Concerned about keeping the 60vote rule we have to filibuster because maybe theyll give us something totally outrageous the second or third time. Meanwhile House Minority leader nancy pelosi in whether she has any confidence in House Committee chair devin nunes and his efforts to continue leading the russia probe. Here is what she told my colleague joy read in an interview that will air later. I think he no, sir only has lost all credibility. I think hes tarnished the fi he holds, bought discredit to sometng that is a very, very seriousosition in the congress. However, the house intel Committee Chair devin nunes is standing by his decision to share information we learned with President Trump. Here is what he told our local affiliate in his home district of fresno, california. And theyre saying hes just too close to give a fair investigation when that investigation might involve the white house. Do you understand those criticisms . I do, but it always goes back to, then who else is goin
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. President trumps team got more than one warning about Michael Flynn. The president s First National security adviser who was fired for lying to the Vice President. We learned today that after the election, president obama, who had fired flynn himself from an intelligence job, let president elect trump know that he shouldnt hire flynn. And today former acting attorney general sally yates told congress that she warned the white house that the russians knew about the lie to Vice President pence and could blackmail flynn. Heres jeff pegues. It was matter of some urgency. Om reporter sally yates said she felt compelled to inform the white house that President Trumps National Security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the Vice President about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in late december. U. S. Intelligence had gathered intercepts of his conversations. Democrat dianne feinstein. So what
The wall street journal is now reporting former Trump National security adviser general Michael Flynn general flynn is a wonderful man offering to testify in exchange for immunity, when you are given immunity, it means you have probably committed a crime. I think its very, very unfair whats happened to general flynn. Now that we know that its his own staffers who were briefing devin nunes. It now raises more questions about whether the white house is actively interfering in this investigation. If i start going down the path of confirming and denying one thing, were going down a very slippery slope. Thats why you have press conference, buddy, to answer questions. Every day in this investigation you wake up and think its going to be one kind of day and it turns out to be quite a different kind of day. There is a big bombshell that dropped tonight in the Ongoing Investigation into the trump campaigns alleged collusion with russia in its interference with the 2016 election. The wall street
And the recusal but Jeff Sessions style. How could the man who said he wouldnt be involved in any campaign investigations put himself at the very certainty of this firing . A deeper look at that. The Trump Administration saying they may put a partisan politician in charge the fbi for the first time ever. Democrats also working overtime and saying if trump did make secret tapes, they must turn them over to congress. He should turn them over. To destroy them, it would be a vie lafgs law. If there are any tapes, they have to be turned over. If there are any tapes of this conversation, they need to be turned over. Now lets be clear. One of the strongest cases against donald trump has been made by donald trump. Former prosecutors noting the president s own words could even form part of the case of potential obstruction charges. Do you believe the president fired comey to interfere with the fbi investigation . The president s actions and his statement lends to that appearance. The difficulty
President ial race is claiming his campaign was hacked on the eves of the country election. What impact will that have on tomorrow oh vote and was russia behind that cyber attack and are republicans doing what the health care hangover on saturday, just days after celebrating a legislative victory in the rose garden, a celebration, nancy pelosi dubbed a beer party. House republicans now head back to their home districts to face their constituents. You cannot do this to us. And to our children. Youre doing a death camp. Youre killing us. How do we wade through all this stuff . This should have been brought to the American People in a way that could be understood by all and this is a human rights. Were going to start this hour with the new developments concerning Michael Flynn and his dealings with russian officials. The Washington Post reporting that members of the Trump Transition Team warned the former National Security adviser about the risks of his contacts with the Russian Ambassado