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KPIX CBS Overnight News November 3, 2016

Je danger. To say trump tore our country apart at the scenes and created this racial division. No way. President obama was the one in the white house for eight years, Race Relations have been worse than ever in this country. Lets look at who is in office, an africanamerican man who has torn apart this country. We need to look at that. To say that Race Relations have gotten as bad as they have ever been under president obama shows a lack of historical depth. America is built on racial division. And Donald Trumps rhetoric, this otherism. Builds into that narrative that has long been the narrative of american society. While there were passionate disagreements, one issue united this group. Debt. Many told me that they cant repay their Student Loans which means theyre putting off decisions like buying a house or starting a family. Scott theyre looking for answers from these candidates. Elaine quijano listening to the voters tonight. Elaine, thank you. More of elaines fascinating conversation with millenial voters on line on our Cbsnews Youtube channel and on our sfre streaming news service. Cbsn. Police are investigating a fire last night at a predominantly africanamerican church in greenville, mississippi. Some one spray painted vote trump on the Hopewell Baptist church. There are no suspects. The mayor is calling it a hate crime. A complaint filed with the federal election commission. Alleging that a Boston Law Firm broke Campaign Finance laws with fraudulent donations to politicians. Mostly democrats. The case was turned up in a joint investigation by the boston globe. And the center for responsive polit politics. Tony dokoupil has the details. Reporter the Thornton Law Firm has ten partners but dollar for dollar one of the nations biggest political donors. According to the firms documents leaked by a whistle blower days or hours after making donations partners receives money matching the amount they gave. Once the law firm knew we had the record they didnt deny that this was the case. Scott allen the globe spotlight editor. Hundreds and hundreds of a times a lawyer would dough that money to a candidate or Political Party and almost immediately be given back the same sum. That is correct. If you give a donation and somebody else reimburses you for the donation that is a clear violation of the spirit and the letter of the law at the federal and state levels. Federal law limits partnerships like the Thornton Law Firm to maximum donation of 2700 per candidate. Alleged to have made donations above the limit using a straw donor system using the firms own money but making it appear it was from individual partners. Vivica novak with the center for responsive. Straw donor reimbursement systems are something both the fec and department of justice take very seriously. And people have gone to jail for this. Reporter the spotlight team looked at donations from three of the firms partners from 2010 to 214. Donating 1. 6 million mostly to democrats. Over the same period they received back 1. 4 million in bonuses. A spokesperson said donations were legal they came out of each partners ownership stake in the firm. A voluntary Program Involving the partners own personal aftertax money. Thornton donated to dozens of democrats including some of the most hotly contested senate races. Some of the democrats including Hillary Clinton said they would be returning donations, but Scott Thornton told us it hired an outside firm to review its political donations and has complied with election law. Tony dokoupil tonight. Tony, thank you. Coming up next. Tumbling Oil Prices Mean less school for some kids. Sometimes we use ky ultragel to enhance my bodys natural moisture so i can get into it a bit quicker. And when i know shes into it, i get into it and. Feel the difference with ky ultragel. 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As Manuel Bojorquez discovered. This is the high school. This is the high school on mondays. No school here due to budget cuts. Kent holbrook is the superintendent. Not in my worst dream did i ever figure that i would be taking my district to a fourday school beweek. He says his district lost 400,000 in state funding over the last year. The choice was cut teachers or switch to four days with an extra hour. When i start weighing out whats going to do more damage to these students. Is it going to be put 30, 35 first graders in a class, or change the hours in the week, the decision was actually pretty easy. Almost the lesser of two evils. Thats where were at. Lawmakers blame a 70 drop in oil and gas prices since 2014. This year, the state faced a 1. 3 billion deficit and cut 34 million in education funding. But critics say thats in part due to years of giving tax breaks to oil companies. Rates as low as 1 during the boom. While the going rate in north dakota was 11. 5. Nearly a third of oklahomas school districts, in mostly poor rural areas have had to shorten the school week. Knowing that we dont have enough money to keep the lights on and the buses running, its just an jut rage. She has two children in the schools. And also a teacher here. Their whole future depend on quality of education they receive at these young ages. I deont see them being ready i the way that we have been able to prepare them before. On their very first day of school. She opened this Learning Center where for 20 parents can send their children on mondays. Not sure when that will be a school day again. Manuel bojorquez, cbs news. Good. Coming up in just a moment. What is he doing on the women of the year list. You bought a wig, a jersey, and overpriced nachos. Dont let sinus symptoms bring you down now. Get fast sinus relief with vicks sinex and get back in the game. Sinex, the congestion, pressure, pain to clear your head. Medicine. 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The race could not be tighter. The nation more divided. From sea to sea. Chicago and cleveland. Before the night is over, one will be celebrating victory in the world series. So here are don dahler and dean reynolds. Scott, there is an unusual feeling in the air here in chicago. A feeling foreign to generations of cub fans. But, as the front page of the Chicago Tribune said today, bring on game seven. Don, whats it like in cleveland . Clenched teeth, elevated heart rates. The headline on the cleveland plane dealer says it all. Buckle up. After the lost last night we heard from plenty of fans who believe their indians will come through. Being a clevelander, im looking for the indians to pull it out. Sure, don, momentum appears to be with the cubs now. Well at least there are still cleveland fans who were around when the indians won in 1948. The Cleveland Indians win a 43. I was 10, maybe close to 11. Like gino. Did you think it was going to take this long . With our teams in cleveland, yes. Dean, do you have your newspaper clippings from 1908. Very, funny, don. The cubs have worked hard to become lovable losers. Succumbing to jinxes, curses and lousy luck. But theyre actually trying to catch up to the other professionals in town, whose most recent championships are not confined to the myths of history. History is one thing. Popular culture its another. The best movie about chicago baseball was all about a bunch of cheaters. Say it aint so, joe. Into the wind. At least major league was funny. Just a bit outside. Here it comes. The indians havent been lovable losers. The marlins in the win column. Their history is shakespearean tragedy. They went to the series twice in the 90s with great teams. And suffered crushing losses. You know, don, i seldom think of cleveland when i am reading shakespeare. Okay. Well, one of these teams is going to lose. And for that team and its hometown, scott, that will truly a a tragedy. Thats the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little bit later for the morning news. And be sure not to miss cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im scott pelley. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news, im michelle miller. Its five days and counting to election day. President ial candidates are making their closing arguments to voters. Hillary clinton focussing on hispanic voters after seeing a softening of support among africanamericans. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. Reporter to win in florida, clinton needs to generate obamalevel enthusiasm. Especially from africanamericans, who made up a quarter of the states early voting electorate when he was on the ballot in 2012. So far this year, that rate is off. By about 7 points. The africanamerican vote right now is not as solids it needs to be. Today the president and clinton made the round on predominantly black radio stations. Tell my folks why you and why now . Well, you know i believe in what im doing. Reporter in battleground, north carolina, africanamerican army voting rates are bouncing back from a slow start. After republicans there imposed strict limits on the number of urban polling places during the first week of early voting. It wasnt that long ago when folks were beaten. Trying to register voters. In chapel hill, mr. Obama issued this dire new warning about a trump presidency. Hate to put a little pressure on you. But the fate of the republic rests on your shoulders. The latino vote will be key for clinton. And there the numbers are far better. In florida, hispanic early voting is up 139 from this point in 2012. Driven in part by trumps comments about mexicans. I mean he starts out by insulting immigrants. He moves on to insult all lat o latinos. Insults africanamericans. Insults muslims. Insults people with disabilities. The final week on the campaign trail sees donald trump climbing in the national polls. With millions of votes already been cast in early voting or absentee ballots. Trump is telling people they can change their volts. Votes. Can they . Major garrett reports. Get out there and vote. Pretend we are slightly behind. You got to get out. We dont want to blow this. Reporter donald trump its running like an underdog even as new polls show the race in florida is essentially tied. For a second day he warned that a Hillary Clinton presidency could be mired in congressional and possibly criminal investigations. If Hillary Clinton were to be elected, it would create an unprecedented and protracted constitutional crisis. Havent we just been through a lot with the clintons . Right . Reporter despite the public polling, trumps team believes it surge add head here and believes it has drawn even in upper midwest states like michigan and wisconsin. In au claire last night. Trump made a play for voters who cast early ballots for Hillary Clinton and now suffering what he called buyers remorse. A lot of stuff has come out since you voted. Reporter at least four states allow early vote tires withdraw their ballots and revote. State Officials Say the practice is rarely used. Still, trumps pitch speaks tometo the buoyancy. And roughly 600,000 investment in three trump commercials late slated to air nationally in game seven of the world series. Every day people stand united ready to replace decades of broken politics with a new leader who is not a part of the system. Hillary Clintons Campaign along with democrats from across the country are returning tnz of thousand of dollars in questionable donations from a Boston Law Firm. Investigators say it may be one of the largest straw donor schemes uncovered. The Thornton Law Firm insists it has the done nothing illegal. The federal Elections Commission is on the case. Tony dokoupil reports. Ten partners, dollar for dollar one of the nations biggest political donors. According to the firms documents. Leaked, days or hours after making donations partners received money matching the amount they gave. Once the law firm knew we had these records. They didnt deny that this was the case. Scott allen the globe spotlight editor. Hundreds of times a lawyer would donate money to a candidate or Political Party, and then, almost immediately be given back that very same sum. That is correct. If you give a donation and then somebody else reimburses you for the donation that its a clear violation of the spirit and letter of the law at federal and state levels. Federal law limits partnerships like the Thornton Law Firm to maximum donation of 2700 per candidate. Thornton alleged to have made donations above the limit using a straw donor system using the firms own money making it appear it was from individual partners. Vivica novak with center for responsive politics. Straw donor reimbursement systems are something that both the fec and the department of justice take very seriously. And people who have gone to jail for this. Reporter the spotlight team looked at donations from three of the firms partners, 2010 to 2014. The trio donated 1. 6 million most leap to democrats. Over the same period they received back 1. 4 million in bonuses. Thornton spokesperson said the donations were legal because they came out of each partners ownership stake in the firm. A voluntary program, thornton stated involving the partners own personal after tax money. Thornton donated to dozens of democrats including hotly contested senate races. Some of the democrats including Hillary Clinton said they would be returning donations. Thornton told us it hired an outside foreign ministirm to res and it complied with election law. Arc sohaeologists in jerusal believe they found the burial slab where the body of jeep sus laid. The first time, the holy rock has been seen in hundreds of years. Charlie dagata reports. Even getting access to such a sacred location is something of a miracle, National Geographic was doing a documentary about the restoration of the shrine when archaeologists were stunned at what they discovered. For believers, the holiest site in christianity. Deep inside jerusalems old city the church of the holy sepliker, the very tomb where jesus christ is believed to be buried. See the pilgrims in ecstasy as they go in. Theyre seeing something that they have believeden all their life. Reporter footage from the documentary shows how archaeologists sorted through layers of marble, plaster and debris, centuries of destruction and reconstruction like peeling back layers of an onion. When they finally discovered this. A marble slab with a cross carved into its surface thought to date back to the crusade of the 1500s and the original limestone burial bed revealed to be intact. Amazing to see a cross right on the spot. Where we were looking. NationNational Geographic, sa knees were shaking at the revelation. It is considered this shrine is considered, the burial place of jesus. Based on the fourth century ad records from the first roman embore roar of the roman empire. Con stan teen. I feel like we are as close as possible to saying, that is exactly the spot that he said here is the burial of jesus christ. After 60 hours the team was sealed back up. Perhaps never to be reopened again. The cbs overnight news will be ri ugh, its only lunchtime and my cold medicines wearing off. Im dragging. Yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. Or, take mucinex. One pill fights congestion for 12 hours. No thank you very much, shes gonna stick with the shortterm stuff. 12 hours . Guess i wont be seeing you for a while. Is that a bisque . I just lost my appetite. Why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours . Start the relief. 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