morning news and cbs this morning. morning. and from the broadcast captioning funded by cbs it's monday, december 4th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." presidential tweets. mr. trump takes aim at the fbi and the special prosecutors investigation into russian election meddling sparking a warning from some lawmakers. taking to the skies, the united states and south korea come togetherr for a m massive combined a air f force drdrill. ian election meddling in

the 2016 election which is in. ing closer to the white house. brook silva-braga has more. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. he took special interest in the news that the senior fbi counsel was removed after it was discovered that he had sent anti-trump/pro-hillary e-mails. the president responded agents act with unwavering

integrity. this sparked a tweet on saturday that sources tell cbs it was actually crafted by mr. trump's lawyer. it suggests the president knew mike flynn lied to the fbi before firing him. some suggestion if he did know that and then asked director james comey to drop it, that might have led to. >> a dialogue the president disputes. he tweeted sunday, i never asked comby to stop investigating flynn. just more fake news covering a comey lie. >> would say this as president. there's an ongoing investigation. comey may be part of it. you tweet and comment at your own peril. flynn fleeding guilty friday to the fbi is now cooperating with robert mueller's investigation into russia's meddling in the

election. now, the tweet that raised those concerns about obstruction of justice were i had to fire flynn because he lied to the f bbi. sources said not only did he say it, he knew it at the time of the firing. president trump said he's willing to negotiate a key part of the gop tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate. it must now be reconciled with the house version. mr. trump said he would consider the tax rate at 22% instead of 20%. john dickerson said he thinks the president will have the bill he wants by christmas. >> he defines the bill he wants as any that comes before him. they need to be reconciled.

but it seems with the body lan garage, they're going to be able to work out any minor differences between the two bills and get one final bill to the president for his signature. >> democrats say the gop measures it over less wealthy americans. meanwhile the government funding runs out at midnight on friday. the house introduced a stopgap measure on saturday. democrats say they won't vote for any bill that does not include there won't be a shutdown on that issue. ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with white house bunt director mick mulvaney. this morning the united states and south korea began five military drills called vigilance ace. it comes a week after north

korea test-fired e its most powerful missile. president trump is expected to announce wednesday his decision on whether to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. mr. trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner the president has not decided yet. palestinian president abbas warned it would jeopardize. they discovered the missing girl mariah. she was found in the woods. the mother's boyfriend is due in court today. a memorial to a woman killed by an undocumented immigrant is

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our top stories this morning, president trump says the fbi is in tatters, the worst in history. that's one of a string of tweets of the pretsident attacking the fbi. one tweet suggested he knew former national security adviser mike flynn lied to the fbi before firing him. sources tell "cbs evening news" the tweet was actually crafted by mr. trump's lawyer. they hope to have a reconciled tax bill passed and ready signed before christmas. the senate barely passed the measure late saturday. mr. trump said he may be willing to negotiate a key portion of the plan, the corporate tax rate. it is currently set at 20%.

mr. trump says that he would consider changing it to 22% if that's what it takes to get the bill to his desk. alabama's special election for the senate seat vacated by attorney general jeff sessions is nearly a week away and our news poll finds roy moore is leading despite a sexual misconduct scandal. at a diner we met penny lloyd who told us despite the allegations against judge moore she will vote for him because -- >> he is the lesser of two ev evils. >> was there ever any hesitation? >> no, not after he won the primary. i recognized it pretty quickly. >> penny's husband is jim lloyd. he, too, is voting for moore. >> do you have any reason not to believe the women? >> not especially, no.

i believe that it's very possible that all of the women could be absolutely truthful, but on the other hand, i think it's very possible that the other camp could have motivated a lot of women to do and say that. >> there are few i agree with. >> have the allegations against mr. moore turned you off? >> i feel in the middle about them. personally i am one to definitely blooesh a woman when she says she was sexually assaulted, but to come out so far later, that's very weird. >> there's another, richard shelby. he voted absentee. he did not vote for roy moore. instead the senator sate he wrote in the name of another republican. david begnaud, cbs news, birmingham, alabama.

coming up on "cbs this morning," a first in this country. a baby was born from a transplanted uterus of a live donor. dr. tara narula looks at how the procedure may help women struggling with infertility. and author dan brown joins us in the studio with his latest book, "origin." that's the latest news for this monday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. a live look outside at the bay bridge as we start this week. it is chilly out there, clear, but we have windy conditions. good morning, it is monday, december 4th. thank you for waking up with us. i am kenny choi. >> it is cold and windy out

there. we have all kinds of action. >> yes. we have a crazy day out there. it woke me up, howling out there. >> you have double duty today, news anchor and with weather, right? >> i do! >> let's talk about the headlines today. here is what to expect. a live look at shows. you will probably -- san jose. you will probably feel the winds there, as well. 39 right now temperature-wise. oakland 38. livermore 39 and santa rosa 34 degrees. tomorrow morning will be chilly. we have freeze watches, warnings, all that this effect for a lot of california. i will talk about that, the wind advisory and the coastal flood warning. a lot of action today. and please keep a firm grip on the steering wheel out on the roadways.