>> errol barnett, thanks. >>> and cbs news chief washington correspondent and "face the nation" mod railtor john dickerson joins us now from washington. so john, we continue to see a slow drip drip of information on this russia collusion story. how much of a turning point were these e-mails released by donald trump jr.? >> i think it was a turning point for two important reasons. first the facts. the president's son was engaged in doing something that top officials including the vice president said no one in the campaign had done, and he even asked the question of whether anyone did was offensive. that's the first problem with the facts of the case. it's further complicated by the fact this is the president's flesh and blood, who operates outside of the white house. so how does the white house defend somebody who they're not really -- it's not their job to defend them but where everything that happens with respect to the president's son does have a real impact on the president and his agenda. >> well, i want t

errol barnett has more from the weekend white house, mr. trump's golf club in new jersey. >> reporter: protesters opposed es the u.s. women's open being held at president trump's golf course took their message to the jeads of bedminister, new jersey, this weekend. but this morning, mr. trump thanked his supporters and accused so called fake news media of scorning his son. >> very troubling. and obviously moves our whole investigation to another level. >> reporter: donald trump, jr.'s meeting at trump tower last year which included top campaign staff and russians linked to the kremlin is being scrutinized in vishington. vice chair of the senate intelligence committee mark warner. >> i want to hear from everyone in that meeting, and get their wrsion of the story. rtat we've seen is a constant effort to hide contacts with russians. we've seen this pattern repeat itself. >> reporter: the president was hso dealt a setback this weekend on his wish to repeal leamacare. leader mitch mcconnell delayed an upcoming vote on the senate bill while john m

earl the chief who blends meals withsa errol barnett met the chef who blends meals with messages at thefe. >> go through 600 pounds of chicken a day, 100 pounds of cat tail, ox tail, 300 pounds a day. >> reporter: jerome grant is a chef at the bust liling cafe cad sweet home ka faff. grant, whose mother and father are filipino, calls sweet home cafe an edible exhibit. >> a lot of people associate african-american people with the food. we're more than that. we were in the kitchen. we were in the kitchens within these stable houses. we were everywhere and we helped develop what american food is. >> reporter: while southern favorites like fried chicken are on the 50-item menu, you'll also find oysters made famous by new yorker thomas downing. the 35-member staff serves up to 3,000 meals per day. it is an immense operation. still, visitors agree it's also something special. >> what did you get? [ indiscernible ] green beans, fish, and cornbread. >> and how do you compare? >> i compare -- i can't tell the difference. it's good man, i tell you. >> reporter: chef grant telling the american sto

errol barnett has more. >> reporter: protesters opposed to the u.s.ing held at president trump's golf course took their message to the roads of bedminster, new jersey this weekend. but this morning mr. trump thanked his supporters and accused so-called fake news media of scorning his son. >> very troubling. and obviously moves our whole investigation to another level. >> reporter: donald trump jr.'s meeting at trump tower last year, which included top campaign staff and russians linked to the kremlin, is being scrutinized in washington. vice chair of the senate intelligence committee mark warner. >> i want to hear from everyone in that meeting and get their version of the story. what we've seen is a constant effort to hide contacts with russians. we've seen this pattern repeat itself. >> reporter: the president was also dealt a setback this weekend on his wish to repeal obamacare. an upcoming vote on the senate bill, while john mccain recovers from emergency surgery to remove a blood clot above his left eye. the better care act needs almost unanimous

>> quijano: errol barnett, thanks. more insight we turn to our chief washington correspondent and "face the nation" host john dickerson. so, john, homeland security secretary john kelly starts his new jobs achieve of staff on monday replacing reince priebus, will he be able to restore order in the white house within >> the route to order in the white house for a chief of staff usually relies on two important things. one is limiting the number of people who have access to the president. you do that because the more people that have access, the more it upends the plans that the rest of the executive branch have put in place. so you need to be a gatekeeper. on the other hand the second important skill is telling the president no, or convincing the president to do things he doesn't want to do. if general kelly or secretary kelly can do those things, then the white house will be back on path in terms of helping the president's agenda. if not, there may be more chaos. >> quijano: relations between the president and senate re

as errol barnett reports from washington.ith the implosion of republican efforts to repeal obamacare last week. president trump's health secretary emphasized something still needs to be done. >> our goal is to make, put in place as well as the the president's, goal, is to put in place a, a law, a system, that actually works for patients. >> reporter: democrats want republicans to come to the negotiating table and find ways to stabilize the existing framework. susan school lynn whose voted down the skinny repeal, supports that idea. >> what we need to do is to go through the normal process, identify the problems, have hearings, hear from experts, hear from all of the stake holders. and produce a series of bills to fix the flaws in affordable care act. >> new cbs news nation tracker poll found americans prefer a bipartisan approach to fix obamacare over a full repeal. and 62% disapprove of how the president is handling the issue. the poll also found more than half of respondents describe mr. trump's presidency as chaotic. addin

elaine. >> quijano: errol barnett, thanks. president trump on friday encouraged police officers to treat suspects violently. the president was on long island, new york, giving a speech about curbing gieng violence. >> like, when you guys put somebody in the car, and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put the hand-- like, don't hit their head, and they've just killed somebody, don't hit their head. i said, "you can take the hand away, okay." >> quijano: some officers in the audience applauded. the international association of chiefs of police released a statement explaining the importance of use of force procedures adding: north korea's latest missile test is raising new concerns that they could hit deep into the mainland u.s. on friday, the north launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile this month. it flew for more than 40 minutes, traveling high into space, before coming down in the sea of japan. carter evans says officials in hawaii are not taking chances. ( siren ) >> reporter: the latest miss

errol barnett has the latest. >> we will win, win, win. we will never lose. we will win. >> reporter: commissioning new gerald r. ford aircraft carrier in virginia, president trump focused on the strength of the military and his own white house. >> american might is second to none. and we're getting bigger and better and stronger every day of my administration,. >> reporter: after shuffling his legal team earlier in the week, yesterday the president reorganized his communications staff, appointing financier anthony scaramucci, as communications director. the decision led okaying director and press sean spicer to resign. >> it was the best interest our press organization to have not too many cooks in the kitchen. >> reporter: amidst the shakeups, mr. trump voiced frustration at so-called fake news, illegal leaks, and special council robert mueller in another round of early morning tweets. democrats and republican leaders warned the president not to interfere with mueller's investigation. >> we need to let him and his team and our investigators here to do their

errol barnett is at the white house. >> if are you going to keep leaking, i'm going to fire everybody. >> is very buynary. >> reporter: president trump's new communications director anthony scaramucci hit the airwaves today promising to forcefully stop leaks and put the administration back on message. >> if the president operates off the balls of his feet, is he an aggressive guy, st the reason why he won the presidenciment and so we're going to come up with a strategy that is going to knock pem's socks off. >> he also acknowledged mr. trump has privately discussed presidential pardons. but said they won't be necessary. >> he has done absolutely nothing wrong. there's no need for him to pardon anybody. >> reporter: the president's family and associates are facing increasing scrutiny as part of multiple investigations into potential collusion with russia during the election. former campaign manager paul manafort, son donald trump, jr. plus senior advisor and son in law jared kushner have all agreed to answer questions from congress. >> there there's a great men questions for mr. kushne

>> errol barnett, thank you. we're joined by jake sherman, senior writer and coauthor of politico's play book. good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to start with jeff sessions and the latest news that the "washington post" is reporting about hymn. how do you think this affects things? >> the problem is meeting with the russian ambassador is not bad thing. testifying that he didn't and it comes out that he did is a bad thing. that's a lot of speculation going on ryan now. the president's clearly not happy with him. he's no longer in the room with him. >> how does he go forward? >> it's hard to see on a personal level and professional level. the president values loyalty and jeff sessions in the president's eyes has not been loyal to him. >> along those lines, it would be the a.g.'s responsibility. what does that mean? >> look. if donald trump wants to push jeff sessions out,'s going to have a huge fight on his hands to get an attorney general, something he cannot afford right now. we even seen senate republican

errol barnett is traveling with the president. >> reporter: after returning friday he waved to golf guests. but as he spends another week from washington, his administration is reeling from continuing revelations as it relates to the russian investigations. reportedly yet another russian attended the now infamous get-together at trump tower with donald trump jr. and senior last year. they said a russian also attended the natalia veselnitskaya, a russian lawyer. >> as far as this incident, this is all of it. >> akhmetshin's remarks were similar. . it also raises questions about how much then canada . . . . while visiting the french president in paris, mr. trump defended the meeting. >> nothing happened from the meeting. zero happened from the meeting. honestly, i think the press made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that jared kushner revised his security clearance paperwork twice most recently to reflect the trump tower meeting. kushner's attorney says he was no

errol barnett is traveling with the president. errol, good morning.dent trump recharges at his favorite golf course, his administration continues with challenges. friday the a.p. reported on yet another russian-link aid tendee attended by campaign senior staff last year. rinat akhmetshin is sus specked to be connected to russian intelligence but the revelation contradicts what donald trump said earlier this week about who was there and what was discussed. also senior adviser and son-in-law to the president trump. jared kushner has revised his security paperwork for a second time to reflect having met with a russian layer who was there at trump tower as well. the president has hired yet another lawyer ty cobb to oversee it all. >>> two people are recovering after their suv got dragged by a train. the driver apparently ignored the flashing lights at a train crossing, went through the barricades and slammed into a parked train. a police officer tried to alert the train. a fire truck eventually stopped the train. >> absolutely terrifying. >> emergency off

errol barnett is at the white house. >> if you are going to keep leaking i will fire everybody. just very -- >> president trump's appointed communications director hit the airwaves today promising to forcefully stop leaks and put the administration back on message. >> if the president operates off the balls of his feet. an aggressive guy, the reason why he won the presidency. and so, we are going to come up with a strategy that is going to knock people's socks off. >> he also acknowledged mr. trump has privately discussed presidential pardons but said they won't be necessary. >> he has done absolutely nothing wrong. no need for him to pardon anybody. >> reporter: the president's family and associates are facing increasing scrutiny as part of multiple investigations into potential collusion with russia during the election. former campaign manager, pa ande all agreed to answer questions from congress. >> there is a great many questions we will have more mr. kushner. >> ranking democrat, adam schiff wonders why the president told "the new york times" it would be a violation if the

errol barnett has more on the new communications director. anthony scaramucci communicates the way the president does. he uses big gestures and brings a big perspective how washington should work. >> was in the oval office talking about letting him be himself. i think he's got some of the best political instingtss in the world. >> reporter: in the first camera briefing, newly appointed communications director anthony scaramucci continually praised his new boss. taking questions for more than 30 minute, he took aim to reset president trump's public image. >> i think there are at times a disconnect between the way we see the president and how much we love the president and in the way you perhaps see the president. >> reporter: his debut was in stark contrast to youtd going press secretary shaun speier's who the tay after the inauguration scolded the press on the audience. it quickly became the inspiration for melissa mccarthy's impression of spicer on "saturday night live." >> all right. let me put this whole russian thing to bed once and for a

>> errol barnett in the washington bureau. thank you. we're joined by ed o'keefe, a congressional reporter for the "washington post" and a cbs contributor. good morning. >> i'm still getting over the rose. >> we all are. i would like a little rose in my cup here. what's essentially happening here? we've known reince priebus has been in trouble for some time and john kelly was offered the job a while back. is it likely he'll get more authority? >> you would certainly want that given the fact that reince priebus in the past few months didn't have much authority. the problem here is you have a president who likes to tweet, tweet unpredictably. there were times priebus woke up and heard things the president tweeted the way we did. that's a problem and can make it very difficult for the white house to calibrate and understand what they're supposed to be focused on. we'll see whether bringing in a military general who has broader managerial and logistical experience can help. remember, he doesn't have very many strong relationships on capitol