They have. An explosive memo shakes the white house. Now, with allegations that the president urged him to essentially drop the investigation of Michael Flynn, enough is enough. Well, if thats true and confirmed, i think youre getting very close to the Legal Definition of obstruction of justice. If it bears out, i think you will see congress likely go down the road of impeachment. S it reaching the point where its of watergate size and scale and the shoe continues to drop. I think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white e. Hous i think its Getting Better as time goes on. You do . It doesnt feel like that in the past two days. Thats scary as hell right there. Deadly weather pounding statesm fromexico up to the canadian border. This thing developed. Crews with Police Protection worked through the night in new orleans to remove another the protest turned vie lentd outside t idoutsee th residence of the turkish president. Watch your s ihoesn that vest inty. Graduate
In this annual race that is popular with members of congress and the media. Reporter a bunch of us ran the capitol challenge today, and part of the race route goes around the second mile mark and i came around the bend and saw a person down. People were attending to him and on one side was a guy named matt flood and he is pushing on the mans chest. On the other side was a man named tj cooney and he works for aarp. He had his phone up to his ear and was calling for help. I realized that they were talking to senator thom tillis of north carolina. I didnt realize that they were trying to revive him and keep him alive, basically. It didnt look like a good situation for a while. At one point, they were pushing on hers that they were losing him. Then, it seemed like he was revived because they pushed on his chest and another guy from the department of education came up on his bicycle and realized he had lifesaving information. He thought the senator was having a seizure, perhaps, not sure. H
A baby was flown to the hospital. Expect slow going through the area this evening. Parents in annapolis should also plan for some significant schoolbus delays. Run a race and you never know who might run alongside you. Today at the challenge, an annual race to raise money for guided dogs, three runners who happen to have the right skills were in the right place at the right time and may have saved a life. The life of senator tom tillis of north carolina. I am running down when i see a man down. I just off from his face he was unconscious and having trouble breathing. And so i said, lets get his airway going. Lets make sure he has a clear airway. When he started seizing, we put him on his side. You look inside to make sure theres no obstructions. This is the man they were helping. Senator tom tillis. He tweeted this picture before two miles into the threemile race this is what he looked like. Did you know who you are helping today . Not at all. You have met two of the runners. The third
This is the cbs evening news captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from the white house. Been treated worse or more unfairly. It has been another day of momentous events, and jeff pegues has the latest. Reporter the Tipping Point came yesterday when it was revealed that former f. B. I. Director james comey had taken notes about his february meeting with President Trump. The meeting took place a day after National Security adviser Michael Flynn was fired for lying to the Vice President about his contacts with Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. In his memo, comey wrote that President Trump said, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. He is a good guy. That raised the specter of obstruction of justice. And today Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein decided that the Justice Department could no longer run the investigation. He authorized a special counsel to ensure a full and thorough investigation
Reports about alleged ties with russia. The House Oversight committee asked the fbi to produce all of the notes of former director comeys conversations with the president. Jason chaffetz chairs that committee and joins us from utah. Mr. Chairman, how does the appointment of a special prosecutor change your plans to investigate this . Look, the house has its own equities and we will continue to pursue our own investigation and still plan to have a hearing with director comey as early as next week. I do applaud, and i do think that the department of justice, if they saw fit to appoint this special counsel, director mueller, impeccable credentials. Well enjoy a great deal of comfort on both sides of the aisle. People will have real trust in him. He served in the Obama Administration, the bush administration, but amazing credentials. Hell do a great job. Do you expect to have the fired fbi director james comey sitting in the witness chair on wednesday . Weve had a little bit of trouble con