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KYW CBS This Morning January 30, 2018

Permanent flu vaccine. And pink and sheryl crow are two of the women speaking out against the lack of female representation at this years grammys. The outcry after the Recording Academys president said female artists have to step up to win more awards. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This committee voted to put the president s personal interests above the national interest. Republicans vote to release a secret memo alleging fbi bias. To make the case that this is the most shocking document in the history of mankind, i believe thats hyperbole. The white house says it had no part of the decisionmaking process that led to the departure of deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe. Many of us have been concerned about the highest levels of the fbi becoming too susceptible to politics and political influence. The russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to a u. S. Navy plane over the black sea. Coming within five feet of their plane. A radio host in boston suspended after making a rude comment about tom bradys daughter. I certainly hope the guys not fired, but i would i would hate for that to happen. The official kickoff to super bowl week in minneapolis, it was hype and hoopla at its best. All that helicopters swoop in to save skiers who got stuck on a broken chair lift in austria. And all that matters Cleveland Indians announcing they will remove the logo known as chief wahoo in the 2019 season. They said the mascot is racist and insensitive, so were going to wait a year and get rid of it. On cbs this morning. Big weekend for me. I was hosting the 60th annual Grammy Awards in new york. Of course, bruno mars was the big winner. He had the most phenomenal night. Bruno and those guys won for writing song of the year thats what i like. Youre telling me eight people wrote i got a condo in man, baby girl whats happenin . Thats what i like. Todays eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets get places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im John Dickerson with gayle king and Norah Odonnell. Beginning a day that ends with the state of the union. Thats right. Big day. A classified congressional memo that may undermine the russia investigation is under review by white house lawyers. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted last night to make it public. This memo criticizes the Intelligence Communitys handling of covert surveillance and claims government agents targeted Trump Campaign officials. The partyline vote to release it follows the departure of the fbis Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe. Hes been accused of bias by President Trump. Paula reid begins our coverage from capitol hill with the response to that controversial memo. Paula, good morning. Reporter good morning. The Justice Department warns that the release of this memo would be extremely reckless. But republicans argue that this memo shows abuse of surveillance power at the Justice Department. Democrats are also weighing in saying that this vote to release the memo politicizes the intelligencegathering process. When you read the memo, its going to be pretty clear why democrats and particularly the Democratic Party did not want it to come into the public light. Reporter republicans are encouraging the release of the fourpage memo now in the hands of the administration. It was written by House Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes, a member of the trump transition team. In it nunes alleges fbi misconduct regarding surveillance of members of the Trump Campaign. I was an informal unpaid volunteer. Reporter among the fbis targets, former National Security adviser carter page. The fbi requested a classified surveillance warrant against page in 2016 after he traveled to russia earlier that year. Page was also mentioned in the nowinfamous dossier which includes allegations about President Trump and russia. Republicans say the memo shows abuse of power at the Justice Department. Its silly to talk about whats in a piece of paper as being relevant and not let the American People see it and judge it for themselves. Reporter fbi director wray and Deputy Attorney general rosenstein went to capitol hill earlier this month in an effort to persuade House Speaker paul ryan not to release the memo. Ryan reportedly denied the request. Chairman nunes has acted like a stooge. Reporter nancy pelosi said republicans made up a memo to discredit the russia probe. They have crossed from dangerously and recklessly dealing with intelligence to a coverup of an investigation that they dont want the American People to see come to fruition. Reporter in order to obtain a warrant, all they would need to do is show probable cause, a reasonable basis to show that carter page is working on behalf of the russian government. But we dont even know if this request was actually approved. What we do know is that the memo is now at the white house. It was taken over there last night, and the president has up to five days to block its release. All right paula. The light is back. We thank you very much for joining us. Democrats are also asking questions about the sudden departure of the fbis Deputy Director. Andrew mccabe, also a former acting director stepped down yesterday just weeks before his scheduled retirement. Fbi sources tell cbs news it was mccabe decision while a Justice Department source indicates he was told to leave. Jeff pegues is outside fbi headquarters in washington with the story. Good morning. Reporter good morning. For more than eight months the fbis number two has been the target of increasing criticism not only for his role in the russia investigation but also his role overseeing the clinton private email server investigation. Sources say within the last few days something changed inside the fbi that led to Andrew Mccabes abrupt departure. I worked very very closely with director comey. Reporter Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe led the fbis russia investigation when it began in 2016 and became the acting director of the bureau when President Trump fired james comey. Director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi. Reporter over the last several months mccabe has become a lightning rod for critics. Republicans on capitol hill and President Trump have singled mccabe out after it was revealed his wife received almost 700,000 from Democratic Party sources in her unsuccessful bid for the Virginia State senate. Mccabe got more than 500,000 from essentially Hillary Clinton, and is he investigating Hillary Clinton . Reporter mccabe led the fbis investigation into Hillary Clintons emails and his role in the probe is under review by the doj inspector general. President trump has denied reports that he asked mccabe who he vote for when mccabe became acting fbi director. Do you know how much did you ask mccabe who he voted for . Did you ask him that . I dont think so. Reporter the president has been openly critical of the Deputy Director on twitter. Mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. In an email to the work force, director Christopher Wray mentioned the inspector genal investigation saying that he would hold people accountable and that mccabe plans to take leave until his official retirement on march 18th. And so mccabe is leaving early, and he has been relieved of his duties. The white house said the president had nothing to do with it but that President Trump stands by his criticism of mccabe and his wife. John . All right jeff pegues thank you very much. In washington President Trump goes to capitol hill tonight to deliver this years state of the Union Address. His wideranging speech will touch on trade, immigration, and economic policy. The president is not expected to mention the russia investigation. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. President trumps message to his supporters will be as follows you were right to bet on me because the economy and Border Security is at the center of the debate. The Midterm Election message designed to mobilize the trump faithful and help republicans retain control of congress. [ applause ] President Trump said he will use his first state of the Union Address to do what most president s have done sell his accomplishments. Worked on it hard including our Great Success with the markets and with the tax cuts. Reporter the Trump White House also embraced another ritual promising to speak to main street and strike a bipartisan tone. What is the nexus between what has happened and your own life . And then how is that a framework for working together in 2018 . Reporter the president will propose a tougher approach to trade, 1. 7 trillion for infrastructure and an immigration compromise including 25 billion for a border wall and cuts to Legal Immigration coupled with a path to citizenship for 1. 8 million undocumented immigrants known as d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Nearly a dozen House Democrats will boycott the speech undercutting the president s bipartisan message. This is an amazing moment. Reporter speechwriter and Senior Policy Adviser Steven Miller helped author the speech and it will reflect his belief that mr. Trump is the leader of a global populist movement. President trumps the most gifted politician of our time and hes the best orator to hold that office in generations. Reporter the democrats have selected massachusetts congressman Joseph Kennedy iii to deliver the official party response. In a sign of party diversity, republicans suggest it might be divisions. There will be four unofficial responses representing various democratic constituencies. Thank you very much. Former adviser to brianpaul ryan has spoken to gop members and members of congress about what we can expect in the state of the union. Good morning. Good morning. So the white house is saying this is an opportunity to unify the country, but how can that be when his daytoday rhetoric is so divisive . Well the white house argues and members of congress i spoke to say, look hes got a pretty good record. If you stripped away the tweets if you strip away the noise, if you strip away the volatile behavior tax reform stock market at record highs, decimating isis, what they believe is progress in dealing with iran, the move of declaring jerusalem the capital of israel. Theres a series of very president ial successes here that they are going to out to. And they believe, look this could be the beginning of the Reelection Campaign for the House Republican majority which state of the unions often are, and thats the message they want to convey today. But dan, the tension in this white house has been despite the achievements the president often undermines his own success with the public. Thats why his Approval Ratings are low. So in the state of the union, do you think or are they worried on capitol hill or worried that he through a tweet beforehand or afterwards or some other thing changes the story before the state of the union has a chants to settle . Yes. Here we are the day before where theyre running around touting successes theyll highlight in the speech thents not a household name take rodney freedlingheisen chairman of the House Appropriations committee. Members of congress spend their lives trying to become chairman of the House Appropriations committee. In his first term as chair of the House Appropriations committee, he announced hes not running for reelection. Hes the eighth republican Committee Chairman to announce hes not running for reelection. That tells you where the memberss are at. They think theyre running into headwinds. The president has successes to out to and could deliver a good speech tonight as he did a year ago, as he did in davos last week. To your point, if theres so much noise and friction and theres so much sort of corrosiveness in the public debate, the dialogue it doesnt matter. Yeah. Timing is everything. Lets talk about the possible release of the controversial intelligence memo. The democrats are calling it reckless. Youve talked to some of the republicans. Why do they think its important that the memo be released . Basically the republicans ive spoken to who are not of the devin nunes group, the pointy of the sphere, reveal something sort of coverup most who are neutral but broadly sympathetic to the president argue, look in comeys fbi, there was unprofessionalism, there was inappropriate behavior and actions. In fact, if the basis for this warrant request was Democratic Opposition Research that should be exposed, that should be discussed. Maybe different peoples positions should be changed within the organization. That doesnt negate whatever Robert Mueller is working on. In other words, if mueller identifies real wrongdoing in areas of collusion, in areas of Money Laundering in areas of obstruction of justice, it wont matter what inappropriate things were done at the fbi 18 months ago. So these issues are in parallel tracks but theyre not directly connected both things could be true. And to clarify, the memo is called the nunes memo because it is written by the republicans. It is cherrypicked democrats say. Thats right. Thats what the democrats argue. Thank you dan. Good to be with you. Dan will be part of our cbs News Coverage of the soviet Union Address beginning tonight at 9 00 8 00 eastern on cbs. Well lead the coverage from new york with jeff glor anchoring from washington. Our entire Political Team will provide reporting and analysis. A virginia voice among the latest victims of the deadly flu epidemic. 7yearold kevin baynes died a day after the flu diagnosis. There have been 7,000 flurelated hospitalizations this season. Grady Memorial Hospital in atlanta is struggling to accommodate all the flu patients. Man manuel, good morning. Reporter good morning, there is a mobile hospital built for disasters. Even grady memorial atlantas largest hospital, is using it to keep up with the flu outbreak. Loved everybody. He was a very loving kid. Reporter thats how samantha and kevin baynes describe their son, kevin. They say the 7yearold began feeling sick on friday. He wasnt getting any better. We took him to the e. R. Reporter they say doctors in gretna diagnosed him with the flu and strep throat and sent him home with antibiotics. On sunday morning, his family found him unresponsive. He was reporter a medical examiner is determining kevins exact cause of death. The flu would make it virginias first pediatric death from the virus this year. At least 19 states have reported at least one pediatric death related to the virus this season. Children are just a fraction of the thousands of flu patients inundating hospitals nationwide. Atlantas grady hospital has seen as much as a 25 increase in overall emergency room visits so far this year. Gradys chief of emergency medicine, dr. Hany atallah, said the hospital called on a mobile Emergency Department nearly 250 miles away to help tackle the increasing patient demand. 500plus patients a day, you physically need a space to put a patient in. This is going to help solve that. Reporter Carolinas Health care system which owns the mobile hospital expects it will be here for at least the next 30 days. Doctors will begin using it later today. Manuel thank you. A boston Radio Station apologized after a host insulted the 5yearold daughter of patriots quarterback tom brady. Weei indefinitely suspended alex reimer and said his remarks were utterly indefensible. Jamie yuccas spoke to brady about the controversy, and she is at u. S. Bank stadium in minneapolis, the site of super bowl lii. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The controversy threatened to overshadow the super bowl opening nice festivities. When i talked to tom brady about the comments last night, he was willing to extend somewhat of an olive branch to the man who ridiculed his young daughter. Sometimes we say things that we shouldnt say or make mistakes, and that happens. I can express it, and you move on. Yeah, man, lifes too short

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