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With scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im anthony mason. President trump broke his silence today on his accusation that he was wiretapped during the Campaign Last year by president obama. Mr. Trump still did not provide any evidence, only a cryptic suggestion that something might be coming out in the next few weeks. But the republican head of the House Committee investigating the president s claim minced no words today about what the panel has turned up nothing. Heres Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. I dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. Reporter house intelligence chairman devin nunes typically toes the party line, but today he concluded that President Trumps explosive accusation has no merit. Are you going to take the tweets literally . If you are, then clearly the president was wrong. Reporter his comments came after 11 days of white house insistence that the commanderinchief was serious when he tweeted, just found out that obama had my
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Commanderinchief was serious when he tweeted, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. I think hes extremely confident. Reporter but administration officials, including the attorney general, have provided no evidence to back it up. Did you ever give him any reason to believe he was wiretapped by the Previous Administration . Um, look, the answer is no. Reporter President Trump refused to back down today, insisting something happened to him. Wiretap covers a lot of different things. I think youre going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Reporter the surveillance, whether real or imagined, has alarmed lawmakers from beth sides. Have you found evidence . Reporter f. B. I. Director james comey was called up to capitol hill again today to brief two top senators behind closed doors. They were not authorized to share details. This briefing was all on sensitive matters, and cl
It is, especially when he is six months old. Reporter the city says the 911 system was jammed by whats referred to as ghost calls from tmobile users. They are calls made to 911 unintentionally and unknown to the caller, and then appear on a dispatchers screen as hangups. By law, dispatchers have to call those numbers back, which bottlenecks the system. Dallas has been dealing with the problem since november. Mayor Mike Rawlings i want the Problem Solved immediately. And if it takes a longer period of time, i want to know why. Reporter in a statement, tmobile says Company Engineers have been working daily to find a permanent solution to this problem. I want them to take responsibility of my sons death. Theres nothing they can say. Theres nothing they can do to bring my branden back. Reporter the city says there is no evidence at this time connecting the childs death with the ghost call issue. Anthony, there is also no timetable on when the problem will be fixed. Omar villafranca. Thank
Three feet of snow. Dozens were stranded. Even a plow truck and the National Guard was activated. Governor andrew cuomo Mother Nature is an unpredictable lady. I dont know what we did to offend her, but she is showing us her wintry fury. Reporter the storm that plank etted central new york, largely missed most major cities across the northeast. Predictions of up to 16 to 20 inches of snow did not pan out, leading to provocative headlines. Back in binghamton, the postmaster did not deliver the mail yesterday, the first time in 25 years. Service resumed today. Even though the delivery trucks had to be dug out. Our job is to serve the customers. Thats what our logo is, thats what our commitment is. And its very disappointing if we cant get to them. Reporter across the city, at least 50 of the 100,000 mailboxes city wide are buried in snow. Anthony, were told this area is about to hit an alltime seasonal snowfall record for the season. Theyre about to hit 128 inches. David begnaud in bingh