no arrests have been made. federal authorities have now joined that investigation. to the new headline tonight in the college admissions cheating scandal. former usc soccer coach laura janke pleading guilty today, admitting she took bribes to create fake athletic profiles, including for actress lori loughlin s daughters, she says. janke agreed to cooperate with authorities for minimal prison time. loughlin and her husband face up to 40 years in prison if convicted. and the new health warning tonight about aspirin. a new study confirming regularly taking low dose aspirin may actually increase the risk of bleeding in the skull. the american heart association, as we reported here, recently changed its recommendations, no longer suggesting aspirin to prevent a first-time heart problem. it s still recommended for patients who already have had heart issues. as always, the best advice comes from your doctor. that study appearing in jama neurology. when we come back tonight, rememberin
officials trying to distance the president and his campaign from the indictments and from george papadopolos pleading guilty today. sarah huckabee sanders saying that george papadopolos was an unpaid volunteer. she made the point, look, he only sat in on one key meeting there. of course, the reality is, if you look at the court papers, there were a number of e-mails exchanged between george papadopolos and campaign officials over several months. as it related to setting up a meeting with russian officials. now, of course, the court documents also stress that never happened. so sarah huckabee sanders sort of highlighting all of those points that i mapped out and when it comes to paul manafort and rick gates, she makes the case that all of these charges have to do with stuff that happened before the campaign. which is, of course, soon. you re going to see the white house hit that point over and observer again. she was asked, when was the last time president trump spoke to paul manafort?
trump also said he views the mueller probe as an illegal investigation and insisting there never should have been a special counsel. offering a reminder of the scope and the reach of the russia investigation and the possibility of more legal exposure for president trump and his campaign. sam patten a former associate of paul manafort pleading guilty today. for failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. admitting he made a $50,000 illegal donation to trump inauguration committee. acting as a straw donor for a russian and ukrainen banned from making contribution themselves. he is cooperating with the mueller investigation. i m joined now by my panel. thanks for being with us. tom, i ll start with you. sam patten pleading guilty