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major garrett. ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight president trump's return to the campaign trail gets a reality check. the cheers in tulsa were familiar, the rows of empty seats were not. the president said this about coronavirus. >> so i said to my people, slow the testing down, please. >> garrett: the white house said it was a joke. but this was not. >> the unhinged left wing mob is trying to vandalize our history. >> garrett: also tonight, some are stressed by supreme court litical adwinds thell book and administration tries to boun12so levels. >> this will be hard to get under control. >> reporter: and pushback. >> the president is already telling us we have to do stuff we shouldn't have to do. >> going, going, going how
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bickering could soon strike out baseball and later, stroller squad, this father's day these dads are pushing ahead and breaking myths along the way. >> good job, kim.. . >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> garrett: good evening, everyone, i'm major garrett in washington. history will record when american politics return from its pandemic pause it did so in tulsa. president trump the headliner. the crowd, large by conventional standards, was nevertheless much smaller tan the president's norm and the advance billing. social distancing and masks like the virus itself were treated casually. the president said little about racial tensions, policing or reconciliation. he did defend, "that beautiful heritage of ours." cbs's omar villafranca in tulsa has more.
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>> reporter: downtown tulsa is getting back to normal after mal after premp's whirlwind visit. the commander in chief tried to turn into the campaigner in chief but the crowd for this rally was noticeably smaller. ♪ the u.s.a. the president chose tulsa, oklahoma, for his first campaign rally since early march when the pandemic halted campaigning and the country. mr. trump revved up the crowd with attacks on the media and democratic rival joe biden. >> joe biden's record can be summed up as four decades of betrayal, calamity and failure. >> reporter: the oklahoma rally happened during a surge of coronavirus numbers in the sooner state, the president raised eyebrows by suggesting that the only reason the numbers are on the rise is because of increased testing which officials say is vital to discovering and tracking the virus. >> so i said to my people, slow the testing down, please. >> reporter: in this red state
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lots of empty blue seats inside ts inside the trump campaign manager brad parscale boasted online about receiving 1 million requests for tickets for the even but during the speech the upper decks were largely empty. capacity at the bok center is just over 19,000. and the tulsa fire department said just under 6,200 attended. the trump campaign blamed protestors for blocking an entrance and scaring trump supporters away. the crowd inside heard the president link the virus to a racist trope. >> kung flu. >> reporter: the president also vowed to stand against the movement trying to remove statues of confederate leaders demoli ourme slave owners. r new opsive regime in its place. >> reporter: after the speech there were minor skirmishes outside but the heavy police and national guard presence kept things relatively peaceful.
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the president's speech lasted just under an hour and 45 5inutes. ads to arids to arizona this week where 3,000 people are expected to hear him speak. major? >> garrett: omar, thank you. the white house is downplaying the president's comments on testing while facing more scrutiny over the firing of a top federal prosecutor in new york. nikole killion continues our coverage. >> reporter: president trump spent faer first campaign rally in months. but after making these comments about coronavirus testing: >> i said to my people, slow the testing down please. >> reporter: the white house said the president was speaking in jest. >> that was tongue in cheek. >> what you heard from the president was frustration. frustration in the sense of that were tting.ti official tells cbs news the president never coronavi directed the coronavirus task force to slow testing. more than 25 million tests have
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been conducted, reflecting a steady national increase. this week task force members are scheduled to appear before a house committee. speaker nancy pelosi says the american people are owed answers tweeting "the president's efforts to slow down testing to hide the true extent of the virus means more americans will lose their lives." congressional democrats are also demanding investigations into the abrupt firing of attorney geoffrey berman who oversaw several cases involving the president's associates. >> the real unanswered question here is why did the president and mr. barr do it. >> reporter: house judiciary chairman jerrold nadler said he invited berman to tetestify, evn suggesting the house could impeach the attorney general. >> he certainly deserves impeachment. >> reporter: the president says he wasn't involved in berman's dismissal but in his new book iormer national security advisor john bolton recalled the president previously floating the idea of intervening in an investigation by berman's office of a turkish bank. >> the president said to erdogan at one point look, those prosecutors in new york are
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obama people. wait till i get my people in and then we'll take care of this. and i thought to myself, and i this. and i th am a department of justice alumnus myself, i have never heard any president say anything like that, ever. >> reporter: bolton's book will officially be released tuesday. the president has said any money he makes off of it should be given back. major? >> garrett: nikole killion, thank you. let's turn to cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe, ed, president trump's rally crowd fell far short of expectations, nevertheless pulling in more than 6,000 in the tooth of a pandemic is testament to the president's continued political pull but the campaign is scrambling and sounding defensive. >> reporter: the song that played at the end of the rally was the rolling stones "you can't always get what you want" and the president certainly didn't. there was not a full arena there in tulsa for him. inybe it's covid, maybe it is this alleged prank pulled by thousands of teenagers across the country to register but not show up. either way, saturday night in tulsa a big embarrassment for
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the president and his team and one that republicans close to the white house tell me they now expect to lead to repercussions in the coming days. and speaking of music, even the family of the late tom petty now upset with the president calling on him to not play his hit "i won't back down" at his rallies. so even more trouble there perhaps for the white house. >> garrett: to what degree did former vice president joe biden campaign pivot off the president's rally and when if ever will we see biden at a full scale crowd event. >> reporter: they're seizing on what the president said about slowing down testing for covid- 19 saying that that is just rther gn of how unserious the president is about addressing the pandemic. but we will not see biden hold any large scale event of any kind, at least not until public health officials say it is safe to do so. we can expect modest events and probably one later this week, if history is any guide it will probably be in pennsylvania, the battleground state closest to his home. but the big event this week on biden's calendar is a virtual one, a fundraiser tuesday with biden's calender say virtual
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one, a fundraiser tuesday with his his former boss barack obama, expected to bring in millions of dollars from donors. >> garrett: that speaks to another imperative, needing and wanting to pull the democratic party together. recent fundraising success suggest there is success there but even so, there are primary this week that could reimagine or reintroduce us to some party fault lines. >> reporter: that's right, two key contests this week to watch, that speak to the ongoing ideological generational and demographic struggle in the democratic party, first in new york eliot engel chairman of the house foreign affairs committee faces a challenge from a middle ed in re monor where whatenwhenndriocasioz defeated a well entrenched incumbent. the other contest is the kentucky primary to take on mitch mcconnell, amy mcgrath has
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raised more than $40 million in her bid to do so but faces a surging charles booker, state representative who made racial justice a big part of his campaign since the march killing of breonna taylor in louisville. the democratic presidential primary may be over, major, but this is a reminder there is a big struggle going on down the ballot among democrats nationwide. >> garrett: cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe. thank you. there are according to health officials alarming new increases in the number of covid cases in some states. with new daily case reports putting the u.s. back to where we were in april. the numbers more than 2.2 million cases, the death toll nearing 120,000. e worsny country. cbs's lilia luciano has more. >> reporter: new concernsas morg break coronavirus daily case records, as the country reopens dr. scott gottlieb is sounding the alarm. >> the worry is they will tip
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over into exponential growth coming this week. and the challenge with exponential growth is everything looks okay until suddenly it doesn't. >> reporter: infections in 21 wtates are trending up with at least ten states this past week breaking seven day averages of new infections. on saturday florida broke its single day record with more than 4,000 new cases. the governor now stressing the importance of social distancing and masks. >> it will make a difference in terms of being able to minimize transmission again particularly amongst those 20 and 30 year olds. >> reporter: in los angeles county where nail salons, massage and ta pedy,ne and appoints>> wo arul for me and my customers. >> reporter: and as i.c.u. beds are near capacity in arizona hospitals, businesses are struggling to make patrons wear masks. >> we have been called communists, nazis, my servers
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have been cussed at. >> the government is already telling us we have to do stuff that we shouldn't have to do. >> reporter: tomorrow new york city is expecting as many as 300,000 people to return to work. here in california, cases continue to rise but hospitalizations remain stable. major. >> garrett: lilia, thank you. spain reopened its borders to tourists this weekend as covid- 19 infections across europe continue to fall but in some places the pandemic is making a comeback. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer has the latest. >> reporter: in beijing, health workers tested thousands of delivery drivers to try to stamp out coronavirus. again. it was declared gone in early june, then it cameow tus this infection really is. the latest grim milestone in this pandemic came late last week when the w.h.o. reported the largest number of cases in a
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single day, 150,000 of them. half of them are in the americas. especially brazil. with the peak of infections still weeks away, it's grappling with 50,000 new cases a day. and here as in the u.s. covid-19 is dividing the nation, on copacabana beach a pandemic denier knocked down crosses at a symbolic memorial. then a father who lost his son to the virus angrily put them back. the rush to ease lockdowns as in india may have helped the economy but it's helped the virus too. now new delhi is converting train carriages into makeshift covid wards. they will offer beds, of sorts, and some oxygen but absolutely no social distancing. the kremlin too lifted its lockdown this month and then staged a rehearsal of the traditional victory day parade.
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but all the weapons in the world but all the wea didn't stop russia from racking up the third largest covid infection on the planet, or defend the 500 doctors and nurses who died fighting it. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> garrett: police in minneapolis are investigating a deadly shooting spree. video posted to social media shows people rushing for cover when shots rang out downtown. one person was killed, at least 12 others wounded. police say multiple people opened fire on each other. no arrests were made. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, real estate is counting on a rebound after the pandemic infected sales. baseball might be striking out. why a shortened season comeback is now in doubt. and the march of dads. the stroller squad celebrating fatherhood. fatherhood.
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>> garrett: when you can't move you can't move, that's been a pandemic problem for real estate. lockdown sent home sales plunging in california and down across the country. there is hope now that reopening will mean properties once again >> rter: when navirus n plhechngt also weo wn. ralph pursinger and his wife spent 32 years in this burbank house with plans to sell this spring. >> all of a sudden the last six weeks has been stopped in our tracks and nothing's going on. we've got an antique store and it's dead and stinking. >> reporter: but their main source of income shuttered, they are anxious to get the house back on the market. a city ban on open houses has made it almost impossible. >> it all hits you pretty hard. ac reporter: the impact is home sales down over 25% in california in just one month.
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and nationally they are down 17%. so far prices remain steady. so how long has this house been on the market for? >> about 40 days. >> reporter: before coronavirus it would have sold in ten days says realtor gigi santoro. how many businesses are impacted as well? >> right, so if i don't sell a house, the escrow company doesn't get the escrow order, then there is an inspector, then there is generally painters and hardwood floor guys. there are a lot of people that are involved. >> reporter: one is home stager kim petrusucich, her warehouse is filled with furniture to fill 30 or 40 empty listings. >> none of our designers are working, they are in financial hardship themselves. h> reporter: if people are not making moves, then neither are those who move them. >> it's taken a financial effect on our customers and we feel it here. buieporter: the industry is hoping virtual open houses will help get all the gears moving
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stadium sit empty. their parking lot has become one of california's largest covid testing sites and there is the harsh reality: reports that some players and coaches have tested positive. and for the athletes a simple message, players want to play, the same from all-star's bryce harper and mike trout: "tell us when and where. but that's only if after all the talking the owners and players don't strike out. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> garrett: next on the cbs weekend news, breaking the myths about african-american men this father's day. ican-american men this father's day.
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or being an active dad is just insane. >> good job, kim. >> reporter: black fathers are more than just present. according to the c.d.c. black fathers who live with their kids bathe, dress or diaper their children every day at higher rates than other groups. >> now this is my first time. >> reporter: so williams is showcasing this reality with his organization called the dad gang. ♪ roll out ♪ roll out >> reporter: with the goal of bringing black fathers together like this stroller squad sharing dips and advice. advice. >> wit with a huge social media following, williams also promotes heartwarming moments of fatherhood. from dancing to reunions. and army veteran monroe atkins surprising his son at their high school graduation with a motorcycle parade. >> i told him that i will never let him down, i love you, and this is for you. >> reporter: the original video viewed more than a million times online.
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ne i hope it sticks in the minds mindsse who thought we were of those who thought we m.i.a. that despihat thd says, despite the stereotypes that are out there, we are dad goals. >> jumping into a modern image of black fatherhood. errol barnett, cbs news, long island, new york. >> garrett: bathe, dress, diaper, then repeat, that is the cbs weekend news for sunday, "60 minutes" is coming up. i'm major garrett in washington, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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