Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod with a western edition of the broadcast. President obama spoke to the American People from the rose garden this afternoon, pressing his case for a military action against the Syrian Regime and calling the chemical attack that claimed more than 1,400 lives in syria 10 days ago a menace that must be confronted. But the president also made it clear he does not want to proceed alone and will seek authorization and support for a limited strike from congress. We have several reports tonight beginning with bill plante at the white house. Bill, we understand the president s decision to take this to congress came as a surprise even to his own advisers. Reporter absolutely, jim. He called them into his Senior Office last night to tell them two things that hes now decided it use military force but also that he was reversing course and would seek congressional approval. His reasoning, according to offici
If putin likes donald trump, guess what, folks . Thats called an asset, not a liability. Now, i dont know that im going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope i do. But theres a good chance i wont. And if i dont, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin than me . Paul joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy eded to have dan henninger, Editorial Board member mary kissell, and Foreign Affairs columnist brett stephens. Dan, i want to ask, first, about a question of style, okay . Have you noticed any change from this a week before he becomes president between this and the campaign . No, very little, as a matter of fact. [laughter] what you see is what you get. Paul this is what were going to get as a president. This is what were going to get as a president. Look, paul, president elect trump, that press be conference, four years if not for decades the average person sitting out there watching these president ial press conferences has alw
Headquarters. President trump met with the drug company executives. Late last night the president firing acting attorney general sally yates, her dismissal coming just hours after see defiantly ordered the Justice Department not to defend the president s controversial executive order on immigration. The white house accusing her of betrayal and insubordination. Now, the president naming a new acting nomination, dana boente, until his nominee, jeff signatures sessions, can be confirmed. It was 1973 when president Richard Nixon fired his attorney general and Deputy Attorney general for refusing to dismiss the federal prosecutor in the watergate case. We had a monday night massacre, sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law, was fired by the president. She was fired because she would not enact, pursue the executive order on the belief it was illegal, perhaps unconstitutional. And former president obama also speaking out against trumps travel ban saying it fundamentally
In his first News Conference in some six months, the president elect was asked about new allegations, allegations that russian operatives claimed to have compromising information about him. Multiple sources tell cnn the allegations were presented to mr. Trump in a twopage summary along with the Intelligence Report on russian hacking. The president elect dismissed this as fake news. Here are some of the heights ig of what he said about that and a wide range of issues during his News Conference. I think its a disgrace that information would be let out. I saw the information. I read the information outside of that meeting. Its all fake news. Its phony stuff. It didnt happen, and it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many of the other people. It was a group of opponents that got together, sick people, and they put that crap together. During your visit to either moscow or st. Petersburg, you engaged in conduct that you now regret and that a reas
If putin likes donald trump, guess what, folks . Thats called an asset, not a liability. Now, i dont know that im going to get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope i do. But theres a good chance i wont. And if i dont, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin than me . Paul joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy eded to have dan henninger, Editorial Board member mary kissell, and Foreign Affairs columnist brett stephens. Dan, i want to ask, first, about a question of style, okay . Have you noticed any change from this a week before he becomes president between this and the campaign . No, very little, as a matter of fact. [laughter] what you see is what you get. Paul this is what were going to get as a president. This is what were going to get as a president. Look, paul, president elect trump, that press be conference, four years if not for decades the average person sitting out there watching these president ial press conferences has alw