good morning, from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the white house wanted this week to be about the republican tax plan and the president's trip to asia. washington is trying to digest the criminal charges from robert mueller criminal investigations. chair paul manafort and an associate are under house arrest. while former trump adviser george papadopoulos pled guilty, in a criminal case potentially linking the trump campaign to the kremlin. >> good morning. the white house insists this doesn't have anything to do with the president and is pointing fingers at the clinton campaign. the white house is dismissing itself from the first charges. the investigation into a possible connection between the trump campaign and russia. the president tweeted, in part, sorry, this is years before paul manafort was with the trump campaign. also, there is no collusion. manafort, along with his business partner, rick gates face money laundering and conspiracy. they both pleaded not guilty. >> there is no evidence mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> reporter: george papadopoulos was revealed to have pleaded guilty earlier this month. he admitted to lying with dealings with the russians to the fbi. the white house insists investigators are looking in the wrong direction. >> there's clear evidence of the clinton campaign colluded. >> hillary clinton, at an event, called it a clear and present danger to western democracy and criticized the president for not coming down harder for its interference. >> trump is ignoring the intelligence community about the threat. >> reporter: lawmakers from both sides of the aisle warned against firing robert mueller. the white house suggested they have no plans to pursue either. the indictment lays out 12 counts including conspiracy with the united states and conspiracy to launder money. according to the indictment, books and speeches. cbs news, washington. >> the cbs news legal correspondent james crawford says the first three indictments are just the beginning of a long process. >> the lawyers say the indictment of manafort and the plea deal with papadopoulos have a common purpose. that's shake trees and get with it to cooperate with the broader investigation. papadopoulos met with government lawyers and cooperating after his arrest in july. manafort and gates so far have not. now, the threat of prosecution or jail time could cause them to flip, if they have information mueller would be interested in. it's a common approach in wide rang one former prosecutor told cbs news the investigation is going ahead. there's been fallout from the manafort/gates indictment. to tony podesta stepped down from a group. mueller is investigating work podesta did on behalf of manafort for the ukraine government. his brother, john, served as hillary clinton's campaign chairman and adviser to president barack obama. russian election activity. executives from facebook, twitter and google will testify about activity on their services surrounding the 2016 election. facebook says the russian group posted more than 80,000 times on its service reaching 126 million users. a militant suspected in the attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, libya five years ago has been captured and is expected to be brought to the united states in two days. it's not clear how he was involved in the attack in 2012. four americans, including ambassador chris stephens was killed. he will face trial in u.s. district court in the district of columbia. bergdahl's sentencing hearing will continue today. he unexpectedly testified today and held by the taliban for five years. what is left of a severe storm system is expected to exit the northeast of the united states today. strong and sometimes hurricane force winds and drenching rain hit the region yesterday. there was widespread flooding. by yesterday afternoon, 1.2 million homes and businesses were without power in a half does zen states. utility companies warned power for some could be out for days. some new england towns pushed back halloween due to safety concerns. coming up on the morning news, new problems for kevin spacey. an award is revoked and show is ending. transgender service members score a legal victory. this is the "cbs morning news." when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try parodontax toothpaste. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,... ...isn't it time to let the real you shine through? 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nobody asked him to do these things? >> he asked to do things. he was pushed back or not responded to in any way. any actions he took would have been on his own. >> reporter: the papadopoulos plea agreement says he was not rebuffed by the campaign, quite the opposite. a trump campaign supervisor told papadopoulos, quote, i would encourage you to pursue contact with russians and that he had done great work. papadopoulos attended this foreign policy meeting with candidate trump in 2016. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. where is paul? >> reporter: the white house tried to distance themselves from him? >> he played a limited role for a limited time. >> reporter: he served as campaign chairman for three months, it was an issue. this is what he told "cbs this morning" in july, 2016. >> we have no relationship. >> reporter: after resigning, he remained close to the campaign through election day and was an adviser. why aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focus? he raised questions about a dossier bill with salacious allegations about him. last week, a lawyer for the clinton campaign admitted to paying for the research. it later ended up in fbi hands. only half of the interview sought top white house and justice officials have taken place. there are no interview requests for the president or vice president. major garrett, cbs news, the white house. coming up on "cbs this morning," the latest fallout from kevin spacey. plus, the debate in massachusetts over whether to ban a light savings time in that state. jeremy piven joins us. that's the anies for this tuesday. thanks for watching, i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. as we start this tuesday morning, a live look at the bay bridge from our roof camera. and clear conditions out there to start this morning. it is tuesday, october 31st. good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. it's halloween! whoo! >> happy halloween. >> jaclyn and i thought everyone would wear orange so we didn't. and no won wore it. >> oh, man. >> i'm sure a lot of people on the streets will be wearing orange and costumes. >> it's going to be chilly. keep that in mind. here's a live look at the golden gate, no fog. we are going to see a few clouds throughout the day and tonight. five to eight degrees below average today. so my tip to all of you, warm costumes will be helpful later on. and we are tracking delays already for drivers on westbound 580 due to an accident at grant line road. one lane blocked, speeds in the yellow. bay bridge toll plaza a

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