But president made no mention of that last month when he met with the qatari emir, instead, offering to sell him weapons. Lots of beautiful military equipment. Reporter during that trip, the president vowed to unify the muslim world against terrorism and iran. But tensions spiked in the past 24 hours, with countries in the region closing their air space to qatari planes, blocking trade, and cutting diplomatic ties, sparking qataris to stockpile food. The u. S. Launches air strikes against isis and syria in iraq from a base in qatar. The tiny gulf emirate hosts around 10,000 u. S. Troops. Thats one reason secretary of state Rex Tillerson has tried to deescalate the crisis. We certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. Reporter and yesterday, u. S. Ambassador dana smith praised qatars Great Partnership in countering terrorist financing. Smith has broken with the president before, lamenting last month on twitter that it is increasingly diffic
Cut it out. Reporter Law Enforcement source say voter databases nationwide were targeted by Russian Hackers over a sixmonth period ahead of the election. So you think the worstcase scenario was that they were actually trying to affect the vote total . I think that was their hope. Reporter jim lewis advises the u. S. Government on cybersecurity i think that they were expecting to be able to manipulate votes in some way, maybe discredit the electoral system, which they came closer to doing. Reporter u. S. Officials still believe the vote total was not affected. There is nothing more fundamental to our democracy than voting. Reporter today, Homeland Security secretary john kelly said his department wants to help states secure their Voting Systems, but that some are wary of federal intrusion. Do you see us as partners and helpers in this, to help make sure that your systems are protected . Reporter today, the kremlin again denied interfering in the election. Scott, late last year, an Obama
T captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelly 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 comea 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. It
To the special counsel investigating russias tampering with the u. S. Election. In a rose garden news conference, President Trump denied yesterdays testimony by james comey, the f. B. I. Director he fired last month. Comey told the Senate Intelligence committee that the president directed him to drop the f. B. I. s investigation of former National Security adviser michael flynn. Well, today, mr. Trump said comey lied under oath, but he insisted that comeys testimony still proved that there was no collusion between anyone in his campaign and russia, and that the president himself did not obstruct justice. Our coverage begins with margaret brennan. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of the eventses . 100 . Reporter President Trump said he would be happy to speak with special Counsel Robert Mueller about his conversations with james comey. I would be glad to tell him exactly what i just told you, jim. Reporter it would be a significant moment in an investigation
If you have outdoor plans today you are in luck, weather today may be best day of the entire week. Today is sunday july 9th, good morning, im jan carabao we will get back to that break ing news in a moment but first lets look at the forecast with meteorologist Matt Peterson with the eyewitness weather forecast. Good sunday morning. Practically perfect today. Wonderful, sensational, spectacular, sunday. Keep going. I cannot think of anymore s word. We are stuck at two. It will be a great afternoon for us across the entire Delaware Valley. We will see low humidity. We will see sunshine. Temperatures will be fantastic it will be definitely the best day that we have this week that is for sure. Storm scan three right now showing you those nice, clear skies, we dont have any cloud on our satellite and radar picture across not only here in the Delaware Valley but across the entire state a clear morning for us here in pennsylvania. Temperatures, well, they are start to go rise more. We went fr