Morning saturday well show you a prototype for a manned mars rover to inspire the next generation of space explorers. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Yes or no, does the president believe that Climate Change is real. Does he still believe its a hoax . I have not had the opportunity to have that discussion. The white house feels the heat over the president s position on Climate Change. It seems like no one in the white house wants to answer whether or not the president bleebs in Climate Change. You would think we were asking for pills. Take a chill pill, which could come in handy because like i said the architeearth is on f all eyes will be on them next week. Director comey was fired by the president. I hope this hearing doesnt become a hit job on President Trump. Aryan na grande made a surprise visit to fans in manchester. They cleared thousands of fans aet a popular rock music festiv after receiving a terrorist threat. Kathy griffin. I dont think i will have a career after this. Im going to be honest. He broke me. He broke me. Take a look at this huge tornado that blew through canada. Thats really scary. It gets bigger and bigger and bigger. With his embarrassing moment captured on security cameras. It smashed onto the floor. All that new video. That doesnt stop him from practicing his charge. And all that matters. Heres a musician who goes big when he performs. That artsist is playing beautiful music from his earth harp strung. On cbs this morning. A foul ball right at the reporter. That was a rocket into the camera down there. He had to use his clipboard to shield himself. It worked. Oh, my goodness, did it ever work. And welcome to the weekend, everyone. Im Anthony Mason along with alex wagner. We begin this morning with the continuing fallout from the president s decision to withdraw from the paris climate agreement since the announcement on thursday some aides to the president have defended his position while others have ducked questions wlb he believes in Climate Change after he previously called it a hoax. Now an increasing number of state leaders say Climate Change is very real. On friday the governors of massachusetts, vermont, connecticut, and rhode island announced theyll be joining california, washington, and new york in forming the u. S. Climate alliance, a collection of states committed to meeting the standards of the paris climate agreement. Paula reid is at the white house. Good morning. Good morning. We know the president is no stranger to controversy, but this Drew International outcry and on friday white house officials spent most of the day defending their boss against the world. The president made a very courageous decision yesterday. Epa chief scott pruitt a convincing voice urging the president to get out of the Paris Climate Accord defended him against critics. Vice president mike pence also came to the president s defense for making good on a campaign promise. Were putting the American Worker and economy. But Rex Tillerson downplayed the president s position. Dont think were going to change our global efforts to reduce it. So hopefully people can keep it in perspective. On friday, a number of Administration Officials wouldnt give direct answers when asked if the president believes climate decision is a hoax. A lot of it is a hoax. Yes or no, does the president believe the Climate Change is real or a threat to the United States . Its interesting. All of the discussions in the last several weeks have been focused on one singular issue, is paris good or nod for this country. What does the president believe . Can you clarify that . I have not had an opportunity to have is that discussion. In europe the president s move was met with shock and dismay. German chancellor Angela Merkel was defiant. This decision cannot and will not deter all of us who feel obliged to protect this earth, she said. Under the Paris Agreement the United States had the authority to reduce u. S. Greenhouse gas emission targets to make them less onerous on American Businesses. Praes Secretary Sean Spicer said that wasnt good enough. Its in our countrys best interest to renegotiate the deal. They had no intention to reany gesh out. In less than 30 hours they welcomed china and vowed make new green jobs to fight global warming. On thursday frances president Emmanuel Macron called on the world in english to make the world great again. While many were criticizing the president s decision russian president vads mir putin said he wont judge. They have plenty of time to agree on an alternative solution. Yesterday Vladimir Putin also addressed the continuing investigations into the possible russian meddling into the u. S. Election. Reporter Vladimir Putin mocked u. S. Geerts questioning whatever proof may exist that his government was behind the u. S. Election hacks, which fing fingerprint, he asks. They can be made up and sent from home by your children. While putin has been talking. He had not. The white house says mr. Kushner was acting as a transition official and sources say the two men discussed setting up a secret back channel between the trump team and the russian government. But veb told cbs gore kof talked many times. The appearances here have inaugurated mr. Kushner. Reporter he says Vladimir Putin likely knew about kushner and gore kofs meeting. I think it would take extraordinary gumption for the head of the state and rush russia to talk without russian authority. Mueller was selected the lead the probe after it was revealed that fired fbi director james comey had written memos about his meeting with President Trump. Sources say one was that trump asked him to drop his investigation. Comey is set to testify before congress about that memo next thursday. Sean spicer was asked if the white house i have not spoken to counsel yet. I dont know how theyre going to respond. According to an associate, comey wants to testify. He has not received any executive privilege notice from the justice department. Some legal scholars noted it wouldlegally dubious and the committee itself may resist. For cbs this Morning Saturday, jeff pegues, washington. For more on that, were joined by a member from politico. Good morning. Good morning. He has at least succeeded in diverting attention from the russian probe, hasnt he . For now. I think the russian news whenever it goes away, its only a temporary change. We know this probably plays well with trumps space. What are the indications for moderates, swing voters . How does that play in 2018 . I think that elevates the issue. I think it makes it an issue in 2018 midterms, 2018 gubernatorial races. It can be hard to make the environment a front and center appeal. With so many Business Leaders saying stay in it, its hard no matter what. What do you make of the top officials unable to answer the question on whether the president thought it was a hoax . Its bizarre. We pushed on it on tuesday, thursday, and friday. Over the course of the days they knew we were going to ask the question and they were unable to device an answer. All we can go on is twitter. What about the sentiment inside the white house . We know ivanka trump is not in favor of her father withdrawing but also Rex Tillerson, doubling down. How is that tenable in terms f white House Management and infrastructure if you have such different views on this . It seems to score at the end of the day, donald trump is the trump he was in his Business Career and hes going wo his instincts with ideologically seem to go with steve bannon. So you can have these. We havent seen it yet. Gary cohen. Exactly. Youve got the new york democrats. We hear they have influchbls we hear they have the president s ear but we havent seen any of that. You mentioned the attention thats going to be focused on former fbi director james comeys evidence this week. What do we expect here . Well, i think first we expected that they wouldnt try to invoke this privilege. It was unclear whether legally they could and it would have looked as though they were trying to conceal something. So thats a lose lose. We know director james comey can make a declaration. He knows how to go in there. I think the white house is worried about it. Matt, every week under this presidency there are 17 different news stories. Last weekend we were talking about Jared Kushner, his special adviser, soninlaw, wanting to reportedly create a back channel to the russians. What do we know about the investigation of Jared Kushner at present . Theres still a lot of open questions. Thats meetings that took place during the russian transition, unreported contacts, effort with flynn to set up the back channels. Nothing looks good. He looks as though hes a person of interest as some reporting says. I mean hes such a high level a aid. Everything from infrastructure on ward, hes a busy man. Former amid all the talk about russian influence, russian president Vladimir Putin is speaking candidly about his life and event actual death in a wideranging fourpart interview for show time with director oliver stone. Putin talked about the attempts on his life over the years. And in 2012 you run for president and you win by 63 . Right. Three times president , five assassination attempts im told. Not as much as castro, who ive interviewed. I think he must have had 50, but theres a legitimate five that ive heard about. In other words, you trust your security and theyve done a great job . Because always the first moment of assassination, you try to get inside the security of the presidency. What is your fate, sir . Do you know . To die in bed maybe . Putin interviews premiers monday, june 12th on showtime. They look pretty fascinating. They do, indeed. Defense secretary james mattis is in singapore this morning warning his counterparts about the growing threat from north Koreas Nuclear arsenal. He said theyre a clear and present danger. The u. S. Will take further steps to protect itself if diplomatic and economic efforts fail to avert a military confrontation. After a Terror Threat shut it down for a day, organizers of germanys rock am ring Music Festival were proceeding. Thousands were sent home after word of an attack. The decision to resume happened after a thorough sweep. And this Morning Police made another arrest in connection with that suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in manchester. That brings the number of arrests in connection to the bombing to 17. The attack last month killed 22 people and injured 116 others. It comes as the prime suspect, salman abedi reportedly met with an isis basis in libya. That unit is connected to the 2015 paris terrorist attack. Intelligence Officials Say its not clear whether he was directed or aided by the isis operatives. And Ariana Grande visited a childrens hospital. The singer took photos and spent time with the young victims. Grande will return to the stage at tomorrows starstudded benefit concert in manchester. Security is expected to be tight. Organizers say proceeds of the show will go to victims of the terror attack. Police in the philippines are questioning a taxi driver who claims to have dropped off the suspect behind the casino attack in manila that left 38 people dead. Newly released pictures show the suspect using gasoline to light tables on fire as he torched the complex before taking his own life. Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack, but police are calling it a botched robbery with no ties to terrorism. Three former Penn State University officials are going to jail for failing to report convicted sexual predator Jerry Sandusky to authorities nearly a decade before his arrest. Sandusky is serving a 30 to 60 year sentence for abusing ten boys. Former president Graham Spanier and gary schultz will serve twomonth sentences. Former Athletic Director tim curley will spend three months in jail. The rest of their sentences will be served under house arrest. Singer Chris Cornell had drugs in his body, but the medical examiner says they did not contribute to his death. The autopsy released friday reveals the cause of the sound garden front mans death was selfinflicted. Cornell took his own life after a concert in detroit last month. He was 52 years old. The upper midwest is bracing for severe storms this weekend which could cause damaging winds, heavy rain and even hail. Lets get more from meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbn tv. Ed, good morning. Good morning. Alex, we have a large area of the country that could see thunderstorms today as you can see, but there are a couple areas we are concerned about for the severe weather. First of all, up to the northwest. A marginal chance for severe. As you talked about in the upper midwest here, chance for marginal in the green and a slight chance for severe storms in the yellow area. Damaging wind, large hail and you cant rule out the slightest chance for an isolated tornado in the area as well. Were also concerned about drenching downpours in the south. Theyve had some rain down here. Rain will continue today and over the next couple of days, and thats our concern to the south. Here are some of the temperatures for today. 80 degrees in los angeles. 107 degrees in phoenix. 89 in fargo. 90 in minneapolis. 87 for chicago. 83 in orlando and new york city 73 degrees today. Anthony . Ed curran, its cooking in phoenix. Thanks, ed. Meteorologist ed curran of wbbm tv. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The New York Times reports comedian bill maher used a racial slur during an interview with nebraska senator ben sass. He dropped the n word. We bleepd it. Got to get to nebraska more. Youre welcome. Wed love to have you work in the fields with us. Work in the fields . Senate, im a house [ bleep ]. Maher wrote off the comment as a joke. There were calls for him to be fired and criticism for sass for not taking issue with the remark. The Washington Post says Kathy Griffin made a tearful apology. Griffin told reporters in los angeles that she regrets the incident and calls it a mistake by a, quote, in your face comedian. Griffin says she feels like shes coming under attack from the first family. A sitting president of the United States and his grown children and the first lady are personally, i feel, personally trying to ruin my life forever. Griffin was fired from her new years eve gig on cnn and has had five shows canceled a among the firestorm. The Washington Times reports a former official at the National Security agency says the agency conducted widespread surveillance of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In a Court Document thomas drake says the nsa collected and stored virtually all email and Text Messages going into and out of Salt Lake City at the time. The revelation was made as part of a lawsuit filed by the citys former mayor whos accusing the federal government of spying. And the San Francisco chronical is asking nba fans where they would rather sit, in courtside seats for the finals in oakland as the warriors do battle with the cavs or in a threebedroom one Bathroom Home in cleveland . The top price court seat costs over 32,000. The house costs just shy of 64,000. The warriors won the opener of the best of seven series. Game two is, of course, tomorrow night in oakland. 32,000 . Thats a tough call. Thats a tough call. Its going to be a good game. Its a great series. Its about 22 after the hour now. Heres a look at the weather for your weekend. Candidate donald trump said he would, quote, drain the swamp in washington when he became president. Coming up, details on the ethics wavers the president is now handing out to members of his White House Team and what it means for some powerful special interests. And later its being called a retail apocalypse. Store after store shutting down. Find out why its about to get even worse. 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