This is the cbs evening news with anthony mason. Mason good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im anthony mason. President trump filled a key position on his National Security team today. He chose Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster as his new National Security adviser. He replaces retired general michael flynn, who trump fired one week ago tonight for misleading the Vice President about contacts hed had with russias ambassador to the u. S. Margaret brennan is at the white house where the president returned this evening from florida. Hes a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. Reporter President Trump introduced Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster as his new National Security adviser after spending the weekend at his maralago estate interviewing candidates. The 54yearold career army officer is known as one of the most successful battlefield commanders in iraq. Id just like to say what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our nation. Reporter as an active duty general,
This is the cbs evening news with anthony mason. Continue serving our nation. Reporter as an active duty general, mcmaster still serves as a commanderinchief and is less able to make staffing demands. Just last week retired admiral Robert Harward turned down the position, but mcmaster is outspoken. His book dereliction of duty criticized vietnamera officer who failed to challenge president johnson and he critiqued george w. Bush during the iraq war. Mcmaster spoke to cbs news during 2010. Try not to define future conflict as you would like it to be urge because if you, do you are guaranteed it will be nothing like that. Reporter mcmaster replaces mike flynn, who was forced out after withholding information from Vice President mike pence about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Today in brussels, pence said he supportedded the president s decision to fire flynn. I was disappointed to learn conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. Reporter pences trip was meant
Well be right back. Defense secretary jim mattis flew to baghdad today. He told reporters the u. S. Does not intend to seize iraqs oil. Backing off from a suggestion made by President Trump. The u. S. Is working with the iraqis to flush isis out of western mosul, an operation that could take months. Charlie dagata shows why. [ gunfire ] reporter the new weapon in the isis arsenal isnt on the battlefield but above it. New propaganda videos from isis appear to show armed drones dropping explosives on iraqi troops with dead center accuracy. As the militant group loses ground in iraq, its been using drones with increasing levels of sophistication. Iraqi Tv Correspondent Abdul Hameen Zebari was wounded by an armed drone while traveling with iraqi forces in mosul. Was there a flash of light . Did you hear the explosion . It was a loud blast, he said. I fell down on my side. I knew what it was because seconds earlier the soldiers started shouting, drone, drone, drone. Isis drones have also be
Government registry of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. Pres. Trump i have ordered the department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve american victims. The office is called voice victims of immigration crime engagement. Amy we will get response from around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In his first president ial address to a joint session of congress, President Donald Trump vowed to expand the United States military budget, end the Affordable Care act and sharply , restrict immigration into the United States. The Washington Post reports the 60minute speech included multiple factual inaccuracies, which include trump taking credit for jobs that were actually created under the Previous Administration and misrepresenting statistics to make unemployment and crime rates appear significantly worse than they are. Trump also repeated his claim that he is draining the sw
America. We cannot allow our nation to become a section where for extremists. Amy trump also repeated his call for a wall on the southern border and to create a government registry of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. Pres. Trump i have ordered the department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve american victims. The office is called voice victims of immigration crime engagement. Amy we will get response from around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In his first president ial address to a joint session of congress, President Donald Trump vowed to expand the United States military budget, end the Affordable Care act and sharply , restrict immigration into the United States. The Washington Post reports the 60minute speech included multiple factual inaccuracies, which include trump taking credit for jobs that were actually created under the Previous Administration and m