Past administrations. Records kept by cbs news indicate mr. Trump has done fewer interviews and press conferences at this point in his presidency than his predecessor. The president s last sitdown interview was over a month ago. And he has held one solo press conference in february. Despite being the president s chief spokesman, spicer couldnt answer key questions like whether the president agrees with the Intelligence Community assessment that russia interfered in the 2016 election. I have not sat down and talked to him about that specific thing. Reporter or whether the president has seen a drauft the Senate Health care bill all. Haw i dont know if he has seen the legislation or not. Reporter opaqueness beyond the briefing room. Keeping secret record of white house visitors. A link to a page suppose to post staff salaries says it is being updated. Mr. Trump yet to release his tax returns, parting with decades of president ial precedent. I have been under audit almost like since i beca
Off. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. On this first day of summer, a Tropical Storm is threatening the gulf coast. More about that in a moment. And it is dangerously hot in the southwest, with excessive heat warnings posted in parts of arizona, nevada, and california. The mercury soared into triple digits for the Third Straight day. In phoenix, it was so hot, more flights had to be canceled. Kris van cleave is there. Reporter unrelenting heat bears down on phoenix as the temperature shoots towards a recordbreak 120. Fire crews are rushing to handle a surge in heat emergencies. When its over 110, your body cannot cool itself down, setting up the potential for deadly heatstroke. Director of Emergency Management lisa jones. Your house stays hot. Buildings stay hot. The sidewalk stays hot. So theres no reprieve, basically. Reporter the city opened 47 cooling Centers Across the valley, and about 50 flights had to be canceled at S
And the American Public out of the process. No public hearings. No meetings. Secret negotiations. There is nothing happening in secret. Republican leaders promised to release a draft thursday and said there is a simple reason, democrats have been shut out. They made it clear earlier they were not interested in participating. No interest whatsoever. Makes no sense. Are they invited . Into the republican conference. They made it clear theyre not interested in helping. We sent him umpteen letters that say just the opposite. Reporter democratic leader, Chuck Schumer shared letters with cbs news. If repeal is abandoned be stand ready to work with you. Now, even some republicans are complaining. Theyre in the dark. Im sure maybe the russians have been able to hack in and gotten most of it. But i havent seen it. If you are frustrated by lack of transparency. I share your frustration. Reporter mike lee posted that message on facebook, though he is one of 13 men supposedly crafting the bill. It
You can see a friend to the south of us in a disturbance coming up in another one coming from the north and will emerge over the midwest. That brings class to the area. On our predictor there could be a few showers by morning. Should have breaks for dry weather during the day and some additional showers tomorrow evening. With High School Football there is a chance that some of those games could see some wet weather. Lisa temperatures will be miles around 73. We will have the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. University of iowa students now have the option to step up to the challenge of being a police officer. Every year the police hires students to work along them to keep the campus safe. This year they are expanding his duties. Dora miller joins us with the plan to this school year. If a parttime gig with full time responsibilities. Enforcement. A Police Officers job is rarely ever finished so at the university of iowa officers have started recruiting a helping hand. It is a chan
Cold air already pushing out any kind of war, 32 in knoxville, 18 in storm lake. The feels like temperatures will be in the low to mid teens for a good portion of the day. A little bit of snow in areas off to the northwest, that has pushed out. A lot of it is not hitting the ground and they will have dry air in place as High Pressure begins to drop down and block that. You can see a broader expanse all the way up into the great lakes down through kansas. A fairly expansive system. Look at what it is doing to all of that warm air, way off to the east. I will have a closer look at when we will again get warm and see the sunshine. Alyx if you are out on the roads this morning coming back from your holiday plans, keep in mind, the roads might be slick. The rain thursday mixed with freezing temperatures overnight means there could be a layer of ice on some roads around the state. Make sure to drive carefully, and check 511ia. Org for the latest Road Conditions. Right now, thousands of barga