Still work, and ill just keep going. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today the president raged against the murder of children in yesterdays chemical attack in syria, but when pressed he seemed unable to express a policy on the syrian civil war. President trump took several questions at a rose garden News Conference today alongside the king of jordan, facing his First International crisis when mr. Trump was asked about syria, he changed the subject, blamed the obama administration, and described himself as flexible. Last week the Trump Administration reversed u. S. Policy and said that the syrian dictator could remain in power and not be held accountable for crimes in the sixyearold war. The apparent nerve gas attack happened five days later. Major garrett begins our coverage. I want to thank you both very much. Reporter in the oval office with jordans king abdullah, President Trump called the Syrian Regimes chemical weapons attack on civilians an affront to human
He would say more, he said, at the right time. It was a month ago that mr. Trump said his phones had been tapped last year on orders of president obama. He promised evidence in the future, which has not yet been forthcoming. Ivanka trump recently joined her fathers team of advisers, which also includes chief of staff reince priebus, chief strategist steve boannon and ivanka trumps husband, Senior Adviser jared kushner. Cbss gayle king asked about reports of discord within the team. Is everyone getting along in the white house . There are reports that there are warring factions within the white house. Is there any truth to that whatsoever . Palace inch tretrigue storie. House of thrones, i know all that. I try to stay out of that. I think it is healthy and good to have people who dont always agree on every single issue. You want that diversity of opinion at the table. And i do think we have a lot of different viewpoints at the table, but theyre not at odds with one another. I think anyo
This is the sooebs cbs overnight new the. It was a bloody weekend in egypt as two churches were the scene of bombings. The attacks come less than a week after President Trump met with egypts president at the white house. Where the two leaders vowed to fight terrorism. Mr. Trump condemned the attacks and says he has great confidence in president el sisi. Reporter video of the st. Georges mens choir was streaming live on the internet, when a bomb exploded at the Coptic Church. Rescuers sifted through glass and bloody pews which minutes before had been packed with worshippers celebrating palm sunday. And isis claimed responsibility. But it wouldnt being only isis attack on christians, four hours after the first blast, a suicide bomber targeted st. Marks, 80 miles away. The head of the Coptic Church had presided over Palm Sunday Services earlier in the day but left before the explosion. More than a dozen people were killed. Angry crowds gathered outside, stretching on bloody palm fropds le
Syrias civil wash. Abdel hamid al yusef lost 29 of his family members last week, including his wife and twin babies. I wanted my daughter to be a doctor, he told us. And ahmed was going to be my sidekick. He they were alive, he said. I loved them so much, and i know they loved me, too. Of abdel hamid told me he put them next to each other in their grave and told them not to be scared. Even in the cruelty and chaos of syrias sixyearlong conflict, the attack stands out for its brew at th brutality. It happened on his second anniversary with his wife. Six years ago, he told us, he was taking part in peaceful protests against the syrian president Bashar Alassad, an uprising that met with violence. Assad is a criminal, he said. All we wanted was dignity and freedom. Do you think that the american missile strikes will make any difference . I thought it was a good start, he told us, but the regime airstrikes havent stopped. His 16yearold nephew achmed was released from hospital yesterday. The
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