Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, donald trump served notice to china with a phone call that beijing is likely to see as a grave offense. Mr. Trump spoke with the president of taiwan, the island nation that rebelled against the communist mainland after world war ii. Reunionification is not just beijing policy. It is an and mr. Trumps phone call may be seen as support for taiwan independence, a raw nerve for chinas leadership. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. Reporter now u. S. President elect has spoken with the twi juanese head of state since diplomatic ties were severed in 1979. Congratulated president elect trump on his victory. China considers taiwan part of its territory, and since 1972, the u. S. Government has recognized this socalled onechina policy. Bonnie glazer is an expert on u. S. China relations. So the notion that the united states, and the incoming profit u. S. , might be supporting a proindepen
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, donald trump served notice to china with a phone call that beijing is likely to see as a grave offense. Mr. Trump spoke with the president of taiwan, the island nation that rebelled against the communist mainland after world war ii. Reunionification is not just beijing policy. It is an obsession. And mr. Trumps phone call may independence, a raw nerve for chinas leadership. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. Reporter now u. S. President elect has spoken with the twi juanese head of state since diplomatic ties were severed in 1979. And president tsai ingwen china considers taiwan part of its territory, and since 1972, the u. S. Government has recognized this socalled onechina policy. Bonnie glazer is an expert on u. S. China relations. So the notion that the united states, and the incoming profit u. S. , might be supporting a proindependence agenda will be very, very worrisome to
Border. Divides theebate french government. The top court is set to rule on whether to overturn the swimwear ban. We begin in italy where another strong aftershock hit the central part of the country early this friday. The tremor caused more damage to crumbled buildings. The quake zone has experienced more than 500 aftershocks in the two days since the first quake on wednesday. At least toll stands 267, nearly 400 people have been injured. On theet an update situation and where emergency efforts stand. Rescue teams working nonstop. Hopes are fading of finding survivors. Luke quite right. Hopes are really fading for finding survivors. Itself, one of the main problems now for the authorities and rescue teams is they are getting the resources to the area that is the question of access is turning into the key question now. Access increasingly difficult. That is due to those powerful aftershocks we have been experiencing. That has caused one of the few remaining open roads to be closed afte
After his shocking, tragic death. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. A campaign that has all year long defied political norms and ignited levels of vitriol charted new history last night. The largest audience for a president ial debate in history. More than 80 Million People watched on tv and millions more via the internet for the long awaited showdown between Hillary Clinton and donald trump who are back on the road tonight doing what campaigns doing following debates, declaring victory. In this case, after a brawling 90 minutes that touched nearly every raw nerve between them. Theres a lot to cover on this night after the debate. We start with nbcs peter alexander. Reporter the faceoff, fierce, the contrast, unmistakable. Hillary clintons planned attacks. Donald, i know you live in our own reality, but that is not the fact. Reporter against Donald Trumps freewheeling jabs. Shes got experience, that i agree, but its bad, bad experience. Reporter tuning in,a i record 80 milli
Independently verify the authenticity of the documents mailed to the times, the Trump Campaign is not denying theyre legitimate. Trump backers say the document show he is a, quote, genius, for being able to utilize the system that exists. Lets bring in a woman who knows the system inside and out. Cnn moneys senior writer, jean. This is the tax code. Were sitting with the tax code largely written back in the early 1980s. The trump camp is saying, and surrogates, he is a genius for doing this. Your top line in your story is losses can be the gift that keeps on giving. Right. How is it possible that someone could lose so much money and then potentially not pay federal income taxes for two decades . Well, in the case of trump in the mid1990s, what i was told by a tax layer who has clients similar to him, he said 916 million isnt unusually high because real estate values had fallen a lot before. You had paper value losses you can writeoff. Its super complicated, the way you can write things