Washington doesnt work. That was president obamas message at a high dollar fundraiser in manhattan this week where he told attendees we have a party on the other side that has been captured by ideology that says no to everything. If the president wants to get to the true root of gridlock in washington, he may also want to look at the democratic controlled senate where harry reid shut down debate refusing to allow a vote on all but nine, thats right, nine republican amendments since last july. Topic several bipartisan stopping several bipartisan bills cold. Im joined by ke eed by dan hen james freeman, washington columnist, kim straussel. Kim, describe to us what harry reid is doing. Look, here has been the long standing deal in the senate, paul. The Minority Party would agree to move on to a bill, give the vote for cloture and to actually start debating a bill. The Majority Party in return would allow them to debate the bill and propose amendments. Everyone got something out of it. Har
This is the cbs evening news. Good evening, im jim axelrod. This is the western edition of our broadcast. Tonight, france is on high alert and in deep mourning after the terror attacks in paris that killed 17 people. French police are searching for a 26yearold frenchwoman, commonlaw wife of one of the suspects shot dead yesterday investigators say Hayat Boumediene may be in syria having left france days before the attacks. Meanwhile the phrase jesuischarlie, i am charlie, a reference to the french satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo targeted wednesday, continues to spread around the globe. This is outside the French Embassy today in bucharest romania, look at the banner over a bridge in venice, in this a memorial gathering in prague. We have two reports tonight the beginning with Elizabeth Palmer in paris. Reporter if the terrorists thought their attacks would spread fear and intimidation they were wrong. In fact, the killings have brought the french people together in a rare display of s
Terrorists the religious legitimacy that they seek. They are not religious leaders. They are terrorists. And we not at war with islam. We are at war with people who have perverted islam. Nbc News White House correspondent Kristen Welker joins us live. Kristen, we see two days of the president explaining the description or rhetoric hes chosen to use, but i also think that people want to know what will actually come out of this summit actionwise. Reporter thats the big question. Critics are saying this is more of an idea summit that there arent tangibles that are going to be produced. President obama today really gave a rallying cry to the top officials he was speaking to from 60 different countries. Said its important and critical that the International Community be unwavering in its fight against isis. Today he talked about two new programs to do that including an information hub, a partnership between the United States and the uae to really combat the vast Propaganda Machine that we h
Im carol costello. The cnn poll of polls just released this morning combines the five most vent and credible nationwide surveys that shows clinton barely edging trump a mere 2 Percentage Points separating them among registered voters. This poll coming on the heels of donald trump tearing into reporters in a contentious news conference. Jason caroll is live at trumps tower with more on that. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, carol. Yesterday donald trump was finally able to release details about how much money he was able to raise for veterans. Initially he said he raised 6 million, he actually raised 5. 6 million. That money donated to 40 veterans organizations. He clearly didnt like being questioned about it and turned some of that anger onto the press once again. I think the Political Press is among the most dishonest people. Among the press, the vets should be ashamed of themselves. I have never received such bad publicity for raising so much money. Have i ever heard from
Bannon. Right now, its a season of war against a gop establishment. Nobody can run and hide on this one. These folks are coming for you. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning. There is a new wildfire in Northern California and now thousands of people are being forced to evacuate. 39 people have died already. That makes it the deadliest fire in the states history. More than 200 people are still reported missing. And thousands of buildings, including 2,800 homes are gone. Some families, we have seen it for days now, have suffered devastating losses. One woman says her 14yearold nephew died as he tried to escape with his family. His parents, that boys parents just couldnt take it. I wish i had hugged him a lot more times we had no thought in our minds that they would be hurt by this fire. We thought they were just coming down the mountain. When i got the call about kyle, i couldnt stand. I fell to my knees and i just said, oh, no oh, no i c