Transcripts For KLAS CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 2016

Transcripts For KLAS CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley 20161108

Narrowly divided battleground states that will decide this election. Were going to begin our coverage tonight with Major Garrett on the Trump Campaign. If we dont win, all of us, honestly, weve all wasted our time. Ill be honest. Reporter in raleigh, North Carolina, donald trump confronted something rarely seen in his breakneck barnstorming of the country, a venue with plenty of room to spare. Trump still drew thousands on a monday afternoon, but he brooded over a possible defeat as turnout in battleground states suggested the republican nominee will need a surge of voters tomorrow. You have one magnificent chance, and honestly, in four years, its over, folks. There has never been a Movement Like this. Reporter trump had been buoyed in recent days by f. B. I. Director james comeys decision to investigate emails found on a laptop used by a top clinton aide, but comey said yesterday that agents sorting through the messages found nothing to change his decision not to recommend the f. B. I. , the director, was obviously under tremendous pressure. So they went through 650,000 e mails in eight days. Yeah, right . So sad whats going on. Reporter earlier in the day, trump sounded more upbeat. He told a packed house in sarasota, florida, he had done all he could do to win. In one day, we are going to and we are going to take back the white house. This is it. Good luck. Get out there. I did my thing. I mean, i worked. Reporter trump even lightened the mood by reaching out into the crowd for a flimsy likeness of himself. Nice head of hair, ill say that. Reporter campaigning in erie, pennsylvania, mike pence called his time as trumps running mate an extraordinary journey. This team is ready. This movement. Is obviously ready. Reporter the Trump Campaign is encouraged by early and absentee vote totals in florida, ohio and North Carolina, but they acknowledged dayof turnout there and in pennsylvania, michigan and especially New Hampshire are crucial to trumps fate. In that regard, scott, trump will try to set a good example, voting election day early in manhattan. Pelley Major Garrett for us tonight. Now lets go to nancy cordes covering the clinton campaign. We can do this. Reporter nearly 600 days after launching her bid, clinton wrapped it up today with a simple message vote. If the lines are long tomorrow, please wait. Reporter unlike trump, she spent the day bouncing between two key states, pennsylvania and michigan. This election is basically between division and unity in cheers and applause its between strong and steady leadership or a loose cannon who could put everything at risk. Reporter clinton told reporters shes already thinking about what comes after election day. I think i have some work to do to bring the country together. As ive been saying in these spes really do want to be the president for everybody. People who vote for me, people who vote against me. Reporter her confidence is based on a getoutthevote operation two years in the making. Im going to give you stickers. Reporter Campaign Aides say volunteers in battleground states knocked on 6. 2 million doors this weekend and made 8. 1 million phone calls. Okay. Great. Reporter president obama hit New Hampshire and michigan today. He reminded workingclass voters what his administration did to so when i tell you that donald trump is not the guy who is going to look out for you, you need to listen. Reporter clinton made no mention today of the Glass Ceiling shed be breaking as the first woman president , but there is one subtle reference in her final twominute ad airing tonight in prime time. So tonight, im asking for your vote, and tomorrow lets make history together. Im Hillary Clinton, and one last time, i approve this message. Reporter pennsylvania is one of the few battleground states that votes almost entirely on election day, and so the clintons are pulling out all the stops here in philadelphia tonight, appearing with the obamas, scott, and a couple of local musicians from just across the border in new jersey, Bruce Springsteen and jon bon jovi. Pelley nancy cordes for us tonight. Nancy, thank you. Thanks to the growth of early voting in much of the country, election day is now known as the 42 million have already made their choices. Lets go to our election savant, Anthony Salvanto, our cbs news director of elections. Anthony . Reporter well, scott, early voting is pivotal in so many of those battleground states weve been following all year. Where in places like North Carolina, florida, nevada, we estimate more than half the vote will be cast before tomorrow. Now, in North Carolina, things looked even from what we can see so far. In floriam hispanic voters turning out in force helping keep Hillary Clinton and donald trump neck and neck, and in nevada, it looks like democratic registration may be giving clinton an early edge. Why is that so important . Because if Hillary Clinton can hang on to just two of three of those states, say take florida and nevada, plus what she already has leaning to her, that would put her over the top. Pelley what about the states that dont have early voting . Well, scott, thats why you see the campaigns now they mostly vote tomorrow. That means its one concentrated day of turnout. And for donald trump, if he is going to catch up, what hes got to do is flip places like florida for himself, like ohio, and then also not just North Carolina, but maybe one of those reliably blue states, like a pennsylvania or a michigan in order to start moving past clinton in his electoral vote totals. Pelley Anthony Salvanto our director of elections, thanks. Lets bring in john dicker and, of course, the anchor of face the nation. John, Trump Campaigning in traditionally democratic states like michigan and wisconsin. Why . Reporter well, hes trying to break the lines, the democratic lines, those states the democrats traditionally vote for, historically have voted for wisconsin, michigan and also minnesota. And the challenge is, the reason hes doing that is, there are blue collar voters there he thinks he can grab. The challenge with those states when you talk to republicans worried about this strategy is a democratic turf, the democrats can turn out their vote quickly. Thats why you see two president s in michigan and the nominee in michigan turning out that vote at the last minute. Pelley now, for our viewers watching our election coverage tomorrow night, what should they be looking for . Reporter well, as anthony pointed out, 31 states are out of the conversation a little bit because historically they vote, of course, but historically those states go to the democrats or the republicans. Thats why we focus on these battleground states. So early in the evening, virginia and North Carolina will be coming in early and will look there to see if Hillary Clinton is able to add to the Traditional Democratic state. If shes able to add virginia and North Carolina, thats the end of it or likely shell get to 270. Excuse me, scott. And if donald trump does well, he still has to win twice as many of those upforgrabs states. So well be looking in virginia and North Carolina for signs pennsylvania. Thats a state he can take away from those traditionally democratic states. Pelley just in terms of the arithmetic, trump has a much taller hill to climb. Reporter he does. He has to win twice as many as she. Pelley john, thank you very much. Our Election Night coverage will begin right here 6 30 eastern time tomorrow with a special edition of the cbs evening news, and well then continue all through the night. The f. S again yesterday when it cleared clinton for a second time in the investigation into whether she received classified information on her private, unsecured computer server. F. B. I. Director james Comey Told Congress that thousands of newly discovered emails did not contain anything that would change his opinion that what clinton did was, in his words, extremely careless but not criminal. Reporter f. B. I. Agents used a specially designed Computer Program to scan and sort the hundreds of thousands of emails found on a laptop used by clinton aide huma abedin. While investigators initially said they were unlikely to finish before election day, after less than two weeks they determined that most of the e mails were personal or duplicates of messages they had already seen. Officials realized the case was back to where it was in july when f. B. I. Director james comey decided not to recommend charges against clinton for mishandling classified information. No reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. Reporter but on capitol hill, republican members of congress are still not satisfied. Utahs jason chaffetz. There was potentially the largest breech of security in the history of the state department. No matter who wins this election we have to clean that up and make sure that it never ever happens again. Reporter former u. S. Years. What kind of man is he . Tremendous integrity, brilliant man. Reporter but howard says comey was wrong to go public with the renewed investigation. I think its a mistake. We try to stay out of elections as best we can so the democratic process can run its course. Reporter f. B. I. Directors are given tenyear terms so they are seen as independent and above politics. Scott, comey has been on the job three ye w likely be working with whomever wins the election tomorrow. Pelley jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. Thank you, jeff. Well, stock prices soared today in an election eve rally. The dow gained 371 points. The Standard Poors 500 was up 46. And Anthony Mason is with us now. Anthony . Reporter they were calling it the hillarally on wall street, scott. Stocks began soaring after that news broke yesterday that f. B. I. Had cleared the latest batch of losing streak for the s p 500, its longest losing streak since 1980. Markets hate uncertainty, and wall street had an anxiety attack last week when polls began to tighten. Funds are now holding nearly 6 of their portfolios in cash. The most since the aftermath of 9 11 back in 2001. And Foreign Investors have been even more skittish. Foreignbased funds pulled nearly half a billion dollars out of ust the seventh time in eight weeks there has been a net outflow as investors have chosen to play waitandsee on the sidelines. Stocks werent alone in bouncing back today. The mexican peso also rallied on the f. B. I. News. Whatever wall street thinks of clintons politics, investors view her as the candidate of the status quo for the financial community, which prizes predictability, scott, a clinton victory would simply come with fewer unknowns. Pelley Anthony Mason, thanks. The first woman was elected to congress. Montana sent Jeannette Rankin to the house two years after the state granted the right to vote to women. It would be another four years, however, before women nationwide got the vote under the 19th amendment. Janet reno was the first woman to be u. S. Attorney general, appointed by president bill clinton. It was reno in 1993 who ordered the raid that brought a fiery end to a siege at the Branch Davidian compound in waco, texas. More than 80 people died. Reno called that the worst day of her life. Janet reno died today of parkinsons disease. She was 78. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, a strong earthquake close to the countrys largest oil terminal. And later, the push for minority votes. The roses are blooming in herbal essences hair is delightfully fragranced with notes of moroccan rose and the freshness of springtime unforgettable, wherever you go the scents you cant forget. [burke] hot dog. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. . We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum . You cant predict the market. But through good times and bad. At t. Rowe price. Weve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Pelley suddenly oklahoma seems to be the countrys earthquake capital. There was a strong one last night in cushing, west of tulsa, and Omar Villafranca is there. Reporter nick tanner says his entire apartment shook violently. I swear it looked like the ceiling was about to collapse on me. The walls were shaking, the ceiling was moving. Reporter tanner was home when the 5. 0 earthquake tore a hole in his ceiling. Damaged, as were many of the Historic Buildings in downtown cushing. Stephen spears is the city manager. It appears theres numerous buildings, 40 to 50 that have substantial damage. Reporter according to the u. S. Geological survey, this is the second major earthquake to hit the area in the past two months. A quake near pawnee, oklahoma, registered a 5. 8, the largest in the states history. Building owners like dan wiinnie anything bigger than a 5, what do you think will happen . If it hits again, maybe not my building, but i think some of these will be on the ground. Reporter in recent years oklahoma has been hit with thousands of earthquakes. Since 2006, the number of magnitude 3 or greater has jumped from an average of 2 or 3 a year to almost 900 last year. Some geologists have linked the increased seismic activity to highly pressurized injections of byproduct of oil and gas drilling, which includes fracking, which can trigger faults deep underground. Cushing, oklahoma, is home to the largest Oil Tank Storage facility in the country, and despite the destruction here, Authorities Say the tanks were not damaged. Scott, the agency that oversees drilling in oklahoma has shut down 70 wastewater injection sites linked to the quakes. Pelley Omar Villafranca in when we come back, were going to head to another state where hispanic voters could decide the election. Election. Thats why i have the spark cash card from capital one. With it, i earn unlimited 2 cash back on all of my purchasing. And that unlimited 2 cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business. Which adds fuel to my bottom line. 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Reporter whereas you think trump is a genuinely attractive candidate . He is. Reporter but floridas hispanic demographics are shifting. Puerto ricans, now the states second largest group, lean democrat. Hillary clinton reporter clinton is also relying on a big turnout from floridas nearly two million African American voters. But early black voting is down 7 from 2012, so a grassroots drive yesterday called souls to the polls bused people straight from churches to voting booths. Will and val mabene, both retired union autoworkers, also voted early for clinton. Trump has said, what have you got to lose . Et keep this. He is desperate now, so hes going to say anything and do anything to try to get that black vote. Reporter did that message have a chance with you . No. Hes insulting. Reporter in early voting here, the hispanic turnout was way up from 2012. Scott, if that turnout stays high tomorrow, how hispanics vote could decide who wins this state and the white house. 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