Transcripts For WCBS CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2016

Transcripts For WCBS CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20160419

To find earthquake survivors. And government and Corporate Power prove no match for a woman out to save her neighborhood. It was an act of survival because, like, this was our home. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from washington. Pelley donald trump hopes to make this city his home come next january, and, of course, soy does hillary clinton. Big victories tonight on their new york home turf would help propel the frontrunners to their parties nominations. Clinton, who had a Comfortable Lead in late polls, is competing with Bernie Sanders for 247 democratic delegates tonight. She already has 74 of the 2383 she need to clinch theination. Well start right there with nancy cordes. Reporter the clintons navigated a swarm of neighbors okay, this is a private ballot. laughter reporter to vote at a Chappaqua School not far from their home. How does it feel to finally cast your own ballot . It feels great. And this has been a joy during the last to weeks to be here all over the state. Just going around new york. Reporter she has spent those two weeks on a frenetic tour of new yorks five boroughs, eight stops yesterday alone. Oh, thats good. I love it. Reporter reminding voters why they sent her to the senate twice. How you doing, dear . Reporter clintons trying to snap a sevenstate winning streak by a brooklynborn insurgent commanding huge crowd. I spent the first 18 years of my life in apartment 2c, right here. Reporter but independent voters who favor sanders cant vote in new yorks closed democratic primary. He ran into one of them today. But it shouldnt be this hard to vote. Today, three Million People in the state of new york who are independents have lost their right to vote. Reporter polls show sanders trailing in new york and in most of the five northeastern states that vote next tuesday. If independents could vote here in new york, do you think it would be a closer race . Youre assuming its not going to be a closer race. I think were going to win this thing. Reporter the vote here in new york city was plagued today by reports of delays, misinformation, and 60,000 voters mysteriously dropped from the rolls in brooklyn. Tonight, scott, the citys comptroller is calling it inexplicable and says hes launching an audit. Pelley nancy cordes in manhattan this evening. Nancy, thank you. On the republican side, trump had a huge lead in the polls leading into tonights primary where 95 republican delegates are at stake. He has about 60 of the magic number so far, but he needs a big victory in new york to regain momentum that hes been heres Major Garrett. Easy decision. Reporter after checking in, donald trump made his way to cast a ballot for himself at a synagogue in midtown manhattan. You know, its a proud moment. Its a great moment. Reporter outside trump tower, he spoke briefly to reporters. I think the campaigns been doing well. Many, many senators, governors, theyre all gone. Reporter but Trumps Campaign is in the midst of a massive overhaul. New hire paul manafort, the campaigns convention strategist, is minimizing the influence of Campaign Manager corey lewandowski. And man fort has brought on g. O. P. Lawyer william mccginley, counselor to the rules committee at the 2012 republican convention. Its an effort to beef up trumps delegates now and at the july convention, after being outmaneuvered by cruz in several recent states. Trump has also approved a 20 million advertising and Communications Budget for primaries in may and june that claims the nomination outright. After new york, other northeastern states, including pennsylvania and maryland, will vote next week. Were going to win. Reporter trumps immediate goal win as many of new yorks 95 delegates as possible. Top strategists predict between 88 and 92. Cruz and john kasich are hoping to pick off enough delegates delegates to blunt some of trumps momentum. Trump decided to shake up his campaign after losing the wisconsin primary to cruz. Scott, trumps children, eric and ivanka press forward some of these changes, and manafort, without a single cautionary word from trump, has been expanding his power base ever since. Pelley Major Garrett at trump headquarters this evening. Major, thank you. Joining me now as always, john dickerson, our cbs news political director and anchor of face the nation. John, lets start with the democrats. What are you watching for tonight and in the coming days . If hillary clinton, if the polls are right and she does well, the question is how well will she do . Mathematically impossible for Bernie Sanders to catch up with her and will that then sap some of the momentum from sanders forces in future contests. Sanders going to do . He said hes going to fight it all way to the convention but how much fight will he take to her . The last couple of weeks have been pretty bitter and if he keeps up that kind of bitterness if it looks like shes got the delegates, then will there be a backlash against him, including a backlash that might include the president weighing in perhaps on hillarys side. Pelley trump expect a big win dont. How might he change coming out of this primary . Well, weve seen the reshuffle everything on the past couple of weeks and thats a big deal when you change the top people, in a tight, closeknit group, when you change the top you are changing everything. There are fewer of these eruptions from him. Hes more disciplined. This is to rop the stop Trump Movement of any ammunition when they say he will be a chaos nominee. The question will be tonight when the spotlight turns to him, how will he use the moment . What message will he send . Pelley john dickerson. Face the nation, john. Thanks very much. Well also have a primetime update on the primary after the polls close in new york at 9 00 eastern time, and cbs news will bring you continue, primary coverage on our digital news service cbsn. Its available on all vices at cbsnews. Com. The officers who protect the white house from attack are severely understaffed, inadequately funded, and plagued by fatigue and low moral. Those are the conclusions that were released today, part of a federal investigation in how a fence jumper got into the white house with a knife in 2014. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter by the time Omar Gonzalez was captured on cell pope video, he had already scaled a 76 fence in security. According to the 70page department by the department of howsks inspector general, there were a series of failures personnel didnt work properly. The alarm system inside the command center was set too low and was not heard. And the alarm system inside the white house had been muted, a revelation personnel quoteed in the report called shocking. It took gonzalez, who was armed with a knife, about 30 seconds to run across the lawn and reach the white house doors. He then knocked down an officer posted on the other side who could not lock the doors. In all, he eluded eight secret Service Members before being apprehended in the east room. The report says responding officers did not hear any Radio Communications about the fence jumper. One officer, who drew his weapon and took cover behind a pillar, was reacting to what he thought was a fight. Gonzalez was eventually subdued by two agents who had just come from escorting the president to his helicopter. Congressman Jason Chaffetz is chairman of the House Oversight committee. I mean, its really wearing crocs who already had a foot problem could make all his way his way all the way in past security into the white house. Reporter the secret service is working to implement the reports recommendations. Scott, the i. G. Report did commend the secret service for not using deadly force to subdue gonzalez, who has been released from prison after serving 16 pelley jeff pegues in washington, jeff, thank you. Today, the death toll from saturdays earthquake in ecuador rose to at least 480. But there are still 17 opinion who are missing. David begnaud is in manta where families are praying for miracles. Rescue workers have been scrambling since quake hit to find survivors, but time is running out. These are peruvian rescuers looking into a hotel. It was a threestory hotel that collapsed during the earthquake. People inside, 12 people have been pulled out alive, and they just spotted three bodies inside that theyre trying to get to right now. For this nineyearold girl, it was all too much. Im very worried about my mom, she said. Her mother was injured by falling debris. It was a narrow escape. The port town of manta was among the hardest hit as saturdays earthquake cut a swath of devastation along ecuadors coast. And while the death count mounts, thousands are still missing. Rescue teams from all over the world have flown into help. Here, drawing a small group of locals out to watch. Its an uphill battle trying to save people trapped inside this flattened shopping center. This is a supermarket, yes . Yes. Reporter okay, and you removed three people who were alive from here today. You rescued them. Yes, in the morning. Reporter and is it true that someone said there may be 20 people alive buried in the back of the building . Reporter and it looks like theyre removing a body right now. Yes, theyre still removing the bodies. Reporter this 16yearold girl showed us a picture of her sister who is missing. Its my only sister, she said, my older sister, and we hope shes still alive. Local radio in the area just reported three aftershocks within a pretty short period of time here in the city of manta, and thats why people are sleeping outside at night. They are worried about more aftershocks bringing down more buildings. Tonight, rescue teams are still arriving, some from as far away as spain. Today, president obama called ecuadors president to express the condolences of the american people. Tonight, the u. S. Has a Disaster Assistance team on the ground here in ecuador, but, scott, with each passing day, the hope of finding people under the rubble who are still alive is starting to fade. Pelley David Begnaud with some of the people who have lost their homes. David, thank you. A resurgent taliban attacked secret Service Today in kabul. One man blew up a truckloaded truckloaded with explosives and another opened fire. At least 28 people were killed, more than 300 wounded. Spring is the start of the annual fighting season in, and the taliban have vowed largescale attacks. Tonight, president obama is flying to saudi arabia to meet with the new king at a time that the friendship between the u. S. And the kingdom is being tested. Margaret brennan is in riyadh. Reporter president obama left for saudi arabia hoping to ease tensions with the key u. S. Ally. Some are of his own making. He recently described the kingdom as free riders, too reliant on American Military might. And he said the saudis needed to share the neighborhood with longtime foe iran. The royal family is deeply skeptical of the u. S. Brokered nuclear deal with iran and hassed with a newly aggressive Foreign Policy including a Bombing Campaign against also straining relations, a bill pending in congress that could make saudi arabia liable for damages related to the 9 11 attacks. The kingdom vehemently denies any involvement, though 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudiborn. It threatened to sell off hundreds of billions of dollars in u. S. Assets if the bill pass. President obama told charlie rose that legislation is dangerous. If we open up the possibility that individuals in the United States can routinely start suing other governments, then we are also opening up the United States to being continually sued by individuals in other countries. Reporter today, Congressional Republicans also expressed skepticism about the bill and, scott, tomorrow, president obama will meet with king salman. Despite all of this tension, the two countries still need each other in this fight against isis. Pelley Margaret Brennan with the president in the kingdom tonight. Turns out, all the victims in houstons flash flooding died in their own vehicles. And a Young Baltimore woman takes on the powers that be to save her neighborhood when the cbs evening news continues from washington. Giving you more time for what matters most. team sing safelite repair, safelite replace. 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Reporter today, emergency crews pumped out the murky floodwater from this houston toll road looking for a sunken car and its driver. One of those killed in the floods was 49yearold sunita singh. Her husband, rajiv, says she couldnt get out. Driving through the high water in the middle of the city be done . Its a terrible loss. Reporter this afternoon, houstons Fire Technical Rescue Team braved the swollen bayou to train in the kind of fastmoving water that can trap drivers. District fire chief David Swanson they underestimate the power of the water and their ability to get across the water. Reporter everybody thinks over. They to, they do, and it can cost them their lives. Reporter noopgz, 112 people were killed last year when their vehicles got trapped in river or flash floods. In florida, which leads the the nation in the number of car crash drownings, the Collier County Sheriffs Department drove a car into the water to show people how to survive being submerged. The first 3060 seconding are the most crucial, they say. First, undo the seat belts. Then, open or break the window. Fast as possible. Starting with the oldest. Then adults should get out. Dude, youve got to get out of the car. Reporter its a lesson that houston driver learned firsthand on live tv. Come here, sir, sir. Come here. Reporter moments another emergency crews drained this underpass behind me and found an s. U. V. Scott, the driver is the seventh person to drown in their car in this storm. Pelley Omar Villafranca in houston tonight. Omar, thank you. So, will the speaker of the house change his mind . Ryan versus colbert next. The possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my uc. To me, that was normal. Until i talked to my doctor. She told me that humira helps people like me get uc under control and keep it under control when certain medications havent worked well enough. 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