Influence state attorneys generals. Well show you how tap water contains radioactive contaminants. This morning how some communities and homeowners are struggling to keep their water safe. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. These reports are absolutely stunning, deeply frightening. There is an incredible case of obstruction of justice against the president of the united states. A new report shows President Trump ordered the firing of Robert Mueller. White house lawyer convinced the president not to do it. Fake news. Fake stories. President trump is in davos, switzerland, attending the World Economic forum. I was just talking. Some really wonderful people said davos has never been like this. This is like walking into the academy awards. Most of the deaths were due to suffocation. No word yet on what caused the fire. The u. S. Olympic committee has given the board six days to resign. This isnt over, is it . Not at all. Casey affleck has withdrawn from the global awards. All that customers were tearing each other apart. And all that matters turns out oprah has no interest in the oval office. She tells instyle magazine, i dont have the dna fores not g president , cldnt she at least give us a car or something . Think about it, oprah. On cbs this morning. Again. Are you kidding me . Tony carr at the horn. Got it . Big save at the buzzer. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Thats a great sports moment when you see people rolling around in the happy hour. Like it. I like it. Welcome to cbs this morning on this friday. Im gayle king with John Dickerson and Norah Odonnell. President trump is dismissing a stung report that says he ordered the firing of special Counsel Robert Mueller months ago. The report confirmed by the Washington Post says white House CounselDonald Mcgahn refused to go along, and the president then changed his mind. This adds a new layer of intrigue to the special counsels expected interview of the president in the next few weeks. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Good morning. Heres the bottom line. Last summer prominent white house officials arguing against President Trump taking any punitive action against special Counsel Robert Mueller, and they prevailed. 4,200 miles from the white house President Trump assed the controversy from davos. Why did you want to fire Robert Mueller . Fake news, fake news, folks. Typical story from new york times. Reporter they say when he tried to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller in june, white house lawyer don mcgahn threatened to quick. I think hes considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. I think hes weighing that option. Reporter but by august mr. Trump said removing mueller was far from his mind. I havent given it any thought. Ive been reading it it from you people. You said, oh, im going dismiss him. Im not dismissing anybody. Among the issues, a dispute over muellers membership fee at one of the president s golf clubs. He worked at a law firm that represented Jared Kushner and he interviewed the day before being special counsel. Concern over muellers fate was apparent on capitol hill last summer. Any effort to go after mueller could be the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. And last night they say it should be left alone. If its true, it would be concerning to me. Theres a credible case of obstruction of justice against the president of the united states. We have a case looming. Rosenstein has told congress he sees nothing wrong with Robert Muellers approach to the special investigation and President Trumps remarks earlier this week that not only does he look forward to the interview, that suggests now muellers job security is safe. Major garrett, thanks so much. Paula reid is in washington. How will it affect the investigation . Reporter this could be used as possible evidence into the special investigation into whether the president threatened justice. If it comes up, the president s lawyers have at least two really good arguments. The first is they could argue the president had valid reasons to think mueller had conflict of interest and also that he didnt follow through after he consulted with his lawyers. But, of course, this news adds an awkward dynamic to any possible interview between muellers team and trump. It could spook the president into wanting to sit down with him at all. Because, remember, the president does not have to agree to answer any questions from investigator, but mueller could then subpoena him to have to testify before a grand jury. Now, the president s lawyers could refuse that s p, try to challenge muellers authority. It could possibly set off a constitutional crisis. Gayle . All right, paula. Thank you very much. With us is dan senor, former adviser to House Speaker paul ryan. Hes been talking to republican members of Congress Since the mueller firing story broke. Dan, always good to see you. Good morning, gayle. Im wondering. Do the republicans say its a bombshell report . Its another example i spoke last night to members of congress to get a handle on the immigration proposal and then there was this big deal. I was concerned whether or not there was a story that came out because theres another effort by the white house to contain something trump isser about to do. Like this is almost like a shot being fired because they were worried he was going to do something. The impression i got was, no, this story was probably in the works for months, its kind of dated. However, its another example of the lengths that the senior levels they go to. Youre seeing it with the doj pressure right now on Congressional Republicans about nunez releasing that memo which could be problematic. This, mcgahn, possibly kelly. Is it worrisome he wanted to do it . Its extremely worrisome, but it seems his infrastructure around him protects him from his worst instincts. Theyve supported him a lot. On the question of mueller, they have not gone as far as the president has. They have raised questions. They said, no, hes an honest guy doing an honest job. Is that break in evidence here on this question of firing mueller . Yeah. I still believe that theres sort of like a fort around mueller, the Congressional Republicans. At least the Republican Leadership are prepared to defend. Again, they will say, good news, bad news. The bad news, he was considering this. The good news, since firing comby, theres another example of him responding to people around him and him not doing these things. The white house has put out a plan, a path to citizenship to 1. 8 million Daca Recipients, a 25 billion amount for border security, end of extended family and chain immigration. What do you think . I think it was a deftly drafted piece of legislation. Anything that they thought he would go, he goes 2 1 2 times the permanent daca holders, all of these people are eligible but never registered. It makes it harder for moderate republicans like susan collins, lisa murkowski, jeff flake to vote against it, and red state democrats, i think it caught them flatfooted. So i think theres an attempt to build this coalition. I think the risk is with the immigration hardliners. Last night i was hearing and seeing those from the immigration restrictest community saying, wait a minute. Theres one thing if you want to do a clean trade, some type of path to legal status for current Daca Recipients in return for a border wall. But youre going beyond that and its basically amnesty. I think holding the hardlined republican immigration restricti restrictionists is going to be challenging. President trump will be flying back to washington after speaking at the World Economic forum in davos, switzerland. He started the day with the president of rwanda after he used vulgar terms to describe africans in other nations. Margaret brennan has more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. President trump will have the final word when he delivers Closing Remarks at the World Economic forum. White house Officials Say he will make clear that he supports open markets and free trade, even though he withdrew the u. S. From one deal with Asian Pacific countries and is still threatening threatening to tear up nafta. Businesses are coming back into the united states. Reporter the commander in chief has fashioned himself as the salesman in chief in davos. Trying to convince investors that his America First policies are good for global business. When i decided to come do davos, i didnt think in terms of an elitist group. I thought in terms of lots of people who want to invest lots of money. Reporter hes also trying to reset relationships with world leaders. Meeting with rwandas president paul kagame. Both leaders ignored questions about the president s alleged derogatory remar about african migrants that caused a shock wai wave across the country. The president was asked apologize. If youre telling me that theyre horrible people, horrible racist people,d certainly apologize if youd like me to do that. I know nothing about that. Retweeting britain first was the wrong thing to say. Reporter Prime Minister theresa may say it was wrong. Yesterday he insisted two leaders are getting along. I think the feelings are mutual to the point of liking each other a lot. Reporter not ever leader has been receptive to the president. George soros called mr. Trump a threat to the world, but, norah, largely the reception has been a warm one for the president and the officials he brought with him, many of whom who have been attending davos for years back when they were business executives. Thank you. President trump will deliver his state of the Union Address on tuesday. It begins at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, 8 00 p. M. Central right here on cs. The usa Olympic Committee is requesting that all Board Members resign. Former gymnasts accuse the team doctor of abuse. The judge sentenced nassar up to 175 years in prison. The Olympic Committee says if Board Members do nod resign by wednesday, the gymnastics governing board will lose its national status. Several have already stepped down. Usa gymnastics says it embraces the requirements. Dr. Jon lapook says therere more to come. There certainly is. After Larry Nassars sentencing the president of msu stepped down. Hundreds of students are expected to protest. For many, the leadership changes at usa gymnastics and Michigan State university are not enough. Whats your message to the msu board . Thank you for making it abundantly clear where you stand. Reporter victims Rachael Denhollander and Kyle Stephens told Norah Odonnell theyre not satisfied with the schools response after trustee joe ferguson made what was later called an inadvertent comment about Michigan StateUniversity President lou anna simon. Theres so much more going on than just this nassar thing. Michigan State University is continuing the abuse. How so . By not taking responsibility for their actions. They still have not issued an apology. Lou anna simon stepped down, but her statement when she resigned was not apologetic. Reporter simon did say she was sorry that a trusted renowned physician was really such an evil, evil person and acknowledged that as president its only natural that i am the focus of this anger. According to her contract, shes still entitled to several perks including the option to receive her 750,000 salary for a year if she returns to the faculty. Thats in addition to lifetime parking passes and football tickets. If the right thing was done then 20 years ago, i should have never met this sad excuse for a man. Reporter even as nassars sentencing wrapped up this week, msves an state and usa in another kourtd. In a federal lawsuit victims allege neglect and charges, describing multiple occasions in which they reported abuse as 1997. The defendants have asked the judge to dismiss the caseate in msu are generally immune from suit and gymnastics did not have a legal duty to report the ga hav an obligation to report suspicions of child or neglect. Reporter this is one of t reporters who first broke news in the indianapolis star. Were looking at the entsey o report child sexual happened at every level. Reporter for years theyve beeneral orsight for having what the feds call a sexually Michigan State university implemented changes but espn they rejected it in the u. S. Department of education is investigating Michigan State complaints. You know, when an animal is under attack, itsinstinct to g posture. When that instinct takes place in an employing somebody thats accused of sexual abuse, thats youre seeing now is that defensive posture being pride open. They dont have much of a defense it seems in this particular case. Thank you so much. Were learning two Young Mothers from two different states died soon after getting the flu. Their families say they were healthy adults. The states have a high level of flu activity. Manuel bojorquez is at the alabama beach Gardens Medical Center where theyre reaching. Reporter hospitals like this one have been inundated and some doctors say treating the flu is becoming harder to find in some spots. Here theyve set up beds in Conference Rooms to accommodate all the new patients. This is probably the worst flu season ive seen in the last ten years. Reporter dr. Jaime snarski says its putting the hospitals strained to capacity. Were not quite sure why that is yet. Reporter just last week the state saw v 2 new Community Outbreaks bringing the seasonal total to 159, the highest in nearly a decade. But according to federal health officials, florida is not the only state seeing the highest level of viral activity. Still parts of the Sunshine State are struggling to treat the virus. Some pharmacies have been running low on the medication tamiflu. Reporter despite the shortage there are other options. The preferred route, i would say, is vaccination. We have plenty of vaccine supply. Reporter all three children who died from the flu in florida were not vaccinated. 12yearold dylan winick is the latest. His stepfather mike is stunned. No warnings. Just the common cold. Thats whats sout it. Reporter in one Florida School district 20 of students were out six, so school was closed so they could scrub down the classrooms. 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