It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 8 00pm in the evening in washington, where in eight days donald trump will become president of the United States. Mr trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees. His choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, on the left, strongly endorsed the work of the Us Intelligence community, hours after it was criticised by the President Elect. And generaljames mattis, on the right, nominated for defence secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato, in contrast to mr trumps wish for much closer ties with president putin. 0ur Correspondent Nick Bryant reports from washington. A week before inauguration day, it is usually an air of expectancy that youll find on capitol hill, where the stage is being set foertrump to take the oath of office. But the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the President Elect which would make him sus
yuccas: we end tonight here in los angeles with a man who s making a difference teaching kids life lessons one chess move at a time. it s the most unique piece in the game. yuccas: for 12-year-old andre, chess is more than just a game gee, i use a lot of stuff i ve learned on the chessboard in real life, like think before you move. think before i act out. yuccas: he s just one of thousands of students from some of l.a. s toughest neighborhoods learning to play. i learned to play chess at age 13. it was a pivotal moment in my life. yuccas: damen fletcher grew up in compton. after going away to college, he came home to find his childhood friends struggling. some of them had fallen into te gang life and drugs. and i just wondered why did i have such a kinch outco,
o donnell: chess is a game of make-believe, kings and queens, pawns and rooks. so what does that have to do with real life? well it turns out, quite a bit. here s cbs jamie yuccas. it s the most unique piece in the game. reporter: for 12-year-old andre, chess is more than just a game. i use a lot of stuff they learned on the chessboard in real life, like think before you move. think before i act out. reporter: he s just one of thousands of students from some of l.a. s toughest neighborhoods learning to play. i learned to play chess at age 13. it was a pivotal, pivotal moment in my life. reporter: damen fletcher grew up in compton. after going away to college, he came home to find his childhood friends struggling. some of them had fallen into the prison system, gang life, and drugs. and i just wondered why did i have such a different outcome? and it was chess.
reporter: it s remarkable to see the community more than a week after it made land fall and they re still deal wing the aftermath of the storm. we re 20 miles inland from myrtle beach and it s going to continue to get worse in the coming tase. we ve already set a record. the record last set was somewhere around 17.9 inches. we re well past that. this community didn t see that much water during hurricane matthew. i skpopoke to the emergency management director and he said all of this is surveal. i guess seeing our nobbers and friends struggling. they woke up this morning and their house was flooded. it s going to be a long few days.