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Allegations were made by u.s. intelligence officials that russia had been engaged in hacking in the u.s. election. so, its a connection thats not been made formally, but its what everybody is talking about. >> and then matthew, of course, there is also this reported death of a high-level official in russia and questions about whether he may be linked to the report by the retired british spy that claimed russia had something on president trump. what do you know about that? >> i know it just gets ...

Still my father, and i have to support him, because i know how he raised me and what he did for us. he did everything for us. hes a warm grandfather. he spoils his grand children, and its very hard for him, but its hard for all of us. its an event that ruined the family. its a nightmare for us. >> at his advanced age, its difficult to say what his life will hold in store for him when hes soon released. but 34-year-old olig is optimistic about his future. he holds a job at the shoe factory. >> tr...

Book. it was an adventure. >> do you worry now that the whole thing is exposed and you wrote the book the russians will come after you? >> its an interesting thing, fareed. the russians are a professional military intelligence service. it is almost a gentlemans game. its like chess perhaps on steroids. there is an unwritten rule. i have a lot of respect for oleg. he day he got off the flight in jfk he considered himself in enemy territory. he wasnt wrong. he was shadowed. i am not worried about ...

It was an adventure, and i never thought id get in the middle of it. >> do you worry that now that the whole thing is exposed, youve written this book the russians are going to come after you? >> its interesting. the russians really are a professional military intelligence service. its almost a gentlemens game. chess on steroids. there is an underwritten luolrule. i have a lot of respect for oleg. he railroad he considered himself in military territory. i dont think it would benefit thing to do ...

Sensitive information. >> who was the russian oleg? >> he was a diplomat at the russian mission to the united nations here in new york. i believe he was

I approached the fbi with the simple request of asking for a letter of recommendation to apply for the navy. that was my goal. i wanted a star on my resumé. that was it. >> what exactly were you doing for the russians? the russians would ask you for designs, technology -- >> yes. >> -- about various military products. even sometimes open-source. >> yes. they wanted to get whatever i could give them. so part of what they had to figure out was first what i actually had access to. what was my valu...

Making progress in their work to locate the remains of the 144 passengers and six crew members who died in tuesdays germanwings plane crash. they were sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers. and they came from at least 18 countries. heres anderson cooper. >> reporter: a moment of silence for opera singers maria radner and oleg grijak outside barcelona where the two had performed in siegfried. both singers were return home to dusseldorf. on the plane with her husband and 18...

Lights. ♪ oleg bryjak had been a member since 1996. remembered as much for his acting as the unique range and quality of his voice. >> there are some voices which, if you dont see the person, you cant always know -- you cant always tell who it is. with oleg, you could always tell. it was his individual sound. that sound well never forget. >> reporter: bryjak had been in barcelona singing in a role he received huge acclaim from last summer in germanys panthon to vagner. the pinnacle of a career...

♪ >> oleg, 54 years old, was part of a german opera country based in the city. both internationally known singers. the opera world mourning the loss of the performers, both professionally and personally. >> i broke the news to the ensemb ensemble, and we had a pea anna direction rehearsal of "aida. "i summoned everyone to the stage and told them the tragic news. and they were stunned. people started crying. so that -- we couldnt go on with the rehearsal. ♪ >> reporter: three americans were a...

House since 60s1996. hes performed on stages all over the world. earlier, bryaks colleague and friend spoke with our anderson cooper. >> we are so sorry for your life. >> dusseldorf -- we know sometimes going to happen to all of us. but the sadness with which it happens -- i can only describe it as staggering. >> what kind of guy was oleg? tell us about him. >> the oleg i knew is a very sensitive person. its very easygoing professional