brenda fitzgerald stepping down one day after politico reported she purchased tobacco stock after taking position. that investment is clearly at odds with the cdc's mission. according to politico, dr. fitzgerald invested in pharmaceutical companies merck and bayer and insurance company humana. >>> and filing to dismiss charges on bob menendez. the corruption trial resulted in a hung jury last fall. he was accused of accepting bribes from a florida doctor in exchange for political favors. charges against the doctor also dropped. menendez expressing gratitude and coming to the appropriate conclusion. >>> a polish born doctor detained by immigration officials after living in the united states for nearly 40 years. he is expected to be released today on $10,000 bond. dr. lukasz neeze was taken into custody in mid-january by ice agents. the michigan doctor was 5 when his parents fled poland in 1979. he received a temporary green card and became a lawful resident. dr. neeze came under scrutiny because of 18 encounters with police, most of them traffic violations. one child abuse case against hi

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brenda fitzgerald resigned today amid growing conditions about financial conflicts of interest. fitzgerald, a trump appointee, came under fire after she reportedly bought stocks in tobacco and health care companies after she took over at the cdc in july. this comes, of course, as the cdc is overseeing the response of the worst flu season nearly a decade. tonight, this flu emergency is hitting home for many across the country. long lines for the flu shot, pharmacies struggling to keep tamiflu on hand. and schools and churches taking urgent action to prevent the spread. we get the latest from nbc's kerry sanders. >> reporter: in florida, louisiana, and texas today, the offer of free flu shots brought out families like the belews. >> we know it's more prevalent this year than it has been in the past, and so we just knew it was time. >> reporter: an urgent reason to get vaccinated, cases like 45-year-old hope mccord-mcfarland. >> it's every mother's worst nightmare. >> reporter: now on a ventilator in virginia. >> flu shots saves lives. if you get the flu shot, you won't be living t

brenda fitzgerald stepped own as head of the centers for disease control amid questions of conflicts of interest. there are claims she bought stock in tobacco company before her tenure. >>> in a letter to congressional leaders, steven mnuchin said congress needs to raise the nation's debt teiling soon avoid a government default. it estimated that the government could run out of funds to pay its bills by late march if the lawmakers don't act. >>> the president wants to rebuild in nation's infrastructure n. last night's state of the union speech presidt trump put it on the congressional to-do list. but the price tagmps png questions.d e kayla touchy now takes a look at what the white house may be willing to pay for it. >> reporter: after touting passage of tax reform, he renewed his call to congress for infrastructure totaling $1.3 trillion. >> we will build gleaming new road, hibridges, ways, railways and waterways all across our land. and we willo it with american heart, and american hands, and american grit. >> reporter: the white house proposal has been in the works for a year. pub

brenda fitzgerald is the latest trump administration official to step down after being dogged by claimsnflict of interest. this one is good. the president nominated her to head the centers for disease control and prevention. instead she handed in her resignation this week after politico reported she had bought shares in a tobacco company one month into her gig directing the centers for disease control. stock purchases don't sit well with the agency's mission to combat tobacco use. this stuff is just whack. >> even if she had an outside financial adviser managing this. >> which is probably the case. >> it's still not kosher. once you have a position of influence like that, you need to divorce yourself of that. i want to bring up another story, because this one gets me. this week we learned that ben carson was warned ahead of time that it looked like he was using his position at hud for private gain. his son is a businessman in the city of baltimore. he was warned against it and went ahead and did it. on his listening tour in baltimore, he had his son orchestrating meetings. somehow his d

brenda fitzgerald has resigned after the website politico revealed her investment in tobacco stocks, a possible conflict of interest. >>> time now for a look at your weather this thursday morning. a new cold front is dumping fresh snow on parts of the midwest and great lakes with an arctic blast set to move in right behind it later this weekend. it'll push the snow showers into the east with accumulations expected from new york all the way up to boston. temperatures, in the meantime, are dividing the nation with the northern half largely seeing typical february 1 temperatures and everyone south of kansas and washington enjoying more springlike temperatures today, but the groundhog will tell us tomorrow whether winter is ending soon. >>> coming up, new concerns about america's missile defense system after another test failure. >>> also ahead, a big city mayor admits having an extramarital affair with her head of security. the new questions now about trips they took on the taxpayers' dime. >>> and why mark zuckerberg is happy that people are spending >>> four, three, two, one, zero. ig

brenda fitzgerald resigned tday as director of the center for disease control and prevention.s comes a day after politico reported fitzgerald bought and sold stock in japan tobacco while running the public health agency. cbs news has learned the trump administration is expected to onscontinue special protections for syrians who fled the civil war. about 7,000 will be allowed to amain in this country for another year and a half, but no new applications will be r cepted. se michigan, more victims confronted former gymnastics doctor larry nassar today at his third and final sentencing hearing for sexually abusing iung patients. he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. nassar's accusers now number 265. there is much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." >> reporter: we already knew whales talked to each other in whale speak, but we didn't know they could speak like us. >> hello! >> hello. ♪ ♪ >> glor: harley davidson shifts gears, rolling out an electric or. >> reporter: it's an extraordinary find on this one rock. more than 70 footprints of dinosaurs and mammals

public health chief has resigned over a financial conflict of interest documents show brenda fitzgerald traded in tobacco and health care stocks while she was the director of the centers for disease control and prevention fitzgerald was appointed by trump in july this the second high profile health official to step down health secretary tom price resigned after allegations he had misused government aircraft. and president trump is decided to keep the gone tommy military prison in cuba open using an executive order his predecessor barack obama had promised to close it but he failed al-jazeera as defense correspondent patty culhane reports a big stage and a chance to make good on a big campaign promise us president donald trump announced a new signed executive order he will keep the controversial guantanamo bay military prison open in the past we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous. only to meet them again on the battlefield including the isis leader alabang. and we captured who we had who we released both of those statements are just not true i salute or abu bakar

public health chief has resigned over a financial conflict of interest documents brenda fitzgerald traded in tobacco and health care stocks while she was the director of the centers for disease control and prevention fitzgerald was appointed by trump in july and is the second high profile health official to step down that was after the health secretary tom price resigned in september over allegations he had misused government aircraft. also the u.s. environmental protection agency says it won't be enforcing regulations under the obama administration to combat water pollution the a.p.a. says it is suspending the rules for two years while it considers whether to keep them at all the clean water policy focused on smaller rivers and streams the trumpet ministration says suspending that water policy will offer a more economic security to farm at this. u.s. government's dismissed reports that it intends to cut off aid to puerto rico for months after it was hit by a powerful hurricane. the federal emergency management agency fema says it has been evaluating whether there are sufficient supplies

public health chief has resigned over a financial conflict of interest documents show brenda fitzgerald traded in tobacco and health care stocks while she was the director of the centers for disease control and prevention fitzgerald was appointed by trump in july and is the second high profile health official to step down health secretary tom price resigned in september after allegations he had misused a government aircraft. the f.b.i. has raised questions about the accuracy of a secret congressional memo that suggests the agency and the justice department abused their powers the white house intends to release that classified document containing allegations of trump bias that explains. thank you and god bless america goodnight for many people it was the text of donald trump state of the union speech that made headlines instead it was his unscripted comments as he left the chamber referencing a secret memo purporting to show top law enforcement tools were used for political purposes the twenty sixteen presidential election was released or you know we're going to have. you heard it's a cl

brenda fitzgerald stepped down due to investment issues.politico reported that fitzgerald traded in tobacco stocks after she became -- >>> emergency management officials say they planned to stop sending food and water to the territory. they have not made a decision when the date was accidentally made public sparking outrage. puerto rico is still recovering from hurricane maria four months after the storm. resources are hard to come by in rural areas. and as of last week nearly half a million customers were still without power. >>> more to come on abc7 news at 4:00, you want to talk about unusual weather, how about snow in the desert in africa, this is the first time this has happened in 50 years. >> we could use some of that in the sierra, but right now we have bright sunny skies here. get used to this, a lot more coming our way. people are fighting type 2 diabetes... with fitness... food... and the pill that starts with f. farxiga, along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. lowering a1c by up to 1

brenda fitzgerald was selected in july by tom price. today the resignation comes after politico reported she purchased stock in a japanese tobacco company one month into her tenure as the director. fitzgerald had come under congressional scrutiny for slowly divesting from other investments. she purchased stock and at least a dozen companies. >>> apple is cooperating with the government investigation into their secret slowdown of older iphones. the u.s. department of justice and secretary are investigating whether they violated security laws concerning disclosures about the software update. according to sources, they are concerned apple may have misled investors about the performance of older iphones. 2016 software update began to slow older phones when batteries would we can to prevent them from abruptly turning off. apple apologized and is replacing batteries on older phones for discounted prices. >>> you had to wake up early if you wanted to see it, the pictures are stunning. the super blue one -- blood moon. >>> woke up early to see

brenda fitzgerald made a big investment in tobacco stocks a month after being appointed head of cdc. it was reported she purchased up to $15,000 of japan tobacco company stock in august after she started running the cdc. today after that reporting and a bunch of other reporting about her financial conflict of interests with her job she resigned from running the cdc. that's also particularly interesting for us here at the rachel maddow show and our graphic's team we work hard on the list of trying to keep up on the list of senior officials who have cycled out of the trump administration already even though they've only been there a year. it now includes, the secretary of health and human service, white house chief of staff, deputy white house chief of staff, another white house chief of staff, the senior adviser to the white house chief of staff, press secret, communications director, national security advisor, deputy national security advisor, another deputy national security advisor, intelligence director at the security council. the deputy chief of staff at the fascial security cou

brenda fitzgerald was selected in july. by former secretary of health and human services tom price.the resignation comes after it was reported she purchase stock in a japanese tobacco company one month into her tenure as the decedent director. she'd already come under congressional scrutiny for divesting from other investments. she purchase stock in a dozen companies including merck bayer and health insurance company.>>> mayor of nashville apologize for cheating on her husband. she revealed she was having an affair with a former head of her security detail. she said the affair began in 2015 not long after she took office. she went on to say she is disappointed in herself and accepts full responsibility. when asked if she ever considered resigning she said no. >>> federal government said it will not retry new jersey democratic senator bob menendez on corruption charges. it comes a day after a judge throughout robbery counts. the justice department spent five years investigating him on the charges. his trial last fall lasted three months. the jury deadlocked in a mistrial was declared

people like inference brenda fitzgerald, the now former head of the cdc centers for disease control, who obviously resigned today after political reported and this is really something else, she bought shares in a tobacco company one month into her leadership of the agency charged with reducing tobacco use. this is the top public health official in the administration. buying tobacco stocks. we're just getting started. there's also kathleen har net white, she's trump's choice to direct the white house council on environmental quality whose confirmation hearing was an all-time disaster. >> do you think that if the ocean warms it expands? does the law are thermal expansion apply to sea water. >> again, i'm not -- i do not have any kind of expertise or even much lehman's study of the ocean die nat micks and the climate change issues. >> white has suggested that climate science is a hoax to and i quote her here, decarbonize human society. she once said that coal helped end slavery. in a rare moment of sanity, the senate declined to consider her nomination originally in december but now gue

brenda fitzgerald bought shares in a tobacco company the month after she became director of the cdc, for years to prioritize anti-smoking efforts. fitzgerald declined to explain topo litco why she purchased thousands of dollars of tobacco stocks after taking the position in july. according to the "wall street journal," fitzgerald offered her resignation saying she felt investment issues were detracting from her job and the agency's works. >> no conflict of interest there. >> not at all. >>> let's turn to business. the dow snapped its worse two-day decline streak. a slight pullback in the markets, but 2018 so far has been incredible for the stock market. what's the outlook look like? what are investors' thoughts? >> here in the uk, we say pinch, punch, first of the month. it's february 1st. we can look back on the monthly numbers for january. the dow jones industrial average was up 5.8% for the month, s&p 500 up 5.6. those are records since march 2016. we've seen the big tech stocks under focus this week because of earnings and the nasdaq up 7.5% for the month. that's the highest sinc

brenda fitzgerald resigned after she bought tobacco stocks and carl icon pushed for changes to benefit portfolio. are these the best people, sam? >> well, i r th-- are they the best people. i don't think mike flynn should have been fired or i don't think steve bannon thought flynn should have been hired. but out of loyalty, he wanted to give him a position and he knew he couldn't get confirmed. >> does he have the best people on staff right now? >> i have a -- i think they have a difficult job. i'm not here to criticize. i saw cory on fox news criticizing cali and he's planting stories, ike e i'm n-- not here to talk about john kelly, it wasn't a situation that a four star general marine there to bring in order and this is the troops he and what he int -- inherited. >> should don mcgahn resign. >> i don't think he could in light of the investigation. >> should anyone resign. >> should anyone resign in this white house over this. perhaps i think they should conduct a real internal review and it shouldn't just focus on john kelly but there are other players in this. >> sam nunberg, good

brenda fitzgerald has resigned one day after politico reported she bought tobacco stock after taking position which conflicts with the cdc's health mission. she was already under the microscope for investing in a pharmaceutical and a health insurance company. >> plenty of attention being paid to tom brady. >> the patriots quarterback is now practicing without a glove on his throwing hand, not big deal. he seems to have put that injury behind him. >> and brady as a plan to make sure his super bowl jersey doesn't get stolen again. brady says he's taken the jersey with him. if they lose the jersey's going to go in the trash. it will still be valuable, i thin. >>> and we're getting closer to the big game when animals are starting to make their selections. >> this is april, the giraffe. her keepers put up signs representing the patriots and eagles, each with a leafy green vegie top. april chose new england to win its second straight title. we got to play this game with frank. >> that's true. see which one the rabbit picks. she'll point out she does live in upstate new york. so april is a

brenda fitzgerald's resignation came after just six months on the job and after politico reported that she purchased up to $15,000 of shares in japan tobacco. as cdc director, fitzgerald also bought shares in pharmaceutical and healthcare companies that critics say posed potential conflicts of interesest. in virginia, an amtrak train chartered by republican lawmakers crashed into a garbage truck outside charlottesville on wednesday, killing one of the truck's passengers and injuring two others. three people aboard the train were also lightly injured, including minnesota congressmember jason lewis, who was tataken to a nearby hospita. the crash occurred as the lawmakers wewere headed to an annual republican party policy retreat in west virginia. the trump administrationon said wednesday it wilill reauthorize gps, that is temporary protected status, for syrian refugees, but said it will bar any more syrian citizens from applying to the program. tps benefits just 6900 syrians living in the u.s. the ununited nations says some 4 million people have fled syria since 2011. the associated pres

brenda fitzgerald had pledged to resolve those conflicts during her confirtion hearing, but "politico" reports that her obfinancial manager boughtco and drug stocks, one month after she took the c.d.c. job. the stocks were later ld. u.s.a. gymnastics announced today that its remaining directors have resigned. they had been accused of ignoring years of sexual abuse by larry nassar. the former sports doctor was back in court in lansing, michigan today. this time, he is being sentenced for molesting at least 60 gymnasts at a private sports club. meanwhile, john engler took over as interim president at michigan state university, where nassar also worked. he vowed to support the victims. >> i've been amazed by your strength and your courage, and i pledge that i won't let your efforts be in vain. mark my words, change is coming. >> woodruff: in a separate development, former presidential nominee hillary clinton now says she should have fired a senior adviser from her 2008 campaign. burns strider was accused of sexually harassing a young, female staffer. he was demoted, but not fired. ook la

brenda fitzgerald has resigned one day after "politico" reported she had bought tobacco stock after takingwith the cdc's health mission. she was already under the microscope for investing in a pharmaceutical and a health insurance company. >>> okay, so, the super bowl is starting to come into focus and that means plenty of attention being paid to tom brady. >> the patriots quarterback is now practicing without a glove on his throwing hand, big deal. an injury to brady's right hand caused a lot of speculation ahead of the afc championship game. but he seems to have put that injury behind him. >> and brady says he has a plan to make sure his super bowl jersey doesn't get stolen again. brady says he's taking the jersey with him if they win. if they lose, the jersey's going to go in the trash. it will still be valuable, i think. >>> and, you know, we're getting closer to the big game when animals are starting to make their selections. >> this is april, the giraffe. she's at a zoo in upstate new york. her keepers put up some signs representing the patriots and the eagles, each with a leafy gree

c-d-c director doctor brenda fitzgerald resigned from her position today, just six months after beingected for the post. in a statement, the department of health and human services blamed what it called her "complex financial interests" for fitzgerald's decision. the move comes one day after politico reported that fitzgerald bought tobacco stock after becoming c-d-c director. that investment goes against the mission of the c-d-c. (grant) equifax will offer its free credit protection deal for five more months. the company made its initial offer after revealing last year that personal information of more than 145 million people was exposed during the breach. that offer was set to expire yesterday, but equifax is extending it to june 30th. experts advise that consumers also freeze their credit at the other two credit bureaus -- experian and transunion, which may still carry a fee. (catherine) still ahead - petsmart is facing more scrutiny tonight after another report of a dog being injured during a grooming visit. the details - after the break. there's been another claim that petsmart is