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This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley were going to begin tonight with a troubling story that first gained National Attention on 60 minutes, the sexual abuse of female olympic gymnasts. Today victims told congress the stories they had kept secret for years out of fear. Legislation is in the works to protect future victims. Dr. Jon lapook has been heading our investigation of the case, and he has todays capitol hill developments. I want the women who testified to know how very proud i am of you for standing up. I know how hard it is. Reporter senators called todays testimony an act of bravery. Elite gymnasts including Jessica Howard and jamie dancer described sexual abuse by Lawrence Nassar beginning when they were teens. Dancer won a bronze medal in the 2000 olympics. He abused me in my hotel room in sydney at the olympic games. I was disbelieved and even criticized by some in the Gymnastics Community for bringing this disturbing issue the life. Now i know that i am no
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dancer won a bronze medal in the 2000 olympics. He abused me in my hotel room in sydney at the olympic games. I was disbelieved and even criticized by some in the Gymnastics Community for bringing this disturbing issue the life. Now i know that i am not alone. Reporter rhythmic gymnast Jessica Howard says she was 15 when dr. Nassar first abused her. My postgymnastics life has been fraught with issues stemming from the abuse i endured as a young teenager. Reporter the sex scandal has embroiled u. S. A. Gymnastic, the National Governing body for the sport. Last summer an investigation revealed allegations against gymnastics coaches that prompted more than 100 young women, including howard and dancer, to come forward about nassar. U. S. A. Gymnastics was a noshow at todays hearing. That angered connecticut senatorrismard blumenthal. If they really cared, they would be here. Reporter senator Dianne Feinstein is cosponsor of legislation design
57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The chairman of the House Committee denies hes delaying the investigation into last years russian meddling into the elections, but devin nunes canceled many hearings and he refused to again step away from the investigation. The fbi and the senate are conducting their investigation into the campaign. Hena daniels is here in new york with the details. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. They plan to update the committees on the russian meddling in the 2016 election, this as the house intelligence committees probe continues to come under scrutiny. Nobody ever told me that politics was going to be so much fun. President trump hosted senators and their spouses at the white house tuesday night as lawmakers in the Senate Intelligence committee gear up to interview witnesses into its russian probe. My hope is that sally yates would be someone wed like to talk to. I have not discussed it with the
Good morning from the studi headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Imthe chairman of the House Committee denies hes delaying years russian meddling into the elections but d canceled many hearings and he a the investigation. The fbi and the senate are conducting their gcaaign. Hena daniels is here. Good morning, hena. Good morning, annemarie. They plan tote the committees on the meddling. This as the house intelligence come under scrutiny. Politics was going to be so much fun. President trump hosted senators and their spouses at the w h lawmakers in Senate Intelligence committee gear up to interview witnesses into its russia my pe would be someone wed like to talk to. I have not discussed it with the chairman. Yates, the formerattorn aey was set to testify tuesday before the House Panel Investigating possible lichksn and russia. In a letter obtained by the cbss the what she could reveal in her testimony. Yates followed one the white f same day nunes canceled the hearing. We