too. >> all right guys. yeah. you are absolutely right. thanks for watching everyone. don't forget the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >> "cbs this morning" is up next. have a great one. ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, august 13th, 2020. i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir duthiers. deadliest day in months. reported coronavirus deaths hit the highest daily total since may. we'll show you how the president is renewing his push to reopen schools as tens of millions of parents face difficult choices. fast-moving flames. a wildfire explodes in size north of los angeles threatening homes and burning forest land that's been untouched for half a century. the latest on what could be a warning sign for the fall fire season. campaign debut.

joe biden and kamala harris make their first appearance as the democratic ticket bashing the president and reaching out to democrats. >> and police dog outrage. a salt lake city officer is suspended for ordering his canine to attack a black man who says he was trying to obey. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this has been one of the most dangerous and erratic wildfires that i've covered in my entire career here. >> that fire sounded like a freight train. >> a huge brush fire erupting in southern california prompting evacuations. the lake fire seems to be burning out of control. the inferno came dangerously close to public safety vehicles. fire officials say they have been witnessing extreme fire behavior. >> the biden/harris democratic ticket stepping into history. >> harris criticized the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic. >> the reason that an american dies of covid-19 every 80

seconds. >> the president announced new steps, he says, will help schools reopen safely. >> we cannot indefinitely stop 50 million american children from going to school. >> the police officer in salt lake city is suspended for a vicious attack on a black man involving a police dog. >> started tearing up my leg. and i just stayed still. >> the big 12 conference says it's moving forward with its fall football season. >> the conference releasing an updated ten-game schedule. >> all that -- >> police officer jumping into action to save a man in a wheelchair from an ongoing train. >> and all that matters. >> it's 5:00 a.m. >> katy perry is still pregnant. to pass the time her fiance orlando bloom filled her re-creating the viral product dance challenge. >> on "cbs this morning." >> we both believe we can define america simply in one word -- possibilities. >> you want to say hope but you

can't say hope, so -- you got to break out the thesaurus. everybody get ready to go from hope and change to possibilities and transmogrification. this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." vlad and michelle are here. haven't heard transmogrification in quite a long time. >> i've never heard of it. a fast-moving wildfire grew to 10,000 acres in just a few hours. the lake fire roughly an hour north of los angeles has ignited forest areas that have not caught fire since 1968. >> some areas near the flames have been evacuated. officials say people moving into nearby facilities will have to stay in their cars under social distancing guidelines. jamie yuccas is near the scene in lake hurks californghes, cal. what do you see there? >> we're getting our first look

at the damage done by the lake fire. this is one of several homes that's burned to the ground. fire officials are calling this 10,000-acre fire extreme. and say conditions like this are uncharacteristic for this time of year. this striking flames from southern california's lake fire burn so intensely overnight that at one point, they spouted into a fire tornado. it came hours after the fire began its march across the hills of the angeles national forest fueled by gusty winds and extremely dry heat with temperatures in the mid-90s. >> it really created a recipe for rapid fire growth. >> early othe flames exploded from 50 acres to 400 acres in just a half an hour. plumes of smoke rose thousands of feet in the air. >> this is wild. wow. >> more than 500 firefighters were deployed to battle the blaze on the ground and from the air. as the fire near property in the

area, officials said people in roughly 100 homes were asked to evacuate and one fire battalion chief said up to eight structures may have been damaged by the flames so far. >> it didn't look good. it was a wall of flames. everything is burning up. >> that was jamie yuccas reporting from lake hughes, california. turning to the presidential campaign, presumptive democratic nominee joe biden and his vice presidential pick kamala harris put the coronavirus crisis front and center of their first joint appearance together. the pair blasted the trump administration on another terrible day for deaths in the pandemic. the former rival showed how they plan to attack the president and vice president mike pence in the fall. ed o'keefe has the report. >> instead of handshakes, hugs and high-dollar donors, masks, social distancing and virtual fundraising.

joe biden formally introduced the country to his new partner. >> her story is america's story. different from mine on many particulars but also not so different in the essentials. >> reporter: and acknowledged her place in history. >> all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities, but today -- today, just maybe, they are seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. >> reporter: california senator kamala harris said she's ready to get to work. >> i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me whose sacrifice, determination and resilience makes my presence here today even possible. >> you ready to go to work? >> reporter: noting since biden asked her to join the ticket, she'd been thinking about her friendship with his late son beau while they were both

attorneys general. >> he really was the best of us. and when i would ask him, where did you get that? where did this come from? he'd always talk about his dad. >> reporter: harris also signaled she'll do what vice presidential running mates usually do. aggressively attack the other side. >> somebody who has presented my fair share of arguments in court, the case against donald trump and mike pence is open and shut. >> reporter: and she focused especially on the president's response to the pandemic. >> his refusal to get testing up and running, his flip-flopping on social distancing and wearing masks. his delusional belief that he knows better than the experts. all of that is reason. and the reason that an american dies of covid-19 every 80 seconds. >> reporter: at the white house, mr. trump said he is surprised by biden's pick. >> i was surprised he picked her, very surprised because of

the horrible way she talked about him and, frankly, because she dropped like a rock. >> reporter: as the death toll continues to tick up as people are forced to work from home, or not work at all, biden and harris will meet with public health officials today to discuss the ongoing response to the pandemic. and in their first 24 hours as partners, biden and harris raised more than $26 million, a record for democrats. much of that money came from 150,000 new contributors. and much of the cash will be spent on tv advertising this fall. vlad? >> all right, ed o'keefe, thank you very much. the coronavirus pandemic is consistently taking more lives per day than any time since may. johns hopkins university recorded 1500, nearly 1500 covid-related deaths in the u.s. yesterday. the pandemic is now blamed for killing more than 166,000 americans. nearly one-third of all confirmed u.s. cases are in just

three states -- california, texas and florida. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in miami with more. david, good morning. >> vlad, good morning. we're about a month from the start of fall. temperatures are going to cool. more of us are going to spend time indoors, and we're going to be talking about the flu. that's why this morning, the head of the cdc is asking every one of you watching to get a flu shot as he warns of this. >> this could be the worst fall from a public health perspective we've ever had. >> that's cdc director robert redfield. he's worried the flu season is going to compound america's coronavirus crisis. but he says americans can avoid the worst of it if they get serious about public health guidelines, especially wearing a mask. >> we all got to do it. this is one of those interventions that's got to be 95%, 96%, 98%, 99% if it's going to work. >> reporter: in some places

there are still intense resistance to mask wearing despite more and more specific evidence proving that they are effective. in florida's marion county, north central part of the state, sheriff billy woods banned his staff and any visitors to his department's offices from wearing masks at all. with few exceptions. in a staff email, the sheriff wrote there is no longer a debate nor is it up for discussion. when you are working on duties, working as my employee and representing my office, masks will not be worn. when asked about the ban by cbs news, his department did not want to comment. >> i just want everybody to take this virus very seriously and know that it's real. >> reporter: this is jacary byrd. he lost his 19-year-old brother jordan to the coronavirus. then his mother, 5546-year-olds jacqueline shaw-byrd had the virus, too. but she was recovering. but she ended up back in the icu. it turns out the day after the

family buried jordan, jacary got a call from the hospital about his mom. >> and when i got there, maybe within an hour, she passed away while i was there. >> what do they think happened? >> they say respiratory issues. my mom and my brother were my best friends. losing both of them is very hurtful. >> reporter: it was just a month ago we were standing right here when we told all of you that jacqueline had been released from the hospital, moved to a rehab center and doing so much better. jacary said her lungs were ravaged by the virus and her body simply could not heal. we're told ms. jacqueline will be buried this weekend right alongside her 19-year-old son jordan. >> so many mixed messages. hopefully people err on the side of caution. thank you, david. president trump says the government will send up to 125 million reusable face masks to schools to help them reopen on time. ben tracy looks at the president's newest medical ally

in his effort to get students back in classrooms. >> so the first time i've shared the platform and it's an honor to do so. >> reporter: at the white house wednesday, president trump introduced his new coronavirus adviser, dr. scott atlas. >> the president's priority is to open the schools and open them safely. >> reporter: atlas, a frequent fox news guest, has praised the president's handling of the virus and shares many of his inaccurate views. >> much of the stuff on masks really is not very good science at all. >> reporter: atlas calls keeping kids out of school ludicrous. >> this is a level of hysteria. i feel like i'm living in a novel here. >> reporter: since restarting his coronavirus briefings last month, president trump has not included the government's health experts, dr. deborah birx and dr. anthony fauci, who have, at times, contradicted the president. >> there should be universal wearing of masks. >> reporter: on wednesday, president trump unveiled eight

recommendations for schools. but they are not new and are very basic. including frequent hand washing, social distancing and wearing masks. >> all schools should be making plans to resume in-person classes as soon as possible. >> reporter: polls show a growing majority of voters, 59%, oppose the trump administration's demand that schools fully reopen for in-person learning. that's up from 53% last month. the white house and congressional democrats say they want more than $100 billion in aid for schools but negotiations over the larger stimulus bill are now at a complete impasse. yesterday, the two sides put out dueling statements accusing each other of being unwilling to compromise. anthony? >> ben tracy, thanks, ben. despite the president's demand, many state and local officials won't rule out having fully remote instruction in the new school year. nearly 600 school districts in new jersey have just been given the option to go completely

online this fall. it's a dramatic shift for the governor. he tells meg oliver why he changed his mind. >> the last thing we want to do is open a school or district irresponsibly. >> reporter: after months of insiftsing all schools return to some form of in-person learning, new jersey governor phil murphy is now changing course. >> looking ahead to the fall, what is your main goal? >> our main goal is to get to in-person instruction but to do it safely. we're now saying to school districts that don't feel they can get there on day one, safely, with all the health protocols, we're going to work with them to get them there. >> reporter: and yet he's not ruling out ordering the statewide all-remote learning mandate, even at the 11th hour. >> i think superintendents are extremely concerned they are wasting their time developing these hybrid models. >> no, they're not wasting their time. >> even at the last minute you have to say, we have to go all remote? >> you just can't take off the table that this thing is going

to rear its head and we have to be prepared for that. >> reporter: english teacher tom kida is frustrated by the lack of direction but knows there's no simple solution. >> it seems like our leadership doesn't have a clear view on what it is that they want to do for all people. and for all students. and i understand that. >> reporter: across the country, schools are facing the same difficult reality. in one suburban county near atlanta, more than 1200 students and staff were forced to quarantine after dozens tested positive for coronavirus. but others like these parents in pennsylvania are pushing for their districts to reopen and advocating for substitutes to come in if teachers are concerned about returning. >> no teacher is saying we don't want to work. we're ready to go back to the classroom, absolutely, when it's safe. >> reporter: about four communities here in new jersey are already making plans to begin the school year remotely. the state's largest teachers

union say leaving the decision to reopen schools up to districts can lead to chaos. in a statement they said the stakes are too high and the consequences of making a wrong decision are too grave. vlad? >> it's all about doing it safely as the governor told you. meg, thanks very much. a salt lake city police officer is suspended this morning after ordering a police dog to attack a black man during a brutal arrest. newly released body camera video shows how the encounter unfolded. jeffrey ryans is now preparing to file a lawsuit claiming officers used excessive force. carter evans is following the story. we want to warn you, some of those images will be disturbing. >> get on the ground or you'll get bit. >> reporter: that canine officer made good on the threat. even though jeffrey ryans appears to comply with the command holding up his hands and moving to the ground. >> get on the ground! why are you fighting me? get on the ground! >> as soon as i got on the

ground, i hear the canine. and he just started tearing up my leg. i'm not running or anything. i'm kwauperating. why are you doing this? >> stop. >> reporter: the officer keeps ordering the ground to hit or bite even after ryans is handcuffed and on his stomach. ryans says he lost his job and had to endure multiple surgeries. doctors tell him amputation is still a possibility. police say they were responding to a call that ryans was fighting with his wife who had a protective order against him. but ryan says that order was about to be lifted and he'd been living at home with his wife for weeks. jeff kendrick explain yes ts wh canine is there. >> domestic violence calls are some of the most dangerous we respond to. and officers use extra precautions when they respond to someone's home. >> on the ground! >> reporter: the incident hand in late april of this year, but police only launched an investigation this tuesday when the body cam video was released. the arresting officer was

suspended wednesday and the use of canines are also suspended pending a full investigation. >> hit! >> ow! >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm carter evans. ahead -- new scrutiny after several mysterious deaths at ft. hood. one of america's largest military bases. we'll talk to the family of one soldier who was murdered about the justice -- or what justice would look like for them. but

we have much more news ahead. see the heart-stopping moment when a california police officer rescued a map in a wheelchair from an oncoming train. plus, a former senior commander in the new york police department says there is a glass ceiling for female officers. why she's now suing over alleged gender discrimination. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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good morning everyone. it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. crews in the east bay are trying to fix several water main breaks that triggered flooding in parts of emeryville. this is impacting hollis street. east bay m.u.d. says fluctuation in a pressurized pipe may be to blame for the ruptures. a fire burning in the angeles national forest is now over 10,000 acres. this morning, mandatory evacuations are in place for about 500 residents. flames sparked yesterday. no word yet on the cause. oakland unified has reached a tentative distance learning deal. teachers were presented the

terms of the agreement last night. and still have to vote to accept it. no word yet on what the deal will mean for students. good morning, from the traffic center, i'm gianna franco. a look at the roadways right now. a traffic alert has been issued for the bay bridge. lower deck. we've got a crash there with a couple of cars tangled up. there's a lot of debris from that accident in the roadway as well. again, this is on the lower deck of the branch as you work not too far from treasure island. traffic alert has been issued. so traffic is backing up into san francisco with the slow ride there. metering lights are on anyway going westbound. mary? okay, gianna, we are going to warm up as we head through our afternoon. we're starting off our day with mainly clear skies and just some patchy fog along the coast and right around the bay. check out these daytime highs. we're looking at 98 for concord and 97 for livermore and 89 for san jose. 70s around the bay and 72 in san francisco. an excessive heat watch for e areas hi

welcome back to "cbs this morning." a surge in mysterious deaths at one of the largest military bases in the country is getting new attention. in one high-profile case we've been following, 20-year-old specialist vanessa guillen was murdered in april. at least nine soldiers have been found dead since march at ft. hood in texas. in more than half of those cases, foul play has not been ruled out. mireya villarreal has been looking at the concerns about ft. hood. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. yes, vanessa guillen's case shined a light on the issues at

ft. hood. there was a delay in the disappearance because the fbi has taken over the case. they're taking a fresh look at the evidence as well as the issues happening on base. >> at this point, i'm, you know, i just can't be sad all day. we have to keep going. >> reporter: nearly four months after her disappearance and murder, vanessa guillen's family is still fighting. >> i think this week is going to be the hardest week because we're going to be with her not the way that we want to be. but you know, at least we're going to give her proper respects and that way she can rest in peace finally after this long journey. >> reporter: the murder garnered the nation's and president trump's attention, giving the family an opportunity to visit the white house. they pushed for outside investigators instead of the army's criminal investigation division or cid to take over the case. >> we didn't want to have this

swept under the rug which could happen. >> reporter: why was it so important for the fbi to take over this investigation? >> mostly because cid, we lost trust with them since a couple of days after the investigation. a lot of details were left out. they didn't want to share any type of information. i just felt that they weren't capable of doing the investigation. >> reporter: the ft. hood military base in killen,texas, is under scrutiny with high-level investigations being conducted that focus on systemic problems. since march, at least nine soldiers from the base have been found dead. last saturday, local police arrested two soldiers for their alleged involvement in a sex trafficking scheme. just last week, army secretary ryan mccarthy announced an independent group of investigators would be searching for the root causes associated with the rise of serious crimes involving ft. hood soldiers. >> the numbers are high here. they are the highest since most

cases for sexual assault and murders for our entire formation of the u.s. army. we're going to put every resource and energy we can behind fixing these problems. >> on 22 april, three -- >> reporter: the army recently confirmed major general scott efflandt, commander of ft. hood, would have to wait on his transfer and promotion to ft. bliss while investigations are under way. and answers can't come soon enough for the families who sacrificed so much. while searching for vanessa guillen, the remains of an officer near the base ten months after he disappeared and was classified as awol. >> have closure of where he is now. but there's still the questions of what happened. >> it's quite alarming to see what's happening -- >> reporter: u.s. army veteran melissa bride was once stationed at the base. >> i imagine this is how -- >> reporter: she's pushing for congress to pass legislation that would make reporting easier for members of the military and potentially take the

investigation of sexual assault and harassment crazes out of the army's chains of command. >> this movement has been galvanized because we know that we can and must do better right now. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by the guillen family. do you still feel like your sister's murder is not being taken seriously? >> they finally acknowledged that it was a murder and that theres a big problem. i do feel that day by day they are taking this more serious because they're seeing that it's not just us at this point. it's one too many stories coming out. i shouldn't be glad about it, but at the same time, it points out that there's some type of problem and we have to find out what it is. >> reporter: this mural here in fort worth was created by local artists that were pushing for justice in vanessa guillen's case. there are dozens of them around the country. we know right now there will be a public memorial for vanessa at

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women on the force. lori pollock filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit that alleges, quote, intolerable and unpleasant working conditions that prevent women from advancing to the most prestigious executive positions within the nypd. we spoke with pollock and also learned it's a national issue. >> to rise to the level that i did only to be stopped because of my gender is enraging. >> reporter: lori pollock was a three-star chief who served the new york city police department for 33 years. she says she was forced into retirement last week. she's one of just five women who achieve that high of a rank on the force. >> i saw other women getting treated poorly, and i knew that i was not going to advance. not under commissioner shay. i had to leave. >> reporter: she alleges in a federal lawsuit that commissioner dermot shay denied

her a promotion because of her gender and moved her to another position which she considered a demotion. >> he ignored my requests to be considered for chief of detectives. and he subjeugated me to a malea week before i was demoted. >> reporter: she claims female officers are denied the ability to compete for high-ranking positions. >> there's never been a female chief of detectives, chief of patrol, chief of department, and no female police commissioners. >> reporter: she's suing for monetary compensation for the extreme stress, humiliation, embarrassment, mental anguish and damage to her reputation. >> i think they know it's a problem and they're not willing to address it. so that something gets done about it. >> reporter: two former female police chief of police filed similar lawsuits last year against the nypd claiming they were pushed out of their positions because of what they

call discrimination based on age, gender, and race. nationwide women make up 12% of the police force and 3% of local police chiefs. >> it's just a male-dominated field. and the biases come out when you have men making most of the decisions. >> reporter: heather taylor's a near 20-year veteran of the st. louis metropolitan police department and is the first female sergeant in her department's homicide unit. she says gender bias is an issue in departments across the country. is there systemic gender bias in the st. louis metropolitan police department? >> absolutely. i have young women who have applied for jobs, and they're qualified. and the job goes to a male who doesn't have the degree and the certification that the female officer has in the time on. my friends who are all around the country, we have the same complaints. >> reporter: same stories? >> same stories across racial lines, as well. >> reporter: the st. louis

metropolitan police department denies any gender bias and told us that 16% of their department is made up of female officers, and 20% hold the rank of sergeant and above. >> it was a great job -- >> reporter: paula hopes her lawsuit will bring positive change. >> i'd say my police career is over. but there's so many talented women behind me, and i feel that i need to move the ball town the field for those women coming in behind me. >> the nypd denied similar allegations of gender discrimination in the lawsuits filed last year, characterizing those claims as baseless and says staff changes were based on merit. the nypd told us that they will review ms. pollock's lawsuit when they've been served. and added that the contributions of women both in leadership roles and in their representation in the uniformed and civilian ranks across the police department cannot be overestimated. >> can't be overestimated, but they're under represented clearly. and as you pointed out, lowerri

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good morning everyone. it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. a fire burning in the angeles national forest is now over 10,000 acres. this morning, mandatory evacuations are in place for about 500 residents. flames sparked yesterday afternoon. no word yet on the cause. and a push for solidarity, san francisco police stations will now place black lives matter posters at every station city-wide. the department says it's committed to end systemic racism. palo alto's mayor is proposing business include a

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it's thursday, august 13th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vad lvladdutierrs. their first joint event of the campaign season. and college without football. james brown looks at how a move to delay the fall sports season will affect schools, fans, businesses and student athletes. >> j.b. will be here. first today's eye opener at 8:00. a fast-moving wildfire in

southern california grew to 10,000 acres in just a few hours. >> we're getting our first look at the damage done by the lake fire. this is one of just several homes that has burned to the ground. >> the president's priority is to open the schools and open them safely. >> the white house and congressional democrats say they want more than $100 billion in aid for schools but negotiations over the larger stimulus bill are now at a complete impasse. >> we're about a month away from the start of fall and we're going to be talking about the flu. that's why this morning the head of the cdc is asking every one of you watching to get a flu shot. >> joe biden and kamala harris put the coronavirus front and center of their first joint appearance. >> biden and harris will meet with public health officials to discuss the ongoing response. >> i'm working on a song for kamala harris. i'm writing a song in celebration. >> can you give us a little bit more of kamala's theme before we go? >> yeah, yes. it's --

so like the bass. ♪ >> i hope she's watching and dancing. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." gayle and tony are off. i bet she likes she has a theme song already. >> i'm sure she has many and many more to come. >> all right. we begin with a dire new warning from the head of the cdc. dr. robert redfield says the u.s. could face the worst fall the country has ever seen because of the coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming flu season. >> the daily death toll from the virus is higher now than it's been in nearly three months. nearly 1500 deaths were reported across the nation yesterday. robert redfield also said he's asking all americans to take precautions by social distancing and wearing masks. meanwhile, the sheriff in ocala,

florida, now says masks should not be worn when employees are on duty with very limited exceptions. >> president trump is making a new effort to get schools to re-open buildings in his words as soon as possible. the president says the federal government would send up to 125 million reusable face masks to school districts nationwide. he also unveiled a group of eight white house recommendations for schools. they include basic steps to combat the coronavirus such as washing hands, limiting large indoor gatherings and wearing masks. >> our dr. david joins us. none of the white house recommendations are new. what are the most important changes schools should make to safely re-open? >> thank you. you know, it's difficult in that at the cdc you've got the pros. they're the best epidemiologists in the world and public health

expert answer we're relying on local experts, some remarkable, some of whom aren't to make decisions so what schools have to do now, they have to look in their area, what is the infection rate. is it safe for me to open or not and what are my boundaries? if something changes, the rates go up, what do i do? if they go down what do i do? and what's the behavior in the school. mandate wearing masks. social distancing, arrangements of classrooms. who are the high risk teachers. who are the high risk students? there's a lot of preparation that goes in. all done at the local level because there weren't federal guidelines on how to do this. >> we're seeing a lot of last-minute turnarounds. i thought i was sending a freshman off to college. i found out this week his school is going virtual. i know you have a college age student as both a doctor and father, what would you like to see? >> well, you know what it's like. you feel horrible your child is being deprived of in-person

learning, right? i mean, the foundation of success is education and we're changing education as we speak. and so what i want is schools to be transparent. here are how we're going to open and when this happens we will do x or we will do y. there needs to be true transparency. as a parent for you to feel comfortable with your child going to school is how the levels hit this. we're going to stop or we're going to quarantine when somebody is positive. here's how we're going to do it. we saw a high school recently that quarantined 1200 people after an infection after it was open so real plans need to be made and, you know, it worries me, many schools don't have contingency plans. they haven't established boundaries. the federal guidelines are generic. know the symptoms of covid-19 and you can act appropriately. that's not a guideline. that's a suggestion. >> you believe we need better federal guidelines or guidance, rather, not a state or local issue keeping it at that level. why is it so important?

>> because these are data driven and every high school, every college, every elementary school needs to have the data to make the right decisions and they need to foe exactly what to do to keep safety. we're talking safety of children, of teachers and of parents, because the children are going home and they could hug mom and dad or grandma or their next-door neighbor so it's not just the children that we're focused on so these guidelines matter. this is the future of our country and have to figure out a way to educate them safely and do the best we have. best practices are critical. we need to start to establish what is the best practice for an elementary school. how do we social distance? how do we get children to wear masks? what do we do when there is one case? what do we do when a number of cases go up? we need a book of guidelines for each of these schools on what to do. i'm afraid it is local by local

so you are trusting a county or a local health official to make a decision. in many cases they're going to do exactly the right thing but in other case, they don't have the background or the experience to do the right thing. >> well, the president is saying he's ready to deploy the cdc teams to schools. do you think that would be effective? >> you know, the cdc are remarkable epidemiologists and public health experts. we cannot deploy them to every school in the country. it's just not possible. what we need them to do is make a playbook and schools to follow that playbook. if you're in a remote area and you're a university you can create a bubble like the nba did and potentially educate your children. if you're in an area where the number is going up dramatically you may want to shut down for awhile else you'll quarantine the rest of the school. without a playbook i'm afraid we'll harm students and

potentially parents and teachers. i honestly am worried. >> doctor, you've been on the ball about this for a long time. so we hope you're wrong about that. dr. agus, thank you so much. >> listen, i hope i'm wrong too. >> all right, thank you both. joe biden and kamala harris gave voters a taste of the campaign to come in their first joint appearance in -- since biden chose his former democratic primary opponent to be his running mate. biden said yesterday that her story is america's story. emphasizing harris' historical significance as the first woman of color to run on a major party ticket. >> and this morning all across the nation little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities, but today, today just maybe they're seeing themselves for the first time in

a new way as the stuff of president and vice presidents. >> later today biden and harris plan to meet with public health officials to discuss the response to the coronavirus. harris said yesterday that president trump who calls her a left wing radical has failed the test of leadership. >> we're reeling from the worst public health crisis in a century. the president's mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the great depression. america is crying out for leadership. yet we have a president who cares more about himself than the people who elected him. >> president trump hit back at biden and harris saying he was surprised the former vice president had picked her as his running mate. ahead, drawings for a good cause from an 8-year-old boy in texas,

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canceled college football season? >> vlad, good to see you. and certainly the most talked about is that which you just indicated, that being the financial risk associated with not having college football played during the fall. but at the end of the day in a very serious situation, we are talking a pandemic. i get it, all the hoopla, pomp and circumstance associated with sports, i'm in the business, it's my livelihood, but should not health and welfare, safety be the top priority? these are tough decisions that have to be made. but i think you always err on the side of safety and welfare for anybody, but particularly college students. >> so what kind of medical advice are conferences getting to make their decisions? is it uniform across the board? >> vlad, i really wish i could say that is the case. and let me be clear, i've not sat in on those decisions.

it doesn't take a mental giant if you look at the widely varying decisions that have been made, there's not been a uniform body of information being supplied to make an informed decision with the safety and welfare of the students in place. look, if schools for the general population are saying we're going to do a learning virtually, why wouldn't that apply to student athletes, as well? they're a part of the same population. coming off of the conversation that michelle well with dr. agus, you hear the restrained concern that he has, a respected authority. you would think if, in fact, there was uniformed information to make an informed decision that the decision would be across the board for everyone, vlad. >> so what you just said, j.b., about virtual learning at some of these schools because they will be closed but open for virtual learning, do you think that is also impacting this decision when it comes to sports? >> yes. well, to me it ought to be fairly applied to the student athletes as well.

there's still so much -- i'm not a physician, nor am i trying to play one, and i'm also speaking as a parent. if i had a college-aged football playing young man in school, my decision would be no, don't play football, because there's too much uncertainty and information that's coming out on a daily basis. the most recent of which are the potential adverse effects to the heart associated with this virus. not unlike virus implications, period. i just couldn't make this decision to put my student's health and life at risk in this environment without the definitive certainty. look, when you look at football, unlike a number of other sports, even though you see many schools and other professional organizations watching what's happening with the sports that are playing to determine best practices, there are unique differences. football as a friend of mine said, it starts with a huddle to make decision, there's flow social distancing there. and it ends with the tackle which is a pile. none of those speak to being careful with respect to social

distancing. >> so j.b., let me hit you up on the pros. i mean, there have been some decisions with mlb and the nba to continue with the action. are there ideas, solutions that college, universities can pick up from the pros? >> absolutely. you can look at the best practices of those two sports and others, golf, as well. but again, there's some unique differences. golf, you're talking about players over the course of hundreds of acres, if you will, no galleries there. the nba, they're playing in a bubble. i don't know that that lends itself to college football. again, the distinct difference being the contact that's there. i think about dr. calvin butch, the principle applies -- when we were talking about whether or not churches would go to on line versus in-person congregational gatherings and while he had to be convinced, at the end of the

day i loved this comment, he says "good religion goes best with common sense." and it certainly has worked out well. that same principle ought to apply here, vlad. >> speaking of in person, i miss you, man. i miss being in studio with you. it's good to see you. talk to you soon. thank you very much. >> thank you, vlad. look forward to it, as well. >> all right. see you soon. ahead, a high-tech way to pick up the trash. the litter buggy that's cleaning up beaches in one city. you're watching "cbs this morning." well many people have such a misunderstanding

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good morning, it's 8:25. i'm len kiese. crews in the east bay are trying to fix several water main breaks that have triggered flooding in parts of emeryville and berkeley. east bay m.u.d. says fluctuation in a pressurized pipe play be to blame for the trouble. teachers were presented with the terms of the agreement last night in oakland and still have to vote on it. so far it's not clear what the deal will mean for students. the covid-19 infection rate in san quentin is currently more than 500% greater than the general public. that's according to a uc doctor. more than two-thirds of the prison's population have been infected. and i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. we still have a traffic alert

as you work on the lower deck of the bay bridge. this crash involving two vehicles. causing quite the backup coming out of san francisco if you are headed over towards the east bay. two left lanes are blocked and caltrans people have been called out as well the kind of clean the mess and debris in the roadway. also there's been absorbent placed down on two lanes apparently a fuel spill. we have the picture of what happened. the two cars really tangled up and you can see the debris on the roadway there. bay bridge a backup here as well. metering lights remain on so still slow out of the westbound direction heading into san francisco. and your main travel times, good news here looking better off the east shore, 17 minutes highway 4 to the maze, in delays out of the south bay. mary? well, i'm tracking those temperatures on the rise today. about five to ten degrees abovage for this time of year. and really heating up tomorrow and into the weekend. 98 for a high in concord and 97 in livermore and 89 close to 90 for san jose. and 70s around the bay. 72 in san francisco and 79 for

welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now we're getting a new read out on the state of the economy during the coronavirus crisis. the labor department is releasing its weekly jobless claims numbers which give us a

snapshot of how many more people are out of work and claiming unemployment benefits. last week, the department reported that nearly 1.2 million more americans were claiming benefits. this week, the labor department is reporting that's dropped below a million, 963,000 filed for benefits in the prior week. in all, about 30 million americans are receiving unemployment checks. but we're seeing a continuation of the downward trend. it's time to bring you the stories that are the "talk of the table." this is where we each pick a story we'd like to share with each other and with all of you. michelle is up first. >> i'm up first. i detest -- detest with a vengeance litterbugs. a man in galveston, texas, he heard my -- heard my sentiments. he's found a way to fight litter bugs on the beach. he invented litter buggies, radio-controlled containers on wheels that can hold up to 50 pounds of trash.

creator glen morris takes them out nearly every day. the litter buggies can travel for four miles an hour. about four miles an hour. he says that he picks up about 250 gallons of trash a week on the beaches. don't understand why people who go to the beach -- >> i hate that -- >> leave their trash. he's willing to sell these things at cost. and they're -- >> really? >> about $1,000. >> that's a lot. do want to see the trash get picked up on the beach. if you got $1,000 -- i think he needs to bring down the price to get garbage to get picked up. my story shows a spectacular moment off the coast of southern california. watch. >> dolphin here, look at this -- unbelievable. unbelievable. >> this is a rare sighting of a dolphin stampede. yeah, that's what it's called. about 300 of them jumping into the air near dana point, south of los angeles. a whale-watching tour group captured this on video.

captain dave's dolphin and whale watching safari, folks on board got their money's worth. it's not clear why pods of dolphins stampede, but it is an amazing sight. and something i didn't know -- apparently southern california has the greatest density of dolphins in the world, and you can find herds of up to 10,000 have been spotted. but that's really something to see. >> i grew up there, never saw a dolphin stampede or even a dolphin off the waters of los angeles. i went to the beach a lot, vlad. >> what have you got? i'll tell you what, that's going to be all of us at cbs news when we're finally able to get together again. stampeding the broadcast center. i got something really cool. take a look at some of the new toys -- because i'm this big kid -- inspired by the pandemic. so fisher-price has created the "my home office" -- "my home office" set for children who want to be just like their

parents and work from home. >> that looks like us broadcasting from home -- >> i know. exactly. look at this little itty-bitty headset, plastic laptop. it's even got a coffee cup. another set, this is really funny -- another set is called " "baby " baby biceps" who want to imitate their parents at home. a barbell, kettle bell, and a headband. and the cutest chef set will help kids pretend to bake that sourdough during the lockdowns. it includes an oven mitt and play tongs. and one more, guys. the tiny taurus set. it's handy for staycations. it comes with a toy camera, a little bottle of sunscreen. i mean, you can't -- this is just perfect. what will they think of next? >> do they have a toy video camera and lights? it will be easier to do this at home, to get there again. >> and the cameraman and sound engineer. >> right. >> yes, yes.

all right. >> let them have it. let 'em have it. >> fabulous. a new cbs and "originals" episode explores the hot-button topic of what's been called cancel culture, withdrawing support for public figures and companies after they've done or said something considered objectionable or offensive. a recent poll from morning consult and "politico" found americans are split on the issue with 46% saying cancel culture has gone too far. the newest episode of cbsn's "speaking frankly" series dives into the debate. take a look. >> we see a number of people who have been that collectively this is not acceptable for our society. >> there's a benefit to calling

attention to a behavior that is genuinely causing harm to other people. but it's one thing to go after a celebrity who has said a terrible thing, and it's another thing to go after a private citizen who happened to get caught on film in a really bad moment. those are not equivalent. >> cbsn executive producer adam yamaguchi joins us. good morning. why are people so divided on this issue? >> you know, this really comes down to values. those who have been driving cancel culture want to create a society that is equitable, that is tolerant, that is inclusive. and cancel culture really is a mechanism to push us in that direction by calling out people and organizations who are on the wrong side of progress will actually help society make real progress. on the other side are those who

say that people are offended by anything and everything. we as a society have become far too sensitive about the words that we use, and then it's almost criminal to say something that offend. there's been a real backlash against cancel culture. in the face, in the name of political correctness, people are being punished for words and actions that were said far long ago at a time when those words or ideas were deemed acceptable. people are being called out on video for experiencing a particularly bad moment when they may have said something that, you know, perhaps was -- was off color. and so people are being punished, people are losing their careers and their livelihoods through this cancel culture. >> adam, people have been effectively banished in the past, if you will. but social media has really accelerated the process, hasn't it? >> absolutely.

people have -- people who previously didn't have a platform or a voice to call out others, particularly those in power who have, you know, perhaps acteded inappropriately but haven't been able to act with immunity have been called out. we saw that with the me too movement. we are experiencing in this moment as a nation reckoning over racial and cultural injustices, another wave of companies and organizations and people being called out for being on the wrong side of that, as well. >> it's important to underline bad behavior. what's sort of scary in the social media aspects is it can happen so swift she aly and you develop a mob mentality and discourage sort of a deep debate on certain issues. >> absolutely. and that's the big conundrum. i don't think anyone really has an answer as to how do we fix this, how do we go back to having reasoned, rational, nuanced discussions. social media has been the catalyst for this latest wave of

cancelation. and as you pointed out, social media, viral videos don't encourage nuanced discussion, they encourage quick, instant action. >> cbsn "originals," you're focusing on culture wars this season. tell us about that. >> sure. you know, in the run-up to the 2020 election, we find ourselves at odds with each other in a way that i don't think we've seen in an entire generation. we are see polarized. and i think it's important to dissect when and where those social fissures are occurring. so we're asking the question -- do clashes over language and ideas actually foster real meaningful change, or are they simply bandaging real issues and problems with words that coddle us and make us feel good. and dividing us in the process. so some of the episodes upcoming, we're going to be looking at fat shaming, whether the celebration of all body

types is a positive development for people, or whether it's actually leading to more problems or health issues for those who are considered obese. we're also looking at online censorship, who gets censored for saying what? >> looking forward to those. thanks, adam. cbsn "originals" latest "speaking frankly" called "cancel culture" is streaming now at cbsnews.com/cancel. ahead, one 8-year-old boy's quest to help health care workers during the pandemic. how he's using his art to get look, this isn't my first rodeo...

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our series "a more perfect union" aims to show that what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. one thing uniting parts of the country during the pandemc is the need for more protective equipment for health care workers. this got the attention of a little boy with a talent for art who decided to try his hand at helping out. dr. tara narula has his story. had is this is my aunt allih she's a doctor at cornell. >> reporter: when the pandemic hit, 8-year-old ethan goldsmith heard his parents talking about his aunt. she was fighting the virus on the front lines.

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hundreds for the organization get us ppe, who work to supply personal protective equipment to frontline workers nationwide. >> so here's his drawing of me. my kids got a kick out of it. my hair is certainly curly. >> reporter: dr. megan ranney, an emergency physician at brown university, co-founded get us ppe to actively respond to the shortages around the country. >> many people think that this was a problem early on in the pandemic and that now we have enough. >> there are absolutely still shortages. this problem is here, and it's actually getting worse again as we head into the fall. >> reporter: what started as a tweet to raise awareness grew into a grassroots movement. >> we've donated well over 2.5 million pieces of personal protective equipment across the country. even small amounts make a difference. and whether it's drawing a picture or donatin some ppe, those little things add up, and drop by drop we make an ocean.

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girlfriend, 71-year-old gloria alexis, at their nursing home in brooklyn. with some help from the staff, she was showered with balloons, red roses, and, of course, a ring. gloria had been in the hospital recently. jeff says he missed her so much he decided to propose as soon as she returned. what took him so long? in case you're wondering, she said yes. >> they met two years ago apparently in an assisted living facility. yeah, they met two years ago at an assisted living facility. and apparently they bonded watching television. which is funny -- >> what show? >> i don't know. that was not in the reporting. if we find out, we'll let you know. i love -- it all got kindled -- the romance got kindled in front of a tv set. what better place? that does did for us -- >> i know. >> go, vlad -- >> i love that he had the balloons, he had the whole, you know, here's what i'm going to do -- >> he went big. >> what a lovely story. >> awesome story.

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good morning, it's 8:55. i'm len kiese. about 500 homes are under evacuation orders because of a wildfire near lake hughes in the angles national forest. the blaze has now grown to more than 10,000 acres and still 0% contained. crews in the east bay are trying to fix several water main breaks that have triggered flooding in parts of emeryville and berkeley. east bay m.u.d. says fluctuation in a pressurized pipe may be to blame for all the trouble. large black lives matter posters will be placed at every police station in san francisco. the posters list reasons why the department's principle of safety and respect for all aligns with the social justice movement. i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. and i just got the official all

clear from chp in regards to this traffic alert we've had our eye on for much of this morning. this was due to a two car crash on the lower deck of the bay bridge. all lanes now open and everything is out of the way. so traffic should start recovering here shortly. right now, it's still backed up in and out of san francisco as you head to the east bay. on the flip side though bay bridge is easy enough. just a minor delay at the toll plaza and as far as the travel times all in the green for the major commutes on the eastshore freeway. highway 4 and 101 out of the south bay. as well as 280 in the green also. mary? well, gianna, we're going to warm things up and we're talking about five to ten degrees above average for this time of year. and it gets even hotter friday into the weekend. for today, looking at upper 90s in concord and upper 80s to about 90 in san jose and 70s around the bay and 72 in san francisco and 79 in oakland. tomorrow, an excessive heat watch kicks into effect and that will be the case through

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