Queen are not amused. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from the Republican National convention in cleveland, ohio. Editio ght, the r nominated donald j. Trump. It was a victory of a national insurgence that rested control of the party from its leaders and an achievement for a candidate defeating 16 opponents in his first run for office. His home state new york and eldest son put him over the top. Major garrett begins our coverage. Its my distinct honor and great pleasure to nominate donald j. Trump for the office of president of the United States of america. Reporter its the moment donald trump craved and the republican establishment dreaded, the role call cementing him as the g. O. P. Nominee. It is my honor to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight with 89 delegates. Congratulations, dad. We love you. Reporter donald trump jr. Read the new york delegations total and put his father over the top. Hell later give a prime time speec
The key point is that there werent discussions, there was nothing wrong or inappropriate about discussions, it purely came down to trust and thats it. Happen valentines day. Sean Spicer White House press secretary making it official, the president demanded the resignation of Michael Flynn as National Security adviser at the white house after he lost complete trust in his capability to perform his responsibilities. It was not a legal issue as much as it was a political issue, an ethical issue if you will. The president simply could no longer trust his National Security adviser. Once again we want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Glor Gloria Borger and your panel of experts standing by, gloria, he was very tough. Kellyanne conway said general flynn decided he should we sign last night and the president accepted that resignation, it was the president who demanded the resignation after he lost complete trust in his ability to carry on those National Securit
Leads it. Potential ties between moscow and Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Among the possible witnesses, former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and the president s soninlaw Jared Kushner. Kushner is expected to testify about his russian banker about an effort to engage the russians and accomplish a point person. Senate intelligence chairman refusing to rule out the possibility of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russians. We would be crazy to try to draw conclusions from where we are in the investigation. The bipartisan showed unity in the senate. House intel chair, devin nunes continuing to fend off charges of collusion with the white house and refusing to answer questions about the probe. Whats been the hold up about the specific information you saw on white house grounds . Its just trying to get the agencies in order for them to get the information to us in a timely manner. There seems to be this fascination with the process. Its how did he get here . What doo
Law by aiding the russians in their attack on our election system to be held responsible in court. And there is ample evidence involving roger stone, paul manafort, carter page that Trump Associates may well have been involved in colluding with the russians. And, so, whats needed is accountability. The grand jury is working. The fbi is doing its job. Whats needed now is a leader and i emphasize insulated and protected from the president of the United States who may be a target here by a clear mandate, a written mandate from Ron Rosen Stein, the Deputy Attorney general, saying you do the work. Im going to protect you. Do you think it is possible that Rudy Giuliani or Chris Cristie could be the new head of the fbi . Predicting what the president of the United States will do is among the host hazardous activities in washington, d. C. These days. But i hope not because they bring political baggage, for lack of a better word, that would severely undermine their credibility with the American
As Chris Cristie on the list of people who warned donald trump about Michael Flynn. A possible major shift in strategy in afghan p stan. Thousands of new troops headed to the war zone. The president holds a crucial meeting in just minutes. And then and i would like to apologize for saying that children in america should have health care. It was insensitive. It was offensive and i hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. Late night comic on health care, one week after he tearfully revealed his sons medical crisis. Good morning, everyone. This white house is facing new fall out and major questioning about the handling of Michael Flynn and the potential Security Risk he posed. No question more important than this, why did the administration wait 18 days to fire him. Im bad at math and even i know thats two and a half weeks after the attorney general warned he was vulnerable to blackmail from the russians. We felt it was critical that we get this information to the white house, in