Major, thank you. On the democratic side Hillary Clinton remains the frontrunner, up five points in the past two weeks over Bernie Sanders and possible candidate joe biden. Will Vice President biden get in . Heres nancy cordes. Its not like i can rush it. Reporter in an interview with the catholic magazine america Vice President biden said hes still deliberating and knows time is running out. Were just not you know, its not quite there yet. And it may not get there in time to make it feasible to be able to run and succeed because there are certain windows that will close. Reporter but his increasingly antsy supporters in the Draft Biden Movement insist he is inching toward a bid. Over the weekend some backers speculated bidens wife, jill, might be the one with cold feet, prompting her spokesman to tell cbs news and others of course dr. Biden would be on board if her husband decides to run for president. I think everybody just ought to give him the space to decide whats best for him and
To rig its vehicles to cheat on u. S. Emissions tests. Volkswagens c. E. O. , who is an engineer, apologized today, but sorry didnt cut it with investors, v. W. s stock dove off a cliff, down more than 17 in the u. S. The company saw more than 14 billion go up in smoke in one trading session, and it now faces billions in fines. Kris van cleave is following this. Reporter the e. P. A. Alleges the german automaker designed a socalled defeat device to allow cars to pass emissions tests they should have failed. Certain diesel models were designed with Sophisticated Software that used information including the position of the Steering Wheel and speed of the vehicle to determine the car was undergoing emissions testing. The car was rigged to bypass that when being driven. Emissions increased 10 to 40 times above acceptable e. P. A. Levels. Professor dan carter was among the researchers at West Virginia university that first reported the difference in emillses last year. Once we started the t
Now and forevermore. Narrator if animals are our best friends, shouldnt we be theirs . Visit your local shelter, adopt a pet. Youll be in my heart no matter what. Cbs cares. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares this evening Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dropped out of the race for the republican nomination. Former Texas Governor rick perry left ten days ago. Walker was a rising star, but he barely registered in the polls after weak performances in the first two debates. Here was walker this evening. I will suspend my campaign immediately. I encourage other republican president ial candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current frontrunner. After the second Re
Heres major garrett. Reporter for the first time donald trump sounded hesitant about his path to the nomination. I dont think panic is a word that id use, but you know, sure, id like to stay on top. Im going to do whats right. If i dont make it, thats okay. Ill go back to having a good time and building a business. Reporter trumps caution is consistent with what he told us in early august, when his poll numbers were rising. The only thing that can really drive me out, if my numbers drop down. Im a realist. Reporter retired neurosurgeon ben carson is embroiled in the kind of controversy usually reserved for trump for saying this on sunday about the possibility of a muslim president. I would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that. Reporter the u. S. Constitution says no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office. But carsons comments could appeal to part of the republican electorate. According to a ga
So well take it from there. Reporter the city Officials Say there will be sporadic street closures as the pope makes his way through the city. The mayor is urging everyone to take mass transit as much as possible. He warns there could be subway delays and Service Suspensions as the pope is in trans i live on the upper west side, hazle sanchez, cbs2 news. The pontiff is wrapping up his last full day in cuba. He traveled to one of the nations largest cities on the eastern part of cuba with a message of change. Cbs2s dana tyler has that part of the story. A childrens choir sang for pope francis upon his arrival in the city of holguin. And under the searing cuban sun here the pontiff as he passed by. Young open air mass before thousands of followers. Jesus goes before us. He opens the way and invites us to follow him. Reporter pope francis celebrated the feast of saint matthew. It blended the sounds of cuban music with traditional hynns. He used the opportunities to acknowledge the activit