cbs' ed o'keefe is in wilmington, delaware, again tonight. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. tonight in the event center behind us, kamala harris is set to make history as just the third woman and first black and asian person to accept the vice presidential nomination. up the road in philadelphia, former president obama will question president trump's fitness to serve. it's the most star-studded night of the convention so far, with kamala harris set to make history. in her speech live from the she'll sharply criticize president trump and make the case for her running mate. a video airing tonight shows harris making a direct pitch to black voters. >> the litmus test for america is how we are treating black women. >> reporter: harris last addressed the democratic convention on behalf of barack obama. tonight, the former president returns the favor, speaking from the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia, he that donald trunald trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't. and the consequences of that failure ar

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cbs' ed o'keefe is in wilmington, delaware, again tonight. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. tonight in the event center behind us, kamala harris is set eo make history as the first woman and first black and asian person to accept the vice presidential nomination. and up the road in philadelphia, former president obama will question president trump's fitness to serve. it's the most star-studded night of the convention so far, with er sh liverom tht to make chase center in chase center in wilmington, she'll sharply criticize president a video airing tonight shows harris making a direct pitch to black voters. >> the litmus test for america is how we are treating black women. >> reporter: harris last addressed the democratic convention on behalf of barack obama. tonight, the former president returns the favor, speaking from the museum of the american revolu revolution in philadelphia, he will say that donald trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't. and the consequences of that failure are severe. mr. obama will also re

cbs' weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. good evening, weijia. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. first lady melania trump will make live remarks as tonight's marquee speaker, making waves because her venue is right here at the white house. and the secretary of state is defending himself for supporting president trump's reelection campaign while on a work trip overseas. with the white house as a backdrop for this week's republican convention, the trump administration is breaking the decades-old tradition that separated governing and campaigning. tonight, first lady melania trump will speak from the newly refurbished rose garden, while president trump will give his acceptance speech thursday on the south lawn. mike pompeo will also shatter precedent with his remarks tonight from jerusalem, becoming the first secretary of state to address the convention in over 75 years-- in doing so, violating his own department's policy banning diplomats from engaging in political activity. >> to me, it's reckless. it is counter to the

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs overnight news". >> i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. with the coronavirus pandemic still raging in much of the country, employers are grappling with how to get employees back to work safely. one large company in the midwest is taking flak for what workers call strong arm tactics. epic systems is the largest private employer until dade down wisconsin. epic has told thousands of workers that it wants them back in the office, some as early at monday morning. >> some major tech companies with keeping their employees working at home. this giant medical records software company says all the employees need to come back to the office and now some of those employees are speaking to us. nearly ,000 people work that the software business on the sprawling camp out outside madison. in mid match most shifted to working at home but now the company said they must come back. the ceo. >> we have this responsibility to health care workers around the world and our patience to make sure we're at our very best. we can't do what we

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs overnight news." >> garrett: good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in washington. this week marks a milestone in the evolution of our democracy. 100 years since women got the right to vote, they fought for it. the 29th amendment made it so. this year the election is 79 days away. now, voting in a pandemic means an unprecedented number of ballots will be mailed. there are worries that the post office might not deliver all on time. the post office announced a 90 day mem yum on the removal of posting boxes. but today there is another issue, a deeply personal one. late yesterday the president's younger brother robert died in new york. no cause was given. weijia jiang is in bridgewater, new jersey, traveling with the president. >> reporter: major, president trump's found out about his brother's passing at his golf resort here in new jersey. his son-in-law tells cbs news it is a very tough moment for the president. in a statement president trump called his younger brother robert trump his best friend. the president's son-in-law and senior

continues, for others, check back later for cbs this morning an follow us ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: breaking news as we come on the air, white house on alert. president trump interrupted as he is holding a press ing erence, told to leave the white house briefing room byhe crat we'reearng tonighonndg, the number of corona back to school heats up. the high school that just closed after nine people test positive. plus the major college sports conference on the verge of canceling its football season. mask confusion. the new study just out, are some masks actually worse than not covering your face at all? what you need to know. deadly explosion, an enormous blast levels three houses in baltimore, killing at least one and trapping children beneath the rubble. >> my baby! >> brennan: tonight the frantic rescue efforts and the survivors pulled from the rubble. vice presidential pick, the latest on joe biden's search for a running mate, the top contenders now on stand-by. left to die, stunning new bodycam video in the george floyd case, why did it take so long to give him cpr? wh

cbs' jamie yuccas in lake hughes, california. jamie? >> reporter: margaret, officials are describing this fire as "extreme." at the height, flames tore through homes, cars, and thousands of acres of national forest in just a matter of hours. flames ripped through more than 10,000 acres. >> this is insane. >> reporter: the lake fire quickly exploded, creating its own weather system and this fire tornado. multiple homes destroyed and hundreds of residents forced to evacuate. >> we stayed as long as we could, but it was kind of surrounding the house. and me and the neighbors evacuated as the flames engulfed his house. >> reporter: the angeles national forest now charred, burning an area untouched since the late '60s. >> that's why this one was so surprising. early enough in the year, not primarily wind-driven. and the fact that it just-- it increased in size so rapidly, that was somewhat of a rare event. >> reporter: more than 1,000 firefighters are battling the blaze, taking advantage of today's favorable conditions to try to get the uppe

imtiaz tyab, cbs news beirut. >> brennan: there is still much more news ahead on tonight's cbs evening news. up next, widespread damage and power outages as severe storms up next, widespread damage and power outages tear through the midwest. ar through thetribute to some of the pandemic's unsung heroes. and why they're needed more now than ever. needed more now than ever. helps you sleep longer. ed release melatonin and longer. zzzquil pure zzzs all night. fall asleep. stay asleep. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. once-weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it starts acting from the first dose. and it lowers risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in people with known heart disease or multiple risk factors.peab or diabetic ketoacidosis. you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in yo

with thanks to our cbs affiliate wibw in topeka, here's cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: there are so many firsts in a child's life, but few can compare to this: >> can you hear momma? momma? yeah. i think you can hear me. >> i think that is it! ( laughs ) >> reporter: it's almost too much for mavis malone. she can hear for the very first time. >> it was almost as if she couldn't believe it. >> there's just that split second right before she covers them that i felt like she wanted to cry, like-- oh! i heard it. you know? >> reporter: the two-year-old was born with profound hearing loss. hopes were high a four-hour surgery would change that, doctors putting cochlear implants in both ears, the device delivering sounds directly to the auditory nerve. now, without her mom signing, mavis understands. >> grandma. >> grandma. >> reporter: and a trip to the park with her older brothers is a whole new world. >> i'm happy that my sisr silence. >> oh, sweetie, it's okay. ( laughter ) >> oh, big girl! >> reporter: and a life forever changed. janet shamlian, cbs news, houston. >> o'donnell: mavis

with thanks to our cbs affiliate wibw in topeka, here's cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: there are so many firsts in a child's life, but few can compare to this: >> can you hear momma? momma? yeah. i think you can hear me. >> i think that is it! ( laughs ) >> reporter: it's almost too much for mavis malone. she can hear for the very first time. >> it was almost as if she couldn't believe it. >> there's just that split second right before she covers them that i felt like she wanted to cry, like-- oh! i heard it. you know? >> reporter: the two-year-old was born with profound hearing loss. hopes were high a four-hour surgery would change that, doctors putting cochlear implants in both ears, the device delivering sounds directly to the auditory nerve. now, without her mom signing, mavis understands. >> grandma. >> grandma. >> reporter: and a trip to the park with her older brothers is a whole new world. >> i'm happy that my sister can hear, and i love her. >> reporter: an end to the silence. >> oh, sweetie, it's okay. ( laughter ) >> oh, big girl! >> reporter: and a life forever changed.

here's cbs's jeff pegues. >> look at this. for the first tim's perspective. in one officer thomas lane confronts flied trying to get him out of an suv, a gun aimed in his directions. >> both hands. hands up right now! >> reporter: later in the footage, floyd drops to the ground as officer lead him toward a squad car. >> stand on your feast feet and eporter: the other video alalso published from the daily mail.com appears to comee from body cam worn by alexander keung, you hear him pleading ( pleading >> get in the car in the front also in the video derek chauvin, fired officer, charged with second dedegree murder >> come on out. >> reporter: as soon as floyd hits the pavement, you see chauvin's gloved hands on hi him and a knee on floyd's neck. >> i can't breathe! please, man >> relax bathe.itreathee i can't breathe >> with a crowd gathering, the body cam video shows keueung tae floyd's pulse. according to prosecutors, he couldn't find one. there is now an investigation into is it leak of that body camera video. meantime norah, we still haven't seen video fro

the latest cbs news battleground tracker. joe biden has a substantial lead. but does president trump have the enthusiasm? and the message from michelle obama on why biden should win in november. >> i know joe. he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith. >> o'donnell: mail-in fire storm, congressional democrats call on the f.b.i. to investigate whether the head of the u.s. postal service is deliberately slowing down the mail ahead of an election. covid on campus, the packed college parties and late today why one major university shut down in-person classes just days after reopening. plus could a new saliva test just approved by the f.d.a. be the key to getting rapid results? our new series "the new normal," back to school, a look at schools in one hot zone where the question remains should children be required to wear a mask in class? dangerous heat, thousands evacuated amid raging wildfires out west as 40 million people face the worst heat in years, now threatening california's power grid. what residents are doing to escape an energy emergency. will lori l

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. >>> this is the "cbs overnight new news". >>> i'm major garrett in washington. there is still no new help from congress for the millions of americans struggling in the wake of categories crisis. at the same time, reported infections in u.s. passed five million on sunday, the most of any country. with the election approaching, a new cbs news battle ground tracker pole finds former vice president joe biden leading trump in p lindh and wisconsin. on saturday, president trump took executive action to extent some benefits. paula reid is traveling with the president in new jersey and took ook at fe holiday to americans earning less than $100,000 per year. >> president trump is trying to defer a 6.2% social security tax for americans making up to $104,000 a year. the taxes would have to be paid next year. >> i plan to make permanent cuts to the payroll tax. >> only congress has the power to issue tax cuts. republican senator ben faf called the news unconstitutional slop. the president directed $44 million from fema to cover a $300 a week up employment benefit for five

that is tonight's edition of the "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. thanks for joining us this week. we hope you have a great weekend. we'll see you back here monday. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by >>> right now at 7. >> there's whiplash in this industry. >>> confusion because of gov. gavin newsom's reopen plan. >>> much needed relief for renters at the state capital in sacramento. >>>a noticeable increase of smoke we are tracking the air- quality forecast as we head into the weekend. >>> another protest against social injustice in majorly baseball. the a's and astros players were in the field in houston. after pausing for 42 seconds me jackie robinson day, 42 is l

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here's cbs's jeff pegues. >> look at this. for the first time, two leaked body camera videos show the encounter with george floyd from the officer's perspective. in one officer thomas lane confronts flied trying to get him out of an suv, a gun aimed in his directions. >> both hands. hands up right now! >> reporter: later in the footage, floyd drops to the ground as officer lead him toward a squad car. >> stand on your feast feet and epor they alexander keung,im pleading ( pleading >> get in the car in the front also in the video derek chauvin, fired officer, charged with second dedegree murder >> come on out. >> reporter: as soon as floyd hits the pavement, you see chauvin's gloved hands on hi him and a knee on floyd's neck. >> i can't breathe! please, man >> relax i can't breathee you're doing fine, you're talking fiebt >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe >> with a crowd gathering, the body cam video shows keueung tae floyd's pulse. according to prosecutors, he couldn't find one. there is now an investigation into is it leak

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here's cbs' mola lenghi. d reporter: defying covid guidelines, large, maskless parties last night at penn state university. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and at syracuse, that university responding to these videos, saying, "the students who gathered on the quad last night may have done damage enough to shut down campus." today, north carolina state announcing 41 new covid cases. undergrads are now being sent home. cases of covid are now on college campuses in at least 17 states. as an alarming study published today in the "journal of pediatrics," children up to age 22 are much more likely to be silent spreaders than previously believed. and infected children had significantly higher levels of the virus than even adults hospitalized in i.c.u.s. this as schools across the country face challenges about reopening. ( cars honking ) in detroit, teachers protesting going back to the classroom and threatening to strike if forced to return. resistance from teachers in arizona. resistance from tea >> they know it's not s

oonnell: cbs' jericka duncan, thank you. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." a wave of arrests stemming from those deadly fires in california. california.not even the fastest and this-- no man in the world can outrun the pandemic. and later, he traded in his badge for a stethoscope. one man's incredibly inspirational story. . >> o >> o'donnell: calmer weather is helping thousands of firefighters battling two of the largest wildfires in california's history. but officials warned today of the continuing threat of extreme fire behavior. lightning on monday sparked 10 new fires. at least seven people have died. more than 100 people have been arrested for looting evacuated home. track legend usain bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to jamaica's health minister. the eight-time olympic gold medalist, who holds world records in both the 100 and 200 meters, celebrated his 34th birthday last week at a party where few wore masks. bolt is asymptomatic and quarantining at home. co

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here's cbs' paula reid. off to a rocky start today when the state's governor, mike dewine, tested positive for covid just before he was to meet mr. trump at the airport. >> i just said i look forward to seeing the governor. they said, "sir, he just tested positive." >> reporter: amid sagging polls, the president gave a speech aides said would include a vision for the president's second term, but he also repeated the false claim that kids are immune when it comes to covid. >> very young children are incredibly powerful. they're much stronger than all of us when it comes to the immune system, it's an incredible thing to see. >> reporter: he also kept up his attacks on rival joe biden. >> he's against god. he's against guns. he's against energy, our kind of energy. >> reporter: the biden campaign shot back, referencing the president's controversial photo op in lafayette square saying donald trump had thrown a priest out of his church just so he could profane it and a bible for his own cynical optics. but biden

captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access gro >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. policing in america has come under intense scrutiny ever since george floyd died in police custody exactly three months ago today. the latest videotape shooting of a black man by police in kenosha, wisconsin sunday has led to another round of protests. concerns about race and policing are not unique to the united states. holly williams reports on how great britain and other european nations are trying to deal with the issue. >> if you're black, you're five times more likely to be stopped by the police. you're more likely to be charged with a criminal offense. you're more -- >> reporter: that's the united kingdom he's describing, not the u.s., and this is michael fuller, the most senior black officer ever to have served in the british police. now retired. people of color are still underrepresented in the british police and fuller told us the racism he encountered was often unspoken. >> they would give me the dirty jobs to do. deliv

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the latest cbs news battleground tracker. joe biden has a substantial lead. but does president trump have the enthusiasm? and the message from michelle obama on why biden should win in november. >> i know joe. he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith. >> o'donnell: mail-in fire storm, congressional democrats call on the f.b.i. to investigate whether the head of the u.s. postal service is deliberately slowing down the mail ahead of an election. covid on campus, the packed college parties and late today why one major university shutn-s after reopening. plus could a new saliva test just approved by the f.d.a. be the key to getting rapid results? our new series "the new normal," back to school, a look at schools in one hot zone where the question remains should children be required to wear a mask in class? dangerous heat, thousands evacuated amid raging wildfires out west as 40 million people face the worst heat in years, now threatening california's power grid. what residents are doing to escape an energy emergency. will lori loughlin get prison time? feder

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cbs's lonnie quinn is following the storm. lonnie, what do we know? >> well, the latest update from the national hurricane center has the winds sustained at 70- mile-per-hour, moving north- northeast at a good quick clip. this is good news, moving at 16- mile-per-hour. you don't want to see it crawl 3-mile-per-hour, 4-mile-per- hour. we'll take 16 and hope it holds true. about 50 miles now to the southeast of charleston, south carolina. it could be myrtle beach landfall. it's running out of time to become a hurricane. i think a low grade cat one will happen and then back down to a tropical storm. we're very confident where it's going to travel after latch. t we're very confident where it's going to travel after landfall, basically up the 95 corridor. notice the skinny cone. it doesn't fan out wide like some of the cones in the past. we're certain this is where it's moving. the wind speeds get lower and lower with each stop along the way, moving north, interaction with lands are less. however, it doesn't mean the wind feel will go down. once it gets to

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here's cbs' mola lenghi. d reporter: defying covid guidelines, large, maskless parties last night at penn state university. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and at syracuse, that university responding to these videos, saying, "the students who gathered on the quad last night may have done damage enough to shut down campus." today, north carolina state announcing 41 new covid cases. undergrads are now being sent home. on college campuses in at least 17 states. as an alarming study published today in the "journal of pediatrics," children up to age 22 are much more likely to be silent spreaders than previously believed. and infected children had significantly higher levels of the virus than even adults hospitalized in i.c.u.s. this as schools across the country face challenges about reopening. ( cars honking ) in detroit, teachers protesting going back to the classroom and threatening to strike if forced to return. resistance from teachers in arizona. resistance from tea >> they know it's not safe for my kids to be i

cbs' weijia jiang leads us off tonight outside a post office in new jersey. weijia. >> reporter: margaret, tonight, the heada unat presenostal tes cbs news that there is an assault on the u.s. postal service being led by president trump. he says the president is undermining vote by mail to keep people away from the ballot box. tonight, the postal service is warning states that there's a significant risk that some ballots will not be returned by ncerintytime to be cou over how post offices across the country will handle a crush of mail-in ballots as more voters opt to stay home during a pandemic. democrats want to give the process more federal funding in a coronavirus relief deal, but on thursday, mr. trump said he opposed it, claiming mail-in voting leads to election fraud. >> if we don't make a deal, that means they don't get the money. that means they can't have universal mail-in voting. >> reporter: former president barack obama responded in a podcast interview. >> what we've never seen before is a president say, "i'm going to try to actively kneecap the p

here's cbs's ben tracy. >> our nominee donald j. trump! >> reporter: just minutes after being nominated for a second term by delegates in charlotte, president trump took the stage and, once again, made the mafounded attack that democrats are rigging the election through mail-in voting. mail-in they're doing is using covid to steal an election. >> right! >> exactly! defraud the american people, al >> they're using covid to defraud the american people, all of our people, of a fair and free election. >> what the heck are you doing? ( crosstalk ) >> reporter: on capitol hill, postmaster general louis dejoy, a republican mega-donor, said the president's attacks on mail- in ballots are not helpful. dejoy denies ordering the removal of hundreds of mail sorting machines and mailboxes, moves that could slow down election mail, but says he won't reverse the changes. >> you won't put the machines back though? >> no, i will not. >> you will not. >> i will not. >> well, there you go. >> reporter: as the republicans' four-day convention kicks off, the p

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carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. o'dtot,his big news: a bipartisan senate panel aul mart, th2016 trump campaign chairman, was in regular contact with a russian operative during the 2016 campaign and posed a grave counterintelligence threat to the u.s. now, this is all part of a long- awaited report from the senate intelligence committee on russian coordination with the trump campaign. here's cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: the nearly 1,000- ange report details an extensivs rwithwein theb trumpsi campa s specifically, it says campaign chairman paul manafort's willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the russian intelligence services represented a grave counterintelligence threat. the three-year investigation also found that president trump may have misled special counsel robert mueller. he told mueller that he didn't recall discussing the clinton but, tmi assesses that ump did in fact spthstkileakn eh >> they've been giving me the russia hoax, shifty-schiff and all these characters fro

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