Militants attacked the American University of afghanistan today. At least four people were killed. Dozens wounded. None of them were american. The university was established in kabul ten years ago and has more than 1,000 students. More now from charlie dagata. Witnesses say a large explosion blew one of the gates open. That was followed by heavy gunfire as militants stormed the campus during busy night classes. Several american teachers and hundreds of students were on campus, some were struck by gunfire. Others hid where they could. One jumped from a second story window to escape. Among those trapped inside, was ap photographer, Mossoud Hossaini documenting the afghan the gunman was right outside his classroom. I sensed the man, the terrorist was going room by room. I felt that, okay, this is it. He couldnt open the door. He just threw the grenade inside. And then we jumped and then we ran, all of it probably in two or three minutes. Reporter cbs news producer, Ahmad Mukhtar was in class and sprinted for any way out. The gunfire was getting, closer, closer. And i felt, a few a few bullets flying over my head. And that was, for a few seconds of that. And these bullets hit me or my friend. Reporter as the Afghan Security forces battled with the militants. U. S. Military officials confirmed american advisers were on the side lines. Despite being surrounded by attack on the American University in a month. It is not known who is behind the university attack, maurice, but it comes amid a surge in violence to. Day the Defense Department identified the u. S. Soldier who was killed in yesterdays roadside bomb, army staff sergeant, Matthew Thompson of irvine, california was on patrol in helman province. Thompson was 28. Charlie dagata following developments from london. 76 days until the president ial election. Donald trump took his campaign to a battleground state where he is fighting an uphill battle for votes among people of color. Here is major garrett. . Proud to be an american . Reporter donald trump rallied in pivotal Central Florida and said this about his new minority outreach. Really great with voters. Trump is trailing in florida part of the problem, soft support from hispanic and africanamerican voters. Trump is trying to fix that by retooling his immigration message. One that began like this when mexico sends its people theyre not sending their best. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. During a televised townhall, trump backed away from repeated pledges to dep there certainly can be a softening. We are not looking to hurt people. Reporter that clashes with trumps earlier emphasis on mass deportation. You are rounding them all up . We are rounding them uppen a humane, nice way. Theyre going to be happy because they want to be legalized. And by the way, i know it doesnt sound nice. But not everything is nice. It doesnt sound practical. Limit deportation orders to criminals without documentation. His runningmate indiana governor mike pence still sound slightly tougher suggesting a split within the ticket. That means deporting all 11 Million People. Thing it means upholding the laws of the country and enforcing the laws. Deportation force, is that your understanding . People who have run afoul of the law got to leave immediately. Reporter trumps immigration plans remain vague, hard to pin down. So too, maurice, the strategy of campaigning here in mississippi. Trump trails in so many battleground states. Major garrett with the Trump Campaign tonight. While trump hunts for votes. Hillary clinton is mining for money. Julianna goldman has that. Reporter this may be all the public will see of Hillary Clinton today as she heads into a private fund raiser in california. Instead of spending the end of august storming battleground states. Clinton is on a money raising marathon to pay for the fall fight against donald trump. But her absence has kept her from turning the page on controversies over her email and the Clinton Foundation. Which has raised 2 billion to instead, she has opened herself up to attacks. It is impossible to tell where the Clinton Foundation ends and the state department begins. Reporter clintons fundraising highlights the apparent blurry lines between her familys charitable work and political ventures. Of the 15 fundraisers clinton has held over the last week, more than half hosted by donors including one today by apple ceo tim cook. His cohost, executive Vice President , lisa jackson is on the foundation board. While clinton is set to deliver a speech tomorrow in nevada her time away from the trail has given trump other ammunition. No press conference in what, 255 days. I think we are ready to take a few questions. That since december. She sat down for hundreds of interviews including with 60 minutes last month. But she hasnt faced the sort of uncontrolled rapid fire at least four press conferences. Trump held at least seven. With Hillary Clinton away from the campaign trail, late today, former president bill clinton defended the foundations work. Maurice he said if there is something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, i dont know what it is. Julianna goldman. In washington. Coming up next when children die in hot cars, why do some parents face charges and others dont. And, later, a secret Surveillance Program over a . Music . New ky intense. This year at least 27 children in this country have died after being left inside hot cars. And about half the cases, some one, usual a parent or guardian has faced criminal charges. But critics say, race plays a role in determining who gets charged and who doesnt. And they point to two recent cases in mississippi as proof. Here is mark strassmann. It felt like every part of me just just was torn into pieces. Reporter this was the moment last may that haunts joshua blount. Outside the restaurant where he works, the 25yearold discovered his daughter shania had been trapped inside the hot car for four hours. What was that moment like . World is shut down. Just knowing her last words were daddy. Reporter blount had forgotten to drop off his 8monthold with his grandmother. This is not real. Reporter arrested for Second Degree murder, a charge later reduced to manslaughter. A week earlier, 90 miles away, a 2 year owed, Caroline Bryant died after spending eight hours in a hot car. Her 37yearold white mother was not charged. Lawyer carlos moore represents joshua blount. How do you explain the difference . Racism. And to a lesser extent, maybe gender bias. Reporter in both cases, parents were rushing to work. Neither was drunk or impaired. Professor matt steffi of sees unfairness in blounts criminal charge. If you are in the right jurisdiction you are a treated as a grieving parent or perhaps you meet the right gender and race expectations treated as a grieving parent. Reporter beau prosecutors who decided to press charges never returned our calls. Blounts girlfriend and their babys mother says she has forgiven him. I will take full responsibility. Purpose. Reporter josh blount faces up to 20 years behind bars but says nothing could punish him more than his own anguish. Tell me this is not real. Reporter mark strassmann, cbs news, grenada, mississippi. Up next, Police Conducting secret patrols from high above a big u. S. City. Add finish . Jetdry . In the rinse aid compartment. Its there for a reason. It dries much better than detergent alone. Sorry dishwasher. Shinier dishes. For months, police in baltimore have been conducting aerial surveillance over neighborhoods. A plane with hightech to investigate crimes. It was a closely guarded secret until now. Here is kris van cleave. Cbs news. Com first report add but the Camera Technology last year when we visited persistence surveillance headquarters. From wide angle cameras mounted on a small plane the company sees 32 square miles, transmitting images live and time t in june that plane was flying over baltimore, watching for signs of unrest the day officer Caesar Goodson was found not guilty in freddie grays death. A fact the police did not publicly disclose until today. The only people should be concerned in baltimore are criminals. T. J. Smith defended at rest of this man wanted for shooting two elderly people in february. We are going to do whatever we can to go after those who choose to harm our city. Reporter while the cameras are not high resolution, people and cars appear as dots that can be followed allowing police to sync cameras on the ground. Do youve feel like it is spying . It is spying. This man wants the program shut down. I hates to use the term, big brother. It is overused. This is big brother. A big eye in the sky watching a city at once. Reporter the system was originally developed for the military in iraq to find people planting bombs. Police agencies in california and ohio have tested this technology. Coming up next, muslimamerica finally tonight. Billboards are popping up all over the country with an eye catching message. We sent Dean Reynolds to get the story behind the signs. Graces a chicago interstate could well reflect the viewpoint of a lot of americans. In this case, its a group of muslimamericans. Neighbors dont realize that muslims are absolutely opposed to isis. Isis actually kills more muslims than anybody else. Imam malik mujahid of chicago is the force behind the blunt billboards and credits young muslim whose came up with the exact expression. Reporter pretty direct language . Young people are sick and tired of sophisticated language. So they came up with the lack wage. Reporter he told us the attacks in europe and here in this country moved his community to be more active in their opposition to radicals. There is another blaring billboard in phoenix. And he says he has requested for more from 15 cities. All are funded by local muslim two sides of the same coin. Which is hurting islam as well as human team. Theyre increasing the fear, hate, anger in america. Which is dividing a beautiful nation. With isis implicated or accused in acts of terror around and across the west and attempts to recruit western young people to the cause and the caliphate, the imam says american muslims are frustrated and in some cases frightened. But history he says holds out hope. Kkk was defeated by good christians. Isis needs to be defeated by good muslims. Reporter a war of words instead of weapons. Dean reynolds. Cbs news, chicago. That is the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you the news continues. For others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im maurice dubois. . Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the cbs overnight news, im jericka duncan. The president ial campaign trail is becoming a rocky road for clinton. A new National Poll of likely a 12point lead over donald trump. 45 to 33 . But 22 said they would rather not vote for either one. Meanwhile, the controversy over donations to the Clinton Foundation continues to grow. The Washington Post and usa today both ran editorials calling on the clintons to close the foundation or transfer operations to another charity. An Ap Investigation found that half of the people out of government who met with clintons while she was secretary of state Clinton Foundation. Nancy cordes has more. Reporter this report is creating new perception problem for the Clinton Campaign and foundation that donors got no special treatment by secretary clinton. Clinton herself hasnt weighed in on the controversy because she spent most of the past three days out of the public eye, courting Campaign Donors in ca lie after lie after lie. Hillary clinton is totally unfit to hold public office. Reporter in austin, trump accused the clintons of running a criminal enterprise. It is impossible to figure out where the Clinton Foundation ends and the state department begins. Reporter he cited the new analysis by the Associated Press which examined Hillary Clintons daily schedules as secretary of state and found 85 of the 154 private individuals who got meetings or phone calls with either personally or through their organization. This is why i have called for a special prosecutor to look into this mess. Reporter his allies followed suit. Special prosecutor. Do the right thing. Appoint the special prosecutor. Apin the a special prosecutor. Reporter the Clinton Campaign fired back saying the ap report relied on utterly flawed datwh secretarys schedule. They added meetings with humanitarians like Melinda Gates or nobel prize winner, were squarely in the purview of americas top diplomat. They also rejected trumps call for a special prosecutor. It is an act of desperation on his Campaign Given the turmoil that we have seen from his campaign in recent weeks. Reporter newly released emails from clinton aide, huma abedin, from Danny Abraham were able to nab last minute meetings with clinton with one call to state Department Officials say there is no evidence that donors got any special favors. The fbi director declined to say last month whether agents had looked into the Foundation Connection . I am not going to comment. Not going to answer that. Reporter the term special prosecutor strikes fear in the hearts of longtime clintonites who recall when kenneth star was appointed to look intohe an investigation that included paula jones, monica lewinsky, and led to bill clintons impeachment. Donald trump has the his own problems trying to walk back from his vow to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. Major garrett reports. Donald trump has gone from calling for immediate deportation of undocumented immigrants to reviewing, looking at options, anything but that exact policy. Is anyones guess. We asked his runningmate. He told us, details could be days, possibly months away. Hillary clinton wants to fling open the floodgates to our borders, let everybody come in. Open up our country. Reporter donald trump warned of his rivals immigration his own. And your children did not die in vain. Appearing with mothers victimized by undocumented criminals, trump linked clintons approach to more crime. Wants people to renew their visas without removal. One lawless order after another. Reporter despite his repeated calls for mass deportations, trump signals he may make exceptions. The country. During a television townhall, trump said what has been obvious for days. He is looking for a way out of rounding up some 11 million undocumented u. S. Residents. There can be a softening. Because we are not looking we saw clarity from trumps runningmate. Indiana governor mike pence following a rally in philadelphia. Donald trump going to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country . Donald trump has been very clear from the beginning. That we are going to secure our borders. Build a wall. To do it. And he has also made it very clear, major, he is going to enforce the laws of the country which the president of the United States takes an oath of office to do. That means deporting all 11 Million People. People who have run afoul of the law, got to leave immediately. Leave immediately. Upholding and enforcing our laws is exactly what donald trump is going to do. The details and how we do that, well work that out with the congress. A cbs news poll shows about 60 of registered voters believe are not honest or trust worthy. Juliana goldman has the story. Reporter both candidates criticized by members of their own party for failing to be open, transparent. Trump under fire for not releasing his tax returns. Remember, bernie sanders, hammered clinton for not releasing transcripts of paid speeches to wall street. The examples and more raise questions of what they may be saying and doing in private that is different from what theyre promising voters on the campaign trail. No press conference in what 2,55 days. Reporter donald trump and Hillary Clinton regularly accuse their rival of hiding secrets. Both nominees skirted basic standards of transparency. Ill release them when the audit is completed. Since 1976, every president ial nominee released their tax returns. Trump says he wont follow suit under audit. I built an unbelievable company. The returns would shine a light on the moguls finances. Interest if he were to be president. Clinton fought back, persist ent criticisms for deleting thousands of emails compose while secretary of state. While she sat down for interviews with reporters, since december she hasnt opened herself up to this kind of length. Let me try to unpack your multiple questions. Uncontrolled. Rapidfire questioning abut that and other controversies that could dog her as president. Now that i am a candidate for pres over the same period in 2008, senator obama held four press conferences. Donald trump has held at least seven. I think the Political Press is among the most dishonest people i have ever met. Reporter both 2016 candidates keep reporters at a distance t neither allow reporters into their fundraisers. Unlike in 2008 and 2012 when mitt romney allowed journalists to cover portions of what they said to top donors. Clinton has two Campaign Events scheduled for the month. At least eight fundraisers this week. Trump has five. Polidents unie micro clean formula works in just 3 m