This is a special edition of nightline. Breaking news, the latest on flight 370. Good evening. We bring you this breaking news live on the west coast tonight. In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 that disappeared with 239 on board. What could be a major development. At least two objects possibly related to the missing plane have been spotted on satellite imagery off the coast of australia. One of them around 78 feet long. An intensive search under way at this moment. Australian and American Military search planes diverted and now malaysia sending ships and aircraft to the area as well. And while officials are urging caution, theyre also describing it as the post productive lead thus far as they try to get photographs of the items to determine whether they are connected to the missing plane. Abcs david wright is actually on the u. S. Navy aircraft over the area and was able to call in from the cockpit with this exclusive report. Reporter this is david wright. Im on board a u.
Stressed out travelers, be kind and carry on. I think people need to know that there is still kindness in this world. D. this is the cbs weekend news. Garrett good evening, everyone. Im Major Garrett in washington. Fires burn in the west every year, but this year, they may be the most devastating in modern history. California, already there, suffering the worst fire season ever, with four months to go. In oregon, more than a million acres burned last week alone, double a typical year. Drought and unseasonable heat, the culprits. Desperate searches continue for the missing, and this mornings Los Angeles Times declared Climate Change apocalypse. Oregon Governor Kate Brown agreed, calling this years fires a horrible harbinger. Lilia luciano leads us off tonight. Reporter the west, on edge tonight, as the death toll climbs to at least 33 from the dozens of wildfires burning out of control from california to washington. In hardhit oregon, a temporary break in the weather allowing search and
Campaign to undermine the election rules should he lose. Today trump continued that campaign tweeting, quote, theres fraud being found all over the place with mailin ballots. Something his own fbi director directly contradicted yesterday under oath. Of course the tweet wasnt enough. Out comes trumps chief of staff to try and undermine the directors credibility. Your own fbi director says he has seen no evidence of widespread voter fraud by mail or otherwise. Well, with all due respect to director wray he has a hard time finding emails in his own fbi let alone figuring out whether theres any kind of voter fraud. A reminder that director wray who headed the fbis Criminal Division under president george w. Bush was confirmed by the senate as fbi director 925. Meadows meanwhile is most famous for displaying a black woman as a prop to try to prove donald trump isnt racist and for lying in his house bio about having a college bachelors degree. Its reached a point where senior military and De
Today Ruth Bader Ginsburg received an honor that no woman has ever received before. Today she laid in state at the United States capitol. As the New York Times put it in a headline today, quote, Justice Ginsburg breaks one final barrier. She is the first woman to ever lie in state at the u. S. Capitol. Shes also the first jewish person to ever lie in state at the u. S. Capitol. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden paid his respected today as did his running mate, senator kamala harris. One striking scene today was a Bipartisan Group of female senators and female members of congress who lined the steps of the capitol as her casket was carried to the hearse. After all of these honors for the past few days for Justice Ginsburg, she will ultimately be laid to rest at Arlington National cemetery. Her husband, martin ginsburg, who preceded her in death, hes an army veteran. Hes buried at arlington as well. She will be laid to rest alongside him. Tomorrow, saturday at 5 00 p. M. Eastern
Confirmed cases of coronavirus with more than 203,000 american lives lost to covid19. And the university of washington model often cited by the white house is now projecting another 168,000 american deaths by the end of the year. The model also says that more than half of those lives could be saved if most americans were to wear masks. Also breaking this hour, democratic president ial nominee joe biden weighing in on President Trumps refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he were to lose the race. Biden saying bluntly, and im quoting him now, hell leave. Lets begin with more on the breaking u. S. Supreme court news. Our senior White House Correspondent pamela brown is working the story for us. Pamela, multiple sources, i understand, with knowledge of the search, are telling you that the president intends to make an announcement tomorrow, and he knows who he has in mind. Thats right, wolf. My colleague jamie gangel and i have learned that President Trump intends to choose