jeff pegues has the undercover video that led to the lae video shows edward peng, a naturalized u.s. citizen, wrapping $20,000 in cash and taping it under a tv stand in a hotel in columbus, georgia. about three hours later he's back to pick up an sd card containing classified national security information, a double agent working for the fbi had left the card in the drawer before taking the $20,000. the so-called dead drop was one of six that took place between california and georgia. peng was working as a san francisco tour guide for chinese tourists but david andersen said he was actually working for the republic of china. >> pong was a secret agent involved in dead drops that included payments. >> reporter: authorities say the double agent penetrated the spy spring in the san francisco airy in 2015. he would pick up the memory cards and fly them from the u.s. to china. former cia acting director michael morell says the spy game between u.s. and china is on the rise. >> his arrest is the fourth case we've seen of chinese espionage just in the last several months. i think it's both a

jeff pegues leads off our coverage tonight and, jeff, what have we learned about these o tacks?reporter: norah, this attack appears to be significant, but a relatively low-tech operation, much like the one that successfully stole the emails of oullary clinton's campaign chairman in 2016. like you said, microsoft says une hackers went after 241 email accounts of campaign and government officials, journalists, and others. of those, four personal accounts were compromised. what this microsoft report suggests is that adversarial countries are doing what u.s. intelligence agencies have been warning of since the end of 2016 and that campaign. and while this attack came from iran, u.s. officials are still highly concerned about russia. in fact, just this week, in a joint f.b.i. and department of homeland security bulletin, states were warned that russian cyber attacks "could attempt to suppress the vote or even influence voters in the 2020 campaign." officials say the russians could try to breach registration records and cause confusion on election day. norah. >> o'donnell: jeff, impor

jeff pegues is there. >> all over the world they're talking about chicago.fghanistan is a safe place by comparison. >> reporter: speaking to police chiefs from across the country, president trump targeted the one who was not there, chicago superintendent eddie johnson. >> this person should be here, because maybe he could learn something. >> reporter: johnson decided to skip the speech, citing the president's immigration policies and what he sees as racial insults and hatred cast from the oval office. the president fired back. >> last year, 565 people were murdered in chicago. since eddie johnson has been police chief, more than 1,500 people have been murdered in chicago. >> reporter: in 2016, murders in chicago skyrocketed, but under johnson's leadership, murders are down nearly 30%. do you stand by your record? >> yeah, i do. i do. you know, when i was appointed superintendent, 2016 was a horrible year for the city of chicago. it was. and the experts predicted that we would surpass 2016 numbers. not only did we blunt it, we drove it down that first year by

jeff pegues has the undercover video that led to the bust amid a growing intelligence threat from acrosshe globe. >> reporter: surveillance video shows edward peng, a naturalized u.s. citizen, wrapping $20,000 in cash and taping it under a tv stand in a hotel in columbus, georgia. about three hours later he's back to pick up an s.d. card containing classified national security information. a double agent working for the f.b.i. had left the card in the drawer before taking the $20,000. the so-called dead drop is one of six that took place in northern california and georgia. peng was working as a san francisco tour guide for chinese tourists, but u.s. attorney david anderson says he was working for the people's republic of china. >> peng is a secret agent completing dead drops, delivering payments. >> reporter: authorities say the double agent penetrated the spy ring in the san francisco area in 2015. the agent was directed to peng to pick up some memory cards and fly them from the u.s. to china. former c.i.a. acting director mike morrell says the spy game between the u.s. and china is on

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for "cbs this morning saturday," jeff pegues, baltimore. >>> actress felicity huffman has been releasedrom federal prison following her role in the college admissions scandal. huffman was freed friday after serving 11 days of her 14-day sentence at a prison in california. she was also credited for serving one day in jail in march. that would have her getting out on sunday. under prison policy, inmates scheduled for weekend release are let out on friday. huffman pled guilty to mail fraud and conspiracy after admitting she paid $15,000 to cheat on her daughter's college admissions test. >>> the nation's capital waited 86 years to host a world series game, but washington nationals fans will have to wait at least another day to see their team win one on their home field. game three of the fall classic was last night at nationals park. but the houston astros coming in, down 0 live 2 in the series, got on the nats early with the run in the second inning. houston's starter got out of several jams in his 4 2/3 innings of work. in the sixth inning, the astros' catcher hit the only home run that