it's friday, february 24th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >> how they portrayed the campaign, how they portrayed it and the transition. i's always wrong. >> blasts the media as the opposition party. hours from now, his boss takes the stage. organizers stage their own event after lawmakers across the country opt out of town hall meetings, citing safety

concerns. >> it's a cop out. do these people look violent? bracing for a blizzard. heavy snow and whipping wind move into the midwest. good morning from the cbs news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. no comment from the fbi following allegations the white house asked the agency to dispute a report about contacts between the trump campaign and russian intelligence agents. later today, the president speaks to conservative activists and yesterday top aides spoke to the group. good morning. >> good morning. the president's speech comes amid bombshell reports. they asked the fbi to publicly down play reports about contact between the election team and russian intelligence officers. >> this is our time. >> reporter: vice president

pence the first day at the gathering of republicans rallying against obamacare. >> obamacare has failed and obamacare must go. >> reporter: praising president trump for pushing the republican agenda forward. >> a strong military, more jobs, less taxes. >> reporter: the president's two closest advisers, white house chief of staff, reince priebus and bannon complimented each other before turning to heavier matters like immigration. >> putting a wall on the southern border, making sure criminals are not part of our process. these are all things president trump is doing within 30 days. >> reporter: and the media, which bannon calls the opposition party. >> if you think they are going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. >> reporter: president trump's feud with the media deepens amid

the ties to russia. both the associated press and cnn reported the white house chief of staff pressed fbi officials to publicly downplay communication between members of trump's campaign and russian intelligence officials. the fbi refused the alleged white house request. president trump is also expected to sign another executive order at the white house today and meet with former rival and critic, ohio governor, john say s kasich. >> thank you. president trump called efforts to remove undocumented immigrants a military operation. homeland security secretary, john kelly said there will be no use of military force. press secretary sean spicer said he used the phrase to describe the precision for which

enforcement was being carried out. jeff sessions called for the use of private prisonens reversing obama's decision to faze them out and stepping up concerns. south florida activists had with

an empty suit instead of theirs, marco rubio. rubio had not scheduled any town halle vents citing a trip to europe. he was back in town thursday. in protest, organizers staged their own forum with or without the republican senator. constituents in seattle were outsz dave reichert's office, hoping for a face-to-face forum. instead, some had a live facebook text. he answered only prescreened questions. on "cbs this morning," we are talking to senator tom cotton who endured a contentious town hall in arkansas this week. the police officer who fired his gun during a scuffle with teens made a big mistake. the trouble began tuesday. the off-duty officer who had

problems with kids walking on his lawn grabbed a 13-year-old. he said the teen threatened to shoot him. it was the officer who fired his gun when a number of teens assaulted him. no one was hurt. two teens were arrested. the officer was not. everyone may still face criminal charges. >> as a father and as a a national guard operation. the camp had to be cleared ahead of spring flooding. this morning, we are learning u.s. backed forces gained control of mosul airport. the route began this week controlling the airport and military base next door was critical to retaking the city. the u.n in tiny amounts.

it was banned under the chemical weapons convention north korea never signed. a strong winter storm is hitting the upper midwest and blizzard conditions are out. heavy winds expected through tomorrow. travel in some areas will be treacherous. eric fisher has more on the

blizzard. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. watching the storm move from the plains to iowa and minnesota and parts of wisconsin all seeing the heavy snowfall today. we are watching a line of storm that is will develop toward the late afternoon and evening. that's the warm air. severe weather potential highest in indiana as well as ohio, northern kentucky and the detroit area of michigan. unusually warm air coming together with strong winds could have damaging winds and isolated tornadoes late today and into the evening. dozens of record highs again in the east today, forecast 80 in nashville. around 80 in charleston and 60s in boston and the 70s in philadelphia. we are going to watch a change as we head into the weekend and a preview of next week taking over the western half of the country. still, looks like we are mainly above average in the southeastern states as we end february and kick off march, i'm

eric fisher for cbs news. have a great weekend. coming up, getting tough on ticket scalpers. eric church canceled thousands of tickets to his own show. a massive bee attack. this is the "cbs morning news." per roll

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disembarked wednesday in new york. federal agents were looking for an undocumented immigrant suspected of defieing a deportation order. the person was not on the plane. the sacramento bee says pope francis is challenging catholics to lead christian lives. he says it's better to be an atheist than hypercritical. fortune notes a commendable act of corporate charity. google will give $11.5 million to fighting racial inequality. that doubles the previous annual grant. it will fund groups working for fairness in the criminal justice system. eric church struck a blow against scalp pers. he pulled back tickets for the arena show. they were returned to ticketmaster and sold at face value. he invalue day-to-day 25,000 tickets on his tour saying they

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♪ beyonce thinks a desert trip in april wouldn't be the best thing for the twins she's expecting. she will follow the advice of doctors and skip the coachella festival this year. she and jay-z haven't said when she's due. they promise to headline next year's festival. on "cbs moneywatch," net neutrality and super discount flights to europe. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange. >> another record high close for the dow. optimism did fade on wall street thursday, traders are tempering their expectations for faster economic growth. technology companies fell for the first time this month.

the dow gained 34 points, the tenth record in a row. the s&p rose nearly a point but the nasdaq lost 25. the federal communications rolled back net neutrality. they should all be treated equally. broad band providers tell customers when internet traffic is being slowed. they voted to suspend it to broad band providers with fewer than 250,000 customers. little tykes is recalling more than half a million toddler swings because the seats can crack and break. it involved the two-in-one pink toddler swing. they were sold from may 2009 to may of 2014. it is suspended by four yellow ropes. 39 children have been injured because the swings broke. a norwegian flight is giving

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good morning. it's friday, february 24th. i'm kenny choi. ,,,, here is a look at today's forecast in cities arnds the country. ♪

dogs, of course, are man's best friend. one california pooch would surely say his best friend are firefighters. the pet was saved wednesday from a cliff in a san francisco park. rescuers say the dog was friendly as could be the whole time. fame, room to play and plenty of bamboo, what's not to like. bao is settling in. she is now going to be part of a breeding program. a keeper will stay until bao bao learns the lingo. agriculture is no longer a growth business. they are being squeezed by rising costs and falling crop prices. the story from david. >> reporter: in america's heartland, the american dream is in crisis.

>> people are going broke right and left. >> reporter: he is a farmer in kansas, who is 62 years old, says he is barely breaking even. >> corn sold for $8 a few years ago. i sold mine this year for $2.87. it don't pay the bills. >> reporter: an increase in worldwide production is contributing to a decline in prices like corn and wheat. the cost of operating a farm is steadily increasing. the department of agriculture predicts farmers incomes will drop 9% this year, extending the worst slide in generations, as a result, farm operations expected to close on top of the 140,000 that closed or consolidated in the last nine years. in kansas, this 34-year-old and his younger brother tim, are fifth generation farmers. >> you have guys my age that are trying to raise a family, trying

to farm and having to work in town just to produce cheap food for the country. it's a crisis. >> reporter: they say they spent $34,000 farming wheat and other crops but they only brought in $35,000. they may have found a solution. they now sell cattle and cut out the middleman. if they slaughter, process and sell directly to the consumer, each head could be worst $2800. with an uncertain future for farmers, they heap the family farm will survive. >> we are going to lose another generation of farmers per roll

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a trail blazing photographer who captured life from harlem to hollywood released his first book. michelle miller has his pictures and his story. >> i love you, man. wonderful. >> reporter: at a recent book signing in harlem, the 80-year-old photographer was on full display. >> i have never had a book. >> reporter: it started in rural ohio, growing up in the midst of the great depression. in 1958, he became one of the first african-americans to earn a degree in photography from ohio state. he decided to write a letter to the only black photographer he ever heard of, gordon parks, the

images of the jim crowe south. >> you can live here with my family and work with me at "life" magazine. >> he would work with parks for two years before pointing his own lens toward every day life. he says it took more emotion than skill. >> i feel that's what i do when i take a picture, i feel it. when you get that rush or that feeling inside. i have it, i know i have it. i felt it. >> reporter: by the mid-'60s, he was capturing celebrities like sammy davis, sarah vaughn and mick jagger. it would be on movie sets like "on golden pond" where he would make history, becoming the first african-american hollywood still photographer. what reaction did you get? >> first of all, when they saw me, they assumed that i was there to deliver something. what's this black guy doing

here? there's nobody else black on the set. >> reporter: he worked on more than 30 films. at 80, he's still expanding his craft. what does this huge book of talents say about you and what you meant? >> i don't think like that. spirit catches me and something comes out. it belongs to the world, it doesn't belong to me. >> reporter: now, everyone can have their own copy. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. our top story this morning, president trump speaks to conservative activists today. yesterday, vice president mike pence told the c-pac convention, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for conservative solutions to the party

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time to rise and shine as we take a live look at the san jose minetta international airport in san jose.

it is friday, february 24, cold conditions this morning, i'm kenny choi. >> and i am michelle griego. i am still cold. but i'm always cold. how are you guys doing? >> good. all i heard was friday. it is the coldest morning since late january, temperatures are freezing in many inland locations this morning, be aware of the possibility of black ice. it is a frosty morning. good morning, everybody. clear skies, not a raindrop insight. that will change for the weekend. look at the skyline in san francisco, southerly direction toward sfo out of the city. temperature wise, in the 30s from santa rosa, through san jose, into redwood city, 35 degrees in livermore, 34 around the rim of the bay. clear skies, cold conditions for the start of the morning. later today, remaining unseasonably cool, temperatures in the livermore area 8 degrees below average,