Car bombs to hold off the iraqi military, which is backed by the American Special operations troops. But the liberation of mosul, the city of nearly a million, is gaining ground every day, and our Holly Williams is covering the fight. Reporter it looks like a toy plane. Just a really big slingshot. Reporter and sounds like a lawnmower. But the rq7bv2 is a 1. 5 million drone. The u. S. Military calls it the shadow. In the skies above mosul, it allows the American Coalition to do this. [explosion] call in air strikes targeting isis positions. Sergeant joe pinchott is a drone pilot with the 82nd Airborne Division in northern iraq, surveilling the battlefield in incredible detail from the back of a humvee. By the vehicles theyre driving and what theyre wearing, its pretty easy to tell. You can see what people are wearing . Enough to make out if theyre american or not. I cant read their name tag or anything, but i can tell what theyre wearing. Reporter the average age of the drone pilot in
Who we are as americans. This is th this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the white house said today it does not believe that the president is under investigation by the f. B. I. The question came up because of President Trumps insistence that his phones were tapped during the campaign on orders from president obama. Mr. Trump has not taken a question from reporters in the five days since he called the wiretapping a fact and called mr. Obama a bad or sick guy. The f. B. I. Has been investigating contacts between the Trump Campaign and russian operatives. U. S. Intelligence has concluded that russia did medal in the president ial election. But one top u. S. Official told us so far there is no evidence of collusion between the russians and the Trump Campaign. F. B. I. Director james comey repudiated mr. Trumps wiretapping charge, and mr. Trumps staff has been struggling to fill his silence. Margaret brennan pressed the question with white house spokesman sean spicer. Is
Replacement bill through two house committees today, trying to outpace mounting criticism. What this bill needs is some extreme vetting. Reporter first the American Medical Association came out against it, then the aarp, which warned, this bill would dramatically increase Health Care Costs for americans aged 50 to 64 in the individual market. That age group would see the largest cuts to Obamacare Tax credits, in some cases by more than 5,000 a year. A the same time, insurers would be allowed to charge them a premium five times larger than younger americans, up from the 3to1 ratio under obamacare. Standard poors estimates those changes plus cuts to medicaid would leave six to ten million americans to lose coverage. Pennsylvania democrat mike doyle. This is a bad joke. No wonder youve been hiding this dog in a cave with an armed guard until monday night. Reporter Republican Leaders argued americans are already losing coverage. Louisianas steve scalise. Families are facing over 10,000 ded
Who we are as americans. This is th this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Wiretapping charge, and mr. Trumps staff has been struggling to fill his silence. Margaret brennan pressed the question with white house spokesman sean spicer. Is the president the target of a counterintelligence investigation . I think thats what we need to find out. The president has made clear he has no interest in russia, and yet a lot of these stories that come out with respect the that are frankly fake. He doesnt mow whether or not. I think thats one of the issues we have asked the senate and house to look into. Are you saying he is the target of a counterintelligence probe . No, no, no. I think what im saying is that there is a difference between that narrative and the narrative that has been perpetuated over and over again. The concern that the president has and why he asked the senate and how Intelligence Committee to look into this is to get to the bottom of what may or may not have occurred d
Today the cia said the latest revelation from the web site wikileaks has jeopardized u. S. Personnel and operations and given u. S. Adversaries the tools to do america harm. Yesterday wikileaks published topsecret cia documents and computer code that describe how the agency can hack into phones, read encrypted messages, and use tvs for eavesdropping. The fbi is investigating who leaked the files. At the white house tonight, President Trump returned to deal making as he tried to persuade conservative leaders to support the republican replacement for obamacare. Nancy cordes tells us that the bill is meeting more opposition an expected. Pushing their obamacare replacement bill through two house committees today, trying to outpace mounting criticism. What this bill needs is some extreme vetting. Reporter first the American Medical Association came out against it, then the aarp, which warned, this bill would dramatically increase Health Care Costs for americans aged 50 to 64 in the individu