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WBZ CBS Overnight News August 22, 2016

Has. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news, im any elaine quijano. With the election nearly 11 weeks away, a cbs news Battleground Tracker poll Shows Hillary clinton now 6 points ahead of donald trump in ohio, a crucial state for his campaign. In battleground iowa, our new poll shows clinton and trump are tied. The only state in recent polling where clinton does not have an outright lead. 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 commanderinchief. 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 al 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 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 measures of her own where voters say it still leaves them with questions. Anthony salvanto, thank you. Following his Campaign Shakeup last week, donald trump is trying to gain ground on Hillary Clinton by reaching out to minority voters. Here is errol barnett. Reporter this pitch from donald trump to africanamericans made in front of a mostly white audience was you are living in poverty, your schools are no good. You have no jobs. 58 of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose the . Critics said it was a bleak picture of black life in america. Today his new Campaign Manager explained the remarks. He is trying to tell americans we can do better. That maybe Hillary Clinton looks at you as voters takes you for granted. I look at you as people. Trumps recent slide in the polls is triggering a new minority outreach. On saturday, his campaign convened hispanic leaders in new york to serve as advisory council. But there is no visible change in policy. Trumps pledge to build a wall and have mexico pay for it is still prominently placed on his website. Clinton raised money today in a email controversy. Also, today, clintons Campaign Manager, denied foreign donors to the Clinton Foundation got special access. We have republicans in congress and rightwing groups doing everything they can to try to make something out of nothing here. As the race heads into the final months, Campaign Cash is crucial. Last month. Clinton hauled in 52 million. Trump, 37 million. Elaine, both candidates have a busy week of fundraisers and Campaign Events ahead. Errol barnett in washington. Errol, thank you. Monday is the first day of School Across miami where there zika virus. Health officials are monitoring two socalled zika zones. In miami beach at least five people have apparently been infected by local mosquitoes. The original zika zone is just across biscayne bay. So far at least 36 people in the area have been infected. The virus can cause severe birth David Begnaud has the the latest. This afternoon the Florida Department of health handed out free bug repellant at miami beach senior high. Students from here and one other school in the new zika zone were encouraged to spray themselves before class tomorrow. Melanie fishman is principal of south point elementary. We dont want it done at the school site. There are kids that have asthma. The miamidade School District handed out protective clothing long sleeves and pants for students that needed it. Pro active efforts taken by the School District impressed carol carp whose son adam is entering high school. I commend their efforts. I think its fantastic. It is when out woo e should do to protect our children and to protect our whole community. Nearly 3300 kids will be attending school in the 1. 5 mile area. Where local zika transmission has been confirmed on miami beach. Ashy beauregard is six months pregnant, canceled her baby shower, and now worries her zika zone may be a vulnerable area. I just feel like it spread from wynwood to miami beach cases we know of. How many cases we dont know of, it could have spread further already. Reporter tomorrow morning, 7,400 students in Miamidade County will go to School Inside of a zika zone. There are two of those zones in the county. Elaine, the superintendent of schools told us he thought about relocating the students but decided against it. David begnaud, miami beach, thank you. More thunderstorms moved through the deep south sunday, hindering the massive cleanup in louisiana. Last weeks historic floods killed at least 13 people. 60,000 homes were damaged. Manuel bojorquez is there. At this Distribution Center water to flood victims. Tyler pollard is one of them. Reporter there is no water unless you look for it . Yes, water. Water. Water. Reporter the scope of the disaster is revealed each day. Number of damaged homes jumped to 60,000. Applications for federal aid, top 100,000. Troops are not only providing relief supplies, but also in i had one lady fallen our arms and cried. She has no words. None were needed. We knew how much she was grateful for the itemers we giving her. Reporter troops say as long as they still have supplies to give out, they will be here. As for the week ahead, at least 22 schools will not be able to reopen because of a flood damage. President obama will be here tuesday to see the devastation and offer condolences and there were more severe storms sunday from the heart of texas to the northeast. The National Forecast now from pamela. Gardner of wbz in boston elaine, we are tracking a lot of rain across the eastern half of all the country and gulf coast. Flashflood watches are still in effect around san antonio. Portions of texas picked up 611 inches of rain. Heavy rain is starting to move through the northeast. Drought stricken areas, hopefully picking up around one inch of rain accumulation, boston, new york, d. C. Through monday afternoon. The cold front moves off the coast here. Out to sea. High pressure in control back to the west. The midwest. And cooler temperatures. While in the south the stationary front will be over texas and louisiana. But soon will wash out flooding threat is diminishes. Pacific northwest. You had intense heat and temperatures to start the week. Pamela gardner. Thank you. In california. More than 10,000 firefighters spent the weekend trying to put out six large wildfires. An hour east of los angeles, fire officials are assessing the damage from a fire that torched more than 300 buildings include morgue than 100 homes. Mireya villarreal is there. Reporter outside san bernardino, the blue cut fire, today, thousands evacuated are anxious to see whether their homes wear among 300 structures destroyed in this fire. In northern california, the clayton fire tore through 4,000 acres and almost 200 homes and including matthew porters. Tending to the u. S. Olympic fencing teams equipment in rio see it it kicks in. Reporter along the coast, the chimney fire is, threating historic Hearst Castle in the county. Fires near Santa Barbara and bakersville have burned 36,000 acres. In one week the five fires fueled by hundred degree temperatures, strong wind, and years of drought, destroyed nearly 100,000 acres. As long as we have these conditions we are going to see intense fires. Costa dillon with the park service. We used to think santa ana wind season when fires were their greatest danger. Now it is all the times. Reporter the blue cut fire is now mostly contained. Elaine, fire officials tell us it is still too dangerous for people to come back home who live in this area. Mireya villarreal, thank you. Overseas in turkey, isis is blamed for a horrific attack at a wedding. 70 others. Turkeys president says the bomber was as young as 12 years old. The groom was injured. The bride not hurt. Holly williams is in istanbul. Reporter less than a day after a Wedding Party became the scene of a massacre, they buried their dead. Gaziantep is 40 miles from the Syrian Border and isis is the most likely according to turkeys president. So far, the extremists havent claimed responsibility. But this explosion comes just weeks after three suspected isis terrorists detonated themselves in istanbuls main airport. Leaving nearly 50 dead. It has the been only a month since an attempted military coup saw tanks on city streets. Fighter jets flying low overhead and an explosion tear through Turkeys Parliament building. Turkish authorities blamed the failed coup on fethullah gulen, selfimposed exile in pennsylvania. Gulen denies it. The turkish government is demanding his extradition. Many turks have now come to believe that the u. S. Supported the failed coup. Reporter as turkey contends with a spate of Violent Attacks and political upheaval, next week, Vice President joe biden will visit the countryo repair relations with one of america any most important allies in the fight against isis. Elaine. Holly williams in istanbul, holly, thank you. Off after more than two weeks in rio the summer olympics come to a close. Team usa heading home with the most medals. Ben tracy is covering the games for us in rio. Reporter it was a golden night on the court for the u. S. WoMens Basketball Team. Team usas 20yearlong winning streak alive. As expected, the Mens Basketball Team won its own gold today. Knocking off serbia. American Shakur Stevenson punched his way to silver in bantamweight boxing. Scores but the only competition that seemed to matter in rio this weekend was soccer. The host country beat germany to win gold. And regain its national pride. After a humiliating loss in the 2014 world cup. Now, all that is left is the four time gold medalist, simone biles will carry the flag for team usa. Im very honored they got to select me. One of my biggest worries, i am afraid the flag is going to be too heavy for me. I am very short the i am a little worried about that part. I think they will guide me through it. Reporter biles was selected by fellow teammates and will be the first female gymnast to lead the u. S. Team at the closing ceremony. Once the olympic torch is out here in rio all the focus will go to 2020 games those will be ben tracy in rio. Thank you. Coming up next, her mom says this is what happened when she . Music . New ky intense. A stimulating gel that takes her pleasure to new heights. The infomercials are all over tv, now the fda is investigating the hair care product theyre trying to sell you. Here is jericka duncan. Reporter these are pictures of 11yearold ilena lawrence two years ago. I was sd to get my hair back. Reporter her mother mirrian says ilean went nearly bold after using wen by chaz dean hair care product. It has celebrity endorsements and boasts of stronger, fuller hair, but not for ileana says her mom. I noticed her hairbrush was overflowing with hair. Reporter the fda began investigating the company after reports of hair loss, balding, and rashes. Last month, the agency took the rare step of issuing a safety had received 21,000 complaints. The Company Tells cbs news it is cooperating and its products are safe. We have shared our formulations and ingredients with the fda it says. We exceed the fda requirements for cosmetic manufacturers. And have always been transparent. The fda disagrees saying. The company did not address safety concerns related to hair loss. We do not know if the company we do not have the Legal Authority to require a Cosmetics Firm to provide product safety information. No authority because under a law that has been in effect since 1938, the fda has limited power to regulate the 62 billion cosmetics industry. We are talking baby wipes. Toothpaste. Deodorant, shampoo. A representative with the working group. There is no legal requirement a company make sure the product only congress can give them the power. Meanwhile, wen products remain on the shelves. The company says, the truth its that there are many reasons why people suffer from hair loss. But using wen its not one of them. As the for the lawrences, they are now part of a class action lawsuit. Jericka duncan, cbs news, washington. Still ahead, the first flight for the worlds longest aircraft. Nology. Say, have you seen all the Amazing Technology in geicos mobile app . Mobile app . Look. Electronic id cards, emergency roadside service, i can even submit a claim. Wow. Yep, geicos mobile app works like a charm. Geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. I love you so much. Thats why i bought six of you. For when you stretch out. I cant live without you. And thats 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 wash in the wow. The worlds longest aircraft the helium filled airlander 10 is 300 feet long. 50 feet longer than the biggest passenger planes. It can spend several days in the air what refuelling. Jonathan vigliatti has more on this unusual air ship. Ep aircraft spreads its tiny wings and takes to the sky. Measuring the width and length of a football field, the airlander 10 is not conventional. Up close, it looks even stranger. The flight deck. Bring you up here. Reporter chief test pilot, david burns at the controls for the airlanders maiden flight. Look beyond the shape of the hull. Which you can say has been the butt of some jokes to appreciate this very modern flying machine. Here. Reporter the helium filled airlander is frankenstein of technologies, shape and lift benefits of a blimp and combining them with maneuverability of a helicopter and Load Capacity of a small cargo plane. Its creators, hybrid air vehicles claim the aircraft is super efficient. Essentially the engines are four suvs propel this thing. Right. Spokesman Chris Daniels claims it could be used to drop humanitarian aid into disaster areas. Lan t amphibious. Land on water. Land on lakes. The desert. Ice, you name it. Reporter but the airlander cant compete with planes in terms of speed, tops off at 70 miles an hour. Up next, the paralympics are about to begin. Well meet a member of team usa going for welcome to understood. Org. A free online resource for parents of kids with learning and attention issues. As the summer olympics close tonight in rio, athletes from 176 countries are gearing up for the paralympics which begin in rio over two weeks from now. Jamie yuccas has the story of a paralympian inspiring the next generation. Reporter wheelchair basketball is fast paced and fierce, with sprints and three point shots. Just because you have some type of physical limitation or disability. You still can achieve, or even compete, at high level. Reporter for 27yearold brian bell this year is the beginning of a new journey. The alabama native will represent the United States in his first paralympic games. Basketball. Different sports. Basketball. Football. Track. All the types of things. Fell in love with the basketball. Nice to meet you. Reporter now before going for gold in rio. Bell took a break from practice. To give back to those who made his childhood dream possible. At shriners hospitals for children. The organization that helped him 17 years earlier. You are welcome. Hopefully being a fellow shriners child as well. Shows them that, life is not over. I want to work with kids with disability or kids without disabilities and coach them. Help them get into sports. So they have, you know extra avenue. For something to do when theyre younger. Amanda hogel is recreational therapist. Adaptive sports is really critical. Not just physically. Great cardioexercise. Helps with strengthening muscles, socially, emotionally for our kids. I think it so touch fun. Shriners. Always look forward to doing it. Britney broke her back in a car accident when she was 10. In addition to occupational therapy. She has been dancing and playing wheelchair basketball to get back on her feet. When i saw him it motivated me to do more stuff i can do. There is not very many olympian that have a disability like he does. Pushing himself while carrying the hope of future generations of parlympian back thank you for the gift. I will take it to rio. Jamie yuccas, rio de janeiro. Thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. For all of us at cbs news, thank welcome to the cbs overnight news. Im elaine quijano. Its back to school this morning for thousands of students in miami where there are greg concerns about the zika virus. Health officials are monitoring two socalled zika zones. In miami beach, five people have apparently been infected by local mosquitoes. The original zika zone is just across biscayne bay. So far, at least 36 people in the area have been infected. The virus can cause severe birth defects. David begnaud has the the latest. Reporter this afternoon the Florida Department of health handed out free bug repellant at miami beach

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