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DID THE E- MAILS POINT TO A VIOLATION OF ELECTION LAW BY SOLICITING INFORMATION THAT COULD BE OF VALUE FROM A FOREIGN AGENT? LAWYERS WE TALKED TO SAID THAT'S A HARDER CASE TO PROVE. ANTHONY ?>> Mason: JULIANNA GOLDMAN, THANKS. SENATOR MARK WARNER OF VIRGINIA IS THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. HE JOINS US TONIGHT FROM THE CAPITOL. GOOD EVENING, SENATOR .>> GOOD EVENING, ANTHONY .>> Mason: SENATOR, HOW DO THESE NEW E- MAILS AFFECT YOUR INVESTIGATION ?>> WELL, THE LAST 24 HOURS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PUBLIC HAS SEEN EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP OFFICIALS ACTUALLY WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT INFORMATION THAT WAS PART OF A RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT EFFORT TO HURT HILLARY CLINTON AND PROMOTE DONALD TRUMP. AND WHAT'S DISTURBING TO ME IS NOT ONLY THAT FACT, BUT THAT ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE SEEN A PATTERN THAT IT STARTED RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION, THROUGH THE TRANSITION, AND THROUGHOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION WHERE NOW IT'S MORE THAN A DOZEN TRUMP CAMPAIGN OR TRANSITION OR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HAVE CONSTANTLY SAID THEY HAD NO CONVERSATIONS WITH RUSSIANS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THESE KIND OF... ANY KIND OF INTERVENTION ON BEHALF OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE IN OUR ELECTIONS CANDIDLY. THOSE KIND OF COMMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN DISPROVEN .>> Mason: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SENATOR, HAS DENIED ANY COLLUSION BETWEEN THE CAMPAIGN, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, AND RUSSIA. DO YOU SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION HERE ?>> WELL, MY JOB IN THIS INVESTIGATION IS TO KEEP IT BIPARTISAN UNTIL ALL THE FACTS, UNTIL WE SEE ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS. I HAVE A CHANCE TO QUESTION DONALD TRUMP, JR. I HAVE A CHANCE TO QUESTION JARED KUSHNER. I HAD A CHANCE TO QUESTION PAUL MANAFORT AND A HOST OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN I'LL REACH MY CONCLUSION. BUT BOY, OH, BOY, THE IDEA THAT YOU'VE GOT THESE E- MAILS IN BLACK AND WHITE THAT SAID TO THE PRESIDENT'S SON, " HEY, WE'VE GOT DAMAGING INFORMATION ON HILLARY CLINTON ," AND THIS IS PART OF A RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT EFFORT TO HELP HIS FATHER, I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE CAN DENY THAT THIS BRINGS THE INVESTIGATION TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL .>> Mason: LASTLY, SENATOR, YOUR COLLEAGUE TIM KAINE SAID TODAY, " THIS IS MOVING IN THE PERJURY, POTENTIALLY TREASON ." DO YOU AGREE ?>> LISTEN, I'M GOING TO KEEP MY JUDGMENTS TO MYSELF UNTIL I GET A CHANCE TO HAVE ALL THESE WITNESSES APPEAR BEFORE US, TO HEAR THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY, AND FRANKLY, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE DIGGING TO DO IN TERMS OF SOME OTHER LEADS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT THIS IS A VERY, VERY DISTURBING PATTERN. IF IT HAPPENED ONCE OR TWICE, YOU MIGHT EXCUSE IT AS ROOKIE MISTAKES, BUT YOU DON'T MAKE A ROOKIE MISTAKE WHEN YOU TAKE INFORMATION FROM A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, IN THIS CASE A FOREIGN ADVERSARY LIKE RUSSIA WHERE THE INFORMATION IS BEING REPRESENTED AS PART OF A GOVERNMENT EFFORT TO ACTUALLY HELP ONE CANDIDATE, AND IN THIS CASE BESMIRCH ANOTHER, IN THIS CASE HILLARY CLINTON .>> Mason: SENATOR MARK WARNER, THANKS VERY MUCH .>> THANK YOU, ANTHONY .>> Mason: THE SENATOR SAYS HIS COMMITTEE PLANS TO CALL DONALD TRUMP, JR ., TO TESTIFY SOON. COMING UP NEXT ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," THE DEADLIEST MARINE CRASH IN MORE THAN A DECADE. AND LATER, A DOCTOR FORMALLY WITH U. S. A. GYMNASTICS MAY FACE FEDERAL SEX ABUSE CHARGES AFTER ALL .>> Mason: THE F. B. I. JOINED MILITARY INVESTIGATORS TODAY IN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED A MARINE REFUELING PLANE TO CORKSCREW INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD IN MISSISSIPPI. ALL 16 ON BOARD WERE KILLED YESTERDAY IN THE DEADLIEST MARINE CRASH IN 12 YEARS. HERE'S DAVID BEGNAUD .>> Reporter: THE MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE FELL FROM THE SKY OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI, SENDING BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING ABOVE THE COUNTRYSIDE. BEFORE THE CRASH, LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE CHIEF DONALD FULGHAM HEARD A BOOM .>> WE LOOKED UP, AND IT WAS COMING, AND HE STARTED SPIRALING. IT JUST KEPT GOING .>> Reporter: THE PLANE IS A KC- 130. AND IT'S USED TO REFUEL OTHER PLANES MIDAIR. 15 MARINES AND ONE SAILOR WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. SEVEN OF THE CREW MEMBERS WERE BASED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. MAJOR ANDREW ARANDA IS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE U. S. MARINE CORPS .>> THEY WERE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA. THEY WERE ON A MISSION TO TRANSPORT PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT .[ TAPS PLAYING ]>> Reporter: NEAR THE CRASH SITE, MARINE SUPPORTER DAVID WEEKS HONORED THE FALLEN. THE TRAGIC FINAL MOMENTS OF THEIR LIVES WILL BE ETCHED FOREVER IN THE MEMORIES OF WITNESSES LIKE GARY FULGHAM .>> I WANTED TO CRY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST HELPLESS. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER IT. AND YOU WANT TO HELP THEM SO BAD. IT'S PITIFUL .>> Reporter: FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED HERE. SEVEN OF THE CREW MEMBERS WHO DIED WERE PART OF AN ELITE TEAM THAT'S USED IN THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM. I'M ABOUT A MILE I'D SAY FROM THE CRASH SITE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET PRETTY CLOSE THIS MORNING. AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU COULD SMELL THE JET FUEL FROM PROBABLY 500 YARDS AWAY. ANTHONY, WE HAVE A LOCAL SOURCE HERE IN MISSISSIPPI WHO SAYS THERE WAS NO MAYDAY CALL BEFORE THAT PLANE DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR .>> Mason: DAVID BEGNAUD WITH THE TRAGEDY IN MISSISSIPPI. THANK YOU, DAVID. UP NEXT, A COURTROOM SURPRISE IN THE CASE OF A DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MOLESTING GYMNASTS .>> Mason: A FORMER TEAM DOCTOR WITH U. S. A. GYMNASTICS AGREED TO A PLEA DEAL TODAY IN A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE. INITIAL REPORTS YESTERDAY SUGGESTED THE DEAL WOULD MEAN THE DOCTOR WOULD NOT FACE FEDERAL PROSECUTION FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING ATHLETES, BUT DR. JON LaPOOK REPORTS THERE WAS A CHANGE OVERNIGHT .>> Reporter: DR. LAWRENCE NASSAR WALKED INTO FEDERAL COURT IN MICHIGAN TODAY AND PLEADED GUILTY TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, 37, 000 IMAGES, AND DESTROYING THE EVIDENCE. NASSAR IS THE FORMER DOCTOR FOR THE WOMEN'S OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS TEAM. ATTORNEY JON MANLY REPRESENTS MORE THAN 90 ATHLETES ACCUSING NASSAR OF SEXUAL ABUSE .>> THE F. B. I. AND THE U. S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TOLD ALL OF OUR CLIENTS, INCLUDING JEANNETTE, ANTOLIN AND OTHERS, THAT THEY COULDN'T BRING THEIR CASES NOW BECAUSE OF THIS PLEA BARGAIN .>> Reporter: MANLY WAS OUTRAGED THAT NASSAR MIGHT ESCAPE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULTS OCCURRING OVERSEAS WHERE MANY COMPETITIONS WERE HELD .>> APPARENTLY LAST EVENING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAD A CHANGE OF HEART BECAUSE THEY WENT INTO COURT THIS MORNING AND SAID THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN TO THOSE PROSECUTIONS .>> Reporter: JEANETTE ANTOLIN COMPETED WITH THE U. S. NATIONAL TEAM FROM 1995 TO 2000 AND HELPED U. C. L. A. WIN THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. SHE WAS JUST A TEENAGER WHEN SHE WAS FIRST TREATED BY NASSAR. WHAT HAPPENED, DO YOU THINK, BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, BECAUSE TODAY'S RULING IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY TOLD YOU YESTERDAY ?>> I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE PUT ON THEM BY THE MEDIA. THEY SAW PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT, AND THEY KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE ANGRY .>> Reporter: THIS ISN'T OVER EITHER LEGALLY OR FOR YOU EMOTIONALLY, RIGHT ?>> NO, NOT YET .>> Reporter: MANLY TOLD ME THAT NO SEX ABUSE VICTIM WANTS TO TESTIFY, BUT MOST WILL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANOTHER CHILD. ANTHONY, THE JUDGE HAS DISCRETION TO SENTENCE NASSAR TO ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON .>> Mason: AS YOU SAID, JON, IT'S NOT OVER YET. THANKS, DR. JON LaPOOK. NEXT, STRANGERS FORM AN UNBREAKABLE CHAIN IN THE SEA TO SAVE LIVES .>> Mason: WE END TONIGHT WITH AN INCREDIBLE RESCUE. IT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND OFF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MARK STRASSMANN IS THERE .>> IT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY .>> Reporter: JESSICA SIMMONS HEARD PANIC COMING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO .>> THEY KEPT YELLING AT US, " HELP US, HELP US. WE CAN'T DO IT, WE CAN'T DO IT .">> Reporter: A RIP TIDE HAD TRAPPED BROTHERS NOAH AND STEPHEN URSREY IN 15 FEET OF WATER. ROBERTA URSREY IS THEIR MOTHER .>> AND I SEEN MY HUSBAND, MY MAMA, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER, MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AND MY NEPHEW, BUT I DIDN'T SEE MY BOYS. THEY WERE SCREAMING AND CRYING THEY WERE STUCK. THEY COULDN'T GO NOWHERE .>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE ON THIS BEACH SWAM OUT TO SAVE THEM, INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS OF THE URSREY FAMILY, BUT ONCE OUT IN THAT WATER, EVEN THOSE RESCUERS NEEDED RESCUING. 100 YARDS OFF SHORE SUDDENLY NINE HEADS WERE BOBBING IN THE WATER, MANY ON THE VERGE OF GOING UNDER. THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS STRANGERS LINKED ARM IN ARM FORMED A HUMAN CHAIN. FIVE PEOPLE GREW TO 15 AND EVENTUALLY AROUND 80. JESSICA SIMMONS AND HER HUSBAND DEREK, BOTH STRONG SWIMMERS, REACHED THE EXHAUSTED VICTIMS OF THE CURRENT AND GUIDED THEM ON A SURFBOARD ONE BY ONE TO THE HUMAN CHAIN AND SAFETY. DID YOU THINK ALL NINE WERE GOING TO SURVIVE ?>> YES, I KNEW THEY WERE .>> Reporter: YOU DID ?>> I KNEW BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE .>> Reporter: BARBARA FRANZ WAS RESCUED UNCONSCIOUS. SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK FIGHTING THE RIP TIDE. THE HUMAN CHAIN SAVED ALL OF THEM .[ APPLAUSE ] SOMETHING WAS SIMPLY STRONGER THAN THE RIP CURRENT, A GROUP OF STRANGERS PULLING TOGETHER. MARK STRASSMANN, CBS NEWS, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA .>> Mason: THE BEACH BROKE OUT IN APPLAUSE WHEN IT WAS OVER. IT TOOK AN HOUR. REMARKABLE. THAT'S THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ." I'M ANTHONY MASON IN NEW YORK. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOOD NIGHT.
