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clin key state with dona barely hanging on in a strg h also flatn parts of the south are up a foot enough of rain. 4,000 miles from the summer games in rio, the fallen olympian oscar pistorius tried . and 9 a-rod bomb shell. the controversial yankee slugger calls it quits. we're there for the dmatic announcement. >> i love this game and i love this t
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both. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs weekend news." >> with e 3 a cbs battle ground tracker poll out today shows hillary clinton ahead of dlud in the key -- donald trump in the key states of virginia and nevada. trump is holding a narrow lead in arizona a state republicans typically win. virginia and nevada are among the 11 battle could go either way towards deciding the election in november. errol barnett has more from our washington bureau. >> reporter: at his first campaign fund raiser in weeks, dold trump makes fun of hillary clinton's expelati short-circuited in responding to qu e-mail investigation. >> but i think that the people of this country don't want
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ahead in national polls and showing strength in kracial swing states. 12 points ahead in virginia, 2 points ahead in nevada. both key battle ground states. trump's troubles are partly due to his trouble to consolidate republican support. today former house speaker newt gingrich said that fact is sanking in. >> he got the messages. he came out and endorsed paul sh which he should have done in the first place. >> reporter: however arizona says he should do more. >> some positions should change and immigration policy other than saying he'll build a wall and make mexico play for on it. >> reporter: they will have duly economic speeches this week in detroit. trump speaks tomorrow and clinton will be there on thursday. of course michigan is another key battle ground state.
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for more on our new battle ground tracker poll let's bring in news director anthony sale -e vaughn toe. >> behind the big lead in virginia she's passing the commander in chief test more so than donald trump is right now. the commander in chief measure has come up to the top of voter's criteria for how to make their presidential deexpition a majority say they feel hillary clinton is prepared to be commander in chief while a majority feeat is thoughts. this measure has become so important now that it's even overwhelming. other measures on which hillary clinton isn't doing as well. for example, on the honest and trust hurty measure or on looking out for people like you. when we look to other battle ground states when we look to nevada hockey hahillary clintond and arizona where donald trump has a margin less than you expect. he may when these trends
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elaine back to you. >> anthony, thank you. the miami neighborhood where local mosquitoes have affected 15 people with the zika virus got insecticide. advised to stay away from florida's so-called zika zone. this weekend florida senator marco rubio said he does not believe a pregnant woman infected with zika should have the right to an abof n.e has reo believe the child would be born the remnants of hurricane earl had deadly mud slides in mexico. earl made land fall as a tropical storm dumping heavy and creeks. at least 18 people were killed in two states. here's mireya vee vilrreal.
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killing ea over the pas days, earl dumped up to 18 inches of rain in some areas and registered damaging wind speeds up to 80 miles an hour. families tin the throwd waters wer234rud waters f guard and unable to escape fast enough. it moved through central america, nearly submerging the >> parts of central and western mexico are expecting more rain as another storm is developing off the west code. elaine right now that is raising red flags once again for potential mud slides and flooding. >> mireya vee villarreal. millions along mexico are bracing for weeks of severe weather.
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is tracking this. >> it continues to pour in western and central florida as this pressure sits over the gulf of mexico. and because of it we do expect some flooding rain potential. tuesday night a flood watch is in effect from tampa to gainesville and that concern all the way through tuesday. in fact monday noon you can see more of that moisture picking up here with heavy potential for showers and even some thunderstorms into tuesday afternoon. looks like the projected rainfall totn what they've already experienced from tampa to panama city anywhere from 10-15 inches of rainfall. elaine. >> pamela gardner, thank you. a michigan man was arres sunday accused of passing out candies laced with the marijuana chemical thc in ohio. on saturday two dozen people became sick from eating the candy. they're all okay now. iran executed a nuclear scientist who allegedly spilled
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program to the united states. an riecial official said he was hang ltd. the mother says his body was returned to the home town with rope marks around his neck. isis is claiming responsibility for an attack in belgium this weekend. a man waving a machete and chowtin isis called him a soldier in their movement. for the first weekend of the summer olympics wraps up sunday night with a major swimming showdown. the games are covered for us in rio. >> it was a midnight session of beach volleyball in rio but that doesn't phase americans who dominated the australian team. the u.s. women's soccer team
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arrive in rio again. while the brazilian crowd booed and yelled zika over time solo touched the ball. she posted this picture on social media expressing her concerns about the virus. but speak stairt spectators ared about scoring. >> i'm asking anyone if they have tickets. >> just to get inside. >> yes, tickets, anything. >> it's a good thing you speak mult missing some of the events. they are trying to add more curious screeners. one problem they can't fix are w through rio sod and all the rowing events were can dulled. tonight all lives are on the pool when team usa swim stars compete. >> how excited are you to see phelps swim. >> very excited.
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coming back after the london game so this is just a bonus for us. >> this first weekend for the owe limb piss has gone fairly smoothly but rio's mayor is pleading with the people to either carpool or not drive long distances tomorrow when they go back to work. elaine the fear is olympics will make rio'slr much -- notorious traffic that much worse. >> ben, thank you. yankee slugger alexod a bottom t 's calling i he'll still have a role with the team. we have more with the late is from yankee stadium. >> i love this game and i love this team. today i'm saying good-bye to both. >> that emotional good-bye sunday morning for one of the most celebrated and at times hated baseball players of the last two decades, alex
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i just want to make the team. >> the 41 year old through time american league mvp and 14 time all start satl of 2014 suspepped for drug enh showed signs of aging befoe the yankees final three sided to bench him in recent weeks. a-rod thought he would have kept playing. >> this was in the cards. that was the i'm at peace with it. >> center field, well hit. >> a-rod's ten year contract worth $273 million is said to end in 2017. the yankees must still honor the financial agreement.
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the fans for letting me play the game that i love. thank you. >> a-rod is not parting ways with the yankees just yet. elaine, he will serve as special advisers and instructor. mentoring team's young players through december 2017. demarco, thank you. former olympics hero oscar pits tortion injured his wrists his jail cell saturday. the mead ye raised questions whether it was a suicide attempt. jonathan vigliotti let's has odon. oscar pistorius denies he attend suicide. he told officials he suffered the injury saturday after slipping and falling out of bed. south african newspaper claim prison guards found two razor blades in his cell. bringsen authorities will not claim those reports. the star was treated in the
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there's been return over his mental well being. pistorius has his own cell and limited interaction with other inmates. back in july when he was sentenced to six years for the shooting death of his girlfriend, the psychologist testified he was a broken man. pistorius maintains his girl friend's death was an accident. pistorius became the first double amputee to compete against abled-bodied runser. before killing his girlfriend pistorius was planning to after competing in the rio game. >> jonathan vigliotti right, thank you. if you were walling golf today on cbs, you witnessed history. >> one final look for 58. and he knew knew it. >> ji jim furyk was already onef six golfers to shoot a 59.
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encounter with a high flying shark. >> hold on, hold on. >> capital mark martin of santa aye oh sd it was a mayko shark well over 500 pounds. he was on the line 20 minutes putting on a show. eval shark won when itwam off. >> coming up next pope francis opening the door to the possibility of female deacons. h, stop further joint damage, and clear skin in many adults.
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many in the church last week giving his blessing to begin considering the idea of women in the clergy. marlie hall has the story. >> pope francis says his decision came after intense prayer and mature reflection, to appoint a panel to study the id women deacons in the roman catholic church. religion professor is the only american on the commission and says she's been waiting for this moment for years. >> the church would be making a great statement in the dignity and place of women in the world. >> known for his progressive stances, pope francis' decision to look into the possibility of women deacons differ from the view of his predecessors. he first entertained the idea last may after meeting with a group of women from various religious orders. >> the idea of the commission originally scale are from the -- came from the numbers not the
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time soon. >> deacons are ordained ministers who can preach as well as preside over weddings and funerals but not give mass. the idea of women in this role is not new to the catholic are e ages who wrote to bishops them authority to ordain them as beacons. >> there's great precedence. >> there is great precedence. >> the idea can transform not only how women are seen in the church but in marlie hall, cbs news, new york. >> still ahead, the decades long search for a veteran missing in america leads to a surprising discovery. tired of re-dosing antacids? try duo fusion!
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off the top tonight, another dry, hot day and things are about to heat up. a petsummer sunday. i amrril. thanks for joining us tonight. pamela gardner is tracking whether humidity and rain could return but it's going to get hot. >> the 90s just around the corner. in the next couple days, the potential for our heat wa er boston. 860. 840 totten, and an
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