Welcome to the cbs overnight news. We are learning more about the pilot of the hot air balloon that went up in flames and crashed in texas. There were 16 people on board and no survivors. It happened saturday morning in the town of maxwell, texas. 30 miles south of austin. Reporter 49yearold skip nichols, the pie lot lot of the balloon. Last year, nichols talked of how he got hooked on flying. Are you going to be a pilot or a passenger and crew. There we go. Taking off. Steve brutniak shot the pictures two months ago riding with heart of texas. He said the pilot put safety first. How was he . Was he passionate about it . The guy seemed really relaxed like he really enjoyed his job. He was constantly looking around. He was definitely checking for power lines. Reporter investigators are gathering evidence that may explain what led to the worst hot air balloon accident in u. S. History. Robert sumwalt with ntsb says theyre examining the high voltage power lines. Physical evidence to indic
Dncemail hack and say it has all the hallmarks of cyberattacks launched by kremlin intelligence service. Russian officials are calling americans paranoid, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed allegations when asked about them today. While they cant describe motive for the email dump on eve of the democratic convention, u. S. Officials long suspected ties between the kremlin and wikileaks. They say the episode strengthens sus missio suspicions. And the claim that russia is trying to help donald trump cast a cold war era intrigue over russia. Russia stole it for my benefit. In north carolina, trump said he never met russian president vladamir putin. Wouldnt it be nice if we did get along with russia. But he has long maintained he wants to build a relationship with him and has promoted policies like reducing the role of nato that would empower putin. Whether or not moscow is trying to sway the u. S. Election, Officials Say the leak fits into a pattern of russia using cyberwarfare to s
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