The message from our states leaders to the commanderinchief and congress is back in session lawmakers returning to d. C. Today, under pressure to add even more items to its growing list of priorit ies, so how will it all impact the trump agenda . Plus the nations highest court divided over a case that could deal a major blow to unions why president Trumps Supreme Court pick is pivotal to the decision among our guests in this hour, florida congressman brian math, dan henniger from the wall street journal, the Texas Attorney general, peter brook former Deputy Assistant secretary of defense. Lets get to it we start with the markets and rally with the dow closing the day up by just about 400 points a little bit off the session highs, but quite a start to the week, Nicole Petallides has been covering it throughout the day from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Tell us about it, nicole. Nicole connell looking pretty great you saw 29 of the 30 dow components in the green with only coc
People that just hours ago told people that general kelly was unaware of whats going on, and then moments later he gets on air saying heres how many time i was briefed. With all due respect, i think you have been part of the confusion. The secretary of Homeland Security just stood up and said youre calling him a liar . [inaudible] jonathan, im talking to im saying you said that the reporter from the New York Times said that he was unaware of the ban. It is odd to me that were having a discussion about somebody whose job it is to execute lawful orders who chose not to do it hold on who chose not to do it, and then were questioning whether or not we were right to remove her. Trish we should mention as well that there are a number of reports you see he singled out the New York Times, and he singled out nbc, but there were these reports out there saying that, you know, Homeland Security had no idea about this, general kelly, secretary kelly did not know, he got up, gave a press conference
Im not going to giving it up. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley in nation divided over the president s travel ban, the latest opponents include more than 800 u. S. Diplomats. In a draft of a letter to the state department today, they say that the ban stands in opposition to the core american and Constitutional Values that we as federal employees took an oath to uphold. And they say it will not make america safer. The ban stops all refugees from entering america for at least 120 days and bars travel from seven predominantly muslim countries. The democrat temporarily running the Justice Department took a stand against the president s order and was fired by mr. Trump last night. Heres Major Garrett at the white house. Reporter President Trump fired acting attorney general sally yates, a career prosecutor and holdover from the obama administration, for refusing to defend the immigration executive order. The Justice Departments office of Legal Counsel approved the order
Few weeks ago. Murder is no stranger at this gas station. In the last four years, three young men killed here. All three murdered inside where people go to play the numbers, buy cigarettes and soft drinks. Customers say theres a dangerous mix of drugs and guns in the neighborhood. Theres way too many drugs around here. Most of the killings are drug related. Its a major problem. So when you combine the prevalence of drugs with the high prevalence of guns, its a very bad combination. Reporter december 2nd, 2013, it was 25yearold Delante Jackson shot and killed at the gas station. An arrest made in that case. October 25th, 2015, 22yearold Christopher Eli gunned down inside the stations store. That case closed as death of carrington daye. This wave of violence at this gas station has not gone unnoticed by Prince Georges County police. We dont look at the numbers. We look at three people who have lost their lives and another mother lost her son last night. Our Police Department has been doi
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporter President Trump fired acting attorney general sally yates, a career prosecutor and holdover from the obama administration, for refusing to defend the immigration executive order. The justice Departments Office of Legal Counsel approved the order, but yates said in a statement that wasnt good enough, arguing her job required she seek justice and stand for what is right, adding she was not convinced the order was lawful. In a statement, President Trump said yates betrayed the department of justice. White House Press Secretary sean spicer. If you have a legally executed order and the attorney general says, im not going to execute it, that clearly is a betrayal. Reporter Senate Democrats like vermonts Patrick Leahy called the firing shameful. His accusation that she betrayed the department of justice is dangerous. The attorney general is the peoples attorney, not the president s attorney. Reporter in her 2015 asked about the independ