norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank you. the president will be spending a second night in the hospital, and today, his personal physician could not say when he might be discharged. we want to bring in cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. all right, doctor, do you think the president's physician was completely transparent today? >> reporter: nora, it really did not seem like it. and transparency is so important at this uncertain time. and at the top of my list is, what did his chest imaging show in i mean, we know covid attacks the lungs. what was his ct scan? what was his chest x-ray. you would think if they were normal they would be shouting that result from the top of the rooftops but we haven't heard anything about those results. >> o'donnell: we have also learned the president was given this oxygen before he went to walter reed. wha does that indicate? >> reporter: you know, it wouldn't be surprising if the president of the united states is diagnosed with covid-19 and has some respiratory symptoms, why no

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. newly released police body cam video shows the chaotic aftermath of the botched raid in louisville that left breonna taylor dead. taylor's boyfriend, kenneth walker, is seen sobbing and telling police that taylor was dead. police shot the e.r. tech six times inside her own home in march. no officers have been charged in her death. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." a big week for women in science. meet the chemists whose work could help cure some deadly illnesses. later, trump and biden supporters living in peace under the same roof. some college students show us how it's done. this election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. every active, registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot with a unique barcode. you can track it using where's my ballot? and you'll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a

there is no doubt, norah, that u.s. investigators still believe that russian hackers pose the greatest threat between now and election day. >> o'donnell: all right, jeff pegues, thank you. gusty winds sent red-flag fire warnings up tonight across northern california, utah, colorado, and new mexico. two rapidly growing wildfires could merge into one megafire in the rocky mountains of colorado. cbs' omar villafranca is in the fire zone tonight. >> it's getting worse. >> reporter: the worst some here have ever seen-- thick smoke and fire closing in on homes, terrifying residents of grand county, colorado. >> i don't even know if you guys can hear me. >> reporter: including carrieann mathis, who took this cell phone video. >> we're not taking the chance. we're getting out. >> reporter: driven by high winds and dead, dry timber, the fire grew at a staggering pace overnight, exploding from 19,000 hours.o more than 125,000 acres grand county she in mere hours. grand county sheriff brett schroetlin: >> 100,000 acres, never, eve

think about this, norah. this storm is a record breaker from going from a tropical depression to a category 4, the fastest in history. then it bumped down to a cat 1. now we're back to a major farricane, a category 3. winds are blowing at 135 miles per hour. 335 miles from the coast of let's talk about what's going to happen as this pushes towards onger, mayana coastline. we think it's going to get a little stronger, maybe 125-mile- per-hour wind but losing some strength as it comes onshore. it will come onshore about 24 hours from now as a cat 2, maybe a cat 3. the red line from where the but look at this. here's the projection. that red line from where the national hurricane center things landfall will be. the red line from where the national hurricane center things the line will be, this line, s line,an 15 miles away, is where laura made its devastating landfall six weeks ago. and look at the wind field. it comes on shore again 24 hours from now. the orange shows you where cat 3 is, the blue color is tropi

norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. let's get more now on the strict new rules the debate commission is considering issuing in the coming days, including cutting off a candidate's microphone. cbs' chief washington correspondent major garrett joins us now. and major, many are demanding this dramatic rule change. can they do it? >> reporter: the commission can do it, norah. it is empowered to set the rules for the debate, and they do that in collaboration with the campaigns. and they did that for the first debate, but those rules were quite obviously flouted. that gives the commission more campaigns. here's another technical point of lemple. the leverage. here's another technical point: the commission controls the audio feed. the networks handle the tv parts. in these negotiations with the campaign, they can say if you don't do what we want, we can count your sound off. that is on the table. whatever the commission decides, norah, it hopes to inform the country in the coming days. >> o'donnell: and the next presidential d

good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. with seven days left, joe biden is feeling so confident, he's doing something democrats didn't think they'd be able to do-- g in states th states they haven't won in decades. and in the coming days he's ing to keep doing what he didid today: pushing a message of national unity. just by setting foot in georgia, joe biden sent a message to president trump today: democrats think they can flip the state since 1992.t time since 1992. in warm springs, where franklin delano roosevelt once sought relief from the pains of polio, biden said the country would recover from the current crisis. >> this place, warm springs, is a reminder that though broken, each of us can be healed, that as a people and a country, we can overcome this devastating virus. >> reporter: next door in florida, former president obama was pumping up the crowd in orlando. >> honk, if you're fired up! >> reporter: hoping to turn out central florida's latino and suburban voters-- the key to any statewide win. >> we've got to t

norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. let's get more now on the strict new rules the debate commission is considering issuing in the coming days, including cutting off a candidate's microphone. cbs' chief washington correspondent major garrett joins us now. major, many are demanding this dramatic rule change. can they do it? >> reporter: the commission can do it, norah. it is empowered to set the rules for the debate, and they do that in collabuition with the campaigns. and they did that for the first debate, but those rules were quite obviously flouted. that gives the commission more menj. the commission controls the audio feed. the networks handle the tv parts. in these negotiations with the campaign, they can say if you don't do what we want, we can count your sound off. that is on the table, whatever the commission decides, norah, it hopes to inform the country in the coming days. >> o'donnell: the next debate will be a town hall on october 15 in florida. how is that going to affect the whole dynamic? >> reporter: it'

norah. our.'donnell: danya bacchus, norah. >> o'donnell: danya bacchus, thank you. now to "2020: america decides." tonight we've learned that more than 75 million americans have already voted. that's more than half the total turnout from 2016, and with just six days of voting left, president trump kept up his battleground blitz in the west, and there's no escaping the campaign's number-one issue. cbs' ed o'keefe joins us here in our new election headquarters. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate the campaign more than any other issue. and despite the evidence it's only worsening, the president is claiming the opposite, a risky move as he courts late-deciding voters today in western states. >> hello, arizona. >> reporter: president trump stumped through arizona and nevada today, trying to reverse joe biden's lead in the polls in both states, and he continued to argue the coronavirus, raging in record numbers across the country, is under control. >> because we understand it now. we understand it. people are

norah. >> o'donnell: meg oliver, thank you. now to that monstrous storm threatening millions along the gulf coast. hurricane delta exploded into a major category 4 hurricane overnight. cbs' lonnie quinn joins us now. so, lonnie, when do we think this could make landfall? >> reporter: for the yucatan wednesday, the u.s. gulf coast, looks like friday, late in the day. right now you have 140-mile-per- hour winds. it's a category 4 storm. it's 215 miles east of cozumel. this is going to move right over the yucatan and potentially with 155-mile-per-hour winds, the strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the yucatan. then it will make the big curve once it gets into the gulf. norah, watch this. right towards the louisiana coastline as a category 3 storm. look at how the models are handling this. a lot of consensus here. we agree it's going to be a louisiana storm. but, look, some of the models are putting it over by lake charles, the european models included. lake charles was devastated by laurel earlier in the season. and now y

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. now, the world has surpassed 40 million confirmed covid cases with more than 1.1 million deaths. across europe an alarming rise in new cases has prompted new shutdowns. and there's now a call for volunteers willing to be deliberately infected. cbs' elizabeth palmer reports tonight from london. >> reporter: with confirmed covid cases in britain at an all-time high, it may sound crazy that researchers plan to expose people to the virus on purpose in the first-ever covid challenge trial. lthy youngealthy young volunteers volunteers will first get a vaccine, and then a dose of live virus. >> we need to have ways of comparing vaccines head to head, seeing what they do in terms of treating the immune system, seeing what they do in terms of defense against infection. >> reporter: did you lose any sleep over making your decision? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: jason crowele, an american lawyer in london, volunteered to be infected to help end the pandemic. >> there's just not a lot i think t

think about this, norah. this storm is a record breaker from going from a tropical depression to a category 4, the fastest in history. then it bumped down to a cat 1. now we're back to a major hurricane, a category 3. winds are blowing at 115 miles per hour. 335 miles from the coast of the louisiana coastline. let's talk about what's going to happen as this pushes towards the louisiana coastline. we think it's going to get a little stronger, maybe 125-mile- per-hour wind busing some itbout 24 hours from now as a cat 2, maybe a cat 3. the red line from where the but look at this. here's the projection. the red line from where the national hurricane center things the line will be, this line, less than 15 miles away, is where laura made its devastating landfall six weeks ago. and look at the wind field. it comes on shore again 24 hours from now. the orange shows you where cat 3 is, the blue color is tropical- storm-force. i think the takeaway is this storm makes landfall less than 15 miles from where laura did a

good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. with seven days left, joe biden is feeling so confident, he's doing something democrats didn't think they'd be able to do-- campaigning in states they haven't won in decades. and in the coming days he's going to keep doing what he did today: pushing a message of national unity. just by setting foot in georgia, joe biden sent a message to president trump today: democrats think they can flip the state for the first time since 1992. in warm springs, where franklin delano roosevelt once sought relief from the pains of polio, biden said the country would recover from the current crisis. >> this place, warm springs, is a reminder that though broken, each of us can be healed, that as a people and a country, we can overcome this devastating virus. >> reporter: next door in florida, former president obama was pumping up the crowd in orlando. >> honk, if you're fired up! >> reporter: hoping to turn out central florida's latino and suburban voters-- the key to any statewide win. >> we've got to

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norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. there is a dire prediction tonight that 135,000 more americans could die from covid in the next three months. that's because new cases are on the rise in at least 37 states, and only three are seeing decreases. we get more on this now from cbs' adriana diaz. >> reporter: wisconsin just set two records no one wants: the most daily covid cases and deaths the state's ever seen. >> this is really the five-alarm fire in our communities. >> reporter: one hospital system saw a 500% rise in covid patients in the last few weeks. to ease the strain, a field hospital built near milwaukee opened today, all while midwest hot spots raged. in minnesota, the national guard is helping contain a nursing home outbreak. next door in south dakota, the more than 30,000 people infected so far would make it the state's third-largest city. michigan, once a covid hot spot, hospital admissions have doubled in the last month. the wider view isn't much better. at least 13 states broke records for hospitalizations

norah. >> o'donnell: meg oliver, thank you. now to that monstrous storm threatening millions along the gulf coast. hurricane delta exploded into a major category 4 hurricane overnight. cbs' lonnie quinn joins us now. so, lonnie, when do we think this could make landfall? >> reporter: for the yucatan wednesday, the gulf coast, looks looks like friday, late in the day. right now you have 140-mile-per- hour winds. it's a category 4 storm. it's 215 miles east of kazumel. this is going to move right over the yucatan and potentially with 155-mile-per-hour winds, the strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the yucatan. then it will make the big curve once it gets into the gulf. norah, watch this. right towards the louisiana handling t coastline as a category 3 storm. look at how the models are handling this. a lot of consensus here. we agree it's going to be a louisiana storm. but, look, some of the models are putting it over by lake charles, the european models included. lake charles was devastated by laurel earlier in the seaso

norah, l.g.bnorah, l.g.b.t.q. advocates see this as an opening and an important message from a pope who is known for surprises. >> o'donnell: seth doane, thank you. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." news ahead on tonight's "cbs criminal charges and billions in fines, a pharma giant admits guilt for its role in the opioid iisis. a woman is trapped inside a burning car, and a brave cop ing straight towards the nsnger. wait until you see what happens next. febreze fabric refresher eliminates odors. its water-based formula safely penetrates fabrics where odors hide. spray it on your rugs, your curtains, your furniture, all over your home to make it part of your tidying up routine. febreze fabric refresher, for an all-over freshness you'll love. and at fidelity, you'll get planning and advice to help you prepare for the future, without sacrificing what's most important to you today. because with fidelity, you can feel confident that the only direction you're moving is forward. the

i'm norah o'donnell. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is the cbs overnight news. >> thank you for staying with us. with just 12 days to go until the election, president trump and former vice president biden take the stage tonight in nashville, tennessee for the second and the final debate. one of the topics will focus on race in america. this morning we have part 2 of our investigation into alleged racial inequity in the nation's premier law enforcement agency, the fbi. only 4% of fbi agents worldwide are black. the bureau insists that diversity is what they call a core value. we spoke with several former agents who said they experienced something entirely different during their decade long career. >> when the culture is not conducive to minorities, you have an obligation to speak out. >> eric jackson was the special agent in charge of the dallas field office. >> the seventh floor in the fbi is where decisions and policies are made and there are n

norah. >> o'donnell: meg oliver, thank you. tonight, democrats are accusing president trump of attempting to intimidate voters and spark violence after he suggested during the debate that his supporters show up as poll watchers on election day. cbs news chief washington correspondent major garrett has our series "america decides: 2020, counting your vote." >> reporter: texas governor greg order all abbott today signed an order allowing poll watchers at mail ballot drop-off sites. eris comes just two days after the president said this at the debate: >> i'm urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully, because that's what has to happen. >> reporter: what he meant is unclear. poll watchers are a recognized, legitimate part of elections in most states. typically one from each party ensures rules are being followed at polling places and reports any election day irregularities. if the president was suggesting his supporters crash polling locations like the one you see behind me here in arlington, virginia, that

norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. over the past six presidential elections, no state has been a better bellwether than florida. the state has voted for the eventual winner every time. tonight, joe biden is back in the sunshine state, a day after president trump rallied with supporters there as they fight for the 29 electoral votes that could again at this point election. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: joe biden today returned to florida with one aim: to draw as many senior citizen votes away from president trump as he can. >> it's become painfully clear as his careless, reckless covid response has caused one of the worst tragedies in american history. the only senior that donald trump cares about, the only senior is senior donald trump. >> reporter: he's banking on the fact florida's older voters increasingly believe he will keep them safer. >> we came out for this election. >> reporter: biden holds a small lead in the sunshine state in part because he's closing the gap with mr. trump among seniors. he also fina

. >> reporter: norah, good evening. the white house says there has been no transfer of power to vice president mike pence and that president trump is still in charge. but white house officials are describing the situation here today as scary and crazy, as they try to stop the spread of the virus. the president's trip tonight to walter reed military medical center comes after he spent the day isolating on the second floor of the white house with the first lady, suffering from what aides describe only as mild symptoms of covid-19. late today, the president released this video: >> i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. i'm going to walter reed hospital. i think i'm doing very well. but we're going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well. so thank you very much. i appreciate it. i will never forget it. >> reporter: in a statement, white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany, says "out of an abundance of caution and the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the pres

good evening, paula. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president trump today barn stormed across must-win pennsylvania making multiple stops while former vice president joe biden held just one event. asked to defend his light travel schedule so close to the election, biden says he is working at least 12 hours a day to win the white house. president trump told pennsylvania voters today his future was in their hands. >> by the way, if we win pennsylvania, we win the whole thing. you have to get out there. >> reporter: down by seven points in the latest cbs news battleground tracker poll, president trump blanketed the keystone state with three separate stops. his goal, turn out long time republicans and overcome joe biden's gains in philadelphia and pittsburgh. >> we're all kind of fight to get back to where we should be. >> reporter: not to be outdone, biden too showed up in pennsylvania, calling attention to chief of staff mark meadows admission this weekend that the administration would not get control of the virus. >> we're not going to

norah? >> o'donnell: ben tracy, thank you. and with just 15 days to go before the election our cbs news battleground tracker poll shows joe biden maintaining his en maintaining hisr president electoral lead over presi trump with an estimated 279 estimated 279 electoral votes compared to the president's 163. now, one of those toss up states is arizona where the president held two rallies today and biden stays off the trail for four days of debate prep. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: president trump made his sixth campaign trip to arizona today hoping to turn the tide against joe biden who could become the first democratic nominee this 24 years to win the state. >> you don't have events like this and come in second in arizona. 15 days from now we are going to win the state of arizona. >> reporter: but the latest cbs s biden holding a lead inolding arizona. he has a lead in arizona. he has a three point edge, similar to last month. and four in ten seniors say mr. trump has put them more at risk during the pandemic. >> he kn

norah. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes, thank you. tonight, we want to take ao closer look at the battleground state of north carolina, a traditionally republican state in a presidential election, but now, cbs news rates it a toss-up. that's uncomfortably close for president trump, who won the tarheel state handily in 2016. well today, we learned requests for mail-in ballots there are up more than 600%. but there's also growing concern that the state's strict ballot rules could mean thousands of ballots aren't counted. more from cbs' omar villafranca in our series "2020: america decides, counting your vote." >> reporter: today, north carolina voters were anxious to cast their early ballots. >> we couldn't wait for early election. >> reporter: michelle williams- mcnair says she always votes early in person, but the charlotte resident brought her family to vote, too, because she worried their mail-in ballots wouldn't get counted. did you worry that you were being disenfranchised? >> so, that's why we decided to come in person, so that w

norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. there is a dire prediction tonight that 135,000 more americans could die from covid in the next three months. that's because new cases are on the rise in at least 37 states, and only three are seeing decreases. we get more on this now from cbs' adriana diaz. >> reporter: wisconsin just set two records no one wants: the most daily covid cases and deaths the state's ever seen. >> this is really the five-alarm fire in our communities. >> reporter: one hospital system saw a 500% rise in covid patients in the last few weeks. to ease the strain, a field hospital built near milwaukee opened today, all while midwest hot spots raged. in minnesota, the national guard is helping contain a nursing home outbreak. next door in south dakota, the more than 30,000 people infected so far would make it the state's third-largest city. michigan, once a covid hot spot, hospital admissions have doubled in last month. the wider view isn't much better. least 13 states broke records for hospitalizations in the

norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank you. joe biden will close out the race in michigan and pennsylvania, two in the so- called blue wall of industrial states dominated for years by democrats but won narrowly by president trump in 2016. and biden is also trying to flip the script on the president, making a play in republican strongholds. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: with president trump defending states he won, iowa, ae biden went on offense in iowa, a state now in play wter the president won it easily in 2016. >> folks, we can do this. there's nothing beyond our capacity. >> reporter: it was a far cry from february, when biden lost badly in the iowa caucus. today, he's within striking distance of winning the state, as the president's popularity is plunging with coronavirus cases on the rise. the former vice president held a socially distanced drive-through rally. >> here at the fairgrounds, the iowa state fair canceled for the first time since world war ii. and donald trump has given up. >> reporter: biden dueled wit

norah. >> o'donnell: ben tracy, thank you. and with just 15 days to go forere the election our cbs news battleground tracker poll shows ine biden maintaining his electoral college lead over president trump with an estimated 279 electoral votes compared to the president's 163. now, one of those toss up states is arizona where the president held two rallies today as biden stays off the trail for four days of debate prep. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: president trump made his sixth campaign trip to arizona today hoping to turn the tide against joe biden who could become the first democratic nominee in 24 years to win the state. >> you don't have events like this and come in second in arizona. 15 days from now we are going to win the state of arizona. >> reporter: but the latest cbs news battleground tracker shows biden holding a lead in arizona. he has a three point edge, similar to last month. and four in ten seniors say mr. trump has put them more at risk during the pandemic. >> he knew that this virus was five times mor

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. newly released police body cam video shows the chaotic aftermath of the botched raid in louisville that left breonna taylor dead. taylor's boyfriend, kenneth walker, is seen sobbing and telling police that taylor was telling police that taylor was dead. police shot the e.r. tech six times inside her own home in march. no officers have been charged in her death. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." a big week for women in science. meet the chemists whose work could help cure some deadly illnesses. nater, trump and biden supporters living in peace under supporters living in peace under the same roof. some college students show us how it's done. ♪ ♪ wh got eema decontrol. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biolog

norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. tonight, michigan's attorney general says that shocking plot to kidnap and possibly kill governor gretchen whitmer is not the only case of domestic terrorism being investigated. more ats a expected in moa dozen uspects are now in custo aut the extraordinary measures taken to keep governor whitmer safe. here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: with the suspects behind bars, new details are emerging about how much of a threat the group, some of them seen at armed protests in the state capitol, posed to governor gretchen whitmer. >> at times she and her family had been moved around as a result of activities that, you know, law enforcement was aware of. >> reporter: today, news of another arrest in south carolina. paul edward bellar charged with providing material support for terrorist acts in michigan. >> the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. >> reporter: in this video, one of the other suspects, brandon caserta, is wearing a hawaiian shirt, similar to what the so- called boogaloo bois

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. president trump's performance in the polls has republicans worried about the races down ballot. in the senate, republicans are defending 23 seats, democrats just 12. if democrats flip just a handful of seats from red to blue, they would win control of the senate. we get more now from cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: with 11 days to go, republicans are worried that the president's sagging poll numbers and controversial campaign style could cost them not just the white house but the senate, too. >> i felt kind of bad after the first debate. quite frankly, i felt good last enght. >> reporter: take senator lindsey graham, who is running for reelection in the ruby-red state of south carolina but is now virtually tied with democrat jamie harrison, who has outraised him by tens of millions of dollars. the cbs news battleground tracker shows republican incumbents trailing by four points in iowa, 10 points in north carolina, and 11 points in arizona. with the senate currently split 53-47, democ

norah. >> o'donnell: jamie yuccas, thank you. campaigns call it "the ground game," an army of volunteers going door-to-door and person to person, hunting for every last vote. but now, with just six days left, they face an urgent new challenge-- reaching the millions of voters who asked for mail-in ballots this year but who still haven't returned them. here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: voters in houston are dropping off absentee ballots from their cars tonight. a record number of americans requested those ballots this year, but nationwide, a whopping 46% haven't returned them. the question now: where are the rest of them? florida has more than 1.9 million unreturned. more than 1.5 million in arizona. georgia has more than 700,000 outstanding. michigan, more than 800,000. the fight to get those ballots in is critical in places like wisconsin, following the supreme court's ruling that those received after election day can't be counted. the hunt for mail-in votes is pressing for democrats, who have requested the majority. mic

norah. >> o'donnell: mola lenghi, thank you. tonight, joe biden is moving forward with plans for his televised town hall, cleared to appear after concerns he could have been exposed to the coronavirus while aboard his campaign plane. this as covid forces biden's running mate, kamala harris, to change her plans, after one of her top staffers tested positive. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: the pandemic is now reached into the biden campaign, aides saying tonight that the former vice president won't have to quarantine, despite traveling with an infected flight crew member as they were sitting at least 50 feet apart on the plane and both wearing masks. his running mate, kamala harris, also had a scare, suspending her campaign through the weekend after a crew member on her plane tested positive wednesday. biden and harris have since tested negative, but she was forced to cancel two events today in north carolina, where early, in-person voting is now under way. >> we extend our best. >> reporter: president trump was in the tarhe

norah. >> o'donnell: imtiaz tyab, thank you. now to this story: two suspected members of a white supremacist group known as the base were arrested today, including an alleged leader. they were accused of trying to intimidate a michigan family by shining lights and taking pictures on their front porch. now, authorities believe a left wing group of antifa was inside. turns out their target never lived there. it comes after militia members were accused of plotting to kidnap michigan governor. as senior officials say it is days after polls closed when americans might be most vulnerable to misinformation. we spoke exclusively to dan coats, president trump's first director of national intelligence in his first television interview since the president abruptly replaced him in july of 2019. >> the nightmare scenario is that on election night, people will draw conclusions-- or days after, will draw conclusions that their candidate has been denied the victory. and that public riots will result and violence might result from that. >> o'don

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, news" with norah o'donnell, nation'sg from the nation's capital. capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with breaking news. another devastating milestone in the pandemic, and a clear sign the country is now facing another rapid surge of coronavirus. as we come on the air tonight, the u.s. has reached more than eight million confirmed cases of the virus, adding a million new infections in less than a month. and in what feels like a cruel sequel to the height of the pandemic, for the second time this week, the u.s. recorded more new cases in 24 hours than it has on a single day in months, more than 63,000 on thursday alone. tonight, hospitalizations are climbing in 42 states, with rural communities especially hit hard. and doctors in the midwest tell us they are now at a breaking point, forced to turn away patients from overflowing i.c.u.s. we're also learning tonight that any hope for a vaccine before any hope for a vaccine before election day is dwindl

norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. today democrats worked to make confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett less about her qualifications and more about the affordable care act. they charged that a conservative court with barrett on the bench would quickly move to gut the law. we get more now from cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: as demonstrators flock to the supreme court steps, judge amy coney barrett laid out her conservative philosophies. >> courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. >> reporter: it is the timing that makes this nomination a political powder keg, with americans already voting in nearly 40 states. >> i think this hearing is a sham. >> there is nothing unconstitutional about this process. >> reporter: republicans defended barrett's membership in a small catholic group called "people of praise." >> your political opponents want to paint you as a tv or cartoon version of a religious radical. >> reporter: democrats didn't focus on

norah. >> o'donnell: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. the new tracker poll shows a tight race in reliably red state of george a. joe biden is tied with president trump. but a democrat hasn't won the peach state since 1992. cbs' mark strassmann now with the how the state could turn blue in 2020. >> reporter: voting early in georgia can take stamina, wait times of up to 10 hours. but already, nearly 3 million georgians have persevered and cast ballots. >> this is definitely important. this is how we get heard and especially in this election. >> reporter: this state is growing younger, more diverse, less reliably red, since president trump won by five points in 2016, another 1 million people have registered to vote. >> i love georgia. i love being with you. >> reporter: the president has campaigned here twice since last month. >> we won macon, georgia, we will win it again. >> reporter: our cbs battleground poll shows for trump voters the economy and immigration matter most. for biden voters it is about covid and character. most georgians h

norah. >> o'donnell: imtiaz tyab, thank you. now to this story: two suspected members of a white supremacist group known as the base were arrested today, including an alleged leader. they were accused of trying to intimidate a michigan family by shining lights and taking pictures on their front porch. now, authorities say the suspects believed that a member of the left-wing group, antifa, was inside. lid there. their target never well, the arrests come just weeks after militia members were accused of plotting to kidnap michigan's governor. as foreign adversaries actively work to disrupt the election, senior officials say it is days after polls close when americans might be most vulnerable to misinformation. we spoke exclusively to dan coats, president trump's first director of national intelligence, in his first television interview since the president abruptly replaced him in july of 2019. >> the nightmare scenario is that, on election night, people will draw conclusions-- or days after-- will draw conclusions that their candid

norah. >> o'donnell: meg oliver, thank you. tonight, democrats are accusing president trump of attempting to intimidate voters and spark violence after he suggested during the debate that his supporters show up as poll watchers on election day. cbs news chief washington correspondent major garrett has our series "america decides: 2020, counting your vote." >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott today signed an order allowing poll watchers at mail ballot drop-off sites. this comes just two days after the president said this at the debate: >> i'm urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully, because that's what has to happen. >> reporter: what he meant is unclear. poll watchers are a recognized, legitimate part of elections in most states. typically one from each party ensures rules are being followed at polling places and reports any election day irregularities. if the president was suggesting his supporters crash polling locations like the one you see behind me here in arlington, virginia, that is simply

norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. today democrats work to make confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett less about her qualifications and more about the affordable care act. they charged a supreme court with barrett on the bench would quickly move to gut the law. >> as demonstrators flock to the supreme court steps. steps, judge amy coney barrett laid out her conservative philosophies. >> courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. >> reporter: it is the timing that makes this nomination a political powder keg, with americans already voting in nearly 40 states. >> i think this hearing is a sham. >> there is nothing unconstitutional about this process. >> reporter: republicans defended barrett's membership in a small catholic group called "people of praise." >> what your political opponents want to paint you as a tv or cartoon version of a religious radical. >> reporter: democrats didn't focus on her faith, highlighting instead constituents who

there is no doubt, norah, that u.s. investigators still believe that russian hackers pose the greatest threat between now and election day. >> o'donnell: all right, jeff pegues, thank you. gusty winds sent red-flag fire warnings up tonight across northern california, utah, colorado, and new mexico. two rapidly growing wildfires could merge into one megafire in the rocky mountains of colorado. cbs' omar villafranca is in the fire zone tonight. >> it's getting worse. >> reporter: the worst some here have ever seen-- thick smoke and fire closing in on homes, terrifying residents of grand county, colorado. >> i don't even know if you guys can hear me. >> reporter: including carrieann mathis, who took this cell phone video. >> we're not taking the chance. we're getting out. >> reporter: driven by high winds and dead, dry timber, the fire grew at a staggering pace overnight, exploding from 19,000 acres to more than 125,000 acres in mere hours. grand county sheriff brett schroetlin: >> 100,000 acres, never, ever expected. we p

norah o'donnell has the story. >> hi norah. >> reporter: he has a winning smile and infectious personality. >> number 72, riley. >> reporter: riley, a high school senior is the biggest booster for his high school football team. >> so, riley, tell me about your sister, ellie. >> she's kind and unique. >> reporter: and twin sister ellie is his biggest cheerleader. >> riley and i have been pretty much besties since the get-go. >> reporter: riley, who is autistic, has special needs and special gifts. >> i think riley has taught everyone a lot about acceptance, and he's taught people how to see beyond differences. >> reporter: so ellie was busting with pride when riley >> riley! >> when they called his name, i just lost it. i freaked out. i was so ecstatic. >> what did some of your classmates tell you they wanted riley has homecoming king? >> they said it would be awesome to see him so happy. >> they said we would be awesome. >> did any of the classmates tell you how they felt? >> they were good, really powerful, really proud. >> reporter: but there was one more secret, and ellie never saw it c

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. president trump's performance in the polls has republicans worried about the races down ballot. in the senate, republicans are defending 23 seats, democrats just 12. if democrats flip just a hand full of seats from red to blue, they would win control of the senate. we get more now from cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: with 11 days to go, republicans are worried that the president's sagging poll numbers and controversial campaign style could cost them not just the white house but the senate, too. >> i felt kind of bad after the first debate. quite frankly, i felt good last night. >> reporter: take senator lindsey graham, who is running for reelection in the ruby-red state of south carolina but is now virtually tied with democrat jamie harrison, who has outraised him by tens of millions of dollars. the cbs news battleground tracker shows republican incumbents trailing by four points in iowa, 10 points in north carolina, and 11 points in arizona. with the senate currently split 53-47, dem

norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. tonight, michigan's attorney general says that shocking plot to kidnap and possibly kill governor gretchen whitmer is not the only case of domestic terrorism being investigated. more arrests are expected in similar cases. more than a dozen suspects are now in custody, and tonight we're learning about the extraordinary measures taken to keep governor whitmer safe. here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: with the suspects behind bars, new details are emerging about how much of a threat the group, some of them seen at armed protests in the state capitol, posed to governor gretchen whitmer. >> at times she and her family had been moved around as a besult of activities that, you know, law enforcement was aware of. >> reporter: today, news of another arrest in south carolina. paul edward bellar charged with providing material support for terrorist acts in michigan. e price of freedomeedom is eternal vigilance. >> reporter: in this video, one of the other suspects, brandon caserta, is wearing

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norah o'donnell has the story. >> hi norah. >> reporter: he has a winning smile and infectious personality. >> number 72, riley. >> reporter: riley, a high school senior is the biggest booster for his high school football team. >> tell me about your sister, ellie. >> she's kind and unique. >> reporter: and twin sister ellie is his biggest cheerleader. >> ryan and i have been besties since the get go. >> reporter: riley, who is autistic, has special needs and special gifts. >> i think riley has taught a lot of people about acceptance, and he's taught people how to see beyond differences. >> reporter: so ellie was busting with pride when riley was crowned homecoming king. >> when they called his name, i just lost it. i freaked out. i was so ecstatic. >> what did some of your classmates tell you they wanted riley has homecoming king? >> they said it would be awesome to see him happy. >> they said we would be awesome. >> did any of the classmates tell you how they felt? >> they were good, really powerful, really proud. >> reporter: but there was one more secret, and ellie never saw it coming.

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paula. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president trump heads into tonight's debate with little formal preparation. he said this week, though, that he insists that he gets plenty of practice by fielding questions from reporters nearly every day. now, senior campaign official says the president will try to focus, least some of tonight's discussion, on biden's son hunter, but many of his other advisers are encouraging the president to let his opponent speak more than he did last time in the hope that biden will make some mistakes. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, paula reid. we are just moments away. and, john dickerson, can anything that happens tonight change the trajectory of this race? >> >> well, it's the last moment of the race that is guaranteed to have a huge viewership. if it can, tonight is the night. >> welcome you to the final 2020 presidential debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden. ( applause ). >> welker: and i do want to say a very good evening to both of you. this debate will

>> thank you, norah. i don't think it is any more difficult than it was in 2016 but look, tonight as much as you can get out of vp debates, let's face it, ask lloyd ben son how it went for him back in the day. but i do think it was pretty interesting that vice president pence went after a couple of thunkings to score a few points, to your point norah. and i think particularly in the state of pennsylvania. you heard vice president pence going on the attack on fracking, on the green new deal. and i think that was very purposeful. i think that for whatever reason kamala harris was on defense a lot more than i exepted as a prosecutor, on defense on taxes, on the environment, even on defense on her record in california in prosecuting cases disproportionately as it has been alleged in regard to african-americans on lower level drug crimes. so i think that you know look, vp debates are what they are. but i do think vice president pence scored some points tonight. they both did pretty well too. let's face it. but

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