Disasters last forever will always love you captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Glor good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im jeff glor. He is blaming the manager. President Trumps Communications director is out in what could be the beginning of a shakeup and sheikh out at the white house. The president s agenda is largely been overshadowed by developments centering on russia and the president is trying to change that. Chip reid begins our coverage. Reporter White House Communications Michael Dubke said in a statement today, the reasons for my departure are personal. But sources tell cbs news its expected to be just the first step in a white house staff shakeup prompted by president trumps deep frustration with his Communications Operation. Former Top Trump Campaign Officials Corey Lewandowski and david bossie were at the white house yesterday. Both are under consideration for key roles in a white house war room that would deal wit
Kill vehicle to maneuver itself into the path of the icbm, aiming to destroy it by the sheer force of the impact, a bullet hitting a bullet. The pentagon said that the kill vehicle intercepted and destroyed the target in a direct collision. 36 interceptors are based in silos in california and alaska, but this was the first test against a missile traveling at the trajectory and speed of an icbm, a weapon which could threaten the u. S. Mainland with a nuclear warhead. North korea continues developing shorterrange missiles, and its leader, kim jong un, has announced he intends to launch an icbm sometime this year. Before this latest test, the Missile Defense system had a track record of nine successful intercepts in 17 tries against other types of missiles. Despite that modest record, general lori robinson, the head of Northern Command which operates the Missile Defense system assured congress it would work. I am extremely confident of our capability to deecfend the United States of ameri
And exploding into rubble behind us. Near the old city, we found whole neighborhoods flattened. The sheer level of destruction is staggering, and it goes on for miles and miles. But this is one tactic the iraqi army cannot afford to employ in the old city if they want anything left of it. The u. N. Estimates 200,000 iraqi residents are still trapped inside. And those who try to escape risk being caught in crossfire. We found 11yearold sarah at a hospital run by american medical volunteers. Where dr. John lucie was treating her for a shrapnel wound. The Orthopedic Surgeon from asheville, North Carolina came out of retirement at 74 years old to do what he could in iraq. He told us he was shocked by what he saw. I came here and probably the first two days, i could almost not take it, you know . Because ive seen a lot of trauma, but ive never seen anything to this extent. Reporter dr. Lucie says the hospital is ready for more patients in the coming weeks. Hopefully, that will mean more fam
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Glor good evening. Scott is on assignment for 60 minutes. Im jeff glor, and this is our western edition. He is blaming the messenger. President Trumps Communications director is out, in what could be the beginning of a shakeup and shake out at the white house. The president s agenda is largely been overshadowed by developments centering on russia hid the president is trying to change that. Chip reid begins our coverage. Reporter white house lommunications director michael n bke said in a statement today, the reasons for my departure are personal. But sources tell cbs news its npected to be just the first step in a white house staff shakeup prompted by president trumps deep frustration with his Communications Operation. Former Top Trump Campaign Officials Corey Lewandowski and david bossie were at the white house yesterday. Both are under consideration for key roles in a white house war alom that would deal with stories about investigation