going before congress, both in an open session with john mccain's committee and then privately, off the record, with a whole group, the heads of congress. >> today john mccain, lindsey graham and others have made it clear that the purpose of this hearing today is to allow essentially the intelligence community to fight back against donald trump. that is their essentially giving the intelligence agencies a stage on which to make the case for their conclusion. >> that's on the record before they come to new york to see him. >> how will that affect his relationship with republicans. lindsey graham made it clear, he thinks it's wrong you're holding up julian assange as someone to listen to. >> yesterday john mccain said he thought he would vote for rex tillerson when pigs learn to fly. there are places where the president-elect is picking fights. he may win those fights, but they're going to be real fights. this is one area. >> john heilemann, thank you very much. >> thank you. happy birthday again. >>> chicago police detained four people who might be involved in a disturbing assault th

. >> and all that matters. >> we hope john mccain gets better soon. he is a crusty voice in washington. >> he's got to get back and for the sake of his family i hope he doesn't have to stay there over a week because it will drive him crazy. >> on "cbs this morning." >> stephen colbert and "the late show" kick off a week of coverage on russia. >> you feel comfortable doing politics on your show. >> not too much politics. >> do you talk about trump on your show? >> time to time. >> we talk about him all the time. >> that's why you are number one now in states. >> yes. >> this mornings "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle king is off. welcome back. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> great to be together. >>> the xwop has promised for years to repeal and replace obamacare. but late last night, that effort officially collapsed. >> the bill fell apart when mike lee of utah and jerry moran of kansas vowed to vote against the bill. their opposition surprised the white house and senate majority leader mitch mcconn

you look at what john mccain says, he says essentially -- i just disagree that we can become an ally of vladimir putin. he thinks to make russia strong you can make america weak. that's irreconcilable view. that's a difference of opinion of how you maneuver around vladimir putin. >> gerry sieb, thank you. >>> john dickerson speaks with vice president-elect mike pence and newt gingrich. >>> no details on that 35-page document that claims to have compromising information on president-elect, but russia does have a history of gathering information for future use. they even have a word for that, calling it compramat. firsthand experience with the dirty tactics, elizabeth palmer is in moscow. >> reporter: this has to do with the scandal that erupted into the headlines in russia last spring. in this video of a secret affair, neither of the people in it knew they were being filmed by a tiny camera hidden in the bedroom. on the right is mikhail former prime minister who became a vocal critic and this is his lover and political activist. how do you know it was the russian security service

chance of passing in. >> it really does. last one pailed by a no-vote by senator john mccain. back then he argue the bell hadn't been subjected to a single hearing. guess what. there's a hearing on this monday p unlike the previous repeal plan this bill would not eliminate all of obamacare's taxes. et would turn the revenue from the taxes. depending on the state, people with pre-exists conditions could pay more. republicans, norah, would need to round up the votes iffer this plan by the end of next week because that's the deadline for voting with 60 rather than 50 senators. >>> coming up we'll talk about another priority on tax reform. we spoke with jamie dimon and ibm's >>>five college football players face felony charges in connection with an apparent hazing incident. >> ahead, we're at the college asking why it took 18 months to bring those charges. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." ...isn't it time to let the real you shine through? maybe it's time for otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with ote

, john mccain, joined the chorus of lawmakers asking the president to release whatever evidence he has to the american people. norah. >> the president can do that. thank you so much. >>> many people in the midwest are waking up to extensive damage to tornadoes. the dangerous gusts flattened buildings and toppled trees. 29 possible tornadoes were reported in kansas, illinois, iowa and missouri. stephanie caser of our affiliate is at the johnson county executive airport. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this airport was hit hard by the storm, and several planes are damaged. you can see car windows here are completely smashed. officials had to work into the night to clear the runway and fix a gas leak. fierce winds, rain and tornadoes tore through the midwest overnight. in missouri east of kansas city, tornadoes ripped doors off their hinges and sliced roofs clean off their walls. at least ten people suffered minor injuries. to the north, winds up to 50 miles per hour send debris flying, smashing in garage doors and shattering windows and downing power lines. matt pinkerton hid in

looking for ways to undermine the investigation by counsel robert mueller. >> john mccain appears to be his feisty self and wants none of it. >> he called me three time this morning. no more woe is me. he's yelling and me and telling me to buck up. >> the minneapolis police chief spoke for first time about the fatal police shooting of a yoga instructor from australia. >> justine didn't have to die. this should not have happened. >> the world is reeling over the suicide death of chester bennington. suicide suspected in his death. >> the fire at yosemite. >> this fire is out of control. >> all that -- >> tornados touched down in western new york. >> powerful winds lifting an suv right off the ground. >> the lumberjack world championship, they're under way in wisconsin. that looks like fun. >> and all that matters. >> jon kelly spoke at the aspen security forum. the headline was about a missed call. >> you need to take that in the hall? okay. fine. >> it might be the president so i do want to his the call. >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ >> 19-month-old elijah lee has a beatbox session. >

korea threat. we'll ask senator john mccain if he learned anything new. >>> and about a dozen current and former employees sue fox news claiming severe racial harassment at work. anchor kelly wright, part of the lawsuit, comes to studio 57. >>> but we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >>> the president is going to seize this opportunity by leading the most significant tax reform legislation since 1986. >> the president proposes massive tax cuts. >> it will blow up the deficit and debt, probably $7 trillion according to some estimates. >> great plan. >> we're going to put people back to work. >> the status of health care today, the freedom caucus saying they are signing on to this latest version. >> we're hopeful that there may be a vote soon. we don't want to put an artificial deadline on this, brett. we learned that a few weeks ago. >> this was a very clear, sober and serious briefing. >> senators gathered on white house grounds for an unprecedented classified briefing on north korea. >> i did not see any new information. it felt more like a

. >> there's also -- >> led by senator mccain, too. >> correct. there is also a leaked document that the trump administration is considering opening up these black sites where these enhanced interrogation or torture occurs. what's the purpose of sending these messages on things coming from the president of the united states? >> even the leaked documents, it's not clear they're leaked from the current administration. there are some reports that this goes back to an old romney draft and changes these black sites. the other thing about black sites is you have to find countries willing to host them. by the way, there have been lawsuits, there have been governments topple ld over having hosted these. it's not even clear you could find, if you wanted to go back to it, find countries willing to host them. >> let's talk about building the wall in mexico, which we're now learning we would have to pay for first and get reimbursed. mexico has made it clear that that's not going to happen. is there anything to suggest that building the wall would make america safer? >> it's clear, the more complicat

flynn resignation should be examined. one of them, senator john mccain said this administration's foreign policy requires more oversight. >> the whole environment is one of dysfunction in the trump administration as far as national security is concerned. >> we're still gathering information. >> reporter: the house and senate intelligence committees are already examining russia's meddling in u.s. elections. for now it looks like any probe of flynn's contacts with russia will be folded into those investigations. >> i think it's likely that general flynn will be at some point asked to come and talk to the committee about both post election activities and any other activities that he would be aware of. >> some republicans argue the real problem isn't flynn, it's the leaks about his phone calls. >> we're concerned any time intelligence is publicly talked about. >> reporter: a very candid rand paul of kentucky said in a radio interview that republicans in congress shouldn't waste too much time investigating republicans in the white house because it gets in the way of their shared agenda

republican bill remain a mystery. still john mccain will make a dramatic return from his brain cancer fight to cast his vote. >>> the trucker who drove a sweltering tractor trailer packed with more than 100 people could face the death penalty. we'll hear from a survivor about the desperate conditions that left ten dead and dozens hospitalized. >>> plus the u.s. company microchipping most of its employees. a flick of the wrist can open doors or pay for a snack. privacy advocates warn of a bigger price. >>> in our ongoing series, we call "issues that matter," a closer look at america's longest war. why we're still in afghanistan. conflict spanning three presidencies and where the u.s. can go from here. >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener" -- your world in 90 seconds. >> any senator who votes against starting debate is telling america that you are fine with the obamacare nightmare. >> senator mccain returns for a crucial vote on health care. >> it shows how desperate they are not wanting to go home in august having accomplished absolutely nothing and frankly havi

between the "uss john s. mccain" jm. divers recovered dustin doyen of connecticut. the body of a 22-year-old kenneth smith of new jersey also recovered. eight other sailors are missing and presumed dead. we spoke this morning with the chief of naval operations admiral john richardson about roberts a cyber attack may have caused the collision. >> we have no evidence right now in our investigation that there was any cyber hacking, cyber effect, cyber attack in this investigation. in this incident. >> the navy brought in more divers overnight to search for the missing sailors inside those flooded compartments. >>> and interior is recommending the presideshri national monuments opening them up to new oil gas mining and drilling. earlier ordered a sweeping of 27 monuments, millions of acres were part of a massive federal land grab. >>> and remembering the life of actor jay thomas. he died yesterday after a battle with cancer best known for recurring role on "cheers" and won two emmys playing a tabloid talk show home on "murphy brown." he hosted his own show on sirius xm. he was 69. >>> and la

, john mccain, for instance, saying they want tougher sanctions. how will mr. trump reconcile differences with his fellow republicans? >> on most issues, the new white house, the trump white house and the new republican-controlled congrss will be working hand in glove in a lot of issues. this is one where we may see a big divide. hearings by the senate of arms security thursday on this issue before trump is even sworn in. john mccain, senator from arizona and lindsey graham, senator from south carolina, take this seriously and will pursue it even if the trump white house says there's not much there. >> susan, a lot of obamacare talk right now. how quickly might it be repealed and how quickly might it be replaced in some variety? >> i think two different things there. very fast track for repeal. republicans have voted more than 60 times to try to repeal obamacare. it's gotten nowhere. now they have a president in the white house that will sign a repeal. repeal and delay we'll see that is repeal, keep portions of the obamacare package without making it clear what it is going to be replaced

the form of higher prices. >> thanks. john dickerson talks to john mccain here on cbs. >>> holly williams was one of the first network journalists in iraq to report on the rise of isis. sh she spent more than a decade reporting on dangerous zones. her reporting earned her a number of awards. this week she accepted the columbia university award on behalf of cbs news. holly joins us at the table. we can tell you congratulations in person. >> bravo. >> thank you. very proud of our team. >> we are glad you are here. president trump made it clear he is cracking down on immigration on countries where terrorism is born. what does this mean to syrian refugees? >> i guess if you are one of the syri syrian refugees hoping to come to the u.s. it is devastating because that is the future you were hoping to have. let's remember that the bigger picture is that america has taken so few syrian refugees. last year -- think about countries in the middle east. around 3 million in turkey. a million in jordan. it certainly sends a signal about how america faces the problem. the bigger picture is that

lindsey graham and john mccain announced support for rex tillerson, more or lessen shurg his confirmation. >>> president trump is moving ahead with his foreign agenda, on the phone yesterday with benjamin netanyahu. the spokesman says mr. trump emphasized the only direct talks can produce an israeli-palestinian peace deal. he plans to meet with the leaders of britain, mexico and canada in the upcoming days. >>> the argument over how many people attended president trump's swearing in has been summed up in two photos. this is an aerial shot during friday's inauguration. this is the national mall at the same time of day during president obama's nation in 2009. on saturday white house press secretary accused reporters of trying to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration. >> there's been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibility to hold donald trump accountable. i'm here to tell you it goes two ways. we're going to hold the press accountable as well. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. >> the fact

disappointment. >> reporter: republican senators lisa murkowski, susan collins and john mccain voted down the so-called skinny repeal. the moment when senator mccain placed his thumbs down votes produced gasps in the senate chamber. president trump accused the three republicans and 48 democrats of letting the country down. >> you can't have everything, boy oh, boy. they've been working on that one for seven years, can you believe that? >> reporter: now congress did pass a sanctions bill against russia for its election interference with north korea and iran attached to it and it has enough support to override a presidential veto. after initially sending mixed singles the white house now says, president trump approves of the bill and intends to sign it. anthony? >> thank you. >>> with more on all the turmoil in the trump administration, we're joined by ed o'keefe, he's a reporter for the "the washington post." go morning. >> good morning. i'm still getting over the rose. >> we all are. i would like a little in my cup here. ed, what's essentially happening here? we've known reince priebus wa

families. republican senators lynd si graham and john mccain called it a self-inflicted wound that may do more to help terrorists. president trump hit back calling graham and mccain weak on immigration and accused them of always looking to start world war iii. paul ryan argued that president trump is right to make sure we're doing everything possible to know exactly who is entering our country. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was not as enthusiastic saying he'd wait for the courts to decide whether this goes too far. charlie, while the white house is saying this is not a muslim ban, a number of republicans argue it sure looks like one to countries aroud the world. >> nancy, thanks. steven miller, senior policy adviser to president trump and the primary speech writer. he's with us from the white house. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. we look forward to understanding what you're doing and what you intend to do. let me start with a question described as enormously successful, there are protests, looking at paper headline, trump stands by orders. immigra

private investigation not a u.s. probe. senator john mccain was handed a copy late last year from an outside source he wouldn't name. >> i don't know. that's why i gave it to the fbi. >> reporter: marco rubio didn't address the specific allegations but said it's clear russia is achieving its objectives. >> i think they are sitting back and saying we got americans fighting over our involvement in the elections. that's perfect. it undermines their democracy. >> reporter: russia is sure to be the topic of the day again today with two key confirmation hearings that are getting under way right now. congressman mike pompeo to head the cia and retired marine corps general mattis who is mr. trump's pick to lead the department of defense. >> thank you, nancy. russia denies having any embarrassing information about the president-elect and this morning it is objecting to the senate testimony of the secretary of state nominee. elizabeth palm certificate in moscow where there's criticism about a move by the obama administration. >> reporter: good morning. you can probably see the kremlin throu

true. >> reporter: but on sunday, fellow republican, senator john mccain, said mr. trump unprecedented wiretapping accusation cannot be ignored. >> the president has one of two choices. either, retract. or, to provide the information that the american people deserve, because if his predecessor violated the law, president obama violated the law, we've got a serious issue here. >> reporter: counselor kellyanne conway said the white house will not elaborate on the claim. but in an interview last night, suggested wiretapping is not the only method of surveillance. >> there is an article this week that talked about how you can surveil someone through their phones, through their -- certainly through their television set. >> reporter: speaker paul ryan said he did not expect to find any supporting evidence. >> when you get through all of this investigation, i think we will discover that they didn't do those things. but, russia did try to meddle with our elections. >> reporter: former trump campaign aide roger stone has previously denied having any russian contacts. >> i've never

his remarks about fellow republican senator john mccain. johnson now says he regrets speculating on a chicago radio station about why mccain voted to kill a republican health care bill last month. >> he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> you really think that played a factor in his judgment call. >> again, i don't know exactly what -- we really thought that -- again, i don't want to speak for any senator. i really thought john was going to vote yes to send it to conference. >> a mccain spokeswoman called johnson's comments bizarre and deeply unfortunate and said mccain has been very open and clear about the reasons for his vote. >>> here's a look at this morning's other headlines. the hill reports a russian intelligence gathering aircraft flew over washington. the unarmed aircraft flew over restricted locations including the pentagon, the cia, the trump national golf course in virginia pand andrews air force base and camp david in maryland. the flight was permitted under the treaty on open skies. united sta

senator john mccain. >> one of the most wonderful man i have ever known. he has enormous prestige and affection on both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: a new fbi director could be selected as soon as today before president trump departs on that big international trip. his nine-day, five stop visit begins in saudi arabia and it includes a tour of the world's great three religions. >> margaret, what are the goals for this big international trip, his first one? >> well this has been months in the making. and it was intended to really try to reassure allies that president trump's america first policy doesn't mean abandoning allies and that the president is going to make a big speech in saudi arabia, which the white house says is meant to unite the united states with its muslim allies against extremism, but the president will also then go on to italy, and to belgium. he will face some tough questions about plans to increase troop levels in afghanistan and whether he will stick with some of the international agreements like the iran nuclear accord and the paris climate change agreement and

stories and the mayor cab people suffer. i do think it's a problem. >> reporter: john mccain, a frequent critic of mr. trump said the president's language crossed the line. >> i'm afraid we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. that's how dictators get started. >> reporter: the president will unveil a second executive order this week. like the first, affecting the seven mostly muslim country, but unlike the first, it will exempt green cardholders and those traveling to america at the time of the executive order will be allowed in under the regular process. >>> in belgium vice president mike pence vowed the united states will continue working closely with members of the european union. in the last few days defense secretary james mattis visited four allies in europe and the middle east to smooth over the white house's message on foreign policy. chip reid looks at the effort by the president's most influential deputies to soften his rhetoric. >> good morning. traveling overseas, top u.s. officials are finding it necessary to go out of their way to calm our alli

are retiring, mccain, who's uncertain, collins, rand paul, ron johnson, there's still unknowns. >> susan collins. things seem to be going much better over at the house. is this a big win for paul ryan? >> yeah, well look this is an issue, if you asked paul ryan when he was an intern for jack kemp, you know, when norah and i knew him back in d.c. -- >> when we were children. >> when we were children. >> yeah. >> his dream would be some day be on the ways and means committee and pass massive tax reform. he did that last night. and he did it with a white house that is not always easy to work with in terms of its legislative relations. and, you know, it was an impr s impressive feat. again, the tax bill in its comprehensiveness is not exactly what he envisioned when he had big hopes for tax reform but it is an impressive feat. >> what's going on with conversations inside party and why do you think the president hasn't spoken out about that? what's your take? >> i think that the republicans in congress have been very strong. and they just made it clear that he should not be a senato

so indignant. nancy cordes has more. nancy? >> arizona's john mccain renude his call for an independent congressional commission to look into russia but democrats without question are going much farther than that. they're saying the only thing that will work is a special prosecutor. some of them describing it as a constitutional crisis. >> it was brazen, one of the a president, compromising an investigation. >> democrats savaged the president's decision calling it nixon yan, mind-boggling, and a cover up. >> if there was every a need for a special prosecutor, there is now. >> chuck schumer called it systematically firing those who crossed them. >> they fired sally yates, pa reek and now james comey, the very man leading the investigation. this does not seem to be a coincidence that some republicans were saying the same too. one said, i just can't do it. other republicans like lindsey graham said the fbi needs a fresh start after comey got tangled up in the 2016 campgn forward both at the fbi and in the senate intelligence committee in a bipartisan way. >> and yet the republi

senators, john mccain, for instance, they want tougher sanctions. how is mr. trump going to reconcile differences with his fellow republicans? >> with most issues, the new white house and republican controlled con trang are reviewing it. this is one where we may see a big divide. we've got hearings starting thursday on this issue before president trump is even sworn in. it's clear that they take this seriously and are going to pursue it even if the trump white house says there's not much there. >> susan, a lot of obamacare talk right now. how quickly might it be repealed and how quickly might it be replaced in some variety? >> two things. i think a very fast track for appeal. republicans have voted more than 60 times to try to repeal obamacare. it's gotten nowhere. now we have a president in the white house who will sign. i think we're going to see repeal and delay. repeal, keep portions of the obamacare package without making it clear what it's going to be replaced with. that means it will be in effect for several more years before they can replace it with whatever it is the republic

dickerson's guests will include john mccain, arizona senn nor and also keith ellison. >>> a large crowd from across the country filled the streets in washington for the annual march for life. it's the largest anti-abortion demonstration. jan crawford has more on the march and how it will loom over president trump's nomination to the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: for the 44th year they came by the tens of thousands. but this year there's renewed hope. >> in a word, life is winning in america. >> reporter: as vice president mike pence became the highest ranking official to ever speak at the march for life and brought with him a commitment. >> next week president donald trump will announce a supreme court nominee will who uphold the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution in tradition of the late great justice antonin scalia. >> reporter: in an interview friday president trump said evangelical christians will approve of the choice. >> the person i pick will be a big, big -- i think people are going to love it. >> reporter: but for federal court judge william pryor, outsp

morning." senator john mccain said i'll be back after learning he has an aggressive form of brain cancer. our dr. jon lapook and cancer expert dr. david agus look at the new battle the senator faces. >>> president trump unloads on his attorney general. he says if he'd known jeff sessions would remove himself from the russian investigation he never would have given him the job. >>> o.j. simpson asks the nevada parole board today to release him from prison. we'll talk with a lawyer who defended simpson when he was acquitted of murder. >>> plus, a confrontation on a jetblue flight hoes thousand airlines are fighting back when passengers accuse them of bad service. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> so pray. god knows how this ends, not me. but i do know this -- this disease has never had a more worthy opponent. >> senator john mccain diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. >> he's part of the family, so we're thinking of him and praying for him. >> he's really a national icon, national hero. >> i don't think they're going t

lindsey graham and republican senator john mccain speak out on this. we have had one member sign on to the bipartisan commission. everybody has to get on board. it was the democrats in 2016. it's going to be the republicans next time. we should all be afraid of this. >> robby, team trump says this, listen, your candidate lost, deal with it. your candidate was out of touch with america, deal with it. and now you are trying to deflect and blame it on the russians, what do you say to that? >> you'll notice what i said, i didn't bring up our campaign, whether it cost a loss or not. >> do you believe it did? >> no campaign manager should sit on a news program and say, i don't know, the russians may be the reason we lost the election. it's not important if they were or not. what is important is it could have been the reason and that should never happen again. >> but you think this influence could extend beyond elections and into domestic policy, how and why is that? >> absolutely. look, it's very clever what the russians have set up. it's a whole system to disseminate information. they ha

nieto said they will not pay and canceled a scheduled visit to the white house. senator john mccain added to the concerns that the wall will not make the country safer. if you only build a wall, only, quote, a wall, without using technology, individuals, drones, observatin, et cetera, you're not going to secure the border. >> the administration's first public criticism of israel also emerged this week. >> the construction or expansion of existing settlements beyond the borders is not going to be helpful moving forward. >> press secretary sean spicer indicated president trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu will likely discuss the expansion when they meet. >> that's his goal. >> despite complimentary rhetoric from president trump toward president putin, u.n. ambassador nikki haley in her first international address to the u.n. body condemned the kremlin for their actions in eastern ukraine. the white house says those views and keaching sanctions in place regarding the operation of crimea are supported by president trump. anthony? >> errol barnett. thank you. >>> this morning ch

mccain recuperating in arizona, gop leaders believe that they have the votes in the senate to send this to the president's desk by tomorrow. now, as for the contents of the bill itself, a new independent analysis finds that 80% of americans would get a tax cut next year while about 5% would see their taxes go up. but because all of the individual rates are set to expire in 2025, 53% would see a tax increase by 2027. now, as momentous as this event is for republicans, they want to wrap it up quickly. because they have to pass a bill by the end of the week to fund the government. otherwise, they'll be risking, anthony, a government shutdown. >> nancy cordes, thanks, nancy. the white house is blaming north korea for a worldwide cyberattack that cost billions of dollars. the trump administration says it holds pyongyang directly responsible for the wannacry attack earlier this year. this comes as north korea rejects secretary of state rex tillerson's offer of talks. margaret brennan is at the white house. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the white house says the attack put

a u.s. probe. senator john mccain was handed a copy from late last year from an outside source he wouldn't name. >> i don't know. that's why i gave it to the fbi. >> reporter: rubio did not address the specific allegations but it's clear russia is achieving its objectives. >> i think they're sitting back and saying we've got americans fighting over our involvement in the election. that's 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. they've 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 russia's national interest. just a few days ago all the

his concerns. >> reporter: senators graham and mccain had dinner with the president earlier this week. they say it doesn't appear he's made up his mind yet about whether to use force. those same military briefers will be coming here to the capitol later today, charlie, to fill in all 435 members of the house of representatives as well. >> thanks, nancy. two members of congress say president trump's former national security advisor, michael flynn, may have broken the law. they say the retired army general did not properly reveal that he was paid by a tv network tied to the kremlin. the ranking democrat spoke out after reviewing classified documents. jeff pegues is on capitol hill with the newest trouble for flynn. gentlemen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is another stunning development for someone who was the president's top national security official. michael flynn is facing legal problems on several fronts connected to russia. but in this case, if it is found that he broke the law, that is a felony and he could get up to five years behind bars. >> as a former mil

john mccain called it a grave mistake and said manning's dishonor will last forever. the white house says to expect more commutations. meanwhile overnight, russian authorities decided to extend edward snowden's residence permit, quote, for another couple years. >>> cbs poll out this morning shows donald trump will become president on friday with record low approval ratings. just 32% of americans have a favorable view of the president-elect. that's lower than any president-elect cbs news has measured going back to ronald reagan back in 1981. 12 points below the next lowest, george w. bush. more than half of americans have at least some confidence that the president-elect will make the right decision on important issues like the economy, trade policy and isis. mr. trump was in washington last night for his first inauguration event, a dinner with foreign diplomats. major garrett is covering the transition. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. inauguration organizers say they're bracing for crowds in washington in excess of 2 million. homeland security estimates half as many o

. >> what fun. >> so until tomorrow, i'm jane mccain. >> i'm danny egan. >> see you in the tomorro. >> we're clear. >> that's catchy. the season on hbo, one of the main characters plays a fictional character on "cbs this morning." so the actor who plays dan egan will be here in studio 57. he'll join us at the real table. i get such a kick. they didn't ask us about doing it, they use our story bars, i think it's very cool. >> didn't charlie cover the cleaning of the washington monument too. i'm kidding. >> did he? >> no, i'm joking. >> it's a story line. the story line. >> i missed that. i missed that. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie covering the cleaning? he's charlie rose. >> charles barkley will be here. >> he is in the greenroom. hello, sir charles. hi. we're saving a place for you at the table. he'll join us in a second. >>> right now time to show you the headlines from around the globe. "the new york post" explains why a woman posed her newborn baby on instagram with an iud. it was a joke for the doctor who said getting pregnancy was nearly impossible. one exper

, whose support is crucial to the president right now. >> senator burr and -- >> john mccain, lindsey graham. >> corker. >> bob corker from tennessee, jeff flake. bob corker and jeff flake are republicans in swing states who are up for re-election next year. their political antenna have to be up here and how they gauge this is an important thing. democrats will be on the war path. most important thing what about republicans. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> the u.s. navy says a russian fighter jet flew within feet of an american spy plane. the incident tuesday over the black sea. the russian su-27 jet came within 20 feet of a u.s. poseidon aircraft before it peeled away. they were flying in international air space. the mission commander considered the interaction safe and professional. >>> an ohio coroner reopened the investigation into an 8-year-old's death after he was allegedly bullied in his final days. gabriel taye took his own life in january. he was only in the third grade. the public school he attended is expected to release video that reportedly shows this little boy b

course, senator john mccain as well as other senators reacted to that. he referenced this gentleman's situation in response. he's well known in diplomatic circles. >> he was in washington for many years. he was actually a television reporter in washington. yes, he knows many of the senators. when he was poisoned several of them spoke up. john mccain went to the floor of the senate on his behalf. and there's been sort of a little bit of pressure on president trump to speak out, and he hasn't. it's mysterious to everybody why president trump has not criticized vladimir putin. it's part of what's going on right now in washington. and in the midst of all these questions comes this second pois poisoning. >> very timely. thank you, leslie. you can see lesley stahl's full interview on "60 minutes" this sunday at 7:00, 6:00 central right here on cbs. >>> a road rage attack stops rush hour traffic on a california freeway. ahead what police say triggered the scary confrontation that led to the beating of an uber driver. >>> later whether the turmoil in seoul could make it harder to contain the

this john mccain said, trust me, i did everything i could. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump is keeping the world guessing over his plans on north korea's dictator and its nuclear arsenal. the president said in an interview he would be honored to meet dictator kim jong-un, quote, if it would be appropriate. later in the day, a white house spokesman said conditions are not there for a meeting. >>> two u.s. strategic bombers flew a practice mission over south korea while the cia director visited the country's capital. >> a u.s. missile defense system is partially operational if south korea. china demanded overnight that it be removed. major garret is at the white house where the president will have another important conversation in just a few hours. major, good morning. >> good morning. that's right. president trump will speak by telephone to russian president vladimir putin just after noon eastern today. yesterday the president said he would be willing to meet face to face with north korea's dictato

bipartisan, john mccain, wrote any american who meets current medical and readiness standards should be allowed to serve. >> good morning jan crawford. the decision announced on twitter caught washington by surprise. >> this is a human thing, they have every right to. >> our troops do not discriminate while democrats rallying outside the capitol arguing the change kwcan make t president safe. the white house says the move was to deserve combat readiness. >> during his confirmation hearing, james mattis signalled a sweeping for all lgbt service members was unnecessary. >> frankly i do not care much of who they go to bed with. >> transgender service members estimate in active duty varies. while the president warned their continuous service would add tremendous costs. during the campaign, president trump quoted gay and transgender voters. >> lgbt is starting the like donald trump very much >> this is a slap to the face. >> leila serves 12 years in the army and her husband is current lyanne army staff sergeant who serves two tours. >> we have aspirations as people and human beings. >> now f

john mccain, who cast the deciding no vote that sunk the health care bill. >> we were just one vote away from victory after seven years of everybody proclaiming repeal and replace. one vote away. >> reporter: senator flake, up for re-election next year, has criticized the president publicly. >> nobody wants me to talk about your other senator, who's weak on borders, weak on crime. so i won't talk about him. nobody knows who the hell he is. >> reporter: president trump strongly suggested he will pardon arizona sheriff joe arpaio, who faces six months in prison for ignoring a judge's order to stop racial profiling during traffic stops, targeting undocumented immigrants. >> i'll make a prediction. i think he's going to be just fine, okay? >> reporter: the president also threatened a government shutdown over funding for a wall on the mexican border. he blamed democrats for blocking the funding and said one way or another, we are going to get that wall. >> thank you, chip. >>> carter evans was in the middle of things outside the rally last night when police used tear gas and pepper spray

whether that intelligence was worth the cost. arizona senator john mccain. >> lost a $75 million airplane, an individual killed and others wounded. that's not a six in my view. >> reporter: early yesterday mr. trump said he signed off on the raid on the advice of his top brass. >> my generals are the most we've w respected in many decades, i believe, and they lost ryan. >> reporter: that comment angered some democrats who said the president was passing the buck and owens' father refused to shake the president's hand last month. he's calling for an investigation, norah, into what he calls a stupid mission. >> nancy, thank you. john dickerson will join me in a moment here at the white house. for now, let's send it back to studio 57. >> norah, thanks. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer is leading the democratic effort to save obamacare. he's on capitol hill and joins us this morning. senator, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> we'll get your thoughts on what the president had to said about health care in a second. i would like to start with this. donald trump is gett

of as a block. free trade supporters like republican senator john mccain said this gives china an opening to dominate here and puts allies like japan in an awkward spot. the white house did say while u.s. doesn't have a free trade deal with japan there may be more to come. >> thank you. an interesting union leader met with trump yesterday and said the support trump is showing them is nothing short of incredible. >> very pleased when they left that meeting. >>> fed ex ceo shares why he has concerns about the president's trade policies and the impact he believes they can have on the economy. >>> a third top member of the president's administration is on the job this morning. >> i do solemnly swear. >> vice president mike pence swore in mike pompeo last night. senate committee narrowly endorsed rex tillerson. his nomination goes to the full senate. >> reporter: this may be a partisan place but secretary of state nominees are typically treated differently. they are given overwhelming support, a tradition dating back to the 1970s. the vote in the senate foreign relations committee was

media is going to go nuts. john mccain and lindsey graham. >> the president has no agenda. is that appropriate for them to say that. if they said he had an agenda no one was going to believe it or focus on it anyway. >> but does vladimir putin have an agenda? >> his agenda is to undermine the transatlantic relationship and approximate it's middle east and he's been effective at that but ultimately the scale of these investigations which are now very seriously lawyered up which means they feel like they have a lot to go on that's constraining the ability of the united states to do anything with russia. if he did believe trump was actually good for him he has to be considering it. >> all right. thank you. >> we love it when you come to the table. thank you. princess diana's family will gather to remember her tomorrow. it's been nearly 20 years since she died. the ways diana's sons are coping with the >>> a california mom is talking about the decision to keep her pregnancy a surprise from her husband while he served overseas. we caught up with the couple af >>> take a look at the coup

by a razor-thin margin, 51 votes to 49. >> senator john mccain returned to work this morning after helping too many the effort late last night. he didn't say anything about the vote. mccain and fellow republican susan collins and lisa murkowski along with every democrat voted against the plan. after the failure, president trump lashed out overnight on twitter. he wrote at 2:00 in the morning, "3 republicans and 48 democrats let the american people down." nancy cordes is on capitol hill with all of the details. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that one vote has all but destroyed the gop's seven-year quest to repeal obamacare. the senate this morning has moved on. there will be no more attempts, and a last-minute effort by the white house to win over john mccain turned out to be too little too late. >> the ayes are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the gop drive to repeal obamacare fell apart at 1:29 a.m. eastern time. >> mr. mccain. >>. >> reporter: when arizona senator john mccain flashed a thumbs down. drawing gasps and some applause fro

: arizona senator john mccain, battling brain cancer, will not be here to vote for it. >> i understand he'll come if we have a need for his vote which hopefully we won't. >> reporter: mccain's son-in-law, journalist ben domonich, told "face the nation" that mccain was flown home sunday to spend the holidays with his family. >> he remains one of the toughest men on the face of the earth. >> reporter: the fact that republicans are moving ahead without mccain shows that they don't believe they will need his vote in the end and that the handful of gop holdouts who haven't said where they stand will vote yes when push comes to shove, anthony. >> is there anything that could still derail this bill? >> reporter: well, we still haven't seen the final analysis from bipartisan number crunchers. there could be something there that gives lawmakers cold feet. that will show us who wins and who loses from this tax plan. even democrats i have spoken to thinks republicans have this in the bag, even though they believe it will hurt them politically in the long run. >> nancy cordes, thanks. >>> a massiv

. >>> all that matters. >> we hope john mccain gets better soon. he is a crusty voice in washington. >> trying to get back. we hope he doesn't have to stay there over a week. it will drive him crazy. >> on "cbs this morning." >> steven coe bare week on russia. >> not really politics. >> do you talk about trump on your show? >> yeah. >> we talk about him all the time. >> that's why you are number one. >> this mornings "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." gay gayle king is off. deanna of yahoo! news is back. welcome back. >> thank you. >> great to be together. the gop promised for years to repeal and replace obamacare. late last night, that collapsed. >> the bill fell apart when mike lee lee of utah and jerry moran of kansas vowed to opt out of the bill. a total of four gop senators vowing to say the plan could never get the 50 votes needed to pass. nancy k nancy cordes is on the hill with more. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell announced the plan "c." a hail mary pass to put republican members in a tough spot. he's asking them to vote

to john mccain last november at a security conference. charlie d'agata spoke with wood. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. mi6 headquarters, home to britain's secret intelligence services where a man behind a trump dossier learned his craft. christopher steele is now in hiding but the former ambassador to moscow knows him well and said the practice of sexual entrapment in russia is rife. sir andrew wood says he can readily vouch for christopher steele because he's known the ex-spy for years and as britain's former diplomat in moscow he's seen politicians and businessman targeted. >> they're expressly told to avoid sexual entrapment. is it the same for british diplomats? >> well, yes, of course. >> you're cautioned specifically about russia. >> well, certainly. >> reporter: because he says nowhere else are honey traps and blackmail part of the spying playbook as it is in russia. >> no question about it. >> no question. >> no question whatsoever. it's one of those things that one supposes everybody knows. >> reporter: everybody like president-elect donald trump here

". it is an important day for one of the best loved people in washington. senator john mccain. he begins post-surgery treatment for brain cancer. >> reporter: he will undergo radiation and chemotherapy in arizona. mccain plans to work through the treatment. >>> mccain cast the decisive vote last week to end the prepublican push to replace obamacare. he posted a new photo on twitter yesterday that shows the senator sitting with his daughter, megan, overlooking the arizona landscape. >>> here is a look at some of this morning's other headlines. the "baltimore sun" says city prosecutors are dismissing dozens of gun and drug cases because of a police body camera investigation. baltimore state's attorney says the 34 cases she dismissed relied on testimony from officers who are under scrutiny over planted evidence. another 77 cases involving the officers are still being reviewed. an officer was caught on body camera in january appearing to plant the drugs in a lot. his partners watched and apparently did nothing. the officer thought his camera was off. >>> usa "today" says legalized mar

landed and had to be destroyed. republican senator john mccain said any operation that results in the loss of american life cannot be considered a success, although the white house calls it exactly that. >> it was highly successful, achieved the purpose, saved the loss of life that we suffered and the injuries that occurred. >> reporter: the purpose of the raid was to gather intelligence to be used in future operations against al qaeda in yemen. now that yemen has withdrawn its permission, the future of those raids appears in doubt, and the first military operation personally approved by president trump as commander-in-chief appears to have backfired. norah? >> david, thank you very much. >>> at the beginning of the broadcast, we mentioned charlie is offment . he writes this. >> almost 16 years ago skilled surgeons replaced my aorta valve. it has served me well, enabling me to live the vigorous, full, complete life that you were all so familiar with. no one loves life more than i do. to continue to live this amazing life so full of challenges and friends including so many of you in th

the people who are nervous about him. >> john, what about russia. we know that john mccain and lindsey graham are showing no signs of backing down. they're leaders of trump's own party. where do you see this going? >> the election that graham and mccain are in the interesting of getting to the bottom of and then there's this russian sanctions in the senate and that could be an early problem for the president if the senate votes out against sanctions and he doesn't want to have those sanctions and then that's an me yacht and early fight and that's going to be one of the big early foreign policies and obviously there's the views on russia and dae fending the state. >> thanks, john. >> always good to see you. >> john's guests tonight morning on "face the nation" will include kellyanne conway, former presidential candidate bernie sanders, independent of vermont and lindsey graham, republican of south carolina. >>> the inauguration of president trump has again exposed the deep political divisions across the country. protests began before he took the oath of office and continued thro

. very nice. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >>> superior john mccain spent the weekend relaxing outdoors in arizona after revealing his fight against brain cancer. he and his daughter both posts on twitter. you can see he was not afraid to get wet wheel enjoying hikes with his daughter and a friend. >>> he tweeted he's glad congress reached a bill on new sanctions for russia, iran, and north korea, and he said he's reviewing details on new sanctions. the house is expected to vote on it on tuesday. >> his spirit is still alive and strong. >>> the hill reports democrats will unveil a new plan today to reorganize their agenda at their election laws. they're calling it a better deal. they call it focusing raising incomes on better >>> a university of montana student talks about spending nearly a week in a chinese jail. guthrie mclean spent a week in jail. he said he was defending his mother who teaches in china. >>> "the wall street journal" says fires are pushing up lum elizabeth palmer is outside kensington palace in lan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. kensington plaps b