weekend. thank you much. we made it to friday, everybody. i am resisting the urge to do a little cabbage patch. i am barely holding it ♪ holding it good morning to our viewers in the west. and welcome to "cbs this morning." it is friday, august 7th, 2020. i'm jeff glor with jericka duncan and vladimir duthiers. grim forecast. a new projection suggests the coronavirus death toll could nearly double by december. what can be done to save lives? plus, why a student was suspended after revealing unsafe conditions at a nndly reopened school. >> very far apart. democrats and republicans in congress still cannot agree on how much to help unemployed americans. and the president threatens to step in. also what a new executive order against tiktok could mean for the economy. outrage in beirut. survivors of the massive blast

demand answers after it's reviled the government knew about the explosives. how the u.s. military is helping the relief effort. nra under pressure. two lawsuits allege the powerful gun group's leadership stole millions from its members. the response and why the organization's future existence could be in doubt. >> but first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we call it the china virus. we call it the invisible enemy. we call it many different names. got many different names, but it's bad. >> the new model predicting u.s. deaths from this virus will reach nearly 300,000 by december 1st. >> president trump says he is preparing to sign an executive order if no deal is reached on the coronavirus relief bill. >> it won't be effective. and things will get worse. >> the new york attorney general filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the national rifle association. >> i think the nra should move to texas and lead a very good

and beautiful life. >> president trump signs an executive order to ban u.s. companies from doing business with the company that owns tiktok. >> i think that we ought to ban tiktok completely in this country. >> residents in beirut voice their frustration as investigators try to figure out what sparked this deadly explosion. >> all that -- >> a man in houston counting his blessings after almost being struck by lightning. >> and all that matters. >> they are making electric corvette that can go 200 miles an hour. you think i'm kidding. i'm not kidding. >> he spilled the beans about an electric corvette in a campaign video. >> didn't get a chance. i was afraid i'd go through those guys. ♪ >> on "cbs this morning." >> dancing traffic cop in brazil. his interaction with the public.

he can't blow his whistle while using his face mask. he has to use big twirls to direct traffic. that will do it. >> that will do it. a little friday -- >> nothing better than seeing people enjoying their job. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle, anthony and tony are off. a new effort to break a deadlock and a massive new stimulus package on capitol hill that ended in failure overnight. both sides remain a long way apart. the impasse continues as americans grapple with grim new numbers on the pandemic. >> the reported death toll has crossed 160,000 nationwide. a model favored by the white house now predicts nearly 300,000 americans will die from the virus by december. although it says tens of thousands of lives can be saved if more people wear masks. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is following this in miami beach. david, what measures are working and what more do experts say is

needed? >> so vlad, the white house says the states that have taken measures to limit indoor gatherings and large crowds are starting to see some success. here in the state of florida, the numbers are trending in the right direction, but florida's got a long way to go. this morning, there are warning signs that are flashing for several cities and states around the country that the white house is pointing out. and that's where we're going to begin this morning. >> we are seeing slow uptick in test positivity in cases. >> reporter: that was the white house coronavirus task force coordinator, dr. deborah birx talking to state and local officials on a conference call that was obtained by the center for public integrity. dr. birx flagged nine u.s. cities as areas of concern for the white house. due to high or increasing test positivity rates. the white house is also monitoring california's central valley. hospitalizations and icu rates in that region are outpacing the rest of the state.

professor edward flores of the university of california merced says the people living there are some of the most vulnerable. >> whether it's in agriculture or food packing or transportation or health care, 1 out of every 3 workers here is an essential worker. >> to georgia, where one school, north paulding high school is facing national criticism over this photo that shows packed hallways and few students with masks on. school officials suspended the student who shared the photo for five days and on wednesday, the principal made this announcement to the school. >> anything going on social media that is negative or alike without permission, photography, that there will be consequences. >> what did you think of that? >> i thought that was weird and just very threatening. >> reporter: that young man is a sophomore who goes to the school. he says he's friends with the student who was suspended. he told us he thinks the school

overreacted. >> the handbook that the school gives us, it does say that you're not allowed to post pictures of the school online and other things like that. however, almost every single student has broken that rule before. >> do they require you to wear a mask? >> no. >> are the desks socially distanced in the rooms? >> no. they are not. >> reporter: the aclu has weighed in on what's happened with those students saying a student's first amendment rights don't end at the schoolhouse doors when they walk in and any attempt to punish the kids for speaking out would be unconstitutional. that's the opinion of the aclu. georgia is one of five states where kids have gone back to school. some have tested positive and notably, jericka, at that school in georgia, they are not only not requiring kids to wear masks. they are saying it's optional and we'll leave it up to you to decide. >> david begnaud, thank you very much. new numbers on america's jobs crisis are out this morning. job creation slowed to nearly

1.8 million in july. the unemployment rate was 10.2%. as mark strassmann reports, many americans are close to desperation. >> it's been very difficult. i think the most difficult part is still to come. >> reporter: for almost two decades, roushaunda williams attended bar at a downtown chicago hotel. but when it closed, she lost her job. williams says now that her supplemental unemployment benefits are gone, she and her son also out of work risk losing a lot more. >> without that, what -- we will get in unemployment, i can't pay rent on. and that's the scary part. where do i end up? and not only that, i'll be losing my health care soon, and the midst of a pandemic. and all of those things causes me to lose sleep at night. >> reporter: chicago is among the nation's major cities with elevated jobless levels. while the unemployment rate nationally stands at about 11%, it's almost double that in new

york and los angeles. and greater than 16% in chicago. >> my life was going good. it was really going great. i don't want to be homeless. >> reporter: gwen geeter works in atlanta. in march, she was furloughed from her supervisors job at a bakery kitchen. then inmakers without explanation, all her unemployment benefits abruptly stopped. she and her two sons have now gone ten weeks with zero income. >> how much money do you have now? >> $3.53 in my bank. right now, i have no kind of a lifestyle. i'm just -- i'm here. that's how i feel. i just feel like i'm just here. and i'm lost. and i'm scared. >> what's the scariest part? >> being homeless. because i've been there before, you know? i don't want to do that again. >> reporter: we reached out to georgia unemployment officials. they promise to fast track a

review of geeter's case. it's pretty tough to make a go of it on $3.53. vlad? >> and sadly, mark, she is not alone. millions of americans are still struggling. thank you, mark strassmann. the fight over a bill to help struggling americans remains stuck in partisan divisions on capitol hill. democrats want a massive stimulus keeping federal unemployment help at $600 a week. republicans want a much smaller package. the president says if there is no deal, he's prepared to take executive action as soon as today. weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> we're very far apart. it's most unfortunate. >> reporter: congressional democrats and white house negotiators emerged from a three-hour-plus meeting on capitol hill with no deal. >> i would say we're closer on a lot of issues. we're still very far apart on some very significant issues. >> reporter: as some 30 million americans wait in financial

limbo for enhanced unemployment benefits to be restored, each side blamed the other. >> we could have passed a very skinny deal that dealt with some of the most pressing issues. >> when they said a skinny proposal, it was anorexic. >> reporter: and democratic leaders said executive action is not a solution. economic recovery was billed as the theme of president trump's trip to ohio thursday. where the state's governor did not greet him on the tarmac as planned after testing positive for covid-19 just hours earlier. >> we want to wish him the best. he'll be fine. >> reporter: governor mike dewine was first tested with the white house's antigen test that provides results quickly. but later that afternoon, his results were negative after taking a more sensitive test. it prompts questions about the reliability of the one dewine received from the white house. and in an expected move, president trump has signed an executive order against tiktok,

deeming it a threat to national security. it bans, quote, any transaction with the app's chinese parent company biytedance. tiktok is fighting back. in a new statement this morning, they say they'll make sure the rule of law is followed if not by the administration, then by the u.s. courts. the president has threatened to, quote, close down tiktok if microsoft or another company does not acquire it, but this order does not explain how he plans to do that. it's also unclear how it will affect the millions of tiktok users here in the u.s. jeff? >> weijia, thank you. presumptive democratic nominee joe biden is apologizing for something he soaid about african-americans at a virtual conference for black and hispanic journalists. ed o'keefe is covering campaign 2020. what did biden say? >> well, good morning, jeff. the comments came in an interview that lasted almost an hour. he was asked about immigration and how he would engage with

cuba. here's some of what he had to say. >> what you all know, but most people don't know, unlike the african-american community with notable exceptions, the latino community is incredibly diverse community. with incredibly different attitudes about different things. you go to florida, you find a very different attitude about immigration in certain places than you do when you're in arizona. >> late last night, biden clarified the comment tweeting, in mow way did i mean to suggest the african-american community is a monolith. not by identity, not on issues, not at all. president trump jumped all over the comments calling them an insult to african-americans and in a separate attack during his visit to ohio, the president also took aim at biden's faith. >> take away your guns, destroy your second amendment, no religi religion, no anything, hurt the bible, hurt god. he's against god. he's against guns.

he's against energy, our kind of energy. >> biden, a devout catholic, responded by calling the president's comments shameful and said his faith has been a bedrock foundation of his life. the former vice president's propensity for gaffes is one of the reason yes the president has been pushing for them to debate a fourth time in early september around the time that many americans can start voting early. but the commission on presidential debates has rejected that request saying they'd only offer up a fourth debate if the president and biden agree to do so. biden and the president now are scheduled to debate at least three times beginning in late september. jericka, the debate over debates continues. >> sounds like it. thank you, ed o'keefe. in beirut, lebanon, people are protesting there against the government after a giant explosion killed more than 150 people. demonstrators claim official corruption led to tuesday's blast which destroyed thousands of homes and large amounts of the country's food supply.

imtiaz tyab is in beirut where a national massive relief effort is under way. >> reporter: well, the u.s. military is racing here to help the people of lebanon. three cargo planes full of desperately needed supplies are on their way as grief here turns to fury. as darkness fell on the streets of a shattered beirut, protesters confronted lebanese security forces. the rage follows revelations the government knew about the 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate being stored at the city's port. and did nothing despite repeated warnings from customs officials the material had been left to rot. the still smoldering bomb site has become a morbid meeting point for those devastated by the blast. like tatiana space hasrouty whose father worked at the port. she hasn't seen him since the explosion but is still convinced he's alive. >> i think he's there.

but i think if we continue to work slowly, probably time will run out. >> reporter: she blames lebanon's leaders for failing her and her father. >> my dad is underground. we don't know if he's breathing, if he's in pain. families are being shattered because of a mistake they did. >> reporter: across beirut are harrowing stories of survival. seema jillani, a texas-born doctor is seen soothing her daughter in the back of a packed ambulance. 4-year-old iman was badly injured after their home was all but destroyed in the explosion. >> it was apocalyptic scenes. dust, debris everywhere. >> reporter: jillani is no stranger to conflict zones having worked as a humanitarian aid doctor for years. but never had she seen scenes like this. >> i was thinking, this is either something bigger than war. something is happening. >> reporter: now there are growing calls to overthrow the government and mass protests are

planned for tomorrow. a stark warning to lebanon's leaders that what happened here won't soon be forgotten. jeff? >> imtiaz tyab in beirut, thank you. new york state's attorney general is suing the national rifle association and trying to shut it down. she accuses longtime nra leader wayne lapierre and other top officials of taking money for their personal use, contributing to $64 million in losses. the second lawsuit in washington, d.c., claims the nra's main charity misused millions of dollars. jeff pegues looks at the alleged misconduct. >> enough was enough, and we needed to step in and dissolve this corporation. >> reporter: new york attorney general letitia james claims four to be executives at the nra, including wayne lapierre, used the powerful gun rights advocacy group as a personal piggy bank. her lawsuit alleges lapierre went to the bahamas with his family by private air charter on

at least eight occasions at a cost of more than $500,000 to the nra. it also claims he spent more than $37,000 on a luxury private hotel stay and was gifted complimentary safaris in africa. >> it's clear that the nra has been failing to carry out its stated mission for many, many years and instead, has operated as a breeding ground for greed, abuse and brazen illegality. >> reporter: the nra said it would prevail in the dispute calling the lawsuit baseless and a transparent attempt to score political points. the nra, which has 5 million members, has been plagued by financial troubles and leadership infighting. after spending roughly $30 million to support president trump in 2016, the group reported a $36 million deficit in 2018. anna massoglia says the nra is

spending considerably less this campaign season. >> spending into the red three years straight and so its prospects in the 2020 election are much more cloudy. >> reporter: the nra has filed a countersuit against a new york lawsuit which president trump calls terrible. he also suggested that the nra relocate its headquarters to texas. vlad? >> to be continued. jeff pegues, thank you. ahead, the challenges facing college football. hear from one player who battled

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football season is unclear. >> launching for the end zone, touchdown! >> reporter: it's what every college football player aspires to. a season that culminates with his team lifting the national championship trophy. but this year, as covid-19 ravages the country, just getting on the field could prove to be difficult. >> being a young, really in shape athlete, you feel like superman. you feel like you're untouchable. >> reporter: stories like jaden mitchell's are a stark reminder of the dangers even an athlete can face. >> i have really bad headaches to the point i try to close my eyes and sit in a dark room. i have really bad stomach pain. >> reporter: after he was diagnosed in june, mitchell was quarantined for a month in his home. he lost 15 pounds and his sense of taste and smell. while he has no underlying health conditions, he said he's still feeling the effects of

covid-19 today and offered this advice to other players. >> take the right precautions. be safe. don't do anything stupid or put your family in danger because even if you don't feel it, you can be asymptomatic and give it to somebody and they can really feel it how i did. >> reporter: in an interview yesterday, ncaa president mark emmert was asked whether having a season was worth the risk. >> certainly isn't if schools can't maintain the appropriate safety and protocol policies in place. >> reporter: this week the ncaa board of governors set strict requirements that schools and conferences must meet in order to play. they include establishing a phone number, an email to allow college athletes, parents or others to report alleged failures. and protecting players from losing their scholarships if they decide not to play. but emmert admits testing every athlete presents a challenge and getting results back quickly will be crucial. >> if they can't get them back within a 72-hour period, then

they can't compete. >> reporter: among the biggest fears is an outbreak within a school or team. something two major universities appear to be fighting. eight players at ucla tested positive and according to a report from nj.com, so did at least 28 players at rutgers university. bruce feldman is a college football reporter with "the athletic." outbreaks are expected and could become more widespread once classes begin. >> the coaches feel like the players are taking it more seriously now but they are worried when the regular students come back. will that lead to a surge of cases on campus? and how will that be handled? and that's the thing that really gives them a lot of concern. >> reporter: as for jaden mitchell, despite the personal setbacks, he does plan to play this season. he says it's a decision that eclipses the sport. >> it's bigger than football. it's bigger than life. it's health. that's one thing you can't take away from us sour health.

>> reporter: division 2 and division 3 schools have already canceled their fall championships which include football and the d1 has about two weeks to make its decision. now in the meantime, more than 1400 football players from the big ten, the pac-12 and the mountain west have released a list of demands. included in that are strict safety protocols and saying that schools cannot have those agreements which release them from liability. and without those, there are players who say there still may be more opt-outs. >> so many questions remain. serious subject but, dana, hi, miss you. >> i miss you, too, but, you know, i think i'm going to stay away for a little while longer. >> how do you put up with him? >> that's a good question. >> dana has been -- >> jericka, i'll send you some notes. >> oh, boy. dana has been traveling. we'll be reunited again very soon. nice job. thank you. >> thank you. still ahead -- an ominous

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right now congress is debating a $120 billion bailout of the restaurant industry. some of america's best-known chefs are supporting the proposal. six million of the 23 million people who lost their job early in the pandemic worked in the food and beverage industry. erroll barnett talked to some of those several restaurant owners, rather, about their fight to stay afloat.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning. look, there is how bad things are -- this time last week the restaurant you see behind me, it's called fonda, a mexican restaurant, it was open after suffering through the pandemic, offering delivery takeout and setting up in-street dining. the owner told me she had to close permanently just a few days ago because she couldn't get a break on rent. and that story is repeating itself millions of times over all throughout the country. so now some influential figures are pressing congress to help. once crowded and full of life, bars and restaurants are now struggling to survive. >> a bar is a setting just leads to a transmission. >> reporter: amid coronavirus spikes, state restrictions have made it challenging for more than a million establishments across the country to stay open. >> we do not want to shut down ohio bars and restaurants. that would be devastating to them. >> where's the people? >> reporter: carolina gutierrez

and her husband run a restaurant with two locations in central ohio. >> downtown is like a ghost town. you know, i think it's the buildings are about -- occupy about less than 50%. and we depend on the businesspeople, especially here in the downtown area. >> reporter: even after laying off staff and ramping up takeout, gutierrez fears she will not be able to afford her $8,000-a-month rent in downtown columbus. >> the landlord wants to get his money. if i'm not -- if i'm down 50%, 60%, how am i going to come up with the money? you know, when i think about it, it's scary. our name is on it. so that means, you know, he can put a lien on my house. he can go after us. >> reporter: one recent report predicts up to 230,000 restaurants could permanently close by the end of the year. >> 16 million people risk losing their jobs -- >> reporter: to establish a lifeline, the newly formed independent restaurant coalition launched this ad this week urging congress to act.

>> without your help, our favorite places to eat will be gone forever. >> reporter: how bad are things for the restaurant industry? >> you know, right now things are pretty bad for the restaurant industry. even if restaurants are allowed to open at 50% capacity, we're not doing 50%st business. >> reporter: chef and tv host tom colicchio is just one of the voices supporting the restaurants act. a bipartisan proposal which would provide $120 billion to help small and mid-sized eate eateries. >> this is everything that will give us the necessary lifeline to get through this period, but also to get slightly past here and get open. and so when we final do have a vaccine and the country opens and people feel comfortable coming back, we'll have restaurants to come to. >> reporter: chef nina compton has laid off nearly 100 people at her two restaurants in new orleans. she says the impact is felt far beyond her doors.

>> this is about employment that provides me beautiful produce. the fisherman that gives me beautiful shrimp. i'm keeping their hopes alive. >> reporter: you're looking for hope. >> everybody's looking for a little bit of hope because it's not just the nina compton restaurant. i'm fighting for many people that don't have a voice, that are, you know, in their kitchens right now just trying to make things work. >> reporter: now the restaurant coalition says its effort has already prompted thousands of calls to capitol hill. and a third of congress, in fact, has signed on to co-sponsor this bill. and that is crucial right now because another round of stimulus spending is being negotiated. and all of these restaurant owners argue any money they receive, as nina coompton mentioned, is a direct infusion to all of their clients in the community, as well. jeff? >> all right. thanks. a big story that's not going anywhere now. erroll barnett. you can hear more of the conversation with chefs tom

colicchio and nina compton on the "cbs this morning" podcast. ahead, vlad will look at the stories you'll be talking about ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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as if 2020 couldn't surprise us anymore, this year's hurricane season is on track to become one of the worst in recorded history. w just saw isaias race up the east coast causing widespread damage from the carolinas to new england. government forecasters say we could see up to 25 named storms this season. that is more than double what we normally have. the agency noaa predicts up t t sisixx s storms cououldld b be packing winds stronger than 111 miles per hour. the season runs all the way up into november. so it's going to be a long one. all right. moving on to this. we told you last week how for the first time oprah winfrey gave up her usual place on the cover of "o" magazine to honor breonna taylor. now she's putting up 26 billboards like this around louisville, one for every year of taylor's life. each billboard features taylor's pictures and calls for the officers involved in her death

to be charged and arrested. most of the billboards are expected to be in place on monday. the aspiring nurse was shot and killed in march by louisville police who raided her home with a search warrant. none of the officers have been charged with a crime. this is the same photo that was on the cover of "oprah" magazine, guys. done by a 24-year-old self-taught digital artist, alexis franklin. this is remarkable what oprah winfrey is doing. >> 26? >> yeah. to represent her life. lot of pressure still on that story. >> all right. what's up next? >> exactly. 26 for every year of breonna taylor's life. that's exactly right. all right. with the election coming up, that certain voters have correct information when they go to the polls. the win black pa'lante campaign, pa'lante is spanish for go for it, spreads information on social media by foreign agents for black and latino voters. it was created after an

experience committee report found black americans were the number-one targets of misinformation during the 2016 election. jericka, you spoke with andre banks, one of the campaign's co-founders. let's play what he told you. >> when we look at misinformation, it's not just about, you know, some people saying crazy things in tweets. it really is a coordinated effort by some bad actors to block people's ability to participate. i think that's why we find it so important to really tackle misinformation. we think that not only helps black people, latino people it helps our democracy as a whole. >> you've been passionate for some time. >> i heard this a month or so ago. the "los angeles times" did a story on them yesterday. it's interesting when you look at where we are now versus ten yers ago where there's this effort to make sure that people are using the internet and making sure that you drown out noise if you believe that there's misinformation out there. so yeah, really interesting campaign. about 17 states right now. >> takes about six seconds on

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interviewed today. it happened beginning with a chase in san leandro and ending with the crash in oakland. san francisco educators are said to begin voting today on a final back-to-school plan. the district reached a tentative agreement with the union on how to proceed with virtual learning. as we look at traffic, along highway 4 we have activity westbound with some delays. we did have a trouble spot on the eastbound side right near willow pass road thanks to a crash that happened this morning. plans are still blocked. there is less volume on the roadways. the drive times are still busy on 580 and the allatoona. the virus is still spreading. california's economic challenges are deepening.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's friday, august 7th, 2020. i'm jericka duncan. still no stimulus. republicans and democrats fail to end the stalemate as millions are unemployed. we'll ask dr. david agus when we might expect a vaccine. >> battle over beef. how the pandemic is affecting cattle ranchers and what it means for the food on your table. and a black neurosurgeon tells us why diversity matters. a model favored by the white

house predicts nearly 300,000 people will die by december from the virus. they are starting to see some success in limiting large crowds in florida the numbers are trending in the right direction q but there there has a long way to go. >> president trump has signed an executive order against tiktok, deeming it a threat to national security. joe biden is apologizing for something he said about african americans. >> unlike the african american community with notable exceptions, the latino community is an incredibly diverse community. >> he was asked about immigration and how he would engage with cuba. >> new york state's attorney general is suing the national rifle association to try to shut it down. the second lawsuit in washington d.c. claims the nra's main chari chari charity misused millions of dollars. >> a lot of carry. it's a fair ball.

and now jimenez is in the net. >> he's in all kinds of trouble. >> racing around the bases. huffing and puffing. >> inside the parker where yelich -- that's one way to get your hits. >> wow. at the end of the day, i know they must miss the people. welcome back to "cbs this morning." gayle, anthony and tony are off. >> i don't know about you. the only home run i'm thinking about jericka duncan's rap opener about what to watch. >> a modern classic. >> you're too kind. >> you need to copy right that. >> turning to this now. as millions continue to struggle during the pandemic, government leaders still cannot reach a stimulus deal. top democrats and republicans met again last night but remain far apart on several issues. steve mnuchin said president trump could take executive action if a deal is not reached today. the last day to apply for the

paycheck protection is tomorrow with no sign of an extension. it helps pay employees during the pandemic. it appears the ohio governor does not have the coronavirus. the republican says two recent tests came back negative. he initially tested positive before he was supposed to neat with president trump yesterday. the president yesterday expressed optimism we could have a vaccine by election day. >> we have a lot of vaccines under study. it looks like we're good on therapeutics. >> what's the earliest we could see a vaccine? >> sooner than the end of the year. >> sooner than november 3rd? >> i think in some cases possible before, but right around that time. >> our medical contributor joins us now. good morning, dr. agus. you heard that just now, and you know that president trump is

saying there's a possibility we could have a vaccine before or around november. how likely is that? >> first, i hate when the vaccines get politicized. the clinical trials are ongoing and nobody knows how many cases there will be and how well the vaccine will work. it is impossible to say when the vaccine is going to be available. one of the clinical trials, the astrazeneca trial was started a while ago in south africa, brazil and the united kingdom. and it's accrued a significant number of cases. my gut is that will be the first one to yield a result and we'll see what the data show. >> any ideas as to when that would be the first to go? >> i think it's possible that we could see this vaccine data in september or october. it means we would have a vaccine sooner. every day sooner we have a vaccine, that's 1,000 or more lives saved in the united states. >> for people who are still trying to sort of make sense of

this, what are -- i mean, you say you could save more lives. in terms of how this vaccine would work and how effective this vaccine is, we've heard that dr. fauci said the efficacy rate could be about 60%. explain that. >> these vaccines take a piece of the virus and they inject it into you you and make an immune response which protects you from the active virus. the fda said you have to reduce symptoms of covid-19 by 50% or more to be approved. that's the metric. deutsc dr. fauci said he hope it's 60%. it won't eliminate the virus. in cases where you were hospitalized, you'll have a bad cold. i'll take that any day of the week over seeing the pain and suffering with the virus. >> this isn't just take a shot and you're done. this would be two shots?

>> right now the vaccine candidates are a day one shot and three or four weeks later a booster. when you do the booster, the immune system has a more powerful response both anti-bodies and t-cells. >> moderna and pfizer started phase three trials. what happens in the final phase of vaccine testing? >> so the final phase, so three we're considering in the united states, astrazeneca, moderna and pfizer. half the people get a salt water shot and half the people get the vaccine and they look at symptoms this both groups. when it hits statistical significance, the fda reviews the data. about 1200 people signed up for the moderna study. 30,000 people are needed. we need quicker recruiting is

needed. >> you heard earlier too that ohio governor tested positive and then negative. he had the antigen and pcr test. can you explain the difference and what does this say about testing? this is a high official that got tested and one thing showed something and then a different test within 24 hours. >> i'm with you. this is an issue. the antigen test is a quicker, less expensive test that's slightly lower than sensitivity. it can miss some positive cases. in this case, it was the opposite. the pcr test, more specific, classically takes hours or days to get the result back. but it was negative. so why was there a false positive with the antigen test? i don't know. was it a problem with how it was run or something of the kind the samples were mixed up? i don't know. and it's an issue. if this is happening to the head of the state, can you imagine

what's happening in testing to everybody in the country? so we certainly need to continue to improve on testing in this country. >> do you think pcr is better because you're looking at what's in the nose and the throat and the respiratory area? >>. >> they both take a swab from the nose. the antigen test looks for a protein on the virus. the pcr amplifies the genetic material. that amplification test makes it more sensitive. if you're looking if you're infectious, they're both good. if you're looking if you have the virus at all, pcr is better. >> doctor, thank you. ahead we take you inside a hospital where family visitors are welcome for the first time since the

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in our "new normal" series we're looking at how the coronavirus is changing our everyday lives. this morning how the pandemic is taking a bite out of american favorites -- the hamburger it. beef prices are up 20% since february. the meat industry was hit hard when the virus singed thousands of workers at packing plants. the higher prices have opened the door for plant-based meat alternatives. barry petersen shows us the battle stretching from the heartland to your local supermarket. >> reporter: under an endless wyoming sky. mark eisele and his daughters are calling in the cattle. owner of the king ranch company and a rancher for 50 years, eisele has survived droughts, economic downturns, even blizzard. but the pandemic has wreaked havoc on packing plants, causing shortages and concerns. how nervous are you, mark, about coping with the coronavirus

these next few months? >> financially we'll be challenged. >> reporter: do you think it's going to get more expensive for consumers? >> it probably will for a little while. i hate to say that, but i imagine it's supply and demand and we're the bottleneck, so we'll be affecting it. >> reporter: higher prices and fewer beef cuts in grocery stores have created a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for his competitors. the makers of meat substitutes. meat tastes pretty good, right. let's go ahead and build it from plants. >> reporter: ethan brown is founder and ceo of beyond meat, a plant-based alternative created in a lab. he's battling for a bigger share of the market. >> we now have an opportunity to be price competitive with beef with respect to our burgers. so we're taking that opportunity, and this summer we're going to be aggressive on our pricing. >> reporter: in this daviders s versus goliath business, beef is a 67 billion dollar business.

since the onset of the virus, sales of fresh meat alternatives have more than doubled from a year ago. >> vegan soul food is one of the hottest trends in soul food right now. >> reporter: adrian miller is a food writer and barbecue competition judge. >> i think if they can get the cost down and then do effective promotion to different communities, i think it could really take off. i've had several plant-based burgers, and they're pretty good. >> my son wants to know what's most important -- i tell him my job is to look out for the next generation. >> reporter: beyond meat created a campaign with some of their celebrity investors, including chris paul and kevin hart. and for summer barbecues, a value pack of beyond burger sells at a suggested price of $6.40 per pounds, narrowing the gap to beef patties, around $5.65 a pound. this cattleman for one isn't buying. >> everything in here is highly processed. and i think that's my biggest problem with it. >> reporter: which to you says

not as healthy as -- >> not as healthy. nothing. not even close. my father's 86, my mother's 85. that's been a staple of their diet for their entire life. i would like to do as well and follow right in their footsteps. >> reporter: if you're having animal protein three times a day and you're consuming a lot of processed meat and red meat, i not the literature is pretty clear on the health implications of that. i think it would be misguided to say that that's what's causing their potential longevity. >> reporter: on the ranch, eisele took me for a ride in his 1928 model-a ford, almost as old as the ranch itself. >> this was the new technology of its time. >> reporter: but brown thinks the model-a tells a different story about his new technology. >> henry ford didn't go around saying that, you know, the horse is a source of all evils and wrongs in the world. just created a better way to get from point a to b. if you think that way, you can win consumers over because they also want something better. >> i think beef will continue to

sell. i think it will continue to be popular. >> reporter: whether faux meat is a fad or part of a new normal, the battle for your dollars will stretch from the prairie to the dinner plate. for "cbs this morning," barry petersen, west of cheyenne wyoming. >> hold on, barry gets to ride in the classic car and ride the horse during the story. and of course -- >> and burgers, as well -- >> all about tasting these. some of the plant-based burgers are really bad. some of them taste better. >> yeah. i actually had my first vegetarian hot dog last week. >> how was it? oh, boy. i like the impossible whopper. that's good. >> i'll have to try that one. >> give it a try. next, families reunite after a children's hospital lifts visiting restrictions. what it was like for a mother and daughter to hug each other again after nearly five months apart. you're watching "cbs this morning." stay with us. [♪]

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a children's hospital lifted its months' long visiting restrictions. we spoke with one mother who says she feels like a piece of her has finally returned. >> it's been so long. >> reporter: for the first time in nearly five months, katherine rivera was able to hold her daughter, maria, in her arms. >> hi. oh. missed you. >> reporter: back in march, the long-term care unit at the blythedale children's hospital stopped allowing all visitors including parents to protect immunocompromised patients like maria. >> she looks so big. she's grown. it's a big relief, really, really big relief. >> reporter: the 4 1/2-year-old has spent nearly her entire life in the hospital. before she was born, she was diagnosed with a rare joint disease, a condition with no cure. >> she's been a fighter. i mean, she's -- beat all the odds. doctors didn't have much hope, but she proved them wrong.

>> it's been too long! >> reporter: since the hospital lifted its visiting restrictions last week, there have been more than a dozen emotional reunions between children and their families. some like katherine coped with the distance through regular video calls. >> wasn't the same as you know hugging her and carrying her. there were days it was really hard on me. >> reporter: what got rivera through 145 days of not being able to touch maria was knowing her daughter was in good hands. >> we don't call them nurses or doctors. we call them aunts and uncles. they are family to us. they're amazing. i wasn't worried about her missing me because she has enough love here. >> jeff and jericka, this story broke my heart. it was so bittersweet. on one hand, it's great that the parents are able to see their children. the other, this virus is infecting all aspects of our lives. >> yeah. nice to see the parents reunited

this is a morning update. good morning, police in oakland are investigating a quadruple shooting that left one person dead. it happened around 10:00 near high street. a one of the survivors is now in critical condition. and officer who shot and killed a driver of a stolen car will be interviewed. the chase that went into oakland and the suspect crashed and police say he got out, holding an assault rifle. they have decided to bring school resource officers back to campus in antioch. the vote was 3-2 and protesters stood outside the office while

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♪ . hey, big bird. hi. >> anthony, how are you? >> i work for cbs. we're doing a story on the economy. the can i ask you a couple questions? >> i know it's about race. but it's also about humanity. >> a toast to that. >> it's better when we're together. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the federal government's newest jobs report out this morning reveals a slowing recovery from the impact of the coronavirus. the labor department says u.s. economy added nearly 1.8 million jobs in july to beat expectations from 1.6. the unemployment rate fell to 10.2%. but that is down from the june numbers. cbs news business analyst jill

schlesinger joins us now. what do you make of the numbers so far? >> well, i mean, these numbers were very difficult to predict. so here's what you want to remember. that the virus surge in the south and the west caused a lot of municipalities to change rules. they were slowing down their reopening process. and, of course, consumers and businesses in those places also had to adjust. and this meant that the pace of job growth really did slow down. remember, back in the beginning of this virus, march and april, 22 million jobs lost. then we saw in may and june 7 1/2 million jobs created which is fantastic. now we're slowing down a bit. it's probably because of the spread of the virus. the unemployment rate coming down is certainly a good sign. but i also like to look at the broader unemployment rate. it captures a lot of people who are working part time when they

really like full time work. that rate now is down at about 16.5%. now, again, that's a higher number. but it peaked at about 22, 23% back in the spring. so directionally, things are in the right direction. its just the pace of improvement has slowed down. >> jill, how much of this is the economy that was due for a recession versus pan dem snik. >> this is clearly pandemic related. when you see 22 million jobs vaporize over two months, that is because the entire nation shut down. however, i think the reopening process is starting to actually weed out a lot of different businesses. so businesses who came into the period very shaky, you're going to see them -- you're going to see their fafailures. you're going to see department stores with a lot of debt not make it.

mom and pop restaurants operating on razor thin margins, they may not make it. the pandemic is an 5:00 sell ran 5:00 sell troont what was going on previously. >> the stimulus package has still not happened. a lot of talk whether the larger checks or extra checks going to people are discouraging them from going back to work. there is some new research out on that. what does it tell you? >> we actually see no correlation between higher unemployment benefits and people looking for work. in fact, quite the opposite. when people are making more money, they have time to sit down, look through their options and actually seek employment. and there is a study that's out from yale that confirms this. we see some research from the federal reserve banks. there is also an interesting paper just out from the national bureau of economic research. and they were looking back at the great recession of 2008 and

2009 when benefits were not just bigger but extended for a longer period of time. and that paper found something really very critical. and that is, when people have a longer period of time to look for work and the security of unemployment benefits, they find a better job for them. their skills match the job that is out there. that's important because we actually don't want people taking jobs that maybe below the skill level. that takes the job away from somebody at that skill level. so, in fact, richer and longer unemployment benefits may be the key to recovering in the labor market more quickly. >> all right. jill, so also worth noting, the new york fed reported that household debt in the middle of all this household debt decreased in the second quarter. can you talk about that? >> well, this had a lot to do with credit card debt. credit card debt shrunk for the first time in six years. that has a lot to do with people just not wanting to spend money and also remember the $1200

stimulus checks, a lot of people used that money to pay down outstanding debt. look, as a certified financial planner, that's great. economists don't love this. they want to see people spend more freely. obviously, as the economy starts to loosenen up and return to more normal levels, many think the debt levels will rise once again. >> thank you very much, jill schlesinger. >> take care. >> ahead, we'll take you to the world's largest untouched forest where critics say logging is causing major environmental and

the pandemic is hurting many industries demand for toilet paper recently hit an all time high h a record amount was produced in february and march. more than 22,000 tons a day. a recent report warns decades of production has been destroying the world's largest untouched forest. here in north america. the natural resources defense counsel give an f to many u.s. toilet paper brands. anna westerner shows what is happening in the canadian boreal forest. what did you learn? >> good morning. you know, companies making toilet pape rer cranking out as much of as they can. earlier this year production was

up from 5 to 20%. but groups trying to protect natural resources say that only heightens their concern for this forest to our nornl and what they call the tree to toilet pipeline. >> this is a typical northern boreal forest, lots of spruce. this is an intact section of forest in the town of goose bay. >> we're visiting labrador, canada, with valery courtois, a member of the indigenous innu nation. >> this is home. this is the forest where we can be the people that we are. ♪ >> reporter: indigenous people's like hers have traditionally relied on the forest and woodland caribou for food and spiritual existence. but she says both are threatened. >> we say caribou and innu are one. if the caribou were to disappear, i honestly don't know what would become of the innu people.

>> reporter: the boreal forest stretches from karn da's eastern shore all the way to alaska. it keeps in millions of tons of carbon which many scientists say without the forest would go into the atmosphere worsening climate change. now in the issue with tissue report, the nrdc tells consumers they're literally flushing the trees down the toilet. and nrdc's jennifer scene. >> each year the logging industry in canada clear cuts over a million acres of the boreal forest to create products like toilet paper. this is going on for decades. >> reporter: the nrdc scored toilet papers and flufrpged many popular products that used virgin forest fiber, quilted northern, angel soft, costco's kirkland brand, charmin ultra and scott1,000 and cotonelle ultra received fs. good choices says the group, assuming can you find them.

nrdc's envelopy vineyard. >> i hear a consumer saying, look, i'll take any toilet paper i can find right now. i almost can't find any at all. what we would say to that is, of course, you need to have toilet paper. but the biggest makers of tissue product in the united states are making us unwittingly complicit in fueling forest loss in canada. that's not an acceptable outcome. >> reporter: none of the leang toilet paper manufacturers would speak on camera with us for this story. but all said their products do not contribute to deforestation. but there are other alternatives. >> as you can see, it is nice and fluffy. >> reporter: joy green switched to tp made from bamboo called real, sold online. >> i don't think will is much sacrifice when you make the switch. >> reporter: p & g says they're researching alternative fibers but in a letter to the nrdc last year said recycled content results in a substandard

product. . in the report, nrdc accuses p & g of green flushing, misleading the public with green claims. but p & g says the toilet paper is sourced from responsibly managed forests and for every tree we use, at least one is regrown. they referred us to fsc which sets forestry standards and the head who says having p & g onboard is helpful. >> i think a large corporation trying to do the right thing on the ground is always positive. >> reporter: but he says in the future, he does want companies to value the forest role more in protecting the planet. >> ultimately, you want a company like procter & gamble to gradually move away from using virgin pulp from old growth trees in the forest? >> over time, it's the right thing to do. increase recycling content. >> kimberly clark, maker of scott and cotonelle said they

will will reduce by 50% by 2025 by using recycled fip fiber. georgia-pacific says that finer is responsibly sourced. costco would not comment. >> i'm so glad you're highlighting the peril that our forests face because of deforestation. it's such a really important topic. i'm going to switch to that bamboo toilet paper. especially report to come. maybe not. >> all right. i want to hear a review. >> okay. i'll text it to you. we appreciate it. thank you very much. has covid-19 reveals inequities in health care, we're hearing from one of the few black men in neurosurgery. why increasing diversity in medicine can also lead to longer lives for many people. we'll be right back. well many people have such a misunderstanding

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america's struggling with racial inequality and health disparities at this pandemic. this morning we're looking at the importance of diversity in the medicine field through the eyes of an african-american neurosurgeon in training. we met him before covid-19 gripped the nation. only about 5% of u.s. doctors are black. that's one out of every 20. as adriana diaz shows us, that lack of diversity can affect patient care. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. not only are black doctors such a small percentage of physicians, black men are especially underrepresented. listen to this -- medical school attendance for black men actually dropped 39% since the mid '80s. the diplomatic we met here, dr. aaron palmer, he's a minority within a minority. his is just one man's story, and it's a story of resilience. before the sun even touches the chicago horizon, dr. aaron palmer is rising to meet his day.

>> i usually wake up between 4:15, 4:30. >> reporter: at northwestern memorial hospital, he's training in neurosurgery. one of only two black neurosurgeons out of dozens in his department. nationwide, only 1.3% are black. >> i often get confused with housekeeping, transport, you name it. i often have to -- no, i'm your doctor taking care of you. >> reporter: really? >> yeah. there aren't a lot of people of color that are physicians. especially black men. i think that is something that needs to change. >> reporter: dr. babak jahromi, who trains dr. palmer, says he sees the benefit of diversity every day. >> working with aaron is a joy because he knows where our patients are coming from. and our patients trust our team more. >> reporter: black patients are 37% less likely than white patients to say they trust their doctors. one reason -- the tuskegee syphilis study. from 1932 to 1972, the

government experiment deliberately left black men with syphilis untreated. many died. research shows that black patients receive poorer care, even less pain meds, than white patients. preventive care improves when black patients see black doctors. >> motivation is not enough. >> reporter: it's dr. william mcdade's job to help more minorities make it in medicine. as the head of diversity for the national committee that overseas medical training. >> there are economic disadvantages that have to be overcome. there are educational deficits that have to be overcome. and structural racism that exists within society that actually carries into medicine, as well. >> reporter: he says children of color also need to see doctors who look like them. something dr. palmer and his brother tim did not have back in akron, ohio. >> where we grew up at, no one's a doctor. no one's a lawyer. no one's a judge. >> reporter: their parents raised five kids in a two-bedroom house. >> this is the home that we grew up in. it's all corn down now.

>> reporter: as his mother amy recalled. >> i had to teach my kids not to pick up syringe when was they saw them on the sidewalk. and that is not an exaggeration. >> reporter: but like many, low-income kids of color, he lacked resources and mentorship until his college professor, ann caplea gave him textbooks and confidence. we arranged a reunion more than a decade after a pivotal meeting. >> that's the first time i've called you that. >> i was expecting her to say it's not something that's going to happen for you. but she said, and i'll never forget this, she said, "of course i think you can do it." >> reporter: how important is it to hear someone say you can do it? >> that moment is the reason why i'm actually standing here. >> reporter: with her support, he got into medical school. four years later, no residency program accepted him. you have a medical degree without anywhere to go. >> correct. correct. >> reporter: dr. mcdade says medical students of color often

struggle with isolation, imposter syndrome, and standardized testing and are more likely than whites to not get into residency or not complete residency training. dr. palmer tried again, and northwestern said yes. >> you look great. >> my name's aaron palmer. i used to live in that blue house. i operate on the brain and spine. >> reporter: what would your 10-year-old self think of someone like you? >> poor little 10-year-old aaron, his mind would be blown. >> reporter: now he's the role model his neighborhood never had. >> a pleasure, thank you. >> reporter: and dr. palmer is paying it forward. he mentors younger students and is researching racial disparities. make no mistake, the state of diversity in medicine is dire. the percentage of black and latin x doctors has hardly bijed in the last -- budged in the last 15 years. vlad? >> a mentor is someone who helps you find hope within yourself. thank you so much. what a wonderful story.

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