tonight, top democrats insist a deal is close on president biden's massive social spending plan. but stumbling blocks keep piling up. most importantly, sharp differences over how to pay for the trillions in new spending. cbs' ed o'keefe is following the negotiations. >> reporter: tonight, hopes are fading for an agreement on president biden's sweeping social spending plan before he leaves tomorrow for europe. >> is getting a deal by tomorrow still realistic? >> yes. we'll see. >> reporter: but on capitol hill, demands from two key moderates, west virginia's joe manchin and arizona's kyrsten sinema, are slowing momentum towards an agreement. a major provision to extend paid leave to working americans is now likely out of the bill because of manchin's concerns with the size of the proposal, this despite intense lobbying from his colleagues. >> oh, if paid leave is not in the bill, it would be devastating. it would be devastating for working women. >> reporter: the moderate democrat also raised questions

about a proposed billionaire tax, which would help pay for the plan. >> i don't like the connotation that we're targeting different people. >> reporter: the tax would target the assets of the nation's roughly 700 billionaires, like stocks that increase in value and the sale of any real estate or business interests. it was proposed specifically to appease sinema who spiked the earlier idea on a tax hike, leaving democrats scrambling for how to play for the plan. the back-and-forth has infuriated senator bernie sanders, who sees progressive priorities watered down or scrapped to please two senators. >> should we raise corporate tax rates, income tax rates for the wealthy, of course we should? >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe joins us now from the white house. all right, ed, with the democrats in disarray, what does this mean for the president's big foreign trip? >> reporter: well, he's scheduled to leave thursday morning for europe, norah, and then meet with pope francis on friday before attending the g-20 summit over the weekend in rome.

but aides don't rule out him delaying his departure, especially if there's a chance of a handshake agreement before he goes. norah. >> o'donnell: down to the deadline. ed o'keefe, thank you. we want to turn now to a nationwide increase in violent crime. the f.b.i. has reported that homicides rose at their fastest rate in at least six decades last year. the vast majority committed with a gun. president biden promised new gun safety measures, but that promise suffered a major setback last month after his top choice to lead the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms was blocked in the u.s. senate. tonight, that nominee, david chipman is speaking out in a cbs news exclusive. >> i have, from 25 years as an a.t.f. agent, and largely 10 years after that, committed myself to one thing-- preventing gun violence in this country. to oppose me must mean that you're not for preventing gun

violence. >> o'donnell: i mean, republicans said that you oppose the second amendment, that you're radical, that you're antigun. >> i'm a concealed carry owner in virginia who swore an oath to our constitution-- and i don't mean a desk job. i mean i was on the swat team. i was in dangerous and perilous situations all the time. >> o'donnell: but it wasn't just republicans who opposed chipman. the final blow was delivered by senator angus king, an independent. >> the resistance i met, senators like king in maine, was i'm concerned you will not play nice with the gun industry that you regulate. and that was shocking to me. >> o'donnell: what is the job of the a.t.f.? >> protect this country from gun trafficking and domestic terror, period. this is, you know, a unique agency that has to regulate the firearms industry, regulate the explosives industry, and really is on the front line of the greatest threats to our country at this time. >> o'donnell: and that's the word that scares people-- "regulate." that by regulating the gun industry, that means you're

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everyone knows halloween is on october 31, but they got a head start in a town outside d.c. for a very special reason. here's cbs' jan crawford. >> all right! >> reporter: like most kids, six-year-old kasey zachmann loves halloween-- the candy and the costumes. >> just a spoon full of sugar. >> she was the best mary poppins you have ever seen. >> ever. >> reporter: what is your favorite? >> cupcake. >> a cupcake. >> reporter: but this year, in this maryland neighborhood, halloween was different. >> happy halloween! >> reporter: kasey, a joyful little girl who loves the outdoors, was diagnosed this summer with brain cancer. >> i got 15 ivs. >> 15 i.v.s, because you have really small veins.

>> reporter: after surgery and radiation, her chemotherapy was starting just before halloween, so the neighbors helped kasey have her favorite day early. >> everybody was home. everybody had candy. everybody wanted to be there. >> reporter: showing the love and power of community. >> we did 100% for kasey, not for us at all. but at the end of the day, i was just reflecting on how just completely happy i was. and it's been a while since there's just been, like, joy. >> reporter: joy, a good day. >> yeah, and was it was really great to have that feeling and that good day. >> reporter: a good day, a real treat. jan crawford, cbs news, chevy chase, maryland. and that is our "cbs overnight news." follow us online any time at cbs news.com. reporting are from the nation's capitol, i'm norah o'donnell.

this is cbs news flash. we begin with a final push on social spending. president biden is expected to head to capitol hill and meet with the democratic caucus before departing on his trip to europe. democrats have struggled to strike a deal on the trillion dollars spending package. for the first time ever, nasa may have discovered a new planet outside the milky way. the team spotted the potential planet in a galaxy 28 million light years away. and speaking of the final frontier, startrek prodigy is here. you can stream it now on

paramount plus. for, no download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. cbs news new york. this is the "cbs overnight news." >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, there are growing questions about how things went so wrong on that set, that movie set in santa fe. why was there live ammunition, and why was actor alec baldwin given a loaded gun? well, the movie's assistant director admitted to investigators that he did not check all of the rounds in the .45-caliber revolver before handing it to baldwin. it was during a rehearsal that baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer halyna hutchins and wounded director joel souza. well, today, authorities say they collected 600 pieces of evidence from the "rust" set, and court papers revealed that

hannah gutierrez-reed, the crew member responsible for the guns said ammunition was left unsecured during a lunch break. well, neither the sheriff nor the district attorney are ruling out charges. cbs' jonathan vigliotti leads us off tonight from santa fe, new mexico. good evening, jonathan. >> reporter: good evening, norah. f.b.i. agents will now examine every single round taken from that set, all 500. as of now, tonight, it's still unclear how many of those rounds were real bullet and how they got on that set in the first place. tonight, confirmation that cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed by a live bullet that then struck director joel souza during a rehearsal scene on the set of "rust." >> the actual lead projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr. souza. >> reporter: this photo shows actor alec baldwin and hutchins moments before the shooting. investigators also recovered the shell casing. how that live round ended up in baldwin's gun is still unclear. the investigation is focusing on

these two: armorer hannah gutierrez-reed and assistant director david halls. in an affidavit released today, gutierrez-reed told detectives that during a lunch break, the firearms were secured in a safe but the ammo was left on a cart on the set, not secured. halls examined the gun before rehearsal but did not check all five chambers. chambers. sheriff, how did two people inspect this gun and not notice there was a live round in it? >> we're going to try and determine exactly how that happened. >> reporter: set guns contain either blanks or dummy bullet. a dummy is an empty shell casing used in training. blanks are capped with paper or plastic. real bullet are capped with lead and never allowed. >> we're going to determine how those got there, why they were >>eporter: the santa fe ldn't n district attorney says criminal charges have not been ruled out.

>> all options are on the table at this point. i'm not-- i'm not commenting on charges, whether they will be filed or not or on whom. >> i thinkhereas scomplacency o think the are tha tbe addresse >> o'donnell: jonathan vigliotti is back with us from santa fe. jonathan, what did you learn about the guns that were found on the set? >> reporter: well, we know that there were three guns on that set. the sheriff tells me one of them was plastic. the second one was modified and did not work. alec baldwin was handed the only gun capable of firing live ammunition. norah. >> o'donnell: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. well, tonight, a jury has been selected in a trial that will once again focus the nation's attention on the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia. the jury will decide whether the organizers should be held accountable for the violence that turned deadly. s' ep today in t, the the ndants, self-proclaimed neo-zis and whitti

looked on. during the unite the right rally in 2017, white nationalists marched through the streets. they carried torches and clashed with counterprotesters. until a car driven by neo-nazi james fields plowed into a crowd, killing heather heyer. >> the goal of this lawsuits, first and foremost, is justice for our plaintiffs and accountability for those responsible for the violence four years ago. >> reporter: amy spitalnick is the executive director of integrity first for america, when brought the lawsuits on behalf of some of the victims will of the violence. >> the facts are clear: there was a conspiracy motivated by racism. >> reporter: the plaintiffs believe they will prove their case by highlighting social media chats and text messages. >> i think ultimately, charlottesville was good for our movement. >> reporter: among the defendants, richard spencer, one of the rally organizers, will claim there was no conspiracy and they had a first amendment

right to protest. but messages between spencer and rally organizer and defend jaso "we're raising an army for free speech but the cracking of skulls, if it comes to it." the violence that day haunts liz signs. >> i heard screams. i heard this awful sound. >> reporter: one of the plaintiffs who narrowly escaped injury when the car hit heather heyer. >> i don't think i will ever not be scared. >> reporter: her name is on the court docket, signs v. kessler. the plaintiffs are going to use something called the ku klux klan act which was put on the books in 1800 toss combat attacks on african americans. norah. >> o'donnell: hard to believe. jeff pegues, thank you. >> tonight, top democrats insist a deal is close on president biden's massive social spending

plan. but stumbling blocks keep piling up. most importantly, sharp differences over how to pay for the trillions in new spending. cbs' ed o'keefe is following the negotiations. >> reporter: tonight, hopes are fading for an agreement on president biden's sweeping social spending plan before he leaves tomorrow for europe. >> is getting a deal by tomorrow still realistic? >> yes. we'll see. >> reporter: but on capitol hill, demands from two key moderates, west virginia's joe manchin and arizona's kyrsten sinema, are slowing momentum towards an agreement. a major provision to extend paid leave to working americans is now likely out of the bill because of manchin's concerns with the size of the proposal, this despite intense lobbying from his colleagues. >> oh, if paid leave is not in the bill, it would be devastating. it would be devastating for working women. >> reporter: the moderate democrat also raised questions about a proposed billionaire tax, which would help pay for the plan. >> i don't like the connotation that we're targeting different people. >> reporter: the tax would target the assets of the

nation's roughly 700 billionaires, like stocks that increase in value and the sale of any real estate or business interests. it was proposed specifically to appease simema who spiked the earlier idea on a tax hike, leaving democrats scrambling for how to play for the plan. the back-and-forth has infuriated senator bernie sanders, who sees progressive priorities watered down or scrapped to please two senators. ;;;;clear >> should we raise corporate tax rates, income tax rates for the wealthy, of course we should? >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe joins us now from the white house. all right, ed, with the democrats in disarray, what does this mean for the president's big foreign trip? >> reporter: well, he's scheduled to leave thursday morning for europe, norah, and then meet with pope francis on friday before attending the g-20 summit over the weekend in rome. but aides don't rule out him delaying his departure, especially if there's a chance of a handshake agreement before he g

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♪ ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news". i'm jan crawford in washington, thanks for staying with us. two months after the u.s. pull-out from afghanistan, the state department said it's in contact with more than 400 americans still in the country. more than half said they want to stay or they aren't ready to leave yet. the august airlift was more than the biggest in history. evacuating many that were afghan nationals and those that helped the u.s. were left behind and many are living in fear that the

taliban will track them down. we have the story from kabul. >> reporter: america's longest war could not have been fought without afghan allies from translating to gathering generals. 10s of thousands assisted in the fight, working with u.s.s f for through thick and thin. a former interpreter with the military, he is now jobless and living in hiding with his young family. after receiving what he said are repeated death threats from the taliban. how long are you going to be able to survive living like this without a job? >> i don't know. honestly, i request from the united states president, biden, that you told, you will never be hind all those that worked the united states government, please shelter us. we don't want our kids to be

orphans. >> reporter: are you angry with the u.s.? >> honestly, yes. >> this is me at the u.s. embassy in kabul. >> reporter: this man said he is a wanted man. a form u.s. embassy employee, he spent nearly year working in intelligence, screening other afghan staff for potential links. why are you afraid of the taliban? >> they announce the people who work for -- they are not muslim. they are the same as -- we should kill them. >> reporter: in the military'ses chaotic final days the soldiers were tasked to help afghans who specialed for special immigrant visas, but it became a free for all and this man who was in the crush of people desperate to get out could not as hard as he tried? >> we went there for two weeks,

sleeping there, what they are doing, denied -- >> reporter: you slept outside the airport? >> yes, exactly, there was not a way. >> reporter: the biden administration has faced mounting criticism over leaving behind hundreds of americans. as well as 10s of thousands of afghans who supported the u.s. mission. the taliban insists its fighters won't harm anyone who once worked for the united states as part of what it's calling a general amnesty. >> it's not true. no one believed taliban because -- >> reporter: i don't bel-- you don't believe them? >> i don't believe them. >> they face a daunting maze of roadblocks trying to get home. but a group of volunteers is helping those left behind break

through the red tape. we have the story. >> reporter: this is my passport. i don't know if you can see it. >> reporter: when we first met this american mother, we agreed to call her angela, and disguise her voice for security reasons. >> we are trapped in afghanistan. we have been here more than 3-1/2 monthmonths. >> reporter: she was visiting family when the taliban took over, and forcing her and her u.s. born child in to hiding. as desperation swelled outside the airport in late august, as the last u.s. military flights left, angela fought for more than a day to get through the gates. until a suicide bomber attacked the crowd. >> we have no way out, we don't know what to do. >> reporter: angela may not have that much time. her family may not have that much time. >> reporter: brian first heard of angela in august, while volunteering at the temporary evacuation effort based out of a

washington, d.c. hotel. since, she has been keeping in contact daily. >> to hear her family and kids screaming in the background, it gives me strength to try to figure a way to get angela out s a framework to get many more people out. >> reporter: in late september, angela said the state department reached her because they might have a flight. >> they have called me, they know where i am. they know my situation. i have explained to it them so many times. >> reporter: but angela said the state department told her they could not help her mother or siblings get on the flight because they are not american citizens. >> put yourself in her shoes and how easy is it to say, i'm willing to leave because we have a blue passport and you don't. >> reporter: with her case stalled, she enlisted the help of a law firm. >> we are doing it probono, we

are giving our time for free to help angela and her family. >> reporter: this team of lawyers compiled a 118 page file so that angela could apply for an emergency entry into the u.s. for the benefit of her afghan siblings. the process is called humanitarian parole. >> because there's no consulate in afghanistan, they have to go to a third country to go to the u.s. consulate in the third countries to enter the u.s. >> reporter: as you our interview was cut short, angela said, all she had left was hope and faith. >> god can hear us. he will support us. he will get us to a safer place. >> reporter: recently the pieces fell in to place after another group of volunteers came together and scrambled a flight out of afghanistan. they flew to a country in the middle east, where her mother and siblings with their paperwork filed can be vetted by

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. in the heart of dixie a high school football team is captivating the state with its unlikely success with barely enough players to field a team, the school has stunned football powerhouses and currently ranked number one in the state. i traveled there and discovered a school born in an era of hate and division is all about unity. here in the mississippi delta. these kids know what it's like to be under estimated. >> we have always been the underdogs and nobody looked towa >> their practice field is surrounded by a soybean farm. the weight room looks like an unfinished garage. >> what they have is each other. >> they prtrust me, i trust the they got my back, i got they back. >> that trust has helped these

young in this tiny private school pull off the impossible. they have run the gauntlet among the top teams, private and public, and come out number one. >> they're balling. they are balling. >> knocking off the top academy teams in the state. >> and that's what is more incredible. in the deep south, the academy teams are the private schools, created for white kids only. after the supreme court ordered public schools to desegregate. greenville academy that opened in 1969 was one of them. white only. today, while other academies now admit back students greenville academy is 70% black. >> there's a lot of white people and black people coming together. we all know each other, so we feel at home. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the family atmosphere and christian values are what the school strives for

and the belief that they can do great things. they decided last year to come to the high school. >> we bond like a family. do everything together. >> reporter: his old school cancelled because of covid. he could have gone to better, fancier schools with bigger facilities but he was drawn here. >> when i first came in, it feel like we knew each other all of our lives. >> reporter: there was no resentment from kids already here, like the senior running back. >> we all knew each other, come in as a team, we feel like we are reunited again. >> reporter: and this linemen, who like palmer started the school in sixth grade. they helped convince smith and others to come. >> we accept everyone. we want everyone to be part of us. one big family. >> reporter: the small coaching staff with the shoe string budget are all graduates of the school. john is the head coach. >> let's go, fellas.

>> reporter: justin levy was a couple of years behind him. and jordan is the head coach's younger brother. >> it's going to show you that a lot of times the nice things don't really matter. >> reporter: who is your strength and conditioning coach? >> i am. >> reporter: who's the trainer? >> both of us. >> reporter: who does scheduling? i mean, you are beating teams that have you know, a staff of like ten people doing that and 100 kids on the field. how many kids do you guys have? >> 35. >> 36. >> reporter: these coaches say what is happening here is going beyond football. they planted the seed morse than six years ago when they came back and started coaching together. >> the school seems to reel you in, i guess, just the fact that people invested in your life and you want to come back and invest in other people's lives. >> it's family, it's home, this is where my heart is. it's greenville, it's the delta, and it's an opportunity for me to feel like i'm making an impact. >> there's so many other ways to

be successful than football. it's what i'm using it for. >> reporter: levy was among the first black students to enroll at greenville christian. >> i think we had the first group, me and my friends would have decided to come over. there was 3 or 4 of us. >> reporter: a star wide receiver in college, levy turned down an opportunity to play in the kacanadian football league. choosing to come home. >> this is a once in a lifetime thing, and seeing the kids lives being transformed. god has blessed us tremendously. >> it's a blessing. a lot of people don't have the opportunity we have. and they took our, our coach tell us every day to cherish it. >> reporter: a blessing that allows the the kids to dream of great things. >> i'm a kid from a small town with big dreams. you cannot imagine what i be thinking about. it's crazy.

>> reporter: the players have offers to play division one college football. other players plan to take their skills to smaller colleges. all great

if you have not finished halloween shopping. you may be in for a scare. many have been shopping and >> reporter: angel came to party city to stock up on halloween items do you feel that you are buying more than last year? >> definitely. >> reporter: many americans are doing the same. >> last year, i spent $50. this year i'm up to $200 so far. so i'm excited.

>> reporter: robert lopez is also going big. >> it's almost like, halloween was cancelled last year. and this year, i just want to, i wanted it to be festive. >> this year's activities will have a lot of trick or treaters dressed as super heroes. one out of five people are expected to put a costume on their pet. >> we have over 40 different pet costume options for our pets and they are going like gang busters in fact. >> there's a bit of pent up excitement for hal loween. >> they said supply chain issues affecting retailers have created challenges for them as well. >> had to jump through a lot of hoops, creative ways of renting our own ships and crates and things. so we are in a good position. >> reporter: other retailers are seeing shortages, so experts

advise, shopping now and not waiting. cbs news. new york. and that'she"c overnight ne" for this thursday. this is a cbs news flash. we begin with the final push on social spending. president biden is expected to head to capitol hill and meet with the democratic caucus before departing on his trip to europe. democrats have struggled to strike a duly on the trillion dollar spending package. for the first time ever, nasa may have discovered a new planet outside the milky way. the team spotted the potential planet in a galaxy 28 million light years away. and speaking of the final frontier, startrek prodigy is here, the animated spin off features a crew of young aliens that find an abandoned starfleet ship and take off on a journey on to the alpha quadrant.

you can extreme it on paramount plus. cbs it's it's thursday, october 28th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." a deal for democrats? president biden is expected to delay his trip to europe today by a few hours in hopes of finalizing an agreement on his spending agenda. where negotiations stand right now. movie set mishap. police give an update on the deadly shooting during the filming of alec baldwin's latest movie. why they say there was some complacency with how the weapons were handled. and wicked weather. from strong winds in the northeast to tornadoes in the south, we have the latest on the rash of storms slamming the country.