Bracing for a blizzard. Heavy snow and whipping wind move into the midwest. Good morning from the cbs news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. No comment from the fbi following allegations the white house asked the agency to dispute a report about contacts between the Trump Campaign and russian intelligence agents. Later today, the president speaks to conservative activists and yesterday top aides spoke to the group. Good morning. Good morning. The president s speech comes amid bombshell reports. They asked the fbi to publicly down play reports about contact between the Election Team and russian intelligence officers. This is our time. Reporter Vice President pence the first day at the gathering of republicans rallying against obamacare. Obamacare has failed and obamacare must go. Reporter praising President Trump for pushing the republican agenda forward. A strong military, more jobs, less taxes. Reporter the president s two closest advisers, white house chief of staff, Reince Priebus and bannon complimented each other before turning to heavier matters like immigration. Putting a wall on the southern border, making sure criminals are not part of our process. These are all things President Trump is doing within 30 days. Reporter and the media, which bannon calls the opposition party. If you think they are going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. Reporter President Trumps feud with the media deepens amid the ties to russia. Both the Associated Press and cnn reported the white house chief of staff pressed fbi officials to publicly downplay communication between members of Trumps Campaign and russian intelligence officials. The fbi refused the alleged white house request. President trump is also expected to sign another executive order at the white house today and meet with former rival and critic, ohio governor, john say s kasich. Thank you. President trump called efforts to remove undocumented immigrants a military operation. Homeland security secretary, john kelly said there will be no use of military force. Press Secretary Sean Spicer said he used the phrase to describe the precision for which enforcement was being carried out. Jeff sessions called for the use of private prisonens reversing obamas decision to faze them out and stepping up enforcement against recreational marijuana. No details about what the crackdown would entail. The controversy to opt out of town Hall Meetings is making headlines this morning. The arizona republic, the states according to the arizona republic, the states former congresswoman, Gabby Giffords urged them to be brave and face their district. To the politicians who banned their civic obligation, have courage, face your constituents, hold town halls. The attack on giffords is a reason not to hold town Hall Meetings, references safety concerns. South florida activists had with an empty suit instead of theirs, marco rubio. Rubio had not scheduled any town halle vents citing a trip to europe. He was back in town thursday. In protest, organizers staged their own forum with or without the republican senator. Constituents in seattle were outsz Dave Reicherts office, hoping for a facetoface forum. Instead, some had a live facebook text. He answered only prescreened questions. On cbs this morning, we are talking to senator tom cotton who endured a contentious town hall in arkansas this week. The Police Officer who fired his gun during a scuffle with teens made a big mistake. The trouble began tuesday. The offduty officer who had problems with kids walking on his lawn grabbed a 13yearold. He said the teen threatened to shoot him. It was the officer who fired his gun when a number of teens assaulted him. No one was hurt. Two teens were arrested. The officer was not. Everyone may still face criminal charges. As a father and as a police chief, what i saw on the video posted on the internet. The 13yearold did not have a gun. The Dakota Access pipeline camp is empty this morning. The last demonstrators were removed from the camp yesterday. 46 people were arrested during a National Guard operation. The camp had to be cleared ahead of spring flooding. This morning, we are learning u. S. Backed forces gained control of mosul airport. The route began this week controlling the airport and military base next door was critical to retaking the city. The u. N. Estimates 750,000 civilians are trapped in western mosul. Malaysian Officials Say a banned chemical agent was used to kill the half brother of north koreas ruler. Authorities plan to decontaminate the airport where he fell ill last week. Police say one of the women suspected of killing him got sick after the attack. It is deadly in tiny amounts. It was banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention north korea never signed. A strong winter storm is hitting the upper midwest and blizzard conditions are out. Heavy winds expected through tomorrow. Travel in some areas will be treacherous. Eric fisher has more on the blizzard. Reporter good morning, everyone. Watching the storm move from the plains to iowa and minnesota and parts of wisconsin all seeing the heavy snowfall today. We are watching a line of storm that is will develop toward the Late Afternoon and evening. Thats the warm air. Severe weather potential highest in indiana as well as ohio, Northern Kentucky and the detroit area of michigan. Unusually warm air coming together with strong winds could have damaging winds and isolated tornadoes late today and into the evening. Dozens of record highs again in the east today, forecast 80 in nashville. Around 80 in charleston and 60s in boston and the 70s in philadelphia. We are going to watch a change as we head into the weekend and a preview of next week taking over the western half of the country. Still, looks like we are mainly above average in the southeastern states as we end february and kick off march, im eric fisher for cbs news. Have a great weekend. Coming up, getting tough on ticket scalpers. Eric church canceled thousands of tickets to his own show. A massive bee attack. This is the cbs morning news. Bounty is more absorbent,mom per roll so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper youdreamt about it, it, maybe you should just go ahead and do it. Were legalzoom, and weve helped over a Million People just like you start their own businesses. Legalzoom. Legal help is here. npn÷q4÷n firefighters came to the rescue yesterday when bees surrounded a Southern California home. The bees were kept at bay with water while a couple and 8yearold girl reached safety. Their dog was stung over 300 times. The swarm was probably following their queen to a new home and swatting only makes them mad. 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Reporter by the mid60s, he was capturing celebrities like sammy davis, sarah vaughn and mick jagger. It would be on movie sets like on golden pond where he would make history, becoming the first africanamerican hollywood still photographer. What reaction did you get . First of all, when they saw me, they assumed that i was there to deliver something. Whats this black guy doing here . Theres nobody else black on the set. Reporter he worked on more than 30 films. At 80, hes still expanding his craft. What does this huge book of talents say about you and what you meant . I dont think like that. Spirit catches me and something comes out. It belongs to the world, it doesnt belong to me. Reporter now, everyone can have their own copy. Michelle miller, cbs news, new york. Our top story this morning, President Trump speaks to conservative activists today. Yesterday, Vice President mike pence told the cpac convention, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for conservative solutions to the nations problems. Steve bannon made the case for aggressive deregulation. Coming up after your local news on cbs this mo