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WBZ CBS Overnight News August 29, 2016

Im elaine quijano. South florida is bracing for possible floods. A system that could become a Tropical Storm is churning off the coast threatening the region with several days of heavy rain. It comes as the miami area is struggling to containt zika virus. Spread by local mosquitoes which can breed in just a botte cap of water. Omar villafranca in miami beach with more on the double threat. Omar. Reporter sun bathers flocked to miami beach to soak in the sun before the storms roll in. The ocean winds are expected to bring in several days of rain, including heavy downpours. Right now the main concern at the shore is the strong rip current. On land, Health Officials want to make sure pooling water from possible floods doesnt turn into a widespread breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying the virus. Fine for not getting rid of pools of standing water. In florida, 42 people contracted the zika virus from local mosquitoes. 38 of the cases are right here in miamidade county. Elaine . Omar villafranca. Thank you. Chief meteorologist, craig setzer tracking the storms at wfor in miami. Craig. Elaine, a busy afternoon in the tropics. We had two depressions form of the 5 00 hour this evening. The first depression, the disturbance well over a week, rains to south florida and the keys. This afternoon, Hurricane Hunters went out investigating they found the circulation has tightened up. See the band there and the swirls on the map. Moving to the west. And forecast to continue to intensify. In fact, National Hurricane center says it will likely become a Tropical Storm during the day tomorrow. And then spend time over the central gulf and then head to the northeast threatening the northeast gulf coast as a strong Tropical Storm may be even a weak hurricane. That formed this afternoon. Off the Atlantic Coast there. It is also forecast to move to the west and in the coming days, approach the North Carolina coast as a Tropical Storm, before heading back out to sea. Definitely very busy in the tropics. Elaine. Craig setzer in miami. Thank you. A tragic accident in louisiana sunday. At least two people are dead. And dozens more injured after a charter bus loaded with lu flood victims in baton rouge, crashed into a firetruck. A fire chief was among those killed when they were thrown off interstate 10 into water below. The cause of the wreck is under investigation. With the election nearly 10 weeks away, republican president ial nominee donald trump, is clarifying his immigration plan as he reaches out to minority voters. Recent National Polls show Hillary Clinton about 6 points ahead. Here is errol barnett. . Reporter facing questions trump aimed to clarify the signature issue of his campaign in iowa. On day one i am going to begin swiftly removing criminal Illegal Immigrants from this country. Reporter whats unclear if undocumented immigrants who have not committed crimes will also be deported. Trump Campaign Manager Kelly Ann Conway. He is not talking Deportation Force, but he is talking about being fair and humane, but also being fair to the American Workers whar secure borders. Reporter part of an effort to attract minority voters while maintaining his core base of supporters. Governor mike pence, trumps runningmate says there has been no change. It is going to fair. It is going to be tough. No path to legalization. No path to citizenship unless people leave the country. Reporter trump is facing criticism for his response to the murder of basketball player dwayne wades cousin. In a tweet he said, just what i had been saying. Hours later, he sent condolences. I think you have to look at both tweets. It is important that donald trump is taking his message to communities of color. Democrats have been on the defensive as republicans question how much influence donors to the Clinton Foundation had when hillary was secretary of state. Trump says the news her full schedules of meetings wont be released until after the system proves the system is rigged. Elaine. Errol barnett. Thank you. Nba star dwayne wades cousin. Sunday, Chicago Police announced two brothers are under arrest for that shooting. Darren and darwin surrels both have criminal records. Police say 32yearold nikea aldridge was not intended target. Shot accidentally while pushing her baby in a stroller. She was a mother of four. Her children were not hurt. Wade called the shooting San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick is on the receiving end of criticism this weekend. He refused to stand for the National Anthem saying he was taking a stand for africanamericans. Mireya villarreal has the story. Reporter Colin Kaepernick is willingly warming the bench. Sitting during the anthem, to protest, a country that oppresses black people and his actions have lit a fire under some football fans including steve carvalleo. Disrespecting the National Anthem. If you dont like our country. Get the hell out. Reporter social media pages are filled posts supporting the black lives matter. In a statement, kaepernick says this is bigger than football. People getting paid leave and getting away with murder. Kaepernick joins a roster of athletes who have recently spoken out against racism including nba star dwayne wade. The racial profiling has to stop. Reporter and wnba players. We have decided it is important to take a stand and raise our voices. Reporter in a phone interview, 49ers coach, chip kelly says kaepernicks protest will have no impact on his game. We recognize his right to do that. Its not my, not my right to tell him not to do something. Thats, thats his right as a citizen. Reporter players around the nfl including victor cruz are weighing in. You have got to respect the flag. You have got to stand up with your teammates. Its bigger than just you in my opinion. While dolphins running back, aryan foster tweet heed has the right to choose not to stand just as you have the right to disagree with his stance. Former quarterback, Matt Hasselbeck thinks this will make sure, kaepernick will not be starting qb on opening day. Stand during the National Anthem. Elaine, kaepernick did the same it was a harrowing flight for 104 passengers and crew aboard a southwest jet. In mid flight one of its engines blew out. Transportation correspondent, kris van cleave is following the investigation. Southwest 3472, cleared to land. Reporter passengers say it started with a loud boom and the smell of smoke. When they looked out their windows they saw this. The leading edge of the metal casing around the number one engine was ripped away exposing the fan blade of the 16yearold Southwest Airlines boeing 737. It was shaking, afterward. Reporter barry and faith green were among 99 passengers and five crew on the flight heading for orlando from new orleans saturday morning. The person across from us, crying. Saying he is going to die. And everybody is trying to calm yb reporter oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling. Pictures showpieces of the damaged engine flew off and struck the plane, gouging fuselage and forcing an Emergency Landing in pensacola. Tried and true engine on a tried and true airplane. Steve wallace, former head of the faa office of investigation. A modern Airline Pilot starting to day could easily fly a 35 year career and never experience a single engine failure. The flight landed safely. Tammy richard and her family were sitting along the wing. Pilot, he was amazing. Southwest has amazing pilots. He really, saved our lives. Reporter airliners are designed to fly safely on one engine. So far we have no reports of any damage on the ground. Elaine, ntsb investigators arrived on scene this morning. And have begun inspecting the aircraft. Southwest says it is not planning fleetwide engine checks. Kris van cleave in washington. Kris, thank you. Two pilots for United Airlines arrest in scotland saturday, moments before their flight to newark, new jersey. Theyre accused of fueling up, on alcohol. Jonathan vigliatti has more from london. Jonathan . Reporter elaine two pilots were arrested while the plane was boarding. Police and Airline Officials confirm both pilots were suspected of being under the influence of alcohol. The United Airlines flight they were due to flight had 141 from glascow airport. The two men were taken into custody. Expected arraigned in scotland tomorrow. The pilots have not been identified. We are told theyre 45 and 35 years old. At this point, it is still unclear who tipped off police. The flight was delayed for ten hours while united looked for replacement pilots. Elaine, saturdays arrests come barely a month after two canadian pilots of air transit plane were arrested at the airport and charged with trying to fly while intoxicated. Jonathan, thank you. Police in durant, mississippi say a man accused of murdering two catholic nuns confessed to the killings. Rodney earl sanders arrested late friday. The day after the nuns were found in their home apparently stabbed to death. Police have not revealed a me motive, they do not think it was a robbery. A mass for the nuns will take place monday in jackson, mississippi. At sunday mass, pope francis parade for the nearly 300 people it killed by an earthquake. Wednesday, flattening several mountain towns. The pope plans to visit the area soon. Also on sunday, italys staterun museums donated all of their proceeds towards rebuilding and relief efforts. Today in south williamsport, pennsylvania, the team from endwell, new york, beat south korea to win the Little League world series. The game came down to the final pitch. New york wins, 21. The first time an american Little League team has within the championship. Since 2011. Coming up next, wildfires, scientists try to understand what do you look for in an antiperspirant . Advanced care . 48 hours hehe feels nice this is very very smooth. I am not messing around its soft. Your antiperspirant should give you more. Than just protection. Try dove advanced care. More than two dozen large in the west. In addition to nearly 100 smaller fires. In central washington, a fire that broke out this weekend is threatening homes and officials have ordered evacuations. Each year, wildfires seem to get worse tody spite the heroic efforts of firefighters. Carter evans visit aid lab where theyre studying a new approach. Reporter in this especially designed burn chamber, wildfire. By measuring how fast pine needles burn. It doesnt require flame to ignite. No, just hot air. How a fire can propel itself without wind. The trough, dips where the mark phinney is a scientist at the fire lab in montana. There is an expression that everybody uses here in the u. S. Spreads like wildfire. Yet we dont even know how wildfires spread. Reporter the Forest Service spent 1. 7 billion fighting fires that burned a record 10. 1 million acres last year. But phinneys Research Shows of putting out every fire is not working. Are we making it worse . We are make it worse. By fighting these fires, we unfortunately enter what is called the fire paradox. Forests but by constantly putting them out, more unburned brush is left for the next fire. Phinney says firefighters should intentionally be setting more prescribed fires to burn off vegetation or simply let some natural fires burn. In a statement to cbs news, the Forest Service says, it agrees that managed and prescribed fires are important tools. But our capacity to complete this work is restricted by the budget. Which is allocated by congress. The agency also says there are as more developers push to build homes closer to fire prone areas. Fire is inevitable. If we convince ourselves that the is not, then we have a repeat every year of the same situation. Reporter for now, scientists hope that by setting these controlled fires in the lab, theyll better understand how to manage them in the forest. Carter evans, cbs news, montana. Still ahead, a remarkable discovery. a planet very much like earth. You can finally break up with bleach. Lysol with hydrogen peroxide. For a tough clean with zero percent bleach. Lysol that. I absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. Good thing geico offers with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. Delivery. Hey. Lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. Have a good one. Ah, these small new york apartments. Protect your belongings. Let geico help you with renters insurance. You know your heart loves megared omega3s. Your brain, and your joints really love them too . Introducing megared advanced 4in1. Just one softgel delivers the omega3 power of two regular fish oil pills. So give your body mega support with megared advanced 4in1. This past week, astronomers announced a discovery. A planet much like earth, one solar system away. Scientists believe it has a sun and water and therefore possibly life. Charlie dagata takes us there. Turns out the next star over in our privileged Little Corner looks a lot like ours. At a mere 4. 2 light years away, proxima b is sitting on our doorstep. Huge news, ask theoretical physicist. Astronomers have hit the jackpot. This is a dream come true. The holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exoplanet to the earth. A twin, doppleganger in outer space. Now we have it. Reporter we have a planet more massive than earth. And a year on proxima b is 11 days because it is a lot closer to its sun. But that star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler than our sun. Which means surface temperatures are likely to fall some where between freezing and boiling, habitable. Smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. Richard nelson was on the team that discovered the new world. I think the planet itself may what we call an ocean planet. Or water world. Look hours. Yes, perhaps more water. Reporter there are other earthlike planet like this out there. But none so tantalizingly close. Still it would take our fastest space ship tens of thousand of years to get there. But of the thought of life on a planet that is so nearby, significantly ups the odds of life forms further away. You really begin to wonder. Are they really out there . And if so, how come theyt the white house lawn . Makes you wonder. Reporter difficulties aside, the race is on to try to reach the star system, the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Steven Hawkings working on a space ship could get there in less than 20 years. The trouble is it is smaller than this quarter. Charlie dagata, cbs news, london. Up next, one of the most h, finally tonight, a long time member of the cbs news family made big news today. Beloved tv and radiobroadcaster, Charles Osgood announced he is signing off as host of cbs sunday morning. Reporter 22 years ago, Charles Osgood took over one of televisions most popular shows. I am retiring from cbs news, this program, i am happy to say, will be reporter he replaced one of televisions most popular figures, charles kuralt. Charles, nobody has been welcomed as genuinely as you are welcomed here. Thank you, charles, real honor to succeed you not replace you on the broadcast. Who wouldnt be the one who gets to introduce the terrific story tellers. Reporter on todays broadcast. Osgood addressed recent buzz about his show. Some of you may have heard rumors i went be hosting the sunday morning broadcasts very much longer. Well, i am here to tell you that the rumors are true. September 25th, odds good will anchor the final show behind the doors of studio 45 and leaves behind the most watched sunday Morning Program and surprisingly a show that has been growing since the day he took over. If you are wearing your bedroom slippers at this moment. You may want to get something more substantial to put on your feet. Last year, sunday morning had the largest audience in three decades. 6 million weekly viewers. Now some works in progress. Reporter the same wakeup 1971 served as an anchor and reporter for every news program on the network. Filled shelves with emmys, pea body and become a familiar face. But radio was in fact his first love. This being 2016, you dont need 2020 vision to see that the year 2020 is not far off. Reporter his cbs radio show, the osgood file continues. So does osgood. Between now and my last sunday morning i am going to practice singing that old weaver song. . So long its been good to know yo know you so long its been good to know you a long time since ive been home . And ive got to be drifting along . Osgood will host two more shows before his final signoff on a special 90 minute edition of sunday morning. After that, charles, well we we will see you on the radio. Thats the overnight news for monday. For some the news continues. For others check back for the from the Broadcast Center in new york city, im elaine quijano. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news im elaine quijano. The mud continues to fly on the president ial campaign trail. Hillary clinton and donald trump traded accusations of racism and bigotry. Each calling the other unfit for the nations highest office. E clinton, with a 10point lead over trump among likely voters. 51 to 41 . And as both candidates reach out to minority voters, the language is getting more harsh by the day. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. Reporter clinton said trump was building a campaign steeped in conspiracy theories. Trump responded she is fear mongoring not him. Stream of bigotry coming from him. Re

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