Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, this morning another cloud of controversy hangs over the trump white house. Maybe the most serious yet. The Trump Administration is denying allegations that the president asked then fbi director james comey to end the investigation of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The New York Times first reported the existence of a memo comey wrote following a private meeting with the president on february 14th. The allegations that the president tried to influence the Flynn Investigation has added another notch of anxiety and concern on capitol hill. Hena daniels is here in new york. Hena, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. The white house issued a furious denial near the end of yet another tumultuous day. New york times is now raising questions about obstruction of justice. Lawmakers investigating russian meddling into the 2016 election are also calling on comey to testify ons he interactions with the president. The country is being tested in unprecedent ways. As democrats began questioning whether President Trumps latest scandal amounted to an itmpeachable offense, members of the president s own party have appeared to have reached a breaking point. I think its reaching a point where its of watergate size and scale. Late tuesday the republican chairman of the House OversightCommittee Jason chaffetz sent this letter to fbi requesting the bureau turn over all memos former fbi director james comey possibly wrote about his meetings with the president , this after the New York Times reported the existence of one showing President Trump asked comey to end the investigation into his former National Security adviser Michael Flynn saying, quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. He is a good guy. I dont want to read the memo. I want to hear from him. A source familiar with the matter tells cbs news comey did, in fact, write that memo following a february 14th meeting at the white house. That meeting came one day after flynn resigned for misleading Vice President mike pence about his conversations with the russian ambassador. In a Statement Released yesterday the white house admitted a conversation did take place, but said, quote, the president has never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation eninvolving general flynn. Flynn remains a central figure in the fbis probe into whether the Trump Campaign colluded with russia. President trump fired comey last week and admitted he had the on going Russian Investigation on his mind at the time. Tomorrow Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein will come to capitol hill to brief all senators on comeys termination. Annemarie . Hena daniels here in new york. Thank you so much, hena. As we mentioned the New York Times was the first to report details of comeys memo which cbs news later confirmed. The reporter behind the piece discussed what led to the memo. Look. Ive been spending a lot of times over the past few days trying to understand what went on between mr. Comey and mr. Trump and trying to understand what it was that mr. Trump didnt like about mr. Comey and what was it about mr. Trump that really concerned mr. Comey, and in the process of that i learned that there was a series of memos that comey had written about every single interaction with that he had had with trump because comey was so concerned about what trump may try and do to the fbi. Well, the times detailed another suggestion by mr. Trump to comey. Speaking about leaks to the media, mr. Trump reportedly floated the idea that mr. Comey should consider putting reporters in prison for publishing classified information. Adam schiff is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. In that role he met with former fbi director james comey often. Nancy cordes caught up with the congressman at the capitol. Have you seen this memo and and did you ever discuss with director comey about his concerns about the president . I did not see the notes or the me ho or have a conversation about the president ever suggesting that he drop the investigation. This is obviously a very serious charge, the heart of which would be interference or obstruction of the investigation, and when you add it to the allegations of just a few days ago, actually the statement made by the president himself that in the context of james comey wanted to keep his job, the president brought up whether he was a suspect, another deeply troubling allegation. Congress needs to bring director comey back to testify, we need to get those notes if they exist, we need to get tapes if they exist, but there is, i think, mounting concern over just how this administration appears to be interfering with the Russian Investigation. And so youre a lawyer. To your mind does this comment when added to others if true justice . Te obstruction of well, i would need to look at just what the president said, and ill be very interested if there are notes of precisely what the president said and in hearing from the director on filling in on what those notes have reported. So i think its too early to say in the absence of that evidence. Income, at this point, were still dealing with allegations, not evidence, but its enough for congress to insist on the director coming back, on obtaining this evidence. We really do need to determine whether there was a concerted effort by the president to interfere with the investigation. We do know there was a white house meeting in the oval office. The white house contends mr. Trump acted appropriately. In a southeast of tweets the president wrote he had the absolute right to share the information. He wants russia to step up its fight against isis and he wants to find the leakers in the intelligence community. Meanwhile lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are concerned. President trump dismissed questions about reports that he shared cladormati with russian officials during their visit at the white house last week. We had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister. The Washington Post article claims mr. Trump discussed classified information that came from a u. S. Partner that was so sense tifb it had not been shared with u. S. Allies and was even restricted in the u. S. Government. The president s National Security adviser denied the allegations for the second straight day and said the information discussed had already been reported. Its wholly appropriate for the president to share whatever information he thinks is necessary to advance to the american people. Thats what he did. The president does have Broad Authority to disclose classified information as he sees fit, but the concern is over what he disclosed and whether it compromised a sensitive intelligence source. Some lawmakers fear the president s disclosure may have damaged National Security. The only thing i would tell the president is if you feel like you need to share something with the russians, make sure it goes through the system because i dont trust the russians. A senior european intelligence official says his country may stop sharing information with the United States if it confirms President Trump shared classified details with russian officials. As we reported, Republican Arizona senator john mccain voiced his concern last night in washington. He voiced his concerns last night in washington speaking with cbs contributor Bob Schieffer. Every couple of days theres a new aspect of this really unhappy situation, and, you know, my friends, none of us, no matter what our political innings are or how we feel about trump, its not good for america. Mccain said the president has to get it all out because the longer you delay, the longer its going to last. Well, ahead on cbs this morning, we will talk with cbs contributor Bob Schieffer about the latest white house controversy and well ask cbs news chief analyst jan crawford what it takes to prove obstruction of justice. Well, at least nine people were injured when a protest turned violent outside a turkish ambassadors residence in washington. Turkish security personnel clashed with demonstrators as police tried to control the situation. The fighting broke out just hours after President Trump met with the turkish president at the white house. Two demonstrators were arrested. And at least two people were killed by tornadoes that struck the plains. And more Severe Weather is expected today. The oklahoma storm hit last night about 100 miles west of oklahoma city. One resident of elk city was killed. At least 40 homes were destroyed and phone service was knocked out. Another tornado swept through a Mobile Home Park in wisconsin causing extensive damag and killing one person. Theres a whole row where there should be trailers that theres nothing but debris, so i would say there was probably six to eight trailers in a row and theres absolutely nothing but debris. The wisconsin tornado was part of a Severe Weather system stretching from the texas panhandle to wisconsin. There have been reports of more than 20 tornadoes. A severe thunderstorm watch is posted from texas to wisconsin. And removal of another Confederate Monument is under way in new orleans. The statue of general p. G. T. Beauregard is being taken down. The battle has lasted nearly two years but the city is still divided over the issue. 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The white house is denying allegations that President Trump asked former fbi director james comey to end the investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Cbs news has confirmed comey wrote a memo detailing their conversation. Republican senator john mccain of arizona says the latest white house controversy is handcuffing the administration. The team is in place and thats whats kind of sad about all this is you have such a strong National Security team in this most dangerous times, and yet theyre not able to function because everything seems to be siphoned into this whole issue of russia. Mccain added that the string of scandals is not good for america. The top secret information about isis President Trump shared with the russians came from israel. The Administration Says mr. Trump acted appropriately with some lawmakers. Senators like Lindsey Graham say the president may have damaged National Security. The only thing i would tell the president is if you feel like you should share something with the russians, make sure it goes through the system because i dont trust the russians. Mr. Trump tweeted he has the absolute right to share information with russia. That sharing of information came up during a meeting yesterday between adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, and cia director mike pompeo. Schiff spoke with nancy cordes about it. They certainly did raise this with the director, and while i cant go into what he had to say, i can tell you on the basis of what the administration has said publicly that general mcmaster did not deny that declassification may be involved, and im deeply concerned we may have jeopardized the source of relationship, and i think thats also Something Congress needs to further investigate. It appears the president s team is trying to use the last two days of bombshell headlines as a fundraising opportunity with the subject line sabotage, mr. Trumps team sent a blast email to its list of campaign subscribers alleging there are people within our own unelected bureaucracy that want to sabotage President Trump. And then a call to action. Contribute 1 to drain the swamp. Coming up after your local new this morning on cbs this morning, well speak with senator mccain and well show you how hunters and trapping predators and former model Gisele Bundchen talks about k p keeping her quarterback husband tom brady on a strict diet. Did you influence how your house and your husband and your children feel about plant based diet and other things . Did that come from gisele . But they love it. Thats the cbs morning news for this wednesday. Thanks for watching. Im annemarie green. Have a great day. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com im kenny choi. Time to rise and shine we take a live look at the skyline of san francisco. Check that out. You see that woman the moon right there . The waning gibbous moon this morning. Good morning, it is wednesday, may 17. Im kenny choi. And we got sunshine right here. Sunshine or michelle griego. Whatever you want to call it. But look, jaclyn is sunshine, too. We dressed alike this week. Im going to refer to you as my little minions this morning. Love it. [ laughter ] we have our sunshine here today and we certainly do have sunshine on tap for late today along the coast, socked in this morning with brisk winds but later, we will reveal ample sunshine. Right now 49 degrees in santa rosa to 55 in oakland. Winds are still blowing. 21 sfo. 16 san francisco. 13 antioch. However, calm in novato. Winds will blow 10 to