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this is the cbs evening news. mason: good evening. i m anthony mason. in ten months as america s chief diplomat, rex tillerson has found no world leader a greater challenge than the president of the united states. relations between president trump and the senior member of his cabinet, the former c.e.o. of exxon-mobil, have been strained almost from the start. now cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force tillerson out. here s white house and senior foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan. he s here. rex is here. reporter: today president trump refused to answer questions about a white house plan to replace secretary of state rex tillerson after less than a year on the job. mr. trump has been publicly frustrated with his top diplomat. we disagree on a couple of things. sometimes i d like him to be a little bit tougher. reporter: that comment came just three days after tillerson held an extraordinary news conference last month to shoot ....
medical business. apple s watches will be used to study the heart. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning republican lawmakers are scrambling to save their tax bill. the senate worked into the night as the republicans tried to get enough support and vote on the plan today. republicans are making changes including back tax cuts. yesterday analysts said the legislation would add $1 trillion to the nation s debt over the next decade. opponents warn the bill would harm the middle class with cuts to entitlement. you will not support any cuts to social security, medicare. can i get that from you? i m not going to cut any there it is. he just told you he s going to cut social security. two did announce their support for the tax package yesterday. as the bill gained momentum, the stockmarket hit record highs. the dow jones industrial gained 331 points to close the ma ....
an immigrant. the judge calls the verdict disgraceful. and apple gets into the medical business. apple s watches will be used to study the heart. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning republican lawmakers are scrambling to save their tax bill. the senate worked into the night as republicans tried to get enough support and vote on the tax plan today. republicans are making changes including scaling back tax cuts. yesterd yesterday analysts said the legislation would add $1 trillion to the nation s debt over the next decade. opponents warn the bill would harm the middle class with cuts to entitlement. you will not support any cuts to social security and medicare. can i get that from you? i will not support any there it is. he just told you he s going to cut social security. john mccain and lisa murkowski voted against it. 331 points to close the mark for the ....
zero tolerance needs consequences for everyone. no matter how great the legacy, it s no license to harass or grim nate. reporter: conyers attorney arnold reed shot back, saying the 88-year-old congressman is staying put. nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman, and she sure as hell won t be the one to tell the congressman to leave. reporter: pelosi and other democratic leaders spoke out after marion brown, the staffer with whom conyers settled the charlotte complaint in 2015 came forward for the first time. i m here to say that i m not a liar. reporter: offering disturbing details. he pointed to areas of genital areas of his body and asked me to, you know, touch it. reporter: since brown s $27,000 settlement was first reported last week, several women have accused conyers of sexual misconduct. conyers has denied the allegations. his attorney said he was hospitalized last night for stress-related issues and also seemed to suggest that conyers is being ....
disappointment i have left behind at home and at nbc. lauer seen near his home in the hamptons today said some of the allegations are untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. nbc says two women in addition to the female employee whose complaint led to lauer s firing have come forward. also, one woman told the new york times that she was sexually assaulted by lauer in his office in 2001. and some of lauer s female colleagues told variety magazine that he summoned them to his hotel room at night during nbc s olympic coverage. some told variety their complaints to management fell on deaf ears. variety reporters elizabeth wagmeister and ramin setoodeh wrote the story. matt lauer s persona is a very squeaky clean america dad is very different than his private persona where he focused on women at the today show. and there was a clear pattern of that. reporter: lauer is the latest in an expanding ....