Record. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. Washington is bugging out over President Trumps ununstan shated claim this weekend that President Trump bugged his new york office before the election. The president made the accusation early saturday on twitter and followed it up with an official white house statement sunday requesting a congressional investigation. The New York Times reports fbi director james comey is asking the Justice Department to publicly reject mr. Trumps claim. The president is back at the white house after spending the weekend at the socalled winter white house, the maralago resort in palm beach, florida. Errol barnett is there. Reporter President Trump was here in florida 1,000 miles from washington when he launched a series of tweets claiming that former president obama ordered a wiretap of trump tower in new york. No evidence was provided and president obama denied it. So democrats and republicans have been trying to
What we need to deal with is evidence, not just statements. At this point, ive seen no evidence of what hes alleged, but ive also not seen collaboration as director dni clapper also said today, that he had not seen evidence of collaboration. But we are in the very early stages of our investigation. And this is why it is so important that we do an in depth, exhaustive, bipartisan, independent investigation, because the American People deserve answers to all of these allegations and counterallegations so that we can get on with the business of this country. The president has said and the white house said theyre not going to talk anymore about his accusations over the weekend. But now that hes put that out there, hes the president of the united states. He has access to this information, even if he might have been going off of a n report. He has access to all of this information. Do you think its important for him now to put forward this evidence in some form to back up his claims because
Search to find him. Now the details a suspected serial rapist in Delaware County is in custody. Nine different women were attacked over a period of time. And some were raped and some were robbed. And they fear there could be more victims out there. Vernon odom is live in media with the details. Reporter good afternoon rick, the suspect, dijon lee, has been taken to the District Court in the city of chester for formal arraignment, he is accused of being a brutal mass predator. This is dijon lee age 19 of chester. The delaware da says he is a serial rapist and assaulter of women. All of his alleged victims dating back three years to when lee was 16 years old and under arrest since early january after one accuser saw him at a store where she worked and called police and lee has confessed for all the crimes with which he is charge sod far. Including six rapes and attempted murder and gun point robberies. What this individual would do, this individual would stalk women and terrorize women a
Family members stunned and heartbroken over the loss of the young girls who are only 4 and 5 years old. Police have not released a motive in this murdersuicide but neighbors tell us the parents have recently split up. Very heartbroken. Reporter family members describe the gills as happy little girls, full of life. Sadly, their lives were cut short sunday night. The mother of the girls called police asking them to do a welfare the father. Police say all three were found in an upstairs bedroom with gunshot wounds. It is very sad. It is very unfortunate news that should never happen to no children, nobody really. Reporter georges daughter often played with the little girls on their street. Another neighbor who knew the family but didnt want to be identified said during happier times the home was filled with he would do the lights for christmas. Reporter the girls parents split up five months ago and the girls mother moved out of the house. They did not say why the father killed the two li
14yearold todd webb jr. , a freshman, was also shot and killed. He lived in the complex where the shooting happened. He died steps away from his front door. Gunfire exploded sunday morning. Sources close to the investigation say the it began after a party ended. Bullet holes pierced the window. There were four other people shot in the parking lot. One of them an adult remains in Critical Condition at the hospital. The other three are expected to survive. Students at roosevelt high are preparing a gathering at the school to say goodbye to davis this week. Were going to go to the football field over here and do a balloon ceremony. We are writing letters to let them go at the school. Reporter there were counsellors inside the school today. Were expecting the same thing to happen tomorrow when school any information that could lead to an arrest in this case. But im told they are very positive they are going to be able to close this case quickly. Reporting live, im tracee wilkins, back to y