Newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. More votes are expected in the senate today as republicans pursue their long held promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The vote aathon started yesterday when they barely managed to get through the debate. It squeaked through with the help of john mccain, who made dramatic return to the capitol after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Last night a wideranging plan to replace and repeal obamacare was voted down. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. It was a vote that could not have been any closer. Now there are already signs and republican efforts to get a new Health Care Plan passed will be far from easy. By a vote of 43 in favor, 57 against tuesday night, the first gop effort in the senate to repeal and replace obamacare has already failed. The vote on that bill took place just hours after they decided by the narrowest margin possible
Circle into a political arena. Stan, you were just hit with the liberal agenda. Are you going to this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. President trump gave his attorney general a very public, very humiliating thrashing today and left open the possibility of firing him. Speaking in the rose garden, the president made clear that Jeff Sessions is a thorn in his side, most notably for recusing himself from the russia investigation, which led to the appointment of a special counsel. Heres chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett. But i am disappointed in the attorney general. He should not have recused himself almost immediately after he took office, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office, and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. Reporter President Trump denied attorney general Jeff Sessions is twisting in the wind, but after days of steady criticism the president declined to offer a vote of confiden
Immigrants in a sweltering tractortrailer in texas, now extend to an Iowa Trucking Company and mexican drug gangs. And tonight Mark Strassmann has new information about the driver. James bradley jr. Should never have been driving the tractortrailer that carried roughly 100 Illegal Immigrants into san antonio. Florida had suspended his commercial driving license back in april. Ten people died including 19yearold, frank fuentes. He graduated from high school in virginia but had been deported. The 60yearold bradleys criminal history dates back 20 years, with felony arrests in colorado, for menacing and assault, and in florida for an escape warrant. He spent a year in a colorado prison. More than a dozen survivors remain hospitalized, some in critical condition. Its never just the driver, by himself or herself. Shane fulton, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security office is leading the criminal investigatin. These organizations consider these people a commodity, dont think of them
World history. Good morning at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Im annemarie green. More votes in the senate as republicans continue their long held promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The voteathon started yesterday. It squeaked through with the help of john mccain, who made dramatic return to the capitol after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Last night a wide ranking plan to replace and repeal obamacare was voted down. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. It was a vote that could not be any closer. Now there are already signs and republican efforts to get a new Health Care Plan passed will not be easy. By a vote of 43 in favor, 57 against tuesday night, the first gop effort in the senate to repeal and replace obamacare has already failed. The vote on that bill took place just hours after they decided by the narrowest margin possible to proceed with debates on health care. Were now one step closer to liberating our
Treasure. Is this a lost michelangelo or a masterful fake. But we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Were now one step closer to liberating our citizens from this obamacare nightmare. Republicans struggle to move forward on health care. Stop this terrible bill. I would plead one last time, turn back now, before its too late. Im going to fight with every ounce of my being to stop this. Weve been spinning our wheels and keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. We are getting nothing done, my friends. Were getting nothing done. The president just tweeted the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in the u. S. Military. The largest study ever linking football to the brain disease cte. 111 deceased former nfl players, 110 were found to have cte. Big thunderstorms in las vegas. Rain quickly overwhelmed drainage systems. We havent seen something this expensive before. People have been evacua