Cbss weijia jiang joins us live from las vegas. This is certainly going to be an historical night. Reporter britt, it sure will be. You are right, this is really Donald Trumps last chance to change the momentum of this race, which seems to be all Hillary Clintons right now, if you look at all the latest polls. But trump says he is ignoring those numbers and focusing on tonight. Both these candidates are tangleed up in personal controversies and debate experty get ugly quickly. Hillary clinton and donald trump will square off tonight in their third and final president ial debate. I think generally the third debate historically matters the least. Reporter thats because with just 20 days left until the election, its going to be hard for the candidates to change the current momentum. Clinton now has a 9point lead in the latest national poll. You cant believe anything you see. I dont even believe the polls. Praised the polls, say the media and clinton are rigging the election. They want to
After returning home from a game in california. The accident happened while the bus was making an unexplained return to the terminal. The driver carried an autopsy indicated she had an enlarged heart. But did not reveal that a medical condition was involved in what took place. The bus was 10 feet 11 inches high, the overhang was more than a foot lower. But Denver Police did not find that the driver drove off the road to avoid a collision. Its hard for me to conclude that because again, we had witnesses on board the bus who indicated that there was no effort to stop emergency braking. Reporter three Legacy High School football coaches were seriously injured in the crash. But all have now returned to their jobs. I spoke today with the husband of the bus driver who was killed. Headquarters, rick salinger, cbs4 news. Now to our weather alert tonight copter4 showing us a cool but sunny evening over the metro area. That will is going to get chillier. Freeze warning is in place for the metro
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley one picture tells the story of the night birds of prey, the planes of donald trump and Hillary Clinton sized upd each other at the airport in las vegas today. The candidates debate one last time tonight on cbs for the right to command this plane, air force one. And this could be trumps last chance. Have a look at this a month ago, he was less than one point behind in the polls. Then, debate one, september 26, changed the course of the race. And debate two, october 9, put wind beneath the wings of the Clinton Campaign. Tonight, trump trails by more than six points, and no candidate has ever pulled out of a tailspin like that this late. Joining us now from las vegas, and, of course, the anchor of face the nation. John, these debates have been nothing but a boat anchor for donald trump. Why is that . Reporter well, because he has done nothing to expand his base. I mean, hes got that core group of trump supporters. In the last debate w
Mails. That have made controversial comments about ethnic and religious groups. The running mates were on the campaign trail for them today, tim kaine in ohio and north carolina, mike pence in durango. Pence attacked the National Media for what he called biased reporting. Its not exactly like its a fair fight out there. Ever since i joined this campaign its just been amazing. Its like its every day with the National Media doing half of Hillary Clintons work for her. Some mornings i got to turn on the television with a stick. I dont know exactly what well see but donald trump is sort of telegraphed its going to be scorched earth. Its going to be scorched earth. Donald trump has made the entire campaign about going after people. Youre going to go after people if theyre mexican, if theyre muslim, were going to say negative things about women. Were going to go after john reporter tonights debate will have the same format as the first debate with two candidates standing behind podiums field
Ohio. He is of clintons performances in the past two debates and expects her to stay calm and measured tonight. Your ballot might have arrived in the mail. You will notice it a long one. We wondered why are there so many president ial candidates . Thats a good question and cbs4s alan gionet looked into it. My name is rod silva. 22 or so candidates here. Welcome to the hedges and bays 2016 campaign. There. A lot of choices. I am a professional tuba player. Do you have any idea who these people are . No, i dont. It is a lot of people. Reporter Arapahoe County clerk matt crane has seen some big ballots but this one is a whopper. The biggest in memory in colorado. It varies by state but you can see weve got a lot of parties we havent heard of before. That decide they want to give major parties nominate candidates but for others collect 5000 signatures or pay 1000 and have nine people who can serve as your electors if you win, and you are on. On behalf of the Nutrition Party the prohibition