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THIS IS A POLITICAL WITCH- HUNT .>> Reporter: FAR FROM RESIGNING, THE GOVERNOR REPEATEDLY SAID THE ACCUSATIONS WERE OVERBLOWN AND FILLED WITH FALSEHOODS .>> OVER THREE YEARS AGO, I MADE A PERSONAL MISTAKE. I ENGAGED IN A CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A WOMAN WHO IS NOT MY WIFE. IT WAS A PRIVATE MISTAKE .>> Reporter: IT IS THE LATEST CHAPTER IN A SALACIOUS STORY INVOLVING AN ADMITTED AFFAIR THE MARRIED GOVERNOR HAD WITH HIS HAIRDRESSER IN 2015, JUST MONTHS BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE .>> Reporter: AND TODAY, A REPORT BY A SPECIAL BIPARTISAN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE DETAILED MUCH OF IT, REFERRING AT ONE POINT TO TESTIMONY WHICH ALLEGED GREITENS STRUCK HIS MISTRESS IN THE FACE, TAPED AND BLINDFOLDED HER, GROPED HER WITHOUT HER CONSENT, AND CALLED HER A " WHORE ." IT HAS PROMPTED LEGISLATORS TO CALL FOR GREITENS TO STEP DOWN .>> WE REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE A GOVERNOR THAT MAKES THIS KIND OF NEWS .>> Reporter: IN ADDITION, THE ST. LOUIS CIRCUIT ATTORNEY LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION OVER AN ALLEGATION THAT GREITENS TRIED TO BLACKMAIL HIS MISTRESS INTO SILENCE BY THREATENING TO RELEASE A COMPROMISING PHOTO HE ALLEGEDLY TOOK OF HER. IN FEBRUARY, A GRAND JURY INDICTED THE GOVERNOR FOR INVASION OF PRIVACY FOR TAKING-- ALLEGEDLY TAKING, AS WELL AS TRANSMITTING THAT PHOTO. NOW, THAT'S A FELONY, JEFF, AND IF CONVICTED AT HIS TRIAL NEXT MONTH, ERIC GREITENS COULD GO TO PRISON .>> Glor: DEAN REYNOLDS, THANKS VERY MUCH. COMING UP NEXT HERE ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," CHILLING VIDEO POSTED BY PASSENGERS MOMENTS BEFORE THEIR PLANE WENT DOWN .>> Glor: DEATH WAS JUST MOMENTS AWAY, AS TWO INSTAGRAM CELEBRITIES POSTED A FINAL VIDEO ON MONDAY NIGHT. JAMIE YUCCAS REPORTS ON THE CRASH THAT TOOK THEIR LIVES .>> Reporter: THIS SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENTS JUST BEFORE SIX PEOPLE DIED IN A FIERY PLANE CRASH ON A GOLF COURSE IN ARIZONA. THE GROUP HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT, HEADING TO LAS VEGAS. SECONDS LATER, THE PLANE, FULL OF FUEL, ERUPTED INTO A GIANT FIREBALL. FRIENDS IDENTIFIED THE OWNER OF THE PLANE AS JAMES PEDROZA. IT'S UNCLEAR IF HE WAS THE PILOT, BUT HE POSTED VIDEO OF HIMSELF TAKING OFF BACK IN OCTOBER. ACCORDING TO CBS STATION KTHO, PEDROZA WAS HEARD ON THIS CALL TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL .>> ARE YOU EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY ?>> WE'RE GOOD .>> Reporter: ALSO ON BOARD WAS INSTAGRAM MODEL MARIAH SUNSHINE COOGAN. HER ACCOUNT SHOWS HER POSING WITH, AMONG OTHERS, KENDALL JENNER. COOGAN POSTED THIS VIDEO AS SHE WAS TAKING A SELFIE JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE CRASH. NEXT TO HER IN THE VIDEO IS ANAND PATEL. ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS, HE WENT BY THE NICKNAME " HAPPY ." HE CAN ALSO BE SEEN HERE ON INSTAGRAM AND WAS CONSIDERED AN INFLUENCER, WITH ALMOST 45, 000 FOLLOWERS. AS THE PLANE WENT DOWN, IT NARROWLY MISSED SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND A CONDO COMPLEX .>> Glor: JAMIE IS WITH US NOW. SO, JAMIE, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE CRASH INVESTIGATION ?>> Reporter: JEFF, INVESTIGATORS SAY IT COULD ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS TO DETERMINE A CAUSE OF THIS CRASH. THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK AND SEE IF THE PLANE WAS ACTUALLY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE SIX PEOPLE. THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHO WAS PILOTING THE PLANE AND WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS WERE .>> Glor: JAMIE YUCCAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STILL AHEAD HERE TONIGHT, POSSIBLE CLUES IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A FAMILY .>> Glor: IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AN INTENSE SEARCH IS UNDER WAY FOR A MISSING FAMILY. THEY DISAPPEARED LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING BACK TO SANTA CLARITA FROM PORTLAND, OREGON. INVESTIGATORS THINK THEIR S. U. V. MAY HAVE GONE DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO THE EEL RIVER. PARTS OF AN S. U. V. SIMILAR TO THEIRS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. HEAVY RAIN HAS MADE THE CURRENTS TOO DANGEROUS FOR DIVERS TO SEARCH THE RIVER. A HOLLYWOOD LEGEND KNOWN AS THE GODMOTHER OF STAND- UP COMEDY HAS DIED. MITZI SHORE OWNED THE FAMOUS COMEDY STORE ON L. A. 'S SUNSET STRIP. IT IS WHERE ROSEANNE BARR, ROBIN WILLIAMS, RICHARD PRYOR, AND MANY OTHERS LAUNCHED THEIR CAREERS. SHORE GAVE COMEDIANS SHOW BUSINESS ADVICE AND EVEN A PLACE TO STAY. COMEDIAN PAULY SHORE IS HER SON. MITZI SHORE WAS 87 YEARS OLD. ANDRE INGRAM WAITED A LONG TIME FOR HIS SHOT AT THE BIG TIME, BUT HE NAILED HIS FIRST N. B. A. SHOT WITH THE L. A. LAKERS LAST NIGHT AND SCORED 19 POINTS OVERALL. INGRAM HAS A TOUCH OF GRAY IN HIS HAIR AT AGE 32 AFTER A DECADE IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE. HE WILL EARN $ 13, 000 IN THREE DAYS WITH THE LAKERS, ABOUT HALF HIS YEARLY MINOR LEAGUE SALARY. UP NEXT HERE TONIGHT, WHAT THIS FIVE- YEAR- OLD BOY DID THAT TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE .>> Glor: WE END TONIGHT WITH 31 WORDS MOST OF US KNOW BY HEART, BECAUSE WHEN ONE LITTLE BOY RECITED THEM, IT WAS HARD TO FIND A SINGLE WORD TO DESCRIBE THE JOY. BOBBY LEWIS OF OUR TAMPA- ST. PETERSBURG AFFILIATE WTSP HAS THE STORY .>> ... OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .>> Reporter: THIS KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM IS FULL OF CUTE KIDS .>> FOR WHICH IT STANDS .>> Reporter: BUT THE BOY IN THE WHEELCHAIR STANDS OUT .>> HE MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY AND I KNOW HE'S IN A GREAT PLACE HERE .>> Reporter: JAKE GARZA IS SHORT ON WORDS, BUT NOT ON CONFIDENCE .>> YOU ARE AWESOME, BABY. YOU ARE TOTALLY AWESOME .>> Reporter: FIVE YEARS OLD, FULL OF SMILES, AND ONE BIG SURPRISE TWO WEEKS AGO .>> OH, IT WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. WE HAD NO IDEA HE KNEW IT, NONE AT ALL .>> Reporter: BORN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, ONE- WORD MUMBLES WERE NORMAL FOR JAKE, UNTIL HE SHOCKED HIS FAMILY, RECITING THE ENTIRE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR DAD-- A MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS THE POWER BEHIND THOSE WORDS .>> I WAS FULL OF... I WAS JUST SO PROUD. AND THE SAME EMOTION I'M DISPLAYING NOW WAS-- EXCUSE ME. IS EXACTLY HOW I FELT .>> IT MELTS MY HEART. IT TOTALLY MELTS MY HEART .>> Reporter: THIS IS JAKE'S SCHOOL AIDE, CHERYL CUNNINGHAM .>> JUST BECAUSE I'M SO PROUD OF WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED, AND BECAUSE HIS DAD BEING IN THE MILITARY, I'M GOING TO CRY. AND MY SON JUST WENT IN BOOT CAMP MYSELF. IT'S HUGE .>> Reporter: HUGE, BECAUSE IT'S RARE .>> TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .>> Reporter: WE TRIED TO GET JAKE TO SAY THE PLEDGE AGAIN, AND HE WRAPPED IT UP JUST RIGHT .>> I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE IT TATTOOED ON MY ARM .>> Reporter: BUT FOR A DAD WHO WEARS AMERICAN INK, HAVING THIS PLEDGE SAVED TO WATCH ON DEMAND BEATS ANY OTHER WAY .>> CAN I SAY, " HELL, YEAH ?">> Reporter: YOU CAN SAY THAT .>> I MEAN, YES. AS A DAD, YOU KNOW, HE'S MY SON .>> Reporter: FOR CBS NEWS, BOBBY LEWIS, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA .>> Glor: THANK YOU TO BOBBY LEWIS AND WTSP FOR BRINGING US THAT STORY. THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. THE NEWS CONTINUES NOW ON CBSN. GOOD NIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.