Didnt know how we were going to make it. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, the nations top Law Enforcement officer, attorney general jeff sessions, refuted what he called appalling and detestable lies. Sessions asked for todays hearing before the Senate Intelligence committees investigation of russian tampering in the president ial election. This was the administrations first sworn rebuttal of former f. B. I. Director james comey, who testified last week that the president pressured him to drop the investigation of former National Security adviser michael flynn. President trump called comey a coward and a nut job. Today, the attorney general was more measured, even though he declined to answer some of the most revealing questions. We have a team of correspondents covering, beginning with nancy cordes on capitol hill. I mean, what is this . Reporter under oath, the attorney general said he is being smeared by suggestions that he ha