captioning funded by cbs it's monday, december 4th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." presidential tweets. mr. trump takes aim at the fbi and the special prosecutors investigation into russian election meddling sparking a warning from some lawmakers. taking to the skies, the united states and south korea come together for a massive combined air force drill. and cvs is getting into the health care business. the drugstore is making a big purchase which could radically

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. a twitter storm from president trump took aim at the fbi and the russian election meddling in the 2016 election which is in. ing closer to the white house. brook silva-braga has more. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. he took special interest in the news that the senior fbi counsel was removed after it was discovered that he had sent anti-trump/pro-hillary e-mails. the president used that story to make some broader criticisms about that. >> he wrote in part the reputation is in

in history. the president of the fbi's agents association responded agents act with unwavering integrity. this sparked a tweet on saturday that sources tell cbs it was actually crafted by mr. trump's lawyer. it suggests the president knew mike flynn lied to the fbi before firing him. some suggestion if he did know that and then asked director james comey to drop it, that might have led to. >> a dialogue the president disputes. he tweeted sunday, i never asked comby to stop investigating flynn. just more fake news covering a comey lie. >> would say this as president. there's an ongoing investigation. comey may be part of it. you tweet and comment at your

flynn fleeding guilty friday to the fbi is now cooperating with robert mueller's investigation into russia's meddling in the election. now, the tweet that raised those concerns about obstruction of justice were i had to fire flynn because he lied to the f bbi. sources said not only did he say it, he knew it at the time of the firing. president trump said he's willing to negotiate a key part of the gop tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate. it must now be reconciled with the house version. mr. trump said he would consider the tax rate at 22% instead of 20%. john dickerson said he thinks the president will have the bill he wants

>> he defines the bill he wants as any that comes before him. they need to be reconciled. but it seems with the body lan garage, they're going to be able to work out any minor differences between the two bills and get one final bill to the president for his signature. >> democrats say the gop measures it over less wealthy americans. meanwhile the government funding runs out at midnight on friday. the house introduced a stopgap measure on saturday. democrats say they won't vote for any bill that does not include immigrants brought to this country illegally as children. senator misch mcconnell said there won't be a shutdown on that issue. ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with white house bunt director mick mulvaney. this morning the united states and south korea began five militar

vigilance ace. it comes a week after north korea test-fired e its most powerful missile. president trump is expected to announce wednesday his decision on whether to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. mr. trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner the president has not decided yet. palestinian president abbas warned it would jeopardize. they discovered the missing girl mariah. she was found inhe

court today. a memorial to a woman killed by an undocumented immigrant is removed at the request of her family. the alt-right group said it built the memorial for kate steinle. she was killed in 2015. last week her killer was found not guilty of more. he had been deported five times. zarate's acquittal prompted protests outside the white house. richard spencer and other alt-right supporters protested the verdict yesterday. counter protesters chanted no nazis, no kkk. spencer was relocated by police to hold the protest elsewhere. the drugstore cvs is buying eight na for $69 billion in cash and stock. eats the largest acquisition and ws

in customers' care and health care costs. they run more than 1,100 drugstores and walk-in clinics. eight na covers over 22 million people. customers could see some changes to their health care plans. and coming up on the "morning news" now, landscape change. president trump's plan to reduce the size of two national monuments in utah. and a glimpse of the biggest full moon of the year. this is the "cbs morning news." uh oh...a painful sore throat? not now. if you want a max strength alternative to cough drops take cépacol instamax. this will provide fast relief. look! unlike regular cough drops it contains 2 max strength pain relievers and cools in seconds. dual power in one lozenge. bye bye sore throat. knock out sore throat fast. take cépacol instamax.

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it appears bigger and brighter than other full moons. a florida teenager who fled home with a soccer coach is found safe and the president is head west. "the salt lake tribune" previews president trump's visit to utah today. he's visiting to sign an executive order shrinking the bears ears and grand stairs national monuments by about 2 acres. it threatens important archaeological and cultural resources. the new york daily news says the florida teenager who fled with her soccer coach was afraid to leave the country with them. she was reunited nearly a week after disappearing. it's not cleary 27-year-old rian rodriguez planned to take her. her mom spoke with meg oliver after the reunion.

just to get to see her and put our arms around her and hold r her. there's nothing else like it. >> you can see more of the interview later on "cbs this morning." rodriguez will appear in court today to face a charge of interference with child custody. the "los angeles times" says an 18-year-old california man allegedly confessed to molesting up to 50 children over eight years. joseph haden boston turned himself in after admitting this to his mother. police believe there may be more victims. the alleged molestations happened in at least ten different cities. "time" magazine says new york's metropolitan opera stopped its relationship with levine over sexual mukt.

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. right now grab the easy pass before you get into the car, new rules taking high gear. >> plus how a multibillion dollar deal between 2 huge companies can completely

transform health care as we know it. >> and in for some mild temperatures today but cold air starting to move into the region. let's check in now tosee how our monday is kicking off. >> it's not too bad for a monday, but by the end of the week i hope your heaters are working at your home. they'regoing to be needed. it lookslike through the weekend and even into much of next week looks like it's going to be very cold out there. this morningstarting off with mostly clear skies. we have a few areas withpatchy fog this morning. 38 degrees in town. patchy fog, frederick visibility down below 2 and a half miles and patchy fog on the dense side in southern maryland. 32 at the freezing mark in leesburg. iwant to show you the weather

system to our west arriving and bringing that cold blast. hereit is. we'll talk about rainchances and the cold that follows in just a bit. the roads look nice right now. 66 is going to besomething new for you out there on the roads. the only alertfor some high construction areas is on 66 outside the beltway. ihave a live look inside the beltway on 66 right by leesburg pike. the tolls kick in there. there are night and evening tolls, we'll talk about all the details throughout the morning. your drive on i-66 inside the beltway, boy, it is going to change this morning. >> single drivers will be allowed to use the interstate but they'll have to pay up and pay up big. drivers will needthe easy pass. aaa predicts thetolls could rise to $9 each way.

hov riders can ride for free if they upgrade their pass. they'll need to remember to switch the hov on their easy pass to avoid being charged. check out these cuties, animal rescue saved 7 pickups and several cats this weekend available for adoption right before christmas. we have thenumber posted on other free wusa9 mobile app as well as our website. many people had their eyes on the skies overnight. thesuper moon means that the moon looks about 14% larger and 30% brighter than other full moons. this is the last super moon of 2017. 2 others are expectednext month. the news at 4:30starts right now. this is wake up washington on wusa9.

. >> good morning. thanks forjoining us. >> you know, it was fairly warm this weekend. >> it was kind of warm. i thinkthe temperature change is getting people sick. >> the sick list here in the building is long. >> it is. >> it's a struggle this morning. what can we expect the rest of the day? today is the nicest day of the week. we're trackingshowers and cold temperatures. we're talking about all the way through next weekend and beyond it's going to be cold. there'sthe super moon right now under some hazy thin clouds out there. we're starting off your morning in the 30s. we've got somesuburbs in the 30s and today a mostly sunny sky with high clouds but temperatures will be above average. by lunchtimetoday you're climbing from the 20s and 30s, up toed mid-50s and mid-50s later in the afternoon.

the cold front comes in and that will bring some showers. tomorrow we'llstart off with just a stray shower, but most of us start off your tuesday dry. you're goingto need the umbrella. we have ayellow weather alert especially for tomorrow afternoon because watch what happens on futurecast as we roll the clock forward, noon time still dry in d.c. i-81 corridor we've got showers pushing through. tuesdayevening here comes our cold front, rain, showers and falling temperatures behind it. theshowers will linger for the early morning commute on wednesday. i'll show you howcold it will go coming up . the roads look okay. wehave reports of construction on the top side of the beltway by river road all the way over to georgia avenue and even right here at route 1 coming in from maryland, but nothing that i'm seeing significant delays with.