reporting tonight from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. pelley: in a race that is approaching a tie, tonight coula be a decisive moment. hillary clinton s poll numbers peaked in mid-august, and ever since her lead has been slipping with donald trump rising. now, as they meet in the middle, they will meet on this stage to break the deadlock. they re playing to a toughay crowd, millions of americans who say they don t trust either one. but with the mix of politics, celebrity and anything-can- happen unpredictability, the audience could set a record.au we ll have the entire debate right here live on cbs tonight,t but in the meantime, we have extensive coverage and we ll begin with nancy cordes covering hillary clinton. reporter: scott, clintonte often says that she likes to doo her homework, and today she did it right up until it was due, with one more prep session at as her campaign says it s worried that trump will be graded on a curve, rewarded just for keepine
pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. the pieces are scattered all over the coast of virginia. valuable clues in determining why an unmanned rocket bound for the international space station blew up last evening moments after liftoff. the rocket was 13 stories tall, owned and operated by orbital sciences, a private company, a $200 billion mission wiped out in seconds. it is the first failure in nasa s commercial space program. we have more now from chip reid in wallops island virginia. one. reporter: for a brief moment, it looked like a perfect launch. reporter: but just seconds of the unmanned rocket suddenly became engulfed in flames as it fell back to earth and exploded in massive ball of fire. it s going to be loud! reporter: so powerful it blew out windows at ron wolff s restaurant. how far are we from the launchpad? as the crow flies, probably seven to eight miles. reporter: seven to eight miles? right, right. reporter: that is incredible
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: this is our western edition. donald trump lowered the boom on his opponents last night, then lowered the volume today. the shoot-from-the-lip candidate stuck to a script for once in his foreign policy speech. following a five-state sweep, trump is well on his way to the republican presidential nomination. ted cruz s headlights began to fade in the rear-view mirror as the texas senator came in not second, but third, in four of the five states. major garrett is in indianapolis. it s time to shake the rust off america s foreign policy. it s time to invite new voices and new visions into the fold. reporter: with a slower cadence and less-inflammatory words, donald trump sketched out a foreign policy he described as america first, vowing not to e tangle the u.s. in more middle east conflict. we ve made the middle east c th unstable and chaotic than ever before. reporter: but he made one major exemption: isis. i
pelley: today, republicans took the biggest step yet to make good on its vow to repeal and replace obamacare. just six weeks after their effort appeared dead, the house passed a revised g.o.p. plan, barely, without a single democratic vote. just as obamacare was passed without a single republican vote. 20 republicans defected today. the rest joined the president at the white house to celebrate his first major legislative victory. here s our chief congressional rerrespondent, nancy cordes. this has really brought the republican party together. y> reporter: president trump rdvored the legislative victory in the rose garden after house republicans passed their bill with one vote to spare. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. reporter: g.o.p. leaders decided to hold the vote after a tist-minute boost in funds for soople with pre-existing conditions appeared to sway some hold-outs. i m trying to get back and r:ad it now. reporter: even as protesters heckled them outside
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