. . This is the cbs evening news ninan good evening, im reena ninan and this is a western edition of the broadcast. It was a highly anticipated meeting between a choke artist and a con man. Nosour wards. Thats what president elect donald trump and mitt romney called each other during the campai National Golf club in bedminister, new jersey, where the president elect is working this weekend. Can weijia jiang haas the latest. Latest. Reporter they greeted each other warmly. Their armhomelanding civility, in stark contrast to the harsh insults they exchanged during the campaign. Former republican president ial nominee, mitt romney, once a fierce critic of candidate trump. Donald trump is a phony, a state in the Trump Administration. They met today for 90 minutes at mr. Trumps golf club in bedminister, new jersey. Very thorough and indepth discussion in the time we had, and i appreciate the chance to speak with the president elect. Reporter mr. Trump also had meetings with educator Michelle Rhee and retired marine general james mattis, a candidate for secretary of defense. Meanwhile, mr. Trump is defending his decision to settle lawsuits against Trump University. As the trial was about to begin, mr. Trump on friday agreed to pay 25 million, explaining in a tweet, i settled the Trump University lawsuit for a small fraction of the potential award because as president , i have to focus on our country. Tomorrow, president elect trump will meet with two of his most loyal supporters, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, it said to be in consideration for secretary of state. And new jersey governor chris job leading trumps transition team. Reena, its unclear what role christie might play in the Trump Administration. Ninan weijia jiang covering the president elect, thanks. Vice president elect mike pence was in the audience last night for a performance of hamilton. A cast member went off script and tried to put mr. Pence in the hot seat at broadways hottest show. Marlie hall is at the theater. . Im past patiently waiting . Reporter the hit musical hamilton, about americas founding fathers, turned into modern day political theater. We know we had a guest in the audience this evening. Reporter after the final curtain call, the cast directly addressed Vice President elect mike pence, who was greeted with boos and a few cheers from the audience. booing and cheering . We, sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. Our cheers reporter actor brandon message. He plays americas third Vice President , aaron burr. We truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American Values and to work on behalf of all of us. cheers and applause all of us. I really thought this was an important moment to really Say Something and, you know, to get in front of an individual with whom we feel we have differences. Reporter pence got up to leave as dixon began his monologue. Theatergoers had mixed reviews. I think a show, especially like hamilton, wherehe you know, the difference theyve made in our country, it was something that the crowd was really into. I didnt feel like it was an appropriate setting at all for anyone to be booing someone who is willing to serve our country. Reporter president elect trump tweeted the cast should apologize to mr. Pence for being rude. The creator and former star of hamilton tweeted, all are welcome at the theater. Reena. Ninan marlie hall outside the Richard Rogers theater on among can john dickersons guest tomorrow on face the nation. The Civil Rights Group the Southern Poverty Law Center says there have been at least 700 cases of hateful harassment or intimidation since the election. Carter evans has more on this. Reporter from swastikas at a baseball field in a playground white power reporter to Pennsylvania High School students shouting hate messages in the hallway, and a throe back to the days of segregation at a High School Bathroom in northern california. I cant even explain to what it feels like to come to a campus they loved for four years and not feel safe. Reporter according to new numbers from the f. B. I. , reported hate crimes were up almost 7 in 2015. That includes a 67 jump in reported hate crimes against muslims. When the racial tension continued even after election day, lesley stahl asked president elect trump about it on 60 minutes. Muslims. I am so saddened to hear that, and i say stop it. If it if it helps. I will say this and ill say it right to the camera stop it. Were extremely pleased to hear those two words. We would encourage president elect trump to continue to send that message. Reporter Deborah Lauter is with the antikevmation league. Do you see this beginning to subside now . I hope so. This is such a unique in order this countrys history so i dont have precedent to say it will go down. R crimes against mig minorities. Four people are under arrest in chicago after this attack on a trump supporter. Dont vote trump reporter on friday, attorney general Loretta Lynch encouraged all hate crime victims to continue to speak up. We need you to continue to report these incidents to local Law Enforcement as well as the justice department. Reporter the complete hate crime numbers for 2016 wont be out until next year. But, reena, based on what Community Leaders expect to see another increase. Ninan carter evans in los angeles. Well, this past week, thousands of demonstrators from colleges and universities came to voice their concerns about how the Trump Administration will treat undocumented immigrant who came here as children. Tony dokoupil reports from harvard. Say it loud, say it clear. Reporter they rallied at big schools racism has got to be. Reporter and at tiny colleges. Everyone is welcome here reporter but the focus was the same ever message of support for undocumented stiewns like harvard freshman can rosa vasquez. How does it feel to be at harvard . It feels great. Reporter the california teen cried tears of joy when he got into harvard. Now shes afraid in a Trump Presidency she wont be allowed to stay. Im afraid for friends. Im afraid for thousands of undocumented students across the country. Reporter donald trump won the white house with a message first. I want the children that are growing up in the United States to be dreamers. Reporter in an interview with lesley stahl on 60 minutes last week, he pledged deportation for millions of convicted criminal immigrants but left all others, including students, in a long sunshine. After the border is secured and after everything gets normalized were going to make a determination on the people that youre talking about who are terrific people. The concerns are very well reporter terry hartel works for the American Council on education, a trade group for colleges. But at this point they are simply concerns. We dont have any evidence that the Trump Administration will do anything in this area. I believe that we will win reporter but as long as the president elects policy remains uncertain, students like rosa plan to fight. I am as american as everybody else. Like, ive grown up here, have all the values and pursued the american dream. Reporter we contacted the undocumented students and the 750,000 young people protected under president obamas policy. But, reena, the suspense continues. Ninan another tony dokoupil. Thank you, tony. President obama is in lima, peru, the last stop on his final overseas trip as president. Mr. Obama is attending the asiapacific summit and also talking about president elect trump. Errol barnett is there. Reporter president obama is trying to ease fears in latin america that his pull out of american trade deals. At a town hall meeting today, the president asked perivians to give president elect trump a chance. Mr. Obama said despite mr. Trumps stance against global trade deals, he predicts the president elect will eventually see the benefits of those deals. Once they look at how its working, i think theyll determine that its actually good both for the United States and our trading partners. Reporter president obama is meeting with chinese president Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of apec. If it happens, it would be putin and obamas first meeting since the white house blamed russia for interfering in the election by hacking Democratic Party email servers. And president obama also tried to assure people here that how Candidates Campaign is not always the same as how theyll govern. Reena. Ninan thank you, errol. In washington, d. C. Today, a funeral was held for journalism the pbs newshour coanchor and managing editor died monday of endometrial 7 cancer at the age of 61. Coming up next, theyre the new princes of the catholic church. Pope francis inducts a new group of cardinals. Ninan at the have the today, pope francis elevated 17 bishops to cardinals, including three americans. Seth doane tells us about the church. . . . Reporter pope francis placed those signature cardinalcolored skullcaps on the 17 newest members of this exclusive club. The pope references their diversity as he expressed worry about increasing polarization and exclusion in the world. He called it a virus. Your excellency im seth doane with cbs news, first of all, congratulations. Nice to meet you. Reporter this afternoon, we met nowcardinal joseph tobin, who was indna president elect mike pence over resettling refugees. We asked if the popes message was a political statement aimed at america. Well, i dont know if it had anything to do with the u. S. Election because i think you can see similar movements in many part world. Reporter another new american cardinal, blase cupich, shared the pontiffs concerns. Its getting out of hand in Society Today where people almost have this this animosity towards each other because theyre different, they speak a different language, they look different. Reporter just before he became cardinal, former dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell told us he agreed with pope francis desire to have a church thats closer to the people. Is this pope choosing people like you because hes hes trying to shape the college of cardinals in selecting the next pope. Whether hes trying to stack the deck, dont think so. Maybe im wrong. But i dont be in that. Reporter of the new cardinals, 13, including the americans, are under 80. Reena, thats the age limit to be eligible to vote for the next pope. Ninan seth doane, thank you. Up next, we were agreementnominated soul singer ninan well, the music world is mourning the death of soul and funk singer can sharon jones. She lost a long battle against pancreatic cancer at the age of 60. Anthony mason looks back at the career of this extraordinary talent . 100 days 100 nights to know a mans heart reporter from the first notes you heard, you could feel the force of 4 11 sharon jones. Born in augusta, georgia, and raised on gospel, jones began performing in bar bands while work as a corrections officer at rikers island. But an early meeting with a Record Company executive nearly made her quit as she told us in 2010. He told me, you need to go maybe loose loouz some weight, and use some bleach because you dont have the look were looking for. We want someone light skinned. And he literally came out and reporter it wasnt until many years later at brooklyns daptone records that the then46yearold jones would release her debut record with the dapkings. Dapkings. . I got a thing on my mind . Reporter in 2013, her lateinlife stardom was sidelineed by a cancer diagnosis. But after surgery and chemo, which took her hair, jones, who refused to wear a return to the stage. Stage two pancreatic cancer. Reporter she came back Even Stronger with the grammynominated give them what they want, which is exactly what she did on this broadcast in 2014 . To my happiness, yeah, oh . Reporter in october, sharon was scheduled to perform at an event for president obama on the white house lawn. When her health forced her to have a speedy recovery and that we have a chance to see you perform in the future. What a show he would have seen. . To my happiness . Reporter anthony mason, ninan a growing number of families who have lost a relative to a Drug Overdose have found comfort by loved ones organs. Kenneth craig tells us about a pennsylvania familys gift of life. Full of hope. Reporter long before the day came, Charles Grugan let his parents know he was going to be an organ donor. He was checking it off because he believed it was the right thing to do. Not that he would ever be called on to do that. He had big dreams. Reporter but an addiction to pain killer cans derailed those dreams and swept charles epidemic. He had his first pill in high school. . Happy birthday to you . Reporter and by his 30th birthday, he had moved on to heroin. He was 33 when he overdosed in the Family Living room. And i yelled to him again, charl. And he didnt answer. And i ran in and grabbed him and said, charles. And he was gone. The brain damage was very, very severe, and he wasnt going to be he wasnt going to be coming back. Reporter his parents and sisters honored his wish donate his organs. It is the thing that helped us get through this grief that we thought we were never, ever, ever going to be able to be whole again. Reporter Drug Overdoses have spiked since the Opioid Epidemic starting sweeping the nation, and Health Experts say the only Silver Lining has been increase in lifesaving organs for transplants. Those are young people. Reporter Howard Nathan of the gift of life donor bank in philadelphia, has witnessed how grieving. They hear that their loved one can save somebody elses life, and as many as five or six or seven people. This helps them in a way we cant even imagine. Reporter charles organs were test exclude cleared for diseases and damage. His kidneys, liver, and heart went to three strangers. Whats it like on know that his heart is beating in somebodys chest. I think about that every day. He something so incredible, and he did it. He really, really did it. Reporter kenneth craig, cbs news, king of prussia, pennsylvania. Ninan when we return, a frameby frame handpainted film ninan timely tonight, a movie thats sure to make quite an suppression. Its called Loving Vincent. Painter vincent van gogh. Each of the films 60,000 frames is a painting. Jonathan vigliotti has a look. Reporter one of cinemas most ambitious new films is under production in a small studio in poland. Here, with the stroke of a brusque, a team of painters brings to life the work of vincent van gogh. The final result the first handpainted film ever we have definitely, without a doubt, invented the slowest form of film making ever devised in 120 years. Reporter Hugh Welchman is the films director, using letters written by van gogh, welch man and his wife, dorota kobiella, tell the story of van goghs Creative Genius and sudden death. Vincent van gogh of born in the netherlands in 1853. Famous themes including sun flowers and wheat fields. At 37 years old, after being released from a mental institution, he took his own life without any explanation. How does a man going from being absolutely calm to suicidal in six weeks . Reporter that pivotal question is explored flew threw fictional interviews with the reallife characters and locations dte goghs famous paintings. He was an interesting man. He was a genius. Reporter like a traditional film, Loving Vincent began with a set and actors. Use your initiative, son. An important man like mr. Van gogh. He filmed with live actors on green screen. We composited it into the backgrounds of those shots van gogh paintings. We cut it it the like a individually on to canvas. Reporter as the producer explains, a total of 120 artists recruited from all over the world turned those projections into oil paintings. To be clear, every single frame of Loving Vincent is painted by hand, all 64,000 of them, the equivalent of 64,000 canvases. He was a nice, quiet man. And he comes here with a girl. Reporter Loving Vincent gogh, a moving exhibit of his work, unlike any before. Jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. Ninan live action oil paintings. I never would have thought of that one. Well, thats the cbs weekend news for this saturday. Later on cbs, 48 hours, and the news continues on our streaming channel cbsn at cbsnews. Com. Im reena ninan in new york. Thank you for joining us. Las vegas. We take you on tour ahead of lucky dragons grand opening. Construction along the 215 leaves traffic inching along tonight as closures continue near the airport connector. How to avoid this traffic nightmare straight ahead. President elect donald trump is holding several meetings here in the new jersey countryside this weekend, as he builds his team. The latest on his list of visitors coming up. now, live. This is 8 news now weeen but before we get to those stories were following breaking news out of hawthorne, california. The shooting happened just before five. Reports show an officer was shot in the leg and has been taken to the hospital. Lapd says another person was injured but their condition is unknown. Theres also no word on a possible suspect. Be sure to stay with us for the latest on this case. A couple hours away from opening its doors to the public. Thanks for joining us. Im christianne klein. Its the first time in six years to see a ground up casino open on the las vegas strip. 8 news nows Mauricio Marin is live at the boulevard and sahara with a look inside the new destination spot. Mauricio whats unique about this place . Mauricio Marin sneak peek inside the casino and hotel today. One of the major differences is the layout of the casino floor. Leaders with the hotel say it offers more of an authentic asian cultural and gaming expereince than other places on the strip. Overlooking the casino floor is a more than one ton glass dragon sculpture. Which hotel staff
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