Poll-itics: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has pulled to within a horse length of Donald Trump in the latest New York Times/CBS News poll of Republican voters. The Poll puts Carson at 23 percent to Trump’s 27, a 17-point gain for Carson since the last CBS poll in August.

The two face each other in tonight’s debate hosted by CNN, which will be joined this time by the only Republican female candidate, Carly Fiorina.

Meanwhile, Jeb Bush fell from 13 to 6 percent in the CBS Poll, and Scott Walker from 10 to 2. Walker and seven others are circling the polling drain.

Carson, who is black, has risen with a calmer style than Trump and some opinions that might attract the deep core of conservatives. Despite being a doctor, he doesn’t believe the theory of evolution and has said the “Black Lives Matter” movement is “sickening” and “bullies” people.

Nation: Twelve people, including at least nine children, are confirmed dead and one is still missing after flash floods washed away a van and an SUV in Hildale, Utah on Monday. Four hikers also were killed, and three more are missing in nearby Zion National Park.

Witnesses say the drivers of the vehicles carrying nine children were backing away from a swollen flood channel when a massive flood swept in behind them.

Roundup: The Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting today to decide whether to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years. …. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce that within 10 years all New York City Public schools will be required to offer computer science. Chicago and San Francisco already do. … The Valley fire in Northern California has burned 67,000 acres and 585 homes and it’s still moving.

Great Migration: Blocked by Hungary, migrants hoping to reach Germany have turned to Croatia where the government says they will be welcomed or directed on to other destinations. With new immigration laws in place, Hungary says it has arrested 367 people who entered the country illegally.

Budget Buster: Spanish language news anchor Jorge Ramos did the math on Donald Trump’s plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants and found that, “He would have to fill up 30 or more 747s every single day for two years.” Ramos said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spends about $12,500 to deport one person, which puts the cost of 11 million people at around $137 billion.

The Obit Page: Fred DeLuca, a co-founder of the Subway sandwich chain, has died of leukemia at age 67. Deluca and Peter Buck opened their first store in 1965 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, under the name “Pete’s Super Submarines,” which they changed to Subway three years later. They franchised and by 1994 had 8,000 locations. DeLuca wrote in a book about going into the business, “I knew nothing about making sandwiches.”

Chronicles of Wasted Time: Facebook is adding a “Dislike” button.

Check Engine: BMW Chief Executive Harald Krüger fainted onstage yesterday at the Frankfurt auto show. It cost $3,497.56 for two fellow BMW assistants to pick him off the floor. Krüger decided against the optional hospital care package with tinted windows and heated seats for an additional $18,000.