Transcripts For KYW CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20170

KYW CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley March 15, 2017

With scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im anthony mason. President trump broke his silence today on his accusation that he was wiretapped during the Campaign Last year by president obama. Mr. Trump still did not provide any evidence, only a cryptic suggestion that something might be coming out in the next few weeks. But the republican head of the House Committee investigating the president s claim minced no words today about what the panel has turned up nothing. Heres Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. I dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. Reporter house intelligence chairman devin nunes typically toes the party line, but today he concluded that President Trumps explosive accusation has no merit. Are you going to take the tweets literally . If you are, then clearly the president was wrong. Reporter his comments came after 11 days of white house insistence that the commanderinchief was serious when he tweeted, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. I think hes extremely confident. Reporter but administration officials, including the attorney general, have provided no evidence to back it up. Did you ever give him any reason to believe he was wiretapped by the Previous Administration . Um, look, the answer is no. Reporter President Trump refused to back down today, insisting something happened to him. Wiretap covers a lot of different things. I think youre going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Reporter the surveillance, whether real or imagined, has alarmed lawmakers from beth sides. Have you found evidence . Reporter f. B. I. Director james comey was called up to capitol hill again today to brief two top senators behind closed doors. They were not authorized to share details. This briefing was all on sensitive matters, and highly classified. Reporter republican Lindsey Graham said comey should share what he knows with the public. The bottom line is a lot of americans are wondering whats going on here. Reporter democrat adam schiff argued there is a reason white house officials cant provide any proof. The reality is i dont think they have thinge foggiest idea f what was behind the president s claim other than something he watched on tv. Reporter actually, it was a radio host that first suggested President Trump may have been spied on. That accusation made its way into a breitbart article, anthony, about 24 hours before President Trump sent those nowinfamous tweets. Mason nancy cordes at the capitol. Thanks, nancy. Today for the First Time Ever the u. S. Government charged two members of the Russian Federal security service, the f. S. B. , with hacking. The attack, aimed at yahoo users, not only stole money from there, it was an elaborate spying operation. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter prosecutors say f. S. B. Officers Dmitry Dokuchaev and igor sushkin financed and directed the cyber attack and hired one of the worlds bestknown hackers, alexsey belan, to do most of the work. From 2014 to 2016, Court Papers Say belan and his team used computer code to infiltrate yahoos database, stealing user name, emails, and passwords. They used that information to access the accounts of russian journalists and politicians as well as u. S. Government officials, including military and white house personnel. Belan also used 30 million accounts to facilitate a spam scheme that netted him money. In all 500 million accounts, half of yahoos total of one billion, were compromised. Acting assistant attorney general mary mccord. We will not allow individuals, groups, nation states or a combination of them to compromise the privacy of our citizens, the economic interests of our companies, or the security of our country. Reporter but the hackers because the agents, dokuchaev and sushkin, were familiar with u. S. Security. Both worked at center 18, the f. B. I. s russian contact for cyber investigations. Robert cattanach is a formal federal prosecutor. They pretend to be collaborating with us to try to do something about the spread of cyber crime in russia, and come to find out theyre fostering it. Reporter a canadian who was allegedly part of the operation is in custody. Anthony, according to russian media, dokuchaev, one of the f. S. B. Operatives, was arrested earlier this year and jailed for treason. Mason jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. We finally got a look today at one of the trump tax return the president refuses to release. Someone leaked it. Heres major garrett. Its certainly not an embarrassing tax return at all. Reporter President Trump today denounced the leak of part of his 2005 federal tax return. The twopage summary shows he and wife melania earned 153 million that year and paid 36. 6 million in income tax, an apparent tax rate of 24 . I have no idea where they got it, but its illegal, and youre not supposed to have it. And its not supposed to be leaked. Reporter the white house confirmed the numbers just before they were reported on msnbc but david cay johnston, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and trump biographer. Johnston said the documents arrived in his mailbox anonymously. By the way, let me point out, its entirely possible that donald sent this to me. Reporter in a statement the white house said mr. Trump had a responsibility to his company, his family, and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required. I believe that most of us here have paid a lot more federal income taxes than donald trump has paid. Reporter during the president ial campaign, Democrat Hillary Clinton accused mr. There. Of not paying any federal income taxes. The president s son, donald, jr. , wrote the new disclosure proved how successful donald trump is and that he paid 40 million in taxes. But the document does not explain how the president earned his income or if he paid taxes at similar rates in other years. In january, thenpresident elect trump balked at calls to release his tax return, something all president s have done since the 1970s. Im not releasing the tax returns because, as you know, theyre under audit. The only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters. Theyre the only ones. Reporter according to a late february cbs news poll, reporters are not the only ones. 56 of americans said it was necessary for the president to release his tax returns. Anthony, nothing in federal law prohibits anyone under audit from voluntarily releasing his or her tax returns. Mason major garrett. Thanks, major. Today much of the northeast woke up beneath a thick blanket of snow. The total may have underwhelmed in the big cities near the cost, but not for the west. 20. 3 inches fell in vernon, new jersey. 26. 2 in mount pocono, pennsylvania. 22 in syracuse, new york. But they got more than that where David Begnaud is standing in binghampton, new york david . Reporter good evening. The picture says it all. Cars are stuck or buried in snow across the city. The governor or new york said today this area was one of the hardest hit by tuesdays noreaster. Information, the governor came here today. He said, im sending you 100 plows and 100 members of the National Guard as you start to dig out. The snow is still falling in binghampton. Emergency crews have toiled around the clock to dig out from a blizzard that dumped nearly three feet of snow. Dozens of drivers are stranded, even a plow truck, and the National Guard was activated. Governor andrew cuomo. Mother nature is an unpredictable lady. I dont know what we did to offend her, but shes showing us her wintery fury. Reporter the storm that blanketed Central New York largely missed most major cities across the northeast. Predictions of up to 16 to 20 inches of snow did not pan out, leading to provocative headlines. Back in binghamton, the postmasters crew did not deliver the mail, the first time in 25 years. Service continued today, even though delivery trucks had to be dug out. Our job is to serve the customers. Thats our logo and thats our commitment. Its very disappointing if we cant get to them. Reporter across the city, at least 50 of the 100,000 mailboxes citywide are buried in snow. Anthony, were told this area is about to hit an alltime seasonal snowfall record for the season. Theyre about to hit 128 inches. Mason wow. David begnaud in binghamton new york. Thanks, david. Tmobile sent a team of engineers to chicago to fix the problem thats jammed the citys 911 system. Omar villafranca reports a young child died while the babysitter struggled to reach an operator. Im mad. Im hurt. Reporter bridget alex is living through a parents worst fear. The mother left her son branden at home with the babysitter when the sixmonthold fell and stopped breathing. I would never want no mother, no father to go through the pain that im going through right now. Reporter the 40yearold babysitter called 911 at 5 55 p. M. And again at 5 5 but was put on hold each time. This screen grab of the final call shows she was on hold with 911 for more than 30 minutes and never got through to a dispatcher. This is a parents nightmare to have to bury a child. It, is especially when he is six months old. Reporter the city says the 911 system was jammed by whats referred to as ghost calls from tmobile users. They are calls made to 911 unintentionally and unknown to the caller and then appear on a dispatchers screen as hangup. By law dispatchers have to call those numbers back, which bottlenecks the system. Dallas has been dealing with the problem since november. Mayor mike rawlings. I want the Problem Solved immediately. If it takes a longer period of time, i want to know why. Reporter in a statement tmobile says Company Engineers have been working daily the find a permanent solution to this problem. I want them to take responsibility of my sons death theres nothing they can say. Theres nothing they can do to bring my branden back. Reporter the city says there is no evidence that this time connecting the childs death with the ghost call issue. Anthony, there is also no timetable on when the problem will be fixed. Mason omar villafranca. Thank you, omar. Turning over seas, it was six years ago today that syrian protesters took to the streets against the assad regime. This led to civil war. The u. N. Says more than 400,000 syrians have been killed in the worst manmade disaster since world war ii. About half the population, 12 million, have fled their homes. In maybering iraq, neighborig iraq the battle for mosul is raging. Iraqi troops backed by u. S. Special forces and air strikes, have isis surrounded. Holly williams found some other americans there playing a role thats ever bit as important. Reporter a few miles from the front line, americans treat critically injured iraqis. This woman was hit by shrapnel from an isis mortar. And shes losing blood quickly. They need to stop it to save her life. The next ambulance brings an iraqi policeman. He has a gunshot wound to his shoulder. Kyle fleher is normally a Critical Care nurse in santa barbara, california. Hes taken vacation to come to the war zone. Its scary, and the adrenaline is at its max and its peak, but everything fades away when we get to do what were trained to do. Reporter is it taking a toll on you . It is. Its traumatizing the things that ive seen, that im seeing. Ive seen a lifeless girl linger in my hands and having to pronounce her dead. Reporter theyre called new york city medics, and theyve been sending teams to natural disasters for over a decade. [explosion] but this is the first time theyve come to an armed conflict. Something we have in the states is medications. Reporter theyre on call 24 hours because this war never stops. This time its an iraqi soldier hit in the eye by shrapnel. Another man has serious brain injuries, and theres nothing they can do. Kathy bequary, the team leader, held his hand as he passed away. I dont know if he knew i was there or if he knew i was holding his hand or felt anything, but i didnt want him to be alone. Reporter seeing this war has changed her, she told us. Theyre mops and dads and daughters and sons and sisters and brothers. Theyre just like us, and i just wish the world really could understand that the way i do now. Yeah. Reporter holly williams, cbs news, mosul. Mason coming up next on the cbs evening news, did monsanto interfere with research to cover up dangers posed by its roundup weed killer . And later, meet the kellies, stars of the internet. S, listen. 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Ill text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. One pill lasts 12 hours, so. Looks like im good all night some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Lets end this. Mason for years the Chemical Company monsanto has fought back against lawsuits claiming the weed killer rodup can cause cancer. The documents made public by a federal judge could change everything. Heres mireya villarreal. Okay. Good. Reporter Yolanda Asante makes the most of time spent with her children after battling stage four nonhodgkins lymphoma for more than a year. I have nerve damage. I dont feel the tips of my fingers. My jaw, i still cant feel it. Reporter mendoza blames glyphosate, the main ingredient in the killer roundup, which she used on her lawn every weekend. I had two gallons of water, i would walk around spraying. Reporter mendoza is one of hundreds of people around the country suing monsanto, roundups parent company. A 2006 study said glyphosate is likely carcinogen and damaging human cells. They cherry pick data. Reporter last summer we spoke with donna farmer, a monsanto scientist. There is no data indicating we should change how the product is used. Glyphosate doesnt cause cancer. Reporter but now the data is in question. Monsanto planned to write a positive report on glyphosate and get experts to back it up. A scientist said we would keep the cost down by us doing the writing and they would edit and sign their name. Court documents also reveal conversations between a federal director about a federal glyphosate review. I downtown e. P. A. Can kill this, the monsanto executive wrote, but its good to know theyre going to make the effort. In a statement, monsanto says these allegations are false. Monsanto scientists did not ghost write the paper, reiterating no regulatory body in the world considers glyphosate to be a carcinogen, but anthony, here in california, this label could soon change and include a warning about cancer after another federal court ruling. Mason mireya, thanks. For borrowers and saver, news of interest next. Matologist about a medication. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain. And protect my joints from further damage. Humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. Humira works by targeting and helping to. Block a specific source. Of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. Its proven to help relieve pain and. Stop further joint damage in many adults. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. 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