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getting more dangerous. more dangerous with time. we re going to see tank failures in the future. this is a wake-up call. reporter: at hanford, all but essential workers have been told not to report for work tonight. officials say they re looking for a way to fix the tunnel, scott, without making that hole any bigger. john blackstone for us, thank you. after 16 years and 2,396 american deaths, there is no victory in afghanistan. now president trump is considering whether to send more troops. and here s david martin. reporter: facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the trump administration is preparing to send some 3,000 troops back to afghanistan. the exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. the increase was requested by general john nicholson who says he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. the plan, which has not yet been presented to presiden ....
jeff pegues, thank you very much. we re john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent is with us. john, the political climate on all of this, this is quite a surprise. it s quite a surprise, and obviously, there was already a considerable amount of back and forth and political blood in the water on the russia question this week alone, and now you have a situation where, i mean, if you read the letter explaining why comey was let go, it s thick with criticism of his handling of hillary clinton s e-mail situation, that was something obviously deeply political. now this week he s released, he s in the middle. the fbi is investigating connections between russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign, so the political ramifications here will be will be constant, and whoever s going to handle this election this investigation next will have to handle this super charged atmosphere. john dickerson, thanks very much. we re going to be following the details ....
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: 49-year-old 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 they re examining the high voltage power lin ....
south jersey, slow it down this morning if you hit any of that deer are closer to the roads this time of year it s harder to see. 54 in trenton. 61 in sea isle city. everybody looking at mild numbers. 55 by 6:00 a.m. 57 by 8:00. a spotty shower. it will be mostly cloudy and mild later. 57 by 8:00. 69 by noon. the high will be 74-degree reading at 3:00 p.m. gets warmer again tomorrow. what else is new in november, right. reporter: with these temperatures i m feeling sunny. looking at the 30 bypass, the showers are coming down. the showers in the western suburbs seeing it at the 30 bypass, at 322. no big delays just yet. it is wet, and foggy in spots, vine street expressway reopened in both directions, the crews return at 11:00. they close the vine in both directions until 5:00 tomorrow morning. live in bucks county we have a problem here. you see the flashing lights, i-95 northbound approaching street road heading toward 413 a single vehicle accident now we see emergen ....
visibility is down to half mile in millville. the areas highlighted in gray is where you re most likely to see the fog. 55 in allentown. 56 in reading, 53 in trenton. 58 in wilmington, 50 in millville. as we roll through the afternoon, yeah, mostly cloudy there could be a pop up spotty shower like we re seeing in parts of the area. 3:00 p.m., we get a high of 74 degrees. tomorrow getting warmer and cool down for the weekend with rain in between. all that coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. reporter: dave, you mentioned that rain we re getting a close look at penndot watching penndot workers, picking up the cones. this is route 100 south of 113 as you head southbound toward the 30 bypass, watching the crews they are in the right lane picking the cones up as we zoom around. the boulevard southbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway. the fog on the boulevard is not that bad. no problems between oxford circle and the schuylkill expres ....