Curiosity. A 50yearold man an in a sixyearold body. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley retired general Michael Flynn, President Trumps First National security adviser, is now the target of five investigations into his ties with russia. The latest was opened by the Inspector General of the defense department, investigating whether flynn, before he joined the administration, took money from a Foreign Government without the required approval. The president fired flynn for lying to Vice President pence about contacts that he had with russias u. S. Ambassador. Today, a top House Democrat released documents that could spell legal trouble for flynn, and heres our justice correspondent jeff pegues. But we have no evidence, not a shred, that he disclosed his payments. Reporter elijah cummings, the top democrat on the House Oversight committee, said the documents released today, showed retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn may have broken the law by making a 2015 trip to m
Curiosity. A 50yearold man an in a sixyearold body. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Oversight committee, said the documents released today, showed retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn may have broken the law by making a 2015 trip to moscow where he was paid nearly 34,000 to speak and was photographed at a dinner with russian president vladimir putin. The first document, a letter from october 2014, was sent from the Defense Intelligence agency, or d. I. A. , to flynn, shortly before his military retirement. It informed flynn, who once ran the d. I. A. , that the receipt of consulting fees from a Foreign Government was prohibited without advance approval. The pentagons warning to general flegeneral flynn was bo, italicized and could not have been clearer. Reporter but the second letter from the d. I. A. , to the house committee, said it found no record of flynn seeking permission. In a statement today, flynns attorney insisted flynn gave briefed the agency, both befor
Today two u. S. Army rangers were killed in eastern afghanistan during a raid on islamic militants linked to isis. Neither has been identified. David martin has more. Reporter the firetight took place just south of this isis cave complex where earlier this month the u. S. Dropped the largest nonnuclear bomb it has ever used in combat. This video, taken by local afghan police, represents the first confirmed pictures of the destruction caused by the 23,000pound Massive Ordnance Air blast bomb. U. S. Officials refused to release any estimate of the number of isis fighters killed, but say anyone above ground or hiding in the caves when the bomb hit is american officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the
We dont know what hes going to say. Were interested. His supporters absolutely not happy. Theyve already taken to the streets. So, its a divided party and a Chaotic Campaign that kicks off a Philadelphia Convention hours from now. Theres just so much to go at this morning. Theres trumps reaction, come on over, Bernie Sanders supporters. The media reaction is not really that bad. All of that and there has been a suicide bombing in germany. There is a heat dome thats made for a sweltering weekend. But get this, monday morning and stocks remain at record levels. We will pack it all in for you. Varney company is about to begin. Count them, three terror attacks in germany in one week. First, it was an afghan teenager, armed with an ax and a knife, injured four people on a train and eventually shot dead by police, and then a syrian refugee kills a woman with a machete, injuries two others. And now, a syrian Asylum Seeker has killed himself and injured 12 others, blew himself up. He was tryin
The soul. According to the firefighters such cases are quite common in frosty weather that is why the warn people to be very careful and cautious when using heating equipment. Theyre also long lines of heavy vehicles on the country roads of the region. A passenger bus and broken the three hundred and seventy kilometer of the cost of the pitcher promised highway because of heavy frost. But that doesnt stop there were forty five passengers on the bus theyre citizens of kyrgyzstan. All of them were evacuated. This area is being repaired now and then the boss will continue on its route. The mainframe of kindness to people thought he would have been here for a day and use one hundred liters of fuel we dont know how long well stay here until they feel that is the easiest in the morning many drivers cannot start the car is because of the bitter cold accompanied by strong winds. Hundreds of cars were left in the courtyards of the city lessons for students the first to eleventh grade or cancele