Transcripts For WUSA CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2017

WUSA CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley April 25, 2017

Pelley his failure to disclose contacts with russia cost Michael Flynn his job as National Security adviser. Well, today, two key members of congress suggested it could cost him a lot more than that. The leaders of the House Oversight Committee Said today that the retired general did not get permission for a paid trip to russia, and they say failure to disclose the payment is a possible felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter when retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn traveled to moscow in 2015, he was photographed sitting right next to russian president vladimivladimir putin, and he wd almost 34,000 to speak. Today, House Oversight Committee Chairman republican Jason Chaffetz said flynn may have broken the law. As a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from russia. Reporter chaffetz spoke after viewing classified documents related to flys security clearance. The top democrat on the committee, elijah cummings, said those documents showed flynn did not properly disclose the russian payments. He was supposed to get permission, and he was supposed to report it, and he didnt. Reporter according to the law, flynn should have sought approval from the secretary of state and the secretary of the army to make the moscow trip. Flynn was the head of the Defense Intelligence agency during the obama administration, and in a statement, his attorney said his client briefed the Defense Intelligence agency, a Component Agency of the department of defense, both before and after the trip. Flynn is one of several Trump Campaign representatives under scrutiny by the f. B. I. , which is investigating whether they coordinated with the russians during the 2016 election. He was fired as President Trumps National Security adviser just 24 days into the job, after misleading the Vice President about his contacts with russian ambassadose kislyak. The white house has refused to provide this committee with a single piece of paper. Reporter today, congressman cummings said the white house was stonewalling the investigation. White House Press Secretary sean spicer and right now, to ask the white house to produce documents that were not in the possession of the white house is is is ridiculous. Reporter Congressional Democrats believe former acting attorney general sally yates could shed some light on the issue. She alerted the white house about flynns contacts with the russians. Scott, today, it was announced that she will testify on the hill early next month. Pelley jeff pegues in the washington newsroom. A cbs news poll out today finds that 60 of americans think the economy is in good shape. Stock prices today came close to record highs, and jim axelrod has the story behind the numbers. Jim. Reporter well, scott, in the 24 weeks since election day, the stock market has had quite eye ride, straight up. The nasdaq supnearly 15 p jones almost 13 , and the s p more than 10 . Now, there are metrics driving this. Corporate earnings are better than expect, for instance, but a lot of this rally has been based on whats expected to happen. Take the Corporate Tax cut plan President Trump will unveil tomorrow proposing to reduce want rate from 35 down to 15 . Throw in the growing likelihood well avoid a Government Shutdown here, and French Election results that have stomed the ground shaking there, at least for now, and its full steam ahead, all of which gives the president a boldfaced talking point as the 100day mark approaches. Pelley jim axelrod, thanks. Well, the Housing Market is also sizzling, and John Blackstone has that. Reporter in todays sizzling Housing Market, the first challenge for prospective buyers like lisa swelha is simply finding houses for sale. Man, i think inventory is just so low right now, that we just dont have very many things to go look at that are suited. Reporter across the country, there is in 2011, houses for sale were on the market an average 84 days. This year, its just 45 days. Swelhas real estate agent, cindy wilson. We still have more buyers currently than we do homes for sale. Supply and demand, you have a strong sellers market. Reporter in point richmond, california, where wilson has listings, prices have almost recovered from their steep fall in 2008. Nationally, prices in february were up 5. 8 , the sharpest rise in more than two and a half years. Sharp spikes have been seen in cities across the country. In minneapolis, the median privacy a home is now 224,000, up 17 since the housing bust in 2008. In dallas, prices rose 48 , 230,000. And in denver, theyre up 71 to 330,000. Its almost a boom going on again in the Housing Market. Reporter but ken the Fisher Center for real estate believes this boom wont lead to a bubble. Its a redhot Housing Market, but, remember, its bouncing off of a 30year low in Home Ownership rates that we had in 2016. So a lot of people have delayed buying. Reporter mortgages are also hard tore get and require larger down payments than during that earlier boom. And, scott, the recent uptick in Interest Rates is providing a push to get into the Housing Market now. Pelley John Blackstone in san francisco. John, thanks very much. Before day 100 comes day 99. Congress must pass a spending bill by friday to keep the government running. Major garrett is at the white house for us tonight. Major, one of the Things Holding up the spending bill was the president s insistence on funding for the southern border wall. But now hes given in. Reporter thats right. In the end, it was a choice between fighting for that border wall funding and risking a Government Shutdown, and the white house blink instead more generalized funding for border security. Late this afternoon, President Trump told reporters the wall will be a reality. Were already preparing. Were doing plans. Were doing specifications. Were doing a lot of work on the wall, and the wall gets built. Reporter in your first term. In your first term. The wall is very, very important. Reporter in your first term. Well, its certainly gog yeah, yeah, sure. Reporter notice whats missing, scott the conspicuous Campaign Promise that mexico would pay for the wall. Pelley Major Garrett at the white house. Today, President Trump fired the first round in what may become a trade war with americas second biggest trading partner. The Commerce Department proposed a 20 tax on canadian lumber. Its one of canadas biggest exports, and it goes into a lot of american homes. The Trump Administration says that government subsidies make canadian lumber artificially cheap. A trade war could be costly, because the u. S. Sells as much to canada as just ask American Dairy farmers. Dean reynolds did. Come on, girls reporter tina hinchleys wisconsin farm has 130 cows producing 1,000 gallons of milk every day. Hers is one of the more than 9,000 dairy farms in this state, which contribute some 43 billion to wisconsins economy. And this spring, theres been a gusher of american milk. Weve had more milk from the same amount of cows than ever before. Reporter but thats a problem, and according to the president , our neighbors to the north are making it worse. Canada, what theyve done to our dairy farm workers is a disgrace. Its a disgrace. Reporter canadas decision to lower prices on certain kinds of Dairy Products has undermind American Dairy and boosted Canadian Farmers whose product is now cheaper. For years, American Farmers exported their Dairy Products to counting on exporting their recordhigh commodity to their usual canadian customers. But now, theyre stuck. I think were afraid. We have a surplus of milk. So a lot of us farmers are worried. What is the future for us. Reporter grassland air, big Dairy Processor here, has lost more than 150 million in the last year, and 75 family farms have shuttered or in trouble. Wisconsin farms like john litzas. Hes called dozens of other prosers for help. It was just, no, we have too much milk, too much milk, and too much milk. Reporter this morning, the president tweeted, we will not stand for this. Watch. Whatever he intendses to do, scott, the Dairy Farmers are hoping hes not just crying over spilled milk. Pelley Dean Reynolds on the farm, dean, thank you. Well, first daughter ivanka trump went to germany for a meeting of women in business and government, but it didnt go a phillips was there. Reporter ivanka trump had come to a highpowered conference in berlin to champion the cause of working women, but she came with baggage her fathers baggage. Hes been a tremendous champion of supporting families. Reporter at those words, some members of the audience away from the microphones began to groan. You hear the reaction from the audience, so i need to address one more point. Reporter might the audiences skepticism, the moderator asked, stem from the attitude towards Women Donald Trump had displayed in the past alluding, it seemed, to the wellknown tape in which he bragged about groping women. The response blamed the media. Ive certainly heard the the criticism from the media, and thats been perpetuated, but i know from personal experience. Reporter President Trump had always championed womens rights, his daughter said. German chancellor Angela Merkel had invited ivanka trump here, a way, the germans hoped, to warm relations after the cool reception merkel had received in washington. At least, says josef braml of germanys Foreign Policy institute, that was the plan. I think that was a smart move by our chancellor. She made it clear we want to have contact, and maybe if it takes two women to contain a radical man, so be it. Reporter ivanka trump later downplayed the incident saying politics is politics. But, scott, the first daughters first foray on to the International Stage had its rough moments. Reporter Mark Phillips at the branden berg gate. Mark, thank you. President trump is increasing u. S. Military strength around Korean Peninsula after missile tests by the north. Well, this evening we spoke to former ambassador chris hill, who led the u. S. Delegation in 2005, in talks with the north over cur tailing its nuclear program. Hill is the dean of the university of corbel school of international studies. Mr. Ambassador, in terms of american lives, is north korea a threat or an irritant . Its a threat. Its a threat. First of all, we have some 28, 30,000 americans in south korea, but we have to understand this is a an agreement we have. We are duty bound, treaty bound, to come to south koreas defense should the North Koreans attack. If we have to go in there, we would be in the middle of a fight. So you bet, its a threat to our lives. Pelley you led the american delegation negotiating a Nuclear Agreement with the current dictators father. What do we know about the son, kim jongun . You know, his father seemed to care what china thought, seemed to care what we thought, and what distinguishes, i think, his son, kim jongun, he doesnt seem to care what any of us think, and hes certainly not been interested in pelley is he sane . Sane from want point of view of running that country, of making sure that hes consolidated power, that making sure that everyone works for him, yeah, yeah. Pelley we know that the North Koreans have been successful in building missiles and successful in detonating nuclear expwps tests. The real trick is putting those two things together. What are the chances that the North Koreans are close . You know, very hard to say. But the feeling is that within the next four years, they could have a Missile System with a Nuclear Warhead that would be credible. Whether it would finally work when they pushed the button, hard to say, but it would be credible, and any president would have to consider that as a real threat. Pelley former ambassador chris hill. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, keep your eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. Now, theres an app for that. Later, as the water rose, drivers baildz. Uld start saving for retirement. Then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. This gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us arent prepared for retirement. Just start as early as you can. Its going to pay off in the future. If we all start saving a little more today, well all be better prepared tomorrow. Prudential. Bring your challenges. Were not professional athletes. But that doesnt mean were giving up. Im in this for me. For me. Along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. 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Pelley smartphones, cars, and teenagers a dangerous combination. But now theres a Smartphone App that could save lives. Heres kris van cleave. Reporter would you say youre a good driver . As good as a 17yearold could be, i guess. Reporter Sarah Gregory has been driving for about a year. Her parents asked her to download an app that tracks and scores her performance every time shes behind the wheel. Its almost like having mom and dad in the car to remind you. Yeah, knowing that its running irunning in the backgros me drive, like, a lot better because if im speeding, ill look down and ill be like, oh, wait, my app is going it take off for that. Reporter nearly 2,000 teens were killed in crashes in 2015, up 9 from the previous year. Sarahs parents, cliff and jail, also use the everdrive app. We could actually tell if they used their phone or didnt use ther phone. Weld crazy. Reporter can he devices make me as an adult a better drive . I absolutely think they have the potential to do that but its not going to work for everyone in the pob alation. Former n. T. S. B. Chair Deborah Hersman runs the National Safety council. We what we to do is get to the point where search comfortable getting that feedback and modifying their driving behavior. Reporter the technology is a growing business. If she drives like this, you can tell her to drive more like this. Reporter buick has now made smart Driver Technology standard in most vehicles. We have one million customers enrolled in smart driver today. Christine sitek says it not only helps improve driving. It saves users money. If you feel good about your score, you can opt in to seek an opportunity to get an insurance discount. And were seeing that those customers are receiving up to a 30 discount on their insurance. Reporter the apps essentially try to make safe get a score and are compared against other drivers. Scott, buick believes it can increase safety by using this technology coupled with things like Collision Avoidance and lane departure warnings. Pelley hands on the wheel, kris. Thanks. Next, nascars most popular driver nears his final lap. Sfx engine revving silence working on my feet all day gave me pain here. In my knees. So i stepped on this machine and got my number, which matched my dr. Scholls custom fit orthotic inserts. So i get immediate relief from my foot pain. My knee pain. Find a machine at drscholls. Com. As after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. What about the people i care about . Including this

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