On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president and Top Democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. As they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins President Trump criticized senate and House Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. They decided not to show up. Theyve been all talk and theyve been no action. And now its even worse. Desjardins in a morning tweet, mr. Trump preempted todays scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i dont see a deal hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that meeting, saying
This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. North korea deified the United States today with another missile test, the first in 10 weeks, firing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of reaching the u. S. Capitol. The launch comes one week after President Trump declared north korea a state sponsor of terrorism, and imposed new sanctions. The north called that a serious provocation. Mr. Trump was briefed on the launch while the missile was in the air. He said, we will take care of it. He did not say how. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter it was north koreas third test of an i. C. B. M. The other two took place this summer, and according to defense secretary mattis, it went further. It went higher, frankly, than any previous shot theyve taken. Its a researchanddevelopment effort on their part to continuing about Ballistic Missiles that could threaten everywhere in the world, basically. Reporter the missile was fired from a mobile launcher just nort
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president and Top Democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. As they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins President Trump criticized senate and House Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. They decided not to show up. Theyve been all talk and theyve been no action. And now its even worse. Desjardins in a morning tweet, mr. Trump preempted todays scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i dont see a deal hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that meeting, saying the president s tweet indi
And who sent her in. And, those are men in wingsuits, trying to fly right into that plane. Good evening, its great to have you with us on a very busy tuesday night. We begin with north korea late today launching a new missile, this time flying higher and longer than any it has launched before. Tonight, what it reveals about their ability to reach this country. Its the third icbm launch, The Other Two in july. Each reaching farther than the one before it. The launch, a direct provocation to the u. S. Tonight. President trump responding moments ago. Heres bob woodruff. Reporter tonight, north korea acts again. And this time, we know that President Trump was being briefed as the missile was in the air. The new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic
missile. What makes this missile different, it flew higher and longer than ever before. 90 minutes after it splashed down in the sea of japan, the president addressing the provocative move. A missile was launched a little while ago
I feel very badly, john. I will say this. Hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi. Nothing happened to her. Flynn lied, and they destroyed his life. I think its a shame. Hillary clinton on the 4th of july weekend went to the fbi, not under oath, it was the most incredible thing anyones ever seen. She lied many times. Nothing happened to her. Flynn lied, and its like they ruined his life. Its very unfair. That came after a weekend of controversy for the president because he was so boisterous and verbose over twitter, including what read to a lot of people like an accidental confirmation of obstruction of justice. Quote, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vicepresident and the fbi. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide. Thats a problem for the president on a number of levels, but the very next day the white house told the press that tweet was dictated by the president s lawyer, j