nancy cordes is on capitol hill. we are moments away from hearing from house speaker paul ryan and opposition party leader nancy pelosi. nancy coarpd cordes. >> he says the congressional baseball game is on. we will play for charity but also for the victims and the heroic officers who took down the shooter. so there were many members who felt that it was symbolically important that this game take place as planned, so that members of congress could show that they were not daunted by this act. a violence, that show respect for the people that were injured. we are awaiting paul ryan to speak on the house floor so in the meantime, bernie sanders is speaking on the that the staff. >> congressional staff and congress members who were wounded, i want to thank capital police for their heroic action to prevent further harm. thank you, madam president. >> a brief comment from bernie sanders on the that the flee.the shooter as we know had expressed messages of support for sanders on his social media pages. and sanders has respon

we have our eagle on capitol hill, nancy cordes, with us, as well. unanimous circumstance how did g.o.p. senators react to this idea that comey had leaked information? >> interestingly, scott, they were not really up in arms about it. it is what the president's private lawyer has really chosen to focus on and the president tweeted about it as well, this morning, but lawmakers by in large seem to take it at face value, and one g.o.p. aide explained to me later that they didn't really feel that comey is in any jeopardy for what he did, because after all, he was merely sharing his side of conversations that the president himself has talked about publicly, has tweeted about, has even threatened to release tapes that include the content of those conversations. so they're saying the president can't very well exert executive privilege over these conversations and say comey can't talk about them when the president himself is discussing them openly. >> pelley: now, what we're seeing here is the rose garden, the romanian president klaus iohannis is making his

nancy cordes is at the capitol. we'll begin with chip. >> reporter: well, scott, we may be just outside of washington, d.c., but people who live in this neighborhood call it small town, u.s.a. you can see a playground behind me. at 7:00 a.m., there were parents and their children playing in this playground. over here you can see a baseball field. and there was a relaxed and jovial practice going on there by the republican members of the house of representatives when suddenly shots rang out. steve scalise, a congressman from louisiana, who is the third ranking republican in the house, was standing by second base. he suddenly went down, shot in the hip. he tried to crawl into the outfield to get away from the shooting. he left a trail of blood behind him. the assailant had a long gun, a rifle. he also had a handgun. many of the members ran for safety enter the first base dugout. the assailant was firing from nearby the third base dugout. when they got there, they said, "why did we do this? "we're now sitting ducks." o

let me bring nancy cordes back into the conversation. one of the quotes from the statement regards mike flynn, michael flynn the former national security advisor who was fired by president trump for lying about his contacts with russians. the president, apparently there a meeting with james comey, at the white house, in february, said some of the following, according to mr. comey. i think we have a graphic here. the president turned to the topic of mike flynn, this is comey saying this, saying he's a good guy, and he has been through a lot. he repeated that flynn hadn't done anything wrong in his calls with the russians but had misled the vice president. he then said, "i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go." comb said, he is only a good guy. where account president be in trouble on that nancy? >> in the details comey has provided he took very interesting action after that conversation. first of all he once again documented the conversation and then he says

nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy?an update from capitol hill leadership, house republican leadership who tell cbs news that scalise is doing okay and that he is at the george washington hospital here in washington, d.c., right now. furthermore, his two capitol hill police detective detail were both hit but if it had not been for them, the situation would have been much worse. this is one of those times when you're glad that members of congress have such a varied background because one of the members of congress was w.h.ho there, brad, who was an army vet who served as a surgeon in iraq tended to scalise's wounds before the ambulance arrived and what you heard just now from senator jeff flake and what's been described by other members who were there at the scene is truly horrifying. rand paul, senator from kentucky, said that the shots went on for so long they were all lying there not knowing whether they should stay where they were even as the gunman got closer or whether they should try to make a run for it. so a ver

nancy cordes there on capitol hill. i want to go to one of our reporters outside medstar where the majority whip is in surgery at this hour. mike? >> the majority whip as well as the u.s. capitol police officer who was shot in also drexandria. we've been here for about an hour. as soon as we got here, we saw tactical vehicle from the u.s. capitol police force show up behind me. a large black armored humvee as well as a black chevy tahoe from the u.s. capitol police service swarming the e.r. all of the patients who would normally be coming here as well as families and visitors are all being screened as they enter behind me. to give you a better picture of where we're standing, if we can zoom into the flashing blue lights, that's the metropolitan police car from the city of washington that is guarding the front entrance to the e.r. that is where gurneys from the level one trauma helipad enter into the e.r. about 50 yards to the right of that police car is the helipad where the u.s. park police eagle chopper landed just be

here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> obviously it's not good news. >> reporter: arizona's john mccain says he's staying on the fence after congressional number crunchers determined that his party's senate healthcare bill would result in 22 million more americans going without coverage by 2026, a slight improvement over the house version, which president trump described as "mean." >> that was my term because i want to see a... i want to see, and i speak from the heart, that's what i want to see. i want to see a bill with heart. >> reporter: the congressional budget office says the biggest drop in coverage would come next year when 15 million more people would be uninsured primarily because obamacare's penalty for not having insurance would be eliminated. coverage would decrease in later years because of lower spending on medicaid and substantially smaller average subsidies for coverage than obamacare provides. >> these programs are growing at an unsustainable rate. >> reporter: republicans who support the bill say their market-based approach will lead to more choi

all of this was just presidential banter or if it amounts to obstruction of justice. >> pelly: nancy cordespitol hill. thank you, nancy. keep in mind that cbs news will bring you live coverage of comb comb -- comey's testimony beginning thursday morning. the united states and great britain have long been allies in the war on terror, but now a side battle has broken out, pitting president trump against the mayor of london. the president fired the first shot after the saturday night terror attack on london bridge, in which three attackers killed seven people before the police killed them. we have a series of reports tonight beginning with our chief white house correspondent major garrett. >> we're not going to allow anybody, whether it's donald trump or anybody else to, divide our communities. >> reporter: london's first muslim mayor, sadiq kahn, rebuffed president trump. the mayor of london says there is no reason to be alarmed, mr. trump wrote hours after the carnage. this is what kahn actually said. >> londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next fe

nancy cordes is on capitol hill.: the deputy white s use press secretary said today bue president has the right to block comey's testimony but won't. why? >> in order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the senate intelligence committee. >> reporter: democratic leader nancy pelosi argued the president had no choice. >> i think if the president were to say he shouldn't testify, ncat would be very incriminating for the president. >> reporter: democrats and republicans want to know more about the memos comey kept outlining the president's alleged request that he drop his navestigation into fired national security adviser michael flynn. er the tone, the exact words orat were spoken, and the context are so important. ge reporter: on "face the nation," intelligence committee members susan collins and mark warner described the questions they'll have for comey on thursday. >> i want to know what kind of pressure, appropriate, inappropriate, how many ounversations he had with the president ab

sure about what he's going to say and whether it's gog help or hurt their cause. >> reporter: nancy cordes at the capitol. thank you, nancy. paid taid, mr. trump welcomes south korea's new president moon to the white house. the two leaders talked strategy for dealing with north korea. at the same time, there's evidence of a rift within the trump administration, pitting the secretary of state against members of the president's inner circle. here's margaret brennan. >> reporter: secretary rex tillerson today showed signs of frustration at the slow pace of hiring at the state department. the white house has torpedoed several of his picks for senior positions. that led to what one aide called a spirited exchange at a meeting last friday involving tillerson, chief of staff reince preibus, and the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, who plays an unusually prominent role in foreign affairs. out of 188 state department posts requiring senate confirmation, only 23 ambassadors have been nominated and six confirmed. spokesperson heather nauert: >> sure, we'd like to be able to fill those positions

>> pelly: nancy cordes, thank you. now to our homeland security correspondent jeff pegues, who has been following the russia investigation from the start. >> i donald john trump... >> reporter: two days after president trump was sworn in, he publicly thanked the f.b.i. director for helping secure the inauguration, but comey associates say he felt uneasy, concerned the handshake could compromise the independence of the f.b.i. at the time the bureau was nearly six months into a counterintelligence investigation of russian meddling in the election and the evidence was mounting. on march 20th at a congressional hearing, comey confirmed the probe. >> that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. >> reporter: among those under scrutiny, fired national security adviser michael flynn, former campaign chairman paul manafort, former campaign adviser carter evans

here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> we're delaying the process so that we can close those remaining issues. >> reporter: the senate's republican leader postponed the vote in the face of mounting opposition from his own party's lawmakers, like maine's susan collins. >> it's evident to me that there are a lot of concerns. i'm not the only one by any means-- about the senate bill. >> reporter: they discussed those concerns in a late-afternoon meeting with the president, who downplayed the party divide. >> so we're going to talk, and we're going to see what we can do. we're getting very close. >> reporter: but he finds himself short on outside allies. the conservative club for growth panned the g.o.p. plan today saying it "would make our failing health care system worse." and even as white house officials lobbied reluctant republicans, g.o.p. governors hit capitol hill with the opposite message. >> i want to make sure we're treated fairly. >> reporter: florida's rick scott and ohio's john kasich said the bill's deep medicaid cuts could tie their hands. republican leaders

>>re's nancy cordes. >> reporter: a show of force at the capitol today.ong security lines and armed patrols guarding a shaken congress. >> reporter: the shooting prompted a pause in partnership. >> an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. ( applause ) >> reporter: this attack wounded a very well-known member. >> we're still not there yet. >> reporter: as majority whip, steve scalise is responsible for counting votes and changing minds. a role reserved for those with the power of persuasion. >> he loves this place. i have never seen him in a bad mood. i know he must be. he's human. >> reporter: unlike scalise, most rank-and-file members do not have a security detail. new york republican claudia tenney got this menacing e-mail today: one down, 216 to go. a man who threatened arizona's will bemcsally will be arraigned this week. >> when you see some of the things going on out there, it's like the frog in the water where you're turning the temperature up one degree at a time. as i said when the man was arrested, making threats against me, threats of

here's our chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> i did not have communications with thesians. >> reporter: the last time sessions testified was at his confirmation hearing in january. since then he has acknowledged meeting with the russian ambassador in 2016. >> two meetings, one very brief after a speech. >> reporter: and has recused himself from his own agency's russia probe. >> i should not be involved investigating a campaign i had a role in. >> reporter: but the former f.b.i. director suggested last week that there might be more to it than that. >> we also were aware of facts that i can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia-related investigation problematic. >> reporter: senators on the intelligence committee will push sessions for details tomorrow. maine's angus king outlined the other key question. >> what role did he play, if any, again, in the comey firing, because at that point he was supposed to be recused from this investigation, have nothing to do with it, and to the extent the comey firing had something to do with

nancy cordes is at the capitol. we'll begin with chip. >> reporter: well, scott, we may be just outside of washington, d.c., but people who live in this neighborhood call it small town, u.s.a. you can see a playground behind me. at 7:00 a.m., there were parents and their children playing in this playground. and over here you can see a aseball field. and there was a relaxed and jovial practice going on there by the republican members of the house of representatives when suddenly shots rang out. steve scalise, a congressman from louisiana, who is the third ranking republican in the house, was standing by second base. en suddenly went down, shot in the hip. he tried to crawl into the outfield to get away from the shooting. he left a trail of blood behind him. ghe assailant had a long gun, a rifle. he also had a handgun. many of the members ran for safety into the first base dugout. the assailant was firing from nearby the third base dugout. when they got there, they said, "why did we do this? "we're now sitting ducks."

our chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> he's in some trouble. >> reporter: president trump issued a sobering update today after visiting house majority whip steve scalise last night. >> he's a great fighter, and he's going to be okay, we hope. >> reporter: scalise underwent his third surgery today. democrat cedric richmond is a close friend and fellow louisianaian. >> it's no secret that the organs are-- were hit. >> reporter: another victim, lobbyist matt mika, has been upgraded frogradedgraded from cn to serious, but his family warns, matt was shot multiple times in his chest and arm. he requires assistance to breathe and will need additional surgerys. house republicans gathered at the capitol to sign get well cards. meanwhile, f.b.i. agents continued to comb the scene, an alexandria, virginia, ballpark. they are processing a cell phone, a computer, and a camera found in the shooter's van. the a.t.f. has determined that 66-ye

here's nancy cordes. >> this is the classic scandal. >> reporter: in a he said-he said between president trump and comey, comey has a distinct advantage on capitol hill. >> if it's his word against president trump's, he comes out well. >> reporter: not one senator on the intelligence committee has questioned comey's memory or veracity. >> i took it as this is what he wants me to do. >> reporter: florida republican marco rubio said comey's startling admission that he leaked some notes last month only makes his story more believable. >> i was, quite frankly, impressed by his honesty. that's the first time i've ever seen a witness come before congress and admit they leaked something to an intermediary to get it in the press. >> reporter: he does not doubt comey felt pressured by the president. >> whether it rises to criminality, you know, i think there's signature doubt whether it rileses to that level. >> reporter: some, like james risch, did challenge comey's interpretation of the president's words. >> you may have taken it as a direction, buthat's not what he said. >> correct. >> he said

we have extensive coverage beginning with nancy cordes. >> i was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting, so i thought it really important to document. >> reporter: comey told senators that it was the president's pattern of dishonesty that prompted him to take notes. >> i knew that there might come a day when i would neepped a record of what had happened, not just to defend myself, but to defend the f.b.i. >> reporter: he says he wrote down everything he could remember from a january dinner where the president demanded his loyalty. >> my common sense toll me what's going on here is he's looking to get something in exchange for granting my request to stay in the job. >> reporter: three weeks later, he says, the president ordered everyone but him out of a meeting in the oval office. >> had you ever seen anything like that before? >> no. my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn't be leaving, which is why he was lingering, and i don't know mr. kushner well, but i think he picked up on the same thing. and so i knew something was about to happen that i

anthony. >> mason: nancy cordes, thank,sinance see. today at the white house, president trump stood with south korea's president moon, on opposition to the north's nuclear program. on another, mr. trump demanded a renegotiation of a 2012 trade deal. the u.s. had a $17 billion trade deficit with south korea last year. the president is also said to be considering a tariff of up to 20% on imported steel. the white house has accused china of dumping cheap steel in the u.s. comert secretary wilbur ross is a key supporter of the tariff, but some members of congress worry that could set off a global strayed war and raise prices in this country. police in the philadelphia suburb of west gauchan are investigating the murder of an 18-year-old girl this week in an apparent road rage attack. jim axelrod is following this. >> reporter: outside philadelphia this afternoon, police held up this wanted poster, a drawing of the man driving this red pickup truck who allegedly shot and killed this 18-year-old recent high school graduate bianca roberson, i

here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> this is not the outcome any of us were hoping for. >> no. >> reporter: for democrats it was $32 million down the drain. newcomer jon ossoff lost to republican carryn owens -- karen handel by four points. >> special thanks to the president of the united states of america. >> reporter: the president's special adviser kellyanne conway issued her thanks to everyone who breathlessly and snarkly proclaimed the race as a referendum on bow us the: you were right. ohio democrat tim ryan says it shows his party's brand is toxic. >> we better take a good, long, strong look in the mirror and realize that the problem is us. it's the party. >> reporter: "we need a genuinely new message," wrote seth moulton of massachusetts, "a serious jobs plan that reaches all americans." the party had hoped to capitalize on president trump's historically low approval ratings, but democrats have now lost all four special elections to fill seats vacated by trump appointees. the house democratic campaign operation tried to console the troops in a memo, insistin

here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> reporter: within hours, the senate g.o.p. health care bill went from being a secret to being a lightning rod. >> this current draft doesn't get the job done. >> reporter: four senate conservatives quickly announced their opposition, including kentucky's rand paul. >> we cannot support the current bill. we're open to negotiation, but we want the bill to look more like a repeal. >> reporter: the 142-page bill eliminates obamacare's insurance mandates and its new taxes on the wealthy. but it retains a good chunk of obamacare's tax credits to help lower income americans buy insurance. >> i'm going to go back and read the bill. >> reporter: many senate republicans said that's an improvement on the house version, which president trump recently described as mean. south carolina's lindsay graham: >> it leaves pre-existing illnesses alone, so you'll never be denied coverage because you're sick. that's a pretty good place to start. i have to run it by south carolina and see how it will fix us on the medicaid side. >> reporter: the sena

we have a team of correspondents covering, beginning with nancy cordes on capitol hill. >> i mean, what is this? >> reporter: under oath, the attorney general said he is being smeared by suggestions that he had an undisclosed meeting with the russian ambassador last year. >> mr. comey said that there were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic, and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? >> why don't you tell me. there are none, senator wyden. there are none. i can tell you that for absolute certainty. >> we can-- >> you tell-- this is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me, and i don't appreciate it. >> reporter: sessions has acknowledged what he says were two brief, routine meetings with sergey kislyak, but said he does not recall a reported third encounter at d.c.'s mayflower hotel after a trump campaign speech. >> certainly i can assure you nothing improper, if i had had a conversation with him, and it's conceivable that that occurred. i just don't remember it. >> reporter: his former senate colleagues asked sessions about an oval office meeting in

scott. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy, thank you.ie president, of course, still refuses to release his tax returns, but late today, he did put out a financial disclosure. .t covers 2016 through this spring and shows mr. trump resigned from 500 positions, pony of them the day he was sworn in. the president lists assets of at least $1.6 billion. income: at least $580 million. liabilities: at least $316 million. today in minnesota, a police officer was found not guilty in the shooting death of a black driver. dean reynolds is following the trial. >> reporter: as the jury's acquittal sank in, emotions spilled onto the plaza outside the courthouse in st. paul. >> damn! what is it going to take! i'm mad as hell right now! yes, i am! le reporter: valerie castile is ase mother of philando castile, who was shot to death by police officer jeronimo yanez, during a routine traffic stop almost a year ago. >> this city killed my son! and a murderer gets away. >> we got pulled over for a epsted tail light. >> reporter: the case gained national noto

here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> i think that's a bell telling me we're done. >> reporter: senate democrats held up hearings and resorted to stunts today to make a case about secrecy. >> we're trying to point out the absurd today. >> reporter: three of them live streamed a jaunt to the congressional budget office, where they tried to get a hold of the senate health care bill. >> republicans are shutting us and the american public out of this process. no public hearings, no meetings, secret negotiations. >> there's nothing happening in secret here. >> reporter: republican leaders promised to release a draft on thursday and says sade there's a simple reason democrats have been shut out. >> they made it clearly earlier they were not interested in participating in this. they have no interest in it whatsoever, so it makes no sense. >> reporter: so are they invited into your planning sessions? >> into the republican conference? no. but they made it clear they're not interested in helping. >> we sent him umpteen letters that say just opposite. >> reporter: democratic