errol barnett reports. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law and adviser jared kushner is now at the center of a crisis after meeting with the russian ambassador sergei kislyak during the transition and suggesting back channel communication with the kremlin. mr. trump defended kushner in this statement to "new york times" saying, quote, jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. perhaps more importantly, he's a very good person. john kelly said though he doesn't know of any kushner back channel, it would not be unusual. >> i think any time you can open the lines of communication with anyone wlrks they're good friends or not so good friends is a smart thing to do. >> my view of it is i don't like it. >> reporter: but republican senator john mccain disagrees. >> i don't think it's standard procedure prior to the inauguration of a president of the united states by someone who is not in an appointed position. >> reporter: errol barnett, cbs news, the white house. >>> jared kushner was the chief architect to president trump's visit of saudi arabia is in ro

errol barnett has the latest from new jersey. >> ahead of monday's senate endiciary hearing in russia president trump to us canned on democrats tweeting when will the fake media ask about the dems dealings with russia. former deputy attorney jenny sally yates will testify about her warnings to the trump white house about general mike flynn. senate judiciary committee member dianne feinstein. >> she apparently has some information as to who knew what when, that she is willing to share. >> the new national security advisor talking to ambassadors from around the world, there's epthing wrong with that. >> republican committee member senate roy blunt said flynn's contacts aren't suspicious but lying about it is. fl what was particularly wrong was general flynn not being truthful about the substance of what he said. en meanwhile, president trump's son in law and advisor jared kushner is facing questions about conflicts of interest. as reports emerged, his sister nicole mier spent the weekend promoting the family business and controversial eb-five visas in china. t e visa as grant wealthy il

>> ninan: errol barnett traveling with the president. breaking news tonight from the korean peninsula. cbs news confirms north korea launched a missile from its. >> sanika: test facility. it's unclear what type of missile was fired and whether the launch was successful. it comes just hours after the communist dictatorship would be open to talks after the united conditionings. continued missile tests by the north would, of course, ruin any chances of diplomatic breakthrough. adriana diaz has more from beijing. >> reporter: while traveling through beijing international airport, senior north korean diplomat choe son hui, said north korea is open to talks with the u.s. "if conditions are right," she said, "we'll speak to the trump administration." her comments follow president trump's overture to north korea earlier this month when he said he would be "honored to meet with dictator kim jong un under the right circumstances." the ratcheting down of rhetoric comes after months of escalating exchanges between washington and pyongyang. north kor

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errol barnett has the story. >>> ahead of sunday's judicial dash ri hearing he said, when will the fake media ask about the dembele's dealings. sally yates will testify for the first time about her warnings to the trump white house regarding former national security adviser, general mike flynn. senate judiciary committee member dianne feinstein. >> she apparently has some information as to who knew what when that she is willing to share. >> the new national security adviser talking to ambassadors from around the world, there's nothing wrong with that. >> reporter: republican committee member said flynn's contacts aren't suspicious but lying about it was. >> what's particularly wrong is him lying about it. >> reporter: meanwhile jared kushner is facing questions about conflicts of interest. as reports emerged, his sister spent the weekend promoting the family business and promoting eb-5 visa. it gives people an additional 2-year green card after investing half a million. kushner has no involvement with the previous companies, divested his interests and is not a beneficiary of the family

errol barnett has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president trump spent time at his golf club in virginia today and wished the country a happy mother's day, as did first lady melania trump, tweeting a picture with their son barron. but john dickerson says mr. trump is now dealing with more serious issues because of how he dismissed comey. what has president trump done by firing the director of the fbi? >> he's put a lot of focus on the russian investigation. if this was a firing done to stop progress, it's getting more scrutiny than ever. and there will be more scrutiny on the fbi director. >> the president has made it clear that he feels it's important that we reengage with russia. >> reporter: the comey controversy emerges just as the trump administration is trying to build stronger ties with the kremlin. secretary of state rex tillerson met with russia's foreign minister wednesday, where the two discussed ways to improve the bilateral relationship. today tillerson left no doubt about the country's election edge feerns but said its impact is an open question. >> yes, i

errol barnett is there this morning.orning. >> reporter: he's there to deliver the commencement address. it will hopefully be a show of strength for the president after a week of contradictions. first he contradicted his own white house staff, press office and vice president. they initially explained the reasoning for the firing of fb the recommendations by the attorney general and late attorney general. later this week president trump said he had already made up his mind before those recommendations before made. he also rejects reports that he asked james comey for his loyalty during a dinner in january. the prfrt president said that never took place but also said he doesn't think it's a bad question to ask. the president has long said he has no financial ties to russia. s he personal lawyers sent a letter covering the past ten year of his tax returns explaining that is true with few exceptions. today the department of justice will interview possible replacements for fbi director james comey. anthony? >> errol barnett i

here's errol barnett. >> reporter: richard colins iii would have graduated from bowie state universityrow. he already completed rotc d aining and commissioned as second lieutenant in the army. university of maryland president wallace loh. >> a bowie state university student who lost his life in a senseless and unprovoked assault ep our campus. >> reporter: late saturday colins and his friends were waiting at a university bus stop when he was attacked by an intoxicated sean urbanski, according to campus police chief david mitchell. >> he said to the victim, step left, step left if you know what is good for you. the victim looked at him, puzzled with the other friends of his, and said no. it was then that sean urbanski stabbed the victim in his chest. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime. urbanski was a member of a facebook group called alt-reich nation which posts racist material. sh it shows extreme bias against women, latinos, members of the jewish faith and especially african-americans. >> reporter: university of maryland officials are investigati

errol barnett has the latest from the weekend white house in new jersey. >> reporter: ahead of sunday'siciary hearing, president trump focused on democrats tweeting, when will the fake media ask about the dems dealings. sally yates will testify for the first time about her warnings from the trump white house regarding former national security adviser general mike flynn. dianne feinstein. >> she apparently has some information as to who knew what when that she is willing to share. >> a new national security adviser talking to ambassadors from around the world, there's nothing wrong with >> reporter: republican committee member senator roy blunt says the contact isn't wrong, lying about it was. >> what was wrong was general flynn lying about the substance of what he said meanwhile they're facing questions about conflicts of interest. as reports emerged, his sister, nicole mine annicole mier promo business and the eb-5 visas. in this statement his personal lawyer tells cbs news that kushner has no involvement with the previous companies, divested its interests and is not a b beneficiary of

today errol barnett discussed ade trip and what is ahead for the president with our chief washington correspondent john dickerson. >> what did president trump accomplish on his overseas trip. >> he pretty much got the stagecraft right, some bumpy parts on his trip to nato but i'm not sure the white house thinks of it and the president thinks of it a little friction with nato leaders is okay. but in saudi arabia i think they frunched what they saw as the most important part of this trip which was to basically reorient the united states in concert with sunni leaders to put pressure on iran, and to end on extremists across the world. >> the president very well may pull out of the paris climate agreement. how significant would that be. ris f the president pulls out of the paris climate agreement it is obviously a signal to esropean leaders that this is a different kind of president. he listens to allies but only so far. >> reporter: president trump is deck to tweeting his unedited opinions this morning, telling people among other things, inote, many of the leaks coming from the white hou

errol barnett has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: president trump spent time at his gulf club in virginia today and wished the country a happy mother's day as did first lady melania trump tweeting a picture with irthat son barron but john dicrs with more serious issues because of how he dismissed james comey. >> what has president trump done by firing the director of the fbi? >> well, he's put a lot of focus on the russian investigation, if this was a firing done to stop the progress of that investigation, it's now getting more scrutiny than ever. there will also be scrutiny of who the next fbi director will be i with will bring that story back fat fore. >> the president i think has made it clear that he feals it is is porpt that we reengage with russia. >> the controversy emerges just as the trump administration is trying to build stronger ties with the kremlin. secretary of state rex tillerson met with russia's foreign minister wednesday where the two discussed ways to improve the bilateral relationship. today tillerson left no doubt about the country's election interfe

errol barnett has the latest from the white house. >> he is so great.you can't produce peace in the middle east, nobody can. >> reporter: speaking on the eve of his inauguration, president-elect donald trump praised his 36-year-old son-in-law and adviser jared kushner. kushner, a core pillar of trump's inner circle, had been operating as the chief conduit between president trump and foreign officials during the campaign. reuters is reporting of at least three previously undisclosed contacts at that time between kushner and the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak. the "washington post" claims kushner was interested in establishing a back channel of communications with the kremlin. the f.b.i. is already scrutinizing kushner's russian contacts but has not accused him of any wrongdoing. among the communications is a december meeting with the russian ambassador and a follow-up with sergey gorkov, the chairman of russian state-owned bank v.e.b. that bank is currently sanctioned by the united states. democrats like california's ted lieu now want the president's

we begin with errol barnett. >> present. >> reporter: following tradition, president trump honored fallen soldiers on memorial day, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. >> we can never replace them. we can never repay them. but we can always remember. >> reporter: but over the weekend, the president was on the attack, criticizing what he calls fake news five times. r e president's son-in-law and adviser jared kushner is now at the center of a crisis after meeting with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak during the transition and suggesting a back channel of communication with the kremlin. o . trump defended kushner in this statement to the "new york times" saying, "jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. perhaps more importantly, he's a d ry good person." e cretary of homeland security john kelly says while he doesn't know of any kushner back channel, it would not be unusual. >> i think any time you can open lines of communication with anyone, whether they're good friends or not so good friends, o a smart thing to do. >> my view of it is i don

as errol barnett reports, the weasure now faces political landmines in the senate. >> you'll have better health ndre at a lower cost, and now i'm calling on the senate to take action. >> reporter: in his weekly address, president trump said the repeal of obamacare would be a big win for the american people, but in the democratic response, congressman steny hoyer said the g.o.p. plan is worse. >> it will force americans to pay more for less. t the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> reporter: the house bill now moves to the senate where a 13- member working group will make changes. it's not yet clear how much the bill would cost or how many americans could lose health rasurance. white house spokeswoman sarah thckabee sanders said the president will not rush the senate. >> we want to get it right, not get it fast. that's the focus. >> reporter: the house plan dakes dramatic cuts to medicaid by capping its funding as of 2020 and by stopping payments to states participating in obamacare's expansion of the program. the bill also allows states

>> errol barnett in our washington bureau. thanks, errol. >>> mr. trump will also visit holy sites vatican on this trip. that's followed by a nato summit in brussels. i'm wrap up with a g-7 summit in sicily. major garrett is with the president in the main capital of saudi. good morning. >> good morning. the president came with what could be best described as a few logistical difficulties. the saudis rolled out with the red carpet but forgot some of the final touches like the staircase for the president to ascend. then the staircase and red carpet did not align causing further problems, hoping it was not a metaphor for the president's first steps onto the foreign station. then he and melania made their way to a reception. over coffee the two leaders exchanged pleasantries with the president at one point asking king solomon if he spent time in new york. the king, 81, does not travel presidential limousine where he'll push for a saudi leadership. they'll challenge iran and combat isis affiliates throughout the region. there will be a summit for what th

today errol barnett discussed the trip and what's ahead for the president with our chief washington correspondent john dickerson. >> what did president trump accomplish on his overseas trip? >> he pretty much got the stage craft of it right. some bumpy parts to his trip to nato. but i'm not sure that the president thinks of it. a little friction is okay. but in saudi arabia what they launched was the important part of this trip, which was to basically reorient the united states in concert with sunni leaders to put pressure on iran and to, and on extremists across the re a >> the president may well pull out of the paris climate agreement. how significant would that be? >> well, if the president pulls out of the paris climate agreement, it is obviously a signal to european leaders that this is a different kind of president. he listens to allies but only so far. >> president trump is back to tweeting his unedited opinions this morning, telling people among other things, quote, many of the leaks coming from the white house are fabricated lies coming from the fake news media. are his supporters still

anthony. >> errol barnett with the we're joined by jamel.y.ood morning. >> good morning. >> two weeks ago the health care bill looked dead. so what happened between the trump administration and house republicans? >> i think the administration put a lot of pressure on house republicans to get something done. there was already a path available. basically if you could satisfy the demands of the most conservative members of the house, the freedom caucus, you might get all their votes and peel a few moderates off and that's basically what happened. >> the moderates are theoretically the ones most in danger in 2018. the congressional budget office has not released its score on this latest version of the heal it will, though. how dangerous is that for republicans looking at 2018? >> when the first cbo score came down in march and the big headlines were 24 million people would lose their health insurance if this bill was passed, you immediately saw basically every vulnerable republican back away. >> shrink away. >> in the public opinion polls, preside

errol barnett is in washington. good morning. >> good morning le. he calls him a very good person. the latest revelations have some demanding increased scrutiny for kushner while administration officials say these allegations have been blown up out of proportion. >> i don't see any big issue here relative to jared. >> secretary of homeland security john kelly sees jared kushner's alleged communications with the russians as standard practice. >> any time you can open lines of communication with anyone, whether they're good friends or not so good friends is a smartd thing to do. >> sources tell december kushner met with sergey kislyak. it was during that meeting kushner ask ed kislyak to set u back channel communications. there would have been security risks for moscow and the trump team. >> they are not our friends. >> former intelligence leader james clapper was unaware of kushn kushner's defense. >> my dashboard light was clearly on and i think that was case with all of the intelligence committee. >> they believe kushner's status is in question. >> i do think there ought to be a r

errol barnett is at the university of maryland campus with tributes to the victim. od morning. richard collins iii was supposed to walk with his bowie state classmates today at graduation being held here on the university of maryland campus. police say the suspect sean urbanski didn't know him and that the stabbing which took place at that location behind me was unprovoked. >> i love you. i'll remember you for the rest of my life. >> reporter: hundreds gathered to remember richard collins on the eve of bowie state university graduation. ♪ dear bowie state >> reporter: many sang the school song by candlelight. collins and two friends were standing at a university maryland bus stop early saturday morning when investigators say sean urbanski approached the group screaming and stabbed collins in the collins died about an hour later at the hospital. when police arrived on the scene they found urbanski sitting on a bench 50 feet from the bus stop with a knife in his front shirt pocket. in court urbanski's attorney told the judge his client has no criminal history and that

we begin with errol barnett. >> reporter: falling tradition, president trump honored fallen service members laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. >> we can never replace them. we can never repay them, but we can always remember. >> reporter: but over the weekend, the president was on the attack, criticizing what he calls fake news, five times. the president's son-in-law and adviser jared kushner is now at meeting with the russian ambassador, sergei kislyak during the transition and suggesting a back channel of communication with the kremlin. mr. trump defended kushner in this statement to the "new york times," saying, quote, jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him perhaps more importantly, he is a very good person. secretary of homeland security kelly says while he doesn't know of any kushner back channel, it would not be unusual. >> anytime you can open lines of communication with any one, whether they're friends or not so good friends, it's a smart thing to do. >> my view of it is i don't like it. >> reporter: but republican senator john mccain who