america's nuclear past. the health effects from radioactive contamination at dozens of sites. baby boomers are forced to put off retirement. >> right now all i'm looking at is working and making money. and a big change on sesame street. a very special new kid moves into the neighborhood. we all are amazing >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." joseph r. biden jr. stepped into the rose garden, laid out a platform, and then gracefully stepped off, bringing to an end his ambitions of becoming president and a nearly 50-year political career. with president obama at his side, the vice president announced he will not make a third run for the democratic nomination in what would have

hillary clinton. major garrett broke this story and he begins our coverage. >> i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. but while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. >> reporter: joe biden stood with president obama and said the democratic nominees should stand on their accomplishments. >> democrats should not only defend this record and protect this record. they should runon the record. >> reporter: but mostly biden framed an agenda for a campaign that was not to be. >> we cannot sustain the current levels of inequality that exist in this country. i believe the huge sums of unlimited and often secret money pouring into our politics is a fundamental threat to our democracy. >> reporter: he also made a plea for bipartisanship and took a veiled swipe at hillary clinton

republicans her enemies during this month's presidential debate. >> i don't think we should look at republicans as our enemies. they're our opposition. they're not our enemies. and for the sake of the country we have to work together. four more years of this kind of pitched battle may be more than this country can take. >> reporter: after losing his son beau to brain cancer earlier this year biden's decision on whether to enter the race hinged largely on his family's emotional readiness for a campaign. today he called for an ambitious assault on the disease that claimed his son. >> if i could be anything, i would have wanted to be the president that ended cancer. because it's possible. it's personal. but i know we can do this. >> reporter: biden, ever cheerful and resilient, ended with a note of optimism that left many friendsand supporters wondering what might have been. >> it's about equality. it's about fairness. it's about respect. as my dad used to say, it's

about affording every single person dignity. it's not complicated. we can do this. and when we do, america won't just win the future. we will own the finish line. >> reporter: despite president obama's affection and respect for biden, he had grown restless with the vice president's prolonged presidential deliberations. and scott, mr. obama was more than mildly pleased to see the speculation and the distractions that came with it laid to rest. >> major garrett at the white house. major, thanks. now let's bring in john dickerson, our cbs news political director and anchor of "face the nation." john, what struck you about the vice president's statement? >> well, you know, at one point in his remarks he thanked the reporters who'd been covering his deliberation process and then he quickly added "and covered my whole career." it was a subtle acknowledgment of a larger point, which was that biden wasn't just putting an end to this presidential process, he was marking what's likely to be the end of his career in washington. it started in the early '70s.

he made that pitch that major talked about for bipartisanship with republicans. it would have been interesting to see if he could have campaigned on that. because that is not the mood of his party right now. >> now, tomorrow's a big day. hillary clinton will be testifying before congress on the attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, libya and no doubt asked questions about her private e-mail server. what are the stakes for her? >> reporter: well, you know, she had a lot of big hurdles to clear in october and there were those she could control and those she couldn't. the debate was one hurdle and she's cleared that. joe biden's possible candidacy was another hurdle which has now been cleared away for her. so tomorrow is really the last big test for her in october. can she weather a full day's worth of testimony in front of a committee that even some republicans have said is aiming to hurt her politically? if she can do that, she will be on stable ground after what was a pretty shaky summer. >> and we'll be watching "face the nation" on sunday. john, thanks very much.

one man can unite republicans in congress. wisconsin to be the new speaker, and last night theeluctant ryan said he would do it but only if all the factions support him. ryan was the gop's 2012 candidate for vice president. he's an expert on the budget and chairs the ways and means committee, which writes tax policy. will his ultimatum work? here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: paul ryan spent the day meeting with conservatives who didn't know quite what to make of his take it or leave it approach. >> there were a list of some pretty strong demands. >> it kind of reversed the psychology on us a little bit. >> reporter: ryan says he will only run for speaker if all the wings of the fractured republican conference endorse him by friday and if hard-liners agree not to constantly threaten his speakership as they did john boehner's. >> we have become the problem. if my colleagues entrust me to be the speaker, i want us to become the solution. >> reporter: idaho's raul

of that. >> it appears that he's asking for more power to be in the power. >> reporter: even this condition met with some resistance. >> i cannot and i will not give up my family time. >> reporter: congressman tim huelskamp of kansas. what did you think of his request to spend most weekends with his family? >> i don't think the speakership is a 9 to 5 job. i've got family. that's why i'm not running for speaker or any other position like that. you've got to work on the weekends. >> reporter: ryan should be a conservative's dream speaker. he's pushed for deep cuts in food stamps, housing assistance, and proposed converting medicare into a voucher program. >> we want to have real fiscal control. >> reporter: most republicans say they'll back him. speaker boehner signaled today ryan's the only viable option. >> what's plan b if he doesn't decide to jump in on friday? >> don't know.

ryan's hardball approach may not be sitting well with some of the hard-liners, but it is the kind of strategic thinking they've been saying they want in a speaker. and it's all in their hands now, scott, because ryan will not be able to get the 218 votes he would need on the house floor next thursday unless at least some of them support him. >> and ryan has also worked effectively with democrats. nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy, thank you. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. together we can help them with three simple words. my name is chris noth

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a creek that ran alongside their playgrounds and back yards. using social media, the neighbors say they have documented more than 2,700 cases of cancer, autoimmune disorders, and brain and thyroid tumors in their area. mary oscko has stage 4 lung cancer. >> they're not statistics and they're not numbers. they were my neighbors. >> reporter: currently the army corps of engineers lists 24 other sites in 10 states with low-level radioactive contamination that they are in the process of cleaning up. there are three other sites with low-level contamination under consideration for cleanup. this former chemical processing plant in queens, new york is one of them. radiation barriers were installed as a band-aid solution in 2013. michael feldmann with the army corps of engineers says the cleanup moves slowly for a reason. >> in general, there are things that we need to do at the pace that we are performing in order to make sure that we are protecting the health and environment of the area.

>> reporter: dr. faisal khan is the director of public health in st. louis county. >> some disasters unfold slowly over time and their true nature and extent and severity only becomes clear in terms of human cost once you start counting people around you. >> reporter: to keep count these neighbors keep a list. >> the landises, the dubells, shirley shank died of breast cancer. >> there's 21 people on this list. >> and they were all on the same street? >> right. on palm drive. >> reporter: all of the residents in north st. louis with health issues told us they believe they had long-term exposure to the low-level contamination. this type of prolonged exposure has rarely been studied. scott, we are going to continue to follow this story. >> vinita, thank you very much. something that surprised us today, in west virginia president obama said drug overdoses kill more americans each day than car wrecks. 120 overdose deaths every day. in a decade heroin use by young adults has more than doubled,

and anna werner met a young woman who's in the fight of her life. >> i want my life back. and i am ready. i'm so ready to stop. >> reporter: this is 19-year-old mariah powers, in a video she made while high on heroin on the day she says she hit bottom. >> i don't want to live my life this way. i'm going to end up dead or in prison.- >> reporter: mariah had overdosed four times in the previous month. she told us she made the video as a reminder of how low she was that night. she detoxed alone, at home, after she couldn't find a facility to take her in. >> just to see my face, like even how i looked that day is like, wow. >> reporter: this was mariah ten days later, when we sat down with her. she says she was just 16 when a boyfriend introduced her to heroin.

>> it starts with your first high where it is just complete euphoria. and then when i didn't get that high again after i did it again i thought maybe i need to do a little more. >> reporter: before she knew it that first high had turned into a $100 a day habit. >> i would steal, lie, cheat, sell my body. >> reporter: you would sell your body? >> yes. >> reporter: why are you willing to go public about that? >> because i know i'm not the only one. >> i felt pretty helpless. >> reporter: mariah's father, joe powers, watched his daughter o.d. over and over. what is that like? >> i pretty much buried my daughter at that point. in my mind. you know, and that sounds cruel. it doesn't mean i gave up with her. but i figured that the disease would get her. >> there's no way. i'm not doing this anymore. >> reporter: powers had never seen that video his daughter

made. >> i want my dad back. i don't want to be this empty, hollow shell anymore. >> reporter: she told us that that was the night that she made the decision to get sober on her own. >> i hope she stays that way. >> reporter: you're not ready to believe that yet. >> no. she will always be an addict. and there's always going to be a -- a -- waiting for the shoe to drop. >> reporter: at this point do you feel confident that you can beat back that voice of addiction? >> i can only take it one day at a time. i can't say i'm going to be sober for the rest of my life. but as of today, heck yeah, i'm going to stay sober. >> reporter: she's now stayed sober for 60 days. anna werner, cbs news, cleveland. for many americans the road to retirement is getting longer.

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a new study says that new college graduates won't be able to retire until they are 75. in part because average student loan debt is over $35,000 and that's up more than $5,000 from just three years ago. their financial problems are also forcing their parents to delay retirement. and anthony mason has tonight's

"eye on money." >> reporter: this area's pretty much always been home. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: steve and beth burau both grew up in the chicago area and were hoping to retire here soon. but then the youngest of their three daughters went off to college. >> and we started realizing the little one was going to be going away to school. we knew it was going to be delayed. >> i don't see it before 70. at least. >> reporter: that's probably not what you planned. >> mm-mm. no. no. >> reporter: steve is a 58-year-old packaging designer. beth, who's 56, works in a medical clinic. >> i thought when i got a little bit older that we could travel or we could do other things. but right now all i'm looking at is working and making money. >> reporter: and the buraus are doing better than most boomers. 4 in 10 have no retirement savings at all, and nearly 70% have no defined pension plans. financial advisers say a nest egg needs to be big enough that a retiree can live on 4% of that

christine benz at morningstar says it also helps to put off taking social security benefits. >> for every year that you're able to delay past your full retirement age you're able to pick up a roughly 8% inflation-adjusted increase in your benefit. >> that's been six years. >> reporter: the buraus are working with a financial planner now. what would you tell another couple in your situation? >> you know, realize that, yeah, the end is in sight and you know, what are those things you want to do and think about those things when you're 20 and 30 and 40. don't wait until you're 45, 50 years old to really start thinking seriously about them. >> reporter: most of all, scott, financial planners say put something aside and remember, a late start is better than no start at all.

and we'll be right back. cory wells, one of the singers in three dog night, has died. joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea joy to you and me you couldn't tune in a rock station in the early '70s without hearing one of their hits in three-part harmony.

mama told me not to come wells was an air force veteran and avid fisherman from buffalo, new york. he was still touring with three dog night. cory wells was 74. that ain't the way to have fun that ain't the way to have fun a surprising new neighbor has moved onto sesame street. and we'll introduce you when we come back. woman: what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack? chest pain, like there's a ton of weight on your chest. se cold sweats. there's an unusual tiredness and fatigue. there's unfamiliar dizziness or light-headedness.

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the folks who've been bringing us "sesame street" for 46 years say that their mission is to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. and to that end they're adding a new character. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: in "sesame street's" new online story the new kid on the block seems to be a little different, and it's not just julia's bright orange hair. >> hi, abby calls loudly. julia doesn't answer. "your friend doesn't like me," says abby sadly. >> reporter: but since this block is sesame street, elmo's on the job of teaching kids what

>> elmo's daddy told elmo that julia has autism, he says. so she does things a little differently. >> reporter: julia's story is part of a campaign to see the amazing in all children. more than 6 out of 10 children with autism have been bullied at some point. the idea behind julia is familiarity breeds compassion and compassion helps reduce that number. the twittersphere blew up at the news. like this from @rutiregan. "seeing kids like i was depicted positively on a mainstream show, that means a lot to me." the story ends like you might imagine. >> one, two, three, counts julia. yeah! one, two, three friends, counts abby. >> reporter: with confusion cleared up, friendship triumphant. sunny days and the sunny days on "sesame street" now even brighter.

jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. and that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us just a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new

it's thursday, october 22nd, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." hillary clinton on the hot seat today. the democratic presidential hopeful testifies again on her role in the 2012 terror attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi. joe biden changes the face of a race he never entered. the vice president says he won't launch a white house campaign, but promises to use his voice during the 2016 race. an arrest is made in a road rage shooting in new mexico that left a 4-year-old girl dead. the mets are the kings of queens. the national league also by

the world series in 15 years. designed to wound clinton's presidential campaign. weijia jiang is in washington. >> reporter: good morning to everybody. this will be the fourth public hearing in the 17-month long investigation. however, the political climate is really different from the last one back in january, as you mentioned. since then, we have learned about clinton's use of private e-mail and the come is spped to ask about her and has already cost her as she campaigns to be the democratic presidential nominee. hillary clinton will face a grueling eight-hour grilling

investigating the 2012 benghazi attacks. testimony that could prove pivotal for her presidential campaign. >> can she weather a full day's worth of testimony in front of a committee that even some republicans have said is aiming to hurt her politically? if she can do that, she will be on stable ground after what a pretty shaky summer. >> reporter: the republican-led committee will try to find out why the u.s. decided to remain in benghazi despite the escalation and the violence. >> what i want to know while violence was going up in libya, why was our going down. >> reporter: clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, has already gone on the defensive during two previous testimonies. >> the fact is we had four dead americans! was it because of a protest or was it gauze of eye out for a walk one night and decided they would go kill some americans? what is difference at this point does it make?

>> reporter: ahead of today's hearing, democrats on the benghazi committee released the transcript of the former aide cheryl mills who testified that clinton was devastated by the event and she engaged in her response. the pressure is not only on clinton, but on the committee itself, fielding accusations that all of this is just a political ploy to take her down. in a twist of fate befitting all of the drama, the committee chair has reportedly lost his voice ahead of today's hearing which will make questioning clinton himself tricky, if possible at all. >> very interesting. weijia jiang in washington, thank you. vice president biden says that he decided not to seek the democratic presidential nomination because he ran out of time. speaking in the rose garden yesterday, biden said that as he mourned the death of his son beau, the window of opportunity closed. >> while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent.

i intend to speak out clearly and forcefully to influence as much as i can, where we stand as a party, and where we need to go as a nation. >> biden made a plea for bipartisanship and said democrats should not only defend the obama administration's record, but they should run on the record. the lineup for next week's republican presidential debate has been set. cnbc says ten gop candidates will share the stage in boulder, colorado. it's the same lineup as last time, minus scott walker. congressman paul ryan calls news that the hardline freedom caucus will support him for speaker of the house. a positive step toward a unified republican team. a super majority of the ultra conservative group voted to back ryan late yesterday, but there were not enough votes for a formal endorsement and the group says there is still work to do. >> we will vote for him, but we

consensus, in fact, there is no consendus on -- any preconditions that he asked for. >> ryan hasn't contained personal information. the hacker who obtained the material says he is a high school student. the cia says there is no indication that any of the material is, indeed, classified. secretary of state john

kerry is in europe to deal with two crises in the middle east. the iran/palestinian conflict and the syria warn. he willt a bus station. it's unclear if he was actually plotting an attack. police in albuquerque, arrested a man in a road rage shooting that left a 4-year-old dead. tony torrez was charged with murder. police say he drove his car next to the girl's father's pickup on tuesday and fired into it. torrez had cut off the pickup's driver and led to the gunfire. inside the pickup, 4-year-old

lily garcia and her 7-year-old brother and her father. >> everyone that was involved is breathing just a little bit -- a little bit better with a sigh of relief because this is appearing to wrap up the way we were hoping it would. >> police credit a surge of tips from the community for finding the alleged gunman to quickly. >> it's sad, really. it makes me sick to my stomach, someone can pull a gun out and shoot at some random people. >> torrez is in jail this morning held on $650,000 cash only bond. a slow moving storm will bring severe weather to the southern plains. expect downpowers and possible flash flooding in new mexico, texas, and oklahoma through tomorrow. the heavy rain and flash flooding led to several rescues. near phoenix, rescuers saved a driver from a truck from heavy water last night.

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the country. don't turn on the lights because i don't want to see mama told me not to come >> corey wells of three dog night band has died. he was a vocal singer in that band. the band did not reveal the cause of death. they had top hits in the late '60s and '70s, including "mama told me" and "joy to the world." corey wells was 74. khloe kardashian puts her divorce on hold. and key arrest in the el chap owe case. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the washington post" reports on arrest in the el chapo jail break. mexico rounded up six people, including the suspected mastermind. in july, drug kingpin el chapo escaped from a prison near mexico city through a mile long tunnel. mexico says one of the

supervisors supervised the escape. the "syracuse post standard" reports on harrowing testimony about a deadly beating inside a central new york church. 17-year-old christopher leonard took the stand on wednesday. he survived the brutal attack of the secretive word of life christian church that killed his brother. leonard said he was punched and whipped with a four-foot cord and his parents and several church members have been charged. the miami herald reports on a florida family's grief after a police officer shot and killed their beloved dog. a surveillance camera captured the officer knocking on the family's front door and then firing three times at the bulldog mix after she escapes. the family says 2-year-old duchess posed no threat. >> he could have easily stopped her by kicking her. he could have punched her. you know, pushed her. screamed. he didn't say a word. >> we don't have the luxury of hindsight. we have to use the information that is given to us in a split second. >> the officer has been placed on administrative leave. "the los angeles daily news" reports on a new earthquake

a nasa study says a 99.9% chance of a magnitude 5 or bigger earthquake hitting within three years. researchers says it will hit southeast of downtown where another quake struck last year. "people" magazine reports khloe kardashian asked a los angeles judge to dismiss her divorce proceeding from lamar odom. kardashian has been at the hospital with her estranged husband since he was found unconscious in a nevada brothel last week. the stars signed the divorce papers in july, but the judgment has not yet been entered by the court. "the new york times" reports mets fans are not so open to having yankee fans cheering for their team. some mets fans there is just too much animosity to welcome rival yankee supporters. the mets fans better make room on the band wagon. daenel daniel murphy makes home run history, helping the mets clench the national league pennant.beautiful, we'll give you your money back.

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the country. a roar goes up in historia, queens, as the new york mets win the national league pennant for the first time since 2000. the mets finishing off a four-game sweep of the chicago cubs in game four. not much drama in game four. the mes jump out to a 4-0 lead before the cubs can even come to the plate. later in the game, daniel murphy sets a major league record by hitting a home run in a sixth straight playoff game. murphy is named the mvp as the mets win 8-3. while new york celebrates, it's yet another disappointment for the long suffering cubs fans who haven't seen a national league pennant hoisted since 1945. >> i brought my mom to the cubs

you have to keep the faith! we have been through you know what and back. >> generation. >> generational. it's a cubs thing. >> very depressing. very depressing! there is always next year, right? >> the mets still don't know who they will face in the world series. the toronto blue jays staved off elimination in game five of the american league championship series. pitcher marco estrada delivering a strong effort to lead the jays to a 7-1 win over the royals. game six is in kansas city friday night. an alabama homecoming queen did a lot more than put on her tierra last friday. cheerleader jody perez's dad is a football coach and she has been kicking around footballs since she was about 10 years old. now, after being elected homecoming court, she asked permission to make a kick during the homecoming game. >> he'll never have a son.

every dated, i'm sure, dreams of having a son so he can play football. now he can say my daughter kicked in a game. it's just very special. >> the football sailed between the goalposts, making the extra point in west blockton's 19-7 win. icing on the cake. the academy is bringing back chris rock to host the oscars next year. the comedian is expected to bring an edgier feel to hollywood's biggest night. rock hosted the show in 1995 and bringing one of tv's biggest audience. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," gayle talks with another funny guy, jon stewart. i'm anne-marie green. and this is the "cbs morning news." working on my feet all day gave me pain here. in my knees. but now, i step on this machine and get my number which matches my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts. now i get immediate relief from my foot pain.

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michael j. fox and christopher lloyd teaming up as marty mcfly and doc brown to celebrate "back to the future" day on "jimmy kimmel live" last night. marty and doc learned about some big changes that happened when they jumped ahead in time 30 years. >> are people watching us on tv right now? >> yes. yes, they are. people are watching us on tv right now. although, honestly, most people will probably watch us on their phones on the toilet tomorrow. >> what about biff? >> oh, biff, you know what? biff is here. a few months ago, he lost his job, but he is working as our -- he is working for us as our stage manager now. >> hello! >> later on, fox showed off a

self-tying sneakers. cool. a hard line of the caucus will support paul ryan for the speaker of the house. this is the group that forced john boehner out of office. ryan still has to hear from other republican groups before he makes a final decision on whether or not to run. this morning, hillary clinton testifies before the republican-led house committee investigating the benghazi attacks. even some republicans say the aim is to hurt her politically. four americans were killed in the attacks, including ambassador chris stevens. republican presidential candidate jeb bush fielded an unusual question at a campaign event in las vegas wednesday night. >> who is your favorite superhero marvel in parentheses and why? >> i'm kind of old school. i like the old school guys like batman. >> good choice. >> a little dark these days. >> good choice. >> i saw that there is a "supergirl" is on tv. i saw that when i was working out this morning.

there is an ad promoting "supergirl." she looked kind of -- she looked pretty hot. i don't know what channel it's on, but i'm looking forward to that. >> what would you do to -- >> that will make news. >> yes, it will. by the way, "supergirl" can be seen right here on cbs. the series premiere is actually this monday at 8:30, 7:30 central. make sure you tune in. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a warning about hands-free devices and how they may actually keep drivers distracted longer. plus details on a woman who gave birth on a plane mid-flight. now she has been deported and separated from her baby. and jon stewart invites us into his new jersey home and he talks with gayle. >> do you sit there and watch and go, god, i wish i was doing, i wish i was on? >> oh, no. i didn't hear. what is going on? >> that's all ahead on "cbs this morning." that is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching.

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