This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the soninlaw also rises. Today president elect trump named his only soninlaw, Jared Kushner, to be a senior white house adviser. Hell focus on trade negotiations and the middle east. Kushner does not need senate confirmation, but questions might be raised about whether a federal antinepotism law applies to him. We have more now from jan crawford. Jared is a very successful real estate person, but i actually think he likes politics more than he likes real estate. Ill tell you. And hes very good at politics. Reporter throughout the campaign, Jared Kushner was one of mr. Trumps most trusted confidantes. Jared is a great guy. Reporter the harvard educated kushner is credited with expanding the campaigns highly effective digital operation and supporting the selection of Vice President elect mike pence. During the transition, when mr. Trump sat down with president obama, kushner talked in the rose garden with white house chief of staff D
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mr. Trump sat down with president obama, kushner talked in the rose garden with white house chief of staff Dennis Mcdonough. His move to the west wing may be complicated by an antinepotism law Congress Passed in 19 67 after president john f. Kennedy appointed his Brother Robert to a cabinet position as attorney general. But when president clinton put his wife in charge of a task force, a d. C. Judge ruled the law did in the apply the white house staff jobs. Trump adviser kellyanne conway. This came about with family members serving on the cabinet. But the president has discretion to choose a staff of his liking. Reporter the 35yearold real estate mogul assumed the reins of his Family Business in 2008 and married ivanka trump a year later. Notoriously camera shy, one of the few times weve heard from him comes from his wifes instagram account. I always tell ivanka, dont control, just worry about how you react to the circumstances and situat
Escorted into a federal courtroom. Feet shackled, hands cuffed, and shaking at times. He did not explain his motive and said he only had 5 to 10 in his bank account. This video obtained by tmz appears to show santiago firing randomly at Fort Lauderdale airport on friday. Santiago shot 11 people, killing five. When he ran out of ammunition, he dropped his weapon and surrendered. A Law Enforcement source tells cbs news santiago used this nine millimeter handgun in the shooting, it is the same gun the iraq war veteran had with him when he went to an fbi office in anchorage, alaska, last november claiming his mind was being controlled by u. S. Intelligence. He said he was being forced to watch isis videos. Santiago was committed for four days to be mentally evaluated. One month later he petitioned to get the gun back from anchorage police. Without a judges order to commit him, police say they had no choice but to return it. Karen loeffler is the u. S. Attorney for the district of alaska. T
This muscle flexing is designed to reassure americas nervous allies, and its also a warning to russia not to try in europe the kind of land grab that it staged in crimea when Russian Forces invaded what had been part of ukraine and seized it for the kremlin. Americas response was to beef up both its own force in europe and its support of nato. Though president elect donald trump, who has called nato obsolete, says he now wants to pursue good relations with russia. Major general timothy mcguire. How quickly could the new president , as a gesture of goodwill to russia, turn this whole thing around and pull you all out again . Im not going to speculate on what the incoming president may or may not do, but i will tell you, this is in the interests of the United States army to build readiness. Reporter meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has already implied the european buildup is pointless. Its stupid and unrealistic, he said, to think russia would attack anyone. But for the u. S. And nato allies, e
As president obama exits, he is delivering one last message to vladamir putin american soldiers and tanks are being sent to russias doorstep in numbers not seen since the cold war. Heres Elizabeth Palmer. Reporter vast container ships docked in germany with all the hardware for a full u. S. Combat brigade. Its now rolling further east to poland, where 4,000 american soldiers will be waiting. For almost three decades, the u. S. Has been steadily pulling military personnel and weapons out of europe, until now. But this month that process has gone into reverse. Its quite a turnaround. Last year there wasnt a single American Tank left based in europe. Now there are 87. To reassure americas nervous allies, and its also a warning to russia not to try in europe the kind of land grab that it staged in crimea when Russian Forces invaded what had been part of ukraine and seized it for the kremlin. Americas response was to beef up both its own force in europe and its support of nato. Though presi