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good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. president trump is back in washington this morning after making the first stop on an eight-state preelection rally effort to energize republican voters. last night he was outside ft. myers, florida. he fueled fears of immigration and blamed what he called the far left media for dividing the country. laura poe laeft is here with more. good morning. >> good morning. >> he is focusing on senate and governor. he'll be in missouri tonight and eventually hit indiana, montana, west virginia, ohio, tennessee and georgia over the next few days..hethe midterm elections. >> the people of florida are going to send rick scott to the

front and center. >> democrats want open borders, and they want to invite caravan after caravan into our country which brings crime. >> that caravan is weeks away from reaching the border. earlier he said the amount of troops he's sending there may increase. >> we have 5,000 to 8,000 will go up to anywhere to 10,000 to 15,000. >> reporter: they are not letting up on the president's political attacks. >> trump is a pathological liar, and it doesn't really matter what he says, because that has nothing to do with his reality. >> reporter: bernie sanders was also in florida yesterday campaigning for andrew gillum who's running for governor bin for claire mccaskill. >> we need people who are authentic and don't bully or belittle other people, who treat people with dignity and respect,

people who simply tell the truth. >> reporter: former president obama and oprah winfrey will also be out campaigning for democrats in the next few days. during the rallies, president trump continued to attack the media saying it's creating division around immigration and underestimating the migrant caravans which are a lot bigger, he said, than what's being reported. anne-marie. >> thanks a lot, laura. one of the campaign stops the president will make is in georgia. voters are choosing a new governor in a closely watched race.e ouiffere >> reporter: stacey abrams fires up the crowd. she's already made history as the nation's first african-american woman nominated for governor. now she's hoping for strong finish.

what you think is going to make or break this race in the final days? >> what makes a difference is turning out voters who are not expected to vote. >> reporter: abrams is a democrat who favors gun control, expanding medicaid, positions that put her at the opposite end of the political spectrum from her opponent. georgia's current secretary of state. >> thanks for coming out. >> reporter: we caught up with republican brian kemp as his campaign rolled through georgia where he rallied his base with the message of putting georgians first. >> it's us hard-working georgians against the rest of the country. >> i own guns. >> reporter: kemp appears in campaign ads with a shotgun. ai and wantound up people he mocrandatewe'v of being funded

seen in pa ing that has a radic, vear. reflects the needs of everyone in georgia, regardless of whether they support me or not. >> the polarized climate is drawing the close attention of the white house in the final days. both president trump and former president obama will campaign here to lend muscle to the fight. kenneth craig, cbs news, eastman, georgia. overseas now. this morning divers recovered the flight data recorder from the lion air jet that crashed off the coast of indonesia earlier this week. they said it was dug out of the mud on the ocean floor. the search continues for the cockpit voice recorder. 189 people were killed when it crashed shortly after takeoff. the suspect in the synagogue

shooting will be in court today. he was charged with offenses that could bring the death penalty. authorities say he shot and killed 11 people at the tree of life synagogue as he raged against jews. prosecutors say they will seek justice for the victims. three more victims were buried yesterday and more funerals will be held through the rest of the week. the deaths of two saudi arabian sisters remain a mystery. their bodies washed up on the new york city waterfront eight days ago and now police say they were alive when they went into the water. jericka duncan has details. >> reporter: the body of sisters were found off the river. they were similarly dressed and bound together at their ankles and waist with duct tape. >> we are out to get justice for those two girls and to find out

exactly what happened, what led them to be recovered in the water. >> reporter: cbs news 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 has not been deemed a homicide. >> reporter: an nypd source tells cbs news that the mother who lived 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 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 fact that there's virtually no digital footprint. the sisters did not have registered phones and apparently no social media presence. well, jamal khashoggi was

strangled almost as soon as he entered the consulate in istanbul according to a top turkey prosecutor. the office of the chief prosecutor of istanbul said this was part of a premeditated murder. he also said khashoggi's body was dismembered and destroyed before it was removed. turkey alleges a saudi hit squad is responsible. khashoggi was last seen entering the consulate on october 2nd and the whereabouts of his remains are unknown. it's reported that one suspect in the former boston mob boss whitey bullar is a fellow inmate and hit man. he was killed just hours after being transferred to a prison in west virginia. bulger was a known niche. freddie diaz who reportedly hates rats is suspected. one of bulger's attorneys says bulger was in a wheelchair when. "toston obe" rorts his death wagnolable.

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here's a look at here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. on the "cbs moneywatch," google workers stage a walkout today. and a major drug chain is consider diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. the third quarter of this year was the best in five years for the u.s. stock market, but most of those gains were wiped out last month due to rising interest rates, trade worries, and concern over corporate profits.

yesterday wall street stocks did finish higher for the second day in a row. the dow climbed 241 points, the s&p 500 gained twenty nine, but lost nearly 7% of its value last month, it's worst month since 2011. the nasdaq rallied 144. general motors is offering buyouts to 18,000 workers in north america. salary workers with 12 or more years of service are eligible. gm says it wants to continue efforts to reduce costs while it's strong. yesterday they announced a $2.5 billion third quarter profit. more than 1500 google employees reportedly plan to walk off the job today to protest how google has handled sexual harassment. the protest walk out for real change will take place at 26 google offices around the world. "the new york times" reports walkout organizers want google to end its practice of private arbitration. that requires employees to wave

their right to sue in cases of alleged sexual assault and harassment. last week the times reported on android software received a $90 million severance package after he was accused of sexual misconduct. scooters use batteries that may catch fire. they learned about this problem in this model in august. "the washington post" reports about 2000 scooters are involved primarily in los angeles, san diego, and lake tahoe. lime scooters are available in 70 u.s. cities. and cvs health is testing a membership program similar to amazon prime. for $5 a month or $48 a year, members will get a $10 a month store credit, free one or two-day delivery on certain drugs and other discounts. for now it's just being tested in boston. anne-marie. >> everybody's trying to take on amazon in some way, shape or form. they're the benchmark right now. >> that's right.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. people are flocking, if you will, to new york city's central park to see a rare mandarin duck. it has multicolored fenlers and a hot bill and was first spotted in a pond on october 10th. it's native to east asia and

it's not known how it got here. bird experts say it may be someone's pet that got away. it's illegal to have one in new york. the city doesn't plan on moving the duck unless it's in danger or sick. and scientists in switzerland are doing what was once thought impossible, helping paralyzed people walk again. it's being done with the help of a small device. tina krause explains. >> reporter: david was paralyzed for seven years until one of switzerland's leading neurosurgeons gave him a spinal implant that changed his life. here he is training with it a year ago. when the device is turned off, he can't move. when it's on, he continues to walk. >> this little device that is a impulse generator is giving impulses to the electrode that's located on the spinal cord. >> reporter: david can control the stimulation remotely through his watch. when it's on he's able to walk

more than half a mile. >> i think you have to try to do the impossible to make the impossible possible. i think we're doing that and it feels good. >> reporter: nerves in the spinal cord send signals from the brain to the legs. in someone who's paralyzed, there's usually a small signal but it's too weak to create movement. the implant boosts the signal activating muscles in the legs. the scientists who developed the technique says it even helps repair damaged nerves. >> nerve fibers are growing again. they're are connecting the brain to the spinal cord. >> reporter: doctors are working to make the stimulation for comfortable so they can keep the device active all the time. while this research shows paralysis can be reversed to some degree, the question remains by how much. tina krause, cbs news. coming up first on "cbs this morning," da vinci code author dan brown joins us in studio 57 revea

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last night kicking off his final campaign push before next week's midterm elections. at a rally outside ft. myers, mr. trump told supporters the nation is under attack from immigrants and democrats want to bring caravan after caravan into our country. he also blamed the media for dividing the country. and the flight data recorder from the lion air jet that crashed off indonesia earlier this week was recovered this morning. the search for the cockpit voice recorder continues, though. 189 people on board the boeing 737 max 8 were killed when it crashed shortly after takeoff. newly released court documents detail how an fbi sting led to the arrest of a man originally from iraq. he's now accused of showing off his bomb-making skills to an >> reporter: federal investigators in tucson swooped

in and arrested him for showing them how to build and blow up a bomb. the sting operation lasted nearly two years. here's how it went down. according to documents just unsealed, ahmad first told an fbi criminal informant back in december of 2016 that he knew how to detonate a bomb by using a cellular phone. he allegedly said the bombs were easy to make and that he learned how do it during the war in iraq. sources tell cbs news ahmad is an iraqi refugee who is now a u.s. citizen. prosecutors say ahmad was asked by the informant how to make a car bomb for a target in mexico. he agreed and provided instructions on his cell phone and later sent a text message with a bomb recipe written in arabic. undercover fbi agents say ahmadf ahmad also brought some of his

own tools. over the next several hours, undercover agents say he built the bomb while explaining how to do it. even how to place the blasting cap and where to place the c-4. we spoke with his attorney who declined to talk about the case. there's nothing in the court documents that says ahmad planned to carry out an attack of his own. he'll be back in court on friday. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. people in newark, new jersey, say their water contains dangerous levels of lead. why one group says it's suing the city. arts andrea bocelli is making music of family business. he talks about collaborating with his son. and da vinci code author dan brown joins us in studio 57 to reveal his latest project. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green, have a great day. for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green, have a

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hello, thursday. as we take a live look from ours "salesforce tower" camera looking at coit tower this morning, lit up in san francisco giants orange and black in honor of willie mccovey. good morning, it is thursday, november 1st. i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. we have a lot going on this morning including a shooting in san jose that sent three teens to the hospital. it happened at the seven trees community center around 10 p.m. authorities say they found two girls with gunshot wounds. moments later, police found a

third shooting victim, a male juvenile a few blocks away. a victims are expected to survive. police said this shooting doesn't appear to be gang- related. this investigation is ongoing. kpix 5 will be live on scene with the latest updates in about 30 minutes. also new this morning, police in san jose busted some early-morning sideshows. this one happened around 1:00 this morning on gish road off 880. one driver was arrested. his car was impounded for 30 days. and the