Think. Mary tyler moores legacy on social issues. And im being paid less than he was because. Youre a woman. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley its become a chaotic first week for the trump administration. Late today the president s press secretary told reporters that mr. Trump never said that the Mexican Government would pay for the wall. Earlier he announced a 20 tax on mexican goods, and then the white house arranged hasty News Conference to knock that down. This morning mr. Trump insulted the president of mexico with a tweet, and now their summit meeting in washington is off. All of this on the day that the president s chief adviser told the news media to keep their mouth shut because the media have zero integrity and zero intelligence. It was that kind of day. Heres Margaret Brennan. Now is the dawn of a new era. Reporter President Trump told republican lawmakers his new idea on how to pay for the border wall with mexico. Well, were working on a tax reform bill
Think. Mary tyler moores legacy on social issues. And im being p laidess than he was because. Youre a woman. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Intelligence. It was that kind of day. Heres Margaret Brennan. Now is the dawn of a new era. Reporter President Trump told republican lawmakers his new idea on how to pay for the border wall with mexico. Well, were working on a tax reform bill that will reduce our trade deficits, increase american exports, and will generate revenue from mexico that will pay for the wall if we decide to go that route. Reporter aboard air force one, white house Spokesman Sean Spicer said a 20 tax on imports would generate enough money. By doing it that way, we can do 10 billion a year and easily pay for the wall just through that mechanism alone. Thats really going to provide the funding. Reporter but back at the white house, chief of staff Reince Priebus told reporters the 20 tax was just one of a buffet of options, and aides said the tax could rang
The trump win and should keep their mouths shuttle and just listen for a while. Bannon added, the media has zero integrity, zero intelligence and no hard work. You are the opposition party, he said, not the democratic party. Youre the opposition party. The medias the opposition party. One of the president s first acts this week was to pull the u. S. Out of the Transpacific Partnership. A 12nation free trade deal. Dean reynolds has found some unease about this deep in trump country. Reporter there its a midwinter tranquility to the 2,500 achers of bob hemisoffs farm in iowa. Across the snowy landscape you can hear early misgivings about the president s decision to renegotiate or withdraw from big trade deals. Thats because one out of every three acres of corn he grows is exported. One out of every five jobs in his state is depended on trade. So when the president talks of renegotiating trade deals, or dropping out of the Transpacific Partnership entirely, as he did this week. Great thin
Rest of the families from arriving. Im disheartened. But not defeated. Reporter marsha casell with rutland welcomes a group organized to get the refugees settled in, providing them with clothing and furniture. These are not the people that you need to fear. These people are are running for their lives. They have been victims to the very same people that that we fear violence. And all muslims are not bad people. Reporter don chiaffe, a retired teacher, applauds the president s promise to halt the Refugee Program temporarily and provide time to vet everyone coming here. It only takes one with a vest on to blow up some of my friends. It onto takes one. Reporter but the katibs were vet ford two years while living in turkey, and waiting to come. It is just lack of knowledge. Rutland businessman, mike khalil, a u. S. Businessman who emigrated from syria, as Mohammad Khalil is asking the people of rutland for one thing. If they gave them a chance, the same chance that i got, they will see tha
Unconventional activities like tweets and things like that. That is somet citing security the president is expected to block refugees from syria. About 12,000 who fled the civil war there settled in the u. S. Just last year. And jim axelrod met some of the new arrivals. Reporter in rutland, vermont, the katib family its getting settled. Theyre Syrian Refugees from a village near aleppo who arrived just last week. We couldnt bear the gunshots and the bombing, it started to happen, day and night. And my daughter was like running trying to hide in the house. And she calls my name all the time. Reporter the katibs are one of two families among the first of 110 refugees set to be relocated to rutland. But it is a process now in jeopardy by the promise which would halt the rest of the families fring. Im disheartened. But not defeated. Reporter marsha casell with rutland welcomes a group organized to get the refugees settled in, providing them with clothing and furniture. These are not the pe