This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. It was an extraordinary scene at the white house today, chief of staff john kelly, whose son was killed in afghanistan, defended President Trumps handling of a condolence call to the widow of a fallen soldier. The retired general blasted the congresswoman who had criticized the president , florida democrat Frederica Wilson, as an empty barrel, saying it makes the most noise. Kelly said hed recommended early on that the president not call families of the fallen, but mr. Trump told him he wanted to call the families of the four soldiers killed two weeks ago in niger. And he said to me, what do i say . I said to him, sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden on these families. But let me tell you what i tell them. He was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. He knew what he was getting into by joining the that 1 . He knew what the possibilities were because were at war. And when he died, in the