This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Officials in the front row. Mr. Trump ignored shouted questions about his confidence in flynn as he left the east room. Councilor to the president kellyanne conway. Yes, general flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president , and this is a big week for general flynn. Hes the point of contact for many of these foreign visits. Reporter just over an hour later, though, the white house said the president is evaluating the situation. The f. B. I. And other intelligence agencies are investigating conversations flynn had with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Before President Trumps inauguration. Flynn initially denied discussing u. S. Sanctions on russia during the calls, a potential violation of federal law, but last week flynn said he couldnt be sure if the topic came up. In january Vice President elect pence defended flynn on face the nation. Those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the United States took act
Joining us. Im megan fits gerard. And im erika gonzalez. We begin with new calls for attorney general Jeff Sessions to resign. Its a report in a Washington Post that sessions spoke with russias ambassador twice last year. In an nbc news exclusive, sessions denies any wrong doing. I have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any Political Campaign and those remarks are unbelievable to me and i dont have anything else to say about that. The Justice Department is investigating russian interference in the president ial election. News 4s Edward Lawrence has the latest. Reporter aides to the attorney general confirm he spoke to the Russian Ambassador twice last september and never disclosed it during the confirmation hearing. Heres what he said under oath. If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump cam russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do . Senator franken, im not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate a
Some democrats say sessions needs to resign. I did not have communications with the russians. Some lawmakers are defending the attorney general today. House Speaker Paul Ryan says sessions should only recuse himself if he ends up being part of the fbis investigation into russia. Sessions lied. Hes got to go and there were new protests in washington this afternoon. Many of those saying they want sessions to resign. Its important to note that the attorney general has acknowledged that he spoke with the Russian Ambassador last year. But he says those were routine meetings and that he held tohos meetings as a senator on the Armed Services committee. Breaking news from Prince Georges County where a teenager has been shot in oxon hill. This happened on street. What condition is the teenager in . Reporter our understanding is that this teenager is in critical condition. A serious gun wound to who were being told by multiple sources is a 14yearold male who attended potomac high school. Shot af
Answer coming up. Were working to learn more about a hitandrun in Silver Spring. Someone ran over a pedestrian. News4s molette green is live along university boulevard to talk about what happened and the efforts to keep people safe. Good morning, we know that police, Montgomery County police are looking for a black lincoln headed that way towards georgia avenue. And it could we have calls into police to get an update on the victim. But this just drives home a new Safety Campaign that kicks in today. With some heavy fines. Concerns, pedestrians, cyclists moving too fast. Some in such of a rush, they break the law or end up in a collision. Just this morning a hitandrun in Silver Spring sent a pedestrian to the hospital at nearmisses, no. But like i said, i wouldnt be surprised. Daylight saving time ends in a couple days and brings added safety concerns, especially in some known trouble spots like this one along southern avenue in the district, where pedestrians have died in crashes. Stud
Really chilly yesterday withay w that wind that was prettyre relentless. Rele the good news is we wont haveov the wind today. But even at this Early Morning calm we have wind chill values lower than the temperatures. Emp. Feels like its in the teens i to low 20s here in 2s here washington. Satellite and radar lets showda you whats outside. s ode nothing but sunshine here. Ineer clouds towards our west and a few snow showers over westernr s pennsylvania and West Virginia i but those snow showers are notwe going to reach us. Ea u we should see a mix of sun andud clouds today. Today. Heres your planner forecast. Orc its february and its stillll feeling like it. Eling like i its chilly. 41 degrees by 11 00 a. M. , 44 a. , by 2 00 p. M. And then 46 by 5 oclock. 5 ocl look at this weekend forecast, though. Ough temperatures really jump tomorrow. On sunday were up to 62 degrees, a lot of sunshine sh tomorrow. Yes, it will feel like spring. Er youll definitely want to beefit outside for that o