see images popping up on russian government websites as the meeting was still happening. these photos were inside the oval office. we later learned that the white house, by their own admission, was misled. russia told them that a state media agency photographer was actually the official government photographer. >> you have to bear in mind this is a hugely experienced team around president putin. sergey lavrov has been a senior diplomat for 25 years.

they know how to play this game. they will have been sizing up the administration expertly over the last little while, looking for any opportunity to strengthen those links, hoping that the candidate they clearly favored in the u.s. election, donald trump, will bring them in from the cold. and the end game, of course, is to get those sanctions lifted. >> elizabeth palmer in sochi, margaret brennan at the state department. thank you both. with the house in recess, republican members are hearing from angry constituents at town meetings back home. most complaints at first were about the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare. then the comey story exploded. here's dean reynolds. >> tell the truth! tell the truth! >> reporter: at one town hall -- >> no, answer the last question! >> reporter: after another. >> open your eyes! >> all right. all right. >> reporter: congressional republicans on recess this week -- [ boos ]. have been getting an earful.

and now another issue is testing their hearing. >> i have a question in regards to russia. >> reporter: firing the head of the fbi as the bureau investigates russian ties to the trump campaign fired up this crowd at iowa congressman rod blum's town hall. >> if trump was guilty of something, would he fire the fbi director? because that's a pretty -- that would be a pretty dumb move. i get it. i mean, i get it. you hate the president. i get it. >> reporter: blum represents a district that twice voted for barack obama but turned red in november. in marshaltown blum was repeatedly forced to defend the president. >> no proof so far of any collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> reporter: among the trump supporters maurice mcwhirter was not worried that firing the fbi director might impede the bureau's investigation. >> one guy even if it's the head guy doesn't make any difference to whether or not that investigation goes forward or not. >> reporter: fellow trump supporter veridee hand was even less concerned. >> if the russians worked with trump to get trump elected, is

that troubling to you? >> no. >> reporter: overall, how do you think president trump is doing? >> i think he's doing very well. >> reporter: and since the inauguration, anthony, the answer we have been getting is that one. in state after state, from the people donald trump calls his base. >> dean reynolds. thank you, dean. a philadelphia judge took the unusual step today of ordering prosecutors to reverse course and bring involuntary manslaughter charges against the engineer of an amtrak train that jumped the tracks two years ago. eight people were killed, 200 hurt. the d.a.'s office had initially declined to charge brandon bostian, saying it con have proved he acted with conscious disregard when he took a curve at 106 miles an hour, twice the speed limit. coming up next, more than 29 billion robocalls flooded americans' phones last year.

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even if you've listed your phones on the national "do not call" registry, there's a good chance you've recently received a robocall. in most cases it's a scammer trying to steal your money or identity. anna werner spoke to the new head of the fcc about his plans to crack down. >> i just picked up my cell phone. >> reporter: the calls came to peter clarke's cell phone in march. >> i think you have the wrong number, peter. >> hi. you guys need to quit calling my phone. i don't have a credit card. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: his phone number was spoofed. that's when anonymous scammers make it appear as if robocalls to others are coming from your phone. >> it's not normal to listen to your voicemails and immediately have people yelling at you to stop calling them. it was concerning. >> reporter: americans were swamped by 2.5 billion robocalls last month, up 9% from last year. >> this is susan with credit

card relief. >> you qualify for a 75% savings -- >> reporter: the fcc's new chairman, ajit pai promises action. >> whether it's through the rule-making process here at the fcc or the enforcement process, we are going to be the cop on the beat. >> reporter: one step companies are taking, working on new technology to track where exactly the calls are coming from. but advocates like tim marvin with consumers union think pai can do more to pressure phone companies. >> and have you seen him doing that? >> we haven't seen the same kind of crackdown on the phone companies as we have in the past. >> reporter: last year pai's predecessor called on companies to offer call-blocking services to consumers at no cost. will you insist that the companies offer call blocking and other technologies for free to consumers? >> that's one of the things i'm very open to doing because i think it is important for consumers to have all the tools at their disposal. >> you say open to doing, though. >> well, there's some questions about the legal authority that we're working with lawyers to figure out. in some cases we don't necessarily have the authority to mandate something.

but from a consumer perspective i think it's a good idea. >> reporter: pai says new proposals from the fcc should make it easier for phone companies to block those spoofed calls. for now there are some apps offered for your smartphones that can stop some of those unwanted calls. anthony? >> anna werner. thanks, anna. up next, proposed security changes could have a major impact on travel from europe. no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol power & fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a just-cleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks. lysol. what it takes to protect.

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lysol max cover kills 99.9% of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. homeland security officials briefed the airlines today on a proposal to expand the ban on laptops to include more foreign flights coming to the u.s. cbs news was first to report on the plan. here's transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: the proposed ban is based on growing concern about an explosive getting past airport scanners. the ban, already in place at ten airports in the middle east and africa, prohibits electronics larger than a cell phone in the passenger cabin. if expanded it could potentially impact all of the 60 european airports with direct flights to the u.s. >> the bottom line is keeping terrorists with explosives off planes. >> reporter: john pistole is the president of anderson university and the former tsa administrator.

>> just from london heathrow airport there's about 110 flights a day that fly to the u.s. it presents a challenge, how do you do that in a way that is efficient and effective? >> reporter: an airline insider says it will be a logistical mess, likely to require secondary screenings of passengers and longer wait times. >> the question is how good is the intelligence? i don't have the specifics on this one, other than to say based on my experience, 31 years, you know, with a top secret security clearance, that it must be pretty good in order to justify these measures. >> reporter: top european union officials are demanding urgent meetings with the u.s. to discuss the looming ban. anthony, back here at home deliberations are ongoing but a decision could come any day. >> kris van cleave. thanks, kris. up next, he's not old enough to drive, drink, or vote. but he's about to graduate college. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

we end tonight with a minor candidate for a major degree. here's david begnaud. >> reporter: the big man on campus at texas christian university is 5'2" with a

budding mustache. >> i'm carson hueyou, and i'm 14 years old. >> reporter: carson will graduate saturday with a double minor in chinese and math and a major in physics. >> i'm just a normal 14-year-old kid, just doing college-level academic work. >> reporter: well, he can teach you about quantum physics. >> so for some systems like for a short amount of time and then dissipate again. so we're looking at a short period of time. and that's quasi-bound states is what we call those. >> reporter: since he started four years ago, the pint-sized prodigy has become a campus celebrity. >> i'll never forget walking in. he said in chinese that he was a junior. and i was like, no, that can't be right. and then he turned out to be cool, too. like he's not just a genius. he's also awesome. >> reporter: his mother, claretta kimp, has walked this wunderkind to class since day one. >> one day he was about 2 or 3

years old and he says -- the wind blew and he goes, "oh, i wonder what the velocity of the wind at a" -- you know, blah, blah, blah. and i just thought. >> reporter: to top that, her youngest son graduates from high school tomorrow. he's 11 and starts tcu in the fall. so what do you want to study in college? >> i want to double major in astro physics and engineering. >> when people meet them, you know what they say to me? they're so normal. >> reporter: she credits god. they credit her. how much do you owe to this lady? >> everything, really. >> oh. >> reporter: words of wisdom this mother's day weekend from a young genius. david begnaud, cbs news, dallas. and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city i'm anthony mason.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm jericka duncan. james comey may be gone, but the investigation into russian influence on the presidential election and possible collusion with president trump's associates continues. comey's replacement, andrew mccabe, went before the senate judiciary committee, and he wasted little time dispelling much of the white house rationale for comey's sudden firing. jeff pegues begins our coverage. >> reporter: inside fbi headquarters there are growing concerns the white house is trying to get in the way of the bureau's russia investigation. in the wake of james comey's firing one federal law enforcement official tells cbs news, "there is a whole lot of interfering happening." the person added, "this is a

crisis." >> we consider it to be a highly significant investigation. >> reporter: on capitol hill acting fbi director andrew mccabe told the senate intelligence committee the investigation is on track. >> you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing. >> reporter: despite a request last week by comey for more resources, mccabe told the senators today agents have the manpower and money they need to determine whether trump campaign officials were coordinating with the russians during the 2016 campaign. mccabe also pushed back on white house claims that comey was unpopular. democrat martin heinrich. >> is it accurate that the rank-and-file no longer supported director comey? >> no, sir. that is not accurate. i hold director comey in the absolute highest regard. i have the highest respect for his considerable abilities and his integrity. and it has been the greatest privilege and honor of my professional life to work with

him. i can tell you also that director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi. and still does to this day. >> reporter: at the white house today spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders said she had proof fbi agents were happy to see comey go. >> you personally have talked to countless fbi officials, employees. really? like -- so are we talking -- >> between like e-mail, text messages, absolutely. >> 50? >> yes. >> 60? 70? >> look, we're not going to get into a numbers game. i have heard from a large number of individuals that work at the fbi that said that they're very happy with the president's decision. >> president trump gave his first interview since firing comey. the president insists that comey told him on three different occasions that he is not the subject of the russia election scandal investigation. major garrett has that. >> he's a showboat. he's a grandstander.

the fbi has been in turmoil. you know that. i know that. everybody knows that. >> reporter: president trump said today he was going to fire james comey no matter what advice he received from attorney general jeff sessions or deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it, by the way. >> because in your letter you said "i accepted their recommendation." so you had already made the decision. >> oh, i was going to fire regardless. >> reporter: that directly contradicts the process outlined by vice president pence, counselor kellyanne conway, and deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, who said the president acted tuesday after receiving a memo from rosenstein. >> and i personally am grateful that we have a president who's willing to provide the kind of decisive and strong leadership to take the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. >> he acted decisively today. he took the recommendation of his deputy attorney general. >> the deputy attorney general made that recommendation. >> reporter: the president also

said he asked comey if he was a target of the bureau's russia investigation. they spoke about it three times. over dinner at the white house and twice on the phone. >> i actually asked him, yes. i said if it's possible would you let me know, am i under investigation? he said you are not under investigation. >> presidents typically try to avoid the appearance of interfering with or influencing an investigation. today sanders defended the president's actions. >> i don't see that as a conflict of interest and neither do the many legal scholars and others that have been commenting on it for the last hour. >> nancy cordes now with the view from capitol hill. >> i trusted jim comey. >> reporter: the president's showboat comment about comey drew instant pushback today from the leaders of the senate intelligence committee. >> i found him to be one of the most ethical, upright, straightforward individuals i've had the opportunity to work with. >> reporter: comey's firing has consumed the capitol.

>> this is an astonishing chain of events. >> reporter: prompting rare bipartisan agreement. >> i do have questions about both the rationale and the timing and certainly have communicated that to the white house. >> reporter: but the two sides still part ways over the need for a special independent prosecutor. >> we need the support of republican members of congress. >> reporter: utah republican orrin hatch. >> every time we have any controversy around here they call for a special prosecutor. we have a justice department that's very capable. >> reporter: ultimately it isn't up to congress. it's up to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who wrote that critical comey memo. democratic leader chuck schumer sent rosenstein a list of 27 questions today. did the president or anyone else direct you to write your memo? were you aware when you drafted it that it would be used to justify comey's firing? rosenstein came to capitol hill today. not to answer questions but to meet with the leaders of senate intelligence.

did mr. rosenstein confirm that he threatened to quit over the handling of the comey firing? and did you ask him about that? >> we didn't ask him about it. he didn't share it with us. we were focused on deconfliction. the fcc is considering new tactics to crack down on those annoying robocalls. more than 29 billion robocalls bombarded americans last year. that's 90 calls for every man, woman, and child in america. anna werner has that story. >> i just picked up my cell phone -- >> reporter: the calls came to peter clarke's cell phone in march. >> i think you have the wrong number, peter. >> hi. you guys need to quit calling my phone. i don't have a credit card. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: his phone number was spoofed. that's when anonymous scammers make it appear as if robocalls to others are coming from your phone. >> it's not normal to listen to your voicemails and immediately have people yelling at you to stop calling them. it was concerning. >> reporter: americans were swamped by 2.5 billion robocalls

last month, up 9% from last year. >> this is susan with credit card relief. >> you qualify for a 75% savings. >> reporter: the fcc's new chairman, ajit pai, promises action. >> whether it's through the rule-making process here at the fcc or the enforcement process, we are going to be the cop on the beat. >> reporter: one step companies are taking, working on new technology to track where exactly the calls are coming from. but advocates like tim marvin with consumers union think pai can do more to pressure phone companies. >> and have you seen him doing that? >> we haven't seen the same kind of crackdown on the phone companies that we have in the past. >> reporter: last year pai's predecessor called on companies to offer call-blocking services to consumers at no cost. >> will you insist that the companies offer call blocking and other technologies for free to consumers? >> that's one of the things i'm very open to doing because i think it is important for consumers to have all the tools at their disposal. >> you say open to doing, though. >> well, there are some questions about the legal authority that we're working with lawyers to figure out.

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health officials in washington, d.c. have some explaining to do. a pregnant woman was tested last year for the zika virus and was told she was clean. now it turns out she was infected. there's no word if the baby was hurt, but the virus can cause severe birth defects, and there's an outbreak right now in texas. dr. jon lapook reports. >> reporter: when we first met 23-year-old roseio morado of brownsville, texas last month she was 36 weeks pregnant and doctors were seeing problems with her baby on ultrasound. >> we do see some what we call kalsifications in the brain. >> reporter: morado tested positive for zika infection. the virus is carried by mosquitos both in brownsville and across the border in mexico, where she visited family early in her pregnancy. >> i'm kind of sad. but i know everything is going

to be okay. >> reporter: this is her baby, hugo. how are you feeling right now as a new mother? >> i feel so happy. i'm so in love with him. >> reporter: hugo was born almost three weeks ago with the small head characteristic of microcephaly and faces an uncertain future in terms of his development. >> for right now he's doing okay. but maybe like in four or three years, we don't know. >> reporter: dr. john byzantine is morado's doctor at driscoll children's hospital. >> the brain is small, underdeveloped. >> reporter: of the 18 pregnant women who tested positive for zika infection, one other baby born last month also has microcephaly. seven babies appear normal. and nine pregnancies are ongoing. >> i don't know what to tell patients that live here in brownsville. that want to have a family. what do you tell those moms? and they're definitely at risk of having babies that potentially could be damaged. >> reporter: those people behind me are crossing over from mexico over there to the united states

over here. with so many people going back and forth between mexico and the u.s. every day, it's hard to know when somebody tests positive for zika exactly where they picked it up. the virus can be spread both by mosquito bites and sex. with no vaccine available, health officials are focusing on prevention through mosquito control and patient identification because once a pregnant woman is infected there is no treatment to protect the baby. >> in the meantime, we'll keep watching and screening. >> watching and screening and feeling helpless. >> scott-w warmer weather comes mosquito breeding season, and a big question is whether the virus will now spread more widely to mosquitos along the gulf coast. a vaccine is not expected to be ready until next year at the earliest. the u.s. military spends about $4 billion a year building new submarines. the latest generation are technological marvels. critics, on the other hand, insist they're overpriced and

unnecessary. the navy invited don dahlor in for a tour of their new gear. >> reporter: don't let the dolphins in this promotional video distract you. the navy's newest, fastest, and quietest submarine is anything but playful. the virginia class submarines can launch tomahawk cruise missiles, deploy a team of navy s.e.a.l.s from beneath the surface, and is among america's most lethal defense systems at sea. >> submarines have come a long way since world war ii. >> they have. >> reporter: captain brian sitlow leads a squadron of submarlins from the u.s. navy base in groton, connecticut. >> the ocean more and more is becoming a very critical element of our national security and our ability to influence adversaries and ensure our vital interests are protected throughout the world. >> reporter: and international waters are getting crowded. here's a russian sub getting a royal navy escort through the english channel last week. >> 70% of the globe is ocean. over 80% of the world's commerce

flows across that ocean. >> reporter: the u.s. navy now has 69 commissioned submarines. 13 of them are virginia class subs. but that number will eventually double. two are being built each year at a cost of $2 billion apiece. >> do you think that that's money well spent for the american public? >> absolutely i do. not only is it a price we need to pay, it's a price we are paying and the capability those ships bring is really remarkable. >> it's a hunter killer submarine? >> reporter: the virginia class submarines according to those who command them are also incredibly efficient. >> we are able to make our own water. we make our own oxygen. we have sustained fuel source in the nuclear reactor. >> we're entering into the control room. >> reporter: commander dan reese of the "uss new mexico" showed us america's most modern submarine. >> gone, you'll notice, are the periscopes. >> right. >> so the days of john wayne and up scope and he's got his arm hanging over, they're gone now, and they've been replaced, the

not tire periscope has been replaced by this joystick. >> reporter: the view can now be shared with everyone on board. >> during major events, for instance during our homecoming we were sending the imagery from the scopes all the way into the crew's mess. so the sailors that were on watch there could see the families on the coastline as we came up the river. >> 141. >> reporter: back on base sailors train with simulators. >> all ahead pull. >> reporter: and from landlocked control rooms. inside this 40-foot tower filled with 80,000 gallons of water future submariners prepare for a worst case scenario, escape from a disabled vessel. >> are you okay? >> i'm okay. >> the last time an operational submarine went down was in august of 2000. that's when all 118 aboard the russian navy kursk died after a training exercise. many believed it would cripple russian resolve at sea. but their newest nuclear-powered submarine, the "kazan," was launched this march. still, says captain brian

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spray and wash. better on over 100 stains. one of the newest stars of country music is cementing his legacy. chris stapleton burst on the scene last year with his award-winning album "traveler" now he's on tour playing tunes from his new work called "from a room volume 1." anthony mason has his story. >> reporter: only three artist albums outsold "traveler" last year, adele, drake, and beyonce, which tells you the kind of company chris stapleton finally found himself in after his solo debut was a surprise smash. and why the expectations were so high for his follow-up album. ♪ don't put my love on your back burner ♪ to make his new record --

♪ chris stapleton returned to rca studio a in nashville, where elvis and dolly parton recorded. >> why did you come back here? >> i just love it here. i like places that have history in the sense of you feel responsible to it. does that make sense? >> you've got to live up to something. >> or at least try to. ♪ i'm just a traveler ♪ on this earth >> reporter: stapleton also has to live up to his own success. it was here in studio a that he recorded "traveler," the record that literally changed his life. ♪ 'cause i'm a traveler >> how would you describe what happened? with that record. >> lightning in a bottle stuff, man. ♪ ♪ you're as calm as a glass of brandy ♪ >> reporter: the best-selling country album of 2016, "traveler" earned two grammys

and a bucketload of academy of country music awards. some now on display at a new exhibit at nashville's country music hall of fame. >> you needed a truck to leave that night. >> it's just really weird, man. >> reporter: stapleton was seeing the exhibit for the first time. >> it seems like these matter a whole lot. >> they do. >> it's validating in a lot of ways -- >> to be in here with people that you respect. >> to be in here with people you respect. ♪ ♪ pour it down the drain >> reporter: the son of a kentucky coal miner, stapleton moved to nashville in 2001. >> what were you hoping for? >> well, the instant i found out that somebody would pay you to sit in a room and write songs and play guitar all day, i thought, well, man, that's a job for me. i'm going to figure out how to do that. >> and he did. >> reporter: more than 150 of his songs have been recorded by other artists, including adele.

♪ george strait. ♪ love's gonna make it all right ♪ and tim mcgraw. ♪ and that's the difference between the whiskey and you ♪ for years stapleton would write day and night. >> because i just loved it so much. and i love it that much still. i just don't do it as much. >> what did you love about it? >> plucking something out of the air, waiting on something to be there that wasn't. >> reporter: it wasn't until the release of "traveler" in 2015 that stapleton went out on his own. but not exactly solo. ♪ his wife morgan sings harmony with him. ♪ that way what has morgan been for you during all this? >> well, she's my partner in life and business and on stage in every possible way, shape,

and form. ♪ honey, i'm not afraid >> she believes in me more than i do a lot of times. >> reporter: they met working at adjacent publishing houses in nashville. he asked her over to co-write one friday night. >> we didn't write anything that evening. we've written since. >> reporter: you wrote a whole new story. >> we wrote a whole new story. ♪ >> reporter: the success of "traveler" has lifted the 39-year-old stapleton onto a much bigger stage. >> we're still adjusting as far as touring goes. like i remember the first time i had somebody like tuning guitars for me, that was a moment. i said man, this is the greatest thing on earth. it's one of the best feelings ever. >> it's the little things. >> it's the little things. >> it's a newfound luxury you're living with. >> for sure. >> reporter: the singer, who

started out playing bars, is now selling out amphitheaters and arenas but still trying to make them feel intimate. >> how do you do that? >> i just stand there and play. and we set up basically just like we've always set up in a club. and we don't change that. >> and you pull the audience in to you. >> hopefully. but i don't know that i could do the other stuff. i don't know that i'm entertaining in any other way. you know. does it make sense? >> have you ever thought about a light show? >> well, we've got lights, and they're nice. >> lasers? anything like that? >> lasers are cool if you're into that. there's a time and place for it. >> i don't see you as a laser guy. >> well, we don't have any lasers. but i'm not -- never saying never. >> stapleton says he recorded so much music this time he's got enough for a second album. it'll be called "from a room volume 2." and it's due out later this

year. the overnight news will be right back.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the annual meeting of the arctic council is under way in alaska. ministers from eight different nations that border the arctic are discussing economic development, oil drilling, and climate change. president trump has called climate change a hoax. mark phillips has the view from the other end of the world, antarctica. >> reporter: high summer in antarctica. an explosion of life when the deep freezer warms up to become just a refrigerator. and an explosion of scientific research when the antarctic reveals the secrets that have been locked in its ice. >> there's something going on. >> yeah, something's obviously going on. it's very clear. >> ken taylor runs one of the continent's most ambitious ice research projects. and what's going on is the huge

crack that's opened up in one of the floating ice shelves that cling to the coast here. >> there's a large berg about to break off the ice shelf. >> when you say large berg, it's the size of delaware. >> the size of delaware. it's very large. and the fracture that's breaking off expands quite a bit, jumps about a mile every week or so. >> reporter: it's not the ice from the ice shelf that is orrying. more antarctic ice flowing into the sea would increase the threat to low-lying coastal areas around the world including in the united states. eric guth is part of a scientific study that is proving that antarctic ice is on the move. he's part of the extreme ice survey that uses time lapse photography to document what's happening. images snapped every hour, then strung together show how quickly the glaciers are flowing. these pictures aren't just useful for science.

they have another purpose. >> much of the general public are visual learners, as am i. and i think being abling to see that with your own eyes is a very compelling way of communicating information. >> reporter: arguments over the causes of climate change may be raging again at home. here suggestions of a hoax come up against some cold hard facts. >> that one. >> reporter: ken taylor the ice scientist normally drills miles deep into the ice cap for answers. sometimes, though, they're floating all around you. bubbles trapped in the ice contain the air that was around tens of thousands of years ago when the ice froze. and that air contained a fraction of the warming greenhouse gases the human riac is now puming into the atmosphere. >> you're smelling ancient air. it's really good air. it's air like before humans messed up the atmosphere. >> yeah. >> smells like ice.

>> that's the overnight news for this friday. this friday. t captioning funded by cbs cbs it's friday, may 12th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump goes on the record. >> i was going to fire -- i made the decision. >> you made the decision before he came in the room. >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it, by the way. >> mr. trump decided to fire him and in turn contradicts white house statements. and still on track. the acting fbi director says nothing will stop the russian probe.