thank you for watching. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, february 1st, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." fbi pushback. the agency publicly clashes with the white house over the potential release of a classified republican memo on russia. and on the way to their annual retreat, republican lawmakers jump into action after the amtrak train they were riding in hit a garbage truck in rural virginia. and police put the squeeze on orange thieves after a traffic stop turns into a fruit bust.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning the white house and the fbi are engaged in an unusually public and escalating clash over the release of a classified memo. the republican written memo is critical of the fbi's handling of the russia investigation. late last night the top democrat on the house intelligence committee charged the vote to release the memo was invalid because the don't had been secretly altered after the vote by the republicans who wrote it. jeff pegues explains. >> reporter: in a rare statement the fbi pushed back hard against the memo being released. we have grave concerns about material ee omissions of fact, the statement reads, that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy. it was a stinging challenge to

president trump by christopher wray, his hand-picked fbi director. they met chief of staff john kelly at the white house to argue against the release of the memo. the four-page document authorized by devin nunes alleges abuses by the fbi and doj when seeking the surveillance warrant of a trump campaign official. nunez says it's clear that top officials used it to fuel a counterintelligence investigation. democrats accuse nunez and the white house of distorting the facts in the review in order to discredit special counsel robert mueller's investigation. adam schist is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. >> what you do think the goal of it is here? >> to provide a misleading statemhe union speech, the

president said he was committed toic maing the memo public. white house and national security officials are reviewing whether to block the memo's release, but john kelly said he expects it to be released pretty quick. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. the national transportation safety board is investigating a collision between a garbage truck and a train carrying members of congress. it is unclear why the truck was on the tracks in rural virginia yesterday morning. the truck driver, one of three people on the truck was killed. no laurmt was seriously injured though. the lawmakers were headed to an annual party conference and are scheduled to hear from the president today. hena doba is on capitol hill. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump is headed to west virginia today one day after about 100 lawmakers were

on that train involved in the deadly collision. today they're trying to resume business as usual. republicans will begin planning out their strategy for the new year. after a moment of silence, the republican policy retreat in west virginia wept on as cheduled last night. it's the same retreat many gop members of congress were traveling to yesterday when their train struck a garbage truck in virginia killing a man inside the vehicle. he's been identified as 28-year-old christopher foley. >> all of a sudden we heard a loud crash. senator bill cassidy, a doctor, was one of them. he said for him the decision to proceed for the conference was, if anything, solidified after spending the afternoon helping to save lives. >> if we're speaking about defense and foreign affairs, it

might be saving our marines, gis, sailors' lives. much like the president did here in the state of the union. he also acknowledged to potentially tough task ahead. >> i'm convinced that the wisdom of holding the upcoming is going to be a challenge. >> he urged the train and the t. and, anne-marie, again, they're trying to figure out why the tra truck was on those tracks in the first place. >> thanks a lot, hena. the trump administration has extended a humanitarian program

allowing over 78,000 syrians to remain in this country for another 18 months. the program was set to end in march. homeland named the interim president at michigan state. more than 100 abuse victims are suing the school. >> to those survivors of larry

nassar, i've been amazed by your strength and your courage, and i pledge i will not let your efforts be in vain. >> engler said he will move swiftly to implement change wit security. she said she was embarrassed and made a serious mistake. >> i'm so sorry for all the pain that i have caused my family and his family, and i know that god will forgive me, but the national doesn't have to. >> barry said her affair with robert forest started several months after she took office but it was now over. she said she is not stepping down. forrest retired yesterday after

serving over 2 3 1 years on the job. the unusual flu season is causing a nationwide shortage of a very popular flu drug. chris martinez has our report. >> reporter: tamiflu can shorten the flu by a day or two when taken within the first 48 hours of symptoms. >> they're less likely to suffer additional issues. it's tip inially for those at high risk including children under 2, adults over age 65, pregnant women and those with chronic health conditions like asthma, diediabetes, and hart disease. this cvs in los angeles temporarily ran oust the drug and many others are facing shortages. >> reporter: pediatric infe infectious disease doctor amy

edwards says neuropsychiatric side effects are usually rare. >> hallucinations, self-behavior, that sort of authentic, it's not clear whether it's tamiflu or the influenza itself. it can cause encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain. >> reporter: schirn may have increased risk of confusion or abnormal behavior. >> they didn't tell you. they need to let the parents know, hey, watch your kids, don't just leave them alone. >> reporter: the makers of tamiflu say they can't comment on this case. the company says they take all reports seriously and thoroughly investigates. chris martinez, cbs news. >> coming up on the "morning news," marijuana convictions go up in smoke. how they're helping thousands of people start with a cleanh lord announcement. this is the "cbs morning news."

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range and inserted a high round capacity magazine and firing it. that made it an assault weapon which is illegal for foreigners to possess. ten years ago a virginia tech student went on a shooting rampage on campus killing 32 impeachment. the "san francisco chronicle" reports the city will wipe thousands of marijuana convictions off the books. san francisco's district attorney said prosecutors will apply california's laws making marijuana legal to past criminal cases. the d.a. said his office will dismiss nearly 3,000 misdemeanor cases and review nearly 5,000 felony cases for possible action. "vanity fair" reports somebody finlly asked michelle obama what was in the tiffany box melania gave her. on the morning of his swearing-in ceremony last year, mrs. trump gave police obama the box as a gift, but what was inside remained a mystery.

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our top stories this morning. the national transportation safety board is investigating a collision between a train carrying dozens of republican lawmakers and a garbage truck. the truck hid the train yesterday morning in virginia about 25 miles west of washington. the lawmakers were headed to an annual retreat. the truck driver was killed. and the fbi says it has grave concerns about the accuracy of classified memo about the russia election investigation written by republicans. the memo alleges the fbi abused an intelligence gathering program to spy on a trump campaign adviser. president trump is considering whether to release the memo to the public. the president is calling for a big investment to fix the nation's crumbling

infrastructure, but much of the money would come from private companies. but laws in several states present roadblocks. kris van cleave has more. >> reporter: interstate 440 is the road nashville residents complain about most. >> it's like driving on a dirt road. >> it can rattle your teeth. >> what makes 440 so bad? >> everything. >> reporter: it's a pothole-laden seven-mile stretch of decades-old concrete. the state plans to spend $100 million. it's part of a $10 billion infrastructure project statewide. nationally u.s. infrastructure earns a d-plus according to the american society of civil engineers. at least $2 trillion is needed over the next decade to keep pace. >> it's also time to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. >> reporter: president trump is

calling for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package while calling for hundreds of billions more from cities, states, and the private sector, but private investment requires projects that make money like toll roads, which are typically in urban areas. >> to think we can do this with just $200 billion over the next ten years by the federal government is just not an issue. >> reporter: in tennessee toll roads are illegal. also the state doesn't borrow money for infrastructure. the trump plan is expected to favor loans, which has officials here concerned. state transportation commissioner john schroer. >> since they're looking at public/private partnerships and leveraging federal dollar, won't be a player in that. >> reporter: tennessee is one of six states that has raised its gas tax in the last few years to pay for infrastructure projects like the work on 440. president trump's plan isn't expected to go to congress for

another couple of weeks, so the details could change, but it's already facing strong opposition from democrats. kris van cleave, cbs news, nashville. on "cbs this morning," the popular dating app tinder is being accused of discriminating against its older users. we'll talk with cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman. plus a group of women is looking to do more than watch the super bowl. jan crawford met with 250 women looking to get hired in the mostly male world of the nfl. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

it is time to wake up, they area, as you take a live look at the bay bridge, it is a new day and a new month, it is thursday, february 1. >> good morning.

how is everyone doing today? >> can you believe it is february? >> i love the bright colors. >> we didn't even coordinate, but here we are. [ laughter ] >> we definitely thought of condiments this morning. [ laughter ] here is a view of san francisco. look how pretty it is. we aren't seeing much fog. some areas have low-lying patchy fog, but there are only a few light clouds out there. friday, saturday, and sunday will get much warmer. >> friday is almost here, but we have thursday first. let's take it over to 580. we see the usual slow bound -- slowing build. this is 880 near the coliseum. northbound traffic on the right