Register. All free. It cuts down on robbery. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. First hollywood, then politics. Now there are new allegations involving abuse of some of americas top athletes. More than 130 member z of the u. S. Womens Gymnastics Team have accused former Team Doctor Larry Nassar of abusing them. And aly raisman, the twotime captain is coming forward. Raisman won six medals in past two summer olympics, three gold. She says she spoke to the f. B. I. About nassar after the 2016 games in rio spp nasser worked with the team for more than 20 years. Hes now in jail and has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, but not to charges of sexual assault. Raisman shared her story with dr. Jon lapook for 60 minutes. You dont want to let yourself believe i i am i am a victim of sexual abuse. Like its really not an easy thing to let yourself believe that. Reporter youre saying you were sulsexually abused. Yes, absolutely. Reporter by the Nationa
Nixon, if you want to learn about watergate, learn about what the country was like and what was going on in the country. And the way to start understanding that is to understand 68. Oh, and theres a little bit of collusion in the victory in the end that is worth its actually Richard Nixon used collusion with the foreign government, the south vietnamese in order to win in the end. And for the rest of the story, playing with fire is now available in bookstores and online. If you can bear the sound of my voice for hours on end, the audiobook is available too. Thats tonights last word. The 11th hour with broian will jams is next. 15 million for flynn to have a turkish president s rival sent back to turkey. Also two republican senators tonight withdrawing their support for roy moore as the alabama candidate calls the Sexual Misconduct claims against him completely false. Were live in vietnam as President Trump is half a world away from the problems back home in washington. The 11th hour on
Prosecutors to charge and pursue the most serious offense as i believe the law requires, plain and simple. If you are a drug trafficker, we will not look the other way. Why dont you want our kids to have good food at school . What is wrong with you. Mother mother the title that claims your heart and changes your heart forever. This is one of the many opportunities for us to thank the incredible military mothers who love and care for our nations heroes. Thank you for all that you do. From the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam God Bless America. Abby what a powerful moment that was yesterday at the white house. That military band performing in front of all those military moms. Perfect timing for mothers day. Clayton army corps and marine band performing wonderful and honoring military moms. Jon scott is with us today. Jon is it friday today . Clayton its not friday. Jon kind enough to give up his weekend here on the curvey couch. Abby are you ready to go. Jon im wil
Dramafree weekend. No such luck. This morning, a Major Development in the controversy over President Trumps firing of james comey. A memo from former fbi director claims the president asked him to drop an investigation into Michael Flynn the day after flynn was fired. The big question this morning, is this obstruction of justice among other things . The chaos continues. This feels like a defining moment. With us we have New York Times reporter who broke this comey memo story, Michael Schmidt, senior political analyst for nbc news and msnbc, mark halperin. Veteran columnist and msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle and former democratic congressman harold ford, junior. Also, joe ahead with new reporting on all of this. First lets lay it out for you. Less than a week after President Trump fired and then warned fbi director james comey about tapes of their conversations, there looks to be a paper trail inside the bureau of investigation. Multiple sources firsthand knowledge of all of this tell
One hour from now step into the hot seat to kick off two days of block buster testimony. In 24 hours former fbi director james comey is expected to dispute President Trumps claims he was told he was not under investigation, did not tell him that once, let alone three times. I wish him luck, those words from President Trump as he fired the man expected to bear details of his private conversations with the president. It could be the most consequencial congressional testimony since watergate. Before we get there, we are here. These men testify in just minutes. Among them the director of National Intelligence dan coats, who is in the middle of a brandnew controversy. This morning the Washington Post reports the president asked coats to get the fbi to back off its probe of Michael Flynn. A revelation that comes at the same time as new reports of just how far james comey went to separate himself from the president and in the midst of all this and likely no coincidence at all by the way break