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>> THIS IS A WITCH HUNT AND IT'S A DISGRACE. BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THEY STARTED OUT, LOOKING FOR RUSSIANS INVOLVED IN OUR CAMPAIGN. THERE WERE NONE. I FEEL VERY BADLY FOR PAUL MANAFORT. >> Glor: SO THAT WAS JUST AFTER THE PRESIDENT LANDED IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR A RALLY. WEIJIA JIANG IS THERE WITH HIM. SHE IS GOING TO START WITH THE COHEN CASE. >> Reporter: MICHAEL COHEN LEFT MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT LATE THIS EVENING AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO EIGHT FELONY CHARGES, AND ADMITTING HE AND THEN- CANDIDATE TRUMP WORKED TO COVER UP HIS ALLEGED AFFAIRS DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN. AT TIMES EMOTIONAL, COHEN TOLD THE JUDGE THAT, IN VIOLATION OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, HE PAID TWO WOMEN HUSH MONEY IN COORDINATION AND AT THE DIRECTION OF A CANDIDATE FOR FEDERAL OFFICE, FOR THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF INFLUENCING THE ELECTION. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO BANK FRAUD AND TAX EVASION. DEPUTY U. S. ATTORNEY ROBERT KHUZAMI SPOKE SOON AFTER. >> THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS CHARGES AND REFLECT A PATTERN OF LIES AND DISHONESTY OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT IN THEIR OWN RIGHTS. THEY ARE PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT WHEN DONE BY A LAWYER. >> Reporter: COHEN IS AT THE CENTER OF THE STORMY DANIELS CONTROVERSY. HE ADMITTED TO PAYING THE ADULT FILM STAR $ 130, 000 RIGHT BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION TO KEEP HER QUIET ABOUT AN ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT INITIALLY DENIED KNOWING ABOUT THE PAYMENT. >> Reporter: MR. PRESIDENT, DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE $ 130, 000 PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS? >> NO, NO. >> Reporter: BUT LATER, THE PRESIDENT DISCLOSED HE REIMBURSED COHEN. IN JUNE, MR. TRUMP REACTED >> IT CERTAINLY IS FAR TOO EARLY TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. >> Reporter: ... AND HE CRITICIZED THE F. B. I. FOR RAIDING COHEN'S HOME AND OFFICE IN NEW YORK, SEIZING THOUSANDS OF MATERIALS AND DOCUMENTS. >> I THINK THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE, THAT THEY BROKE INTO A LAWYER'S OFFICE. NOT A GOOD PRACTICE. >> Reporter: COHEN HAD WORKED AS THE PRESIDENT'S ATTORNEY AND FIXER FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS FIERCE LOYALTY. >> AND I WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT MR. TRUMP. >> Reporter: BUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP TOOK A DARK TURN IN JULY, WHEN COHEN RELEASED A SECRET RECORDING OF HIS CONVERSATION WITH THEN- CANDIDATE TRUMP ABOUT PAYMENTS RELATED TO A " PLAYBOY" MODEL WHO CLAIMS SHE ALSO HAD AN AFFAIR WITH MR. TRUMP. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT TWEETED, " WHAT KIND OF LAWYER WOULD TAPE A CLIENT? SO SAD ." UNDER THE PLEA DEAL, COHEN FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS AND THREE MONTHS IN PRISON. IF HE CHOOSES TO COOPERATE IN OTHER CASES, THAT COULD HELP HIM OUT WHEN IT COMES TO SENTENCING, WHICH IS SET FOR DECEMBER. BUT TONIGHT, JEFF, COHEN IS A FREE MAN AFTER POSTING A HALF MILLION DOLLAR'S BAIL AND GIVING UP HIS PASSPORT. >> Glor: WEIJIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, WHERE ON THE FOURTH DAY OF DELIBERATIONS, THE JURY RETURNED A PARTIAL VERDICT OF GUILTY IN THE PAUL MANAFORT CASE. PAULA REID IS THERE. >> Reporter: PAUL MANAFORT SHOWED NO EMOTION IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON AS A JURY HANDED SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER HIS FIRST CONVICTION IN THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN MEDDLING IN THE 2016 CAMPAIGN. THE JURY FOUND MANAFORT GUILTY ON EIGHT OF 18 CHARGES. MANAFORT WAS INDICTED BY SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER IN FEBRUARY OF 2018. AFTER DELIBERATING FOR FOUR DAYS, THE JURY FOUND MANAFORT GUILTY OF FIVE COUNTS OF FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS, GUILTY ON ONE COUNT OF NOT FILING FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS, AND GUILTY ON TWO COUNTS OF MISLEADING LENDERS FOR LOANS HE APPLIED FOR. THE JURY, HOWEVER, COULD NOT COME TO A UNANIMOUS VERDICT ON TEN CHARGES. MOST OF THOSE INVOLVE OTHER LOAN FRAUD CHARGES AND FAILURES TO FILE FINANCIAL REPORTS. MANAFORT'S ATTORNEYS DID NOT PRESENT ANY WITNESSES OR EVIDENCE IN DEFENSE OF THEIR CLIENT, SAYING THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT PROVED ITS CASE. MANAFORT SERVED AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. SOURCES CLOSE TO MANAFORT SAY HE CHOSE NOT TO COOPERATE WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL BECAUSE HE IS BANKING ON A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON TO KEEP HIM OUT OF JAIL. PRESIDENT TRUMP WEIGHED IN TODAY AFTER THE VERDICT. >> I FEEL VERY SAD ABOUT THAT. IT DOESN'T INVOLVE ME, BUT I STILL FEEL-- YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SAD THING THAT HAPPENED. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIAN COLLUSION. THIS STARTED AS RUSSIAN COLLUSION. THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO... THIS IS A WITCH HUNT AND IT'S A DISGRACE. >> Reporter: SPECIAL COUNSEL WILL RETURN AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO ANNOUNCE WHETHER THEY WILL RETRY MANAFORT ON THOSE TEN COUNTS WHERE THE JURY COULDN'T REACH A CONSENSUS. MANAFORT FACES A SECOND TRIAL RELATED TO HIS FOREIGN LOBBYING WORK IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK-- EXCUSE ME, NEXT MONTH. JEFF. >> Glor: OKAY, PAULA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN NOW- CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MAJOR GARRETT AS WELL. PAULA, STAY WITH US, TOO, ON THIS REMARKABLE DAY IN LEGAL AND PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY. PAULA, THE MANAFORT CASE IS THE FIRST TEST AND THE FIRST CASE HERE FOR THE SPECIAL COUNSEL. WHAT ARE THEY TAKING AWAY FROM TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS? >> Reporter: WELL, THIS IS A WIN IN THAT THESE ARE THEIR FIRST CONVICTIONS. THEY SECURED EIGHT CONVICTIONS. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE TEN OTHER COUNTS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASSESS WHY THE JURY BELIEVED THERE WAS SOME REASONABLE DOUBT. THEY HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO CALL RICK GATES AGAIN IN THAT TRIAL NEXT MONTH, OR WHETHER THERE'S ANYONE ELSE THEY WANT TO TRY TO PURSUE TO SHORE UP THEIR CASE AND TRY TO GET CONVICTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD IN THEIR UPCOMING TRIAL. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, MAJOR, TO YOU NOW-- WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING TONIGHT? >> Reporter: ONLY STONY SILENCE HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, JEFF. OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS IN WEST VIRGINIA ABOUT MANAFORT AND HIS CONVICTIONS, WHITE HOUSE HAS NOTHING TO ADD. IT WON'T EVEN ENGAGE ON THE MICHAEL COHEN PLEA DEAL, ALTHOUGH ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S ATTORNEYS, RUDY GIULIANI, DID RELEASE A STATEMENT RELATED TO THAT. IT READS IN PART, " THERE IS NO ALLEGATION OF ANY WRONGDOING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S CHARGES AGAINST MR. COHEN ." THAT STATEMENT ALSO ACCUSED COHEN OF ENGAGING IN A PATTERN OF LIES AND DISHONESTY. WELL, WE LEARNED IN OPEN COURT TODAY, SOME OF THAT BEHAVIOR CAME IN COORDINATION WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. >> Glor: PAULA, THE PLEA WITH COHEN DOES NOT REQUIRE HIM TO COOPERATE WITH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL. TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. >> Reporter: PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL DOES NOT CONSIDER COHEN TO BE A RELIABLE WITNESS. THERE IS CONCERN IF THEY WERE TO ACCEPT SOME INFORMATION FROM HIM AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL, IF HE EVER GOT ON THE STAND, HE COULD BE EASILY DISCREDITED. SO IT'S PART OF WHY HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO COOPERATE. BUT, IF HE COMES UP WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT HE WANTS TO SHARE, THAT COULD CERTAINLY HELP HIM WITH HIS SENTENCING LATER DOWN THE ROAD. >> Glor: AND, MAJOR, THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT ANSWERED THE PARDON QUESTION DIRECTLY IN EITHER OF THESE MEN, BUT HE HAS TRIED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM BOTH COHEN AND MANAFORT. WHERE DO TODAY'S EVENTS, THEN, LEAVE HIM? >> Reporter: WELL, LEGALLY, THE MANAFORT CONVICTIONS DON'T JEOPARDIZE THE PRESIDENT, BUT THEY DO FORTIFY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL AND WILL PROBABLY UNDERCUT SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S UNRELENTING CRITICISM OF THEIR TACTICS AND RESULTS. AS FOR COHEN, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CAMPAIGN ARE NOW IMPLICATED IN DECEPTION, WHEN IT COMES TO HUSH MONEY IN A CAMPAIGN. EVEN TRUMP LOYALISTS I HAVE TALKED TO TONIGHT, JEFF, SAY THAT WILL BE VERY HARD TO SHAKE OFF. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, MAJOR GARRETT AND PAULA REID, THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU TODAY. IN IOWA TODAY, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY RECOVERED A BODY BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF MISSING COLLEGE STUDENT MOLLIE TIBBETTS, AND POLICE NOW SAY A MAN WHO IS IN THE U. S. ILLEGALLY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. ADRIANA DIAZ IS FOLLOWING THIS STORY. >> A FIRST- DEGREE MURDER CHARGE WAS FILED TODAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MOLLIE TIBBETTS. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS CHARGED 24- YEAR- OLD CHRISTIAN BEHENA RIVERA, AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT, FOR THE ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF MOLLIE TIBBETTS. THE 20- YEAR- OLD DISAPPEARED JULY 18 AFTER GOING ON HER DAILY JOG. >> AT ONE POINT, HE TELLS US THAT MOLLIE GRABBED A HOLD OF HER PHONE AND SAID, " YOU NEED TO LEAVE ME ALONE. I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLICE ." AND THEN HE TELLS US THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, HE BLACKS OUT, AND THEN HE COMES TO NEAR AN INTERSECTION, WHICH WE BELIEVE HE THEN PLACED MOLLIE. >> Reporter: SURVEILLANCE VIDEO LED INVESTIGATORS TO RIVERA, WHO THEN TOOK THEM TO MOLLIE'S BODY, JUST MILES FROM BROOKLYN, IOWA. INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING THIS AREA FOR WEEKS. WHY WAS SHE NOT FOUND BEFORE? WHY DID IT TAKE THE SUSPECT TO LEAD YOU TO HER BODY? >> IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SHE WAS FOUND IN A CORNFIELD, AND THERE WERE CORN STALKS PLACED OVER THE TOP OF HER, AND SO WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO LOCATE HER. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY RIVERA WORKED AND LIVED IN THE AREA FOR YEARS. THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE A MOTIVE OR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TIBBETTS WAS KILLED. ;;;; NEW AT A RALLY LATE TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WEIGHED IN ON THE TIBBETTS CASE. >> YOU HEARD ABOUT TODAY WITH THE ILLEGAL ALIEN COMING IN, VERY SADLY, FROM MEXICO, AND YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT INCREDIBLE, BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN. SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. >> Reporter: MORE THAN A DOZEN F. B. I. AGENTS HELPED IN THE SEARCH. THEY USED LOCATION DATA FROM THE FITBIT TIBBETTS WAS WEARING, AND PORED OVER THOUSANDS OF LEADS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, HER PARENTS TOLD US THEIR DAUGHTER HAD SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO, INCLUDING HER FIRST TRIP ABROAD. >> SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY HAPPIER. THIS HAD BEEN THE SUMMER OF THE LIFETIME. SHE WAS THE BEST MAN AT MY WEDDING. SHE'S HAD AN INCREDIBLE SUMMER. SHE WAS AS HAPPY AS I'VE EVER SEEN HER. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM COAST TO COAST? >> I THINK MOLLIE'S SMILE HAS, YOU KNOW, GRABBED THE COLLECTIVE SOUL OF THIS WORLD. >> Reporter: FOR MANY IN THE SMALL TOWN, THE PAIN OF TIBBETTS' DISAPPEARANCE WILL ENDURE. HOW ARE PEOPLE FEELING NOW THAT THIS NEWS IS OUT? >> WELL, THEY DIDN'T EXPECT IT. THEY EXPECTED THAT SHE'D BE FOUND ALIVE. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. IT'S GOING TO HURT THEM A LOT. >> Reporter: WE ASKED INVESTIGATORS IF THERE WAS ANY SIGN OF A STRUGGLE. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T COMMENT ON THAT UNTIL THE AUTOPSY RESULTS CAME IN. THE AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, BUT THE RESULTS COULD TAKE WEEKS. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE AFFIDAVIT IS THAT THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY TOLD POLICE THAT HE BLACKED OUT AFTER RUNNING ALONGSIDE TIBBETTS. THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERS IS BEING IN HIS CAR, FINDING TIBBETTS IN HIS TRUNK, AND SHE WAS BLEEDING FROM HER HEAD. THAT'S WHEN HE TOOK HER INTO THE CORNFIELD. JEFF. >> Glor: CHILLING CASE. ADRIANA DIAZ, THANK YOU. ACTRESS ASIA ARGENTO TODAY DENIED HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH AN UNDER- AGED ACTOR. ARGENTO, ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES OF THE " ME TOO" MOVEMENT, ADMITS PAYING A $ 380, 000 SETTLEMENT TO JIMMY BENNETT. IN A STATEMENT, SHE SAYS THEY WERE JUST FRIENDS, AND SHE MADE THE PAYMENT AT THE URGING OF HER BOYFRIEND, CELEBRITY CHEF ANTHONY BOURDAIN, TO KEEP THE MATTER PRIVATE AND TO HELP BENNETT ECONOMICALLY. BOURDAIN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN JUNE. PARTS OF HAWAII ARE UNDER A HURRICANE WATCH TONIGHT. HURRICANE LANE, A CATEGORY- 4 STORM WITH WINDS OF 155 MILES AN HOUR, IS EXPECTED TO PASS CLOSE TO THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI ON THURSDAY. RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ARE BEING TOLD TO PREPARE FOR HEAVY SURF AND POTENTIALLY, FLASH FLOODING. UP NEXT HERE ON A VERY BUSY " CBS EVENING NEWS" TONIGHT, RELATIVES OVERCOME WITH EMOTION, AS A FATHER ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS FAMILY APPEARS IN COURT IN COLORADO. AND LATER, STUDENTS TOPPLE A CONFEDERATE STATUE. >> Glor: A HEARTBREAKING SCENE IN A COLORADO COURTROOM TODAY. A GRANDFATHER BROKE DOWN AS A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS FAMILY APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE. THE SUSPECT HAS CONFESSED, BUT ONLY TO ONE KILLING. OMAR VILLAFRANCA IS THERE. >> Reporter: CHRISTOPHER WATTS APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING WEARING AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT AND SHACKLES. THE 33- YEAR- OLD ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS PREGNANT WIFE, SHANNAN, AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, SHOWED NO EMOTIONS AS JUDGE MARCELO KOPCOW READ OFF HIS NINE FELONY CHARGES. >> AND THAT CRIME IS CLASSIFIED AS MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, A CLASS ONE FELONY. >> Reporter: SITTING IN THE FIRST ROW, SHANNAN'S FATHER, FRANK RUEZEK, BROKE DOWN, AS HIS SON FRANKIE TRIED TO CONSOLE HIM. >> CHRISTOPHER LEE WATTS CAUSED THE DEATH OF CELESTE WATTS, A CHILD WHO HAD NOT YET OBTAINED 12 YEARS OF AGE. >> Reporter: IN AN AFFIDAVIT RELEASED YESTERDAY, WATTS ADMITS HE KILLED HIS PREGNANT WIFE, BUT SAYS HE DID NOT KILL HIS CHILDREN. WATTS ADMITTED TO HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A COWORKER, AFTER INITIALLY DENYING IT. SHORTLY AFTER TELLING HIS WIFE HE WANTED A SEPARATION, WATTS CLAIMS HE SAW HER ON A BABY MONITOR ACTIVELY STRANGLING CELESTE. WATTS TOLD POLICE HE SAW HIS OTHER DAUGHTER SPRAWLED OUT ON HER BED IN BLUE, AND THEN HE WENT INTO A RAGE AND ULTIMATELY STRANGLED SHANNAN TO DEATH. WATTS DIDN'T EXPLAIN TO POLICE WHY HE LOADED THE BODIES INTO HIS TRUCK AND BURIED HIS WIFE, SHANNAN, IN A SHALLOW GRAVE AND DAUGHTERS IN OIL TANKS. HE'S GOING TO BE IN COURT TOMORROW. KELLEY TRIPPY WAS FRIENDS WITH SHANNAN, AND SAYS SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE WATTS' STORY. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD HAVE DONE? >> HE SHOULD HAVE SAID, " I DID IT ." HE SHOULD HAVE SAID, " I'M A (\ BLEEP \). I'M, I AM COMPLETELY A MONSTER ." >> Glor: OMAR, SO HARD TO HEAR ABOUT THIS CASE, BUT STILL SO MUCH POLICE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WHAT IS NEXT HERE? >> Reporter: WATTS WILL BE BACK IN COURT IN NOVEMBER. HE'S EXPECTED TO ENTER A PLEA. BUT, JEFF, WE STILL DO NOT KNOW IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY PLANS TO PURSUE THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. >> Glor: OMAR VILLAFRANCA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STILL AHEAD HERE TONIGHT, A MIDWESTERN CITY HIT BY NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN. >> Glor: SOME VERY BAD FLOODING OUTSIDE MADISON, WISCONSIN. MORE THAN A FOOT OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT. EVACUATIONS WERE ORDERED. THOUSANDS LOST POWER. A MAN IN HIS 70s DIED WHEN HE WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE FLOODWATERS. TOP ADMINISTRATORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY CONDEMNED THE ACTIONS OF PROTESTERS WHO BROUGHT DOWN A CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL KNOWN AS " SILENT SAM ." THAT STATUE STOOD FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY. IT WAS SEEN BY MANY AS A TRIBUTE TO WHITE SUPREMACY. UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS SAID THEY WERE PREVENTED BY LAW FROM REMOVING IT. THEY HAVE PROMISED A FULL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. IN CHICAGO, A YOUNG HOSPITAL PATIENT HAD HER BIRTHDAY WISH GRANTED. >> OH, MY GOD! >> YOU ASKED ME TO COME. I'M HERE. WHAT'S UP? >> Glor: PRETTY COOL. SOFIA SANCHEZ WAS NEARLY SPEECHLESS WHEN THE RAPPER DRAKE STOPPED BY YESTERDAY. SOFIA IS AWAITING A HEART TRANSPLANT. SHE RECENTLY MADE A VIDEO ASKING DRAKE TO COME AND WISH HER A HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY. HOW COULD HE REFUSE? HE DID NOT. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. CONGRATS SOFIA, AND DRAKE. UP NEXT, TRUCKERS, AND BUBBA'S BIRTHDAY. >> Glor: WE END HERE TONIGHT WITH A YOUNG MAN WHO TURNED 16 THE OTHER DAY, AND GOT THE SURPRISE OF HIS LIFE. DAKOTA CADD, OR BUBBA, OFTEN SITS IN HIS BACKYARD ALONG WISCONSIN STATE HIGHWAY 26, HOPING TRUCKERS WILL BLOW THEIR HORNS FOR HIM. ON SATURDAY, THOSE TRUCKERS WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO GIVE HIM A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE. BUBBA HAS CEREBRAL PALSY AND DANDY WALKER SYNDROME. PEG CADD IS BUBBA'S MOM. >> I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE WHEN WE PULL INTO THE PARK. DAKOTA, LOOK! DO YOU THINK THEY CAME FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? >> ME? >> YEAH, FOR YOU! ARE YOU READY? >> HE'S READY. >> OKAY, COME ON DOWN. OH, LOOK AT! >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY! THERE'S A HUG FOR YOU, BUDDY. >> THEY'RE SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BUBBA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU >> SAY THANK YOU. \( APPLAUSE ) >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY! >> Glor: THE STORY OF HOW HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS AND MORE THAN 1, 000 PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE BUBBA'S BIRTHDAY STARTED WITH ONE SMALL ACT OF KINDNESS. >> DAKOTA WAS OUT IN HIS NORMAL SPOT, SITTING THERE PUMPING HIS ARM, AND I NOTICED THERE WAS A BAG ON THE GROUND, AND IT WAS A LITTLE SEMI TRUCK, AND I REALIZED THAT SOMEBODY HAD TAKEN THE TIME TO STOP ON THE HIGHWAY AND THROW THIS PACKAGE FOR MY SON OVER THE FIVE- FOOT FENCE. >> Reporter: BUBBA'S MOM POSTED ABOUT FINDING THE PRESENT ON FACEBOOK, WRITING, " PLEASE, IF YOU KNOW C. H. HALL TRUCKING, TELLING THEM WHOEVER DID THIS IS AWESOME ." IT WENT VIRAL, AND FINALLY LED TO TRUCK DRIVER MARK KING. HE AND OTHER TRUCK DRIVERS WHO HAD PASSED BUBBA WAVING AT THEM WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL, SO THEY PLANNED THIS PARTY. (\ HORN BLOWING \) >> I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR CHILDREN IN WHEELCHAIRS, PROBABLY BECAUSE I GREW UP WITH A SISTER IN OUR HOME THAT, SHE WAS HANDICAPPED. DID YOU HAVE FUN TODAY, BUBBA? >> YUP. >> WHAT CHILD EVER GETS SOMETHING SO SPECIAL LIKE THIS? TO SEE PEOPLE EMBRACE MY SON, GIVING HIM HUGS AND WISHING HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IT'S AMAZING THAT THERE ARE FOLKS LIKE THAT OUT THERE. (\ HORN BLOWING \) (\ LAUGHING \) >> Glor: THANK YOU, BUBBA. THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" FOR TONIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. I'M JEFF GLOR. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.