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" HOLD THE LINE. THERE IS NO CRIME ." BUT WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY SOURCES THAT THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES HAVE UPSET MAJOR PARTY DONORS, WHICH COULD JEOPARDIZE MIDTERM FUND- RAISING. THAT WILL INCREASE WHITE HOUSE RELIANCE ON PRESIDENTIAL RALLIES AND THE SMALL- DOLLAR DONATIONS THEY TEND TO GENERATE. AS FOR IMPEACHMENT, THIS WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT FEAR REPUBLICANS, BUT KNOWS THAT THIS WEEK'S EVENTS HAVE VASTLY COMPLICATED THE PUSH TO CONFIRM BRETT KAVANAUGH TO THE SUPREME COURT AND AVERT TALKS OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. JEFF, BOTH INTENSIFY NEXT MONTH. >> Glor: THE SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION HEARINGS COMING UP THE WEEK AFTER NEXT. PAULA REID AND MAJOR GARRETT, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE MURDER OF MOLLIE TIBBETTS. THE BODY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA STUDENT WAS FOUND YESTERDAY, ONE MONTH AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED. TODAY, AN IMMIGRANT WHO WAS LIVING IN THE U. S. ILLEGALLY IS NOW ACCUSED OF KILLING TIBETS WENT BEFORE A JUDGE. ADRIANA DIAZ IS IN IOWA. >> Reporter: MOLLIE TIBBETTS' ALLEGED MURDERER SHUFFLED INTO THE COURTROOM IN SILENCE, WEARING A PRISON JUMPSUIT AND HEADPHONES FOR SPANISH TRANSLATION. >> MR. RIVERA, YOU HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. >> Reporter: 24- YEAR- OLD CRISTHIAN BAHENA RIVERA IS ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO. FEDERAL OFFICIALS TELL US HE'S AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT. ACCORDING TO THE AFFIDAVIT, RIVERA TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE FOLLOWED TIBBETTS AS SHE WAS JOGGING IN BROOKLYN, IOWA, JULY 18. WHEN TIBBETTS SAID, " I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLICE ," HE PANICKED, GOT ANGRY, THEN HIS MEMORY " BLOCKED" UNTIL HE REMEMBERED FINDING TIBBETTS IN HIS TRUNK BLEEDING FROM THE HEAD. HE SAYS HE LEFT HER BODY DOWN THIS ROAD IN A CORNFIELD. RIVERA WORKED HERE AT YARRABEE FARMS. IT'S A SMALL DAIRY FARM WITH ABOUT 10 EMPLOYEES. DANE LANG OWNS THE FARM WITH HIS FATHER, CRAIG, A LOCAL REPUBLICAN LEADER. RIVERA WORKED FOR THEM FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS. >> WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IS THAT OUR EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WHO HE SAID HE WAS. >> Reporter: LANG SAID RIVERA USED A FAKE I. D. TO PASS A GOVERNMENT SCREENING FOR EMPLOYMENT, BUT HE ADMITTED THE FARM USED THE WRONG VERIFICATION SYSTEM. >> I'M VERY SORRY. >> Reporter: THE CASE HAS SPARKED OUTRAGE FROM LAWMAKERS. IOWA SENATOR >> IT'S THE DUTY OF THIS SENATOR AND EVERY OTHER SENATOR TO ACT TO PREVENT FURTHER TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS ONE. >> Reporter: AND JUST THIS EVENING, PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED THIS MESSAGE. >> A PERSON CAME IN FROM MEXICO ILLEGALLY AND KILLED HER. WE NEED THE WALL. WE NEED OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS CHANGED. >> Reporter: RIVERA'S ATTORNEY, ALLAN RICHARDS, SAYS THE PRESIDENT SHOULDN'T MAKE THE CASE POLITICAL. >> IF YOU SPENT HALF AS MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING BEING PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL THE FACTS ARE OUT THERE, I THINK WOULD BE A GREAT HELP. >> Reporter: TIBBETTS' FAMILY WASN'T IN COURT, BUT THEY DID RELEASE A STATEMENT. THEY DIDN'T TOUCH ON THE POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS. THEY SAID, " OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN. WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE SENT THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR OUR GIRL ." THE SUSPECT, RIVERA, WILL BE BACK HERE IN COURT AUGUST 31. IF CONVICTED, HE FACES LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. JEFF. >> Glor: ADRIANA DIAZ IN MONTEZUMA, IOWA. ADRIANA, THANK YOU. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS DROVE A RESEARCH PLANE INTO THE EYE OF HURRICANE LANE TODAY AS IT APPROACHED HAWAII. AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS INTENSITY, IT WAS A CATEGORY FIVE. YOU CAN SEE THIS PLANE WITH 160- MILE- AN- HOUR WINDS. ASTRONAUTS ABOARD THE SPACE STATION CAPTURED ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE VIEW OF LANE, AND FOR MORE ON ALL OF THIS, HERE'S CHIEF WEATHERCASTER LONNIE QUINN OF OUR NEW YORK FLAGSHIP STATION WCBS. LONNIE. >> WELL, GOOD EVENING, JEFF. AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MAKE NO MISTAKES ABOUT IT, LANE IS STILL AN INCREDIBLY HEALTHY STORM. SURE, IT WAS A CAT 5 EARLY THIS MORNING. NOW, IT'S A CATEGORY 4. SO, THE CURRENT WIND SPEEDS ARE 155 MILES PER HOUR, THAT'S ALMOST A CAT 5. MOVING TO THE WEST AT 8 MPH. IT'S RIGHT NOW 285 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF KONA, HAWAII. NOW, WHETHER IT MAKES A LANDFALL OR NOT, THIS THING IS GOING TO BE A HUGE RAIN MAKER. AND HERE'S

COUNTER- CLOCKWISE SPIN AROUND THAT HURRICANE, RIGHT, PUSHES THAT AIR ON- SHORE TO WHERE THE ISLANDS ARE. WELL, THE ISLANDS ARE FILLED ARE MOUNTAINS, SO WHAT IS THAT AIR GOING TO DO? IT'S GOING TO RISE UP AND OVER THE MOUNTAINS, RISING AIR SQUEEZES EVERY DROP OUT OF THIS HURRICANE, AND YOU WILL GET A LOT OF RAIN. WHEREVER YOU SEE THIS WHITE COLOR, THE POTENTIAL IS FOR TWO FEET OF RAIN. I THINK THE SMALLEST NUMBERS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE-- MAYBE HALF A FOOT-- AND AGAIN WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRITORIES, MUDSLIDES WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM. SO, LET ME SHOW THE CURRENT TRACK, BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE EASTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE NOT IN THE CONE OF CONCERN, BUT THE WESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE. BUT, REMEMBER, IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF IT MAKES LANDFALL OR NOT, BECAUSE THIS STORM WILL BE MORE OF A RAIN MAKER, NOT AS MUCH OF A WIND MAKER. JEFF? >> Glor: THANK YOU, LONNIE. THE CLOSEST A CAT 5 HURRICANE HAS EVER GOTTEN TO HAWAII. THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, LONNIE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF ACTRESS ASIA ARGENTO, A LEADING VOICE OF THE # METOO MOVEMENT, WHO IS NOW ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING AN UNDERAGED TEENAGER. TODAY, A PHOTOGRAPH EMERGED, AND THE ALLEGED VICTIM IS SPEAKING OUT. HERE'S JERICKA DUNCAN. >> Reporter :\ THIS \ PICTURE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE ITALIAN ACTRESS AND HARVEY WEINSTEIN ACCUSER, ASIA ARGENTO, SHOWS HER LYING NEXT TO ACTOR JIMMY BENNETT. AT THE TIME, HE WAS 17 AND SHE WAS 37. THE PHOTO WAS RELEASED BY T. M. Z. LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER ARGENTO DENIED EVER HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH BENNETT. ACCORDING TO " THE NEW YORK TIMES ," ARGENTO AGREED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO PAY BENNETT $ 380, 000. IN A STATEMENT RELEASED YESTERDAY, ARGENTO SAYS THAT SHE AND HER THEN- BOYFRIEND, ANTHONY BOURDAIN, DECIDED TO DEAL COMPASSIONATELY WITH BENNETT'S DEMAND FOR FINANCIAL HELP. >> IT'S BAD TO SMOKE. >> Reporter: BENNETT AND ARGENTO WORKED TOGETHER ON A MOVIE WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD. BENNETT, NOW 22, RELEASED A STATEMENT TODAY THAT READS, " I DID NOT INITIALLY SPEAK OUT ABOUT MY STORY BECAUSE I CHOSE TO HANDLE IT IN PRIVATE WITH THE PERSON WHO WRONGED ME. MY TRAUMA RESURFACED AS SHE CAME OUT AS A VICTIM HERSELF ." >> I WAS RAPED BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN. >> Reporter: BENNETT GOES ON TO SAY, " I WAS UNDERAGED WHEN THE EVENT TOOK PLACE, AND I TRIED TO SEEK JUSTICE IN A WAY THAT MADE SENSE TO ME AT THE TIME ." T. M. Z. ALSO RELEASED TEXT MESSAGES, ALLEGEDLY SENT MONDAY BETWEEN ARGENTO AND ANOTHER PERSON. ARGENTO WRITES, " I HAD SEX WITH HIM. IT FELT WEIRD. I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS A MINOR UNTIL THE SHAKEDOWN LETTER ." CBS NEWS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THE AUTHENTICITY OF THOSE TEXTS. BENNETT DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT A PAYMENT IN HIS STATEMENT. AND, JEFF, ARGENTO'S ATTORNEY, WE REACHED OUT TO HER SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK. >> Glor: VERY TROUBLING TO HEAR DETAILS ABOUT. ALL RIGHT, JERICKA, THANK YOU. THE PRESIDENT TODAY PRESENTED THE MEDAL OF HONOR, THE HIGHEST AWARD FOR VALOR, TO THE WIDOW OF AIR FORCE TECHNICAL SERGEANT JOHN CHAPMAN. HE GAVE HIS LIFE PROTECTING TROOPS IN ONE OF THE UGLIEST BATTLES OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. >> JOHN GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FELLOW WARRIORS. THROUGH HIS EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICE, JOHN HELPED SAVE MORE THAN 20 AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS. >> Glor: WE HAVE MORE ON ALL OF THIS. HERE'S DAVID MARTIN. >> Reporter: AL QAEDA WAS WAITING FOR AIR FORCE SERGEANT JOHN CHAPMAN AND A TEAM OF NAVY SEALs WHEN THEY CAME OFF THE HELICOPTER. >> THE ENEMY WAS IN-- BASICALLY OVERHEAD POSITIONS AROUND HIM ON THREE SIDES, RAINING DOWN FIRE IN THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. >> Reporter: LIEUTENANT COLONEL MICHAEL WENDELKEN SPENT TWO AND A HALF YEARS ANALYZING EVERY FRAME OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE 2002 BATTLE IN AFGHANISTAN. >> THAT'S CHAPMAN. YOU CAN SEE HIM RUNNING UP THE MOUNTAIN. >> Reporter: STRAIGHT AT A BUNKER, WHERE AN ENEMY MACHINE GUN WAS FIRING. IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY HE WASN'T CUT DOWN. HARDER STILL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE HE GOT THE COURAGE. >> THERE WERE TWO ENEMY INSIDE THE BUNKER. HE KILLED THEM BOTH AS THEY WERE SHOOTING AT HIM. >> BASICALLY, WE WATCHED WHAT MY AIRCRAFT COMMANDER DESCRIBED AS " A FIREFIGHT IN A PHONE BOOTH UNFOLD ." >> Reporter: SERGEANT ROBERT HARRISON WAS IN A GUNSHIP CIRCLING OVERHEAD, TRYING TO BLAST AL QAEDA OFF THE MOUNTAIN. THE VIDEO IS HARD TO FOLLOW, SO THE AIR FORCE COMMISSIONED THIS ANIMATION, WHICH WENDELKEN SAYS IS ACCURATE DOWN TO THE EXACT LOCATION OF CHAPMAN'S WOUNDS. >> HE WAS SHOT A TOTAL OF NINE TIMES. >> Reporter: CHAPMAN JUMPED OUT OF THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF THE BUNKER TO FIRE AT ANOTHER MACHINE GUN 10 METERS AWAY. >> HE WAS HIT, AND THEN-- AND WENT DOWN AND WAS LIKELY RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS AT THAT POINT. >> Reporter: THE REST OF THE TEAM WAS SURE CHAPMAN WAS DEAD AND PULLED OFF THE RIDGE TO WAIT FOR REINFORCEMENTS. >> IN A FEW MINUTES LATER, HE AWOKE AND CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR ANOTHER HOUR AND 10 MINUTES. >> Reporter: ON HIS OWN, FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AGAINST THE ENEMY, AT POINTBLANK RANGE. THE HELICOPTER WAS BRINGING IN REINFORCEMENTS, AND HE TRIED TO PROVIDE COVERING FIRE. >> WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF THE HELICOPTER LANDING, KNOWING THAT HE WAS JUST 10 METERS FROM A MACHINE GUN, HE PUT HIS BACK TO THAT MACHINE GUN TO ENGAGE AN ENEMY THAT WAS TRYING TO SHOOT DOWN THE HELICOPTER. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHEN HE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK AND KILLED. THE REINFORCEMENTS MADE IT IN, BUT NOT IN TIME TO SAVE CHAPMAN. >> IT'S PRETTY CLEAR HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A CHANCE TO LAND AND RESCUE THE REST OF THE TEAM. >> Reporter: IF EVER A MAN WENT DOWN FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY, IT WAS JOHN CHAPMAN. DAVID MARTIN, CBS NEWS, HURLBURT FIELD, FLORIDA. >> Glor: UP NEXT HERE ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," WE TAKE TO YOU THE BIG CITY WITH THE WORST AIR ON EARTH, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO FAR. >> Glor: WILDFIRES HAVE DARKENED SKIES ON THE WEST COAST. IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON, THE AIR POLLUTION HAS BEEN WORSE THAN IN BEIJING AND NEW DELHI. AND CARTER EVANS SAYS THE SMOKE INVASION HAS SOME STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. >> Reporter: A VISIT TO SEATTLE'S ICONIC SPACE NEEDLE NORMALLY PROVIDES BREATHTAKING PANORAMIC VIEWS, BUT THE SKYLINE NOW SHOWS A CITY CHOKED WITH SMOKE AND ASH. >> I EXPECTED IT TO BE CLEAR AND WE COULD SEE EVERYTHING. I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SMELL SMOKE. >> Reporter: IT'S COLLATERAL DAMAGE FROM A HORRIFIC START TO THE FIRE SEASON, WITH WILDFIRES BURNING FROM CALIFORNIA TO CANADA. THIS NASA SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS SMOKE COVERING NEARLY TWO MILLION ACRES BURNING IN THE U. S. > THIS IS THE WORST AIR QUALITY WE'VE HAD ACROSS THE REGION SINCE 2000. >> Reporter: AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S SOME OF THE WORST AIR ON EARTH, SO BAD THAT JUST SPENDING THE DAY OUTSIDE IS EQUIVALENT TO SMOKING NEARLY 8. 5 CIGARETTES. TODAY, WASHINGTON AND OREGON HAVE THE TOP FIVE WORST AIR- QUALITY CITIES IN THE NATION, ALL LISTED AS " UNHEALTHY ." AND ALL THAT SMOKE IS BAD FOR THE LUNGS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN. >> WE'VE NOTICED IT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS IN PARTICULAR, OUR NUMBERS ARE RAMPING UP, PARTICULARLY IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. >> Reporter: AND WHAT ARE MOST PEOPLE SAYING WHEN THEY COME IN? >> MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST COMPLAINING OF DIFFICULTY BREATHING. >> Reporter: THAT'S LEADING TO MORE PEOPLE WEARING MASKS OUTDOORS, POTENTIALLY A NEW NORMAL IN YEARS TO COME. >> AS WE HAVE HOTTER AND DRIER SUMMERS, IN OUR FORESTS, WE ARE INCREASING THE CHANCES OF THESE KINDS OF SUMMERS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN. >> Reporter: THE VIEW FROM UP HERE SHOULD GET BETTER SOON. THE WIND IS FORECAST TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS LATER THIS WEEK AND THAT'S GOING TO BLOW MUCH OF THE SMOKE OUT OF HERE, BUT THEN IT COULD TAKE DAYS FOR THE SKIES TO CLEAR. CARTER EVANS, CBS NEWS, SEATTLE. >> Glor: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> Glor: WE REACHED A MILESTONE TODAY IN THE RECOVERY FROM THE GREAT RECESSION. WALL STREET'S BULL MARKET, WHICH BEGAN IN 2009, IS

3, 453 DAYS. IN THAT TIME, THE BENCHMARK S & P 500 HAS GONE FROM 683 TO 2, 861.

STRONG CORPORATE EARNINGS AND LOW INTEREST RATES. POLICE IN ARKANSAS SAY IT'S A MIRACLE THAT TWO LITTLE BOYS SURVIVED A CAR CRASH THAT KILLED THEIR MOTHER. A THREE- YEAR- OLD BOY WAS FOUND THIS WEEK WANDERING ALONE. POLICE SAY HE CLIMBED THROUGH THE SUNROOF AND WENT LOOKING FOR HELP. THEY BELIEVE THE CRASH MAY HAVE HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY, AND THAT THE BOY AND HIS ONE- YEAR- OLD BROTHER, WHO WAS STILL IN HIS CAR SEAT, WERE STRANDED AS LONG AS FOUR DAYS. UP NEXT HERE, A MOTHER AND CHILD REUNITE SEVEN DECADES LATER. >> Glor: THIS WEEK, HALF A WORLD AWAY, FAMILY MEMBERS SEPARATED BY WAR, AND KEPT APART BY POLITICS, WERE BRIEFLY REUNITED. HERE'S BEN TRACY. >> Reporter: THIS MOTHER GOT TO HUG HER SON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 68 YEARS. SHE IS 92. HE IS NOW 71. BUT SHE STILL CALLED HIM " HER BOY ." THEY WERE ONE OF 89 FAMILIES REUNITED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE KOREAN WAR SEPARATED THEM NEARLY SEVEN DECADES AGO. THE PENINSULA WAS DIVIDED IN TWO. >> BANDS OF REFUGEES STREAM SOUTHWARD ALONG THE ICY ROAD. >> Reporter: FAMILIES TRAPPED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BORDER, NEVER SAW OR HEARD FROM EACH OTHER AGAIN. LEE SU- NAM JUST RETURNED FROM THE REUNION, WHERE HE SAW HIS OLDER BROTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1950. HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE? " I LIVED LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER MY BROTHER WAS ALIVE OR DEAD ," HE SAID. " AND SO, FOR ME TO HAVE MET HIM FEELS LIKE A DREAM. BUT THERE IS ALSO SORROW IN SAYING GOODBYE ." SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE- IN AND NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG- UN HAVE AGREED TO BRING MORE FAMILIES TOGETHER, BUT THE NORTH HAS OFTEN USED THESE REUNIONS AS BARGAINING CHIPS. 57, 000 SOUTH KOREANS ARE STILL HOPING TO MEET THEIR LONG- LOST RELATIVES, BUT WITH MANY NOW IN THEIR 80s AND 90s, TIME IS RUNNING OUT. THESE FORTUNATE FEW HAD TO SAY GOODBYE WEDNESDAY. THEIR 12 HOURS TOGETHER IS ALL- TOO- BRIEF COMFORT FOR A LIFETIME SPENT APART. BEN TRACY, CBS NEWS, SEOUL. >> Glor: JUST 12 HOURS TOGETHER. THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.