This is the the this is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening, im Elaine Quijano with a western edition of the broadcast. We begin with a horrific crash in the california desert. A tour bus and a tractor trailer collided this morning on interstate 10 near palm springs. The death toll has been climbing throughout the day. Mireya villarreal has the latest. Mireya . Reporter elaine, Highway Patrol officers responding to this accident say it is one of the worst they have ever responded to. We have confirmed 13 people were killed in the accident including the bus driver. 30 more were taken to local area hospitals. The video from this morning shows you just how bad this accident was. The the entire front half of the bus was lodged under the tractor trailer. There were 44 people on that bus when it hit. Emergency crews had a difficult time reaching some of the worst victims and a private tow company had to pry the tractor trailer off the tour bus to get to the most impacted areas. The the tour bus was on its way back to los angeles from the the red earth casino in imperial county, california. The the bus was operated by u. S. A. Holiday, an la based tour company. The california Highway Patrol confirms the bus was inspected in 2014, 2015 and april of this year and no major issues were indicated. The the chp investigators on scene are looking at speed and driver fatigue as possible factors in the the accident. No details about the the driver have been released at this time. Investigators on scene tell us it has been a difficult time for them trying to identify these victims because of the selfer rit and impact of this accident. Elaine, we will have more on this accident on cbs news this morning. Quijano mireya, thank you. With a little over two weeks until the the election, cbs news checked in with voters in florida and texas. Two of the biggest states on the electoral map. Reporter Hillary Clinton courted young voters in North Carolina, a group she has struggled with. Hillary, hillary. I got to tell you, i i stood next to donald trump in three debates for four and a half hours. I think that proves i have the stamina to be president and commander in chief. cheers and applause reporter both clinton and donald trump are pouring resources into key states. Our latest cbs Battleground Tracker shows clinton holds a three point lead in florida. In texas, a state that typically goes to the gop, trump is winning by the same margin. Anthony salvanto is the the cbs news election director. Do the poll numbers in texas signal a problem for trump in the Bigger Picture . Yeah, texas is polling maybe as close as it will get. In the larger picture donald trump is underperforming with a lot of tbrowps that republicans traditionally do well with. White men, College Educated women, and as long as he does that, these, a lot of these states are going to be closer. Reporter trump is also doing poorly with female voters. Just yesterday an 11th woman accused trump of inappropriate behavior. When we entered the room he grabbed each of us tightly in a hug and kissed each one of us without asking permission. Reporter trump called the the claim totally false and ridiculous. On sunday his Campaign Manager acknowledged hes losing. We are behind. Reporter but insists trump can still win. Our advantage is that donald trump is just going to continue to take the case directly to the people. Reporter trump has five rallies in florida this week before heading to North Carolina where clinton continues to spend a lot of time and money. She and First Lady Michelle Obama will campaign there together for the the first time on thursday. Elaine . Quijano thank you. North carolina is one of 30 states where early voting is under way. But in a state where 27 people were killed this month by floods from Hurricane Matthew, many flood victims are struggling to get to the polls or even think about voting. Jamie yuccas has the story. Like i dont have anything. Reporter its been almost a month since Hurricane Matthew barreled down on North Carolina. But towns like fairmont are still feeling the effects, alice mcnairs home is flooded out, full of mold and waterlogged floors. Im just doing the best i can to keep my head above the water. And praying that the lord will help me restore everything that i lost. Reporter mcnair and her family are now krammed into one home. But theyre some of the lucky ones. Close to a thousand people were still being housed in emergency shelters this week. Others are lining up for food, instead of lining up for early voting ballots in the toughly contested battleground state of North Carolina. More than 550 thousand registered voters live in the six North Carolina counties where almost a foot of rain washed out roads and bridges for weeks. Even some polling places were swept away. We all coming to vote . Reporter election workers are struggling to find places for people to vote. Absentee voting may not be the fix. A person needs a Mailing Address where the ballot can be sent. Monte mccallum is fairmonts commissioner. I dont think the early voting is stirring up a lot of enthusiasm due to matthew. A lot are not interested right now. Theyre just trying to get back into their homes, some normal see backs. The stakes are high n2008 senator obama beat senator mccain by just 14,000 votes in North Carolina. Mcnair plans to vote but right now thats not what shes focused on. Finding me somewhere to live on my own again. Thats my number one priority. Reporter early voting in North Carolina continues tomorrow through november 5th. Voters have until november 1st to request an absentee ballot and elaine, that may allow some people enough to time to get back into their homes. Quijano thank you so much. The Arizona Republic recently faced an angry backlash after announcing it is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. It is the first time in 126 years that the papers backing a democrat. Lee could youan has the story. Reporter it is a reliably conservative newspaper in a reliably red state. But when it endorsed Hillary Clinton for the white house, all hell broke loose. Okay, you dont need to be rude to me. Reporter calls came pouring in. Some angry. I will not buy your paper any more. Are you ignorant. Reporter others verbally abusive. You are a worth lsz bitch with that last one was referring to the republics president , mia parrish. How fast. Right a what. First death threat. There were several, her email was full too. This one, we will burn you down. Well burn you down. Well fire bomb you. You should be hung as a traitor. Those are concerning. Reporter even before the endorsement donald trump had made media bashing one of the signatures of his cam paim. Look at all that press. Among the most dishonest people in the world. Its time to stand up and say stop. We dont do this in america. Reporter the republic editorials editor. Im a conservative, a republican my entire life it took somebody who was an abomination to lose the endorsement of the Arizona Republic. Reporter one anonymous caller suggested that more reporters would be blown up. More because one of the papers own reporter don bolles was killed by a car bomb while investigating a story in 1976. That person meant to scare us. He meant to terrorize us. And meant to shut us up. Reporter so parrish took to the editorial pages again, to thank those bold enough to disagree with us on principle but didnt threaten to bomb our homes or harm our family. People have been afraid to just stand up and say hey, this is not cool. You know, this is not who we are. It doesnt have to be so ugly. Thank you so much. And thank you for your support. Reporter the tone of the calls has since changed, she said. Its like the dawn at the end of a really long dark night. Reporter although many readers disagreed with the endorsement of Hillary Clinton, a certain level of civility had returned. Thank you, bye bye. That was nice. Reporter at least for now. Lee could youan, cbs new cowan, cbs news, phoenix. Quijano in north dakota 36 people were a rest 86 people were arrested after an protest at an oil pipeline turned violent. Protestors say the project will damage the environment and native American Tribal lands. Several tribes are against the the pipeline. About 10,000 California National guard soldiers have reportedly been recorded to repay their enlistment bonuses a decade after serving in iraq and afghanistan. The Los Angeles Times reports the pentagon demanded the the money back after audits revealed millions of dollars in overpayments when the california guard was desperate to hit enlistment target. One former captain said he had to refinance his home to pay back his 25,000 enlistment bonus. At t shook up the media landscape this weekend announcing it is buying time warner for more than 85 billion. Tony dokoupil has more on the deal and why some unlikely political allies question whether it should go through. Alexander graham bell first sent sound over a wire more than 140 years ago giving us the telephone. Can you hear me . Reporter and soon after, the american telephone and telegraph Company Better known today as at t. A company that has grown to control many of the wires and cables that bring you phone calls, websites and television too. It just had another important day, a more than 85 billion deal to buy time warner, one of the nations largest makers of tv and film. Its a shiny new toy in the hands of at t c. E. O. Randall stefenson. The combination of time warner and at t creates a unique company that will lead the next way of innovation and time warner c. E. O. Jeffrese beukes is feeling the love for his new corporate partier. Im really excited about the future were going to help create with at t r 1 ose 0 but is the deal good for consumers or is it dangerous to let one company control both the the wires of the communication and what the wires carry. Donald trump left to say we scrap the deal. Because its too much concentration of power in the hands of too few. Reporter in a rather case democratic senator al franke says the deal raises red flags and Hillary Clinton says it will be closely screut niezed. Federal regulators may agree. They are expected to take at least a year whether to sign off on the deal. But at t is a company that began with a one. Come here, i want you. And its not going to drop this one without a fight. Tony dokoupil cbs news, new york. Quijano coming up next, a reporters notebook from the front line from the fight against isis. Quijano these are kurdish pesh mergsa fighters battle against iceist here isis near kirkuk. Isis stormed kirkuk on friday killing at least 80 people. U. S. Defense secretary ash carter visited Northern Iraq today. He met with the regions kurdish leader in irbil and got an update on the battle for mosul where iraqi troops backed by the u. S. Military are trying to retake iraqs second largest city from isis. Holly williams is following the fight up close. Reporter reporting from the front lines of the fight against isis, is sometimes chaotic. We carried a goprocamera with us on friday as we witnessed a gun fight in the city of kirkuk between isis enlistment and a local team, you can see our cameraman andi cadani and producerrer inlyall trying to catch the kreelt of this conflict without et going themselves hurt. The battle for mosul pits america and its allies against a sadistic death kultd. Air strikes and helicopter gun ships against suicide bombers. And the front line on thursday, theed kurdish fighters started a sloan droin overhead, causing panic and drawing a hail of bullets. If is not surprising theyre nervous and isis drone loaded with explosives kills two kurdish soldiers here earlier this month. The u. S. Military insists that its role here is only to advise and assist the iraqis. But the line between advising and combat sometimes seemed a fine members of the u. S. Military are operating in this area although were not allowed to film them. Weve also seen troops from the coalition, from a european country, firing on isis. But even with americas help, this battle against bar baric extremists will come down to these men. Fighting for their land and control of their country. Holly williams, cbs news, Northern Iraq. Up next, Prison Inmates find redemption fighting on the front lines of californias most dangerous wildfires. Tonight dozens of large wildfires are burning in the west including several in california. You may be surprised to hear about 20 of californias fire crews are inmates. To take part in the program, the prisoners cannot be convicted of certain crimes including arson. Chris martinez shows us how the program is changing lives. Reporter theyre among the first to hit the front lines of californias dangerous wildfires. The orange uniforms let you know these firefighters are inmates. Its a big opportunity. Reporter robert lane joined californias Inmate Firefighter Program about five years ago. He saw it as a change for redemption. Tell me what are you in for. Its a Violent Crime it was a gbi. What is that. Great bodily injury. Im giving back to the community for what i did. Reporter the volume tear program is the largest of its kind in the country. Geurero, mara, alvarez. Reporter inpaits are given basic training, taught to dig fire containment lines and clear paths so other crews can reach the flames. Were going to work on the access road, okay. Reporter they put their lives on the line for 2 a day. It is dangerous work. And it is a volunteer program. So we shouldnt take it for granted just because theyre inmates, that they have to be out there. We are not convicts on the bus, we are treated as firefighters. Reporter and that is a good feeling. This is a good feeling. Reporter it seems like this has really changed you. It has, it absolutely has. It lets you know that you are worth something. Reporter a sense of pride robert says will carry with him when he is released from prison later this year. Chris martinez, cbs news, yucaipa, california. Quijano still ahead, chicago sell grate celebrates like its 1945. Quijano rowdy penn state fans knocked over light poles and smashed a car last night after their unranked Football Team defeated rival ohio state who had been ranked number two in the nation. Thousands of fans stormed the field following penn states biggest victory of the post joe paterno era. They were celebrating in the streets of wrigleyville last night. The chicago cubs are headed to their first world series in 71 years. They havent won it in 108 years. The cubs will battle another great lakes team, the Cleveland Indians who have been in a championship drought since 19486789 game one is tuesday. We also want to note the passing of a woman believed to be the olde living olympian. Simone schaller was an american hurdler who competed in the 1932 and 36ee summer games. She died of Natural Causes thursday at her home in arcadia, california. Simone schaller was 104 years old. When we return, a rare tour of the popes summer resident residence as it opens 20 the public. Quijano in his weekly blessing today pope francis said the cruelty of the fighting in the iraqi city of mosul, quote, makes us cry and leaves us without words. The pope asked the crowd in st. Peters square to join him in a prayer for peace. This weekend pope francis opened his country home to tourists for the first time the public is being allowed inside private rooms in Castel Gandolfo, the popes summer residence just out rome. Seth doane takes us inside. Reporter popes have looked out at this view for centuries. But this is the first time the rest of us could look back in. Francis, the peoples pope, declared his private parm here should be public. So we could all see where popes would potter about or pray. This is the office of the so called personal valet, a sort of butler to the pope. This is the office for the popes secretary. And then in this grand room is the popes office and his desk. Reporter Castel Gandolfo perched above lake albano has a bigger footprint than vatican city itself and used as a summer escape but francis never spent the night here. In 2014 he opened some rooms to the public but his private apartment had remained off limits explained sandro barbagallo. Reporter youre in charge of running this place. Were you surprised when the pope said open up these rooms . Yes, very surprised, he admitted. I knew the public part of this palace well but i promise you, even i never entered the private apartments. It was always under lock and key and the keys were kept in rome. Reporter come take a look at, this the most private of rooms here, the popes bedroom. And the popes bed. Remarkably simple for a pope. Some of the rooms, in particular the popes bedroom seemed quite modest, quite small. Yes, its very small barbagallo said and very modest. We are, after all, talking about a priest. During world war ii, a previous pope opened Castel Gandalfo as a sort of shelter for those displaced by the fighting. This modern day pontiff has tried to bring the church closer to the people, now letting them right into his bedroom. Seth doane, cbs news, Castel Gandalfo. Quijano fascinating. That is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. Later on cbs, 60 minutes. The news continues now on our 24 hour Digital Network cbsn as cbs news. Com. Im Elaine Quijano in new york. From all of us at,,,, live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. And a Bay Area Hotel is a murder scene tonight. The visit the victim made inside the hyatte regency before shots were fired. And more than a dozen are dead after a tour bus slammed into a semitruck on a Southern California freeway. We begin in burr lynngame where theres been a burlingame where theres been a deadly shooting at the hyatte regency hotel. Reporter there is the hyatte regency. The shooting Hyatt Regency hotel. 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