captioning funded by cbs it's friday, february 17th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." i don't think there's ever been a president-elected in this short period of time who has done what we've done. >> president trump boasts about his accomplishments and goes after his perceived enemies in a no holds barred news conference. and senate talk a thon. they talk all night over trump's epa pick. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarterse

i'm anne-marie green. well, president trump is at a south carolina plant today but this morning focuses on his stunning back challenge conference yesterday. he did not hold back against the press being dishonest saying the intelligence leaks are legal but the news about them are fake and tajjing about his campaign links to russia. craig boswell begins our coverage. >> there's never been a presidency that's done so much in such a short period of time. >> reporter: in office for less than a month, president trump boasted about his accomplishments and brushed off reports of chaos at the white house. >> this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> he had to dismiss his acting attorney general, he faced an executive order which was rejected by three different federal courts, and then he had to take the resignation o

national security adviser. that's never happened to any precedent in history. >> reporter: but the president deflected blame. >> i inherited a mess. >> reporter: he also said the news media is -- >> it's out of tone. >> reporter: they feel like they have nowhere to go. they don't know who's running the government. >> reporter: the president dismissed any ties to russia calling it a ruse or a scam by the media. >> i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia. i don't have any deals in russia. >> reporter: he declined to say whether the white house would respond to recent russian aggression. they recently tested a ballistics missile and sent a spy ship off the u.s. waters off the east coast. the chairman of the congressional black caucuss

to set up a meeting with the president. now, this follows one of the more startling moments during yesterday's news conference when the president asked a black reporter if she could set up a meeting with the caucus. >> am i going to -- >> are you going to include the congressional blark qck caucus. >> well, i would. do you want to set up the meeting? are they friends of yours? let's go. set up a meeting. i would love to meet with the black hawk caucus. i think it's great. >> one member of the black caucus said there was an element of disrespect in mr. trump's question. the president announced a new nominee for labor secretary but a top candidate turned it down. today the senate is expected to hold the final vote on mr. trump's nominee to head the environmental protection agency. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning, hena.

meanwhile democrats held another all night session to block that vote spelling more trouble for trump administration. >> it is my conviction they are singularly unqualified. >> democrats argued all night. h time scott pruett to lead the skrierptdal protection agency. >> the reason we freak out about this one is very simple. clean air and clean water. >> they want time to examine thousands of e-mails the oklahoma attorney general had. >> why won't they give the american people the ability to find out what is inside of these e-mails before there is a vote here on the senate floor. >> but republicans disagree. >> scott pruitt is the right person to run the

need to confirm him. >> the secretary of department of labor will be mr. eric acosta. >> he named his pick to replace an andy after he withdrew his name. he named his former secretary. >> mike flynn is a fine person. i asked for his resignation. he reflespectly gave it. >> another turning down the offer citing disagreements about staffing. and the white house announced thursday it will not pursue an appeal of the suspension of the president's travel ban. instead mr. trump will issue a new executive order expected sometime next week

anne-marie. trump got some in-person dent'r fact-checking from nbc's peter alexander about the claim over the size of his e electoral victory. >> you said today you had the biggest electoral margin since ronald reagan. in fact, president obama fwots 365. >> i'm talking about republicans. >> george h.w. bush, 426 when he won as president. so why should americans trust you. >> i was given that information. i don't know. i was just given. >> i guess my question is why should americans trust you when you accuse the information they received as being fake when you're providing information that is -- >> i don't know. i was given that information. actually i had seen that information around. >> mr. trump claimed 30 electoral vote bus two republican election tors in texas went rogue, so he ended up

with 304. three states put mr. trump over the top. the margin combined was more than 77,000 of over 129 million that were cast. ahead, jeff pegues looks into leaks. today world leaders are getting their up close and personal look at the trump administration. mike pence is leading the u.s. dell gaegs to the munich security council. the conference is known for providing an informal gathering of allies and adversaries will meet. no one was injured when two airlines clipped wings. the faa say as southwest airliner was testing and a frontier jet was pushing back from the gate when the incident occurred last

both planes were evacuated because of a fuel leak. the national transportation safety board is investigating. a strong storm system is moving over california today. it's the latest in a string of storms that has drenched the state. most intense rain is expected today and tomorrow. the heavy rain could lead to more mudslides and flooding. a man was arrested at a hotel near the los angeles airport after pipe bombs were found in his denver hotel room. adam hay yñjet was arrested yesterday. hotel staff searched his room after he failed to pay his bill. he faces charges of having an unregister explosive tee advice. coming up on the "morning news," the bridgegate scandal moves on, governor chris christie moveswa

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billionaire helped the woman who made history. >> reporter: as the mourners made perfectly clear, the city just lost someone very special. >> i think mr. ilitch was the most significant person in detroit. he was detroit. he loved detroit. >> reporter: mike ill ich built a billion dollar industry with pizza and owned the red wings and tigers. it turned outed a good as he was. h was actually even better. that is rosa parks, yes, the rosa parks, an american icon. after the busboy cot in montgomery, she moved to detroit where in 1994, a man broke into her home and beat and raped her. >> i said, mike, i don't want rosa parks going back to that bad

>> reporter: so ilic helped arrange for her to move to a much nicer one and sent checks like this for the next 11 years paying rosa parks' life for the rest of her life. >> he just believed in helping people. >> reporter: it's only coming to life after his death because mike ilitch never said a word about it when he was still alive. >> there are people of wealth in this country who are still concerned with underprivileged and those who are deprived. >> reporter: rosa parks taught us all about dignity and resolve, and when she needed help, along came another teacher with a powerful lesson of his own. the purest form of giving is when no one knows your name. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> he didn't do it for a pat on the back. he did it because it was the right thing to do and because he could. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"

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what is that all about? how 45 pounds of it was discovered at dulles. first though let's check on the weather and it looks like we can ditch the jacket for the weekend, 70 allyson. >> well yeah not yet. you can ditch the jacket absolutely but it's cold out there this morning, it's going to be a nice cold start with a nice afternoon. so today's day one of the warm- up but one of the colder starts of the week morning-wise. 30-degrees and dew point at 15 so when you have real dry air the winds finally relax and the temperatures just fell off into the 20s we go this morning. 23 for leesburg and look at manassas 16 degrees. it's cold out there this morning but we don't have a lot of wind today. so that's going to be comfortable. highs today above average and yeah this is going to be the coldest day of the next seven. that's a sign of how warm it's going to be. upper 40s low 50s this afternoon and i'll time out the weekend forecast coming up in just a bit. actually we have some trouble going on. i know so

expect things to be just running phone but no -- fine, but no gw parkway when you head towards the beltway, we have an accident and there's actually quite a bit backup from it. northbound lanes so it's heading out of d.c. turkey run park between there and the beltway. so we are jammed if you come around to the buildway. hopefully that clears up before the real rush hour kicks in. also a photo of an accident overnight in suitland parkway. it's closed down for three hours one person possibly some serious injuries. about four different vehicles involved in. mike and jan will continue to check on the injuries' update but suitland parkway is back open. more than 100 firefighters have been battling flames in north baltimore. the fire department tweeted out the felts of the fire beginning around 9:00 last night and crews have been on the scene for hours just working to put out the flames. nobody was evacuated and there's still no word on what caused

the fbi arrested a man. 29-year-old benjamin mcdowell reportedly told the fbi agent his plan and even bought a gun that agent. he reportedly told that agent he was looking for a way to have an attack on nonwhites without getting caught. the federal judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit that was filed against bill cosby by accuser katherine mckey. the judge said he defended himself against her accusations. cosby actually tweeted out a picture of the dismissal order one of the rare times he's addressed the accusations. and that's a look at what's going on this morning. it's friday and the news at 4:30 starts right now. this was the scene a lot of you saw outside your windows yesterday the district just

this weekend though, a whole nother story right? >> you're not kidding. >> good morning everybody, thank you for joining us, happy friday. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm mike hydeck. the wind was blowing and it was freezing yesterday if you went outside. guess what? flip the swept, it's changing -- script, it's changing -- script, it's changing over the weekend. allyson? >> the weekend is going to be nice, not often in february can you say let's make outdoor plans and it's holiday weekend. so things are looking pretty mild for the next few days. now this morning, grab your jacket you will need it. we're talking about the 70s and we're talking act 60s that comes tomorrow. you still need a jacket this morning. only at 16 degrees for manassas and definitely february weather this morning. 24 martinsburg and 27 for frederick. however, not a lot of wind today. so it's just crisp and cold this morning. with a big warm-up this afternoon. head today about 50 degrees. -- headed to about 50 degrees. lots of sunshine and no flurries this morning because the winds are so calm. they don't pick up again until tomorrow afternoon. so highs today move average usually into the mid

headed to about upper 40s and low 50s. lots of sunshine. few fair weather clouds. and over the weekend, it only goes up from there. 68 for saturday and 66 for sunday. we'll let you know how long that sticks around coming up in a little bit. what a friday forecast. yes, happy weekend, happy weather. not so happy if you're on gw parkway heading out of town this morning, we have an accident and it is slow. your northbound lanes heading to the beltway between turkey run park and the beltway is most of the slow downs, delays beyond that heading into d.c.. just some construction luckily here on the inner loop of the beltway before you come down i- 270 spur. you will see maybe one or two lanes closed for that construction. and suitland parkway now back open closed for about three urs last night an accident happened about 9:30. this was a photo of that accident tweeted out by morningside vfd. it looks like someone is in critical condition. but su