Weallod information that turned out to be so false, thats something that nazi germany would have done and did do. The president elect comes out swinging at his press conference. Its all fake news. Its phony stuff. It didnt happen. He says things that arent true all the time, so you cant take his word for anything. You do not have information whether its true or not. You can use words pivot, distract, red herring, all you want. The fact is its crap why this that you are fake news. Sir, can you state prtegorically mr. Enesidtelect, thats not appropriate. If you come in hot and want to be disrespectful and rude, he g notoing sit back and take it. Snow forced drivers to abandon their cars on a busy, busy highway. Major flooding in parts of northern california. Firefighters using boats to rescue dozens of famland residents who were trapped in they now have two football teams. It appears that changes have finally decided to leave san diego and come on down to l. A. Chaos. Both parties traded kicks and punches. All that it shows the moment it crashed into the space needle. Down goes the drone. Heres mcconnell. Can he get it off . Yes. As the sixers win it and all that matters. Sasha wasnt there because she had a final. Its like, you know the obamas, girl. Sorry. You have to take a test. Sorry, youre going to miss it. You can say goodbye later. On cbs this morning. President obama gave his farewell address. It was a beautiful speech. If youre tired of arguing with strangers on the internet, try talking to people in real life. Talk in real life because its the only t cant hear you. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. President elect donald trump is accusing intelligence agencies of spreading false information. He discussed his concerns last night with the director of National Intelligence, James Clapper. In his first News Conference, the president elect denied claims that russia had damaging and personal information about him. He accused some reporters of spreading what he called fake news leaked by intelligence sources. Now, James Clapper said after talking with mr. Trump last night that they agreed that press leaks are extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security, but clapper made clear he does not believe that the leak of a 30page list of unverified activities came from the Intelligence Community. In fact, he said it is not a u. S. Intelligence document. Mar president elect News Conference at trump tower. Good morning. Good morning. President elect trump did cover a lot of ground at that press conference but he dodged a couple of questions, specifically if anyone on the campaign would go with the russia officials. But on the topic of potential russian blackmail, mr. Trump was unequivocal its all fake news. Its phony stuff. It didnt happen. President elect donald trump forcefully denied he or his Campaign Staff were influenced by the russians. I think it was disgraceful, disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. Thats something that nazi germany would have done and did do. Ending months of denial, mr. Trump admitted russia was to blame for the Cyber Attacks the 2016 election. Think it was russia, but i think we a g other countries. Sir, can you quiet, quiet. Clashing with the reporter from cnn, he punished the network for reporting he was given the condensed version of the unsubstantiated rumors. Im not going to give you a question. You are fake news. Mr. Trump also offered first details about separating himself from his various Business Investments saying he will not sell his companies but hand the rein iranians to his two sons donald and eric. Theyre going to run it. They will not discuss it with me. Within days of the election he offered his thoughts on the Supreme Court vacancy and how to pay for the wall at the u. S. mexico border. Whats your timeline. You said a while ago you were down to four. That will probably be within two week os testify 20th so within about two weeks, probably the second week. And on the border fence, it now appears u. S. Taxpayers will have to pay for it up front. Thats not clear at all. Its not a fence. Its a wall. You just misreported it. Were going to build a wall. I could wait about a year and a half until we finish our negotiations with mexico, which will start immediately after we get to office, but i dont want to wait. Back to that call from the director of National Intelligence, it was meant to diffuse a dispute that could fester from now until Inauguration Day and thats something that the Intelligence Community and top trump advisers would very much like to avoid. Norah . All right, major. To make sure it doesnt fester, how does it get fixed . Well, its not going to be easy. The president elect feels the Intelligence Community has done him wrong throughout this entire transition process with the russian hacking disclosures. Now hes been forced to admit that. Thats now a concession to the right about something he tried to deny for quite a long while. His grievance about this latest flak goes to the Intelligence Community and it has to involve where they both trust each other, rely on each other, and both rely on common cause, and right now thats not the feeling either side has about each other. All right. Thank you. Picking up on that, thats what leon panetta says too. Thank you very much. Hes warning the president elect about feuding with intelligence agencies. Panetta told scott pelley on cbs news last night that they need to trust each other to protect the country. He says criticizing those agencies in public can have serious consequences. I think what happens is it damages the credibility of not only the intelligence thats being provided but more importantly it undermines the morale of twhoes are involved in our intelligence services. These are good patriots. Theyre committed to getting the best intelligence possible for the president of the United States. That involves risk. They have to put their lives on the line. Theyre going to hesitate to do that if they feel the president of the United States does not trust the work that theyre doing. Leon panetta says if mr. Trump needs to question intelligence agencies, he should do it in the oval office. Senators grilled the president elect pick for secretary of state as mr. Trumps News Conference unfolded. Former exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson has been asked to comment on his own ties. Nan scy cordes is at the capita where that could bring about discussion. Good morning. Given all the talk of russian surprising that russia was a big focus of the questions at tillersons hearing, and its unclear whether the former exxon ceo said enough to satisfy some key republican holdouts. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal . I would not use that term. Florida senator marco rubio was looking for tough language from tillerson, but he didnt get it. Mr. Tillerson, do you believe that Vladimir Putin and his cronies are responsible for ordering the murder of countless dissidents, journalists, and opponents . I do not make that claim. It also became clear he has never discussed russia with his wouldbe boss. I would have thought that russia would be at the very top of that considering all the actions that are taking place. Did that not happen . That has not occurred ye senator. Its pretty amazing. Outside the hearing room, there was one topic on everyones mind. Always wondered what did russia have on donald trump. Some republicans suns state yat there was a leak by the u. S. Intelligence. But the teerls stem from a private investigation, not a u. S. Probe. Senator john mccain was handed a copy from late last year from an outside source he wouldnt name. I dont know. Thats why i gave it to the fbi. Reporter rubio did not address the specific allegations but its clear russia is achieving its objectives. I think theyre sitting back and saying weve got americans fighting over our involvement in the election. Thats perfect. That undermines their democracy. Russia is going to dominate the conversation once again today because the president elect pick to head the cia, mike hearing as will general james ma da. Gayle . Thanks, nancy. This morning it is objecting to the Senate Testimony of the secretary of state nominee. I lez beelizabeth palmer has mo. Good morning. Good morning. You can probably see the kremlin through the snow behind me. Theyve just had their regular press conference, press briefing and top of the agenda, no surprise, the u. S. russia relations. First off, the spokesman said that the u. S. Military holed up in poland threatens russias national interest. Just a few days ago all the hardware of a u. S. Combat came ashourd the docks of germany and its now rolling toward poland. 4,000 u. S. Troops are going to hook up with it and then will take part in extensive multinational nato exercises all through the summer. This amounts to the first buildup of u. S. Troops on european soil since the cold war and the russians clearly dont like it. Peskov also singled out at the hearing that the an exyags of crimea by russia almost two years ago was illegal. Not surprising peskov says they disagree. They calldid say trumps callinr a dialogue is a hopeful sign. Heres the question. What are the Russian Media reporting on the documents published by buzzfeed . Reporter its interesting that they dont dominate the majority of the headlines today. Certainly they say they dont have any material they could use to blackmail donald trump, but whats taking up equal space in the media Donald Trumps chaotic press conference yesterday, his dustup with some members of the media, and also Barack Obamas goodbye speech. You can see the big photograph on the front page of president obama wiping away a tear, gayle . All right. Liz palmer. I wonder this, liz. When donald trump gives a live News Conference, does russia cover it . Depending on where they are in the week, but, yes, a chunk of it would be carry ied. After two days of hearings, cory booker made an impassioned plea. He joined some of the congressmen in criticized his record on civil rights. We need someone whos going out for people who have been discriminated against. We need someone as an attorney general whos going to look out for all of us and not jt some of us. Three of sessions former colleagues defended him. Er assistant u. S. Attorney huntly said, quote, segs will enforce and follow the laws in the United States even handedly, equally, and with justice for all. The senate is expected to confirm sessions. Senate voted 51 48 overnight to create legislation that would dismantle parts of the afford aboutable care act. The measure protects the repeal from any fill buster and that it can pass with a simple majority. The republican controlled house plans to vote on the resolution tomorrow. One of the Worlds Largest automakers has applied to plead guilty on an emissions test the u. S. And then scheming to cover it up. Volkswagen has promised to pay billions of dollars in fines. A number of german executives were also indicted on fraud charges. Nad this sweeping announcement yesterday and kris van cleave is in washington with details of the settlement. Good morning. Good morning. The department of justice took rare action indicting six volkswagen executives and levying the largest fine in history. They admitted to installing software on nearly 600,000 vehicles in the u. S. Lowering emissions results during testing. Volkswagen agreed to pay 4. 3 billion in fines 2rks . 8 billion in criminal penalties along with 1. 5 billion. Theyd plead guilty to three felony accounts and be on probation for three years. It must bring in an independent compliance monitor for three years. There conspiracy in the u. S. , wire fraud and violations of the clean air achlkt one Oliver Schmidt was arrested over the weekend. The other five are believed to be in germany. Now typically germany does not extradite its citizens outside of the european union, so its unclear if the others will ever face u. S. Justice. Attorney general Loretta Lynch said prosecutors will continue to pursue individuals responsible for the cheating scre scheme. Charlie . Thanks so much. Flooding caused evacuations. Rescuers used boats to help some escape. John blackstone is in hogster, the scene of dozens of rescues. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Here in holster the rain has receded somewhat but rain is still has passed, the cleanup here could take weeks. Ho hollisters farmland fields quickly became lakes. Waist hch deep water submerged cars as crews rushed to rescue stranded homeowners. This man was evacuated in the middle of the night. Was everybody sound asleep . Yes. Actually everybody was sound asleep. You expect a little rain and you walk out and step into a swimming pool, you know. Reporter more than 100 miles north the river surged to its highest flevl a decade, nearly 38 feet, forcing those living in a nearby town to get out or get around any way they could. Still theres a lot of damage, no matter what. Reporter further eekt storms in the sierra nevada, brought down power lines and toppled tree dangerous many stayed home. I knew when i came on my street, i should not be driving. Reporter at Mammoth Mountain ski resouthward 15 feet has fallen in the last week covering ski lifts with snow drifts. Meanwhile portland was slammed with its biggest snowfall since 2008 forcing highway drivers to abandon their vehicles, but school kids were glad to have the day off when classes were canceled. And a snowboarder even turned a street into a slope. And it wasnt just portlands human population that enjoyed the snow day. As the oregon zoo became an unlikely winter wonderland. Back here in california, we can certainly use all the rain we can get after five years of drought, but, of course, for these of w. H. O. Have been flooded out, all of it is too much of a good thing. Thats a good kwa to put it, too much of a good thing. John, thank you so much. A c he has found a huge way to cut the number of accidental gun deaths. We test it and find out why everybody in the firearms announcer this National Weather report sponsored by cigna. Together all the way. 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