captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, april 27th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." reneging on nafta. in a late night surprise president trump walks back on another campaign promise keeping something he called -- >> it's a disaster. >> long awaited, short on specifics. a look at the trump administration's single page tax reform and the mixed reviews it's getting from both sides of the aisle. plus united issues another policy and other policy

off a flight. and destructive storms hit several states leaving debris in the heartland with millions still under sthreat of severe weather today. 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. well, a temporary about-face by president trump on a key campaign promise. the president agreed not to pull out of the north american free trade agreement at this time. he calls on the leaders of america's nafta partners canada and mexico. earlier administration officials said the president was considering an executive order to withdraw from the agreement. mr. trump railed against nafta during the campaign and bashed it again last week. >> the fact is nafta, whether it's mexico or canada, is a disaster for our

it's a disaster. it's a trading disaster. >> earlier this week the president imposed new tariffs on lumber imported from canada. and this morning there are mixed reviews for president trump's tax overhaul proposal. some republicans are worried about the impact on the national debt. democrats say the plan is a giveaway to the wealthy. meanwhile the republicans say they made progress in a compromised plan to overhaul obamacare. a cbs news pohl finds most americans thinks the president should move onto other issues and others are worried about an increase over taxes. brook silva-braga has more. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. it would give ordinary taxpayer as more standard deduction, but beyond that critics and supports

it's hard to say with much certainty what the overhaul of the taxes would do. president trump touted his newly unveiled tax reform blueprint wednesday even as his administration defended the lack of details. >> we have outlines. we have a broad brush view of what they're going be. >> the plan, which was boiled down to a single page, would slash the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%, cut rates for individuals, and simplify the tax code by removing the number of tax braktds from seven to three. analysts say the plan could add billions to the deficit. others argue it will add growth to the gap. >> what this is about is creating jobs and economic growth. >> officials in the freedom house caucus approved the

for improvements on obamacare. with a deadline to avert a government shutdown just one day away, negotiations continue over key sticking points in the funding bill. yesterday the president made another major concession in those negotiations agreeing to keep paying obamacare subsidies at least for now. in case the bill doesn't pass, congress is creating a temporary measure to keep it up and running for another week. government funding runs through midnight tomorrow. if the government shutdown does happen on saturday, it will fall on the president's 100th day in office, anne-marie. >> thank you so much, brook. well, attorney general jeff sessions said the administration will push the legal fight to strip funds from so-called sajsary cities. the president called the ruling ridiculous. in a statement late last night sessions said the president was within his power to issue the executiv

orrin hatch are hailing the president's order to review the designations of dozens of national monuments. the review is to open a push for more federal land for drilling another development. mr. trump's executive order covers millions of acres. the united states and south korea agreed on swift punitive measures against north korea in the event of more provocation from the north korean regime. the standoff over the north nuclear weapons has escalated. the trump administration laid out its plans to senators during a white house briefing yesterday. the administration said it will apply economic and diplomatic pressure on the north but also laid out military options. >> it was sobering how much thought and planning is going into preparing military options if called for and a diplomatic

clear. >> yesterday south korea started installing a u.s. missile defense system and the u.s. has sent a aircraft carrier and submarine to the region. ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with john mccain who attended yesterday's white house briefing. "face the nation" moderator john dickerson will interview the president this saturday on his 100th day in office. that interview will be broadcast this sunday on "face the nation." and "cbs this morning" will broadcast live from the white house on monday, may 1st. united airlines announced policy changes in the wake of the forced removal of a passenger earlier this month. david dau was injured when he was dragged from his seat to make room for a united crew member. in a new policy, law enforcement will no longer be required to remove passengers from a flight unless safety and passengers are at

passengers who agree to give up their seat can receive compensation of up to $10,000 and united said it will reduce the amount of overbooking. united's chief executive officer offered another apology. he said we can never say we are sorry enough for the shameful way the passenger was treated on the flight. heavy rain is possible through the weekend in the southern plains and mississippi valley. this morning flood warnings and advisories are posted in illinois, indiana, and missouri. in north carolina, the rain has stopped, but the threat from flooding continues. one person was killed when rushing waters swept his vehicle off the roadway last night. a powerful storm with destructive winds blew through arkansas wednesday. >> i think i can salvage the two main ones if i can get somebody to hel

at least one tornado struck in oklahoma damaging homes and knocking down power lines. and in north dakota a spring snowstorm was the issue. fargo got up to six inches. residents said the roads were so bad that commutes that normally took ten minutes took an hour and a half. and this morning an armed suspect in the shooting of a delaware state trooper has barricaded himself inside his home. trooper stephen ballard investigated a vehicle. police say the suspect has fired multiple shots at officers from inside the house. oscar winner demi has jonathan demme has died from

>> the chilling film earned demme an academy award. he also earned critical praise to tell the story of the aids crisis in 1993 "philadelphia" starring tom hanks. demme sat down with charlie rose in 1998 to talk about his career. >> if we can make a movie to excite other people as much as the potential that it excites me, maybe it will be contagious. >> demme died in new york of esophageal cancer. he was 73. coming up on the "morning news," backing out of berkeley. ann coulter backs out and the campus remains on alert. and not ready to wear. nasa's spacesuits come up short. this is the "cbs morning news." , it can be hard to breathe.

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how you might get a chance to actually crash the big event? we're going to crash through some barriers temperature wise. we're headed really close to the 90-degree mark not too far from now. good morning, allison. >> good morning. this weekend we could make our first 90-degree day. we're forecasting a high of 89 for saturday. today not as warm, but a pretty warm day, especially compared to what we've had as of late. we're headed to the mid-80s today. 60 degrees right now. and we do have mainly clear skies, but we are developing a little bit of fog out there. so this is going to make it look like it's a cloudy day, but we are going to have that -- the fog go away pretty quickly. so we do have some fog all the way through the shenandoah valley, through la ray. got some pictures yesterday of la ray. sunshine out there. they were enjoying it. hopefully you enjoyed that sunshine that did come out late in the day. we are not looking at any visibility issues for the district right now. current temperatures 54 for fredrick, 55 for manassas and 56 for fredricksburg. we are headed to the mid-80s. we're going to add ou

degrees to that. first alert live doppler is dry. we're going to stay dry through the day part. as the sun sets, we are going to have some showers push on through. i'm going to time those out for you in just a little bit. ellen, did you like the sun, did you see it? >>reporter: i didn't see it, no. i was at the capitol all afternoon, never saw the sun. it didn't rain on me, so i was okay with that. 395 construction that's actually shut down a portion of 395 right as you approach edsel road, between there and little river turnpike. significant delays in both directions, actually. significant for this time of the morning. we never have delays there. also up on dulles toll road eastbound exit ramp to route 123, that's blocked for construction at this point. and then down by response sylvania county parkway, eastbound right by route 1 closed there, an accident overnight. my sensors do pick up traffic on route 1, but not on spots sylvania parkway. >> thanks a lot, ellen. d.c. firefighters have been ventilating a building at

carbon monoxide. firefighters tell us there was some gasoline-powered washers being used at a closed off garage area and this is the second kind of incident like this just in the last week. no injuries reported in this. symptoms of c.o. poisoning include headaches, nausea, trouble breathing and dizziness. the state of arkansas plans to carry out an execution today and this will mark the fourth execution in that state in just eight days. that is, of course, barring a last minute stay. president trump scheduled to pay a visit to the department of veterans affairs in the district. he is planning to sign a new executive order on a new office of accountability and whistleblower protection. and are you ready for some football? the nfl draft kicking off in the philadelphia for the first time since the 1960s. friday eve is here. the news at 4:30 starts right now. another warm day. we're getting closer to the 90s as the week goes on. summer is arriving early. good mornian

joining us on "wake up washington." i'm mike hydeck. there's naqia turner, she's on the west coast talking with james corden. we'll have more on that in a little bit. good morning, allison >> good morning. yes. we are dealing with some nice spring weather and now we're turning to summer. so yesterday after the clouds went away, it finally felt really good. by lunchtime today it is going to feel pretty nice, veech degrees and -- 77 degrees and wind also be out of the southeast. you see on futurecast a little bit of cloud cover. this is actually showing some fog out there. as we head through the day, that fog will go away pretty quickly by about 9:00. lunchtime 70s out there. that is a good lunch hour, 77 for washington. i think everyone is going to enjoy. hopefully you enjoy the sunshine after kind of a couple of dreary days out there. tonight 5:30 we're looking pretty dry again, but i want to show you what happens after the sun sets this. is 10:00 at night, some showers pushing on through. so we're not issuing a yellow weather alert because most people are at home and kind of winding down for the day. so we are going to see these showers push on through

morning. this is midnight. it gets out of here, and then we will be dry for actually much of friday and temperatures head right back up into the 80s. so this is a sneak peek of your weekend forecast getting to near 90 degrees on saturday. not going to be as hot for sunday. we'll detail that out coming up. ellen. >>reporter: you talking about the weekend, mike's saying that it's friday eve, i like it, guys. i like it. all right. we do have a problem on 66 as well as 395 because of construction. and we're seeing delays. just so unusual. usually we have this construction i don't see delays. i saw this morning only the left lane looks like it's open between lee highway and fairfax drive. you have those delays heading back into d.c. so at least as you're leaving d.c. we're going to have the delays unless that's the route you're taking. sorry, sorry. here on 395 both directions they are blocked as well, closed, actually, because of construction on 395 between edsel road, you approach edsel road or little river turnpike 236 el