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Anthony mason and alex wagner of cbs this morning are here. Hey there. That means the weekend is coming. Almost. Its not saturday yet. We have lots of news to get to this morning. First, the republican replacement for obamacare cleared a key hurdle before dawn. The house ways and Means Committee approved an important provision at around 4 30 eastern time, and the energy and Commerce Committee look at this still debating the bill. Here is a live picture of that session. Democratic party delays kept the hem bers working 5u8 night. The republican bill also faces growing opposition from hospital groups, the American Medical Association and other powerful advocates. Chip reid is on capitol hill outside the room where the debate continues. Chip, good morning. Reporter good morning. That allnight session is going on in the room right behind me. So far theyve been going at it for just under 24 hours, and democrats say theyre just getting started. First amendment. I know weve got at least 100 to go, maybe more. Buckle in. Reporter democrats spent all day and night attempting to delay the overhaul of obamacare by proposing a series of amendments. My amendments would change the title to the republican pay more for less act. Reporter and insisting it be read out loud. Yes, that was my objection. Then the clerk will read the bill. Members need to know this will take a couple of hours. Reporter after hours of gridlock, republican frustration became clear. If were serious about fighting for the american people, then lets be serious about the amendments and quit wasting everybodys time. Will the gentleman yield . No, not right now. Im kind of on a roll. Reporter before worrying about democratic support, the gop needs to convince some in their own party the new plan will work. We all ran on repealing and replacing obamacare. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan tried to persuade conservative leaders the plan presented is everything republican constituents want. Repeals obamacare spending, medicare expansion and the obamacare subsidies. Reporter yesterday an Influential Group of hospitals and Health Care Providers sent a letter to congress expressing significant concerns that the plans medicaid restructuring will result in the loss of coverage for current enrolls. The aarp says the bill would dramatically increase costs for americans aged 50 to 64. Members of the conservative Freedom Caucus also remain unconvinced. The product weve got to get right. We dont have the product right in this thing. Reporter democrats say this bill shouldnt even be considered until the Congressional Budget Office says how much it is going to cost. Democrats have over 100 amendments and one hospital lobbyist who has been monitoring the entire hearing told me that if the democrats continue at the current pace, amendment after amendment after amendment, it could take more than 19 days to finish. Chip, thanks for that update. Congressional leaders investigating President Trumps claim of campaign wiretapping want the Justice Department to produce any evidence that might back it up. That formal request focuses on warrants and court orders that would have authorized surveillance of the Trump Campaign. The Campaign Says former president obama ordered phone taps at trump tower but hasnt offered any proof of that claim. Major garrett is at the white house where the President Trumps press secretary struggled to get his message out yesterday. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. Congress has requested a briefing from fbi director james comey on President Trumps startling spying allegations. Comey with the closest he came to discussing this was to talk about his own job security. Youre stuck with me for about another six and a half years. Reporter without addressing the president s evidencefree wiretapping accusation for a second straight day, fbi director james comey insisted he will be finishing out his tenyear term. Prs has said nothing publicly since setting the surveillance story in motion on saturday morning, leaving the task of questions to White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer. Hes asked the house and Senate Intelligence committees to use their resources and processes to examine the facts and come to a conclusion. Reporter spicer was asked if the president was the target of a counterintelligence investigation, the kind that might justify a wiretap warrant . I think thats what we need to find out. There is obviously a lot of concern. Reporter near the end of the briefing, spicer was handed a piece of paper. He then tried to clarify his remarks. I want to be really clear on one point which is there is no reason that we should that we have to think that the president is the target of any investigation whatsoever. Reporter there is one thing the white house is certain about. It wants the Republicanled Congress to investigate. South Carolina Republican senator Lindsey Graham and rhode island democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse wrote comey on wednesday asking for copies of court orders related to wiretaps of President Trump, the Trump Campaign. If there was a warrant, i need to understand why one was issued. President trump has alleged something very serious. Im willing to get to the bottom of it. Reporter new questions about Trump Campaign contacts with russian operatives. Cbs news offered the job of u. S. Ambassador to russia to jon huntsman, he was unanimously confirmed as president obamas ambassador to china. Back in 2012 trump tweeted a criticism saying he gave our country away to china. And now hell be part of the administration. The fbi launched an investigation into the theft of alleged cia documents and theyre posting on wikileaks. The site published more than 8,000 pages on tuesday, apparently detailed some of the cias cyber tools and how the agency can access smart phones, tvs and even cars. Jeff pegues is in washington with the cia response. Good morning. Good morning. An official tells cbs news that u. S. Intelligence was aware valuable information had been stolen as a result of suspicious activity in the weeks before wikileaks released what appears to be sensitive cia data. An investigation is under way, and among the pressing questions, whether someone working for the cia handed the data to the antisecrecy group and why wikileaks published the information on tuesday. Intelligence sources pointed to other wikileaks disclosures over the last eight months and note they usually appear to be timed to coincide with certain events. In a statement, the cia said the disclosures were designed to damage the intelligence communitys ability to protect america against terrorists and that they jeopardize u. S. Personnel and operations. The wikileaks disclosures breach in the intelligence community. So far investigators have not ruled out the possible involvement of a state actor in some way. Earlier this year u. S. Intelligence agencies assessed with high confidence that wikileaks conspired with the russian government to release Damaging Democratic Party emails. Anthony . Jeff pegues, thanks. Hawaii is the first state to sue the Trump Administration over its revised travel ban. The state filed papers late last night amending its previous lawsuit against the original ban. The lawsuit says the order involving six countries, damages hawaiis muslim population, tourism and foreign students. State attorneys want a judge to issue a temporary restraining order. A hearing is scheduled the day before the new ban goes into effect next week. The secretary of Homeland Security says illegal border crossings have seen an unprecedented decline under President Trump. John kelly says illegal crossings on the u. S. Mexico border are down 40 for january and february. Immigration officers apprehended fewer than 19,000 people. Kelly says the big drop coincides with the president s executive orders to enforce immigration laws. A Human Rights Monitoring Group says the u. S. Led coalition killed at least 23 civilians in an air strike near the syrian city of raqqa. The group says eight children are among the dead. A military spokesman confirms to cbs news 400 additional u. S. Troops are being deployed to syria. They are part of an intensified effort to push isis out of raqqa, its de facto capital. Army rangers will help prevent fighting along factions along the front line against isis. Marines will set um an outpost with heavy artillery. Hundreds of thousands of people are working without power this morning after deadly storms ripped through part of the country. There it goes. 80mileanhour winds toppled trees in upstate new york. Schools in the region are closed. In the midwest more than 60mileperhour gusts tore roofs from buildings and knocked over trees. Michelle miller is in detroit, michigan, where strong winds fueled a deadly fire. Michelle, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is what people are waking up to, winds so powerful they took down threestory trees, this one landing just between two homes. It even took out part of the sidewalk. More than 670,000 people are without power, and the head of the Largest Power Company says this is the worst weather event for outages he has ever seen. Winds whipped the midwest tuesday, blowing roofs off of buildings and ripping trees out of the ground. 60mileperhour wind gusts swept through the detroit area knocking out more than 3,000 power lines, demolishing store fronts and uprooting trees. This one even lifted the back of a car into the air. The winds fueled a fire that tore through a detroit apartment building. Five people died, four were hurt. We had people jumping out the windows in the back, and fire was being driven through the building by the wind. So it was a horrendous fire to fight. I heard this big crack and a boom. Reporter brad carpenters house and car were crushed in kalamazoo. The michigan wolverines mens basketball teams plane was blown off the runway southwest of detroit. Coach john beilein says some of the players have minor cuts and bruises. That game tomorrow has a lot of meaning, but certainly our kids will look at it much differently. Reporter next door in chicago, 55mileperhour winds broke a building window, showering the street below in glass and smashing this car windshield. Strong gusts made driving a truck nearly impossible. West of indianapolis this armored brinks truck flipped over, killing the driver. In toledo, ohio, a tractortrailer tipped on its side skipping along an interstate bridge. Another careened off a highway in wisconsin. Youve got to slow down so that way you dont put yourself in a bad situation. The worst thing that can happen is your truck gets blown over. Reporter crews will be working 16 hours a day to restore power. As for you march madness fans, university of michigans basketball team, theyre heading to washington this morning for the big 10 tournament. Im told they will be landing just in time for noon tipoff. Wow. Were glad theyre all okay. Michelle miller in detroit, thanks. Bad weather in north dakota left amtrak passengers way behind schedule. The empire builder train from seattle to chicago with 111 passengers on board got stuck in a 25foothigh snow bank yesterday. A passenger on the train shot this video. It took 13 hours for work crews to dig out the train. What a nightmare. The strong winds that fueled wildfires in the Southern Plains have calmed this morning. Dash cam video from a patrol car shows flames surrounding a major highway in wilson, kansas. Families in clark county returned home to find almost nothing left. 85 of the land there burned. Six people died in the wildfires and thousands were evacuated in colorado, kansas, oklahoma and texas. The federal Communications Commission is investigating why at t customers were unable to call 911 across several states. The outage yesterday reportedly lasted for about an hour. At least four states and the district of columbia had issues with their system. The texasbased Wireless Company says the problem was fixed late last night. A day without a woman was marked by strikes and rallies around the world. Thousands of women in the u. S. And more than 50 countries took action yesterday by staying home from work, joining demonstrations or simply by wearing red. The outpouring on International Womens day was meant to show the importance of women to the economy. Jamie yuke kiss is near wall street in new york city with one girl making a symbolic stand. Jamie, good morning. Reporter good morning. This bronze statue is called fearless girl. As you can see, shes staring down the iconic bull on wall street. She was placed here tuesday by an Investment Firm with the hopes to showcase the future power of women in corporate leadership, one of the many calls to action at yesterdays rally. A day without a woman is a day without me. Reporter women across the u. S. And around the world walked off the job on wednesday to rally for equality and demonstrate their influence in the workplace. Were underrepresented in leadership positions across the board. I think its time to change that. If women in all 50 states together took one day off from work, one study projects it would cost the u. S. Economy nearly 21 billion. Hundreds of teachers did just that, forcing schools in at least three states to shut down. About threequarters of teachers in the u. S. Are women. Its my job to teach my students to stand up for themselves and be good humans. Reporter democratic lawmakers in washington highlighted womens inequality by stepping out themselves. When women succeed, the world succeeds. Reporter the movement was not without criticism of president donald trump. Back up or youre being arrested. Reporter outside Trump International hotel in new york city, at least 13 people were arrested as they sat in the street blocking traffic. On twitter the president acknowledged the Critical Role of women in america and around the world. At the white house First Lady Melania Trump hosted a luncheon for about 50 women. Also in washington, former First Lady Michelle Obama surprised a group of students, and Hillary Clinton spoke to a crowd of female leaders. I believe in every woman in girl here tonight and billions more who are not, along with men and boys who understand and support that we are not asking for anything extra. We are asking for equality, and we will never, ever cease. Reporter critics of yesterdays demonstrations says the rallies were for privileged women who could afford to take off work and find child care. Jamie, thank you very much. Phone scammers are pretending to be trustworthy government officials to steal your money. Ahead, a new warning about t,,. In thashl Weather Report sponsored by safe light auto glass. Have auto glass damaged, trust safe light. New threats against jewish institutions are fueling calls for a new threats against jewish institutions are fueling calls for steppedup police response. The nypds john miller is in studio 57 with how to separate hoaxes from real threats. Youre watching cbs this morning. Are you watching cbs this morning. sharon suction out your tube before you eat. shane dont use s