Norah we are tracking Tropical Storm ophelia as it barrels up the east coast with strong winds and heavy rain. How it will impact your weekend plans. More autoworkers walk out on the job and onto the picket line. What were learning tonight about the investigation into that deadly bus crash involving a High School Marching band, as the ntsb arrives on the scene. Migrant crossings at the u. S. Southern border have risen to near record levels this month. As thousands continue to make the dangerous journey to the u. S. Border, communities on this side say their resources are stretched thin. We are Hearing Audio of a 911 call in South Carolina after a u. S. Marine pilot ejected from an f35 fighter jet sunday, leaving the plane to fly on autopilot until it crashed. Im sorry, what happened . Im the pilot. We need to get rescue rolling. Im not sure where the airplane is. If you have a costco mattress, listen up. About 48,000 mattresses sold at costco are now under recall after customers reported mold growing on them. Norah and an outofthis world discovery as the first u. S. Sample of an Asteroid Heads to earth. Good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. We begin with the shocking new details in the federal indictment of a powerful u. S. Senator. And tonight the calls for new jerseys bob menendez to resign are growing, including from the governor of his state and from his own party, who say the threeterm senator needs to step down immediately. A grand jury indicted the democratic senator and his wife on three counts of conspiracy to commit bribery, extortion, and fraud in a case alleging he aided a Foreign Government and new jersey businessmen. The 39page indictment just unsealed today is astonishing in its scope. Prosecutors found hundreds of thousands of dollars inside the lawmakers house, with cash stuffed in his congressional jacket with his name on it and then these gold bars that were wrapped in paper towels. In a statement, menendez denies any wrongdoing. This is his second indictment in ten years, which is believed to be the first time in American History that a sitting u. S. Senator has been indicted on two separate criminal cases. Cbss Scott Macfarlane is on capitol hill with all the details. Scott, i have read through this indictment. The charges here, the accusations are stunning in their detail. Reporter and they are rocking capitol hill, norah. The senator faces prosecution and calls from inside his own party to resign, accused of leveraging his powerful seat here at the senate to enrich himself. The indictment against new jersey Democrat Robert menendez and his wife alleges vast corruption, trading political favors with three new jersey businessmen in exchange for riches. Federal agents say when they raided the family home last summer, they found 100,000 worth of gold bars. 480,000 in cash, some stuffed in envelopes found in a jacket bearing menendezs name. And outside in the driveway, a 60,000 mercedesbenz convertible allegedly given to them by one of the businessmen he helped. The indictment says agents discovered a Google Search by menendez asking how much is 1 kilo of gold worth . The senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes. In exchange for senator menendez using his power and influence to protect and to enrich those businessmen. Reporter prosecutors allege menendez wielded his Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairmanship to help one of the businessmen, american egyptian wael hana, secure a lucrative contract in egypt. And helped hana get Sensitive Information about the u. S. Embassy in cairo which was ultimately shared with the egyptian government. They say the scheme started in 2018 just months after a mistrial was declared in a prior Corruption Case menendez was involved in. Ive made my share of mistakes, but my mistakes were never a crime. Reporter the new indictment details the involvement of menendezs wife, lebaneseborn nadine arslanian, whom he married in 2020 after ten months of dating. The senator is seen here serenading her at indias taj mahal. Before proposing. Arslanian is accused of taking a noshow job with hana who allegedly had close ties to egyptian intelligence and according to the indictment, hana, in a text message to an egyptian general, referred to menendez as our man. The 69yearold senator will temporarily step aside as committee chairman, blasted the charges saying the excesses of these prosecutors is apparent. They have misrepresented the normal work of a Congressional Office and on top of that, they have attacked my wife. Congressional ethics watchdog noah bookbinder. No matter the outcome of the case or the party, do you think this damages public trust . Corruption in any party, any part of the ideological spectrum is damaging to the american peoples faith in government. Reporter the indictment could complicate democrats attempts to hold on their slim Senate Majority next year. Menendez is up for reelection. Hasnt announced plans to resign his seat. It would be new jerseys Governor Phil Murphy who would declare his replacement. Norah. Norah Scott Macfarlane, thank you. Well, tonight there is some breaking news as parts of the east coast are preparing for heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding with Tropical Storm ophelia forming in the atlantic. Beaches in North Carolina and virginia are already seeing dangerous surf and rip currents. For more, lets bring in meteorologist alex wilson from our partners at the weather channel. Good evening, alex. Good evening, norah. Ophelia set to make a mess of a lot of folks weekends. As of the latest update, we now have Hurricane Watches in addition to Tropical Storm warnings across sections of the carolina and virginia coastline, expecting heavy rain as well. Some areas could see three to 5 inches of rainfall. We look at the Wind Advisories also to account for the wind gust potential, high Wind Warnings closer to the coast so falling trees will definitely be a concern. Power outages possible. Storm surges an issue as well. 4 to 6 feet along portions of the North Carolina coast. Then we have coastal flood watches, coastal flood warnings and coastal flood advisories because of the rainfall potential, flood watches in effect for parts of North Carolina and virginia. And the heaviest rain begins to advance in tonight, continues tomorrow all the way through monday. Back to you. Norah alex, thank you. Tonight the unprecedented strike against detroits Big Three Automakers is expanding after the companies failed to make progress in negotiations. Late today President Biden said he will travel to michigan on tuesday to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of the uaw. Cbss Kris Van Cleave continues his reporting from michigan. Reporter across 20 states coast to coast, approximately 5600 more autoworkers walked off the job at 38 Parts Distribution centers belonging to General Motors and chrysler parent stellantis, as their union expanded its weeklong strike against the big three. Our standup strike strategy is designed to do one thing win record contracts after years of record profits. Reporter Nelter Brantley joined the strike today. I hope it doesnt last long. Were out here for a reason, and i hope that they hear our reason and just, you know, meet us halfway. Reporter shutting down Parts Distributions means consumers may soon feel the impact of the strike as car dealers run out of parts for repairs. Theyre regarded as cash cows for the companies. Reporter Wayne State University business professor marick masters. It affects Customer Relations and the union wants to have an impact on the companies where it will be most keenly felt. They know they are dependent on their customer base. Reporter already on strike are nearly 13,000 Union Employees at three midwest plants. Fair pay fair benefits reporter General Motors called the expanded walk out unnecessary and criticized a series of leaked messages obtained by The Detroit News apparently from a senior uaw official saying the union aimed to inflict operational chaos, adding if we can keep them wounded for months, they dont know what to do. And they are still helpless to stop it. Stellantis tells cbs news it now questions if the uaw ever had an interest in reaching an agreement in a timely manner. Union president shawn fain dismissed those messages essentially as strategic planning. The union did not expand its strike against ford today saying they had made real progress, finding agreement on things like costofliving and job protections but the two sides remain far apart when it comes to pay. Norah . Norah Kris Van Cleave, thank you. Tonight federal investigators are at the scene of that horrific bus crash on a new york interstate. The charter bus was carrying High School Kids to band camp yesterday when it overturned and crashed 50 feet down on an embankment. The Band Director and a retired volunteer were killed and several students were critically hurt. Cbss Errol Barnett has the new details. Reporter tonight investigators are focusing on how a potential tire blowout could have caused this coach bus to rollover down an embankment, killing two. As a result of the crash, multiple occupants were ejected from the motorcoach. And two received fatal injuries. Reporter it left a Horrific And Chaotic Scene thursday afternoon along i84 about a two hours drive northwest of new york city. New york state trooper jason lewis witnessed the aftermath. It was mayhem. It was a very horrendous, tragic accident, just by viewing it before i even got down to the scene. Reporter the bus involved was leading a caravan of six en route to a Band Camp Weekend in greely, pennsylvania. Shuttling 40 members of the farmingdale Long Island High School band and four adults. Numerous children scattered around. The crying, you know, asking for the parents. Just as i would do with my two children, i aided to them. I cared for them. Tried to calm them down. Reporter killed in the crash, their 43yearold Band Director Gina Pellettiere and Volunteer Chaperone 77yearold beatrice ferrari. Pellettiere was a single mother who is being remembered for her dedication to her students and music. She made school fun. She made life entertaining and she brought a lot of joy to a lot of people whether they were in the band or not. Reporter ferrari was a retired History Teacher who looked forward to this trip every year. She was a mom, a grandmother, my motherinlaw. She was like a mom to me. Reporter investigators hope to learn more once they interview the bus driver. That hasnt happened yet. And, norah, its unclear if any of the students were even able to wear seat belts. Norah Errol Barnett, thank you so much. Tonight for the first time, we are hearing a dramatic 911 call after that 100 million f35 fighter jet crashed in South Carolina last weekend. The caller, the pilot who ejected, and the man whose backyard he landed in. Cbss david martin is following the investigation from the pentagon. Reporter the case of the missing f35 began in the backyard of this house in north charleston, South Carolina with a hardtobelieve 911 call. I guess weve got a pilot in our house and he says he got ejected. He ejected from the plane. Im sorry, what happened . Weve got a pilot in the house. And i guess he landed in my backyard, and we are trying to see if we can get an ambulance to the house, please. Reporter the pilot had no idea where his 100 million airplane had gone. We have a military jet crash. Im the pilot. Im not sure where the airplane is. It wouldve crash landed somewhere. Has there been a report of an airplane crash . I have not seen any come up yet. Maam, im a pilot in a Military Aircraft and i ejected. So i just rode a parachute down to the ground. Reporter where had the plane gone . Local Law Enforcement didnt have a clue. We did not have any Crash Information. The pilot lost sight of it on his way down due to the weather. Reporter no Crash Information because the plane kept flying for about 60 miles after the pilot punched out. How far did he fall . I was at 2,000 feet. Okay. And what caused the fall . An aircraft failure. Reporter retired Marine Dave Berke used to fly the f35. What are the types of Aircraft Failures that could force a pilot to punch out but allow the plane to keep flying . This had to be something along the lines of a massive electronic or Flight Control failure. Reporter when the 911 operator asked the pilot if he was injured, he said his back hurt, no doubt from the force of the ejection. He is 47 years old. And the marines say he has decades of flying experience. Norah . Norah that 911 operator got quite the call. David martin, thank you. Now to the crisis at the southern border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered more buses to the cities of eagle pass and el paso to send more migrants north to democraticrun cities amid the surge in asylumseekers. Cbss Manuel Bojorquez reports daily Migrant Crossings have nearly doubled from just a few months ago. Reporter they arrive by any means necessary on top of trains, pulled from under barbed wire, or across the rio grande, sometimes with deadly consequences. The strain of more than 8,000 a day, crossing the border is moving north to cities like san antonio where overflowing shelters means some migrants sleep outside. Migrants that we have encountered here in this area are trying to evade arrest. Reporter we rode along with customs and Border Protection agents who say theyve conducted more than 500 rescues in the el paso sector over the last year. Migrants often left in bad shape by cartels. Migrants have been walking for a little while. So our agents are responding at that time in that moment was crucial because they were lost. Reporter the majority of the migrants are from venezuela which is a country with very limited diplomatic ties with wih the united states. What does that mean . Well, its not as easy to deport or repatriate people. That poses other challenges, says ruben garcia, who runs an el paso shelter. If they get released by Border Patrol and you ask them, do you have a family member, relative, friend in the u. S. That can receive you . Many of them do not. Reporter desire pastra, rancisco araujo, and their two girls are among the lucky ones who have a relative in houston theyll stay with. But the monthlong journey has left them physically and emotionally scarred. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] feeling a lot. Reporter but they do not qualify for the temporary legal status being offered by the Biden Administration to some venezuelan migrants because they did not enter the country before july 31st. Norah, tomorrow the head of the department of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas, is set to visit the border. Norah all right, manny bojorquez, thank you. Turning now to the war in ukraine and the fight over the u. S. Funding of weapons. Fears over corruption have some House Republicans demanding more oversight while some hardliners want to cut aid entirely. Cbss Holly Williams takes a look at how billions of dollars are being tracked inside ukraine for this sundays 60 minutes. Reporter Oleksandra Ustinova was an anticorruption activist and is now an outspoken member of ukraines parliament. She chairs a Government Commission that tracks all military aid coming to ukraine. These javelins provided by the united states. Reporter she filmed this video for us inside what she called a topsecret warehouse, storing american javelin antitank missiles. We have online databases with the serial numbers of every american piece of weapon that your embassy has access to. They can come, type in, lets say, a javelin and see which brigade it is and then go check it if they dont believe. Reporter u. S. Officials are going to the front line . We are letting them. Sometimes they may be sending people. 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Good night and have a great weekend. A lot of my peers do not have fall back plans or any other skill set. The state fight for pensions for mma fighters. And just as students settle in for the school year, teachers from another major local district get ready for a possible strike. Heavy machinery is fired up. The major step towards recovery for a Coastal Community that is reminded of last winters devastating storms every day. I can see it, it breaks my heart to see it. I wish i can go to sleep and it is open. Again. When will the Wildfire Smoke finally let up . It was day four of these hazy skies, unhealthy air the smoke visible today. Still, and here is what looks like around the bay area right now. Conditions seem to be improving, still, another Spare The Air Alert has been issued for tomorrow. And once the air clears, another weather event. See that colorful band on our future cast . I feel like i gave it away. You didnt but