Russia at all. We may be at an alltime low as it relates to russia. Its been building for a long time. Relations with russia ice over. Theres a low level between our two countries. The worlds two most Nuclear Powers cannot have this kind of relationship. The one thing you can be sure about the russians is they are never up to any good and theyre not our friends. I said it was obsolete. Its no longer obsolete. More geopolitical trust between china and north korea. A little girl is almost caught in a crossfire. Were lucky she didnt get hurt worse. Comedian Charlie Murphy died of leukemia. He was best known for his appearances on the Dave Chapelles show. Workers got traffic just in the nick of time. All that the cubs are showing off their world series claim. I feel like and all that matters. Theres no job that will humble you like the White House Press secretary. They prepare as well as possible, youre focused as possible and you see what happens when youre not. On cbs this morning. We have the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you have ever seen and president xi was enjoying it. So what happens is i said we Just Launched 59 missiles heading to iraq. They were heading to syria. Yes. Wherever we bombed, the point is this was the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Faille is off so alex wagner is with us. Good to be here, charlie. President trump is starting new policy positions that confirms his campaign promises. In one day he said the decadesold alliance is no longer obsolete. The president spoke to reporters yet by natos secretarygeneral. Much of the back and forth focused on russias support for see ya. Major garrett is at the white house where the change was made very clear. Good morning. Good morning. Unlike the secretary of state President Trump does not apologize. It is clear mr. Trump is reassessing what he can make of the russian relationship. I think its certainly possible. I think its probably unlikely. President trump sidestepped when asked if russia knew ahead of time if the Syrian Air Force was going to drop nerve gas on civilians. Mr. Trump left that thorny question on the doorstep of the pentagon. Id like to think they didnt know. They could have. They were there. Well find out. With disagreements over syria, election hack, violence in ukraine and nato hacking, the white house has almost no common ground. Right now were not getting along with russia at all. We may be at an alltime low in terms of a relationship with russia. That was not what candidate trump thought was meant to be. Were going to have a great relationship with putin and russia. Donald trump wants to, think of it, befriends with them. I was saying to myself, whats wrong with that. With russian relations on the rocks, the president has interest in natos newfound interest to projektd faith, something he famously doubted. Heres the problem with nato. I said it was obsolete. Its no longer obsolete. And in an interview with the wall street journal he said, quote, theyre not manipulation hitters. That promised a rally cry. Im going to instruct my praes secretary to label china a currency manipulator. China is a currency manipulator. Theyre like grand chess master s and were like checker players but bad ones. He says the conspicuous reversal plays into chinas pursuant on norths longrange possibilities. Its that, not russia and syria thats pressuring the pentagon. A lot to keep track of. A team of chemical weapons experts have been sent to turkey to investigate the reason for the gas atags. Theyll look into last weeks bombing that killed more than 80 civili civilians. Russia vetoed a u. N. Resolution that would have pushed assad to cooperate with investigators. Secretary tillerson left moscow last night after high talks. Margaret brennan questioned tillerson what russia knew about the syrian attack before it happened. Margaret, good morning. Reporter good morning. No cameras or press were allowed in, but we are told that secretary tillerson said the path to better relations with the u. S. Should start by recognizing that assad must go. Now, he argued moscow should play a lead role in forming a new government to replace him, yet russia continues to reject the conclusion by u. S. Intelligence that their client Bashar Al Assad carried out last weeks sarin gas attack. You said you believed russia was either incompetent or complicit in these chemical weapons attacks. We have no Firm Information to indicate that there was any involvement by russia, Russian Forces into this attack. What we do know is that the attack was planned, carried out by the Regime Forces at the direction of Bashar Al Assad. Relations with the u. S. Have also been on edge because of the u. S. Intelligence assessment that russia meddled in the 2016 election to benefit President Trump. Now, tillerson said the topic came up just briefly, but he made clear that sanctions are a possibility if russia does that ever again. Charlie . Margaret brennan in moscow. Thanks, margaret. President trump is reportedly considering new sanctions against korea. North korea released statements showing dictator kim jongun watching drills. President trump indicated he may confront the north without chinas help. I said the way to make a good trade deal is help us with north korea. Otherwise well just go it alone, and that will be all right too. But going it alone means with lots of other nations. Kim jongun made a rare appearance last night. North korea called the development more powerful than hundreds of nuclear bombs. He witnessed a highprofile spectacle. Ben, good morning. Reporter good morning. Our north korean guides told us we could meet at 5 00 in the morning. We could not bring our cell phones and we could not say where we were going. By the time we got there, the message was clear. On the ride we saw the North Koreans preparing for the military parade and we saw people on either side of our bus. Thousands of North Koreans have flooded the streets for what appears to be some elaborately staged media event and security is quite tight. Security was tight because north korean president kim jongun showed up. The sea of people made it feel like the entire city was there. They at least appeared to be loving the spectacle as their leader cut the ribbon on what is called the east of the riding sun. So pervasive in north korea. Last year our cameras captured the unfinished building. Its now a massive building with additional highrises some up to 70 stores tall. Constructed he said in less than a year. The quality and the demand is unknown. Kim jongun didnt speak at the event, but he didnt have to. He let the building talking. His message was your sanctions dont work. We will keep building our workers. Reporter a new Watchdog Company says they are preparing for a nuclear test. President trump has sent a Navy Strike Group steaming toward peninsula and warns all options are on the table. Now President Trump and president zxi jinping have had one phone call. They appear to be losing their patience. Ben tracy in north korea. Interesting to see that. And, of course, it is one of the biggest concerns certainly for the outgoing a ministration, the Obama Administration and the trump team is worried about. Everyone is wondering how close are they and how soon will they get the kind of missiles that will driven them to our coast. Dan senor was an adviser to mitt romney and paul ryan. What does it say about donald trump, that hes changed on these very important issues . First of all, theres no real world view when it comes to Donald Trumps foreign policy. Whether it was president bush, president obama, you go back to every single president in the area, you can prescribe some predictability. Theres not one here. What it seems the administration does is it looks to problems and sa says weve got to solve them and theres no real fill ossi. I think kwhie theres a by part san consensus in the foreign policy, yo have the republicans celebrating and also democrats who served in the Obama Administration who are praising what hes doing in syria. The reason he has this consensus is he seems to be taking a very hard line which is perplexing for politics, which is what to do about putin in russia and because hes doing that, a lot of folks are saying, you know, we dont care if hes totally upending what he said before or contra diktding himself because hes doing the right thing. Were talking west wing whiplash on so many issues. Janet yellen, now he respectings her, wants to keep her. On china, no longer labeling them a currency manipulator, nato, no, theyre no longer obsolete. Does this suggest that the moderate wing of the white house, they call them globalist gary comb, goldman sachs, is winning out over to populist, steve bannon . I think thats part of the story there. The other part of the story is h. R. Mcmaster and general matusz. Take syria. Both mcmaster and mattis know the syrian conundrum very well. Theyve both worked in previous stints. They bjork worked on military plans. They had plans on the shelf during the Obama Administration, so their voice here is very, very important. From what i understand from folks working in the administration right now, President Trump is very deferential to their expertise, particularly mattis and mcmaster. Again, look at the flip on nato. Why nato . Nato is a tool. Everybody knows putin is terrified of nato. He wants a weak nato. Suddenly you view this through the lebs of trump wants to take a harder stance toward putin, nato becomes a tool. If he wants to manipulate chnor korea, it becomes a tool. Do you think theyre in a different place than president obama. Right now. Youre hearing noise that putin is wonder whg or not sticking by assad is in his interest if the u. S. Is going to take a hard line against putin over that issue. Suddenly it becomes a liability. Assad during the entire obama years was not a liability for putin. Now, suddenly it is. Now, if trump is anything, es unpredictable. Who knows if hell stick with this. Right now its becoming a headache for putin. Let me ask you about other intrigue inside the white house. The Washington Post reporting on steve bannon, the man not long ago who shadowed the president is struggling to keep his job. According to 21 aides of trump spoke with. Very thorough reporting. Very thorough reporting. Is there a shakeup coming . I dont think so. I think bannon has probably been weakened to some degree. From what im hearing, theres so much going on right now. We rattled off all the issues. The world is a mess and they realize theres a big vacuum in it. I think last thing the president wants is massive radical personnel changes. I dont see that happening soon. But he cannot like the idea that steve bannon had been portrayed as the genius at the white house. No. Theres lots o reporting that this made him crazy. Hes star of the show. Dan senor, always good to have you here. Thank you. Former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort has been talked to. When the country was led by a prorussian party. The new report shows manafort received at least 1. 2 million in Cash Payments, something he previously denied. The developments come amid revelations th s that the fbi l into with carter page. Nancy cordes is in washington. Good morning. Good morning. They provided enough evidence with a secret monitoring of page and now pang is pushing back. I have nothing i want to hide. And the more that the truth comes out, the better. Carter page said he didnt know why fbi investigators would have suspected him of being a foreign agent. Its just such a joke its beyond words. But obtaining a fisa warrant to follow a citizen is no joke as james comey explained. Those applications is as huge as my wrist or thicker. Its a huge pain in neck to get permission. The fbi has been aware of page since 2013 when two russian agents were recorded as trying to pay page, page isnt the only former trump associate fending off questions about russia. Former Campaign Chairman jer Paul Manafort has repeatedly denied he received Cash Payments from the ukraines former backed regime. But the Associated Press reported wednesday it has confirmed two payouts to manaforts Consulting Firm that matches lines in the ukrainian ledger. It totals 2. 1 million. He said its totally misleading. The government of ukraine said it was a falsified document and the bureau there that is dealing with corruption said they were never investigating. Early reports about the socalled black ledger prompted manaforts departure from the Trump Campaign last august and the white house downplayed his involvement. Paul manafort who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. Registering would put manafort in compliance with a 1938 law that places americans on the lifts who are serving in the powers. He would follow in the footsteps of another trump member Michael Flynn who resigned and then signed on with the foreign ledger due to his work. The armed suspect who threatened officials is still on the run. Joseph jakubowski mailed a 161page manifesto to President Trump. He stole 18 guns from a local store. 11 hours later he said he wanted the weapons to protect himself and his family. More than 150 officers are involved in the manhunt. 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