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like, yeah. >> announcer: this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." on the 117th day of the donald trump presidency, a stunning report claims the president may have revealed highly classified information to russia. "the washington post" broke the story. its sources allege the president revealed intelligence about isis developing bombs in laptop computers. the details are reportedly so secret that even close american allies did not know about them. >> the president reportedly revealed the classified information during last week's oval office meeting with russia's foreign minister and its ambassador. white house officials reject the post story but do not specifically deny that sensitive information came up at the meeting. jeff pegues is outside the west

there was a flurry of activity after the story broke. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. despite white house denials, sources tell cbs news that something inappropriate was discussed, and there was so much concern on the part of white house officials that they reportedly rushed to the cia and nsa to try to contain the damage. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. >> reporter: in a carefully worded response, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster defended the president's conversations with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and ambassador sergei kislyak during the may 10th oval office meeting. >> at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. >> reporter: but mcmaster's statement did not address allegations in "the washington post" that mr. trump went off script and began describing details of an islamic state terrorist threat related to the use ofap

aircraft. that classified information reportedly came from a u.s. partner and was so sensitive that it had not been shared with u.s. allies and was even restricted within the u.s. government. according to an intelligence official, the information concerns an aviation threat from isis and the mixture of an explosive material to be used in a possible laptop bomb. the source says the russians did not have this information. >> i was in the room. it didn't happen. >> reporter: according to mcmaster, secretary of state rex tillerson and senior white house official dina powell were also present during the meeting, but american reporters were barred with the only pictures provided by russian state media. in paper statements, tillerson doubled down on mcmaster's denial, and powell said the story is false. >> the on the record account should outweigh those of anonymous sources. >> reporter: the white house meeting took place just one day after the president fired fbi director james

leading the investigation into whether trump campaign associates were coordinating with the russians during the election. russian ambassador serg sergey kislyak remains a central figure in that investigation. the standard for disclosing classified information is different for a president. what president trump is accused of doing is not illegal. for anyone else, it would be. the problem here is according to intelligence officials, that mr. trump may have revealed sensitive information that could put lives at risk. russian officials say stories about president trump revealing sensitive information are in, in their words, fake. >> all right. thank you, jeff. democrats and some republicans in congress are blasting the white house over the reported security breach. major garrett is also at the white house with that part of the story. >> reporter: good morning. the optics of the president's meeting with russian officials were always problematic. the oval

laugh, u.s. media kept out, russian state media allowed in. now this new report, even in its most benign interpretation, raises new questions about the president's agenda with russia. >> there's nothing the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. >> reporter: h.r. mcmaster's comments did little to satisfy republicans or democrats in congress. both said questions linger. republican chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker said the white house is in a downward spiral. house minority leader nancy pelosi said such a disclosure could put lives in danger. >> it could undermine an operation that could be saving lives, and it undermines the trust that we would have with our allies. >> reporter: lawmakers were careful to say they need more information but concern was widespread. >> if it's accurate, it would be troubling. i have no idea. >> it's disturbing, and let's find out what the details are. >> the suggestion he might have shared highly classified information inop

deeply troubling. >> we're having discussions with the russians and there's sensitive information, yeah, that concerns me. >> we can't have someone in the oval office who doesn't understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified. >> reporter: during the campaign, candidate trump was critical of hillary clinton who the fbi said mishandled classified information on her private server. >> if you look at confidential information, i mean, all of the information that probably has gotten out all over the world. >> reporter: the white house communications team huddled for hours to deal with this story. after mcmaster's denial, he announced he would answer no more questions. that's a luxury lawmakers are unlikely to indulge. >> thanks, major. cbs news senior national security contributor michael morell was acting and deputy director of the cia. he joins us from washington. good morning. >> good morning,

. >> tell us what the implications of this are as far as you know for u.s. national security. >> charlie, i think there are two. one is that this particular source, this particular method that provided this highly sensitive intelligence, is now at risk. it's at risk from two different sources. one, the russians, who will feel the need to investigate the source, try to figure it out to make sure that this source is not also reporting on their activities in syria. the second is from all of the media coverage now of this source and the facts that are being dug out about where it came from, possibly a middle eastern country, that is also putting the source at risk. that's one damage. the other damage, charlie, is that foreign countries share sbhe intelligence with the united states regularly. now they're going to take pause and

information -- if they're afraid the information they're providing could be shared with an adversary of ours and theirs. >> in fact, that very point, "the new york times" is quoting a former official who said the u.s. ally behind the intelligence, quote, repeatedly warned american officials that it would cut off access to such sensitive information if it were shared too widely. the question is this then. could this cost american lives? >> so i think that if it's critically important counterterrorism information and there are lives at risk, i think the partner will continue to share, but they will express their deep displeasure. they might want assurances about how that information is going to be handled in the future. they might extract some other concession from the united states in retaliation for this. >> what does this mean, do you think, for the relationship between the intellce

there are reports that people that were in the meeting actually ran out the room to literally get in contact with the cia and the nsa. >> gayle, i think there's good news and bad news. i think the good news is the president was receiving his intelligence briefings regularly. he was paying attention. he was asking questions. he was showing interest. he clearly absorbed this information. and that was good news for the intelligence community. he's their most important customer. but now there's a question raised in their minds again about whether he can appropriately handle that information. so that's going to be a big question mark for them. >> yeah, there were reports he appeared to be boasting about the knowledge. how does that sit with you as a former member of the intelligence community? >> it's not surprising to me, gayle. that's what he does. he plays to his own ego, and boasting to the russians about the quality of his intelligence and the quality of his intelligence community isn't surprising to me. but that's not whathe

right. >> shouldn't mcmasters have warned him? because this was crucial not to do that and give this kind of description of the mission that he did according to the sources of the "washington post." >> charlie, great question. i think there's two issues here. one is presidents, before they go into a meeting with a foreign official, are given a big thick briefing book. here are the issues you can talk about. here are the issues you can't. for the issues you can talk about, here's what you should say, here's what you shouldn't. clearly the president doesn't pay attention to that. it's mcmasters' job to make him pay attention. secondly, in the session with the russians themselves, once the president started going down this road, i think it was h.r. mcmaster's responsibility to redirect the conversation. >> in fact, there's a small detail buried in "the washington post" story that says what's most alarming, according to intelligence officials s that trump revealed the city in the islamic state's territory where

detected the threat. that's a level of specificity. >> that is a very important level of specificity, and that is what the russians will go to school on. they will want to make sure that that source of method in that particular city is not collecting on them. that puts that source or method at risk. >> michael morell, thank you. in our next hour, we'll talk with greg miller, one of the "washington post" reporters who bloke this story. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." cybersecurity experts say north korea may be to blame for the unprecedented global ransomware attack. this is new information. the hacking has crippled computer systems in at least 150 countries since friday. experts say that the digital fingerprints resemble other attacks mounted by north korea. adriana diaz is in beijing with why the threat might not be over. >> reporter: good morning. cybersecurity firms have found similarities between the tools used in this attack and those used in previous hacks blamed on

they were first developed by the national security agency but stolen and leaked and may vended up in the hands of north korean hackers. just as north korea boasted about the successful launch of a nuclear capable rocket, technology experts say they have evidence north korean hackers could be behind another international threat. last friday's global cyber attack. gregory clark is ceo of symantec, one of the security firms that made the north korea connection. >> there was a connection. >> reporter: the lazarus group is a group tied to north korea. symantec discovered portions of its code in wannacry, the hack used in last week's attacks. lazarus was also implicated in the 2014 sony pictures data tack in apparent retaliation for its release ofhe

and the theft of $81 million from a bangladesh account. u.s. officials blamed both hacks on north korea. the latest attack was widespread, forcing a shut down of hospitals and other businesses around the world. it exploited a known vulnerability in an older microsoft program, encrypting files to make them inaccessible until a ransom of $300 was paid. while technology experts were able to contain this weekend's attack, the threat is not yet over. >> we're worried about the smart guys realizing what worked, what didn't, and something else coming our way that might be a little bit better engineered after that happened. >> reporter: the european police agency says that roughly $63,000 have already been paid to the hackers by people with infected computers. now, experts say it's still too early to blame it on north korea because the culprits may have just use the the lazarus ma

like a north korean attack. gayle? >> thank you very much, adriana diaz reporting from beijing. this morning, the syrian government is rejecting u.s. accusations that it's executing thousands of opponents and burning their bodies to cover up the atrocities. the state department yesterday released these satellite images. it says they show a crematorium next to a prison north of damascus. the u.s. says as many as 50 prisoners are killed every day. federal investigators are working to determine what caused a fiery plane crash in new jersey. two crew members were killed. their jet slammed into a building less than a mile from teterboro airport, where it was supposed to land. surveillance video captured the moment the private plane exploded into a fireball. flames spread across a wide area, burning nearby buildings and more than a dozen vehicles. here's a look at the scene this morning. no one on the ground was hurt. a south carolina coroner says too much caffeine caused the death of a healthy

16-year-old davis collapsed last month at his high school and died at a hospital. he had consumed a large soft drink, a latte, and an energy drink over a short period of time. tony, good morning. >> good morning. by all accounts, this young man was healthy and active. according to his father, he shunned drugs and alcohol. a classmate who was with davis on the day he died said he loaded up on caffeine, and in the classmate's words, basically chugged an energy drink during class. >> reporter: davis was a high school sophomore who found his rhythm while playing the drums. >> he was a great kid. he didn't get mixed up in the wrong things. he loved music. you worry about their safety, their health, especially once they start driving. but it wasn't a car crash that took his life. instead, it was an energy drink. >> reporter: the 16-year-old collapsed during class last month and died at a

while his initial autopsy required more testing, richland county coroner gary watts said davis consumed a large soft drink, a latte, and then an energy drink in less than a two-hour span, bringing on what he called a cardiac event. >> these drinks, this amount of caffeine, how it's ingested, can have dire consequences. that's what happened in this case. >> you know it when it happens. you start to feel dizzy. you can feel it in your chest. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor said energy drinks send more than 21,000 people to the emergency room annually. >> it's not just caffeine. it's the other stimulants in there. in a cup of coffee, you may have over 45 minutes or 60 minutes. these energy drinks you're having all at once. all the caffeine gets this big peak in the body. that's when bad things happen. >> reporter: sean cripe said the tragic way his son lost his life could be someone else's lifesaver. >> parents, please, talk to your kids about the

energy drinks. >> the coroner said davis' autopsy showed no signs of an unfounded or undiagnosed heart condition. the american academy of pediatrics says energy drirngs usually contain additives not tested on children and advises against children and teens drinking energy drinks of any kind. gayle? >> very good advice today. very sorry it had to come this way. thank you very much, tony. hackers claim they stole the upcoming "pirates of the caribbean" movie. ahead, what disney ceo bob

a dispute over a birthday cake got a family removed from a jetblue flight this month. >> jetblue ceo robin hayes is in studio 57. what he thinks about the recent string of confrontations with passengers. >> you're watching "cbs this morning."

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the president, i'm sure you know, fired fbi director james comey last week, then tweeted this. he wrote, james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. >> nobody knows how widespread this alleged taping is. is he recording staff members? is he recording visiting heads of state? is there a bootleg of ted nugent live in the oval office? i'd buy that. >> all right. welcome back to "cbs this morning." lots to say about that topic. the white house still will not say more about president trump's tweet about tapes on friday. >> press secretary sean spicer has avoided the question repeatedly in the last few days. >> i think the point that i made with respect to the tweet is the president has no further comment ont.

the president has nothing further to add on that. >> why did he say that? why did he tweet that? what should we interpret from that? >> as i mentioned, the president has nothing further to add. >> are there recording devices in the oval office? >> as i said for the third time, there's nothing further to add on that. i think i made it clear last week that the president has nothing further on that. >> wait, wait. sean, does that mean that the president will deny -- >> i think i said i was very clear that the president would have nothing further on that last week. >> why won't you just explain whether or not there are recordin- gs - >> i think the president's made it clear what his position is. >> that's not my question. >> i understand that. that's what the president's position is. >> how is it clear the president made his position clear? >> that's his position. he said he has nothing further to add. >> it was a good question. how is it clear? >> everybody was wondering that question. >> the who, what, when, where, and whys of journalist being asked. now members of congress saying if there are tapes, theyho

>> here's a look at some of this morning's other headlines. u.s. news and world report says president trump will meet with turkey's leader today at the white house. president erdogan arrived in washington yesterday. activists are urging mr. trump to raise the issue of human rights. the two are also expected to discuss the trump administration's decision to arm syrian kurdish fighters. turkey considers them terrorists. "the new york times" reports on four former college students pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deadly fraternity hazing. it happened back in 2013. chun deng was blindfolded and pummelled by other fraternity members. they also delayed seeking medical help for him. he died the next day after sustaining severe head trauma. the men also pleaded guilty to hindering apprehension. sentencing is scheduled for december. the plain dealer in cleveland reports on a police officer who suffered an accidental overdose following a drug bu

with fentanyl after pulling over a car last week. authorities believe the officer brushed powder off his shirt without gloves and then he collapsed. now he's doing just fine. "the wall street journal" says ford plans to cut roughly 10% of the global work force. the automaker wants to boost profits and its stock price. ford plans to cut costs this year by $3 billion. the layoffs would target about 20,000 salaried workers. and the hollywood reporter says hackers claimed to have stolen an upcoming disney movie. ceo bob iger revealed the hacker's claim but not the movie title. he said the ceo refused to pay a ransom and is working with federal agents. the airline industry is struggling with a backlash from a string of confrontations with passengers. one of the latest involves a family that accused jetblue over the weekend of kicking them off

in an overhead bin reserved for safety equipment. the low-cost airline says in a statement, the customers were agitated, cursed, and yelled at the crew and made false accusations about crew members' fitness to fly. the family claims they were not combative. jetblue president and ceo robin hayes is here for an interview that you will see only on "cbs this morning." good morning to you. welcome back. >> good morning. it's great to be back. >> is it? >> it's great to be back. >> you had scheduled this interview before this incident. >> i did. >> i bet you were thinking, oh, great. we thank you very much for coming. let's start with the cake incident and go on with other things. you know, the family says, look, we did what we were told. are you here to apologize for the actions of your crew? >> we fly 38 million customers a year, so thankfully, these events are very rare. what happened here was a customer

one was a cake, one was a bag. in a part of the airplane reserved for safety equipment. we train our crew those lockers have to be kept only for safety equipment. the family concerned ignored repeated requests to move it. our crew even moved it at one point for them, and they moved it back. then they said some very -- they made some sort of allegations against the crew. it got to a point where the captain felt, you know, in the interest of all the other customers on the airplane and the crew, the right thing to do was ask that family to leave the airplane. it is rare, but the crew -- number one value is safety at jetblue. we have to have access to those lockers. when those doors shut and the plane is in the air, our crew need to know everyone is going to work with each other. >> so you're standing behind the actions of the crew. people say, listen, it was a birthday cake. >> it was not about the birthday cake. it was about the need to work together. when we all

airplane door is shut and the crew are there, the crew have to maintain a great environment on board for all of our customers. >> what are the rules of engagement between crew and passengers when you want to remove them and they're reluctant to go? >> well, what we do is that if the customer, after many attempts to follow the instructions refused to do it, and they then refuse to remove themselves and the aircraft, we'll ask everyone to come off the aircraft and we'll reboard with the other customers. that's indeed what happened here. >> now that these confrontations -- they're actually not more common, they're just more reported because everyone is using their cell phones to share the video. what is jetblue doing? what does an airline company do? >> let's be honest, flying is very stressful. when our airline was founded, it was founded with a mission to inspire humanity. we are very proud of the customer servi t

we think that is a point of differentiation for jetblue. we offer the most leg room in the cabin because that's important. we offer free tv. we offer free wi-fi. we offer free drinks and snacks. we don't oversell our flights. i think at jetblue, we're doing our bit. but at the end of the darks i think -- day, i think civility is important. when you're in an aluminum cube for a few hours and we have new neighbors, if we can all just be nice to each other, i think it's just going to make the flight go better. >> civility on both sides. >> exactly. >> aluminum tube is a british expression. >> it is. i'm sorry. >> roughly 80% of the airline market is now controlled by large airlines, not including jetblue. what impact do you think this has on consumers? does this mean we're paying more for flights than we should be? >> it's something very we're concerned about at jetblue. we've seen a lot of consolidation in the u.s. we now have four large

it means for airlines like jetblue, getting into new markets sometimes can be very charging. when we come into a market, we lower fares. we started flying boston laguardia recently. fares came down by up to 70%. we just started at atlanta. we were told we only could get one gate and had to share it. it's a real challenge. i think the issue of access and the issue of making sure smaller, competitive, pro-customer airlines like jetblue have access to these condition jested airports is something we need to have a national conversation about. >> do prices go up and down as oil prices go up and down? >> in the past, that's been the case. i think now what i'm concerned about going forward with the power in the hands of so few airlines, that those airlines have a lot of ability to kind of control the pricing environment. i dent think that's good for customers longer term. >> everybody wants bette

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bill cosby is publicly addressing his sexual assault scandal for the first time in more than two years. radio host michael smerconish says he interviewed cosby for 30 minutes. in clips released yesterday, cosby seems to suggest racism and revenge were behind the allegations against him.

this could mean for the criminal trial. >> good morning, norah. in criminal cases, defendants and their families usually stay silent. not bill cosby. ahead of his trial, his camp has been trying to soften his image and cast him as a victim of a witch hunt. >> nefarious is a great word. >> reporter: in the radio interview, bill cosby appears to blame racism for his sexual assault scandal. >> i just truly believe that some of it may very well be that. >> reporter: he also seems to claim his dozens of accusers were, quote, piling on. >> are you telling me that they're all lying? >> you know better than that. >> reporte >> he has actually been sued for defamation, so there's no way he's walking into that trap. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman says it could be part of an effort

remind jurors of cosby's presumption of innocence. >> there's always the possibility that defense attorneys look for of jury nullification, that somehow, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, that there may be a reason for jurors to acquit. >> reporter: smerconish will air the interview uncut on his sirius radio show this morning. >> i'm surprised by how much he did address, including revealing to me whether he will take the stand in his own defense. >> reporter: cosby granted the interview because the radio host promised to broadcast statements from cosby's daughters ensa and erinn. he also agreed to air an interview between erinn and her father. >> does retirement ever cross your mind? >> does my retirement -- no, no. >> so for two years or more, it has been relentless publicity against him. and who is there

bill cosby if not bill cosby and his own children. >> cbs news declined a previous offer from cosby's representatives to publish a written statement from another daughter, evin. he is accused of drugging and assaults one of his alleged victims, andrea constand. the trial is scheduled to begin june 5th in pennsylvania. >> thank you, jericka. spacex launches a satellite about the size of a double decker bus into orbit. ahead, how the company's latest mission is expected to help airplane passengers. plus, how a chance meeting at a cracker barrel connected a vietnam veteran with a kidney donor who could

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♪ it is tuesday, may 16th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." president trump responds to claims that he revealed classified secrets to top russian officials. we'll talk with one of the "washington post" reporters who broke this story. but first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> despite white house denials, sources tell cbs news that something inappropriate was discussed. >> the optics of the president's meeting were always propmatic. and now this new report raises new questions. >> now there's a question raised about whether he can appropriately handle that information. >> yeah, there were reports he appeared to be boasting about the knowledge. how does that sit with you? >> that's not surprising to me, gayle. i mean, that's

right. he plays to his own ego. >> cybersecurity firms have found similarities in the tools. >> federal investigators are working to determine what caused a fiery plane crash in new jersey. surveillance video captured the moment the private plane exploded into a fireball. >> the president did not get to go to florida this weekend. he had to stay back to give the commencement peach at liberty university on saturday, where he inspired graduates by marveling at the size of crowds he's able to draw. >> this is a beautiful stadium, and it is packed. i'm so happy about that. i said, how are you going to fill up a place like that? >> donald trump is the only person who could show up at an event where families come to see their children graduate and assume the crowd is there to see him. >> on that point, he does have a point. >> normally graduations, it is a big crowd. >> family and children. >> that's right.

king and norah o'donnell. president trump is giveriing hi view of an oval office meeting. the president tweeted this morning he wanted to share with russia facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety. he added, i want russia to greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. >> now, this all began last week when the president met with the russian foreign minister and moscow's u.s. ambassador at the oval office. jeff pegues is at the white house. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a former u.s. intelligence official tells cbs news that something inappropriate was discussed in that meeting with the russian diplomats. "the washington post" reports that at some time, at some point during that meeting, the president went off script and began describing details of an islamic state terrorist threat related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft. the closely held information reportedly came from a partner through an intelligence sharing arrangement. according to an official, it concerns an aviation threat and

the explosive power of an isis laptop bomb. in a statement to reporters outside the white house, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster strongly denounced the story, but he did not address whether the president disclosed classified information. >> the president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries, including threats to civil aviation. at no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. >> reporter: the president does have the power to declassify certain information, but the question here is whether he revealed sources and methods. today the russians dismiss this story as fake. norah? >> all right, jeff. thank you. national security reporter greg miller co-authored "the washington post" story. good morning. >> good morning. >> so last night a number of white house officials called this story false. this morning president trump

to share these terrorism facts. what's your take? >> yeah, so once again, we're seeing the president sending out his team, his subordinates to advance one story line and then he immediately comes behind them and pulls the rug right out from under them. i internet his tweets this morning as essentially confirming what we reported yesterday and trying to offer some sort of defense, that he did so for legitimate reasons. i think that's hard to square with how this conversation was characterizes to us in our story in which he was essentially boasting thou boasting to these russian officials about his inside knowledge of very sensitive islamic state threat. >> i wonder why they're constantly defending the notion there was no disclosure of sources and methods when that was never something you alleged. >> that's right. our story included a sentence that said trump did not disclose the specific collection mechanism here

nor did he identify the ally that provided it. but he went into significant detail on the intelligence that came through that intelligence channel. that was what was problematic. russia, which has highly capable intelligence services of its own, could possibly reverse engineer that information and figure out where it had come from. >> greg, one white house official who was in the room during this meeting says that the sources that you're quoting were people who either weren't there or no longer in the government. so how do you determine how you can rely on the sources that you get? i think everybody's curious about how you got the story. i'm not asking about your sources, but did you get a call, an e-mail, what happened? >> i mean, i don't want to go into really any detail about our sourcing on this story except to say that we had multiple sources. multiple sources corroborated this information. it has all held up. other news organizations have since matched the story. trump's tweets today basically confirm

and we had lengthy, lengthy interactions with the white house all day yesterday. i had two separate conversations with the national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster, in which he never said it was false until after it was published. >> wow. >> so have we heard yet from the country that was sending this information and who the relationship may have been at risk because it was disclosed? do we know what their reaction has been? >> you know, we didn't identify that country in the story. >> i'm not asking you to identify it. >> right. but we've said in the story -- i don't know that we've seen yet a reaction. we do know this is a country that in the past has expressed deep concerns about the united states' inability to safeguard secrets that this country provides. i think it's safe to expect that they're not going to be very happy with this latest disclosure. >> mike

previous conversation earlier today that h.r. mcmaster should have informed the president about the sensitivity of this. >> to stop talking. >> well, i think it might have been difficult. i think this speaks to the sort of atmosphere in this white house, that nobody, it appears, is in position to challenge trump on these kinds of issues. in fact, one of the details in our story talks about the lengths that his own national security staff goes to to try to prepare him for meetings like this. they put together, you know, two to five-page briefing papers that he's expected to read, to understand how to handle a meeting with foreign leaders. and he insists those all be boiled down to single page bullet points. and he often just sets those aside. >> craig, you really take us inside that oval office meeting as you describe white house officials immediately recognize the president may have, quote, overstepped, is what you write, and that the cia and nsa were call

discussion about this. what did you learn about that? what were they concerned about? >> well, they were concerned about the fallout. i think this is something else that really undercuts those denials we saw from the white house last night. if this was all appropriate and there was no problem here, why was it that white house officials were quickly calling the cia director and the nsa director to give them a heads up on what had just happened? and the purpose of those calls was to warn them because those agencies are the ones that deal directly with this partner. they're the ones that are going to have to deal directly with any fallout. >> is there more to come? i know we got to go, but is there more to come? >> i would certainly imagine so. the reaction in washington has been pretty strong to this revelation. >> all right. >> again, greg miller, thank you. >> great reporting. >> thank you. despite pressure from the syrian president bashar al assad, he's now consolidating control of major syrian cities. our seth doane is in

he's been reporting on the exodus of opposition fighters. more than 2300 rebels and their families have left in a deal with the regime. their enemies are ushering the rebels on to buses bound for an opposition area in northern syria. you can see all of seth's reporting from inside syria at cbsthismorning.com. a chance encounter at a restaurant transforms a man's life. >> i'm mark strassman at the mayo clinic in jacksonville with a story i promise you'll remember about the kindness of strangers. it involves who guys who just met, a lucky hat, and a life-saving donation. that story coming up on "cbs this morning

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in this morning's eye on money, today more young adults live in their parent's home than any other kind of household. almost a third of millennials are under their parent's roof. among those, one in four are not working or going to school, and that could affect their parent's retirement savings. jill schlesinger is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> explain how this may be a problem for the parents. >> what we're really concerned about is when your kids come home, you want to help them. you don't want to enable them. you want to help them get a start. but i start to hear these stories about people who say, oh, you know, i got a second mortgage on my house because my kid needs this. or iot

any own 401(k) because my kid's moving home. >> help them with the car payment. >> keep them on their insurance. whatever it is. but we're really worried because as you get so close to retirement, maybe your late 40s and 50s, these are critical years where we really want to see you continue to contribute. that's why i think it's really important to have conversations with your kids before they come home. how long is this going to last? what are the financial arrangements? >> what are you leaving? i still have a bedroom both for favorite daughter, favorite son, and hope they never have to used it on a regular basis, but i want them to know they'll always have a place. how do you determine how much you're supposed to contribute to helping them? is there a number? >> there's not a number. this is what i think is critically important. it is something that actually keeps you on track to hit your own retirement. so we want you to run numbers. there are a lot of free calculators that are online. there are also some paid versions of calculators that with help you figure out what you need to be doing. more importantly, how a

creating financially independent kids if you are enabling them? again, there's something different between having a safety net and actually doing a little bit too much. again, as that retirement is looming, you cannot make a mistake. >> this comes with a lesson. >> right, yeah. >> how important is it -- >> i think a lot of people very much concentrate on this old notion, i must have no debt coming into retirement. first of all, it's nearly impossible for the vast majority of americans. so don't muput that on yourself. more importantly, think about this. when you're in your ri tiermt, -- retierrement, you don't hava mortgage, but you don't have access to the money you would have had in saves. you need that money to be growing. you may need that in an emergency, health care issue. having that liquidity, access to money fast, may be much more important than being mortgage free, just because it emotionally makes you feel better.

say, you can't take the den to the grocery store, so be careful >> help them but not at your own expresen expense, thank you. ahead, how a united states marine corps hat brought two men together at a cracker barrel of all places. and "rolling stone" magazine in the house today, celebrating are its 50th anniversary. the co-founder is here to share what he sees for the next 50 years. you're watching "cbs this morning." vo: at dominion, we have a long history of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind...

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we continue our ongoing series. it's called "a more perfect union" to show what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. a georgia man is receiving a kidney transplant today. what makes this surgery so extraordinary is his very unique relationship with the donor. a chance meeting at a cracker barrel in georgia changed both of their lives forever. mark strassman is at the mayo clinic in jacksonville, florida. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at any given moment, about 100,000 americans are waiting for a kidney transplant. 5,000 people will die waiting. so this is the story about two men, perfect strangers, who proved that we

common than we could possibly imagine. pastor edgar roberts has wait the six years for this day. a life-saving kiddney transplan. john branson is the kidney donor. in april of 2016, the two men met improbably at this cracker barrel in georgia. >> i walked in and i saw a guy, edgar, sitting at a table by himself, and he had a marine hat on. my son is just getting ready to graduate the naval academy. so i walk up and started talking to him. >> reporter: roberts, a vietnam combat vet, is now a 70-year-old grandfather of two. branson, a 51-year-old police lieutenant in anderson, indiana. he was passing through georgia on his way to a florida vacation. >> so the two of you hit it off. >> yes. >> right away? >> right away. >> could tell he wasn't feeling real well. that's why i asked him what was wrong. he just looked drained.

>> and you said? >> i just came off dialysis. >> you were wiped out. >> reporter: roberts had lost both his kidneys to cancer and was receiving dialysis three days a week. he has been on the transplant wait list for three years. for three months after that chance meeting, the two men swapped phone calls. roberts' health kept declining. branson called again. >> he said, i'm ready. i'm going to give you a kidney. >> what went through your mind? >> i'm saying thank you, jesus. >> you don't get to meet too many strangers you know right away are good people without exception. that's what i feel about edgar. i got an extra kidney. i thought, i'll just give it a shot and see if i'm a match. >> reporter: turns out branson was a perfect match. >> this is a lifesaver. >> yeah, absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: dr. christopher croome will perform the transplant later today. >> ever hear of a donation quite like this? >> snot linot like this. the ch o

going to a place they weren't planning to go seems like fate. >> reporter: at roberts' church this past sunday, the faithful prayed for their pastor's transplant. >> you gave us a savior, father. >> reporter: they also gave thanks to special visitors, lieutenant john brandon and his family. >> he was on the other side of the world. he come and give me a kidney, and he's a white guy. and he didn't have no reservation. >> i'm struck by the generosity of the offer, right. you guys are strangers. >> strangers. >> what was the connection that made that offer possible? >> it was just the ability to do something really nice for someone. i mean, i've been a policeman for 27 years. my first offer is to help. he caught me on a real good day. >> and what's the connection like between you guys now? >> it's like divine intervention. he's my brother that i didn't

>> brother from another mother. >> reporter: roberts' surgery has begun. each of the two surgeries should take about 2 1/2 hours. if all goes well, the two men and their families are planning to take a cruise together this summer. >> oh, that's nice. mark, what a wonderful story. again, a reminder that we are more alike than we are different. and that civility should reign. >> and so many people like to have an opportunity to do something good that they know will have an effect on a person's life. >> on many levels you have to like that story. the chance meeting, the fact they had military backgrounds, the black/white thing he pointed out. it's one of those things that makes you realize it's so good to live in this country. very nice, mark. very nice. >> thank you. a legal dispute over jokes is no laughing matter for conan o'brien. how the comedian will have to answer allegations in court that he ripped off comedy material. your local news is next.

take it to church as only they can. u2 fans have found what they're looking for. the irish rock band kicked off part of their revival tour with a sold-out show at the seahawks stadium in seattle over the weekend. they're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of their break-through album "the joshua tree." the iconic rockers plan to perform across the next 2 1/2 months across the u.s. and europe. >> a reminder to get tickets. >> you're so right, norah. >> didn't we go to the u2 concert last time? >> we did. >> we'll have to revive that.

morning." let's go over the green room. you write about what bono and bruce springsteen mean to you. okay. they're deep in conversation. it was a nice moment between the two of them. that's nice. >> i think scott is like, oh, wow. >> they both said wow. bonding moment in the green room. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the new york times" reports on a whistleblower claim that big insurance companies have been bilking medicare advantage. a former official at united health group alleges the companies made patients look sicker. the goal was to reap bigger payments. the justice department says it plans to sue united health group. a spokesman for united health said the company complied with program rules and had been transparent with the government. it rejects the claims and will contest them vigorously. "fortune" reports a judge ordered uber to return

was stolen from waymo. they're battling each other for dominance in self-driving cars. uber was ordered to return all stolen materials to waymo by may 31st. "vanity fair" says conan o'brien must face joke staealin accusations in court. a flee lance writer claims staff writers lifted gags from his online post. "usa today" says families who fled flint's water crisis are losing out on benefits. michigan allotted $7 million to improve the nutrition of kids exposed to lead. eligibility is limited to about 16,000 children in the city, but families who moved out say their kids also need help. and "the atlanta journal constitution" says delta airlines is testing facial recognition technology for travelers. devices that match passengers with their passport photos will

minneapolis-st. paul airport. the machines will allow customers to check their own bags. delta says it's the first u.s. airline to try the technology. >> smile for the camera. nearly 50 years ago, he co-founded this small little music publication in san francisco, the rock and roll newspaper was called "rolling stone." he printed the first edition with $7500 he raised from friends. wenner was just 21 years old at the time. wow. he wrote this in the editor's note. we hope that we have something here for the artists and the industry and every person who believes in the magic that can set you free. >> that hope translated into success. "rolling stone" has now published more than 1200 issues. it covers and shapes music, politics, and pop culture. two of his best-known writers, tom wolf and hunter thompson, spoke with cbs in 1987 about what makes "rolling stone" so special. >> "rolling stone" has been

to take chances and not frighten. >> with "rolling stone," i was given the room and the range to really stomp on the terror. very few places will give you that. >> the magazine is celebrating its golden anniversary with a new book "50 years of rolling stone," featuring an introduction by co-founder jann wenner. way back 50 years ago in san francisco, what the hell did you think you were doing? >> well, i didn't know. i was a kind of wild rock and roll kid who loved music and wanted to do something about that, but i had no idea what it would ultimately become, such a big mainstream publication and talking to presidents and going to the oval office and air force one and doing all that. >> and rock and roll too. >> it all stems from rock and roll. when we

in the beginning, we had the beatles, the stones. they were beginning to form a world view and a conscious and attitude. it reflected the just coming of age baby boom, which is kind of a new idea about politics. they had a kind of a social mission at its core even then. people didn't see that right away. we did see that. we celebrated that. >> you must have been a different kind of kid. you were 21 years old. i marvel at that when you look at the 21-year-olds today. i can remember what i was like at 21. just the fact you could think that at 21. you said you wanted to give rock and roll a voice. what was the story for that voice that you thought was missing? >> well, at that time, the few publications that covered music were really teenage fan magazines. it was little teenage girls. there was no coverage of rock and roll in the "new york times" or the magazines or on television or anywhere. really, it was just kind o

40 radio, in the jukeboxes. we wanted to say something about it, and you could get it in "rolling stone." we sort of became the voice of it and let the groups and artists talk through us and explain themselves to their audience through us. >> it was a newspaper at first on a rotary press that you guys -- the first time you watched it and clicked your champagne glasses. in the first year, yo uh had interviews with mick jacker and pete townsend. how? >> i think they saw what we were doing, as small as it was. they saw what it was, and they liked it. they realized we were taking them on their own terms. reflecting the kind of seriousness with which they took their music and not just what they're looking for in a girlfriend. >> something of substance. >> and they respond to us. they wanted to talk about it. they knew they were going to get taken seriously. >> you found the great hunter thompson and t

liebowitz. you said about hunter, i could never find another hunter. >> well, it's a one of a kind. between his skill as a writer and a reporter and his really -- he was also an amazing personality. >> loved him. >> being with hunter, you knew you were going to have the most exciting time of your life. something you're always going to live on the edge of danger. you're in a car with him, it was danger. >> and annie liebowitz. you wanted that magazine, that paper to have a look. >> i believe an essential part of rock and roll was the style of it and the image of it. i wanted photography. i wanted good photography. annie was in an office on her own, just a student. she gave me some pictures she took and we started giving her assignments. she kept coming back better and better. soon enough, i mean, i had no idea when i saw her the first

of the world's greatest living photographers. >> there's a picture of john lennon and yoko ono. you say that's your favorite picture. >> well, certainly the most astounding cover ever. just the image itself is so powerful. it was published at a time when she was skikilled. it became an inextricable part of what happened. >> when he was killed, yeah. >> 50 years concludes highs a lows. where do you put the university of virginia reporting? >> a low. we made a really big mistake there. the underlying story and reporting, rape on campus, another thing about what we said about title nine enforcement. unfortunately, the example we used turned out to be not true, and on that mistake, we got hung. we've been doing this -- >> did it do damage in terms of you and the readers? >> no, it just was

if you do 50 years of this kind of reporting and daring -- >> it happens so rarely to you. >> just the once in a lifetime thing. it's happened to "time." >> now your son is going to be taking over is the word. >> that's the word. >> how do you feel about that? what does he bring that you don't? >> youth, energy, all those things i once brought to it myself. >> you still have that. >> can i just tell one quick story? when i first came to new york, he had a little party. i went over there, and i saw this table. i loved this table. i knew it would be a center piece for the show that i was going to do. so i went to him and said, can i buy that table? >> not just a table, my desk. >> and he said to me, no -- no, he said, let me check into it. he said, i can't do this because it was at the original san francisco. but he found he and helped me find the table that's been the center piece of my show for more than 25 years. >> now charlie sits ad

table. >> among our many accomplishments. >> looking at your pictures younger, look at you. i look at your face and what you were thinking. you were such a kid. look what you started. >> congratulations on 50. >> thank you very much. >> it's great. >> thank you, norah, charlie, gayle. pleasure to be here and celebrate. >> 50 years of "rolling stone" is on sale now. >> too bad it's a little book, norah. >> it's a good book. i'm getting it signed. >> i am too. author scott turow is credited with re-creating the legal thriller.

me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia.

you think i killed her. >> the lady was bad news. >> so that makes it okay i killed her. >> did you? >> that, of course, is harrison ford in the 1990 movie "presumed innocent." it's based on the best-selling novel by author scott turow. the book is one of his ten best sellers. they've been translated into more than 40 difficuerent languages. they've sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. he's out with his first new book in four years. it's

scott turow, we welcome you back to the table. >> hey, gayle. thanks. nice to be here. >> after four years, we're glad to have you back. "testimony," a tour deforce of collapsing perceptions. it took you four years because you were doing a lot of research. >> i did a lot of research. i went to europe three times. i spent a week in the hague, which is a wonderful city. a different kind of week in bosnia, which is also a remarkable place. >> what did you want to tell on this one? >> you know, i just wanted to go some place a little different, and i thought that frankly the international criminal court is not something that's well understood in the united states, and therefore made, i thought, an interesting setting for a legal thriller. >> where did you get the idea from? >> i was at a reception in the hague in holland, which is one of c

ambassador's house. there was a group of american lawyers who worked in the hague. they were all around me going, you've got to write a book about this place. this place is amazing. the back stories and back channels and the cases themselves. usually when people are saying that to you, it's like how antilles antique face disappeared. so i always held on to it. >> who did you create as your main character? >> it's a guy named bill, mid-life crisis, although for reasons that he doesn't quite understand. he's given up his marriage, his job, finally husbais country an gone off to the hague to investigate the disappearance. >> this is what you say about him. being a successful middle age man, being suddenly single is like being a water boy for the football team who finds a magico genius turned him into the prom king. >> there's another side to bill's life, o

discovers that he has all the magical powers that he wished he had when he was 17. >> "the washington post" calls it a tour de force of the collapsing perceptions. >> nobody is quite who they seem to be. bill, of course, is led astray in several different ways, both by witnesses and in his personal life. and yet, it's like a set of chinese boxes. things keep opening outward. >> it twists and turns, but it all makes sense. sometimes writers do something where you didn't see it coming where you go, where is that coming out of the left field? that is not what you do in this book, as complicated and layered as it is. is that important? >> one of the things i was proud of when i finished the book is i felt exactly what you were saying. it really does all come together. it has both a unified story and a unified meaning. >> are you still practicing law? >> i do a little bit.

international firm called dentons. i always have a case or two going. so when i get back from the book tour, i'll dig into something new. >> they don't look at you and go, oh, off your book tour, decide to come to work today? >> you know, it's a deal that's worked for everybody since 1990. so they let me write and practice law. i still really enjoy being a lawyer. >> you do? >> when you get outside your comfort zone, where are you? what do you do? >> are we talking about as a lawyer or writer? >> both. >> and a man. >> as a writer and as a man, less as a lawyer. >> you know, i've renewed my life about ten years ago, and -- >> what does that mean? >> well, you know, i had a marriage that ended and, you know, put me on a new course. for me, it's been tonic. it's been

>> mrs. turow is in the green room. she's lovely. >> there's a lot of pain involved in that for everybody, certainly my kids, and i have a great relationship now with my ex. >> sounds like that might have fed who bill is. >> it certainly fed who bill is. we cannot walk away from that. >> there are a lot of references in this book about divorce. very well done. >> nice to have you here. >> norah, thanks. great to be here. >> thank you so much. and "testimony" is on sale. tomorrow, gisele bundchen talks to charlie about her passions for the environment. otherwise known as mrs. tom brady. and you can hear more of our "cbs this morning" on our podcast on itunes. today our resident cartoonist discusses her recent trip to the white house.

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we are your hosts of great day washington this national barbecue day. >> we're going to celebrate. >> right. >> we're also going to do some cool things. cameron mathison is taking on some of the biggest pop culture challenges. >> that's right. >> it's a brand new series called can cam. >> he's joining us now from los angeles with an exclusive first look. cameron, what are you getting yourself into? >> everything and anything they ask me to, guys. it's so much fun for me. this is right up my alley going behind the scenes and kind of attempting all of these fantastic challenges. here's the thing. i had to push myself, my strength, my agility, put it all to the test, especially for this particular challenge, the monster american ninja warrior obstacle course. a little bit of a dream come true, but man, oh man not easy. take a look. cl cameron looking relatively

look more manly. cameron mathison trying to keep that hair dry and building up speed. >> oh, my >> come on. does he make it. >> here's the thing, i mean, right, the thing is that a lot of times when the correspondents do these courses they dumb it down a little bit. not me. this was the legit ninja course. you've got to watch to find out what happened. that barrel by the way, some of the ninja's dislocated their limbs on that challenge. clearly i survived. >> yours are still located. [ laughter ] >> another can cam challenge took me to the vegas strip to tackle tyson beckford's boot camp to become none less than the chip and dales dancer. tyson gave me a lesson in the very skilled art of taking off my shirt. >> i just grab on here and pull