♪ it's tuesday, february 14th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight -- michael flynn has resigned. the president's national afcurity adviser steps down seter lvera days of damaging reports. in northern california, choppers drop massive rocks from overhead,vacuees are watching and waiting hoping it works. dominance defined. uconn women's team do what no ,

and as the westminster dog show kicks off, one dog has heir own idea for the ability course. . >> come on, come on! captioning funded by cbs good morning. from the cbs news headquarters in studio 57. i'm anne-marie green. national security adviser michael flynn is out. with reports that he misled vice president mike pence about this contacts. general keith kellogg is going to be the acting security adviser. hena daniels is here in new york with the details good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the president has already named his pick for act national security adviser with a short list. while the resignation was swift, questions still linger over his

ambassador. >> reporter: president trump's national security adviser michael flynn step down monday night. dogged by questions. transcripts obtained by the u.s. intelligence committee and given to the white house show flynn repeatedly discussed obama era sanctions about russia with the russian ambassador to the u.s. shortly before the president took office. just wed, "the washington post" revealed the justice department warned the white house late last 92 flynn was potentially vulnerable to russian blackmail because of the calls. >> general flynn, it's a big week for general palestinian. >> reporter: kellyanne conway took to the airwaves in support of michael flynn. by the end of the day, the retired lieutenant army general would issue his reds nation letter admitting he inadvertently had briefed the

with information regarding a phone call with the russian ambassador. the white house quickly named retired lieutenant general keith kellogg as his interim replacement. flynn's resignation is doing little to satisfy some democrats. >> did the president instruct general flynn to talk to the ambassador? >> reporter: representative elijah cummings of maryland is now calling for a fuel briefing from the fbi. in a statement, cummings wrote, we in congress need to know who else in the white house is a current and ongoing risk to our national security. and russia has reacted to the shake-up, overnight, a senior law official says it's a sign that president trump has them backed into the corner but that the white house has, quote, been by anti-russian sentiment. the trump

security practices. one involving works on a massive security issue, the north korea missile test and some diners in a club in florida. >> reporter: shortly after the missile launch, photographs posted on social media so michael flynn and chief strategic steve bannon gathered around the president in a public dining room. it's not known what they were discussing, but the president and japanese prime minister read information by candlelight and made phone calls all while the first lady and others looked on. mar-a-lago club member richard posted posts on facebook. . and if the president discussed sensitive information it posed a security risk. >> they should have gone to a cu

been able to talk briefly about it, been able to strategize. none of that happened here. >> reporter: the president often in ail white house situation room or if they are traveling in a mobile secure communications facility. president obama, for example, was photographed taking secure phone calls in a tent in brazil in 2011. and just last year, inside a trailer in havana. the white house denies that there was a security risk. in its statement, the president says it was briefed on the north korea situation in a classified setting both before and after dinner. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. ahead on "cbs this morning" -- we will talk to fran townse townsend, cbs news senior analyst about the trump administration and what's next for the trump administration. form, president trump holds his second

foreign minister benjamin netanyahu. yesterday, he had a meeting with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. both men talked about the bonds between the two countries but their differences particularly on immigration were hard to miss. >> we cannot let the wrong people in. and i will not allow that to happen during this administration. >> well, i think canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern themselves. >> regarding immigration, trudeau said canada continues to have policies of openness. a federal judge rejected a trump administration request to postpone a lawsuit challenging the president's travel ban. u.s. dict judge james robe bart ruled yesterday that the lawsuit can go forward. he had previously issued a temporary restraining order stopping the ban. that prompted a tweet from the president. see new court. well after monday's

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. on the "cbs moneywatch" delivers some cuddly. and another company is under fire for foreign prices. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more, good morning, jill. >> fed chair january the yellen testifies on capitol hill. most analysts say the fed will keep raising interest rates this year. we'll see what they has do. the dow, 142 points, the nasdaq climbed 29. and the delay of an introduction of a drug following

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but even in affairs of the heart, you should still use your head. >> i couldn't think of anything else i'd rather be doing. >> reporter: this is nick's 23rd valentine's day as owner of the shop in new york city. >> flowers is definitely the tradition for valentine's day. >> reporter: but bado says you must think through. >> you really shouldn't. >> reporter: prices for roses are marked up on valentine's day when demand is high. >> a lot of time people place value on long-stem roses as opposed to shorter stemmed roses. >> reporter: okay. >> a rose that's three feet tall doesn't make is it any better if it's not going to last. >> reporter: he suggests ordering flowers that are in season like lilies or chrysanthemums. >> i'm getting tulips. >> reporter: do you know if the on

for likes tulips? >> i'm pretty sure she does because she requested them. >> reporter: you should also think about price point. this is in the $50 range? >> correct. >> reporter: when dropping that kind of cash, he suggested checking with a local florist rather than checking with a national florist. >> you can't expect to get something like this. >> reporter: flowers spark emotion. he doesn't realize i'm taking all of this with me. >> you don't realize that i've never taken a rose back from a lady. >> reporter: cbs news news, new york. bakeries in new york are thinking valentine's day is half baked with. customers can send treats that says love stinks or go away if

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morning. ours 20k in 20 days is back. we'll tell you how to win and when. plus it's valentines day. here's something giving a new meaning to the phrase love is in the air. let's check the weather with allyson rae. good morning. >> good morning. much more comfortable day after yesterday with the dangerous winds. today is going to be a really nice day. we have cloud cover to start. michael an son camera looking pretty quiet this morning. winds out of the south west. a disturbance could bring a stray shower or a couple flurries for areas south and west. no big deal. 21 for gathersburg. it's chilly but comfortable and not so bad for december february. through the morning coming up highs today either si

degrees. ellen probably a little bit quieter this morning for you as well. >> today is looking nice. before i left yesterday power outages and rock slides not sure if it all cleared up. i'll show you why in a second. you will find construction between fairfax drive. maybe there are still power outages in ross lin area but there is also construction. one of the traffic lights isn't working. i'm larry miller in the wusa 9news room. we are keeping a close eye on evacuations below the oroville dam. overnight governor jerry brown asked the trump administration for federal assistance in a spillway failure. aid is needed to help 188,000 residents evacuating as more and more are being asked to leave. >> this is without precedent the fact you are calling an

scope. the worst case scenario is we tell people to go home and a few days later say you got to get the heck out of here again. >> this began after the main concrete spillway on the dam started breaking apart and used the emergency spillway for the first time in the dam's 48 year history and they are scared it may all fail. we are following developments about mel franklin arrested last year for a drunk driving incident where he took a government car and injured people. his request delayed proceedings. he'll now report to the county circuit court to receive a trial date. >> thanks so much larry. that's a quick look at what's going on. >> happy valentines day. the news at 4:30 starts right

now. it's amazing what the wind can do. it is 32 degrees right now feeling like 30 degrees warmer than it did this time yesterday morning because there's no wind. so glad you are with us and i'm mike why dabbing. >> i'm jane and the weather is going to cooperate. >> yes it is going to be a really nice day by february standards nothing too cold or too warm. so if you have anything secret planned outside i think the weather is going to cooperate with you. camera looking cloudy this morning 32 degrees out of the south west wind. the dew point is not too low so we do have the chance for sprinkles or flurries flying around not for everybody but usually with that northwesterly wind yesterday you would see such dry air that a lot of it would evaporate. today areas west just a stray shower or flurry possible. the

you factor in no wind out there. a stray shower or snow shower by 12: 00 through the morning hours. again it's not going to be wide spread. very, very isolated. then we see increasing sunshine. highs today in the upper 40s and low50 ease so not a--low 50s so not a bad day at all. we'll talk about the 50s in just a bit. allyson rae on the roads nothing like you saw yesterday. not a lot of reports of branches down and wires down or high and heavy winds. 95 southbound construction from baltimore headed in this area when you pass by 32 right there and also route 216 a couple lanes might be closed. the left lane on 66 out of d.c. between glee road and fairfax drive you notice that construction