Genuflect . This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley 54 days to the the election and have a look at this a tie. A cbs News New York times poll shows equal numbers of likely voters nationwide favoring Hillary Clinton and donald trump. But remember, the election is really about 51 separate contestcontests to rack electoral vote. Well tell you how thats shaping up. But first, clinton, home three days with pneumonia, appeared today in north carolina. And heres nancy cordes. Reporter clinton returned to the campaign trail with a wave and a tongueincheek new theme song. . I feel good. I knew they would . Reporter determined to send a message that shes on the mend. Nobody ever accuses me of up. cheers and applause ill never walk away, no matter how tough the going gets. Im actually asking americans to hold me accountable for my ideas and hold my opponent accountable for his. Reporter when it comes to those ideas, the new cbs News New York times poll find voters think clinton would do a better job handling terrorism, immigration, and foreign policy. But they say trump would do a better job with the thats their number one issue. Trumps voters are also more likely than clintons to say they are very enthusiastic about voting. Its important to sit with your thoughts every now and then. Reporter in greensboro, clinton said her sick days had given her time to reflect on the kind of race she wants to run in the final seven weeks. I want to give americans something to vote for not just against. With all the noise and distraction, its important to and the real choice in this election. Reporter shed like to put her illness behind her but was asked repeatedly today why her running mate wasnt informed about his pneumonia diagnosis until she nearly fainted at ground zero. We communicated. Weve communicated, but i am, you know, not going to go into our personal conversations, and i feel very comfortable and confident about our relationship. Reporter clinton said shes going to focus in this final stretch on the issues that motivated her to run in t kids and fairness for families. She called it the cause of her life and said it would be her driving passion as president. Scott. Pelley nancy cordes, thanks. Today, we got trumps doctors report. Hes 63, 236 pounds, Blood Pressure 116 over 70. He takes a lowdose aspirin and a statin to lower his cholesterol, which is 169. Excellent health, his Doctor Health of the economy, and heres major garrett. My economic plan rejects the cynicism that says our labor force will keep declining, that our jobs will keep leaving, and that our economy can never grow as it did once before. Reporter donald trump today called for more than 4 trillion in acrosstheboard tax cuts, an increase in defense spendingnd expansion of Domestic Energy production. Over the next 10 years, our Economic Team estimates that under our plan, the economy will average 3. 5 growth and create a total of 25 million new jobs. Reporter Economic Growth has hovered between 1. 6 and 2. 6 since the Great Recession ended in 2009. The last time the u. S. Economy averaged 4 annual growth was during the bill clinton existing trade deals and cancel pending ones with asia and europe. Im not running to be the president of the world. Im running to be the president of the United States of america. Hillary clinton supported nafta. Reporter yesterday in flint, michigan, while addressing members of an African American church helping residents deal with ledtainted water, trump veered into political attacks on Hillary Clinton when faster faith green timons intervened. Everything she touched didnt work out, now Hillary Clinton mr. Trump, i invited you here to thank us, not to give a political speech. Oh, okay. Reporter this is what trump said about pastor timmons today in fact, some in the audience were hostile, even heckled trump about complaint of discrimination at trump housing developments. Scott, back on the economy, trump said his plan will not add to future federal deficits. But bipartisan analysts say it murky policy changes. Pelley major garrett, thanks. Well, with the direction of the election a little bit murky, we turned to our cbs news director of elections, anthony salvanto. Anthony, nancy mentioned enthusiasm gap. What does that mean to clinton . Well, scott, right now the polls show the voters who are most likely to turn out in november. If theyre not enthusiastic, they may not show up. Thats one reason this race is tied. Heres another donald trump is Republican Base as Hillary Clinton is with her democratic base. That wasnt the case this summer. Finally, remember, they both still have some work to do. In this poll, twothirds of voters the highest weve ever seen tell us they feel this campaign is the most negative that they can recall. Pelley now, we found that tie in the national contest, but, of course, what really matters is that the race is also tightening in the swing state that decide the election. Right. Clinton still has the Electoral College lead, but i think its going to come down ultimately to these four states. We start with florida where the race has tightened. If donald trump can put that in his column, then we go to ohio where weve also seen polling suggesting that race is tightening. He get ohio, he goes on to north carolina. Now, hes been trailing there, but that voted republican last time, so hes got hope. But then he would still need to win one more big democraticleaning state, like pennsylvania. He get that, hed go over the the top. Tough, but what we see from todays polling is that he does have the momentum. Pelley insight from anthony salvanto. Thanks, anthony. Now, in another important story tonight, one Marine Recruit is dead, another injured amid allegations of brutal hazing during basic training. Both men were muslims, and now more than a dozen marines could start crawling. Reporter training at the paris island boot camp is supposed to be tough, but a marine corps investigation found that earlier this year, a drill sergeant assaulted a recruit who then jumped to his death. The sergeant slapped raheel siddiqui, a 20yearold pakistani american recruit, who claimed he had a sore throat. After being slapped, siddiqui vaulted the railing of a stairwell, causing him to fall from third deck of the marines call it sued, but attorney said the family believes he was hounded to his death because of religion. All the indications provided so far indicate his religion may have had a major role in this. Reporter the investigation found siddiqui should already have been declared unfit for training because of an earlier suicide threat. And the drill sergeant who slapped siddiqui should already have been suspended from his recruit. That recruit testified drill sergeant had accused him of being a terrorist, demanding to know what he had to do with 9 11. Two drill sergeants ordered the recruit into an industrialstrength clothes dryer. They closed the door and ran the dryer for about 30 seconds. When the recruit refused to admit he was a terrorist, they ran is twice more, burning his neck and shoulderss. The investigation recommended the drill sergeants be brought up on criminal clear evidence of dereliction of duty by the officers in charge. Some commanders have already been fired and, scott, a total of 20 marines face possible disciplinary action. Pelley david martin with the story for us tonight. David, thank you. Two new York City Police officers were attacked today by a man with a meat cleaver. It happened at the start of the evening rush hour this evening in midtown manhattan. One officer was cut, the other grazed. Today, the family of sandra bland reached a 1. 9 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. It was in july of last year that bland died in a texas jail cell after a minor traffic violation. Omar villafranca is at the jail. Reporter it started like a arroutine traffic stop when a texas state trooper pulled over sandra bland for failing to signal a lane change in july of reporter but it quickly esk laipted. I will write you up get out reporter 28yearold bland was later taken to the Waller County jail, and three days later she was found hanging in her jail cell. No justice, no peace. Reporter activists questioned her death and why she was even arrested. No one was charged in blands death, but trooper brian encina, was fired for violating Department Procedures which require officers to be courteous an autopsy found that bland had hanged herself with a trash bag in her jail cell, raising questions about how inmates are monitored. A year later, blands mother, geneva, welcoming the settlement. Sandys death meant something. And literally, across the country, she is known now. So shes got a legacy. Reporter in addition to the payout to the bland family, Waller County agreed to change procedures at the jail, including improved electronic monitoring of inmate inhe cells, a nurse or emergency medical technician must be on duty during all shifts. And pledging to seek state help to improve jail functions. Cl legislation passed will be named in honor of bland. These are things that needed to be in place prior to her death, but for now i think its important that no other family whats too through this type of pain. Reporter the attorney for Waller County says the deal has not been finalized. Deny and fault or wrongdoing. Pelley omar villafranca, omar, thank you. In syria tonight, the ceasefire is holding by and large, but desperately needed aid has still not arrived in aleppo, once syrias largest city. Elizabeth palmer is there. Reporter oh, yeah. Youseff ibrahim is showing me around what was his neighborhood. Six weeks ago, syrian soldiers and russian bombers in ferocious battle took it back from rebel fighters, and this is whats left. In the the background as we spoke, the sounds of war. explosions youseff, i just heard a big boom there. What was that . Oh, its coming from over there, he told me. But isnt there supposed to be a ceasefire . Yes, its those gunmen from last night, the shlg was nonstop. But with nowhere to go, youseff and his family have moved back in, and theyre now hoping, like hundreds of thousands of others, for United Nations aid. But it remains, so far, stalled in turkey. Until under a u. S. Russian proposal, all armed groups and the syrian army have withdrawn from the castelo road, the main highway into northern aleppo, and the Russian Military has secured it. Im standing on a section of the under want terms of the proposal, syrian soldiers like the ones at the checkpoint behind me, would be pulled out and the u. N. Trucks would be not only guaranteed safe passage but also no one would be able to stop them until they reached their destination. But a blame game has stalled the whole process. The russians point the finger at u. S. Backed rebel groups, who they say havent pulled back. Meanwhile, an exhausted and battered population has no to ward after any attempt by the Assad Government to channel more aid into the areas it controls, the u. N. Has made it clear that the trucks will be sealed and only u. N. Officials, scott, will decide who get the contents. Pelley Elizabeth Palmer inside syria tonight. Liz, thank you. 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But for generations and been a torture chamber. Reaching into the stands and couldnt get it. Brownd ball hit the dirt, right through his legs reporter the bobbles, brain cramps and bad luck have add up to more than a century of called third strikes and crushing losses. Sure, the vines on the walls are nice, but the play on the field has often been less attractive. Julio, youre not guarding in panama reporter who but the cubs could score 22 runs in a game their last World Championship occurred when roosevelt was president teddy roosevelt. And while they did manage another world series appearance, that was 71 years ago, and they lost, supposedly because of a curse involving a goat. This is my holy ground. Reporter nice green. I like to think so. Reporter so its kind of hard to explain people like reverently resodded his backyard with actual grass from Wrigley Field. How many times have the cubs broken your heart . laughs reporter just hearing the words the cubs have the best record in baseball, could send more superstitious fans into a defensive crouch, but not gracia. I really believe this is the year, and its just going to make all those years so much sweeter, you know. Reporter did you believe last year was the year . Every year. Ive been buying these jerseys reporter since 2002. And nothings happened. Another this is different. This is a new team, a new year. Reporter the cubs game against the Milwaukee Brewers is expected to get under way shortly here at Wrigley Field. And while the players are getting ready to play, scott, longtime cub fans are getting ready to pray. Pelley dean reynolds, i found her wandering miles from home. When the phone rang at 5am, i knew it was about mom. I see how hard its been on her at work and i want to help. For the 5 million americans living with alzheimers, and millions more who feel its effects. 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