according to mueller, this man yevgeny prigozhin helped bankroll the cyber operation used to interfere in the 2016 election. prigozhin is a powerful russian oligarch whose close association with the russian president has earned him a nickname "putin's cook." >> it's not true that you don't know the individuals who are accused of conducting this. one of your good friends is actually accused of helping conduct this. his name is yevgeny prigozhin. you know him? >> i know that person. but i wouldn't consider him one of my friends. this is just twisting the facts around. he is a businessman. he is involved in the restaurant business and some other business. but he is not a government official. we don't have anything to do with him. >> after you heard that he had been indicted, did you pick up the phone and call him? >> like i have nothing better to do. i've got so many things to do and so many problems -- >> he's your friend. he's just been indicted. did -- didn't you hear what i said?e he's not a friend of mine. i do know this person. but i wouldn't list him among my friends. wasn't i clea

yevgeny prigozhin saidnee has no busiss in the u.s. and will not be affected. russia's deputy foreign minister said his government has begun to prepare a response to the sanctions. al'll take a longer look a of this, after the news summary. in the day's other news, a newly built pedestrian bridge collapsed over a major highway in the miami area today. authorities reported multiplse deaths, and veral injuries at florida international univsity. y ght vehicles were crushed when the bridge gave wad landed on the eight-lane road. emergency crews were still at the scene this evening. >> i can assure you that our teams are still in rescue and search mode. they are still working the debris pe. we have search dogs in place. we have technil listening devices with fiberoptics. we're drilling holes into the pile to try to locate any viable patients. >> woodruff: the $14 milli bridge was installed this past saturday, using what was called an accelerated construction method. sir the first time, the special counsel in the r investigation is going after the trump organization'

news, the russian mercenaries were from the wagner group, a shadowy security firm linked to yevgeny prigozhin powerful oligarch known as putin's chef. the u.s. captured intercepts of the mercenaries' communications complaining about their heavy losses. they tore us to pieces. put us through hell, said one. the yankees made their point. and it seems the mercenaries haven't given up. general braga took us to the edge of the base pointing out to where similar forces have come back. >> hope it doesn't happen again. but if it does, we'll be ready. >> reporter: while the kremlin insists none of its soldiers were involved, it has admitted a small number of russian nationals were killed in the attack. for u.s. troops here in syria, this is a very sensitive issue. they're trying to fight isis but have to navigate through what is increasingly a free-for-all. lester? >> richard engel. >>> we have an update tonight on that mix-up on united airlines that resulted in a dog being flown to japan instead of kansas city. when the owners of the german shepherd named irgo went to pick him up, a great dane jumped

among those targeted is yevgeny prigozhin, dubbed "putin's chef." he controlled the cyber teams in this building in st. petersburg, russia. u.s. officials charge they created and managed fake online person as that reached millions of people in the u.s. u.s. officials believe vladimir putin is overseeing a broader cyber campaign against western targets. james lewis is a cyber-security expert. >> they've gotten away with all these things in the last three or four years. it's been pretty much a penalty-free ride for them. >> reporter: you won't find a lot of people who believe that sanctions alone will stop the russian attacks. today, an alert went out warning that russian hackers are targeting power grids and other critical infrastructure, but so far, u.s. officials believe that they have been able to disrupt the attacks. jeff. >> glor: jeff pegues, thank you very much. new documents may link the trump organization to efforts to silence stormy daniels, the daylight film actress who has claimed she had an affair with mr. trump. a trump lawyer signed th

among those targeted is yevgeny prigozhin.ubbed putin's chef, he controlled the cyber teams in this building in st. petersburg, russia. u.s. officials charge they created and managed fake online personas that reached millions of people in the u.s. u.s. officials believe vladimir putin is overseeing a broader cyber campaign against western targets. james lewis is a cyber security expert. >> they've gotten away with all these things in the last three or four years. it's been pretty much a penalty-free ride for them. >> reporter: you won't find a lot of people who believe sanctions alone will stop the russian attacks. today an alert went out warning russian hackers are targeting power grids and other critical infrastructure, but so far u.s. officials believe they have been able to disrupt the attacks. >>> there was terror on the campus of florida international university outside miami. a brand new pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a highway. there are injuries and deaths. manuel bojorquez begins our coverage. >> this remains a ris

we heard just a moment ago yevgeny prigozhin, one of the oligarchs of people close to vladimir putin, someone -- >> yes, he is. >> woodruff: someone in th private sector in russia. on said, "this isn't going to have any effec me." that raises a question: are they going to have any bite at all? >> generally speaking, putting on my social science hat for a minute, measuring the causal impact of sanctions on thent target c is hard question. russia's a big country, so it takes longer for sanctions to have a bit there. my own view is that over the years sanctions have bee working. i think there's a way to measure that in terms of reduction in g.d.p. i think secondly the fact that the largestoint veture in the history of russian-american relations betweenhe oil company russian oil company and exxon-mobil, that dissolved. that's the result of sanctions. and third, on an individual level, mr. prigozhin's life just became a lot more difficult, rst because of the indictment, an now because of the sanctions. ndon.n't just show up to lo he can't go to the italian ecvery ramp he has to be concerne

one is yevgeny prigozhin, an oligarch, and his internet research agency, that troll factory, that did so much more damage around the u.s. election than we had previously thought. he's the key centerpiece of the mueller indictment issued in february where he had sent operatives to the u.s. to organize rallies there, it try to gather intelligence there. some of the other people who worked for that internet research agency, the other thing that we need to point out, that's important is that there is also the fsb, russia's intelligence agency on there, the gru, the military intelligence agency, and several gru operatives on that list as well. interesting because, of course, we know the entities have been sanctioned in the past and yet you do have high level members of russia's intelligence community still coming to the u.s. and holding high level talks here. again, the russians will definitely have taken note of this and we're waiting to see what exactly their response is going to be. we do expect that they are going to be quite angry at this new sanctions list that has just been issued.