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KLAS CBS Overnight News November 8, 2016

Made this election personal for the people of mexico with much at stake for both countries. No matter who wins tonight most americans will probably be happy the election is finally over. A cbs news poll found that 82 of registered voters say theyre disgusted with this election. 13 say theyre excited. Election doesnt mean the winner will be a bad president. Historians have been looking back to find the worst u. S. President ever. One name keeps popping up. Mo rocca. James buchanan was in this house when he was notified he won the election to the presidency. Betty nowman given tours of the lancaster pennsylvania estate of president James Buchanan for close to 30 years. Done early in his campaign. It has the two adult seats. Probably a seat for a teenager down there. Wheatlands director Patrick Clark showed us. Outhouse for five. You can have the Cabinet Meeting in here. The family that goes together. Hahaha. In the proverbial toilet where hiss tore rank our 15th president. The worst. Worst ever . Worst president ever. Robert strauss wrote a book about buchanan. Here is buan also got a cigar box filled with president ial action figures. Jackson hated buchanan. Not everyone hated buchanan. After all he was elected president in 1856. But the northern democrats sympathies with the slave holding south exacerbated long simmering tensions setting the stage for the civil war. Where would you put James Buchanan in the ranking . Probably 42nd. He had an opportunity to write a book. Dont they all write a book. If buchanan is remembered at all, its for being the bachelor president. The only one never to marry. Lots just get this out of way right now. What was the deal with James Buchanan. He did have a bad relationship early on. Because he was gay . Maybe so. Thereno he was gay. There its no evidence off to prove he was a heterosexual either. But there its plenty of evidence that he knew how to throw a great party. Inaugural ball, 6,000 people showed up. Buchanan had quite a resume. Both houses of the legislature, both houses of congress. Ambassador to russia, ambassador to great britain. Secretary of state. There were high hopes at the beginning of his administration . I think so. Dashed pretty quickly. Reporter only two days after his inauguration, the Supreme Court handed down the infamous dred scott decision. Allowing that escaped slaves be forcibly returned to their owners. Buchanan backed that decision. Slavery could be the countrys and his undoing. He feared that if you handle the issue of slavery too it would create what he believed would be the end of the union. Secession. Thats what happened. After lincolns election before his inauguration. Seven states seceded. While a politically paralyzed buchanan presided. When the country is falling apart. What is his reaction. His friends are leaving him. Many cabinet are so many friends are southerners. Reporter biggest reaction. Guys, thought we were all friend. The ensuing civil war would become known as buchanans war. What does buchanan get right . What he gets right is not much, to tell you the truth. Upon leaving washington, it is said that buchanan told incoming president , abraham lincoln. Sir, if you are as happy as entering the white house as i shall feel on returning to you are a happy man indeed. He said to friends and family alike, i could well be the last president of these United States. Now if you follow me. Still at 91, betty nowman doesnt plan on abandoning buchanan or his home any time soon. I think this hour keeps me young. The candidate did something right. Hahaha. Some places have probably fly the American Flag dont have of a say in the president ial puerto rico, guam and American Samoa. Mr. Chairman, hello, world. Hello, america. Of all of the delegations at only one introduced itself to the rest of america. American samoa, yes correct pronunciation, an often overlooked collection of islands in the south pacific. Its been a u. S. Territory since 1900. And yet, a lot of people there have no idea where this place is. He is a ranger at National Park of American Samoa. Located over 7,000 miles from our nations capital. It is the only u. S. Soil south of equator. From tropical fruit bats and reefs here are some of the best in the world. The islands remoteness helped preserve its way of life. Most important thing is our culture. Also preserve our culture. Samoa culture, cooking in an earth oven, and the island missionaries in the 100s. The capital city of pongopongo. Pay for fresh coconuts in dollars. The American Flag is everywhere. The preferred family run shuttle buses. In fact. Close to 55,000 people who live here may be the most patriotic in the entire country. American samoa, where per cap tarks more sons and daughters, wear the uniform of the u. S. Armed services than any other state or territory. Reporter the military has a big presence here. Despite participating in the primary process, American Samoa wont be choosing the next commanderinchief. Like puerto rico and guam, residents of American Samoa dent get any electoral volts. All we do now is true pray for a good leader to rise up and make a difference. Peter was born in small village where he still lives not only has he never voted for president. He is also not a u. S. Citizen. The people of American Samoa are kidded u. S. Nationals. Born owing allegiance to the United States. But you are not a citizen. America doesnt owe its allegiance back. While the other major territories have achieved citizenship by birth through act of congress. It never happened in american sa mowa. Lawsuit arguing the 14th amendment which guarantees citizen to those born on u. S. Soil should apply to the territories. They have been raised in an american system. They served the american government. There is no reason why they should not be citizens. Because they are on sovereign u. S. Soil. Let us be United States citizens. One of the plaintiffs in the vietnam veteran. I have been discriminated against. I cannot be a United States citizen. If nationals move off island to. Say california, they still cant vote or hold certain jobs. Unless they pay a fee and apply. If you were a citizen by birth. Go to any state and establish residency. And as a u. S. Sit taen for voting purposes in the state. Cant do that in American Samoa. Also a matter of personal pride. In june, the Supreme Court declined to hear his case. Worth noting not everyone here want to be a u. S. Citizen. I am pretty much good the way i am. Fine with being a national. Fine with being a national. Reporter the laid back sim ply team of life here stands in contrast to the extremely complicated system of local and National Laws that cuff earn a place like this. The federal government doesnt even own this park land. Leased from the local villages. When the runs out in 22 years, the future of the pocket of green in the distant pacific as uncertain of the legal status of coughs that cough doesnt sound so good. Well i think you sound great. Move over. Easy booger man. Take mucinex dm. Itll take care of your cough. Fine ill text you in 4 hours looks like im good all night ah david, please, listen. Still not coughing. Not fair you guys waffles are my favorite ah some cough medicines only last 4 hours. But just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. . . One day a rider made a decision. The decision to ride on and save money. His motorcycle insurance to geico. Theres no shame in saving money. Ride on, ride proud. Geico motorcycle, most people over 18 have cast at least one ballot in their lifetime. Why is it called a ballot . Jane pauley has a look for sunday morning. . . Welcome to hooray for politics at the Smithsonian National museum of American History in washington. Where we learned that ballot, come from ballotta, italian for little ball. Colored balls being an earlier and simpler way of voting. As harry rubenstein, head of the division of political history ex the way it works the you put the ball in the little hole. Different people come and do it. Open it up. And you get your you know where the expression blackballed comes from. The ultimate, no vote. Onto the paper ballot. This maryland ballot for Electoral College believed to be by the mid 100s, voters were given partisan ballots with candidate pictures such as this one featuring grant from 168. Come the 1900s, states were using large ballots including all the candidates. So big they were called blanket ballots. At the same time in big cities. Technology was taking over. Though paper ballots can still be found in some places, even today, and then there is the florida. Remember those hanging chads. So, which artifact from this Years Campaign will rate a spot in a future experience. Like the election itself, stay tuned. Todays election tore the nation apart and done a number on families. Steve hartman found one shattered household on the road. Reporter the serrated edge of our election divide runs through a townhouse in raleigh, North Carolina. Right through the family of joyce woodhouse. Here they are together. Joyces two sons, brad and dallas grew up side by side. Your mom was on medicare, brad. Wound up on opposite sides of a split screen. Dallas is executive director of the North Carolina republican party. While brad runs a proclinton super pac. That is an insult, brad. Perhaps you have seen them before, biting each others head off on cable news channels. You make this up . Taking phone calls on cspan. One from a familiar voice. You are right i am from down my god it is mom. I disagree. Must have raised them differently . Rocked in the same rocking share. One on your right and one on your left side. Must have been. Their relationship is a circus, some one did a documentary about it. At least in the film you could tell much banter was good natured. This was all shot before trump versus clinton. Hey, buddy. You know it is a girl, right . Yeah, whatever. Im used to them getting angry and debating. This past summer as the d election boiled, joyce says her ns stopped talking to each other altogether. I cried a lot. This is what our election has come to. It has driven us apart and muddled our minds. Today we may think we hate the other side, but the fact is, more often than not, we actually love a lot of those people. And in some cases, with all of our hearts. But here is the good news, the brothers are talking again. I pray that all families can can come together. And love each other. And realize that family is the most important. I think we can all vote for that. Steve hartman, on the road, in raleigh, North Carolina. Thats the overnight news for this election day. Be sure to check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. And well have Live Team Coverage all through the night. As the numbers come in. Beginning with a special election edition of the evening news, at 6 30 eastern. From the Broadcast Center here a mammoth monday before decision tuesday. Get out and vote. We can do this four candidates crisscross eight states in a final election eve push for votes. Tomorrow we face the test of our time. This is it. This is it. Good luck get out there. I did my thing. . . Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. 82 weeks after Hillary Clinton declared her candidacy and 72 weeks after donald trump did the same, the race is now down to its final hours. Clinton trump and their including six of the narrowly divided battleground states that will decide the election. Were going to begin our coverage with Major Garrett on the Trump Campaign. If we dont win, all of us, honestly, we have all wasted our time, ill be honest. In North Carolina, donald trump confronted something rarely seen in his break neck barn storming of the country. A venue with plenty of room to spare. Trump drew thousands on a monday afternoon, but brooded over a polls and early vote turnout in battleground states suggested the republican nominee will need a surge of voters tomorrow. You have one magnificent chance. Ly in four years its over. Trump bu yoed by fbi james comeys decision to investigate emails on a laptop used by a top clinton aide. Comey said yesterday agents decision not to rick mend charges against Hillary Clinton. The fbi, the director, was obviously under tremendous pressure. So, they went through 650,000 emails in eight days. Yeah, right . So sad what is going on. Earlier in the day, trump sounded more upbeat. He told a packed house in sarasota, florida, he had done all he could do to win. In one day, we are win the great state of florida. And we are going to take back the white house. This is it. Good luck. Get out there. I did my thing. I mean i worked. Trump even lightened the mood reaching into the crowd for a flimsy likeness of himself. Nice head of hair, i will say that. Campaigning in pennsylvania, mike pence called his time as trumps runningmate an this team is ready. This movement is obviously ready. The Trump Campaign is encouraged by early and absentee vote totals in florida, ohio, and North Carolina. But acknowledged day of turnout there, and in pennsylvania, michigan and especially New Hampshire, are crucial to trumps fate. In that regards, scott, trump will try to set a good example, voting manhattan. Major garrett for us tonight. Nancy cordes and the clinton campaign. We can dupe this. Nearly 600 days after laubching her bid, clinton wrapped up with a simple message. Vote. If the lines are long tomorrow, please wait. Unlike trump she spent the day bouncing between just two key states. Pennsylvania and michigan. Between division and unity in our country. Its between strong and steady leadership or a loose cannon who could put everything at risk. Clinton told reporters she is already thinking about what comes after election day. I think i have some work to do to bring the country together as i have been saying in these speeches in few days, i really do want to be the president for everybody. People, people, who vote for me, people who vote against me. Her confident is based on a get out the vote operation two years in the making. Campaign aide say volunteers in battleground states knocked on 6. 2 million doors this weekend and made 8. 1 million phone calls. Great. President obama hit New Hampshire and michigan today. He reminded working class voters what his administration did to so what did i tell you . That donald trump is not the guy who is going to look out for you. You need to listen. Clinton made no mention of the Glass Ceiling she would be breaking as the first woman president. But there its one subtle reference in her final two minute ad airing tonight in primetime. So tonight, im asking for your vote. And tomorrow, lets make history together. Im Hillary Clinton, and one last time, i approve this message. Reporter pennsylvania is one of the few battleground states that votes almost entirely on election day. And, so the clintons are pulling out all of the stops here in philadelphia tonight appearing with the obamas, scott. And couple local musicians from across the border in new jersey. Bruce springsteen and john bon jovi. Nancy, thank you. Thank you for the growth of early voting in much of the country, election day is now can vote. 42 million have already made their choices. Lets go to our election savant anthony salvanto, cbs news director of elections. Anthony. Scott, early voting is pivotal in so many battleground states. Following all year. Where in places like North Carolina, florida, nevada, we estimate more than half the vote will be cast before tomorrow. Now, in North Carolina, things look even from what we can see so far. In even. Hispanic voters, turning out in force, helping keep Hillary Clinton and donald trump, neck and neck. And in nevada, it looks like democratic registration, may be giving clinton an early edge. Why is that so important . Because, if Hillary Clinton can hang on to just two of three of those states, say, take florida and nevada. Plus what she has leaning to her. That would put her over the top. What about the states that dont have early voting . Scott, thats why you see the places like pennsylvania and michigan. They mostly vote tomorrow. That means it its one concentrated day of turnout. And for donald trump, if he is going to catch up, what he has got to do its flip places like florida for himself, like ohio, and any thuen also not just norh carolina reliably blue states like a pennsylvania or michigan to start moving past clinton in his electoral vote totals. Anthony salvanto, director of the cbs overnight news will lets bring in john dickerson, cbs news political director and face the nation. Trump campaigning in traditionally democratic states. Like michigan, and wisconsin. Why . Well, he is trying to break the lines, the democratic lines, the states the democrats traditionally votefo historically voted for. Wisconsin, michigan and minnesota. And, the challenge is, the reason he is doing that. Bluecollar voters there he thinks he can grachblt the challenge with the states when you talk to republicans, worried about the strategy. A republican candidate can get close. Because the it is really democratic tougher, democrats can turn out the vote quickly. You see two president s in michigan. And the, the nominee in michigan turning out the vote at last minute. Now, for our viewers, watching our election coverage as anthony pointed out. You know, 31 sta

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