. >> pelley: why? >> because i think it connotes this old "war on drugs" focus to the work that we do. it portrays that we are clinging to kind of failed policies and failed practices in the past. >> pelley: are you saying that the way we have waged the war on drugs for more than 40 years has been all wrong? >> it has been all wrong. >> whitaker: "star wars" is the most successful franchise in hollywood history. and for the first time, there's a new force behind it-- j.j. abrams. >> energy and action! >> whitaker: tonight, we'll find out how he was chosen to direct "the force awakens", and how he hopes to please the fans waiting for the most anticipated movie of the year. >> nothing will stop us. >> whitaker: talk about the force. the fans are a force to be reckoned with. >> it's not a movie. it's a... it's bigger than all of us. it's a... it's almost a religion for people. >> rose: it is said that you're at one with the car. >> yeah. it's like you're strapped to a rocket. i mean, it's like, "how do yo

from new york here now is scott pelley. >> pelley: a friend of the san bernardino killers has been charged with plotting other terror attacks. meanwhile, theme parks are tightening security. also tonight, the anti-muslim backlash. after one of these attacks, have any of you been confronted by somebody on the street? encouraging news in the fight against ovarian cancer. he became the poster boy for drug price gouging. now ske martin shkreli is chargd with running a ponzi scheme. and "star wars," more than a movie, it's a way of life. >> it's okay to be a geek. it's actually a good thing so i wear my fandom proudly. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: late today, the first criminal charges were filed in the san bernardino terror attack. the accused is enrique marquez. he allegedly bought weapons used by syed farook and tashfeen malik to murder 14 people before they themselves were killed in a police shoot-out. marquez was a longtime friend of farook, and carter evans has more. >> reporter: 24-year-old enrique marquez entered the federal co

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. late today, the first criminal charges were filed in the san bernardino terror attack. the accused is enrique marquez. he allegedly bought weapons used by syed farook and tashfeen malik to murder 14 people before they themselves were killed in a police shoot-out. marquez was a longtime friend of farook, and carter evans has more. >> reporter: 24-year-old enrique marquez entered the federal courthouse in this unmarked car. he's charged with unlawful purchase of the assault rifles that were used in the san bernardino massacre and with providing material support for terrorism. in a 37-page criminal complaint, investigators say marquez had no knowledge of syed rizwan farook's plan to attack the inland regional center on december 2nd. they allege he purchased the two ar-15-style rifles for farook because his appearance was caucasian while farook looked middle eastern. investigators say marquez also purchased the explosive smokeless power used in the pipe bombs found at the

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: it's hard to imagine the massacre in san bernardino could have been worse, but today the police revealed that the husband and wife murder team brought this bomb to that social services building. it was rigged to a remote control toy car to act as a wireless trigger. police say they also found this bag of pipe bombs in the of ammunition. syed farook and his wife opened fire on farook's coworkers, county department of health employees, at a holiday office party. we received their names today. 14 were killed. one of them, daniel kaufman, ran a coffee shop in the building. nicholas thalasinosle was remembered for his compassion, and michael wetzel leaves behind six children. 19 were wounded plus two law enforcement officers who were suspects. we have extensive coverage from a team of correspondents, and first we'll go to carter evans in san bernardino. >> reporter: scott, the f.b.i. has flown in a special team from washington to re-enact and reconstruct the crime scene. they're also going to be analyz

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. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. this time, it wasn't an ad-lib, it wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. today, donald trump, the leading republican candidate to be next president, issued a policy statement calling on the united states to close its doors to all muslims entering the country. one of the san bernardino killers was here on a visa. the white house was quick to call trump's idea contrary to america's values and security. republican rival jeb bush said trump had simply become "unhinged." here's major garrett. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of all muzliness entering the united states until -- muslims entering the united states until our country's president can figure out what the hell is going on. >> trump says no choice but the constitution which provides for due process, stands in the way. >> they have no respect for human life. >> trump sounded undeterred. >> until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the danger the threat poses our coun

this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: they're becoming epidemic-- e-mailed terror threatsa that are rattling the teachers in some of america's largest school districts. today we learned of the latest, and we got a look at the e-mails. homeland security correspondent jeff pegues has more about that and about the man at the center of the investigation. >> reporter: the list of school districts receiving the threatening e-mails include los angeles, new york, miami, houston, dallas, and now clark county in nevada. the district which includes las vegas schools received the e-mails yesterday, and officials colored they were a hoax. the dallas e-mails detail plans of 46 jihad affiliates for a massacre of epic proportion with mass shootings and napalm, propane, and pressure cooker explosives for maximum casualty. these e-mails differ slightly from the one received in los angeles, which talked of 32 comrades and bombs set to detonate via cell phone. while investigators do not know all of the e-mails were routed through a server in germany run by vincent canfield, the 21-yea

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this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the f.b.i. now believes the massacre in san bernardino was an act of foreign-inspired terrorism. his wife, tashfeen malik, opened fire, malic took to her facebook

. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this time it was donald trump, the leading republican candidate to be next president, issued a policy statement calling on the united states to close its doors to all muslims entering the country. one of the san bernardino killers was here on a visa. the white hoe was quick to call trump's idea contrary to america's values and security. republican rival jeb bush said trump had simply become "unhinged." here's major garrett. >> reporter: in a statement donald trump called for the total and complete shut down of muslim immigration to america. he added, "our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad." trump said the ban should last until u.s. officials "figure out what's going on." last night president obama urged the nation not to discriminate against american muslims. >> if we're to succeed in defeating terrorists, we must enlist the muslim community as some of our strongest allies rather than push them away through suspicion and hate. that does not

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. late today, the family of freddie gray called for calm in baltimore after the trial of officer william porter ended with a hung jury. porter is the first of six cops to be tried in the death of gray, who was severely injured while in police custody. gray's death in april led to riots in the streets. prosecutors today have not yet said whether they will try porter again. kris van cleave is in baltimore. >> reporter: baltimore sheriffs deputies took down a demonstrator outside the courthouse. it was a tense, but largely peaceful atmosphere after seven african-american and five white jurors were unable to agree on any of the four charges against officer william porter,including second degree assault and involuntary manslaughter. demonstrator archie williams was outraged. what do you think this says about justice? >> i say it looks like ronald mcdonald. it's a real bad joke. >> reporter: freddie gray died from injuries suffered while poding in a police van. officer porter

. >> pelley: this is our western edition. the front-runner for republican presidential nomination drew heavy fire today over his proposal to ban muslims from coming into the united states, much of that fire from his own party. but donald trump did not back down. he said he doesn't care about the criticism because he insists he is right, and trump is not without his supporters. here's major garrett. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. ( cheers ) >> reporter: campaigning in south carolina last night, trump suggested muslim animosity towards america is widespread and conjured memories of 9/11. >> it's going to get worse and worse. you're going to have more world trade centers. >> reporter: this morning trump was asked how the ban would work. >> reporter: top republicans, like house speaker paul ryan, were quick to denounce trump. >> this is not conservatism. what was proposed yesterday i

>> pelley: america on edge. two big cities, two different responses to e-mailed terror threats. >> i made the decision to close the school. >> i think it was a significant over-reaction, yes. >> pelley: also tonight, the republicans debate terror and what to do about it. >> isis just wants to kill americans. >> pelley: it usually looks like this by now, so where's the snow in buffalo? and taking back the streets. >> i want you at-- why weren't you at church wrft? >> pelley: why they don't mess with captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: tonight, officials in los angeles are defending their decision to abruptly close the entire school system in response to a terror threat that turned out to be a hoax. the threat came less than two weeks after the attack in san bernardino less than 60 miles away. critics of l.a. include the city's former police chief, who now heads the new york city police department and had a very different response to a similar threat today. here

>> pelley: home-grown terror, a startling courtroom con fxb today in colorado. and in the san bernardino case, even before they started dating, killers started planning online. also tonight, an apology from the mayor of chicago amid demands for his resignation. and a medical breakthrough. a captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> pelley: tonight the february says the planning for san bernardino began much seener. and late today in colorado, the man arrested last month for murdering three planned parenthood clinics made a startling courtroom confession. first to barry petersen in colorado springs. barry? >> reporter: well, scott an outline of the charges he faces. >> let's let it all come out. >> reporter: "i am guilty. there will be no trial. i am a warrior for the babies." there were more outbursts after the judge allowed cameras to be turned on, including this one. >> the truth, huh? kill the babies. that's what planned parenthood does. scott, the public defender wants dear examined for coral tenancy before they even begin talking prelimi

. >> pelley: this is our western edition. today president obama revealed that the dozens of special operations commandos he ordered into syria are now on the ground and have begun to work with local forces fighting isis, or as he prefers to call the group, isil. here was the president at the pentagon today. >> the point is isil leaders cannot hide, and our next message to them is simple: you are next. >> pelley: mr. obama said he is accelerating the war in syria and iraq after isis bombed a russian jetliner, directed the attack in paris and inspired another in san bernardino. tonight we have a rare look at what u.s. forces are facing. charlie d'agata linked up with america's kurdish allies. his story begins in iraq. >> reporter: even when colonel badal bandi told us his forces face isis attacks every day, we didn't expect this would be one of them, until he showed us where three suicide car bombers tried to charge their outpost at dawn. his soldiers shot the drivers dead before they detonated their bombs, but the car bombs re

scott. >> pelley: david martin at the pentagon. david, thanks. tornadoes are rare in the pacific northwest, but people who live in the town of battleground, washington, near the oregon border think their town was hit by one today, and david begnaud is there. >> there really is a tornado. >> reporter: it looked like a tornado to people living in >> we got multiple calls. >> reporter: the unusual weather came amid four days of fast-moving pacific storms that left much of oregon and washington a mess. what did it look like outside? >> it looked like the wizard of oz out here. there was debris flying everywhere, trees flying down the road, people's sheds, pools, trampolines. >> reporter: since monday, as much as 18 inches of rain has swelled northwest rivers and saturated the ground, toppling trees. a landslide closed the interstate connecting oregon and washington most of today. >> told the department of transportation has hopes, this is hopes at the moment, to reopen at least one lane. >> reporter: governor jay islee declared a state of emergency.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: donald trump is back on top in the race for the republican presidential nomination. today a new cbs news/"new york times" poll of g.o.p. primary voters has him at 35%, his highest number yet in our polling and up from 22% in october. trump leads his nearest rival, ted cruz, better than two to one. former front-runner ben carson lost half of his support, falling to third. everyone else is in single digits. the poll was taken before trump called for a temporary ban on muslims entering the united states. we have more now from major garrett. >> those numbers i like looking at. >> reporter: donald trump has long professed a love for polls, and these numbers might add to his fascination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showed 42% of republicans support trump's call to ban muslims from coming to the u.s., 36% oppose it. among all voters, nearly six in 10 disagree with the plan while 25% support it. >> i have to do what's right. and what's right is this-- we have a problem. it's a serious proble

>> pelley: also tonight, devastating floods after record rainfall. jon stuart's uphill battle to help 9/11 first responders. >> the first people on the scene were first responders. >> pelley: and an american band attacked by terrorists returns to paris with a message. people have the power people have the power captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> pelley: the front-runner for republican presidential nomination drew heavy fire today over his proposal to ban muslims from coming into the united states, much of that fire from his own party. but donald trump did not back down. he said he doesn't care about the criticism because he insists he is right, and trump is not without his supporters. here's major garrett. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and cleat shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. ( cheers ) >> reporter: campaigning in south carolina last night, trump's suggested muslim animosity towards america is widespread and conjured me

scott, martin o'malley said fascist demagog. >> pelley: major garrett for us tonight. major, thank you. well, muslim-americans are already feeling the divide in their communities here at home, and omar villafranca is looking into this. >> reporter: in the wake of the attacks in paris and san bernardino, muslims around the u.s. say the r rtoric against them has become increasingly incendiary. a few weeks ago armed protesters picketed a nearby mosque in irving. in virginia tempers erupted at a meeting over building a morque. >> every one of you are terrorists. i don't care what you say. >> reporter: last night in philadelphia, a severed pig's hehe was found o oside a mosque,e, and voice messages like this one left on the answering machine of the council of the american islamic relations. >> you're not welcome here. i hope you get sprayed with pig's blood. >> reporter: not far away in fort worth, an american-born muslim says the backlash has nine-month-old daughter and a woman was basically trying to flag me down from her vehicle, and she rolls down her window, and she st

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the f.b.i. now bernardino was an act of foreign-inspired terrorism. shortly before sayed farook and his wife, tashfeen malik, opened fire, malic took to her facebook fiej pledge her allegiance to isis in syria. a federal law enforcement source tells cbs news this is a photo of malik, the photo they are working with. it is the first pwe have seen of her. the attack left 14 people dead. they were among about 80 san bernardino county health department workers who were holding a holiday celebration. homeland security security correspondent jeff pegues begins our coverage. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news, malik's facebook post pledged her allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. the post was in english and issued under a different name. f.b.i. director james comey: developed indications of radicalization by the killers and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations. >> reporter: investigators have recovered computers, thumb drives, and other electronic media from the home w

than ever. >> pelley: cbs news is fighting terror on the ground. also tonight, trailing in iowa, trump goes after front-runner cruz. >> i don't think he has the right temperament. >> pelley: controlling the soaring zone population. owners will soon have to register. and the sounds of growing harmony between cuba and the united states. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs with scott pelley. >> pelley: today president obama revealed that the dozens of special operations commandos he ordered into syria are now on the ground and have begun to work with local forces fighting isis, or as he prefers to call the group, isil. here was the president at the pentagon today. >> the point is isil lead kearse -- leaders cannot hide, and our next message to them is simple: you are next. >> pelley: mr. obama said he is accelerating the war in syria and iraq after isis bombed a russian jetliner, directed the attack in paris and inspired another in san bernardino. tonight we have a rare look at what u.s. forces are facing. charlie d'agata linked up with america's k