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Quijano good evening, im elaine quijano. The decision while it lasted was unprecedented in american edlitics. With an impeachment inquiry on capitol hill, President Trump last thursday awarded a huge contract to himself. Directing next years g7 meeting be held at his golf resort gtside miami. Then last night an abrupt reversal after days of fierce criticism. Weijia jiang is at the white house. Reporter President Trump blamed media and democrat crazed and irrational hostility for ditching his doral golf resort in florida as the site of the g7 summit in june. Its like such a natural. Reporter the president came up with the idea which he first floated during this years gthering in france. We have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. White house acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney suggested why mr. Trump changed his mind. He was honestly surprised at the level of pushback. At the end of the day he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business. Reporter but at a press briefing on thursday mulvaney brid President Trump was prepared to handle criticism. And there was going to be folks that will never get over the fact it is a trump property. Ct get that but were still thag to go with it. Reporter it was also during that briefing mulvaney admitted there was a quid pro quo involving military aid to araine, and said the president froze the money to get ukraine to look into the origins of the. Ussia investigation. Whether or not they were cooperating in an Ongoing Investigation with our department of justice, that is hatpletely legitimate. Reporter a claim so stunning he as asked to clarify. To be clear, what you just ouscribed is a quid pro quo, it is funding will not flow unless g wiinvestigation into the vemocratic server happens as well. We do we do that all the heme with Foreign Policy reporter today, mulvaney denied saying what he said. You were asked by jonathan karl, you described a quid pro quo and you said that happens hat the time. In,and again, reporters will use ueir language all the time, so, my language never said quid pro hao. I see how people took that the wrong way, absolutely but i never said it was a quid pro quo because there isnt. Reporter democrats believe the damage is done and argue isy now have even more evidence in their impeachment inquiry. The speaker of the house would like to get this wrapped up by the end of the year. T quijano weijia, there are reports senior aides have started to reach out to replacements for Mick Mulvaney what are you hearing . Reporter the white hse says mulvaney still has President Trumps confidence but cbs news says he was on thin ice bfore the briefing with officials unhappy over his handling of the impeachment inquiry. And there is a growing rivalry between mulvaney and white House Counsel Pat Cippolone to serve lo the permanent chief of staff. Elaine, asked about that acting sktle in april, mulvaney said it doesnt matter because the president could fire anyone at any time. Quijano weijia jiang, thank you. American forces continued their withdrawal from Northern Syria today. Defense secretary mark esper tys theyre headed for iraq, not home as President Trump promised. Left behind, americas alle kurds. As Holly Williams reports, a ceasefire about to end could determine their fate. Reporter there were reports re sporadic clashes between lashishled forces and kurdish fighters in syria today. Ay. Turkey said one of its soldiers was killed. But for now, the ceasefire seems os be mostly holding. Remember, this turkish incursion began last week after President Trump effectively opened the door to turkey announcing that u. S. Forces would pull back from the border. And now u. S. Troops are in the owocess of withdrawing entirely from Eastern Syria. Kurdishled forces were hleicas closest partners on tne ground in syria in the fight against isis. They are now the target of turkeys offensive and say they yave been betrayed by the u. S. Turkey claims the kurdishled group is a terrorist organization. President trump called the ceasefire which was negotiated by Vice President mike pence and turkish president recip erdogan last week, a great day for civilization. But it is due to expire on tuesday. Kurdish forces say they pulled lledof one town today but turkey oday they need to withdraw from a nearly 300 mile stretch of order or it will renew its assault. The other impact of the u. S. Withdraw is to hand even greater influence to russia. Turkish president erdogan will teet the russian president Vladimir Putin on tuesday and thefuture of Eastern Syria could be decided at that meeting at which the United States will play no part. Elaine . Quijano all right, Holly Williams, thank you. U. Ree soldiers were killed and three others injured during a training accident today at fort stewart, an army base in georgia. Orey were riding in a bradley fighting vehicle when the accident happened. Tom hanson has new details. Reporter the six soldiers were riding in a 25 ton armored bradley fighting vehicik the ones pictured here when it rolled into water early sunday morning. Three died on scene and three inhers were rushed to a nearby hospital. Investigators have not said what caused the accident. In a written statement Major General tony aguto said, today is a heartbreaking day for the Third Infantry Division and the entire fort Stewarthunter Army Airfield Community as we are all devastated after a training nicident this morning on the rtrt stewart training area. The 450 square mile base is home to about 18,000 soldiers and 4,000 Army Civilian workers fd is responsible for training and deploying active and reserved military personnel. Pe incident falls on the heels of other deadly accidents for the military. Itarune at west Point Military academy, a vehicle Training Exercise killed one cadet and injured 21 others. Erd in january, a combat engineer died when his bradley fighting vehicle rolled over. The military plans to release the names 24 hours after they notify all next of kin. Tom hanson, cbs news, new york. Quijano we learn today that the European Union is expected so delay its divorce from britan until february. Y. E deadline had been october 31. Order quijano in a rare saturday session the house of commons refused to vote on prime usnister Boris Johnsons brexit plan. Outside one million protestors demanded a new referendum on the issue. Canadians go to the polls tomorrow to choose lawmakers who will sit in their house of commons. Prime minister Justin Trudeaus majority government could be in jeopardy after being bruised by scandals. Alls show the liberal and conservative rivals in a dead heat. Ofusands of antigovernment protesters in hong kong defied a ban and flooded streets today. It got ugly fast. Some protestors threw gas bombs rod set fires. Belice responded with water cannon and tear gas. It is the 20th week of increasingly violent glyonstrations with no end in sight. Now to new tensions between two nucleararmed rivals. Today india and pakistan once again exchanged fire across the line dividing the disputed himalayan region of kashmir. At least ten people have died in the latest cross border fighting. Ramy inocencio is in new delhi. Reporter the fighting broke out on kashmirs line of control rotween india and pakistan, about 500 miles north of here. Thdias military says the fighting started when pakistan ng sd on an Indian Border post ded several civilian areas along the heavily militarized hontier. But pakistani officials dispute pat version saying they retaliated because india fired first. Both countries say the attacks are unprovoked and are a violation of a ceasefire deal cea has been in place between the two since 2003. W, earlier this year india and pakistan were on the brink of a fullscale war when the two lerried out air strikes over each others territories. Then in august the conflict flared again when Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped kashmir modts status as a semi autonomous region sending in more than 10,000 troops and imposing a virtual blackout on all information coming in and out of the region. Were now told some mobile phone service has been restored but the internet is still blocked for kashmirs entire population of 8 million people. The region is muslimmajority and has been a major flash point over the past seven decades. And since 1989 at least 70,000 people have been killed. Elaine. Quijano ramy inocencio, thank you. A series of controlled explosions toppled two construction cranes that have been leaning over a collapsed new orleans hotel. explosion the city insists the demolitions went as planned. But as you can see, the crane on the left appears to have only partially fallen. On the right a large portion of that crane was left hanging over canal street. 300,000 Public School children in chicago are expected to miss a third day of class tomorrow. Chercitys 25,000 teachers have been striking since thursday. Pay is not the only issue. Teachers are also demanding smaller classes and more resources like nurses and social workers. Senator Bernie Sanders is back on the campaign trail. The democratic president ial icndidate spoke to a crowd of thousands in new york city yesterday, 19 days after he suffered a heart attack. Among his supporters, portresswoman Alexandra Ocasio cortez who officially endorsed him. Z th sat down with nikole killion. 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T quijano and you can watch noch more of nikole killions interview with bernie sanners and senator ocasiocortez tomorrow morning on cbs this morning. Thidventurous nine year old got more than he bargained for after wandering away from home today. Eimmy the Border Collie somehow wound up stranded 65 feet down a cliff high above bells beach, australia. Francally wagging tail. After being hoisted to safety jimmy and his twolegged dad were happily reunited. When the cbs weekend news continues, robots in the workplace. Are they coming for your job . Also, the Chilling Effect of Climate Change on California Wine. And cancer survivors take their ancet to the boxing ring. Survivors take their fight to the boxing ring. Getting those steps in . On it dimitri thinks hes doing all he can to manage his type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but is his treatment doing enough to lower his heart risk . [sfx glasses clanking. ] sorry. Maybe not. Jardiance is the number 1 prescribed pill in its class. 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Reporter while g. M. And the united autoworkers have struck a tentative deal there is an unmistakable trend toward new technologies that is changing hangway work is done, not just in the auto industry, but employment across the country. The issue came up at the most recent debate. Workers here in ohio should not be worried about losing their jobs to automation . So, the data shows that we have had a lot of problems with sosing jobs, but the principal reason has been bad trade policy. Reporter andrew yang argued ndre not trade, its the future and its here. Driving a truck is the most eommon job in 29 states sncluding this one, 3. 5 million Truck Drivers in this country d mymy friends in california are piloting selfdriving trucks. Reporter in fact, a study by the Brookings Institution says sruckers and everyone else should buckle their seatbelts. It estimated automation will affect approximately 25 of all u. S. Jobs in the coming decades. And that routine, predictable, rysical and cognitive tasks will be most vulnerable to automation. That sounds a lot like the Assembly Line where, for example, g. M. Plans to introduce 20 new allelectric models by 2023. Vehicles that have less complicated motors, fewer parts and need fewer workers to produce. Uce. Hew spenko is a professor at the Illinois Institute of technology. He says not to worry. New types of jobs have always, always come up. Reporter we have adjusted. We have adjusted, every single time a new technology has come up, society has adjusted. Eanseporter that means learning new skills to fit those new jobs. How quickly that happens will nstermine how long and painful the adjustment will be. Dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. Quijano still ahead on the cbs weekend news, how climate dhange is threatening to dry up palifornias multibillion dollar Wine Industry. Fornias multiapproximately dollar Wine Industry. Earning. Still earning. Always earning. 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