Still one we are tracking Tropical Storm ophelia as it barreled up the east coast with strong winds and heavy rain. How it will impact your weekend plans. More autoworkers walk out on the job and onto the picket line. What we are learning tonight about the investigation into that deadly bus crash involving a High School Marching band, as t scene. Migrant crossings of the u. S. Southern border have risen to near record levels this month. As thousands continue to make the dangerous journey to the u. S. Border, communities on the side say their resources are stretched thin. Call in South Carolina after a u. S. Marine pilot ejected from an f35 Fighter Jet Sunday leaving the plane to fly on autopilot until the crash. Im sorry, what happened . Think on the pilot. We need to get rescue ruling. Im not sure where the aircraft is. If you have a costco mattress, listen up. About 40,000 mattresses sold at costco are now under recall after customers reported mold growing on them. Norah and an Out Of This World discovery is the first u. S. Sample of an Asteroid Heads to earth. Good evening and thank you for joining us on this friday night. We begin with the shocking new details in the federal indictment of a powerful u. S. Senator. Tonight the calls for new jerseys bob menendez to resign or growing, including from the governor of his state and from his own party. Who say the three term senator needs to step down immediately. A grand jury indicted the democratic senator and his wife on three counts of conspiracy to commit bribery, extortion, and fraud in the case alleging he aided a Foreign Government and new jersey businessmen. The 39 Page Indictment just unsealed today is astonishing in its scope. Prosecutors found hundreds of thousands of dollars inside the lawmakers house, with cash stuffed in his congressional jacket with his name on it and then these gold bars that were wrapped in paper towels. In a statement, menendez denies any wrongdoing. This is his second indictment in ten years which is believed to be the first time in American History that a s sin city u. S. Senator has been indicted on two separate criminal cases. Scott macfarlane does on capitol hill with all the details. I have read through this indictment. The charges here, the accusations are stunning in their detail. And they are rocking capitol hill, norah. Senator faces prosecution calls from inside his own party to resign, accused of leveraging his powerful seat here at the senate to enrich himself. The indictment against new jersey Democrat Robert menendez and his wife alleges vast corruption, trading political favors with three new jersey businessmen in exchange for riches. Federal agency when they raided the family home last summer, they found 100,000 worth of gold bars. 480,000 in cash, some stuffed in envelopes found in the jacket bearing menendezs name. Outside in the driveway, 60,000 mercedesbenz convertible allegedly given to them by one of the buinessmen he yelped. The indictments has agents discovered a Google Search by menendez asking how much is 1 kilo of gold worth . The senator and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes. In exchange for senator menendez using his power and influence to protect and to enrich those businessmen. Reporter Prosecutors Allege Menendez Will to will to his Senate ForeignRelations Committee chairmanship to help one of the businessmen, will hana, to secure a lucrative contract in egypt. Aan end for the scheme started in 2018 just months after a mistrial was declared in a prior Corruption Case menendez was involved in. I made my share of mistakes but my mistakes were never a crime. Reporter the new indictment details the involvement of a menendezs wife, lebanese born Nadine Arslanian who we married in 2020. The senator is seen here serenading her at indias taj mahal. Before proposing. Arslanian is accused of taking a noshow job with honda who allegedly had close ties to egyptian intelligence and according to the indictment, and a text message to an egyptian general referred to menendez as our man. The 69 euros senator will temporarily step aside as Committee Chairman blasted the charges thing the excesses these prosecutors is apparent. They have misrepresented the normal work of Congressional Office and on top of that they have attacked my wife. Congressional ethics watchdog noah bookbinder. No matter the outcome of the party, do you think this damage. Corruption any party, any part of the ideological spectrum is damaging to the american peoples faith in government. Reporter the indictment could, kate attempts to hold on to majority. Menendez is up for reelection. It would be new jerseys Governor Phil Murphy who would declare his replacement. Norah scott macfarlane, thank you. Well, tonight there is some Breaking News as parts of the east coast are preparing for heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding with Tropical Storm ophelia forming in the atlantic. Beaches in North Carolina and virginia are already ■seeing dangerous surf and rip currents. For more, lets bring in meteorologist alex wilson. Good evening, alex. Good evening, norah. Ophelia set to make a mess of a lot of folks weekends. As of the latest update we now have hurricane watch want as addition a Tropical Storm warnings across section of the carolina and virginia coastline, exciting heavy rain as well. Some areas could see three to 5 inches of rainfall. We look at the Wind Advisories also to account for the Wind Gust Potential high Wind Warnings close to the Coastal Falling Trees will definitely be a concern. Power outages possible. Storm surge an issue as well. Four to 6 feet along portions of the north china coast. Then we have coastal flood watches, coastal flood warnings and coastal flood advisories because of the rainfall potential, flood watch is in effect for pars of north, and virginia and the heaviest rain begins to advance and tonight continues tomorrow all the way through monday. Back to you. Norah alex, thank you. Tonight the unprecedented strike against detroits Big Three Automakers is extending after the Companies Fail to make progress in negotiations. Late today President Biden said he will travel to michigan on tuesday to join the picket line and stand in solidarity with the men and women of the uaw. See Fork Kris Van Cleave continues his reporting from michigan. Reporter across 20 states coast to coast approximately 5600 more autoworkers walked up the job and 38 Parts Distribution centers belonging to General Motors and chrysler parent stellantis as the union expanded its weeklong strike against the big three. Our standup strike strategy is designed to do one thing win record contracts after years of record profits. Reporter Nelter Brantley joined the strike today. I hope it doesnt last long. We are out here for a reason, ai hope that they hear our reason. And just, you know, meet us halfway. Reporter shutting down parts just traditions mean consumers may soon feel the impact of the strike as cartilage ran out of parts for repairs. To become regarded as cash cows for the companies. Reporter Wayne State University professor marick masters. Affects relations in the union wants to have an impact on the companies where it will be most keenly felt. They know they are dependent on their customer base. Reporter already on strike are nearly 13,000 Union Employees have three midwest plants. Fair pay reporter General Motors called the extended walk out unnecessary and criticized a series of leaked messages obtained by The Detroit News apparently from a senior uaw Officials Saying the union aimed to inflict operational chaos, adding if we can keep them wounded for months, they dont know what to do. And they are still helpless to stop it. Stellantis tells cbs news it now questions if the uaw ever had an interest in reaching an agreement in a timely manner. Union president dismiss those messages essentially a strategic planning. The union did not expand its strike against foreign today saying they had made Real Progress finding of agreement on things like costofliving and job productions but the two sides remain far apart when it comes to pay. Norah. Norah kris van cleave, thank you. Tonight federal investigators are at the scene of that horrific bus crash on a new york interstate. The charter bus was carrying High School Kids to band camp yesterday when it overturned and crashed 50 feet down on an embankment. The Band Director and a retired volunteer were killed and several students were crudely heard. Cbss Errol Barnett has the new details. Reporter tonight investigated are on how potential tire blowout could have caused this coach bus to rollover down an embankment, killing two. As a result of the crash, multiple occupants were ejected from the motorcoach. And two received fatal injuries. Reporter A Horrific And Chaoticscene thursday afternoon along i84 about a two hour drive northwest of new york city, new york, city. New york state trooper jason lewis witnessed the aftermath. It was mayhem. It was a very horrendous, tragic accident just by doing it before i even got down to the scene. Reporter the bus involved was leading a caravan of six en route to a Band Camp Weekend in greeley pennsylvania. Shuttling 40 members of the farmingdale Long Island High School band and four adults. Numerous children scattered around. The crying. Asking for the parents. Just as i would do with my two children. I aided to them. I cared for them. Tried to calm them down. Reporter killed in the crash, there 43yearold Band Director gay and volunteer chaperone, 77yearold beatrice ferrari. Gina pellettiere was a single mr who is being were membered for her dedication to her students and music. She made school fun. She made life entertaining and brought a lot of joy to a lot of people whether they were in the band or not. Reporter ferrari was a retired History Teacher who looked forward to this trip every year. She was a mom, grandmother, my motherinlaw. She was like a mom to me. Reporter investigators hope to learn more once they interview the bus driver. That hasnt happened yet. Norah, its unclear if any of the students were even able to wear seat belts. Norah Errol Barnett, thank you so much. Tonight for the first time, we are hearing a dramatic 911 call after that 100 million f35 fighter jet crashed in South Carolina last weekend. The caller, the pilot who rejected and the man whose backyard he landed in. Cbss david martin is following the investigation. Reporter the case of the missing f35 began in the backyard of this house in north charleston, South Carolina. With a hard to believe 911 call. I guess weve got a pilot in our house and he says he got ejected. He ejected from the plane. Seek im sorry, what happened . Stick with got a pilot in the house. And i guess he landed in my backyard and we are trying to see if we can get an ambulance to the house please. Reporter the pilot has no idea where his 100 million airplane had gone. We have a military jet crash. Im the pilot. Im not sure where the airplane is. It wouldve crash landed. Has there been a report of an airplane crash . I have not seen any, yet. Maam, im a pilot in a Military Aircraft might ejected so i just wrote a parachute down to the ground. Reporter where had the plane gone . Local Law Enforcement didnt have a clue. We did not have any Crash Information. Reporter no Crash Information because the plane kept flying for about 60 miles after the pilot punched out. How far did he fall . 2,000 feet. Okay. What caused the fall . Aircraft failure. Reporter Retired Marine David Burke used to fly the f35. What are the types of Aircraft Failures they could force the pilot to punch out but allow the plane to keep flying . This had to be something alog the lines of a massive electronic or Flight Control failure. Reporter when the 911 operator asked the pilot if he was injured, he said his back hurt, no doubt from the force of the ejection. He is 47 years old. The marines say he has decades of flying experience. Norah. Norah 911 operator got quite the call. Dave and mark, thank you. Now to the crisis at the southern border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered more buses to the cities of eagle pass and el paso to send more migrants north to democratic run cities amid the surgeon asylumseekers. Cbss Manuel Bojorquez reports daily Migrant Crossings have nearly doubled from just a few months ago. Reporter they arrived by any means necessary. On top of trains. Pulled from under barbed wire. Or across the rio grande, sometimes with deadly consequences. The strain of more than 8,000 a day, crossing the border is moving north to cities like san antonio where overflowing shelters means some migrants sleep outside. Migrants that we have encountered here in this area are trying to evade arrest. Reporter we rode along with customs and Border Patrol agents think theyve conducted more than 500 rescues in the el paso sector of the last year. Migrants often left in bad shape by cartels. Migrants have been walking for a little while. Our agents are responding at that time in that moment was crucial because they were lost. Reporter the majority of the migrants from venezuela which is a country with very limited to the medic ties with the united states. What does that mean . Its not as easy to deport or repatriate people. That poses other challenges, says ruben garcia, who runs and el paso shelter. If they get released by Border Patrol and you ask them, do you have a family member, relative, friend in the u. S. They can receive you . Many of them do not. Reporter desire pastra, rncisco araujo, and their two girls are among the lucky ones who have a relative in houston theyll stay with. But the monthlong journey has left them physically and emotionally scarred. [speaking spanish] feeling a lot. Reporter but they do not qualify for the temporary legal status being offered by the Biden Administration to some venezuelan migrants because they did not enter the country before july 31st. Norah, tomorrow the head of the department of homeland security, alejandro mallorcas, set up visit the border. Norah thank you. Turning now to the war in ukraine and the fight over the u. S. Funding of weapons. Fears over corruption have some House Republicans demanding more oversight while some hardliners want to cut aid entirely. Cbss Holly Williams takes a look at how billions of dollars being tracked inside ukraine for this sundays 60 minutes. Reporter Alexandra Ustinov and is now an outspoken member of ukraines parliament. She chairs a Government Commission that tracks all military aid coming to ukraine. Provided by the united states. Reporter she filmed this video for us and what she called a topsecret warehouse, storing american javelin antitank missiles. We have online databases with the serial numbers of every american piece of weapon that your embassy has access to. They can come type in, lets say, a javelin and see which brigade it is and then go check it. Reporter u. S. 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