Weve been reporting on an unusual number of rare cancers near an old Nuclear Waste dump outside st. Louis. Tonight, the folks who live nearby have a more immediate worry. There is a fire burning underground, possibly within 1,000 feet of the Nuclear Waste. And bonita is following this. We are sick, our kids are sick and were dying. Reporter hundreds of people jammed into a union hall demanding to know if Nuclear Waste could lead to disaster. We dont go outside. We dont open our windows. You cant 100 guaranty that were okay. Reporter the Nuclear Waste was illegally dutched in a handfill in the 1970s. It was the byproduct of uranium. An underground fire has been burning for five years. Residents that it could ignite the Nuclear Material. The landfill owner insists thats not true. Are you guys 100 sure that the underground fire will never touch the waste . We are confident that the landfill is in a managed state. Reporter missouris attorney general general is suing, saying his experts tell him its possible the underground burn could reach the Nuclear Material in three to six months. Ed smith, from the coalition for the environment, says if the fire meets the Nuclear Material, he fears an environmental emergency. Its not some wild speculation that if theres a fire, which will disturb the surface of the landfill, then we would see the radioactivity move off site. Reporter just this month, the county notified of an evacuation plan. Dawn chapman is a mother of three who lives less than two miles from the landfill. How dare they come out and tell us everything is safe when they dont know what it is and how much they have. Reporter this scenario has never happened before, so at this point, there is a lot of educated guessing going on, scott, that is little comfort to the residents near. Bonita, thank you. Hurricane patricia is long gone, but whats left of it is still causing trouble. There was flooding today in South Carolinas low country. Some roads in charleston were impassable. The midwest got buckets of rain today and the system is headed to the northeast just in time for tomorrow mornings rush. In the republican president ial race, the doctor is in. First place. Our new cbs news, New York Times poll shows ben carson has staged a quiet coup, knocking donald trump out of the top spot by four points. The polls told us a number of fascinating things. With more on that, heres major garrett. Donald trumps support has eroded across every Demographic Group, and among tea party voters, support has fallen from 27 to 19 . Ben carson now leads here by nine points. Among evangelical voters, the two were tied last month. Now trump trails carson 35 to 13 . Its not all bad news for trump. Republican voters see him by a 21 margin as the one most likely to win the general election next november. And his support is solid. 54 of backers say they wont change their minds. Only 19 of carson voters are that sure. Trumps current level of voter do we love these polls . I said thats only because ive been winning every single one of them. Right, right . Every single poll. Reporter not anymore. Trump is facing the first real decline in support since launching his campaign, and republicans have some deep institutional concerns. 48 believe the federal government is a threat to their life and liberty and 74 believe the political system is not working, despite gop control of the house and senate. This is why conventional politicians remain mired in single digits. The central dynamic of this race has not changed. Republicans prefer a nonpolitical outsider. What has changed is the personality, from trump to carson. The white house today has reached a budget agreement with House Republican leaders, led by outgoing speaker john boehner. The deal raises spending by about 80 billion and it lifts the debt ceiling until march of 2017. If passed, and that is likely, there will be no more government cliffhangers in the obama administration. Tonight, chinese leaders are fuming after an American Navy destroyer, the uss lassen sailed within 12 miles of a disputed island. Reporter todays patrol was a blunt message that the u. S. Does not recognize chinas territorial claim on these islands. Theyve been filling in reefs to construct man made islands since 2013. How far is china willing to go to protect what it sees as its territory . Translator the chinese side is willing to resolve the pursuit in a peaceful way, but if forced, we will respond in our own way. Reporter new satellite images of the islands reveal what are believed to be airstrips capable of handling military aircraft. Last june, we traveled towards the reef, one of the islands the u. S. Ship approached today. As we get closer, you can see a number of cranes up and down the length of this island. It almost looks like a city in the middle of the sea. By claiming these islands, china is also claiming its vital shipping lanes and vast oil deposits. But the u. S. Is pushing back and warned todays patrols wont be the last in these disputed waters. Seth done, cbs news, beijing. Coming up, deadly crashes. The drivers had no idea their tires had been recalled. A cbs tv chopper crew comes to the rescue after a small plane goes down. And a firefighter shows what you might call puppy love. The cbs overnight news will be right back. [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyones life. Thats why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. Delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. Thats three times longer than the leading cough liquid. All night. Or all day. Today, federal investigators said the vast majority of defective tires stay on the road even after they had been recalled. Chris van cleave now on what theyre doing about it. Reporter these four crashes in 2014 involving tire failure killed 12 people and injured 42 others, prompting a special investigation. Among them, this church vans left require tire tread separated, causing the vehicle to roll over. Four people were ejected. Two died, an adult and seven children were injured. That tire was recalled 19 months earlier, but the ntsb found as many as 80 of recalled tires do not get fixed, leaving danger rolling down american roads. A lot of that is something consumers dont know that theyre driving with a tire thats subject to a recall. Reporter Christopher Hart led the panel that issued 11 safety recommendations, starting with requiring tires be registered with purchase so consumers can be notified immediately. If the recommendations are accepted, will this save lives . This will definitely save lives. 513 fives lost in 2013 is unacceptable. Re reporter other aging tires. Just days before this crash, four people in this kia suv died when an aging rear tire failed. It slammed into a school bus in louisiana. 31 people on board were hurt. Tire makers support the ntsb plan for changing the registration recall system. Tire retailers think theres a more user friendly way to do it. Scott, the ntsb is urging tires to check their tires every month for damage and pressure. Some cars have been recalled three times for the same dangerous problem. Thats next. A recall of nearly 1. 3 million cars, model years 1997 through 2004. Oil leaks have started fires in more than 1300 of these cars after they were supposedly fixed by dealers. We have a complete list of the recalled models at cbsnews. Com. The crew of chopper 4 at our cbs station in miami became First Responders yesterday when a small plane crashed on the edge of the everglades. The crew spotted survivors and decided to land. The pilot ran for help, joined by the photographer who is an emt. They directed ambulances to the scene to help the planes pilot, who suffered serious injuries. Firefighters in san bernardino, california got everyone out of a Burning House last night when the owners reported that their puppy bass missing. Captain Kevin Whitacre ran back in and found the chihuahua. He gave the pup oxygen, probably saving its life. The captain said it made his day. The president made abby womanbacks day when she made a major announcement. Well have her story, next. The team taught all americas children that playing like a girl means youre a badass. President obama welcoming the womens world cup soccer champions to the white house. A short time later, one of the stars of the american team, soccers alltime International Leading scorer, male or female, announced her retirement. Heres her story. Reporter abby wambach is best known for using her head to win big. One of her most memorable goals, the 2011 womens world cup, the u. S. Was down a goal to brazil, and seconds away from an embarrassingly early exit. But in storms abby. There was so many things that needed to be perfect for that brazil girl. Reporter that year they lost in the final to japan. But four years later, wambach achieved her ultimate goal when the u. S. Beat japan to become the world champions. Im like, seriously, am i alive . I feel like this is what heaven is supposed to feel like. Reporter today president obama recognized wambach in that moment. World champion at last, draped in the stars and stripes, showing us all how far weve come. On and off the field, by sharing a celebratory kiss with her life. Reporter teammate alex morgan. Whats one word you would use to describe her . I would say selfless. Reporter have you had any visions about how this will end . If there was any year for us to win, this has to be the one. Its the end for me when it comes to talking about world cups. For me, i like story book endings that end well. Reporter and it couldnt have ended any better. Thats the overnight news for this wednesday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us later for the morning news. And of course, cbs this morning. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to cbs overnight news. Im michelle miller. A sheriffs deputy is in hot water after video of him arresting a teenage girl in her math class vent viral. Ben fields, who works at the school, has been placed on leave and the Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation. The confrontation started just after 10 30 a. M. When a female student repeatedly refused requests by her teacher and assistant principal to put away her phone. Thats when deputy ben fields was called in. Reporter 18 year nea kenny was in the same class. When she protested the officers behavior, she too was arrested. It was really hard to watch. Reporter this afternoon, the School Superintendent called the incident outrageous. Clearly something didnt go right in this classroom. Reporter deputy fields was put on administrative leave. A tenyear veteran, in 2008, he became a School Resource officer. Part of a Community Effort to forge better relations between Law Enforcement and schools. Last year, he was honored by the district. But Court Records she fields had been accused of abusive behavior three times. A jury ruled in his favor in the 2005 case. A 2006 case was dismissed. And a case accusing him of racially profiling a student was set for trial in january. Sheriff leon lott says an internal investigation will determine if he keeps his job. Had she not disrupted the school or the class we would not be standing here today. It started with her and ended with my officer. What im going to deal with is what my deputy did. Reporter the School District would not answer questions about the teacher or the students in the classroom. Thor the sheriffs internal investigation is expected to be completed in 24 hours. The federal investigation could take several weeks. Donald trumps grip on the republican president ial nomination appears to be slipping. For the First Time Since he entered the race, trump is not the front runner. Now its ben carson. A poll of likely republican primary voters nationwide shows 26 favor carson, and 22 support trump. Meanwhile, the chief executive of ford is blasting the billionaire candidate, who has been bragging about shaming ford for moving a production line from mexico to ohio. He insists trump had nothing to do with the decision. Major garrett has more. Mexico took a ford plant. Ive been very tough on ford. Youve heard me talking about ford. I heard last night ford is moving back to the united states. [ applause ] i should get credit for that. Reporter credit for what . Ford will still spend 2. 35 million in mexico to build two new plants. Ford is moving about 1,000 jobs from mexico to ohio. A decision the Company Announced in 2011, after ohio offered 15 million in tax incentives. One of trumps republican rivals, john kasich, helped engineer the return of ford factory jobs. I dont call anybody a liar. What i can tell you is you dont win jobs through bombast, yelling, or working people over, beating them up. Reporter ben carson now leading trump in iowa. Im ben carson. Reporter released this new tv ad. The theme, the former neurosurgeon is not impossible. The Political Class and their pundit buddies say impossible. Hes too outside the box. Well, they do know impossible. Impossible to balance the budget, impossible to put aside partisanship. Reporter the poll shows carson with a 22 lead over trump with evangelical voters. In just over two weeks, trump has lost 12 points among ev evangelic evangelicals. Trump has lost ground in every single Demographic Group while carson has gaped. The best news for trump, 54 of supporters say theyve made up their mind and only 19 of carson voters are that certain. That certainty may prove pivotal for trump down the stretch. The people who make saturday night live are coming under fire for inviting donald trump to host the show next month. Jan crawford has that story. Reporter a coalition of latino groups says trumps remarks about mexican immigrants disqualify him as appearing. A new poll is showing 72 of hispanics view trump unfavorably. But so far saturday night live is not backing down. Lets face it, nobody alive has more class than me. Reporter donald trump is no stranger to saturday night live both as a target im just like you, a regular joe, but better. Reporter and as a host. Nobody is better than me. Im a ratings machine. Reporter but when nbc announced he would return to host the show next month, there was immediate backlash from Latino Advocacy groups, upset about comments trump made about immigrants from mexico. Theyre bringing drugs, crime, theyre rapists. Racism and hate speech is not funny. Reporter this is a member of the coalition of 40 civil rights and policy organizations that sent a letter to nbc and saturday night live asking them to take back trumps invitation. How is it possible that a man can go out and really disrespect and really put dangerous words out there and nbc is giving a platform for it . Who is that under there . Reporter snl has long been a destination for political candidates. The real one . Reporter many of whom find themselves in scenes with the very actors who have been making fun of them on the show. I think snl plays a unique role in the way that people perceive candidates. Reporter but trump will be hosting the entire 90minute show. Its exceedingly common for candidates to appear on the show. But hosting is an alltogether different matter. Its a big boost for a candidate to have that platform. Reporter a boost that has many detractors upset. I dont see nbc reversing this decision. They see it as a ratings gold mine and they see themselves as a political humor place. And this is a perfect opportunity for political humor. Reporter trumps appearance could trigger the s. E. C. s equal time rules. Those rules which do not apply to news programs give equal opportunities to opposing candidates. Theyll have a week after the broadcast to request equal time with local nbc stations and nbc is declining to comment on this story. And pilled cardigans become pets. But its not you, its the laundry. Protect your clothes from stretching, fading, and fuzz. With downy fabric conditioner. It not only softens and freshens, it helps protect clothes from the damage of the wash. So your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. Downy fabric conditioner. Wash in the wow. It destroys limescale in seconds without scrubbing. Tough hard water buildup gone no scrubbing. Turbo power destroys it. 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So hes on the same machine as the adversary is right now in realtime. Reporter so they each know about each other . Theed adversary doesnt know about him yet. Our folks are seasoned operators from the department of defense that understand the adversary. Reporter most of route 9bs cyber sleuths used to work at the Intelligence Agency who became experts. We have a clear understanding of how the adversary operates, their tactics, techniques and procedures and the capabilities required to eradicate them from a network. Reporter whats at stake . I would say everything is at stake. Reputation, valuation to your customers, and the Overall Health of the organization. Reporter hackers em