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people we spoke to in arizona agree on. the race to replace departing senator jeff flake has gotten ugly. >> while we wiere in harm's way in uniform, kirsten was protesting us in a pink tutu. >> reporter: it is between democrat kyrsten sinema, a

three-term congresswoman who voted 62% of the time with the president's party rather than her own. >> every one of us understands how important this election is. >> reporter: and republican congresswoman martha mcsally, a former air force combat pilot and one-time trump critic who was lately fully embraced the commander in chief. >> when you're flying the airplane, the airplane doesn't care if you're a girl or a boy. they just care if you fly well and shoot straight. >> reporter: never before have arizonans sent a woman to the u.s. senate. our latest poll shows them separated by three points. this is also interesting. one-third of arizona voters say they'll beices based on local issues, but about two-thirds will be voting on national issues. >> and the difference couldn't be more clear. >> reporter: there are differences over immigration, tax reform, and perhaps most significantly, health care. >> i went without health insurance for a time in my own childhood when my family was struggling with poverty. soy understand how important it is. >> reporter: who pays for the health care? >> well, right now arizonans are

paying, and they're paying too much. >> reporter: a key issue is coverage for the nearly three million arizonians with preexisting conditions. in congress, the senate voted to keep that coverage under obamacare. mcsally voted to repeal but says she still wants to cover those with preexisting conditions. should insurance companies be required to provide affordable coverage for people with preexisting conditions? >> absolutely. we need to move toward a system that provides more choice so that the cost comes down. the obamacare experiment has failed. >> hi, we're local volunteers with the arizona republican party. >> reporter: both sides have been urging voters to turn out. the sinema succeeds, she'll be the first democrat elected to the senate here in 30 years, perhaps because arizona is still so red, that is not a selling point for her. >> i think arizonans don't care whether the person who is serving in office has an r or a d behind their name. what they do care about is who is going to get stuff done and who is serving their interest.

>> it sounds like somebody who is trying to not run as a democrat. her party is going so far left and so far out of the mainstream of arizona values, but the bottom line is she is a democrat. >> next week we're going take you to the battleground state of missouri. two-term democratic senator claire mccaskill is facing a tough challenge from the we'll be there next week. bend aaffling rise in cases of a rare desve sys

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states. dr. jon lapook is following. >> reporter: the rare, poorly understood polio-like illness attacks the body's nervous system. the cdc says there have been 38 confirmed cases this year through the end of september. 14 cases have been found in colorado and 6 in minnesota. most of them have occurred in children. elaine and michael young said after a fever in july, their new 4-year-old orrville had trouble moving his right arm. doctors found a clue to what was wrong from an mri scan. >> and the results come back that he had an abnormality his >> reporter: orrville was diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis, or afm, and spent six days in the hospital. at his first, orrville was unable to move the upper part of his right arm and had trouble moving his legs and sitting up. >> i just felt so sad for him that this thing we couldn't -- that we didn't know about and we couldn't protect him from had happened and had taken a lot away from him. >> reporter: symptoms include sudden onset of leg or arm

weakness, difficulty moving facial act cald ro coughing or sneezing. but to put this in perspective, jeff, the highest number of reported cases of acute flaccid myelitis in 2016 was only 149. >> all right, good perspective, jon. thank you very much. still ahead tonight, justice kavanaugh takes the bench. ok i'll admit. i didn't keep my place as clean as i would like 'cuz i'm way too busy. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clean. it captures dust in one swipe. ha! gotcha! and (new) sweeper heavy duty cloths lock away a twice as much dirt and dust.

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the supreme court is back at full-strength. justice brett kavanaugh took his seat today alongside elena kagan. and as his wife and daughters watched, kavanaugh asked a number of questions in case about increased sentences for repeat offenders. fingers of blame are being pointed in several directions after the limousine crash that killed 20 people in upstate new york on saturday. relatives of the deceased driver said today they believe the car was unsafe. the governor said the same, but

in an interview with cbs news, a lawyer representing the limo company said all safety issues had been corrected. he told the albany-times union, the driver may have misjudged the intersection. the nominations are in for the rock & roll hall of fame. class of 2019. ♪ crack that whip >> devo, an early mtv staple is among six fist time nominees. that includes todd rundgren, and def leppard. as well as stevie nicks, already inducted with fleetwood mac ♪ sings the song like she's singing ♪ >> nine others return to the ballot. it is janet jackson's third nomination and rapper ll cool j's fifth. ♪ don't call it a comeback >> the winners will be announced in december. when we come back h this is not a bed.

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this is a massive oak tree that was toppled. >> for many of these evacuees, they are hoping that they will still have homes to return to. >> this is the work. >> this is scary. >> this is some of the worst of florence. we and here tonight with o drawing up winning plays along with his wife. carter evans shares their story. >> reporter: winning a super bowl may seem like a crowning achievement, but to kurt warner and his wife brenda, it was just the beginning. >> now our goal is okay, how do we continue to impact people. >> reporter: over the years, they've contributed millions to help those most in need.

their latest effort inspired by their oldest child zack, whose developmentally disable and legally blind. >> he was thriving in high school, and man, this is awesome. he is exceeding all expectations. and then all of the sudden he graduates from high school, and boom, everything stops. >> it was sad to see that there aren't a lot of options, especially for the higher functioning people with disabilities. >> reporter: the warners found no place in arizona where their adult son could live on his own. so they built one and called it treasure house. >> does anyone else want potatoes? >> reporter: it recently opened, not just for zack, but five other residents, and plans to take in at least 20 more. >> here we pick up some of the twigs in these bushes. >> we want all of our other kids to spread their wings and fly. why doesn't zack deserve the opportunity to do the same? >> reporter: treasure house also offers job training, but above all a sense of community and independence. >> here is a place where they can grow and they can thrive,

and they can chase after their dreams. we believe it can be life-changing for them. >> we do. >> you know, you've had tremendous success in your career. where does this fit in? are t fort that i won a super bowl, but they're never going to forget the kind of impact you have on them personally. >> i think that this will be our legacy more than a hall of fame. >> reporter: for the warner, few victories are as sweet as this. >> i love you, dude. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, glendale, arizona. >> love you. >> later. that is the "overnight news." for some of you, the news continues. for others check back for cbs news this morning. from panama beach city, florida, i'm jeff glor.

this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to "overnight news." i'm don dahler. the latest major storm of the 2018 hurricane season is about to unleash its fury on the u.s. mainland, this time the florida panhandle. hurricane michael is expected to make landfall later today as a category 3 with powerful winds, driving rain, and a deadly storm surge. states of emergency have been declared and evacuations ordered. we begin our coverage with omar villafranca in the danger zone. >> reporter: passengers on this royal caribbean cruise ship felt the power of michael as this storm strengthened off the coast of cuba this week. stateside, ambulances in madison, florida are gassing up, ready to respond to the massive category 3 hurricane churning in

the gulf. closer to the shore, business and homeowners in the florida panhandle rush to fill sandbags and board up windows. nick gillham and his family from kentucky aren't taking any chances and decided to cut their beach trip short. >> you know, we got to spend a couple of days here, had to head home. [ siren ] >> reporter: in cedar key, the emergency siren warns residents to leave by 8:00 p.m. tonight. hundreds of thousands of people living near the shore have been ordered to evacuate. motorists lined up at gas stations, waiting to fill up. their main fear is not the wind but water. the forecast calls for 125-mile-per-hour winds and a storm surge of 12 feet in some areas. in tallahassee, florida, grocery store shelves were picked clean, and beaches that are normally packed were eerily empty. governor rick scott has

repeatedly told floridians to seek higher ground. >> we can rebuild your house. we cannot rebuild your life. so take this seriously. >> reporter: there are some very short beaches here, and you can see over here, these homes are built right up on the shoreline. this is a very small buffer area, the last line of defense. and if there is going to be a 12-foot storm surge, these people are worried that their first floor will be swallowed up by the storms. there is a big batch of dry air just on the western edge of the storm. if any of it was to get sucked into the storm, it would get weaker, and yet like you said, jeff, it's defying the odds. it's getting strong were each update. as of right now it's a strong cat 3, 120 miles per hour. if it gets to 130, it's a cat 4. it's moving to the north, apalachicola, florida. what happens from here? we believe very confidently landfall takes place tomorrow afternoon, maybe into the early evening hours as a strong cat 3 with 125-mile-per-hour winds. if that takes place, there are

plenty of 20-year-old young people who live along the panhandle that have never seen a storm this strong. now right now in the front of everybody's mind is florence, all the devastation it did. look at the quick comparison. michael is going to move much quicker than florence. florence crawled. there is a fast-moving storm. so a one-day event versus a three to four-day event. as far as the winds, 115 maybe to 125 miles per hour. it was 90 for florence. storm surge is kind of similar. this has much less rain, maybe up to a foot. florence had three feet or nor in some spots. she is not breathing. >> that was just one of the 911 calls that came from this snow flurriesing home in hollywood, florida last year, days after irma knocked out power. the facility did not have a functioning generator. 14 residents died. with hurricane michael approaching, governor rick scott warned facilities to avoid a similar tragedy. t,e for the tient. take care of them.up generation power, or you shouldn't be taking care of the patients.

>> reporter: earlier this year he signed legislation mandating nursing homes and assisted living facilities to install generators. by june 1, they were required to have equipment that keeps indoor temperatures below 81 degrees and maintain power for 96 hours after an outage. but in counties threatened by michael, more than half of 412 facilities did not meet the deadline to install or set up new generators. most have been granted extensions, including brookdale centre pointe. circumstances this facility compliant? >> we are compliant with the extension. >> reporter: brookdale's alicia turner says a larger generator will be installed by january. in the meantime, she says this current generate shore be enough to keep their 18 residents safe. >> and we have a backup generator ready to go and deploy here with the technicians available for when we need it. >> you can see they have also boarded up the windows. facilities like brookdale must show they can still keep residents safe in order to get an extension.

the demand on labor and supplies is part of the problem. the wait for a new generator which complies with the state law can go anywhere from 16 to 24 weeks. in other news this morning, nikki haley surprised everyone and announced she is stepping down as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. haley wouldn't say why she is leaving, but insists she won't be challenging president trump for the gop nomination in 2020. weijia jiang reports. >> you've been fantastic. you're my friend. on behalf of the country, i want to thank you for a great job. >> reporter: president trump piled on the praise as he announced u.n. ambassador nikki haley will leave the administration at the end of the year. >> she has made it a very glamorous position. she has made it a more important -- more importantly, a >>or important pion. brushed off questions about the timing of the news, less than one month before the midterm elections. haley said she thinks it's time for fresh energy and quickly squashed widespread she is eyeing a presidential

of you that are going to ask about 2020. no, i am not running for 2020. >> reporter: mr. trump said haley first brought up resigning six months ago, but white house officials tell cbs news it was a closely guarded secret, even taking top advisers john bolton and secretary of state mike pompeo by surprise. the president said he could name a replacement in two to three weeks and didn't rule out considering someone close to home. >> i think ivanka would be incredible. that doesn't mean i would pick her because you'd be accused of nepotism. >> reporter: ivanka later said she would not replace haley. haley's exit marks a total overhaul of mr. trump's original foreign policy team. >>orter:aley qdo business. became a star cabinet member and staunch defender of the president, playing key roles in sanctioning north korea and pulling the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal.

slamming an anonymous colleague who wrote a critical op-ed for "the new york times." haley said, "i don't agree with the president on everything. when there is a disagreement, i pick up the phone and call him or meet with him in person." haley's announcement has set off a frenzied guessing game about why she is leaving now. some point to a new development yesterday when a watchdog group called for an investigation into haley's use of private jets. there are also rumors she is returning to south carolina where she was formally governor to replace senator lindsey graham if he takes a cabinet position in the administration. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, announced she'll be leaving her post by the end of the year. haley says she has no intentions of running for president this 2020, be beyond that, we'll see. short time ago, the ambassador invited rita braver over to the u.n. for a tour and a chat. >> reporter: if this administration has a star -- >> welcome workplac >> that's right. this is where i live. >> reporter: it might just be nikki haley. >> good morning. >> reporter: from her first day on the job as united nations ambassador -- >> you are going to see a change in the way we do business. >> reporter: 46-year-old haley laid down the law. >> for those that don't have our back, we're taking names.

>> reporter: so this is where the real action happens, huh? >> yes. >> reporter: and as she took us on a rare visit to the floor of the united nations security council -- >> this is the united states' spot. >> reporter: she defended her tough stance. some people say there is a little too much swagger. you know that. >> i don't think it's swagger. i think it's passion. i am very passionate about defending the united states. >> there are times when we are compelled to do more than just talk. >> reporter: after a gas attack in syria, she held up pictures of young victims, blaming russian-backed forces. >> how many more children have to die before russia cares? >> reporter: in late last year, she pushed through tough international sanctions against north korea. >> he is begging for war. >> reporter: after they tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. sanctions that may have helped lead to recent promises to roll

back north korea's nuclear program and to an upcoming summit. a few months ago, it almost seem liked this administration was prepared for war with north korea. were you prepared for that? >> i think this administration was creating the tone with north korea to remind them exactly what could happen to them if they threatened the united states. no one wants war. the president doesn't want war. i don't want war. no one wants war, but it's an option. >> reporter: when you spend time with haley you notice how often she brings president trump into the conversation. she is unfailingly loyal to him, constantly stressing his accomplishments. what do you say to people who say okay, maybe he has done some things right, but his behavior is sometimes reprehensible? do you ever think that? >> first of all, he has his communication style, but you're not hearing me defend that. what i will tell you is if there is anything that he communicates in a way that i'm uncomfortable with, pick up the phone and call think that's asht

t' one that he's receptive when i do. >> reporter: one area where haley is in lockstep with president trump is on his charges that special counsel robert mueller's investigation has gone on too long. should the president shut it down? >> no, not at all. i mean, anything that comes like this, it should play its part. it should go through the process, but they need to do it quickly, for interest good of the country. this investigation needs to happen quickly. >> reporter: haley does sometimes put a softer focus on the president's pronouncements. >> these countries are not our friends, you know. we think they're our friends. >> reporter: earlier this year, he threatened to cut off aid to central american countries that don't do more to stop drug trafficking. >> they're laughing at us. so i'm not a believer in that. i want to stop the aid. >> welcome to honduras. thank you so much for coming.

>> reporter: a few weeks later, we travelled to honduras with her. >> so good to see you. nice to see you. >> reporter: as she conferred with senior officials, witnessed a drug enforcement exercise, but also made time to visit a u.s.-funded after-school program. >> if they get education and they get training, then we know that they're going to be productive. if they don't, we'll be dealing with resentful children that are uneducated and angry, and that's what we don't want. >> reporter: you sound like a liberal. >> i'm not a liberal, i assure you. i'm conservative who understands prevention saves us a lot more money in the long run. >> reporter: in fact, haley is a tea party conservative. against obamacare, anti-abortion, and tough on illegal immigration. as the daughter of sikh immigrants from india who came to the u.s. legally and settled in the small town of bamberg, south carolina.

yo s we were always other. what was that like growing up? and what kinds of lessons did it teach you? >> i think you grow up in a smwn you know, your father wears a turban, your mother wears a sari. we look different. everybody treated us different. but it was in that smallus my parents reminded us that it's not about how you're different, it's about how you're similar. >> reporter: after clemson university, nikki married micheal haley, now a national guard officer. they have two children. she was an accountant working in her family's gift and clothing business when in 2004 she decided to run for the state legislature. you took on the longest serving member of the state legislature, a man who as i recall referred to you as little lady, and you won. >> you know, ignorance is bliss.

all i knew is there were too many lawyers a the state house, and they needed an accountant, and i needed to figure out how to get there. >> reporter: in 2010, she b governor's race. but it was a dirty campaign with both racism and sexual innuendo that would surface again this year. in that campaign, you had two people falsely say that they'd had extramarital affairs with you. just recently we had somebody who was very much slapped down tried to insinuate there was something with you and the president. is that just the price you pay for being a young, attractive woman in politics? >> what i've noticed is if a woman does well, if a woman's good at her job, for some reason, people have trouble giving her that credit for just being good at her job. what i will tell you is i will stand up every time it happens and let people know it's not okay.

>> this will be south carolina's decisi. ep south carolina coerate fltate nna thail tve lunds in wake of a racially motivated shooting that killed nine people in a black church. >> that flag while an integral part of our past does not represent the future of our great state. >> reporter: she was handily re-elected, but left to join the trump administration where she is showing it's a mistake to mess with nikki haley. >> we're joined now by the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> reporter: last month on "face the nation," in response to the latest gas attack in syria believed carried out by russian-backed force, she announced -- >> you will see that russian sanctions will coming down. secretary mnuchin will be

announcing those on monday, if he hasn't already. >> reporter: but at the last-minute, the white house decided to hold off. the president's new economic adviser larry kudlow then came outnfion, and you fired right back in a statement saying -- what did you say? >> with allas a pretty strong statement. why did you feel like you wanted to say that? >> that's just how i function. if there is something wrong you go and you make it right. but i think what's more important is the fact that larry's a friend of mine. he immediately called. he immediately apologized. >> reporter: that combination of silk and steel has cut through to the public. a new quinnipiac university poll finds her approval rating much higher than that of the president. she even scores 55% among democrats, which has led to

inescapable speculation. i seem to read a story once a day either saying she's going to run for president, or she should run for president. are you going to run for president? >> i don't think about it. no one wants to believe this, but people spend more time talking about my future. my job is to be the best u.n. ambassador i can possibly be and make sure that people are proud of it. i don't think about the future, and honestly, i don't have time. to d ture.rth korea, russia, ani >> the "cbs overni i'm alex trebek, here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase,

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below. >> reporter: it's that serious? >> it's a major problem to have a beam like that crack. >> reporte cracks in two 80-foot-long steel beams. structural engineer joe mcveigh is not involved in the project. >> this the point of maximum demand on the beam. >> reporter: the troubled terminal here has an equally troubled neighbor just next door, the millennium tower, now famous as san francisco's leaning tower. the 645-foot-tall luxury condominium project is tilting, about 14 inches to the northwest, and sinking about 18 inches since it opened in 2009. both buildings are on land that was once underwater, part of san francisco bay, but is now being developed with soaring high-rises. for now, the sagging terminal is being held up by huge jacks, closg astredd ush hofrustration. possi o of the building's distinctive features, its five-acre rooftop

park spanning three city blocks. >> so the beam has the weight of the rooftop garden on top of it, and then it has this column that's helping support the bus deck. >> reporter: this is a lot heavier than a standard roof then? >> absolutely. several times heavier than a standard roof. >> reporter: by next friday, engineers expect to send the cracked section proposal to a lab for testing. >> i can assure you went doe know whether it's a design issue, whether it's a fabrication issue or an installation issue. >> reporter: even before this, the terminal was already controversial, costing $800 million more than originally expected. and now closed for weeks or possibly months as engineers try to figure out how to make it safe. john blackstone, san francisco.

the votes are still being tallied in this year's fat bear week competition. as always, this battle of the bulge is being fought out in the wilds of alaska, and lee cowan has been keeping score. >> this is the honey badger. >> reporter: in a world where a honey badger once got his own viral video, it seems only natural that the brown bears of alaska finally get their own fat competition. >> a fat bear is a healthy bear. and it's something to celebrate. >> reporter: andrew is a park ranger at katmai national park, a remote place even by alaska standards. chances are you'll never visit here, but bear cams can bring the bears to you, and one thing impossible to ignore is how they pack on the pounds before hibernation. most start the season looking like this. worth of food in six months. rre

>> reporter: a long winter's nap doesn't include grubhub deliveries so, this is life or battle. a battle with eating that the national park thought could be education and fun, thanks to likes on their facebook page. that's how fat bear week was born four years ago, complete with a march madness style bracket. this year two-time reigning champion otis looked to be the heavy favorite, be last friday lost out to rollie polly bead nose. that prompted one fat bear fan to write otis is getting robbed because bead nose looks so cozily rotund in a sitting position. is there no justice? >> do we know how otis is taking his loss? >> you know, otis has not let u ded tocalls, but we' the spring, powered through some 30 salmon a day, gaining four pounds a day to get to a sleeping weight of about half a

ton. but that wasn't enough to t championship matchup against bead nose. 747 is aptly named, one post read. just look at that wide body. >> we see these bears day in, day out. it's kind of old news for us some days. but to see people from around the world have an affinity for these wild creatures is pretty amazing. >> reporter: the final vote comes tonight, fat tuesday as it were. but the paparazzi are out of luck. the victor will likely be somewhere far away, sleeping it off, blissfully unaware of their newfound fat fame. lee cowan, los angeles. >> you can find the winner this morning at explore.org. our money is on beadnose. and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, cheheck b back a li later for the morning

it's wednesday, october 10th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." hurricane michael has grown more powerful and is now considered extremely dangerous. the monster hurricane is set to blast the florida panhandle. she's resigning, u.n. ambassador nikki haley made the surprise announcement. latest reaction. and the latest investigation into a deadly limousine accident is unveiling new clues.