With scott pelley. Pelley well start tonight with breaking news. We have learn that a u. S. Spy satellited detected a flash of heat over egypts Sinai Peninsula at the moment on saturday that a russian jetliner vanished from radar. David martin at the pentagon reports the infrared satellite recorded the flash, but it is not known whether the flash was caused by Something Like a failure in a fuel tank or perhaps a bomb. The metrojet wreckage is spread over miles, indicating that it came apart at high altitude. All aboard, more than 200 people, were killed. They were mostly vacationing russian families en route from a seaside resort in egypt to st. Petersburg. Today u. S. Intelligence director James Clapper said its unlikely that terrorism brought down the airbus a321. Investigators hope the flight recorders will tell them what did. Allen pizzey is in egypt. Teams have finished combing a eightsquaremile area of the sinai december ertd where the widen the search. Most of the bodies have be
Airbus a321. Investigators hope the flight recorders will tell them what did. Allen pizzey is in egypt. Reporter Sunny Isles Beach teams have finished combing a eightsquaremile area of the sinai december ertd where the airbus went down and will now widen the search. Most of the bodies have been found along with the planes two flight dataecorders. Decodingnghem toiscover what caused the plane to suddenly breck apart in midair is expected to begin tomorrow, after the arrival of experts from ireland where the a321 was registered and had its last safety check. The airbus and other experts examined the twisted metal of the fuselage today. A neat arrange. Of luggage in the deser rather than a airport carousel was a reminder how much those clues matter. Isis based in the sinai claimed it brought down the plane, and while there is no evidence of direct terrorist involvement, the possibility the sinai militants are responsible cant be dismissed according to the u. S. Director of National Intell
In des moines november 14th. Itll be moderated by c b s john dickerson. 3 Iowa Governor Terry Branstad was getting asked some questions. About the effort to privatize iowas Medicaid Program. Critics want to know about how much money might be saved. How contracts have been awarded. And how the plan will affect patients. Later today. A legislative Oversight Committee will hold the first of two hearings to go over these privatization plans. The governor says the move will mean more streamlined service at a lower cost. And iowa is doing the same thing that half the states in the u s have already done. 3 the dept of Human Services has shared with me the spreadsheet and the citeria and the approach that they used. I think that we acted in an appropriate way. And we feel confident. And just as 25 other states have been able to move forward with 3 this. Iowas Medicaid Program gives care to poor children. Families. Disabled people. And low income adults. Its paid for with more than 4 billion do
His lead in New Hampshire. But the fastestrising candidate there is marco rubio. Hes now at 13 , a ninepoint improvement since september. Trump is at 26 , followed by ben carson at 16 . Heres Major Garrett. Thank you very much. Reporter marco rubios rise has come at jeb bushs expense. Once an understudy, rubio is now running ahead of bush and attracting his donors. Leaving bush to scramble for support today in the two candidates home state of florida. New york im not frustrated about him. Hes a great guy. Hes a good friend. Hes a gifted politician. I just have the leadership skills to solve these problems. We have a little disagreement on that. Im going to tell you truth. Heres the truth. Reporter rubios surge began with his sprong spfs during last weeks cnbc debate. The same poll that shows rubio jumping to third place in New Hampshire also shows a spike in his favorable rating up from 50 to 62 . Hes now just two points behind ben carson, the republican with the highest rating. Rubios
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the u. S. Navy tested the waters in part of the south china sea, and touched off verbal combat with china. An american destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a chinesebuilt island in disputed waters. Its part of the spratly islands, where vietnam and the philippines also have claims. Beijing rejects those claims, and it roundly criticized the u. S. Action. translated if any country has any illusions about carrying out any actions to interfere in or obstruct chinas legal, reasonable and fair activities on our territory, i urge those countries to abandon these illusions. It may make china come to the inevitable conclusion that maybe we do have to strengthen and quicken the building up of our capacities. Woodruff in