it's thursday, may 11th, 2011. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump defends firing the fbi director in a tweet, and the new acting head of the fbi appears before lawmakers today. >> i'm very grateful for the opportunity to be with you today. >> students take a stand on graduation day at a historically black college, turning their backs on the education secretary. captioningunded by cbs good morning from the

57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. before he was fired james comey asked for more resources into russia and the election. he told staffers he will be fine. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> good morning. acting fbi dreshlgter andrew mccabe will be speaking before the committee. while the investigation into the president's alleged links with russia accelerates. >> he was not doing a good job. >> president trump continued to defend his firing of james comey wednesday night. >> i think it would not be a bad thing for the american people if he did step down. >> calling on this video calling for the fbi

resignation in the past. it came on the same day that comey wrote a farewell letter to his bureau. writing, i have long believed the president can fire an fbi director for any reason, adding, i will be fine. >> the white house has cited comey's handling of hillary clinton's e-mail scandal as a determination. comey had recently asked attorney general rod rosenstein more resources into the fbi probe, examining possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> he feels the dragnet tightening on the russian investigation. i believe that's why he let him go. >> at least one republican, utah representative jason chaffetz called on the department. >> we have three investigations right

let's get them done and see it through. >> meanwhile the national intelligence committee has subpoenaed his ousted security adviser michael flynn. they're seeking any documents relating to russian interference in the 2016 presidential election which flynn has yet to turn over. >> and aside from acting fbi director andrew mccabe, national intelligence director nathan coats and mike pompeo are both expected to testify today. comey has been invited the testify next week. >> thank you, hena. ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with sarah huckabee sanders about the comey dismissal. russian president vladimir putin spoke regarding the firing of fbi director james comey. >> president trump is acting in

accordance with his competence, in accordance with his law. >> putin said comey's dismissal will have no effect on russian relations. betsy devos receive ed boos. they tried to shut down devos and at one point tried to turn their backs on her. at one point the president stepped in and issued a warning. >> if this behavior continues, your degrees will be mailed to you. >> devos alienated many in february when she described historically black colleges as, quote, real pioneers when it comes to school choice. she later

colleges were born out of necessity in the face of racism. secretary rick perry announced there's a problem. the tunnel was sealed shut with eight railroad cars full of radioactive waste back in 1965. now, the cause of the collapse is under investigation. john blackstone reports. >> reporter: with a machine blowing mist to keep down dust, workers began filling the gaping 4-square-foot hole. mark keyter is spokesman for hanford. >> it doesn't sound like a sophisticated plan frankly. much of the site was put on lockdown. >> there's a collapse into the tunnel. >> the sirens go off, you're told to take

>> very. i've never experienced it. >> reporter: this welder was working about a quarter of a mile away. >> when i seen them, all the fire trucks and ambulances and everything by purex, that sunk home. it was like, gees. >> reporter: wheel no radiation has escaped from tunnel, hanford has a long history of problems. plutonium used to make nuclear bombs for 40 years has left a mess. it includes 56 million gallons storeds in 177 underground tanks, some of which has leaked. han ford is often described as the most polluted site in the country. >> a major earthquake, major fire could cause a disaster beyond our imagination. >> reporter: the cleanup at

ago, but it's far from finish. latest estimates show it will be another 30 years at least before the work is finished. john blackstone, cbs news, han ford, washington. overseas there's been another death over anti-government protests in venezuela. a 27-year-old man was killed yesterday during violent demonstrations in the capital of caracas. at least 30 people have been killed in a month of street protests. they blame the government for triple-digit installations. vermont's legislature makes history with a marijuana bill. and later, fins up. sharks are spotted off southern california. this is the "cbs morning news."

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some california surfers say a shark was not happy about sharing the ocean with them. a police helicopter spotted the 12-footer with two juvenile sharks yesterday near san clemente. a woman was bitten by a shark last month in the same area. the beach isn't closed, but surfers are being warned of the risk. the rock wrestles with the idea of being president, and vermont passes a historic marijuana bill. those are some of the stories on the morning newsstand. the burlington free press says the state is the first to approve it. others have recognized it following a voter referendum. the bill had passed the state senate. the government has expressed reservation about signing it. the "orlando sentinel" reports

assaulter will have to wait for her appeal. two cadets will not be commissioned as officers. they're due to graduate next month one from west point and the other. the record in new jersey says a ship is now in the bottom of the atlantic. the coast guard cutter was sunk purposely yesterday to help with the reef. and dwayne johnson tells "gq" that he sees running for pretty as a real possibility. he turned down requests for endorsements last year. the muscular rock is the world's highest paid movie star. still to come, steady hand. we'll show you an

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copy cat messenger apps and facebook which is offering similar things. whole foods announced a major shakeup after posting 17 quarters of declining sales. 12 board members were replaced. they'll cut costs by $300 million including cuts to store staffing and move to coupons. delta's installing 28 li lie-flat seats. the suites will have a partition, but that means nine fewer business class seats on aircraft. a new survey found that kmern satisfaction is up for a fifth year in a row. the reason, accorng

powers, cheaper fares, better on-time performance, all-time low bump rates and fewer mishandled backs. southwest was the highest low cost carrier and for the tenth consecutive air alaska airline us with the top legacy carrier. anne-mar anne-marie. >> that's good news and sort of a reminder that the stories we see in the news is not the norm, that most people are enjoying their traveling experience. >> we have to wonder did all of this happen before and we never had cameras to record it. >> that's a really good point, jill. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much. well, some of seattle's homeless will share a site with the amazon company. the company has been sheltering needy people in a hotel they owned. instead of evicting them when construction starts, the charity will give them space in in the new

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here's look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. astronomers have released a stunning new image of a cosmic show that was spotted nearly a thousand years ago. the picture of crab nebula was formed with data from five

it was caused by a stellar explosion 6,500 light years from earth. an illinois woman and her dog are now safe after being lost for six days in northern montana. searchers found them yesterday. she vanished last week after going on a hike. >> it started off being just my jog and not going on a little hike, realizing i didn't have water. found a swimming hole, swam in it, got back up, took a wrong turn. >> the woman said they survived by drinking from natural sprinks. and researchers are learning more about a risk by a common pain reliever. dr. jon lapook has the latest finding. >> researchers pulled data from four trials to study almost 450,000 patients. the risk of heart attack after taking common painkillers like

ibuprofen and in prox inincreased by 50%. the risk was greater at a higher dose. dr. steve nissen has studied the risk between heart attack and nsed that allowing people to suffer from pain is not always acceptable and so we try to work with our patients and we try to find the best pathway to relieving their pain without causing them o have a second heart attack. >> reporter: nissin points out that a 20% to 50% risk has to be put in perspective. for example, a healthy young man has a 1% or less risk of a heart attack. would you say the take-home message for this kind of study is for people with a high risk of heart disease rather than the general pub lek? >> there's probably some risk for everybody but the absolute degree of risk is much higher for people who have heart disease. it's intermediate

don't have heart disease but have risk factors and it's particularly low if you're young and healthy. >> nissin says nsids always carry a risk so you should take the lowest dose. coming up on "cbs this morning." grammy winning country singer chris stapleton talks with anthony mason about his new album. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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c1 all right, here we go. we have been dry and gorgeous the last few days, and now a yellow weather alert. showers to impact your day, not only today but tomorrow, and also into saturday, and

your umbrella before you head out the door. the showers are going to quickly push through. as we head through the late morning and lunchtime, showers will steadily increase. rain chances will changing each day. best chance of showers will be in the middle of the day. the bulk of the rain for thursday will be middle of the day. late showers for charles county through la plata. headed out to the west this is along 15th. slide together the south and east and impacting stafford through fredericksburg. i think we do a good job of timing out of the rain. we have showers to the south and

>> parts are impacted. the beltway is dry at 6:30. notice the maryland panhandle looking nor the heavier showers. here comes the rain. if may be overdoing it the computer model later, and i want to show you, the bulk of the rain is setting up. showers are off to the north, and we will see moments of drier weather this evening. nats game, 7:05. we will go through the extended futurecast, and we have reached the high temperature, and we will stay into the as. on the cooler side. >> chilly. >> we are into the 60s right now, and it's mild. we will not see the

an accident on 95, headed northbound past the station in virginia. looking like it's cleared at this point. no residual delays to make your way around. minnesota avenue at a. street and bening road. construction is slow if you're headed northbound. and then construction on 395. this as you're heading southbound, we don't have a traffic in either direction. watch out, it may be slower in the washington boulevard area. president trump will meet with turkey's president at the white house next week it comes after reports that turkey strongly criticized the effort to arm the kurds. a recreational legal marijuana bill is being

considered. it's different from where a referendum has been approved by voters. fans for 40 years now, and this is what happens. >> it's time for the caps to clean out their lockers and hang upper that joys is after a heart breaking loss in game 7 to the penguins. the news at 4:30 starts right now. that was a hard game to watch. >> now we have to walk up to this right now. >> sorry, a little cough there. >> that's how it felt last night. the radar, and you can see there's showers into the area. the alice will tell you all about that. how do you like that? >> it's impressive. >> jan, here's the clicker. i would like a nap. i feel bad for caps'

i really do the penguins have gotten in the way the last couple of hours. the showers, yellow weather alert day. drying out in time for mother's day, but it will not be rainy all day. light showers through charles county is mary's. culpepper, and they will slide over through fed ricksburg. i just showed you the other futurecast, and now i'm going to show you a different one that underdoes it a bit, and dill still on the same trend where we noticed the bulk of the rain will arrive through the lunch hour. keep the umbrella with you. if you're headed to the nats' game, 7:05, and then there may be a quick delay. i think we will