Lou good evening, the senate in a proceed rally vote rejected the president s choice to be next secretary of dense, senator hagels bid is in limbo after Senate Replicans delayed his nomination. The former senator came up two votes short of the needed 60 to end debate on his nomination. The first time in history defense secretary nominee has been blocked by a filibuster, the white house and seen at leadership, Senate Leadership seemingly trying every gambit to win the required 60 votes, harry reid even went so far as to scare republicans into advances hagels nomination. If is shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a fully empowered secretary of defense. Considering all of the things we have going on the world. Lou gathering, curious, concerned and amused looks, we have a defense secretary, he is none other than. The soon to be outgoing defense secretary leon panetta who has fledged he will remain in the job until his successor is sworn to office. Republica
Cost. We told but this administrations love of highspeed rail, they are spending your tax dollars on a 20mile long track, 21 stops on the island of oh oahu. Which is only 30miles wide, department of important will send 1. 1 billion. Of federal dollars. That is it for tonights willis report, thank you for joining us, have a great night. Lou good evening, the senate in a proceed rally vote rejected the president s choice to be next secretary of defense, senator hagels bid is in limbo after Senate Republicans delayed his nomination. The former senator came up two votes short of the needed 60 to end debate on his nomination. The first time in history defense secretary nominee has been blocked by a filibuster, the white house and seen at leadership, Senate Leadership seemingly trying every gambit to win the required 60 votes, harry reid even went so far as to scare republicans into advances hagels nomination. If is shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a full
Glor good evening. Scotts on assignment for 60 minutes. Im jeff glor. This is our western edition. Today President Trump made his first visit as commanderin chief to Arlington National cemetery. On this memorial day, the president visited a section of arlington where the fallen from the wars in iraq and afghanistan are buried. Among them Second Lieutenant robert kelly, the son of the president s Homeland Security secretary, who was killed by landmine in afghanistan in 2010. The president is also defending his soninlaw. We begin with errol barnett. Present. Reporter following tradition, President Trump honored Fallen Soldiers on memorial day, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. We can never replace them. We can never repay them. But we can always remember. Reporter but over the weekend, the president was on the attack, criticizing what he calls fake news five times. R e president s soninlaw and adviser Jared Kushner is now at the center of a crisis after meeting with the Russia
Republicans were forced to pull their overhaul plan yesterday. It became clear earlier that the votes simply would not be there to get the bill to the floor. And Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell addressed the press. We will not be on the bill this week. But were still working toward getting at least 50 people. In a comfortable place. Is your effort to repeal obamacare dead . No, no, were continuing to talk about it. Its a very complicated subject. I remember how challenging it was for the democrats. They were enacting a setback in 2009 and 2010. Its a complicated subject. Weve got lots of discussions going on. Will your ongoing discussions involve democrats at all . Theyre not interested in participating much. Nearly all of the republican members of the senate then moved to the white house. Video shows the white house being flanked by senators including lisa mccowsky and dean heller. We have no situation but to resolve the situation, obamacare say total disaster. Its melting down as we
Arthel a historic Mountain Town had been threatened by wildfires but now theres a different kind of danger. Americas news headquarters starts right now. Eric we begin with the end of President Trumps second official trip overseas and the start of an eventful week here at home with the healthcare issue on the docket. As you know, the president is heading back home at this hour to arrive later at the white house. After a very busy few days at the g20 summit in germany. President trump and the first lady departing hamburg earlier today after the president held a series of meetings with World Leaders including that showdown with president putin and another highly anticipated sitdown with the chinese president. The president has become sharply critical of china in recent weeks, over beijings reluctance to increase pressure on north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program. Its a topic that leaders did discuss along with trade, but before we discuss and report on russia, the latest on the meet