Pelley in his first Public Comments since firing his National Security adviser, President Trump lashed out today at perceived enemies the f. B. I. , the National Security agency, and the media. He suggested that the f. B. I. And the n. S. A. Are behind what he called illegal leaks of classified information that led to the downfall of Michael Flynn. The president wrote that the Fake News Media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred. Mr. Trump blamed the flynn controversy on the Hillary Clinton campaign, and for the second time in three days, he reminded a News Conference at the white house of his margin of victory in the electoral college. Major garrett on a busy day of deflection. General flynn is a wonderful man. I think hes been treated very, very unfairly by the media. Reporter President Trump praised ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn just one day after the white house said mr. Trump asked for flynns resignation because he could not be trusted. Flynn misled white house officials, including Vice President mike pence, about conversations he had with russias ambassador before mr. Trump took office. The president blamed those who divulged the contents of flynns conversations to the media. Things are being leaked. Its criminal action, a criminal act, and its been going on for a long time, before me, but now its really going on, and people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the democrats had under Hillary Clinton. Reporter the comments came amid revelations that f. B. I. Counterintelligence unit is leading an investigation into whether Trump Campaign operatives had frequent contacts with russian officials during the 2016 election. Mr. President , are you going to answer any questions about your associates contact with the russian during the campaign, sir . Mr. President . Reporter the president ignored questions about the story after his press conference with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Conditional democrats stepped up calls for a bipartisan investigation. House minority leader nancy pelosi. So my question to my republican colleagues is if youre not willing the take the first step to look into this, what are you afraid of . Reporter some republicans like tennessees bob corker and south carolinas Lindsey Graham are calling for thorough inquiries, but senator rand paul of kentucky wants to defer to the justice department. If Law Enforcement thinks there needs to be an investigation based on Law Enforcement type of facts, they make that decision. We dont need more political investigation up here. Reporter the president has been at odds with the Intelligence Community since it said the russian government interfered in the 2016 election. Scott, mr. Trump eventually accepted that conclusion, but he has accused u. S. Intelligence agencies first of nazi and now russian tactics. One other point, scott, vice admiral Robert Howard has been offered the job of National Security adviser to replace general flynn. He is negotiating with the white house but is expected to accept that offer. Pelley Major Garrett at the white house, thanks. With incomplete information, its impossible to know whether contacts with russia were improper or illegal. Another thing we dont know is whether mr. Trumps opaque businesses are involved. Jim axelrod has been trying to make the questions as clear as possible with the help of a republican who has worked for three administrations. Peter wehner is now with the conservative ethics and Public Policy center. Reporter donald trump has insulted everyone from federal judges to fellow republicans to meryl streep. Hes even taken a shot at the pope. Putins a killer. There are a lot of killers. We got a lot of killers. What . You think our country is so innocent . Reporter but hes seemed to bend over backward to avoid criticizing vladimir putin. Obviously there is something going on here. Reporter peter wehner wants to know why. He worked for Ronald Reagan and both bush administrations, writing speeches and generating policy ideas. Theres smoke here, and theres fire. We just dont know the nature of the fire. Reporter part of it, says wehner, could be financial entanglements between mr. Trumps real estate empire and russia, pointing to the words of donald trump, jr. , in 2008, russians make up a pretty disproportionate Cross Section of a lot of our assets he told a real estate conference. We see a lot of money pouring in from russia. Could that explain things, what donald trump, jr. , said . Oh, i think it could explain a lot. I dont think that it explains everything, but it certainly is an indication. Out of the mouth of the son of the president that they have huge financial ties to russia. Reporter today there are new allegations of russias meddling in the president ial election. Correspondent jeff pegues reports Trump Campaign aides are at the center of an f. B. I. Investigation. The investigation is in part looking at a specific allegation in a dossier compiled by a former british spy that there was a welldeveloped conspiracy managed on the trump side by aides Paul Manafort and carter page. Both manafort and page deny any inappropriate contact with russian officials. If there was collusion going on, this is a titanic story, and it could lead to the ruin nation of the trump presidency. Reporter thats a big statement. It is a big statement, but this is a big story. Its a store we each never seen before. Its unprecedented. Reporter then theres Rex Tillersons relationship with russia when he ran exxon, as well as pages ties with Russian Energy companies when he was banker, and manaforts job advising putin ally Victor Yanukovych in ukraine. The democrats have been raising questions about this since before the election, but as more and more emerges, the question becomes how many republicans like wehner will add their voice to the chorus . Pelley so much we dont know. Jim axelrod, thank you. When the president spoke today of illegal leaks of classified information, he was right, of course. Chip reid has been looking into that. These people have committed a potential federal felony in talking to the reporters. And that ought to disturb us. Reporter cbs news senior National Security analyst Fran Townsend was Homeland Security adviser to president george w. Bush. Theres sort of a base level of this weve come to expect out of washington. Reporter but what does she think about the amount of classified information thats being leaked right now . Frankly, i think its stunning. Reporter she says the investigation enter russian influence in the Trump Administration will now be more difficult, in part because people will worry that what they tell investigators will become public. The only way to effectively run National Security investigation is to keep it a secret. Reporter but democrats, including congressman adam schiff, say the focus on leaks is just a distraction. There are far bigger fish to fry. I would hate to see us go off on a tangent. Reporter those who want to see a more thorough investigation of the russian connections are heartened by the leaks. A column in the columbia journalism review is titled flynn resignation shows leaks under trump are working. Keep em coming. Author trevor timm of the leftleaning freedom of the press foundation argues that leaks to the press are vital for democracy. Former republican congressman Joe Scarborough on his msnbc program morning joe commended whoever leaked the information about flynn. The only reason were finding out about it now is because a patriot did leak this to the washington post, did get this information out there, or else we wouldnt even have known about it. Reporter the republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says he will ask the f. B. I. To investigate the recent rash of leaks, and, scott, the penalty on a charge of leaking classified information is up to ten years in prison. Pelley chip reid, thanks. There was an important change in u. S. Policy in the middle east today as the president welcomed israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to the white house. Margaret brennan is at the state department with that. Margaret . Reporter scott, President Trump broke with two decades of u. S. Policy today, saying he would not insist on a twostate solution to the israelipalestinian conflict, that means no longer commiting to the creation of a palestinian state that would exist peacefully alongside israel. Heres the president. I thought for a while the twostate looked like it may be the easier of the two, but honestly, if bibi and if the palestinians, if israel and the palestinians are happy, im happy with the one they like the best. Reporter but President Trump did bluntly say to netanyahu he needs to scale back on settlement construction on palestinian land, saying its not helpful to peace and both sides do need to make compromises. Netanyahu replied with a reference to mr. Trumps book, the art of the deal, and the two men had a warm relationship and talked about their long friendship, and this is really in stark contrast to the strained relations that netanyahu had with president obama. But, scott, palestinians say they have not had this same warm embrace. Their leader met secretly with the c. I. A. Director yesterday for the first time. Pelley margaret brennan, thanks. The general commanding u. S. Special operations forces, americas counterterrorist commando, told a military conference, our government continues to be in unbelievable turmoil. Speaking in maryland yesterday, general rain thomas added, i hope they sort it out soon, because were a nation at war. President trumps choice for labor secretary created a job today for someone else. Andrew puzder withdrew. Heres nancy cordes. I think its a great, great choice. Reporter the senates republican leader was praising puzder as recently as yesterday, but today Mitch Mcconnell warned the white house that opposition from several republicans like maines susan collins, was likely to doom the nomination. You want the person who would be the secretary of labor to have a very good record when it comes to following the laws that he would be in charge of enforcing. Reporter puzder paid an undocumented household maid in cash for years. Hess exwife accused him of Domestic Abuse on oprah in 1990, a charge she has since recanted. I found it extraordinarily troubling. Reporter democrats like Elizabeth Warren argued the labor nominee had bad labor policies as the head of hardees and carl, jr. s,. Mr. Puzder has a long record of cheating employees out of overtime. Hes paid out millions to settle claims when he was call cheating. Reporter with the writing on the wail, puzderry leased a statement saying, after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor. No word from the white house, scott, on a possible replacement. Pelley nancy cordes on capitol hill. President trump has been an inoperation to many, including many of his opponents, motivating them to speak out. Heres Dean Reynolds. Lets get to school. Reporter every day after he packs his son and daughter off to school on chicagos north side, 40yearold jeremy reid send ls on the his living room couch to get his marching orders. Literally delivered right to me every day. Reporter hes talking about the progressive web sites that seek to marshal his energy and meld it with millions of other opponents of the new president. Ive signed up and really kind of latched on to a lot of different things. Reporter among them, indivisible guide, a new web site designed to fight the Trump Administration by employing the same pressure tactics the tea party used against president obama. You will have three simple targets, your two u. S. Senators and your representative. Reporter from petition drives to mass rallies and more, these web sites attack the system from the left, to keep people like jeremy off the sidelines and in the streets. Up until the election, were you particularly politically active . Never. I never actually set foot in a protest or a rally up until this year. Reporter the advice seems to be sinking in with mass protests and confrontational congressional gettogethers becoming more common. Its clear every day they dont respect the judiciary. Reporter near minneapolis this week. Im very concerned about social security. Reporter voters vented at the local office of their republican representative erik paulsen. We had 1,860 people sign a request. Reporter jenna martin, a doctor with two children was there alang with clara, a warehouse worker. They both participated in womens marches last month. Right now everybody is so ready to go. They just need a little direction. Were not an angry mob. Were just engaged and concerned constituents. Reporter the next big protests are being planned for april 15th, scott, when demonstrators will be demanding that mr. Trump release his tax returns. Information the white house says people dont care about anymore. Pelley Dean Reynolds in chicago. Dean, thanks. Coming up on the cbs, is highway deaths that didnt have to happen. And a beloved bird is vanishing. Because my teeth are yellow. These photos . Why dont you use a whitening toothpaste . Im afraid its bad for my teeth. Try crest 3d white. 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Reporter according to the survey, some factors contributing to the spike are 47 of motorists are comfortable with texting while driving. 16 dont wear seat belts. 10 drive under the influence of alcohol or marijuana. Were not doing the right things. Were increasing speed limits. Were allowing things to be legalized that impair people behind the wheel without testing for those things or having clear standards for it. States really just arent following the data. Reporter according to a new a. A. A. Survey, millennials, 19 to 24, are the worstbehaved drivers. 88 admit to speed, redlight running or texting while driving in the last 30 days. He truly focused on me whenever i was with him. Reporter laura carneys father mick was killed by a teen driver on her phone. It was so preventable. She could have pulled over to the side of the road and our lives would be totally different. Reporter the National Safety council is calling for a complete ban of cell phones while driving. Scott, theyd also like to see Collision AvoidanceTechnology Like automatic braking be made standard in all vehicles. Pelley Kris Van