But we begin with todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. This is a real threat, whether we want to talk about it or not. North korea is a big world problem and a problem we have to finally solve. President trump pressures north korea as tensions rise. Military option is the absolutely next to worse Case Scenario. The worst would be north korea marrying Nuclear Warheads to an icbm. Any situation where you would vote for a bill that allows funding for the border wall . No, i want. Because its a total waste of taxpayer money. Mexicos supposed to pay for the wall . I think, jim, that the president has made clear initially we needed to get the fund going. Arkansas has become the first state in 17 years to carry out a double execution. Another good step for justice tonight. No reports of anyone being seriously injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of chile. This is really horrible. More heavy rain along with the potential for flash flooding is expected in the southeast. This water is so close to where these people live. Elton john canceled his concerts in april and may after contracting a potentially deadly infection. The cofounder of google unveiling his prototype for a flying car. No Flight Attendant. No peanuts on that flight. A worker decided it would be fun to take a selfie with one of the residents. Badded in. And all that matters. Whats been going on while ive been gone . President obama made his first public appearance as a former president if you had pictures of everything i had done in high school i probably wouldnt have been president of the United States. On cbs this morning. Its a huge week for donald trump. Because this saturday he will reach 100 days in office and boy, it sure seems longer. Jimmy, can i see what i looked like on inauguration day. Yeah. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off. Alex wagner joins us. Welcome. Great to be here. President trump is backing away from a fight in congress this week over building a mexico border wall. Senior Administration Officials tell cbs news mr. Trump will no longer insist that this years budget include money for the wall. That shissue threatened to shutdown the government. The wall will be part of next years budget instead. The president is moving on to another campaign promise, cutting Corporate Tax rates. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Margaret, good morning. Good morning. With just a nfew days to go before President Trump hits the selfimposed 100 day deadline hes sending a team of top advisors to capitol hill to close some deals that includes gary cohn, treasure secretary mnuchin and Vice President mike pence who just returned from asia earlier today. Im headed back to capitol hill. Theres a spending bill thats being considered as we speak. Reporter the Vice President returned a day early from his asia trip to help push through a spending plan to avoid a Government Shutdown. 2200 mile wall doesnt make a whole lot of sense. Reporter without broadbased republican support congress will hold off on financing mr. Trumps border wall this week. The cost of the wall is staggering. Reporter for democrats and a number of border state republicans, the wall was a pricey dealbreaker. But theyve agreed in principle to more funding for Border Security and surveillance. Another president ial goal has been grounded, a second attempt to repeal and replace obamacare is unlikely to happen in the next few days. We cant make people vote, but weve made significant progress. Reporter asked why the president has not worked with congress to pass the ten pieces of legislation he promised in his first 100 days, press Secretary Sean Spicer instead pointed to the 32 executive orders mr. Trump will have signed off on by friday. Thats the most of any president since world war ii. I think you have to look at in totality of what he did get done. Reporter mr. Trump is unveiling a tax reform blueprint wednesday to cut Corporate Tax rates from 35 to 15 . Were reducing your taxes. Reporter its similar to a plan mr. Trump unveiled during the campaign. Which the independent Tax Policy Center estimated would cost the federal government nearly 2. 4 trillion over a decade. Yesterday, treasure secretary Steve Mnuchin said the final plan wont add to the deficit. The tax plan will pay for itself with economic growth. Reporter while reality may have grounded many of mr. Trumps legislative expectations. This is a very special day. Reporter during a very Long Distance call mr. Trump congratulated a summer salting dr. Peggy whitson on breaking the u. S. Record on the most days in space and jokingly set a deadline for americans to make it to mars. What we want to try to do it during my first term or at worst during my second term. Reporter and while the president has called the 100 day mark a, quote, ridiculous standard, the white house launched this website today, outlining and commemorating what they see as their biggest wins so far. Norah, it feels like sweeps week here at the white house. All right. Margaret, thank you so much. And monday cbs this morning will bring you a special broadcast live from inside the white house. We will feature john dickersons interview with President Trump, which will debut sunday on face the nation. We hope you join us. North korea conducted a huge live fire military drill this morning to show of force was part of a Birthday Celebration for north koreas military. The drill happened as the u. S. , south korea and japan started new military exercises. The u. S. Aircraft carrier carl vinson is moving closer to south korea. Adriana diaz is in beijing with the escalating showdown. Adriana, good morning. Good morning. In addition to beefing up americas military presence near north korea, President Trump is already ramping up his war of words. Monday he said kim jongun is not as strong militarily as he says, and also blamed the International Community for not doing more to reign him in. The status quo in north korea is also unacceptable. Reporter at the white house on monday President Trump scolded members of the u. N. Security council for falling short in their dealings with north korea. The council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions. Reporter in a show of force intended to send a warning to north korea, the Uss Carl Vinson Strike Group with two japanese destroyers are rapidly approaching the korean peninsula. There theyll be joined by south korean ships. The uss michigan a Nuclear Powered submarine also arrived in the port city of busan today. Angered by the buildup and the threat of further sanctions the regime has stepped up its rhetoric, unveiling new weapons while lashing out at its adversaries. North korean state media called the military movements extremely dangerous, saying the u. S. Should consider carefully any catastrophic consequence. This raises the stakes. Reporter analyst jonathan pal pollack says the white house needs to proceed cautiously. With the United States and others talking too loosely about the process of a preemptive strike thats what would trigger retaliatory actions by north korea. Reporter its also been three days since koreanamerican professor tony kim was detained at pyongyang airport. Kim joins two other americans being held by the regime. We could stumble needlessly into what would be the biggest crisis in east asia since the United States intervened in the korean war in 1950. Reporter to avoid that President Trump is working closely with china. He has already spoken to chinas president twice in the past two weeks. Tomorrow, the full u. S. Senate will be briefed on north korea by Administration Officials at the white house. Alex . Adriana diaz in beijing, thanks. The kremlin is pushing back against a suggestion by defense secretary james mattis that russia is supplying weapons to the taliban. Mattis made the comments yesterday after arriving in afghanistan where about 9,000 u. S. Troops are serving. This morning, russias foreign minister said the claims are unsubstantiated. Mattis said the u. S. Must confront russia. We will engage with russia diplomatically, we will do so where we can, but we are going to have to confront russia where what theyre doing is contrary to international law. The taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack friday on an Afghan Military base. At least 140 people were reportedly killed. A Cyber Security firm says the same russia linked hackers who targeted Hillary Clintons campaign are trying to interfere in the french election. Tren micro says hackers tried but failed into break into the front runner of emmanuel macron. The Obama Administration blamed that group for targets servers during the 2016 campaign in this country. O cf1 o ivanka trump in germany this morning on her First International trip as white house adviser. She was booed and hissed at a summit on women in economic power and the president s daughter says progress has stalled for women in business. Mark phillips is at the w20 conference in berlin. Mark, good morning. Good morning. Well this is no ordinary visit by an ordinary white house official. This is three visits in one by ivanka trump, first daughter, ivanka trump the president ial adviser and ivanka trump the businesswoman. Its complicated like the state of u. S. german relations right now. The conference was about improving the role of working women, but the first thing ivanka trump had to do was defend her fathers attitude toward women. Ive certainly heard the criticism from the media and thats been perpetuated but i know from personal experience reporter but shes also here because Angela Merkel knows an opportunity when she sees one. When the german chancellor went to washington to meet ivankas father the atmosphere bordered on icy. Thank you. Thank you. Reporter so when Angela Merkel met ivanka and invite herd to the berlin womens conference, that invitation was about more than playing to the first daughters interests. Political analysts here, like josef braml, say it was a way to use the side door to get into the white house. You take what you get. And what do you think you get with her . You get access to donald trump and maybe a moderating effect to donald trump. Reporter ivanka, the special adviser to the president , did tell gayle king that when it comes to trying to influence her father, on issues that she cares about, shes not shy. This particular title was about giving critics the comfort that im holding myself to that highest ethical standard, but ill weigh in with my father on the issues i feel strongly about. Reporter but this visit isnt about issues. Its about trying to jump start a stalled relationship. We actually dont know what ivanka trumps position is on the issues of contention between washington and berlin right now, russia and nato, refugees, we do know that the Trump Administration has yet to appoint its own ambassador to germany so that right now in terms of highlevel diplomacy, ivanka trump is it. Alex . Mark phillips in berlin, thanks, mark. Bill oreilly says he is sad after losing his top hp rated fox news show amid a Sexual Harassment scandal. Oreilly spoke for the First Time Since his ouster on his no spin news podcast. The comments came as fox news was hit with a new lawsuit, former anchor Andrea Tantaros accuses executives of hightech retaliation after she complained of Sexual Harassment and she says they hacked her phone and emails. Anna werner is at fox news headquarters here in new york, anna, good morning. Good morning. Well big oreilly said he was shaken by his ouster and if fox news thought getting rid of him last week would move them beyond negative headlines they were wrong. Yet another lawsuit makes new claims against multiple fox executives. I am sad that im not on television anymore. I was very surprised how it all turned out. I cant say a lot because theres much stuff going on right now. Reporter that was bill oreilly last night on his podcast. Hi, im bill oreilly reporting from washington. Reporter nearly a week after he was fired from fox news, the 67yearold used it to speak directly to his fans. Im very confident the truth will come out and when it does, i dont know if youre going to be surprised, but i think youre going to be shaken, as i am. Reporter oreilly released the recording shortly before Tucker Carlson took over the 8 00 p. M. Time slot. What a oreilly did was not easy. E set a high bar. Reporter that oreilly occupied for more than 20 years. Fox news is facing yet another lawsuit. The headline tonight, andrea . Andrea tantaros alleges roger ailes sexually harassed her files a new claim in federal court. This complaint accuses fox News Executives of illegally surveilling her emails and telephone conversations and using that private information to, quote, intimidate her. She was the subject of a very vicious social Media Campaign against her. Reporter tantaross lawyer jed burstein said fox deployed sock puppet twitter accounts against her, that look like real people but he alleges were actually controlled by the network. Tantaros claims one of those accounts tweeted about her dead brother one day after she had a conversation about him with her mother. The lawsuit alleges another tweet referenced a friend who had been stung by a scorpion. Its one of those things where you say, this cant be true, and then the more you look, you realize it is true and its very scary. Reporter fox news lawyers said in a statement that Network Executives flattery in deny tantaros claims and no knowledge of the anonymous or sue don muss tweets described in her complaint they said we got a statement from roger ailes attorney who called this lawsuit, quote, an obvious attempt to get publicity. This suit he said has no merit. Norah . All right. Anna, thank you so much. A high stakes hollywood labor showdown could knock some of your favorite tv shows off the air. Members of the Writers Guild of america voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike for the first time in ten years. They have less than a week to work out a new contract with producers. Mireya villarreal is at a production sound stage in los angeles with the potentially costly battle. Mireya, good morning. Good morning. The studio im standing in is where the mary tyler show the roseanne bar show and Gilligans Island was shot. 455 were built just this season, more than double from six years ago. And thanks in part to new content providers like amazon, netflix, and hulu, now writers are saying they want their pay to reflect hollywoods new reality. For now, its all smiles on the late night talk shows. Dont just say if youve ingested pieces of golf balls the best thing to do is let them play through. Reporter all the jokes come from Union Writers who could be putting their pens down and putting those shows in jeopardy. The Writers Guild announced monday that more than 6300 of their members voted by a margin of 96 to authorize a march on the picket lines if a deal isnt reached with the Producers Union before their current contract expires on may 1st. Your upcoming fall lineup favorites could take a hit. Its not my fault im bad at sharing. I skipped kindergarten. They have to fight back. Reporter tv writer and guild member patti carr has worked on rain and private practice and says changes in the tv landscape have hurt the bottom line for writers because theyre paid per episode. A broadcast series runs 22 to 24 episodes but now shows on cable are basic streaming services run an average of 12 episodes. The shows are often shot to look more like a movie, taking longer in production which keeps writers tied up for the same amount of time while making less money. The average income for the writers has gone down 23 . Its about not being able to sustain yourself. Reporter writers are asking for higher script fees, bigger residuals from streaming media and larger contributions to their health plan. When unionized writers went on strike ten years ago it lasted more than three months. Halting production on dozen of tv shows and films and also cost the industry at least 2 billion. In a Statement Released monday night the Producers Alliance said, they remain committed to reaching a deal but warned that the 2007 Writers Strike hurt everyone. Writers lost more than 287 million in compensation that was never recovered. Hopefully it doesnt come to that. It will be hard. It will be scary if thats what we have to do. Reporter producers say they are also under pressure to keep costs down with viewers changing their viewing habits and also cutting the cable cord. Both sides believe that this strike is avoidable and talks will resume today in los angeles. Charlie . Mireya, thanks. Former president bush could be discharged from the hospital by the end of the week according to krs at the houston medical center. The 41st president is recovering from pne