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perhaps you've noticed just how heated your own election conversations are getting. marc strassmann got an earful listening to retirees. for our week-long series "closing arguments." >> reporter: this is the villagor sprawling and tranquil. home to 110,000 seniors and a better, partisan divide. >> he's alienated over 50% of the american electorate. >> that is not true. have you researched him? have you gone in -- >> yeah, i have. and that's why i'm voting against him. >> reporter: linda-figure is a retired 61-year-old chemical engineer. 67-year-old dale kennedy used to be a mortgage broker. >> i'm about to walk out of here. i'll tell you what.

two lifelong republicans. it did not go well. >> may i finish? may i? >> well, be my guest. you always do. >> reporter: by mail fogg voted for hillary clinton. her first vote ever for a democrat. >> was there a part of you that felt like a traitor to your party? >> no. i believe donald trump has been a traitor to the gop. >> i'm linda fogg. >> reporter: fogg even start aid club here, republicans for hillary. >> when we have a candidate at the top of the tic insults women, minorities, immigrants, and mocks the disabled, i don't believe he's qualified to lead anything. >> reporter: kennedy is passionately pro trump. >> there is so much positive energy behind donald trump. he is definitely not a perfect person. and he has said some stupid things. >> has trump said anything that is so to you stupid or offensive that it made you second-guess your support? >> momentarily, when the thing

you know which one. >> there have been many. which one? >> are you talking about the billy bush interview? >> whatever. let's just say he's said a lot of stupid things and yes, some of them were -- they made me stop and think. >> what is it about trump that you find attractive? >> this man loves america. he wants to get us back to our roots, to where we have morals in this country. i believe he is far more trustworthy than hillary clinton. i wouldn't trust her to go to the store for me. she has lied about she has lied about her e-mails. >> yes, there are some issues i have with hillary clinton. i believe that hillary clinton walks right up to the line of legality and kind of flirts with it. and backs off. but we have had her under the microscope for decades and we have yet to find anything that we can lock her up for, as the trump supporters would say. >> reporter: fogg and kennedy

candidates until next tuesday. [ honking ] >> i love riding around and having people honk at me. every once in a while i get shot a bird. >> and so do i. >> oh, really? >> not the same person hopefully. >> reporter: marc strassmann, cbs news, the villages, florida. 40 million people watched the chicago cubs defeat the cleveland indians last night in game 7 of the world series. it was the largest tv audience for a series game since there was no tv or radio to speak of the last time the cubs won, in 1908. here's dean reynolds. >> the cubs win the world series! >> reporter: it was a game that will be emblazoned on the souls of cub fans forever. a turn of events that made grown men sob with relief that the burden borne by their parents

shoulders. [ cheers ] >> reporter: there were enough emotional peaks and valleys to last an entire season, much less one game. when a four-run cub lead evaporated, people started to lose it. cindy lloyd spoke for many. >> did you think they were going to blow it? >> yeah. that did cross my mind. >> reporter: randy traub is a big guy who was too afraid to watch even one of the 80 screens in the cubby bear bar. >> i didn't want to look. i've been down this road too many times. >> reporter: well, this road was no dead end. in the post-game partying. >> yeah! >> reporter: cubs slugger kyle squlasher became acquainted with a fine vintage. >> it tastes great. tastes so much better now that we're champs. >> reporter: this morning the cubs came home, clutchingthat e franchise for so long. and it took a white sox fan to explain how long. >> the last time the cubs won

hadn't invented sliced bread yet. >> reporter: chr"chicago tribun sportswriter paul sullivan. >> you kind of got used to it over the years. >> happy to shed that lovable loser thing? >> oh, my god. i'm happy not to have to write about the billy goat ever again. >> reporter: further confirmation that all of this is not really a dream will come tomorrow, scott, when much of the city is expected to turn out for a big parade honoring baseball's new world champions. >> dean reynolds at wrigley for us tonight. dean, thank you. coming up next, stopped for a broken taillight, in minutes he was dead. an ex-cop stands trial. and later, american kids are piling on the salt.

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family arrived at the charleston county courthouse looking grim. they've waited 19 months for the day michael slager, scott's killer, begins to confront a possible life sentence. prosecutor scarlet wilson. >> what michael slager did to walter scott was wrong. it was flag out wrong. >> reporter: it was an everyday traffic stop last april. >> your license and registration, sir. >> reporter: slager pulled over scott for a broken taillight. scott suddenly ran. slager cha moments later, in this cell phone video recorded by a passerby, the white officer shot the fleeing black suspect five times in the back. one bullet entered scott's heart. >> the charge in this case is murder. >> reporter: slager's jury, 11 of them white, one black, will hear his claim of self-defense. the 34-year-old former officer says he and scott fought over the cop's stun gun moments before this cell phone video

>> he physically and forcefully resisted to the extent that they were both fighting on the ground. >> walter's gone. but now we need justice for walter. >> reporter: anthony scott, walter's older brother, told us the video proves slager killed in cold blood. >> what goes through your head and heart when you watch the video now? >> to me it's a man being in the back by a coward police officer. >> reporter: the court also heard from judy scott, walter's mother. scott, she testified she was on the phone with him during the traffic stop and heard him groening in pain, apparently from being tased. >> marc strassmann for us in charleston.

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>> when i'm home doing homework, i usually eat a lot of chips. and i know chips is probably crazy with salt. that's my go-to food there. >> reporter: but that go-to food could lead to problems like high blood pressure. already one in nine children have it. the recommended daily limit for sodium ranges from 1900 milligrams a day for younger kids to 2300 a day for older ones. today's study found adolescents consumed 55% more sodium than even younger kids were way over the limit. >> my favorite food would be pizza. >> reporter: pizza and mexican food headed the top ten list of sodium sources. but the salt was sprinkled throughout their entire diet. and of the ten only milk had naturally occurring sodium. for the rest salt was added during processing. more than half of sodium intake came from store-bought foods. >> my little box here. four of the bagel bites is going to be about 410 milligrams of sodium.

dietician at nyu langone medical center. >> one tablespoon of ketchup has 160 milligrams of sodium than that's more thain slice of bread. >> reporter: the cdc says it's important to limit the salt in children's diets because eating habits learned early tend to persist as we get older. it's easy to be intimidated by numbers on food labels, but if you remember the daily sodium allowance is from 1900 to 2300 milligrams, depending upon your child's age, you can figure out how to spend those milligrams wisely. >> dr. jon lapook. thanks, doc. an american ambassador gets

. finally tonight, most americans would be hard-pressed to name a single u.s. ambassador. but one of them has become a star. here's mark phillips in copenhagen with celebrity diplomacy. >> reporter: rufus gifford is a different kind >> on this one i'm not certain that i can give you anything reassuri reassuring. >> reporter: he's the media star kind. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: and this is his show. >> i have the best job in the world. and the only way you can really explain it to people is just by living it. >> this is your average wednesday. >> reporter: rufus gifford, ambassador to denmark-s a former obama fund-raiser and political appointee, who took the idea of transparency in government to a

he let danish tv cameras in to film his work and his life. >> wonderful. >> reporter: the catchily entitled "i am the ambassador from america" was supposed to draw a small cult audience of foreign policy geeks. >> we thought if we were lucky we might have 50,000 danes tune in. >> reporter: instead, the danes rolled in and tuned in in their hundreds of thousands. the show's executive producer, eric struve shock. >> he looks like a hollywood star. perfect smile, good-looking, smart, and so on. >> an american from central casting almost. >> yeah. >> reporter: but apart from a character, a show needs a plot. enter kitchen left, rufus's partner steven. >> should be home by 7:00 then. evening is free. >> yeah. >> reporter: the two decided what they needed and maybe what the show needed was a good

theirs. >> and i therefore proclaim that you are legally married. congratulations. [ applause ] >> reporter: it was a happy day. a big hit. and more. >> there was an element of diplomacy there. or politics. whatever you want to call it. >> what were you trying to prove? >> we were in copenhagen city hall, where the first same-sex unions in the world took place, steven and i got married. >> reporter: naturally the awards followed. >> rufus gifford! >> oh, man. >> reporter: having conquered denmark, the show has now been picked up by netflix and is running around the world. >> you never know what sells on tv. >> that is true. that is true. yes indeed. >> hi. >> reporter: the ambassador turned accidental tv star is going global, and diplomacy may never be the same. mark phillips, cbs news,

for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news. and be sure not to miss "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." hi, everyone, and welcome to the "overnight news." i'm demarco morgan. it's four days and counting till election day, and both hillary clinton and donald trump are crisscrossing the country, trying to drum up votes battleground states each will need to win the white house. how are they doing? we begin with major garrett with the trump campaign. >> so let me ask you this question. i've never done this before. will justice be done or not? will justice be done? yes or no? >> reporter: in jacksonville, florida today donald trump seized on a new report that the fbi has investigated criminal wrongdoing at the clinton foundation.

avalanche of information is coming in. the fbi agents say their investigation is likely to yield an indictment. >> reporter: not quite. cbs news has confirmed that the fbi has looked into the finances of the clinton foundation, but so far no charges have been filed. >> he certainly knows how to shake things up, doesn't he? >> reporter: in pennsylvania trump's wife first campaign appearance since giving a partially plagiarized speech at the gop convention. she said as first lady she would focus on online bullying, something her husband has been accused of doing. >> children and teenagers can be fragile. they are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. >> reporter: trump also deployed former arch-rival turned ally ted cruz to iowa today.

cruz kept his focus off of trump. >> i recognize some of you guys are wanting to write stories suggesting divisions among republicans. i'll make a point, i'm getting ready to get on a gigantic airplane that has donald trump's name painted on the side of it. >> reporter: trump rallies tonight in reliably republican eastern north carolina, part of a closing strategy of driving up the gop vote in the reddest part of is at least partially set. it looks a little more purple and blue, stops saturday in nevada and colorado, sunday in wisconsin. nancy cordes now, traveling with the clinton campaign. >> if donald trump were to win this election, we would have a commander in chief who is completely out of his depth and whose ideas are incredibly dangerous. >> reporter: with five days to go, clinton has concluded that the best way to win the white house is to paint a picture of trump in it. >> if you're latino, you know

we've have a president who doesn't see you as american at all. >> reporter: the latest cbs news/"new york times" poll helps explain the strategy. 49% are enthusiastic about casting their ballots, down from 62% in 2012. in the absence of enthusiasm fear might be the next most powerful motivator. >> you can't make excuses for this stuff. >> reporter: in miami today the nation's very character is at stake. >> if you discriminate against people of different faiths before you are president, then that is what you will do in office except you will have more power to carry out the twisted notions that you had before you were in office! >> reporter: it isn't all doom and gloom. clinton pairs her argument about trump with talk of how she wants to lead. >> i disagree with people on

the only way we can get things done is to actually listen and respect each other and try to find that common ground. >> reporter: newly released state department e-mails show that at one point secretary clinton and her top aide huma abedin discussed how abedin could get a secure phone to clinton. clinton suggested that perhaps an aide to abedin's now disgraced husband anthony weiner could fedex it to her. scott, state department officials say this would not have been appropriate, sending it in that manner, as long as the phone was rendered inoperable first. on tuesday many millennials will be going to the polls for the first time. hillary clinton has a wide lead among the 18 to 29-year-old voters. she's got the support of 49% compared to donald trump at 21%. more than half of young voters say they are fearful about the future. elaine quijano gathered a group of millennials from a dozen

>> i'm a very proud conservative but i don't think that donald trump represents the republican party. >> i'm 20 years old, unapologetic american and full-blown deplorable trump supporters. >> i'm 19 years old i'll be voting for gary johnson this year. >> i'm 27 and i'm with her. >> honestly, all i really know is i'm not with her and i don't support hillary clinton. >> i say i'm a trump supporter and they immediately think i'm racist, i'm islamophobic. that's a problem in this election. we automatically jump to conclusions that a trump supporter is an uneducated person. >> he's bombastic and he says a lot of stuff that i absolutely do not 1 the same time i don't want to support a liar. >> how many here have had college debt or you will soon have college debt, student debt? >> by the time i'm finished with my education i'm going to have over $200,000 in debt. in order to get a better career, you're forced into higher education, forced into this debt. i don't think really either candidate has posed a good

>> all right. i want to turn to another topic here. and that is the issue of civil rights. a recent poll found that 85% of young african-americans and 72% of hispanics believe their race is under attack in the u.s. i wonder, why do you think that is? >> this particular topic is something that's really dear to my heart because i was robbed and shot in my head. and if that wasn't enough, i look up and i was stariow and this time it wasn't the barrel of a gun from someone who was trying to rob me. this time i was looking at the barrel of the police. >> ryan quatrimane, let me ask you. you're the son of a former police officer. is that right? >> he actually recently retired. i think there are bad police officers. there's plenty of corrupt police officers. but i think obama hasn't done a decent job at helping the african-american communities. and i think hillary clinton is

>> the earlier comment about police officers, you know, versus the black lives matter, the african-american community. one is a choice, you have a choice to be a cop. you sign that. you go through training for that. ain't no choice being black. trump has normalized his talk and has put a lot of lives in danger. >> here's the thing. trump hasn't been in the white house. so to say that trump tore our country apart at the seams and created this racial division, no way. president obama was the one who was in the white house for eight years, and race relations have been worse than ever in this country. let's look at who is in office. an african-american man who has torn apart this country. we need to look at that. >> to say that race relations have gotten as bad as they've ever been under president obama shows a lack of historical depth. america is built on racial division. and donald trump rhetoric, this otherism, builds into that narrative that has long been the

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in the african nation of malawi there's a maximum security prison that's famous for two things, the horrible conditions the inmates live in and the beautiful music they make. in fact, an album called "the muk of zamba prison" was nominated for an emmy. for "60 minutes." ? >> reporter: this is the music that brought us to malawi, one of the least developed nations on the planet. it's a place of staggering beauty. there's vast mountains, lush forests, and a long idyllic lake. ? drive through the countryside,

poverty is widespread. the country of 17 million people, life is full of hardships. zamba is malawi's only maximum security prison, and the music you're hearing comes from behind pthese walls. the prison was built to hold around 400 inmates. today there are 2,400 here. ? what's so startling when you walk into the prison yard on a sunday morning -- ? -- is that everywhere you turn there's music. a cacophony of choirs. ? many here are hardened

robbers, rapists, murderers. others are casualties of a legal system that can be chaotic and arbitrary. where court files are routinely lost and most suspects have no legal representation. in a small room off the yard there's a prison band. practicing every day on donated instruments. ? guards. they play side by side with inmates. ian brennan, an american producer who travels the world recording new music in unlikely places, heard about zamba and three years ago flew to malawi to check it out. you're taking a gamble. because you go to places, you don't necessarily know what's there. >> no, no, no. we have no idea.

>> reporter: his was not the only leap of faith. officer thomas banamo took one too. he helped found the prison band eight years ago. he wasn't sure what to think the day ian brennan showed up. >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> translator: i was quite surprised because i couldn't understand how this guy knew about us and why would he be interested in our prison. >> reporter: it's not every day a white american knocks on the prison door and says he wants to come >> translator: yeah. it's true. it's not every day. >> what took you so long? >> reporter: brennan saw promise in this prison and the possibility of an album. so he set up his microphones and asked anyone interested to write and sing songs about their lives. ? men and women. ? inmates and guards. it was something most had never

what were you hoping to find? >> well, the thing we look for everywhere, which is you know, music that resonates with us. this is what moves me, and hopefully it will move someone else. >> and when you hear it you know it? >> yeah, you feel it usually. >> reporter: even if you don't understand the words right away? >> it's better when you don't understand the words. because when you don't understand the words you have to listen to what somebody means, not what they're saying, and if they mean it. ? >> reporter: officer bonamo was reluctant to write and sing about his life. but when he did, ian brennan knew his music would be on the album. just listen to what he came up with one morning when we were there. a softly sung ballad about the sudden death of his wife. ? "you left without saying good-bye," he sings.

t t too. they no longer cry." >> he writes songs and plays as beautifully as someone can. he's reached that level of transcendence where it can't be better than it is. it just is. it's something that just hits you. >> reporter: to fully appreciate the music here you have to see the misery. but when we arrived at zamba, authorities didn't want us to show what life is like for the prisoners. so much of what we filmed we had to record secretly, without the guards knowing. inmates in zamba are fed just one meal a day, a small bowl of gruel made out of corn flour. the menu, we're told, rarely changes. on good days they get a few beans. on bad days, inmates say,

yhikonde salenje sang on the album nominated for a grammy. he's doing time for burglary. do you eat meat in chicken? beef? you're laughing. that's not good. when was the last time you had meat? >> 2014. 25 december. >> reporter: 2 1/2 years ago christmas day? >> yeah. >> reporter: it' n zamba is so overcrowded prisoners say they only have enough room in their cells to sleep wedged against one another lying on their sides. stefano narenda also sang on the album. so you're sleeping on your side? >> translator: when you want to turn, you have to do it together. >> and they're right next to each other? how do you sleep?

we have no choice. >> reporter: stefano is in for robbery, and he's hiv positive, as are around a quarter of zamba's inmates. they occasionally get visits from an italian nun, sister anna tommasi, who runs a small charity providing some food and legal aid to prisoners. if you were writing a postcard to somebody who had never been to this prison, how would you describe it here? >> i think it's impossible for somebody outside to get -- are no words which could explain because -- >> reporter: what life is like here? >> yes. i think before you came three days ago if i had written anything do you think you could have had a clue? >> no. >> sometimes i call it the waiting room of hell. >> reporter: that's what this prison room is like sometimes? >> yeah. >> reporter: if it is the living room of hell, salvation for chikande salenje comes from music. >> when i'm singing i feel like i'm in another world.

it's only when i stop that i realize oh, i'm still in prison. when i'm singing i forget about everything else. >> reporter: when the music stops that's when you realize you're in prison? >> when we're singing the walls are no longer there. but when we stop the walls return. and then we're back to counting the bricks again. ? >> reporter: chikonde wn' longer. oo after five years here he was about to get released and when we were there recorded a new song for ian brennan. it's about leaving prison and his years of life as i used to blame the weather for my frizz. turns out my curls needed to be stronger. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong... ...they can dry practically frizz free. because strong

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>> that triggers me a little bit, seeing a syringe. >> reporter: i wouldn't have even noticed that but you picked that up in an instant. >> yeah. because that's what i used every 15 minutes. >> reporter: rafaty grew up in ohio. he escaped a childhood scarred by physical and sexual abuse by moving to los angeles. but there was no escaping his demons. rafaty started using and selling drugs. that led to a felony drug conviction and later his descent into heroin addiction and >> this is the last house on the block. i had nowhere else to go. this is where i could get drugs and i could panhandle. it's like being hijacked. you have to have drugs. >> reporter: more than once rafaty ended up in the los angeles county jail. so you actually haven't been back here since you were released from jail. >> yeah. now, that gave me a shudder. >> reporter: yeah? >> yeah. inside there is way worse than we just were. >> reporter: how bad were the withdrawals in there?

on a cold cement floor. just horrible. >> reporter: rafati has been sober for 13 years now but admits he still thinks about getting high sometimes. what stops him he says is the life he has now. >> that's as california as you can get. >> reporter: a thriving business he built with his partner haley gorsy and the roughly 200 employees that depend on him. >> smile. >> reporter: sunlife organics has six locations in los angeles. >> trust god, clean house, help others, right? >> reporter: his flagship shop in malibu with its loyal celebrity clientele sells superfood smoothies and a healthy lifestyle that rafati credits with saving his life. >> hibiscus, orange, alkaline water and raw honey. >> it's a long way from skid row. >> what was the point where you were like no, this really is the end, i'm stopping? >> the seizures, the abscesses. my teeth were literally rotting out of my head. so just the physical condition that i was in really drove me to

time is pretty much up if i don't make a change. >> reporter: after finally getting clean, rafati started working odd jobs, doing yard work and cleaning houses. that led to steady jobs, then investments and eventual l. a successful business venture focused on of all things wellness. >> what's up, buddy? how was the run? >> great. >> yeah? >> when i completely fell apart was when i wasn't working. i've got to work. >> reporter: rafati says he got a second chance at past remains very much a part of his present. >> the addict in me is what i bring to this operation. this relentless pursuit of greatness and pure authentic self-expression. that's what it's all about. so what i bring to the table is yeah, is being nuts. >> reporter: could you say that this has become your new drug? >> this isn't just my new drug. this is my anti-depressant. and it's the greatest anti-depressant i've ever tried. i've tried them all. >> reporter: what is that advice you that give to maybe not just

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an elementary school teacher in colorado came up with half a sentence, and it changed the lives of a lot of kids. here's marc strassmann. >> this book is one of my favorites. >> reporter: every third grade teacher struggles to connect with students, especially at the beginning of the year. >> everybody, your booty is like glued to the carpet. you're not getting up >> reporter: but denver teacher kyle schwartz has come up with a unique and she thinks groundbreaking way to do that. >> i just wrote on the board "i wish my teacher knew" and had students write an answer for me. >> reporter: the responses range from heartwarming -- >> i wish my teacher knew that i love her with all my heart. >> reporter: -- to heartbreaking. >> i wish my teacher knew my grandpa died when i was in california. i started to cry because i want him to be still alive.

are dealing with some really challenging issues, and it really helps you know what actions i need to take as a teacher to support them. >> and was the simplicity of that opening sentence part of the success? >> i think there's a real power in the simplicity of the sentence. >> let's read it again and make sure it makes sense. >> reporter: schwartz multiplied that power a few years ago when she tweeted some of her students' notes. they talked about everyday hardships like poverty, families. >> it kind of snowballed, and through the power of social media teachers all over the country and really all over the world started doing the same lesson. >> reporter: schwartz turned those notes and the ideas she developed to deal with them into a new book that looks to explain how one question can change everything for our kids. >> i wish my teacher knew that i don't have as many friends as i thought. >> why did you write that?

people in other classes that are sometimes mean or rude. >> reporter: and what did she say to you about that? >> she told the class to raise their hand if you wanted to be my friend. and nearly all of the class put their hand up. >> reporter: you didn't think you had many friends, and what did you learn? >> a lot of people wanted to be friends. >> i've seen their peers around them. i've seen this exercise really grow and change and help students. >> did it make you realize also you're not the only one who worries or has problems? what did that tell you? >> it told me that sometimes you need a hug. >> and a pat on the back. >> and a pat on the back. you guys did awesome. >> reporter: marc strassmann, denver, colorado. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news

news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center here in new york city i'm demarco in new york city i'm demarco morgan. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, november 4th, 2016. just four days until the presidential election. this is the "cbs mng as we head into the final weekend of the campaign, hillary clinton is painting a grim picture of what a trump presidency might look like. >> we would have a commander in chief who is completely out of his depth and whose ideas are incredibly dangerous. >> meanwhile, melania trump hit the trail for the first time in months saying, as first lady, she would battle something her