is it on -- >> my question is, if in fact scott garrett's name is advanced to lead the bank as chairman, we are deeply concerned that many of these credits that are, you know, $30 billion worth of manufacturing today will not even see the light of day because the head of the bank has the ability to set the agenda for the board. so it's very important that, you know, i don't -- quite honestly don't care if mr. garrett is on the board but i do care if he is setting the agenda for the xm bank. so my commitment to you -- or my question to you is are you willing to work on a bipartisan basis so we can move these nominees as expeditiously as possible without getting into the weeds on someone that many of us suspect might be a sabture of the bank. >> i can't comment on his specific situation. he was proposed by the president. i would say i can assure you that the president is interested in making sure that the xm bank can lend. we have had lots of business people come in and talk about this. it is something that director cohn and i are deeply involved in. >> i would tell you that i raised this

is it on -- senator heitkamp: my question is, if in fact scott garrett's name is advanced to lead the bank as chairman, we are deeply concerned that many of these credits that are, you know, $30 billion worth of manufacturing today will not even see the light of day because the head of the bank has the ability to set the agenda for the board. and so it's very important that, you know, i don't -- i quite honestly don't care if mr. garrett is on the board, but i do care if he's setting the agenda for the exim bank. my question to you, are you willing to work on a bipartisan basis so we can move these nominees as expeditiously as possible without getting into the weeds on someone who we suspect might be a saboteur of the bank. mr. mnuchin: i can't comment on his specific situation. he was proposed by the president. i would say i can assure you the president is interested in making sure that the exim bank can lend. we've had lots of business people come in and talk about this. and it is something that director cohn and i are deeply involved in. senator heitkamp: ok. i would take that i ra

we have is that the suggestion of the leadership of the xm bank going to former representatives scott garrett who isn't just a critic of the bank and a reformer, i think he's someone uldare very concerned wo not advance the interest of the bank and doesn't believe in the mission of the bank. do i have your commitment to work on a bipartisan basis to leadership in the bank that would make for the bank is fully functioning and that these credits are actually coming before the board for up or down approval? sec. mnuchin: i want to make sure i understand your question -- garrett'sact scott name is advanced to lead the bank as chairman, we are deeply concerned that many of these credits, $30 billion worth of , will noting today even see the light of day because the head of the bank has the ability to set the agenda for the board. i don'ty important -- care if mr. garrett is on the board. i do care if he is setting the agenda for the xm bank. are you willing to work on a we can moveasis so these nominees as expeditiously as possible without getting into the weeds on someone that many of us suspect

is it on -- >> my question is, if in fact scott garrett's name is advanced to lead the bank as chairman we are deeply concerned that many of these credits that are, you know, $30 billion worth of manufacturing today will not even see the light of day because the head of the bank has the ability to set the agenda for the board. and so it's very important that, you know, i don't -- i quite honestly don't care if mr. garrett is on the board, but i do care if he's setting the agenda for the exim bank. my question to you are you willing to work on a bipartisan basis so we can move these nominees as expeditiously as possible without getting into the weeds that someone might be a saboteur of the bank. >> i can't comment on his specific situation. he was proposed by the president. i would say i can assure you the president is interested in making sure that the exim bank can lend. we've had lots of business people come in and talk about this. and it is something that director cohn and i are deeply involved in. >> okay. i would tell you that i raise this issue as early as december with the presid

major garrett is at the white house for us now with the breaking news. major. >> reporter: scott, the letter now-former f.b.i. director james comey was characteristically blunt. it reads in part, "you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effective immediately." accompanying letters released by the white house come from senior justice department officials who say comey had to be fired because of actions and the lack of action he took with regards to hillary clinton in 2016 and the investigation into her email server. those senior justice department officials say not only was comey wrong not to pursue charges. he was wrong to have a press conference announcing that fact, and that he had failed to acknowledge both of those errors and both of those breaches with protocol, and that forced the president to accept their advice that comey be terminated. one letter from the new deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says in part, "the f.b.i.'s reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage." the letter goes on to say, "the director announced his conclusions about th

scott, the president is now here in brussels preparing for a full day of meetings with nato lead leaders. >> pelley: major garrettling with the president and will be back from manchester in a moment. >>> we're going to hear from the university of maryland's president for the first >> pelley: earlier in the broadcast spoke of her relief when her missing daughter finally called. but for others, that call never came. charlotte campbell grew frantic when her 15 year old daughter didn't return home. >> this is my daughter olivia. i haven't seen her since 5:00 last night. >> i'm going, look, i can't even explain. i need my daughter home. i need to know where she is. >> pelley: today her hope lost. charlotte returned to facebook and wrote rip pie darling, precious, gorgeous olivia campbell. taken far far too soon. go sing with the angels and keep smiling. mummy loves you, so much. and that's the cbs evening news tonight from manchester. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good >>> to think that anything remotely this evil could occur on this campus is i mean more than heartbreaking. >> tonight, two maryland

scott said today the process is moving rapidly. white house officials expect an announcement before friday. >> pelley: major garrett at the white house. in another big story tonight, that cyber attack computers in every corner of the world began to slow today. it turns out that a pair of engineers, one of them an american, figured out a way to stall the attack for just a few dollars. charlie d'agata begins our coverage. >> reporter: from china's main oil company to a hospital in indonesia to japan's nissan car company, the ransomware attack ricocheted around the world again today as people went back to work. and today asia bore the bankrupt of the attacks. chinese university students were even locked out from their term papers. elsewhere, germany's railroads were hit, france's reynaud car factory had to close, businesses in australia, even mongolia were also hit. europoll's steven wilson called the scale of the attack unprecedented. >> in excess of 130 countries are affected and beyond 200,000 individualti works by freezing the computers encrypting the files with hackers demanding $300 in ransom too decode them or they'd be destroyed

major garrett is at the white house. >> reporter: scott, the letter from president trump to now formery reads you are now hereby terminated and removed from office, effective accompanying letters from senior officials who said comey had to be fired because of the actions and lack of action he took with regard to hillary clinton in 2016 and the investigation into her e-mail server. those senior justice officials say not only was comey wrong not to pursue charges, he was wrong to have a press conference announcing that fact and that he had failed to acknowledge both of those errors and both of those breaches with protocol, and that forced the president to accept their advice that comey be terminated. one letter from the new deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says in part, quote, the fbi's reputation and credibility have suffered substantial damage. the letter goes on to say the director announced his own conclusions about the nation's most sensitive investigation without the authorization of duly appointed justice department leaders. attorney general jeff sessions also wrote to presi

scott, senior officials flying with the president from brussels to italy here nor g7 meetings echo secretary of state tillerson who said yesterday the u.s. will fulfill all nato garrett traveling with the president, now in sicily, thank you, major. the fropt runner for a congressional seat in montana has been charged with assault after allegedly attacking a reporter. today republican greg gianforte lost the endorsements of the leading newspapers in montana. barry petersen is there. >> reporter: guardian newspaper reporter ben jacobs said the encounter with republican congressional candidate greg gianforte started like this. >> are you waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out. >> i will talk to you about that later. >> reporter: but it ended like this. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys, the last guy that came here, did you the same thing. get the hell out of here. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> reporter: a campaign spokesman said it was the reporter who grabbed gianforte's wrist, calling it in a statement aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist. but alecia acuna a reporter from the news was

scott, the goal is clear, create, if possible, a saudi-israeli coalition with willing muslim majority countries as a counterweight against iran's military influence in the region. >> pelley: chief white house correspondent major garrett traveling with the president in jerusalem tonight, major, thank you. in his speech in saudi arabia mr. trump essentially aligned the administration with the dominant sunni branch of islam and against the shia sect which rules iran. iran just re-elected its president and elizabeth palm certificate there. >> reporter: jeub lant young people spilled into the streets of tehran. thrilled they had elected the moderate president hasan rouhani to a second term. he promised them more cooperation and expanded ties with the west including the u.s. >> when 800 miles away in saudi arabia, president trump spoiled the party. >> iran funds arms and terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region. >> reporter: iran, he said, should be isolated. scathing local media here dismissed president trump as a sales rep for american arms manufacturers. referring to this, one paper wrote for $100 billion president trump is dancing to the saudi tune. today we as

scott, comey's firing has stunned f.b.i. agents across the country. some worry the russian investigation may now be compromised and wonder if it will proceed aggressively or at all. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks. now let's go to our chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes on capitol hill, where commi comey testified just week. >> mr. president, with all due respect, are you making a big mistake. >> reporter: democrats used terms like "nixonian" to describe comey's firing. they argue president trump is trying to thwart the f.b.i.'s investigation into his inner circle's potential ties to russia. connecticut senator richard blumenthal: >> now we need a special prosecutor who is independent of the president and the department of justice who can conduct an investigation objectively, aggressively, impartially. >> reporter: but cowght p south carolina republican lindsay graham said a fresh start will serve the f.b.i. and nation well, and maine republican susan collins said democratic outrage is misplaced. >> first of all, the president did not fire the entire f.b.i. he fired the director of the f.b.i. and any suggestion that this is somehow going to stop the f.b.i.'s investigation of

scott, attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from both the clinton e-mail and russia investigations but nevertheless played a role in comey's ouster and will help decide his successor. >> pelley: major garrett at the white house, and now we'll go the chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes on capitol hill. >> what happened yesterday was truly shocking. >> reporter: senate democrats accused the president today of courting a constitutional crisis. >> he feels the dragnet tightening on the russia i believe that's why he let comey go. >> reporter: they argued there is now just one solution: >> we need an independent special prosecutor. >> there has to be an independent special prosecutor. >> if we're going to get to the bottom of it, we need a special prosecutor. >> reporter: but the in the's republican leader, mitch mcconnell said that would impede the russia investigations that are already under way. he accused the other side of shedding crocodile tears for comey. >> our democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an f.b.i. director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. >> reporter: democrats do have history of slamming comey over his handling of the clinto

scott touched on the sources inside the f.b.i. telling abc7 news they are shock and surprised by the firing but they are focused on doing their job. we got perspective from brad garrett who served as f.b.i. agent for 22 years and he believes that people inside the f.b.i. are not pleased that comey was fired abruptly and not in person. he thinks that the firing could hurt morale. the overall impact could be limited. >> this is a small there are 11,000 to 12,000 f.b.i. agents. i think it's of what is getting done. >> the reaction around town. i can tell you here outside the f.b.i. headquarters people are asking what will happen next. we are looking for the person who finds himself at the center of this. used to be a well-known local person. >> so whether he did it for good or bad reasons, it i don't know the exact, his exact listening for it except that he felt it needed to be done. he is our president. i will stand behind what he does. >> the d.c. visitor and the trump supporter speaking as he watched activists protest the termination outside the white house. >> we need a special prosecutor who can get to the bottom of who did what? who knew what and when. >> thrust i

scott, the goal is clear. create, if possible, a saudi/israel coalition with willing muslim countries as a counterweight against iran's military influence in the region. >> chief white house correspondent major garrettsident in jerusalem tonight. thank you. >>> in his speech in saudi arabia, mr. trump essentially aligned the administration with the dominant sunni branch of islam and against the shia sect, which rules iran. iran just reelected its president, and elizabeth palmer was there. >> reporter: jubilant young people spilled into the streets of tehran. thrilled they'd reelected the moderate hassan rouhani to a second term. the west, including the u.s. when 800 miles away in saudi arabia, president trump spoiled the party. >> iran funds arms and trains terrorists, malicious and other, extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region. >> reporter: iran, he said, should be isolated. scathing local media here dismissed president trump as a sales representative for american arms companies. referring to this, one paper wrote, for $100 billion, president trump is dancing to the saudi tune. today we asked a relaxed-looking rouhani for his reaction. will iran respond to the oust mul