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Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We need to get to the bottom of what was going on. There needs to be an investigation answing of the obvious questions that are arising. The Trump Administration defends Jared Kushner. Theres a lot of different ways to communicate. I dont see any big issue here. North korea has test fired another shortrange Ballistic Missile. It landed in the sea of japan. They seem to be in this position where north korea is continuing to test these missiles, frankly defying the rest of the world to do anything about it. German chancellor Angela Merkel says its time for europe to become selfreliant and stop depending on traditional allies. British police made arrests in the han chester terror investigation. The operation is full tilt. Iraqi forces begin a final push to drive isis out of mosul. The destruction is everywhere. Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against isis. What keeps you awake at night . Nothing. I keep other people awake at night. An investigation is under way to find out what went wrong in a skydiving event over new york harbor that killed a navy s. E. A. L. Scary moments at a California Water park. A little boy went airborne launching right out of a water slide. All that. Checkered flag is in the air and the 101st indianapolis 500 is won by takuma sato. And all that matters. No one wants to mess with the funny guy. Everybody wants to be around the funny guy. Thats what i was. Girls want to date the funny guy . Not really. Not really. Nope, not really. On cbs this morning. America today well, remember the courage, we remember the selflessness and we remember how they lived. Today we remember that for the families of the fallen, every day is memorial day. With brotherhood from sea to shining sea this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. And welcome to cbs this morning. On this memorial day. Im Anthony Mason with Dana Jacobson and vladimir dute. Charlie, gayle and norah are off. President trump is back in washington after a nineday foreign trip. Hes now dealing with provocative action from north korea and new drama in the russia investigation. North korea fired a new antiaircraft weapons system yesterday and this morning, it tested a shortrange missile. And new reports over the weekend, focused on the president s soninlaw and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner. He reportedly held meetings during the president ial transition to set up a secret Communications Channel with the kremlin. In a tweet yesterday the president claimed, quote, many of the leaks coming out of the white house are fab by cated lies made up by the fake news media. Errol barn net is at the white house. President trump is standing by his soninlaw. In a statement to the New York Times mr. Trump said he has total confidence in Jared Kushner and calls him a very good person. But these latest revelations have some demanding increased scrutiny for kushner while Administration Officials say these newest allegations are being thrown out of proportion. I dont see any big issue here relative to jared. Reporter secretary of homeland security, john kelly, sees Senior Adviser Jared Kushners alleged requests to communicate with the russians as standard practice. Any time you can open lines of communication with anyone, whether theyre good friends or not so good friends, is a smart thing to do. Reporter sources tell cbs news in december, kushner met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at trump tower. According to the Washington Post it was during that meeting kushner asked kislyak to set up back Channel Communications using equipment at the Russian Embassy which would have carried security risks for moscow and the trump team. They are not our friends. Reporter former director of National Intelligence James Clapper was unaware of the request. Still russian interference was on his radar. My dashboard warning light was clearly on and i think that was the case with all of us in the intelligence community. Reporter the top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee believes kushners status is in question. I do think there ought to be a review of his security clearance to find out whether he was truthful, whether he was candid. Reporter republican senator Lindsey Graham is questioning the back channel request, which was reportedly revealed through intercepted conversations between kislyak and moscow. I think it makes no sense that the Russian Ambassador would report back to moscow on a channel that he most likely knows were monitoring. The story line is suspicious. Reporter while the president was overseas cbs news has learned his White House Communications staff has been working on a kind of restructuring in order to develop a separate Rapid Response team to address russia investigation matters. Errol, thank you. German chancellor Angela Merkel is fueling a new reality. Speaking at a Campaign Event yesterday merkel suggested europe can no longer count on the u. S. And britain as reliable allies. She said the European Union needs to take its fate into its own hands. At last weeks g7 summit leaders failed to convince President Trump to commit to stay in the paris climate deal. The president says hell announce his decision this week. North korea fired yet another Ballistic Missile overnight, part of an escalating series of tests. The newest missile was launched from the countrys east coast that flew about 280 miles before landing in the sea off the coast of japan. The white house says President Trump had been briefed but has no other comment. Ben tracy is in beijing with the rising tensions in the region. Ben, good morning. Good morning. This Missile Launch by north korea appears to be a short range ballistic scud missile and japan says it could have easily hit an airplane or ship in the area. So if anyone thought that pressure from the u. S. Or china would have slowed down north koreas missile tests, it appears to be wishful thinking. North korea has now conducted nine Missile Launches this year, three in just the past three weeks. The latest comes after the country claimed its leader kim jongun oversaw a successful test of a new antiaircraft system this past weekend. Japan was quick to condemn the new Missile Launch as was south korea, whose new president has said he wants better relations with north korea. Despite international sanctions, north koreas capabilities continue to grow. Last week the country said it perfected a mediumrange solid fuel missile it would start mass producing. Earlier this month it tested what is believed to be its longest range missile yet, potentially capable of carrying a Nuclear Warhead but still not able to reach the United States. 2014 was the last time the u. S. Tested its west coast Missile Defense system. Which has only worked in about half of the trials. On tuesday, the u. S. Military will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental Ballistic Missile for the first time. The Trump Administration has now sent two aircraft carriers to the korean peninsula. But u. S. Defense secretary james mattis said on face the nation a military conflict with north korea would be catastrophic. The north korean regime has hundreds of artillery cannons and rocket launchrs within range of one of the most densely populated cities on earth the capital of south korea. Reporter while north korea continues the missile tests it has not conducted a sixth nuclear test which many have expected. When we were in north korea last month i asked the vice foreign minister if they still plan to conduct that test and he said kim jongun will do it when he sees fit. Thanks, ben. With us from washington is susan page, usa todays Washington Bureau chief. Good morning. Good morning. Lets start with north korea. If as you heard secretary mattis say, the military options would be catastrophic what options does the administration have here. Weve seen President Trump put a lot of faith and pressure on the chinese to act to rein in north korea. Now clear how willing china is to do that. Nor whether it would work. But that is seen as a more promising option than military action, which as we just heard, would put millions of south koreans at risk. The other big story this weekend, Jared Kushner and reports that he tried to set up the secret back channel with the russians. We have heard the president defend at least his honor. What does this mean for kushner Going Forward . I think it raises Serious Problems for Jared Kushner. We see defense fight on the part of the white house of the president s soninlaw but outside experts describe this as an extraordinary thing to propose using russian secret equipment to communicate in a way that presumably was designed to keep u. S. Intelligence agencies from knowing what was going on. I think we have not heard the end of the story and it becomes part of this cloud of investigation involving russia that continues to loom over the administration. Susan, does the fact that the former National Security adviser Michael Flynn was involved in the back channel negotiation, does that make it more problematic for the white house and for kushner . Yes. And i think it does. We know that Michael Flynn has become a target, a subject of the fbi investigation and a congressional inquiries. We know he had contact that seems inappropriate with the russians, taking money and not reporting it, he is at the center of this storm and the question is, is he the target or is he the source that will flip to tell us more about what was really going on in the Trump Administration and the Trump Campaign with regard to russia. Susan, i want to ask you about these remarks german chancellor, Angela Merkel made she said we europeans must take our destiny in our own hands, the postworld war ii order is to some extent over. How significant is it in your view to hear the chancellor of germany say that . You know, anthony, weve been looking at this nineday trip, the white house has portrayed it as being very successful, but i think with the benefit of some history, this will be the most Significant Development that comes out of the president s first foreign trips the deterioration in the architecture that has kept the peace largely the u. S. european alliance, nato, now we have the german chancellor saying that no longer they can no longer rely on it, europe has to rely on itself. This is a fundamental shift and deterioration of the role of the United States and the American People when it comes to our traditional alliance. How much of this is also merkel trying to just speak to people she is trying to have reelect her at this point . Well, she is up for reelection, that is true, and all politics is local as we know. But i think that what she is saying is consistent with what were hearing from the leaders of france and other leaders in europe, that they were shaken by what they heard and saw with President Trumps visit on a variety of issues including russia and including also this paris climate accord. Big decision on that coming up this week from the white house. Susan page, thank you. Thank you. British police made a new arrest overnight in connection with the deadly manchester bombing. Two suspects were detained yesterday in raids in south manchester where bomber salman abedi was raised. 14 men are in custody. Police released these surveillance images from abedi from the night of the attack. He killed 22 people and injured dozens of others. Authorities say he had returned to britain from libya just four days earlier. Investigators were reportedly review how they dealt with warnings about abedi. An investigation under way into a deadly malfunction at new york citys fleet week festival. A knivy s. E. A. L. Was killed after his canopy failed to open properly during a sky diving demonstration yesterday and he somehow separated from the parachute and landed in the hudson river. The parachute found in a nearby parking lot. Anna werner is near liberty state park. Anna, good morning. Good morning. Crowds were gathered here along the hudson river to watch the elite parachuting team the leap frogs make that jump above the river when they became witnesses to a tragedy. Now investigators must try to determine how and why an expert jumper died. In the water. Parachute. Reporter the u. S. Coast guard and emergency crews rushed in to rescue the navy s. E. A. L. Who plunged into new york harbor sunday after his parachute malfunctione d a u. S. Military sky diving exhibition. The s. E. A. L. Was taken to a local hospital in new jersey where he was later pronounced dead. Our hearts and our prayers go out to his family and i ask for all of your prayers for the navy s. E. A. L. Community who lost a true patriot today. Reporter after jumping from a helicopter, the navy s. E. A. L. Was somehow separated from his parachute, seen here, which landed in a jersey city parking lot without him. As they were landing, out of the corner of my eye i saw a splash and i heard a very distinct thump. New york city, how is it going, u. S. Navy parachute team. Reporter the elite skydiving demonstration team, based in san diego and made up of active duty navy s. E. A. L. And special warfare crewmen. The leap frogs dive from as i as 12,000 feet using smoke canisters, flags and multiman formation. Considering i have a son in the military and for something to, you know, somebodys got to report that back to their family, its horrible. Reporter the navy has not yet released that navy s. E. A. L. s identity as they notify the next of kin. Anthony. Anna werner, so sad, thanks. A shooting rampage in mississippi took the lives of eight people, including a sheriffs deputy. Deputy william dur was killed saturday after responding to what was a domestic disturbance call. The suspect William Cory Godbolt was arrested after an allnight manhunt. He spoke to a local reporter with the clarion ledger moments after he was handcuffed. Other seven victims are reportedly members of godboltses family. David is in mississippi at the home where the shootings began. David, good morning. Good morning. The deputy was told there was an unwanted guest who was here at this home. That guest turned out to be a family member. At some point its believed the deputy told the man you got to go. And in the process of leaving, that man allegedly pulled a weapon from his back pocket, shot and killed the deputy, and three other women at this home. And then his arrest was caught on camera. I love my wife. I love my kids. They would not let me live and let live. Reporter officers tackled and arrested the alleged killer willy gold bolt following a killing spree. He said deputy dur was not his target. My pain wasnt for him. He was just there. Reporter the first shooting around 11 30 p. M. Saturday at this home where godbolts wife was staying with the couples two children. The wife had left him three weeks ago. Somebody called the officer. People that didnt live at the house. Thats what they do. They intervene. They cost him his life. Im sorry. Reporter in addition to deputy dur police say godbolt killed three women and fled. Over roughly the next six hours he allegedly killed four more people at two other homes in lincoln county, mississippi. Once arrested he said he wanted the police to kill him. My intentions was to have you all kill me. I ran out of bullets. Barbara says her grandson jordan blackwell was one of the victims. We got involved and my my grandson was lying on the floor. Reporter when he wasnt on duty deputy dur was a ventriloquist who had a knack for making people laugh. He was an amazing dad and husband. Reporter officer brady who worked side by side with dur many years made a promise to durs widow. I told her weve got your back. If you ever need us, here we are. Reporter deputy dur is survived by his wife and a young son. The alleged killer here did not shoot his own wife or his children even though they were all inside the home when the killing spree started and its worth noting when this ended, were told there was a homeowner who actually shot the suspect but then ended up being killed by that suspect. Such a tragic story. David begnaud, thank you. Severe thunderstorms could threaten 46 Million People today from texas to new york. The biggest risk is across the carolinas and from south texas to the Lower Mississippi valley. In parts of missouri, powerful wind gusts over the weekend pushed over trees and knocked out power to thousands. Two people were kil