(darya) kron 4's jeff bush has the story.t sound marching practicethe california high school marching band in san ramon has been practicing their performance with an additional fervor this week.you want to stand big, you want to have your elbows separated. you don't want your upper body to support your elbows.for the first time the award winning music program at cal high has been selected to compete in fleet week's battle of the bands in golden gate park. they will compete against seven other bay area high school bands. it is a covetted invitation that band director kent johnson has long hoped to bring to his program. yet most of his students were unaware of just what that invitation meant.it was a dream but i never talked to about with the kids because i didn't want them to get excited about something and the we not attend.when our band director told us that we were actually a band that got selected few of us knew just what that was. the band's surprise at being selected was met with their delight.i think it was amazing that

bush, jeff flake. they're stigma with him. there is a kind of corruption honestly in the soul of the republican party there that has made them unable to stand up to trump. >> which is what jeff flake said on the floor. it was a tough speech. hi, i'm the internet! you know what's difficult? armless bowling. you got this, jimmy! you know what's easy? building your website with godaddy. pick a domain name. choose a design. you can build a website in under an hour. now that's a strike! get your domain today and get a free trial of gocentral. build a better website in under an hour. i love you. >> you realize we have depressed >>> last week when you think about this, we witnessed something new to politics. white house chief of staff john kelly, retired marine corps, four-star general, stood in the briefing room and spoke about the son he lost in afghanistan. he's a gold star father. he talked about his own military service. and it became, as we watched on live television, a kind of merging of service and civilian that we're really

bush, jeff flake. they're stigma with him.s a kind of corruption honestly in the soul of the republican party there that has made them unable to stand up to trump. >> which is what jeff flake said on the floor. it was a tough speech. he said we are participating in this, we are enabling this. he followed up in the washington post with this op-ed that essentially was trying to compare it to in mccarthy moment of have you no decency, sir? he tried to be the person that got up there and said have you no decency, sir. there's no calvary coming behind him to follow it up. >> you realize we have depressed republicans who may be watching heading to bed hoping for some -- >> if i'm going to be depressed they should be depressed. >> on that note, our great thanks to endira and bill stopping by tonight. really terrific. subject matter aside, terrific conversation. >>> coming up, from the nfl to the president's fight with a gold star widow, different forces have tried to pull america's military into politics. we'll talk about that with a

happening within the republican party when you have some criticism of the president-- jeff flake, john mccain, by george bushresident and, of course, bob corker. what does this mean, if anything, today in washington? >> well, charlie, it's the republican parties. and we're see more clearly on the national stage the split that we've been seeing in the house for a long time, that we looked at so carefully during health care. and now we're seeing the trump and bannon part of the party, and we're seeing the more traditional part of the party where so many senators now saying publicly what others are saying privately behind the scenes. but, charlie, here's the twist, and here's why a lot of the coverage this week has been very misleading. the twist is that all those senators and all those people-- republicans around the country that think privately the criticisms that mccain and corker and flake and bush and others are saying publicly, they're going to keep it private. trump is strong in their states, strong in their districts, and so, donald trump is now more commanding of the party than he has been at any time.

bush, jeff flake yesterday, these are republicans who felt the need and come occupant and re-affirm, not just conservative values, american values, what is happening right now not who we are. i don't know, have we seen anything like there? nine months, ten months into a presidency where members of his own party are coming out lining up to criticize him this way. >> you haven't. let's make no mistake of it. what we are seeing here is the political suicide. it's the coming in of the republican party where you are losing guys who are temperamentally moderate? right. >> who have 96% conservative ratings and can when states in arizona which are shifting and it can be replaced by conspiracy theorists getting plane away at the polls. you have steve bannon getting people that have been convicted of crimes, served time in jail as his alternative. it is -- this is an act of nilism. what happens to the republicans who remain there? do they give donald trump a stand ogvation yesterday after saying he was a threat to the constitution every day behind the scenes? as jeff flake said yesterday, the

jeff: president george w. bushn a rare public speech urging citizens to oppose threats to democracy. what was he referring to? karl rove will be here on "the daily briefing." >> harris: a federal appeals court says a cross shaped monument on public land in maryland has to come down. a judge's ruling said it violates the constitution. but supporters say it commemorates the 49 local men who die fighting in world war i. they plan to take the case all the way to the u.s. supreme court. we're back with our power panel, rich lowery and richard fowler. couple of riches. you are for leaving it up. why? >> course. what's the religion it establishs? what's the church? when does it meet? can i go to religious services of this church? is it catholic, greek orthodox? this is a symbol that has an secular meaning commemorating the sacrifice of those soldiers. >> harris: richard? >> i agree. this meaning clearly representatives these people who lost their lives. i think that i agree with this. fear of it going to the supreme court

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bush, certainly jeff flake and bob corker have to say. jon meacham, is this just another blip in usual party disunity, or is what we're witnessing something bigger here? >> it is something bigger. the congressman's point is probably the one i would make if i were trying to make that case. you can almost see the talking point being written and crafted to say that we're here by the people's business and try to shift the focus from the white house, from the feud of the many. the problem is, they don't have an ally in that messaging strategy in the oval office. you have someone who insistently puts the spotlight on himself. i think that when we look at this era, which i think we're going to be writing about and talking about historically for as long as the english language is spoken in any corner of the globe, these kinds of moments will be on the timeline. >> we just saw the president and he was all about unity. we want to play a little bit more. >> all right. we don't have that. you heard what he said. he said it's all about unity. yesterda

this is the thing that breaks away people like president bush, like john mccain, jeff flake, bob corker and people like mitt romney. and it is going to ultimately divide the republican party into republicans and trumplicans. the trumplicans will be the ones that stick with the president and republicans are the ones who break. >> my question back to you, glenn, are the republicans that jeremy just named still a small enough mass to fit in a large van, or do they bring any of their voters with them? >> that's really a huge question. i'm just -- jonathan swan had a great phrase that i think we should memorialize. emotional sustenance. >> it's what it is. >> it's exactly what it is. the president is providing this group of voters with emotional sustenance as opposed to policy. it's why he can get away with being so vague on policy and none of these other republicans, none of them, are providing that as effectively, whether it's jeff flake, bob corker or even people like ted cruz. this guy owns this particular brand, and nobody has really come along to challenge him on the emotional level. >

bush, jeff flake, all very harshly critiquing this president.to what degree do those remarks reflect what you are hearing behind the scene from other members. >> i think they are very, there is not a long list of people who are willing to say those things in public. the list of people who are saying them in private is much longer. i think there's a very real, look, the republican party has been the conservative party that has meant things about how they hold positions on family and cultural issues and it has meant a lot of them usually have put a lot of value on being polite and i think there's a lot of people who think that president trump doesn't meet that standard. number challenges, for a lot of them, this is at the end of the day driven by voters. voters are telling them when they go home that they're not supporting the president enough in many cases, and there are others, i would argue jeff flake is in this category, there is a segment of the republican party that are based in the suburbs, and those politicians have a much different challe

happening within the republican party when you have some criticism of the president by jeff flake, john mccain, george bush without naming the president and of course bob corker. what does this mean, if anything, today in washington? >> well, charlie, it's the republican parties. and we're seeing more clearly on the national stage what we have been seeing in the house that we looked at so carefully during healthcare. now we're seeing the trump and bannon part of the party and we're seeing the more traditional part of the party where so many senators now are saying publicly what others are saying privately behind the scenes. but, charlie, here's the twist and here's why a lot of the coverage this week has been very misleading, the twist is all those senators and republicans around the country that think privately the criticisms that mccain and corker and flake and bush and others are saying publicly, they're going to keep it private. trump is strong in their states, strong in their districts and, so, donald trump is now more commanding of the party than he has been at any time. there's not going to be any s

attorney general jeff sessions is revising a bush era crime-fighting strategy that emphasizes gun prosecutionsf his previously announced the battle against street violence. the program sends certain gun crimes to federal court where they carry longer prison terms. it also crackdown on gangs that terrorized communities. vice president mike pence presided over the first meeting of the revived national states council today, laying out plans for america's return to space. -- we will return american astronauts to the moon, not only to leave behind footprints and flax but to build the foundation we need to send americans to mars and the on. >> the vice president said the u.s. is falling behind in the space race and that the program is suffering from what he calls apathy and neglect. the united nations is ending a 13 year peacekeeping mission in haiti as of october 15. the mission began when a violent rebellion swept the country and forced then-president and to exile. a much smaller peacekeeping mission of about 1300 international civilian police officers will begin immediately. according to people f

happening within the republican party when you had some criticism of the president by jeff flake, by john mccain, by george bushwithout naming and what does this mean, if anything, today in washington? charlie, it's republican party and were see more clearly the splitional stage that we've been seen in the house, that we look at so carefully with health care. now are seeing the trump and , andn part of the party the party where so many senators are now saying publicly what others are saying privately, behind the scenes. charlie, here is the twist, and here is why a lot of the coverage has been very misleading. the twist is that although senators and republicans around the country have made privately mccain andsms that corker and flake and bush and others are saying publicly, they are going to keep it private trump. is strong in their state and their districts. he's now more commanding of the party than he has been at any time. there won't be a point at which these folks start to speak out against him. it's very strong with the republican party's, house and senate. if anything, mike understated the case. this is

bush and john mccain and jeff flake and bob corker, raising fundamental questions about the president of their own party. but at the same time, no one else has followed in their path. that is a sign that president trump has gotten control of the party and it's a different -- there are big differences in the party from the party that you would have described as the republican party a year ago, it's more america first, not that things were so bipartisan a year ago. it is extraordinary -- it was extraordinary to me not only the voices speaking out but also the voices in the republican party keeping silent. >> nick, in an interview this morning, gorka had a warning suggesting that the president of course is still in contact with steve bannon. here's what he said. >> if you're doubling down, you have no idea who steve bannon is. i've worked with steve bannon for years and worked together in the white house, he's the most strategic mind in d.c. and you better watch out, mitch. i'll let the president talk for himself but i know the relations between the president and steve are very, very goo

bushes and the corkers and jeff flakes of this world, you have a smaller party.aybe more ideologically pure and more to the likeness of a donald trump or a steve bannon but a smaller party nonetheless making it that much more difficult to win elections and making it that much more difficult to pass legislation. >> more difficult to win elections, president trump just won. >> right. >> there's an important point. >> but, jason, there's a lot of states that he won by 10,000 votes or less. >> hold on, ana. the president did better than mitt romney did with african-american voters, better with hispanic voters. he won traditionally blue democratic states. he only lost union voting households 51% to 42%, one of the closest margins. the republican party is changing. it's bringing in new people. it's a rejection of these washington elites and the washington politicians, people who have given us $20 trillion in debt and a whole bunch of terrible policies. this is a new party. and so you're kind of making my point for me when you're talking about the washington politicians

bush, john mccain, bob corker and jeff flake. that's not a sign of unity necessarily. sign that there's a lot of people in the republican party who were distressed about the trumpism, bannonism, kind of nationalist and populism that is taking over the main republican message in a way that makes a person like jeff flake, who is -- was until recently considered a pretty reliable conservative in a lot of ways. yes, they got a unified vote to completely blow through the deficit and debt in a way that makes all house republican rhetoric from 2009 and 2016 look retro actively ridiculous. yeah, they did that. that's a sign of unity. or it's a sign of desperation. please, we're going to pass tax reform, i swear. hopefully we won't look at it because its going to render our previous discussion moot. >> thanks for being with us this afternoon. >> thanks, craig. >>> movie mogul harvey weinstein on the offense. the new demands he's making of the company that fired him to help his legal battle. >>> also, some breaking news here this afternoon. tiger woods there in court. just walke

we're seeing jeff flake, bob corker, george herbert walker bush, mitt romney saying they don't know ifa wide swath is saying this isn't the party of lincoln. republicans are in a real dangerous position especially with bannon now threatening to primary every republican who doesn't pass his litmus test. >> bill: maybe he is successful and may not. >> he may not be. republicans need to have a real conversation inside the party about tone. >> bill: that question to brad, that's okay. pretty good answer. mick mulvaney is pushing the budget and on with bret last night. he believes that policy will not get in the way of a yes vote on things like tax reform. >> whether or not the tax bill passes will rise and fall with the merits of that piece of legislation. bob corker won't vote against a good bill because he doesn't like the president nor jeff flake. i'm not too concerned about that. >> bill: you don't think they should be concerned, brad? >> i don't. >> bill: john mccain walking on the floor of the senate 2:30 in the morning thumbs down on obamacare based on policy or personality or a com

bush. you had mccain, you had corker. corker again. now jeff flake in this speech. there was a smattering applause for it. let's listen to more. >> the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth and decency. the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons, reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the fortunes of the people we have been elected to serve. none of these appalling features of our current politics should ever be regarded as normal. >> so, david gregory, what are we to make of this? how significant is it? >> well, it's incredible to hear two republican senators going out of their way to criticize the sitting president of their own party to break with him in such dramatic fashion, to call him out on being someone who doesn't have the temperament to be president who's debasing the country, significant. if you oppose trump, maybe you say, wow, where have you been and where are more of you? on the other side of it are two men who are gone from the u.s. senat

bush was 86%. and trump is aware of this. >> jeff flake, mccain, bob corker, now you have three senators.e 49 and three in some ways. this is a big one. even if these guys are gone by 2019, they really matter this next year and a half. >> and a big test. you'll have the 2018 midterms. we'll see if someone challenges the president within the primaries in 2020. in the short-term, you have an election in virginia coming up next week. and this is a direct mailer from the democrats. you can see the republican candidate, ed gueillespie and t president of the united states linked together. more of a traditional establishment republican. but listen here, in this campaign, he needs trump voters to come out, so ed gillespie, more of an economic fiscal conservative has become a culture warrior. >> ralph northam will take our statue down. ed gillespie will preserve them. >> i'm for leaving them up and he's for taking them down and that's a big difference in november. >> there's the trump effect, right there. >> absolutely. especially in a state like virginia. we're talking about a state that has gone

jeff, michael warren of "the weekly standard" and -- a remarkable speech. remember, george bush doesn't speak in public often. the former republican president deciding i'm told after months of think iing ant this, to delir a very lengthy speech. doesn't mention donald trump. listen here. donald trump, you think about how he came to power, a new domestic nationalism. the president says be careful. >> we've seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty. at times, it could seem like the forces pulli ining us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. argument turns to animosity. too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples. while judging ourselves by our best intentions. forgetting the image of god we should see in each other. we've seen nationalism distorted in the nativism. >> remarkable to hear from him any way. it's not hidden. he doesn't use donald trump's name, but it's not hidden. the last republican president is trying to make at a time his party is going through an internal tug of war about ha to do about the current president. >> no question. i th

bush and others. i want to get to halle jackson and ask about what we just saw from the podium, these two men, jeff flake and bob corker, this was the headline in today's "washington post "washington post"--bob corker also today suggesting that donald trump is debasing the presiden presidency. how is the white house responding to that behind closed door. >> you heard it publicly from sarah huckabee sanders, and that traps a lot of you what hear privately, we know he's a counter puncher. but the question becomes when does he think it's appropriate to pull those punches and nicole, it seems as though for the last several days, the answer has been almost never, essentially for this candidate -- this president, rather. i was going to say as a candidate, i was so struck by on the campaign trail, this is somebody who divided his party again and again, you saw the never trump movement, you saw that group break up and at least rally around the establishment, eventually came around behind donald trump. this is the president sitting in the west wing, when i talk to a senior administration official, right before th

pictures and then a few weeks later, i got a note from barbara bush and she said love the photos you took of gentleman pi and little jeff. jeb.nd little and she said, as long as you take pictures of my grandchildren you can go anywhere and do what ever you want to do. so i was fortunate. yearse i spent six photographing the vice president. so, we had a chance to spend a lot of time together and with few people around. and, so we got very comfortable with each other. we would go places, and he'd hit me with his elbow sometimes than he'd say, can you believe this? guys from texas here doing this. and i was like, yeah you know, this is amazing, but you are president of the united states. but, you know, it was, it was a great thing and so when he became president everybody understood that david valdez the access and can go around. by that time after all those , years they were very comfortable with me being around. and, i could read barbara bush, if i would go into a private setting, maybe she was knitting and i would walk would take her glasses off and i would take a couple pictures. and then i would see her go like this.

bush administration he was also an advisor to marco rubio's twenty sixteen presidential campaign here's that conversation watch was still with you lanny arizona senator jeff flake announced that he will not seek reelection he said we must never adjust to the courses of our dialogue with the tone set at the top. of the breidbart people are already taking credit for this what do you make of it lanny well it's too bad you know jeff flake was one of those voices that i think was trying to get toward consensus always trying to figure out a way to find an answer but in this era of politics he's a little bit of an accurate as i'm larry quite frankly so i think it was probably the writing on the wall he probably figured there was no way that he was going to be able to beat kelly ward and other challengers who were going to be running against him in the senate in arizona next year and so he stepped aside but it is unfortunate because i do think he's a good man i think he was quite a good senator as in our he is an ardent conservative do you expect him to vote against many of the bush group of the proposals for the rest of his term. larry i don't know that he will

climb, but if you look at what bob corker said today plus jeff flake plus john mccain, a little bit morrow bleakly a few days ago and even george w. bush you know, these were scathing statements about an incumbent president. if you look at corker and flake today, these are probably 9 mth most scathing speeches we've tht you were talking about at brook and james buckley. one thing we have to remember about that last year of nixon, it finally culminated in a couple of days before nixon resigned, the republican leader of the house, republican leader of the senate, the previous republican presidential nominee barry goldwater, they all trooped up to the oval office and told president nixon, you're going to be impeached before. just in case you feel like hanging on for a senate trial, you have ten senators, maybe. and despite that t fact that unlike donald trump, nixon had a lot of long-time friends in the senate who owed him. >> michael, we have been, i think -- we have learned over time, and not just in modern times, but particularly in modern times people have a hard time listening across-party line. >> for sure. >> that people can't abso

climb, but if you look at what bob corker said today plus jeff flake plus john mccain, a little bit more bleakly a few days ago and even george w. bushhe same, you know, these were scathing statements about an incumbent president. if you look at corker and flake today, these are probably the most scathing speeches we've heard from a sitting senator of a president's own party all the way back to next to and the time you were talking about with ed brooke and james buckley. one thing we have to remember about that last year of nixon, it culminated a couple days before nixon resigned. the republican leader of the senate and the presidency nominee, berry gold war on terror, this he said to nixon you're going to be impeached for sure, and "f" you've got about ten senators maybe. and that was despite the fact that unlike donald trump, nixon had a lot of longtime friends in the senate who owed him. >> michael, we have been, i think, we have learned over time and not just in modern times, but particularly in modern times that people have a hard time listening across party lines that people can't hear criticism from the opposite party. a repub

rebellion within the republican party this we are seeing jeff flake of arizona, bob corker in tennessee retire, attacks from former president bush that part of the party going to ultimately just have to disappear effect think. >> i don't know if they will disappear, but this will go out with a fight and we're seeing republicans retiring saying this is not the time to run or fun any more. but flake or corker and formez president bush will spend the next 18 months not making the president's life easy and will be loud about it. >> and doesn't this bring trump support in congress if they are leaving to anthony's point. >> there is nothing the president likes talking about more than his primary victory in 2016 and this is a great reflection. this is the republican political establishment standing up to the president and now he can say, hey, listen, the establishment doesn't like me but i'm getting rid of this. i'm draining the swamp. the truth is different. but it is an easy message for his base. >> gabe, our version of speed dating with political news. thank you for covering those topics. >>> the white house is denying that politica

bush. where does this go with moderates and conservatives who do think of, dare i say, bob corker and jeff flake, as more credible and more truthful than donald trump? >> in the case of bob corker, what i'm agog at. he is the chairman of the foreign senate relations committee. the president is at war. not only with the senate relations committee but his own secretary of state. trying to prove that his i.q. is higher. all around the world, everyone who depends on the united states for protection and security has to wonder, where is the united states? spain is in a unity crisis. the united states is absent. venezuela is in a state of near civil war. the united states is armor. there's a brigade in poland and russia is behaving ever more provocatively. where is the united states? on which side of that border do the president's loyalties lie? when they ask, we're on the way to world war three to stumbling into a crisis. just the incapacity of the president. as the president's own rhetoric becomes ever more belligerent, i think it is sending worries around the world. it is worrying me. >> yeah.

bush former president of the united states, senator john mccain, elder statesman of his party and now bob corker and jeff such things about publicly about the president of the united states. it is unprecedented. at least in my lifetime. the question is, where does it go and what does it mean? >> i don't think we know the answer to that right now. it is important to put it in context. the types of things we're hearing you would think we're at the end of a presidential term when it's clear to the party this president will not be able to win a second term. we're in the first year when trump should be at his most powerful and able to leverage the fact that republicans have control of both ends of pennsylvania avenue. but in terms of the fallout from this, it is just wildly uncertain. we don't know what's going to happen with some of these candidates that trump via bannon will be supporting in some of the primaries. the first place you'll look is tax reform. you need to look for true impact. will corker actually vote against a package trump can't afford to lose a lot of republicans. >> every republican i talk

bush-era program that focuses on communities most impacted by violent crime. they determined that the 1946 civil rights act does not project transgender people from workplace discrimination. jeffessions' decisions reverses the decision by holder three years ago. alison: a budget bill passed in the house. now they work out differences between this version and another one in the senate. but story here may be what it allows republicans to do next. >> by the way, we are bringing the budget up. i don't know if you knew that. we are bringing the budget up this week. >> with so much going on paul ryan had to remind people what is happening on the hill that will face cross-chamber conflicts within the g.o.p., but mostly a brutal battle along party line. >> they want to spend this week on the budget. the miserable, deceptive, horrible budget. scott: in some eyes passing a budget proposal means obliterating a future obstacle. the republicans could then use reconciliation privileges. paving the way so other measures would require 51 senate votes not 60. >> we are closer than ever to finish what we started for the american people. secretary of state like the real prize of tax reform. they

trump hit a ball into the bushes then dropped another one three feet from the hole like it was there the whole time. the president denies all this of course. he forced former ceo jefft to tell a very different story. >> jeff actually watched me make a hole in one, can you believe that? should you tell that story? actually said i was the best golfer of all the rich people. to be exact. and then i got ahold of him. >>> you've probably heard about the russian-linked facebook ads purchased to influence the presidential election. but what did that actually look like? here's one from a group calling itself defend the second. you can see there a woman holding a gun. the question, why do i have a gun? it's one of at least 3,000 ads believed to be linked to a particular russian troll farm. and reporting indicates the ads were targeted to certain groups, often focusing on hot-button issues like gun rights or border security. if you look carefully there's a clue. "why do i have a gun? because it's easier for my family to get me out of jail than the cemetery." the spelling often a mistake by russians speaking english. with 3,000 ads reportedly reaching 10 million people in the

jeff zeleny, thanks so much. appreciate it. i want to bring in my political panel now. scott jennings, he's a former special assistant to president george w. bush. senior political reporter nia-malika henderson and cnn political commentator van jones, author of a brand new book called "the messy truth." so let's dive right into it. this morning, the president says he understands why steve bannon declared war on the republican establishment. scott, mcconnell's pushback, we need people who can win elections in 2010, think it was. we nominated a whole bunch of tea partiers for want of a better term. and they lost all of their elections. we need people who can win. that's his agenda. and obviously steve bannon has a completely opposite point of view. >> well, first of all, the president is correct, i think, to channel and feel the frustrations of republicans who want to see things happen. that's not an incorrect emotional impulse. that's what's makes his political instincts so good, being able to channel those kinds kinds of feelings. however, his anger has been channelled at the wrong people. according to the 3538 website of 94%. what good is it t

are jeff flake and bob corker and john mccain and george w. bush'sier in the peek a sign of things to come. a republican of oklahoma said maybe we do better by having some of the people who just don't like president trump leave and replace them. so rather than this being a great movement away from trump, at least among senate republicans, it looks like flake and corker for the moment are outliers. >> i think they are and the kul l louse a lot of senate republicans a making, oppose the president why? we know how this president responds to criticism. you get a public lashing. you get into a public back and forth, and does it change anything? i could be more effective if i just keep -- lay low and try to just not make waves but actually use what influence i have. >> look, willie, it's not a fight for the soul of the gop. the fight is over trump one. what you have here is a rump of governing wing republicans who are going to stand against him and then leave. they've put their line in the sand on the way out. and across the country, it's becoming more and

bush or obama did. you can find out easily. just ask the military people. i believe his policy was somewhat different than my policy. my policy is i called every one of them. >> jeff, this started yesterday when the president was asked why he had not mentioned the four u.s. soldiers killed in niger. what did he say when he said ask general kelly did he get a call from obama? >> this has been an extraordinary back and forth when it started in the rose garden and the president continued the discussion this morning in the radio interviews. he walked back the assertion that president obama and previous presidents, most of them have not made as many phone calls to the families of the fallen soldiers. the reality here, wolf, is that this is something that most people here at the white house and this administration and previous ones would prefer not to discuss in politicize this. general kelly who is the president's chief of staff now. he and his wife lost their son, robert in afghanistan some seven dwreers ago. the president seemed to be suggesting that he did not receive, john kelly and his wife did not receive a phone call from president obama at that time. the obama

jeff sessions about. >> having been independent council and investigate yoog holding of hostages in iran we created drafts of our findings that would be part of our report months before and before we interviewed president bushrd practice. these reports are hard to draft and they take time. so the fact there's a circulating draft in may before a final draft in july is not at all surprising. another thing i thought was important from the hearing that the conversation between democratic senators and sessions is this, sessions was asked is it true the president is expected to be in districts where you are subject of inquiry, new york, florida, district of columbia around seemed as if the answer was he may be. that's something to keep our eye on, the notion that the president would potentially be ve

i'm jeff glor, cbs news, we begin out of las vegas with what has been called the worse mass shooting in u.s. history. we talk with fran townsend, fompler homeland security advisor to george w. bush. >> we hear this all the time, first reports are always wrong, so you can well imagine people in the white house hearing that this is a white male retiree, 64 years old. you say this makes no sense. but it turns out that's accurate. we also, the firs reports about injuries and death, that number has been climbing all morning as you well know. and i suspect it will continue, regrettably to increase. and so what you are trying to understand is what were-- what was the motive for such an act. was there a motive. is this somebody who has a mental health problem or was there something driving him that we need to understand. you want to talk to everybody who had access to this guy, particularly in the last 72 hours. >> glor: we conclude with the c.e.o. of microsoft, sataya nadella in an interview charlie taped with him last week. he talked about mike soft and his new book-- microsoft and his new book, hit refresh. >> most of the becomes are written as lookback, either grand successes or gra

i'm jeff glor, cbs news, we begin out of las vegas with what has been called the worse mass shooting in u.s. history. we talk with fran townsend, fompler homeland security advisor to george w. bushhear this all the time, first reports are always wrong, so you can well imagine people in the white house hearing that this is a white male retiree, 64 years old. you say this makes no sense. but it turns out that's accurate. we also, the firs reports about injuries and death, that number has been climbing all morning as you well know. and i suspect it will continue, regrettably to increase. and so what you are trying to understand is what were-- what was the motive for such an act.

that you've seen former president bush last week who didn't use the president's name but alluded to hum. john mccain has been at it for several months. bob corker and now jeffprivately for more than a year. >> will others join in? >> we'll see. colleagues of his are sitting in the seats near tears understanding what's going on is, as he said, not normal, is seriously eroding the fabric of the country, and i suspect we'll see more speak up. >> here's what's interesting. tom freeman writes talking to the secretary. he says you need to leave mattis and kelly and say if he does not change his ways, you should all quit en masse. >> that's what members of congress have been saying. for a long time they say reince priebus as an ally. he's gone. now they look to the three in national security and look at them as the last best hope. >> what does flake resigning allow him to do? >> it allows him to speak up. it's important to remember, he's not a moderate mainstream republican. he's an awfully nice guy, good looking, whatever, but libertarian, staunch. >> budget hawk. >> budget hawk. he wants to maintain global trade deals. don't be surprised if you see him put up a