This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im anthony mason. In a michigan courtroom today, former doctor larry nassar pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting seven girls, most of them gymnasts. Nasser told his victims he is sorry. One of his highprofiler accusers not part of this case is olympian aly raisman. In a tweet she criticized the court for referring to nasser as a doctor. Larry is a monster, not a doctor. Heres Jericka Duncan. Guilty as stated, your honor. Reporter for nearly 20 years, larry nasser a Team Physician at Michigan State university and for u. S. A. Gymnastics, admitted court for penetrating the vaginas of seven minors, six of whom were gymnasts hes worked with. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina you violated the oath that you took, which is to do no harm, and you harmed them. He reporter Alexis Alvarado says nassar sexually abused her. I know that hell never do it to anyone else again, and thats reassuring, i think, for all of us. Repor
He says it didnt happen and you know, you have to listen to him also. No endorsement, but no doubt President Trump wants roy moore in the u. S. Senate despite Sexual Misconduct allegations. And new Sexual Harassment allegations against the dean of the house of representatives. Now the biggest newspaper wants john conyers to resign after he used taxpayer money to settle with another accuser. Welcome to early start. Nice to see you this morning. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking news overniepgght, a u navy plane crashing in okinawa japan. It was headed to the uss reagan carrier. Four u. S. Navy warships have been involved in accidents in asian waters. Ivan watson was in okinawa and hes now following the developments for us from hong kong. What can you tell us. Reporter thats right. This accident took place according to the u. S. Navy within the last three hours. It was a u. S. Navy aircraft that was approaching the uss Ronald Reagan. Thats an Aircraft Carrier thats been operating in
Coast of okinawa, japan. The plane was headed to the uss Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier in the philippines sea. Already this year four u. S. Navy warships have been involved in accidents in those waters. Cnns ivan watson was in okinawa on a Different Navy ship. Hes been following the developments all morning from hong kong. There are some survivors but theres still so many questions to be answered. Reporter thats right and we dont know the state the current state of those survivors. Those details coming from the Japanese Defense minister who says that eight of the 11 passengers and crew have been rescued from what he identified as a c2 transport plane. Now, that is an aircraft fixed wing that has two propellers and is used by the nay va to land on board Aircraft Carriers and be catapulted off and the navy says in its statement that the crash took place within the last five hours in the philippines sea, somewhere off the coast of the japanese island of okinawa. It hasnt explained why th
Military. I can tell you for a fact we do not need someone whos going to be bad on crime, bad on the border, bad for the Second Amendment . Mr. President , is an accused child molester better than a d. C. . Look, he denies it. If you look at what is really going on and you look at all things that have really happened over the last 48 hours, he totally denies it. He says it didnt happen. He said 40 years ago this did not happen. What we are seeing is a perfect storm of politics. Some parts are about expedience. Some are just ugly. And the timing matters. This the seventh day of his return from asia, the president finds the country reeling in accusations about powerful men in politics and media. Congressman john conners, senator franken, cbs anchor charlie rose. Roy moore isnt the only name out there anymore. And there is safety in numbers, and moore is probably the most adamant denier of the claims against him. And if anyone is going to respect a denier of allegations of Sexual Miscondu
Years ago this did not happen. So. What we are seeing is a perfect storm of politics. Some parts are about expedience. Some are just ugly. And the timing matters. This the seventh day of his return from asia, the president finds the country reeling in accusations about powerful men in politics and media. You got congressman john conyers, senator al franken, glenn thrush. Cbs anchor charlie rose. Roy moore isnt the only name out there anymore. And there is safety in numbers, and moore is probably the most adamant denier of the claims against him. And if anyone is going to respect a denier of allegations of Sexual Misconduct in a robust double down as we saw from the moore team today as they attacked accusers, it would be the president who did the same thing in the face of a dozen allegations. And then there is the raw politics. Trump likes to defy the establishment, even if his party and leadership are on the side of the alleged victims. And in the end the gop needs the seat in the sena