Gorbachev in the final years of the cold war. Now u. S. Officials say russia has deployed just such a missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. It happened secretly in december during the Obama Administration, but it is now up to President Trump to respond to a deployment which u. S. Officials say is such a blatant violation that it calls into question the value of future arms control treaties with russia. And just four days ago an incident similar to last years buzzing by russian jets of a u. S. Navy destroyer in the baltic sea happened again, this time in the black sea, first a russian patrol plane made a low pass close to the uss porter. Then two russian jet fighters followed a short time later by a third. U. S. Officials called the flybys unsafe and unprofessional, and one more sign the cold war is back, a russian intelligence ship bristling with antennas to intercept communications is making its way up the east coast of the United States after leaving port in cuba. President
Pelley the shadow of moscow just seems to haunt President Trump like a curse from a russian novel. Last night the president fired his National Security adviser after government surveillance showed that Michael Flynn was dishonest about his contacts with russias ambassador to the u. S. This comes weeks after u. S. Intelligence said russia hacked democratic computers to influence the election and after mr. Trumps campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was fired in part for his links to prorussian forces in ukraine. Now the f. B. I. Is investigating whether flynn lied to its agents and whether he violated a law that bans private citizens from negotiating with foreign countries. Flynns talks came before mr. Trump was inaugurated. Major garrett is following this. The president was very concerned that general flynn had misled the Vice President and others. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Michael Flynns forced resignation came down to one word trust. The president evaluated th
He said the flynn matter could be folded into ongoing probes of russian hacking. The Intelligence Committee has been looking into this thing all along. Reporter but house intelligence chairman devin nunes said he isnt interested in investigating flynn, telling reporters, it just seems like there is a lot of nothing there. And utah republican Jason Chaffetz, whose Committee Examines government wrongdoing says he wont investigate flynn either. When it gets into sources and methods, it really is the purview of the intel committee. Reporter marylands Elijah Cummings is the top democrat on chaffetzs committee. Our Committee Held three or four emergency hearings on Hillary Clinton in the matter of a week or two, and if there is any emergency at this moment in the history of this country, this is the moment. Reporter Senate Republicans showed more interest than their house counterparts, calling on flynn to testify. Intelligence chair richard burr. We intend to cast as wide a net to get answer
We had to review whether there was a legal issue, which the White House Council concluded there was not. Reporter democrats are calling for a full investigation into what exactly general flynn said to the russian ambassador, and why it took the president a month to fire him. We want to know by what authority did general flynn have these conversations and who did he report to after that . I think its likely that general flynn will be at some point asked to come and talk to the committee about post election activities and any other activities he would be aware of. Trump responded on twitter, saying the real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of washington. Craig boswell, cbs, the white house. Reports say they interviewed flynn after he became National Security adviser, about his phone conversation with the russian ambassador. The news report says if he exposed to a felony charge. He was part of a routine taping. General keith kellogg. Hes been named the National
Pelley the shadow of moscow just seems to haunt President Trump like a curse from a russian novel. Last night the president fired his National Security adviser after government surveillance showed that Michael Flynn was dishonest about his contacts with russias ambassador to the u. S. This comes weeks after u. S. Intelligence said russia hacked democratic computers to influence the election and after mr. Trumps campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was fired in part for his links to prorussian forces in ukraine. Now the f. B. I. Is investigating whether flynn lied to its agents and whether he violated a law that bans private citizens from negotiating with foreign countries. Flynns talks came before mr. Trump was inaugurated. Major garrett is following this. The president was very concerned that general flynn had misled the Vice President and others. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Michael Flynns forced resignation came down to one word trust. The president evaluated th