Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning, the Trump Administration is facing controversy and foreign distractions on foreign issues. Shifting from longstanding policy, the president backed away from a twostate resolution to the palestinian israeli conflict. Meanwhile, another one of his cabinet nominees withdrew his nomination. Hena daniels is in new york. Reporter the senate was to hold a confirmation today for Andrew Puzder. President trumps nominee for labor secretary. Instead, the president is looking for someone else to fill the job. Meanwhile, the president has dropped the insistence by the u. S. On a twostate solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of middle east policy. This morning, President Trump is shopping for a new nominee to be his labor secretary. In a dramatic turn of events wednesday, trumps pick for the job, Andrew Puzder withdrew his name for consideration. Republicans had raised concerns over the fast food executives failure to pay taxes for five years on a former housekeeper who was not authorized to work in the u. S. I believe that he made the right decision. I would hope that the next person who is nominated will be the subject of a lot better vetting. Reporter the development came just two days after the president S National Security adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign over fallout from conversations he had with a russian diplomat about sanctions in december. Mr. President , are you going to answer any questions about your associates contact with the russians during the campaign, sir . Mr. President . Reporter during a News Conference with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu at the white house, mr. Trump dodged questions about his administrations alleged communications with russian officials during the campaign. Before backing away from the u. S. Longstanding policy favoring a twostate solution between israeli and palestinians. Well, im looking at two state and one state, and i like the one that both parties like. Reporter mr. Trumps israeli envoy pick David Friedman is expected to face tough questions on the issue at a Senate Confirmation hearing today. At least five former ambassadors to israeli are already urging lawmakrs to reject him for what they view as his extreme views on middle east peace. And President Trump did ask the israeli Prime Minister to hold back on building more jewish settlements in the occupied west bank yesterday. The senate will hold a procedural vote today to advance the nomination of scott pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection agency. Annemarie . Hena daniels in new york, thank you, hena. Today, the senate is expected to vote on the nomination of nick mulvaney. To run the white house budget office. Mulvaney is a tea Party Lawmaker from south carolina. He is reportedly considering sharp cuts to domestic agencies such as the epa. Lawmakers in the house say they want the right to review any effort by President Trump to ease sanctions on russia. Revelations about an alleged Trump Administration ties to russia have lawmakers in both houses asking questions. The white house insists there is nothing to it. Democrats are calling for an investigation. These reports and revelations should not pit the two parties against one another. They should unite the parties in pursuit of the full truth. These issues are sure to come up today when secretary of state Rex Tillerson meets his russian counterpart at the g20 meeting in germany. Its reported this morning that the Intelligence Community is withholding information from the Trump Administration. The wall street journal reports the move stems from fear of untrust worthiness or leaks. Meanwhile, the white house reportedly plans to have a trump ally view the intelligence agencies. Chip reid has more on the Intelligence Leaks plaguing washington. These people have committed a potential federal felony in talking to the reporters and that ought to disturb us. Reporter cbs news senior National Security analyst Fran Townsend was Homeland Security adviser to president george w. Bush. There is sort of a base level of this we have come to expect out of washington. Reporter but what does she think about the amount of classified information that is being leaked right now . Frankly, i find it stunning. Reporter she says the investigation into russian influence in the Trump Administration will now be more difficult, in part, because people will worry that what they tell investigators will become public. The only way to effectively run a National Security investigation is to keep it a secret. Reporter but democrats, including congressman adam shift say the focus on leaks is just a distraction. There are far bigger fish to fry and i would hate to see us go off on a tangent. Reporter those who want to see a more thorough investigation of the russian connections are hardened by the leaks. A column in the columbia journalism review is titled flynn resignation shows leaks under trump are working. Keep em coming. One argues that leaks to the press are vital for democracy. Former republican congressman joe scarborough, on his msnbc program morning joe, commended whoever leaked the information about flynn. The only reason we are finding out about it now is because a patriot did leak this to the Washington Post. Did get this information out there, or else we wouldnt have even known about it. Reporter the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says he will ask the fbi to investigate the recent rash of leaks. The penalty on a charge of leaking classified information is up to ten years in prison. Chip reid, cbs news, washington. Ahead on cbs this morning, the Russian Military is upping the ante. We will have the latest on a russian spy ship sailing off the coast of connecticut. Today, immigrants across the country are being asked to stay home from work and school and not to shop to make a statement. The point of a day without immigrants is to show just how important immigrants are to the american way of life. Some employers have already said they will close their businesses. The protest is in response to President Trumps immigration crackdown. A woman fearing deportation has taken sanctuary in a denver church. Jeanette vizguerra, a mother of four, is in the country illegally as she skipped her checkin at immigration and went to church. Under the administration crackdown, she feared immediate deportation. Years ago, she was charged with forging Social Security documents to get a job. Speaking through an interpreter, she says she knows shes not alone. Translator i want to know do the laws mean nothing . Do the protection in place for folks in place not mean anything . Even before and after my conviction, ive not even had a single traffic ticket. Her supporters rallied at the immigration offices. In malaysia this morning, a third person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a halfbrother of north korea leader kim jongun. Kim jong nam was reportedly peja stojakoviced this week appear a kuala lumpur airport. He was murdered the earlier this week. Earlier two women were picked up but unclear if Police Believe her the actual assassins. One had an indonesian passport. The lake behind the oroville dam is 26 feet below the emergency spillway. Repairs have been made to the damaged spillway that forced the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people. Officials are racing to drain more water from the lake before a string of new storms hit. Meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz says the first storm is expected today. Today, we are tracking the storms that is battering parts of washington and oregon and sliding down the coast through Northern California this morning. A little bit of a reprieve and bigger storm plows into Southern California as we head into friday morning. This one is going to pack a punch. Very heavy rain and unusually strong system, likely the biggest we have seen so far this season. Look at the rain total. Statewide another soaker. A widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain in many locations. Some higher amounts in the higher elevations. And a chance at over 5 inches of rain in the l. A. Area. Most of the that falling between friday and saturday morning. Flash flood watches are out over a large region and could be mudslides and landslides the next few days and the heaviest rainfall friday into saturday morning. The system comes with a lot of strong winds. Wind advisories and high wind watches posted across the state and Power Outages and downed trees will both be possible. California taking another beating. Out ahead of it, it is spring fever for president s day weekend. Above average temperatures almost everywhere across the country. Todays high 70 in north platte near 60 in des moines. Warm increase as we work toward friday. Near 70 in kansas city and des moines and chicago around 60. We could be seeing records set, especially across the upper middle east. Im meteorologist eric fisher for cbs news. Coming up on the morning news. France builds a wall. We will tell you about plans to protected the eiffel tower from terrorists. And we were the lasted line of defense. An actor and his foundation were the potential last line of defense. 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