captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is thursday, june 8th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." james comey prepares to deliver the most anticipated testimony in years. the former fbi director confirms president trump did ask him for loyalty and did ask him to drop the investigation on michael flynn. comey also says he told the president he is not being investigated. >> we've got full coverage from capitol hill and reaction from the white house where the preident says he already feels totally vindicated. plus we look at the next fbi director christopher rwray and what's in store.

and bill cosby's victim. how she says one of the most famous men drugged and sexually assaulted her. >> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this testimony has all the makings of a bombshell. >> every page reads like a john grisham novel. >> all eyes on washington as james comey prepares to testify. >> to any lawyer with half a brain, they really wouldn't let james comey testify if there was an obstruction of justice to be made because you wouldn't let your star go out the world. >> i'm surprised. aren't you? >> is it concerning to you? >> of course. >> is it appropriate for the lawer to ask a question of the fbi director. >> honestly i don't think it is. >> what he was doing was trying to seduce him but seduction is not an impeachable offense. perhaps in the '90s, but it's

not anymore. >> he's going to tweet something idiotic tomorrow and ruin his own good chris wray news cycle. >> we don't know. >> it's 4:30. >> nothing yet. another force by north korea. >> it is election day across the uk. >> a little dog. there he goes. >> all that -- >> a man stole a backhoe and then used it to try to rob an atm. >> they're calling him the backhoe bandit. >> durant for three. it's good. golden state stays perfect. a crushing loss for the cavs. >> -- and all that matters -- >> anticipation building as the country waits to hear directly from director james comey. >> can you imagine being fired and the next thing you get to trash talk your boss in front of the whole world. a dream come true. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> extra, extra, reeds all about it.

comey christmas comes early. >> can you feel the an anticipation? i can feel it. i can feel it. ♪ comey in the air tonight, o lord ♪ thank you very much. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." former fbi director james comey is ready for what could be historic testimony on capitol hill. it all starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern, and we will bring it to you live here on cbs. comey will tell the senate intelligence committee that president trump told him he needed and expected his personal loyalty. >> james comey will also testify that in february mr. trump asked him to drop the fbi investigation and to fire

national security adviser michael flynn, saying, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, letting flynn go. and according to comey weeks later he wantewanted to, quote, the cloud with regard to the russian meddling. >> comey told the president three times he was not being investigated. john dickerson and jan crawford are in our studio 57 this morning and we have nancy cordes and jeff pegues on capitol hill. we'll begin with nancy. good morning. >> good morning. it's hard to recall a hearing in recent years that has attracted more attention. comey will be sitting right here, and there's a reason why he released his opening statement in advance. he wanted to give these 17 senators a chance to absorb what was said in those conversations between him and the president before they pepper him with questions today.

>> this testimony has all the makings of a bomb shil. >> the release of comey's prepared remarks added more intreelg to his highly anticipated testimony. >> each piece of evidence that jim comey is raising in his testimony points toward obstruction of justice. >> the ousted fbi director describes a private dinner with the president just seven days after the inauguration where president trump informed him, i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. comey said he didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. he said he viewed the conversation as an effort to create some sort of patronage relation ship. in the next conversation, trump urged him to let go of the investigation of national security adviser michael flynn. comey said he felt it was inappropriate and asked attorney general jeff sessions to avoid

the future communications between himself and mr. trump. but a little over a month later the president called comey at the fbi asking him to get the fact out that he was not personally under investigation. comey told him he 45- to 60-minute nothing to do with russia, nothing do with hookers involved in russia, a dossier obtained by russia. >> if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck. >> republican richard burr who chairs the senate intelligence committee told reporters i don't think from what i've read there's evidence of wrongdoing. >> to the best of my recollection, i have never done anything i believe to be illegal, immoral, unethical, or inappropriate. >> they both told the committee yesterday that they could not share details of their private conversations with the president even though they, too, were

asked to downplay the russian investigation. >> i'm asking whether or not you have ever been asked by anyone to influence an ongoing investigation. >> i understand, but i'm just not going to go down that road. >> senators were frustrated. especially since robert mueller had not put any restrictions on their testimony. based on his opening remarks, comey will be much less restrained today possibly, norah, because he's now a private citizen who no longer has a relationship with the president to manage. >> great reporting, nancy. thank you so much. the white house is already pushing back against james comey. margaret brennan is there to try to get ahead of the testimony. good morning. >> good morning. the loudest pushback today is likely to come from the president's own twitter feed and a group of former trump administration and campaign

officials. their rapid response team and an affiliated group has already hit the airwaves. they're called america first policies. it's likely to push back the president's lawyer's words who said last night the president feels completely and totally vindicated by comey's admission when he told the president he's not personally under any investigation. according to comey's prepared remarks, he will testify that was true, we did not have an open counterintelligence case on him, i offered that assurance. but the fbi probe into russian meddling election is ongoing and comey felt it unwise to publicly say trump was not under public investigation in case new information was uncovered. comey has not spoken since he was fired back on may 9th and he'll be closely scrutinized. so the question today will

center on whether the president intended to obstruct justice or whether these conversations, gayle, were simply inappropriate. >> thank you very much, margaret. as the fired fbi director prepares to testify, the man chose on the replace him is also in the spotlight today. christopher wray is a well established washington lawer who was an assistant attorney general under former president george w. bush. he led the investigation while comey was deputy attorney general. jeff pegues is outside fbi headquarters with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it appears wray steps into one of the toughest jobs in washington right now. the fbi facing scrutiny and there is uncertainty ahead. comey's firing left a hole in the bureau. if confirmed as its next director, chris wray's mission would be to bring stability to the fbi and its more than 35,000 employees. president trump who interviewed

wray on may 30th said he is an impeccably qualified individual and a fierce guardian of the law. >> he understands how to operate under crises. he understands how the agency works. >> reporter: roscoe howard, a former u.s. attorney works with wray at the doa shoo i would be shocked if he had some sort of political agenda. it's just not the chris wray i've come to know. >> reporter: a graduate of yale law, just before 911 he became associate attorney general and later moved on to handle the justice department's criminal division. last year he served as chris christie's layer hired to navigate the bridgegate scandal. former justice department officials spoke highly of wray, describing him as the right man at the right time for the nation and the fbi, a person of extraordinary integrity, and someone who simply doesn't make mistakes.

wray will likely take charge, law enforcement tells cbs news, in general, this is not a great time at the fbi. roscoe howard said it's clear the fbi is embracing for a challenge position. >> i think we'd be all foolish to think there's no turmoil going on. is it chaotic? sure. but any more chaotic than 9/11? no. >> reporter: that will be tough do for a someone who has a voracious appetite for testimony. >> thanks. the senate judiciary, house oversight and house intelligence committees are also holding heroes on the issue. congressman adam schiff is a member of the house committee. good morning. >> good morning, charlie.

>> why do you believe in the opening state of comey there's an indication of obstruction of justice including chair of the intelligence committee is saying they don't see anything like that? >> there's certainly evidence here and if you were prosecuting a case of obstruction, you would admit the entirety of comey's testimony, there's not a judge on the land that would think otherwise. we have not heard the oral testimony of jim comey. what i would like to try to find out in today's testimony among other things because i think we have seen a lot of the outline of what he has to say is who would be able to corroborate this testimony, who did he share this information with, what can he tell us about the notes that he took and when he took them, what else can he tell us about some of the details around these conversations. but if you have evidence as we do now that the president

demanded loyalty from the fbi director in a conversation where he dangles the director's job before him, then asks him to drop a part of the investigation, lift the russian cloud and fires him when he doesn't do any of this, to say that doesn't constitute obstruction of justice, i think you have to be willfully looking in the other direction. >> in terms of corroboration, he said he shared the memos with the leadership at the time. but let me ask you this. do you see intent on behalf of the president in terms of obstruction of justice? >> well, you know, this is one of the key issues. that is you have jim comey's perception of what this might mean. you have the actual statements themselves. we're going to want, i think, as much detail as jim comey can provide about those conversations. were there any other statements that would shed light on the president's intention. and in this respect, this is why

we cannot also accept "i won't answer the question" from witnesses like director coats and director roerjs because if he had conversation with some of the other intelligence agency heads, that's further evidence. some of what i believe he'll say as is in the written testimony is that the president sent everybody out of the room. why do that unless you're conscious that what you're about to ask is not an appropriate request. >> it seems you're looking what he did not say in the opening statement, that you need something else to make the case for obstruction of justice. >> no, i wouldn't put i that way. i would say from the four corners of his statement largely what his testimony will be. i academy siem he's going to testify completely consistent with that and i would have to disagree with my colleague lindsey graham. the fact that bob mueller is not

worried about testifying has nothing do with it. rather i think it shows confidence jim comey will be consistent in his testimony before the senate and in any later proceeding, but i wouldn't read anything into that conclusion one way or the other. >> congressman schiff, thank you very much. >> thank you. right now cbs correspondent john dickerson of "face the nation" is here along with cbs correspondent jan crawford. good morning. >> good morning. >> first this. i keep thinking about this. this is a legacy-shaping day today, not just for the former fbi director but also how the president himself responds. >> that's true. there are a lot of senators who are going to think about their legacy as they ask questions themselves. there's going to be a lot of show here. how the president responds will

be fascinating because one of the questions here is whether the president crossed boundaries. it's been a question that's been throughout his presidency. so if he is live tweeting this event, it's another opportunity. it's an opportunity for him to get his message out but another opportunity to cross boundaries again. >> jan, let's go through this too. the first meeting comey describes in his opening statement today, the first meeting in trump tower where they meet alone, sets the stage for the heart of the relationship. comey presents this dossier with salacious details. >> right. it's written in such a dramatic way. the narrative -- i was kind of waiting for "it's a dark and stormy night when we gathered at trump tower," which i think is what he intended, digestible for the public, so they could be taken in on this side of the event. when you look at the encounters he describes for the president,

that's troubling. it doesn't sound good. is that evidence for obstruction? potentially. but is it obstruction on its face? that's what we're going to see a lot of today. >> isn't it interesting that dona donald's layers say he is totally vindicated. have you jumped the gun? >> it's going to be political. he's obviously trying to say that the president wanted those assurances out there. he gets very frustrated that they weren't and the question is comey said he couldn't make it public because it might have changed. >> adam schiff said to both of you, he's looking for conversations with comey that he may have had with other people. we do not know who they are. >> he said it after these various points. >> how did they word it? how did they confirm what he said? >> he's got the memos to confirm. the thing we have to not forget,

it's not just the seven pages and the influence of the investigation. it was the fact that the fbi director himself was fired. there was a link between loyalty and performance and that went throughout their conversations. and then in the end, the threat that comey thought was implicit in his thoughts of what the president said came to be. he was fired for not doing what the president wanted. that was part of it in addition to the outline in the opening statement. >> but did the question fire him because he did not dmo what i want? >> he said it in his conversation on television with lester holt. >> of course, the president is head of the executive branch. he gets to fire executive branch officials who don't implement the policies that he sees fit. he might have said, i fired mike flynn, put your policies and resources elsewhere.

that he's n that's not it. >> we look forward to your live coverage. the cbs special report will begin at 10:00 a.m. eastern, 9:00 central here on cbs and on our cbsn network. bill cosby hopes to poke holes in his sexual assault

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comey also described a dinner he had with trump after the inauguration when comey was invited he thought others would be attending. when he showed up, it turns out to be just the two o them at a small oval table. come on. that's the oldest trick in the book. >> this is sounding less like "all the president's men" and more like a lifetime original movie. >> we sit in silence. i love it. i love that comey basically has to treat trump lake he's a bear he came across in the wild. if i stay still, maybe he will leave me alone.

>> the interpretations are very amusing. listen. it does read like a movie in some parts. >> i couldn't put it down. i was texting you guys. are you reading it? i couldn't put it down. >> is there any doubt people are focused on it? >> today we'll get the delivery ourselves. welcome back to "cbs this morning." fired fbi director james comey is across the headline this morning. they described nine private conversations with president trump. most headlines focus on how comey asked the president for his loyalty. >> comey also said the president called on him to let go the investigation into his former national security adviser michael flynn. chip reid is outside the capitol hill hearing room where the testimony will take place. chip, good morninglet what a historic morning it is. >> well, it is. i'll tell you a lot of people are taking in the history. you can see the line back here. the people in the front of the line have been here since 5:00

this morning and the line goes around the corner all the way down the hall around the next corner. literally hundreds of people and a lot of people are senate interns. they're here to see history being made an and their senate i.d.s got them in early and so they're kind of hogging the seats up there. we know what he'll say. he'll said mr. trump asked him what we can do, quote, to lift over the cloud." he said, hope you can let this go, referring to the michael flynn investigation. several times mr. trump pressed comey to pledge his loyalty. the big question is what comey will say beyond his released opening statement. we know he will not make a legal argument but he will tell his side of the story. senators on both sides of the aisle are expected to push him to reveal more. one thing that's important to note is the russian

investigation into meddling, the congressional meddling has been going on for months and there's no solid evidence of wrongdoing by the trump campaign. one reason the hearing is so heavily anticipated is because comey is first major witness to testify publicly about what happened. charlie? >> thanks, chep. here's a look at this morning's other headlines from around the globe. the telegraph in london reports on the election in britain. prime minister theresa may cast her vote this morning. jeremy corbyn, the opposition labor party also voted. may's conservative party is hoping to make big gains in parliament, but a poll yesterday showed it is only a small lead over the labor party, 42% to 88%. north korea fired several cruise missiles. were launched from north korea's east coast. they appear to be anti-ship

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hospitalized with severe burns. the mayor said the officers will be fired and could face criminal charges. the key witness in bill cosby's sexual assault trial stood by her story over two days of cross-examination. andrea constand was on the stand for over four heres yes. cosby's attorney tried to reveal inconsistencies in her account based on phone records. he looked down at the table for most of it. senior legal analyst rikky klieman is here. good to see you. >> gonice to see zblu how was s? >> she's prosecution. she's very strong. she c sensible, someone who is willi r and sticko prosecution, they have to beyct if i were the

prosecutor, i would hav i thinks the strongerwomen. >> her mother alsolows up after the defense the defense side of that too. do think is strong because what her mothehe you have to see yourapart and n understand why. then you f daughter says she wased and mother makes phoneal the ability to say what he ifact, of those calls. >> so what does the defense have to do sh. >> well, the defense is in a bind here. the defense can do all they want to try to cross-examine her as they did for many, many hours and say, well, look, you called him 53 times after this alleged sexual assault. you had been to his home for intimate dinners before the

sexual assault. you had laid on a bed next to him at foxwoods casino before the sexual assault. and you even brought him gifts after the sexual assault. so, really, what's your story, miss constand, says the defense. is the story that you really wanted this kind of encounter with him? was it consensual, and then did you decide because perhaps you were embarrassed that you wanted to make a little money by suing him. >> how does she answer those questions? >> she is solid. she's unafraid of saying, look, he was at temple university, he was a powerful trustee, i had to answer his phone calls. i called him back. >> she was a coach. >> she was a coach. she said, there was nothing i did that would have made me -- that i would have done in any other way. i needed to talk to him about this but i didn't know how. we also have to remember, norah, this is 2004.

this is nois not 2017. attitudes about sexual assault and how women act and react and how jurors perceive them. >> you say the first witness you would have called was andrea. the first is kelly johnson. >> i think calling kelly johnson first was a mistake. i don't think ultimately it will make a mistake but kelly johnson is someone who's not as good a witness and beefing up kelly johnson's testimony by her mother and lawyer is not the best thing. she's not the main witness. >> you say lead with strength. >> yes. >> rikki klieman, thank you so much. more than ever nasa is relying on companies like space ex to grow. ahead, whether their plans with commercial partners could put the space agency's own goals at risklet you're watching "cbs

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when elon musk held a conference call announcing plans to use a powerful rocket that hasn't yet flown to bring private tourists around the moon next year. an ambitious timeline according to mary lynn dittmar. >> if you're putting all the scheduled pressure on, you're automatically creating a situation where you're operating at a higher risk because of the deadline. >> are you concerned? >> i'm concerned for the deadline for spacex. and lift-off. >> reporter: nasa has relied on russia for rides to space ever since its shuttle program ended in 2011. >> not anything against the russians but it would be good to have americans who can move back and forth now from earth to space using our own vehicles.

>> reporter: the biggest prize is mars. both nasa and spacex are working separately on plans to get to the red planet. >> do you see a scenario where nasa and the company might be stepping on their toes? >> well, yes. they have to relearn the dance steps, right? >> reporter: he advises them on facing competition. it seems to have worked. president trump's proposed budget for nasa in 2018 increases cooperation with industry. >> it's my belief that the human space flight endeavor of nasa will collapse unless we get more innovation from american enterprise. >> reporter: acting administrator robert lightfoot appears to agree. >> we want big companies, small companies to come help us do this. the journey is hard. >> reporter: yet basic

differences stim have to be resolved. nasa is concerned with spacex's plans for fueling a rocket. marily lynne worries. >> do you think there is that danger. >> i think there is that danger. i would hope not. i would hope people don't go down that road, but i doware about it. >> space ex would not comment for this story, but elon musk has defended the fueling process and says the company is doing everything it can to minimize the risks. later this year space ex is planning to test the languager version of its falcon rocket, the one that will eventually carry tourists going around the moon. for "cbs this morning" i'm manuel bojorquez at the kennedy space center. ahead, senator lindsey graham will weigh in on comey's

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good morning, i'm rahel solomon we are again, live in our great hall for our 11th annual alex scott a stand for hope, tell-a-thon and now if you were with us 30 minutes ago you know we talking to alycia and a leash a a volunteer, received a $400 donation and last 30 minutes i hear you got an even bigger donation. >> yes, i got a $500 donation from rich,. >> who is rich. >> our president of our company, he wanted to be the last donation, so... >> okay. we like that. no matter what your incentive for calling, we appreciate you being with us. and all of our volunteers. they have been here, appreciate the person calling this. our phone lines opened up at 6:00. alex scott this foundation great cause, raises money for

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southwestern most new jersey and parts of the central new jersey and delaware but don't let that hinder any outdoor plans, granted while we may see a few more cloud this dozened up a very pleasant day then the heat, starts to build , and we are back to the mid 80's by saturday, 90's for a stretch have time from sunday right through tuesday and we are also going to notice building humidity for sure over that time too. summer is upon us, my friend. >> it finally is, heating up, thank you, katie. looking outside we are looking very busy pushing in the southbound direction of 42 before route 55. is what going on is we have debris in the road. tractor trailer also pulled off to the far right and that vehicle will not be quite sure what they are doing. debris is farther down road but head up you can see north bound side looking okay. ninety-five south on cottman looking slow, northbound side medical emergency that has been since clear. over to you, rahel. >> thanks, meisha. again our volunteers they are here they want to work so please give us a call if you didn't hear us first time, second time number is

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> . it is thursday, june 8th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning". former fbi director james comey tells congress about president trump's one-on-one request. ahead, republican senator lindsey why he believes comey's prepared statement helps the president. but first here is today's "eye opener" at 8:00. former fbi director james comey is ready for what could historic testimony on capitol hill. >> it's har to recad to recall n recent years that has attracted more attention. comey will sit right here today. >> it's hard to know whether it

was obstruction of justice or just inappropriate. >> he asked to lift the russian cloud and then fires him. to say that doesn't constitute any evidence of obstruction, i think you have to be willfully looking in the other direction. >> for trump, that doesn't sound good. could it be evidence of obstruction? potentially. >> how the president responds will be fascinating. >> countdown to comey. in just hours the ousted fbi director testifies on his conversations with president trump. >> it's a huge moment. everyone is going to be watching. >> people are calling comey's testimony washington's super bowl. yeah. and i hear "animal planet" is even airing the "puppy comey testimony." here's a live look from room 216 inside the hart senate

office building. that's where in just two hours former fbi director james comey will speak publicly for the first time since president trump fired him. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. he leased his opening statement yesterday at his request. it previews what he will say in one of the most highly anticipated congressional hearings in years. >> james comey says the president told him, quote, i need loyalty, i expect loyalty during a white house dinner. the statement also confirms reporting that mr. trump asked comey to let go of the investigation. a former national security adviser michael flynn. >> and james comey told the president three times he was not under personal investigation. we have these stories covered from montscow to washington. good morning. >> the top democrat on this committee, virginia's mark warner, will describe those

conversations between the president and comey as disturbing. in his opening statement warner will say this not how a president of the united states behaves. now, he's referring to comey's written testimony released questioned that describes a series of one-on-one meetings that comey himself says he thought were very concerninglet he described for instance a january dinner at the white house where there was an awkward silence after the president told comey point blank i need almighty. in subsequent conversations he asked comey to help lift the cloud of the russian investigation. comey told him the fbi was investigating the matter as quickly as we could. now, senators are going to have seven minutes o each to question comey today. there are 17 of them. this could go into a second round, so he'll definitely be here for a while, guys. >> nancy,ing that you so much. a recent poll finds 56% of americans believe mr. trump is

interfering with the russian investigation. margaret brennan is at the white house. margaret, usually the president is active on twitter, but he's been silent so far. >> norahing you're tempting fate, but we have seen some of the suggested tweets reporters have been asked to post. there's a rap ud response team of former trump administration and campaign-affiliated supp w responding on twitter and elsewhere, really on the effects of james comey's testimony. we've seen talk distributed to reporters to give an idea. the spin is the following. they're going to claim comey proves there's no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia but that's a conclusion the fbi has not reached because the probe into the russian meddling is still ongoing. they're also going to claim the president never obstructed the fbi probe. however, comey will go to pains not to offer what is a legal

judgment. what you're looking at is an ad put together by the great american alliance. it's airing on cable news stations and it really attacks comey's own character and his handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. this is a team yheme you're gout from republican surrogates. but, of course, charlie, the loudest voice may be the president's own twitter feed, stand by. >> thanks, margaret. senator lindsey graham is standing by. good morning. >> good morning. >> you have said you thought the opening statement by james comey was a good thing -- a day, you said, a pretty good day for the president. >> right. >> why did you say it? >> well, number one, in the statement comey said the president is not a target or subject to an investigation. counterintelligence, criminal, or otherwise, regarding russian collusion as of this moment. now, something may happen later

but as of right now this moment the president is not under investigation for colluding with russia and unless mueller is a complete idiot, which he is not, he's concluded there ee no obstruction of justice case because if he had concluded otherwise, comey would not testify. you wouldn't let your chief go through this process if you really believed he had a case to prosecute and mueller is a strong -- >> adam schiff strongly disagrees. i think that does not suggest anything. indeed, i would be astonished if he had been earlier. >> schiff's crazy? >> no. schiff o schiff's not crazy. the analogy is crazy. you just don't do it that way. he's concluded, i think, rightly

there's no obstruction of justice. to think otherwi silly. and at the end of the day, comey's actions tend to suggestion that he didn't believe the president committed a crime. >> but, senator, is it okay for the president of the united states to invite the fbi director for a private dinner, ask him does he want his job, and then say to him, i need your loyalty. is that okay to do many. >> no. no. hlf of what trump does is not okay. if you try to convict him for being a bull in a china shop, rude and crude, he would win. but no. >> does that trouble you? >> a lot of the stuff troubles me, but it's not a crime. >> the question is not about crude or rude. it's about not only appropriateness but legality. >> right. >> let me ask you this. >> yeah. >> james comey in his testimony specifically accuses the president of asking him to drop the investigation against michael flynn. >> right. >> the president himself was asked about this on may 18th in

the white house in a joint presser where he was asked did you in any way, shape, or form ask to close down the investigation into michael flynn. the president responded, no, no. who do you believe is lying? the former fbi director or the president of the united states? >> i believe if you look at comey's statement, he said maybe he had a different view of this than i did. i think trump was maybe trying to help flynn because he had been punished enough. but you also have too remember that comey under oath may 3rd testify. there was no intervenes by anyone. that was before he was fired. now that he's been fired, he has a different story to tell. but here's the deal. when comey was asked under oath has anyone tried to interfere with this investigationings he said not at but the story described by comey is disturbing. it was inappropriate by the president to put him in this situation. >> so the question is what would be necessary in your eyes to take what we already know and make it obstruction of justice?

>> for the fbi director be consistent with the obstruction of justice by going to the department of justice, reporting a crime, signing or pursuing charges. there's no way you'll ever convince me that the fbi director, the top of the legal chain, thought this was obstruction of justice because if he had thought it, he would have done something differently. >> based on what you know, you don't see any obstruction of justice. >> i don't see any obstruction of justice. trump is note colluding with the russians. he's not colluding with his own deal. i think what bothers him most is the weak and naive response to russia on the election. he seems to have a view of putin different from everybody else in washington and that really bothers me. but let the investigation go forth and mueller go foncht let

me tell you, there's no collusion and no obstruction. >> let me ask you this, senator. do you believe there was an effort by the russians to compromise the incoming question. in other words -- >> good question. >> yeah. we learn thad he first met him at the trump tower in which he talk about this salacious and unverified document. he went because the dni said i should meet with him one on one and they may use it to compromise the incoming president. does that concern you? >> yeah. i saw it long before you were talking about it. this trump feevg whoo why are you defending trump. i'm getting suspicious with the russian details. as of this day we now know that

trump didn't clud with the russians and i believe schiff would not let comey come forward if he believed this was an obstruction of justice. the business ties, i've been suspicious about the trump and world of financing. i would keach looking. fi were the president, i would get back to governing, but from a league point of view comey has helped the president. in a political view, most americans don't trust him. 70% of the impeachment don't believe he's telling the truth about russia and that's going to hurt the president. the best thing he can do is push back against pew tin and realize the mess you're in, mr. president, is caused by interference in the election. he's providing arms to the taliban. he engaged chemical attacks against young children that makes me so mad. you're misjudging putin. >> great to have you, senator. >> thank you. we have a team of correspondents in washington and

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the organization that oversees youth football nationwide is testing a new version of the game for younger players. usa football announced yesterday a rollout of its rookie tackle pilot program to 11 legal in nine states. football has been under pressure for years to address concerns

about concussions and other issues. jeff glor is here with their effort to keep fans and players safe. >> good morning. it means a sport for millions of kids could be changing in the years to come, but it is not without skeptics. on a field in ohio, two teams demonstrated rookie tackle for us. there are no kickoffs or punts. players start in a crouch instead of a three-point stance. there are six to eight kits on the side instead of the usual 11 and the field is 40 yards long, not 100. >> right here would be the out-of-bounds line. >> the director of u.s. football scott hallenbeck is to influence

players. >> our focus is how we create a better safer environment. >> reporter: that was on kelly gilchrist's mind when her son tyler wanted to play. >> any reservations about that? >> at first we were taken back. i know there are a lot of parents and fierce. that's why we like seven-of-seven football. >> reporter: while organized tackle football participation is down sharply in the last five years, the number of kids playing flag football is up. >> what do you say to parents who express concerns and say i don't know if my son should be playing. >> i say come and take a look at this game. come and take a look at what we're teaching here. >> reporter: to teach, they're relying on coaches like chuck kyle who's won 11 state championships in ohio.

>> it's america's fashion but it should rnn't turn into a gladia sport, people yelling and screaming andloving it, but not playing it. it's a shame. >> this is their way of saying the boys are not able to play the game the way it was designed. >> reporter: terry o'neill has game called playing like pros. >> it's not correct, not safe. and when there's another way to play the game, why take those risks. >> are you worried about the future of football? >> i think actually the work we're doing right now is to ensure this game is around for many generations to come. >> those 11 different leagues will be testifying this version this fall. they say this does not change the play of the 11-member game.

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all day long, we're going to be taking your donations, we have got incentives throughout the morning we will tell but at 9:00 we have a special hour long broadcast at 9:00 where we will tell but alex scott and her legacy, but number is 1.844.977.cbs3 and we want to see what the weather is like outside, so people can make donations and at various lemonade stand around the area , so lets go to matt. >> we of course have a big day at cbs-3 with our stand for hope, temperatures are cooperating this morning, very nice afternoon as well, sitting in that high 50, low 60 range across all of the delaware valley, right now at 60 degrees in center city and trenton back down into millville 61 in dover and those higher 50's out toward lancaster and 57 right now, in reading, getting a look for this afternoon we will see, a mix of sun and cloud, throughout the day but very pleasant temperatures, even if they are about five or 6 degrees below average we will be topping things out later this afternoon, right at

75 degrees, and then as we go through nighttime hours tonight, maybe a few high cloud out there but not a bad night to open up the windows once again get a little bit of fresh air going, with the overnight low temperature tonight of 59 degrees, meisha. >> all right, matt thanks very much. and like you said, we have a great day going on with our tell-a-thon quick peak outside we had an accident here 95 south before girard and it is very busy despite the fact that the accident has been cleared. forty-two southbound near 55 we have debris spill, up ahead you can see flashing lights very slow moving in the southbound direction, normally it is northbound side that we sianni separate accident right here that is now been since cleared. plus another accident, in delaware take a look 95 south before marsh road that right lane is still compromised plus we have construction crews out there as well. back outside to you it is busy in a good way. >> we need to get this back ringing we have volunteers from, air conditioning and fire, burning some wood. fire brill.

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new mexico you're looking at live pictures from capitol hill. inside the hearing loom in about 90 minutes where former fbi director james comey will testify before the senate intelligence committee. we'll bring you that live starting at 10:00 a.m. russian president vladimir putin has repeatedly denied that. elizabeth palmer is in months kou with reaction to what's happening in washington today. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. james comey's testimony is not a big story in moscow media at the moment, anyway, but the kremlin will be watching very closely. the russian government wants federal relations with the united states and it hopes that

donald trump could deliver them. vladimir putin has gone ott of his way to support donald trump whenever he could. last time when we were in sochi and he felt it was donald trump's prerogative to fire james comey. he hopes they will meet this summer at the european summit and that will press the reset button. they'll watch very closely in case something they said today gets in the way of thing this summer. charlie? >> thanks, liz. today's highly anticipated testimony in washington could help define the trump presidency, but this will not be the first time presidential hearings have gripped the nation. chip reid is on capitol hill to show us how others have had a lasting impact. chip, good morning. >> good morning. to put this in context, this is one of a handful over the last

years that have broadcast live on national tv. as we wait for james comey to arrive to begin his testimony, let's take a look back at some of o of the other blockbuster hearings that have riveted and shaped history. >> until now i have never gauged your probing orecklessness. >> joseph welch expressed his sentiment with joseph mccarthy. >> have you no sense of decency, sir. >> reporter: robert dallek remembers when lynn donn b. johnson arranged for a broadcast. >> johnson knew this. once they saw mccarthy with his 5:00 shadow and having people see how rude and abusive he could be, it undercut him terribly. >> reporter: years later in 1966

the vietnam hearings exposed a stunning admission. >> i think our military involvement in vietnam has be to be rerk niced as unfortunate, as something we would not choose deliberately if the choice were ours to make all over again today. >> reporter: the u.s. was stuck in a war it was unlikely to win. >> it raised questions what was the purpose of it, why were we fighting there. >> from the iran-contra affair to the infamous she said -- >> i could not >> reporter: -- he said politics. they watched as bill clinton became the second president in u.s. history to undergo an impeachment trial. >> it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is. >> and then watched as hillary clinton was grilled in the

benghazi situation. >> i racked my brain on what mould could have been done or should have been done. >> reporter: the most explosive of all was watergate. it uncovered the extent of the cover-up by the nixon administration. >> i began by telling the president there was a cancer growing on a presidency r what began with a burglary ended up with nixon's resignation. >> they hear something that ee going to change the course of history. >> it's a kind of new national soap opera. >> reporter: it is perhaps ironic that today's hearing is expected to preempt some soap operas and as soon as the hearing ends today you can bet the pundits and historians will begin debating exactly where this raenks in the history of national congressional witnesses.

charlie? >> thankings. we'll be providing a team. cbs news will bring you the special report at 10:00 on cbs and cbsn. it's available on our cbs app and on cbsnews.com. james comey's testimony is must-see tv for millions of americans. some businesses are canceling meetings so they can close early. they're holding watch parties. one is buying a round of drinks for the house every time president trump tweeting about the hearing. i think our executive director is quoted in this piece. >> a lot of events are going on. "the wall street journal" reports. it finds that young people have been shut out of the housing market. 3 million potential first 250i78 buyers have skipped the market.

tight lending standards and shortage of affordable housing is to blame for that. it could have been stronger because the first-time buyers are there. today mark 1/00 days until the magazine's 100th anniversary. to celebrate the upcoming centennial issue, "forbes" is featuring some of its favorite covers and stories. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> has the mission been fun for 100 years? >> it has. of course, that's no such thing as a business running itself. it's people running businesses and we've always been about the people running businesses. what has changed running the business. people coming out of college they don't want to work up the corporate ladder. they want to start on their own.

we see more women. we see all of america want to embrace that "forbes" mission. >> it's kind of nice, randall. to look back starting with 1989 focusing on the computer. >> we had the comey hearings 28 years before where it was a cover story where all the russians were getting interested. it wasn't even russians. it was soviets. it was a russian storilet he's something here. we talked about hacking 28 years ago, russian hacking. you can see history all the way through. >> did "forbes" survive for 100 years ca focused personalities and people? >> people wanted to focus on people. even knows this no such thing asomugha cleans making business. if you look at collective decisions and people making a difference and changing, i mean in the very first "forbes," the

idea was not organized to pile up millions but to create cele steve jobs and others. >> absolutely. >> i love how a story line covers history. the war of iwo jima and the raising of flag. >> it was not paid. they put a free cover on there. >> not many publications make it to their 100th anniversary. >> we look really good, right? >> you look really good. kwhie do you think you've survived where others haven't? >> the world has come to us. it's noting corporations. it's not about numbers. it's about people. and wre've always been about the people. right now we're in an era -- you can be 22 years old and execute it.

>> but businesses like you do a lot of conferences too. >> you're absolutely right. we're bringing young on tre pronears and we bring them together. we 37,000 young entrepreneurs bonded by "forbes." so it really is a magazine that createses websites and events. we have a snapchat geofilter coming out tomorrow. >> what make the 100. can't wait. nice to have you her. critics of "come from away." ahead the cast speaks about it and what they think of their

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after they were grounded there in 2001. they won an award for best musical. it's up for seven tony music awards this sunday night. mo rocca introduces us to the cast members and the real-life pilot who's depicted on the stage. >> reporter: it's being called broadway's surprise hit of the season. now come from away is playing to standing room only crowds. more and more people keep coming. you look surprised and grateful and you all have -- you're beaming. what is -- what is drawing people? >> i think people are coming here repeatedly to heal. >> reporter: yes. "come from away" is less about the terrible events of 9/11 but the kindness of strangers.

>> true threw tragedy comes joy. they always say it, the light at the end of the tunnel. if you really open your eyes, the light is always there. >> reporter: to shine that light, 12 cast members play both newfoundland natives and stranded airline passengers from all over the world who for five days nearly doubled the population of gander, a town with about 10,000 residents. most characters are a campo ligs of real people who the writers interviewed for the show. ♪ they said girls shouldn't be in the cockpit ♪ >> reporter: the pilot is based on real-life pilot beverly bass. >> nothing is made up. it is real and it's really the way it happened. >> reporter: the first female

captain of a major american airlines and one of the pilots diverted to gander that day. >> did meeting her change your performance at all? >> yes, absolutely. i mean look how we're sitting right now. look at how we're sitting. i have adopted a lot of her mannerisms. >> reporter: the two have become close friends. beverly, how many times have you seen the show? >> i have seen the show 68 tiemts. i never get tired of seeing it, so i'll see it many more times. >> reporter: i feel like i'm soaring when i hear her sing. what is it like for you? >> it's unbelievable. she's so little and the way she belts out that voice. and i always just take a deep breath because i know it's going to be beautiful.

>> i like the sense that you're breathing for me. that's great. my heart is racing too. >> reporter: katrina bromley is the one cast member who's actually from newfoundland. >> i'm meeting people every night who are so proud, and for me, that's one of the biggest rewards of doing this show because when in your life is your job something that makes other people proud. >> reporter: 13 new musicals this season about that's the most in many, many years. you've got some stiff competition across the street. >> we're in a season in which everybody has a chance and that's exciting. >> reporter: i get that the show is heart-warming, but drop the act. with ear talking t we're talking the award. what do you have to do to knock them out? >> we've actually discussed the

and we're fine with whatever's happened. >> reporter: it really is a beautiful show without a scintilla of cynicism, really rare in this day and age, and yet it's making more than a million a week. i'm mo ruark ka from the thayer on broadway. >> on broadway. makes you want to see it before sunday. a reminder that kevin spacey hosts the 71th annual tony awards. you can watch them sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 p.m. central. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> you'll be there? >> not performing though. a pair of young brothers in california already know how to push boundaries. he helps his toddler brother escape from his crib. oh, yeah, watch this. >> co-con spoir tors. >> yes. you can hear more of our "cbs

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good morning i'm jim donovan live here in our great hall at cbs-3 where we are hosting our 11th annual, alex scott a stand for hope, tell -a-thon we need these phones to ring if you can make a donation the number on your screen 1.844.977.cbs3. we need all of these 18 phones to ring, colleen's waiting, kevin's waiting, patty as well because we need to raise money to beat childhood cancer. how are you doing, you have got appropriate wardrobe on today. >> thank you so much. >> first time doing this. >> yes. >> you want people to call you >> i do, that is what the blazer is for. >> she wore a special blaze tore make a call, give her a call, right now. we will start in a few minutes our 9:00 o'clock hour our hour long tell-a-thon but we need these phones to ring.

very quiet. 1.844.977.cbs3. there they go. make a call. 1.844.977.cbs3. again, we will be here all day long, but first we want a check of the weather, and see what it is like outside because people had lemonade stand set up, matt, lets go over to you. >> they do, jim, you are right and weather in the delaware valley will cooperate, for what is going to be a great, day for everyone that has one of those outdoor lemonade stand. check out these temperatures this afternoon, cross the region we are looking at those zero seven's for the most part , it could be a couple degrees cooler down at the shore, cape may coming in at 68, across the country that we're seeing lemonade stand today and you can see from seattle all the way to miami, temperatures looking good, can be warm though, high temperature of 107 degrees. we are not dealing with humidity, if you are going outside and doing that lemonade stand it is going to be a non-humid day, temperatures again backup in the 70's, meisha a great, great afternoon for anything

going on. >> yeah, sure is, so nice to see the sun back. thank you so much. very good morning to you. looking outside we have a accident here westbound platt bridge off ramp to 95 south it is behind these trees but it is absolutely going to slow you down a little bit. debris spill on 42 from earlier, southbound side that has now been since cleared. it is north bound side we are keeping an eye on right now and construction crews out there broad street southbound between chew avenue and somerville avenue left lane is block until around 3:00 p.m., and then when we look around that take a look at sensors only 6 miles an hour on the schuylkill as it meets up with the boulevard, that is very slow, moving, jim, we know it is busy where you are, how is everything going? >> folks, at home remodeling, glaxo smith-kline are waiting to hear from you, tillai is waiting this phone has not run g yet. call us at 1.844.977.cbs3. we will be back in just a few minutes, again please donate to our alex scott a stand for hope tell-a-thon great cause, you won't regret it, give us a

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good morning everyone i'm jim donovan here at cbs-3 in our great hall where we are hosting our 11th annual alex scott: a stand for hope tell -a-thon, yes, indeed. the number is on your screen, all day long we will raise fund, to fight pediatric cancer, the number on the screen is 1.844.977.cbs3. we have folks from volvo right now and power home remodeling that will be taking your calls throughout the hour, and we have got a very special guest, love of my life, pat ciarrocchi, hello, darling. >> hi sweetheart. >> so good to see you. thank you for being back here for once again another fantastic year. >> no matter what is happening in the world this is really a wonderful time, day to day to be able