Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with the predecessor. I dont understand why any officials has not any right to speak to russian ambassador. What do you make of that . It seems to me serious charges involving your previous ambassador. Yes, he is a talented. Complicates things. Smart, talented diplomat. Very much surprised that some mass media decide to blame him as a spy. Stupid and nonsense. This the fbi. Come on, you say that. His primary goal he said is to restore relations between the u. S. And russia. What we want, we want to be together. Fighting terrorism. To protect nonproliferation and maybe to start negotiations about negotiations regarding nuclear disarmament. The ambassador who has broke end arms control deals with the u. S. Said before, he wants to collaborate on cybersecurity. An offer that so far the u. S. Has the not taken up. Jeff. Margaret. Thank you very much. Former access hollywood host, billy bush accused President Trump of revisionist history, for reportedly saying it is not his voice on that infamous video making a crude remark about women. In an oped in the new york times, bush wrote of course he said it. Bush was interviewed this evening by stephen colbert. Look, he last week, for some reason, came out with, thats not my voice on the tape. Like i said you cant say that. That is your voice. I was there. You were there. Thats your voice on the tape. But then you have got 20 women at the time, i dont know what the exact number is, there is more. 20 women who, used their names, we have got powerful people being held accountable now. And sometimes anonymous sources. All of these women came out, with their names, and told their detailed accounts. And as i read these, i said, 20 women dont get together and say, you know it would be fun, take down a powerful guy together have . Ha. No they dont. 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Reporter this is the move by the Trump Administration to drastically shrink the amount of land protected at bears ears from 1. 35 million acres to just over 200,000. And the equally stunning Grand StaircaseEscalante National momo montana by half. There are those who prize what lies under the land. Oil, gas, uranium, which is why the quiet land its now surrounded by so much noise. So do you, President Trump, and secretary zinke are . Two of the greatest people i have ever been able to associate myself with. Bruce adams says the federal government which owns 2 3 of the land in utah has overreached and residents should have more control. What about the native americans who say this is their land . And sacred ground . I applaud the fact that they want that protection. I just simply think that that protection exists. I cherish the land. But for navaho elder, willie gray eyes, stripping protection would leave a deep scar. Not only with myself but my nation and, and, probably all of the native americans . This is Grand Staircase escalante. Former president clinton declared this a monument two decades ago. Just like bears ears it took years to get that status. Now, tribes and environmental groups say it could be years of a legal fight before it is resolved. Jeff. Jamie, thank you very much. Up next, times short list for person of the year and last years winner is on it. Around here, im lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. My bargain detergent couldnt keep up. It was mostly water. So, i switched to tide pods. Theyre super concentrated, so i get a better clean. I mean, i give away water for free. Im not about to pay for it in my detergent. 1 trusted. 1 awarded its got to be tide. And for a plantbased clean, try tide purclean it says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. This. Here . No. Have a little fun together, or a lot. Ky yours and mine. 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Mueller, and last years winner President Trump. The anniversary of the text message first sent from computer to cell phone. The british engineer wrote, merry christmas. There was no reply. The phone could not send messages. Here its another first. Pizza party in space. Italian astronaut said he missed pizza. Nasa sent up all the fixings. The crew had fun tossing the pies around. One called them flying saucers of the edible kind. Coming up next here, the bravest dentist you will ever meet. Announcer this portion sponsored by ancestry. We end tonight with a trip to the dentist. Like none you have ever seen. Here is chip reid. Joe taft has been rescuing big cats for 26 years. He has been caring for these tigers since they were born. Oh, does everybody want attention. Not everyone at the Exotic Feline Center in indiana is such a cool cat. Scared me. Thats because most of the 200 big cats here were rescued from abusive conditions. Many come here in poor health. Some in agonizing pain from dental disease. Lift. Twice a year cats who are showing symptoms of lion sized toothaches are tranquilized. He is out for the count. But he is growling. Its that normal . No. Theyre transported to make shift operating rooms where four dozen volunteers, doctors, dentists and medical technicians are waiting. First the Anesthesia Team in blue administers drugs to make sure the sleeping beauties stay that way as long as necessary. They insert breathing tubes as long as baseball bats and keep close track of their vitals. Next, the green teams take over. Dentists, technicians from all over the country. Working on a tiger named zeni in one room. And in the other room jababi the lion appears to have been in excruciating years. All four canine teeth were cut, filed down and infected. What are you going to have to do . Currently four root canals. At the same time. All at the same time because the speed is essential. Keeping them under for too long could threaten their health. Necrotic debris out of the canines here. He is going to feel a lot better . Absolutely. Reporter most come here every year, some have been here dozen of times. They do it out of love. You want to come see me . Hi. Give these magnificent creatures a chance to live painfree. Chip reid, cbs news, centerpoint, indiana. Thats the overnight news for tuesday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im jeff glor. Thank you for watching. This is the cbs overnight news. Hi, welcome. The biggest rewrite of the u. S. Code in 30 years takes place behind closed doors. Republican leaders of the house and Senate Working to reconcile versions of the tax package. They hope to get it on the president s desk by christmas. Meanwhile a partial Government Shutdown is looming friday. Nancy cordes has the story. Massive, massive tax cuts. President trump closing in on his first major legislative victory. Now that the senate and house have both passed gop tax plans. On this vote the yeas are both bills reduce individual rates across the board. While roughly doubling the child tax credit, and the standard deduction. In exchange, both plans eliminate deductions for interest on student loans, for state and local income taxes, and both plans cap the property Tax Deduction at 10,000. We can reach an agreement gop leaders say it will take a week to iron out key differences between the two bills. The house bill for instance eliminates the alternative minimum tax. The senate bill does not. The house bill makes the new lower tax rates permanent, while the senate bill allows them to sunset in 2025. And, House Republicans like that the senate bill repeals the individual Health Insurance man date. Which would allow the gop to finally chip away at obamacare. Pare rushing and making mistake. I want you to take a look at this, folks, your government at work. The bill that passed the senate early saturday had illegible changes scribbled in the margins. Conversion for a corporation something, c corporation, paren dangerous. That cant be right. While studies show the wealthy would be the biggest winners, republicans insist all taxpayers would come out ahead. This is what this bill is about. Take home pay. More money for the american people. Republicans do not have the luxury of focusing just on taxes. The governments funding is set to expire at the end of the week. Which raises the specter of a Government Shutdown if the two parties cant cut even a short term deal over military and domestic spending. President trump endorsed republican roy moore in next weeks election in alabama. Moore dogged by accusations of Sexual Misconduct. The president fired more shots at the fbi Major Garrett begins our coverage. I feel badly for general flynn. I feel very badly. Reportr President Trump empathized with Michael Flynn who admit to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russian officials. I think its a shame. Reporter over the weekend mr. Trump tweeted he fired flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi the white house had said the president fired flynn only because he misled Vice President pence. The tweet sparked new questions about whether the president has obstructed justice. Shortly after firing flynn, mr. Trump told then fbi director james comey he hoped comey could let the Flynn Investigation go. The president later fired comey. One of the president s lawyers john dowd argued the president cannot obstruct himself with power and discretion over the justice department. Shocking surprise to president clinton, a president cannot be prosecuted for obstruction of justice. A former assistant attorney general under george h. W. Bush, disagrees. The statements that have been made by President Trumps lawyers basically amount to the claim that the president is above the law. That the president can, is not bound by the constitution, is not bound by the rule of law. Reporter obstruction of of justice was part of the articles of impeachment filed against both president clinton and president nixon. Overseas, tensions are high. The United States and south korea launched largescale military exercises. North koreas leader, kim jongun, says they pushed the region to the brink of nuclear war. Ben tracy has the story from tokyo. We flew with the 35th fighter wing to see how theyre preparing for the increasing threat from north korea. I flew in the back seat of the f16 fighter jet. He goes by the call sign punch. Rotate the news. Gear up. Here we go. Seconds into the flight he punches our plane straight up into the air. We climb 13,000 feet at nearly 500 miles an hour. Give us a roll. Here comes the roll. Wow. Thats one way to take off. Haha. Soon we are soaring up the face of a massive snowcapped mountain. That was minute later barely above the surface of the lake. So how many feet off the ground are we . We are just over 100. You are ruining every roller coaster ride in my future. This is not a joy ride. For pilots like punch this is a serious training mission. All right. Take it down. Ready . Flying low through the canyons of a japanese Mountain Range helps him prepare for comb battle conditions in which he would try to avoid detection. What is this replicated in terms of combat flying . If there is a barrier there are 44 f16s at the air base. In a war with north korea they would likely be the first planes sent in to take out enemy radar and north koreas air defenses. If needed, if called on, we are ready, ready to go right now. 100 . Colonel scott job commander of the 35th fighter wing. He says repeated missile launches by north korea have led the air force to increase the number, but also the complexity of their training exercises. To make sure we are ready and prepared to respond to any sort of additional testing that the kim regime does. Reporter that readiness means pilots like punch are spending a lot of time on the ground making sure their f16s are ready for action and once in the air that he is prepared for any mission he may be given. Whats the mission we are flying today . Doing simulated strike mission. In this scenario our plane flies low over the water until he spots the target ahead. Got the target area in sight. Here we go. Then pop up in the air and simulate dropping a bomb on an enemy port where weapons or cargo may be located. Did we neutralize the target . We got it. Everyone we talked to on the base hope diplomacy works and doesnt come to military conflict with north korea. If it does they are ready. 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