marc strassmann is covering the trial. >> reporter: walter scott's 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. 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 began. defense attorney andy savage. >> 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 wa

marc strassmann got an earful listening to retirees. for our week-long series "closing arguments." >> reporter: this is the villages north of 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 ticket that insults women, minorities, im

mark strassmann got an earful olympicing to retirees for our week-long series "closing arguments." >> reporter: this is the villages north of orlando, sprawling and tranquil, home to 110,000 >> lock her hup! >> reporter: ...and a bitter partisan divide. >> he's alienated over 50% of the american elerkterate. 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 fogg 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. >> reporter: we introduced thyself two lifelong republicans. it did not dp well. >> 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 on your party? >> no. i believe that donald trump has been a trairpt toot g.o.p. >> hi, i'm linda fogg. >> reporter: fogg even started a club here "republicans for hillary." >> we have a candidate at the top of the ticket that insults women

>> not the same person, hopefully. >> reporter: mark strassmann, cbs news, the villages, florida. li pelley: whatever your side of wse line, we hope you'll join us for cbs news election night thverage. that's going to be tuesday night in 7:00 eastern time. in northern afghanistan today, two u.s. service members were killed and four were wounded in a raid against taliban leaders in kunduz province. the americans have not been identified. they were assisting afghan forces. u.s. air strikes were called in. dozens of taliban fighters were killed, but so were at least 30 afghan civilians. 40 million people watched the chicago cubs defeat the eveveland indians last night in game seven of the world series. it was the largest tv audience for a series game since 1991. there was no tv or radio to 19eak 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 and grandparents ha

. >> 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 1991. 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 and grandparents had finally been lifted from their 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

mark strassmann, cbs news, cleveland. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," software program being used by the fbi to scan the latest batch of newly discovered hillary clinton e-mails. plus more on the mystery illness striking children in washington state. and the widow of robin williams, susan snyder williams, joins us in the studio. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i love you so much. that's why i bought six of you... for when you stretch out. i want you to stay this bright blue forever... that's why you will stay in this drawer... forever. i can't live without you. and that's why i will never, ever wash you. protect your clothes from the damage of the wash with downy fabric conditioner. it not only softens and freshens... it helps protect clothes... from stretching, fading and fuzz... so your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. downy fabric conditioner 3 3 breaking news:2 police officers ambushed... shot and killed in iowa... just blocks away from each other.new information on exactly what went d

. >>> voters in the battleground state of ohio are being mark strassmann voted to two hawho have had enough of the campaign. >> reporter: in ohio, many voters want a restraining order. on average throughout the state, an ad for trump or clinton runs on local television, every three minutes. >> overwhelming with ads. overwhelming with calls. overwhelming with nonstop political stuff. registered independent. betty drake is a conservative democrat. if you get up at 7:00 a.m., by what time have you heard your first ad? >> probably, like, 7:0 on 3. >> reporter: that soon? >> yeah, that soon. >> reporter: since june, both presidential campaigns have spent more than 32 million dollars on television ads in ohio. and many ohioans have stopped answering the door and the >> you get calls all day long from numbers you don't recognize? >> yes. >> reporter: these are robo calls? >> robo calls. >> reporter: this has been going on for a year? what do you think that phone call was? i think it was a robo call. >> reporter: does this kind of blitz work? >> no. >> reporter: professor justin bugler teach

mark strassmann is in chattanooga. >> neighbors recalled hearing an explosion. and then, the sound of children screaming. they struck a tree so hard the bus almost split in two. investigators say, 24-year-old speed limit of 30 miles an hour. >> you want to make sure the brakes were working. the steering was working. want to find anything that wasn't working. >> reporter: hours after the crash, parents searched for missing kids. we spotted kadeer mateen, three daughters were on the bus. two were hurt. one, 6-year-old zaira was missing. >> she was strapped between the seat. but that's it. that's all she said. >> an hour later we saw mateen at the hospital looking devastated. he had just learned that zaira was among the children killed. jazmine mateen is their mother. >> angry. hurt. she wanted to be a doctor. and now my baby can't be that doctor that she wanted to be. >> reporter: mateen told us for three months she has complained walker's driving. walker has no criminal record, but his driving record shows his license was suspended in 2014 for lack of insurance.

mark strassmann reports from doral, florida. >> we're going to do great with the african-americans. we're going to do great with the hispanic. >> the choice in this election could not be clearer. unity. >> reporter: florida has 4.5 million minority voters divided about clinton and trump. >> i'm for trump because he's been exposing the corruption that has run so deep in this country. >> reporter: dreana is 22. she despises hillary clinton. >> she's corrt. she says one thing and does another. she's two-faced. >> reporter: whereas, you think is a genuinely attractive candidate? >> he is. >> reporter: but florida's hispanic demographics are shifting. puerto rico chance now the state's second largest group lean democrat. >> hillary clinton. >> reporter: clinton is also relying on a big turnout from florida's nearly 2 million african-american voters. 2012. so a grassroots drive yesterday called souls to the polls busted people straight from the churches to voting booths. will and val, both retired union autoworkers also voted early for clinton. trump says what do you have to lose, what do

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mark strassmann is in miami. >> we're going to do great with the african americans. we're going to do great with the hispanics. >> the choice in this election could not be clearer. it really is between division or unity. >> reporter: florida has 4.5 million minority voters, divided about clinton and trump. >> i'm for trump, because he has been exposing the corruption that has run so deep in this >> reporter: driena sixto is 22, a conservative. sixto despises hillary clinton. >> she's extremely corrupt. she's a liar. she says one thing and does another. she's two-faced. >> whereas you think trump is a genuinely attractive candidate? >> he is. >> reporter: but florida's hispanic demographics are puerto ricans, now the state's second largest group, lean democrat. >> hillary clinton! >> reporter: clinton is also relying on a big turnout from florida's nearly two million african american voters. but early black voting is down 7% from 2012, so a grassroots drive yesterday called "souls to the polls" bused people straight from churches to voting booths. for clinton. trump h

mark strassmann is in chattanooga. >> the bus flipped over. it's occupied with children. they believe there were ejections. neighbors reported hearing an explosion and the sounds of children screaming. they struck a tree so hard, the bus almost split in two. walker was driving recklessly, well above the posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour. n.t.s.b. chairman christopher hart: >> we want to make sure that the brakes were working, that the steering was working. we want to find anything that wasn't working. >> reporter: hours after the crash, parents searched for missing kids. we spotted quadir mateen. three of his daughters were on the bus. two were hurt, but one, six-year-old ziara, was missing. >> she was trapped between a >> reporter: an hour later, we saw mateen at the hospital looking devastated. he had just learned that ziara was among the children killed. jasmine mateen is their mother. >> angry. hurt. she wanted to be a doctor. and now my baby can't be that doctor that she wanted to be. >> reporter: mateen told us for three months, s about walker's driving. walke

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