Reporter Cristina Martinez told us a daze like this, pinpoint the importance of immigrant labor. She spoke to us through an interpreter. It the is nice to see solidarity that is happening, immigrants are the backbone of the construction industry, restaurant industry. They want to voice their opinion, what are you going to do. It is the american way. Reporter for one day socalled day without immigrants, betty ann will have to make other arrangements. While they have all kind of cake, italian, all kind. Reporter but not the to take, i got to go to the acme and run down there. Reporter that was joe holden reporting for us. On the defensive, President Trump gave a vice News Conference at the white house today. President announced alexandria acosta is new pick for labor secretary. President and his administrations accomplishments and then, the News Conference took a dramatic turn. President trump lash out against intelligence leaks, media reporting on his administrations connections with ru
Reporter Cristina Martinez told us a daze like this, pinpoint the importance of immigrant labor. She spoke to us through an interpreter. It the is nice to see solidarity that is happening, immigrants are the backbone of the construction industry, restaurant industry. They want to voice their opinion, what are you going to do. It is the american way. Reporter for one day socalled day without immigrants, betty ann will have to make other arrangements. While they have all kind of cake, italian, all kind. Reporter but not the to take, i got to go to the acme and run down there. Reporter that was joe holden reporting for us. On the defensive, President Trump gave a vice News Conference at the white house today. President announced alexandria acosta is new pick for labor secretary. President and his administrations accomplishments and then, the News Conference took a dramatic turn. President trump lash out against intelligence leaks, media reporting on his administrations connections with ru
You saw the president s rsvp by tweet this weekend. We were surprised. I wasnt expecting to hear that, certainly at least at this moment, two months before the dinner. But the dinner will happen, whether or not President Trump decides to come. And the importance of that dinner has not changed. We celebrate the First Amendment. At that dinner, we also give out awards to members of the association and journalists who have done terrific journalism over the last year and we give out scholarships to the next generation of our profession, to students who come to the dinner who receive those. All of those things are the reason that we celebrate that dinner. Its not a celebration of the president. Its a celebration of journalism. You said the reason wont change, but will the tone change this year . Yes, yeah. The tone will change. Were not naive to the fact that a lot has happened under the new president in terms of the the rhetoric that he has used with regard to journalism. That said, the Co
We celebrate the First Amendment at that dinner. Toalso give out awards members of the association and journalists who have done terrific journalism the last year. And we give out scholarships to the next generation of our profession, who students who come to the dinner and receive those. All of those things are the reason we celebrate that dinner. It is not a celebration of the president. It is a celebration of journalism. Host will the tone change this year . Guest yes. We are not naive to the fact that a lot has happened under the new president , in terms of the rhetoric he has used with regard to journalism. That said, they Correspondents Association has worked hard to build a constructive relationship with his white house. We would be happy to highlight that relationship at the dinner with trumps attendance. Host how the how would you describe the status of that relationship now . It. T we work hard at we meet with sean spicer and other deputies and his staff. We have had, largely
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Severe weather hammering the southern u. S. And forcing people to take cover this morning. The worst of it was in louisiana where a tornado flipped a mobile home, killing a mother and her 3yearold daughter. The state is on alert. Hena daniels is here with the very latest. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. They have confirmed it was an ef1 tornado with 110mileperhour winds responsible for the death of a mother and her young toddler. The storms are now taking aim at alabama and other parts of the southeast. In vicksburg, mississippi, families were rescued in the middle of the night after being trapped in their homes. Families carried out their pets and whatever else they could. Oh, my gosh. Thats it. The Severe Weather across the south has been raging for more than a day. At least ten tornados have been reported in the last 24 hours. Heavy rains, high wi