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approve this message. >> reporter: it killed 11 israeli athletes. he died 16 years before najjar was born. the candidate has condemned his action, but the ad may have reached its target. >> i can't vote for him. >> i'm afraid of terrorists and i think he has too much background from ancestors. >> he's not going to have america's interest at heart. he's going to have the world's interest, maybe even on the islamist side of things. >> reporter: najjar was born in san diego and is cristian. polls show hunter still leading, but it's getting tight. >> if i had ten years of a record to run on, i'd be running on that, not scare tactics and fear mongering. aar kamm paujarcribes who i am, latino, arab, american first and foremost. >> reporter: if he can carry a district that is red, white, and
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rarely votes blue. polls show the majority of voters believe congressman hunter broke the law, but they're willing to overlook that to keep a trump loyalist in office. jeff, voters we talk to say if hunter is removed from office or jailed later, they'll just vote for another republican. >> fascinating story. jamie yuccas in northern california. thank you very much. cbs news and our entire campaign team will bring you comprehensive coverage of the midterm elections on a two-hour primetime special. that's tuesday evening at 9:00, 8:00 central. a federal grand jury in ing federal hate crimes. he could get the death penalty. pittsburgh continued mourning today for the 11 killed. funerals for three of the victims, joyce feinberg, melvin wax and irving younger. a federal prison in west virginia remains on lockdown tonight as the search continues for the killer of whitey bulger. the boston gangster was dead
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within hours of arriving at that prison in west virginia. early signs point to a career killer who hated rats. more now from nikki battiste. >> reporter: the reputed mobster's early morning death was quick and so violent, it was reported that the 89-year-old was unrecognizable. the suspect, a mafia hit man freddy diaz. the boston gloed says geas is one of two under investigation for gouging out bulger's eyes while beating him in his cell tuesday morning. geas a career massachusetts criminal was hailed for killing another mob boss in 2009. >> when i first heard mr. bulger was killed in hazelton, that's the first thing i thought, was, freddy was there. >> reporter: daniel kelly represents geas. >> he was aware of whitey bulger. he had a distaste for informants. >> reporter: bulger's violent death mirrored his life. did was based on the mania
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mobster. his death made headlines in the papers that made him infamous. the boston globe shelley murphy has reported on whitey bulger's mob life for over 30 years and says in prison, his cooperation with the fbi made him a target. there d looked for him.o bed as for freddy geas, it doesn't take much for a 51-year-old to beat an 89-year-old man in a wheelchair to death. >> reporter: people didn't know who freddy geas was until now. >> in his mind he'll be a hero. in the prison population he would be. this is a guy serving a life sen dense and now he will be known as the guy who killed whitey bulger. >> reporter: the president of the prison's union told us bulger was transferred forbad behavior. he also says this facility hcut 74 jobs just this year. because this prison is so
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dangerous, the inmates here call it misery mountain. >> nikki battiste on the story for us tonight. nikki, thanks. a turkish prosecutor today claimed jamal khashoggi was strangled as soon as he walked into saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul. and that khashoggi's body was chopped up before it was removed. turkey wants saudi arabia to turn over 18 suspects. coming up next, double murder mystery after two sisters from virginia are found taped together in new york. and later, the nasa probe that is boldly going where no one has gone before.
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mystery. >> reporter: the bodies of sisters 23-year-old rotana fa rea and 16-year-old tala fa rea were found near an embankment off the hudson river last wednesday. police say the sisters were similarly dressed and bound together at their ankles and waists. n.y.p.d. chief of detectives dermot shea. >> we are out to get justice for the two girls and find out exactly what happened, what led them to be recovered in the water. >> reporter: late to the cbs news has learned the sisters were alive when they entered the water. right now, the cause of death has not been determined. the sisters lived in fairfax, virginia. police say they were last seen there in late september, but say what happened after that remains a mystery. >> at this point in time, it still srce tells cbs news that the mother who lives in virginia told police she received a call from the saudi government in october, telling the family they all had to go back to saudi arabia
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because the sisters had applied for immigration asylum. >> we are looking at all clues in their past life. >> reporter: right now police are calling the deaths suspicious, and the investigation has been hampered by the facthat ere's virt n footprt. jeff, thereedes,nd apparento presence. >> all right, jericka at the scene of where those bodies were found. jericka, thank you very much. still ahead here tonight, on a much lighter note. it is halloween. you may be surprised by the list of america's most popular candies. brad's about to find out if his denture can cope with... a steak. luckily for him, he uses super poligrip. it helps give him 65% more chewing power. leaving brad to dig in
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letter when they were law school students long before they both served together on the supreme court. in fairfax, virginia, today, more than 30 children celebrated halloween by becoming u.s. citizens. in costume, no less. the kids come from over a dozen countries. after taking the oath, they took to the streets to trick-or-treat, what else? americans buy nearly 600 million pounds of candy for halloween. in seven states, candy corn is the most popular, according to candy store.com. candy corn. skittles is number one in five states. haul tamales is the favorite in three states. saltwater taffy tops the list in washington and nebraska. up next here tonight, on ice. heroes.
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sold-out arena before the penguins played the islanders, fans gave a standing ovation to police officers mike smidga and anthony burke. it was their first public appearance since the massacre. in solidarity, the penguins worh with a star of david. one of the first officers to engage the gunman are two of the six officers who were wounded on saturday. timothy matson was shot seven times. he's still in the hospital. daniel mead was shot in the hand. john persin and tyler were also wounded. as they faced the gunman with a high-poweredr- a rehans. bbi doris dine arrived at the synagogue as the gunman started firing. she saw first hand the heroic actions of the officers. >> i was just so graltful thtef they arrived when they did, as quickly as they did, put them seflds in danger so as many of our folks as possible could get
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out. >> reporter: community gratitude has been contagious. take a look at the outpouring going on at the police station where some of the first officers on scene came from. it's two blocks from the synagogue. inside of zone 4, the walls are covered with cards written by people in the neighborhood. this one might be my favorite. thank you for keeping the jews in my neighborhood safe. 6-year-old lilly wrote that. ♪ it's a beautiful day in this neighborhood ♪ ♪>> reporter: fred rogers used to live in this neighborhood he used to tell children in times of trouble, look for the helpers. well, mr. rogers, we found them. david begnaud, cbs news, pittsburgh. >> that is the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later. for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm michelle miller. president trump is on a campaign blitz with nearly a dozen rallies planned before tuesday's midterm elections. the president is beating the drum on immigration, promising to rescind the 14th amendment, and bar the babies of migrants from becoming citizens. he has also ordered the military to the mexico border to block what he calls an invasion. major garrett reports. >> reporter: at the white house, before embarking on a massive midterm election earring push, president trump talked about stock market gains and a potential bear market for the gop. >> and if the midterms for some reason don't do so well for republicans, i think you're all
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going to lose a lot of money. >> reporter: the president's trip to ft. myers tonight kicks off an 11-stop blitz with close races in missouri, montana, west virginia, indiana, tennessee and here in florida have taken precedence over vulnerable republicans running or defending competitive house districts. >> i think we're going to ll ie also but i know we're doing well in the senate. and it looks like we're doing okay in the house. we're going to have to see. >> reporter: last night house minority leader nancy pelosi suggested she was quite confident in the democrats' chances. >> what now i'm saying is we will win. >> reporter: those senate races, many president trump won in 2016, are hot zones for the president's hard line immigration push, one that includes deploying the military to the southern border just days before the election, but weeks before the possible arrival of a migrant caravan from honduras. the president said the current deployment could double. >> we have about, 8, up to and
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15,000 military personnel on top of border patrol, i.c.e. >> reporter: defense secretary james mattis was troops were be political reasons. >> we don't do stunts in this department. thank you. >> reporter: an 11th hour midterm debate over ending citizenship by birth, paul ryan said it couldn't be done, prompted this presidential rebuke on twitter. paul ryan should be focusing on holding the majority rather than giving his opinion on birthright citizenship, something he knows nothing about. the president said congress could help him end the 14th amendment provision, providing citizenship to a child born in the u.s. >> just so you understand, a person comes in, was never in our country before, has a baby, and now all of a sudden the baby is a united states citizen. >> reporter: the last time a president barnstormed like this before the midterms, the president was ronald reagan, th president said his agenda was on the line.
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back then president reagan saw the republicans lose eight seats and control of the senate. for president trump, a democratic house would mean resistance and investigations, meaning holding on into the slender republican majority has become the dominant white house priority. >> one of the most closely watched races is in california where republican congressman duncan hunter is running for reelection, despite a federal indictment. jamie yuccas has that story. >> three tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan. >> reporter: in solid red san diego county -- have you always voted for duncan hunter? >> yes. i voted for his dad, actually, too. >> reporter: aas been their congress monday for two decades. his father in 1980, his son ten years ago. you're going to vote for duncan hunter? >> yes, until he's found guilty. >> reporter: a federal
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indictment charged them using a quarter million dollars in campaign funds to allegedly pay for a family trip to italy, a plane ride for their pet rabbit, and shopping excursions. some written off as expenses for the wounded warriors. that left an opening for his opponent. >> lies won't keep duncan hunter out of prison. >> reporter: ammar campa-najjar is a palestinian mexican-american who worked in the obama administration. but a fear-based attack ad calls him something else. >> ammar campa-najjar is working to infiltrate congress using three different names to hide his families ties to terrorism. >> i'm duncan hunter and i approve this message. >> reporter: his family wasn't involved in the olympics massacre. he died 16 years before campa-najjar was bornd. the candidate has condemned his actibut theay h reached itsor h >> i'm afraid of terrorists and i think that he has too much background, you know, from
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ancestors. >> he's not going to have america's interest at heart. he's going to have the world's interest, maybe even on the islamist side of things. >> reporter: campa-najjar was born in san diego and is cristian. polls show hunter still leading, but it's getting tight. >> if i had ten years of a record to run on, i'd be running on that, not scare tactics and fear mongering. ammar campa-najjar describes who i am, latino, arab, american first and foremost. >> reporter: what remains to be seen is whether this democratic candidate can carry a district that is red, white, but rarely votes blue. polls show the majority of voters believe hunter broke the law, but they're willing to overlook it to keep a trump loyalist in office. jeff, the voters we talk to say anotepter is removed ory'eor es of ger of hollywood movies. now his death in prison seems
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destined for anotherteas the de. >> reporter: the reputed mobster's early morning death was so quick and violent, it was reported that the 89-year-old was unrecognizable. the suspect, a mafia hit man freddy gee as. the boston globe said geas gouged out his eyes while beating him in his cell tuesday morning. he was in hazelton for killing another mob boss in 2009. >> when i first heard that he, mr. bulger, was killed in hazelton, that's the first thing i thought was, freddy was there. >> reporter: daniel kelly represents geas. >> he has a distaste for informants. >> reporter: bulger's violent death mirrored his life and made for gori movie scenes based on the maniac mobster. his death made headlines in the papers that made him infamous.
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"the boston globe clps shelley murphy reported on mob life 30 years and said his cooperation with the fbi made him a target. >> whitey bulger went to bed that night. and by that morning at 6:00 a.m., people knew that he was there and were looking for him. you know, as for freddie geas, it doesn't take much for a 51-year-old to beat an 89-year-old man in a wheelchair to death. >> reporter: murphy said few people knew who freddy geas was until now. >> in freddy's mind does he feel like he'll be a hero? probably in the prison population, he would be. this is a guy serving a life known as the guy who killed whitey bulger. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> in 1969, neil armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. he also became the most famous man here on earth. nearly half a century later, armstrong's sons are sharing his momentos with the rest of the world, auctioning off his flight suit, flags, medallions that were also launched into space with him. omar villafranca has that story. >> reporter: the president of heritage auctions called this the holy grail of auctions, and some of these items are very unique. we're talking space-themed jewelry. also letters signed by the president. if we move over here, we have but, of coumedallionscommin op wo hear about are the big-ticket items.
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some of the things for sale will be a test pilot helmet, of course, and some space gloves. but this flag, this flag is armstrong apartments personal collection. they are expecting $150,000 for that. and this, it's a lunar module plaque taken to the moon given to the astronauts. current bid on that is $65,000. the armstrong brothers say they hope this auction inspires the next generation of space travelers. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: american space exploration was never the same after the summer of 1969. >> are you getting the tv picture now, houston? >> neil, yes, we are getting a tv picture. >> reporter: an estimated 530 million people around the world watched live from their living rooms and street corners as the first steps on the lunar
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surface. >> this is i believe gemini era nasa suit, one that dad wore. w armstrong are going under the hammer to the highest bidder. >> i think a lot of people have a personal connection with the apollo program and the moon landing in general. maybe it takes them back to a time in their childhood or even their adulthood. >> reporter: they remember where they were. >> they remember where they were or there is something they connect with that, or maybe it's had an impact on their life in some way. so, you just hope that people get positive energy from, from these things. >> reporter: why now? why put all this stuff up now? >> if we were to pass these things down to our kids, they would not know the stories. they would not -- they would not so tt meantheonnst do something sooner rather than later. >> reporter: is it tough to let go of pieces of your dad's work, your dad's legacy? >> it's a bit of a struggle, eol
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get an inspiration from it. >> what these pieces are are the literal nuts and bolts that are left over. >> reporter: avid space collector robert pearl man says armstrong's most prized items, like his space suit and spacecraft, are safely housed in the smithsonian. but he believes the thousands of other keepsakes up for sale will help us understand one of history's greatest explorers. >> he was the most famous person on earth in 1969, and we know him best when his face was covered. so this allows us to sort of lift that visor and expose who he was through the items that he kept. >> a new study found that 95% of the most downloaded apps for kids under 5 are loaded with ga. some parents want the federal
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government to stop it. anna werner reports. hours play different games, targeting young children for the study. they found advertising across the board, not just in video games, but also in apps marketed as educational. >> what's this ad for? >> reporter: in the montague household, using apps is part of everyday life for 4-year-old elliott and 7-year-old either aa -- ethan. >> the first thing when they wake up, they want to use their tablet time for the day. >> reporter: what some parents don't realize is how many of their kids' interactive games are littered with ads. university of michigan professor dr. jenny radeski. >> there is a bit of wild west in terms of children's app space. >> reporter: the senior author of a new study looked at more 0 at google play aimed at children 5 years and under. researchers found those apps contained a variety pop-ups, in
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purchases and videos that interrupted play. some of the yaeds were clags identified asman inlative, deceptive and disruptive, with exposure to ads sometimes even surpassing time spent playing the games. >> so there might be a little bouncing present or a sparkling snowman. and if you click on that, as you would if you were a 5-year-old, an app ad would show up. >> it has the intent the advertisers want. the kids will often come and say, i want to download this game. i want this game. i want to try that. >> reporter: the study also found that free apps which may be more often downloaded and played by lower-income children, had a significantly higher prevalence of advertising. in a statement, google stood by its current policy saying, play apps primarily directed to children must follow more stringent requirements, including content and ad rictio advertising or in-app purchases
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entire couldn't permanent of antarctica and almost made it. anthony mason has his story. >> reporter: it may be the most desolate and forbidding landscape on the planet. before he tried to cross antarctica alone in 2015, british explorer henry worsley got some advice. >> don't ever think you're going to conquer the pole. if you're really lucky, the antarctica will allow you in for a snapshot, but don't ever think you're going to beat it. >> reporter: trekking the vast frozen continent, worsley would say, was like being an atom on an ice cube. this is as big as europe? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: journalist david graham chronicles worsley's expedition in his new book, the white darkness. >> he arrived by the wettle sea which is part of the atlantic ocean.
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pole. trekked 570 nautical >> reporter: wrosley's inspiration was another british adventurer honored on the walls of the explorer's club in new york. >> and this is shackle ton who henry worsley revered so much. >> reporter: he led three expeditions to antarctica in the early 1900s. worsley, a descend ant of one of his crew, became obsessed with his adventures. >> i believe strongly, marriage not stopping individual dreams. >> reporter: henry's wife joanna and their children max and alicia would write messages on his skis before his trips. >> max encouraged him, as you can see >> reporter: push it, fat ass. >> that was mine. come back to me safely, my darling. i didn't worry about him ever.
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>> reporter: why not? >> he was just invincible, henry. >> reporter: a retired officer of the elite british commando unit, the s.a.s., worsley made his first trip to the antarctica in 2008 as part of a three-man team reenacting shackleton's journey to the south pole. >> his face said it all. you don't often see someone quite that happy. >> he wasn't expecting to go back? >> i was expecting him to go back. >> reporter: why? >> the antarctica seems to grip people. it seems to gripnd >> reporter:im. a no d ever a thousand miles of antarctica solo and unsupported. >> good evening. i am underway at last last. >> reporter: on november 2013,
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on a satellite phone message, the 55-year-old explorer announced he was off, hauling a 325-pound sled of food and supplies. almost from the beginning he runs into problems. >> everything seemed to go wrong. he found himself in one whiteout after another. he was pinned down in his tent. >> reporter: but worsley pressed on. and after 51 days, 656 miles, reached the south pole. he sent this postcard home from the u.s. research station there. >> i will never forget what i owe you. onwards. >> reporter: onwards. but in satellite calls, joannaeg quite a lot. he had never done that. >> reporter: she urgedim to call to be air lifted out.et sa going to make it.
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i will call them. but please, let me make that call. >> reporter: on day 70, just 30 miles shy of making history, he finally did. flown to a medical station, he called joanna to report he was safe and having a cup of tea. was that the last time you talked to him? >> it was, yes. >> reporter: doctors soon realized worsley had bacterial peritonitis. >> wall street an infection of the lining of the abdomen. >> rorwo days later, hock and i. henry worsley died in surgery. he was posthumouslyught home to joanna. >> which is all very tattered now. >> reporter: who, in time, went to the cold land that had claimed her husband. >> i didn't learn what he loved.
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>> reporter: but you needed to be there? >> but i needed to be there. >> reporter: in her grief, joanna worsley had doubted her husband's love. >> i was worried that he loved the antarctica more. you stay in a black fog of grief for a year. and when i came a little bit out of that black fog, i knew that i didn't believe that. >> reporter: and you knew that how? >> because if he had loved the antarctica more than us, he in the ver have made the call. snow, "i am the antarctica." -- antarctic. i only ever saw that after h
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it's said if you really want your prayers answered, you first have to ask. steve hartman found evidence of th this "on the road." >> a man's purpose should be to serve the living god. >> amen. >> reporter: although no one knew it at the time, minister jerome jones of the springfield baptist church in monticello, georgia, recently went through a crisis of faith. ♪ >> i was getting ready to stop coming to church so much as i did. >> reporter: the minister? >> yeah. i didn't see god doing anything for me. >> reporter: so, given all that, this thing comes and basically lands in your lap. >> low and behold, here god shows up. >> reporter: jerome says last month he was at his day job with the power company when a note came down from the heavens. it was attached to three balloons, and it read, god, help me go to college. please help me get everything i need to leave wednesday.
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signed, mykehia curry. she was about to start her freshman year at albany state university in albany, georgia. no one in her family had ever gone to college, which is why she sent up that prayer. scared and worried. >> scared, this is my first time being away from home. and worried, like as in financially. >> reporter: your family has no money? >> not really, no. so that's why i decided to come to college so my little brother won't have to go through the same thing i did. >> reporter: she hopes to become a nurse to provide both an example and better life for her brother malik. she got a student loan, but didn't have money for other necessities, like a fridge for her room or even a comforter for her bed. she needed help. unfortunately, the wind blew her balloons to just about the poorest preacher in central dined it from the taxes on my i said, now, you see this,
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right? >> reporter: did you say that out loud? >> i said it out loud. this is the way i talk to god. we have a way with each other. >> reporter: he doesn't understand your finances. >> evidently he did. >> reporter: when he found that balloon message, jerome said he had a total of $125 to his name. how much did you spend on her? >> i spent all of it on her. >> reporter: he delivered a comforter and ain idge, and most importantly, a ton of much needed inspiration. >> it encourages me to keep going, knowing that prayers are answered. >> reporter: likewise, jerome also has renewed faith. a good reminder that sometimes the best way to get your prayers answered is to answer someone else's. steve hartman, "on the road" in monticello, georgia. >> a and that t is the overnigh
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it's thursday, november 1, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." it's crunch time with just days to go before the midterm elections. president trump and big name democrats hit the campaign trail to support candidates. breaking overnight, a key discovery in the search for the lion air jet that crashed off
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