he saw tom clayton smiling and kidding around with family members. the attack. he told the jury how investigators had immediately labeled tom a killer on the night of the murder. >> i think he attacked her. >> reporter: and the defense said investigators refused to change their minds, even after it was clear michael beard was the one who beat kelley to death. >> the defense had basically alluded to the fact that there is a psychosis in michael beard and that he out of just hate and revenge against thomas and his other bosses went to the house that night with the intent of stealing and taking money and killed kelley in the process. >> reporter: the prosecution said that was nonsense. michael beard had no reason to murder kelley unless he was sent there by the defendant, tom clayton. the state called linda miller to testify. she recounted how tom borrowed her phone and then deleted the number he'd dialed, never dreaming she'd do her own detective work. you really connected the dots to get police to this moment. >> yeah. >> she did good. >> if you can ca

tom? >> clayton, thank you. >>> we want to turn now to politics and the race for 2020. the spotlight on joe biden in his first major intervus since announcing his presidential bid. on the view, stumbling when asked about anita hill. here is terry moran. >> reporter: day two of his 2020 presidential campaign, and joe biden was confronted on "the view" about his role in the 1991 anita hill/clarence thomas hearings, a 28-year-old issue he can't seem to shake in the "me, too" era. biden struggled to explain why he reached out to anita hill just a few weeks ago, after all these years. >> i don't know why it took you so long to call her. i wish it had happened earlier. >> well, i'll tell you what the deal was. what i didn't want to do -- and i didn't want to, quote, "invade her space." >> reporter: biden ran the hied thosearassing her, and the all-male committee, many feel, trashed her. >> can you tell the committee what was the most embarrassing of all the incidences that you have alleged? >> reporter: anita hill says biden's recent call to her left her deeply unsatisfied. >

tom? >> clayton sandell for us tonight. clayton, thank you. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this saturday. dragged on the tracks. an elderly woman trying to catch the train, pulled from the platform, and carried off. how did this happen? >>> also tonight, parents waking up to their child screaming, snatched by wild dingoes. the father springing into actios of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry in seconds flat. stay with us. ay with us. ♪ with the capital one savor card you earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. so when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? ♪ but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. for people 50 and older colat average risk.ing honey have you seen my glasses? i've always had a knack for finding things... colon cancer, to be exact. and i find it noninvasively... no need for time off or special prep. it

clayton sandell. >> reporter: a dangerous domino effect seen in new video tonight of more than two dozen power poles crashing down. one striking a direct hit on tom and linda cook's car. >> right after the flash, i saw the pole start falling to the ground and i thought, wow, we have to find a way out. >> reporter: the cooks were trapped, escaping with scrapes and bruises, but very lucky to be alive. >> i started to open the door and inheard someone say, that's not a good idea, because those wires might be live. and i said okay, i'll stay right here. >> reporter: this person on a bicycle, narrowly missed getting hit by another pole, one of 26 that came down friday near seattle. >> it was so surreal and then it was one after another after another. >> reporter: the downed poles spanned a mile of pany says tho poles were inspected back in 2016 and were not considered a safety hazard. the utility says it has hired an independent investigators to figure out what happened. david? >> clayton, thank you. >>> when we come back, the cdc tonight with news on a deadly super bug in this country, they say it is drug resistant. what we now know. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

clayton sandell. >> reporter: a dangerous domino effect seen in new video of more than two dozen power poles crashing down, one striking a direct hit on tom and linda cook's car. e le falling to the ground and i thought, wow, guess we'll have to find another way out. >> reporter: the cooks were trapped, escaping with scrapes and bruises but very lucky to be alive. >> i started to open the door and i heard someone say, that's not a good idea because those wires might be live. and i said, okay, i'll stay right here. >> reporter: this person on a bicycle narrowly missed getting hit by another pole, one of 26 that came crashing down friday near seattle. >> it was so surreal. then it was one after another after another. >> reporter: the downed poles spanned a mile of roadway, knocking out power to thousands. the utility company says those poles were inspected back in 2016 and they were not considered a safety hazard. the utility says it's now hired an independent investigator to figure out what happened. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> i think it's insane that we don't know exactly what happened. and it was just a ripple domino effect th