This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scotts on assignment for 60 minutes. Im anthony mason. President trump made good today on a Campaign Promise to withdraw from the paris climate accord, a commitment by nearly 200 nations to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gases. This time, he did not call Climate Change a hoax but said he is reasserting american sovereignty, and suggested hes willing to negotiate what he sees as a better deal. Paris protested mr. Trumps decision by lighting city hall in green, and american cities, states, and corporations, from g. M. To g. E. , vowed to keep up that battle against Climate Change. Chip reid begins our coverage. The United States will withdrew from the paris climate accord. Reporter the president s announcement was exactly what crrvative activists in and out of his administration were hoping to hear, but the president left the door open a bit, making clear that during the four years it takes to formally withdraw from the agreement, hell try to get a deal that he says would be fair to the u. S. This agreement is less about the climate and more about other countries gaining a financial advantage over the United States. Reporter the paris accord, he said, would lead to the loss of millions of american jobs and redistribute u. S. Wealth to the rest of the world. We dont want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore, and they wont be. Reporter mr. Trumps decision followed a spirited debate. Chief strategist steve bannon, and e. P. A. Administrator scott pruitt successfully led the argument to get out of the agreement. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and the president s daughter, ivanka, tried but failed to convince mr. Trump to stay in. In a statement, the leaders of italy, france, and germany said they regret the president s decision and urged other nations to speed up their action to combat Climate Change. The heads of most major u. S. Corporations also wanted mr. Trump to stay in the paris accord. Elon musk, c. E. O. Of tesla and spacex, tweeted that he is departing two president ial councils added, Climate Change is real. G. E. C. E. O. Jeffrey immelt tweeted that hes disappointed and that industry must now lead and not depend on government. President trump did not mention president obama by name, but criticized his administration for failing to put America First when it negotiated the deal. I was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh not paris. Reporter in a statement, mr. Obama responded, even as this administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future, im confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to landlord the way. In a dig at President Trump, the democratic mayor of pittsburgh sided with mr. Obama writing in a tweet, i can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy, and future, and, anthony, the president of france said late today, on climate, theres no plan b, because there is no planet b. Mason chip reid at the white house. Thanks, chip. Thensecretary of state john kerry, with his granddaughter on his lap, signed the paris accord last year. Today he took to facebook. He accused mr. Trump was walking backwards from science and backwards from leadership on behalf of polluters and fringe ideologues and said it may be the most selfdefeating action in american history. I spoke to the secretary earlier today. Mr. Secretary, call this an unprecedented forfeiture of american leadership. What do you mean . Well, when 195 countries come together working for decades and the United States of america takes the leadership in order to join with china, two largest emitters in the world of carbon emissions, to say we must begin to reduce, and then to have a president stand up and simply unilaterally walk away from that without scientific basis, not based on facts in terms of our economy, the truth is the president no country is required by this agreement to do anything except what that country decided to do for itself. So donald trump is not telling the truth to the American People when he says, we have this huge burden thats been imposed on us by other nations. No, we agreed to what we would do. We diseend it. Its voluntary. And the president of the United States could have simply changed that without walking away from the whole agreement. Mason well, the president portrayed it in economic terms and said it gave other nations a financial advantage. No. Mason you dont agree . No, that is just not true. The Fastest Growing job in america, the single biggest job is wind turbine technician. 2. 6 Million Clean Energy Jobs have been created in america. And guess what . Half of them, 50 , are in states that donald trump won. Hes going to hurt those people. Hes going to hurt those states. Americas going to lose Economic Leadership in this. Mason so you do think we have something to lose if we back out . I think we have indeed. Do you think american businesses are going to flourish when they knock on the doorave country and say, we want to give you solar panels. Theyre going to say, you guys just walked away from the deal. Youre not committed to this. Thats why major companies, among them exxonmobil, i mean, major fortune 500 companies, all supported staying in the Paris Agreement because they know what this means in terms of their job base, their growth and economy. Mason the president said he was elected by the people of pittsburgh, not the people of paris. Indeed, absolutely true. But theres nothing in what america has agreed to do in this that paris dictated. Theres nothing in what america agreed to do in this agreement that came from france or came from britain or any other country. We are doing what america decided we could do and should do that was appropriate. Mason he said he would honor the timetable for withdrawal, which would in effect take it past the next election. Would it not . He said as of today he will stop the implementation. So it depends on what scott pruitt and the e. P. A. And others continue to do. Tell me, where is the constituency in america to put coal sludge back into rivers and lakes . But thats what hes done. Hes signed an executive order to do that. Where is the constituency to reduce ability of cars to to maintain lower automobile emissions . Why would you want to get rid of that . What donald trump is doing is serving the polluters. And serving a narrow group of ideological interests. Thats not leadership. Thats abdication of responsibility. And this step does not make America First. It makes america last. Mason mr. Secretary, thank you. Thank you. Mason today, Vladimir Putin came as close as he ever has to acknowledging russian hacking, but denied his government is involved. Heres Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues. Reporter president Vladimir Putin today insisted that the russian government was not involve involved in hacking. President ial election. But for the first time, he did acknowledge that individual Russian Hackers who are patriotically minded, may have participated in what they believe was the good fight against those who speak badly about russia. But u. S. Intelligence agencies disagree. They have concluded putins government is behind the Election Hacking and disinformation campaign. Hes trying to sort of create some plausible deniable. Reporter brett padres is a cybersecurity expert who clted for the c. I. A. Was there anything he said that rel surprised you . I think he might be concerned about some evidence that will be disclosed and he sort of wants to distance himself from those what might have been involved. Reporter the Obama Administration was convinced of russian interference soon after the election and retaliated. It expelled 35 Russian Diplomats and seized russian compounds in new york and maryland. At the time, director of national intelligence, james clapper, was surprised the russians didnt respond. No sort of reaction from them . It was very curious. Reporter the f. B. I. s counterintelligence investigation is trying to determine whether the russians were given assurances by People Associated with President Trump. Well, the allegation is that there were perhaps an agreement, a wink. Reporter for his part, putin today called President Trump a straightforward and frank person. He said the hacking allegations are a plot to create an atmosphere that makes it impossible to solve common problems. Those problems include the two compounds in new york and maryland, which, of course, the russians want back. Anthony, the Trump Administration and the russian government are now discussing the possibility of their return. Mason jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. Former f. B. I. Director james comey will testify in the Senate Investigation of russian meddling in the u. S. Election and cbs news will bring that to you live next thursday morning. One of the president s campaign pledges went unfulfilled today when he signed a waiver keeping the u. S. Embassy in israel in tel aviv for another six months. Mr. Trump had vowed to move the embassy to jerusalem which would infuriate the palestinians, who consider it their capital. While in the rose garden, the president said he was monitoring an attack on a tourist resort in the philippines. Cell phone video shows people running frantically from resorts world in manila after hearing shots and seeing fire in the casino. This appears to vaib robbery, not terror. No serious injuries. Lebron james is playing the n. B. A. Finals tonight, but basketball isnt the only thing on his mind in a week when hate has been on display in places like washington, portland, and los angeles. Heres jericka duncan. Racism will always be a part of the world, a part of america. Reporter when lebron james speaks, the world listens. At an n. B. A. Championship press conference, james responded to his l. A. Home getting spray painted with the n word. No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, you know, being black in america is its tough. Reporter its one of many recent crimes that have become more public and brazen. Yesterday, someone left a noose at the National Museum of African American history and culture in the segregation exhibit. A noose is not simply something that is a symbol. It really is something to me that symbolizes loss. Reporter lonnie bunch is director of the museum. Im a historian, so the one thing i know that as america has evolved and improved, race is still a major factor in america. Reporter hate crimes like this are on the rise, up 6 in 25 of the largest cities in 2016. African americans are the most common target the hate crimes at nearly 30 . In march, James Jackson got on a bus from baltimore to new york city to target black people. He ended up killing 66yearold Timothy Caughman for no other reason. Talking bleep stupid spanish around here. Reporter and lately, several videos have gone viral of people spewing hateful speech on a daily base. My hope is that a museum like this ultimately is a place that allows america to find common ground, maybe understanding, and maybe, just may be, a little bit of healing and reconciliation. Reporter the noose at this museum was the second such incident on Smithsonian Grounds in less than a week. 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Reporter the companies are arguing to the f. C. C. , since the phone never actually rings, that their ringless voicemails should not be regulated by the 1991 telephone Consumer Protection act, a move supported by the Republican National committee, which said regulating the practice might affect political outreach campaigns. Thats even more invasive, more time consuming, and more annoying in some ways than a standard phone call. Reporter consumer advocates say not regulating would be the wrong call. Margot saunders is with the National Consumer law center. They want to be abe to reach us without concept, and they want to be able to reach us without our telling them stop. Reporter the f. C. C. Does not comment on open petitions, but the chairman told us recently about robocalls in general. This is the number one source of consumer complaints to the f. C. C. It dwarfs anything else that we get. Reporter well, you can give the f. C. C. 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Pepper taught the band to play reporter but a half century and 32 million albums later, sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band is something much more. Rolling stone calls it the number one album of all time. Tired of beatlemania, sick of touring, the beatles needed a break, and Paul Mccartney had an idea. We needed to get away from ourselves. How about if we just become sort of an alterego band. Reporter influenced by the beach boys pet sounds and instruments and technology that stretched what pop music could sound like, sgt. Pepper used everything from a 40piece orchestra on a day in the life. I read the news today oh, boy reporter . To a harpsichord on fixing a hole. And there were other influences as well. And sgt. Pepper owes a lot to drugs, to pot and stuff. That was us getting into that. Reporter another john lennon always said lucy in the sky with diamonds found its source in a drawing by his son, not as a reference to ltion lucy in the sky with diamonds reporter even the cover became iconnick. The evolved and mustacheod beatles standing next to the moptop lads, as well as marilyn monroe, bob dylan, laurel and hardy, and sigmund freud, among others. A critic once said the closest western civilization has come to unity in the last 200 years was the week sgt. Pepper was released. I hahyperbole, perhaps, but 50 s later, you kind of get his points. Jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. Mason gave us penny lane and Strawberry Fields and with a little help from my friends. Thats the cbs evening news. For scott pelley, im anthony mason. Thanks for joining us. Good night. Let me captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org tonight musics biggest stars make their way to manchester. How survivors will play a big role. 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