And the rebirth of the centrepiece of american freedom. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley with labor day over, Hillary Clinton and donald trump went to work on each other. Todays the starting line in what is now a nineweek race for the white house. And with time running short, they pulled no punches. We begin tonight with Major Garrett covering the trump Democratic National convention, a National Poll gives donald trump narrow twopoint lead over Hillary Clinton, something the pollconscious nominee noticed during a stop in virginia beach. Its good psychology, you know, good psychology. I know that for a fact, because people that didnt call me yesterday, theyre calling me today. So thats the way life works, right . But i think were doing very well. Down six, and clinton retains important polling and organizational advantages in battleground states. Clintons statebystate leads give her an edge according to cbs projections in the pursuit of the 270 electoral votes requ