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
York times peter baker. Carol, ill start with you on this one. Talk first about how the president is spending the morning and what do we know about what might be ahead for this president. Sure. Hes currently on the golf course at his club in virginia. The president s getting in some golf today on thanksgiving and spending it in washington which is not typically how President Trump has spent the holidays, usually is at his estate in south florida, maralago. But hes here, and hell hold a Conference Call via video with u. S. Troops later this afternoon around 3 00, that is closed to press, unfortunately. Sometimes theyve opened those up and allowed reporters in and its turned into very lengthy question and answer sessions. So far it looks like thats not going to happen today. The president is busy on twitter, while arriving at his golf course, tweeting claims that he made yesterday calling in to pennsylvania, saying the election was rigged, he says on twitter, just saw the vote tabulation
The worlds second oldest woman, steven tie cler welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off. Pope benedict is resigning in just a few hours. Hes stepping down with promises to obey his successor. The pope met once last time with the college of cardinals one of those men will be the next leader of 1. 2 billion Roman Catholics. Allen pizzey is in vatican city to begin our coverage of the Pope Benedicts farewell. Good morning. Reporter good morning. By the time evening begins to fall over rome benedict will be looking down at the vatican from a helicopter. Three hours later he will no longer be pope and the politicking to find the new one can begin in earnest. In one of his final acts inside the vatican, Pope Benedict said goodbye to the cardinals. 67 of whole he had elevated to their position as the prince of the church. Addressing what he called the future pope among you, benedict programs ed promised his unconditional reverence and obedience, among those making the list although a l
Good evening everyone. A western edition of the broadcast. For the First Time Since a racial controversy erupted, the Los Angeles Clippers for back in uniform today. But not completely. This is what happened before todays playoff game in oakland between the clippers and the golden state warriors. Players dropped warmup jerseys it to reveal shirts turned inside out. Protesting against the owner, Donald Sterling, who is alleged to have made stunning racial comment on a recording released this weekend. Sterling was not at the game today. Late this afternoon, his former girlfriend said the recording is real but says she did not leak it. More of that tape emerged this morning. John blackstone is with the team. Reporter in the first half of todays playoff game, the Los Angeles Clippers fell far behind the golden state warriors. The races comments from Donald Sterling were distracting the players apparently. They have been pulled in a million Different Directions in the last 24 hours. How are