Department. He is facing fierce opposition from lawmakers who are threatening to vote against his nomination. His nomination is not a sure thing but the situation has now become more tense because the president seemed to confirm that pop offo met with north Korean Leader kimt last month without notifying the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which has to approve him. Following the president in West Palm Beach is White House Correspondent geoff bennett. The president has just begun this meeting with the japanese Prime Minister. Ed a katy and i were talking about they are at odds on a couple of things, at odds on how to deal with north korea and at odds on how to deal with trade. Thats right. Of course the backdrop to all of this is this stunning meeting that we learn about last night between mike pompeo and kim jongun himself. Geoff, hang on a second. The president has started talking about mike pompeo. Lets listen. I have a feeling its going to work out very well. And i think our cou
Inspirational images of a woman who conquered a mountain. And, Steve Hartman meets a kid with bigleague dreams and not the kind you think. Last night, somebody said, put the kid in this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. We are going to begin with a potential path toward peace. President trump said today something very dramatic could happen when he speaks with kim jongun in the coming weeks. He said that hours after the north Korean Leader crossed the border into south korea, something that hadnt happened in 65 years. Margaret brennan begins our coverage. Were not going to be played, okay. Were going to hopefully make a deal. If we dont, thats fine. Reporter President Trump said that unlike his predecessors, he would not be fooled by north korea and would halt its nuclear development. But we will not repeat the mistake of past administrations. Maximum pressure will continue until denuclearization occurs. I look forward to our meeting. Reporter the
Republicans on the Intel Committee released a 253page document glossing over the trump tower meeting. Their conclusion, and i quote, while the Committee Found no evidence that the Trump Campaign colluded, coordinated, or conspired with the russian government, the investigation did find poor judgment and illconsidered actions by the trump and clinton campaigns. President trump tweeting hes, quote, honored by this report. Lets get to White House Correspondent Boris Sanchez in michigan, where the president will speak at a rally tonight. Boris . Reporter hey there, ana. Yeah, President Trump set to speak here at 7 00 p. M. Already there are several hundred of his supporters outside the venue. They are gathered, listening to music, anticipating the president s arrival. There are some reports that there will be protests nearby, not uncommon during the president s rallies. Also not uncommon is for him to go off script. So we may see the president break some news tonight as he often does, thro
Southern texas and eugene scott of Washington Post and petal levy from mother jones as well. Kelly odonnell whats the plan moving forward on the issue of immigration. We saw this report about the Defense Department renting space for 20,000 migrants. Policiwise, kelly, whats the white house saying about whats next . One of the big issues is the fact that this crosses a number of different agencies and departments and theres a hurryup bureaucracy that how has to confront this issue, try to assist with the reunification, provide shelter and care for those in the interim period. And that is a task that was not widely anticipated. So one of the things we are seeing is a sort of in realtime forming a policy and response. So the department of health and Human Services, which is largely responsible for the welfare of the families and children who are involved here, creating a task force to plan for what could take weeks of reunification for those children remaining. Youve got the department of
How does congressman seth moulton plan to stop nancy pelosi . So much intrigue tonight, so little time. Lets get after it. We have an election update for you. Democrats picked up two more house seats just today. One in california and another just a short time ago in new jersey. So, what do those victories mean . They certainly widen the balance of power in washington. If youre keeping score, democrats now have 32 net pickups in the house. 227 for democrats, 200 for republicans. Eight races remain undecided. Democrats are leading in five of those eight. So, once they figure out the numbers, the new constituency, the new caucus is going to have to vote on whom their leader will be come january. Nancy pelosi, as i said, told me 100 thats how certain she is shell get the speaker ship. But now with new members of congress gathering on capitol hill, there is growing talk of resistance to that plan. Seth moulton, democratic congressman of massachusetts, one of the members not in favor of that