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>> SO IF THEY WERE UNDER- REPORTING THE GIFTS, THEN THEY UNDERPAID THE GIFT TAX, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO THE NEW YORK TAX AUTHORITIES AND TO THE FEDERAL TAX AUTHORITIES. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS HAVE LONG CALLED ON HIM TO RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS, BUT HE REFUSES, CITING AN ONGOING AUDIT. " THE NEW YORK TIMES" SAYS THAT ARTICLE IS BASED ON EXTENSIVE REPORTING AND MORE THAN 100, 000 PAGES OF OTHER FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS. JEFF. >> Glor: WEIJIA JIANG ON THE ROAD AGAIN TONIGHT WITH THE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THE ALREADY- DESPERATE SITUATION ON ONE OF INDONESIA'S ISLANDS IS GETTING WORSE TONIGHT. ROADS REMAIN BLOCKED, MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR SUPPLIES TO REACH THE AREAS HIT HARDEST BY FRIDAY'S EARTHQUAKE AND THEN FOLLOWING TSUNAMI. THE CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL NOW TOPS 1, 200. BEN TRACY HAS MADE IT TO THE DISASTER ZONE IN PALU. >> Reporter: THE RESCUE EFFORT IS NOW INCREASINGLY A GRIM RECOVERY OPERATION. ON TUESDAY, HEAVY MACHINERY WAS BROUGHT IN TO PICK APART WHAT THE 7. 5- MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE VIOLENTLY SHOOK TOGETHER. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS SO STRONG, THAT IN THIS PART OF TOWN, IT BASICALLY TURNED THE GROUND INTO QUICKSAND, SWALLOWING EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON TOP OF IT. AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THIS HOUSE DOWN HERE ACTUALLY MOVED MORE THAN A MILE FROM ITS FOUNDATION. AUTHORITIES FEAR MORE THAN 70 BODIES MAY BE BURIED UNDER ALL THIS DEBRIS. TWIN DISASTERS-- FIRST THE QUAKE AND THEN THE 20- FOOT- TALL TSUNAMI WAVE IT TRIGGERED-- CONTINUE TO EXACT THEIR TOLL ON THE COASTAL CITY OF PALU. >> WE ALREADY FOUND 14. >> Reporter: 14? >> YES, 14. >> Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE OPERATION IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWED ME WHERE THEY MARK DOWN EACH VICTIM THEY FIND. SO AT 8: 50 THIS MORNING YOU FOUND TWO BODIES, 00, YOU FOUND TWO MORE. >> YES. >> Reporter: THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT IS SLOWLY BRINGING IN SUPPLIES, BUT MANY IN PALU JUST WANT TO GET OUT. >> I DON'T FEEL SAFE HERE. >> Reporter: YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE. >> NO. >> Reporter: FAMILIES ARE BEING LOADED ON TO CARGO PLANES AND FLOWN TO NEARBY CITIES. WHY ARE YOU LEAVING YOUR TOWN? THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN WAITING ON THE AIRPORT TARMAC FOR THREE DAYS WITH HER EIGHT- MONTH- OLD BABY GIRL. HOW IS YOUR DAUGHTER DOING? WHILE WE WERE TALKING, A STRONG AFTERSHOCK HIT. SO THAT'S AN EARTHQUAKE. STAY AWAY FROM THAT. ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE UNDER-- DON'T BE UNDER THERE. ARE YOU OKAY? YOU'RE OKAY! THE WORRY ON THEIR FACES IS CLEAR, AND THEY KNOW THAT BACK IN TOWN, THE SEARCH FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS CONTINUES. I TALKED TO ONE RESCUE WORKER WHO SAID THAT HE ALONE HAD RECOVERED 20 BODIES FROM THE RUBBLE, AND IT CLEARLY WAS TAKING A TOLL ON HIM, BUT HE WAS ALSO VERY HAPPY TO TELL US THAT HE HAD FOUND TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE STILL ALIVE. JEFF. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, BEN TRACY IN THE DISASTER ZONE. THANKS. A WHITE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDERING A BLACK TEENAGER TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE TODAY. VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING APPEARS TO SHOW THE TEENAGER VEERING AWAY FROM POLICE BEFORE HE IS SHOT, BUT THE OFFICER TOLD A DIFFERENT STORY. DEAN REYNOLDS REPORTS. >> Reporter: AN EMOTIONAL CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER JASON VAN DYKE TOLD THE JURY TODAY WHAT HE SAW AND WHY HE SHOT 17- YEAR- OLD LAQUAN McDONALD ON THAT OCTOBER NIGHT ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO. >> HIS FACE HAD NO EXPRESSION. HIS EYES WERE JUST BUGGING OUT OF HIS HEAD. HE HAD JUST THESE HUGE WHITE EYES JUST STARING RIGHT THROUGH ME. >> Reporter: HE ALSO HAD A KNIFE WITH A THREE- INCH BLADE. IN THIS DASH- CAM VIDEO, McDONALD IS SEEN ELUDING A POLICE PURSUIT WHEN VAN DYKE GETS OUT OF HIS S. U. V. AND TAKES DEAD AIM. DEFENSE COUNSEL RANDY RUECERTE WALKED HIM THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >> I WAS YELLING AT HIM, " DROP THE KNIFE ." I YELLED IT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES, BUT THAT'S ALL I YELLED. >> AND DID HE KEEP ADVANCING TOWARDS YOU? >> HE NEVER STOPPED. >> Reporter: BUT NEITHER THE DASH- CAM VIDEO NOR EVEN THE DEFENSE ANIMATION OF THE DEADLY CONFRONTATION SHOWS McDONALD ADVANCING. >> AND WHAT IF ANYTHING DID HE DO WITH HIS ARM? >> HE WAVED THE KNIFE FROM HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE UPWARDS ACROSS HIS BODY TOWARDS MY LEFT SHOULDER. >> Reporter: ALSO NOT SEEN IN THE VIDEOS. SO, WHY SHOOT 16 TIMES? >> I COULD SEE HIM STARTING TO PUSH UP WITH HIS LEFT HAND OFF THE GROUND. I SHOT AT THAT KNIFE. I WANTED HIM TO GET RID OF THAT KNIFE. >> Reporter: PROSECUTOR JODIE GLEASON WAS INCREDULOUS. >> YOU'RE NOT TRAINED AS A POLICE OFFICER TO SHOOT AT SOMEBODY'S KNIFE, ARE YOU? >> NO, YOU'RE NOT. >> Reporter: VAN DYKE WAS THE ONLY OFFICER OF AT LEAST SEVEN ON THE SCENE THAT NIGHT TO OPEN FIRE. PUBLIC OUTCRY LED TO MASS PROTESTS, THE DISMISSAL OF THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE ELECTION DEFEAT OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY WHO CHARGED VAN DYKE ONLY AFTER THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED. THE PROSECUTION ARGUES THAT VAN DYKE WAS ENRAGED THAT A BLACK BOY, AS THEY PUT IT, HAD THE AUDACITY TO IGNORE POLICE COMMANDS. VAN DYKE IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF FIRST- DEGREE MURDER THAT IF CONVICTED COULD LAND HIM IN PRISON FOR LIFE. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK. JEFF. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, DEAN REYNOLDS IN CHICAGO. DEAN, THANK YOU. COMING UP NEXT HERE ON THE CBS EVENING NEWS, RESCUES AS FLOODWATERS RISE IN ARIZONA. >> Glor: WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME DRAMATIC RESCUES TODAY AS SHEETS OF RAIN FELL ON THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. ARIZONA GOT THE WORST OF IT FROM REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ROSA. HERE'S CARTER EVANS. >> Reporter: RESCUE CREWS PLUCKED DRIVERS FROM THEIR CARS ONE BY ONE AFTER FLOODWATERS SWAMPED THIS BUSY ROAD IN NORTHEAST PHOENIX. >> LOOK AT THE CARS FLOATING. >> Reporter: MANY DRIVERS TRIED BUT FAILED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE MURKY WATER COMING FROM A NEARBY RIVERBED THAT OVERFLOWED. DANIELLA PRIETO WAS AMONG THOSE TRAPPED. >> I HAD A PANIC MOMENT JUST, LIKE THE WATER WAS COMING IN, IN THE CAR, AND, LIKE, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. >> Reporter: WHEN THE STORM DRAINS CLOGGED ON THIS STREET, THE WATER CAME UP VERY FAST. IT CAUGHT A LOT OF DRIVERS OFF GUARD. MANY OF THEIR CARS STALLED. AT ONE POINT, THE WATER WAS ABOVE THE HOODS. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ROSA ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ACROSS MUCH OF ARIZONA. WASHES OVERFLOWED, PARKS TURNED INTO LAKES AND AIRPORT RUNWAYS WERE SOAKED. FOR SOME, JUST GETTING AROUND BECAME A NAUTICAL NIGHTMARE. >> IT WAS THE WORST RAIN I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE LIVING HERE. >> Reporter: MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE PHOENIX METRO AREA BY MID- MORNING, ALREADY MAKING IT ONE OF THE WETTEST OCTOBERS THIS CITY HAS EVER SEEN AND WE'RE ONLY TWO DAYS IN. CARTER EVANS, CBS NEWS, PHOENIX. >> Glor: UP NEXT HERE, A POLITICAL SHOCKER. WHY A RISING DEMOCRATIC STAR IS BOWING OUT OF HIS CAMPAIGN. >> Glor: A RISING STAR IN >> Glor: A RISING STAR IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS ANNOUNCED TODAY HE IS DROPPING OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S RACE FOR MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY. JASON KANDER CITED POST- TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER FROM HIS TIME AS AN ARMY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN AFGHANISTAN. HE WAS SEEN AS A POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2020. MELANIA TRUMP IS ON HER FIRST SOLO OVERSEES TRIP AS FIRST LADY. FIRST STOP, GHANA, WHERE SHE WAS GREETED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN. LATER, MRS. TRUMP TOURED THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT A HOSPITAL. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU GET A PRESIDENTIAL ALERT ON YOUR CELL PHONE TOMORROW. IT'S THE FIRST TEST OF A SYSTEM IN THE WORKS SINCE 2006, INTENDED TO GIVE AMERICANS ADVANCED WARNING OF A NATIONAL CRISIS. 18 P. M. EASTERN. YOU CANNOT OPT OUT. UP NEXT, A NEW MISSION ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN. >> Glor: WE END HERE TONIGHT WITH A GROUP OF VETERANS ON A NEW MISSION. THEY'VE BECOME ECO- WARRIORS, OUT TO SAVE CORAL REEFS, AND IN SOME CASES, THEMSELVES. MANUEL BOJORQUEZ HAS THEIR STORY. I LOOK INSIDE MYSELF AND SEE MY HEART IS BLACK >> Reporter: WITH AN OLDIES SOUNDTRACK, A DIVE BOAT SLICES THROUGH THE SKY- BLUE WATERS OFF KEY LARGO. MEET THE " FORCE BLUE" DIVE TEAM, A DOZEN OF AMERICA'S VERY BEST, ALL FORMER MARINES, NAVY SEALs, AND SPECIAL OPS GUYS, ON A MISSION TO SAVE THE NATION'S LARGEST REEF TRACK. >> THIS IS GROUND ZERO IF WE WANT TO PROTECT THE PLANET. >> Reporter: 47- YEAR- OLD RUDY REYES IS A COFOUNDER. HE FOUGHT IN THREE WARS AS PART OF THE SUPER- ELITE U. S. MARINE RECON UNIT. >> IT'S REALLY WARRIOR STUFF. A WARRIOR TAKES ACTION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH " FORCE BLUE ." >> Reporter: IRMA WRECKED THE REEF. SOME PARTS LOOK LIKE CORAL BONE YARDS. AMONG THE FIXES, THE DELICATE WORK OF TRANSPLANTING CORAL SEEDLINGS CREATING AN UNDERWATER FOREST OF BABY CORAL. BUT THERE'S ALSO PLENTY OF HEAVY LIFTING, LIKE THIS CENTURIES- OLD 800- POUND PILLAR CORAL RIPPED OFF ITS BASE BY HURRICANE IRMA. COFOUNDER JIM RITTENHOFF WATCHED THE TEAM SPRING INTO ACTION. >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LIFTED PREDATOR DRONES OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN, RIGHT. >> YEAH! >> SO IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES THEY FIGURED OUT WE GET SIX AIR BAGS ON THIS, WE CAN GET IT, CEMENT IT BACK ON, AND ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY, THE COLOR OF THIS REEF CAME BACK. >> Reporter: BUT HERE'S THE RUB: THERE IS PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT RESTORATION WORK GOING ON HERE. >> YES! >> Reporter: BEYOND THE CORAL. >> OH! I WAS STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND IN GENERAL MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DEPRESSION. >> Reporter: LIKE FOR SO MANY VETS, ADJUSTING TO POSTWAR LIFE IS A CHALLENGE. >> FOR A LOT OF THESE GUYS, THEY LOOK GREAT. THEY CAN FUNCTION AT HIGH CAPACITY, ANYTHING YOU ASK THEM TO DO. BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE THEY'RE HURTING. BUT YOU PUT THESE GUYS IN THE RIGHT SITUATION, YOU GIVE THEM A MISSION, AND THERE'S NO STOPPING THEM. >> WHERE I STARTED AND WHERE I'M AT NOW, IT'S 180 DEGREES, AND I'M ONLY GETTING BETTER. >> Reporter: ADMITTEDLY, 12 GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO SAVE THE REEFS ON THEIR OWN. BUT TO THEM, IT'S THE MISSION THAT MATTERS, A FIGHT FOR SOMETHING IMPORTANT, SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. MANUEL BOJORQUEZ, CBS NEWS, OFF KEY LARGO. >> Glor: THAT'S PRETTY GREAT. THAT IS THE CBS EVENING NEWS FOR TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.