Mission. There are real superhero world war ii vets out there, and i want to meet them. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Were going to begin tonight with a security scare at the white house. The president and the australian Prime Minister were inside when a driver rammed a minivan into a metal security barrier. Jeff pegues is on the scene with more on this. Jeff. Reporter jeff, this crash into the White House Security perimeter down the street, it was intentional, and it shatterredly the calm this afternoon, putting all of washington on a tense alert. Everybody, weve got to walk this way now reporter tourists, including the woman who shot this video, were diverted after this white minivan slammed into a security barrier at the southwest entrance. Secret service quickly arrested the female driver. The vehicles windows were shattered, but officers didnt have to fire a shot. Federal Law Enforcement sources say the suspect has been on their radar for some tim
Said he does not plan to resign. Elaine . Omar, thank you. Up this weekend by the u. N. Security council has yet to take hold in sy there was more fighting sunday bombing that killed at least 50. A massive refugee crisis that started six months ago continues to grow. Every week hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are still crossing over the border from myanmar, formerly burma, into bangladeshe fled their homes, escaping their brutal military crackdown. Our digital network, cbsn, investigated the crisis and found social media is being used as a weapon against the rohingya. The new cbsn documentary, weaponizing social media the rohingya crisis, premieres on our streaming network, cbsn, at cbsnews. Com. Coming up, insights on gun control from a country that has nearly eliminated shooting deaths. And later, when they look at their diets with Virtual Reality goggles, they see the light. Growing up, a lot of people judged me because of the way i look. I thought all asians were good at math. You all
Kind of like street smart, school smart, good at hockey. Sal was a great young man. His family is tremendous. Hard working kid who, you know, just loved being around his fellow prep students and were going to miss him tremendously. The other victim 16yearold kalir miller of mastery charter school. Miller had established himself as a hard working respect full young man who left a good impression on everyone he met. Called me mr. Goldie. I seen him coming and going to school, going play ball and he spoke and he was very respectful. He was a very nice young man. It was very respectful and well never know what he had in front of him because of the tragedy. Reporter investigators say the gunman used a 45 caliber weapon and remains on the loose at this hour leaving this neighborhood to ask the same old questions about gun violence in the city. Where does it stop . Who is giving these kids these guns . And this is crazy. Reporter saint joes prep held mass today in sals honor and counselors wi
Scott simon of npr will report in our cover story. What would make a perfectly rational person run toward danger instead of away from it. I just reached down there and grabbed chase and pulled him out. The carnegie medal. Later on sunday morning. Well meet some real heroes among us. Pauley our sunday profile this morning features Viggo Mortensen, an actor of diverse talents and many different roles as tracy smith will show us. Much like snowflakes, no two Viggo Mortensen performances are alike. Do these things. On purpose. My job is to look at the world from points of view other than my own. Sometimes radically different. The greatest, raising his kids in the wild. Off the beaten path with Viggo Mortensen, ahead on sunday morning. Pauley tis the season for a drop in from technoclaus the man in red who some believe resembles our david pogue. Two weeks before christmas and all through the land, the business of shopping for gifts is at hand. You want great ideas, its not a lost cause s. G
Welcome to overnight news. Im elaine quijano. More questions about russias possible interference in the election surfaced and concerns about the man said to be president elect trumps top choice for secretary of state. Exxon mobile Ceo Rex Tillerson has close business ties with moscow. Mr. Trumps own relationship with russia was an issue throughout the campaign. Here is errol barnett. I think it is ridiculous. Just another excuse. I dont believe it. Refusing to accept the cia assessment russia helped get him elected. President elect donald trump today said the report is political. I think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. It is clear the russians interfered. But on cbs, senior republican senator john mccain detailed plans for a bipartisan investigation. Going to ask senator Lindsay Graham, as smart as any bed on the issue to be the chair with a really smart democrat and well go to work on it. Wo