After Kevin Mccarthy, number two in the house, he suddenly dropped his bid for House Speaker. Right now paul ryan, call us, if you have anything you want to get off your chest. It seems nearly Everyone Wants him to fill the void, everyone but paul ryan. He had said no, but now there is a chance he will reconsider. Will he bring ballots to the republican force . Lets get right to chief Political Correspondent dana bash who has been in the middle of it for a day now on capitol hill. Whats the latest here . Reporter the man, as you both said, everybody wants to be speaker, is not talking at all. Not behind closed doors, were told. Republicans met down the hall from where i am for over an hour. There was a lot of talk of unity, very clear messages to and about paul ryan that many people in the House Republican caucus think he is the only one who should and could step up to the plate right now. But is he not saying anything publicly. Privately, however, he is talking to some of his colleagu
The mayor. That he was just simply trying to stand up for securing the kocountry and the world. There was another back and forth over this subject of the travel ban for months the administration has been telling us that the president was not trying to impose the travel ban in that order that seeks to block travel from six muslim countries. Rerp they were calling travel restrictions. E he did so from a briefing on jan 31st. Then the president starts tweeting in the aftermath of london we need a travel ban. I dont care what anybody call it is. I call it a travel ban. Today basically started to adopt that language in the briefing return and turned on a dime. Heres more of what happened. I dont think the president care what is you call it. He cares that we call it National Security and that we take steps to protect the poem of this country. Its real simple. Everybody wants to get into the labels and the semantics of it, but the bottom line is hes trying to protect the citizens of this coun
Good evening. Its great to have you with us on and month night two developing stories. New images from inside the London Attack and attackers but first, the horror playing out in this country. An army vet returning to the place he once worked just after his former workers showed up for work. Abcs Steve Osunsami is on the scene, in orlando, leading us off tonight. Reporter Sheriff Deputies are calling what happened in this local business an execution. I dont want to make it too gruesome, but most of the victims were shot in the head. Some where shot multiple times. Reporter they make awnings here for rvs and campers, and just as workers were starting their day, police say 45yearold john neumann stormed through the back of the building with a semiautomatic pistol in his hand, knives in his pocket and revenge on his mind. He was fired here in april, and police say he was singling out his former managers and other victims, gunning them down one by one. Caller heard multiple gunshots. Shoot
Sessions threatened to resign. And tonight the white house still cannot or will not say whether the president has faith in his attorney general. Meanwhile, a Justice Department spokesperson said sessions is not stepping down. And a cnn exclusive. Russian hacking didnt end with the u. S. Investigators u. S. , i should say. Investigators believe that fake news planted by Russian Hackers blew up into a crisis among u. S. Allies in the middle east. Thats a lie. Heres to discuss all of it, editor in chief of the hill, author of at mamas knee, a Washington Post contributor and Cnn National Security analyst. Good evening to all of you. April, ill start with you with this attorney general Jeff Sessions story. Were learning that he offered to resign amid growing tensions with President Trump. This comes as were still waiting on clarification on whether the president has confidence in his own attorney general. Youre at the white house. Whats going on . Well, its what sean did not say today in th
Heard you say this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Hackers working for Vladimir Putin may have attempted even more meddling with the u. S. President ial election than we knew, and the interference went beyond leaked emails and fake news. According to a report from the National Security agency, Russian Military intelligence was trying to break in to u. S. Election systems just days before voters went to the polls. Our Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues has the details. Reporter according to the topsecret n. S. A. Report First Published on the web site the ftercept, hackers from Russian Military intelligence were trying to access Voter Registration information just days before the election. The hackers stole credentials from a u. S. Elections Software Company in florida. They then used those credentials to send fake emails to 122 local government officials giobably involved in the management of Voter Registration systems. Those emai