Editor james baker reports. All right the u. S. President seemed in upbeat mood as he arrived here. And prosperity between israelis and palestinians that seems further away than ever you might think that when youve alienated one side in a negotiation in this case the palestinians you might reach out to the link you very much flanked by he is really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the author of the art of the deal showed thats not his way where they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great Vice President to see them and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in support tremendous numbers numbers that nobody understands that money is on the table that money is not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace because i can tell you that israel does want to make peace and theyre going to have to want to make peace or were going to have nothing to do with it and. Of course the reason the president pence on his visit was shunned by the palestinian president and
Theyre revising their policy when it comes to emotional support animals. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President trump is expected to sign off on a controversial classified republican memo alleging fbi and Justice Department abuse of surveillance powers. Despite strong pushback from the fbi and democrats, the memo could be released today. It deals with the investigation into possible ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. Wendy gillette is here in new york. Wendy, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. The memo has set off quite the firestorm in washington. We dont know yet exactly what it says because it has not been made public. Republicans have stated the document will spell out surveillance abuses by the fbi during the russia investigation. Democrats and the fbi said the memo is flawed and biased and should never see the light of day. Sources tell cbs news that later today President
A cease fire has come into effect in the besieged damascus suburb of east and go to the area held by groups loyal to Syrian Democratic forces has been a key Strategic Point in the war because of its close proximity to the capital four hundred thousand People Living in the area are suffering acute food and medicine shortages meanwhile the Syrian Opposition says it will boycott talks that russia is hosting in such a next week the decision came as the latest round of u. N. Meetings wrapped up in vienna without a major breakthrough this does have a plan return of some writing to refugees from bangladesh to me and my government leaders in myanmar nonce that Repatriation Centers in Rakhine State were open and ready to receive some of the refugees as of tuesday but across the border bangladesh Officials Say paperwork for the refugees is incomplete or remaining members of the usa gymnastics board have agreed to step down after former Team Doctor Larry Nasser was jailed for sexually abusing fem
Special envoy for syria says the ninth round of talks comes at a very critical time in the conflict. At the hamid and vienna the two main boys they would like to discuss at this stage is the writing of a new constitution and president ial elections but if you remember during geneva eight which were which lasted about two weeks in early december well certainly Nothing Happened there and at the end of those talks to fund a mystery i had expressed frustration and he had actually pointed the finger at the government delegation saying that it had all he wanted to talk about terrorism the opposition says its now here it is somehow unified. Donald trump has arrived in davos for the World Economic forum is joining billionaires and other heads of state gathering at the end hes the first sitting u. S. President to attend the summit since two thousand and he is skeptical about what he can bring to the table of a global focus forum given his America First agenda. Spaces and. Dabbles this year very
Reporter the men were arrested in texas allegedly on their way to mexico. Reporter they are facing charges of terrorism. Reporter two milwaukee men were arrested as they were trying to leave the country. According to the f. B. I. Their goal was syria or iraq so they could join isis. According toou 35yearold was chatting with someone he thought could help him join isis. Investigators say he told the agent hes tired of living under the infidel system. Hes a convicted sex offender and admitted drug user who converted to islam in 2003. Ludke said he had changed. He says he volunteers by telling them what he went through leading to drugs and alcohol. But last mow started talking with the f. B. I. Agent about isis. He said his friend was also interested. He allegedly told officers that he had received military training from his time in cuba. At the end of september ludke cut meet up with padillaconde. They planned to sell their car to go into mexico to get passports before going into syria o