Youve got spunk. Well, captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at studio headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The president of mexico regrets President Trumps order to begin building wall along the u. S. mexico border. Mr. Trump says it will begin in months. It was one of the steps he took to tighten immigration policy. More is expected today including a temporary ban on refugees from predominantly muslim countries. Roxana saberi is here with more. Good morning, annemarie. He promises to crack down on illegal immigration and build a wall on the boarder of mexico but hell need help to pay for his plans. His sweeping executive orders are likely to dominate his agenda as he meets with Congressional Republicans in philadelphia. Beginning today, the United States of america gets back control of its borders. Among them, a directive to jump start the construction of a wall along the u. S. mexico border and add more Border Patrol age
Mr. Trump is also planning a toptobottom review of how america conducts its war on terror. And today he endorsed torture. Heres david martin. We will make america safe again. Reporter donald trump said it as a candidate, and now hes said it as president. In his First Television interview with abc news, the president declared torture works. I have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence, and i asked them the question does it work . Does torture work . And the answer was yes, absolutely. Reporter but the president added that before ordering a resumption of waterboarding and other socalled enhanced interrogation ch he would seek the advice of his cia director, mike pompeo, and his defense secretary, james mattis. They dont want to do, thats fine. If they do want to do, then i will work toward that end. I want to do everything within the bounds of what youre allowed to do legally. But do i feel it works . Absolutely i feel it works. Reporter the
Its a good show. They should bring it back. Hes right about that one. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the clintontrump faceoff last night is the mostwatched president ial debate ever. Neilsen says 84 million viewers, topping the 1980 carterreagan debate. The stakes were high because the race is a virtual tie, and the pool of larger than usual. But its not likely many minds were changed, as the who mostunpopular candidates ever to run mostly tried to make each other more unpopular. We begin tonight with nancy cordes on the the clinton campaign. Did anybody see that debate last night . cheers and applause reporter like a player going back to watch game films, clinton was eager to relive the debate. Release his tax returns and i got to that point where i said, well, maybe hes paid zero he said that makes him smart. And they showed he didnt pay any federal income tax. That makes me smart. What in the hell is he talking about. Reporter Top Democrats did a victory lap,
So, who won . Well, thats in the eye of the beholder. And today we talked to voters in pennsylvania where clinton lost a substantial lead and voters in california and texas. We are going to start tonight with john blackstone. Im saying we can stop them from leaving. Reporter in los angeles this group of latino debate watchers gathered early. None here support donald trump. But anna reyes came looking for more reasons why Hillary Clinton deserves her vote. Her promises that she is going to commit through, with her 100 days, Immigration Reform. Reporter pedro trujillo, an undocumented immigrant who cant vote. His interest is convincing others. I can knock on doors, call voters, remind them to vote. Think of my family and think of me when they cast their ballot in november. Reporter during the debate, Immigration Reform did not come up. But economic growth, prison reform, w trail of inner city life. Our inner cities, africanamericans, hispanics, are living in hell because it is so dangero
So, who won . Well, thats in the eye of the beholder. And today we talked to voters in pennsylvania where clinton lost a substantial lead and voters in california and texas. We are going to start tonight with john blackstone. Im sayinge from leaving. Reporter in los angeles this group of latino debate watchers gathered early. None here support donald trump. But anna reyes came looking for more reasons why Hillary Clinton deserves her vote. Im hoping to hear more of her promises that she is going to commit through, with her 100 days, Immigration Reform. Reporter pedro trujillo, an undocumented immigrant who cant vote. I can knock on doors, call voters, remind them to vote. Think of my family and think of me when they cast their ballot in november. Reporter during the debate, Immigration Reform did not come up. But economic growth, prison reform, law and order, were all, use that resonated. And then there was trumps pr trail of inner city life. Our inner cities, africanamericans, hispani