thank you for watching us, insist that 6:00 for a full hour of news.>> blue skies everybody. >> clinton pulls ahead. a new cbs poll shows hillary clinton expanding her lead in a key state with donald trump barely hanging on in a republican strong hold. htso tonight, deadly mud slides flatten homes in mexico as parts of the south are up to a foot enough of rain. 4,000 miles from the summer games in rio, did the fallen olympian oscar pistorius try to kill himself in jail? and the a-rod bomb shell. the controversial yankee slugger calls it quits. we're there for the dramatic announcement. >> i love this game and i love this team. and today i'm saying good-bye to both.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs weekend news." >> this is our western edition. with the election nearly 3 weeks away a cbs battle ground tracker poll out today shows hillary clinton ahead of donald trump in the key states of virginia and nevada. trump is holding a narrow lead in arizona a state republicans typically win. virginia and nevada are among the 11 battle ground states that could go either way towards deciding the election in november. errol barnett has more from our washington bureau. >> reporter: at his first campaign fund raiser in weeks, donald trump makes fun of hillary clinton's explanation that she may have short- circuited in responding to a question about her e-mail investigation. >> but i think that the people of this country don't want somebody that's going to short- circuit up here.

>> reporter: trump's on the attack because clinton's pulling ahead in national polls and showing strength in crucial swing states. 12 points ahead in virginia, 2 points ahead in nevada. both key battle ground states. trump's troubles are partly due to his trouble to consolidate republican support. today former house speaker newt gingrich said that fact is sinking in. >> i think he got the messages. he came out and endorsed paul ryan which he should have done in the first place, john mccain which he should have done in the first place. >> reporter: however, arizona says he should do more. li some positions should change and immigration policy other than saying he'll build a wall and make mexico play for on it. >> reporter: they will have dueling economic speeches this week in detroit. trump speaks tomorrow and clinton will be there on

thursday. of course michigan is another key battle ground state. elaine. >> errol barnett in washington. errol, thank you. for more on our new battle ground tracker poll let's bring in news director anthony salvanto. >> behind the big lead in virginia she's passing the commander in chief test more so than donald trump is right now. the commander in chief measure has come up to the top of voter's criteria for how to make their presidential expedition a majority say they feel hillary clinton is prepared to be commander in chief while a majority feel that donald trump is not. this measure has become so important now that it's even overwhelming. other measures on which hillary clinton isn't doing as well. for example, on the honest and trustworthy measure or on looking out for people like you. when we look to other battle ground states when we look to hillary clinton has a slim lead and arizona where donald trump has a margin less than you expect. he may when these trends continue to start with republican territory.

elaine back to you. >> anthony, thank you. the miami neighborhood where local mosquitoes have infected 16 people with the zika virus got insecticide. zika causes severe birth defects. pregnant women are advised to stay away from florida's so- called "zika zone." this weekend florida senator marco rubio said he does not believe a pregnant woman infected with zika should have the right to an abortion. even if she has reason to believe the child would be born with severe microcephaly. the remnants of hurricane earl had deadly mud slides in mexico. earl made land fall as a tropical storm dumping heavy rain that flooded rivers and creeks. at least 38 people were killed in two states. here's mireya villarreal.

in it's wake hurricane earl left devesation through the states of veracruz and puebla. soldiers helped dig through the damage after landslides buried homes killing at least 18 people including one small child. over the past few days, earl dumped up to 18 inches of rain in some areas and registered damaging wind speeds up to 80 miles an hour. families trying to escape the flood waters were caught off guard and unable to escape fast enough. earleached hurricane levels earlier this week as it moved through central america, nearly submerging the town of san ignacio in belize. and destroying a major bridge. >> parts of central and western mexico are expecting more rain as another storm is developing off the west code. elaine right now that is raising red flags once again for ootential mud slides and flooding. >> mireya villarreal, thank you. millions along mexico are bracing for weeks of severe weather. meteorologist pamela gardner in boston is tracking this.

>> it continues to pour in western and central florida as this are of low pressure sits over the gulf of mexico. and because of it we do expect some flooding rain potential. through tuesday night a flood watch is in effect from tampa to gainesville and that concern all the way through tuesday. in fact monday noon you can see more of that moisture picking up here with heavy potential for showers and even some thunderstorms into tuesday afternoon. looks like the projected rainfall total in addition to what they've already experienced from tampa to panama city anywhere from 10-15 inches of rainfall. elaine. >> pamela gardner, thank you. a michigan man was arrested sunday accused of passing out candies laced with the marijuana chemical thc at a music festival in ohio. on saturday two dozen people became sick from eating the candy. they're all okay now. iran executed a nuclear scientist who allegedly spilled

secrets about iran's nuclear program to the united states. an iranian official said he was hanged. the mother says his body was returned to the home town with rope marks around his neck. isis is claiming responsibility for an attack in belgium this weekend. a man waving a machete and shouting. wounded two female p[olice officers. officials say he's a 33 year old isis called him a soldier in their movement. for the first weekend of the summer olympics wraps up sunday night with a major swimming showdown. ben tracy is covering the games are covered for us in rio. >> it was a midnight session of beach volleyball in rio but that doesn't phase americans who dominated the australian team. the u.s. women's soccer team beat france for their second win

and had the opportunity to arrive in rio again. while the brazilian crowd booed and yelled zika every time hope solo touched the ball. she posted this picture on social media expressing her concerns about the virus. but spectators are more worried about scoring tickets. >> i'm literally asking anyone in any language if they have tickets. >> just to get inside. >> yes, tickets, anything. (speaking different languages) >> it's a good thing you speak multiple languages. here the main olympic park, long lines missing some of the events. they are trying to add more security screeners. one problem they can't fix are the strong winds that blew through rio and all the rowing events were canceled. tonight all lives are on the pool when team usa swim stars compete. >> how excited are you to see phelps swim. >> very excited.

because he announced he wasn't coming back after the london game so this is just a bonus for us. >> this first weekend for the olympics has gone fairly smoothly but rio's mayor is pleading with the people to either carpool or not drive long distances tomorrow when they go back to work. elaine the fear is olympics will make rio's already notorious traffic that much -- notorious traffic that much worse. >> ben, thank you. yankee slugger alex rodriguez made a bombshell announcement sunday. he's calling it quits and will play his final game next friday. he'll still have a role with the team. we have more with the late is from yankee stadium. >> i love this game and i love this team. and today i'm saying good-bye to both. >> that emotional good-bye sunday morning for one of the most celebrated and at times hated baseball players of the last two decades, alex rodriguez. >> i never thought i can play

for 22 years. at 18 i thought "i just want to make the team." >> the 41 year old through time american league mvp and 14 time all start sat out all of 2014 suspended for performance enhancing drug use. he showed signs of aging before the yankees final decided to bench him in recent weeks. a-rod thought he would have kept playing. we this was in the cards. that was the yankee's decision. i'm at peace with it. >> center field, well hit. >> a-rod's ten year contract worth $273 million is said to end in 2017. the yankees must still honor the financial agreement.

the slugger leaves the game just four homers away from the elite milestone of 700. >> i especially want to thank the fans for letting me play the game that i love. thank you. >> a-rod is not parting ways with the yankees just yet. elaine, he will serve as special adviser and instructor, mentoring team's young players through december 2017. demarco, thank you. former olympics hero oscar pistorius injured his wrists in his jail cell saturday. the south african media raised questions whether it was a suicide attempt. jonathan vigliotti let's has more on this from london. >> oscar pistorius denies he attempted suicide. he told officials he suffered the injury saturday after slipping and falling out of bed. however, a south african newspaper claim prison guards found two razor blades in his cell. prison authorities will not claim those reports. the star was treated in the

hospital and returned to his cell in the evening. there's been return over his mental well being. pistorius has his own cell and limited interaction with other inmates. back in july when he was sentenced to six years for the shooting death of his girlfriend, the psychologist testified he was a broken man. pistorius maintains his girl friend's death was an accident. pistorius became the first double amputee to compete against abled-bodied runners. before killing his girlfriend pistorius was planning to retire after competing in the rio game. >> jonathan vigliotti right, thank you. if you were watching golf today on cbs, you witnessed history. >> one final look for 58. and he knew it. >> jim furyk set a pga tour

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>> today pope francis addressed the war in syria saying it's unacceptable that so many helpless people, including many children must pay the price for the lack of desire for peace by the powerful.

pope francis shocked and excited many in the church last week e ving his blessing to begin considering the idea of women in the clergy. marlie hall has the story. >> pope francis says his decision came after intense prayer and mature reflection, to appoint a panel to study the idea of women deacons in the roman catholic church. religion professor is the only american on the commission and says she's been waiting for this moment for years. >> the church would be making a great statement in the dignity and place of women in the world. >> known for his progressive stances, pope francis' decision to look into the possibility of women deacons differ from the view of his predecessors. he first entertained the idea last may after meeting with a group of women from various religious orders. >> the idea of the commission originally came from the nuns, not the vatican itself. he says not to expect change any

time soon. >> deacons are ordained ministers who can preach as well as preside over weddings and funerals but not give mass. historians he idea of women in this role is not new to the catholic faith. >> there are popes in the middle ages who wrote to bishops giving them authority to ordain them as deacons. >> there's great precedence. >> there is great precedence. >> the idea can transform not only how women are seen in the church but in society as well. marlie hall, cbs news, new york. >> still ahead, the decades long search for a veteran missing in america leads to a surprising discovery.

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>> the government estimates more than 47,000 veterans are homeless. about 16,000 live on the streets. herman leon was one of them for mark strassman mark strassmann tells us about his remarkable homecoming. >> in 1984, herman leon, a 21- year-old army vet disappeared. marta sally his younger sister. >> he went to work. >> when did you get worried? >> i started to worry after a year, then two years. then when it got to five years, i'm like something is wrong. >> leon bounced around atlanta's

shadows and a series of part time jobs grooming houses and homeless shelters. the army vet kept radio silence with his family. >> he was like a gentle giant. >> patrice green, a social worker with the veteran's administration met leon at a homeless shelter last april. like so many veterans, leon had untreated mental health issues. >> so i asked well where is your family and he said i don't know. >> green searched on-line, including a facebook message to four possible family members. >> and the very next day i get a call from the sister, and she's like is this a joke. >> i was thinking it's probably not a hoax. >> when were you convinced. >> when i heard his voice, i knew it was real. >> this army family's reunion was 32 years in the making. >> i hugged him and i told him that you know, i never gave up on him.

>> i was shocked. >> she says it's a miracle. >> it's a miracle to her but it's a miracle to me too to go through this. >> leon's sister says all the questions he can't answer don't matter. he's home. mark strassmann, cbs news, charleston, south carolina. >> miraculous homecoming indeed. up next, with the world divided, strangers unite in psalm.

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these spontaneous performances known as choir choir choir were created by david goalman and nobu adilman, and used social media to ask anyone who wants to sing, to gather at a specific location. when david bowie died, his song space odyssey filled this art gallery. ♪ >> the group learns the song for a few hours before recording for the world to see. >> people can watch something we've created even if it's three minutes in a day full of, you know, bad news and tragic events to have that moment to say it's not all bad. ♪ >> so far they've recorded more than 200 songs. ♪ including tracy chapman's

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captioned by media ambulances. the snack -- that put them in the hospit a bay area quinceañera goes horribly wrong is nearly 20 people leave in ambulances. s that put them in the hospital. but first, a talented baseball prospect shot and killed at a park tonight. we learned he may have been ambushed while playing pokimon go. >> calvin riley was just 20 years old. family members say he was playing the popular smart phone game when he was shot in the chest. it happened around 10 pm last night near the san francisco aquatic park. investigators don't have much to go on. >> reporter: authorities are trying to figure out who and why someone shot calvin riley

here at aquatic park. a family member wrote that police told them he was playing pokimon go on his phone at the time of the random shooting. rylie graduated from san mateo and went on to san joaquin delta college where he was a baseball pitcher. is coach tells us he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and he was loved by everyone who knew them and this is a devastating loss. the u.s. park police is leading the investigation and needs the public's help to catch the killer. >> anyone who saw it might have been filming can call be tip line at 415-561-5150. let them know if you have any information. >> reporter: authorities have very little to go off of