presidential campaigns. and have the potal to change the course of the election. they are called october surprises. had this year, the they got an early start. all but the president's positive covid test happened in september. it's our october surprise early. >> margaret karlsson who covered many presidential campaigns for time magazine, said some october surprises are carefully orchestrated, but others come out of the blue. >> is it a man made or a woman made surprise or is it an event beyond anyone's capacity to control. you know, a hurricane, the or is it sngn a the ter surpris ronaldeagan was running against democratic president jumy carter.

>> in tehran, the american embassy is in the hands of several hundred iranian students. >> 52 americans were being held hostage in iran, during an election year and there was no end in sight. >> it must be made clear that the failure to the release the hostages will involve increasingly heavy cost to iran and to its interests. >> in 1980, jimmy carter and his staff believed that if they could show progress in freeing the hostages that would be enough, that would take him over. >> larry is director on of the university of virginia center for politics. >> what they did not count on, is that the promises from the cy before the tuesdays election. so, basically americans were told right before they went to the polls, that it was either hopeless or they had better try somebody new who would try new

things to get the hostages back. >> so that was an october surprise that jimmy carter thought was going to help him, but it reversed. >> it helped reagan instead. >> 1980, might have been when the term october surprise was coined but the to benutehturn of events, was abraham lincoln. >> he a october and september surprise when sherman took atlanta, it saved lincoln's second term, he himself thought he was going to lose and most of his cabinet did. and it built enthusiasm in the north and finally they saw the light at the end of the tunnel. >> that light was a resounding lincoln victory. >> i donald john trump do solemnly swear. >> it's rare that an october surprise actually changes the outcome of an election. washington post reporter devlin barrett believes it happened

four years ago. >> yeah, i think jim comby the intending to, chahe outcome of election. >> barrett is the author of a just released book, in which he contends h s that the key 2016 october surprise came in the form of a letter to congress, from the then director of the fbi, james comby. to campaign adviser. new fbi who's husband was under investigation for online sex crimes. the announcement was made just 11 days before the election. and one reason it was so powerful is because trump had made such a big deal out of the hillary clinton e-mails so it fit in to his, one of had his main messages against her. >> that is absolutely right. it absolutely fit in to the republican critique and attack

on hillary clinton, but the other part of it too, is that it came from a credible place. cbyd notheteo you believe hy?>> do, andoree s believe it and what they say is, it's the single most measurable impact on the outcome. >> last night, i congratulated donald trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. >> barrett admits that we can never know with absolute certainty that it did change the election result, but we know that another 2016 october surprise did not. >> and when you -- you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> grab them by the -- you can do anything. >> the access hollpbrging i20bout slling bloc his path to victory. >> larry said that it's unlikely

an october surprise this year will change the result of the election. >> i don't think october surprises are going to work as well this year. because we are so polarized, demoatic o repuic an they are not going to move. >> maybe so. but with the way things are going, more october and even november surprises seem likely in a campaign that makes the term political roller coaster sound quaint. >> chip reed reporting. the overnight news will be right back. of course you've seen underwear that fits like this... but never for bladder leaks. new always discreet boutique black. iand, i feel protected all day. my curves, no matter how i move. a fit so discreet, you'd never know they're for bladder leaks.

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easy to wear with soothing foc >> that's bruce lee in his iconically famous film. he was a sefore died, a otheph remembers him in a book that was briny called be water, my friend. >> bruce lee did a screen test for the television show the green hornet. >> and you went to college in the united states. >> yes. >> and what did you study? >> philosophy. >> lee, who landed the part as

kato. >> if he gets the h-bomb, what are the chances of it exploding er thein t martial arts that would soon make him a global star in films like "enter the dragon". >> it's like a finger pointing a way to the moon. don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory. >> when you were growing up, did you think of your far a philosopher? >> not as much as i do now. >> lee's daughter sharon shares his principals in the new book, be water my friend. the teachings of bruce lee. >> he kind of planned his own life. >> yes, it seems kind of corny to say this, but, you know, he was a man of action. like, literally. right? like he was a martial artist and a action film star. but he put in to action his goals, his dreams.

his life. he trained, not just h n1969, lee wrote out by hand what he called my definite chief aim. to be the highest paid asian super star in america. and declaring this i will achieve world fame. >> it seems clairvoyant. >> yeah, yeah, but he believed in putting your mind on what you want. you know, and not thinkingin im. >> the book's title comes from lee's most famous philosophy. >> i said empty your mind. be formless. shapeless. like water. now you put water in to a cup. it becomes the cup. you put water in to a bottle, it becomes the bottle. if you put it in the teapot, it becomes a tea pot. now water my friend.

>> shannon lee was just 4 when her father died from severe brain swelling in 1973. but it was only after another tragedy. gu on the set of the crow, 20 years later. than shannon was then intro to hundreds on of pages of her father's writings. >> he was fresh off the grief of my brother's passing and , i have these really vivid long form memories of him, i have a very vivid sense of what he felt like, what his energy was like, and then to match that with these words, it was really aret. >> your father has been an

inspiration in some of the protests in hong kong. >> he has and in fact, thisf bn something that i know the protesters have been adopting. completely on their own, by the way. >> you must be proud of that. >> yeah, yeah, for sure. >> the streets of hong kong, n . at age 32. >> you do remember the funeral in hong kong. >> hm- >> hm-mm. >> especially just the overwhelming sense of it, it was so chaotic. i'm looking at my little 4-year-old face and i'm just so overwhelmed and shut down. >> when you lose your dad at four, you spend time in a sense trying to find him again. it must be comforting in many ways to have these writings of his. >> oh, m is like h be apeome.n i sae isll

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the cov9c forced the hollywood movie machine to grind to a halt, productions have shut down and theaters closed, tomorrow, regal theaters will temporarily shutter their houses, but some are determined to make a go of it. when you step inside, it's clear it's different. >> you will walk up and select the movie, we will do the comeback classic, jurassic park. >> the selection is slim, mostly classics with a cult following. >> all of this is brand new, you will see it throughout the theater. >> hanging next to up coming movie posters are big bright

reminders of the pandemic. meghan helps to keep the hall ways clean and full of sanitizers and after every show, they disinfect every seat. the changes are definitely a draw for the families. >> a little piece of normal and something special for them to get to do after they worked so hard in school this week. >> what are you most excited abou>> a the or all i f word. tenant. >> a handful of movies have been released during the pandemic, like tenet, and it lost billions of dollars this this year. >> it's been a big issue for studios that are dealing with the problem of how do we start producing films again. it will be a big financial hit all the way around the

growing popularity of drive-in movie theaters. but as the fall and winter months approach, traditional movie theaters hope box office sales will make a come pack. cinemark has reopened this somewhere, they started to promote private watch parties and roll back concession stand prices s prices. the resurrection of the big screen is watching the underdog plot against a villain. in this case, the kren krocoron. >> it's been difficult. the chief nancial officer said they thhad rethink concessions expensive and we want people to come back and experience how good it is. >> they are hopeful that nostalgia is enough to bring customers back in. >> when the lights go down, what sort of change do you see?

>> the magic starts to happen. and imimmerse themselves in the dimension. >> and that's the overnight news for t s wednday. it's wednesday, october 7th, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news." pence versus harris. the stage is set for the vice presidential debate tonight. why this showdown carrie stimulus stalemate. after calling off negotiations, white house outbreak. another top aide tests positive for covid as the fda closes the door on a possible vaccine by election day. well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green, and we're

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