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You know the word tone. The tonal is such hatred. Im really not a bad person, by the way. Talking about the tone of the media. Meanwhile, capitol hill still reacting, certain republicans recalculating their strategies after the president s News Conference this week. What are gop congressional members saying about their support for the president now . And what about that exchange with a reporter concerning questions about trump working with the Congressional Black Caucus . Ill talk to one of the members of that caucus in minutes. And then that mystery meeting everybodys talking about. Fbi director james comey hud wlg the Senate Intel Committee and no one talking about whats happening inside. Whats the big secret . Well dive into that as well. But first breaking news from the west coast where a powerful storm has killed at least two people in Southern California. This is a massive sinkhole that swallowed two cars in studio city and just moments ago crews lifted one of those two cars and one woman had to be rescued. She was not injured. Joining me is meteorologist bonnie schneider. What happened with the storm system out there then created the issue with the sinkhole . Its very unusual to see pictures like that coming out of california. We may be used to it in other parts of the country where we get severe weather, but its happening right now. Low pressure drops so low off the coast of San Francisco it broke a record for february. A very big storm system continues to pound much of the california coast. Los angeles getting a breathe we are lighter intensity, but we still have 22 Million People at risk for flooding, which the flashflood watch expends through the morning hours. The greatest threat for debris flow will be in the burn areas Going Forward where we have little vegetation. We have another storm system coming in on sunday. Thatll bring more rain to northern california. So right now its Southern California but were watching as well for other parts of the state to get hit with heavy rain. Storm number one, the bulk of it on friday, some of it coming through this morning, and then storm number two. This one out in the pacific. Another strong system that will bring more accumulating rain to northern california. Going through monday, lighter amounts to the south but heavier amounts to the north, another 3 inches possible as we tally through monday for str San Francisco. Oroville, it looks like another batch of rain coming through right now. We can see a line of precipitation. More to come in terms of rain for northern and Southern California. This hasnt been a huge snowmaker but we still have 15 inches of snow in the forecast straight through monday into the mountains of the sayierra. Thomas . Bonnie, thank you. Just a bit well take you to the secretarygeneral of this unbelievable sinkhole. Steve patterson is there. Hell give us a closer look at how dangerous that was. Another republican lawmaker is calling for an investigation into russia. Marco rubio took to twitter last night saying i am very confident the Senate Intel Committee i serve on will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of pew tip interference and influence. His tweet came shortly after he and the Intel Committee met with fbi director james comey behind closed doors on capitol hill. Meanwhile, Vice President mike pence is trying to reassure World Leaders about President Trumps desire to reset u. S. Russia relations. Heres what he said this morning at the Munich Security Conference. With regard to ukraine, we must hold russia accountable and demand they honor the minsk agreements beginning by deescalating the violence in eastern ukraine. And know this the United States will continue to hold russia accountable even as we search for new common ground, which as you know President Trump believes can be found. And new today, President Trump is taking his message directly to his supporters, this after another turbulent week at the white house. Later today, hell hold whats being bills as a cam pagestyle rally in florida and it comes a day after delivering these remarks before supporters at a boeing plant in South Carolina. We love our workers, and we are going to protect our workers. We are going to fight for our jobs. We are going to fight for our families. And we are going to fight to get more jobs and better paying jobs to the loyal citizens of our country. Believe me. Joining me from west palm beach, florida, is kelly odonnell, not too far from maralago, the southern white house as its referred to. Whats behind the strategy of these rallies . Reporter well, good to be with you, thomas. Its sort of recapturing some of what, for donald trump, was the magic of the campaign trail where he gets to see crowds who and certainly if South Carolina when i was there, they were supportive, they were cheering for him. It gets him out of the more sedate environment of the oval office or the roosevelt room where weve been seeing him in recent days where he doesnt have that interaction. We know it has been a turbulent initial period for the president. There have been some setbacks, so he is trying to get away from the white house for a bit this weekend and reconnect with voters. Getting out of washington with two of his grandchildren in tow. President trump appeared ready far big change of scene after a tough few weeks in office. Proud to be an american today returning to the same orlando site where he held the september 2016 campaign event. Were going to put a lot of people to work. Reporter meanwhile, friday, on the first leg of his weekend travel i love South Carolina. I love it. Reporter the president hit the trail with something candidate trump never had has a backdrop air force one. Built by boeing, President Trump came to join that companys celebration unveiling a new aircraft and landing his own campaignstyle mess amg at their party. And we are going to fight to get more jobs and better paying jobs for the loyal citizens of our country. Believe me. Reporter avoiding controversy and heated rhetoric during his visit with family along for the tour. But back on twitter, the president said his feud with the media is bigger than him. The Fake News Media is not my ene enemy. It is enemy of the american people. Tweet storms frustrate Senate Republican leader mitch mcconnell. Ive been pretty candid with him and all of you im not a great fan of daily tweets. What i am a fan of is what hes been actually doing. Reporter late friday, Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito stood in for the president and Vice President to swear in the new director of the Environmental Protection agency, scott pruitt, a longtime critic of that very agency, after democrats fought hard against his nomination. And in palm beach this weekend, aides say the president will meet with job candidates for National Security adviser to replace the fired Michael Flynn. So the president cant really escape the pressures and the duties of governing. Hes got to fill that important job for the National Security council as his top National Security adviser. Where things stand on that this morning, thomas, the acting person in that role, keith kellogg, is in the run, so is former ambassador john bolton, other names on the list. But we are told david petraeus, who was formerly a general and cia director, is no longer under consideration to serve in the Trump White House in that role. Thomas . Kelly odonnell reporting in west palm beach, florida. Thanks. Joining me right now is erin mcpike, chief White House Correspondent for the independent journal, and gabby from the washington examiner. Good to have you both with me. Lets start at the News Conference thursday and Flash Forward to where well be watching trump in orlando this afternoon. Hows the reaction been as days have gone by but folks are still talking about how that Exchange Went down . I think youre seeing the reaction has not been particularly good among most people who foreign gnita dignitaries who are concerned d frkl shocked by some of the rhetoric and tone that came out of the president that day. Its the secretary of defense, james mattis, whos going a lot of cleanup, as is secretary of state, also in europe, and Vice President mike pence. We know, gabby, theres going to be growing pains whenever theres a new administration and change of power in the washington, d. C. Theres always going to be some shock waves created and trump is being himself. I mean, i think he showed everybody what he was on the campaign trail and thats who hes showing at the white house, but the latest gallup poll is suggesting President Trump with this low approval rate, just 38 . So when do republicans start to get worried, the ones on capitol hill that feel they have a mandate to do work with poll numbers sinking like that for the president . I think youre already seeing a number of gop lawmakers who were not the strongest supporters of donald trump during the election become worried, and also, you know, youre seeing pushback from democrats now who feel like they have finally an excuse to say this is not a popular president , so why would we collaborate with him on certain policies . Before he reached this approval rate, this is the lowest president obama reached in eight year, democrats actually were considering working with him on policies like infrastructure, even considering taking meetings with his Supreme Court nominee, working with republican lawmakers on obamacare, but theres less of an incentive now for the administration to seek that bipartisan support because donald trump is not a popular president. Thomas yeah. Can i jump in on the Approval Rating too . In 2006 and 2007, i wrote a column called poll track for the national journal, and when president george w. Bush dipped into the 30s, it was huge news. I mean, his Approval Rating was making headlines every single day. 38 is pretty low. George w. Bush left office at 22 , which was extremely low, but even dipping into the 3 was big news back whe democrats were trying to take over the house in 2006 and then of course won the house and the senate. But because donald trump is making so many headline, i dont think people are that focused on the fact that his Approval Rating is so low. That might start making more news as we start to see these town halls take off and activists around the country asking very tough questions of republican lawmakers especially. But it seems its strange. It doesnt seem that donald trump cares so much about that low Approval Rating, which is shocking given how much he was focused on poll numbers throughout that campaign. Well, it depends on which way the wind is blowing when it comes to poll numbers hell believe in or not, but one thing he definitely feeds off of would be the energy at these different events like what we saw yesterday at boeing or what we expect to see in orlando so he gets himself out of the d. C. Bubble. But the biggest news back in d. C. Is that comey meeting. Yesterday coming to brief senators on the intelligence committee. And we have this news out today and its about Michael Flynn because we have the new yorker reporting that flynn was paid for the tenth Anniversary Dinner of r. T. , which is a Television Network for russia, a 40,000 fee to attend but also that would be an issue, erin, because he may have violated the constitutions emoluments clause. Weve talked about that when it comes to donald trump and conflicts of interest for his business, but this is an issue because you can be called back to military service at any time so, there thats where general flynn will be caught in the crosshairs. I think thats right. Theres very important moment during that press conference when julie pace, the Associated Press writer, stood up and asked donald trump if he could say definl tifly if any of his Campaign Aides had any contact with the russians and he said not that i know of. He didnt say defin tiitively n. He said not that i know of. I think that one particular line will be something we come back to for the next year. So to we think, gabby, that the information from the Senate Intel Committee, senator marco rubio saying he expects to have a more bipartisan full investigation into interference and influence from russia, is that really whats going to galvanize both sides of the aisle to want to get to the bottom of this and not be distracted by answers that donald trump may or may not give when it comes to this . Well, look, there is always a desire for a bipartisan investigation of russias interference in the 2016 election on capitol hill among both democrats and republicans. But i do think and i dont want to speculate too much, but i think there was some information, some intel that was shared with the Senate Intelligence committee yesterday in that meeting with the fbi director james comey that may have encouraged skeptical republicans to actually pursue this. I mean, were not sure, you know, what was shared during that meeting, what senator marco rubio may have even heard, but it was obviously enough to get him to say to republicans and to mocrats across the aisle, this is something that needs to be investigated most definitely, whether or not theres a republican or democratic administration. Heres the thing, all americans want the specter of this figured out as well, because if there is nothing to see there, they would like to know that. If there is something to see there, theyd like to know that too. So we expect elected officials to get to the bottom of that and provide that information in an honest and fast way. Erin, great to see you, gabby, great to see you as well. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. What can we expect if fru President Trump does meet with the Congressional Black Caucus . Ill speak with one of the organizations leaders in just a moment. Also ahead, a heat warning for one congressman. 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