>> 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 disappearance 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 you, and then, lo and behold, it happened to us. >> good evening, everybody, coast to coast. >> mason: and remembering a pioneer of broadcasting. >> we formed the mold and cut the pattern in those days for what is television news today.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. 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 our actually commitmenting murder? >> all four. >> 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. last night law enforcement officials made the grim discovery, 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 identified the remains of one of the missing four men, 19-year-old dean finocchiaro. officials haven't confirmed whether the other remains match jimi patrick, tom meo, and mark sturgis, who are still missing. 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. >> 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 young 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 you opponent. i've had many people... i have only been in politics for two years, but i've had many people call 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 meeting 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. the 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. >> reporter: the answers the president provided won't likely

satisfy those who say that donald 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 tut -- 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 president's own nominee to lead the f.b.i., christopher wray, appears to disagree. here is wray yesterday before the senate judiciary committee. >> to the members of this committee, any threat or effort to 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 kushner about that meeting, and it wants the 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 the 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 use his words. "when they throw large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people 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." the house has drafted a spending bill providing more than $1 billion for construction of that wall. there'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. thank 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 they call the gang of eight, last october, on the russian meddling in our elections. it was in the a gray area. it was very block 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. >> 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 the president. and while he disagrees, 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 that's become too much of an issue as to what our real job is. if we're more concentrating on the 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 the work, seeing wages rise again, seeing families be able to be together -- >> 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 congressional 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 re-examining current policy. she heard strong arguments today

from all sides. jan crawford has more. >> reporter: what we've seen over 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 de vos to keep in place obama-era guidelines for investigating and adjudicating campus sexual assault, but opponents argue they have created another class of victims, innocent students wrongly accused. de vos met thursday with both as she reviews whether to roll back the 2011 rules that lower the standard 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 places. and we need to get it right. >> reporter: adding controversy to the already highly charged debate, comments made by the education department 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 of we were both drunk, we broke up, and six months later i found myself under investigation." jackson, who said she herself is a rape survivor, apologized and reportedly did so directly to rape victims in today's meetings. critics of the balm-era guidelines condemned jackson's remarks and said they should not detract from the broader issue that the guidelines disregard dew point -- due process and sweep up innocent students wrongly accused. >> they are railroaded. >> reporter: deborah gordon, who has been a civil rights attorney for 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 way 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. oontny? >> 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? >> reporter: the response from republican hold-outs 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, moderate 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. >> 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 only shuns. >> reporter: the only republican who went from no to yes today was ted cruz of texas, who got a provision iner ised allowing insurers to offer low-cost, bare-bones plans. >> next year, the year after, we have people who see their premiums drop 10%, 20%, 30%, that's a big win, and it's a win for everyone. >> reporter: many republicans are withholding judgment until the congressional budget office releases its analysis early next week. they're a little gun-shy, anthony, after the cbo projected that 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 system. report every day kathy collins has to take 27 pills in her fight against an autoimmune disease lupus. 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 the 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 republican who voted for both senator mcconnell and governor bevin, is now truly worried about losing her coverage. >> i'm sure mitch mcconnell don't have to worry about his medical bills or governor bevin, but real people have to. >> reporter: omar villafranca, cbs news, jenkins, kentucky. >> mason: the folks who oversee social security said recipients will get a cost of living adjustment next area of 2.2%, the biggest increase in six years. it's about $28 a month.

there will be no change in medicare premiums. china's most prominent political prisoner died today from liver cancer. liu xiaobo was 61. he was first imprisoned in 1989 for involvement in the pro-democracy protests in tiananmen square. liu was behind bars in 2010 when he was awarded the nobel peace prize. his 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 internet 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. . ugh. nothing spoils a moment like heartburn. try new alka-seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. it's fast, powerful relief with no chalky taste.

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strongly 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 happened here almost daily. high-speed chases, sometimes reaching more than 100mph. up above, just about every police pursuit on the streets of los angeles is cbs helicopter reporter stu mundel. >> 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. a new l.a. county grand jury report, which analyzed more than 400 police chases over one year, 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 of what happened to jack phoenix, killed by an lapd cruiser moving 90mph. >> 2lapd needs to acknowledge what they did and apologize. >> reporter: nick phoenix is jack's father. do you think these purr suits even need the happen? >> i do not. it's incredibly dangerous. 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. >> reporter: the grand jury faulted a lack of proper training and found most of these purr suits to be unnecessary. anthony, officers instinctively

want the catch criminals, but if they're deemed dangerous, it may be in their best interest 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. 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, to get back to doing what you love. ensure, always be you. i was thinking around 70. to and before that?re?

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>> mason: severe thunderstorms are in the forecast tonight for the midwest to the northeast. in central ohio today mark had to be rescued from his car on a flooded road. women may soon have the right the bear arms and shoulders in the house of representatives. speaker paul ryan said today he's looking at modernizing the century's old dress code. >> 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 of the capitol because she was wearing a sleeveless dress. up next, a sen tenial --

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>> each night i was welcoming a new station until one night early in the '50s i said, good evening, 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 doria." >> i thank you so very much. >> mason: etwards 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. >> 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. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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