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>> IT'S A REVERSION TO THE1930s, THE ISOLATIONISM THATBROUGHT ON WORLD WAR II .>> Reporter: AND THIS WAY LAST NIGHT .>> SOME HALF- BAKED, SPURIOUS NATIONALISM COOKED UP BY PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER FIND SCAPEGOATS THAN SOLVE PROBLEMS .(\ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE \) >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT IN A RADIO INTERVIEW .>> YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID YESTERDAY, SENATOR McCAIN ?>> WELL, I HEAR IT. PEOPLE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT I FIGHT BACK. YOU KNOW, I'M BEING VERY NICE. I'M BEING VERY, VERY NICE, BUT AT SOME POINT I FIGHT BACK, AND IT WON'T BE PRETTY .>> Reporter: McCAIN INSISTEDHE WANTS TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE IS DONE GIVING THISPRESIDENT THE BENEFIT OF THEDOUBT. HE TOLD THE AUDIENCE TODAY THAT HE HAS HEARD FROM 14 DIFFERENT HEADS OF STATE, ANTHONY, ALL WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES .>> Mason: NANCY CORDES AGAINFROM THE CAPITOL WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. THANKS, NANCY. IT IS PERHAPS THE MOST SOLEMN DUTY OF AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO COMFORT THE FAMILIES OF FALLEN WAR HEROES. WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITHOUT THE FACTS, ACCUSED HIS PREDECESSORS OF DERELICTION OF THAT DUTY, THE RESPONSE WAS QUICK AND ANGRY. HERE'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARGARET BRENNAN .>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIM YESTERDAY THAT PAST COMMANDERS IN CHIEF DID NOT CALLTHE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN CREATED A FIRESTORM .>> THE TRADITIONAL WAY, IF YOU LOOK AT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND OTHER PRESIDENTS, MOST OF THEM DIDN'T MAKE CALLS .>> Reporter: STAFFERS FOR PRESIDENTS CLINTON, BUSH, ANDOBAMA QUICKLY REFUTED MR. TRUMP'S CLAIM, SAYING THAT THEY'D EACH CALLED, WRITTEN TO, AND MET WITH GOLD STAR FAMILIES. TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP WENT FURTHER, INVOKING ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES TO MAKE A POLITICAL POINT. HE PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, JOHN KELLY, URGING REPORTERS TO ASK HIM WHETHER HE'D RECEIVED A CALL FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA AFTER HIS SON ROBERT, A U. S. MARINE, WASKILLED IN 2010 .>> I MEAN, YOU COULD ASK GENERAL KELLY, DID HE GET A CALL FROM OBAMA? YOU COULD ASK OTHER PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OBAMA'S POLICYWAS .>> Reporter: WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS CLAIM TO BE UNAWARE OF WHETHER MR. TRUMP HAD SPOKEN TO KELLY BEFORE MAKING THE REMARK. THE RETIRED MARINE CORPS GENERALHAS ACTIVELY AVOIDED CALLINGATTENTION TO HIS SON'S DEATH, MAKING IT CLEAR HE DOES NOT WANTIT TO BE EXPLOITED, BUT ON A MEMORIAL DAY TRIP TO ARLINGTON CEMETERY, PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLEDATTENTION TO THE FAMILY'S LOSS .>> ROBERT DIED FIGHTING THE ENEMIES OF ALL CIVILIZATION INAFGHANISTAN .>> Reporter: TODAY, DESPITE THE PRESIDENT'S PRODDING, KELLY DECLINED TO COMMENT. BUT A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, WHO REQUESTED ANONYMITY, TOLD CBS NEWS, " I CAN TELL YOU OBAMA DID NOT CALL GENERAL KELLY AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS SON ." BUT WHITE HOUSE RECORDS SHOW THAT KELLY AND HIS WIFE DIDATTEND A CLOSED- DOOR BREAKFAST WITH MR. AND MRS. OBAMA TO HONOR GOLD STAR FAMILIES A YEAR AFTER THEIR SON'S PASSING. OBAMA STAFF TOLD CBS NEWS THAT THE KELLYS WERE SEATED ALONGSIDETHE FIRST LADY BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM A PRIOR CALL .>> YOU HAVE SACRIFICED NOTHING AND NO ONE .>> Reporter: IT IS NOT FIRST TIME MR. TRUMP HAS STIRRED CONTROVERSY OVER A GOLD STARFAMILY. AS A CANDIDATE, HE SPARRED WITHTHE PARENTS OF CAPTAIN HUMAYUN KHAN, KILLED IN IRAQ IN 2004. THEY HAD SPOKEN AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION .>> IF YOU LOOK AT HIS WIFE, SHE WAS STANDING THERE, SHE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. MAYBE SHE WASN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY .>> Reporter: LATE TODAY THE WHITE HOUSE SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP DID SPEAK WITH ALL FOUR FAMILIES OF THE GREEN BERETS KILLED IN NIGER AND THANKED THEM FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. ANTHONY ?>> Mason: MARGARET BRENNAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THANKS. ALL OF THIS HAPPENS AS AMERICANS MOURN THE LOSS OF THOSE FOUR SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN NIGEREARLIER THIS MONTH. THIS EVENING THE BODY OF ONE OF THE GREEN BERETS, SERGEANT LaDAVID JOHNSON WAS FLOWN TO MIAMI. SERGEANT JOHNSON WAS 25. HE LEAVES A PREGNANT WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. OUR HOLLY WILLIAMS WAS ONE OF THE FEW WESTERN JOURNALISTS TO WITNESS THE CELEBRATIONYESTERDAY AS U. S .- BACKED FORCES PUSHED THE LAST ISIS FIGHTERSFROM RAQQA. TODAY THE MILITIAS DECLARED VICTORY IN THE CITY ISIS CONSIDERED ITS CAPITAL. HOLLY REPORTS IT CAME AT ATERRIBLE PRICE .>> Reporter: WE WALKED INTO THE HEART OF RAQQA TODAY, ONCE THE PRIDE OF THE SO- CALLED ISLAMIC STATE. NOW RECLAIMED AFTER A FOUR- MONTHBATTLE BY THESE U. S .- BACKED FIGHTERS, WHO TOOK US TO AL NAIM CIRCLE. IT'S A PLACE WHERE ISIS SHOWCASED ITS BRUTALITY. THIS PHOTO OF A JIHADI'S YOUNG SON CAPTURES THEIR DEPRAVITY. WHAT ISIS DID HERE IN AL NAIM CIRCLE WAS DESIGNED TO TERRORIZE, NOT JUST THE PEOPLEHERE IN RAQQA WHO WITNESSED IT IN PERSON, BUT ANYWHERE WHEREPEOPLE SAW THE PHOTOS AND THE VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET. TO GET RID OF THE EXTREMISTS, THEY'VE DESTROYED THE CITY, LEAVING HARDLY A BUILDINGUNSCATHED. U. S. COALITION AIR STRIKES HAVE FLATTENED MANY OF THEM AND INADVERTENTLY KILLED CIVILIANS, ACCORDING TO SURVIVORS. BURIED BENEATH THE RUBBLE, WE MAY NEVER KNOW FOR SURE HOW MANY DIED HERE. RAJA FALAT, A COMMANDER OF THE RAQQA OFFENSIVE, TOLD US THIS CITY WILL BE REBUILT. BUT THE EXTREMISTS DID DAMAGE THAT CAN NEVER BE REPAIRED. AHMED HAMDI ESCAPED RAQQA TWO MONTHS AGO, HE TOLD US, BUT AS HE EVACUATED THE CITY, AN ISIS BOMB TORE OFF BOTH HIS LEGS AND KILLED HIS WIFE ." I WANT TO KILL HUNDREDS OF THEM ," HE TOLD US. AT A GRAVEYARD NORTH OF RAQQA, THEY COME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE HUNDREDS OF U. S .- BACKED FIGHTERS WHO HAVE DIED IN BATTLE, A WAR THAT'S COST PEOPLE HERE THE LIVES OF THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. THREE YEARS AFTER THE U. S .- LED COALITION BEGAN ITS BOMBING CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISIS, THE GROUP IS COMING CLOSE TO LOSING ALL OFITS FORMER TERRITORY IN SYRIA AND IRAQ, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE END OF ISIS, AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THESE STRIKES HAVEN'T KILLED THE GROUP'S LEADER, ABU BAKR AL- BAGHDADI. ANTHONY ?>> Mason: HOLLY WILLIAMS REPORTING ON THE DEVASTATED BUT NOW- LIBERATED CITY OF RAQQA. THANKS. COMING UP NEXT ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," NEW PRESSURE ON FORD TO RECALL MORE THAN ONE MILLION EXPLORERS. AND LATER, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TRY THEIR HANDS AT REAL- WORLDPOLITICS .>> Mason: THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY, A NON- PROFIT GROUP, IS CALLING ON FORD AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RECALL MORE THAN 1. 3 MILLION EXPLORERS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKS. FORD SAYS IT HAS A BETTER IDEA. HERE'S TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT KRIS VAN CLEAVE .>> Reporter: THE DEMAND FOR A RECALL OF ALL 2011 TO 2017 FORD EXPLORERS COMES JUST DAYS AFTERFORD SAID IT WOULD OFFER A PEACE OF MIND SAFETY REPAIR FOR THE S. U. V. s .>> WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS PUT OUT A RECALL .>> Reporter: JASON LEVINE RUNS THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY .>> CONSUMERS KNOW A RECALL IS SERIOUS. A SAFETY REPAIR PROGRAM MIGHT ORMIGHT NOT BE SERIOUS .>> Reporter: SINCE LASTSUMMER, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING MORE THAN 2, 700 COMPLAINTS OF EXHAUSTWHICH CONTAINS CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKING INTO THE CABIN OF FORD EXPLORERS. THOSE REPORTS INCLUDE CLAIMS OF THREE ACCIDENTS AND 41 INJURIES. SO FAR IT SAYS IT'S FOUND NO ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, BUT HOURS AFTER HENDERSON, LOUISIANA, POLICE OFFICER BRANDY SICKIE CRASHED HER EXPLORER, DOCTORS DIAGNOSED HER WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING .>> I THINK FORD NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT .>> Reporter: THIS CALIFORNIA POLICE OFFICER SAYS HE PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL OF AN EXPLORER DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE AND CRASHED. HE'S NOW SUING FORD. TEXAS RESIDENT ERIN GASTON SAYS SHE GETS FUMES IN HER 2013 EXPLORER .>> EVERY TIME YOU WERE IN THAT VEHICLE, YOU STARTED IT UP, A / C WAS ON, BLOWING, THAT SMELL WAS THERE .>> Reporter: FORD INSISTS THE S. U. V. s ARE SAFE, BUT IT'S KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUE SINCE AT LEAST 2012, AND ACCORDING TO ARBITRATION DOCUMENTS, A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE ACKNOWLEDGED IT WAS LIKELY A DESIGN ISSUE. AFTER AUSTIN, TEXAS, POLICE PULLED MORE THAN 400 EXPLORERS IN JULY, FORD BEGAN A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO FIX POLICE S. U. V. s, BLAMING THOSE ISSUES ON AFTER- PURCHASE INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. FORD IS RESPONDING TO THIS RECALL REQUEST INDIRECTLY, SAYING IT'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE BUT IT IS CONFIDENT IN ITS PROCESSES. WHAT FORD IS NOT AGREEING TO, A RECALL. ANTHONY ?>> Mason: KRIS VAN CLEAVE IN ATLANTA, THANKS. STILL AHEAD, NOW HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S BROTHER BOB IS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT .>> Mason: TODAY A FEDERAL JUDGE IN HAWAII TEMPORARILY BLOCKED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S THIRD ATTEMPT AT A TRAVEL BAN. HAWAII HAD SUED, ARGUING THE BAN ON CITIZENS FROM SYRIA, LIBYA, IRAN, SOMALIA, YEMEN, AND CHAD IS AN UNLAWFUL ATTEMPT TO EXCLUDE MUSLIMS FROM THE U. S. HAWAII DID NOT CHALLENGE RESTRICTIONS INVOLVING NORTH KOREA OR VENEZUELA. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO APPEAL. HARVEY WEINSTEIN RESIGNED TODAY FROM THE BOARD OF THE FILM COMPANY HE CO- FOUNDED. MORE THAN THREE DOZEN WOMEN HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR ASSAULT. HIS BROTHER BOB WEINSTEIN REMAINS ON THE BOARD, BUT TODAY A FORMER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT THE SPIKE TV NETWORK ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT. A SPOKESMAN FOR BOB WEINSTEIN DENIED THE CHARGES. SPIKE TV SAYS IT IS INVESTIGATING. STILL AHEAD, THEY'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE YET, BUT THEY'RE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR .>> Mason: IT'S 55 WEEKS UNTIL THE 2018 ELECTION, AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST CAMPAIGN STORY. DEAN REYNOLDS NOW WITH FOUR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF GRADUATING .>> YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT .>> Reporter: THESE FOUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE SMART, POLITICALLY ACTIVE, FORWARD THINKING, AND RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, OF KANSAS. I MEAN, GOVERNOR, COME ON .>> WHY NOT ?>> Reporter: WHY NOT INDEED? IT SEEMS THE 19th CENTURY STATE LEADERS NEVER THOUGHT TO INCLUDE AGE REQUIREMENTS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OR ANY REQUIREMENTS .>> YOU COULD LIVE IN SPAIN. IT WOULDN'T MATTER .>> Reporter: LAST YEAR WHEN HE WAS 15, JACK BERGESON FILED TO RUN AS A DEMOCRAT .>> I WANT TO GO AND FIGHT FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT AND I THINK WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE THAT TRUE HONEST CHOICE THAT IS VERY RARE IN AMERICAN POLITICS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR YOU .>> Reporter: TYLER RUZICH IS A REPUBLICAN .>> OF COURSE THERE IS A CHANCE WE CAN WIN. NO MATTER HOW BIG THAT CHANCE IS, WHAT MATTERS IS THE FOUR OF US HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING THIS ELECTION .>> THERE'S REALLY NO CHANCE OF ONE OF THESE KIDS BECOMING THE GOVERNOR OF KANSAS .>> Reporter: NONE ?>> NO .>> Reporter: NEAL ALLEN IS APOLITICAL SCIENTIST AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY .>> NONE OF THESE TEENAGERS HAS ANY EXPERIENCE IN ELECTED OFFICE, BUT OUR PRESIDENT DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN ELECTED OFFICE UNTIL HE WAS ELECTED, SO MAYBE WE'RE SEEING A TREND .>> Reporter: GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK IS LEAVING OFFICE, AND THE RACE TO SUCCEED HIM ISCROWDED WITH CONVENTIONAL CANDIDATES, BUT REPUBLICANDOMINIC SCAVUZZO IS UNDAUNTED .>> A YOUTHFUL VIEW IN A FIELD OF CAREER POLITICIANS COULD BE GOOD FOR TOPEKA .>> Reporter: ETHAN RANDALES �� FRIEND ISN'T SURPRISED HE'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR .>> ETHAN, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING HE'D DO. IT'S NOT CRAZY .>> Reporter: THEIR POSITIONS VARY .>> I WOULD DECRIMINALIZE MOST EVERY DRUG .>> TRANSPARENCY IS ONE OF MY MAIN MESSAGES. TO CUT TAXES, YOU HAVE TO CUT SPENDING, AS WELL .>> Reporter: CAMPAIGNING WOULD HAVE TO BE AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY, BUT THEY ALL SAY THEY CAN ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES TO STUDY AND STUMP .>> YOU MAY SAY WE'RE IN THE SERIOUS, WE FIT THOSE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. IF WE'RE RUNNING, WE'RE IN IT TO WIN IT .>> Reporter: WHY NOT RUN FOR CLASS PRESIDENT ?>> I ALREADY DID THAT .>> Reporter: THE PARTY PRIMARIES ARE NEXT AUGUST. ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 6, 2018. DEAN REYNOLDS, CBS NEWS, WICHITA .>> Mason: A 15- YEAR- OLD GOVERNOR. WHY NOT? THAT'S THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ." I'M ANTHONY MASON IN NEW YORK. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOOD NIGHT.
