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plea by george papadopolous to charges he lied to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russian operatives. >> reporter: president trump showcased his foreign policy team for "washington post" editors on march 21, 2016. among them, a political unknown in his late 20s. >> george papadopolous. he's an oil and energy consultant, excellent guy. >> reporter: court papers say papadopolous now admits he went to work right away, setting up meetings with russian operatives who told him in april 2016 they had dirt on then-candidate hillary clinton, including thousands of e-mails. two months passed before the democratic national committee publicly blamed russians for hacking their computers and stealing data, including e-mails. according to the court papers, papadopolous had been e-mailing and meeting russian contacts regularly. ron hosko was a former assistant director of the f.b.i. what does it suggest that the

russians were trying to do by reaching through him to the trump campaign? >> they were dangling some bait to someone who appeared to be very willing to grab that bait and pull the two orbitz closer. >> reporter: he met his main contact, nicknamed "the professor" in london. he also met with female russian national he initially believed was a relative of russian president vladimir putin. investigators allege that papadopolous cultivated the relationships thinking that it could increase his importance to the campaign. on may 13th, the russian proposed a high-level meeting of mr. trump with the russian federation. court paper, say the trump campaign rebuffed requests, but on july 14th, papadopolous told the russians a meeting has been approved from our side. that meeting never happened, but others did, including on june 9th in trump tower when donald trump, jr., trump's son-in-law jared kushner, and paul manafort met a russian lawyer and others, believing

clinton. papadopolous had been ducking reporters but surfaced on social media three weeks ago asking about a publisher. last week he wanted recommendations for a speaker's bureau. he won't be sentenced until the mueller investigation is over, but it seems he's already contemplating a future of books and speeches. anthony? >> mason: jeff pegues. thank you, jeff. the special council has been following the money trail, and it led to the criminal indictment today. julianna goldman has that. >> reporter: paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman and his former business partner rick gates pleaded not guilty to 12 counts, including conspiring against the united states. the 31-page indictment charges that over at least ten years the two men set up a scheme to hide tens of millions of dollars in income they received from a pro-russian ukrainian political party. prosecutors allege the scheme involved hiding that foreign work, funnelinor

million through unreported foreign bank accounts, lawntdering tens of millions of dollars, and lying to the i.r.s. and the justice department. the indictment says manafort used his hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle, spending at least $6.4 million on homes in new york and virginia, more than $5 million on home movement. s in the hamptons, and more than $1 million at men's clothing stores in new york and beverly hills. >> he's the campaign chairman. there's no one higher than him except for one person. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor peter zeidenberg says the indictment could be used to try and flip manafort and gates in the russia investigation. >> extremely strong, very serious charges that put a tremendous amount of pressure on manafort and gates to plead and cooperate. >> reporter: kevin downing is manafort's attorney. >> there is no evidence that mr. manafort or th

russian government. >> reporter: manafort was fired in august 2016 after it became public that he lobbied on behalf of pro-russian interests, but manafort was allegedly laundering money while he was working on the campaign, and the charges include actions taken this year according to the indictment in november 2016 and february 2017, the two men gave false statements to the justice department. >> this investigation has got a head of steam, and there will be a lot more shoes to drop. >> reporter: gates, who was also manafort's campaign deputy, was released on $5 million bail and faces up to 12.5 years if convicted. his lawyer said he welcomes his day in court. manafort was released on $10 million bail and faces up to 15 years in prison. anthony? >> mason: julianna goldman. thanks, julianna. now the reaction at the white house. major gaet

>> today's announcement has nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the president's campaign, or campaign activity. >> reporter: the white house strategy to downplay connections to the three men ran into immediate factual problems. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders insisted george papadopolous had little impact on candidate trump's campaign. >> he was a volunteer on, again, a council that met once. >> reporter: so his activities were entirely of his invention. no one asked him to do any of these things. is that what you're telling the american public? >> he asked to do things. he was pushed back or not responded to in any way, so any actions he took would have been on his own. >> reporter: but the papadopolous plea agreement states he was not rebuffed by the campaign, quite the opposite. a trump campaign supervisor told papadopolous, "i would encourage you to pursue contact with russians," and that he had done "great work." papadopolous also attended this foreign policy meeti

candidate trump in march of 2016. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where's paul? >> reporter: the white house began trying to distance itself from paul manafort in march. >> there has been discussion of paul manafort, who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. >> reporter: but while manafort only served as campaign chairman for months, russia's connection to the campaign was an issue during his tenure. this is what he told cbs thinks morning in july 2016. >> we have no relationship. >> reporter: after resigning as chairman, manafort remained close to the trump campaign through election day and was a significant adviser during the transition. on twitter the president tried to deflect criticism on to democrats writing, "why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus?" mr. trump has raised questions about the democrats' funding of a dossier filled with salacious allegations about him. the democrat irk national committee admitting to paying for the research. thes the yea later ended up in

the white house says it expect mueller's investigation to end "soon," but only half of the interviews with top white house and justice officials have occurred. there are no requests pending to interview the president or vice president. >> mason: major garrett at the white house. thanks, major. now to our chief legal correspondent. attorney general jan crawford. jan, where does the mueller investigation go from here? >> well, anthony, the charges today really signal an aggressive investigation. this is a double-barreled punch that veteran prosecutors say is just the beginning. taken together, the lawyers say the indictment of manafort and gates and the plea deal with papadopolous have a common purpose beyond the underlying crimes, and that's to shake some trees and get witnesses to cooperate with the broader investigation. now, papadopolous met with government lawyers, and he started cooperating after his arrest in july. manafort and gates so far have not, but now the threat of prosecution and even jail time or additional charges

them, that could cause them to flip if they have information that mueller would be interested in. and that's a common approach in these wide-ranging investigations. you know, they're not just one big case that's filed at the very end, but a series of little interim cases throughout. we talked to one veteran prosecutor who said we should definitely expect more charges against others as this investigation moves forward and what today makes clear is that when robert mueller has cases that are ready to go, he's going to charge them. anthony. >> mason: jan crawford. thank you, jan. chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes has reaction on capitol hill where the house and senate intelligence committees and the senate judiciary committee are conducting parallel investigations. >> this is what robert mueller was tasked to do. >> reporter: republicans gave the special council a wide berth today. >> no reason not to trust him. >> reporter: as democrats argued the indictment and guilty plea are proof of a pattern. >> people a

trump campaign lying about their connections with the russians. >> reporter: adam schiff is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. he told cbs news today that manafort's shady financial dealings did not end when he went to work for candidate trump. >> during the campaign, while he's campaign manager, he's trying to obtain more money for his work for these pro-russian interests in ukraine, money like that which he has now been indicted for laundering. >> reporter: republican richard burr is running the senate's russia investigation. he says papadopolous was a person of interest in his probe, as well. >> these are some serious charges. >> reporter: democrats argue it's time to pass bill protecting special council mueller from a presidential firing. >> the investigation must be allowed to proceed unimpeded. >> reporter: republicans say the president knows better than too try that. >> the president should let the special council do his job. >> reporter: but they would still ratheral

anything else. >> that really isn't our job. >> reporter: texas republican john cornyn. do you think this impedes the president's ability to do his job? >> i don't see how the indictment changes the president's ability to do his job. there is a process for this to go forward, and i trust that it will happen. >> reporter: the white house said today the president has no intention of firing mueller and republicans here on capitol hill say that's a good thing. in fact, the president's recent golf partner, lindsey graham, said a shorted time ago there will be "holy hell to pay" if mueller is released without reason. >> mason: nancy cordes on capitol hill. thanks. facebook told congressional investigators today russian operatives published about 80,000 posts over a two-year period to try to influence u.s. politics. and 126 million americans may have seen them. twitter said it found more than 2,700 accounts linked tou

operatives. we turn now to john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent and an consider of "face the nation." john, the president tweeted in capital letters today that there was no collusion, but the developments suggest that may not be the case. >> reporter: the president tweeted "no collusion," but then he was scooped when it was announced shortly thereafter that campaign adviser papadopolous had, in fact, had contact with the russian government source. it's a remind they're the special council operates at a different pace than the world of twitter. the papadopolous source was offering negative material on hillary clinton, which matches that different meeting that took place with a person claiming to represent the russian government who met with the president's son, son-in-law, and campaign chairman manafort. it's important to remember there was a time when the president's team said there had been no contact with the russians at all by the campaign. >> mason: john, the white house is trying to distance the president from manafort, but he was the campaign chair. >> glor: he was the campaign chairman. that's right.

and the president promised that as president he would hire the best, building on his private-sector experience. but manafort was a hire that didn't turn out very well, and the list of others in that category is long. the president has fired or accepted the resignation of his national security adviser, chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, press secretary, two communications directors, and his senior adviser before who was brought in to replace manafort. >> mason: john dickerson. thank you, john. and just ahead on the "cbs evening news," a green beret was killed and two navy seals are under suspicion. later actor kevin spacey is accused of trying to seduce a minor. approaching medicare eligibility? don't put off checking out your options until sixty-five. now is a good time to get the ball rolling. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company.

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fight broke out, and when it was over, melgar could not be revived. according to the u.s. africa command, melgar, a veteran of two tours in afghanistan, was in mali at the request of the local government, helping them in the fight against al qaeda. he was a member of the same special forces group as the four americans who were killed earlier this month while on patrol in the neighboring country of niger. both countries are plagued by bands of islamic fighters, some pledging allegiance to al qaeda, others to isis, who move back and forth and cross the border conducting attacks against government outposts. the pentagon did not announce melgar's death when it happened, although it was well-known in his hometown of lubbock, texas, where he and his family were honored at his high school's home coming football game. it's not clear what seal team six was doing in mali, although it specializes in capturing and kill missions against terrorist

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>> mason: netflix said today it is ending "house of cards" after next season. star kevin spacey is the latest hollywood figure to be accused of sexual misconduct. his apology seems to have backfired. here's jericka duncan. >> reporter: act orr anthony rapp told buzz feed he met kevin spacey in 1986 when rapp was just 14 and spacey was 26. they were both performing on broadway. rapp says spacey invited the teen to his apartment for a party. after everyone left, rapp claimed spacey "picked me up like a broom picks up a bride, and then he lays down on top of me. i was aware he was trying to get with me sexually." today spac

didn't remember the encounter, was probably intoxicated, and if i did behave then as i describe, i owe him the sincerist apology. but in the next par grave he says, "this story has encouraged me to address other things about my life. i choose now to live as a gay man." tyler coates is a senior culture editor for esquire.com. >> the thing that most people are probably outraged by was that he used this as an opportunity to come out as gay. >> reporter: the c.e.o. of glad, gay and lesbian alliance against defamation, says this isn't a coming out story about spacey but a story of survivorship by anthony rapp and those who speak out about unwanted sexual advances. when the harvey weinstein scandal broke, many in hollywood decried the way weinstein allegedly treated people was an open secret. some are now wondering if the same is true for spacey. two weeks ago a former boston news anchor, heather unruh

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five, seven in all. 22 in five games, the most in any world series. some pitchers insist the baseballs have been altered, though the commissioner denies that. the one hit by houston's george springer exploded on impact, possibly after hitting fireworks. after an l.a. homerun, one houston fan snatched the ball from another and, 000 it back on the field. we're told the two fans are related. the astros are now one win from their first title. the game lasted five hours and 17 minutes. major league baseball tweeted out an excuse form in case anyone wanted to skip work or school today. the game ended at 1:39 a.m. on the east coast. a lot of bleary eyed folks here. that's the "cbs evening news." i'm mace nation -- i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. good night.

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♪[ music ] there has been absolutely no collusion. it's been stated that they is no collusion. they ought to get to the end of it, because i think the american public is sick of it. >> that was the president speaking last week. he's sticking by that statement tonight. now there are three men connected with this presidential campaign that false charges. pleaded not guilty this afternoon to charges that include conspiracy to the united states. conspiracy to launder money. being an unregistered agent of a foreign principal, and making false and misleading statements. there thee names front and center