Susan i wanted to put the cover of your new book, dignity, on the screen. And have you explain its essence to me. Chris it is a book about my five years driving around the United States, spending time in what i would call back road america, the part of america that is everywhere. It is not a red state or blue state thing, it is the towns and communities that have been ignored or left behind or forgotten. Places like selma, alabama, like the north side of milwaukee, places like the bronx in new york city. Places that are kind of stigmatized and defined in various ways as being places where there is high crime or poverty, but places that make up a large part of the United States. Susan that is the back row, the front row is chris the front row is me. Me and my colleagues. I used to work on wall street. I was there for 20 years before did this. I have a phd in physics. Those are what i call front row professions. People who have harvard degrees, yale degrees, people who make up a large pa
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley President Trump is finding superpower politics more complicated than it looked during the campaign. Relations with russia are the worst since the cold war because of the kremlin attack on the u. S. President ial election, and its support for the assad dictatorship in syria after that nerve gas attack on civilians. But after excorating china during the campaign, it appears mr. Trump has discovered a new ally as beijing joins forces against the belligerence of north koreas dictator. Were going to begin tonight in moscow. Margaret brennan is with the secretary of state, rex tillerson. The current state of u. S. Russia relations is at a low point. Reporter after a twohour meeting at the kremlin with president vladimir putin, in which no cameras or press were allowed, secretary tillerson left without having settled the main issue dividing them its future of syrian dictator bashar alassad. Thats a butcher. Thats a butcher. Reporter back
Reporter the president remains confident, declaring by the time i he is finished, the world will be a bert platter pl. Two more Police Officers have been put on leave after dragging a passenger off a flight in chicago on sunday. The ceo of United Airlines declared today it will never again call police to eject a passenger whos being bumped only because of overbooking. Heres kris van cleave. Reporter as United Airlines struggles to contain the fallout from dr. David dow being forcibly removed from a flight on sunday, the companys Ceo Oscar Munoz says he has failed to create an environment in which employees use common sense to solve problems rather than strictly following policies, something he vows he will fix. This can never, will never happen again on a United Airlines flight, thats my premise, and thats my promise. It really felt like a scene out of a move eye. Reporter High School Teacher was on the plane. Some of my students were crying, others were crying. It was a traumatic even
Media executive who has been the author of mr. Trumps darkest rhetoric. Major garrett is at the white house. Reporter the president s chief strategist, steve bannon, took a seat in the front row of mr. Trumps News Conference today. But sources say their bannons role is in jeopardy. Theres a new political order being formed out of it. Reporter clashes with Jared Kushner have angered mr. Trump, as was evident in an interview yesterday with the new york post. Steve is a good guy, but i told them to straighten it out or i will, the president said, after ordering a Bannon Kushner truce last week. The president also tried to minimize bannons influence. I like steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late, mr. Trump said. I had already beaten all the senators and governors, and i didnt know steve. Im my own strategist. In fact, mr. Trump was well acquainted with mr. Bannon before he became campaign ceo in august. Thank you for joining us on the initial Bre
Discussion that started february first as part of its promise to reform safety in the wake of a deadly shooting by a u. C. Police officer last summer. Current director of Public Safety james whalen will serve as interim chief. Also breaking this hour another twist in the homicide case of a middletown mother. Mother. Just days after police in dayton ohio told us they arrested a man on suspicion of killing Brittany Russell the Montgomery County prosecutor has announced he wont formalize charges against brandon carr. Carr. Police say the 34 year old was the last person to see Brittany Russell alive. Friends said brittany left home with her daugher, six month old haven to give carrs brother a ride. She was then found dead in the parking lot of an aparmtent building. Haven was fine and returned to her father who had reported her missing the night before. This isnt the end for the case though. The Montgomery County Prosecutors Office says the case has been sent back to police for them to get