This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. A manhunt is on for whoever ambushed two u. S. Border patrol agents over the weekend at the mexican border, leaving one dead, his partner injured. The attack brought a new call from President Trump for a border wall. Heres David Begnaud. Reporter f. B. I. And Border Patrol agents have scoured the rocky desert terrain by foot and air looking for evidence after whats being called an attack. It was around 11 00 saturday night. Border patrol agent Rogelio Martinez went out to investigate an alarm triggered by a lround censor. Martinez called for backup when he determined it was setoff by human movement. According to the national Border Patrol council, it appears he may have been ambushed and attacked with rocks. A second agent arrived to find martinez unconscious, bleeding from the head. That second agent radioed for backup. Both agents were then discovered with serious head injuries. Both possibly victims of a stoning. Ma
Every day. Mason and the call for a 2016 rerun. Hillary, please run again. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. Among the nearly 13 Million People watching 60 minutes last night was President Trump, and what he saw has him taking a second look at his nominee for drug czar, pennsylvania congressman tom marino. In that report, former dea insiderturned whistle blower Joseph Rannazzisi accused drug distributors aided by congress and lobbyist, of fueling the oil open epidemic. Have a look. This map shows Drug Overdose deaths in 1999. And this 16 years later in 2015, when opioid deaths alone topped 33,000. Bill whitaker has more now from this joint investigation by 60 minutes and the washington post. This is an industry thats out of control, that allowed millions and millions of drugs to go into bad pharmacies and doctors offices that distributed them out to people who had no legitimate need for those drugs. Reporter one example, pharmacy in kermit, West Virgin
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
Hillary, please run again. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. And this is our western edition. Among the nearly 13 Million People watching 60 minutes last night was President Trump, and what he saw has him taking a second look at his nominee for drug czar, pennsylvania congressman tom marino. In that report, former d. E. A. Insiderturned whistle blower Joseph Rannazzisi accused drug distributors aided by congress and lobbyists, of fueling the Opioid Epidemic. Have a look. This map shows Drug Overdose deaths in 1999. And this 16 years later in 2015, when opioid deaths alone topped 33,000. Bill whitaker has more now from this joint investigation by 60 minutes and the washington post. This is an industry thats out of control, that allowed millions and millions of drugs to go into bad pharmacies and doctors offices that distributed them out to people who had no legitimate need for those drugs. Reporter one example, a pharmacy in kermit, West Virginia, a tow