really? pelley: tonight the storybook ending. > this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. the constitution. reporter: their defiance drew anger from republicans. this is simply a senatorial temper tantrum. reporter: who decided to bypass the rules and vote without hem. mr. grassley? aye. mr. grassley aye. reporter: democrats did show up for a vote on attorney general nominee jeff session, only to line up against their session colleague. mr. blumenthal? no. reporter: the constant clash over nominees is taking its toll on the normally collegial senate. so i d like the take this opportunity mr. chairman urge set the record straight. i object again. the senator can t get the message from the chairman that this is over-the-top inappropriate. i think senator from texas doesn t get the message from the chairman. reporter: democrats don t have the numbers to defeat cabinet picks, just delay them. they are laden with conflict of interest.
the new immigration ban just made it more dangerous. this ban makes it more difficult for us to live and to work and to gain the trust of the iraqi people that we need to continue doing our jobs. reporter: he s been working in the energy sector here for the past ten years. he s seen the worst of the civil unrest that followed the war, but he told us joining forces with the iraqis to fight isis had improved relations. until the travel ban sent that into a tailspin. for those iraqis that simply do not understand it and see it as a muslim ban, all that it becomes is more ammunition to use and more reason to not trust the united states and the people of the united states that work here. reporter: some companies with american employees aren t taking any chances. we ve learned one business has already pulled u.s. staff out of baghdad. the iraqi parliament has voted unanimously to retaliate, though it s not clear what they ll do. hanan fatlawi led the fight. it s a bad mes
might listen to, since mine is not being regarded. reporter: more than 800 career diplomats have signed a dissent cable that rex tillerson confirmed today as secretary of state will find waiting for him at the state department. the cable said mr. trump s order will have little practical effect in improving public safety because a vanishingly small number of immigrants to the u.s. have committed acts of terrorism. the net result will not be a drop in terror attacks in the united states, it said, rather it will be a drop in international goodwill toward americans. the dissent process began during the vietnam war and allows diplomats to protest government policy without fear of retribution. white house press secretary sean at the state department on back monday. i think they should either get with the program or they can go. reporter: later that day the president fired acting attorney general sally yates, an obama administration holdover, who said she would not defend
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were turned away and sent back to syria in the philadelphia area. so, a lot of these folks just say they re so furious about this in particular, that it s unconstitutional and unlawful, that they re getting these big protests together and going to meetings. in king of prussia, they had 3,000 people meet to figure out how do we protest effectively against this new president. what do you think of, number one, was it unconstitutional, jim, the executive order, and, number two, to the panel, are these protesters gonna be able to get some steam behind themselves and make a difference? does it matter? the man won the election. well, you know, monica, i don t know if it s unconstitutional, but i can tell you, when i worked for bill clinton, i worked on executive orders. these things are vetted inter-agency. lawyers from, you know, many different departments are gonna touch these things, look at them. all the possible contingencies are, you know, vetted and looked at. unless it s s