>> well, anthony, the charges today signal an aggressive investigation. this is a double barrelled punch. veteran prosecutors say is just the beginning. take in together lawyers say indictment of paul manafort and gates and the plea deal with that is to shake trees and get witnesses to cooperate with the broader investigation. now, papadopolous met with government lawyers and started cooperating after his arrest in july. paul manafort and gates so far have not. now the threat of prosecution and even jail time or additional charges against 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 is filed at the end. 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 forwar

when robert mueller has cases that are ready to go. he is going to

>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." now the react, at the white house. major garrett is there. >> today's announcement has nothing do with the president, the president's campaign or campaign activity. >> the white house strategy to downplay connections to the three men ran into immediate factual problems. sarah

george papadopoulos had little impact. >> a volunteer on a counsel that met once. >> his activities of his invention no one asked him to do any of the things. is that what you are telling the american pubpublic? he asked to do things was pushed back or not responded to. any actions he took would be on his own. >> the plea agreement says 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 he had done great work. he also attended this foreign policy meeting with candidate trump in march 2016. paul manafort has done an amazing job. he is here some place. where is paul? >> reporter: the white house began distancing itself from paul manafort in march. >> discussion of paul manafort who play a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. >> while paul manafort only

three months. russia's connection to the campaign was an issue during his tenure. this is what he told cbs this morning in july, 2016. >> we, we have no relationship. >> after resigning as chairman. paul manafort remained close to the trump campaign through election day and significant adviser during the transition. on twitter the president fried to deflect criticism on to democrats writing why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus. mr. trump raised questions about, democrat's funding of a dossier. last week a lawyer for the clinton kachl pain and democratic national committee admitted to paying for research. the dossier ended up in fbi hand. the white house says it expects mueller's investigation to end soon. but only half of the interview side with top white house and justice department tow officials have occurred. there are no requests pending to interview the president or vice president. anthony. >> major garrett at the white house. thank you,

correspondent, nancy cordes has reaction on capitol hill where the house and senate intelligence committees and the senate judiciary committee, are conducting pair investigations. this its what, what, bob mueller was tasked to do. >> republicans gave the special counsel a wide berth today. >> no reason not to trust him. >> as democrats argued the indictments and guilty plea are proof of a patd eaa pattern. >> people affiliated with lying connections with the russian. >> he told cbs news today, that, paul manafort's shady financial dealings did not end when he went to work for candidate trump. >> during the campaign, while he is campaign manager he is trying to obtain more money for his work for these pro, pro russian interests in ukraine. money like that, indicted for laundering. >> republican richard burr running the senate russian investigation. he says

person of interest in his probe as well. democrats argue it is time to pass a bill protecting special counsel mueller from a presidential firing. >> the investigation must be allowed to pre seoceed. >> republicans say the president knows. better than to try that. >> the put should let the special counsel do his job. >> they would rather talk about almost anything else. >> that really isn't our job. >> texas republican. >> do you think this impede the president's ability to do his job? >> i don't see how the indictment changes the president's ability. there is a process to go forward. i trust it will happen. >> the white house said today, the president has the no intention of firing mueller. republicans on capitol hill say that its a good thing. in fact the president's recent golf partner, lend say graham said a short time

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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 2700 accounts linked to russian operatives. we turn to john dickerson, chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." john, the president tweeted in capital letters today there was no collusion. developments suggest that may not be the case. >> yes, the president tweeted no collusion. then scooped shortly there after, campaign adviser had in fact had contact with the russian government source. re

than the world of twitter. the papadopolous source was offering negative material on hillary clinton which mentioned the different meeting with the person claiming to representative the russian government who met with the president's son, son-in-law and campaign chairman, manafort. 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. >> john, the white house trying to distance the president from paul manafort. he was the campaign chairman. >> he was, that's exactly right. the president promised that as, president he would hire the best. build and run his private sector experience. paul manafort was a hire that didn't turn out well. list of others in the category is long. the president fired or accepted resignation of his national security adviser, chief of staff, deputy chief of staff. press secretary, two communication directors and senior adviser broughten to replace paul manaft.

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army sergeant beaubergdahl took the stand apologized to military personnel wounded searching for him during the five years held by the taliban. bergdahl faces life behind bars, pleading guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. u.s. special ops forces in libya captured a suspect in the 2012 terror attack on american diplomatic compound in benghazi. the attack left u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three americans dead. the suspect picked up last night is identified as moustafa al

aman. brought to the u.s. for trial in federal court. >> a green beret was killed in mali possibly by other u.s. troops. david martin is following the investigation. >> staff sergeant logan melgar, 34-year-old green beret died last june in mali after an argument with two memers of the elite navy seal team six. autopsy determined cause of death homicide by asphyxiation, strangling. now the two navy seals are under investigation by ncis:naval criminal investigative service. melgar and two seals shared a house in embassy compound in the capital of mali. the cause of the argument between them is not clear, but a fight broke out and when it was over, melgar could not be revived. according to u.s. africa command, melgar, veteran of two tours in afghanistan was in mali at request

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 alle alle allege to al qaeda and some ois. they did not announce his death when it happened. but well known in texas where he and his family were honored at the homecoming football game. it is not clear what seal team 6 was doing in mali. although specializes in capture or kill missions against terrorist leaders. including the raid that killed osama bin laden. anthony. >> david martin at the pentagon. thank you. still ahead, kevin spacey is accused of attempted sexual assault. his apolon

netflix said it issening house of card after next season. kevin spacey the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct. his apology seems to have backfired. here is jericka duncan. >> the actor told buzz feed he met kevin spacey in 1986 when rapp was 14, spacey was 26. both performing on broadway. rapp said spacey invited the teen to his apartment for a party. after everyone left. spacey picked me up like the groom picked up a bride and lays down on top of me. i was aware he was trying to get with me sexually. today spacey responded saying he dent remember the enkonter, was probably intoxicated, and if i did behave then as he

i owe him the sincerest apology. in the next pair grf ragraph, ty has encouraged me to embrace other things about my life. i choose now to live as a gay man. >> the thing that most people are probably outraged by was that he used this as an opportunity to come out as gay. >> the ceo of glaad, said 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 treated people was an open secret. now are wondering if the same is true for spacey. >> two weeks ago a former boston news anchor, tweeted that spacey assaulted another person, her loved one. i spoke to her today. she said right now, she can't comment.

>> conspiracy theorists are going crazy over the world series. >> high fly ball good bye. >> dodgers and astros hit one home run after another in last night's game 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. home run. one houston fan snatched the ball and threw it back on the field. told the two fans are related. als trastros are one win from t first title. 5:17. major league baseball tweeted an excuse form if any one wanted to skip work or school

tuesday. for some the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. welcome to the "overnight news." i'm michelle miller the two former associates of president trump spending halloween under house arrest. they're the first ones charged in the investigation of russian interference in our presidential election. former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort, and his top aide rick gates, both pleaded not guilty to a long list of charges that could land them in prison for decades. paul manafort posted $10 million bail. gates $5 million. and one of president trump's former foreign policy advisers, george papadopoulos, has already pleaded guilty to meeting with russian agents and lying to the fbi about

the investigation. that's where jeff pegues begins our coverage. president trump showcased his foreign policy team for "washington post" editors march 21, 2016 among them a political unknown in his late 20s. >> george papadopoulos, he's an oil and energy consultant. excellent guy. >> court papers say, papadopoulos now admits he want 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 pass before the democratic national committee publicly blamed russians for hacking their computers and stealing data including e-mails. according to the court papers, papadopoulos had been e-mailing and meeting russian contacts regularly. ron hosko, former assistant director of the fbi what does it suggest the russians were

to do by reaching through him to the trump campaign. >> dangling some bait to some one who appeared very willing to grab the bait. and pull the two closer. he melt his main contact, nicknamed the professor in london. and also melt with a female russian national. he believed was relative of russian president vladamir putin. papadopoulos cult valted relationships thinking it could increase his importance to the campaign. may 13, russians propose aid high level meeting of mr. trump with the russian federation. court papers say the trump campaign rebuffed requests, but on july 14th, papadopoulos told the russians, a meeting has been approved from our side. that meeting never happened. but others did. including on june 9, trump tower, when donald trump jr., met a russian lawyer and others believing they had dirt on hillary clinton.

papadopoulos had been ducking reporters, but surfaced on social media three weeks ago. asking about a publisher. last week he wanted recommendations for a speakers bureau. won't be sentenced until it is over. he is already contemplating future of books and speeches. paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman and former business partner, rick gates plead not guilty including 12 counts conspiring against the united states. the indictment charges over ten years the two men set up a scheme to. prosecutors allege the scheme involved hiding that foreign work, funneling more than $75 million through unreported foreign bank accounts. the indictment says paul manafort used

wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. spending $6.4 million on homes in new york and virginia. t indictment could be used. >> strong, very serious charges that, that put a tremendous amount of pressure on paul manafort and gates to, to plead and cooperate. >> kevin downing is paul manafort's attorney. there is no evidence that paul manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> paul manafort was fired in 2016 after it became public he lobbied on behalf of pro russian

allegedly laundering money working on the campaign and 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 a head of steam and there will be a lot mr. shoes to drop. >> this investigation has got a head of steam. there will be a lot more shoes to drop. >> gates who was also manafort's campaign deputy was released on $5 million bail and faces 12 and a half years if convicted. his spokesperson welcomes his day in court. manafort was released on $10 million bail and faces up to 15 years in prison. >> today's announcement has the nothing to do with the president. 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.

factual problems. sarah huckabee sanders insisted george papadopoulos had little impact. >> a volunteer on a counsel that met once. >> his activities of his invention no one asked him to do any of the things. is that what you are telling the american public? that's all i can tell you. he asked to do things was pushed back or not responded to. any actions he took would be on his own. >> the plea agreement says 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 he had done great work. he also attended this foreign policy meeting with candidate trump in march 2016. paul manafort has done an amazing job. he is here some place. where is paul? >> reporter: the white house began distancing itself from paul manafort in march. >> discussion of paul manafort who play a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. >> while paul manafort only

served as campaign chairman for three months. russia's connection to the campaign was an issue during his tenure. this is what he told cbs this morning in july, 2016. >> we, we have no relationship. >> after resigning as chairman. paul manafort remained close to the trump campaign through election day and significant adviser during the transition. on twitter the president fried to deflect criticism on to democrats writing why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus. mr. trump raised questions about, democrat's funding of a dossier. last week a lawyer for the clinton kachl pain and democratic national committee admitted to paying for research. the dossier ended up in fbi hand. the white house says it expects mueller's investigation to end soon. but only half of the interview side with top white house and justice department tow officials have occurred. there are no requests pending to interview the president or vice president. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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while the trump administration is encouraging production of oil and coal, china is headed in the opposite direction. the country embarked on a massive project to bring solar power to its people. by 2030, china's leaders say the sun will provide 10% of the country's energy needs. ben tracy is there. >> on a farm in northern china, they're planting a new crop. nearly 200,000 solar panels in the heart of coal country. in the south china just flipped the switch on the world's largest floating solar installation. built on top of a lake, created by an abandoned coal

project like these help china double its solar capacity last year. it is now twice taz big as the the u.s. capacity. nearly half of all new solar installations in the world are happening here in china. and they're doing it quickly. green peace says they're installing soccer field full of solar panels every hour of every day. >> we have 28 solar plants in operation in china. and, three more are under construction. >> maggie cho, is president of panda green energy, installed enough solar panels to power 140 million homes. >> why build sowing many solar field? >> we intend to bring better future to next generations using clean energy reducing air pollution. the company's mission. >> it is also the government's mission. spending hundred of billions of dollars to subsidize renewable

itself off coal. still its dominant power source. the reason for its notoriously toxic air. but china now produces 2/3 of the world's solar panels has become a major competitor for the u.s. sell lar industry which employs quarter million american workers. ben tracy. cbs news, china. >> of the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >> i'm alex trebek.

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it is halloween. time for ghosts, goblins. if you sort of believe in that kind of stuff. well a lot of people actually do. savannah, georgia. so we sent martha tichner there to see what they've got planned. >> savannah. stately. sense wum. sensual, sultry. and -- >> slightly spooky, as the city gets in the mood for halloween. savannah, georgia, claims to be the most haunted city in the united states. among savannah's ghosts real or imagined. little gracie. who died at the

1889. legend has it in the cold of winter when the moon is full, her cheeks are warm. but the real story here isn't gracie's ghost, it's her historic surroundings in bonaventure cemetery. >> the beauty of the place overcame me immediately. >> made famous by john barrant's 1994 love letter to savannah's "midnight in the garden of good and evil" made into a movie. >> dead time. >> half-hour before midnight. working good. half-hour after, for evil. >> well i thought that, was so ee va evocative, the word garden, evil, good, evil. midnight. four wonderful word. >> hi. >> okay. well we are going on ape tour

my name is angela. we do have to make one little stop. i want to introduce mr. john barrant. >> we invited to join ape surprised rather star struck bus tour. based on his book. >> 38 printings. >> we will be driving out to bonaventure cemetery three miles out of the historic district. >> reporter: once plantation. it became a cemetery because of its beauty. savannahans used it as a park for sunday strolls and picnics. the monuments here tell stories. of confederate soldiers. of disappointed lovers. of nazi persecution. of tragedy. of wealth.

if a cemetery could have a sound track -- ♪ moon river >> bonaventure would be the music of the famous occupant, songwriter, johnny mercer. single line in quotes. and the angels sing. of course his song. ♪ the angels sing the sweetest song i ever heard ♪ >> reporter: past other graves in this spectral city, bonaventure superstar used to be. when "midnight in the garden of good and evil" came out, bird girl, statuary bird bath on the cover is known was so overrun with visitors. she was being loved to death. >> this area right here is unrecognize bum. if all you had to go on was the cover of midnight. bird girl is gone. aawe now in a local museum for her own

>> how do you feel about that? >> i love it. now part of the art history of sa esperan savannah. really nobody knew about it until midnight. >> before "the book" 5 million tourists visited savannah annually. now, nearly 14 million. bonaventure cemetery gets 250,000 visitors. not all of them for tours. >> this year, 80 couples will have tied the knot amupg the tombstones. but if you want to be buried at bonaventure, bad news, it's sold out. and speaking of bad news, the place closes at 5:00 p.m. so, no one will be here in the dark of halloween night. to see whether the dead walk. [ wind chimes ]

not everything about halloween is so serious. luke burbank has the story of the internet mortician who fries to look on the bright side of death. >> it's halloween, deathlings this year my costume is sexy mortician t just kidding. that's my costume all year around. ha-ha-ha. >> caitlyn dody, a different kind of you'vetube star. >> hi, i'm caitlyn. and this 'tis a skull. welcome to ask a mortician. >> she really its a licensed mortician, produced over 100 episode of ask a mortician over the last six years. dead bodies are actually a heck of a lot safer than living bodies. >> everything you wanted to know about death, and then some. do hair and fingernails keep growing after you die? no. >> she offers a little history. >> this bad boy is called a

coffin. in the late 1800s. coffins went out of fashion cas >> my grandma died. >> my phone died. >> so we know how you feel. >> how did you get the idea for the youtube channel? >> i got the idea. i was getting so many question as the bout what went on behind the scenes. and soap i thought that, if i've could not only talk about what is happening do it in an engaging fun way. more people would, be open to these new idea of what we can do with a body. >> her best selling memoir, smoke gets in your eyes, and yes, she was also a crematory operator, argues that americans need to think more about end of life richrituals. instead of keeping death at a distance. >> being back there alone, cremating the body. the family wasn't there. that really showed me that our rituals are, are off.

be. >> hi. come on down. >> so excited. >> her message seems to have call the on. she has become an unlikely celebrity. >> being the most famous mortician is like beak the most famous accountant. but i set out to be a public advocate. because i really believe in changing the funeral industry. i love the fact that we have started a movement. >> that movement was on full display last month. when ape few hundred deathlings, she calls them descended on seattle for the 7th annual death salon. >> i wanted to come here, belter my skills at talking about death. and to just beep with other geeky death nerds. >> there were grief counselors. >> everything happens for a reason, a stack of dismissive crap. >> green burial add voe cats. >> after a green burial we come back to plant native plants on the site. >> all gathered together to

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new animated film on the life of vincent van gogh brings his work to life. jonathan vigliatti has the story from london. >> reporter: one of cinema's most ambitious new films. was produced in a studio in poland. they brought to life the work of vincent van gogh. the firsthand painted film ever made. >> invented the slowest form of filmmaking ever devied in 120 years. >> the film's director. >> house and cart moving. >> using letters

they tell the story of van go's creative genius and sudden death. vincen't van gogh born in the netherlands in 153. over the course of his ka roar he painted over #00 canvass. famous themes, including sun flowers and wheat fields. at 37 years old. after being released from a mental institution he took his own life without any explanation. >> how does a man go from being absolutely calm to suicidal in six weeks. >> that pivotal question is ex-plrd through 60stional characters and locations depected in 150 of van gogh's famous paintings. >> an interesting man. >> a genius. like a traditional film. loving vince enlt began with a set and actors.

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unlike any before. >> that's the "overnight news" for this to us days. from the cbs broadcast center here in new york city. michelle miller. mueller comes out swinging. two criminal indictments and a guilty plea. a trump campaign adviser ready to cooperate in the russia investigation. but the white house says today's announcement has nothing to do with the president. >> also tonight, the death of a green beret is called a homicide. and two members of the elite seal team six are under investigation. >> netflix announces the end of "house of card" as actor kevin spacey its accused unwanted sexual advances. >> and high fly ball. good-bye! >> the world series turns into a record setting home run derby. >> another home run!

♪ ♪ >> announcer: this the cbs "overnight news." the criminal investigation of russian interference in the u.s. election moved into a new phase monday. the special counsel announced a plea deal with a former trump campaign adviser who has agreed to cooperate. and a former campaign chairman and his deputy, were indicted on charges that include money laundering. they are under house arrest. the white house tried to distance the president from all of this, we have extensive coverage. jeff pegues has the plea deal. julianna goldman, serious charges against paul manafort and rick gates. major garrett reaction from the president. jan crawford on where robert mummer's investigation is headed, nancy cordes updates the congressional investigations. and we'll get analysis on all this from john dickerson.

george papadopoulos charges he lied to the fbi about his contact with russian operative thousands. >> president trump showcased his foreign policy team from "washington post" editors, march 21,2016, among them political unknown in his late 20s. >> george papadopoulos, oil and energy consultant. >> court papers say papadopoulos 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 thousand of e-mails. two months pass before the democratic national committee publicly blamed russians for hacking their computers and stealing data including e-mails. according to the court papers, he had been e-mailing and meeting russian contacts regularly. ron hosko, former assistant director of the fbi. >> what does it suggest that the russians were tryingdo

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 orbits closer. >> he met his main contact, nicknamed the professor in london. he also melt with a female russian national, he initially believed was a relative of russian president vladamir putin. investigators alleged papadopoulos cultivated relationships. and could increase his importance to the campaign. on may 13, russians proposed a high level meeting of mr. trump with the russian federation. court papers say the trump campaign rebuffed requests on july 14, he told the russians a meeting had been approved from our side. that meeting never happened. but others did. including on june 9, in trump tower when donald trump jr., jared kushner and paul manafort met a russian lawyer and others. believing they had dirt on

hillary clinton. he 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. seems he is already contemplating a future of books and speeches. anthony. >> jeff pegues. thank you. special counsel following the money trail. and it led to the criminal indictments today. juliann goldman has that. >> paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman and former business partner rick gates pleaded not guilty to 12 counts including conspiring against the united states. the 31-page indict charges that over at least ten years the two men set up a scheme to hide tens of millions of dollars in income from a pro russian ukrainian political party. prosecutors allege the scheme involved hiding foreign work,

accounts. laundering tens of millions of dollars and lying to the irs and to the justice department. the indictment says paul manafort used his hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. spending $6.4 million on homes in new york and virginia. more than $5 million on home improvements in the hamptons. more $1 million at men's clothing stores, new york and beverly hills. >> he is the campaign chairman. there is no one hyperthan him except for one person. >> former federal prosecutor, peter seidenberg says the indictment could be used to flip paul manafort and gates. >> very strong serious charges that put a tremendous amount of pressure on manafort and gits to plead and cooperate.

>> kevin downing, paul manafort's attorney. >> there is no evidence that mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> manafort was fired in august 2016 after it became public he lobbied on behalf of pro russian interests. he was allegedly laundering money wheel 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. there will be a lot more shoes to drop. >> gates who was also manafort's campaign deputy was released on $5 million bail and faces 12 and a half years if convicted. his spokesperson welcomes his day in court. manafort was released on $10 million bail and faces up to 15 years in prison. anthony. >> thank you, julianna. our chief legal correspondent, attorney, jan crawford. where does the mueller

investigation go from here? >> well, anthony, the charges today signal an aggressive investigation. this is a double barrelled punch. veteran prosecutors say is just the beginning. take in together lawyers say indictment of paul manafort and gates and the plea del with that is to shake trees and get witnesses to cooperate with the broader investigation. now, papadopolous met with government lawyers and started cooperating after his arrest in july. paul manafort and gates so far have not. now the threat of prosecution and even jail time or additional charges against 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 is filed at the end.

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>> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." now the react, at the white house. major garrett is there. >> today's announcement has nothing do with the president, the president's campaign or campaign activity. >> the white house strategy to downplay connections to the three men ran into immediate factual problems. sarah huckabee sanders insiste

george papadopoulos had little impact on the trump campaign. >> a volunteer on a counsel that met once. >> his activities of his invention no one asked him to do any of the things. is that what you are telling the american public? he asked to do things was pushed back or not responded to. any actions he took would be on his own. >> the plea agreement says 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 he had done great work. he also attended this foreign policy meeting with candidate trump in march 2016. paul manafort has done an amazing job. he is here some place. where is paul? >> reporter: the white house began distancing itself from

>> discussion of paul manafort who play a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. >> while paul manafort only served as campaign chairman for three months. russia's connection to the campaign was an issue during his tenure. this is what he told cbs this morning in july, 2016. >> we, we have no relationship. >> after resigning as chairman. paul manafort remained close to the trump campaign through election day and significant adviser during the transition. on twitter the president fried to deflect criticism on to democrats writing why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus. mr. trump raised questions about, democrat's funding of a dossier. last week a lawyer for the clinton kachl pain and democratic national committee admitted to paying for research. the dossier ended up in fbi hand. the white house says it expects mueller's investigation to end soon. but only half of the interview side with top white house and justice department tow officials have occurred. there are no requests pending to interview the es

house. thank you, major. chief congressional correspondent, nancy cordes has reaction on capitol hill where the house and senate intelligence committees and the senate judiciary committee, are conducting pair investigations. this its what, what, bob mueller was tasked to do. >> republicans gave the special counsel a wide berth today. >> no reason not to trust him. >> as democrats argued the indictments and guilty plea are proof of a a pattern. >> people affiliated with lying connections with the russian. >> he told cbs news today, that, paul manafort's shady financial dealings did not end when he went to work for candidate trump. >> during the campaign, while he is campaign manager he is trying to obtain more money for his work for these pro, pro russian interests in ukraine. money like that, indicted for laundering. >> republican richard burr running the senate russian investigation. he says papadopoulos was a person of interest in his probe as well.

democrats argue it is time to pass a bill protecting special counsel mueller from a presidential firing. >> the investigation must be allowed to proceed. >> republicans say the president knows. better than to try that. >> the put should let the special counsel do his job. >> they would rather talk about almost anything else. >> that really isn't our job. >> texas republican. >> do you think this impede the president's ability to do his job? >> i don't see how the indictment changes the president's ability. there is a process to go forward. i trust it will happen. >> the white house said today, the president has the no intention of firing mueller. republicans on capitol hill say that its a good thing. in fact the president's recent golf partner, lend say graham said a short time ago, there will be "holy hell to pay" if mueller is released without any

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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 2700 accounts linked to russian operatives. we turn to john dickerson, chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." john, the president tweeted in capital letters today there was no collusion. developments suggest that may not be the case. >> yes, the president tweeted no collusion. then scooped shortly there after, campaign adviser had in fact had contact with the russian government source. reminder special counsel operates at

the papadopolous source was offering negative material on hillary clinton which mentioned the different meeting with the person claiming to representative the russian government who met with the president's son, son-in-law and campaign chairman, manafort. 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. >> john, the white house trying to distance the president from paul manafort. he was the campaign chairman. >> he was, that's exactly right. the president promised that as, president he would hire the best. build and run his private sector experience. paul manafort was a hire that didn't turn out well. list of others in the category is long. the president fired or accepted resignation of his national security adviser, chief of staff, deputy chief of staff. press secretary, two communication directors and senior adviser broughto

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army sergeant beau bergdahl took the stand apologized to military personnel wounded searching for him during the five years held by the taliban. bergdahl faces life behind bars, pleading guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. u.s. special ops forces in libya captured a suspect in the 2012 terror attack on american diplomatic compound in benghazi. the attack left u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three americans dead. the suspect picked up last night is identified as moustafa al aman. brought to the u.s. for trial in federal court.

>> an american soldier sent to north africa to hunt terrorists was killed in mali possibly by other u.s. troops. david martin is following the investigation. >> staff sergeant logan melgar, 34-year-old green beret died last june in mali after an argument with two memers of the elite navy seal team six. autopsy determined cause of death homicide by asphyxiation, strangling. now the two navy seals are under investigation by ncis:naval criminal investigative service. melgar and two seals shared a house in embassy compound in the capital of mali. the cause of the argument between them is not clear, but a fight broke out and when it was over, melgar could not be revived. according to u.s. afri

tours in afghanistan was in mali at request of 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 allege to al qaeda and some ois. they did not announce his death when it happened. but well known in texas where he and his family were honored at the homecoming football game. it is not clear what seal team 6 was doing in mali. although specializes in capture or kill missions against terrorist leaders. including the raid that killed osama bin laden. anthony. >> david martin at the pentagon. thank you. still ahead, kevin spacey is accused of attempted sexual assault. his apology only made things worse.

netflix said it issening house of card after next season. kevin spacey the latest to be accused of sexual misconduct. his apology seems to have backfired. here is jericka duncan. >> the actor told buzz feed he met kevin spacey in 1986 when rapp was 14, spacey was 26. both performing on broadway. rapp said spacey invited the teen to his apartment for a party. after everyone left.

groom picked up a bride and lays down on top of me. i was aware he was trying to get with me sexually. today spacey responded saying he dent remember the enkonter, was probably intoxicated, and if i did behave then as he describes, i owe him the sincerest apology. in the next paragraph, the story has encouraged me to embrace other things about my life. i choose now to live as a gay man. >> the thing that most people are probably outraged by was that he used this as an opportunity to come out as gay. >> the ceo of glaad, said 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 treated people was an open secret. now are wondering if the same is

true for spacey. >> two weeks ago a former boston news anchor, tweeted that spacey assaulted another person, her loved one. i spoke to her today. she said right now, she can't comment. anthony. >> jericka duncan, thanks. >> conspiracy theorists are going crazy over the world series. >> high fly ball good bye. >> dodgers and astros hit one home run after another in last night's game 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. home run. one houston fan snatched the ball and threw it back on the field. told the two fans are related. als astros are one win from the first title. 5:17. major league baseball tweeted an excuse form if any one wanted to skip work or school today. that's "overnight news" for tuesday.

for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. welcome to the "overnight news." i'm michelle miller the two former associates of president trump spending halloween under house arrest. they're the first ones charged in the investigation of russian interference in our presidential election. former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort, and his top aide rick gates, both pleaded not guilty to a long list of charges that could land them in prison for decades. paul manafort posted $10 million bail. gates $5 million. and one of president trump's former foreign policy advisers, george papadopoulos, has already pleaded guilty to meeting with russian agents and lying to the fbi about it.

he said to be cooperating with the investigation. that's where jeff pegues begins our coverage. president trump showcased his foreign policy team for "washington post" editors march 21, 2016 among them a political unknown in his late 20s. >> george papadopoulos, he's an oil and energy consultant. excellent guy. >> court papers say, papadopoulos now admits he want 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 pass before the democratic national committee publicly blamed russians for hacking their computers and stealing data including e-mails. according to the court papers, papadopoulos had been e-mailing and meeting russian contacts regularly. ron hosko, former assistant director of the fbi what does it suggest the russians were trying to do by reaching through him to the trump campaign. >>an

one who appeared very willing to grab the bait. and pull the two closer. he melt his main contact, nicknamed the professor in london. and also melt with a female russian national. he believed was relative of russian president vladamir putin. investigators alleged papadopoulos cultivated relationships thinking it could increase his importance to the campaign. may 13, russians propose aid high level meeting of mr. trump with the russian federation. court papers say the trump campaign rebuffed requests, but on july 14th, papadopoulos told the russians, a meeting has been approved from our side. that meeting never happened. but others did. including on june 9, trump tower, when donald trump jr., met a russian lawyer and others believing they had dirt on hillary clinton. papadopoulos had been ducking

reporters, but surfaced on social media three weeks ago. asking about a publisher. last week he wanted recommendations for a speakers bureau. won't be sentenced until it is over. he is already contemplating future of books and speeches. paul manafort, president trump's former campaign chairman and former business partner, rick gates plead not guilty including 12 counts conspiring against the united states. the indictment charges over ten years the two men set up a scheme to. prosecutors allege the scheme involved hiding that foreign work, funneling more than $75 million through unreported foreign bank accounts. the indictment says paul manafort used hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. spending $6.4 million on homes in new york and virginia. indictment could be used. >> strong, very serious charges that, that put a tremendous amount of pressure on paul manafort and gates to, to plead

and cooperate. >> kevin downing is paul manafort's attorney. there is no evidence that paul manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> paul manafort was fired in 2016 after it became public he lobbied on behalf of pro russian interests,000. allegedly laundering money working on the campaign and 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 a head of steam and there will be a lot mr. shoes to drop. >> this investigation has got a head of steam. there will be a lot more shoes to drop. >> gates who was also manafort's campaign deputy was released on

$5 million bail and faces 12 and a half years if convicted. his spokesperson welcomes his day in court. manafort was released on $10 million bail and faces up to 15 years in prison. >> today's announcement has the nothing to do with the president. 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. factual problems. sarah huckabee sanders insisted

george papadopoulos had little impact. >> a volunteer on a counsel that met once. >> his activities of his invention no one asked him to do any of the things. is that what you are telling the american public? that's all i can tell you. he asked to do things was pushed back or not responded to. any actions he took would be on his own. >> the plea agreement says he was not rebuffed by the campaign.

a trump campaign supervisor told papadopolous, i would encourage you to pursue contact with russians and he had done great work. he also attended this foreign policy meeting with candidate trump in march 2016. paul manafort has done an amazing job. he is here some place. where is paul? >> reporter: the white house began distancing itself from paul manafort in march. >> discussion of paul manafort who play a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. >> while paul manafort only served as campaign chairman for three months. russia's connection to the campaign was an issue during his tenure. this is what he told cbs this morning in july, 2016. >> we, we have no relationship. >> after resigning as chairman. paul manafort remained close to the trump campaign through election day and significant adviser during the transition. on twitter the president fried to deflect criticism on to democrats writing why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus. mr. trump raised questions about, democrat's funding of a dossier. last week a lawyer for the clinton kachl pain and democratic national committee admitted to paying for research. the dossier ended up in fbi hand. the white house says it expects mueller's investigation to end soon. but only half of the interview side with top white house and justice department tow officials have occurred. there are no requests pending to interview the president or vice president.

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built on top of a lake, created by an abandoned coal line. project like these help china double its solar capacity last year. it is now twice taz big as the the u.s. capacity. nearly half of all new solar installations in the world are happening here in china. and they're doing it quickly. green peace says they're installing soccer field full of solar panels every hour of every day. >> we have 28 solar plants in operation in china. and, three more are under construction. >> maggie cho, is president of panda green energy, installed enough solar panels to power 140 million homes. >> why build sowing many solar field? >> we intend to bring better future to next generations using clean energy reducing air pollution. the company's mission. >> it is also the government's mission. spending hundred of billions of dollars to subsidize renewable energy as china tries to wean

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it is halloween. time for ghosts, goblins. if you sort of believe in that kind of stuff. well a lot of people actually do. savannah, georgia. so we sent martha tichner there to see what they've got planned. >> savannah. stately. sense wum. sensual, sultry. and -- >> slightly spooky, as the city gets in the mood for halloween. savannah, georgia, claims to be the most haunted city in the united states. among savannah's ghosts real or imagined. little gracie. who died at the age of 6 in 1889. legend has it in the cold of winter when the moon is full, her cheeks are warm.

but the real story here isn't gracie's ghost, it's her historic surroundings in bonaventure cemetery. >> the beauty of the place overcame me immediately. >> made famous by john barrant's "midnight in the garden of good and evil" made into a movie. >> dead time. >> half-hour before midnight. working good. half-hour after, for evil. >> well i thought that, was so evocative, the word garden, evil, good, evil. midnight. four wonderful word. >> hi. >> okay. well we are going on ape tour this morning. my name is angela. we do have to make one little stop. i want to introduce mr. john

barrant. >> we invited to join ape surprised rather star struck bus tour. based on his book. >> 38 printings. >> we will be driving out to bonaventure cemetery three miles out of the historic district. >> reporter: once plantation. it became a cemetery because of its beauty. savannahans used it as a park for sunday strolls and picnics. the monuments here tell stories. of confederate soldiers. of disappointed lovers. of nazi persecution. of tragedy. of wealth. if a cemetery could have a sound track -- ♪ moon river >> bonaventure would be the music of the famous occupant, songwriter, johnny mercer. single line in quotes. and the angels sing. of course his song.

♪ the angels sing the sweetest song i ever heard ♪ >> reporter: past other graves in this spectral city, bonaventure superstar used to be. when "midnight in the garden of good and evil" came out, bird girl, statuary bird bath on the cover is known was so overrun with visitors. she was being loved to death. >> this area right here is unrecognize bum. if all you had to go on was the cover of midnight. bird girl is gone. aawe now in a local museum for her own protection. >> how do you feel about that?

>> i love it. now part of the art history of savannah. really nobody knew about it until midnight. >> before "the book" 5 million tourists visited savannah annually. now, nearly 14 million. bonaventure cemetery gets 250,000 visitors. not all of them for tours. >> this year, 80 couples will have tied the knot amupg the tombstones. but if you want to be buried at bonaventure, bad news, it's sold out. and speaking of bad news, the place closes at 5:00 p.m. so, no one will be here in the dark of halloween night. to see whether the dead walk. [ wind chimes ] >> spooky stuff. t

is so serious. luke burbank has the story of the internet mortician who fries to look on the bright side of death. >> it's halloween, deathlings this year my costume is sexy mortician t just kidding. that's my costume all year around. ha-ha-ha. >> caitlyn dody, a different kind of you'vetube star. >> hi, i'm caitlyn. and this 'tis a skull. welcome to ask a mortician. >> she really its a licensed mortician, produced over 100 episode of ask a mortician over the last six years. dead bodies are actually a heck of a lot safer than living bodies. >> everything you wanted to know about death, and then some. do hair and fingernails keep growing after you die? no. >> she offers a little history. >> this bad boy is called a coffin. in the late 1800s. coffins went out of fashion in favor of caskets. >> my grandma died.

>> my phone died. >> so we know how you feel. >> how did you get the idea for the youtube channel? >> i got the idea. i was getting so many question as the bout what went on behind the scenes. and soap i thought that, if i've could not only talk about what is happening do it in an engaging fun way. more people would, be open to these new idea of what we can do with a body. >> her best selling memoir, smoke gets in your eyes, and yes, she was also a crematory operator, argues that americans need to think more about end of life rituals. instead of keeping death at a distance. >> being back there alone, cremating the body. the family wasn't there. that really showed me that our rituals are, are off. they're broken. they're wh

come on down. >> so excited. >> her message seems to have call the on. she has become an unlikely celebrity. >> being the most famous mortician is like beak the most famous accountant. but i set out to be a public advocate. because i really believe in changing the funeral industry. i love the fact that we have started a movement. >> that movement was on full display last month. when ape few hundred deathlings, she calls them descended on seattle for the 7th annual death salon. >> i wanted to come here, belter my skills at talking about death. and to just beep with other geeky death nerds. >> there were grief counselors. >> everything happens for a reason, a stack of dismissive crap. >> after a green burial we come back to plant native plants on the site. >> all gathered together to discuss the laten

>> your masters thesis actually was human composting. off awe megan helped doedy organize the weekend. >> when you come to ape death salon. people have an idea. very depressing or something like that. there are moment when you are hear touching, sad stories, it actually its quite a lot of fun. >> for the record, none of these deathlings are pro death. they're just of the belief that the more we talk about it, openly, and honesty, the lest terrifying it need to be. >> and thank you so much for coming and being a part of this. >> thank you. >> thank you. off awe as part of her battling with what she calls the funeral industrial complex. >> the death care industry is $15 billion a year industry. >> doedy opened her own funeral home. off awe undertaking l.a. is a different kind of funeral home, offering families choices they

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mission complete. so, you tell me, if we hire you, what do you think your biggest challenge will be? honestly sir, figuring out what to wear. [male narrator] america's veterans. hire the best. access their experience with easter seals. i am the founder and director of slam dunk for diabetes. slam dunk for diabetes is the only day basketball camp in the country and we provide the opportunity for children with pre-diabetes and type 1 and type 2 diabetes to get together, play ball and to learn to manage their diabetes. [olivia] when i first got to the camp, it wasn't like oh it's so sad, all the kids have diabetes, it wasn't that at all, it was happiness, it was kids laughing and running and playing and i wanted to be a part of that so much. [monica joyce] coming back year after year, what olivia learned is that she really isn't alone. [olivia] she created a world for diabetic kids to play and be normal

and meet other kids that have diabetes. i can't thank her enough [monica joyce] i met olivia in 2004 and i said to people, stick around, olivia is going to set the world on fire one day. olivia has really been a marvelous example of what camp can do for children ople take action against housing discrimination? my friends were told they might be more comfortable in another neighborhood. my co-worker was pressured by her landlord to pay her rent with sexual favors. my neighbor was told she needs to get rid of her dog, even though he's an assistance animal. they all reported these forms of housing discrimination. when you don't report them, landlords and owners are allowed to keep breaking the law. housing discrimination is illegal. if you think you've been a victim, report it. like we did. narrator: if you suspect that you've been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, national origin,

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it's tuesday, october 31st, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump's former campaign chairman is under house arrest this morning. he is one of three people in the criminal investigation potentially linking the trump campaign to russia. there are new questions casting doubt about the tale of two soldiers lost at sea. and severe weather in the northeast knocking out power to more than a million homes and businesses. crews have been working nonstop to get the lights back on.