This is the cbs evening news captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from the white house. Been treated worse or more unfairly. It has been another day of momentous events, and jeff pegues has the latest. Reporter the Tipping Point came yesterday when it was revealed that former f. B. I. Director james comey had taken notes about his february meeting with President Trump. The meeting took place a day after National Security adviser Michael Flynn was fired for lying to the Vice President about his contacts with Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. In his memo, comey wrote that President Trump said, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. He is a good guy. That raised the specter of obstruction of justice. And today Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein decided that the Justice Department could no longer run the investigation. He authorized a special counsel to ensure a full and thorough investigation
Trying to get back to the east bay at the end of the day. Thats the latest, back to you. That should be interesting to see. It backs up. Today bart is hosting a Community Celebration for the grand opening of the warm springs station in fremont. It opens for service after three years of delays. The station extends the line from the fremont station and features more than 2,000 new Parking Spaces and 42 electric vehicle charging stations. Today the three new train cars will be parked at the station for the public to explore. The event begins at 10 00 a. M. At the warm springs station. Happening today, President Trump says negotiations are over, and its time to vote. He delivered an ultimatum to house republicans, and. It goes like this. Approve the republicans, and it goes like this approve the Gop Health Care bill or live with obamacare because he is done. Abc has more live from washington. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Word from the administration is that President Trump is done
For the second time in three weeks a frigid coating of cold air is about to pay an unwelcome visit. Tens of millions of americans will feel it. This one will not be as bad as the polar vortex, but with temperatures expected to hit 20 below in fargo, 14 in nashville and 19 in atlanta, it is still going to be 15 or 20 degrees below average for many. We start with lauren casey from wcco. Lauren, what is going on here . Reporter jeff, here in minneapolis our temperatures are in the upper 30s, balmy by our standards but the bottom falls out tomorrow with another arctic air mass blasting in, highs across the upper midwest by tuesday will be in the Single Digits and below zero and into midweek this bitter air mass will march eastward. Glor we all became uncomfortably familiar with this term polar for text last time. Is this a polar vortex . In this case it is not that exactly. The polar vortex will send out some pieces of energy to do its bidding for it and have us bundling up. Glor lauren ca
Threecity tour of the United States in the cradle of american democracy, philadelphia. Today he delivered a speech from independence hall, the building where both the declaration of independence and the u. S. Constitution were signed. The holy father spoke from the same simple wooden lectern that president Abraham Lincoln used when he delivered the gettysburg address nearly 152 years ago. Pope francis addressed two issues that have been widely discussed by americans in recent months, religious liberty and immigration. Allen pizzey is traveling with the pope. Reporter at his request, pope francis took time out to be a tourist today, doing passes by the statue of liberty on his way the take the plane to philadelphia. The final two days of the popes visit are a celebration of families, the official reason for the trip dugged pilgrimage of mercy. Francis underlined that by getting out of his fiat to embrace tenyearold michael keating. By definition this stop is about meeting the people, no
Reporting tonight from the white house. Pelley this is our western edition. Were reporting from the white house tonight because of the rapidly developing investigation into whether the president tried to shut down an f. B. I. Investigation of his administration. Among the developments late today, the department of justice Just Announced it will appoint former f. B. I. Director Robert Mueller as an independent special counsel to investigate the Trump Administration and allegations of russian interference with the president ial election. The chairman of the House Oversight committee tells cbs news he expects fired f. B. I. Director james comey will testify next wednesday. The stock markets fell sharply in the turmoil. The dow down 372 points, almost 2 . The nasdaq fell by more than 2. 5 . Mr. Trump complained today that it has been another day of momentous events, and jeff pegues has the latest. Reporter the Tipping Point came yesterday when it was revealed that former f. B. I. Director