>> mason: julianna goldman. thanks, julianna. now the reaction at the white house. major garrett is there. >> 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 al

julianna goldman, thanks. coming up next on the cbs evening news, the first state to order pet stores to sell only rescues. and steve hartman remembers a man on a mission to spread kindness. >> mason: that doggy in the window. is it healthy? carter evans tells us about california's first-in-the-nation law aimed at protecting puppies and kittens, while bringing the pet stores to heal. >> reporter: the dogs and cats at the healthy spot pet store in santa monica, california, don't come from breeders. the only animals here are rescues. >> we've adopted out over 500 dogs and cats out of this facility. >> reporter: owner andrew kim says it's a different way to think about purchasing a pet. you're not making one dime off these adoptions. >> and here we are, growing. >> reporter: now, california is requiring all pet stores to follow suit. >> we are here to celebrate. >> reporter: animal advocate judy manusco helped pass the first-in-the-nation state law to only sell pets that are eeskued. >> in the skate of california

anthony. >> mason: julianna goldman, thanks. after last-minute negotiations involving the f.b.i. and the c.i.a., president trump last night blocked for now the release of hundreds of records from the assassination of president john f. kennedy. but he did let thousands of others come out. jan crawford has been poring through the files. >> it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives. >> reporter: the horror of that november day in dallas still seems to defy understanding. president kennedy killed. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> reporter: his accused assassin, lee harvery oswald, shot and killed two days later. from the beginning, there were doubters oswald had acted alone, and the new documents are unlikely to silence suspicions of a broader conspiracy. larry sebato, is a j.f.k. scholar. >> even if we had the fullistic there's an army of conspiracy theorists that seems to grow by the year. they're never going to be satisfied. >> reporter: totaling thousands of pages, the the documents offer a glimpse into the investigation. they show the

icre now from julianna goldman. s this is a contract that was determined by the local atthorities in puerto rico. >> reporter: white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders distanced the president from the $300 million contract today, even as mr. trump addressed the controversy with interior secretary ryan zinke during a previously scheduled meeting. cr he did ask secretary zinke, just for clarification purposes, and he reiterated once again that we have no role, the federal government, and specifically he had no role in that contract. >> reporter: but the contract says the federal emergency management agency, or fema, meeviewed and approved," the agreement. today, fema said it was not emvolved and any language that thys it was is inaccurate. >> we're here ready to light up puerto rico. >> reporter: the department of homeland security's inspector teneral will perform an audit, but there's one aspect of the deal that appears to be off limits. the contract says federal and state officials "don't have the thght to

in between las vegas and l.a., elaine. >> quijano: julianna goldman, julianna, thank you. u.s.ked forces maybe just days away from victory in raqqa, the syrian city that isis considers its capitol. the terror group once ruled over large portions of iraq and syria, the areas in green. after three years of fierce battles, isis control has dwindled to the areas in red. holly williams got a rare look inside raqqa. >> reporter: under the gate to raqqa's old city the bodies of five dead isis fighters rot in the desert heat. they were killed a week ago according to these american- backed militiamen, one of them still wearing a suicide belt. the stench of death is everywhere in raqqa, and so is fear. this is how you get to the front line, at breakneck speed to avoid isis snipers. there is this thud of u.s. coalition air strikes. but we saw only sporadic fighting because isis with as few as 250 fighters remaining in the city is pinned down. we're about less than a hundred yards from the hospital. that is what is left of the main hospital and other buildings close by. and they have human

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>> mason: julianna goldman. thanks, julianna.ne maria also disrupted production at puerto rican factories that make critical drugs and medical supplies. dr. jon lapook found hospitals on the u.s. mainland are already seeing shortages. >> this is slated to go to a patient for infusion. >> reporter: these small bags of intravenous fluid deliver life-saving medications like antibiotics and chemotherapy. regine villain's job at nyu health is to manage supply, and she's worried. the bags are in short supply. >> we have been practically hand-to-mouth counting by the thops how much we have in house. it's just really nerve-racking to think about not being able to have those bags available for the patients. >> reporter: her concern is pihoed by hospitals and pharmacists around the country. ae american hospital association told cbs news the shortage is quickly becoming a crisis and threat to public health. there was already an existing xiortage for several years, made worse by facilities being damaged by the hurricanes. on top of that, vil

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julianna goldman has the story. >> more than a month since hurricane mraia ravaged puerto rico.s are asking why a small montana company was granted the $300 million no bid contract. to help transmission and distribution lines. >> my biggest concern we don't have enough information as to the process that went through that. >> republican congressman, rob bishop chairs the house committee that oversees puerto rico. the government company, prepa signed with whitefish energy, two person two-year-old company whose largest previous federal contract had been for $1.3 million to upgrade lines in arizona. prepa filed for bankruptcien july amid the island's on going debt crisis. bypassed utilities and muchable aid system activate ford storm recovery. the $300 million contracis whitefish which relies on subcontractors for their work. >> this appears to be a pretty small company are they capable of doing the job, that, that, i think they're being asked. >> republican senator, chair of the energy committee expects a hearing on puerto rico in the next week. and democratic senator maria cantwel

julianna goldman is looking into this.i>>> reporter: it's been more than aman since hurricane maria ravaged puerto rico, leaving its power grid in shambles. today 75% of the island is still without power, and lawmakers in both parties are asking why a small montana company was granted a $300 million no-bid contract to help rebuild transmission and distribution lines. >> my biggest concern is we don't have enough information as to the process that went tgh congressman rob bishop chairs the house committee that oversees puerto rico. the government power company known as prepa signed the contract with whitefish energy, a two-person, two-year-old company whose largest previous federal contract had been for $1.3 million to upgrade lines in arizona. prepa filed for bankruptcy in july amid the island's ongoing debt crisis. it bypassed a network of utilities and a mutual aid system that is usually activated for storm recovery. the

here's julianna goldman. >> reporter: more than a dozen san francisco 49ers again took a knee promptinge president mike pence to leave after the national anthem and immediately send tweets that seemedtied up for a hasty exit, even with prepared graphics like this. i stand with president trump, i stand with our soldiers and i will always stand for our flag and our national anthem. simultaneously the president was tweeting that he asked mr. pence to leave if any players kneeled. but there was hardly an if yesterday. nfl players protesting racial injustice by taking a knee originated with the 49ers former quarterback kol inkaepernick, press traveling with the vice president were kept in vans instead of accompanying him into the game as they normally would have if he were planning to stay. trip to attend the game was designed in order for vice president pence to walk out. >> reporter: critics like john woenderlich say taxpayers bother the cost including at least 120,000 dollars for air force 2, las vegas to indianapolis, to los angeles, but that's only a fraction. secret service agents swep

here is julianna goldman. >> reporter: more than a dozen san francisco 49ers again took a knee.med me yetly send tweets that seemed teed up for a hasty exit with prepared graphics like this. i stand with president trump. i stand with our soldiers. and i will always stand for our flag and our national anthem. simultaneously, the president was tweeting, that he asked mr. pence to leave, if any players kneeled. but there was hardly an if yesterday. nfl players protesting racial injustice taking a knee religion nated with the 49ers former quarterback, colin kaepernick. press traveling with the vice president were kept in vans instead of accompanying him into the game as the they normally would have if he were planning to stay. >> it appears that the entire trip to attend the game was designed in order for vice president pence to walk out. >> critics like john wonderlick say taxpayers bore the cost including $120,000 for air force 2. las vegas to indianapolis, to los angeles. but that is only a fraction. secret service agents swept everyone at the stadium with magnetometers. advance

you' julianna goldman. julianna, good morning. >> good morning. power grid was vulnerable because its government power company fileded for bankrupt i in july, yet it still awarded a $300 million no bid contract to a 2-year-old company that had only two employees at the time. as the island of puerto rico attempts to pull itself out of the dark, lawmakers in both parties want to know why and how whi whitefish energy was tasked to help rebuild power lines on the island. >> we don't have enough information. >> reporter: republican congressman rob bishop chairs the house committee that overseas puerto rico. >> how it was done. needs to be greater transparency. >> reporter: whitefish energy's largest previous federal contract was for only $1.3 million to upgrade power lines in arizona. >> this appears to be a pretty small company. are they capable of doing the job that i think they're being asked. >> reporter: on wednesday, san juan's mayor took on the company on twitter, writing, what are they afraid we will find. whitefish responded, we've got 44 line

julianna goldman is in washington with the extraordinary messages. julianna, good morning. >> good morning. it's rare to get messages from two former presidents on the same day and also an unspoken rule that they do not criticize the current officer, which makes their comments so striking. >> folks don't feel good right now about what they see. >> at a campaign event in virginia last night former president barack obama didn't name names. he didn't have to. >> we've got folks deliberately trying to make folks angry, to demonize people who have different ideas, to get the base all riled up because it provides us a short-term tactical advantage. >> reporter: earlier in new jersey obama said americans were confronting the same politics of division that dates back centuries. >> we thought we bed. i mean you have folks looking 50 years back. >> we've seen our discourse degralded by casual krult. >> reporter: also appeared yesterday before a packed room in new york, former president george w. bush says america has to recover our, quote, own identities that a

julianna goldman is in washington with extraordinary messages. julianna, good morning. >> it is incredibly rare to see two former president hs at separate speeches on the same day and it's also an unspoken rule that former presidents, regardless of their party, do not criticize the current office holder, which makes their comments yesterday so striking. >> folks don't feel good right now about what they see. >> reporter: at a campaign event in virginia last night, former president barack obama didn't name names. he didn't have to. >> we've got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry. to demonize people who have different ideas. to get the base all riled up. because it provides a short-term tactical advantage. >> reporter: earlier in new jersey, mr. obama said americans were confronting the same politics of division that dates back centuries. >> we put that to bed. i mean, that's folks looking 50 years back. >> we've seen our discourse degraded by casual crewty. >> reporter: appearing before a packed room in new york, former president

julianna goldman is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. that's right. former adviser steve bannon declared war on the republican establish money and mitch mcconnell, further complicating the president's efforts to work with mcconnell and republicans on congressional tax reform. senator rand paul said he narrowly lost to the president during their golf outing on sunday but he hopes mr. trump can score a big win on tax reform. >> i think he can do it. >> the president took south carolina republican lindsey graham on saturday and will lunch with mitch mcconnell. >> yeah, mitch, the donors have left you. >> reporter: steve bannon tore at mcconnell at the summit this weekend. ban nonbelieves mcconnell is responsible for president trump's legislative failures and threatens three republicans if they don't oust mcconnell. >> nobody can run and hide on this one. these folks are coming for you. >> reporter: but within hours mr. trump called mcconnell and invited him to today's lunch. >> ban noncan't beat us if we're successful. >> reporter: senator graham brushed

julianna goldman, serious charges against paul manafort and rick gates. 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 su

we turn now to julianna goldman. she's at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. president trump's former adviser steve bannon declared war on the republican establishment and mcconnell. president trump is going to work with mcconnell on tax reform. senator rand paul said he narrowly lost to the president during their golf outing on sunday but he hopes mr. trump can score a big win on tax reform. >> we really need to, you know, do it, and i think he wants this -- >> the president took south carolina republican lindsey graham on saturday and will lunch with mitch mcconnell today, all in the hopes the plans are successful. >> the donors are not happy. they've all left you. >> the former strategist tore at mcconnell this weekend at a summit. he believes he's responsible for trump's legislative failures. >> nobody can run and hide on this one. these folks are coming for you. >> but within hours of bannon's remarks, mr. trump called mcconnell to discuss legislative priorities and invited him to lunch. senator graham brushed off bannon's criticisms and says leader mccon