uniontown pennsylvania. >> and that's the overnight news for this sunday. i'm jamie yuccas. ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> yuccas: tonight deepening crisis, florida shattershenerusg point as the trump administration renews calls to reopen schools. >> the rule should be that kids go back to school this fall. >> they ignore science and they ignore governance. >> yuccas: also, president trump hits the links. new cbs news polling reveals how he is playing in hot spot states. and also pandemic heat wave, young people test their fate. some of them on purpose, as deaths add up nationwide. plus cbs news is on the front lines in texas with exclusive access inside a hospital in a race against time. >> i have been for more than ten year, never seen patients as sick as patients with covid.

>> yuccas: in san diego an explosion aboard a navy ship, multiple fire crews battle the blaze. and later. >> ladies and gentlemen. >> yuccas: how one man is turning the pandemic into the best show on the block. hands down. >> now go out and be happy. be this is the cbs weekend news. >> yuccas: good evening, i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. there is new evidence tonight america is struggling badly against the coronavirus pandemic. several states set new infection record this weekend. the nation's death toll now tops 135,000. that number is fueled by increasing deaths in these 21 states over the last two weeks. the pand is reshaping the presidential race. new cbs news polling released today from three hot spot states, arizona, florida and texas, finds the majority of voters believe things in america

are going badly. in those same states more than 50% of voters say the president's handling of coronavirus is bad. this as the trump administration today renewed its push to reopen schools. nikole killion is at the white house. >> reporter: president trumpretf course this weekend as coronavirus cases in the u.s. shatter records. >> in two, three, four weeks, by the time we next speak i think we're going to be in very good shape. >> reporter: the president and >> reporter: the president and education secretary betsy devos say schools should reopen this fall amid mounting concerns over safety. >> the rules should be that kids go back to school this fall. >> reporter: the center for disease control is expected to issue new guide lines for school wk. that, meib. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi. >> what we heard from the secretary was malfeasance and dereliction of duty. >> reporter: saturday the president wore a mask for the

first time in public during a visit to the walter reed medical center. the surgeon general donned his own white mask on "face the nation." >> we follow the science and when we learn more our recommendations change. >> reporter: the mixed mask messaging comes amid an emerging weende between the coronavirus the coronavirus task force an task force and dr. anthony fauci who at times has publicly disagreed with the president. a senior administration official tells cbs news members are frustrated with dr. fauci and feel he has become a source of controversy, though his role does not appear to be in jeopardy. >> i respect dr. fauci a lot but dr. fauci is not 100% right and he also doesn't necessarily-- he admits that-- have the whole national interest in mind. >> reporter: in the meantime the president is also facing fallout over his decision to commute the sentence this weekend of long time political ally roger stone. >> i think anyone who cares about the rule of law in this country is nauseated. >> reporter: in a sharply worded "washington post" op ed robert mueller defended the russia investigation writing, "roger stone remains a convicted felon and rightly so."

republican senator lindsey graham tweeted "democrats requests for mueller to testify will be granted." senator graham tells cbs news he has a lot of questions for mueller while the white house says mueller wasted taxpayer dollars with his investigation. jamie? >> yuccas: nikole, thank you. a new cbs news battleground tracker poll out today looks at the presidential race in three states heavily impacted by the coronavirus. arizona, texas and florida. for more i'm joined by anthony salvanto cbs news elections and survey director. anthony, first, thank you so much for being with us. i want to jump in right away. these are all states the president won in 2016. needs to win them again. has the outbreak in these states shaken up the presidential race at all? >> it certainly seems to, jamie. first you see that a majority of people in these states tell us they think they are their states

reopened their economies too quickly and they feel the states did that under pressure from the trump administration. then we see the people who are concerned about getting the coronavirus increasingly voting for joe biden. well, that's a personal calculus that seems to be reshaping the vote in light of the outbreak and yes, these are all states that have been reliably republican in recent years and now they are all competitive, jamie. >> yuccas: quite the shift. the president's message all along has been that the virus will be beaten, he is emphasizing the economy, is that working to his advantage? >> well, it certainly is for his base. first of all, those across-the- board tell us the economy is still important. for president trump's base, they feel that his economic policies are more likely to help the e othehe's got going to hinder for him is entm. his voters are enthusiastic and they say they're voting for him whereas joe biden's voters have more of an opposition to president trump, will that be enough?

i think that is one of the key questions watching this race going forward. >> yuccas: we'll see, we still have about four months to the election. anthony salvanto, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> yuccas: developing news here in california. multiple fire crews today battled flames and thick smoke on board of a u.s. navy ship docked in san diego. look at these pictures. the fire began on board the uss bonhomme richard, an assault ship. bute is no word on a cause but an explosion was reported on board. 160 sailors were on the ship when the fire started. at least 21 people were hurt, all are now reported to be off the ship. tonight florida finds itself in a harsh spotlight, the state was one of the first to reopen. now it is breaking records for new infections. our lilia luciano has the troubling story there and across the country. >> reporter: tonight florida shatters the record for the most new daily cases of any state throughout the pandemic.

more than 15,000.potive covid tests, hospitalizations, deaths and temperatures across the country. >> it is 104, and you're dying. >> reporter: to cool off california's packed beaches, masks are mandated and social distancing encouraged. >> trying to find a place that is somewhat close to the water but away from people. >> reporter: in houston a troubling sight at this water park. people escaping the heat without masks and for health experts, too close for comfort. there are youths in texas still testing their fate on purpose. >> they attended a covid party, people get together to see if virus is real and if anyone gets infected. >> reporter: san antonio dr. jane appleby has a dire warning straight from her patient's last words. he was 30 years old. >> just before the patient died they looked at their nurse and they said i think i made a mistake. i thought this was a hoax, but it's not. >> reporter: 12 states this past

week recorded positivity rates higher than 10%. seven set out or tied records for average daily deaths. with death tolls rising, morges in texas and arizona are running out of space. forcing counties to bring in refrigerated trucks. phoenix mayor kate gallego. >> we are setting records of the type you don't want for the use of ventilators by covid patient, acute care beds. >> reporter: still arizona does not have a mask requirement. louisiana did have a mask mandate and the governor is reversing reopening with this warning. >> i want people to understand we have no reason to believe that the numbers that we have been reporting over the last few days are going to get any better. >> reporter: and that goes for much of the country. here in california more than 7,000 people have died. the positivity rate is almost 8%, th ihighesthat it's been siapril. and here in los angeles it's even worse. 10% of all tests are coming back positive. jamie? >> yuccas: troubling numbers, >> yuccas: troubling numbers, lilia, thank you. lilia, thank you. for the second time in a week texas hospitalized more than

10,000 virus patients. what has officials worried is the lack of icu beds across the state. our mireya villarreal went inside one rio grande valley hospital where they had to rent beds to accommodate for the influx of patients. >> reporter: the synchronized sound of ventilators is an eerie reminder of how dangerous this virus is. doctors and nurses battling an enemy that often has the upper hand. are you scared? >> every day. we're afraid of getting it, taking it home. i have a three year old at home. my wife is pregnant. she also works here in the spital.l. but we're here. but we're here. >> reporter: why? >> that is our job. >> reporter: we're in the icu. there are roughly about 20 patients here. they're all on ventilators. the doctor that runs this particular unit has told me that the chances of them getting off the ventilator and out of this unit are-- not good. more than 1,100 people in south

texas are hospitalized with coronavirus. in this region new cases are up. juana prieto is one of the emergency room patients diagnosed with coronavirus and pneumonia after her 35 year old daughter died from covid-19 nearly two weeks ago. now both her and her husband are fighting the virus. >> he wanted to be here with me, because he thought we probably aren't going to see each other no more. >> reporter: why do you think that? he's scared he is going to die? e you scared of that? visors omar lozano and belinda pina manage this floor. >> we all try our best to keep everybody healthy in the night. and when it is out of our hands, it is out of our control, we sometimes feel helpless. >> reporter: how do you deal with that? >> we cry, talk to each other, we embrace each other and try to do the best that we can.

( crying ) >> reporter: this is real. >> very real. >> reporter: mireya villarreal, cbs news, mcallen, texas. >> yuccas: heartbreaking. an education debate is happening in households across the country. there is tremendous pressure to get children back in class. but no other country has tried to send kids back with virus levels like the u.s. cbs's meg oliver digs deeper talking to a teacher and parents. >> reporter: it's supposed to be a fall of firsts for the jackson family with children starting college, high school and middle school. >> if they come out and say we're going to continue remote learning, how would you feel about that? >> i would feel disappointed because i just want to be able to talk to my teachers, talk to my friends. >> reporter: as the jackson family from new jersey waits to hear if schools will reopen, their mother kai has reservations. how anxious are you, wanting to know what is going to happen? >> i'm very anxious, but at the

same time i, with all the uncertainty, i want them to make the right decision. >> reporter: in new york city mayor bill de blasio announced wednesday the city's public schools will only partially reopen in september. >> in the vast majority of schools, you'll be going to school, to the classroom, either two days a week or three days a week. >> ideally, the best is face to face. but given how contagious this virus is, that is not the best solution. >> reporter: rosa maria rivera is an esl teacher in dallas. she is concerned about going back because of her underlying health conditions. >> personally, for me that's life threatening. like it's going to be very risky. >> reporter: single mom malinda thomas lives outside houston. >> i don't want to make any decisions that will impact my life right now because i don't know where everything stands. >> reporter: more school systems across the country are also

opting for staggered schedules. but a partial reopening means that millions of parents wouldn't be able to fully return to their prepandemic work lives which is likely to have an enormous impact on local economies trying to recover. jamie? >> yuccas: so many changes, meg, thank you. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, a call for allies in the fight for racial justice. as italy reopens, new rules for viewing ancient masterpieces. and later, how one man's creations are keeping his neighborhood entertained. neighborhood entertained. with, the only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant, regardless of menopausal status. and it's the only one of its kind you can take every day. verzenio + fulvestrant is approved for women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer whose disease has progressed after hormonal treatment.

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george floyd's death... >> black lives matter! >> reporter: multiracial crowds poured into streets around the nation in protest of social injustice, erin heaney understands the outrage. >> there is no such thing as not racist, you need be to anti- racist >> reporter: she is the director of showing up for racial justice, also known as surj, a multiracial activist organization committed to anti- racism. for racialon "calling in" white justice people to support racial justice and work in alliance in people of color-led organizations. >> i think it's really important that all of the work for racial justice is grounded in the vision of black leaders in this and we know tharrier >> reporter: with 125 chapters across the country and world, surj is predominantly led by white people who are having hard conversations with other white people about race and injustice. >> racism isn't a black issue, it is a white issue.

we need to be organizing amongst ourselves to do the internal work. >> reporter: adam smith is an organizer for the los angeles surj chapter white people for black lives. in addition to political activism they help host monthly dialogues and an annual unmasking whiteness instituted. >> for white folks it is important for us to think of this fight as a fight in solidarity, not charity. >> justice. >> reporter: both heaney and smith say they are working to l 's feeng "i want too soinhintwi ce to fmove for lastinchange. dabacchus, cbs news, los angeles. >> yuccas: important work, thank you. still ahead on the cbs weekend news, italians are rediscovering their master pieces without fighting the regular summer crowds. crowds.

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we're doing right now. >> reporter: uffizi director eike schmidt said the pandemic might have changed museums forever, in some ways for the better. >> people actually won't just need to look either coming close tie master work like botticelli work of venus they bump into somebody else or into somebody else's selfie but can really concentrate on work of art. .> reporter: so you think botticelli would approve. >> he certainly would. >> reporter: nearby at the florence cathedral social distancing necklaces are all the buzz. in the renaissance it was brunelleschi's cathedral dome that was cutting edge. today it's t. but it does allow you to enjoy the art safely says cathedral museum director timothy verdon. >> people really need to return not only to normalcy but the nourishment of beauty and history. that said, obviously it would be

a cruel joke that the monuments and the museum became, in turn, places of contagion. >> reporter: a contagion that so far has halted tourism here, a gut punch that fears will cost the italian economy 13% of gdp. even as sites reopen, international flights remain largely grounded, meaning few can get here. the colosseum used to count 16,000 visitors daily. today only 600, mostly locals. social distancing may have its advantages, but for italy's bottom line, it is anything but normal. chris livesay, cbs news, florence. >> yuccas: unbelievable to see it so empty. chris, thank you. next on the cbs weekend news, escaping the lockdown by letting the puppets come out to play. ping the lock down by letting the puppets come out to play.

>> yuccas: finally tonight between the spike in coronavirus cases and unemployment numbers, at some point we've all wanted to live in a world of make believe. captivate his city, no strings attached. here's our adriana diaz >> reporter: on a leafy street

in chicago. >> ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: a voice breaks the silence of social isolation. >> boys and girls. >> reporter: it's coming from the lockdown puppet theater on matthew owen's balcony. >> why do actors say break a leg? because they're all in a cast. >> reporter: his day job, now this is true, was crafting nature inspired toys for zoo animals, but in the shutdown he was laid off and with an excess of creative energy, he dusted off an old hobby. >> most of these take about a day to make. >> reporter: one puppet turned into 40. how do you do the face? >> i sculpt it in clay and then i make a plaster mold and i pour liquid rubber in there and paint it up once it's cured. >> reporter: his wife carla a librarian is also out of work. >> i think you know, he was extremely sad about losing his job at the zoo. then it was like "oh, well, i am going to put on a show." i'm like "great!" >> reporter: he keeps his address secret to avoid crowds..

but but they still come. >> i think people have a place to go, everybody comes. >> reporter: you get to occasionally distract people from just how heavy the world can be at the moment. >> reporter: has this taught us how much we need those distractions, those moments of joy? >> it is very simple stuff. you don't have to ask too much of people to be real. >> reporter: there is a yodeling toad and shakespeare. >> what is in that word honor? and i'm still doing that, it is just the animal happens to be homo sapien. >> reporter: adriana diaz, cbs news. >> now go out and be happy.e g. that's the cbs weeke los angeles, before you start a new week remember, love and kindness are never wasted. good night. kindness are never wasted. good nig .

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