With scott pelley. Mason good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im anthony mason. President trump broke his silence today on his accusation that he was wiretapped during the Campaign Last year by president obama. Mr. Trump still did not provide any evidence, only a cryptic suggestion that something might be coming out in the next few weeks. But the republican head of the House Committee investigating the president s claim minced no words today about what the panel has turned up nothing. Heres Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. I dont think there was an actual tap of trump tower. Reporter house intelligence chairman devin nunes typically toes the party line, but today he concluded that President Trumps explosive accusation has no merit. Are you going to take the tweets literally . If you are, then clearly the president was wrong. Reporter his comments came after 11 days of white house insistence that the commanderinchief was serious when he tweeted, just found out that obama had my
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Commanderinchief was serious when he tweeted, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. I think hes extremely confident. Reporter but administration officials, including the attorney general, have provided no evidence to back it up. Did you ever give him any reason to believe he was wiretapped by the Previous Administration . Um, look, the answer is no. Reporter President Trump refused to back down today, insisting something happened to him. Wiretap covers a lot of different things. I think youre going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Reporter the surveillance, whether real or imagined, has alarmed lawmakers from beth sides. Have you found evidence . Reporter f. B. I. Director james comey was called up to capitol hill again today to brief two top senators behind closed doors. They were not authorized to share details. This briefing was all on sensitive matters, and cl
Tracked a vehicle connected to a string of armed robberies at the complex before two officers shot at the armed vehicle. When they go to people in the vehicle, the vehicle takes off rams the detectives vehicles, the detectives return fire trying to strike the driver of the vehicle. It gets away. Reporter but instead, Investigators Say Police shot a woman, a 16yearold passenger. Police say the driver took off and got about a quarter mile away before crashing near cal state east bay. One suspect ran and got away. One man was arrested. The gunshot victim was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. A second woman was interviewed then released. It was a priority to track them down and place them under arrest. You know, what unfolded in the aftermath of trying to detain them was a tragic incident but its one of the risks of when you try to arrest high risk individuals or high risk suspects, those kind of things can happen. Reporter and police have not said whether or not that yo
It is, especially when he is six months old. Reporter the city says the 911 system was jammed by whats referred to as ghost calls from tmobile users. They are calls made to 911 unintentionally and unknown to the caller, and then appear on a dispatchers screen as hangups. By law, dispatchers have to call those numbers back, which bottlenecks the system. Dallas has been dealing with the problem since november. Mayor Mike Rawlings i want the Problem Solved immediately. And if it takes a longer period of time, i want to know why. Reporter in a statement, tmobile says Company Engineers have been working daily to find a permanent solution to this problem. I want them to take responsibility of my sons death. Theres nothing they can say. Theres nothing they can do to bring my branden back. Reporter the city says there is no evidence at this time connecting the childs death with the ghost call issue. Anthony, there is also no timetable on when the problem will be fixed. Omar villafranca. Thank
That suspect was taken into custody within the last hour. Very scary evening here in berkely. We can go straight to the video where you can see the suspect in handcuffs before being taken off to jail. The chase all started in oakland around 7 o clock tonight near 14th nd harrison. During the Pursuit Police say the suspect rammed his vehice into an officers car. The suspect kept going and ended up in berkeleywhere he crashed into 2 other vehicles at the college and ashby intersection. The suspect then got out, ran inside a building and made his way to the roof. During that encounter police urged people in the area to stay away from the intersection. Just before 9 oclock he was apprehended. People in the area have been on edge all evening. One woman who was involved in the crash is still frazzled. We spoke with her husband. Sotsotsot tag its not clear what caused the initial pursuit, but the officer whose car was damaged suffered minor injuries. Reporting live from berkeley pam new tonig