Why its folding its tent for good after 146 years. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with the director of the cia taking aim t top. at donald trump with stern words. John lewis announcing he will boycott the inauguration. And the president elect, retaliating with a blistering series of tweets, accusing the congressman of being all talk, no action. Mike pence and some democrats hoping congressman lewis will reconsider. But tonight, the man who stood up to the police many times in the 1960s is standing his ground, and others are standing with him. Heres david wright. Reporter tonight, the president elect is facing sharp criticism from the outgoing cia director. Equating an Intelligence Community with nazi germany. I do take great umbrage at that. Reporter trump took umbrage, calling on the intelligence chiefs to apologize for lending credibility to a salacious conspiracy theory. That russia has compromising material on trump. He needs to
Final four. Events are planned around the country to remember Martin Luther king junior. Many will take part in a day of service. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, january 16th. From abc news, this is world news now. One thing thats not clear at this hour is how the president elect will mark mlk day. In the meantime, donald trump has been on a warpath firing back against criticism on two months. Fronts. Thats right. Trump is under fire for slamming john lewis after the civil rights giant challenged the legitimacy of his presidency. And he is also squaring off with the cia director suggesting john brennan may have leaked the report about donald trump being compromised by russia. David wright as the details. Reporter the president elect is facing sharp criticism from the outgoing cia director. What i do find outrageous is equating an Intelligence Community with nazi germany. I take umbrage at that. Reporter trump took umbrage at that calling on the intelligence chiefs to
Here for some time, because we just hear how extraordinary it is. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today as america honors slain civil rights sleeter dr. Martin luther king, jr. , kings oldest son met with president elect donald trump. And Vice President elect mike pence visited the king memorial in washington. But more democratic members of Congress Said they will boycott the inauguration on friday. They are angered over mr. Trumps attack on civil rights legend congressman john lewis. It all started friday when lewis said the Trump Presidency is not legitimate because russian hacking of the Democratic Party helped him get elected. Heres Major Garrett. I stood up. I spoke up. I spoke out. And i got arrested. Reporter Georgia Democratic congressman john lewis, beaten and bloodied in the Voting Rights march from selma thealabama, today marked the Martin Luther king holiday without mentioning president elect donald trump or his own declaration, the soontobe 45th pres
Final four. Events are planned around the country to remember Martin Luther king junior. Many will take part in a day of service. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, january 16th. From abc news, this is world news now. One thing thats not clear at this hour is how the president elect will mark mlk day. In the meantime, donald trump has been on a warpath firing back against criticism on two months. Thats right. Trump is under fire for slamming john lewis after the civil rights giant challenged the legitimacy of his presidency. And he is also squaring off with the cia director suggesting john brennan may have leaked the report about donald trump being compromised by russia. David wright as the details. Reporter the president elect is facing sharp criticism from the outgoing cia director. What i equating an Intelligence Community with nazi germany. I take umbrage at that. Reporter trump took umbrage at that calling on the intelligence chiefs to apologize for lending credibil
King jr. Today, the personal recordings tonight on her role and away from the spotlight, her one wish. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on this Martin Luther king jr. Day, and we have a lot to get to. We begin with the major winter storm across more than a dozen states. Coating highways in ice, turning driving deadly. This fiery crash after two trucks colliding on i80 in nebraska. The drivers did survive. Tonight as you can see, up to an inch of ice in oklahoma, bringing down tree limbs everywhere, and this evening, at least three reported tornadoes now. This one crossing i45 near houston. 16 states are on alert from colorado to maine. A difficult night ahead for millions traveling this holiday. Abcs alex perez is in chicago tonight. Reporter tonight, from colorado all the way to maine, mess. In cedar rapids, this truck sliding off the road and into an icy lake. Everyone is okay. Ice snapping trees, and knocking out power to thousands in several states on a weekend