2016. Will it be a repeat success . And wait and see when the mueller russia probe might come out. We are looking at a live picture from elko, nevada, where the president is holding a rally less than an hour from now. Hes bringing back fiery receipt ricks and firing up the base with attacks on democrats. Mexico is on their southern border, and theyre fighting some bad people. Youve got some bad people in those groups. You have some tough people in those groups. Ill tell you what. This country doesnt want them, okay . We dont want them. Democrats have become the p
In scandal . It is interesting how the media stopped caring about it all and all remain in office. Tonight we have an update you will not want to miss. Also tonight 2020 Democratic Candidates as illegal border crossings arent a threat to American National securities. Shouldnt be a crime any longer. We will speak to a former latino gang member and a convicted murderer with a message for the open border, plus here is something you will not see anywhere else, why are rare and easily preventable diseases making a comeback in the United States . And even more frightening, why are new ones popping up . The head of a night age with an urgent message, you cant miss it but first the making of the new progressive, the focus of tonights angle. Now, three weeks ago, we showed you how the democrat infotainment complex, beto orourke with a glossy, beautiful vanity fair feature. The former texan congressman a pen up with impressive fundraising hole. He went from texas senate rate loser to modernday m