there may be fake. but they want to set the record straight. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: the president in paris. again defending his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. >> most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research. >> mason: also tonight, senate republicans performed surgery on their healthcare bill, but can it survive? a confession in the isappearance in four young men in pennsylvania. >> look at that aggressive hit. whoa! >> mason: innocent victims of high-speed police chases. he lost his son. >> you hope it doesn't happen to hiu, and then, lo and behold, it happened to us. >> good evening, everybody, coast to coast. >> mason: and remembering a dyoneer of broadcasting. >> we formed the mold and cut cae pattern in those days for what is television news today.

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. this is our western edition. there is breaking news in the search for four young men missing near philadelphia. a lawyer for 20-year-old cosmo dinardo says he's admitted killing them and has told investigators where to find the bodies. demarco morgan is at the pennsylvania farm where remains of at least one victim were buried. >> reporter: 20-year-old cosmo dinardo as he was being escorted by deputies apologized for his role in the deaths of the four missing men. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: dinardo's attorney, paul lane, says his client made a startling confession. >> he admitted to being part of or actually committing murder? >> of all four. >> yes. >> reporter: law enforcement says dinardo suffers from schizophrenia and will now face murder charges. yesterday he was arrested on charges that he tried to sell

the car of tom meo for $500 a day after he went missing. philly.com has a snapchat of dinardo. last night law enforcement officials made the grim auscovery, uncovering the mass gave with multiple human remains in a 12.5 foot deep hole. buck's county d.a. matt weintraub. >> this is a homicide. make no mistake about it. we just don't know how many homicides. >> reporter: police have anentified the remains of one of the missing four men, 19-year- old dean finocchiaro. mficials haven't confirmed whether the other remains match jimi patrick, tom meo, and mark sturgis, who are still missing. rosanne potash, the mother of mark sturgis, whose son is among the missing, wrote on facebook, "this was an act of pure evil. all we can do is continue to pray for our loved ones." investigators have not released a motive for the crime at this time. anthony? >> mason: demarco morgan with some very sad news from pennsylvania.

thanks, demarco. president trump is in paris tonight, but the controversy over his son's meeting with a russian lawyer followed him there. here's mark phillips. ep reporter: if this paris visit was supposed to be an easy little sightseeing getaway for president trump, he brought along a lot of baggage. >> as far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful cung man. >> reporter: the controversial meeting during the election campaign between donald trump, jr., and a russian lawyer said to be offering dirt on hillary clinton hung over this visit like a cloud. but the president was sticking to his story, that it was all part of the nasty game of politics. >> it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. i've had many people... i have only been in politics for two onars, but i've had many people eall up, "oh, gee, we have information on this factor or this person, or frankly, hillary." >> reporter: any way, he insisted, the story was being

overblown, not because the eneting shouldn't have taken place, but apparently because it produced nothing useful. >> zero happened from the meeting. >> reporter: the president came to paris at the invitation of french president emmanuel macron, to whom he gave a lift home in the presidential limo. ine invitation was offered to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the entry of american troops into the first world war. that began a century of u.s. involvement in european affairs, a policy many in europe feel president trump is retreating from. the hope is this visit might cement what seemed to be a fractious relationship between the two presidents that began with that who-lets-go-first white-knuckle handshake at their first meeting. at his guest's discomfort, though, president macron took the diplomatic high road. >> i will not interfere with u.s. domestic policy, and i think it's always good between partners and allies not interfere in the other's domestic life.

>> what a good answer that is. ns reporter: the answers the president provided won't likely satisfy those who say that honald trump, jr., should never have taken that meeting. instead, they say, he should have reported the approach to the f.b.i. anthony. >> mason: mark phillips not far from the eiffel tower there where the president had dinner tonight. thanks, mark. major garrett joins us now from the white house. major, the president said today most people would have taken that meeting with the russian lawyer. is that the consensus? >> reporter: anthony, consensus in our divided country is probably elusive, but the lesident's own nominee to lead the f.b.i., christopher wray, appears to disagree. here is wray yesterday before the senate judiciary committee. me to the members of this committee, any threat or effort nt interfere with our elections from any nation state or any non-state actor is the kind of thing the f.b.i. would want to know. >> reporter: we've also learned

the senate intelligence committee will request documents from trump, jr., and jared mshner about that meeting, and it wants to interview, as you might expect, anyone in the trump campaign who had contact with russians. >> mason: major, the president talked to reporters aboard "air force one" last night, and did not rule out inviting vladimir putin to the white house. what exactly did he say? >> reporter: indeed. he said at some point in the future he will invite president putin to the white house, just not now. he said this political moment is too hot, but he said to rule it out completely would be, in the president's words, "stupid." >> mason: he also talked about design for the wall on the southern border. what did he reveal if anything? >> he revealed that he's serious about placing solar panels on that wall, and he wants it to be in his words "transparent." let me quote from the president directly as to why. "when they throw large sacks of drugs over, and if you have diople on the other side of the wall, you don't see them. they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff. it's over."

n e house has drafted a spending bill providing more than $1 billion for construction of that wall. 1here's a long, long way to go before it gets to the president's desk, but mr. trump says he's encouraged. anthony? >> mason: major garrett at the white house. . ank you, major. russian meddling in the 2016 election was one of the hot- button issues taken up by members of congress in a discussion with cbs news contributor frank luntz. six republicans and six democrats. >> i got this briefing, what h ey call the gang of eight, last october, on the russian meddling in our elections. it was in a gray area. it was very black and white, clear and convincing, it was happening. and we will have a sanctions bill against russia on the floor of the house i hope in the very, very near future. >> reporter: so how many of you agree with what the chairman just said, raise your hands? so we have... on russia we have bipartisanship? >> well, the only person who disagrees with the chairman is n e president. and while he disagrees with it, he's running down nato, he's

running down the european union, and putin couldn't ask for a better friend than that. so i really hope that you guys will move that sanctions bill. >> reporter: as much as that's an issue right now, and to me oat's become too much of an issue as to what our real job is. if we're more concentrating on ere russians interfering with our elections as opposed to the russians interfering with our economy right now and us turning away from our real job of getting people back to work, seeing wages rise again, seeing families be able to be together o >> but congressman, the russians attacked our elections, we need to respond to the russians, and we need to do the work you're talking about on the economy. we need to do both. we don't need to come here week after week after week and do nothing. >> reporter: the bipartisan group from the house and the senate also talked about healthcare, tax reform, and edngressional gridlock. you can see it all with frank luntz tomorrow on "cbs this morning." >> mason: federal rules for investigating claims of sexual assault on college campuses may

be changing. the secretary of education is d -examining current policy. she heard strong arguments today from all sides. jan crawford has more. >> reporter: what we've seen orer the past few decades is an absolute disregard for survivors and they have no justice. thank you for sharing... >> reporter: democratic senator kristen gillibrand and others urged education secretary betsy devos to keep in place obama-era puidelines for investigating and adjudicating campus sexual assault. tet opponents argue they have created another class of victims, innocent students wrongly accused. s vos met thursday with both as she reviews whether to roll back the 2011 rules that lower the mpandard of proof for campus sexual assault and all but denied cross-examination of witnesses. >> this policy has not worked in too many ways and in too many ooaces. and we need to get it right. >> reporter: adding controversy to the already highly charged

debate, comments made by the education department's acting assistant secretary for civil rights candice jackson. in an interview with "the new york times," jackson said of college rape accusations, "90% of them fall into the category pe we were both drunk, we broke m , and six months later i found broklf under investigation." fckson, who said she herself is elrape survivor, apologized and did so directly to rape victims in today's meetings. eeitics of the obama-era guidelines condemned jackson's s marks and said they should not detract from the broader issue that the guidelines disregard due process and sweep up innocent students wrongly accused. >> they are railroaded. >> reporter: deborah gordon, who has been a civil rights attorney .or 40 years. >> you're never told who the witnesses are against you, did anybody see this, is anybody else being questioned. and that's the last thing you do. you give a statement, and then one day you get something in the mail that says you're being expelled. >> reporter: that's one reason

many on both sides say the best cay to handle campus rape cases is not through university administrative proceedings but through the criminal justice system. and another statistic looming over all of this, studies show about half of these cases involve alcohol. anthony? >> mason: jan crawford, thank you, jan. senate republicans today rolled out a retooled healthcare plan. nancy cordes tells us it's already in critical condition. >> how do you feel about the bill, senator? he reporter: the response from republican hold-outs... >> talk to folks at home... >> reporter: ...to their party's plan "b" was cautious at best. >> we'll read it over the weekend and come up with a decision and see if there is any movement. ,> reporter: two republicans, olderate susan collins and conservative rand paul, quickly announced their opposition, leaving g.o.p. leaders one vote shy of defeat. do you think the new version is better than the old version? rs no, i think it's worse. the old version repealed most of the obamacare taxes.

this repeals about half the obamacare taxes. >> reporter: the new bill reinstates those taxes to help pay for $45 billion in new opioid funding. but it does not reverse the first bill's deep cuts to medicaid. the big sticking point for moderates like ohio's rob portman. >> we're still working on ways to ensure that folks who are currently getting coverage under expanded medicaid have options. >> reporter: the only republican who went from no to yes today was ted cruz of texas, who got a provision inserted allowing insurers to offer low-cost, bare-bones plans. >> if next year, the year after, we have people back home who see their premiums drop 10%, 20%, 30%, that's a big win, and it's awin for everyone. >> reporter: many republicans told us today they are withholding judgment until the congressional budget office releases its analysis early next week. they're a little gun-shy, anthony, after the c.b.o. projected that the first version would leave 22 million more americans uninsured.

>> mason: nancy cordes at the capitol. thank you, nancy. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's state is expected to be hard hit by the proposed cuts in medicaid. omar villafranca went to kentucky coal country. >> this one is for my immune imstem. d reporter: every day kathy t llins has to take 27 pills in her fight against the autoimmune disease lupus. >> my legs hurt. >> reporter: 50-year-old collins lives in rural kentucky with her sister carol maggard. collins is on a fixed income and uses medicaid to help pay her mounting healthcare bills. what would your medical bills look like without medicaid? >> last year they were $945,000. >> reporter: nothing that we've advocated so far would cause anybody currently on medicaid to be taken off of medicaid. >> reporter: that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky, trying to calm fears about the future of medicaid. under obamacare, kentucky expanded medicaid and cut the

uninsured rate from 14% to almost 6%. but right now, the bill calls for significant cuts in federal funding of state medicaid programs. to make up for the loss, kentucky governor matt bevin has proposed changing the state requirements to qualify for medicaid, which could cause people to lose coverage. at louisville's shandy christian healthcare center, 70% of dr. brent duncan's patients are on medicaid. >> folks may have to decide between a doctor's visit and being able to put food on the table for their family. >> reporter: collins, a eepublican who voted for both senator mcconnell and governor bevin, is now truly worried vout losing her coverage. mc i'm sure mitch mcconnell don't have to worry about his be sidical bills or governor bevin, met real people have to. t reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, jenkins, kentucky. so mason: the folks who oversee social security said today recipients will get a cost of living adjustment next year of

2.2%, the biggest increase in six years. it's about $28 a month. there will be no change in 28dicare premiums. china's most prominent political prisoner died today from liver toncer. liu xiaobo was 61. he was first imprisoned in 1989 for involvement in the pro- democracy protests in tiananmen square. hiu was behind bars in 2010 when he was awarded the nobel peace prize. ers absence at the ceremony was marked by an empty chair. in essays, he rejected hatred and fear, writing, "i have no enemies," but few in china know his story. the beijing government scrubbed all references to liu from the evternet there. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," a new report says it's time to put the brakes on most high-speed police chases. and we'll remember a broadcasting pioneer.

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>> mason: a report this week by a grand jury in california e rongly urges the police to ease up on high-speed chases, which put bystanders at risk. jamie yuccas reports from the car chase capital, los angeles. >> look at that, look at that aggressive hit! >> reporter: it happens here almost daily. cgh-speed chases, sometimes reaching more than 100mph. >> whoa! >> reporter: up above, just about every police pursuit on the streets of los angeles is kcbs helicopter reporter stu mundel. >> bam! right there! my biggest fear is that somebody is really going to get hurt or die, or there's going to be some extremely innocent person injured. whoa, look at the kid, look at the kid! >> reporter: for good reason. says a new l.a. county grand jury report, which analyzed more than 400 police chases over one ten, one in ten resulted in someone being injured. three people died. nationwide, more than 90% were

in response to non-violent crime. >> whoa. look at that. >> reporter: each near miss raises the likelihood for what happened to 15-year-old jack phoenix, killed while crossing the street by a suspected car thief fleeing the l.a.p.d. at 90mph. >> the l.a.p.d. needs to acknowledge what they did and apologize. >> reporter: nick phoenix is jack's father. do you think these pursuits even need to happen? >> i do not. her. incredibly dangerous for a car to drive through town. they're going to chase the car and encourage that? it's crazy. >> reporter: officer humberto jimenez provides air support for the california highway patrol. he says many suspects are out for fame. >> it makes no sense when you're putting your life in danger, other people's lives in danger. >> reporter: they have nothing to lose, so they might as well be famous or notorious in this incident? >> i think some people do think that way, and it's not fair. >> that's it, right there, right there. ng reporter: the grand jury sulted a lack of proper

training and found most of these lersuits to be unnecessary. anthony, officers instinctively want to catch criminals, but if they're not deemed dangerous, it may be best to peel off and not continue that chase. >> mason: jamie yuccas in l.a. thanks, jamie. coming up, plans for a more casual dress code in congress. coming up, plans for a more casual dress code in congress. you don't let anything lkeep you sidelined. come on! that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals... best one ever! for the strength and energy,

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>> mason: severe thund >> mason: severe thunderstorms are in the forecast tonight for the midwest to the northeast. in central ohio today, a man had to be rescued from his car on a flooded road. women may soon have the right to s ar arms and shoulders in the house of representatives. speaker paul ryan said today he's looking at modernizing the. >> a dress code in the chamber in the lobby makes sense, but we also don't need to bar otherwise accepted contemporary business attire. so look for a change on that soon. >> mason: the dress code became an issue last week when a female reporter was barred from an area

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put together, he would later say, "with spit, bailing wire, and high spirits." >> each night i was welcoming a new station until one night early in the '50s i said, good toening, everybody, coast to coast, douglas edwards. >> mason: douglas edwards anchored this newscast for 14 years. >> reporting once again from paris. >> mason: reporting the biggest stories of his time. >> and down goes the "andrea dorea." i thank you so very much. >> mason: edwards holds a record not likely to be broken. he anchored a daily network television newscast for 40 years. >> douglas edwards, cbs news, new york. more news later on this cbs station. >> mason: he was succeeded in this chair by a fella named walter cronkite in 1962. paved the way for all of us. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm anthony mason. thanks for watching. good night. ks htaptioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

explanations as to why it refuses to release surveillance video. good eve in. kpix 5 news begins with bart's about-face on crime reporting. the changing explanations as to why it refuses to release surveillance video. good evening, i'm allen martin. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. we broke the news that bart doesn't routinely release surveillance video for concern of perpetuating racial stereotypes. but melissa caen talked to a manager who is changing the story. >> reporter: we speak to the director of external communications and wanted to know about a memo and email she wrote saying one reason bart doesn't always issue releases and surveillance video when crimes happen because they don't want to unfairly characterize riders of color but she offered a new explanation when confronted. >> this is the law considers minors to be in a different category. we don't release when it comes to minors. this is all about the release

of videos for minors. >> reporter: she now tells kpix 5 that the reason bart hasn't turned over surveillance video of three recent robberies by mobs because they are minors. >> the statements i made to the board members were, um, that we don't do -- we don't release when it comes to minors. >> reporter: but she didn't mention minors or anything about the age of suspects in her july 7 memo where she laid out the agency policy of public access to crime data. in the memo she said press releases could unfairly affect and characterize riders of color. you didn't even mention the word minor or juvenile in the memo. >> the word minor is definitely in the memo. >> reporter: but that is not true. we checked the memo. there is no reference to minors or people's ages. >> it's only in your follow-up email when were you asked to explain that portion. >> the word minor is defini