but someone like scott pelly who considers himself a journalist with a capital j. congressman who is almost murdered in cold blood by someone who had a deep-seeded political motivation is like saying a woman who was raped was asking for it because of what she was wearing when she uses the term self-inflicted. >> i think we do have to address the moral equivalency. we have heard for years from the left that it's republicans and conservatives who need to tone down the rhetoric. yet here we are. the actions of the attacker are his and his alone. i do not like this brushing under the rug about the fact this was politically motivated. this guy was a mainstreamer. he wasn't some guy on the fringe. he was an occupy wall street protester. who endorsed that movement? barack obama and nancy pelosi, but they argue it's republicans dehumanizing people and they are taking away people's healthcare that will result in their death, and here we have a direct politically motivated attempted murder, and they are acting like that part of it doesn't exist. and by the way republicans mi

scott? >> pelly: nancy cordes, thank you. now to our homeland security correspondent jeff pegues, who has been following the russia investigation from the start. >> i donald john trump... >> reporter: two days after president trump was sworn in, he publicly thanked the f.b.i. director for helping secure the inauguration, but comey associates say he felt uneasy, concerned the handshake could compromise the independence of the f.b.i. at the time the bureau was nearly six months into a counterintelligence investigation of russian meddling in the election and the evidence was mounting. on march 20th at a congressional hearing, comey confirmed the probe. >> that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. >> reporter: among those under scrutiny, fired national security adviser michael flynn, former campaign chairman paul manafort, former campaign adviser carter evans

pelly: and cops respond to the call: officer needs assistance. >> >> t captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelly: today fired f.b.i. director james comey previewed the testimony he will give the senate intelligence committee tomorrow in its investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. election and whether anyone in the trump campaign was involved. the comea released comey's opening statement today, in which he says the president pressured him to drop the f.b.i. investigation of mr. trump's former national security adviser. comey says mr. trump described the f.b.i.'s russia investigation as a cloud and asked comey what comey could do to lift it. the testimony, based on comey's notes, also confirms the president's statement that he was not under investigation. chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> reporter: comey's ve describes his conversation

scott, bill cosby will not testify. >> pelly: jericka duncan, thanks.vard teaches students a bitter lesson. trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes. and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief. ♪ ♪ [laughter] we all drive... some just for the fun of it. ♪ to f...nerve pain shoots and burns its way into your day... ...i hear you. when that pain makes simple errands simply unbearable... ...i hear you. i hear you because my dad struggled with this pain. make sure your doctor hears you too. so folks, don't wait. step on up. and talk to your doctor. because you have places to go... ...and people who can't wait for you to get there. if you have diabetes and burning, shooting pain in your feet or hands... step on up and talk to your doctor today. >> pelly: at least ten students who were going to harvard in the fall were told to forget it after the university came across their facebook messages. some were so offensive we can't s

scott pelly in new york. >>> breaking news from northeast washington topping our newscast tonight. that's where we've learned an investigation is underway into the apparent and accidental drowning of a toddler. >> we take you to 17th street in northeast for this heartbreaker. mike valero is on the scene with what he with know. mike, was this a child daycare center? what happened here? >> reporter: that's what we're working to confirm leslie at this hour. there have been people that have been passing us by, saying in fact, this was a child daycare as we push in. within the past half hour, the crime scene tape has cleared, but we'll take you and everybody through what exactly happened this afternoon, just before 4:00, we start getting reports in our newsroom that a child had accidentally drowned within this home, i should say, in the backyard, and that d.c. fire personnel were the first on the scene. they rushed that child to the nearest er, but that child just under 2 years old, lost his life and was unable to be resuscitated. as i said, within the past half hour, metropolitan polic

scott pelley. take care family. >> pelly: pressure from the president. fired f.b.i. director james comey says mr. for his help to lift the cloud of the russia investigation. also tonight, coats on, gloves off. >> why are you not answering these questions? is there an invocation by the president of the united states of executive privilege? >> pelly: the director of national intelligence under fire. the president nominates a new f.b.i. director. bill cosby's accuser under cross-examination. >> oh, my gosh. >> pelly: and cops respond to the call: officer needs assistance. >>

scott pelley anchors from new yo captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelly: tampering with the u.s. elections. an n.s.a. report says russian military hackers got deeper inside than we knew just days before the voting. also tonight, the mayor fires back. >> some people thrive on feud and division. that's not me. that's not the london i know. we're not going to allow anyone, whether it's donald trump or anyone else, divide our community. >> i don't see the president is picking a fight the mayor of london. >> pelly: bill cosby goes on trial. his tv daughter is there, but the prosecution says don't confuse cosby with cliff huxtable.