This is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Elliott good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im josh elliott. Obamacare is on the critical list. In the new congress today, republicans, led by the Vice President elect, set out to kill it. The laws namesake, meanwhile, rushed to kill to try the save it for the some 20 Million People who rely upon it for health insurance. Heres conditional correspondent nancy cordes. Look out for the American People. Reporter president obama and Vice President elect mike pence rallied their respective troops today in the p. R. War over obamacares demise. Democrat Jerry Connolly described mr. Obamas marching orders. Make sure they own it. Make sure every american who loses his or her health care knows that the republican repeal vote did that. Reporter president elect trump pushed back on twitter, writing, the dems own the failed obamacare disaster with its poor coverage and massive premium increases. The simple fact is th
Some cry blasphemy. This is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Failed obamacare disaster with its poor coverage and massive premium increases. The simple fact is the American People know who owns obamacare. Its the first half of the title. Reporter since promised, repeal would be followed by a grace period until his party can craft a new law, but House Speaker paul ryan was short on details. We have plenty of ideas to replace it. Youll see as the weeks and months unfold what were talking about replacing it. Reporter democratic leader nancy pelosi. To repeal and then delay is an act of cowardice. That means we dont really know what were doing. Reporter new York Governor Andrew Cuomo entered the fray, announcing that 2. 7 million of his States Residents were at risk of losing coverage. He even broke them down by county. The ayes have 51. The nays are 48. Reporter two hours later Senate Republicans voted to start the repeal process. Were legislativ
Murders of nine black parishioners. Mark strassmann is in charleston. Reporter dylann roof spoke softly and calmly to jurors. The reason i chose to represent myself was to prevent my lawyers from presenting a Mental Health evaluation. Forget what my attorneys have told you about myMental Health. There is nothing wrong with me psychologically. He did not apologize. He also never admitted to the killings the way he did to fbi agents the day he was arrested. Reporter assistant u. S. Attorney Nathan Williams was emphatic today. This reporter williams introduced roofs jailhouse journal, which he wrote six weeks after the murders. Clementa pinckney, mother emanuels pastor, was one of them. His wife jennifer and sixyear old daughter malana were hiding under a desk in this adjoining office during the massacre. Jennifer pinckney told jurors, as roof kept shooting, the petrified girl whispered to her, mama, is daddy going to die . By then, Clementa Pinckney lay among the dead and dying. Sharon r
Mental disabilities. And just in time, two teens are pulled to safety near seattle after falling into a frozen lake. If we didnt get to him when we did, he might not have made it much longer. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President elect donald trump could soon make major changes to the u. S. Intelligence community. That report comes just a day before the intel leaders brief mr. Trump on russias alleging hacking of the u. S. Elections which trump continues to downplay. Hena daniels has more. Good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Expect russias involvement in the president ial election to be a major topic. Sources tell cbs news president elect donald trump is considering a restructuring of the office of the director of national intelligence, the agency created in the wake of 9 11 to strengthen intelligence gathering. The potential revamp comes as mr. Trump continues to cast doubts on u. S. In
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