Transcripts For KPIX CBS Evening News With Jeff Glor 20180922

Surrounding brett kavanaugh. Ea republicans have agreed on a e unteroffer to lawyers of kavanaughs accuser. In the very near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court. The flooding threatening the carolinas continues one week after Hurricane Florence hit. Duke energy says a dam was breached at a plant in North Carolina. To crews are now trying to prevent toxic coal ash from spilling into the river. In maryland, investigators say a suspect in a workplace shooting rampage yesterday was suffering from mental illness. You just dont know when or where this could happen. Its almost like a ticking time bomb. It could cost more to shop at walmart. The retailer warning about a price hike if the trump. Dministration imposes a tariff on chinese imports. Reporter this sand table at the Forest Service fire lab is creating many fire whirls, and what scientists learn here could help them better understand bigger versions in the wild. And, a surprise guest tonight on the n. F. L. Network. Jeff glor glor the vikings are home this weekend against the buffalo bills. I think the bills might have a Little Something this weekend. Glor im a believer youre out of here glor goodbye. Glor good evening, im jeff glor. This is our western edition. We are going to get to the allegations that the Deputy Attorney general was involved in secret plotting against the president in just a moment. But we begin with breaking news in the case of Supreme Court nominee brett kavanaugh, and the College Professor who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. Negotiations are now under way for Christine Blasey ford to tell her story to the Senate Judiciary committee next week. Today, for the first time, President Trump criticized ford, angering a senator who could determine kavanaughs fate. Dres nancy cordes. Why didnt somebody call the f. B. I. 36 years ago . Reporter after several days of restraint, President Trump is now questioning professor Christine Blasey fords story. Why didnt someone call the f. B. I. 36 years ago . He tweeted. If the attack on dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed by her loving parents. I was appalled by the president s tweet. Reporter senator Susan Collins of maine is a key republican who is still undecided on kavanaugh. We know that allegations in Sexual Assault are one of the most unreported crimes that exist. Reporter fords attorney spent the day negotiating the terms of her congressional appearance. They want kavanaugh to testify first. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary say ford should. Republicans plowed ahead with seir own investigation today, after rejecting fords request for an f. B. I. Probe. Cbs news obtained this email the mmittee sent to a woman who may have been in attendance at a party that occurred circa 1982, requesting a confidential phone call. The reason that we know that weis allegation is false is because we know brett kavanaugh. Reporter roughly 75 women ththered today to show support for their friend. Maura fitzgerald dated him in college. In both public and private, brett treated me and everyone i know with respect. He has always been kind and good ndtured. Reporter ford says a drunken kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth and groped her at a high school party, an accusation he senies. R a conservative summit in ncc. , the senates republican leader projected confidence it would all work out. In the very near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court. cheers and applause so glor all right, so, nancy, its not going to happen monday. The day of the hearing is up in eae air. It seems like either wednesday or thursday potentially here. But what do we know about the format . Reporter well, in a very unusual move, jeff, republican senators are seeking to cede their right to question ford at the hearing to an outside lawyer. That could be because there are 11 republicans on the committee, and all of them are men. They may be concerned about the optics. Glor nancy cordes, thank you now, to the reports this afternoon that after President Trump fired f. B. I. Director james comey early last year, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggested secretly recording the president. The idea was to document chaos in the white house, and potentially make a case for invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president from office according to this report. That would require the Vice President and a majority of the cabinet to declare the president was unfit to serve. Paula reid is with the president in springfield, missouri tonight. Reporter memos written by former acting f. B. I. Director Andrew Mccabe claim Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggested recording President Trump, and possibly trying to remove him from office by invoking the 25th amendment. The comments were allegedly made in may, 2015, shortly after the president fired f. B. I. Director james comey. Plump later dont contradicted that. When i decided to do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election. Reporter in the chaotic days that followed. Rosenstein appointed special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate russian meddling in the 2016 election. As the president lashed out at the Justice Department, rosenstein defended his agency. Were going to do whats required by the rule of law and any kind of threats that anybody makes are not going to affect the way we do our job. Reporter in a statement rosenstein called the allegations first reported by the New York Times inaccurate, factually incorrect. He added, based on my personal dealings with the president , there is no basis to invoke the 25th amendment. A former Just Department official many a meeting confirmed rosenstein made a reference to the president but was sarcastic and never had intention of reporting a conversation with the president. They tell cbs news they do not recall any reference to the 25th amendment that requires removal to have the president if he cannot do his duties. We have somebody whom i call the failing New York Times who talks about resistance within the trump administration. As reporter an attorney for Andrew Mccabe said he had no idea how these memos were released this week with you important to remember mccabe ors fired by the f. B. I. Back in may for misleading investigators in an internal Justice Department investn subsequently referred to the u. S. Attorney in d. C. For possible criminal charges. Jeff . Preed in the middle glor all right, paula reid, in the middle of that rally. Paula, thank you very much. One week after Hurricane Florence slammed ashore, the cape fear and Waccamaw Rivers are still rising. In South Carolina today, new evacuation orders were issued to hundreds of people. In North Carolina, there are concerns about a possible environmental disaster. Heres manuel bojorquez. Reporter florences floodwaters are raising fears. This afternoon, this dam was breached at a North Carolina duke energy plant. Environmentalists worry the toxic coal ash stored here could spill into the cape fear river. Acfull week after the storm hit, thousands in South Carolina are under new evacuation orders. Some of the stranded in mullins had to be rescued by helicopter. These woods are full of water. It dont have anywhere to go. Reporter downstream in conway, the only way to reach tim landrums neighborhood is by boat. It looks like were on a river right now. It does. Ly reporter but this is actually the road. Thats the road. Reporter landrum says its the third time in the last four years the Waccamaw River has flooded here. Conway is bracing itself. The army and its contractors are racing to finish this temporary dam along highway 501, using concrete barriers and large sandbags, because, if this floods, the entire town will be virtually cut off. Thats what happened in orlmington, North Carolina after e e storm. The waters there have now receded, but only after flooding homes like mary moselys. Mary, do you have Flood Insurance . No, i dont. O reporter of the millions impacted by florence, fewer than 340,000 have Flood Insurance in north and South Carolina combined. For many like mary, the cost of a policy is too expensive. How are you going to get through this . I honestly dont know. Reporter fema encourages everyone who has suffered storm damage to apply for assistance, but here in South Carolina, it could take days to assess the total damage. Thats because the Waccamaw River is not expected to crest until early next week, and possibly at three feet above the record. Jeff. Glor those drone shots remain stunning, how bad the flooding still is. Manny, thanks. Were going to turn now to east serica. Wie search for more victims of a ferryboat tragedy will resume at krst light. Officials in tanzania say more than 130 people were killed when an overcrowded boat capsized yesterday in lake victoria. Debora patta has the latest on ais. Er reporter it is a rescue operation with very little good news. A few dozen survivors, but for the most part, emergency workers have pulled one dead victim after another out of lake victoria. Concerned relatives gathered on the scene to search for loved edes. Many are still missing, feared towned. The ferry only had the capacity to transport 100 people, but it was dangerously overloaded. Deadly maritime disasters have become all too familiar in tanzania. In 2012, 145 people died when a packed ferry sank en route to zanzibar. A year before, 200 people died in a similar incident. And this disaster will ignite memories of more than 20 years ago when over 800 people died after a ferry capsized in the very same waters of lake victoria. Tanzanias president has ordered the arrest of the ferry operator and declared four days of mourning. Little comfort for relatives who watched as the line of bodies brought to shore kept on growing. Debora patta, cbs news, johannesburg, south africa. Glor authorities in northern ws tfornia today delivered the news that many women had waited a quartercentury to hear there is an arrest in the norcal rapist case. The suspect is a married man who hasbeen hiding in plain sight. Jamie yuccas has more on this. For 27 years, there has been one Common Thread his d. N. A. Reporter investigators say 58yearold Roy Charles Waller targeted, then terrorized, at least ten women. He would bind them, and then aspeatedly sexually assault them. Reporter the attacks in six 99rthern california counties began in 1991. The victims ranged in age from 21 to 39 and were mostly asian. Nce, he actually called a victim and apologized. But after the lastknown assault ol 2006, the case went cold. Cold cases often become a journey for justice. Reporter that came through a genetic genealogy website called gedmatch, the same website used to track down and arrest the Golden State Killer earlier this year. The key was d. N. A. That came from a 1998 victim, who managed to stab waller in the arm during an assault. The man that tried to clean up the crime scene was unsuccessful, because there was iso much blood. He could not cover his sins. Reporter authorities arrested waller near his workplace the College Campus at u. C. Berkeley, where he worked for 25 years. The victims in this case can stop looking over their shoulders. No one else has to worry about him any more. Reporter officials wont say if it was wallers d. N. A. Or that of a Family Member that broke open this case. Investigators do think more victims could also come forward. And, jeff, he will be in court on monday. V glor all right, jamie yuccas in los angeles. Thanks very much. Coming up next here on the cbs evening news fire tornadoes. They can be devastating. Were going to go to a lab where they are studying this growing threat. And later, the trade war with china hits walmart shoppers. Medicare is great, but it doesnt cover everything, only about 80 of your part b medicare costs. A Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan may help cover some of the rest. Learn more about aarp Medicare Supplement plans, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. 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Carter evans went to a lab where scientists are trying to understand a growing threat fire tornadoes. Ev reporter its something most people had never seen before this summer a massive fire tornado 1,000 feet wide with wind speeds up to 165 miles per hour. Nn oh, my god reporter the towering funnel a flames and smoke devastated an area just outside redding, n lifornia. Reporter mechanical engineer Jason Forthofer specializes in kere tornadoes. Have you ever seen anything like that . No, i have not. Reporter so its already starting the rotation. Yup. Reporter at the Forest Service fire lab in montana, forthofer designed some of the newest experiments to study the phenomenon. What are you learning here about them in the lab . We know enough to understand reme of the ingredients that cause fire whirls, but were not too close to being able to ndedict actually when and where they will occur out on the ground. Reporter fire tornadoes can form when swirling winds, often behind a mountain, are heated by a wildfire and start to rise, forming a tight column of rotating flames and smoke. Forthofer says fire tornadoes, like this recent one in canada that sucked a hose up into its vortex, are a fairly common occurrence. Eemsre just not often caught on ndmera. It seems like these fires are getting bigger and bigger every year. Should we expect to see more fire tornadoes . Yeah, i would say just because it seems like were having more intense fires, and so the fire tornadoes sort of correlate with that. Reporter thats increasing the pressure to understand the lmenomenon, now that fire season in the west is almost year round. Carter evans, cbs news, missoula, montana. That can disrupt your routine for weeks. In severe cases, Pneumococcal Pneumonia can put you in the hospital. It can hit quickly, without warning, making you miss out on what matters most. 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Two and a half years after the death of prince comes a new album from his vault. Purple rain the album is titled piano a microphone 1983, and includes an early version of the hit purple rain, recorded at his home studio in minnesota. The recordings were found on a cassette tape in the singers archives. Steve hartman is next with the answer to a prayer that went to the heavens and back. George woke up in pain. But he has plans today. Hey dad. So he took aleve. If hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. Only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Aleve. All day strong. You wouldnt accept from any one else. Why accept it from an allergy pill . Flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which most pills dont. Its more complete allergy relief. Flonase. Mike and jen doyle . Yeah. Time for medicare, huh. I have no idea how were going to get through this. Follow me. 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Reporter the minister . Yeah. I didnt see god doing anything for me. Reporter so given all that, this thing comes and basically lands in your lap. Lo and behold, here god shows up. Reporter jerome says last month, he was at his day job with the power company, when a note came down from the heavens. It was attached to three balloons, and it read, god, e lp me go to college. Please help me get everything i ieed to leave wednesday. Signed, mykehia curry. Mykehia was about to start her freshman year at albany state geiversity in albany, georgia. No one in her family had ever gone to college, which is why she sent up that prayer, scared and worried. Scared, this is my first time being away from home, and worried, like as in financially. Reporter your family has no epney . Not really, no. N thats why i decided to come to college, so my little brother wouldnt have to go through the same thing i did. S reporter mykehia hopes to become a nurse, to provide both ep example and a better life for her brother, malik. She got a student loan, but didnt have money for other necessities like a fridge for her room, or even a comforter for her bed. She needed help. Unfortunately, the wind blew her balloons to just about the roorest preacher in central georgia. I dont have any money in my savings account. N drained it, from the taxes on t homs house. I said, now, you say this, right . Reporter did you say that out loud . I said it out loud. This is the way i talk to god. Chve got a way with each other. Reporter you may have a way with each other, but he doesnt understand your finances. No, he sure doesnt. But, evidently, he did. R reporter when he found that balloon message, jerome says he had a total of 125 to his name. Ow much did you spend on her . I spent all of it on her. R reporter he delivered a comforter and a mini fridge, and most importantly, a ton of much needed inspiration. En it encourages me to keep going, knowing that prayers are answered. Reporter likewise, jerome also has renewed faith, a good reminder that sometimes the best way to get your prayers answered is to answer someone elses. Steve hartman, on the road in monticello, georgia. Glor that is the cbs evening news for this week. Im jeff glor in new york. Well see you again on monday. Have a great weekend, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs seemingly normal life of the man prosecutors now say now at 6 00 a white picket fence, an office at uc berkeley, the unseemingly normal life of the man prosecutors now say is the norcal rapist. Hes accused of heinous crimes in the bay area. In evening his first victim is speaking out. We have Team Coverage starting with kpix5 reporter julie watts. Shes in benicia where by all accounts 58yearold roy waller seemed to be living a perfectly normal life until now. Reporter it happens to be National Forensic science week which is actually fitting in this case just months after an arrest in the Golden State Killer case investigators have once again used genealogy to find a suspected rapist who terrorized Northern California for years. In this quiet benicia neighborhood in a house behind a white picket fence investigators say a man violently raped and robbed 10 women in six Northern California counties over the course of 15 years. Police say 58yearold roy waller is the norcal rapist. His alleged crime spree began in rohnert park in 1991 and he continued victimizing women in davis, chico, woodland and sacramento. Those people you least expect sometimes you never know. Reporter waller lived here with his wife and like his home was unassuming neighbors say. From a distance he seemed normal. He was cutting down trees and pruning and they were laughing i think. Reporter but in a joint press Conference Today investigators from across Northern California recounted tales of terror. The suspect in this case was a real live boogeyman who crept into his victims homes under the cover of darkness and attacked them when they were most vulnerable. Reporter he allegedly bound and sexually assaulted his victim before ransacking their homes sometimes forcing them to withdraw money from the atm. In one notable case he posed as