WILLIAM BRANGHAM: We start the day's other headlines with more on that elaborate plan that secretly flew President Trump out of Turkey last month and the nature of the reported threat from Iran that made the move necessary.

Speaking to reporters last night, President Trump confirmed that he was whisked away from Air Force One in a catering truck at the Secret Service's direction.

He downplayed the risk to those he left on the original plane while he flew on a separate one.

DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States: I go by Secret Service and the military.

They wanted me to go in a different flight, a different plane, equal safety, but they wanted me to do it, so I do it.

I do what they say.

I guess there was a threat out there.

I didn't really ask too much about it.

I get a lot of threats.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The New York Times reports that credible threats against the president included someone spotted near the NATO summit with a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile, and that the Iranians even knew which floor of the hotel President Trump was staying on.

In Colombia, the hope of finding survivors is diminishing now more than two days since a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of the country.

Rescuers consider the first 48 to 72 hours critical to save people.

And victims are still being found alive.

(CHEERING) WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Applause rang out today after rescue teams retrieved one woman who had been trapped for a day-and-a-half.

But many have not been saved.

The disaster has killed at least 180 people, and nearly 2,600 have been injured.

Still, many first responders say they are not giving up.

CAMILO CANO, Bogota Fire Department Official (through translator): At this moment, we're focusing more on the removal of debris, and we are still continuing to try and find victims alive.

We still have hope until at least four days after the earthquake has passed.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The earthquake has tested the new government of President Abelardo de la Espriella, who was sworn in last Friday.

More than 4,000 people are believed to be missing.

More severe storms swept across the Midwest today, just one day after tornadoes and flash floods wreaked havoc on the region.

Street lights flickered as straight-line winds blasted through backyards like these in Indiana.

State officials say a 4-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree.

Today, Governor Mike Braun said his state is accustomed to isolated tornadoes, but yesterday's weather was far more widespread.

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MIKE BRAUN (R-IN): This is just one of those straight-line wind events that's covering probably nearly a third of our counties.

Normally, a tornado will be on one or two.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: In Portage, Indiana, officials are investigating if this House explosion, which killed one person, was related to the storms.

And in neighboring Ohio, officials say at least one other person was killed in floodwaters that inundated homes and cars.

Nearly 700,000 customers remain without power tonight from the Chicago area all the way to West Virginia.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says she will soon leave her job to spend more time with her family.

At 28 years old, Leavitt is the youngest person ever to hold that position.

She just recently returned to work after taking a brief leave for the birth of her second child in May.

Announcing the news, President Trump called Leavitt one of his most trusted aides and added that she would continue to serve as an outside adviser.

Leavitt will depart at the end of this month.

In sports news, the Los Angeles Lakers are being sold for the second time in just over a year, this time to two big names in business, former Disney CEO Bob Iger and venture capitalist Josh Kushner, who is also the younger brother of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.

The price, reportedly a record-shattering $12.5 billion.

The team has been owned since 2025 by Mark Walter, the majority owner of the L.A.

Dodgers.

Ultimately, the NBA must approve the deal before the sale is final.

Inflation cooled slightly in July, according to new Labor Department data.

Falling gas prices are what primarily drove that drop, but costs overall still remain high.

July's 3.4 percent inflation remains well above the 2.4 percent from before the Iran war.

Concerns about rising costs did not spill over onto Wall Street today.

The Dow Jones industrial average notched a negligible loss, but the Nasdaq had a half-a-percent gain, and the S&P 500 had its first positive day since Friday.

A British driver who was actually the first to break the sound barrier in a car has set a new world record for speed.

Blazing across the salt flats in Utah, Andy Green, a retired Royal Air Force pilot, reached a top speed of 406 miles per hour yesterday in a hydrogen-powered car.

That's a record for that type of engine.

And millions across Europe witnessed a rare total solar eclipse today, when the perfect alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth briefly turned day to dark.

Sky-gazers in Spain had not seen a total eclipse in more than a century.

Others from Portugal to Greenland were also treated to the celestial spectacle.

Here in the U.S.

and elsewhere, observers saw the moon cover much of the sun in a partial eclipse.

NASA says another total eclipse will occur next August in parts of Spain and North Africa.

Still to come on the "News Hour": we speak to two federal judges about rising threats to themselves and their colleagues; and musician Andrew Bird on bringing his eclectic compositions into an orchestral space.