Personal phone conversation with the new president of iran, the first direct contact between leaders since 1979. So the question tonight, is this the best chance for a breakthrough in the middle east in 30 years . Will the new leader of iran really deliver . Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on the latest developments from the white house. John. Reporter history was made today, diane with that 15 minute phone call. A potential opening to a country the u. S. Has accused of trying to build Nuclear Weapons and supporting terrorism. The storming of the u. S. Embassy in tehran and the 444 day hostage crisis that followed has a u. S. President spoken to an iranian president. The very fact this was the First Communications between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deepness between our countries and indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history. Reporter news of the call broke with a tweet from irans president shortly before presiden
Ive ever had. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in studio 57. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Melting glaciers, rising sea level, higher temperatures. If you think someone is trying to tell us something, someone just did. The scientists on a United Nations Climate Panel are out with a new warning about climate change, and theyre telling us what they think needs to be done before, as they see it, its too late. For one thing, theyre calling for major changes in the energy we use to heat and cool our homes and power our cars. Heres chip reid. Evidence that the earth is warming is unequivocal and emissions of greenhouse gasses from cars, power plants and factories are primarily to blame. Thats according to the u. N. s Intergovernmental Panel on climate change. In the strongest language its ever used, the panel concluded that continued emissions will increase the likelihood of s
Shared by president obama himself, who in january 2014 declared the terror group the j. V. Team. They werent. In 2014 and 2015, isis made major garms, overrunning an overmatch the iraqi army, establishing new footholds in iraq and syria, and catching the u. S. Military off guard. Now congressional investigators have officially concluded the books were cooked. In their fivemonth probe, over and over again earlier today, republican congressman mike pompeo, who was part of the investigation, charged this administration with putting american lives at risk. These are the kind of things that get people killed. This is incredibly dangerous. We havent seen this kind of manipulation of intelligence, tactical and military intelligence in an awfully long time, and its a direct result of the culture from a white house and administration that didnt want to confront this, didnt want to tell the American People, did not want to Tell Congress about what was really going on and the resources that were
Shared by president obama himself, who in january 2014 declared the terror group the j. V. Team. They werent. In 2014 and 2015, isis made major garms, overrunning an overmatch the iraqi army, establishing new footholds in iraq and syria, and catching the u. S. Military off guard. Now congressional investigators have officially concluded the books were cooked. In their fivemonth probe, over and over again earlier today, republican congressman mike pompeo, who was part of the investigation, charged this administration with putting american lives at risk. These are the kind of things that get people killed. This is incredibly dangerous. We havent seen this kind of manipulation of intelligence, tactical and military intelligence in an awfully long time, and its a direct result of the culture from a white house and administration that didnt want to confront this, didnt want to tell the American People, did not want to Tell Congress about what was really going on and the resources that were
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dubois good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im maurice dubois, and this is our western edition. Donald trump is coming to the end of the worst week of his campaign. National polls show Hillary Clinton has opened a sevenpoint lead. Have a look at the end of the conventions they were just about tied. In just one week, shes up, hes down, after one misstep after another. Now, keep in mind the election is a statebystate battle for 270 electoral votes, and it will be decided in these 11 states that could go either way. Two are on trumps schedule today. Heres Dean Reynolds. Reporter as a chaotic week of political blunders and sagging poll numbers drew to a close, donald trump patted himself on the back. Ive been told by so many people that know me under pressure, donald, thats when you do the best. Reporter he was in iowa this afternoon and will be in wisconsin tonight, battleground states that president obama won twice in general elections, and