This coming as President Trump does appear to be going ut alone. Essentially acting as his own lead attorney. This was according to sources who say the president feels misled and no longer wants anyone else in charge. It is a decision with massive implications, given the fact President Trumps personal lawyer and ficker of a dozen years is under investigation and his documents have been seized by federal prosecutors. That means the president , who does not have a law degree, is trying essentially take over his own defense and today he went on offense on twitter about the russia investigation, tweeting slippery james comey, the worst fbi director in history, was not fired because of the phony russia veinvestigation. Where by the way, there was no collusion except by the dems. Of course, theres a huge problem with the tweet like that. And that is this. The president himself said last year on National Television that comey was fired because of russia. Regardless of recommendation,
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And this evening, moments ago, our correspondent asking, how concerned are you about the 737 fleet . There are so many of them in the air. Abcs david kerley leading us off. Reporter investigators tonight scouring that mangled engine, looking for every piece that landed on the ground, 60 miles from the philadelphia airport, hoping to learn if there is a problem with the 737 fleet. This was the second Engine Failure like this in two years. A source telling abc news they are similar engines, seems to be similar failures, metal fatigue, a Fan Blade Breaking at about the same spot. New details tonight about those horrifying moments at 30,000 feet. The first radio call. Southwest 1380 has an engine fire. Descending. Southwest 1380, are you youre descending right now . Yes, sir, were single engine descending. Reporter the bang of the engine ripping apart. That window blown out. Depressurization. A passenger sucked partway out
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Surrounded by loved ones, her husband of 73 years, former president george w. Bush holding her hand. Well have more on her life, memory and tributes pouring in. Bill the white house confirms President Trump sent mike pompeo on a secret mission with kim jongun in pyongyang 10 days ago. Sandra breaking now in syria reports that chemical weapons inspectors have been delayed near douma after gunfire at the site of this months chemical attack. Bill team fox coverage now. Adam housley live outside the bush residence in texas. Start with the news on pompeo and north korea, kevin they feel like pompeo is the right man to carry that assignment forward. The president talking about it. He is confirming exactly this, that mike pompeo met with kim jongun in north korea last week. Meeting went very smoothly. A Good Relationship was formed and goes on to add details of summit are being worked out now. Denuclearization would be a great thing for the world but also for north korea. It comes ahead of a
God bless you. Glor . An officers emotional signoff. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. Were going to begin with a concerning new report from the centers for disease control. It said infections from mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas have more than tripled in recent years. They announced this today. And at least nine new diseases have been reported for the first time in the u. S. And dr. Jon lapook is following it. Reporter the 16 diseases tracked by the c. D. C. Include wellknown illnesses like lyme and zika, which have seen a dramatic rise since 2004. This deer tick, found especially in the northeast, spreads lyme disease, which accounts for more than 63 of the illnesses tracked. Lyme disease cases have doubled to about 36,000 a year, and the bed. C. Says because of under tporting, the real number is closer to 300,000. Diseases carried by mosquitoes, ke dengue, chikungunya, and zika, were seen in sharp spikes. In 2016, there were more than 40,000
Tectonic time bomb. Not if but when. A 70 year love affair with joarnlg and barbara bush. I love you i love you, precious, with all my heart. To know you love me means my life. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. This is cbs news with jeff glor. For the second time in two days a jet liner was forced to make a Emergency Landing because of an emergency. Flight 30 had just taken off from london where the crew got an indicator warning of an engine issue. The pilot turned around and landed back in atlanta. No injuries have been reported, passengers did not evacuate, were told, the plane was towed to a gate. Federal investigators said today an engine crack caused a deadly blowout on a Southwest Airlines jet. An also learned the woman who was nearly sucked out of the planes broken window yesterday was wearing a seat belt. Kris van cleave has more on this, and the captain who pulled off a very dangerous landing. Reporter investigators describe a 22minute flight of terror as the southw