Bye, bye Miss American pie this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley weve known for some time that the russians meddled in the u. S. President ial election, but today, we got a chilling account of one of the tactics used. The ranking democrat on the Senate Intelligence commit said russia paid more than 1,000 hackers to create fake, anticlinton news. The Top Republican and democrat on the senate panel spoke at a News Conference today, and their unity was in sharp contrast to the feuding in the parallel investigation in the house. Heres jeff pegues. This investigation scope will go wherever the intelligence leads it. Reporter republican chairman richard burr said the Senate Committee is reviewing thousands of documents. Both senator bur, and the top democrat on the committee, mark warner, made a public show of unity. An outside foreign adversary effectively sought to hijack our most critical democratic process, the election of a president. And in that process, decided to favor one candidate over another. Reporter the senators stood in stark contrast to their counterparts in the house. The investigation there has been stalled by partisan bickering. The ranking democrat, adam schiff, has called on republican chairman, devin nunes, to step aside, accusing him of trying to shield the white house and distract from the investigation. We will not take questions on the house intelligence committee. Reporter the Senate Committee will examine whether the Trump Campaign coordinated with the russians who carried out a wave of cyberattacks during the election. It will also investigate whether thousands of internet trolls hired by the russians manipulated the news cycle in swing states, spreading what senator warner called fake news about Hillary Clinton. We are in a whole new realm around cyber. Reporter senator burr said the investigation will be fair and impartial senator bus, rrvyou personally coordinated with the white house at all . No, sir, i have not. And its the relationship and the trust we have. Reporter scott, both senators say that part of the urgency in getting to the bottom of what happened here are concerns that u. S. Allies in europe could be facing similar russian meddling in their elections. Pelley jeff pegues in washington. Now, jeff just mentioned that the man leading the investigation in the house, devin nunes, is accused by democrats of cooperating with the white house that he is supposed to be investigating. Nunes says that he met with a secret source on the white house grounds, and today, Major Garrett pressed the president s spokesman for details on when and how nunes was admitted and who he met with. Reporter do you have any information to live up to the commitment you made here on monday to provide more details about how that happened in a process you just told us yet again is above board and totally appropriate . I dont have anything for you on on that at this time. But, again, i dont reporter have you looked into it . I have asked some preliminary questions. I have not gotten answers yet, and i think so, no, i dont have anything further on thattent. Reporter are you going to continue to look into it . I will. Reporter and you will live up to that obligation . Pelley major now joins fruts white house. Major . Reporter the white house controls all access points, and a staffer would have had had tine sine off on allowing chairman nunes to entertain compound. The press secretary could, with just one phone call, find out who cleared chairman nunes to enter the white house grounds, gain access to a secure facility, and then obtain classified information. The white houses lack of interest in publicly dizz diz closing how nunes came to be here, who he met with and the information he obtained only deepens democratic skepticism about nunes motives, the impartiality of his investigation, and why this white house is so conspicuously cooperating with a lawmaker investigates it. Pelley in our new cbs poll out today, half of americans told us they believe the russians interfered with the election and most of them said it was to help mr. Trump. Said, cbs this morning cohost Norah Odonnell talked to the House Speaker paul ryan. Reporter i was just listening to the senators on the Senate Intelligence committee, and i know you know the leading republican, senator burr, who you served with. Sure. Reporter and he said, look, this is so important whats going on. Theyre investigating. Russia was involved in a covert operation. Absolutely, yes. Reporter to interfere in our election. Theyre doing it to other countries now. And overt in germany and france. Yes, yes. Mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer, and nancy pelosi and i sent a letter to the secretaries of state before the election saying, heads up. Be on the watchout. Somethings happening. Guard your data. So we all knew this before the election. We all knew russia was trying to med welour election, and we already know right now theyre trying to do it with other countries. So the the the world superpower, the american government, needs to do everything we possibly can not only to undercut what theyre trying to do but to uncover what theyre trying to do, and help our allies prevent this from happening. I think we have a special responsibility, given our capabilities, to make sure we help our allies guard against this meddling by russia in their election, just like they tried to with our election. Pelley dont miss the rest of norahs interview with speaker ryan first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. Well, today, President Trump sews confusion on the russian investigation. He asked where the media are not covering, money from russia to clinton for the sale of uranium . Well, heres why no credible source alleges that Hillary Clinton was paid by russia for american uranium. But like most conspiracy theories, there is an atom of truth in this. By 2013, a Russian Company purchased 20 of american uranium deposits. That was approved by a committee, including clintons state department, but also including the departmentes of treasury, justice, defense, homeland security, commerce, and energy, plus the u. S. Trade representative, and the office of science and technology. Separately, the deal was okayd by the Nuclear Regulatory commission. Secretary clinton could not have stopped the deal. Today, President Trump launched a commission to fight opioid addiction. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will run it. Last month, christie signed state legislation that requires Insurance Companies to cover Substance Abuse treatment, and it also puts a fiveday limit on initial opioid prescriptions, including oxycontin. An American City is suing the maker of that drug. Everett, washington, claims that its heroin crisis is fueled by the aggressive distribution and abundant supply of pain pills. Kenneth craig has our report. Reporter everett, washington, is littered with camps like this one, filled with makeshift tents and the tools heroin addicts use to get high. Sometimes its really difficult to stay clean. Reporter social worker katlyn dowd says its become an epidemic. I just saw i mean, theres a whole trail needles and baggies and spoons and foils, all that stuff. So theres its everywhere. Big personality. Reporter debbie warfields son, spencer, died from a heroin overdose in 2012. War field blames oxycontin. She says thats where his addiction began. Oxycontin and heroin has taken such a toll on our family, you know, for the roast of our lives. Reporter the city of everett has now filed a lawsuit against the maker of the pain killer, Purdue Pharma. The lawsuit claims purdue knowingly, recklessly, and or negligently surprised oxycontin to suspicious physicians and pharmacies and it alleges purdue monitored the illegal trafficking of its pills, knew high volumes were being distributed, and didnt share the information with Law Enforcement. Everetts mayor ray stephanson. I believe its about greed, and they need to be held accountable to make our community whole. Reporter Purdue Pharma declined our request for an interview but says it has a strong record of working with Law Enforcement and information its provided in some drug cases has led to convictions. In a statement, purdue told us the lawsuit, paints a completely flawed and nakerate portrayal of events that led to the crisis in everett. Stephanson says the lawsuit is about rebuilding his community. They give corporations a bad name, and theyve affected lives. People have died, and they need to be held accountable, and i believe they will be. Reporter purdue also told us they look forward to presenting the facts in court. Everetts mayor says if they win any money from purdue, theyll use it for treatment programs and Law Enforcement, scott. Pelley Kenneth Craig furst tonight. Kenneth, thank you. We have breaking news tonight. A tragedy in texas. At least 12 people have been killed today in a crash in the texas hill country. A church bus carrying Senior Citizens home from a retreat collided head on with a pickup truck on route 83. Thats a twolane highway. Again, 12 confirmed dead. Parts of texas and oklahoma were pounded last night by tornadoes. 100mileperhour wind and hail. Near Oklahoma City a truck was blown off the road and a driver was killed. Near lubbock, texas, three Storm Chasers were killed when a vehicle ran a stop sign. There is growing concern tonight that the u. S. Military may be responsible for the deaths of many dozens of civilians in the tough urban combat in mosul, iraq. Iraqs military, backed by u. S. Air strikes and special operations forces, is liberating the city of one million from isis. Since last fall, nearly 800 iraqi troops have been killed, 4600 wounded. David martin has been look into the civilian deaths. Reporter american officers have now independent the collapsed building where upwards of 100 civilians, including women and children, were buried alive. The top u. S. Commander for the middle east told congress he agrees with the onscene assessment. There is a fair chance that our operations may have contributed to civilian casualties. Reporter but general joseph votel said a march 17 air strike which targeted an isis fighting position was not designed to bring down the entire building. The munition that was deployed here should not have created the effects that that that have been observed. Reporter one possibility is that shockwaves from the fighting in west mosul, the heaviest urban combat since world war ii, had so weakened the structure, it could not stand another blast. But how did so many civilians end up in that building . Had they gone there to take shelter or had they been herded there by isis . Congresswoman and former air force pilot Martha Mcsally isis knows that they can use human shields to avoid being hit. Its their air defense system. Reporter american officials insist there has been no loosening of the rules designed to avoid civilian casualties. But late last year, the authority to approve strikes was delegated to officers closer to the battlefield. That was intended to speed up the time it takes to call in a strike, but it also reduced the number of doublechecks needed before a pilot can squeeze the trigger. Scott. 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That decision has prompted criticism, especially since the extra security at and around trump tower is reportedly costing more than 100,000 a day. Anita mcbride, chief of staff to former first lady laura bush, says mrs. Trump is learning her way. I think for mrs. Trump, who is coming into this as not a politicians wife and in fact, remember, shes only been an american citizen for 10 years theres a lot to absorb. Theres a lot to take in. Reporter this afternoon, the first lady joined her husband at the white house for a panel on empowering women. Melania is a very highly accomplished woman, and really an inspiration to so many, and she is doing some great job. Reporter now, most first ladies take a little while to tackle the job. Two months after Michelle Obama became first lady, she broke ground for the white house garden, but, scott, it was a year before she announced her First Initiative lets move fitness campaign. Pelley jan crawford furst. Jan, thank you. 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Don mclean has been singing american pie so bye, bye Miss American pie drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry reporter and for nearly as long, people have been trying to pin him down on its meaning. But what was the song about . The song is about an American Dream of some sort. If you believe in rock n roll reporter set against the 1959 plane crash that took the life of buddy holler, ritchie valens, and the big bopper, american pie was an eight nafl nafl minute consideration of the decade that followed. It was different because of the kind of song it was, the length of the song, and it entertained people, i think, on a number of levels levels. Reporter the most enduring level is mcleans collection of lyrics, a longlific of opaque illusions to the boldfaced names of the 1960s. There was a lot of stuff going on in the song. Reporter a lot. Yeah. Reporter while there have been College Courses taught on the lyrics of american pie. The man who constructed the song wants nothing to do with its deconstruction. But the quartet practicing in the park, thats not the beatles . No. Reporter oh, don. Theres a lot of people who are going to be heartbroken. It might be. Bye, bye Miss American pie reporter don mclean will be singing the song the rest of his life. You have ever performed a concert in the last 45 years where you havent sung ca amern pie . No. Reporter because theyd riot. They wouldnt like it i was a lonely teenaged rockin buck with a pink carination and a pickup truck reporter but that doesnt mean he has to clear up any questions about. The day the music died reporter the day the music died. For him, thats reason will song will live forever. Jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. Pelley once pressed for the meaning of american pie, don mclean said, it means ill never have to work. Tonight, baby news from nervous dad to be, george george. Theres Nothing Better than having a baby unless its having two. 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