Go, johnny, go, go go, johnny, go, go. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Jeff pegues covered the hearing. I have no information that supports those tweets. Reporter several times f. B. I. Director james comey rejected the president s claim that president obama ordered trump tower wiretapped. Adam schiff is the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. You said there has been no evidence of an illegal wiretap by president obama. Is that right . Ive said the f. B. I. And the department of justice have no information to support those tweets. Reporter another white house claim that British Intelligence wiretapped trump tower on behalf of the United States was dismissed by the director of the n. S. A. , mike rogers. I have seen nothing on the n. S. A. Side that we engaged in any such activity nor that anyone ever asked us to engage in such activity. Reporter comey did confirm that since last july the f. B. I. Has been conducting a counterintelligence investigation
Point i cant tell which it is. Representative adam schiff, thank you so much for your time. Thanks, scott. Today, 13 months and one president ial election after the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia, the senate opened confirmtion hearings for his successor. Jan crawford is following that. We sometimes hear judges cynically described as politicians in robes, seeking to enforce their own politics rather than striving to apply the law impartially. If i thought that were true, i would hang up the robe. Reporter pledging to respect the rule of law, judge neil gorsuch told the senators judges must remain above politics. I dont think thats what life in the law is about. Reporter in a deeply personal statement, the colorado native talked about his western roots and family and thanked his wife louise. I love you so much. Reporter but throughout the first day, another respective federal Appeals Court judge also was in focus. Chief judge merrick garland. Judge garland. Chief judge mer
With what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both congress and the fbi do a thorough investigation. But to be crystal clear, this evening, as we speak, there is no hard evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians . You said there is circumstantial evidence . You know, i would not say i would not phrase it the way you did. Circumstantial evidence can be very powerful and it is hard evidence. You can certainly prove many cases on the basis of circumstantial evidence, so people shouldnt underestimate the power of that. During your committee hearing, someone using President Trumps official twitter handle took issue with what was being said by the fbi director, and the director was asked, and he rebutted that. That was pretty unusual, in fact
Well, the Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes declined an invitation to speak with us tonight, but we did talk to the ranking democrat on the committee, adam schiff. Congressman schiff, as we speak this evening, is there any evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia . Well, i think what we saw in the hearing today was director comey acknowledged that there was sufficient evidence and credible information that warranted his opening up a counterintelligence investigation, that is, is there coordination with a foreign power, has someone become an agent of a foreign power . There was sufficient evidence certainly for the irector to open that investigation. Thats certainly consistent also with what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both c
Senator jay walden to be recognized by President Trump to be the head of the securities and Exchange Commission. This is two hours and 25 minutes. The meeting will come to order. This morning we will hear testimony of jay clayton be the head of the securities and Exchange Commission. He has extensive experience in the markets as a highly decorated securities trader. He has helped to inkrecrease th ability of those to invest in the united states. One area na mr. Clayton has said that he will focus on is market formation. The access is the lifeblood of the economy. The jobs act helped to revitalize the primary markets in congress and the s. E. C. Should continue to find ways to help companies to go public to allow the investors the share in their success. Recently, this committee marked up several bipartisan securities bills, and we encourage you, mr. Clayton, if confirmed to help others identify securities area, which could use legislative improvement. The s. E. C. Has a important three