This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelly this is our western edition. Today fired f. B. I. Director james comey previewed the testimony he will give the Senate Intelligence committee tomorrow in its investigation of russian meddling in the u. S. Election and whether anyone in the Trump Campaign was involved. The committee released comeys Opening Statement today, in which he says the president pressured him to drop the f. B. I. Investigation of mr. Trumps former National Security adviser. Comey says mr. Trump described the f. B. I. s russia investigation as a cloud and asked comey what comey could do to lift it. The testimony, based on comeys notes, also confirms the president s statement that he was not under investigation. Chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes begins our coverage. Reporter comeys sevenpage Opening Statement describes his conversations with the president in detail. Seven days after the inauguration, comey says, the president invited me to dinner.
You and gloria were reporting last week. It seems to sound a more definitive note about the line the president s legal team will draw with the special counsel. My colleague and i had been reporting this is the stance of the president s legal team. A week ago we reported that they believe Robert Mueller hasnt met the threshold to interview the president. They dont want the president to sit down with Robert Mueller and his team because as ty cobb, the president s lawyer, has said on the record he believes its a perjury trap, and they want to prevent this from happening. They want to prevent any type of fishing expedition. The sources weve spoken to have said that first of all, they believe that the president shouldnt be treated like anyone else. Second of all, they believe that Robert Muellers team hasnt shown the evidence, the proof that they have to sit down to talk to the president to understand his state of mind. The president s legal team argues that theyve handed over all of the do
By america first. Fox and friends first starts right now. Shannon you can never go wrong with pollen notes. Rob many of their songs on my cell phone. Jillian you are watching fox and friends first on this wednesday. Rob thanks for starting the day with us. Two people left dead and 13 injured, may have been and isis fanatic. Jillian a Law Enforcement source saying ices website possibly expressed support for the terrorist group. Officials say there is no reason to believe ice directly carried out the attack but they are looking at whether he lived in afghanistan or pakistan. The youngest victim now identified as 10yearold giuliana kozan. Two american isis terrorists captured and serial face charges in the us. Ibrahim is accused of joining the terror group in 2015, captured in june it will face a judge in detroit today. Indiana one facing charges for making false statements to the fbi. Samantha was brought back with four children, her husband was killed fighting with isis. 25 people dead,
Kushner lost his security clearance . Jared kushner is the president s soninlaw. He is married to the president s daughter, ivanka. Mr. Kushner still works in the white house. He still has the white house Senior Adviser title that he has had ever since he first got to d. C. But mr. Kushner apparently is no longer allowed access to any classified materials. Because he was not able to get a security clearance. One of the reported concerns about his security clearance application were these repeated allegations that he was mixing conversations about the needs of his familys real estate business with conversations he was having about u. S. Government policy as a white house adviser. Thats the kind of thing that can keep you from getting a security clearance. If you are giving Business Owners or donors or foreign governments the impression that if they financially help out your Family Business that might give them an edge when it comes to getting what they want from the u. S. Government, th
On his shoulder. I dont think hes going to like it very much. I mean, its one thing to hear funny and incisive criticism of the president. Lots of people do that. All i could think seeing that tape and the bits of it i knew you would have on your shows how this functions inside the president s mind, to have a guy who is actually one of the richest people on earth hoos which is a milieu he not only aspires to but has been a pretender to for so long. I have a feeling this is going to be a very potent thing for the president. I think youre very much right about that. Congratulations on breaking that. Thank you very much. Exactly. Thanks, my friend. Well done. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Super happy to have you here. Theres lots going on in the news tonight. Lots to get to. Do you remember when Jared Kushner lost his security clearance . Jared kushner is the president s soninlaw. He is married to the president s daughter, ivanka. Mr. Kushner still works in the white