To start the work week. Lawmakers are expected to continue working on allowing kelly kraft to upset the United States in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in new york. They moved to advance her nomination is set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on the. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, sovereign of our nation and lord of our lives, thank you for infusing us with the confidence that you order our steps each day. Give our lawmakers courage and a strong resolve to glorify your name as they trust the unfolding of your providence. As they remember what you have already done to bless this nation, inspire them to march confidently toward tomorrows difficulties with a total dependence on your power. May they recommit themselves each day to faithfully fulfilling the awesome responsibility you have entrusted to them. L
Here . Theres nobody else black on the set. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley have a look at the Great American divide. Our new cbs news poll out tonight found 39 of americans approve of the job that President Trump is doing. But 82 of republicans say hes doing a good job, and for democrats, it was just 6 . Today, we heard from the driving Political Force behind the president , steve bannon. Heres our White House Correspondent Margaret Brennan. If you want to see the trump agenda, its very simple. It was all in the speeches. Reporter in a rare appearance, President Trumps chief strategist Stephen Bannon cast himself as a revolutionary. Theres a new political order thats being formed out of this, and its still being formed. But if you look at the wide degree of opinions in this room, whether youre a populist, a limited government, libertarian, whether youre an economic nationalist we have wide and sometimes divergent opinions. We are a nation with a culture and a re
140,000 that have closed or consolidated in the last nine years. Its one of our hay meadows, its owned by my grandma. Reporter in pottawatomie county, kansas, 34yearold matt and his younger brother, tim, are also fifth generation farmers. You have guys my age that are trying to raise a family, trying to farm, and having to work in town, just to produce cheap food for the country. Its a crisis. Reporter they say they spent 34,000 last year farming wheat and other crops, but they only brought in 35,000. So they may have found a solution. They now sell cattle and cut out the middle man. When these cattle go to slaughter they might make 1,000 a head, but if they slaughter, process, and sell directly to the consumer themselves, each head would be worth 2,100. With an uncertain future, those like don teske can only hope the family farm will survive. Were going to lose another generation of farmers through this, and thats sad. Reporter david begnaud, cbs news, pottawatomie county, kansas. Pel
Here . Theres nobody else black on the set. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Limited government, libertarian, whether youre an economic nationalist we have wide and sometimes divergent opinions. We are a nation with a culture and a reason for being. And i think thats what unites us. Reporter he said the goal of the Trump Presidency is threefold. The first is National Security and sovereignty. The second line of work is what i refer to as economic nationalism. The third, broadly, line of work, is what is deconstruction of the administrative state. Reporter and bannon touted what he sees as the president s early accomplishments. I think one of the most pivotal moments in modern American History was his immediate withdrawal from t. P. P applause that got us out of a got us out of a trade deal and let our sovereignty come back to ourselves. Reporter bannon, a former Goldman Sachs banker who previously ran conservative website breitbart, repeatedly attacked the media, when he
Be right back. Our cbs news pol found 77 of americans believe the economy is in good shape and that is the highest since the great recession. And the dow to close at the 10th Straight Record high. The first time that has happened in decades. Jim axalrod is here to tell us more about what many people are calling the trump rally. Well, scott, the dow just barely made it but manage to run its streak of record highs to 10. The markets have been on a roll since election day, up more than 13 in the last 107 days. But never mind that. Try this. This is the longest streak of consecutive 1997 of consecutive trade days we have seen. Theres a number of reasons. You have to understand Industrial Companies are expecting an increase in Infrastructure Spending as we saw when he met with executives to discuss jobs. The president has signalled he will push for an Infrastructure Spending bill and everybody likes the signals on Corporate Tax reform and regulation roll back and while some pull back could