>> font the search intensifies. texas police narrow their focus as they track the killer of two prosecutors. manual ba jor questions updates the investigation. deadly avalanches in washington state, carter evans has the latest. cheering the death of margaret thatcher. >> ding dong the witch is dead. >> explaining whthe british prime minister evokes strong feelings even after she's gone. >> and new hope taking root, anna werner introduces us to the those bringing the fire rife aged lost pines of texas back to life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening, i'm jim axelrod with a west coast edition of the broadcast. for the last month they've been looking for kor

killers of three people including two prosecutors in kaufman, texas. about 30 miles southeast of dallas. in the last 72 hours the search for clues has narrowed it to two locations and apparently one man. we have two reports tonight beginning with manual bojorquez. >> investigators search the storage facility saturday about 10 miles from where the murders happened. they pulled a white crown victoria from one unit. also multiple guns, ballistic tests are being done on the weapons to see if they are connected to the murders. just a day before the search focused on the kaufman, texas, home of a man who knew the victims. eric williams. williams is a former kaufman county justice of the peace. he was fired last year after being convicted of stealing computer equipment from the county. >> there's three monitors missing. one's on your desk.

>> uh-huh. >> right now. where are the others. >> reporter: assistant district attorney and district attorney mike mclelland prosecuted the case against williams. hase was killed in january, mclelland and his wife were found shot to death in their home last month. williams denied any involvement in an interview two weeks ago. >> my heart goes out to all the families that have been affected by this tragedy. and especially to the people that work at the courthouse. >> reporter: his attorney said williams has cooperated with law enforcement. and he hopes that the perpetrators are brought to justice. the "dallas morning news" says it was a threatening e-mail traced to williams which lead to his arrest yesterday for making ter ris particular threats. he is not charged with the killings. the murders have transformed this community of 7,000. every day since the mclellands were murdered some residents gathered at the courthousepray.na cobb knew.

>> these are good people, their lives were taken because of doing their jobs and protect our community. >> reporter: they pray for answers, and for peace to return. cbs news, kaufman, texas. >> bob orr in washington has been working his sources. bob, what are you hearing. >> the investigation no doubt focuses squarely on former justice of the peace eric williams. police will not call him quote, unquote, a suspect in the murders. as manual told us he denied any involvement and has not been charged in the killing. however we're told investigators turned up new evidence in searches over cric in the end in thisprove case. have to say almost from the very beginning, williams has been very high if not at the top of that potential suspect list. see, he w guy prosecuted by mark hase and district attorney mike mclelland. sources say mclelland himself was suspicious of williams after hase's murder in january. in the end, renge could be

arirtly relatebeing held on to the murders. is this part of some larger strategy by law enforcement? >> i think you could say so, yes. he's being held for making quote ferrostic threats. authorities won't tell us what that means. he is being held under an extremely high $3 million in bond. so in effect, all of that serves as a holding charge. that allows police to go slow, work the murder case, at a more deliberate pace. investigators in the end don't have to worry about his whereabouts or more importantly what he might be up to. >> bob orr in washington, thank you. in washington state one person is dead, another still missing after an avalanche swept down the slopes of snoquolome pass saturday east of seattle in an area popular with hikers and snow scheuers. carter evans has the story. >> as search teams stand out on granite mountain heavy

snow kept them from getting anywhere close to where a 60-year-old man is believed buried. his two hiking companions were injured, all swept away shortly afternoon on saturday. >> one of the hikers tells me they're coming, they are about five feet apart, when he starts feeling the snow move. at that point they are caught up in an avalanche. >> sergeant katie larson with the king county sheriff's office said one of the hikers was carrying a gps. >> we downloaded that information. the avalanche carried him about 1279 feet at about 53 miles an hour. >> about a half hour later in just a few miles away on red mountain, another avalanche plowed into a group of 12 snowshoers and a wrom hiker. the woman was the last to be rescued, lying face down under five feet of snow. she later died. authorities say this time of year is especially dangerous. >> when you have the weather starting to warm, and then you have a snowfall that warm weather, the cold weather, avalanche conditions. >> reporter: warnings have been posted prior to the weekend calling the avalanche risk considerable.

and with new snow falling, the mountains are even more unstable. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> monday is the biggest holiday of the year in north korea. the day they mark the birthday of kim il-sung by showing off their military. with kim il-sung's grandson kim jong-un now threatening nuclear strikes, the region is on aer north koreaaid japan would be the first country targeted. and margaret brennan is in tokyo tonight. >> reporter: under the threat of a missile launch, the japanese are armed and ready. anti-missile defenses have been positioned around the country. >> we without hope that whatever considerations or fears the north has of the united states, or of others in the region, that they would come to the table in a responsible way and negotiate that. >> but talks do not appear likely. north korean state tv

dismissed a south korean peace offer as a crafty trick. china north korea's only ally also made an appeal and publicly called for it to abandon its nuclear weapons. so far north korea has not responded. with no diplomatic breakthroughs, kerry repeated that the u.s. will defend its allies in the case of an attack and justified the u.s. military buildup in the region. >> the president of the united states deployed some additional missile defense capacity precisely because of the threat of north korea. >> now the world waits to see whether pyongyang will follow-through with its threats and celebrate founder kim il sung's birthday with a demonstration of military might. secretary kerry will return to washington in a few hours. but the diplomacy doesn't end there. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and senior u.s. intelligence officers will travel to the region in the coming weeks. but the u.s. has made clear north korea must make the

first move. margaret brennan, cbs news, tokyo. >> venezuelas went to the polls today to elect a new president. polls show most voters backed nicholas miduro, chosen by former president hugo chavez to carry on the country's socialist revolution. chavez died last month the cancer ending his 14 year rule. >> ntsb investigators are in indonesia tonight looking into why a 737 missed the runway trying to land on the island of bali. the plane crashed into the sea yesterday. the next move is to pull it ashore. all 108 passengers and crew sur ---- survived. tomorrow the supreme court will hear arguments in the case that potentially carries huge implications for scientific and medical research. at issue, can a company patent a human gene? our chief legal correspondent jan crawford joins us now. jan, let's start with the company. who are they, myriad. and what case are they

, myriad genetics is a biotech company that spent years and millions and millions of dollars doing research on genes that understand how they can help diagnose certain diseases. and it's arguing that that work and isolating specific human genes and here in this case there are two genes in particular that show a person would have a greater likelihood for breast or ovarian cancer that that should qualify it for a patent. and it points to the reason that we have patents in the first place, to reward new ventures an encourage innovation down the line. >> so is it fair to say this case is asking the question can a corporation lock u the rights to test someone's genes? >> well, yeah. i mean potentially, yes, for the length of the patent which is no more than 20 years. but the patent now gives myriad control over all the diagnostic testing on these genesment i got say, doctors and researchers who are challenging in the supreme court say myriad's position stifles research and

potentially lifesaving treatment after testing should be more freely available. >> fascinating. jan, thank you. >> later the devicive legacy of former british prime minister margaret thatcher. signs of rebirth in a forest scorched by fire and an about-face at the pentagon. the new plan to have top officers judged by their peers, those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues.

>> i pice officer in port canaveral florida has been fired for bringing images of trayvon martin to target practice. sark ent king came with these images, a person in a hoodie with skit ems and holding a canned drink. he witnesses say he offered them to other officers as a target but they declinedment king says he's apologized to martin's family but calls himself a quote pawn in somebody's political agenda. >> the chairman of the joint

chiefs of staff general martin dempsey plans to change how generals and admirals are evaluated. as don dahler tells us the officer's peers and those who serve beneath them could soon have a say. >> general dempsey wants regularly scheduled performance evaluations of high ranking officers which would look at not only their decision-making abilities but what he describes as their professional character. this is in response to a series of scandals involving notable officers. everything from extramarital affairs to misuse of government funds, to allegations of sexual misconduct. >> i think it's going after a problem the military has with what is called toxic leaders. >> mike lions is a former army major and cbs news analyst. >> they will have to pierce the veil of that staff and surroundings and make sure she get feedback from sub order nabt commanders. >> generals throughout history have been notorious for their lack of political correctness. this dean in the movie paton was based on a real event.

>> shut up slap! >> former chief of military training at west point hank kearsey was drummed out of the army after 24 year force anti-gay jokes told by an officer serving under him. he thinks the review is a good idea. >> if you need to know how this subordinates feel about their commander -- >> the evaluations will involve input from other officers as well as those who serve under them. kearse says reports should be anonymous. to avoid retaliation by officers who don't like their reviews. >> you know, here is my review from my subordinates. oh, i had 16 officers say i was a dirt bag, all right, that i was toxic. i can just try to find out who those guys are. >> a spokesman says that and how this whole process will work has yet to be figured out. don daler, cbs news, highland falls, new york. >> up next on tonight's "cbs evening news", britain's margaret thatcher still

controversl, even in death.

>> dignitaries from the around the world will gather in london wednesday for the funeral of former british prime minister margaret thatcher. since her death last monday thatcher's legacy has been the subject of vigorous debate. charlie d'agata has more. >> organizers called it the party of a lifetime, but only a couple hundred people braved the london rain last night to celebrate the death of margaret thatcher. >> they have been holding the so-called parties since

the former prime minister passed away last week. >> ding dong the witch is dead, the witch is dead. >> ding dong the witch is dead. >> the protest song her opponents have adopted ding dong the witch is dead from the wiz av-- wizard of oz raced to the number two stop in the pop charts today. while many people in britain saw margaret thatcher as a fearless who opened up free markets, crushed trade unions and pulled the country back from the brink of economic collapse-- to others she's remembered foremost for policies that lead to lost jobs and broken communities. radio talk show host nick ferrari says in some cases the anger run through generations. >> what is truly astonishing is that when you look at the pictures of people having what are called death parties, many of them probably weren't even born wh she left power. we are going back 23 years when she left poer with. this is how long the legacy is. >> that anger and the expectation of coerns

thatcher's funeral which will be held he at s paul's cathedral. the costs are expected to run into the millions. it will be the biggest security operation since the london olympics. providing production for queen elizabeth and other world leaders attending wednesday's funeral is a big enough challenge. but riot police will be on stand by too, just in case they need the demonstrations turn violent. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >> coming up, madagascar is under attack. and this enemy is eating everything in its path >> every year we pick a new city to explore. >> but, thanks to hotwire, this year we got to take an extra

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supply back in february. 14,000 acres of crops were flooded making matters worse, all that water created a perfect breeding environment. >> these swarms can move hundreds of kilometers. >> reporter: princeton university ian you could in-- cousins is an expert on locust behavior. >> so we are really dealing with locust that are growing, breeding, that are spreading and flying over long distances. >> reporter: and what needs to be done now. >> there needs to be a multiprong approach involving surveillance and also application of insect site-- insectsides. >> all that takes money. the united nations needs $41 million. >> and if we cannot act immediately, like within the next few months, then it's going to be incredibly ex-- incredibly expensive in terms of this massive famine. >> the locusts do pore damage every day. in madagascar the open now is-- the hope now is to prevent infestation that could tip millions from just barely getting by to starving. cbs news, new york.

>> coming up, the volunteers who were bringing the lost pines of texas back to life.

>> happy news for former president george w. bush and his wife laura. they're grandparents for the first time. their daughter jenna bush hager gave birth last night to margaret laura hager. we're told both mother and daughter are doing fine. and we close tonight with a story of rebirth and renewal. when a downed power line ignited a wildfire in texas two years ago, it turned into the worst the state had ever seen. now nearly two years later, anna werner shows us the small signs of life and hope taking root. >> these charred trunks are all that is left of the state park's pine forest. in 2011 the drought helped fuel the largest fire in texas history here.

it guess troyed nearly everything. mike fisher is the emergency manager. >> this was all black. >> moonscape, yeah. just awful. >> fisher is a former fire chief. he lead the firefighters battling the flames. the fire scorched 35,000 acres and destroyed 1600 homes. it clogged the colorado river with debris and drove out wildlife. >> what would it mean to you if this was lost? >> i don't want to think about that. it's not an option. >> because? >> because we are going to put it back. >> he's now leading an army of volunteers called the lost pine recovery team. >> some 1500 people from across the state are replanting what the fire took away. they mark each new seed ling with a pin flag. the forest once held more than a million trees called the lost pines.itaid the seeds e trees

settlers migrating w >> first one. >> the volunteers hope the nelo pines will restore the forest ecosystem, bring back wildlife and improve the water quality in the river. >> it's somewhat overwhelming, you know. they're helping me and my neighbors put our county back together. just one pin flag at a time. >> it will take 25 years for the seed lings to grow into trees. so a new generation of texans can see the beauty of a lost forest once again. anna werner, cbs news texas. >> and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. later on cbs, "60 minutes." scott pelley will be here tomorrow. for now i'm jim axelrod in new york. for all of us here at cbs news, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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