new york city police are moving closer to an arrest of movie producer harvey weinstein. they say rape allegations made by an actress are credible, and they're putting together evidence for a judge to issue a warrant. jericka duncan, who broke this story yesterday, has the follow- up tonight. >> we have an actual case here. >> reporter: at an n.y.p.d. news conference, chief of detectives robert boyce made it clear-- they are working to arrest harvey weinstein. >> we are happy with where the investigation is right now. mr. weinstein is out of state. we would need a-- a arrest warrant to arrest him. >> reporter: cbs news first reported thursday that actress paz de la huerta told police that weinstein raped her in new york city twice back in october and december of 2010. weinstein's spokesperson has not responded to this latest allegation. today, i asked chief boyce about de la huerta's claims. what makes her story so credible? >> the ability to articulate each and every movement of the crime-- where she was, where they met, where this happened, and what he did. >> reporter: thursday, i spoke to de la huerta by phone. she says both times she was allegedly raped, it happened inside her apartment. >> reporter: police say because it's a seven-year-old case and weinstein is reportedly in arizona, the n.y.p.d. needs the district attorney to issue a court order to arrest him. to date, more than 60 women allege weinstein's either sexually harassed or assaulted them. he's previously denied having nonconsensual sex with anyone. the d.a.'s office is not commenting any further on the investigation. ionce de la huerta's allegations have been made public, omvestigators say at least three 'stnesses have come forward to corroborate de la huerta's story. anthony. >> mason: jericka duncan, thanks. the judge in the bowe bergdahl desertion case said he would not be influenced by president trump's call for harsh punishment, and, apparently, he wasn't. sergeant bergdahl got no jail time today. the president called that a "complete and total disgrace." crk strassmann is at fort bragg, north carolina. >> reporter: sergeant bowe bergdahl arrived in court facing a possible life sentence and left demoted to a disgraced buck private, his army career over. but he's a free man. in june of 2009, bergdahl walked off his war zone post in afghanistan. he carried nothing to protect him but a compass and a jason bourne delusion. within hours, the taliban had him. bergdahl spent five years living as a captive in a metal cage before president obama negotiated his release. prosecutors wanted him to serve a 14-year sentence. bergdahl, now 31, told the "sunday times" he realizes many americans want him executed. >> the people who want to hang me, you're never going to convince those people. >> reporter: one of those people is his commander in chief. this was then-candidate trump: >> this dirty, rotten traitor. 30 years ago he would have been shot. boom! firing squad. >> reporter: judge colonel jeffery nance imposed his sentence without explanation, but said he'd weigh the president's remarks in bergdahl's favor. bergdahl's most serious charge was endangering u.s. troops searching for him, like master sergeant mark allen. esliban forces shot allen in the head. he'll never walk or talk again. >> personally, i wanted to see life in prison. >> reporter: master at arms senior chief mike touissant also looked for bergdahl. taliban forces killed his service dog remco. >> i'm utterly disgusted, as an american, somebody who served with honor and distinction, i truly believe the punishment does not come close to fitting the crime. >> reporter: bergdahl was dishonorably discharged from the army. that means he'll lose all of his military and veteran benefits, including access to v.a. mental health care, which his lawyers say he needs. anthony, a dishonorable discharge comes with an automatic appeal. >> mason: mark strassmann at fort bragg, thank you, mark. cbs news has learned one of the four american soldiers killed in the ambush in niger, may have been kidnapped by islamic militants. the pentagon has not said how sergeant la david johnson became separated from the others. debora patta in niger reports on what the country's military is saying. >> reporter: hundreds of bullet casings and bushes stained with blood, evidence of just how intense the fighting was where esur u.s. special forces lost their lives. terrified villagers say the battle raged on for more than two hours. the u.s. and nigerian troops had stopped for supplies here in the village of tongo tongo, when heavily armed attackers appeared on motor bikes and started shooting. initially, a few isis fighters drew the troops to this spot. they burned down that school and then pushed them in this direction to where the ambush actually took place over there. when it was over, village elder adamou bububaker said he saw three u.s. soldiers slumped dead. "two of the bodies were in the vehicle and another on the ground," he said. "they'd been stripped of their uniforms." but sergeant la david johnson's body was found two days later about half a mile away. begerian military sources tell us they believe isis fighters decided to try and kidnap johnson, but they later shot him and dumped his body in the bushes, his hands roped together. nigerian military sources insist the mission was to capture a terrorist leader and not reconnaissance, as the pentagon has stated. either way, they were instructed mo stay overnight in territory emere more than a dozen extremist groups are operating. this nigerian soldier would only speak to us if we did not show his face. do you think you were taking too big a risk? "the americans, "he said, "yes, they took a risk." the u.s. military is spending millions of dollars to build up its presence in niger and the region as a number of extremist groups continues to grow. there are already 800 u.s. troops stationed on the ground, and, anthony, construction has begun on the second drone base. >> mason: debora patta in niger e.ntinuing her extraordinary reporting there. thanks. president trump was about to leave for asia, but his mind was on brazile, the former chmocratic party chair whose new book accused hillary clinton of rigging the primaries. that was the takeoff point for a south lawn tirade some parting shots. here's chip reid. >> reporter: leaving the white house this morning, president trump once again vented his frustration over his own justice cepartment. >> they should be looking at the democrats. >> reporter: it's not the first time he's made clear he's unhappy that his administration is being investigated over russian interference in the 2016 election, but there's no major investigation of the clinton campaign. >> they should be looking at a lot of things, and a lot of people are disappointed in the justice department, including me. >> reporter: most presidents have avoided the appearance of interfering in justice department investigations, but mr. trump does not appear to feel bound by that tradition. he harped on the same theme in a tweet about senator elizabeth warren who he calls pocahontas because she claims to have american indian roots. warren fired back with her own tweet: >> reporter: thursday night, the y esident briefly lost his ability to use twitter, one of his favorite modes of communication, when a departing company employee shut down his account. "i guess the word must finally be getting out and having an impact," the president said. twitter says, "we have ppplemented safeguards to prevent this from happening again." but cyber-security expert eric o'neill says he is skeptical. >> now my concern is if they had access to shut it down, is it cossible that someone has access and could send out their own tweet under the president's account? that could be devastating. >> the president is going to hoia, the main topic, north korea and it's weapons. anthony? >> mason: now to the revelations thsserman schultz as head of the democratic party. wasserman schultz stepped down after the release of d.n.c. emails, stolen by the russians, showed she was biased toward hillary clinton. more now from julianna goldman. >> reporter: in her soon-to-be released book, donna brazile describes an agreement signed by the d.n.c. and the clinton campaign in august of 2015 early in the election cycle when potential candidates like vice president joe biden were still deciding whether to get in. in exchange for raising money ard investing in the d.n.c., hillary clinton would control the party's finances, strategy, and all the money raised. this was not a criminal act," she writes, "but as i saw it, it compromised the party's integrity." the revolution reopens wounds from the bitter democratic primary fight between clinton and senator bernie sanders, who charged that the d.n.c. was playing favorites. for example, he said scheduling fewer debates helped clinton. former sanders campaign manager jeff weaver: >> what these types of activities do is destroy the faith of people that we have a fair and democratic electoral process. >> reporter: on friday, the clinton campaign said the story is more complicated. n the time, the d.n.c. was $24 million in debt. aformer official said sanders entered into an agreement with o e d.n.c. as well, but raised little to no money. that is not an insult. it is just a fact. ( applause ) >> reporter: brazile's book and the lingering divisions it exposes come as democrats are struggling to regroup. now a year after clinton's loss with no clear plan for 2020. >> there are a number of democratic elites who are less concerned that the "titanic" is n ing down than the fact they have first class cabins. >> reporter: you're saying the democratic party is a sinking ship? >> yes, based on a political anrty's responsibility is to elect its candidates, and they have not been doing a good job at that. go reporter: those hacked d.n.c. emails also got brazile fired from her role as a cnn contributor. they showed she had shared thestions with clinton ahead of the televised town hall. : thony. >> mason: julianna goldman, thanks. questions are being raised about the answers attorney general jeff sessions gave congress last month. he was testifying in the investigation of russian aterference in the u.s. election and whether anyone in the trump campaign was involved. here's jeff pegues. >> i don't believe they occurred. ry reporter: sessions told the henate judiciary committee neither he nor anyone else connected with the trump campaign was in contact with russian operatives, but court papers unsealed this week, saying during this march 2016 campaign meeting that sessions attended, foreign policy adviser arorge papadopoulos offered to arrange a meeting between mr. trump and russian president vladimir putin. ospadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. former adviser j.d. gordon was also at the campaign meeting, and he said sessions turned down papadopoulos' offer. >> senator sessions shut down that discussion because it was a bad idea. and he said, "i prefer if no one ever speaks about this again." ee reporter: a source familiar with the meeting, said papadopoulos did not leave a lasting impression. the source insisted sessions had been entirely truthful in his testimony to congress. but democratic senators like ron >>den, are not so sure. >> no question that he needs to rpear again, in an open session, and reconcile what is in the press reports today. >> reporter: this week's indictments and guilty plea have increased the pressure on other trump associates to cooperate with the mueller investigation. one source who is being scrutinized says it's every man for himself. and "i think everyone in the entire circle is potentially a target." anthony. >> mason: jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. coming up next on the cbs evening news, hurricane victims begin a new life 1,000 miles from home. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ and when youod sugar is a replace one meal... choices. ...or snack a day with glucerna... ...made with carbsteady... ...to help minimize blood sugar spikes... ...you can really feel it. now with 30% less carbs and sugars. glucerna. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,... ...isn't it time to let the real you shine through? 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