This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im anthony mason. President trump has left on his first overseas trip but he cannot escape the controversies engulfing his administration. Just as air force one flew off, a new report raised questions about mr. Trumps motive for firing f. B. I. Director james comey. Jeff pegues begins our coverage. Reporter it was a move that the president said relieved great pressure on him. Thats what President Trump told Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassador sergey kislyak. According to the new york times, the comments were made during the may 10 oval office meeting. I just fired the head of the f. B. I. He was crazy, a real nut job, the report quotes mr. Trump as saying in the official white house account of the meeting. I faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. White House Press Secretary sean spicer did not deny the comments but in a statement said by grand standing and polit sizing the investigation into russias actions, james comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate in russia. And i also got a very, very strong recommendation, as you know, from the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. Reporter the president has given conflicting accounts of why he fired comey. Just yesterday, he pointed to his Deputy Attorney general, who wrote a memo criticizing comeys handling of the clinton email investigation. But last week he said it was because of the russia investigation. This russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Reporter in response to todays revelation, democratic senator Patrick Leahy tweeted, this is what obstruction looks like. The f. B. I. Counterintelligence investigation has been scrutinizing the president s former National Security adviser michael flynn, former campaign chairman, paul manafort, and former Foreign Policy adviser carter page. Former u. S. Intelligence officials tell cbs news that during the last seven months of the campaign, electronic surveillance picked up multiple contact betweens Trump Associates and russian officials or operatives. Flynn was fired just 24 days into President Trumps term for lying to the Vice President about his contacts with ambassador kislyak. But other Trump Officials also spoke or met with the russians, among them attorney general Jeff Sessions and the president s adviser and soninlaw, jared kushner. Last december, kushner met with kislyak at trump tower, and then at kislyaks urging, met with the head of a Stateowned Bank with deep ties to russian intelligence. Tonight, according to the washington post, the f. B. I. Investigation has identified a significant person of interest as a Current White House official. Anthony, the post did not offer a name but said the person say senior white house adviser who is close to the president. Mason jeff pegues. Thank you, jeff. Today, the man whose blistering memo preceded comeys firing explained to house members why he wrote it, but many questions remain. Heres nancy cordes. Reporter Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein told lawmakers behind closed doors today that no one told him what to say in that scathing memo he sent to the president , the same day comey was fired. According to his prepared remarks, rosenstein said, i wrote it. I believe it. I stand by it. He also said that he and attorney general Jeff Sessions had discussed the need for new leadership at the f. B. I. , as far back as last winter. I think we are still puzzled about the memorandum. Reporter there were many questions rosenstein wouldnt answer today. Did he suggest that he was pressured in any way to come down hard on james comey in that memo . He avoided at least 10 times any question that would answer your question. Reporter after he was fired, comey told friends he has notes detailing the president s attempts to extract his loyalty and influence the investigation. Comey was just completely disgusted by it. Disgusted. Disgusted by the episode. Reporter one of those friends, benjamin wittes, says comey tried to establish boundaries, like the time he attended a white house ceremony two days after the inauguration. He stands in the part of the room that is as far from trump as it is physically possible to be. Oh, and theres jim. Reporter trump signals him out. Hes become more famous than me. Reporter in a fashion that he regarded as sort of, you know, calculated. He thought it was an intentional attempt to compromise him in public. Reporter the Deputy Attorney general told lawmakers today that the new special counsel he appointed this week, robert mueller, will have broad latitude to look into all of this, including, anthony, the president s action, and even rosensteins role in his firing. Mason nancy cordes. Thank you, nancy. Saudi arabia is the first stop on the president s trip. This week, his son, donald trump jr. , delivered a commencement address in neighboring united arab emirates. As Julianna Goldman reports, the younger trumps appearance in dubai is raising new questions about potential conflicts of interest. Thank you. Reporter when donald trump jr. Spoke to graduates of the American University in dubai earlier this week, he joined the ranks of such distinguished Commencement Speaker as former president bill clinton and former secretary of state colin powell. When i look back on what my father did in this past election, and the risk he took. Reporter clinton got 150,000 for his speech in 2002. Another speaker told cbs news they were paid 60,000, plus first class airfare. The Trump Organization wouldnt say how much the president s son received but told us hes been participating in businessrelated speaking engagements for over a decade. You can do it all reporter during the president ial campaign, trump jr. Hammered bill clinton for accepting speaking fees from foreign entities while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state called it pay to play. While the university is private, sources tell cbs news dubai helped found and holds a continuing stake in the school, raising the ethical question of whether a Foreign Government could be trying to curry favor with the president through his family. Donald trump jr. Is, you know, is part of his fathers business, but he doesnt really have other experiences that would make him kind of a normal speaker at these things. Reporter karen young is with the arab gulf states institute. Certainly, from the Trump Organization perspective, this is, like, good public relations, right. Its Good Community relations. Reporter the speech comes as hes actively marketing multimilliondollar condos at a new trumpbranded golf resort in dubai. While there, trump also had lunch with their Business Partner in the development, who posted this picture on social media. This is donald trump jr. s second visit to dubai in three months. Anthony, his last trip to open that golf resort racked up at least 16,000 in hotel costs for his taxpayerfunded secret service protection. Mason julianna, thanks. Iran voted for a new president today. No results yet. The campaign had a familiar theme a populist facing the incumbent. Elizabeth palmer is in tehran. Reporter this race came down to a clear choice between the current moderate president hassan rouhani, whose promises for liberal reforms appeal to young people. And the hard liner, vicente arenas, a populist, who promised his cash handouts and millions of jobs. One of the things iranians are voting on today is how their country will relate with u. S. And the world, with cooperation led by rouhani the reformist, or with suspicion and hostility under vicente arenas. 38 years ago, iranian students held 52 americans hostage in the u. S. Exwaels exwaes. Their spokeswoman was masoumeh ebtekar. Today, shes one of irans Vice President s whos done something of a 180 over the years and now hopes for better relations with the u. S. Are they likely to come under President Trump is on the record as saying iran is a hostile presence air, problem . Hes also changing a lot of his positions as well. Hes also making a lot of uturns. Reporter so youre hoping President Trump will change his position on iran. I hope hell adjust them to the realities. Reporter realities like the nuclear deal which was backed by millions of voters here who hope its the first step toward Even Stronger ties with america. But another reality is at the moment, there is no sign the Trump White House is sharing that. In fact, anthony, the u. S. Added some fresh sanctions against iran this week. So the signs are that things are about to get decidedly frosty. Mason in tehran, elizabeth palmer. Thanks, liz. A man was arrested today after disrupting a flight from l. A. To honolulu. Transportation correspondent kris van cleave has more on this breaking story. Kris. Reporter anthony, the passenger on board this americannarilys flight from los angeles to honolulu, was described as loitering around the bathroom at the front of the plane. He was carrying a laptop,s of asked to sit down by a flight attendant. At that point, made some kind of a movement that appeared as though he was trying to force his way into the cockpit. We will hoe you some video of the f. B. I. Leading the man off the airbus a321 after it landed in hawaii. Initial reports are he became belligerent on board after he was asked to be seated and had to be subdued. The plane was also escorted into honolulu by two f22 fighter jets. We understand the plane abruptly descended to a lower altitude. That could be done as a precautionary measure if there is a concern about an explosive device being on board. Now, this is a little unusual its department of Homeland Security has issued a statement saying the secretary of d. H. S. Was notified about the incident, and, anthony, the agency says they are monitoring all other flights but at this point there are no other reports of disruption. Mason scary moments for the passengers. Kris van cleave, thanks. 152 years and one month after confederate general robert e. Lee surrendered his army to ulysses s. Grant, a statue of lee is falling in new orleans tonight. Omar villafranca is there. Reporter after 133 years of standing over new orleans, a statue ded indicated to confederate general robert e. Lee is the final statue to come down. New orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu these monuments celebrate a fictional, sanitized confederacy, ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement. Reporter the statue of lee is the first one to come down in broad daylight. Under the cover of darkness, workers removed the stat fiewrs confederate president jefferson davis, general p. G. T beauregard, and the Liberty Monument because police say there were threats made against the crews. If we take down these statues and dont change to become a more open and inclusive society, then all of this would have been in vain. Reporter protests erupted in new orleans when the city decided to remove the monuments. Both sides argued over whether these monuments celebrated racism or southern heritage. Dr. Maria ortiz with the Southern Christian Leadership Council worked for 44 years to bring the monuments down. I would point up there and i would say, you devil. You coming down one day. I thought was oppression and what my grandmother, sweating blood. Reporter businessman Frank Stewart thinks the stat use should remain. I really dont think that anybody should have the privilege of changing history because history is truth. Reporter no word on where the stat use will end up, but, anthony, the mayor says they cannot be displayed outdoors on public property. Mason omar villafranca, thank you, omar. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, new details about the driver in the times square car attack. He told me to look at this grid every day. And we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including Preservision Areds 2. 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Reporter without any warning, the driver of this maroon honda made an abrupt uturn on to a bustling sidewalk on 42nd street, mowing down a crowd of people seen here falling off of the hood of his car. He sped up, barreling through more pedestrians, including 18yearold alyssa elsman, who died at the scene. This woman is struck as she tries to get away. Parts of the car are torn off as the vehicle runs over another fleeing pedestrian. As the car accelerates, people take cover anywhere they can. A block later, the car comes to a crashing halt, slamming into steel barricades put in place to stop terrorist attacks. It all took less than a minute. Reporter the suspect then jumps out of his car, running erratically across 45th street. 26yearold Richard Rojas is apprehended a few moments later. Sources tell cbs news that rojas claimed to have heard voices and that he did it for god. He told police he smoked marijuana laced with p. C. P. Before the incident. 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Rhode island is among eight states with pending legislation that makes an exception for sunscreen. At least seven states have passed a law allowing students to apply sunscreen without special permission. Dermatologist dr. Jeff ashley helped craft californias law to allow sunscreen in schools. We would sure like for every school in the country to have an allowance for the children to use sunscreen. Reporter according to the c. D. C. , one sunburn in childhood nearly doubles a persons lifetime risk of getting melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. If there was widespread use of sunscreen and it was used properly, we would definitely see a decline in our skin cancer rates. Reporter susan grenon says shining a light on sunscreen safety may save lives. All the damage is done young, but you dont know it now. But youre preventing it when they get older. Reporter states in the Northern Region have some of the highest rates of melanoma anthony. 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Ask your doctor about onceweekly trulicity. Mason do Guardian Angels exist . Well, it sure looks like Steve Hartman found one on the road. Reporter used to be whe when ginger sprouse came across Homeless People she would often give them something her two cents. I would say, why dont you get a job . Or whats your problem . It made me very uncomfortable. I didnt want to have anything to do with it. Ive been that way my whole life. Reporter but about a jeer ago, ginger, who owns a Cooking School outside houston, decided she didnt like that about herself and would at least try to change. He would stand right here on the corner. Reporter he began by approaching a guy she used to see all the time on her way to work. His name is Victor Hubbard. Victor says he told ginger how he ended up on the streets after his mother moved away and left him. You had no idea where your mom went. No, i had no idea where she was. Reporter he said ginger listened to his story and went on her away. Then i couldnt get him out of my mind. And i was like okay, fine, ill go back. But what really got me this is probably after the third time i met him he said, when are you coming back . People would come by and i was like, you know, i have a friend named ginger. Shes on her way. I was trying to let them know reporter somebody was watching out for you. Yes, i was taken care of. Reporter this continued for a few months until the day ginger realized she couldnt keep going on like this. It was a cold december night, and although victor had food and blankets, theres only so much comfort you can pass through a car window. So ginger did something, something the old ginger would have never dreamed of doing. I could not leave him there. Reporter she went to her husband with a request. I asked dean would it be okay with you if i went and got him . And i said, if he could just stay one night because its raining. Reporter another stop right there. Okay. I had to think about it. Reporter im sure you did. Reporter im starting to recognize a slippery slope here. Yes, exactly. The honest truth is when she says, i feel compelled to help this guy how i can say no to that. Reporter and thats how Victor Hubbard found his second family. Oh, yeah reporter he now lives with ginger and dean full time. That was my favorite. Reporter they helped him get social services and doctors appointments, introduced him to the community, and made him part of it. Victor also works two jobs now, one at a burger joint yup, just leak that. Reporter and another at a Cooking School where he has one of the most compassionate bosses in south texas. There you go. Looks good. Life is messy, but if youre going to love other people, you have to be willing to step into their mess. My whole life i wanted to avoid that. Thats why i rolled the window up and wouldnt look. Give it some distance. Reporter and thats why she now rolls it down to let the bletion blow in. Steve hartman on the road in houston, texas. Mason life is messy, but shes doing a nice cleanup job. Thats the cbs evening news. For scott pelley im anthony mason. Im seal you tomorrow on cbs this morning saturday. Thanks for watching. Good night. Tonight, e. T. Is in london with exclusive details on a royal family wedding. Pippa and james held the rehearsal today. William kate and the kids. Prince harry and his girlfriend. Weve got the scoop on the starstudded idos. Your game is tired. You should retire then, is katy perrys new song slamming taylor swift . Then, inside celine dions new rehearsal. Is she tired of singing her greatest hits . Sometimes im like ugh. Then, spiders. Oh, boy. Snakes. With a little help from bindi irwin. Can cam overcome his