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I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT WOULD BE. >> Reporter: HE'S ALSO PUBLICLY DISAGREED WITH THE C. I. A. 'S ASSESSMENT THAT SAUDI ARABIA'S CROWN PRINCE, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, ORDERED THE MURDER OF JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI. >> THEY HAVE NOTHING DEFINITIVE. AND THE FACT IS, MAYBE HE DID, MAYBE HE DIDN'T. >> THE WAY I READ THE PRESIDENT'S REACTION IS THIS IS ALL ABOUT HIS EGO. >> Reporter: FORMER ACTING C. I. A. DIRECTOR AND CBS NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTOR MICHAEL MORELL SAID U. S. RIVALS WILL TAKE NOTICE. >> IF I'M VLADIMIR PUTIN AND I'M SITTING IN MOSCOW, AND I'M WATCHING THIS PLAY OUT TODAY, THIS IS MUSIC TO MY EARS. >> Reporter: MORELL SAID THE PRESIDENT IS UNDERMINING U. S. INTELLIGENCE, AND IN THE FUTURE SPIES MAY THINK TWICE ABOUT RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR U. S. SECURITY, A VIEW SHARED BY MANY DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL. AND, YET, UTAH REPUBLICAN MIKE LEE SAID HE WAS GLAD MR. TRUMP IS TAKING A LOOK AT THINGS FROM " A DIFFERENT ANGLE ." JEFF. >> Glor: OKAY, MAJOR GARRETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOUSE AND SENATE NEGOTIATORS TODAY BEGAN TALKS TO REACH A COMPROMISE ON BORDER SECURITY AND AVOID ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS NOW. PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS MONEY FOR A WALL ALONG THE BORDER, DEMOCRATS HAVE OPPOSED THAT. THIS WAS THE KEY ISSUE IN THE SHUTDOWN THAT LASTED 35 DAYS. CBS NEWS HAS LEARNED TONIGHT THE PENTAGON DOES PLAN TO SEND ANOTHER 2, 000 TO 3, 000 TROOPS TO THE BORDER TO HELP REINFORCE BARRIERS. FOXCONN, A MAJOR HIGH- TECH MANUFACTURER SAID TODAY IT IS SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF ITS WISCONSIN OPERATION. THE PRESIDENT ATTENDED THE GROUND BREAKING LAST YEAR, BUT INSTEAD OF BUILDING A FACTORY FOR DISPLAY SCREENS, THE COMPANY NOW SAYS IT WILL FOCUS ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. WISCONSIN LURED FOXCONN WITH BILLIONS IN TAX INCENTIVES. THE COMPANY IN TURN PROMISED TO CREATE 13, 000 MANUFACTURING JOBS, BUT MISSED ITS HIRING QUOTA LAST YEAR. IN VENEZUELA TODAY, THERE WERE NEW PROTESTS AGAINST PRESIDENT NICOL �� S MADURO, CALLING FOR HIM TO STEP DOWN. HIS RESPONSE? A SHARP WARNING TO THE UNITED STATES. TONIGHT, OUR ELIZABETH PALMER HAS MADE HER WAY INSIDE VENEZUELA AND REPORTS FROM THE CAPITAL. >> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF VENEZUELANS HIT THE STREETS THIS AFTERNOON, WAVING FLAGS AND SHOUTING " FREEDOM ." " WE'VE HAD ENOUGH ," SAID ONE PROTESTER OF THIS OPPRESSIVE REGIME. THESE PROTESTS WERE PEACEFUL, UNLIKE LAST WEEK'S MASS UNREST WHEN SECURITY FORCES KILLED AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE. NICOL �� S MADURO RESPONDED TODAY WITH A SHOW OF FORCE. STATE TV BROADCAST PICTURES OF HIM WITH HIS MILITARY. " WILL YOU DEFEND YOUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF ?" HE SHOUTED. " YES !" THEY ROARED. THE MESSAGE: NO AMOUNT OF PRESSURE FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY CAN FORCE HIM OUT WITH LOYAL TROOPS LIKE THESE. MADURO ALSO HAD A SPECIFIC A MILITARY INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA, HE SAID, WOULD TURN INTO ANOTHER VIETNAM. MEANWHILE, MADURO'S OPPONENT, JUAN GUAIDO, JOINED THE PROTESTERS IN CARACAS. THE MAN NOW RECOGNIZED BY THE U. S. AS INTERIM PRESIDENT TOLD SUPPORTERS HE WAS COMMITTED TO HOLDING FREE ELECTIONS. IN A TWEET, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID HE CONGRATULATED GUAIDO BY PHONE ON " HIS HISTORIC ASSUMPTION OF THE PRESIDENCY ," AND ADDED, " THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM HAS BEGUN ." VENEZUELA'S HIGH- STAKES POLITICAL STANDOFF IS GROWING EVER MORE TENSE. TODAY, NICOL �� S MADURO DID OFFER TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE OPPOSITION. JUAN GUAIDO DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO RESPOND. JEFF. >> Glor: LIZ PALMER TONIGHT INSIDE VENEZUELA. LIZ, THANK YOU. >> Glor: POLICE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT SAY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLE OF INTEREST IN THE POSSIBLE HATE CRIME ATTACK AGAINST ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT. HERE'S DEAN REYNOLDS. >> Reporter: LATE TODAY, AFTER SCREENING HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE, POLICE ARE NOW FOCUSING ON TWO PERSONS OF INTEREST CAPTURED IN WHAT AUTHORITIES CALLED " AN ENCOUNTER" EARLY TUESDAY WITH THE ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT. POLICE SOURCES SAY IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT MAY HAVE TRANSPIRED, BUT 12 DETECTIVES ON THE CASE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUALS PICKED UP BY THE CAMERAS AND WANT TO QUESTION THEM. A GAY CAST MEMBER OF THE FOX HIT SHOW " EMPIRE ," THE ACTOR TOLD POLICE TWO WHITE MEN SHOUTING RACIAL EPITHETS AND GAY SLURS BEAT HIM UP AND DOUSED HIM WITH AN UNKNOWN CHEMICAL AND TIED A ROPE AROUND HIS NECK AFTER HE LEFT A RESTAURANT 00 A. M. THE ROPE WAS STILL ON HIS NECK WHEN THE POLICE FIRST ARRIVED 45 MINUTES AFTER BEING ALERTED. AND SOURCES SAY THE VIDEO THAT IDENTIFIES THE PERSONS OF INTEREST SHOWS SMOLLETT WITH A ROPE AROUND HIS NECK. SMOLLETT TOLD THE POLICE THE ATTACKERS ALSO ALLEGEDLY YELLED, " THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY ," A REFERENCE TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN. HIS ACCOUNT PROMPTED WAVES OF SUPPORT AND OUTRAGE FROM THE WORLDS OF ENTERTAINMENT AND POLITICS. >> YOU DIDN'T DESERVE, NOR ANYBODY DESERVES, TO HAVE A NOOSE PUT AROUND YOUR NECK, TO HAVE BLEACH THROWN ON YOU. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY SMOLLETT HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE AND TOOK THEM ON A WALK- THROUGH OF THE AREA IN QUESTION YESTERDAY. POLICE HERE HAVE SAID FROM THE OUTSET THAT THEY TAKE THIS MATTER VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THEY CONTINUE TO TREAT IT AS A POTENTIAL HATE CRIME. JEFF. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, DEAN REYNOLDS, THANK YOU. STILL AHEAD HERE TONIGHT, A HOLE IN A STREET REVEALED QUITE A SECRET. >> Glor: IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE ANYONE COULD SURVIVE THAT. BUT AN 18- YEAR- OLD DID, THANKS TO GOOD SAMARITANS WHO PULLED HIM FROM A JEEP AFTER IT RAN INTO A TRUCK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS VIDEO WAS JUST RELEASED. IT HAPPENED LAST WEEK. HE DID SUFFER SEVERE INJURIES. THE OTHER DRIVER SURVIVED AS WELL. IN FLORIDA, PUBLIC WORKS CREW FIXING A POTHOLE TODAY WERE SURPRISED TO FIND A POWER CORD RUNNING BENEATH THE ROAD. A BULLDOZER TURNED UP A 50- YARD TUNNEL WITH A WAGON AND GENERATOR INSIDE LEADING RIGHT TO A CHASE BANK. UPDATING THIS STORY WE BROUGHT YOU LAST MONTH, A CHURCH IN THE NETHERLANDS HAD BEEN PROTECTING THE FAMILY OF ARMENIAN REFUGEES. AS LONG AS SERVICES CONTINUED, POLICE COULD NOT ENTER TO DEPORT THE FAMILY, SO PARISHIONERS WORSHIPPED NONSTOP FOR 97 DAYS, AND TODAY, THE GOVERNMENT RELENTED. THE FAMILY WILL NOT BE DEPORTED. >> Glor: THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ." I'M JEFF GLOR. GOOD NIGHT.