On capitol hill. At least a glimmer of hope. This morning the senate intersection committee holds its first public hearing on hurussi meddling on the u. S. Elections. Burr and warner laying out their plans side by side. They say there are 20 witnesses on their list focussing on alleged russia efforts to spread disinformation and fake news during the campaign. The deepening stalemate on the house side. Democrat adam schiff says he will meet today with chairman devin nunes after he called on him to recuse himself amid growing acquisition of collusion. The chairman is going to have to find a way to lift this cloud otherwise were going to need someone else to preside over this. I think we really do need someone else to preside over this if we are going to do this credibly. Manu raju on capitol hill. Reporter good morning. A contrast, theres gridlock on the house side a partisan fight over devin nunes and whether he should go forward leading the investigation. Democrats accuse him of being too close to the white house. Nunes saying hes not going anywhere, the question is how. The senate side leaders are moving forward in a bipartisan manner. I asked whether they will look into the issue of the russia collusion and do you believe whether theres nothing there . We would be crazy to try to draw conclusions where we are in the investigation. I think mark and i have committed to let this process go through before we form any opinions. And i would hope that thats what you would like us to do as much as we would like to share minute by minute even the snap sho shots we get are not always accurate. Reporter really leaving open the possibility there could be some collusion between the Trump Campaign and russians. The white house has said its a hoax, says nothing there, say its made up, fake news, but the White House Intelligence Committee taking it seriously to make it part of the interview theyre going to interview Jared Kushner, and a total of 20 people planning to be interviewed right now. Theres a lot of interest about the possible ties that may exist. Christine and dave. New information on Jared Kushners volunteer appearance before the senate intersection committee. He plans to describe his role in meeting with the russians during the transition of a point man looking for a back channel vladimir putin. A source says neither the meetings with the Russian Ambassador or owner of a state owned bank concerned kushners business. A federal judge in hawaii granting the states request for an indefinite suspension of the ban. Converting a temporary injunction to a preliminary injunction. Hawaiis attorney general praised the decision calling it an important affirmation of the values of religious freedom enshrined in our constitutions first amendment. Ivanka trump is about to become a official employee of the federal government. She will serve as an unpaid assistant to her father with top security clearance. She is required to file Financial Disclosure forms and bound by ethics rules. The white house released a statement saying we are closed she is taking the step and in support of the president. Now from jim acosta. Reporter were seeing the white house confirm she will be serving as an unpaid employ. She released a statement saying she decided to take on the role to avoid questions of conflict of interest. I will serve as an unpaid employ in the white house. Throughout this process i have been working closely with the white House Counsel and my personal counsel. This may be an issue whether they would be violating nepotism rules. Thanks, jim. Fbi director james comey staunchly defending his agency. He spoke out. Hes been the target of criticism of handling the Hillary Clinton investigation and the possibility of collusion between the Trump Campaign. Ive never been prouder of the fbi. What makes it easy is were not on anybodys side ever. Were not considering whose ox will be gored by this action or that, we just dont care and we cant care. We only ask what are the facts . Whats the law . Whats the right thing to do here . A Trump University student from florida wants her day in court even though the president has agreed to settle lawsuits for 25 million. A Florida Attorney is still not satisfied. She said she paid 19,000 for the program in 2010 and wants to continue litigation to expose his alleged fraud. The president wants called judge cure relly a socalled judge because of his mexican heritage. The government could shut down if congress does not pass a spending bill. Its the next big money fight and four things that could sometime my it. First funding for a border wall, second, boost of defense spending, this tinkers with the smallest part. Third planned parenthood. If republicans reintroduce the idea it could be a nonstarter for democrats. The Gorsuch Nomination finally. Thats a leading indicator for a government shutdown. The most recent were 2013 and 1995. One thing clear from those experiences a shut down is waste of time and money and also can hurt the economy. We saw it twice. Steve mnuchin said he would like to raise the debt ceiling. There shouldnt even be a debt ceiling. Thats the stuff that the government has already paid for, plus you have to have a spending bill that goes through here. But there are some concerned that it fits the world view of steve bannon that deconstruction of the Administrative State if theres a government shut down. Hes a disrupter. We hope not. An agreement in North Carolina to repeal house bill 2. A measure that criticized lgbt. It goes before the legislature in a matter of hours. If it is not repealed today the ncaa is prepared to pull all of its events out of the state through 2020. Governor roy cooper says the agreement though not perfect begins the process of repairing North Carolinas reputation. The economic damages to North Carolina have been front and center, in the billions of dollars. This morning as senate intersection committee prepares for its first public hearing how is the kremlin reacting . We are going to take a trip to moscow next. Accusations of collusion preaching a fever pitch as the senate Intelligence Committee prepares to a launch a hearing. In a matter of hours, so how are the russians reacting. Good morning, matthew. What is the reaction in moscow . Reporter well, it may be familiar to you. Theyre saying its about the dishonest media, its about fake news and its a witch hunt, so exactly the same kind of terminology being used by the trump white house. Thats how they say described as this poisonous and toxic issue. There is though a lot of interest in them. And i think from our point of view in moscow watching these hearings unfold the recent issue of the meeting between Jared Kushner meeting with the head of the Russian Development bank is a really interesting one because theres a discrepancy between what the house says the meeting was about and what the bank says. The white house says this was just part of kushners role as a member of the Trump Transition Team reaching out to foreign leaders. The bank says it was about business dealings, they said they met about the global road show about future investments and development, so its going to be interesting if we do finally hear it what exactly was discussed between these two key figures. That certainly is probably the most intriguing angle to watch. Matthew, thank you. Democrats and republicans reaching a cross roads to confirm Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. The path to 60 votes appeared to be blocked. The republicans vowing to push him through even if it means changing the rules. It will all come down to the math. He needs 60 votes for confirmation. Yesterday featured duelling press conferences. Senate republicans came to the steps to praise the nominee, but two hours later Chuck Schumer called him out of the mainstream candidate. Senator joe mansion a democrat from West Virginia says he doesnt think he will vote. Behind closed doors, he took another meeting with gorsuch. He says if democrats do filibuster, he will call for a vote to change the rules and make it easier for Supreme Court nominees to be confirmed. As things stand now a Committee Vote is expected next monday and a Senate Confirmation vote is scheduled next friday the 7th. Gorsuch is expected to produce more answers to questions that have been submitted by senators. Dave and christine. Thats a real battle to tauctauc watch. A devastating bus crash that killed 13 seniors in texas. A truck veered into the buss southbound lane. The governor sent condolences to the families. Authorities say the cause of the incident is still under investigation. Just a terrible story this morning. All right. 18 minutes past the hour. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson in turkey as the isis issue reaches a point. Im ricardo, a sales and Service Consultant here at the xfinity store in bellevue, washington. Here at the store, we offer internet, tv, phone, customer service, home security. Every situation is a little different. It could be about billing, simple questions like changing the phone number. Sometimes, they want to upgrade, downgrade, but at the end of the day, you want to take care of the customer. One of the great things about comcast, theres always room to move up. Of course, it depends on you, how hard you work. Welcome back, this morning Rex Tillerson is in turkey. He has meetings all day long. This comes at a critical juncture with the fight against isis in iraq. Clearly it is an example of just how important turkey is to the United States and whats happening in the middle east, no question that Rex Tillerson is there so early in his administration . Reporter good morning. Youre absolutely right. This is going to be a crucial test for Rex Tillerson for coming into a quagmire. The yooirUnited States is worki with kurdish groups. Thats progressing and the United States and backed forces just retook an airstrip outside the city of raqqah. They need turkeys cooperation to finally put an end to isis and turkey objects very strongly. They blame them for some of the terrorist attacks and for a separatist movements. So Rex Tillerson has to go into the meeting and explain why having the Kurdish Forces on the ground partnered with United States forces are so important. Many are saying this is by far his most important trip to date simply because the relationship between the United States and turkey has been strained over the last year, not just by isis but accusations that the United States is harboring that turkey believes was a result of a fail failed coo attempt. Keep us posted on any developments out of that meeting. Thank you. Good to see they are traveling with pool reporters. Breaking news out of baghdad overnight a suicide truck bomber kills at least 13 people. More than 24 others were wounded when a tanker was loaded with explosive. The senate Intelligence Committee preparing for its first hearing into russian meddling. Will it reveal any new intersection . Thats next. The senate Intelligence Committee holding its first hearing today on whether chairman nunes should step down. A hawaiian federal judge imposing an indefinite suspension of the travel ban. And ivanka trump joining the white house as an assistant as questions of conflicts of interest continue to haunt the Trump Administration. Nice to see you all this morning. Its 30 minutes past the hour. The senate Intelligence Committee holding its hearing today. Burr and warner laying out their plans at a side by side news conference. They say theres 20 witnesses on their list including cyber experts. The senates plan in stark contrast of the deepening stalemate on the house side. Adam schiff says he will meet today with chairman devin nunes, days after schiff called on nunes to recuse himself amid growing acquisitions of possible collusion between nunes and the white house. Here is congressman schiff on cnn yesterday. The chairman is going to have to find a way to lift this cloud otherwise were going to need someone else to preside over this. I think we really do need someone else to preside over this if we are going to do this credibly. Lets bring in manu raju on capitol hill. Reporter good morning. A contrast between the House Intelligence Committee and Senate Intelligence commission. Theres gridlock on the house side. A fight over chairman nunes and whether he should go forward. They do not like the way he briefed the president last week. Nunes saying hes not going anywhere, hes going to continue to move forward, the question is how . Leaders say theyre moving forward in a bipartisan manner. And asked them yesterday will you look into this issue of russia collusion with the Trump Campaign and do you believe theres nothing there as the white house has suggested over and over again . We would be crazy to try to draw conclusions where we are in the investigation. I think mark and i have committed to let this process go through before we form any opinions. And i would hope thats what you would like us to do as much as we would like to share minute by minute even the snapshots we get as a team going through it are not always accurate when we find the next piece of intelligence. Reporter really leaving open the possibility there could be some collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians. The white house has said its a hoax, made up fake news but the Intelligence Committee taking it seriously. Theyre going to interview Jared Kushner, potentially michael flynn, paul manafort, 20 people total theyre planning on interviewing right now. We will see which one becomes public. Theres a will the of interelot the possible ties that may exist. We are learning that when Jared Kushner appears, he plans to describe his role as that of a point man as a back channel to vladimir putin. A source says neither of the meetings with the Russian Ambassador or state owned bank were about sanctions or kushners real estate business. A federal judge in hawaii granting the states request for a definite suspension of the travel ban. A preliminary injunction is blocking the executive order. It likely violates the constitution by disadvantaging muslims. The Hawaii Attorney general praised the decision. The Justice Department can now appeal watsons ruling to the ninth circuit. Ivanka trump is about to become an official employee of the federal government. She will serve as an unpaid assistant to her father in the white house and top security clearance. She is required to file Financial Disclosure forms and bound be white house ethics rules. A statement was released. More this morning from jim acosta. Reporter the white house confirmed that ivanka trump will be serving as a assistant to the president. She decided to take on the role to avoid any questions about conflicts of interest adding i have heard some of the concerns some have, i serve as an unpaid employee in the white house subject to all the same rules as other federal employees. Ive been working in gaood fait with the white House Counsel and my personal counsel. It raises questions whether she could be violating nepotism rules. Jim, thank you. Fbi director james comey staunchly defending his agency as always nonpartisan. Hes been the target of criticism for his handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation and possible conclusion ties between russia and Trump Campaign but comey says hes not afraid of political backlash. Ive never been prouder of the fbi. What makes it easy is were not on anybodys side ever. Were not considering whose ox will be gored by this action or that action, we just dont care. And we cant care. We only ask, so what are the facts . Whats the law . Whats the right thing to do here . A rare sight in d. C. A prompt speech from melania trump. She usually stays in new york, but made these remarks to the state department calling for womens empowerment and celebrating diversity, they are a stark break from some of the Campaign Rhetoric we heard from her husband. We must continue to work toward gender empowerment and respect people from all backgrounds and ethnicities remembering always that we are all ultimately members of one race, the human race. She has been seldom seen in and around d. C. And taxpayers are taking notice. A new petition is going around saying make her stay in the white house or pay themselves. I think a lot of people watched that speech yesterday and she hosted the senators who came tonight before, it was kind of a rare midweek appearance by the first lady. Seems a bit reluctant to embrace the role. But when just a private citizen pres