Injuries or anything at all. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. Together we can help them with three simple words. My name is chris noth september is Childhood Cancer awareness month. What better time to donate to st. Jude Childrens Research Hospital . Where families never receive a bill with the election seven weeks away a cbs poll Shows Hillary clinton and donald trump tied in 13 key battleground states. Errol barnett has the the latest from washington. I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to the legacy if this community lets down the guard and fails to activate itself in this election. You want to give me a good sendoff, go vote. President obama making a passionate plea at Congressional Black Caucus gala saturday night as cbs polling shows the race to succeed him is essentially tied in battleground states. Hillary clintons lead overall in 13 states has vanished. With 42 preferring the donald trump. Republican vp nominee mike pence today. Well, let me say that, the momentum in this campaign is really overwhelming. It is because donald trump has been focussing on issues the American People really care about. Reporter the cbs poll reveals when it comes to whom is washington trump leads clinton substantially. By 27 . While clinton is only slightly more trusted to handle the perez presidency well day today. Democratic vp tim kain tried to boost trust. I would trust her with my sons life. He demonstrated he shouldnt be within ten time zones of commander in chief. Both campaigns are preparing for the upcoming debates. Last shot to shift public opinion. Clinton and trump face off week from onday. First of three tussles with pence and kane meeting in a Errol Barnett in washington. Thank you, errol. In North Carolina the start of a football season turned tragic for a Junior College team headed to their first game. Four people were killed and more than 40 others injured when their bus crashed on interstate 74 near rockingham. Reporter the charter bus was carrying members of a Club Football team when the front left tire blew out. Sending the bus careening into a guardrail. Four passengers including the bus driver were killed. I was listening to music. Out of nowhere. Quarterback was sitting in the back of the bus. Soon as it stopped. We jumped up paramedics came and all that. Thats when they, my friend, tito, calling his name. What is going on. He was dead. Among the deceased. Tito hamilton, 19, devonte gibson, 21. Students at Clinton College in rockingham. The 10yearold son of a coach was also killed. Investigators are looking into the bus Company Safety record. The drivers history. As well as the the speed. Lieutenant jeff gordon with the North Carolina highway patrol. I have been doing this job for 23 years now. I have seen my share. This is probably one of the worst. Especially when you have a, a group of students, just starting their lives. 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Station down the street didnt have any gas. A Senior Petroleum analyst at gas buddy. I dont think we have seen such a large disruption to fuel supply since hurricane katrina. Reporter the broken pipeline end in northern new jersey over the river behind me. Right now in alabama, crews are working on excavating the pipe and fixing it. Reena, with no timetable for return to service, the east coast of the United States is being served by truck and tanker ship. Thanks. Up next, well hear from secret service sharpshooters assigned president obama arrived in new york for the start of the United Nations general assembly. As always, the president is accompanied by hundreds of secret Service Members watching his every move. Margaret brennan met some of the sharpshooters in charge of protecting him. The secret Services EliteCounter Sniper Team is trained to hit targets deadon. In the forehead. We have to be ready to drop down or in the worst case scenario, put themselves in the line of fire. Travis has been on the force for a decade. 600 yard. Reporter you signed up to take a bullet for the president. Yes, maam. Reporter thats a lot to sign up for. It is. Absolutely. Wherever the president is, counter snipers protect him from above. They work in teams of two. Armed with highpowered assault rifles that can hit would be assassins hundreds of yards away. The key to an active hit is the wind caller. Here it is travis. Telling his partner, terry precisely how to aim to counteract the wind. So you really have to trust the partner. Absolutely. Completely. You can take the shot. You can make the call either way. If i see the target. I will drop down. And wind caller. Thinking about pressing the trigger. Reporter most complicated scenarios are in crowds overseas in unfamiliar terrain. During a recent president ial trip to poland, dennis, a ten year veteran of the team was concerned about how a sniper might conceal himself among the buildings lining the motorcade route. 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These are going to be brought to bear to improve on this progress. Such that, we expect continued steady decline in deaths from Childhood Cancer. The study found leukemia is no longer leading cause of cancer deaths in children and adolescents. 3 of 10 cancer deaths are now from brain cancer. The progress lagged behind in brain tumors. We have to redouble our efforts to improve the outcome for the after five months of chemotherapy, aiden is now cancer free and giving back to other patients. Other kids at the hospital. Chances of relapse are high. He has regular checkups. You look at aiden. My goodness you would never know he was sick. Im grateful every day. Reporter this family is making every day count. Two, three, go. Danielle nottingham. What a force that little aiden. Up next, he barely survived a wildfire. Finally tonight the story of the sole survivor of a battle against wi Central Washington state. Carter evans tells us about his long road to recovery. In this fire, daniel lyon faced the unimaginable. In blinding smoke, the engine he was riding in, crashed. All you see at that point is flame. Intense, feeling that your entire body was burning. He was the only one to make it out of the crash alive. Barbara, vividly remember the phone call from another fire fighter. He says, looked like daniel came as an angel came running out of the flames of hell. This is what daniel looks like a year after the fire. Burns over 75 of his body. Thank god i can still see. The site saved by the singed sunglasses. Th another reminder. I kind of have a natural tattoo on my wrist now. Thats where the watch was. Daniel has undergone 14 surgery as seattles harbor view burn center off the awe i feel like i have come a long ways. But i also got a really, really long ways to go. Reporter did you feel guilty for surviving . Of course you do. Survivor guilt is a real thing. You ask yourself. Why am i here. They didnt get that second chance. Daniels recovery is now more about than just survival. Did you have a girlfriend before you got burned . No, i did not. Your friend is in a fire you want to be there for him. But the friendship turned into something more. Even after all he has been through. He has a smile on his face. Just super strong. Really good person. The biggest thing that she does for me is, he helps me emotionally. Mentally. Shows me love. Respect. He is the best boyfriend. Fire can destroy. But it can also, regenerate. And here out of the ashes, Something Special has bloomed. Carter evans, cbs news, washington. Thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back a little while later for the morning news and cbs this morning. Welcome to the overnight news. Im reena ninan. World leaders gathered in new york for the opening of the u. N. General assembly. President obama will address the u. N. For final time in office. This years meeting will focus on worldwide refugee crisis. As well as the the 5yearold war in syria. But the threat of terrorism will hang over the gathering, a bombing went o saturday night. Injuring 29 people. All have been released from the hospital. But the investigation into the bombing and a second unexploded device, found in area, just beginning. It happened hours after another home made bomb went off at jersey shore. Before a 5 k race benefiting sailors and marines. And Islamic State claiming responsibility for knife attack in minnesota. We begin in new york with anna werner. Reporter surveillance video, people running. Still unanswered. Who set off the bomb and why. It was intentional, a violent act. A criminal act. Reporter the blast injured more than two dozen people. And just a block away driving west on 23rd street when he felt it. What did it feel like . Like your whole body shook. My ear was sort of numb. My right ear. Specifically. Reporter two hours after the bombing a pair of new York State Troopers canvassing the area noticed something next to a dumpster. New York Police Commissioner jim oneal in his second day on the job said they probably saved more lives. They circled their vehicle. Walked down the block. Thats huh they found it. They did a great job reporter the Pressure Cooker is now being analyzed for clues as to its origin. Authorities are sifting through surveillance camera individually looking for a suspect and are asking for the public help. For all new yorkers, a central message we want to give is be vigilant. Be vigilant at this point in time. Two Law Enforcement sources tell cbs news that components believed to have come from a Pressure Cooker have been recovered at the scene of the explosion behind me. Those and parts from a cell phone. A federal source is said to anna werner, thank you. The fbi is calling a stabbing spree at a minnesota mall saturday night a potential act of terrorism. Kenneth craig has the story. Reporter armed with a knife and dressed in a private security uniform, police say the attacker, inside this minnesota mall, left nine people wounded in his path. The ordeal sent shoppers at the saint cloud mall scrambling for safety. And investigators trying to by an isis connected or inspired terrorist. We will try to sort of peel back the onion and see what motivated the individual. Reporter Islamic State run news agency calling the attacker a soldier of the Islamic State. Law Enforcement Forces described him as a 20yearold minnesota man. Officials say he mentioned allah during the spree and asked people if they were muslim before deciding whether to attack. Authorities cr saving lives, who shot and killed the man as the the attacker was coming at him. He again, protected others from being injured. And potential loss of life. A hero. Authorities have not publicly i identified the attacker, leaders of the Somali American Community in minnesota have, they said as far as they know he never had any sort of violent history. We hear that so often. Justice and Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues talking to Law Enforcement sources about the cases in new jersey, new york and minnesota. Jeff, what can you tell us . Investigators have not definitively made the connection between the bomb in manhattan and one in seaside park, new jersey. But Law Enforcement sources say both used similar components. A clearer picture is emerging about what happened in saint cloud, minnesota and the motive behind the attack. Witnesses tell police the man in that attack, w were muslim. Those who replied that they were not were stabbed. Sources say that the man has had recent runins with police and lives in minnesota. An isis related website is claiming that the attacker was an isis soldier. But investigators are still trying to confirm itch that is accurate and the nature of the attackers connection to sources. And all the evidence in the case. They will be scrubbing his was communicating with with before the attack. Jeff pegues, thank you. John dickerson of face the nation discussed the attacks with peter king sits on Homeland Security and intelligence committees. Congressman, Governor Cuomo said there are no links to international terrorism, do you think thats the case . We dont know. In many of the cases we dont know, two, three, four days later whether or not a terrorist link. Whether or not connected overseas. Whether or not it is home grown. The fact there is no evidence right now. Doesnt mean much. Times square bombing in new york, 2011, guess it was. And there was no, took several days before, to realize that that was coming out of the, taliban in pakistan. Boston marathon bombing we didnt know for several days for certain if, if that was terrorists. So i think you have to assume from the start, terrorism is a real possibility. Not. You know we dont know. Certainly would not even think of ruling out terrorism at this stage. Whats the best way to react for the public and Law Enforcement officials in incidents like this. We now are so connected. The minute something happens, there is a kind of a rush to, to, name it right away. One thing or another. Whats the proper way to respond to these . Let the nypd and fbi handle it. Theyre the best in the world what to do. And also to realize as we go forwar and that terrorism and type of attacks from overseas or home grown or whether theyre just malcontents, we