Segregated. They had this safe haven where they could stop here and be treated with dignity. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley, reporting tonight from washington. Pelley unity is to be the theme tonight in the president s first address to a joint session of congress. His audience will be republicans and democrats, top military commanders, members of the supreme court, and we, the people, the whole constitution under one dome. President trump is expected to call for sharp increases in spending for defense and infrastructure. But if unity is to be the theme, it would be a fresh start for mr. Trump who has attacked powerful members of his own party, called federal judges dumber than a bad high school student, and declared the news media the enemy of the American People. In our cbs news poll, mr. Trumps Approval Rating after a month is 39 . That is the lowest we have ever recorded for a new president. Our coverage tonight begins with Major Garrett. Its a busy day and i guess t
The irs tonight with 1 billion of your money, unclaimed tax dollars. The deadline, fast approaching. Good evening from washington tonight, and we have several breaking headlines, and we begin with President Trump who will soon arrive at the capital behind us to address the congress and the American People, saying, he will, quote, speak from the heart. The white house saying the president has been putting the finishing touches on the speech himself. There were anchors today, and we were told this would be a speech about unity, National Security, and the president did surprise us, saying, he also believes its time for an Immigration Reform bill, signaling a possible path to citizenship for dreamers. But will he bring that up tonight . We begin here with our chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. Reporter on a day like today, a president usually keeps big speech. But not this president , today a frenetic afternoon of signings and photoops, bills and new executive orders. We have
The irs tonight with 1 billion of your money, unclaimed tax dollars. The deadline, fast approaching. Good evening from washington tonight, and we have several breaking headlines, and we begin with President Trump who will soon arrive at the capital behind us to address the congress and the American People, saying, he will, quote, speak from the heart. The white house saying the president has been putting the finishing touches on the speech himself. There were anchors today, and we were told this would be a speech about unity, National Security, and the president did surprise us, saying, he also believes its time for an Immigration Reform bill, signaling a possible path to citizenship for dreamers. But will he bring that up tonight . We begin here with our chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. Reporter on a day like today, a president usually keeps a low profile, prepping for the big speech. But not this president , today a frenetic afternoon of signings and photoops, bills an
Homeland security, which is charged with carrying out the order, intelligence analysts are still split on the threat. Former and current government source say the dhss Intelligence Unit is so divided, some employees are considering asking for protection as whistleblowers or hiring lawyers. Thats because their conclusions do not match those of the white house. Last week, this internal dhs intelligence document was leaked to the media. It determined citizens of the seven banned countries were rarely implicated in u. S. Based terrorism. Even though the document was prepared by experienced intelligence officers, it was rejected by dhs leadership. And the white house pressed for a new assessment. Sources say the contributors do the original document refused to work on the final product, concerned that the process had been tainted by politics. Spokesperson told us that other federal Law Enforcement agencies did not agree with that leaked document. Scott, dhs officials believe the document la
Reporter House Speaker paul ryan insisted the holdouts will come around. There was also a lot of churning today over the president s proposal to cut foreign aid and move that money to defense. In a letter to congressional leaders, 120 retired military officers argued diplomatic dollars are critical to preventing conflict. Former air force general richard hally. The last thing we want to do is go into a place, break a bunch of glass and not have any clue how to put it back together. Reporter he found a powerful ally in mitch mcconnell. Do you think the senate could approve a budget that slashes state Department Funding by about a third . Probably not. I, for one, just speaking for myself, think the diplomatic portion of the federal budget is very important. And you get results a lot cheaper frequently than you do on the defense side. Reporter just yesterday, mcconnell said his agenda and the president s were exactly the same, but clearly they diverge on this, scott, and mcconnell told m