Ride on the wild side. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Strike group and japanese destroyers are now operating within striking range of north korea. A show of force meant to counter leader kim jonguns continued missile test. In an interview with reuters on thursday, President Trump sounded a warning. Reporter his comments rattled u. S. Aally south korea, whose leaderes were surprised they pay 1 billion for a controversial Missile Defense system. The u. S. Installed it earlier this week, and last year agreed to pay for its operation in a signed accord. Its the most incredible equipment youve ever seen shoots missiles right out of the sky, and it protects them, and i want to protect them. Were going to protect them. Reporter despite mr. Trumps heated rhetoric, at the United Nations today secretary of state tillerson sailed the u. S. Is not looking for a fight. We much prefer a negotiated solution on this problem. Direct negotiations with north korea and outlined the trump administrations plan to force kim jongun to the table. He proposed choking its economy with more sanctions and asked other countries to cut off diplomatic relations and to no longer hire North Koreans as cheap labor. The United States also would much prefer countries and people in question to own up to their lapses and correct their behavior themselves. Reporter President Trump also expressed some empathy for kim jongun, anthony, saying he appreciates he took over the regime at a young age, likely feels threatened, and is in a difficult spot. Mason Margaret Brennan at the white house. Thanks, margaret. Today, mr. Trump became the first sitting president to address the National RifleAssociation Since ronald reagan. Errol barnett is in atlanta. The eightyear assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing cheers and applause reporter President Trump today assured members of the National Rifle association that the 30 million the gun lobby spent in support of his Election Campaign was worth it. As your president , i will never, ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Never, ever. cheers and applause reporter the n. R. A. Was an early backer of candidate trump and spent more money on his behalf than any other advocacy group. As president , mr. Trump has rolled back some obamaera gun regulations, reversing a ban on lead ammunition at National Wildlife refugees, and repealing a requirement to report Mental Illnesses as part of background checks. Mr. Trump also highlighted his appointment of conservative neil gorsuch to the supreme court. He changed his mind to my way of thinking. Reporter lifetime n. R. A. Member john did not want to give his last name. He says it doesnt bother him gun control measures like an assault weapons ban. Im glad to see for the first time in a long time to have a president who supports the Second Amendment. Reporter now, attendees with the proper permits can carry their. S throughout this threeday n. R. A. Convention, but, anthony, the secret service, as usual, would not allow anyone with a firearm into the hall where President Trump spoke. Mason Errol Barnett in atlanta. Thanks, errol. On day one of his presidency, mr. Trump promised to get Economic Growth up to 4 . He has his work cut out for him. The government reported today that in the first three months of this year, the economy grew at an annual rate of just. 7 air, sharp slowdown from the Fourth Quarter of last year. John dickerson will be interviewing the president on day 100 tomorrow, and he joins us now from washington. John, in the first 99 days, the president did not get a significant piece of legislation through the republan why . Well, their big one, of course, was health care, and the president and Republican Leaders chose to pass that legislation only with republican votes and they cant get the party to agree on a fundamental question how much of the Affordable Care act do they want to leave in place . Every time they made concessions to those who want to take it out all together, they lost republicans who wanted to retain some portions for the insured, like guaranteed coverage of preexisting conditions. So that fundamental problem couldnt be fixed, either through cajoling by the president or speaker princess diana. Voters were the ones in the end who making those lawmakers, or influencing those lawmakers the most. Mason now, john, lets have a listen to what the president said yesterday in an interview with reuters. Its getting a lot of attention. Mason , i thought it would be easier. John, your thoughts. Constraints of the office and they find it more difficult than they expected. Theyre stymied by the bureaucracy, the congress, the courts. Its supposed to be such a powerful job, and President Trump has faced all of that and theres, of course, the fast pace of incoming events which can make it feel out of control. It sometimes even encourages the same kind of bluntness that the president showed in his remarks. John kennedy once said,i wish i had spent less time trying to be president and more time learning how took president. Mason johns interview with the president airs sunday on face the nation, and monday cbs this morning will come to you live from the white house. The pentagon says it is investigating whether army rangers accidentally killed two of their own during a firefight wednesday in eastern afghanistan. David martin reports the fallen rangers were flown back to the u. S. Today. Reporter the bodies of 22yearold josh rodgers and 23yearold Cameron Thomas came home by their families and honored by Vice President pence. The two army rangers were killed wednesday night in a ride roadway on an isis headquarters, and the u. S. Military said it is possible they were both mortally wounded by friendly fire in the opening minutes of a threehour gun battle. It was 10 30 on a moonless night when a special Operations Force of 50 army rangers and 40 afghan commandos came in by helicopter to assault the compound where the leader of isis in afghanistan had his headquarters. Their mission was to capture or kill him. But they ran into heavy resistance, were taking fire from buildings all around them, and had to call in air strikes by an ac130 gunship, apache helicopters, and f16 jet fighters. By the time it was over, more than 35 isis fighters and several of their leaders had been killed, including, it is believed, the emir of isis in afghanistan, although that is not yet confirmed. By then, however, it was too late to save sergeants rogers and thomas. Suspicions of friendly fire first surfaced during postmission debriefings, and deepened after review of a Surveillance Video taken by a drone circling overhead. A full investigation, including autopsies, has now begun. Anthony. Mason david martin at the pentagon. Thank you, david. Attorney general Jeff Sessions visited long island, new york, today, vowing to devastate the street gang ms13, blamed for a recent surge in murders. But its not just a federal fight. Tony dokoupil says local authorities have also declared war on the gang. These are the girls that were murder right here on the post. Oh, yeah, look at that. Reporter lieutenant Thomas Zagajeski says Suffolk County police found nisa mickens on this treelined street last september, murdered on the eve of her 16th nisas mother, elizabeth alvarado. My daughter was the best thing that ever happened to me. Reporter the next day, the body of her best friend, kayla cuevas, was found nearby. Like milkens, she had been beaten and slashed to death with a machete. Investigators say the girls died at the hands of ms13, a gang blamed for killing 17 people in the county since the start of 2016. The latest, four young men, whose bodies were discovered in this park. Police commissioner timothy sini ms13 seems to engage in violence for sport, and thats what makes them particularly dangerous. Reporter the gang first formed in los angeles in the 1980s, but a nationwide crackdown saw more than 7,000 members arrested in the past decade. Now Police Report a comeback built on recruiting Vulnerable Children who cross the border unaccompanied, looking for a sense of family. We need to be weeding out those gang recruiters. We also have to make sure we have c that we deter and prevent that gang recruitment. Reporter the Justice Department says there are now more than 10,000 ms13 numbers at least 40 states. I have about 15 officers assigned to the gang team, to just deal with ms13. Reporter lieutenant Thomas Zagajeski says his Suffolk County gang unit has arrested more than 150 ms13 members in the past year, including those who allegedly killed nisa mickens and kayla cuevas. And theyll make contact with these guys . Absolutely. Theyre in their face every day, every chance they can get. Reporter you may be the only Police Commissioner in the country promising to eradicate ms13. Do you, thats possible . I do. Were not going to tolerate crime in our communities and were especially not going to tolerate an organization that killed two young girls on our streets. Reporter commissioner sini says eradicating ms13 will take time. He called it a war that Law Enforcement does not intend to brentwood, new york. Mason the state that President Trump visited today, georgia, has voted republican in the last six president ial elections, but there is a new movement to turn the red state blue led by women speaking up for the first time. Mark strassmann is there. Jen cox, so nice to meet you. Reporter jen cox, a 46yearold realtor and mother of four has suddenly found her political voice. Theres a runoff on june 20. Reporter the liberal one she had muted for years living in cobb county, a suburb of atlanta. I was afraid that it would affect even, perhaps, my kids relationships with their friends. We were all making a lot of assumptions, that that terrible things would happen if we came out as liberals. Reporter and the blues have outed themselves. Absolutely. Reporter in cobb county, georgia. She had never been politically active, but when women nationwide to protest President Trumps election, cox and her daughter joined 60,000 demonstrators in downtown atlanta. Seven weeks ago, on facebook, she launched pave it blue. Its a Grassroots Organization for frustrated progressive women like her. Now, just over a month later, were at almost 2,000 and, again, all local women. This is a story about women in this community. Reporter the first goal helping elect john ossoff, a local democrat on the ballot in a congressional Runoff Election in june. We also met karin agard, a bermuda native who became a u. S. Citizen earlier this year. How much of this is President Trump . All of it is President Trump. I dont think that they represent me or my family, and i need someone in office to create some balance and to represent me. Thats a huge deal to us. Reporter cox says President Trumps first 100 days have been season the immigrant, antien its our responsibility to stand up to that, to speak out against it. If not us, who . Reporter pave it blues goal is to turn red districts to blue ones and to get women running for local office. And now that theyve found their voice, anthony, these liberal women say theyre going to keep speak up and speak out. On mas Mark Strassmann on the political battlefields in georgia. Thanks, mark. 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Erupted after a jury acquitted four White Police Officers in the videotaped beating of rodney king, a black motorist who had been stopped for speeding. Six people dead and 2,000 wounded. 11,000 were arrested. Mireya villarreal shows us how the community has healed a quarter century later. Reporter this was the first sign 25 years ago that los angeles was in for a very long night. These people are angry and they have every right to be. Terrible, and theres no Police Presence down here. Reporter police were accused of standing by and letting it happen and while the city was on fire, kjlh radio was in the middle of it. This to you was a war zone. Uhhuh. Youre seeing buildings being burned down, and youre seeing people running for their lives in the streets. Not everybody was looting. People were running for dear life. Thats a war zone. Reporter for four days, d. J. S Aundrae Russell and lon mcque stop playing music and let callers vent. I heard, we cant take this anymore. This is not right. And then it turned more into dont burn our Community Reporter karen lane was 12 years old when the riots broke out. Shes now a lawyer with community coalition. What rose from the ashes of 1992 were really peopledriven, communitydriven solutions and calling for more acowblght. Reporter murder rates have plummeted in south l. A. L. A. P. D. Reported over 1,000 homicides in 1992. But in 2016, there were just under 300. Construction of a new n. F. L. Stadium and concert venue in inglewood has brought jobs and increased real estate prices. Once a member of the infamous l. A. Gang the crips, akeelah owns a restaurant with celebrity chef roy choi. Livable wage jobs, 80 of our staff walk to work. Reporter 25 years later, many people in South Los Angeles can see past the pain and view ignited change. Parts of this neighborhood have changed, but some of the hardest hit pockets have stayed the same, like the advocate apt lots you see behind me burned in 1992. 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Thats what grandkids are for you spoil them. As soon as i found out i was going to be a grandpa, thats when i started. Reporter jimmy is a jack of all trades. He can build pretty much anything. So not long after that first ultrasound, he began constructing six flags over sophia. Today, sophias own personal roller coaster circles around her own personal carnival swing. Round and round in circle. Reporter and her own personal ferris wheel. Everything is built from scrap parts. Put your seat belt on. Reporter but he says its all safe and sturdy enough for an adult to ride, even the roller coaster, which is grandpapowered, gravityfed, and very much sophia approved. Byebye. Bye reporter how often does she come here . Every day. Reporter every day. Yeah. Reporter so this is working. Its working. Reporter as sophia gets older jimmy plans to add attractions. Gocarts will be next, all in an conservatism to recreate the bond jimmy says he had with his own grandfather. Thats what im trying to do with my granddaughter, because when grandpop passed away or gone i want her to look back at all the times, the good times we had. Reporter i dont think theres any danger of her forgetting you. I hope not. Reporter, of course, no matter how many rides he fabricates, eventually, sophia will outgrow this place. Here you go reporter and when she keeps coming back anyway, maybe then jimmy will realize the real draw here was never this amusement park. It was the loving grandpa. Ready to go round and round. Reporter who cared enough to build it. Steve hartman on the road in decatur, texas. Mason and shell never outgrow that love. Sophia turns three on sunday. Happy birthday, sophia. Thats the cbs evening news. Scotts back ever since i opened virginia529 accounts for the kids he actually hasnt been so bad. glass breaking that garden gnome came outta nowhere. But he still has his moments. [narrator] tame the tuition monster. Visit virginia529. Com. 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