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KYW CBS This Morning March 20, 2017

In 90 seconds. Have you seen any evidence of any collusion between trump world and the russians . Ill give you a very simple answer. No. The heads of the fbi and nsa prepare to testify before congress. There is circumstantial evidence of collusion. There is direct evidence, i think, of deception. And thats where we begin the investigation. President trump criticized north korean leader, kim jongun, after the country tested a new rocket. Were speculating that the fire has some sort of human cause. People in colorado evacuated because of a wildfire just outside of boulder. The smoke was everywhere and very strong. Its american rock n roll that turned us all on. The world honoring the revolution life of chuck berry. On the senate side of the capitol this morning, confirmation hearings begin for president Trumps Supreme Court pick, judge neil gorsuch. In florida, a man using a bat to smash the window of a burning car and reach the driver, unconscious inside. All that this incredible fall captured on the skiers helmet cam. He was able to walk away from it. Here comes zach johnson with the shot of the day. The chicken dance. And all that matters. And thats it the baylor bears are going to the sweet 16 last time we went to the sweet 16 we had craig sager and we did a tribute for him so were going to do the same thing for you. On cbs this morning. The South Carolina gamecocks for the first time in Program History are headed to the sweet 16. To all you fans from villanova and duke who want to stay at my house during the final four [ laughing ] it aint over. That was a bit sinister in my book. This mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is off. Were pleased to have alex wagner with us. Is there anything you want to say to Charles Barkley . We did not appreciate that. I thought i would do it later. But its a very painful morning for me. Im sorry, charlie. He was laughing a little too hard. I think so. Yeah. All right. Were beginning a very, very significant week in washington that may help define the early stages of Donald Trumps presidency. We will see big developments involving the Supreme Court, health care and the nations intelligence. Two of the countrys highest ranking intel officials could shed light on the extent of russias involvement in the president ial election. Fbi director james comey and the director of the National Security agency, mike rogers, will be questioned by members of the house intelligence committee. James comey is expected to address President Trumps claim that he was wiretapped during the campaign by president obama. Hes also likely to be asked about possible criminal investigations into people close to the president over ties to russia. Jeff is outside the capitol with this muchanticipated hearing. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning. For two weeks now fbi director james comey has been urging the Justice Department to publicly reject the president s wiretapping claim. Since that hasnt happened this morning, comey will do it himself early on in this hearing. Fbi director james comey will face tough questions from both problems and democrats on the fbi investigation into russian interference in the campaign. Wiretap covers a lot of different things. I think youre going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Comey will be asked whether there is any evidence trump tower was wiretapped by the Obama Administration as originally alleged by President Trump in a series of tweets. But on sunday, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, republican devin nunes says the evidence hes seen suggests otherwise. Was there a physical wiretap of trump tower . No. There never was. Reporter the administration is also not backing down after it recently cited an unsubstantiated report claiming British Intelligence may have helped president obama tap trump tower. Over the weekend, a former British Ambassador to the United States accused the administration of peddling falsehoods. It never hurts to say youre sorry. Reporter republican congressman will hurd suggested mr. Trump apologize for the accusations. And its not just sorry to the president , but also to the uk for the claims inmiation that the uk was involved as well. Reporter there will be limits to what director comey can reveal today. Typically the fbi does not comment on ongoing investigations. The last time comey broke with protocol during the clinton email server investigation, he was accused of playing politics. Charlie. Minutes ago President Trump tweeted former director of National Intelligence James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence potus colluded with russia. This story is fake news and everyone knows it, close quote. California congressman adam schiff is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. He is with us from washington for his only interview before the committee hearing. Congressman, good morning. Good morning to you, charlie. Its good to have you here. You said yesterday that there was circumstantial evidence of collusion. Whats the circumstantial evidence . Well, some of it i cant go into, but some of it will be discussed at the hearing today and well see just how much director comey is willing to discuss. I was surprised to see director clapper make that kind of categorical statement because thats not consistent with what ive reviewed. I also think in addition to that circumstantial evidence theres very direct evidence of deception and probably the very best public example i can give you for that is when Michael Flynn lied about his conversation with the russian ambassador. This wasnt just any conversation, this was a conversation he had about the russian response to sanctions that were imposed on russia by president obama over what . Over their interference in the campaign to help donald trump. So the question, of course, is why was he deceptive about this . Why would he lie about that conversation . Why was it necessary to fire him . These are some of the issues that we need to look into. Is it also relevant that the real story that congress and all others should be looking into is the leaking of classified information. Must find leaker now. You know, leaks are certainly anni issue and they have been a issue for this president and other president s in the past. But i think thats for the president a convenient way to say dont look at the underlying problem here, lets just look at one of the effects that has come to light, the leaking problem. I think thats a bit of a dodge. You know, leaks are always an issue. But the real problem here is you had a foreign adversarial power intervene in our election, a very close election, and what our Intelligence Community tells us is theyre going to do it again. If were going to protect the country, we need to know exactly what the russians did, how they did it, how to protect ourselves, how to protect our european allies who are facing elections right now that the russians are interfering in. Thats a far bigger issue than the issue of leaks. Congressman, do you expect a definitive answer from mr. Comey today that everyone else has shut down but mr. Trump that president obama did not wiretap President Trump . I do. I think theres every reason to expect thats what the director is going to say. I think thats accurate. Certainly that puts the director in an awkward position of criticizing the president , but its time to put this to rest. There is absolutely no evidence to support the president s baseless accusations against his predecesso predecessor. The longer this goes on, the more damage that is done. Now this wrecking ball has bashed into our british allies, our german allies and its time that we put this to rest. Congressman, some of your democratic colleagues would like to see a subpoena of the president s tax returns as part of this investigation. Do you expect that that will happen . Its possible. I think we need to lay the framework and the groundwork and establish the evidence that the russians used financial entanglement as a way of exerting their influence over business people, over political leaders. If the evidence leads in that direction, then i think theres a good case to be made that we need the tax returns to either corroborate or disprove what the russians may have been doing in terms of trying to financially entangle the trump organization. But i dont think were there yet. Congressman adam schiff, big day today. Thanks for your time. You bet. Thank you. The house is expected to vote this week on the bill to repeal and replace obamacare. A new cbs news poll shows just 12 of americans support the Republican Health care bill in the house. 41 oppose it. The white house is considering new tradeoffs for conservative republicans in the house to ensure the bills passage, but the changes may reduce its chances in the senate. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. This white house knows time is running out on Health Care Reform and even President Trumps strongest republican supporters in congress say big ideas to come. Tax reform, infrastructure spending, the border wall, all depend on health care and this president s ability to cut a deal. With his Health Care Bill and much of his domestic agenda hanging in the balance this week, President Trump said failure was not an option. Were going to get something done. I think its going to be terrific. And its going to be so much better than obamacare. Reporter a house vote looms thursday, prompting House Speaker paul ryan to seek votes among undecided moderate republicans by retooling the bill to make it more affordable to those heading towards retirement. We believe we should have even more assistance for that person in their 50s and 60s because they experience Higher Health care costs. Reporter the Congressional Budget Office estimated under the gop plan a 64yearold with an income of 26,500 would pay 14,600 in yearly out of pocket costs. Thats compared to just 1,700 under obamacare. Every republican vote is critical, as no democrats are expected to back mr. Trumps first big initiative. House minority leader, nancy pelosi. What they have put forth is a terrible bill. 24 Million People kicked off of Health Insurance, which the speaker calls an act of mercy. An act of mercy. Reporter house passage is only one challenge. Skeptical Senate Republicans like ted cruz of texas said the current legislation is dead on arrival. Cruz spent saturday at the president s Maralago Club working on potential fixes. The current house bill as drafted i do not believe it will pass the senate. It doesnt fix the problem. Reporter tonight President Trump will hold a rally in kentucky to whip up support for the house bill to repeal and replace obamacare and the republican divisions are quite visible there. Mitch mcconnell embraced that plan today in an oped while kentuckys other republican senator, rand paul, called it obamacarelite and therefore worthy of defeat. Thank you very much, major. Senate confirmation hearings begin this morning for president Trumps Supreme Court nominee, neil gorsuch, will appear before the Senate Judiciary committee. He is currently a denverbased federal Appeals Court judge. He is nominated to fill the seat vacated a year ago when Justice Scalia died. Jan crawford is live where the hearing will take place. Reporter senators will put judge gorsuch to the test. Hell give his Opening Statement here later today but only after hearing from every member of the Senate Judiciary committee. Now, theres no question that hes qualified. The question is whether democrats will say hes too extreme and move to block his nomination. His confirmation wont change the balance of the court. He would be replacing a conservative. But democrats and liberal groups argue that this is not his seat to have and they are still very angry that republicans blocked president obamas nominee for the seat, judge merrick garland. So democrats are going to want to know where gorsuch stands on a wide range of social issues. They say if he is shown to be out of the mainstream, they will use every tool available to oppose him. Now, to get confirmed, gorsuch will need 60 votes, which means eight democrats will have to vote for him. If that doesnt happen, senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell will try to persuade republicans to invoke the Nuclear Option and end the filibuster which means gorsuch could be confirmed with a simple majority. North koreas new long range rocket engine test is raising new concern this morning. Leader kim jongun oversaw the test firing yesterday and celebrated with military leaders. President trump commented yesterday aboard air force one. North koreas acting very, very badly. He is acting very badly. The test came as secretary of state Rex Tillerson wrapped up his trip to asia. He said the strategic patience approach to asia has failed. He met yesterday with xi jinping and spoke optimistically about conversations between president xi and President Trump. There were very good exchanges to improve the understanding of chinas view of the relationship with the United States and President Trumps view as well. And he looks forward to enhancing that understanding and the opportunity for a visit in the future. Mr. Trump will reportedly host the chinese president in florida next month. Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire this morning near boulder, colorado. More than 400 homes were evacuated as the fire burned 60 acres of land. People in more than 800 other homes were told to be ready to evacuate. Crews dropped water and chemicals on the flames from aircraft yesterday to try to control this fire. Officials believe that people may have started the fire because it began in an area that is used by hikers. It is around 50 contained. No one has been hurt. Music fans around the world are paying tribute to chuck berry, a man many consider to be the father of rock n roll. Early in the morning im giving you a warning the prolific singer and songwriter inspired many musicians. He died at the age of 90 after he was found unresponsive in his home in st. Louis. We look back at his legendary career. Vlad, good morning. Good morning. You can tell chuck berrys impact by the heartfelt words of fellow musicians. Bruce springsteen called his death a tremendous loss of a giant for the ages. Keith richards said one of my big lights has gone out. And mick jagger summed it up by saying your music is engraved inside us forever. Chuck berry wrote some of rocks most memorable guitar riffs and did it with a lyrical style embodied the joy and rebellion at the heart of rock n roll. His style blended r b and country. It was his hit in 1955 that thrust the st. Louis native into the national spotlight. He wrote classic after classic. Riding along in my automobile my babys beside me at the wheel he understood what american teenagers were thinking, what they needed. Taylor hackberg directed the documentary hail hail rock n roll. There was no one that wrote songs bike chuck berry. Those songs live forever. His onstage swagger helped propel him to stardom. In 1972, berry told Charles Osgood how he developed his signature strut known as the duck walk. I slipped and fell, but i rolled over and put it in the act and got back up. Ever since then, i got such a big ovation that i kept doing it. But his reign as rock royalty was not without controversy, including several runins with the law and some time behind bars. The berry he knew was complex. Chuck was in equal parts charming and brilliant and impossible. Berrys influence can be heard in bands as diverse as the beach boys. Then everybody be surfin the beatles. And the Rolling Stones keith richards. He is the poet of rock n roll. Chuck berry was preparing to release his first album in nearly four decades simply called chuck. It was scheduled for release later this year and would consist mostly of new compositions. No word whether the release schedule will change in the wake of his death. Its funny, we talked about all these contemporary artists saying how great chuck berry was, but theres a famous jam session of elvis presley, carl perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and elvis and theyre all sitting in a jam studio and talking about how great chuck berry was. Johnny cash is the last one. How did you hear this . Its called the Million Dollar quartet, theres a recording of it. These guys in 1955 jamming in sun records and they do browneyed handsome man. Not bad for a former hair dresser, huh . What a life he had. Vlad, thanks for that. Famed Physicist Stephen Hawking made a dramatic announcement this morning. Ahead, how he plans to announcer this National Weather report sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. A recently fired teacher is accused of kidnapping a high school freshman. Ahead, inside the frantic search across multiple states and the urgent appeals

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