weijia jiang reports. >> reporter: president trump got down to business during a working dinner with leaders of nato's nation criticizing those who do not pay their fair share with regard to defense spending. in a second blow the president declined to commit the united states it would stay in nato's defensive use pact. nato has agreed to pay toward stopping isis but stopped short of waging war against the group. >> they must trebt their fair share and meet their financial obligations. >> reporter: the president also held private meetings after disagreements other russia. >> i'm not 100% sure we can say today, meaning the president and myself, that we have a common approximation, common opinion about russia. >> reporter: weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. >>> a relative of bombing suspect salman abedi said he was upset about the way muslims were treated in britainlet this morning police arrest another person who may be connected to the bombing and britain has resumed sharing intelligence with the u.s. teri okita is in manchester. teri, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good

point. >> reporter: president trump is also set to meet with british prime minister teresa may, weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> president trump son and law and advisor is under a fbi microscope. jared kushner is under scrutiny as part of the fbi investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. kushner had meetings with the russian ambassador and banker with russian intelligence during the presidential transition. investigators are scrutinizing those interactions and whether they included something improper. his lawyer say he will cooperate win investigators. >>> republican greg gianforte won the special election a day after being charged with assaulting a reporter. the billion air businessman what's electric yesterday after being accused of grab bing at reporter ben jacobs. jacobs was asking the candidate a question about the g.o.p. health care bill n his acceptance speech, gianforte apologized for how he treated the reporter. >>> well, coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a pricey prom, promises on is in full swing and this year, teens are spending big bucks. we w

weijia jiang cbs news the white house. >> cbs news continues to hear from white house forces who say a staff shakeup could be coming. the president is reportedly very upset with communication, including how sean spicer handled the fallout from the firing. >>> north korea is celebrating the launch of what appeared to be the missile yet. dictator kim jong-un oversaw the test and state media claims the missile was capable of carrying a heavy nuclear warhead and that u.s. territories are within reach. the rocket flew higher and longer than any other from the north. this is the regime's longest test to date, and are inching closer to a missile capable of reaching the u.s. mainland. >> they saw a window of trying to negotiate with north korea and capping its nuclear missile programs at a point where it's much less of a threat to the united states. >> it was north korea's seven missile test of the year and the rocket landed in the sea of japan near russia. >>> the company that built air force one got hit with a $4 million fine because of faulty repairs. a federal investigation says three bo

weijia jiang has details from capitol hill. >> reporter: fbi director james comey is on capitol hill for another round of testimony. >> thank you for having this annual oversight hearing about the fbi. >> reporter: senators from both sides of the i grilled -- from both sides of the aisle grilled call me the use of the private email server by hillary clinton and russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. >> are these mere it manipulated our government into chasing a conspiracy theory? >> reporter: it's not just lawmakers upset with james comey. hillary clinton blames the fbi director as one of the reasons why she lost the presidential election. >> i was on the way to winning until a combination of james comey's letter on october 28 -- >> why wasn't necessary to announce 11 days before a presidential election, that you were opening an investigation? >> this is terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we had some impact on the election. honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. >> reporter: president donald trump responded in a tweet. fbi director james comey was the bes

as weijia jiang explains, still, it faces an uphill battle in the senate. >> reporter: it ends today! it will and today! >> reporter: lawmakers started debating on the house for the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. house leaders called for a vote after winning over last-minute holdouts. >> we will have the boat. this will pass. >> reporter: the bill would reduce subsidies for low income americans and eliminate taxes on the wealthy that pay for them. it would try to encourage young people to buy insurance by offering an age-based tax credit for people making less than $75,000 a year. states can choose to allow insurers for people with pre-existing conditions, but only if the states set up high risk pools to help with the cost. >> it is still in there. the insurance company can charge whatever they want. you have cancer -- that will be $100,000 a year for your policy. >> reporter: democrats said republicans are rushing to pass a bill without waiting for the independent congressional budget office to assess the impact of the plan. >> what is the rush? wait one week to get

weijia jiang for cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> in other news this noon jury deliberations continue in theurder trial of a camden county father accused of killing his three-year-old son back in 2015. this morning jurors finished listening to taped evidence that was presented earlier in the trial. it revolved around a conversation that david creato jr. had with the mother of his son brendan. the conversation was secretly recorded by police. we'll continue to monitor today's deliberations and have the latest on "eyewitness news" starting at 5:00. >> police identified the suspect accused of barricading himself inside a delaware county cvs during a robbery last night. police say they took 46-year-old quasi hudson into custody after a nearly two hour standoff. hudson allegedly forced workers into a bathroom at a media cvs. >> coming up on "eyewitness news" at noon how safe is your car. turns out size matters. we'll tell you will the latest information about vehicles and which ones are the safest and which ones are the deadliest on the road. >> also, using social media for punishment. what a 10-

weijia jiang is in washington. weijia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. from the moment he took office, president trump has stressed his america first message, which has sparked skepticism from much of the world, so this trip is an opportunity for him to calm worried allies. but you're right, he may be weighed down with baggage from controversies here at home. >> there was no collusion. >> reporter: the fbi's ongoing russia investigation dominating a joint press conference with colombian president juan manuel santos. president trump responding to the justice department naming special counsel robert mueller to lead the way. >> well, i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> reporter: senate lawmakers emerged from a private meeting with deputy attorney general rof them alluding the investigation has taken a new turn. >> it's now considered a criminal investigation. >> reporter: democrats in attendance also contradicted the president's latest narrative for firing james comey as fbi director. >> i also got a very, very strong recommen

i'm weijia jiang on capitol hill with the latest coming up. >> and, a commuter alert. this is a live look at a gas leak in cherry hill, mobile three live along the scene, on route 70 and penn avenue. if you look real close you can see the gas is still spewing. meisha has the road closures. >>> today is friday, may 19. good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo. jim donovan is off. good morning, jan, good to see you. >> and rahel solomon. keeping an eye on things this morning. >> good morning, we may it to friday. that gas main break, that is big one, yes, we will be talking about the closures coming up. actually a lot more to talk about coming up as well. >> unfortunate in that regard. it will be another hot day, too, so air conditioners will be getting, you know, a work out. yet again here today. let's take a look outside. we start things off by going out to storm scan3, at the moment, totally empty. technically is a loop. if you bling you might miss it, what rolled through in the last hour or so. all-in-all ends up being nice, bright, sunny day, hot again, also quite hu

later today the president travels to italy where he will attend the g7 summit in cecily weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> and this video from the nato summit has gone viral president trump appeared to push aside a prime minister of mont negro to get in front for a photo op, the president adjusted his jacket. the white house says standing order for photo op was predetermined as usual. >>> scott pelley will anchor "cbs evening news" live from brussels, that is tonight at 6:30 right here on cbs-3 after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> former fbi director james comey may have been duped by a faulty intelligence report planted by the russians during his investigation of hillary clinton's private e-mail server. document reportedly showed that then attorney general loretta lynch colluded with the clinton campaign to squash the e-mail server investigation. well, fbi later deemed the document unreliable but not before comey used it as justification, to publishly discuss the investigation. >>> well, this could be the last summer you are able to light up on the boardwalk in one shore

as cbs news correspondent weijia jiang report, the president's troubles at home may follow him overseas. >> there was no collusion. >> the fbi's ongoing russia investigation dominating a joint press conference with colombian president juan man santos, president trump responding to the justice department, naming special council, robert mueller, to lead the way. >> well, i recalls the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> senate lawmakers emerged from private meeting with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein yesterday. with one of them alluding the investigation has take answer new turn. >> it is now considered a criminal investigation. >> democrats in attendance also contradicted the president's latest narrative for firing james comey as fbi director. >> also got very, very strong recommendation, as you know, from the deputy attorney general. >> after pressing rosenstein himself, on the issue. >> he knew that comey was going to be removed, prior to him writing his memo. >> a mid all of the turmoil, president trump leaves washington today, for a multi city overseas trip,

as weijia jiang reports, the meeting agreed on the need to combat terrorism but difference remain on climate and trade. >> reporter: president donald trump held private meetings with european leaders including the newly elected president of france, emmanuel macron at the nato summit in brussels. >> the world is talking about it and we have a lot to discuss including terrorism. >> reporter: nato agreed to join the coalition despite isis but stopped short of waging direct war against the extremist group following the speech, the president went ahead of the european council and the disagreement lingers over russia. >> we can say, the president common position, a common opinion about russia. >> reporter: the president, once calling nato obsolete, once additional forces to join the roughly 8400 u.s. troops in afghanistan. president donald trump and uk prime minister, theresa may, had a cordial visit at the white house earlier this year but the next meeting could be contentious. british officials are upset with the u.s. over the publication of leaked evidence and photographs from the scene

we are live on capitol hill, weijia jiang, kpix5. >>> within the last hour, we have learned jury deliberations are underway now in the case again case against the man who is accused of kidnapping and murdering sierra lamar. >> reporter: this case we have been watching for five years is now in the hands of 12 men and women here in san jose. a lot of the case is built on circle evidence. the burden of proof is on the state. the defendant in this case garcia-torres is charged in the case of capital murder in the case of sierra lamar. chef disappeared on her way to school in morgan hill in 2012 and her body has never been found. the prosecution really tried to highlight the forensic evidence including her clothing fibers found in his car, her hair on a rope in his trunk and his dna on her jeans. the real challenge for the prosecution is that there is no body and there is no crime scene, but today, the prosecutor said i do not have to prove to you the manner in which miss lamar died. just that the defendant is the cause. now, we got a chance to hear from sierra lamar's father outside of the courtro

. >> weijia jiang in washington. thank you so much, weijia. >>> well, we are learning more about possible links between the trump campaign and russian officials. >> reporter: sources say individuals connected to the trump campaign may have been coordinating with the russians as far back as april 2016, seven months before the presidential election. a former u.s. government official tells cbs news, "you could see the hallmarks throughout," including conversations picked up by electronic intercepts. some of the contacts appear to be business-related or innocuous, but sources tell cbs news investigators also discovered multiple contacts that were cause for concern. the fbi is scrutinizing former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, foreign policy adviser carter page, and the former national security adviser, michael flynn, but it is unclear if there are other trump associates under investigation. flynn joined the trump campaign in february of 2016. a three-star general, he had previously headed the defense intelligence

i'm weijia jiang on capitol hill with the latest coming up. >> and, a commuter alert. this is a live look at a gas leak in cherry hill, mobile three live along the scene, on route 70 and penn avenue. if you look real close you can see the gas is still spewing. meisha has the road closures. >>> today is friday, may 19.

c-b-s reporter weijia jiang join us live... weijia, a top official has even rd to try and shoot >>> during a meeting at the white house. cbs reporter wijia jiang joins us live. a top official has even come forward to try to shoot down this story. >> reporter: just a couple hours ago, in fact, the national security adviser stood out here and insisted no sources or message was revealed. [ indiscernible ] tells cbs news that president trump talked about, quote, something inappropriate. the washington post is reporting president trump revealed highly classified information to russia's foreign minister and ambassador to the u.s. at the white house last week. the paper says the classified information had to do with an isis terror threat against airplanes. according to the washington post, the president went off script and began describing details about an islamic state terror threat related to laptop computers to aircraft. >> there'sing in the president takes more seriously than the security of the american people. two other senior of

weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> a key figure during jimmy carter's white house years has died, brzezinski was national security advisor to america's 39th president. brzezinski helped president carter bridge gaps between egyptian president sadat and israeli prime minister leading to the camp dave aid cord. his death was announceond social media friday night buy his daughter and nbc host mika brzezinski. he was 89 years old. >>> still ahead here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this saturday morning holiday weekend is now underway, drone watch three was flying above wildwood last night and coming up we will check in with the families and businesses getting the summer started down the shore. >>> millions suffer from vertigo a condition that cause s a person to feel dizzy, now new guidelines are out on the diagnosis and treatment, of this very common problem. we will tell you about them, up >>> back on "eyewitness news" the beach is back in business once again. "eyewitness news" on hand as wildwood officials unlocked the ocean for another summer season on friday. >>> well, shore bu