fuzzy. >> reporter: but when i made a warm and fuzzy gesture -- >> here's the finger i'll give you. >> reporter: at least you can't say he never lifts a finger. jeanne moos, cnn, work. >> thank you so much for joining us. anderson starts now. good evening, thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news. another plea deal and this time it's a russian, maria butina is now cooperating with federal prosecutors after agreeing to a plea deal according to a source familiar with the matter. this is separate from the robert mueller investigation, but the news comes on a day when there are new and looming questions hanging over the presidency after friday night's court filings from mueller and the southern district of new york. from court filings, public statements, and reporting from cnn and other news outlets, we now know that at least 16 associates of candidate trump had contacts with russians