Knows about dealing with u. S. President s. When theyre preoccupied with political intrigue at home, he says, foreign leaders cant rely on them. If this is going to be the next two or three years, totally consumed with these issues in washington, unable to focus on international releaations, that leaves a very serious vacuum. Reporter a vacuum theyre trying to avoid at nato, which President Trump will visit next we week. Officials there are reportedly planning to put strict time limits on discussions about military spending and fighting terrorism so the president doesnt tune out. But if theres a sense of anxiety heres the first one. Reporter theres a sense of humor regarding the president too. Donald trump has long been the butt of jokes. Now satire shows find the material irresistible. What was the official reason for the shock dismissal of james comey . Because hes bad at his job. Hes so bad at his job that i am still the president. [ laughter ] reporter tv satire is one thing, but when Vladimir Putin starts dropping oneliners about you. Did you hear the one about how the president gave Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov classified intelligence . Ill have to reprimand lavrov, putin joked this week, for not sharing those secrets with russian intelligence. Lavrov seemed to find it hilarious. Its how you tell em. What european leaders have historically wanted from u. S. President s is consistency and engagement. The fear being privately expressed by some officials here, scott, is that this president is embarking on his first foreign trip with his mind elsewhere. Mark phillips in our london newsroom. Mark, thank you. Roger ailes, the architect of the fox news channel, died today. Doctors say he had a brain hemorrhage after falling last week. Ailes was 77. Anna werner has more on the man who was once called the loudest voice in the room. Reporter roger ailes went from a 27yearold tv producer to successfully selling Richard Nixon to the American People in 1968. He helped elect Ronald Reagan and george h. W. Bush, too. By 1992 ailes had retired from politics and soured on the news media. As he told charlie rose then if you want to have tremendous political influence and still be a womanizer, drug abuser or alcoholic, you only have one choice of career, and thats journalism. Reporter but four years later ailes would become founder and ceo of the fox news channel. Caution. Reporter with conservative commentators like bill oreilly, why did viewers watch . He told rose in 2001 they think that perhaps points of view are being eliminated and some stories are being eliminated on other channels. And thats why were winning. Reporter h. W. Bush said ailes wasnt perfect but called him my friend. Fox host sean hannity called him a second father. But critics like dr. Jeffrey jones, director of journalisms peabody awards, said no one had done more harm to american democracy in the last generation. No, i mean, the stock markets very enthused. Reporter many believe fox news support for President Trump helped get him elected. In a 2014 autobiography, ailes is quoted in 2010 telling fox news executives, i want to elect the next president. But ailes reign would not make it to election day. Numerous women at fox news including former anchor Gretchen Carlson alleged he sexually harassed them. Facing a lawsuit, ailes resigned last july. Ailes wife said in a statement shes profoundly sad and heartbroken at her husbands passing, calling him a loving husband and father to their son and a patriot, scott. Anna werner, thank you. Coming up next, a man who says he heard voices runs down two dozen pedestrians in times square. Later, a family shares its grief after a deadly shooting. Lysol max cover kills 99. 9 of bacteria, even on soft surfaces. 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People are screaming and theres blood everywhere. Reporter around lunchtime a speeding honda traveling southbound on 7th avenue made an abrupt uturn and drove against traffic, jumping the curb at 42nd street, where the first pedestrian was struck. The car continued downtown sidewalk for 3 1 2 blocks, mowing down pedestrians along the way. It finally came to a stop after smashing into metal barriers. The driver, 26yearold richard rojas, ran from the car and tried to Outrun Police before being tackled and taken into custody. Rojas, a former member of the navy, is being tested for drugs and alcohol. Police say he has two prior dwi arrests. Eyewitnesses tell us if not for those metal posts now underneath that car there would have been many more injuries, even deaths, scott. They were erected shortly after terrorists overseas began using cars and trucks as weapons of mass destruction. But no indication of terrorism here. Michelle miller, thank you. 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I want to see jordan, mommy. And all i can tell her is youll see him again when you go to heaven. Reporter on april 29th, 15yearold jordan edwards, two friends and his two brothers were leaving a house party in suburban dallas when bulk springs Police Officer roy oliver and his partner tried to get their car to stop. According to an arrest warrant, oliver shot multiple rounds from his patrol rifle as the vehicle drove past him. Jordan, sitting in the front passenger seat, was shot in the head and later died. His 16yearold brother vidal was the driver. Have you replayed that moment in your head . Every night. I cant even sleep. Reporter at first police said the teenagers car backed up aggressively toward the officers. But Balch Springs police chief Jonathan Haber later changed his tone after seeing the officers body cam video. On may 2nd the chief fired oliver. If the car was leaving the scene and wasnt posing a threat to anyone, why shoot . But you literally shooting like youre playing target practice. Thats how it in my mind its like he was hunting. Reporter oliver faces a murder charge. Charmaine and odell say the pain of jordans death is something they will have to live with forever. All i have is pictures now. Every day i look at the pictures. And i just wish i could see him. Reporter the family is pushing for major changes in police policy, scott, starting with having outside agencies investigate police shootings. ,, Bob Schieffer gets the last word on a president and what might have been. Scott, i interviewed john mccain the other night during a chaotic week, and he said, bob, we have seen this movie before. So im thinking, what if this movie had a slightly different plot . What if President Trump had taken Barack Obamas private advice to get general flynn to resign in the beginning . What if he had cut flynn loose after flynn told the trump team he was under federal investigation . What if he had gone on National Television and said, ive told fbi director comey to get to the bottom of this russia situation, no one wants to clear it up more than me because we have work to do . What if he had joined republican and Democratic Leaders in praising the selection of Robert Mueller as special counsel instead of calling it a witch hunt . But he didnt. So i dont know what answers the special counsel will find, but it brings me back to Something Else that john mccain said the other night. This has reached watergate size and scale. Thank you, bob. Thats the overnight news for this friday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Jones Day Law Firm overlooking the u. S. Capitol, im scott pelley. This is the cbs overnight news. Hi, everyone, and welcome to the overnight news. Im demarco morgan. President trump departs for the first overseas trip of his administration, and hes leaving behind a political firestorm that includes a special counsel looking into his associates ties to the kremlin. The president calls it a witch hunt. Jeff pegues brings us up to date on the investigation. Reporter sources say individuals connected to the Trump Campaign may have been coordinating with the russians as far back as april 2016, seven months before the president ial election. A former u. S. Government official tells cbs news, you could see the hallmarks throughout, including conversations picked up by electronic intercepts. Some of the contacts appeared to be businessrelated or innocuous, but sources tell cbs news investigators also discovered multiple contacts that were cause for concern. The fbi is scrutinizing former Trump Campaign chairman paul manafort, Foreign Policy adviser carter page, and the former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. But it is unclear if there are other Trump Associates under investigation. Flynn joined the Trump Campaign in february of 2016. A threestar general, he had previously headed the Defense Intelligence agency but was fired by president obama. Flynn was elected as mr. Trumps National Security adviser shortly after the election. The u. S. Intelligence community became especially concerned during the transition that Sensitive Information being provided to the trump team could be passed on to the russians. Flynn was also fired by President Trump just 24 days into his term for lying to Vice President pence about his contacts with Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. Former director of National IntelligenceJames Clapper said flynn changed after leaving the military. What do you think changed him . Was it that he was fired . I dont know. That could be. Im speculating. I really dont know whether he he just became angry about it. I dont know. But there was something changed . Well, it appeared to me, yes. Reporter the white house staff is reportedly in crisis mode, bracing for personnel changes that could see top aides shown the door. Margaret brennan has that story. There was no collusion, and everybody, even my enemies, have said there is no collusion. Reporter President Trump said the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller to probe Russian Election meddling is dividing the country. Well, i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can always speak for myself and the russians. Zero. Reporter the president strongly denied interfering with the fbis investigation. Did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey in any way, shape, or form to close or to back down the investigation into Michael Flynn . And also as you look back no. No. Next question. Reporter and mr. Trump dismissed democrats claims that he may have obstructed justice. I think its totally ridiculous. Everybody thinks so. Reporter despite saying last week that he had decided to fire comey before he met with attorney general Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein, today the president said he acted in part on rosensteins recommendation. I also got a very, very strong recommendation, as you know, from the Deputy Attorney general, rod rosenstein. But when i made that decision, i actually thought it would be a bipartisan decision. Reporter but behind closed doors on capitol hill, rosenstein briefed senators on his version of events, including when he wrote a scathing memo about comeys conduct. Democrat claire mccaskill. He did acknowledge that he learned comey would be removed prior to him writing his memo. Reporter sources also say President Trump is so frustrated with the fallout from comeys firing that hes considering a shakeup of his senior staff. President trump still has a lot of staunch supporters in the heartland. Dean reynolds spoke to several of them in lee county, illinois. The rural area voted for trump in the election, while Hillary Clinton carried the state. Reporter at bill and dicks barbershop in dixon, illinois, guy vol was getting a haircut and weighing the news of a special counsel investigating the Trump Campaign. Everybodys looking for something to dig at. Theyre looking its a witch hunt. Thats what he tweeted this morning. Reporter a lifelong republican, a trump supporter and an avid consumer of conservative media, ball blasted the president s critics. They keep saying the russians interfered in our election. How did they interfere . I mean, i never hear that talked about on tv. Reporter dixon sits astride the rock river, where Ronald Reagan was once a lifeguard. Its the seat of lee county, which donald trump won by 20 percentage points. I like the way he recognized that there is a country out here, it consists from coast to coast, not coast and coast. Reporter around the corner at books on first, trump supporter steve huber said hes had it with the news media. I almost tune off the news anymore because its all about how hes behaving, not what hes really doing to help our country p. Reporter but ken novak says the president seems too defensive, especially about russia. He tweets out that this is just a witch hunt. You know, why didnt he just come out and say okay, lets investigate it and be done with it . Reporter how do you react to talk of impeachment already . I think hes probably going to be impeached sooner or later. But the problem is that you know, lets get to the facts first before we go that far. Reporter but as one local businessman put it, trump is not a politician and he doesnt operate like one. Fans of rock and roll are mourning the death of singer and songwriter Chris Cornell. The front man for soundgarden, audioslave, and other bands was found dead in a Detroit Hotel room. The coroner said he hanged himself. Cornell was on the nationwide tour with soundgarden and the band had just wrapped up a concert a few hours earlier. Anthony mason has more on cornells life and his music. Reporter Chris Cornell helped redefine the sound of rock and roll in the late 80s and early 90s. Show me the im down on my knees today reporter emerging from the seattle grunge scene as the front man of soundgarden, the singer was known for his octavesmashing vocal range. His talent spilled across a number of lineups over the years, including the supergroup temple of the dog. And a sevenyear run with former members of rage against the machine in audioslave. Exactly. Its exactly in the reporter last month he told me