Transcripts For KPIX CBS Evening News With Jeff Glor 2018020

KPIX CBS Evening News With Jeff Glor February 8, 2018

Republican and Democratic Leaders of the senate announced an agreement today on a long term budget deal that could head off another Government Shutdown tomorrow night if the house goes along. But the bill is facing opposition there, including in the form of a recordbreaking speech today. Nancy pelosi, the minority leader, spoke against the bill for more than eight hours, the longest continuous speech on the house floor in well over a century. She just wrapped up. Chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes is at the capitol. Im pleased to announce that we have reached a twoyear budget deal. Reporter the massive agreement directs relief to all corners, from a cashstrapped military to stormravaged states. This bill is the product of extensive negotiation. Reporter it addresses several looming crises, funding the government for six weeks and raising federal budget caps for two years with the increase divided almost equally between defense and domestic spending. The bill also lifts the nations debt ceiling for a year and allocates 90 billion in emergency funds for areas hit by hurricanes and wildfires. I think its the best deal we can get. To me the main thing is funding the military. Reporter but g. O. P. Leaders are facing a conservative uprising as budget edwks balk at the new domestic funding demanded by democrats. This spending bill is a debt junkies dream. Reporter and thats not the only wrinkle. This package cannot have my support. Reporter Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is holding out for a promise from the House Speaker on immigration. Give us a vote. Reporter she commandeered the house floor for more than eight hours today, reading letters from socalled dreamers. I tried my hardest to fit in. I learned english quickly and dropped my spanish accent. Reporter she set a house record and earned applause from democrats. applause the question now will they follow her lead . This is a moral issue for many of us. Reporter so you are holding out for a promise . Wait and see what they have ha offer. We havent heard yet. Reporter here is the issue the senates republican leader has vowed to allow votes as early as next week on bipartisan dreamer legislation, but democrats worry that that legislation will die in the house, where the speaker has only said that hell allow a vote on immigration bills that he knows the president will sign. Jeff . Glor nancy cordes on capitol y,ll. Nancy, thank you. A top aide to President Trump, the man who handled paperwork going to and from the president s desk, announced today hes resigning. Two of rob porters exwives accused him of abuse. Porter says the accusations are false. Major garrett has late details on this. Reporter at first the white house aggressively defended staff secretary rob porter. Chief of staff john kelly called him a man of true integrity and honor. Press secretary Sarah Sanders declared porter has been effective and retained the full confidence of the president. But in less than a day, that defense collapsed as detailed allegations and documents emerged depicting physical and verbal abuse suffered by two of porters exwives, Jennifer Willoughby and colby holderness. V a june 2010 statement to arlington, virginia, onthorities, willoughby said porter punched the glass on their front door. I called the police, she wrote. I was afraid he would break in. Willoughby wrote on instagram this april, just after our one year anniversary, he pulled me naked and dripping from the shower to yell at me. When i tried to get help, i was counseled to consider carefully how what i said might affect his career, and so i kept my mouth shut and stayed. Is he going to be leaving the white house any time soon . He is going to be leaving the white house. It wont be immediate, but he is resigning from the white house, but hes going to stay on to ensure there is a smooth transition. Reporter porter called the allegations outrageous and simply false. As staff secretary, porter was one of President Trumps closest aides, acting as the conduit for all written information given to mr. Trump. Before working at the white house, porter was chief of staff to utah republican senator orrin hatch. If i could find more people like him, i would hire them. Orthink thats how good he is. Reporter the f. B. I. Informed the white house about these Domestic Abuse allegations against porter in november. The fear in such cases is damaging information could be used as blackmail. White House Communications director hope hicks is dating porter and played a significant dle in those early white house statements defending him. Jeff . Glor major garrett, thank you very much. Vice president mike pence said today the u. S. Will soon hit north korea with the toughest and most aggressive sanctions yet over its Nuclear Weapons program. Pence is on his way the lead the u. S. Delegation to the winter ioympics in south korea. Ben tracy reports the north will be represented this year by a mysterious member of the ruling family. Reporter the younger sister ou north korean dictator kim yo jong is heading to the olympics. Kim yungjong is believed to be a trusted adviser to her brother, but its not clear if shes being sent to deliver a message on his behalf. North korea expert jeffrey lewis. Well look closely at who is with her, what she says, what she does. But we dont have an enormous amount of detail on what precisely her role is. Reporter because of her north influence, shes called the norths ivanka trump. She would be the first member of the ruling family to cross the boarder. But she may not receive a warm gelcome. Protesters have been greeting the members of the norths more than 500person delegation. Theyre angry that kim jonguns regime is participating in the olympics and stealing the spotlight. Vice president mike pence is attending the Opening Ceremony to counter what he views as propaganda. We will not allow north korean propaganda to hijack the message and imagery of the olympic games. Reporter at his stop in tokyo, he announced new but unspecified sanctions on north korea. This could complicate the effects of south korea to engage kim jong uns regime. But experts say sending his sister is a sign of what hes thinking. North koreas government is a family affair. Its run by the kim family. So to send a senior and toportant member of the family to the olympics, is a sign the government is taking this very seriously. Reporter members of the north korean delegation are expected to meet with south korean president moon jaein,. St they are not willing to meet with u. S. Officials. Jeff . Glor ben tracy for us once again from pyongyang. Thank you. Inw the pentagon is drawing up a parade on the streets of washington requested by the commanderinchief possibly next veterans day. Heres david martin. Reporter Everybody Loves a parade, the saying goes, and no one more than President Trump. He was wowed last summer by the annual French Military parade. It was one of the greatest parades ive ever seen. M was two hours on the button, and it was military might. Reporter but he told the french president he wanted a parade of his own, only bigger. We may do Something Like that ve july 4th in washington down pennsylvania avenue. laughter i dont know. Were going to have to try and top it. Reporter planning has now begun for what would be First Military parade in the Nations Capital since the end of the u. Rst gulf war in 1991. The last time the u. S. Could unequivocally declare victory. That cost 12 million. gunfire but with no new victories to celebrate and troops still in combat, several democratic monators said another parade would be inappropriate and wasteful. Defense secretary mattis says juis parade would just be a show of appreciation. I think were all aware in this country of the president s spfection and respect for the military. Pt have been putting together some options. Well send them up to the white house for a decision. Reporter north korea is about to hold its army day parade, and these Satellite Photos show an estimated 13,000 soldiers and 150 vehicles have been preparing for weeks. Would President Trump insist his parade be bigger . Republican senator Lindsey Graham hopes not. The idea of saying thank you through a parade makes sense. The idea of showing muscle through a parade i think is counter to what were about and would actually be a sign of weakness, not strength. Reporter the pentagon wants da have the parade on veterans day, november 11th. That would be after the midterm elections and allow the military to steer clear of politics. Jeff . Glor david martin from the yntagon. David, thank you. Winter storms dumped snow, ice, trd rain on the eastern third of the country today. Erie, pennsylvania got at least four inches of snow and broke its record total for the season. Eerie has had 12. 5 feet of snow so far. Ue tulsa, oklahoma, firefighters rescued a dog that wandered on to a frozen creek. Look how rescuers got out there. They slid that raft out and the dog then climbed aboard with a little bit of help. Casino mogul steve wynn has resigned from his resort business two weeks after he was accused of sexual miscounduct. According to the wall street journal a number of women say wynn harassed or assaulted them. One case led to a multimillion dollar settlement. Wynn has denied the accusations but said they make it impossible to effectively run his business. A technology tugofwar is ncaying out in a San Francisco courtroom. Uber is accused of stealing trade secrets from googles selfdriving car company waymo. John blackstone is following this story. Its not an uber but a chauffeurdriven s. U. V. Delivered ubers cofounder and former c. E. O. To federal court. Morning, travis. Reporter travis kalanick, who resigned as ubers c. E. O. Teid controversy last year, is. He star witness among in a trial that could shape the self driving car industry. This is uber against google for our future. This is the case of domination of a future area of technology. Reporter google, who has been developing selfdriving rehicles since 2009, is claiming uber stole trade secrets to advance its own driverless cars, d crets so sensitive theyve been revealed only to the jury. Kalanick built uber into the dominant Ridesharing Company while building his own reputation as a fierce and tolatile competitor, even fighting with an uber driver. They blamed everything why send an email . Reporter its an image googles attorneys accentuated in a remarkable moment in court today, showing the jury a famous Michael Douglas speech from the movie wall street. The point is, ladies and ofntlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Reporter greed, google contends, led kalanick to hire a former google engineer, anthony lewandowski, who stole googles selfdriving trade secrets, but uber says its used only technology thats common knowledge. It all really comes down to what particular information did edey use and should they have realized that the engineer from google had obtained it in violation of the law . Reporter a loss in court here could cost uber more than 1 billion, but this case shows these two Tech Industry giants are certain will are many more billions to be made building selfdriving cars. Jeff . Glor john blackstone, thank you. Now to some other stories in our utening news feed. A car on autopilot has become tee fastest ever. The tesla roadster launched yesterday on the Spacex Falcon heavy rocket. It should top out at 26,000mph. C. E. O. Elon musk posted a photo showing the car and starman headed toward the Asteroid Belt between mars and jupiter. Ssk was brought down to earth today a bit when spacex posted a nearly 2 billion loss for 2017. At least seven people were killed overnight in a magnitude 6. 4 earthquake in taiwan. Dozens were trapped in buildings left tilting and in danger of collapse. The area was hit again today by a powerful aftershock. D. N. A. Tests reveal a 10,000 year old british skeleton nicknamed cheddar man once had dark skin and blue eyes. He was discovered in 1903 in the town where Cheddar Cheese was invented. The new Research Suggests europeans developed pale skin centuries later than previously thought. Veere is much more ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Reporter a program in boston is turning a Patients Living room into a hospital room. I am feeling better today. 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Just remember what i said about a little bit o soul glor about a trillion dollars a year is spent on hospital care. That is about one third of all healthcare costs in the u. S. But is it possible patients could get better, less expensive care at home . Heres dr. Jon lapook. Reporter dr. David levine and nurse kim tierney of bostons brigham and Womens Hospital are making a house call. I am feeling better today. Reporter treating Phyllis Petruzzelli for pneumonia in her living room. Take some nice deep breaths. Reporter right next to her husband and their dog max. R its a little better. Reporter petruzzelli is enrolled in an innovative program. Instead of staying in the hospital, patients are sent to oweir homes for treatment avllowing an e. R. Visit. You have been walking a lot. Whenever i want. Reporter one goal control costs without sacrificing quality. At first she was skeptical. Ol youre old school. Youre sick, you go to the hospital. You stay there. You dont go home. You dont have the doctor come to the house anymore. Reporter there are daily visits and Remote Monitoring from a skin patch. It monitors all my vital signs directly to the doctor. For example, this patients heart rate 76, breathing at 20 and has taken 30 steps this morning. Reporter a study out today found home stays have the same level of safety and quality of care as those in the hospital and at about half the cost. Doctors ordered far fewer blood tests and scans. By moving people to their home, were automatically able to customize what they need and tailor it to them. And thats part of the place we see a lot of cost savings. Reporter and home patients walk ten times more than those in the hospital. I think thats why i healed so fast, because i wasnt just laying. We believe that because patients are moving more at home that theyre going to be able to preserve their strength and end up better off afterward. Reporter it looks like those home patients do better after discharge. New data show fewer re remissions to the hospital after on days, and there may be other benefits beyond the cost savings, better sleep and less chance of catching something from a hospital patient just a curtain away. Glor such a fascinating concept, jon. That seems to be where healthcare is headed, right . Reporter im really excited about it. I think given how expensive healthcare is, this is a great nkea. Glor jon lapook, thank you very much. Up next here, its a celebration. Yahoo yahoo helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. Lowering a1c by up to 1. 2 points. Do not take if allergic to farxiga. If you experience symptoms of a serious allergic reaction such as rash, swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing, stop taking and seek medical help right away. Do not take farxiga if you have severe kidney problems, are on dialysis, or have bladder cancer. Tell your doctor right away if you have blood or red color in your urine or pain while you urinate. 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