correspondent weijia jiang live in washington now with more. good morning, weijia. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. sessions will be answering all of those questions during a public hearing. the justice department says he requested it not happen behind closed doors, because he believes it is important for the american people to hear the truth, directly from him. >> attorney general jeff sessions praised president trump and fellow cabinet member monday ahead of his testimony before the senate intelligence committee today. he is expected to face questions about his contact with russia's ambassador to the u.s. during the presidential campaign. sessions, though, has recused himself from all ongoing investigations into russia. >> i should not be involved in investigating a campaign i had a role in. >> sessions may also have to answer for what role if any he played in the firing of former nbi director james comey. comey during his testimony to the senate hinted there might be more to session's recusal. >> we also were aware of fact i can't d

weijia jiang is in washington. weijia, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. players in both parties wore hats to represent the louisiana state university. it was one of many tributes at the stadium where politics stayed on the sidelines. democrats, 11, republicans, 2, but the oners of the annual congressional baseball game handed over the trophy as quickly as they received it, asking that it be placed in representative steve scalise's office. >> we're brothers and sisters. the trophy doesn't mean anything. our friendship does. >> scalise was one of four people shot wednesday during practice in the game. doctors say he may receive further rounds of surgery though his condition has improved in the last 24 hours. back at the game david bailey injured in the shooting threw out the first pitch surrounde m won and he didn't play and he was the difference in winning and losing. >>> james hodgkinson, law enforcement officials tell cbs news they now have his laptop and cell phone. outside his home his wife addressed reporters for the first time. >> i can't believe he

>> weijia jiang in washington. thank you so much, weijia. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with john dickerson, cbs news chief correspondent and moderator of "face the nation" about sessions' testimony. >>> jury deliberations resume this morning in the sexual assault trial of bill cosby. as he was leaving the court cosby mimicked one of his characters, fat albert. >> mr. cosby, any comment? >> hey, hey, hey. >> he is charged of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand. cosby said they shared a consensual sexual encounter. >>> coming up on the "morning news" now, jurors are deciding the fate of the officer who killed black motorist philando castile. >>> and women stage a protest at the ohio state house. this is the "cbs morning news." dixie ultra. stress tested so you can stress less at dinner. only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® in new herbal essences it's bio:renew a blend of sea kelp, aloe and antioxidants that he

weijia jiang in washington. weijia, thank you so much. >>> comey said he started taping because he knew it would come down to his words against the president's. >> how does the public know who's telling the truth? well, whose character did he judge better. they were attacking comey before he even opened his mouth. he was a showboat. the democrats criticized him. he hurt the fbi. mike pence, then governor of indiana called it the politics of personal destruction. of course, we heard comey had his own character claims to make about the president, said it was in his nature to lie, but then at the end of the day the president's attorney had his own words to say, that comey had someone anonymously leaked the information and he should be investigated. >> the president did not ask him to take action on investigation into the russian interference in the election and as jeff pegues reports comey made it clear russian efforts to undermine the u.s. are ongoing. >> there should be no fuzz on this whatsoever. the russians in

weijia jiang in washington. weijia, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie.e said if he had the possible tapes, he would talk about them sometime in the very near future. the republicans say that time is now or he could face a subpoena. president trump, first lady melania, and their son baron arrived at the white house sunday night with james comey talk still in washington. >> there's a whole issue about the president's conduct. >> james comey's credibility has been brought into question. >> yesterday president trump tweeted from his golf cart, james comey leaks will be more prevalent than anyone thought possible. very cowardly. >> there's a lynch mob mentality about the president in the press. >> like one in which the president hinted he may have private recordings of his conversations with comey, members of his own party urging him to turn them in if they exist. >> he should voluntarily turn them over not only to the senate intelligence committee but to the special counsel. >> attorney general jeff sessions is set to face tough questions before the senate i

weijia jiang is in washington. weijia, good morning. >> reporter: good anne-marie. that is exact lie why the trump team is considering it a victory claiming the former fbi director only hurt himself. this morning we hear directly from president trump who has a news conference scheduled for later today. >> those were lies plain and simple. >> reporter: ousted fbi director james comey spoke candidly for almost three hours thursday acushion president trump and his administration of defamation and lies. >> i was honestly concerned he might lie about our meeting and i found it really important to document. >> reporter: speaking to the intelligence committee comey kept memos of his meetings with the pr, particularly the one where he asked him to drop the investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. >> he did not direct you to let it go. >> i took it as an admitted he asked a friend and professor at columbia university to leak that to the reporter. >> mr. comey has now admit thad he is one of these lyrics. >> reporter: comey's testimony has divided lawm

correspondent weijia jiang is live in washington latest, good, weijia. >> reporter: good morning, jim and rahel. james comey will likely offut cs he had, with president trump, but we do not expect conclusionr analysis, and he certainly won't be testifying about potential evidha ongoing investigation. >> i wish him >> reporter: president trump wished james comey well tuesday ahead of his anticipated testimony before the senate intelligence committee. irecthr is expect to detail his interactions with the president, before he was abruptly fired last month. among them that mr. trump allegedly pressured him to drop the bureau's investigation in, to former national security advisor, michael flynn. an individual familiar with what comey told associates after that request, told cbs news that comey asked attorney general jeff sessions to prevent him from being alone in a room with president trump again. in order to protect the fbi from white house influence. while comey isn't expected to say whether the president obstructed justice he will address president trump's claim that comey repeatedly

weijia jiang in washington.hank you so much, weijia. >>> well, it was one year ago today that a gunman opened fire in gay nightclub in orlando killing 49 people. omar mateen fired his first shots around 2:00 a.m. last call at the pulse club's latin night. this morning's ceremonies began at the same time marking one year since the first mass shooting in recent history. the central florida city is marking the anniversary with orlando united day including four services to remember the victims. kenneth craig is in orlando. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, anne-marie. quite a large crowd gathered at the club early this morning for the first of the day's convenience. it was a private tribute for family members and survivors marking one year since a lone gunman walked into the club and shattered so many have predicted how their worlds would collide, but over the past year, they've built a special bond over their children. >> our kids are angels. they put us together. >> you're connected in

weijia jiang is in washington with the details. weijia, good morning. >> good morning, meg. those conservative holdouts say they're also open to negotiation. you're right. the current plan is not a true repeal of the obamacare. he says he's very supportive of the senate version, but, of course, he doesn't get a vote. >> health care's a very difficult situation. >> in an interview with "fox & friends" president trump addressed the four conservative republican senators with their refausal to get on plan and replace and repeal obamacare. >> they're friends of mine. we'll get there. i have to see. >> it eliminates obamacare's insurance mandates and its new taxes on the wealthy, but it retains a decent amount of obamacare tax credit to lower americans' insurance. with every democrat expected to vote no, republicans can only afford to lose two votes to pass the bill. >> we want the bill to look more like a repeal. >> the affordable care act was president obama's crowning achievement. he wrote a message on facebook urging republicans to preserve it. he wrote in part, quote, the sen

weijia jiang is in washington with more. weijia, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. james comey is said to have zero agenda when he testifies today and he's looking to provide a useful narrative during the questioning. but even his opening statement in his own words leaves plenty open to interpretation. in seven pages of opening remarks, former fbi director james comey reported numerous and uncomfortable interactions with president trump, one coming in late february when he said president trump approached him in the oval office pressuring him to drop the ongoing investigation of michael flynn, the president's former national security adviser. confirming earlier reports comey wrote mr. trump told him i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, letting flynn go. he's a good guy. >> what you're seeing now is evidence of obstruction of justice. >> the testimony was released wednesday by the senate intelligence committee at comey's request. leading up to his firing last month, he says president trump called him and described the russian investigation as a cloud

weijia jang live in alexandria, thank you. >>> scalise is the number 3 republican in the house. he wahas sh otbeen arrested several times in recent years for a number of charges including battery and drunken driving. >>> east bay congressman swalwell spoke with kcbs radio this morning about that the shoeing. >> i don't think any of us ever think that anything is going to happen. and you see something like this and you realize, just, you du you cabe, especially on an open ball field. >> swalwell tweeted out, quote, pray for my gop colleague, staff and capitol police who were shot at their baseball practice. so sick to hear of this cowardly ambush. >> here in california, the chp works closely with the senate e inca l pitarms to keep our att vigilant and are prepared to respond to any potential threat. governor brown tweeting about today's shootings, writing, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by senseless violence today in san francisco. f and alexandria. >>> we continue to follow that breaking news in san francisco. a deadly shooting at the u.p.s. facility. we'll

as weijia jiang reports from the white house, the president is is expected to reveal his decision later this afternoon. >> we are going to cancel the paris climate agreement. president donald trump is expected to live up to that campaign promise. sources tell cbs news that the president told senior advisors he will pull the u.s. out of the paris climate accord. >> you will find out soon. >> reporter: in 2015, former president obama and 195 countries formed the agreement that pledges to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to global warning. expect this is a thing where we are in it together. >> reporter: mr. trump discussed this with european allies at the g7 summit in italy last week. >> i could say that the u.s. will continue to take climate change seriously. the leadership that america >> reporter: president donald trump will announce his decision this afternoon in the rose garden here at the white house. 25 major corporations urged him to stick with the agreement. they took out a full-page ad in today's "new york times" arguing the agreement generates jobs and economic growth and

correspondent weijia jiang is live in washington now with the very latest, good morning, weijia? >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. james comey is expected to offer up details about those conversation was president trump but he won't be drawing conclusions or offering any legal analysis and he certainly won't be testifying about potential evidence that is still part of the ongoing investigation. >> i wish him well. >> reporter: president trump wished james comey well tuesday ahead of his highly anticipated testimony before the senate intelligence committee. the ousted fbi director is expect to detail his interactions with the president before he was abrupt ly fired, last month. among them that mr. trump allegedly pressured him to drop the boro's investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn. an individual, familiar with what comey told associates after that request told cbs news that comey asked attorney general jeff session toss prevent him from being alone in the room with president trump again in order to protect the fbi from white house influence. w

weijia jang live for us tonight at the white house, weijia, we appreciate it.nk you. >>> reaction has been pouring in from federal and state leaders on president trump's announcement to withdraw from the paris agreement. as weijia mentioned former president obama saying, quote, the nations that remain in the paris agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in job and industries created. house minority leader nancy pelosi said that the move defies the overwhelming support for action from credible scientists. east bay congressman mark desaulnier says it's a brazen attack by president trump on our planet! mcnerney says it's wrong-headed and a dangerous mistake with a devastating impact on future generations. however, on the flip side, u.s. labor secretary alexander acosta is in favor of withdrawal from the agreement. he calls it a bold commitment to promoting pro-growth principles and rebuilding america's manufacturing base. >>> an attack today at a casino in the philippines. it happened in the early- morning hours at a resort in the capital of manila. p

weijia jang has the latest from washington. >> you solemnly swear -- >> reporter: fired fbi director james comey took an oath before the senate intelligence committee. then he testified he was confused about why he lost his job. >> the administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those were lies, plain and simple. >> reporter: lawmakers have lots of questions about the one- on-one meeting where the president wanted to discuss fired national security adviser mike flynn. >> i hope you can let this go, you know, those are his exact words. is that correct? >> correct. >> you may have taken it as a direction but that's not what he said? >> correct. that's -- >> he said, i hope. >> reporter: those are his exact words, correct. >> reporter: several republicans say they do not see evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the president. but democrats say there's a cloud of suspicion over the president's conduct! >> the president was asked whether h

weijia jiang has the latest. >> reporter: cbs news learned the director of national intelligence, dan coats, has agreed to be interviewed by special counsel robert mueller about conversations he had with president donald trump about the russian investigation. >> i don't believe it's appropriate for me to address that in a public session. >> reporter: at a senate hearing last week, dan coats would not comment on this and mike rogers denied any white house pressure . >> to the best of my directed to do anything i believed to be illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate. >> reporter: rogers is cooperating with the investigation. and the interview suggest that the investigation is now looking at weather president trump tried to obstruct justice. allegations of obstruction of justice surfaced after the firing of james comey. the president asked him to lift the cloud of the russian investigation. >> the conversation, it was not an effort to obstruct. >> reporter: the president tweeted you are witnessing the single greatest witchhunt in american political history led by some very black --

weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. >>> turning now to the quicken loans being played in potomac, defending champ billy hurley the third is scheduled to tee off last hour. he started strong but had trouble on the round. you heard melissa talk about the heat. as it was beginning to warm up, ricky fowler had his own interesting perspective from the media tent. >> it is is a lot hotter in this tent now than it ever was out there today. it will be a bit warm over the weekend. thving in south florida, and e summer this is not far from what i am used to. >> and speaking of hot, this is far off what a lot of us are used to. the south western iranian city of abas hit 129 degrees yesterday. it is iran's highest temperature ever recorded. it is also one of the worldest hottest reviably measured temperatures. today, they are only expected to be 119 degrees. >>> some people on an overnight fishing trip out of ocean city got more than they bargained for. they were 68 miles from shore when they encountered a rare whale shark. it swam up to the boat and rubbed its nose on the port side before s

weijia jang live for us on capitol hill. we are going to have live coverage of sessions' testimony starting this morning at 11:30. you can watch it right here on kpix 5. >>> now to a live look outside. the morning rush is about to start. okay. we're not going to look outside. [ laughter ] [ crosstalk ] >> i don't think anybody is rushing this morning. >> i don't think so. >> i think we're limping. >> yeah. especially you, roberta. i got to give you some props. she was at oracle arena last night getting out of the parking lot was craziness. >> the party continues. >> it was the longest time. it was even longer than the game trying to get out the parking lot. i was grateful that the game did start at 6:00 because if it started at 7:30 tip-off i would still be there. [ laughter ] >> but it was all worth it. the two hours sleep i got was night was so worth it. >> i believe it. >> now we look ahead towards the parade. i put together a graphic for you so you can get a good idea what the temperature will be at the start parade at 1

cbs news' weijia jang has the latest from washington. >> reporter: the vote on the republican healthcare bill may be delayed but the work continues. >> we're working very hard. we have begin ourselves a little bit more time to make it perfect. that's what we want to do. i think this has a chance to be a great healthcare at a reasonable cost. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made the decision after more republican senators came out against the plan as it's currently written. >> i think we have a really good chance of getting there. it will take us a little longer. >> reporter: gop leaders and even the president are working on the holdouts trying to see if they can change the bill enough to bring together the moderates and conservatives. >> the idea is to work out these last few -- give every effort to work out these last few differences here this week and get a final decision this week get it scored by cbo next week and vote on it. >> reporter: susan collins is worried about the cap on federal spending for medicaid. >> it's difficult for me to see how any tinkering is g

weijia jiang reports from the supreme court. >> reporter: adjourned for the summer, but not beforehanding a victory to president donald trump. the high court announced they will review the president's travel ban on citizens from six muslim majority countries and it allows the trump administration to mostly enforce the president's executive order while the legal battle continues. the court would have only granted this if they would have allowed most of the travel ban to go in place if it thinks at this point without full briefing and argument the government is likely to succeed. >> reporter: the 90-day ban would apply to citizens of iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. those people will not be allowed to come into the united states unless they have acredible claim of a relationship with the person or entity in the united states. the trump administration says the travel ban was needed during an internal review of the screening process for people there from those countries. the travel ban sparked massive protests and lawsuits, all of ic lost until now. the court said they will hear

weijia jiang with more on this. good weijia. >> reporter: good morning, anre. he asked him to publicly state there was no collusion between russia and the state campaign. today they will be grilling him before they do the same to comey. president trump wished james comey well tuesday ahead of his highly anticipated testimony before the senate intelligence committee. ousted fbi director is expected to detail his interactions with the president before he was abruptly fired last month. among them, that mr. trump allegedly asked him to drop the investigation before national security adviser michael flynn, an individual familiar with what comey told associates after that request told cbs news, comey asked attorney general jeff sessions to prevent him from being alone in a room with president trump again in order to protect the fbi from white house influence. while comey isn't expected to say whether the president obstructed justice, he'll likely address president trump's claim that comey repeatedly told him he was not the subject of the fbi's probe. the white house

weijia jiang on capitol hill to explain how this impacts the gop's efforts to get the bill passed quickly. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's noon vote on the republican healthcare plan bill this week could be in trouble. six gop senators now say they oppose the healthcare bill as it is currently written. four of them won't even vote for a motion to bring the bill up for a formal debate. >> i won't vote to proceed to unless the bill changes. >> maine senator susan collins is the latest hold out. because the congressional shows the bill would hit medicaid recipient hard. one in fine main resident receive med kale support, the cbo project under the republican plan, 15 million people would be forced out of the program by 2026. resulting in a savings of $321 billion. >> if the vote doesn't happen this week, lawmakers will face their constituent concerns when they go home for a week-long july 4th holiday break. >> you know the reality of the mat is her we better pay attention to people, many of whom feel very dis end franchise in the this country. >> ohio governor john kasich and colo

cbs reporter weijia jang looks at how a tough budget score is hurting the effort. >> reporter: six gopenators now say they oppose the healthcare bill as it's currently written, four won't even vote for a motion to bring the bill up for debate. >> i won't unless it changes. >> reporter: maine senator susan collins is holding out because the cbo shows it would hit medicaid recipients hard. the cbo projects that under the republican plan, 15 million people would be forced out of the program by 2026, resulting in a savings of $321 billion. >> the reality of the matter is we better pay attention to people many of whom feel very disenfranchised in this country. >> reporter: the ohio governor and colorado governor represent the state that is expanded medicaid under obamacare. >> we would see a reduction of roughly 188,000 people in colorado, more than half of them in rural parts of the state. >> reporter: groups opposed to the bill are running tv ads. >> without medicaid, you can't manage her diabetes. >> reporter: targeting voters in states that helped elect president trump. weijia jang, cbs

weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> president trump is taking care of business in washington today. he hosted south korea's new president. we have a report from the white house. >> reporter: president trump greeted the new south korea president at the white house topping the agenda how to handle north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many years that it's failed. and frankly, that patience is over. >> reporter: removing nuclear weapons from north korea is now more likely because president trump is so focused on the issue. [ non-english language ] >> president trump and i agreed that only strong security can bring about genuine peace. >> reporter: while dealing with the threat of north korea may be the top priority, white house officials say the president is also determined to get a new trade deal with south korea. >> south korea he's a major trading partner with the united states. and we want something that's going to be good for the american worker. >> reporter: the trade deficit with sout

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> meantime a war of word between president trump and the hosts of ms nbc morning joe continues for a second day the president tweeted this morning quote watched low rated morning joe for first time in long time. fake news. lawmakers from both side of the aisle condemned the president's comments yesterday when he took to twit tore call joe scarbureau and mika brzezinski low iq mika and psycho joe. he claimed brzezinski was bleeding badly from a face lift. morning show hoes wrote a op ed characterizing the president's actions as an unrelenting assault on women. >>> well, the clock is ticking , new jersey lawmakers hope to pass their nearly $35 billion budget before midnight tonight, a risk a government shut down. governor chris christie told his cabinet that this will be the first shut down since 2006 the assembly speaker is apparently holding up a vote there. he opposes legislation overhauling the state's largest health insurer that legislation is part of the bipartisan budget agreement. >>> meantime pennsylvania lawmakers are debating a 32

weijia jiang for cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> former vice president joe biden says he won't run for presidentut something he has done recently might make you think otherwise. the long time delaware senator is launching a political action committee. he says he regrets not running in 2016 and has made public appearances criticizing donald trump. he says his political action committee will help elect other people who believe in big dreams. we'll have to wait he see. >>> nba superstar lebron james speaks bluntly about racism in america. this after a racial slur was spray painted on his home. why some are saying that his real talk is a real change that the nation needs. >>> and a day of fun turns into a nightmare when will inflatable playhouses are blown into t >> caught on video several inflatable play houses are cents airborne by strong gusts of winds as dozens of children play on them. the frightening scene played out during a children's party in central mexico. the inflatables were torn from their safety ropes. one girl was trapped inside when it flyaway. she was seriously hurt. three other ch

correspondent weijia jiang has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: cbs learned director ofional intelligence dan coats has agreed to be interviews by special counsel robert mueller about conversationsed with president trump concerning the russia investigation. >> i don't believe it's appropriate for me to address that in a public session. >> reporter: at a senate hearing last week coates would not comment on the issue and national security agency director mike rogers denied any white house pressure. >> from the best of my recollection i have never been directed to do anything i believed to be illegal immoral unethical or inappropriate. >> reporter: rogers is also cooperating with mueller's investigation. the interviews with the special counsel suggest mueller's investigation is now looking at whether president trump tried to obstruct justice as the washington post first reported. allegations of obstruction surfaced after president trump fired comey. comey testified the president asked him to lift the cloud of the russia investigation. >> i don't think it's for me to say whe

cbs news' weijia jang says that an american withdrawal would deepen the rift with american allies. >> we're going to cancel the agreement. >> reporter: president trump is expected to live up to that campaign promise. sources tell cbs news the president told senior advisers that he will pull the u.s. out of the paris climate accord. >> you're going to find out very soon. >> reporter: in 2015 former president obama along with 195 countries formed the agreement which pledges to reduce carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. >> this is one of those things where we're all in it together. >> reporter: mr. trump discussed the agreement with european allies while attending the g7 summit in italy last week. >> i continue to lobby the u.s. at all levels to continue to take climate change extremely seriously and to show that the leadership that america has shown in the past. >> reporter: president trump will announce his decision this afternoon in the rose garden here at the white house. 25 major corporations are urging him to stick with the agreement. they took out a full-page ad in

the court said it will hear arguments in the case in october, when it reconvenes, weijia jiang, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> meantime, senate republicans are skeptical about the gop healthcare overhaul, and are expressing doubts about a vote before the fourth of july recess. so far, five republican senators oppose the plan, and that would be enough to torpedo the legislation, the congressional budget office could release its analysis of the bill as early as today. >>> well the pool facility in wilmington, delaware, where former vice president joe biden was once lifeguard now bears his name. the pool at the brown burton win chester park has officially been renamed the joseph r biden junior aquatic center. wilmington's mayor hosed the event this morning, and biden was therefore the dedication ceremony. >> well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" at noon, almost two hours of turbulence passengers describe what it was like being on this airplane, a flight that was so frightening, even the pilot asked for prayers. >> plus, hanging on for dear life. 25 feet off the grounds. a young delawa

weijia jiang has our report. >> reporter: president trump lashed out at the anchors of msnbc's "morningoe," calls them low iq crazy mika and psycho joe. it follows criticism of the president on the morning joe. >> nothing makes a man feel better than making up a fake cover on a magazine about himself, lying about the country. >> the president is pushing back against people who attack him day after day after day. >> reporter: a league of democratic congresswomen spoke out forcefully. >> what he does is he demeans women, and more than that, he has demeaned himself. >> reporter: republican senator susan collins sat next to the president earlier this week and calls his rhetoric divisive. >> the president has a problem with anyone who criticizes him or doesn't agree with him. >> reporter: some have called the president's tweets cyber bullying, which is ironically something the first lady has promised to combat while in the white house. many republicans are also concerned the president's comments aren't helping their legislative goals. >> what we're trying to do around here is improve the ton

so as you heard from weijia jang, the hearing begins at 7 a.m. our time.n francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> thank you. >>> voters in the uk are heading to the polls to decide whether or not to keep conservative prime ministertheresa may in power against jeremy corbin in a snap election. the election issues are "brexit" and national security. there have been three deadly terror attacks in the last few months. polls close at 2 p.m. our time. >>> let's check weather. we don't need galoshes today. >> windshield wipers yes. you know, it's going to depend where you are and when you leave. we have a span of showers moving quickly through the bay area really just in time for the morning commute. so if you are heading out during i would say between now and 9:00, you probably are going to see some showers depending where you live. here's a look at hi-def doppler. heaviest rain right now in the north bay. as we zoom into the east bay we are seeing moderate -- light to moderate rainfall through emeryville, west oakland, alameda dry right now. piedmont though seeing l

cbs reporter weijia jang is at the white house with details on who and would won't be allowed into the united states temporarily. >> reporter: liz, we do not expect to see the same level of chaos that unfolded as a result of the first travel ban at airports from coast to coast because people who already have visas, people who already have permission to come to the u.s., won't be impacted. today we found travelers with mixed feelings about the new rule. most of president trump's travel ban goes into effect at 8 p.m. eastern. a signature campaign promise that resonated with voters like dana. >> if something else it will make a psychological difference that we're actually going to do something to prevent terrorism. and it's about time. >> reporter: citizens from six muslim countries will not be allowed to enter the u.s. for at least 90 days while the u.s. reviews its immigration policies. the trump administration calls them terror-prone. >> weren't involved in 9/11 or any other terrorist attacks. those countries who were are not on the list. >> reporter: this man moved to the u.s. from ir

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> senate scheduled to vote on an attempt to enforce new sanctions on russia, the amendment is part of the bipartisan agreement between senate leaders that is expected to attach to an unrelated bill involving sanctions on iran. senators who introduced the amendment want to make it harder for president trump to ease sanction sanctions on russia. >>> in business news this morning, which airline is listening to its customers. >> and which rock star is teaming up with star bucks. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, jim and rahel. futures pointing to a higher open, yesterday tech stocks rebounded and dow jones jumped 92 points, nasdaq rose by 45. uber ceo taking a back seat, he says he is taking a leave of absence for an unspecified parent, grieving his mother who died last month and figure out how to be a better leader. former attorney jenner i can holder recommended he be relieved from duties after investigating sexual harassment and bullying claims at the company small

. >>> the results are in, for the most expensive race in house history, i'm weijia jiang on capitol hillh that story coming >>> good morning aim jim donovan. >>> i'm jan carabao, rahel is off, 6:30 here's what you need to know, today june 21st, 2017 >> seth, did you expenditure mother's money. >> no way. >> philadelphia district attorney seth williams returns to federal court, to defend himself against corruption charges. >>> defense arguing that the williams exercised bad judgment he didn't break the law. >>> i stand before you, extraordinarily humled. >> the most expensive congressional race in history is a big win for the republicans. >> this is going to be a serious event. >> parts of the gulf coast are bracing for tropical storm cindy. >> we are just going to ride it out. >> the ceo of uber is out, travis kalanick stepped down from the company that he helped create. >> matel has released a new line of ken dolls, including one that has a dad bod. you are wondering where we are on gender equality, body doll has to maintain the most unrealistic body parts for 15 years and now she's for

. >> russia later today, hear on capitol hill, i'm weijia jiang, with a preview coming up. >>> well, today is tuesday, june 13th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things this tuesday morning, good morning, ladies? good morning, happy tuesday. we are looking outside, construction crews out of our way. but i will say, look how dry our roadways r actually kind of busy morning. >> really? >> yes. >> well, you know, sun glare will get you for sure. yes, very warm start to the day. muggy as well walking out the door you notice that immediately, and from a climate controlled building or bedroom. but the heat advisory, that's taking effect as of noontime today. so at least for now, at the most comfortable part of the day. if you really have like outdoor plans, you want to get your jog in, you really want to take the dog for nice long walk, you really want to do guards edge, now is the time to get this in if your area able to squeeze it in or whatever else you have coming on, come 10:00 a.m., will start to get very hot. again the heat adv

weijia jang reports from washington. >> reporter: good morning, michelle and brian. here is a live look at the room where the very anticipated hearing will kick off in just about half-hour. some folks are lining up at 4:00 this morning to get a spot. sources say james comey is well rested and ready to provide a useful narrative based on questioning and facts. in seven pages james comey detailed numerous interactions he had with president trump. one of the most notable came in february, when comfortable says the president cleared the oval office before pressuring him to drop the bureau's ongoing investigation of michael flynn. the president's former national security adviser. confirming earlier reports comey wrote: >> we're seeing mounting evidence of an obstruction of justice. >> reporter: the testimony was released wednesday by the senate intelligence committee at comey's request leading up to his firing last month saying president trump called him and described the russia investigation as a cloud that was impairing his ability to act on behalf of the country. comey

weijia jaing, cbs3 "eyewitness news news". >>> we have breaking news now, no confirmation just yet from.s. officials but russia is claiming to have killed the leader of isis. abu bakr-al-baghdadi is a wanted man world wide. are you sure's official news agency say they killed him in syria last month. they claim he was meeting with other isis leaders at the time. officials say 4,000 more american troops will be headed to afghanistan in the largest deployment o interest trump administration so far. the pennsauken could announce next week. the decision by jim mattis seeks to address assertions by the top u.s. commander that he doesn't have enough forces to help afgan's army against a taliban resurgeon si. >>> the president wants to stop u.s. money from going to cuban military and security services. the u.s. will maintain diplomatic relations but americans will travel to the island only on organized tours. more details expected when the president announces the revisions this afternoon in miami's little havana neighborhood where many cubans live. >>> mike pence is hiring a private lawyer to r

weijia jiang, cbs news, capitol hill. >> mike pence will be meeting with the reluctant republicans and host a couple of them for dinner tonight at his residence. i wanted to make a correction related to the healthcare newscast. i said it was olympia snow from maine who tweeted about not being able to support that senate version of the healthcare bill. she was a long time to it was susan collins, the senator how saw in the story who said i want to work. i would like to apologize for the error. >>> we have been hearing a lot about this healthcare and who this would hurt. let's take a look at who this would benefit. younger americans could pay less for healthcare coverage. the senate plan would lower premiums for lower americans by allowing insurers to charge older enroll lees more. they would save between 700 and $4,000 a year on average according to the milliman firm. now, the less expensive plans get plans that cost less. here are some who could harmed. many obama care enrollees will pay more out of pocket. lower income americans could be uninsured and older people could see their prem

weijia jang reports. >> reporter: good morning, michelle and anne.s will be answering all of those questions in a public hearing. the justice department said he requested it not happen behind closed doors because he believes it's important for the american public to hear the truth directly from him. >> celebrate this group. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions praised president trump and fellow cabinet members monday ahead of his testimony before the senate intelligence committee today. he is expected to face questions about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. during the presidential campaign. sessions though has recused himself from all ongoing investigations into russia. >> i should not be involved in investigating a campaign i had a role in. >> reporter: sessions may also have to answer for what role if any he played in the firing of former fbi director james comey. comey during his testimony to the senate hinted there might be more to sessions' recusal. >> we also were aware of facts that i can't discuss in an open setting. >

weijia jang, cbs news, capitol hill. >> a significant number of donations to jon ossoff came from the bay area. people in california donated more than half a million dollars almost as much as he raised from georgia residents. >>> up leaders in the senate say they will release a discussion draft of their healthcare bill tomorrow. the bill would eliminate aspects of president obama healthcare overhaul and limit the government involvement in providing coverage. the measure is being drawn up privately and senators from both parties are impatient. yesterday, utah republican mike lee expressed his frustration with being left in the dark even though he is one of the 13 men supposedly crafting the bill. >> it's not being written by us. it's apparently being written by a small handful of staffers for members of the republican leadership in the senate. republican lawmakers, huge ding planned cuts to medicaid. states dealing wi the current opiod epidemic rely heavily on medicaid to pay for treatment programs. senators from those states are now reportedly battling with their colleagues to ensure