This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight with that payment made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about the affair she says she had with donald trump years before he became president. Mr. Trump denies the affair but no longer denies knowledge of the payments. The president s version began changing in a latenight eglevision appearance by one of his newest legal advisers. Heres Major Garrett. He didnt know the details of this until we knew the details of it, which was a couple of s eks ago maybe not even a couple of weeks. Maybe 10 days ago. Reporter that was President Trumps new personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, describing what the president knew about a 130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to gain her silence days before the election about an alleged affair with mr. Trump. That payment was arranged by mr. Trumps selfdescribed fixer, Michael Cohen. The night before, also on fox, giuliani said mr. Trump persona
The abc news exclusive. Fighting back. Ashley judd taking on Harvey Weinstein tonight. The proof she says he tried to destroy her career. The major movie she says he blocked her from getting. The pictures coming in tonight. Six people trapped under a falling tree at a High School Ball field. We have news coming in on their condition. Good evening. Its great to have you with us. We begin with chief of staff john kelly firing back after a report that he reportedly called the president an idiot the. Tonight general kelly now talking about his candid and strong relationship with the president adding i am committed to the president. Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega leads us off. Reporter white house chief of staff john kelly tonight, making a rare Public Statement to defend his relationship with his boss. It comes after nbc news reported that kelly has repeatedly called President Trump an idiot. In one meeting on immigration, kelly reportedly trash talking the president sa
Watch the caravan, watch how sad and terrible it is. Included for those people because they come off and the crime they inflict on themselves and others inflict on them. It is a horrible dangerous journey for them. For them and that, because then once they get here they come off into our country. We have the greatest people on earth and they cant do anything because the laws are correct. For more on this we are bringing teresa, director of immigration and crossborder policy for the bipartisan policy center. And former department from the security official. Thank you for being here, teresa. Thank you for having to request a reach the border and there standing by essentially about to file paperwork. They will walk up and start the process. How challenging is this and how difficult is it to be granted asylum in the United States . It can be very difficult. Assignment of something very much misunderstood by a lot of people. It is actually very narrow the criteria for asylum. You have to ha
And what he just revealed. President trump tonight trying to save the summit. At this hour, north koreas former spy chief on his way to the u. S. And what the white house just said. The terror attack. Two officers, both mothers, stabbed, their guns pulled from them and used to shoot them. Our Foreign Correspondent on the scene. And the unstoppable danger in hawaii, as lava now incinerates homes one by one. Good evening. It is great to be back with you after the memorial day holiday. And we begin tonight roseanne barr. Her unexpected comeback, suddenly cut short in the last 24 hours, by her own words. After a racist tweet she sent about a former top aide to president obama. Within hours, her show was canceled by abc, and tonight, the president of abc entertainment, Channing Dungey, describing roseannes tweet as abhorrent and repugnant. Roseanne and the cast of her original sitcom returning, and it seemed for a time, connecting with millions in this polarizing moment in our country. But
Way forward. If it continued, it would have given iran extraordinary economic benefits, without any guarantees of iranian performance. The rationale for getting out of the deal is it was contrary to National Security interests when we entered into it and hadnt gotten better with age. Rick Garrett Tenney following this from washington. How optimistic are the europeans about saving this deal. Everyone says they support it and iran wants the deal to continue as well. That sounds positive, right . There is one caveat. Iran wants to ensure it can get the full benefits the of the deal even after the u. S. Backed out. That is what the uk, germany, france, russia are trying to say that sticking in the deal will be worth their wild. Irans foreign minister kick off a tour of meetings starting in china to discuss the future of the deal. Back in tehran, irans president said he is hopeful they can preserve the deal. If the five remaining countries in the deal accompany us and fulfill their commits