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 Festival 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 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 fbi director james comey will provide his testimony to the Senate Intelligence committee. Russian president Vladimir Putin does not think Edward Snowden is a traitor for releasing documents. Snowden is in exile in russia. Hes in a fourpart film for oliver stone. 2012 you run for president and win by 63 . Thats right. Three times president , five assassinations as told. Not as much as castro im told. I think theres 50. But at least five ive heard about. In other words, you trust your security and theyve done a great job. You try to get inside the security of the presidency. What is your fate, sir . Do you know . To die in bed maybe. The putin interviews premiere monday on june 12th on monday on pbs. They look fascinating. They do indeed. James mattis is in singapore warning about the growing threats. Mattis describes north korea as a, quote, clear and present danger. Without giving details the would give itself efforts to protect itself. After a Terror Threat shut it down for the dord, the Music Festival is proceeding today. The decision to resume the festival followed a thorough sweep of the venue. Extra officers were assigned to the event following last months deadly concert attack in manchest manchester. And this Morning Police made another arrest in connection with the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in manchester. That brings the arrests to 17. It comes as the prime suspect salman abedi met with isis. Its linked to the 2015 paris attack. And Ariana Grande visited a Childrens Hospital on friday where many are still recovering from their injuries. She took photos and signed photos and spent time with them. Shell return tomorrow for a benefit concert. Security is expected to be tight. Proceeds of the show will go to the victims of the 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 before he torched the complex before taking his own life. Police are called it a botched robbery with no ties to terrorism. Three are being cents to prison. Sandusky is serving a 30 to 60year sentence for abusing ten boys. Spanier will spend two years. Curly will spend three months in jail. Singer Chris Cornell had drugs in his body but the medical examiner said they did not contribute to his death. The autopsy res the cause 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 storming this weekend which could cause heavy winds, rain, and even hail. Lets get more from ed kur rehn from wbm. Good morning. Good morning, alex. We have a large area of the country that could see thunderstorms as you can see. But there are a cup p areas u. As you talked unin the upper most, a chance for imagine nall in green and a slight chance for damaging wind and hail. You cant rule out an isolated tornado as well. Rain will continue over the next couple of days. Thats our concern to the south. Heres some of the temperatures for today. 80 degrees in los angeles, 107 in phoenix, 89 in fargo, 87 for chicago, 83 in orlando and new york city. 73 degrees today. Anthony . Ed curran. Its cooking in phoenix. Thanks, ed. The New York Times reports comedian bill maher used a radio slur on his hbo program night. He dropped the n word. We bleeped it. Youve got to get to nebraska. Youre welcome. Wed welcome you working the fields. Senator. Im a house [ bleep ]. There were calls for maher to be fired and sass for not taking issue with it. Kathy griffin was fired from cnn after she posted images of holding a bloody head. She feels like shes coming errand tack 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. Griffins with fired from her new years eve gig on cnn and has had five shows canceled amid the firestorm. The Washington Times reports a former official at the National Security agency said the agency conducted widespread surveillance of the 2002 Winter Olympics in salt lake city. The nsa sto a collected and stol email information going in. And the San Francisco conical was asking fans where theyd rather sit as the warriors do battle with cavs or in a threebedroom onebathroom home in cleveland. A ticket costed 31,000. The home, 61,000. The game is tonight night. 32,000. Thats a tough call. That is a tough call. Its going to be a good game. Its a great he said he would andre the swamp when he became president. Details on the expert memberses that hes handing out and what it means for powerful special interests. Later its being called a retail apocalypse, store after store shutting down. Find out why its about to get even worse. Youre w567ing cbs this morning saturday. Donald tmeet phil murphy,by former Goldman Sachs bankers. Another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. Murphys trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. My names john wisniewski, and im running for governor of new jersey. John wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate scandal and exposed Chris Christies corruption. The choice insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values. His new show promises to shake up latenight political comedy. Ahead, jim jeffries on his new series that skewers out policies. A concept car that may inspire young astronauts who may good morning, im jan carabeo, Philadelphia Police have identified a suspect in a stabbing of city councilman david oh, now issued arrest warrant for 24 year old sean yarbary, it happened outside oh,s home attempted on mattet waking toshowers to begin the d, cipiwatchingtion now moving from north to here in filled i, to, and we ag 77 degrees thisafr the rain showers this morning. At 7 57. See you then, have a great day. Especially when it comes to snacking. G new. Thats why were introducing cheese dippers. The creamy cheese and crunchy breadsticks that go wherever you do. Cheese dippers by the laughing cow. Reinvent snacking. Welcome back to cbs this morning saturday. Nasa is getting ready to launch its next unmanned mars rover. Coming up later, well show you what a manned vehicle for the red planet might look like and how its likely to inspire the next generation of astronauts and well take an exclusive red. One of the dead is clearly alive. One of Jerry Garcias guitars came through at auction. Details of the historic sale. While President Trump promised the end the practice of having former lobbyists using their influence as membere eer the government, Julia Goldman takes a closer look. President trump promised to andre washington of powerful interests. Hes issued at least 14 waiver s to rules. One allows chief strategist steve bann nonto confer with editors at breitbart, a site he used to run. The others involve a private door. They can now advance their same agendas the house. Like council ler kellyanne conway. Government officials and employees ought to be doing their job in a disinterested way. Robert walker is an attorney who advises clients on government ethics rules. That includes not having matters come before them where their former clients recently had an interest, the notions being that their ding iss might be buy asked or affected by their association with the former clients. The white house said it issues the waivers to bring in expertise on certain matters, a rationale also used. But his rules went further. The obama pledge workers said they would not be. That aspect of the pledge was not carried over. Mr. Obama issued only four white house wavers. More are expecting across the government for next week. Julianna goldman, washington. Retail stores are closing at a shocking rate with some predicting a quarter of all malls will close over the next five years. We take a closer look at the soca