Transcripts For WTSP CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20160321

News with scott pelley. Pelley few americans thought they would live to see this day. An american president meeting with a communist president named castro in havana. 55 years after eight u. S. Aircraft bombed the bay of pigs in an attempt to overthrow the castro dictatorship, air force one flew the last mission of the coal war with russia. Once the world held its breath over cuba. President obama arrived in a country still waiting to exhale. Margaret brennan is in havana. Reporter it was a striking image, president obama in havanas revolution square with a giant outline of communist icon che guevera looking down, a gesture to a troubled past on a the future. This is a new day. Reporter since arriving yesterday, the president has delighted the cuban people by cuban troops, but after their meeting today, mr. Obama said he had a frank discussion with rauu l castro about hubas human rights record. To the extent that we can have a good conversation about that and to actually make progress, that i think will allow us to see the full flowering of a relationship that is possible. In the absence of that, i think it will continue to be a very powerful irritant. Reporter castro got taste of americas freedom of the press when he was asked about cuban political prisoners. Clearly frustrated, he denied there were any. Said. But just yesterday the regime arrested more than two dozen activist Antonio Rodiles was among them. You allow them to do these violations, an at the same time you are giving more economic possibilities, then for sure this whatever they want. Reporter the Obama Administration argues that the best way to improve human rights is to invest in cubas future by strengthening economic ties. You will merely mush down with the heel to go backward. Horace clemons and his cubanborn Business Partner Saul Berenthal will open the First Americanowned factory in havana since the communist revolution. Theyll sell this tractor to cuban farmers still relying on cattle to plow their fields. I have made peace with the past. I have been able to not only understand what happened and even figure out that the best way to heal is exactly to do what were doing. Reporter american executives are also here as part of the president s delegation. Starwood hotels just inked a deal to be First American Hotel Operator in havana in nearly 60 years. To increase Internet Access on the island. Pelley margaret brennan, our woman in havana tonight. Margaret, thank you very much. Our polls show that most person support diplomatic relations with cuba, but not the americans that David Begnaud talked to today in miamis it Little Havana. Reporter cafee versailles in whats known as the Little Havana section of miami has long been ground zero for anticastro demonstrations. Today protestors knew they would find cameras here. They stomped on and steam rolled pictures of president obama. These cubanamericans call his presence in cuba betrayal. For 76yearold emilio izquierdo, its personal. He spent two years jailed in cuba before escaping during the mariel boat lift in 1980. I feel very bad about our president. Reporter what if its good for cuba down the road . Its a fools hope. You can call me an extremist if you want. To. Reporter 69yearold Laura Viniello was born in havana and escaped the communist regime as a child. The president is a sellout, sir. Dont you know the cuban nation was left out. The cuban people, we have been left out. Were going to have more eyes over there. Reporter abe rivera left cuba when he was four years old. Now 49, this investor is ready to do business in cuba. Were going to have an island that everybody is going to go and visit. What obama has done for cuba, its great. Reporter over the last 3 years when there was a concern about something happening in cuba, this is the spot where thousands of people would gather to protest, 10,000, 20,000 people, but, scott, in a sign of the time, today there were less than 30. Pelley david, thank you. Offered his thoughts and prayers for u. S. Marine Staff Sergeant louis cardin. Cardin was killed in a rocket attack in iraq. Several other u. S. Marines were wounded. His remains were returned today. Cardin was from california. He died on saturday, which was the 13th anniversary of the u. S. Invasion. There is a dragnet tonight for a previously unknown suspect in the paris terror attacks. 130 people were killed last november. Charlie dagata is in belgium, where another suspect was captured on friday. Reporter new video appears to show Salah Abdeslam making a run for it. Even though Belgian Security forces were just outside. [gunfire] hed done it before, evading police for months before being caught last friday. Investigators believe abdeslam played a central role in the paris attacks, and it intended laachraoui, who may have been the groups bombmakinger. His d. N. A. Was found on the explosives used in the gun and suicide attacks in paris, his whereabouts are unknown. And prosecutors admitted they are not close to solving the puzzle. Were working on an enormous amount of cases, said frederic van hoy. Theyre becoming more and more worrying and violent. Authorities cant explain how abdeslam was able to disappear for months only to be captured a few blocks from his home in a brussels neighborhood. Interior minister jan jambon told us isis is becoming more sophisticated. What took so long in they knew everything about they hide. They have a network. Its professionals against professionals. Reporter but there is another reason abdeslam may have been able to hide in plain according to anne speckard, an expert in violent extremeism, who has interviewed dozens of islamic radicals here. These are really horrible people that went to paris to gun people down, so its not beyond them to punish anybody that would turn them in. Reporter prosecutors say abdeslam wasnt just in hiding, scott, he was planning further attacks. Hes been at this highsecurity prison since saturday. His lawyer told us he is cooperating with investigators. Pelley Charlie Dagata on the story tonight. Charlie, thank you. Now, there are 33 weeks before the president ial election. Most americans believe that Hillary Clinton and donald trump will be the nominees, and theyre not happy about that. Our new cbs News New York times poll out tonight shows that 57 have an unfavorable opinion of trump, and for clinton, its 52 unfavorable. Would beat trump by ten points. Bernie sanders would beat trump by 15. Heres julianna goldman. This was considered one of the great buildings of washington, one of the great buildings in the country. Reporter rolling into the Nations Capital today, donald trump made time to plug his namesake hotel under construction just blocks from the white house. If people want to be smart, they should embrace this movement. Reporter and he had a message for republicans working furiously to stop him if they dont want to be smart, they should do what theyre doing now, and the republicans are going to go down to a massive loss. Reporter but even as he confidently predicted hell secure the g. O. P. Nomination, the antiestablishment frontrunner spent the day washington republicans. It was a great meeting and there will be more. Reporter trump met with about two dozen current and former lawmakers, including former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and new york congressman chris collins. The great unifire is Hillary Clinton for the Republican Party and the need to defeat her. People get behind a winner, which is mr. Trump. Im going to submit a list of potential justices of the United States Supreme Court. Reporter the billionaire businessman also offered more substance, saying he was working on a Supreme Court short list and unveiling a Foreign Policy team shortly before addressing the nations largest pro israel lobbying group. It seems to be the alltime olympics in the deal. Can you make that deal between israel and the palestinians . I think the answer is maybe. Reporter trump faces a sceptical audience, including the several hundred who plan to boycott his speech because they said his hateful rhetoric doesnt align with jewish values. So far trumps gotten a warm reception here, scott, even though he previously said hed be a neutral broker between israel and the palestinians. Its a statement that did not go over well with this crowd. Pelley julianna, thank you. Well, Hillary Clinton also spoke to that same proisrael group, reporter at aipac, clinton argued the middle east is no place for trump to practice the art of the deal. We need steady hand, not a president who says hes neutral on monday, proisrael on tuesday and who knows what on wednesday, because everything is negotiable. Reporter the comment reflected her growing focus on the likely g. O. P. Nominee, but the latest cbs News New York times poll shows her National Lead over sanders has shrunk to its smallest margin yet, just five points. Lets have a recordbreaking turnout in idaho. Reporter sanders, who is jewish, was the only candidate to skip the aipac conference. Sanders has staked a lot on the west, which he insists will be his stronghold. Now were moving into territory where i think we go in as the favorite. A lot of the states that are out there are states that we can win and we can win by large margins. Reporter the clinton admitting in a recent memo that sanders is likely to win a series of upcoming caucuses. Why . Because caucuses, unlike primaries, require a Time Commitment of a couple hours, so they tend to reward candidates with the most enthusiastic supporters. Even with her big delegate lead, clinton is having to spend big to fend off sanders. Scott, she raised 30 million last month but ended up spending more than half of it on ads. Pelley aipac, of course, is the americanisrael Public Affairs committee. Nancy cordes, thank you very much. Today in california, a young girl was taken from the only family she has ever known. A native american tribe won a long and bitter custody battle based on a law that few people know about. Danielle nottingham reports from Santa Clarita. Reporter a tearful scene Santa Clarita as their foster daughter, sixyearold lexi, was taken away by authorities. Earlier a devastateed family announced they lost a nearly fouryear legal battle to adopt the little girl. With very heavy hearts we comply with the order. Reporter lexi came to live with paige and his wife since she was two. They have tried to adopt her ever since. Lexi is part native american. And the indian Child Welfare act works to keep native American Children with their tribal relatives. Today the paiges learned lexi will be going to live with her extended family in utah. Its like getting a fen call that your kid was hit by a car and how do you cope with that phone call . Reporter paiges neighbors have been camped out near his home since friday in support of the family. Court records show election yess biological father has an extensive criminal record and her mother had a Substance Abuse problem. The choctaw tribe agreed to let lexi stay with the paiges until she could be reunited with relatives. The tribs statement today, the for this choctaw child. Attorney steve meister. Whether its a native american kid or not, have the same end goal, which is to reunite a child with his or her biological relatives, so they can be raised by the family they were born into. Reporter the pages say they are the only family lexi knows. Scott, they tell me they plan the take this case to the california Supreme Court. Drew Danielle Nottingham for us. Danielle, thank you. Is a new type of gear shift causing jeeps to crash . Well have that story when the cbs evening news continues. So lets Start Talking about your long term goals. Knowing your future is about more than just you. Its how edward jones makes sense of investing. Fight back fast the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies only from tums to you, theyre more than just a pet. So protect them with k9 advantix ii. It kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. K9 advantix ii. For the love of dog. Ibsd. You know the symptoms when they start. Abdominal pain. Diarrhea. 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The government is investigating and so is kris van cleave. A 2014 jeep grand cherokee, a vehicle built with a new kind of electronic shift theyre changed the feel of changing gears. If i dont hit it just right and get it into drive, i could get into an accident because of that. Reporter its known as a monostable electronic gearshift or eshift, and lacks the typical grooves and sensation of moving the car into park, drive or reverse. I thought it was in park, and it was in reverse still. And i noticed the car was moving a little bit. So i got between the car and the garage, and i was able to yell for my son and stop the car at the same time. Reporter titus is one of hundreds who filed complaints saying their vehicle rolled away after they thought it was in park. 121 accidents have been reported resulting in at least 30 injuries. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration is now investigating more than 850,000 vehicles equipped with eshift. Most are 2014 and 2015 jeep grand cherokees. We drove one at the Consumer Reports test track in connecticut. Theres also not. Like i pushed all the way forward. That doesnt mean i end up in park. Reporter deputy auto editor jon linkov it lacks the failsafe that if you leave it in drive or neutral and you open the door, it still stays in that mode. It doesnt go directly to park. Reporter jeep drivers do get a warning on the dashboard. The company says they are cooperating fully with the nhtsa investigation, and for 2016, the company has changed this shifter to something that has a more traditional feel, but Fiat Chrysler says they did that for Customer Satisfaction reason, not for safety concerns. Pelley kris van cleave. Kris, thank you very much. Another big jury award for hulk hogan next. Gas, bloating . Yes one Phillips Colon Health probiotic cap each day helps defend against occasional digestive issues. With three types of good bacteria. Live the regular life. You get a cold. 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My great grandfathers story was not famous. It was not known. Reporter but without his, you dont have the other. Absolutely. Hooray. Hooray. Reporter thats right, before there was this one, there was this one. Your great grandfather buys the he names her winnipeg, winnie for short. Reporter Harry Colebourn was her great grandfathers name and winnipeg was his hometown. He was a veterinarian ready to ship out for world war i when his train stopped in a small canadian town. He gets off the train, and there is a hunter there, and the hunter has killed a bear, and he is selling the cub for 20. Reporter harry bought a young female cub and took her with him across the atlantic where winny became the mascot for harrys regiment. That was fine while training in england, but when it came time to head to the front lines in france. December 9, 1914, took winnie to zoo london. Reporter harry knew he had to keep winnie safe. He planned to get winny at the end of the war, but clearly the war lasted four years, and he realized at that point she had a new home. She became a Star Attraction at the london zoo. She did have a remarkable temperament. The london zookeepers would let children inside her enclosure to play. Reporter among the kids entranced by winnie, a boy named christopher robin. And his father, the author, starts writing children stories. Reporter a. A. Milne may have made the character famous, but Harry Colebourn made it all possible. Its powerful to know that something you do in a moment can go on to have these incredible, huge ripple effects that you could never even imagine. Reporter in all her many version, winnie has been making life sweeter for children for centuries now, not a bad return on a 20 investment. Jim axelrod, cbs news, toronto. Evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. 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