Involved said the removal was driven in part by concerns that President Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a may 2017 meeting in the oval office in which trump us discussed highly classified intelligence with sergi lavrov and sergi kislyak. The intelligence concerning isis in syria had been provided by israel. The disclosure to the yrussians by the president prompted officials to renew discussions about potential risk of exposure according to the source directly involved in the matter. At the time cia director mike pompeo told other senior Trump Administration officials too much information was coming out regarding the asset. This is incredibly significant and great reporting, important reporting, you worked for a long time on this. This is not the first time they were concerned about the asset. The background is important. At
Alive but getting them out is proving to be extremely difficult. We are waiting for the coast guard to give an update on the situation within the hour. Know where it held the crewmembers are doing really. The coast guard reports it plans to drill another hole to deliver supplies. Its already been more than 36 hours since crew members on the boat called for help. The ship is to cofootball fields long. It flipped on its side leaving the port of brunswick and Saint Simons Sound 35 miles north of jacksonville. That happened about 2 00 in the morning. It was overnight yesterday. The shipping route now shut down to all traffic, fire and smoke erupted from the boat known as the golden rate after it capsized. The coast guard crews rescued by helicopter but those four crewmembers apparently had no way to get out. They are from south korea in the country and the countrys Foreign Ministry reported they are stuck in an engine room where the temperature is reported to be 90 degrees. That ship is tr
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting tonight from hidalgo, texas. Odonnell good evening. We are here tonight at the very heart of the Immigration Crisis and saw images that would break the heart of any parent. Cbs news cameras were allowed exclusively inside the largest migrant processing facility in the country. Its all right here along the southern border. We have seen still photographs of it before, but that is like nothing, like witnessing, in person, Young Children lying on the floor on mylar blankets, and looking into their eyes and wondering what theyre thinking as their lives are in limbo. We also talked to Border Patrol agents trying to do the best job that they can. And, in an exclusive interview, the acting secretary of Homeland Security told us what more needs to be done, and he pointed a finger at congress. We begin tonight inside the ursula migrant processing facility, with a woman and her young son who recently crossed into the u. S. Illegally in s
Resignation. Its extraordinary on many fronts. First, this is the Third National security adviser to depart in less than three years. The first one, michael flynn, in court today after he admitted that he lied to the fbi about conversations with the russians. Further, the president issued a statement about the exit of one of his closest advisers and within minutes, that adviser hits back hard at the president saying what the president told is world is not true. Publicly it began with a tweet from President Trump. I informed john bolton last night that his services were no longer needed at the white house. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others and i asked john for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. That was two minutes to noon today. 12 minutes later, john bolton issued his own statement saying i offered to resign last night and the president said lets talk about it tomorrow. Then within minutes, bolton was texting morning show hosts and news
We have Live Team Coverage this morning. We have meteorologist janice dean. She is here inside the studio tracking the storms path. Ellison barber in. Jillian mele. And aishah is in charleston, South Carolina. We begin with Griff Jenkins who is live in Daytona Beach, florida. Hey, griff. Griff hey, ainsley, brian and steve, good morning. We are in the window where they are really worried about storm surge and flooding. We were out on the beach earlier and the waves are just pounding it. We are over on the intercoastal side. The Halifax River separating the beach from downtown daytodowntownDaytona Beach. 6 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Is prime outer bands pounding us. Wind gusts upwards of 60 plus Miles Per Hour. The storm surge expected to be anywhere from 4 to 7 feet. This water you are looking at behind me right here, this is not normally water. This is a grassy park area and the water, you can see just the cop lights behind us thats beach road. That flooded three years ago during matthew