We begin with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Ill only say this, that he and i are tapping into everything we can to get intelligence pertinent to the investigation. The Senate IntelligenceCommittee Takes the reigns on the russian investigation. Were seeing this partisan clown show play out on the house side and you have two senators trying to show there is a bipartisan effort to get to the bottom of something. The adults in the room. Look at the senate, theyre the adults in the room. They sounded like total adults. Look how big it is. A weather system that pounded the plains it continues to move east this morning. Fences torn down, trees ripped in half and shingles from roofs. As you keep going it only gets worse. Tragedy outside of san antonio, texas. A pickup truck collided headon with a church bus. First time weve seen so many confirmed dead at one time. First daughter ivanka trump is taking a job in the white house. Shes not qualified. I let you finish. In the white house. Samsung announced its first major smartphone since a recall on the fire prone galaxy note 7. All that. New zealand. A snake spotted on the runway. I cannot look at snakes. And they wont take it off the screen. One portuguese airport unveiled its Cristiano Rinaldo bust. It looked like the face was bended like beckham. I thought about you last week and i thought how where you might have ended the week when you went home to wisconsin. I get home for halftime of the badger game and we lose to florida in overtime with a lastsecond threepoint shot. On cbs this morning. President trump turned down a chance to throw out the opening day pitch. Im surprised that trump wont throw out the first pitch because hes clearly a huge baseball fan. Take me out to the ball game take me out to the crowd yeah. He was struggling with pitch there too. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. As you wake up in the west a Senate Intelligence committee is meeting to hear new testimony in its investigation of Russian Election interference. Committee leaders say their probe will be thorough, independent, and fair. They gave reporters an eyeopening look at some of the evidence that they are studying. On the other side of the capitol the house investigation is stuck with members arguing over Committee Chairman david nunez and his relationship with the white house. Jeff pegues is on capitol hill with a stunning claim from the Senate Committees top democrat. Jeff, good morning. Good morning. The Senate IntelligenceCommittee Hearing is under way and it is likely to feature fewer fireworks than last weeks house Intelligence Committee hearing. There are fewer big names on the witness list today, but it seeks to expose what u. S. Officials believe was the kremlins goal, and that was to cripple the 2016 election. An outside foreign adversary effectively sought to hijack our most critical democratic process, the election of a president. Reporter the Senate Committee is reviewing thousands of documents including raw intelligence. Theyve requested interviews with 20 people. Among them, the president s soninlaw and senior white house adviser Jared Kushner. We will always say to you this investigation scope will go wherever the intelligence leads it. Reporter both republican senator richard burr and the top democrat on the committee, mark warner, said that they will use subpoenas if necessary as they investigate russian actions. We will get to the bottom of this. Reporter the two men stood side by side as they vowed to work as a bipartisan unit. He usually knows my sources before i do. And let me assure you ive also got his cell phone, which he hears from me more than he sometimes likes. Reporter the house investigation remains stalled and in disarray. There is no timetable for hearings after last weeks testimony of fbi director james comey. All i can tell you is what were investigating whether there was any coordination between People Associated with the Trump Campaign and the russians. Reporter the embattled chairman of the House Committee devin nunez is resisting calls to recuse himself amid accusations hes trying to shield the white house. Theres nothing there to report. I appreciate the attention but thank you. Reporter senators warner and burr say their investigation will be fair and impartial. Senator burr, have you personally coordinated with the white house at all on the scope of this investigation . And how do you prevent it from going off track . No, sir, i have not, and its the relationship and the trust we have. Reporter and that will be tested during the course of this process. They say their responsibility here is to produce a bipartisan report that exposes the extent of russian interference, not only here, but in europe as well. Norah . Really interesting. Jeff, thank you. House Speaker Paul Ryan is standing by the house Intelligence Committee chairman. We spoke with ryan yesterday in the Speakers Ceremonial Office in washington. And asked him what he knew about nunezs unnamed source and the other evidence hes seen. In his first extended interview since the failed effort to replace obamacare, we also asked about the next step for the Republican Health care bill. Ryan insisted his party isnt giving up. Let me first ask you about chairman nunez. The head of the house Intelligence Committee. You were among the first that he briefed. What did he tell you . He had told me that, like a whistleblower type person, had given him some information that was new, that spoke to the last administration and part of this investigation. He briefed me about it. Didnt know the content of it. Only knew the nature of it and that he was going to brief others. Did you ask to see the documents yourself is. He didnt have the documents so i didnt. Did you encourage him to then go tell the president about it . No. But i told him just to add it to his investigation. You at no time said, whatever you find out you should probably tell President Trump about it . He was going to brief everybody. I knew he was going to go and brief. So the what chairman nunez said is he came into possession of new information that he thought was valuable to this investigation and that he was going to go and inform people about it. But he hasnt. He hasnt even informed republicans on the committee. I havent seen the actual documents. I dont know that hes been in possession of them yet. Let me say this, its very important that we allow and encourage whistleblowers to talk to congress. Can you just help me understand this, though. If its a whistleblower, why wouldnt that information be shared with the democrats on the committee, and even the other republicans who havent seen it . I dont know the answer to that question. You have to ask that person. I dont know who this is. Youre a member of the gang of eight. You can see the most classified intelligence that our government has, right . You could request this information. We want this information to be provided to congress and were waiting for it to be provided to congress. Do you know if President Trump is under investigation himself for ties to russia . I have no knowledge of that. I do not believe that is the case. If we dont know that well, i dont i wont speak for the fbi, but ive never seen any suggestion or any evidence thats the case. Heres my question, if we dont know if President Trump is under investigation, why would it then be appropriate for a member of an Oversight Committee i dont to go brief the president . I dont believe that he is. So i dont think that he is under investigation. No one has suggested he is. And not even in a vague way. I dont believe that he is. Lets talk about health care. You promised to repeal obamacare for seven years. Your bill didnt survive three weeks. What happened . Well, it hasnt survived yet. What happened is, we are going through what i would call a very painful growing pain. I would like to see the growth at the end of that pain, which is weve been an Opposition Party for ten years and ive been long saying, if were going to be successful, deliver for the american people, improve peoples lives, we have to become a propositioning governing party. About 90 of members are for this bill. Were not going to give up after seven years of dealing with this, after running on a plan of last year, translating that plan into legislation, which what is this is. Whats the plan b . Well, plan b is we keep talking to each other and figures out we get to yes, and this bill passed. Youre not changing the policy. Youre putting more pressure. If we can make improvements to the bill all the better. If improvements can make this legislation to get people to yes, thats great. The president wishes maybe he didnt do Health Care First now. Do you regret that too . Not at all. We could not have done tax reform first for a whole host of reasons, whether tax reform gets 1 trillionier if we do Health Care First. I understand it. We didnt have the time to write a tax bill yet. The house is the only one with a plan right now. The white house is still working on a plan, the senate doesnt have a plan. So it is inconceivable that we would have been able to write a tax reform bill into law before summer. And were going to have more of this interview in the 8 00 hour. I asked if its still inconceivable does the timeline hold, because they need the trillion dollars in taxes, revenue, from obamacare, in order to make tax reform revenue neutral. Still a key point. They have to have the money from reforming health care to pay for the immigration i mean to pay for tax reform. For tax reform. Do they plan to work with democrats to get it done . Well i ask. As you know, President Trump has said lets work with the democrats. I asked paul ryan that. He said i worry were going to push the president to working with democrats. He says he doesnt want to work with nancy pelosi. He wants to get his own conference in line to vote for obamacare. John boehner would say, good luck on that. A lot of people would say good luck on that. We have a lot more about his relationship with President Trump, also what he gave up for lent, an interesting story about that, thats all coming up in the next hour. Looking forward to it. 45 million americans face a threat of Severe Weather today. A destructive system brought flooding overnight to parts of louisiana. Winds approaching 100 miles an hour ripped apart homes in texas. Tornadoes smashed houses and broke trees and the risk of tornadoes continues there today. Radar shows the scope of the violent system. Todays Severe Weather threat stretches from the gulf coast up into michigan. David beg lund is in louisiana with damage overnight. Good morning to you no weve been on the road about 2 00 a. M. Tracking storms. We spoke with the mayor who believes this pine tree was brought down by a tornado. No confirmation on that right now. It could have been Straight Line winds which sometimes are equally as damaging. But i want to give you this perspective because its always impressive to see. Im 61. And when you stand where the root would have been before the tree blew over, look at how it swallows me. Okay. This wind was a part of a system that started back on tuesday in lubbock, texas, and has been marching eastward ever since. Overnight severe storms swept through the south, 9 inches of rain caused flash flooding in southern louisiana, while high winds brought down trees and damaged buildings. Look how big it is. Reporter at least one tornado was reported near hector, arkansas, about 60 miles northwest of little rock. Is it going to hit us . Reporter in ft. Worth, texas, last night two young boys were electrocuted by downed power lines in a wooded area. Officials think the lines were brought down by wednesdays Severe Weather. We cant talk enough about the need of safety around downed power lines. Were starting the storm season pcontinue to deal with. Will reporter in houston wednesday afternoon, drivers braced floodwaters. The storm toppled shipping containers at the port of houston. Earlier in the day, an ef1 tornado caused extensive damage with winds up to 90 Miles Per Hour. At least 18 tornadoes have been reported in texas this week. One blew through this dallas suburb, tearing apart homes and snapping trees. In nearby rockwall, Straight Line winds of up to 95 Miles Per Hour battered this neighborhood. Im in shock. And its horrible inside. Horrible. Reporter pieces of wood, mattresses and insulation were ripped from the homes. One man was hurt when he was thrown from his bedroom on to his lawn. Jerry harwoods house was spared. Despite some damage. I think probably the damage that we have on our house is from all the debris and everything that came from the other three homes that youre seeing. Reporter so today, parts of 8 states from ohio to mississippi are under the threat of tornadoes and Severe Weather. In fact, in the Metro Nashville tennessee, area, theyve canceled schools today as a precaution. David, thanks. Federal officials are investigating a devastating headon crash between a bus and a pickup truck in texas. 13 people were killed yesterday when the pickup slammed into the bus carrying Church Members home from a retreat. Only one person on the bus survived. Along with the trucks driver. The collision happened west of san antonio. Omar villafranca is at the accident scene in texas. Omar, good morning. Good morning. The roads down here in this part of south texas are twolane, narrow, very curvy. The accident happened behind me just right there in the bend. You can still see tire tracks in the road. The lone survivor on the bus is in critical condition. The driver of the truck is stable. They were coming back from a threeday Church Retreat when the horrific accident happened. The mangled wreckage is evidence of the brutal force of the highspeed crash. Police say the passenger bus was heading southbound on highway 83 and the white pickup truck was driving in the northbound lane. Then the truck crossed the double line hitting the bus headon. There could have been many contributing factors. We just dont know yet. We have to give the investigators time to look at everything and then well know exactly what happened. Reporter the church group had just left the alto frio baptist encammentment in texas when the accident happened less than ten miles from the camp site. Police said they did not realize how tragic of a wreck they were responding to. Were used to working fatal crash scenes, but first time weve ever seen Something Like this happen with so many confirmed dead at one time. Reporter in a tweet, Texas Governor craig abot offered his condolences, thanked the First Responders who worked the scene and asked all texans to offer their thoughts and prayers. Their families are going to be hurting, and our Church Family is going to be hurting. Reporter news of the crash left members of the First Baptist church of new braun fells shellshocked. People could be seen walking away in tears. Church pastor mclean said their faith is helping them cope with the devastating loss together. Were just trying to be very respectful of our families and provide a place for our Church Family to come and gather and cry with each other, to hug each other, pray with each other. Reporter police have not released the names of anyone who died in the crash. There will be grief counselors at the First Baptist church in New Braunfels for anyone who may need it. Omar thanks. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in turkey for some of the most important talks since he took office. Hes meeting with the countrys top leaders to discuss the war against isis, among other issues. The two countries disagree on the best approach to driving the terror group from syria. Elizabeth palmer is following tillersons trip and joins us from turkeys capital ankara. Elizabeth, good morning. Good morning. This is one of the First Official visits that secretary of state Rex Tillerson has made. Turkey is clearly a priority. The reason for that is evident. Its not only a fellow nato ally, its an absolutely crucial cooperating partner in the fight against isis in syria. I think the exchange of views was very helpful to both of us today. Reporter turkish officials lost no time. Secretary tillerson plunged into a series of highlevel talks with the president , the prime minister, and the foreign minister. And there was a lot to talk about. Top of the list, the war against isis in syria on turkeys southern border. With few soldiers of its own on the ground, the u. S. Has teamed up with local armed groups, including a kurdish force, called the ypg. But turkey sees the ypg as a bitter enemy, in fact, a terrorist group, and its been leaning hard on the u. S. To cut off its support. But after todays meeting, secretary tillerson wouldnt say the u. S. Was willing to do that. What we discussed today, were options that are available to us. They are difficult opt