anthony salvanto is our cbs news director of elections, and, anthony, big shift here in the polling numbers. what's behind it? >> well, you know, we've actually seen the numbers move away from donald trump over the the course of the week. we had in ourllclinton up seven monday. some suggestion over the course of the week that lead got even bigg. on the democratic side, hillary clonsolidated her basets better with liberals than on the republican side, donald trump is so he still has some work to do to match her with their bases. >> dubois: now, those are national numbers. we know the election is all about the states. bagstates shog us? >> right. we identify 11 decide this election, places like wisconsin. what we have seen over the last week is in those places, too, the polls are starting to shift toward hillary clinton. but there's some indications that even reliably republican arizona, could start to become competitive, and that would force him tota defending reliably republican territory, too. >> dubois: now, to those who are tempted to call the election here in august, you say?othing,, pe

there are only 85 days left until the election, so we turn to cbs news director of elections, anthony salvanto. anthony, give us a sense of your feeling about the overall picture of the election right now. >> when we look across all the states, john, hillary clinton now has a big enough lead in enough of these battleground in fall-- and that's an if-- then she's in position to get elected, to win. you know, what you see in battleground after battleground now-- and new hampshire is a perfect example. we had that-- where we expect them to be close because they're always close and she's knot this big edge. if she holds it in the fall, we might not actually call them battlegrounds anymore. for donald trump, what this sets up for him, he doesn't just have to flip a close state here and there in order to win. he now has to a lot of states in order to be in position for him to win come fall. >> dickerson: so it's a steeper climb for him in these traditional states, or if they fall off contention altogether, that means his path to victory is really narrow. >> it's really narrow and i'll give you an ex

fore elections director anthony salvanto in washington.n anthony. >> reporter: in ohio one of the keys is that clinton continues to do better with democrats than donald trump does with republicans. so he has yet to shore up histtr base. in the bigger picture, ohio is is indeed critical to donald trump's fortunes this year when you add it to an electoral mapnd and look at all the states donald trump needs to win to gen the presidency, right now all o them are leaning towarded hillry clinton. what would donald trump have to do to make you reconsider him. one of the top answers, convince them he's ready to be commander in chief. he's had trouble on that measure. and apologize to people that he has offended which we saw himap start to do this week. but for all the talk about do trump, it is not all good news t for hillary clinton here despite the leads.ll voters in ohio as elsewhere continue to feel clinton is connected to foreign donors and she continues to get low marks on telling the truth. so elaine, even as she has the moment, there are important measures of her own where voters say i

for more on this, we turn to elections director, anthony salvanto in washington. >> reporter: in ohio one keys clinton continues to dupe better with democrats than donald trump does with republicans. so he has yet to shore up his base. in the bigger picture, ohio is indeed critical to donald trump's fortunes this year when you add it to an electoral map and look at all of the states donald trump need to win to get the presidency. so, to change states. he need to change minds. we asked people, what would donald trump have to do to make you reconsider him? one of the top answers, convince them he its ready to be commander-in-chief. he has the had trouble on the measure. and, apologize off to people that he has offended which we saw him start to do this week. but for all of the talk about trump it is not all good news for hillary clinton here despite the leads. voters in ohio as elsewhere continue to feel clinton is connected to foreign donors, and she telling the truth. so, elaine, even as she has raised doubts about trump for the moment there are important measures of her own where vot

anthony salvanto, our director of elections, thanks so much. well, the next president will be facing syria's civil war where 400,000 people have been killed. tonight, in syria's largest city, aleppo, rebels are holding out under syrian government and russian air strikes. but civilians are being slaughtered. debora patta is inside syria. the images in her r hard to watch but should be seen. >> reporter: over a dozen reported dead in rebel-held aleppo today. just another statistic in the country's five-year civil war. but for the villagers of al hayan on the outskirts of the city, these victims were not numbers. they were mothers, sisters, and as always, children. in video footage posted online today, this rescue worker plucks body. injured children are taken to the few remaining medical facilities in rebel-control aleppo, but instead of being safe havens, they have become targets. just 24 hours after the last remaining doctors wrote to president obama for help, this children's hospital was hit in an air strike. the equipment was smashed, service

for more on this, we turn to elections director, anthony salvanto in washington. >> reporter: in ohio one keys clinton continues to dupe better with democrats than donald trump does with republicans. so he has yet to shore up his base. in the bigger picture, ohio is indeed critical to donald you add it to an electoral map and look at all of the states donald trump need to win to get the presidency. right now all of them are leaning towards hillary clinton. so, to change states. he need to change minds. we asked people, what would donald trump have to do to make you reconsider him? one of the top answers, convince them he its ready to be commander-in-chief. he has the had trouble on the measure. and, apologize off to people that he has offended which we saw him start to do this week. but for all of the talk about for hillary clinton here despite the leads. voters in ohio as elsewhere continue to feel clinton is connected to foreign donors, and she continues to get low mark on telling the truth. so, elaine, even as she has raised doubts about trump for the moment there are important mea

for more on this, we turn to er director anthony salvanto in washington. >> so new hampshire is another swing state solidly in clinton's column, anthony what is behind these results. >> for one thing, voters say that they don't feel donald trump has the judgment and temperament they would like to see displayed in a potential president. and that is really anchoring down many of his numbers because if you look at him compared to hillary clinton, he does well on ability to fix the economy. hillary clinton continues to truthfulness, honest and trust worthiness. all of those are potential avenues where trump could make up the difference. but it's those judgment and temperament numbers that really seem to be weighing him down. so clinton is showing this lead despite many of her obvious weaknesses and vulnerabilities. >> i think if you look at the overall electoral map, you see in state after state hillary clinton has shown leads in enough battleground states where if she holds on through the fall, she would be in a position to win. donald trumpap he now needs to take back some of these states

for more on this we turnto our elections director anthony salvanto in waington anthony. >> reporter: in ohio one of the keys is th clint continues tobetter w democrats th donald trump does with repubcans. so he has yet to shore up his base. in the bigger picture, ohio is is indeed critical to donald trump's fortunes this year when you add it to anctorle map and look at all the states donaldmp nee to win to get them are leaning towarded hillry cln. soo change stas he nds to change minds am we asked people, what would donald trump have to one of the top answers, convincr in chief. adhe h trole on at measure. and apologize to people that he has offended which we saw him start to do this week. but for all the ta about trump,is n all good new for hillary clinton here despite the leads. voters in ohio aswher elsee continue to feel clinto is connected to foreign she continues toet low marks onelng the h. so elai, en as sheasised raoubts about trp for the moment, there are important measures ofer own where voters say it still leaves them with questions. uijano anthony sal - salvanto, thank y

cbs news elections director anthony salvanto is here with details. anthony, what's behind clinton's bounce? >> reporter: she shored up democratic support, gained with there were democrats that were on the fence with her. and liked the way the conventioe way the convention talked about bernie sanders. and that rift that we saw on the convention floor last week is starting to heal. but interestingly, there are very few who are switching back directly from hillary clinton to donald trump and vice versa. that demonstrates how partisan this race is and just how few swing voters there are. >> quijano: we know that democrats wanted to strike a thoughtful tone at the convention, did that resonate? >> not all good news for democrats on that front because voters told us they would have liked to hear more about the economy, about changing washington and about terrorism all critical issues for voters. and that's another reason why this race remains so tight. >> quijano: >> quijano: donald trump got tangled up in a new war of words this weekend with the muslim fat

>> for more on our new battleground tracker poll, let's bring in cbs news election director, anthony salvanto. >> behind hillary clinton's big lead in the key state of virginia is that she is 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 voters criteria for how to make their presidential decision and a majority say that they feel be commander-in-chief while a majority feel that donald trump is not. this measure has become so important now, that it is even overwhelming other measures on which hillary clinton isn't doing as well. for example, on the honest and trust worthy measure, or i'm looking out for people look you. now when we look to other battleground states, when we look to nevada. hillary clinton has a slim lead. then arizona where donald trump leads by a margin less than you would expect. he may if these poll trends continue, be forced to start defending reliably republican elaine, back to you. >> anthony, thank you. >> the miami neighborhood where local mosquitoes have infected 16 people with the

for more on our new battle ground tracker poll let's bring in news director anthony salvanto. >> 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 expedition a majority say they feel hillary clinton is prepared to be commander in chief while a majority feel that donald trump is not. 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 trustworthy measure or on looking out for people like you. when we look to other battle ground states when we look to hillary clinton has a slim lead and arizona where donald trump has a margin less than you expect. he may when these trends continue to start with republican territory. elaine back to you. >> anthony, thank you. the miami neighborhood where local mosquitoes have infected 16 people with the zika virus got insecticide. zika causes severe birth defects. pregnant women