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>> scott, very powerful, dangerous hurricane. moving northward throughout the course of the day today. it has its eye on haiti. during the everniovernight. watches extending northwestern bahamas. the latest track maintains the strength. stays a major category 3 or stronger hurricane. slowly moving through the bahamas, wednesday, thursday, seaboard, a track that will bring it right up along the florida coastline, the georgia, south carolina, north carolina coastlines as we head towards end of the week and into the weekend. so the imminent threat here across cuba, hispaniola, jamaica, move towards florida, southeast atlantic coastline. late week period. north of north carolina where uncertainty is, scott, go out to sea or move up the close. more claritien the next couple days. >> changes in our dominating president obama's final days in office. tonight on the white house lawn, the president is taking part in an ideas festival. that includes a discussion of the dangers of a warming planet. the president has called global warming a slow motion catastrophe. scientists worried about how the human race will feed itself, are working on a radical new idea. mark phillips has the fruits of their labor in the netherlands for tonight tea "climate >> reporter: if rising sea levels and more flooding are the inevitable future of climate change. there is a place in the world that may have found at least part of the solution. nobody knows more about dealing with the encroaching waters than the dutch. where more and more salty water has been seeping through the dikes on to agricultural land. on this experimental farm they're trying to see what might grow in the conditions. how are you finding out what >> simply by letting the plants tell us which is salt and which isn't. >> reporter: which is why they call marc van rijsselburgh, the potato whisper. heave speaks potato. >> if they die they give you a statement. and for, unfortunately we don't hatch off to kill our scientists before nthey give a statement. water. they found plenty that love the stuff. but there would be no point unless those survivors were also edible. >> try the brown one first. >> first. yeah. >> tastes like a good potato. >> yeah. >> the other one tastes like? a good potato but different. i'm betting this is the salty one. >> you are absolutely right, mark. >> rte interesting. but there are real current applications for this discovery. in this salt affected region of pakistan, one of many such regions around the world, they have given up trying to grow anything. until the dutch showed up with their salt resistant potatoes. the result, bumper crops. amsterdam university bottle annist, arjen devos runs the project and says it works for >> use half water seawater salinity. >> they should be dead already. but these carrots can feed many people worldwide. >> reporter: the potato whisperer not only provides the ingredients he has the recipe. >> we can make onions, carrots, and potatoes for the people in bangladesh and -- and pakistan. then hey have a meal. >> little curry spice you are talking. >> yeah. >> reporter: they are talking mark phillips, cbs news, texel island, the netherlands. >> coming up. police go to new heights to catch drivers who text. >> later the inspiring story of the chess queen and the game that changed her life. ? 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>> people are holding the phone down. that's really even more dangerous because, they're taking their eyes complete plea off the road. >> in the time it takes a driver to look down and send a text, a vehicle could travel the distance of a football field. driver brandy hayes. >> do you think about the safety aspect of that? >> i do. but you know you always think you are above it. you know you are not going to be the one to have an accident. >> but those accidents are rising. fatal distracted driving crashes. jumped nearly 9% last year. over 2014. prompting this startling anti-texting ad. >> they're driving, just like a drunk driver. you've will see them weaving. you will see them go over the center line. >> she's texting. >> reporter: officers in san bernardino, california posed as panhandlers. even though their signs warn they're looking for cell phone viola violators. drivers don't see them and are pulled over by motorcycle cops nearby. in moscow, idaho, they use a yellow school bus. in westbridge water massachusetts they're using bicycle officers. chief victor >> in three hours, the guys will stop 100 cars. >> reporter: sending a message, an old-fashioned way by a handwritten ticket. >> you have to pay over $100. so, don't look at your phone! >> reporter: national safety council estimates roughly 1.6 million crashes last year could be attributed to cell phone use. scott, that's about a quarter of all accidents. >> keep your hands on the wheel. train wreck is talking. we'll have that story coming up. ?living well? 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>> yes. we didn't have anything. my mom had no money. >> reporter: when she was 9 she stumbled upon a church chess program. at first it wasn't the game that interested her. >> just going back i wanted a meal. >> reporter: you were going back to play because you needed food? >> yeah. >> reporter: things began to change when mutesi, met katende. he started the chess program to empower children in katwe. >> what was it about phiona. >> the determination to survive. she was grasping every concept you would teach her and fry to use it well. against other players. >> reporter: he signed her up for tournaments. she began winning. and became the first female chess champion of her country. by 14, she competed in the olympics of chess, beating >> i kind of just believe that i would person right here at this level. i am a person from nowhere. >> reporter: mutesi's journey is a movie. >> check mate. >> she won. >> reporter: disney's "queen of katwe" featuring lupita nyongo and david oyelowo, plays her coach. >> what message do you have for other young people in similar at are doing. >> reporter: hope wins? >> yeah. it is up to you to wake up. stand and then do something. >> spoken like a winner who says she never loses. she just learns. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news. and be sure not to miss cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. could be called the undercard in the great presidential prize fight. vice presidential candidates, tim kaine and mike p and only debate of the campaign season. an both will likely face question as but the latest revelation as but donald trump's taxes. tax documents show that trump lost so much money in the 1990s, nearly a billion dollars, that he may not have had to pay federal taxes for decades. major garrett with the trump campaign begins our coverage. >> i have legally used the tax laws to, my benefit. today in colorado, donald trump million on his 1995 personal tax returns. those losses could have shielded trump from federal income tax for years. >> i understand the tax laws better than almost anyone. >> trump has the not released any tax returns and a trump lawyer threatened the times with legal action for unauthorized publication of trump's records. the documents were mailed anonymously to the times. barstow. >> walking by my mailbox. i check it frequently. i looked in. there was an envelope addressed from trump tower. >> so to have them tumble out of an envelope, you know, your first reaction, really is skepticism. >> reporter: in february, trump bragged to us about not paying taxes. >> you worked very hard to pay the least amount of taxes? >> yeah, i want to pay the least amount possible. >> reporter: trump said this when hillary clinton raised his >> he didn't pay any federal income tax. >> that makes me smart. >> today new york attorney general, eric schneiderman, clinton supporter, ordered the trump foundation to stop soliciting contributions in new york because it is not properly registered with the state. schneiderman is investigating charges trump used funds for personal gain. trump said the foundation will comply with the order. clinwa her campaign rushed a new tv ad on to the airwaves. and clinton told supporters trump has taken corporate excess and made a business out of it. nancy cordes reports. >> what kind of genius lose a billion dollars in a single year? >> trump's tax plan gave clinton a chance to chip away at his biggest selling point. his business acumen. >> now how any body can lose a dollar let alone a billion dollars in the casino industry >> you work hard. you pay your taxes. >> clinton and top democrats quickly cut ads to capitalize on the news they had been anticipating for months. >> i want a president who is proud of our country. not a president who its proud of getting out of paying taxes. >> reporter: her stops in akron and toledo marked clinton any first visit to ohio in a month. she was greeted by a new poll that shows her trailing there by 5 points. though she did pick up a new best known athlete. cavaliers star, lebron james. >> i mean our kids are our future. and i believe barack started it. i believe hillary is going to continue tip. >> here in ohio, lebron will always be the king! clinton's biggest challenge in ohio its the outsized share of white working class voters. cbs news found that nationally, whites without a college degree, favor trump by nearly 2:1. the vice presidential debate. cbs news coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern. the mass shooting at a south carolina church last year exposed a deadly flaw in the background checks for gun purchases. jeff pegues has the story. >> reporter: in june, 2015, dylann roof walked into a charleston church and killed nine feel with a gun. investigators later determined he should not have been allowed to buy. roof bought carolina. his purchase did trigger a background check, but his records did not reflect a recent drug arrest because of a clerical error. this week's inspector general report cites roof's case as the a prime example of weaknesses in the background check system. 13 states are allowed to conduct their fbi check. using the database, arrest reports, felony warrants and some mental health records. 631 cases, the states did not fully update the database. and that increased the risk that individuals found by a states to be prohibited purchasers could be able to purchase firearms in the future. some of the information kept in file cabinets of state and local agencies. fbi assistant director, steven morris. >> the system is outdated. >> wouldn't say it is the same system we have been relying on since the late 90s. morris gave us a tour of the fbi data center in clarksburg, west virginia. in august, new technology was introduced to speed up the processing of firearm transactions. how many calls does this center get on a daily basis? >> we consider maybe a low day. where we get 30, 25, 30,000. we have had days. >> 25,000 or 30,000. >> low day. >> fbi this is chad. more background checks so far this year compared to last. recent lely this center added 1 more people to handle the volume of calls. overall the ig report praised the fbi for having a 99.8% accuracy rate. when it comes to approving or denying gun purchases. the report notes that even one mistake can be deadly. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> reality kardashian back in new york minus $10 million worth of jewelry after being robbed in paris. kardashian and husband kanye west ignored cameras as they made their way home. she told police armed thieves tied her up and made off with a pricey ring and jewels. elaine cobb reports from paris. >> reporter: shortly before 3:00 a.m. when five masked men were allowed into this building by the concierge. police say the robbers handcuffed the concierge and apartment where they confronted the star before escaping on bicycles. the gaggle of photographers and cameramen, the trailed kardashian west wherever she goes was not covering the usual kind of story associated with the 35-year-old supercelebrity this morning. according to french police, robbers masquerading as police tied her up and made off with a ring priced at $4.5 million and jewelry box con a spokesman for kardashian-west said she was badly shaken, but physically unharmed after the robbery. husband kanye west performing at the meadows music festival in new york at the time. >> i'm sorry. family emergency. i have to stop the show. and canceled the show mid performance. kardashian-west in the french capital for fashion week attended a show sunday evening where kendall jenner was on the star's bodyguard dealt with the robbery. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. ? 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>> it really is. >> reporter: chuck mcguire one of the first to arrive. he is an engineer with the applied physics lab that was brought in to build this camp from scratch. so you get off the plane. there its nothing. there its no shelter. there is no indoors. just ice. >> ice everywhere. that's right. >> you say how am i going to survive? >> you pick up a hammer and start building. >> reporter: they built a make shift city, called sargo for roughly 60 people, consisting of a command post. mess hall stocked with food air lifted in weekly. very primitive toilet facilities. >> that outhouse is really cold. >> outhouse is awful. what about water. can't just eat the ice? >> you can if you know what you are looking for. >> this ice mining team knows what to look for. old sea piice baking in the sun long enough that the salt leached out. they bring back chunks to melt down into the camp's only drinking water. >> all of the things you take for granted in normal civil civilization, shelter, food, ease of going to the bathroom. that is all different out here. >> reporter: what qualities do you think it takes to state here and, and survive out here? for weeks? >> i think maybe you have to bea little off. initially. really understand that everything outshyed that door is trying to kill you here. >> reporter: if the ice and wind don't get you. polar bears might. an armed sentry patrols if one comes looking for food. >> good evening. another successful day. >> reporter: a daily briefing in the command post to coordinate the various researchers who are studying and trying to understand this part of the world. as they plan for a more they're analyzing among other things. >> the ice moved nine miles to the west northwest today. >> reporter: how climate change is affecting the way the ice here drifts and migrates. it feels look you are on land. you get the sense that you are on land. it is very firm. you know, plane could land. but we are moving. which is kind of astonishing. >> every day you waung. and recognize you are eight or nine miles from where you were the day before. looks the but pretty interesting to figure that out. >> reporter: the ice moves that much every day. in unpredictable directions because of the currents underwater and the wind above. >> done here we are -- 23 degrees celsius. >> reporter: also unpredict bum is the weather. we met a team of meteorologists, using balloons to help wit forecasting which is key for any military operation. >> reporter: commander, scott parker, meteorologist with the navy atlantic submarine force says there is virtually no weather data collected up here. in other parts of the world. meteorologists rely on satellites for forecasting. up here near the north pole, satellite coverage is minimal. >> how cold does it get up here. right now. don't know if people can see? >> the lowest we had is 26 below. fahrenheit. and today is actually our >> with the wind-chill factor. the wind is blowing. >> it is. terrible. 25 below with the wind chill. >> you are telling me this is the warmest day? >> this is the warmest day so far. >> do you want to go inside? >> i do. let's go. >> reporter: the temperature can drop as low as 50 below. that can wreak havoc on just about everything. weapons, communication systems, were here to test their latest cold weather gear and their endurance in the frigid water. these robotics enegypt nears are conducting underwater experiments in a temperature controlled tent. when we were there, doug horner and his team were field testing underwater drones for the first time in the arctic. off awe when when weep put it in. >> the drones are collecting scientific data about the deeper you know. they're also getting a picture what it looks like down below. >> my primary emphasis here is ability to map the under ice. so we have sensors, sonar, specifically, sound. which its focused upwards. what we hope to dupe with -- with continually putting sound upwards is to make a map. >> you're mapping the bottom of the ice? >> yes, the underneath portion of the ice. >> i want to navigate relative to that. this is the idea of being able to navigate an underwater robot accurately without gps. because the then the ice you don't have the opportunity to come up to the surface for a gps fix. >> he says the drones could also be used to patrol the waters of the arctic looking for enemy subs for instance. the way drones hover in the sky over a battlefield. the navy is testing this technology and amassing all of expanded presence in the arctic as the ice continues to melt. the russians are already there in force. last year, they staged a military exercise in the arctic, as seen in this russian ministry of defense footage. it involved about 40,000 troops, 15 submarines, 41 warships, and multiple aircraft. no one disputes their right to >> we preannounce ours. no one its surprised by them. where as the the exercise that russia did was a snap exercise. which is a bit destablizing. >> until may of this year, retired four star general, phillip breedlove, the commander of nato with responsibility for the arctic. what else is destablizing he says is russia's military build-up along something called th skirting the coastline. the route could become alternative to the suez canal. saving time and money for the commercial shipping industry. >> heard as much as 2 days decrease in transit from northe european markets to asian markets. an incredible economic opportunity. it could be a very big boon to, to business around the world. >> you can see the sful report cbsnews.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. and your joints really love them too? introducing megared advanced 4in1... just one softgel i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. the city of rome recently dropped out of the competition to host the 2024 olympic games. the mayor says it would be a waste of money. money the city doesn't have. rome doesn't have the cash to restore some of its crumbling historic treasures. luckily, some jewelry and seth doane has the story from the recently refurbished spanish steps. across rome tourists see spectacular monuments, while the cash strapped city sees spectacular expenditures it cannot afford. rome has drawn up a wish list of m monuments rand asking for help in preserving history. hardly a quick power wash. we watched earlier this summer as workers painstakingly skrupd away years of >> thae tbulgari, ceo, says his company who has a store down the street spent $1.5 million refurbishing the 135 baroque steps at the heart of the city of 3 million residents. >> when you have it on one end and relatively few people. the largest company in the city. make sure the city is at its preservationist, darous aria offers tours of the ancientin a capital, no coincidence worked on something close to their stores. >> location, location. >> reporter: the scale of restoration work that need to be done is staggering. >> gives you an idea of one, why rome can say we have more world heritage than any place in the world. on the other hand understand clearly that they need was killed requires $1.5 million in renovation work before it can reopen. the fenced off mausoleum of augustus, needs $10 million fix. students on aria's college program were surprised by the state of some monuments. >> wonder what happened to the sites. why they are on the back burner. >> where claudio pressi comes he is rome's superintendent of cultural heritage and helped draw up a very big half a billion dollar wish list. of 100 monuments to fix. it is just the beginning. >> we have 574 archaeological area. we have 400 monument, fountains. we have 900 sacred monuments. >> reporter: they have had some success. todd's paid to restore the kol seeup. fountain. as this debt-ridden city asks corporations and individuals and other countries to subsidize public restoration work. is there a danger with all of this? do you run the risk of having the xyz companies, xyz monument. >> you don't see huge obscene banners on any of the sites. so the state, city, they're very much concerned about preserving the integrity of the sites and china reopened its latest tourist attraction. the highest and longest class bridge in the world. was originally opened earlier this year. they had some trouble with it. which has reportly been fixed. adriana diaz took a stroll across. and terrifying at the same time. for the 8,000 people who pay to come each day, a view they will like ly never forget. it's got everyone acting like they're kids again. china's newest tourist attraction. is a selfie dream come true. that is if you can handle it. shh. >> it's okay. glass bridge in central china is the highest and longest. stretching more than 1,400 feet. churning stomachs. >> trying to rationalize it and tell my brain it is safe. it just doesn't feel right. and leaving priz tvisitors amaz. >> are you scared? >> translator: no, i think it is great said this man. >> i feel a little scared. but i am strong enough. so, no. i am su inspired the floating mountains in the blockbuster avata rcht. the bridge could have been an inspiration for hitchcock's vertigo. to protect the glass. booties are required. high heels are banned. and tickets are limited. after opening in august, the bridge closed for a month because of overcapacity. last year, a different class walk way in china shut after a panel shattered. >> once you get used to it. manager, joe chen says they're not take chances. three pllayers of the glass panels. each layers can with stand more than 40 tons. >> reporter: to prove it. this summer officials had visitors try to smash the glass with the ledge hammer and ride a car over it to drive hope the point. but chen says the bridge is more than just a tourist attraction and symbolizes an asending chin represent the creativities and inventive power of new china. >> reporter: the bridge is home to the world's highest bungee jump which thankfully isn't open yet. also market ed as the longest fashion run way. watch out, fashion week. a new catwalk in town. that's the "overnight news" for tuesday. for some the news continues. -- don dahler. ? ? the debate breaks the tie. our first post-debate poll shows clinton taking the lead. as leaked tax returns give her new ammunition against trump. >> what kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year? >> i have legally used the tax laws to my benefit. and to the benefit -- of my company. >> also tonight, hurricane matthew batters the caribbean. we'll tell you where it is headed. police give themselves a strategic advantage to catch distracted drivers. >> you have to pay over $100. so, don't look at your phone. and she rose from poverty to the top of her game. are doing. >> now hollywood is telling her story. ? ? >> announcer: this 'tis the cbs overnight news. 35 days before the election. hillary clinton has taken the lead over donald trump. a cbs news poll has clinton up 4 points before the first debate last monday they were tied. of voters who watch the debate. 32% said their impression of clinton improved. while 36% said their opinion of trump got worse. on monday, trump defended his use of the tax code to legally pay as little in taxes as he could. here is major garrett. >> i have legally used the tax laws to my benefit. >> reporter: in colorado, donald trump was unapologetic after "the new york times" report heed claimed a business loss of nearly $916 million on his 1995 trump from federal income taxes for years. >> i understand the tax laws better than almost anyone. >> reporter: trump not released any tax returns and a trump lawyer threatened the times with legal action for unauthorized publication of trump's records. the documents were mailed anonymously to the "times." reporters i checked it. an envelope from the trump tower. >> to have them tumble out of an envelope, your first reaction is skepticism. >> reporter: in february trump bragged to us. about not paying taxes. you work hard to pay the least amount of taxes? >> i want to pay the least amount. >> reporter: trump said when clinton raised his tax history at last monday's debate. >> he didn't pay any federal income tax. >> that makes me smart. >> today, eric snyderman, a trump's charitable foundation to stop soliciting contributions in new york because it is not properly registered with the state. schneiderman is investigating charges trump used charitable funds for personal gain. trump's campaign send the foundation will comply with the order. earlier today in northern virginia trump was asked about mental health care for veterans and said those who suffer from post-traumatic stress are not as strong as those who do not. scott for years veterans groups of weakness once associated with post-traumatic stress. >> major garrett following the campaign tonight. major, thank you. well, today, hillary clinton tried to turn trump's financial losses to her political gain. here's nancy cordes. >> what kind of genius loses a billion dollars in a single year? >> reporter: trump's tax plan gave clinton a chance to chip away at his biggest selling point. >> how anybody can lose a dollar let alone a billion dollars in the casino industry is kind of beyond me, right? >> you work hard. you pay your taxes. >> clinton and top democrats quickly cut ads to capitalize on the news they had been anticipating for months. >> i want a president who is proud of our country. not a president who is proud of getting out of paying taxes. >> reporter: her stops in akron and toledo marked clinton's first visit to ohio in a month. greeted by a new poll that shows her trailing tre though she did pick up a new endorsement from the state's best known athlete, cavaliers' star lebron james. >> i mean our kids are our future. and i believe barack started it. i believe hillary is going to continue it. >> here in ohio, lebron will always be the king. clinton's biggest challenge in ohio is the outsized share of white working class voters. whites without a college degree favor trump by nearly 2:1. ohio is not a must-win for clinton. the way it has been for other candidates in years past. that's partly because she is leading big in other battleground states like this one, virginia, and colorado, where another new poll today scott showed she is leading there by 11. >> nancy cordes, thanks. with insight into all of this, turn now to john dickerson, our cbs news political director of course john, the tax controversy, what effect is that likely to have on the race? >> well this is a distraction for donald trump. at a time when he really can't afford it. on any given day a campaign wants to drive the news not be reacting to it. today donald trump was reactin again. been doing that for about a week since that first debate. when a campaign is reacting not able to court new voters. in this case those reluctant college educated republicans donald trump has been going the defensive which risks lashing out. or reckless acts which are, an attempt to change the story, sometimes prolong it. and this is also happening with about a month to go in the race. and the days are more precious than if this happened in august. finally, donald trump has other stuff on his plate. namely he has to focus for that big next debate that is coming up. >> now, few minutes ago broke the news on the new poll. what else in the poll struck you? >> well, what's, in debates we don't usually see a group of voters who switch from one candidate to another. biggest group of people watching debates know who they're going to vote for. but what a candidate can do is take that group and make them more enthusiastic. get them to volunteer. vote early in the states that have early voting. get them to cheer for a candidate on social media. if we look at hillary clinton she won the enthusiasm game. the percentage of voters very 58% of democrats have improved opinion of hillary clinton after the debate. compared to donald trump, 22% of republicans felt that same way about him after the first debate. >> john dickerson, watching facing the nation sunday. thanks. this is a picture from farmville, virginia, the site of the vice presidential debate. that is coming tomorrow. john, nancy, major, bob schieffer will be there for cbs news live coverage tomorrow the moderator will be my colleague, elaine quijano of our streaming news service, cbsn. the cbs "overnight news" will be cer: you taught him how to hit a baseball. how to hit a receiver. you even taught him how to hit the open man. but how much time have you spent teaching him... people with bipolar disorder suffer ten years on average without diagnosis. that's ten years of needless suffering. learn how easily this can ? ? even dim hope for syria was extinguished. the state department ended talks with russia to end syria's civil war. a u.s. russian cease-fire agreement collapsed just last month. the u.s. is blaming the russian military assault syria's civil war has killed nearly half a million people since 2011. most of them civilians. tonight, people from cuba to the carolinas are getting ready for potential impact of hurricane matthew. the powerful category 4 storm is blamed for four deaths. this its the view of matthew from space. our mark strassmann is in kingston, jamaica. >> reporter: jamaica has felt hurricane matthew's outer band all weekend striking fear of its fury into residents. kingston, the nation's capital, home to almost 600,000 people, is a virtual ghost town. annette gerald headed for a shelter. >> my roof is not solid. the hurricane is coming. so -- >> reporter: mudslides a major worry. this mountain road has washed away which could cut off gordontown from the city. but matthew's bull's eye could be nearby haiti. sometime tomorrow, winds around 140 miles per hour could flatten a landscape of flimsy homes. flash flooding, mudslides and storm surge threaten people living in the poor ers country in the western hemisphere. matthew will then move north to eastern cuba, where it could linger for ten hours. 350,000 cubans have been evacuated. at the u.s. naval facility at weather might force relocation of detainees. susanna labratta, manages a store in santiago. she says we are getting ready for the hurricane and evacuating everyone who needs to move. jamaica has roughly 1,000 public schools. all have been closed indefinitely. scott, most have been turned into emergency shelters just in case. >> mark strassmann. thanks. eric fisher chief meteorologist at our cbs station, wbz, in boston. eric, what is coming next? >> scott, very powerful, dangerous hurricane. moving northward throughout the course of the day today. it has its eye on haiti. during the overnight. widespread hurricane watches extending northwestern bahamas. the latest track maintains the strength. stays a major category 3 or stronger hurricane. slowly moving through the then as it approaches eastern seaboard, a track that will bring it right up along the florida coastline, the georgia, south carolina, north carolina coastlines as we head towards end of the week and into the weekend. so the imminent threat here across cuba, hispaniola, jamaica, move towards florida, southeast atlantic coastline. late week period. north of north carolina where uncertainty is, scott, go out to sea or move up the coast. more clarity on that the next couple days. >> changes in our climate are dominating president obama's final days in office. tonight on the white house lawn, the president is taking part in an ideas festival. that includes a discussion of the dangers of a warming planet. the president has called global warming a slow motion catastrophe. scientists worried about how the human race will feed itself, are working on a radical new idea. mark phillips has the fruits of their labor in the netherlands for tonight tea "climate diaries." inevitable future of climate change. there is a place in the world that may have found at least part of the solution. nobody knows more about dealing with the encroaching waters than the dutch. where more and more salty water has been seeping through the dikes on to agricultural land. on this experimental farm they're trying to see what might grow in the conditions. how are you finding out what works? >> simply by letting the plants tell us which is salt and which isn't. >> reporter: which is why they call marc van rijsselburgh, the potato whisper. heave speaks potato. >> if they die they give you a statement. and for, unfortunately we don't have to kill our scientists before they give a statement. >> they don't all, the potatoes. far from it. they have tested hundreds of varieties irrigating with increasing salty water. stuff. but there would be no point unless those survivors were also edible. >> try the brown one first. >> first. yeah. >> tastes like a good potato. >> yeah. >> the other one tastes like? a good potato but different. i'm betting this is the salty one. >> you are absolutely right, mark. >> reporter: so far, so interesting. but there are real current applications for this discovery. in this salt affected region of pakistan, one of many such regions around the world, they have given up trying to grow anything. until the dutch showed up with their salt resistant potatoes. the result, bumper crops. amsterdam university botanist, project and says it works for other vegetables too. >> use half water seawater salinity. >> they should be dead already. but these carrots can feed many people worldwide. >> reporter: the potato whisperer not only provides the ingredients he has the recipe. >> we can make onions, carrots, and potatoes for the people in bangladesh and -- and pakistan. then they have a proper meal. >> little curry spice you are talking. >> yeah. >> reporter: they are talking about island, the netherlands. >> coming up. police go to new heights to catch drivers who text. >> later the inspiring story of the chess queen and the game that changed her life. ? 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>> people are holding the phone down. that's really even more dangerous because, they're taking their eyes complete plea look down and send a text, a vehicle could travel the distance of a football field. driver brandy hayes. >> do you think about the safety aspect of that? >> i do. but you know you always think you are above it. you know you are not going to be the one to have an accident. >> but those accidents are rising. fatal distracted driving crashes. jumped nearly 9% last year. over 2014. prompting this startling anti-texting ad. >> they're driving, just like a drunk driver. you've will see them weaving. you will see them go over the center line. >> to catch texting drivers, >> she's texting. >> reporter: officers in san bernardino, california posed as panhandlers. even though their signs warn they're looking for cell phone violators. drivers don't see them and are pulled over by motorcycle cops nearby. in moscow, idaho, they use a yellow school bus. in westbridge water massachusetts they're using bicycle officers. chief victor flaherty. >> in three hours, the guys will stop 100 cars. an old-fashioned way by a handwritten ticket. >> you have to pay over $100. so, don't look at your phone! >> reporter: national safety council estimates roughly 1.6 million crashes last year could be attributed to cell phone use. scott, that's about a quarter of all accidents. >> keep your hands on the wheel. kris van cleave, thanks very much. the engineer in the new jersey coming up. ?living well? 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>> yes. we didn't have anything. my mom had no money. >> reporter: when she was 9 she stumbled upon a church chess program. at first it wasn't the game that interested her. >> just going back i wanted a meal. >> reporter: you were going back to play because you needed food? >> reporter: things began to change when mutesi, met robert katende. he started the chess program to empower children in katwe. >> what was it about phiona. >> the determination to survive. she was grasping every concept you would teach her and fry to use it well. against other players. >> reporter: he signed her up for tournaments. she began winning. by 14, she competed in the olympics of chess, beating adults, achieving status as an expert player. >> i kind of just believe that i would person right here at this level. i am a person from nowhere. >> reporter: mutesi's journey is a movie. >> check mate. >> she won. >> reporter: disney's "queen of katwe" featuring lupita nyongo and david oyelowo, plays her coach. situations as yourself? >> hope wins in everything you are doing. >> reporter: hope wins? spoken like a winner who says she never loses. she just learns. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. that's the "overnight news" for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news. and be sure not to miss cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new this is the cbs "overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm don dahler. could be called the undercard in the great presidential prize fight. vice presidential candidates, tim kaine and mike pence will square off tonight for the first d an both will likely face questions about the latest revelations about donald trump's taxes. tax documents show that trump lost so much money in the 1990s, nearly a billion dollars, that he may not have had to pay federal taxes for decades. major garrett with the trump campaign begins our coverage. today in colorado, donald trump was unapologetic after "the new york times" reported he claimed a business loss of nearly $916 million on his 1995 personal tax returns. those losses could have shielded trump from federal income tax for years. >> i understand the tax laws better than almost anyone. >> trump has the not released any tax returns and a trump lawyer threatened the times with legal action for unauthorized publication of trump's records. the documents were mailed anonymously to the times. reporter susan craig and david >> walking by my mailbox. i check it frequently. i looked in. there was an envelope addressed from trump tower. >> so to have them tumble out of an envelope, you know, your first reaction, really is skepticism. >> reporter: in february, trump bragged to us about not paying taxes. >> you worked very hard to pay the least amount of taxes? >> yeah, i want to pay the least amount possible. >> reporter: trump said this when hillary clinton raised his >> he didn't pay any federal income tax. >> that makes me smart. >> today new york attorney general, eric schneiderman, clinton supporter, ordered the trump foundation to stop soliciting contributions in new york because it is not properly registered with the state. schneiderman is investigating charges trump used funds for personal gain. trump said the foundation will comply with the order. clinton wasted no time. her campaign rushed a new tv ad on to the airwaves. and clinton told supporters trump has taken corporate excess and made a business out of it. nancy cordes reports. >> what kind of genius lose a billion dollars in a single year? >> trump's tax plan gave clinton a chance to chip away at his biggest selling point. his business acumen. is kind of beyond me, right? >> you work hard. you pay your taxes. >> clinton and top democrats quickly cut ads to capitalize on the news they had been anticipating for months. >> i want a president who is proud of our country. not a president who its proud of getting out of paying taxes. >> reporter: her stops in akron and toledo marked clinton any first visit to ohio in a month. she was greeted by a new poll that shows her trailing there by 5 points. though she did pick up a new endorsement from the state's best known athlete. cavaliers star, lebron james. >> i mean our kids are our future. and i believe barack started it. i believe hillary is going to continue tip. >> here in ohio, lebron will always be the king! clinton's biggest challenge in ohio its the outsized share of white working class voters. our own elaine quijano will host the vice presidential debate. cbs news coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern. the mass shooting at a south carolina church last year exposed a deadly flaw in the background checks for gun purchases. jeff pegues has the story. >> reporter: in june, 2015, dylann roof walked into a charleston church and killed nine feel with a gun. investigators later determined he should not have been allowed to buy. roof bought the.45 caliber handgun legally in south carolina. his purchase did trigger a background check, but his records did not reflect a recent drug arrest because of a clerical error. this week's inspector general report cites roof's case as the a prime example of weaknesses in the background check system. 13 states are allowed to conduct their fbi check. using the database, arrest some mental health records. the report found that in 630 of 631 cases, the states did not fully update the database. and that increased the risk that individuals found by a states to be prohibited purchasers could be able to purchase firearms in the future. some of the information kept in file cabinets of state and local agencies. fbi assistant director, steven morris. >> the system is outdated. >> wouldn't say it is outdated. the system that we have the same system we have been relying on since the late 90s. morris gave us a tour of the fbi data center in clarksburg, west virginia. in august, new technology was introduced to speed up the processing of firearm transactions. how many calls does this center get on a daily basis? >> we consider maybe a low day. where we get 30, 25, 30,000. we have had days. >> low day. >> fbi this is chad. >> there have been 4 million more background checks so far this year compared to last. recently this center added 100 more people to handle the volume of calls. overall the ig report praised the fbi for having a 99.8% accuracy rate. when it comes to approving or denying gun purchases. the report notes that even one mistake can be deadly. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> reality tv star kim kardashian back in new york jewelry after being robbed in paris. kardashian and husband kanye west ignored cameras as they made their way home. she told police armed thieves tied her up and made off with a pricey ring and jewels. elaine cobb reports from paris. >> reporter: shortly before 3:00 a.m. when five masked men were allowed into this building by the concierge. police say the robbers the star before escaping on bicycles. the gaggle of photographers and cameramen, the trailed kardashian west wherever she goes was not covering the usual kind of story associated with the 35-year-old supercelebrity this morning. according to french police, robbers masquerading as police tied her up and made off with a ring priced at $4.5 million and jewelry box containing around $6 million worth of valuables. a spokesman r physically unharmed after the robbery. husband kanye west performing at the meadows music festival in new york at the time. >> i'm sorry. family emergency. i have to stop the show. and canceled the show mid performance. kardashian-west in the french capital for fashion week and attended a show sunday evening where kendall jenner was on the catwalk. there are no details on how the star's bodyguard dealt with the >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. ?living well? 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>> it really is. >> reporter: chuck mcguire one of the first to arrive. he is an engineer with the brought in to build this camp from scratch. so you get off the plane. there is nothing. there is no shelter. there is no indoors. just ice. >> ice everywhere. that's right. >> you say how am i going to survive? >> you pick up a hammer and start building. >> reporter: they built a make shift city, called sargo for roughly 60 people, consisting of a command post. mess hall stocked with food air lifted in weekly. very primitive toilet facilities. >> that outhouse is really cold. >> outhouse is awful. what about water. can't just eat the ice? >> you can if you know what you are looking for. >> this ice mining team knows what to look for. old sea ice baking in the sun long enough that the salt leached out. >> ice team, we are returning back to camp. drinking water. >> all of the things you take for granted in normal civilization, shelter, food, ease of going to the bathroom. that is all different out here. >> reporter: what qualities do you think it takes to state here and, and survive out here? for weeks? >> i think maybe you have to bea little off. initially. really understand that trying to kill you here. >> reporter: if the ice and wind don't get you. polar bears might. an armed sentry patrols if one comes looking for food. >> good evening. another successful day. >> reporter: a daily briefing in the command post to coordinate the various researchers who are studying and trying to understand this part of the world. as they plan for a more things. >> the ice moved nine miles to the west northwest today. >> reporter: how climate change is affecting the way the ice here drifts and migrates. it feels like you are on land. you get the sense that you are on land. it is very firm. you know, plane could land. but we are moving. which is kind of astonishing. >> every day you wake up. and recognize you are eight or nine miles from where you were the day before. looks the same. but pretty interesting to figure that out. much every day. in unpredictable directions because of the currents underwater and the wind above. >> done here we are -- 23 degrees celsius. >> reporter: also unpredictable is the weather. we met a team of meteorologists, using balloons to help with forecasting which is key for any military operation. >> these balloons measure navy atlantic submarine force says there is virtually no weather data collected up here. in other parts of the world. meteorologists rely on satellites for forecasting. up here near the north pole, satellite coverage is minimal. >> how cold does it get up here. right now. don't know if people can see? >> the lowest we had is 26 below. fahrenheit. and today is actually our warmest day. >> come on. >> right now, 6 below. >> with the wind-chill factor. the wind is blowing. >> it is. terrible. 25 below with the wind chill. >> you are telling me this is the warmest day? >> this is the warmest day so far. >> do you want to go inside? >> i do. let's go. >> reporter: the temperature can drop as low as 50 below. that can wreak havoc on just about everything. weapons, communication systems, including the navy divers who were here to test their latest cold weather gear and their endurance in the frigid water. these robotics engineers are conducting underwater experiments in a temperature controlled tent. when we were there, doug horner and his team were field testing underwater drones for the first time in the arctic. >> when weep first put it in -- we checked the ballast. >> the drones are collecting scientific data about the arctic where the water gets warmer the deeper you go. they're also getting a picture what it looks like down below. >> my primary emphasis here is ability to map the under ice. so we have sensors, sonar, specifically, sound. which is focused upwards. what we hope to do with -- with continually putting sound upwards is to make a map. >> you're mapping the bottom of the ice? >> yes, the underneath portion why is that important? to navigate an underwater robot accurately without gps. because the then the ice you don't have the opportunity to come up to the surface for a gps fix. >> he says the drones could also be used to patrol the waters of the arctic looking for enemy subs for instance. the way drones hover in the sky over a battlefield. the navy is testing this technology and amassing all of this research to prepare for an expanded presence in the arctic as the ice continues to melt. the russians are already there in force. last year, they staged a military exercise in the arctic, as seen in this russian ministry of defense footage. it involved about 40,000 troops, 15 submarines, 41 warships, and multiple aircraft. no one disputes their right to do that on their own territory. >> we preannounce ours. no one is surprised by them. where as the the exercise that russia did was a snap exercise. which is a bit destablizing. >> until may of this year, retired four star general, phillip breedlove, the commander of nato with responsibility for the arctic. what else is destablizing he says is russia's military build-up along something called the northern sea route. skirting the coastline. saving time and money for the commercial shipping industry. >> heard as much as 2 days decrease in transit northern european markets to asian markets. that is an incredible economic opportunity. it could be a very big boon to, to business around the world. >> you can see the full report cbsnews.com. the "overnight news" will be right back. unforgettable, wherever you go the scents you can't forget... from herbal essences, blooming now! don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase gives you more complete allergy relief. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flonase controls 6. and six is greater than one. flonase changes everything. i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. 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do you run the risk of having the xyz companies, xyz monument. >> you don't see huge obscene banners on any of the sites. so the state, city, they're very much concerned about preserving the integrity of the sites and not to commercialize them. china reopened its latest tourist attraction. the highest and longest class bridge in the world. was originally opened earlier this year. they had some trouble with it. which has reportedly been fixed. adriana diaz took a stroll across. >> reporter: both breathtaking and terrifying at the same time. come each day, a view they will likely never forget. it's got everyone acting like they're kids again. china's newest tourist attraction. is a selfie dream come true. that is if you can handle it. shh. >> it's okay. >> it's okay. >> reporter: the grand canyon glass bridge in central china is stretching more than 1,400 feet. churning stomachs. >> trying to rationalize it and tell my brain it is safe. it just doesn't feel right. and leaving visitors amazed. >> are you scared? >> translator: no, i think it is great said this man. >> i feel a little scared. but i am strong enough. so, no. i am superman. >> reporter: this scenery inspired the floating mountains in the blockbuster avatar. the bridge could have been an inspiration for hitchcock's "vertigo." to protect the glass. booties are required. high heels are banned. and tickets are limited. after opening in august, the bridge closed for a month because of overcapacity. last year, a different class walk way in china shut after a panel shattered. >> once you get used to it. not that scary. >> reporter: here vice general three layers of the glass panels. each layers can with stand more than 40 tons. >> reporter: to prove it. this summer officials had visitors try to smash the glass with the ledge hammer and ride a car over it to drive hope the point. but chen says the bridge is more than just a tourist attraction and symbolizes an ascending china. does that make you feel proud? >> yes, this bridge will represent the creativities and inventive power of new china. >> reporter: the bridge is home to the world's highest bungee jump which thankfully isn't open yet. so fashion runway. watch out, fashion week. a new catwalk in town. that's the "overnight news" for tuesday. for some the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm don dahler. ? 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