( applause ) >> mason: the bell ringer. stocks at a record high. 401(k)s, too, but... but. >> reporter: how ishe t economy grading out? >> not as strong. >> mason: also tonight, the president was involved in his son's misleading account of the meeting with the russians. >> he weighed in, offered suggestion, like any father would do. >> mason: a warning about travel-- not abroad, but in one of the 50 states. teenaged drivers-- why the oldest teens are a bigger risk than the youngest. and for astronauts in space, it was the most important place on earth. >> reporter: when you look at the condition of the room today, what goes through your mind? >> it's a combination of frustration, anger,

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hit. wall street is full of smiles these days. >> we would give the stock market probably an "a" right now. >> reporter: but joe zidle with gene bernstein advisers points out the market reflects not politics but profits, and corporate profits have been climbing steadily for last year and a half at giants like mcdonald's and boeing. >> and i think the biggest mistake people make is they confuse companies with the economy. >> reporter: the stock market's grading out at an "a." >> uh-huh. >> reporter: how is the economy grading out? >> not as strong. >> reporter: take cars, for instance, after seven straight years of growth, sales were down 7.5% at ford last month, more than 10% at fiat/chrysler, and more than 15% at g.m. melanie epstein is seeing it at the wempe jewelers she helps manage in manhattan. >> the middle class buyer tends to not be as spontaneous anymore. they don't buy on a whim, coming in and purchasing the piece right away. they're a little bit

cautious. >> reporter: swriedle explains waged still haven't caught up to job growth, although he thinks that's next for what is still a growing economy. and it may not grow as quickly as you would like or as robustly as you would like, but there's no question the u.s. economy is growing. >> it's absolutely right. >> reporter: just not as fast as the stock market. >> correct. >> reporter: at eight years and counting, sms the third longest economic expansion in u.s. history. keep in mind, however, the average recovery tends to last seven years. anthony. >> mason: still waiting for that real wage growth. thanks, jim. late today, the senate confirmed christopher wray as the new director of the f.b.i. the vote was 92-5. wray succeeds james comey, who was fired by president trump because of the russia investigation. and on that front, the story changed again today about that now-infamous meetings with russians at trump tower last year. the president's team has done a 180 about his role in a statement his

month. here's jeff pegues. >> reporter: the white house now acknowledges that the president helped write the misleading statement about donald trump jr.'s june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower. >> the statement that don jr. issued is strew true. there's no inaccuracy in the statement. >> reporter: press secretary sarah huckabee sanders: >> the president weighed in, as any father would, basedly on the limbed information that he had. >> reporter: last month, the president's attorney, jay sekulow, denied that mr. trump had anything to do with it. >> this was donald trump jr., and his lawyers. the president was not involved in that. >> reporter: the statement from trump jr. was drafted on july 8, aboard air force one, as the president returned from the g-20 summit in germany. it was sent to the "new york times," which was reporting on the 2016 meeting. it said the meeting was "about the adoption of russian children." but trump jr. later

emails he thought the russian lawyer had dirt on hillary clinton to which he replied, "i love it." >> it was such a nothing. i literally wouldn't have remembered the meeting. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, and then-campaign chairman, paul manafort, also attended the meeting. >> it doesn't look good. >> reporter: bill mateja, who is a former federal prosecutor, says the president's involvement in crafting the statement may raise a red flag for special counsel robert mueller. >> well as a prosecutor, if somebody comes to you and tells you "x," and in fact, that's not true, and then you learn that somebody counseled them to do, that then you're going to look at not only the person that made the false statement but the person that coached them or instructed them to basically obstruct justice. >> reporter: no response tonight from donald trump jr.'s attorney. in the past, the president has repeatedly denied that his campaign had improper contacts with russian operatives during the

anthony. >> mason: jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. a defamation lawsuit has been filed against fox news for allegedly pushing a false story, in part to distract attention from the russia investigation. chip reid is following that. >> reporter: the lawsuit claims that president trump personally encouraged fox news to publish a story that turned out not to be true. it claimed that a murdered democratic national committee staffer named rich was responsible for releasing the party's emails to wikileaks in 2016, and that it was not russian hackers. the president's goal, the lawsuit says, was to help lift the cloud of the russia investigation. fox news host sean hannity, who admits to being one of the president's biggest fans, ran with the story. >> this blows the whole russia collusion narrative completely out of the water. >> reporter: but fox retracted the story after just a week, admitting it did not meet its journalistic standards. >> well, perhaps there were some email communications between seth and

filed by former d.c. police detective rod wheeler, a fox news contributor. he investigated the case but now claims that the network inaccurately reported his findings as implicating rich because "that is the way the president wanted the article." the suit also claims that ed butowski, a wealthy trump supporter and also a fox commentator, coordinated want effort by the president and fox to publish the story. the complaint says butowski left him this voice mail on may 14: >> reporter: the same day, a text message from butowski said, "the president just read the article. he wants the article out immediately." butowski now says he was kidding. then-press secretary sean spicer admits that he met with wheeler and butowski in april, but in

house had nothing to do with the story." current press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was also asked about it today. >> the president had no knowledge of the story, and it's completely untrue that he or the white house had involvement in the story. >> reporter: in a statement, fox news said the accusation that foxnews.com published the story to help detract from coverage of the russia collusion issue is completely erroneous. anthony. >> mason: chip reid at the white house. thank you, chip. we're used to getting warnings about traveling overseas, but this summer the n.a.a.c.p. put out an extraordinary warning about travel here at home in missouri. it advises extreme caution saying travelers could be subject to discrimination and harassment. jericka duncan now on what's behind the warning. >> they're legalizing discrimination in the state of missouri. >> reporter: attorney nimrod chapel, jr. is the president of the n.a.a.c.p. in missouri. he says a bill recently signed into law

eric greitens is so drurks chapel has a name for it: >> the jim crow bill because in the eyes of the n.a.a.c.p., that's what it was breathing life into. >> reporter: currently, you can file a discrimination claim in the state of missouri if things like race, religion, and gender are a contributing factor to discrimination. but later this month, alleged victims of discrimination would have to prove it is the motivating factor, and chapel says that's extremely hard to do. >> you would think that the best evidence would be like a memo, right "we discriminated against so-and-so because they are who they are." nobody writes memos, or when they do, it's so rare, and then getting that kind of evidence can be very, very difficult. >> it is wrong. it is flat-out wrong. >> reporter: 64-year-old pat roe kerr siewld the state of missouri in 2010 for sex and age discrimination. last year, a jury awarded her nearly $3

now she's concerned the new law will make lawsuits like hers tougher to file and send the wrong message. >> this is just another example of not being progressive. and if we want to be a progressive missouri, why are we going backwards? >> reporter: governor eric greitens calls the legislation commonsense reform and says the motivating factor standard is currently used by the equal opportunities commission. meanwhile, the n.a.a.c.p. says it will continue to raise awareness through its travel advisory. anthony. >> mason: jericka duncan reporting from jefferson city tonight. turns out, north korea's missile launch last friday night was a potential risk to commercial jetliners. the missile landed in the sea of japan, close to where an air france plane from tokyo to paris had flown just minutes earlier. today, secretary of state rex tillerson repeated his warning to north korea to stopts nuclear missile program. but he says the u.s. is not trying too

the state department also demanded today venezuela release two opposition political leaders who were hauled off to jail this morning. the arrests came two days after a highly controversial vote that led to violent protests. the vote gave president nicholas maduro's ruling party nearly unlimited power. yesterday, the u.s. imposed new economic sanctions on maduro. a study out tomorrow has a surprising finding about teenaged drivers-- the older the teen, the greater the risk on the roads. here's trorgt correspondent kris van cleave. >> the live-stream crash shocked the country with her instagram recording 18-year-old obdulia sanchez lost control orf he car. the two other teens inside weren't wearing seat belts. her 14-year-old sister died. >> buckle it! >> look, you know, this motor vehicle is a potential weapon of

>> reporter: harvard medical school professor dr. gene bernstein found high school seniors are significantly more likely than younger teens to use their phone while driving. seniors were also more likely to use music yaps and g.p.s., than freshman drivers. >> it may be that the tendency for teenagers is you start cautious, and you get more and more experienced, and if they feel more confident fthey feel more powerful, they may jump to more risky behavior. >> reporter: the students also reported their parents tend to become less strict as they get older, and many states drop restrictions on teen drivers when they turn 18, including curfews and limits on the number of passengers. >> i'm scared. it's scary, and i see, like, social media has taken over these kids' lives. >> reporter: antoinette mullins is not dropping her restriction. she's made it clear to her

18-year-old son dylan his driving privileges depend on him staying off the phone. >> if she ever found out something happened and i was texting while it happened, that wouldn't end of it. >> reporter: there would be hell to pay. >> yeah, and she made that very clear, i think. >> reporter: she seems very subtle. >> yeah, there would be no car. >> reporter: in fact, dylan says he puts his cell phone in the glove box when he's driving, but admits none of his friends do that. the study found nearly 60% of high school seniors admit to a collision or close call. that's far more than their peers that are younger. anthony. >> mason: kris van cleave with a risk that every parent worries about. still ahead on the cbs evening news, should a school district be held liable for a 12-year-old suicide? floods in the desert, record heat in the pacific northwest. and a trip inside a shark's mouth. go it alone.

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who killed herself, claims she was bullied online for months and the school district did nothing to stop it. now they plan to sue. here's don dahler. >> she's your average american little girl. she's what you hope that your children will grow up to be. that's who mallory-- who mallory is. >> reporter: six weeks after her daughter's suicide, diane grossman made it clear who she held responsible for her daughter's death it's school. >> there was a pattern, a regular history pattern of the school dismissing my concerns. >> reporter: 12-year-old mallory grossman, a gymnast and cheer leader, took her life one week before finishing sixth grade after months and months of allegedly relentless bullying. grossman said her daughter was bullied in person ntexts, on snapchat and instagram by classmate as copeland middle school. she characterized the messages as "nasty" and "mean." >> in the beginning it was teasing. it was name calling. exclusion wassa an

part-- "you can't sit here. you're not welcome at this table." >> reporter: grossman says she tried to talk to other kidss' parents but her concerns were dismissed. in new jersey alone, 11 cases have been filed against school districts for bullying. 10 of them settled over the last eight years. what do you hope to come from this lawsuit? >> from this, we hope to set accountability so that maybe teachers and administrators will look-- you know, think twice about before they sweep things under the rug. >> reporter: gross man man said officials have still not fight harassment, bullyings or intimidation reports in any of the insdefnts in which her daughter was bullied. the school district declined to comment on what is an ongoing investigation, but anthony they said their only self-assessment on bullying has met their ct

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>> mason: hard to believe that the epicenter for america's manned space flights from 1965 to '92 is now a deteriorating wreck. mark strassmann reports a fund-raising mission has been launched to preserve this piece of america's past for future generations. >> reporter: july 20, 1969. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: man walked on the moon. >> you've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. we're breathing again. thanks a lot. >> reporter: a relieved world rejoiced, especially apollo's mission control center in houston. >> this room is sacred to me. >> reporter: as flight director, gene kranz, now 83, led gemini and apollo missions. >> we won the battle for space in this room, and we captured the high ground, and we did not surrender it during our tour. >> houston, we have a problem. >> reporter: kranz was

aplo 13 nearly cost the lives of its three astronauts. a rescue featured in the movie "apollo 13." >> i want this mark all the way back to earth with time to spare. >> reporter: kranz was portrayed by actor ed harris. >> failure is not an option! >> reporter: houston, we have another problem. >> take a look at the consoles. i used to have an abort switch in there. where the heck is the abort switch. the displays don't work anymore >> reporter: apollo's mission control has decade from neglect and souvenir seekers who took pieces of space history. when you look at the condition of the room today, what goes through your mind. >> it's a combination of frustration, anger, resentment. this is not appropriate. this is where our generation made history. this is where apollo fulfilled the challenge issued by president kennedy. >> reporter: space ct

houston hopes to raise $5 million to restore the room to its 1960s glory. >> this is a room that will now represent the best america had to offer. >> reporter: failure is not an option. >> is not an option. >> reporter: kranz is part of one more mission-- finishing the restoration by 2019, the 50th anniversary of apollo 11's moon landing. mark strassmann, cbs news, houston. >> mason: you can always tell how a mission was going by the faces of the men and women in mission control. it is a sacred room. that's the cbs evening room. i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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