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LATINO, ARAB, AMERICAN FIRST AND FOREMOST. >> Reporter: WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IS WHETHER THIS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE CAN CARRY A DISTRICT THAT IS RED, WHITE, BUT RARELY VOTES BLUE. POLLS SHOW THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS BELIEVE THAT CONGRESSMAN HUNTER BROKE THE LAW, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO OVERLOOK THAT TO KEEP A " TRUMP LOYALIST" IN OFFICE. JEFF, VOTERS WE TALKED TO SAY IF HUNTER'S REMOVED FROM OFFICE OR JAILED LATER, THEY'LL JUST VOTE FOR ANOTHER REPUBLICAN. >> Glor: FASCINATING STORY. JAMIE YUCCAS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CBS NEWS AND OUR ENTIRE CAMPAIGN 2018 TEAM WILL BRING YOU COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN A TWO- HOUR PRIMETIME SPECIAL. THAT'S TUESDAY EVENING AT 9: 00, 8: 00 CENTRAL. A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN PITTSBURGH TODAY INDICTED ROBERT BOWERS FOR THE SYNAGOGUE MASSACRE LAST WEEKEND. HE FACES 44 COUNTS, INCLUDING FEDERAL HATE CRIMES. HE COULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY. PITTSBURGH CONTINUED MOURNING TODAY FOR THE 11 MEN AND WOMEN KILLED LAST SATURDAY WITH FUNERALS FOR JOYCE FIENBERG, MELVIN WAX, AND IRVING YOUNGER. A FEDERAL PRISON IN WEST VIRGINIA REMAINS ON LOCKDOWN TONIGHT AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE KILLER OF WHITEY BULGER. THE BOSTON GANGSTER WAS DEAD WITHIN HOURS OF ARRIVING AT THAT PRISON IN WEST VIRGINIA. EARLY SIGNS POINT TO A CAREER KILLER WHO HATED RATS. MORE NOW FROM NIKKI BATTISTE. >> Reporter: THE REPUTED MOBSTER'S EARLY- MORNING DEATH WAS QUICK AND SO VIOLENT, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE 89- YEAR- OLD WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE. THE SUSPECT: A MAFIA HIT MAN, FREDDY GEAS. " THE BOSTON GLOBE" SAYS GEAS IS ONE OF TWO INMATES UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR GOUGING OUT BULGER'S EYES WHILE BEATING HIM IN HIS CELL TUESDAY MORNING. GEAS, A CAREER MASSACHUSETTS CRIMINAL, WAS IN HAZELTON FOR KILLING ANOTHER MOB BOSS IN 2003. >> WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT HE-- MR. BULGER, WAS KILLED IN-- IN HAZELTON, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WAS, FREDDY WAS THERE. >> Reporter: DANIEL KELLY REPRESENTS GEAS. >> HE WAS AWARE OF WHITEY BULGER. HE HAD A DISTASTE FOR INFORMANTS. >> Reporter: BULGER'S VIOLENT DEATH MIRRORED HIS LIFE, AND MADE FOR GORY MOVIE SCENES BASED ON THE MANIAC MOBSTER. HIS DEATH MADE HEADLINES IN THE PAPERS THAT MADE HIM INFAMOUS. " THE BOSTON GLOBE'S" SHELLEY MURPHY HAS REPORTED ON WHITEY BULGER'S MOB LIFE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND SAYS, IN PRISON, HIS COOPERATION WITH THE F. B. I. MADE HIM A TARGET. >> WHITEY BULGER WENT TO BED THAT NIGHT AND BY THAT MORNING, AT 6: 00 A. M ., PEOPLE KNEW THAT HE WAS THERE AND WERE LOOKING FOR HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, AS FOR FREDDY GEAS, IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH, I MEAN, FOR A 51- YEAR- OLD TO-- TO BEAT AN 89- YEAR- OLD MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR TO DEATH. >> Reporter: MURPHY SAYS FEW PEOPLE KNEW WHO FREDDY GEAS WAS UNTIL NOW. >> IN FREDDY'S MIND, DOES FREDDY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE A HERO? PROBABLY WITHIN THE PRISON POPULATION, HE WOULD BE. I MEAN, THIS IS A GUY WHO IS SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE. AND NOW HE WILL BE KNOWN AS " THE GUY WHO KILLED WHITEY BULGER ." >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OF THE PRISON'S UNION TOLD US BULGER WAS TRANSFERRED FOR BAD BEHAVIOR. HE ALSO SAYS THIS FACILITY CUT 74 JOBS JUST THIS YEAR. AND, JEFF, BECAUSE THIS PRISON IS SO DANGEROUS, THE INMATES HERE CALL IT " MISERY MOUNTAIN ." >> Glor: NIKKI BATTISTE STILL ON THE STORY FOR US TONIGHT. NIKKI, THANKS. NEW COURT DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED DETAILING HOW AN F. B. I. STING LED TO THE ARREST OF A MAN ORIGINALLY FROM IRAQ. HE IS NOW ACCUSED OF SHOWING OFF HIS BOMB- MAKING SKILLS TO AN INFORMANT, WHO CONVINCED HIM HE WAS PLOTTING AN ATTACK. CARTER EVANS PICKS UP THE STORY. >> Reporter: FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS IN TUCSON SWOOPED IN AND ARRESTED AHMAD SUHAD AHMAD FOR SHOWING THEM HOW TO BUILD AND BLOW UP A BOMB. THE STING OPERATION LASTED NEARLY TWO YEARS. HERE'S HOW IT WENT DOWN: ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS JUST UNSEALED, AHMAD FIRST TOLD AN F. B. I. CRIMINAL INFORMANT, BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2016, THAT " HE KNEW HOW TO DETONATE A BOMB BY USING A CELLULAR PHONE ." HE ALLEGEDLY SAID, " THE BOMBS WERE EASY TO MAKE ," AND THAT HE LEARNED HOW TO DO IT, " DURING THE WAR IN IRAQ ." SOURCE TELL CBS NEWS, AHMAD IS AN IRAQI REFUGEE WHO IS NOW A U. S. CITIZEN. PROSECUTORS SAY AHMAD WAS ASKED BY THE INFORMANT " HOW TO MAKE A CAR BOMB FOR A TARGET IN MEXICO ." AHMAD AGREED AND PROVIDED IMAGES OF " EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HIS CELL PHONE ." AND LATER SENT A TEXT MESSAGE " WITH A BOMB RECIPE WRITTEN IN ARABIC ." UNDERCOVER F. B. I. AGENTS SAY AHMAD LATER TRAVELED WITH THEM TO A CONDO IN LAS VEGAS TO BUILD THE DEVICE. HE ALLEGEDLY GAVE AGENTS A LIST OF BOMB- MAKING MATERIALS, WHICH THEY SUPPLIED. AHMAD ALSO BROUGHT SOME OF HIS OWN TOOLS. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, UNDERCOVER AGENTS SAY AHMAD " BUILT THE BOMB WHILE EXPLAINING HOW TO DO IT, EVEN SHOWING HOW TO CONNECT THE BLASTING CAPS AND WHERE TO PLACE THE C- 4 ." WE SPOKE WITH AHMAD'S ATTORNEY, AND HE DECLINED TO TALK ABOUT THE CASE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THOSE COURT PAPERS THAT SUGGEST THAT AHMAD HAD PLANS TO CARRY OUT AN ATTACK OF HIS OWN. HE'LL BE BACK IN COURT ON FRIDAY. JEFF. >> Glor: CARTER EVANS, THANK YOU. A TURKISH PROSECUTOR TODAY CLAIMED THAT JAMAL KHASHOGGI WAS STRANGLED AS SOON AS HE WALKED INTO SAUDI ARABIA'S CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL. AND THAT KHASHOGGI'S BODY WAS CHOPPED UP BEFORE IT WAS REMOVED. TURKEY WANTS SAUDI ARABIA TO TURN OVER 18 SUSPECTS. COMING UP NEXT HERE ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ": A POTENTIAL MURDER MYSTERY AFTER TWO SISTERS FROM VIRGINIA ARE FOUND TAPED TOGETHER IN NEW YORK. AND LATER, THE NASA PROBE THAT IS BOLDLY GOING WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE. >> Glor: WE HAVE NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE DEATHS OF TWO SISTERS FROM SAUDI ARABIA. THEY WENT MISSING IN VIRGINIA LAST MONTH. THEIR BODIES WERE DISCOVERED BOUND TOGETHER IN NEW YORK CITY LAST WEEK. JERICKA DUNCAN IS FOLLOWING THIS MYSTERY. >> Reporter: THE BODIES OF SISTERS 23- YEAR- OLD ROTANA FAREA AND 16- YEAR- OLD TALA FAREA WERE FOUND NEAR AN EMBANKMENT OFF THE HUDSON RIVER LAST WEDNESDAY. POLICE SAY THE SISTERS WERE SIMILARLY DRESSED AND BOUND TOGETHER AT THEIR ANKLES AND WAISTS WITH DUCT TAPE. FOR NEARLY A WEEK, THESE POLICE SKETCHES WERE THE ONLY LEADS AUTHORITIES HAD. N. Y. P. D. CHIEF OF DETECTIVES, DERMOT SHEA: >> WE ARE OUT TO GET JUSTICE FOR THOSE TWO GIRLS AND TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT LED THEM TO BE RECOVERED IN THE WATER. >> Reporter: LATE TODAY, CBS NEWS HAS LEARNED THE SISTERS WERE ALIVE WHEN THEY ENTERED THE WATER. RIGHT NOW, THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE SISTERS LIVED IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA. POLICE SAY THEY WERE LAST SEEN THERE IN LATE SEPTEMBER, BUT SAY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT REMAINS A MYSTERY. >> AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN DEEMED A HOMICIDE. >> Reporter: AN N. Y. P. D. SOURCE TELLS CBS NEWS THAT THE MOTHER, WHO LIVES IN VIRGINIA, TOLD POLICE SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT IN OCTOBER TELLING THE FAMILY THEY ALL HAD TO GO BACK TO SAUDI ARABIA, BECAUSE THE SISTERS HAD APPLIED FOR IMMIGRATION ASYLUM. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL CLUES IN THEIR PAST LIFE. >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE CALLING THE DEATHS " SUSPICIOUS ," AND THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY THE FACT THAT THERE'S VIRTUALLY NO DIGITAL FOOTPRINT. JEFF, THE SISTERS DID NOT HAVE REGISTERED PHONES, AND, APPARENTLY, NO SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, JERICKA, AT THE SCENE OF WHERE THOSE BODIES WERE FOUND. JERICKA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STILL AHEAD HERE TONIGHT ON A

IT IS HALLOWEEN. YOU MAY BE SURPRISED BY A NEW LIST OF AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR CANDIES. >> Glor: THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE HAS NOW FLOWN CLOSER TO THE SUN THAN ANY OTHER 26. 6 MILLION MILES. IT WILL GET PROGRESSIVELY CLOSER OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS AS IT STUDIES THE SUN. NASA HAS ALSO SAID GOODBYE TO THE KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE, WHICH HAS DISCOVERED MORE THAN 2600 PLANETS. AFTER 9. 5 YEARS, THE FUEL RAN OUT. AUTHOR EVAN THOMAS HAS DISCOVERED A LONG LOST DECISION BY SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR. SHE REJECTED AN APPEAL FROM WILLIAM REHNQUIST-- AN APPEAL TO MARRY HER. HE POPPED THE QUESTION IN A LETTER WHEN THEY WERE LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS, LONG BEFORE THEY BOTH SERVED TOGETHER ON THE SUPREME COURT. IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA TODAY, MORE THAN 30 CHILDREN CELEBRATED HALLOWEEN BY BECOMING U. S. CITIZENS, IN COSTUME, NO LESS. THE KIDS COME FROM OVER A DOZEN COUNTRIES. AFTER TAKING THE OATH, THEY TOOK TO THE STREET TO TRICK OR TREAT. WHAT ELSE? AMERICANS BUY NEARLY 600 MILLION POUNDS OF CANDY FOR HALLOWEEN. IN SEVEN STATES, CANDY CORN IS THE MOST POPULAR, ACCORDING TO candystore. com. CANDY CORN. SKITTLES IS NUMBER ONE IN FIVE STATES. HOT TAMALES ARE THE FAVORITE IN THREE STATES. WHILE SALT WATER TAFFY TOPS THE LIST IN WASHINGTON AND NEBRASKA. UP NEXT HERE TONIGHT,

HEROES. >> Glor: PITTSBURGH POLICE OFFICERS PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO STOP THE GUNMAN IN THE SYNAGOGUE MASSACRE. LAST NIGHT, THE CITY SAID THANK YOU. DAVID BEGNAUD IS THERE. >> JOINING US, TWO OF THE BRAVE OFFICERS WHO WERE WOUNDED IN SATURDAY'S ATTACK. >> Reporter: INSIDE OF A SOLD- OUT ARENA, BEFORE THE PENGUINS PLAYED THE ISLANDERS, GRATEFUL FANS GAVE A STANDING OVATION TO POLICE OFFICERS MIKE SMIDGA AND ANTHONY BURKE. IT WAS THEIR FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE THE MASSACRE. 27- YEAR- OLD BURKE, HIS ARM STILL IN A SLING, AND 39- YEAR- OLD SMIDGA, ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICERS TO ENGAGE THE GUNMAN, ARE TWO OF THE SIX OFFICERS WHO WERE WOUNDED ON SATURDAY. TIMOTHY MATSON WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES. HE'S STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. DANIEL MEAD WAS SHOT IN THE HAND. JOHN PERSIN AND TYLER PASHEL WERE ALSO WOUNDED, AS THEY FACED A GUNMAN WITH A HIGH- POWERED AR- 15 RIFLE AND THREE HANDGUNS. RABBI DORIS DYEN ARRIVED AT THE SYNAGOGUE AS THE GUNMAN STARTED FIRING. SHE SAW FIRSTHAND THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF THE OFFICERS. >> I WAS JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARRIVED WHEN THEY DID, AS QUICKLY AS THEY DID, PUT THEMSELVES IN DANGER SO THAT OUR FOLKS, AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, COULD GET OUT. >> Reporter: COMMUNITY GRATITUDE HAS BEEN CONTAGIOUS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE OUTPOURING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT THE POLICE STATION, WHERE SOME OF THE FIRST OFFICERS ON SCENE CAME FROM. IT'S TWO BLOCKS FROM THE SYNAGOGUE. INSIDE OF ZONE FOUR, THE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH CARDS WRITTEN BY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS ONE MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE: " THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THE JEWS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE ." SIX- YEAR- OLD LILY WROTE THAT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD >> Reporter: FRED ROGERS, THE BELOVED " MR. ROGERS" LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND HE USED TO TELL CHILDREN, IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, LOOK FOR THE HELPERS. WELL, MR. ROGERS, WE FOUND THEM. DAVID BEGNAUD, CBS NEWS, PITTSBURGH. >> Glor: WHAT A GOOD MESSAGE. THAT'S THE EVENING NEWS FOR TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR.