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Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. In ten months as americas chief diplomat, Rex Tillerson has found no world leader a greater challenge than the president of the united states. Relations between President Trump and the Senior Member of his cabinet, the former c. E. O. Of exxonmobil, have been strained almost from the start. Now cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force tillerson out. Heres white house and Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan. Hes here. Rex is here. Reporter today President Trump refused to answer questions about a white house plan to replace secretary of state Rex Tillerson after less than a year on the job. Mr. Trump has been publicly frustrated with his top diplomat. We disagree on a couple of things. Sometimes id like him to be a little bit tougher. Reporter that comment came just three days after tillerson held an extraordinary News Conference last month to shoot down reports that he had called the president a moron. There has never been a consideration in my mind to leave. I serve at the appointment of the president , and i am here for as long as the president feels i can be useful to achieving his objectives. Reporter the two have clashed on policy issues, including north korea. Shortly after tillerson announced that the u. S. Was in diplomatic contact with pyongyang, trump treated that he is wasting his time. No, we dont agree on everything. Yes, sometimes he changes his mind. Reporter tillerson successfully convinced the president to keep the u. S. In the iran nuclear deal, but he now appears poised to lose an argument over tillersons objections the president is leaning towards recognizing the disputed city of jerusalem as the capital of israel. One of tillersons closest allies, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee bob corker, said mr. Trump has effectively neutered tillerson. He said the president has castrated you before the world stage. I checked. Im fully intact. Reporter tillersons aloof management style and costsaving plan to restructure the state department, including slashing around 2,000 positions, has not helped his popularity. Today corker defended him. Its been evident to me that for some time somebody is, you know, seeking to undermine his presence here. I dont know who that is. Reporter the white house insists that no change is imminent. The leading candidate to replace tillerson is current c. I. A. Director mike pompeo. That would leave a vacancy at the c. I. A. , likely to be filled by either republican senator tom cotton of arkansas or retired vice admiral robert harworth. Anthony. Mason Margaret Brennan at the white house. Thanks, margaret. The nonpartisan joint commission on taxation estimated today that the Senate Republican tax bill would add 1trillion to the deficit over the next decade. That conflicts with g. O. P. Claims the tax cuts in the bill would pay for themselves. Even so, a final vote is expected by tomorrow and nancy cordes tells us prospects for approval are improving. bell ringing reporter the dow surged 330 ndints today as wall street sensed an impending windfall after several g. O. P. Holdouts said they were leaning towards voting yes. I think its likely to pass. Reporter the centerpiece of the senate plan is a huge cut to the Corporate Tax rate, which republicans say will be a boon for u. S. Workers. Well have more jobs, more companies, existing companies are expanding. Reporter democrats argue past tax cuts havent trickled down to workers. This is a fantasy this bill greases the wheels to send more jobs overseas. Just a show of hands. Reporter a group of Business Leaders were asked recently if they would invest those tax savings in their workforce. White house economic adviser gary cohn was disappointed by the response. Why arent the other hands up . Reporter delaware democrat chris coons. C. E. O. S of pfizer, cisco, cocacola said, thats not what were going to do. If we get a significant rate cut, were going to give that back to our shareholders in dividends and in stock buybacks. Reporter the bipartisan joint committee on taxation projected today that the g. O. P. Plan would boost job growth by an extra half a percent over the next ten years. The j. C. T. Has also projected that the plans individual tax changes would initially benefit earners at all levels, but those savings would quickly evaporate for those making less than 75,000 a year. Tennessee republican bob corker says that part of the plan needs major work. I wish we could just take the individual side, put it in the trash can, and take it quickly to the incinerator. Reporter but many republicans are worried theyll miss the moment if they tinker with the bill any longer. I want us to pass tax reform. I think in its current structure it would make things better than things are today, not perfect but better. Reporter if republicans do manage to pass their bill, which theyre hoping to do in the next 24 hours, they will have another opportunity to make some changes when they work to reconcile their plan with the very different plan that passed the house earlier this month, anthony. Mason nancy cordes at the capitol. Thanks. Its not often an earthquake rattles major cities in the east, but this afternoon a magnitude 4. 1 quake centered near Dover Air Force base in delaware was felt from washington to poughkeepsie, new york. This was the scene in belleville, new jersey. There are no reports of serious injuries or damage. Now to the Sexual Misconduct accusations rocking 30 rock. Executives at nbc have received at least two new complaints about nowfired today show host matt lauer. Lauer put out a Statement Today saying hes embarrassed and ashamed. Heres bianna golodryga. Our top story isonce again about matt lauer. The today show may be without its star anchor, but matt lauer still managed to lead his past, releasing a statement before air. There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by my words and actions, he said. As i am writing this, i realize the depth of the damage and disappointment i have left behind at home and at nbc. Lauer, seen near his home in the hamptons today, said some of the allegations are untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. Nbc says two women in addition to the female employee whose complaint led to lauers firing have come forward. Also one woman told the New York Times that she was sexually assaulted by lauer in his office in 2001. And some of lauers female colleagues told variety magazine that he summoned them to his hotel room at night during nbcs olympic coverage. Some told variety their complaints to management fell on deaf ears. Variety reporters Elizabeth Wagmeister and Ramin Setoodeh wrote the story. Matt lauers public persona as a very squeaky cleans americas dad was very difficult from his private persona where he focused on women that worked at the today show, and there was a clear pattern of that. Reporter lauer is the latest in an expanding list of powerful men forced out of their jobs over charges of Sexual Misconduct, including now former cbs this morning coanchor charlie rose. New to the list, def jam founder russell simmons, who earlier today resigned from his Media Companies after a second woman alleged he forced her to have sex against her will. Simmons doesnt deny the encounters, but says he remembers them differently. As for lauer, nbc said in a statement that current management was never made aware of any allegations prior to monday night when the first woman came forward. Anthony . Mason bianna golodryga, thanks. Pressure is growing on the longestserving member of the house of representatives to step down in the face of Sexual Misconduct accusations. More on that now from julianna goldman. Congressman conyers should resign. Reporter today the top democrat in the house of representatives called on john conyers to step down immediately. Zero tolerance means consequences for everyone, no matter how great the legacy. Its no license to harass or discriminate. Reporter conyers attorney arnold reed shot back, saying the 88yearold congressman is staying put. Nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman, and she sure as hell wont be the one to tell the congressman to leave. Reporter pelosi and other Democratic Leaders spoke out after marion brown, the staffer with whom conyers settled a Sexual Harassment complaint in 2015, came forward for the first time. Im here to say that im not a liar. Reporter offering disturbing details. He pointed to areas, genital areas of his body and asked me to, you know, touch it. Reporter since browns 27,000 settlement was first reported last week, several women have accused conyers of Sexual Misconduct. Conyers has denied the allegations. His attorney said he was hospitalized last night for stressrelated issues and also seemed to suggest that conyers is being treated unfairly due to his race. Nancy pelosi is going to have to explain what is the discernible difference between al franken and john conyers . I apologize. Reporter several women have accused senator al franken of groping, both before and after he was elected. Unlike with conyers, Top Democrats in the senate are not calling on franken to resign. Separately today, republican congressman joe barton announced he would not seek reelection after a lewd selfie he had sent to another woman circulated online. Anthony . Mason julianna goldman, thank you, julianna. s a verdict in the trial of jose garcia, charged with murdering her on a pier in 2015. We have a west coast update on a case that sparked a National Debate over immigration policy, john. Late this afternoon a jury here in San Francisco found an undocumented immigrant not guilty in the shooting death of a young woman whose killing became part of a nations immigration debate. When 32yearold kate steinly was shot and killed on a pier in San Francisco her death instantly became part of a heated president ial campaign. It was july 1, 2015, just two weeks after donald trump loud his bid condemning illegal immigration from mexico. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crimes, they are rapists. The man arrested for shooting her, had already been deported back to mexico five times. Two months before the shooting, he was released from San Franciscos jail instead of being turned over to federal immigration authorities. Another victim is kate steinly gunned down in sanctuary city of San Francisco. But guard yeahs immigration status is not part of the case against him. Alex bastion of the San Francisco District Attorneys Office. The defendant is charged with Second Degree murder and the sole question after all the testimony is in is whether or not he intended to fire that handgun. The prosecution accused garcia of looking for someone to kill, playing a secret game of russian roulette that ended with steinly shot in the back as she walked the pier beside her father. Defense attorney matt gauze gus finding the stolen Law Enforcement gun under a bench on the pier. This is someone that unknowingly touched an object and it fired and struck the ground where it was pointed 78 feet away from ms. Steinly. Testimony showed the bullet hit the concrete 12 feet in front of garcia, ricochet and travel 78 feet before striking steinly. The jury was given the choice of finding him guilty of first degree, Second Degree or involuntary manslaughter. They found him not guilty of all three. The only charge they did find him guilty on was illegal possession of a firearm. Anthony. Mason john blackstone, thanks. The suspect in a string of deadly shootings in tampa, florida appeared in court today over a video link. 24yearold Howell Donaldson wore a padded robe to prevent him from harming himself. Hes charged with firstdegree murder in the deaths of four people over five weeks. Donaldson was arrested tuesday night after handing his gun to a mcdonalds coworker. American airlines said today despite a computer glitch, it does not expect mass cancellations during the holidays. Cbs news has learned american discovered the Software Problem last friday. 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And women are fighting for other freedoms, too. Theyre not victims. We are not victims. We are strong. Reporter halah alhamrani, who has opened a boxing gym called fight like a girl, told us she wants an end to saudi arabias male guardianship system, which means all saudi women still need a male relatives permission to travel overseas or get married. You think that needs to change . I hope that it does, yes. Reporter and you think the government is going to do it . I think were going in that direction. God willing. Reporter by saudi standards, the countrys new crown prince, mohammed bin salman, is a reformer. Hes allowing women into sports stadiums for the first time, and a stampede of saudi women is now joining the workforce. These girls could one day have very different lives from their mothers, but in saudi arabia, any change is jarring. A backlash always possible. Holly williams, cbs news, jeddah, saudi arabia. Mason and when we come back, the battle of the brains. 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