here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: the committee investigating the u.s. capitol attack is talking publicly about the possibility they'll recommend a first-ever criminal prosecution of a former president. >> i think there was evidence the former president engaged in multiple violations of the law, and that should be investigated. >> reporter: despite concerns about how "divisive" it could be for the country for the justice department to prosecute a former president and possible candidate, congresswoman liz cheney says there's a greater danger. >> i think it's a much graver constitutional threat if a president can engage in these kinds of activities and, you know, the majority of the president's party looks away, or we as a country decide, you know, we're not actually going to take our constitutional obligation seriously. >> reporter: in her blockbuster testimony last week, former trump white house aide cassidy hutchinson said trump knew the crowd he directed toward the capitol included people who were likely armed, and that he not only failed to intervene

president trump was and wasn't doing on january 6th let's bring in cbs news special correspondent scott macfarlane. scott, how crucial was the 187 minutes? >> reporter: the warnings he got in the west wing were important. he was in the dining room in the west wing near the oval office, steps away from the press briefing room from which he could have told the mob to go home. court filings reviewed showed thegbÃcommittee has textÑÑi including benn benn. on the first floor to have the chamber, he would have seen images of the house republican conference helping police barricade the doors with furniture so police could pull their guns and keep the mob from going through the smashed window. the committee said trump engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and, norah, they're arguing his inaction is a part of that. >> o'donnell: you explain it so well, scott macfarlane, thank you. from the political heat here in washington to the sizzling heatwave across the country, the national weather service says half the country today experienced a heat index or feels-like temperatures above 100 d

norah. >> o'donnell: more to come on that, scott macfarlane, thank you.n 45 million americans in the northeast are under threat of severe weather. severe thunderstorm watches are up across twelve states from virginia to maine. winds gusting to 70 miles an hour are possible, along with frequent lightning. all of the major northeast airports will experience delays. in the south, more record heat is expected in the lone star state, with triple digits in dallas, houston and austin. and now to what seems like the never ending battle against covid. the highly transmissible ba-5 sub variant is behind a surge of new infections in the u.s. and for many of these cases are re- infections. cbs' meg oliver has more. >> reporter: a blunt message from the white house to all americans over 50: >> if you have not gotten a vaccine shot in the year 2022, go get one now. it could save your life. >> reporter: the urgency is due to the explosive spread of the latest omicron variants b.a.-4 latest omicron variants ba-4 and ba-5, now responsible for more than 80% of all new covi

here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: the committee investigating the u.s. capitol attack is talking publicly about the possibility they'll recommend a first-ever criminal prosecution of a former president. >> i think there was evidence the former president engaged in multiple violations of the law, and that should be investigated. >> reporter: despite concerns about how "divisive" it could be for the country for the justice department to prosecute a former president and possible candidate, congresswoman liz cheney says there's a greater danger. >> i think it's a much graver constitutional threat if a president can engage in these kinds of activities and, you know, the majority of the president's party looks away, or we as a country decide, you know, we're not actually going to take our constitutional obligation seriously. >> reporter: in her blockbuster testimony last week, former trump white house aide cassidy hutchinson said trump knew the crowd he directed toward the capitol included people who were likely armed, and that he not only failed to intervene

scott macfarlane, thank you. have full coverage of the january 6th hearing tomorrow. that's starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern time and we hope you will join us. the expected long legal battle between elon musk and twitter is already proving to be an expensive one. twitter stock plummeted losing $2.2 billion in market value after musk said he wanted to pull out of a deal to buy the platform. here's cbs' jamie yuccas. >> reporter: elon musk, the world's richest man was in a laughing mood today releasing this tweet mocking twitter's lawsuit after he bailed on a takeover friday, saying they said i couldn't buy twitter, now they want to force me to buy twitter in court. bret taylor, twitter c.e.o., says the company plans to take musk to court to enforce the transaction on the $54 per share price tag musk agreed to buy the company. the board is upset because they don't have any other buyers to match this price tag. >> the board is correctly upset. he has wasted a great deal of their time. you can't use the term distraction

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." >>> i'm scott macfarlane in washington. thank you for staying with us. is fighting for his political life, again. members of his own cabinet joined a growing chorus calling for him to resign amid the latest scandal there, this one involving his appointment of a top official accused of sexual misconduct. earlier this week, two top ministers and dozens of junior officials quit saying they could no longer work in his scandal-plagued administration. roxana saberi is outside 10 downing street in london. it is the british prime minister's residence. but the question is for how long. >> reporter: that is the big question on many people's minds here today and in the newspapers. the subject made the front page of most of the papers here. this one reads "last chance saloon." >> be honest, prime minister, yes or no. >> reporter: boris is battling back, refusing to admit his time as britain's prime minister is up. despite two dramatic resignations. the first blow came from his health secretary saji jahvid, who said he could no longer in good conscience continue serv

so we have a lot of news to get to, and we've got a lot of news tonight, cbs' scott macfarlane is joiningscott. >> reporter: good evening, norah. as the committee sets its sights on the next set of investigation, what it calls dereliction of duty what it calls dereliction by former president donald trump. even as trump talks about a big announcement of his own. with revelations from the january 6 committee hearings frustrating donald trump, the former president is accused of tampering with a potential witness. cbs news has confirmed that individual who was sharing information with the committee was a white house employee. the individual didn't take the call and was concerned given he or she didn't routinely communicate with mr. trump. >> we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. >> reporter: the committee says the call came soon after the blockbuster hearing featuring former trump white house aide cassidy hutchison in which trump wanted to join the group at the capitol. >> we were watching the capitol building get defaced over a lie. >> reporter: it is the lat

." >> i'm scott macfarlane in washington. thank you for staying with us., millions of young athletes are gearing up for football and soccer training camps. but there is a growing concern among parents that these sports could cause long-term damage to their kids. earlier this week, the family of the late nfl star demaryius thomas revealed he had signs of the degenerative brain condition cte when he died in december. now the family of the late soccer star scott vermilion is talking about his cte diagnosis, which came after he died nearly two years ago. he was 44 years old. it was the first public diagnosis of the disease in a former major league soccer player. 13 million american children play soccer, and some medidical researchers say even mild but respective hits to the head can be a risk. dr. jon lapook has the story. >> reporter: scott vermilion played five seasons for major league soccer teams. >> vermilion, trying to slide it, releasing. >> reporter: including his hometown kansas city wizards and dc united. he was also a devoted father to his two child

. >> i'm scott macfarlane in washington. of pandemic lockdown, travel restrictions and fear, americans are taking to the highways and skyways in near record numbers. and that has touched off an advertising war between the states for your vacation dollars. every state in the union has a tv ad campaign designed to attract visitors to places not known as vacation hot spots. some of these ad campaigns can be downright comical. barry petersen has a look. >> reporter: the people of nebraska take great pleasure in things that are a little, shall we say, unusual. unorthodox. atypical. >> reporter: selling nebraska to tourists is about marketing odd. >> lucky for you, we invent things to do. like when we realize a livestock tank would float. >> and when the campaign started four years ago, it came with an equally odd last line. nebraska, honestly, it's not for everyone. >> reporter: irresistible to late night host stephen colbert. >> now you've know what else has to be a tough job? nebraska tourism commissioner. >> reporter: john ric

cbs's scott macfarlane reports former white house counsel pat cipollone will meet with the committee.urces familiar with the matter tell cbs news former trump white house counsel pat cipollone will sit with committee investigatedders friday behind closed doors and we're told it will be videotaped. >> how important an interview is this for the committee? >> i think it's important for the committee. i mean mr. cipollone was in the room. we have testimony from others about what he said and did but there are some things that we need to hear from him about directly. >> the committee is expected to press cipollone about what trump white house aide cassidy mnuchinson son in her blockbuster testimony last week, that cipollone warned of criminal exposure if trump went to the capitol january 6th. >> mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure we don't go up to the pitol,sidy, n ng to get a wh er crimemagie. sd told that hearingcommit will focus on the mobilization of the mob including by far right groups. >> a former leader of the proud boys and founder of the oathkeepers had

scott macfarlane has new reporting from capitol hill. >> reporter: the january 6th spout light is onservice how potentially pivotal text messages disappeared. the communication could be key from cassidy hutchison who said donald trump demanded agents take him to the capitol and he got into a physicallal sister case with an agent. >> he said i'm the f-ing president take me up to the alcohol now. >> virginia democrat elaine luria sits on the panel. >> are you concerned about those secret service messages? >> very concerned about those secret service messages. the communications he was protecting the president and vice president at a critical time on jab scict that's of utmost interest to the committee. >> erased its own text mention. april the texts were requested to be turned over as part of an internal reviewful capitol riot. the secret service hasn't been fully cooperating with that internal review. the agency disputed the charges but says some data was lost during a previously scheduled system migration. >> to allow such importantly evidence to be erased really just looks very odd

cbs' scott macfarlane has new reporting on this from capitol hill. >> the january 6 committee's spotlight secret service, and how potentially pivotal text s between agents on january 5 and 6, the day of the attack, disappeared. the communications could be key to advancing testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, who suggested donald trump demanded agents take him to the capitol and that he got into a physical altercation with his senior agent. >> the president said something to the effect of, "i'm the effin president, take me up to the capitol now." >> o'donnell: late today, the panel said it'll seek a way to recover and retrieve the missing texts, virginia democrat elaine luria sits on the committee. are you concerned about those secret service texts. >> very concerned about the secret service texts, the communications within the secret service which was protecting the president and the vice president at a critical time. on january 6, when the violence broke out. that's of utmost interest to the committee. >> reporter: an internal homeland security department watchdog s

here's cbs's scott macfarlane. >> reporter: outside the meeting room, pat cipollone wouldn't answer reporters you discuss pardons, sir, and members of congress who and members of congress who asked for them? >> reporter: but the big question is how much did he answer inside in a day long session with the house january 6th committee more than a week after he was subpoenaed and after former white house aide cassidy hutchinson testified cipollone warned on january 6th trump would face criminal exposure if he went to the capitol. >> we're going to get charges every crime imaginable. >> reporter: committee members told cbs news they expected cipollone to testify about what he witnessed firsthand january 6th. is it tricky for a white house counsel to answer questions from a congressional panel? >> it is very, very tricky. >> reporter: richard painter was a member of the white house counsel's office for former president george w. bush and said cipollone might invoke privilege if asked about warning trump about possible crimes. >> this is a very difficult situation congress will have to handle with s

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cbs's scott macfarlane has all the new details. >> reporter: on the eve of it's next hearing, another star witness says he's willing to talk to the committee investigating the u.s. capitol attack. >> i'm never going to back down. >> reporter: president trump's former white house advisor steve bannon, after snubbing the committee for months, says trump dissatisfied with how the hearings are progressing has given him the green light to talk. the committee wants to know what bannon knew ahead of the capitol attack and has focused on this prediction from him the day before. >> all hell is going to break loose. >> reporter: tomorrow's hearing will explore the mobilization of the mob including by far right groups, the proud boys and the oathkeepers and the links the groups have to trump associates including roger stone and one- advice michael flynn. stephanie murphy said tomorrow's hearing will showcase this december 2020 tweet, mr. trump writing big protest in d.c. on january 6th, be there, will be wild. >> the president's tweet in the wee hours of decemb december 19th activated the groups

scott macfarlane is in our washington bureau with the latest. t, good morning. >> reporter: adriana, good morning to you. the next committee's meeting is set for thursday in primetime. they have already ascended to a new level. the january 6th committee's spotlight is on the secret service and how potentially pivotal text messages between agents on january 5th and 6th, the day of the attack, and those messages disappeared. the communications could be key to advancing testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, who suggested donald trump demanded agents take him to the capitol and that he got into a physical altercation with his senior agent. >> the president said something to the effect of "i'm the effin prsident, take me up to the capitol now." >> reporter: the panel said it will seek a way to recover and retrieve the missing messages. virginia democrat elaine luria sits on the committee. >> are you concerned about those secret service messages? >> very concerned about the secret service messages the communications within the secr