. >> reporter: now this is part of the special counsel's robert muhler's investigation in the russia meddling in the u.s. election and congressional committees with their own investigation want trump junior to testify. >> his story has kept changing as it is confronted the facts coming out. >> reporter: president trump's attorney says there was nothing illegal about the meeting and the president had no idea it happened. >> he did not read e-mail, was not provided to him until we saw it yesterday when you all saw it. >> reporter: trump junior says he is happy to cooperate with the investigation. >>> the president's son in law jared kushner and campaign manager paul manafort attended trump tower meeting and cbs news has confirmed that mana fort informed them of that meeting back in may. >>> senate confirmation are underway for president trump's pick to run fbi. christopher wray told lawmakers he plans to lead an independent fbi if confirmed to run nation's top law enforcement agency. he also said he supports special counsel robert muhler 's investigation in russia election meddling and

. >> reporter: cws news has learned that robert muhler's investigation and congressional investigatorsre looking into whether the trump campaign's digital operation over seen by his son in law and advisor jared kushner coordinated with russian operatives to target voters with fake news stories. hanna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> president trump and president macron are expected to set aside their differences over climate change and discuss crisis in syria as well as counter terrorism strategies. you know president macron made headlines when he said famous ly in english let's make the planet great again, a dig at trump. so see they are putting their difference is a side and reach common ground on other issues. >> okay. >> or not. >> i was going to say. you can never tell these days. it is like a pink ball match. >> jim giving me a very skeptical look. >> i'm sure one thing today. it is going to be hot. >> yes, very warm day coming upstarting off in the 80's, you can only imagine where the thermometer will take us and we will flirt with record territory today and handful of s

. >> cbs news has confirmed special counsel robert muhler is expect to look into the meeting and e-mails as part of his overall investigation. >>> meantime, senators are canceling their first two weeks of their august vacation to finish work on the health care reform bill and other items. senate was originally supposed to vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act by july 1st, july 4th i should say, majority leader decided to delay that vote so plans could be revived in a effort to gain more support. >>> fbi will continue operating out of the deteriorating headquarters in washington d.c., the federal government announced yesterday that it had scrapped a decade 's long search, for a new building in maryland or pennsylvania. the hoover building on pennsylvania avenue has served as headquarters for more than 40 years which is far too long for such a critical department /agency. >> current fbi building has deteriorated and cannot protect it in its present location. they do need to move. >> reality of the building from the early 70's currently the fbi headquarte

hold a joint press conference later today, meanwhile cbs news has learned that special counsel robert muhler is investigating whether trump campaign worked with russian operatives to target voters with fake news stories. >>> coming up scary moments for students out west, still ahead this morning where and why thousands where is forced to evacuate their dorm rooms overnight. >>> we have the heat but other parts of the country it is rain causing a flood of problems but first here's pat. >>> rahel and jim will you ride a bike across country. >> i don't know. >> one man doing to it remember a special person in his life and draw attention to a deadly disease, meet john matthews coming up. >> ♪ >>> there is nothing holds us back from finding a cool spot and staying out of the hot, hot weather. >> yes, we can stay at cbs-3 studios all day jim. >> because katie has to step outside on the sky deck and sweat all morning long. >> yes. >> she loves it. she's sultry, she's steamy, she has got forecast. >> she loves to get her glisten on out there. >> i love it. dear fellow citizen, spending time hunting

cbs news has learned robert muhler is investigating whether the trump campaign worked with russian operatives to target voters with fake news stories. >> i'm not saying that took place but they used variety of method to influence not only our election busy lexness europe and if there was a data analytical component in which there was some level of coordination we need to look into. >> president trump and president macron are also expected to discuss climate change and the crisis in syria >>> back here at home president trump's pick for fbi director is receiving bipartisan support after his first day of confirmation hearings. yesterday, christopher wray told senator he would refuse to take any loyalty pledge if asked to do so by the president, former democratic attorney jenner i can holder is backing wray as is democratic senator dianne fine stein who said she will support him. >>> governor chris christie's spokesperson says former port authority official david wildstein thought up of the scheme all by himself. wildstein was sentenced to three years probation, several people including a politi

. >> reporter: special counsel robert muhler and his investigation in the meddling is expect to look in the e-mails and meetings. hanna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> trump junior said he will testify under oath if asks, and he insist he didn't tell his father about the meeting because there was nothing to tell. >>> coming up man tries to grill a stake by a fire. >> but so bad homes had to be evacuated. hear how things got out offhanded in such a short amount of time. >>> former republican congressman and ms nbc host joe scarbureau makes a big announcement on the late show. hear what he told our stephen what's the story behind green mountain coffee and fair trade? let's take a flight to colombia. this is boris calvo. boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. all for a smoother tasting cup. green mountain coffee. >>> ms nbc host joe scarbureau has had it with the republican party. >> when he talked about david duke and pretended he didn't know who david duke was or klu kl

. >> cbs news has confirmed that special counsel robert muhler is looking into the meeting and e-mails as part of the overall russia investigation. >>> meantime president trump's pick for fbi director is set for confirmation hearing today , christopher wray will testify before members of the senate judiciary committee and they are expect to go field him questions about the russia investigation and how wow handle working with the current administration. the hearing will likely bring former director james comey firing back into the spotlight >>> well, time is 5:15. katie has another check of the forecast. >> i know you say it all the time, muggy, steamy but when you walk out you can feel how moist it is in the air. you don't even have to feel it >> yes, proverbial soup. >> yes. >> yes. >> no soup for you. >> do we want the soup today. >> seinfeld republicanses all day now. >> i'm digging it. >> we have to deal with the sultry conditions that high humidity that is a theme not just today, but through tonight, and through all of tomorrow and then finally we will start to see at lee some rel

lawyers are searching for possible conflicts of interest that they can use to discredit counsel robert muhler. muhler is investigating russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. washington post reports that the president's lawyers are also discussing the president 's authority to grant pardons to those in his inner circle including himself, president trump's legal team however insist there is no truth to that claim. >>> overseas now dozens of after shocks continue to rattle all ready damaged resort areas in greece and turkey after a deadly earthquake overnight. magnitude 6.7 quake hit near island of koz a popular tourist destination. two people in the bar there were crushed when a building collapsed. survivors had to cut their trips short and headed for the airport. >> it is set to go in because, it keeps new here, you know, and i tell them, afterward. immediately, i'm focusing on, surviving but afterward, it hit me really hard. i felt really sick. >> authorities say that the quake injured nearly 500 people, on the greek island and near coast of turkey. >>> well, coming up on cbs

lawmakers and special counsel robert muhler continued to investigate whether any of the president's associates colluded with moscow during the 2016 election. trump junior initial account of the meeting made no mention of the hillary clinton but he tweet today, no inconsistency in statement, meaning it ended up being primarily about adoption. >> there was no collusion that happened in this meeting. but the fact that they were willing to do the meeting suggest to me that a willing ness to included and that is where bob muhler will to have dig into. >> reporter: white house says mr. trump was not aware of the meeting. president trump says he confronted russian president vladamire putin election meddling during their meeting last week. rather then say when accepted putin's denials about interfering the president says he is emphasizing working constructively with russia in the future. >>> on capitol hill health care activist are protesting against republican plan to repeal and replace affordable care act. those protests are part of the coordinated effort to occupy offices of the members of the cong

times reports that the president's legal team is looking to push back against special counsel robert muhler's investigators and washington post reports that team is looking to see if president trump could use pardoning powers with the investigation, even, if he could pardon himself. the president's lawyer calls the paredon story nonsense. joining us is hoe of the face the nation john dickerson and thanks for being with us on this friday. >> thanks, for having me. >> lets start with the first shake up in the communications team were you surprised to see sean spicer resign. >> well, yes and no. yes, in that we didn't, we thought, you know, usually he is such a part of the administration from the early period and there are always anxious to say that everything is the white house is going perfectly and this is not necessarily a sign of. that on the other hanted is a familiar story when somebody is paper over by a new hire they don't want to stick around when their job has been diminished. so in a sense in terms of the human behavior it was not surprising. also, in presidency we see often desire t

. >> reporter: president spoke about special counsel robert muhler now leading the department of justice investigation into meddling and possible ties between mr. trump's associates and moscow. the president told the times muhler should not investigate his family financial dealings and asked if that was going to cross a red line. >> would i say yes, i saw a lot of comments, but who knows i don't see it. >> president cannot start drawing red lines. muhler has a right continue on investigate this. >> reporter: lawmakers conducting their own investigation has invited, donald trump junior and paul manafort to publishly testify next week about a meeting they had with the russian lawyer last year. >> they don't voluntarily come they will be subpoenaed. >> reporter: president's son in law and senior advisor jared kushner was also present at that meeting. he will speak to senate investigators behind closed doors on monday. >>> today jared kushner was on capitol hill for meeting with senator lindsey graham about health care and immigration. >>> president trump is marking six months in office and

special counsel robert muhler plans to look in the meeting and e-mails as part of the overall collusion investigation. >>> president trump's pick for fbi director is set for confirmation hearing today. christopher wray shown here will testify before members of the senate judiciary committee they are expected to field him questions about russia's investigation and how wow handle working with the current administration, hearing will likely bring former director james comey firing back in the spotlight. >>> coming up, we will show you dramatic video of one couple's escape from the wild fire surrounding their car. >>> warning ahead one family shares their tragic story after a teen is electrocuted using a cell phone, in a bat tub. >>> plus strength in numbers amazing story of how dozens of strangers join force toss save nine swimmers trapped by a powerful rip tied. >>> ♪ >> rahel, i just told you just hold on. >> i don't want to. >> we are looking at a stretch of hot weather, it is continuing. >> does humidity to have stick around. it is humidity that posts problem for our air. >> i think we