Down the wave. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. Does the Trump White House have a nixonstyle recording system . For 41 days, the president kept us guessing after putting out a tweet that suggested he might be recording conversations, or at least those he had with thenf. B. I. Director james comey. Today, we got the answer it was a bluff. And it all began withw comeys claim and the president s denial that mr. Trump had asked comey for a pledge of loyalty. Julianna goldman is at the white house. Reporter President Trump returned to where he started the controversy twitter, writing, i have no idea whether there are tapes or recordings of my conversations with james comey, but i did not make, and do not have, any such recordings. His admission came nearly six weeks after he tweeted fired f. B. I. Director james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press lordy, i hope there are tapes. Reporter the p
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. At least four republican senators say the gop senate bill to replace obamacare doesnt go far enough as is, and they will vote against it. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says hes open to discussion, but with no democrats to support the measure, the defection of just three republican senators would sink the legislation. Weijia jiang is in washington with the details. Weijia, good morning. Good morning, meg. Those conservative holdouts say theyre also open to negotiation. Youre right. The current plan is not a true repeal of the obamacare. He says hes very supportive of the Senate Version, but, of course, he doesnt get a vote. Health cares a very difficult situation. In an interview with fox friends President Trump addressed the four conservative republican senators with their refausal to get on plan and replace and repeal obamacare. Theyre friends of mine. Well get there.
But it retains a good chunk of obamacares tax redits to help lower income americans buy insurance. Im going to go back and read the bill. Reporter Many Senate Republicans said thats an improvement on the house version, which President Trump recently described as mean. South carolinas Lindsay Graham it leaves preexisting illnesses alone, so youll never be denied coverage because youre sick. Thats a pretty good place to start. I have to run it by South Carolina and see how it affects us on the medicaid side. Reporter the senate bill would roll back obamacares expansion of medicaid. No cuts to medicaid reporter that drew dozens of disabled protesters to Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnells office today, and its a Sticking Point for several moderate republicans. I have a lot of concerns. Reporter so Republican Leaders must now find ways to appease both wings of their party, in the face of universal opposition from democrats like oregons ron wyden. Senate republicans are going to keep telling ame
This is the cbs weekend news. Kidding. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. In the coming week, the senate is expected to vote on a republican plan to repeal and replace portions of obamacare. The bill, some are calling trumpcare, is losing traction two days after it was released. Five republicans say they will not vote for it without significant revisions. Republicans can afford to only lose two votes. Today, President Trump tweeted out, i cannot imagine that these very fine republican senators would allow the American People to suffer a broken obamacare any longer. Errol barnett has the latest from the white house. The American People are calling out for relief, and my administration is determined to provide it. Reporter in his weekly address, President Trump continued to push his health care plan. We are working with congress to get a bill to my desk so we can rescue americans from this catastrophe. This bill, this bill that is currently in front of the United States senate, not the
Penetrating into all our inland valleys bringing temperatures down into the 50s for most. By midmorning the fog and no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. darya our top story this morning. A south bay swim coach is arrested after asking underage members of his team for nude photos. mark kron 4s Lydia Pantazes is live in san jose this morning with the details. Lydia. lydia police say 25year old Timothy Nguyen formed a bond with the children by talking about swimming classes but that soon turned in a different direction. take vo police say after nguyen earned his Victims Trust he then asked for nude photos or sexual favors from both boys and girls on the quicksilver swim team. The quicksilver swim is a private youth Swimming Organization that operates out of Gunderson High School in south san jose. Nguyen was the assistant coach. He is charged with annoying or molesting a child under 18 and intimida