errol barnett has more. >> reporter: it began with an ominous statement.ines experiencing a system-wide technology issue. the faa advising the airline was unable to contact their dispatch through normal means. the impact, a nationwide ground stop, halting all of the airline's departures in north america. the alert was issued at roughly 1:00 p.m. eastern time. just over an hour later, united lifted the ground stop saying it was caused by a software update. but even small problems can create massive headaches. the ground stop has translated to hundreds of delays, slowing thousands of people, especially at united's major hubs. those still on the tarmac were stuck. one passenger posted, quote, been sitting in a hot plane at the gate for 90 plus minutes. another writing, quote, not fun when you're in the absolute last row with four crying babies and it feels like 90 degrees in the plane. perhaps one saving grace, the disruption occurred one day after the busy labor day weekend. now according to flight aware, there were more united airlines cancellations during

errol barnett, thank you.ecord rain and historic flooding will be around, let's bring in meteorologist mike seidel of our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> good evening, norah. let's show you how it all came about. look at the satellite photo and the radar. everything coming up the east coast, the jet stream, the low-level flow from the east northeast like it has for days and the rain over the same area. what we call training. how about new york city's central park now, almost 14.5 inches. their fourth wettest september on record. they have had plenty of rainfall and it's still raining tonight, mostly east of the city. on long island into connecticut and southern new england where flood watches continue at least through saturday morning. here's the forecast, heavy rain will move out of long island and connecticut. tomorrow morning, most of the heavy rain will be off the coast. still some showers around boston and providence. then by sunday, norha, get this, for the first time in nine days

and, norah, it's unclear if any of the students were even able to wear seat belts. >> norah: errol barnett first time, we are hearing a dramatic 911 call after that $100 million f-35 fighter jet crashed in south carolina last weekend. the caller, the pilot who ejected, and the man whose backyard he landed in. cbs's david martin is following the investigation from the pentagon. >> reporter: the case of the missing f-35 began in the backyard of this house in north charleston, south carolina with a hard-to-believe 911 call. >> i guess we've got a pilot in our house and he says he got ejected. he ejected from the plane. >> i'm sorry, what happened? >> we've got a pilot in the house. and i guess he landed in my backyard, and we are trying to see if we can get an ambulance to the house, please. >> reporter: the pilot had no idea where his $100 million airplane had gone. >> we have a military jet crash. i'm the pilot. i'm not sure where the airplane is. it would've crash landed somewhere. has there been a report of an airplane crash? >> i have not seen any come up yet. >> ma'am, i'm a pilot in a

it does not believe it to be a cybersecurity issue though. >> norah: errol barnett with that nightmaremily murder trial of a prominent south carolina lawyer. attorneys for alex murdaugh are claiming jury tampering, mark strassmann has the stunning new details. >> there is no choice but the courts to grant a new trial. >> reporter: for alex murdaugh's lawyers, it's rebecca hill, the county clerk, saying she jury tempered to write a book about the murder saga. >> the clerk at court had improper provocations with the jurors, don't be fooled by the testimony, watch out for the body language. >> guilty verdict.% >> reporter: last march, he was found guilty of murdering his wife maggie and son paul, long rifles at short range, it flared with part southern gothiy wealthy, wily, and powerful. the aims of greed, deceit, recklessness, a defendant admitting from the sand to lying and opioid addiction, and ripping off millions from clients. buster murdaugh, the defendant's son believes his dad is a psychopath, but not a murderer. and the trial? >> i think it was a tilted tale from the beginning. r

cbs's errol barnett has the new details. >> reporter: tonight investigated are on how potential tire this coach bus to rollover down an embankment, killing two. >> as a result of the crash, multiple occupants were ejected from the motorcoach. and two received fatal injuries. >> reporter: a horrific and chaoticscene thursday afternoon along i-84 about a two hour drive northwest of new york city, new york, city. new york state trooper jason lewis witnessed the aftermath. >> it was mayhem. it was a very horrendous, tragic accident just by doing it before i even got down to the scene. >> reporter: the bus involved was leading a caravan of six en route to a band camp weekend in greeley pennsylvania. shuttling 40 members of the farmingdale long island high school band and four adults. >> numerous children scattered around. the crying. asking for the parents. just as i would do with my two children. i aided to them. i cared for them. tried to calm them down. >> reporter: killed in the crash, there 43-year-old band director gay and volunteer chaperone, 77-year-old beatrice ferrari. gina pell

we get the latest from cbs's errol barnett. >> reporter: it began with an ominous statement.de technology issue. the faa advising the airline was unable to contact their dispatch through normal means. the impact, a nationwide ground stop, halting all of the airlines departures in north america. the alert was issued at roughly 1:00 p.m. eastern time, and just over an hour later, united lifted the ground stop, saying it was caused by a software update, but even small problems can create massive headaches. the ground stop has translated to hundreds of delays slowing thousands of people, especially at united's major hubs. those still on the tarmac were stuck. one passenger posted "been sitting in a hot plane at the gate for 90 plus minutes." another writing "not fun when you are in the absolute last row with four crying babies and it feels like 90 degrees in the plane." perhaps one saving grace, the disruption occurred one day after the busy labor day weekend. and on that point, according to data from flight aware, there were actually more united cancellations during the long hol

we get the latest from cbs's errol barnett. >> reporter: it began with an ominous statement.ology issue. the faa advising the airline was unable to contact their dispatch through normal means. the impact, a nationwide ground stop, halting all of the airline's departures in north america. the alert was issued at roughly 1:00 p.m. eastern time, and just over an hour later, united lifted the ground stop, saying it was a software update. but even small problems can create massive headaches. the ground stop has translated to hundreds of delays, slowing thousands of people, especially at united's major hubs. those still on the tarmac were stuck. one passenger posted, quote, "been sitting in a hot plane at the gate for 90-plus minutes." another writing, quote, "not fun when you're in the absolute last row with four crying babies and it feels like 90 degrees in the plane." perhaps one saving grace, the disruption occurred one day after the busy labor day weekend. and on that point, according to data from flightaware, there were actually more united cancellations during the long holid