for a full hour of news. >> news updates on kpix.com. we'll see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight the uproar grows over potential postal deliver problems. democrats demand answers with millions more set to vote by mail this election. >> donald trump is aimed at hurting the election. g garrett: protests and pressure focus now on the trump- appointed postmaster general. >> i can only tell you he is a very smart man. >> garrett: new cbs news election polling previews our first look at trump/pence versus biden/harris. also unconventional convention. democrats get set for a virtual event. we'll zoom in on the challenges and opportunities. a new word, "fire-nado." one struck in california as record heat scorches the west.ms to quit, others to call for a nationwide sickout. >> plus the summer without rodeos.

a mule kick to rural america. ♪ ♪ and later, a concert that covid could not cancel. ♪ ♪ >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> garrett: good evening, everyone, i'm major garrett in washington. this week marks a milestone in the evolution of our democracy. 100 years since women obtained the right to vote. it wasn't given. they fought for it for 41 years and the 19th amendment made it so. election day this year is 79 days away, but earlier in states that allow absentee or mail-in voting. now, voting in a pandemic means an unprecedented number of ballots will be mailed. but there are worries the post office might not deliver all ballots on time. today the post office announced a 90 day moratorium on the removal of collection boxes.

this has been seen in several states. president trump blames democrats, not his new postmaster general for concerns rovering over the verifiable handling of more mail-in ballots. but today there is another issue, a deeply personal one. late yesterday the president's younger brother robert died in new york. no cause was given. weijia jiang is in bridgewater, new jersey, traveling with the president. >> reporter: major, president trump's found out about his brother's passing at his golf resort here in new jersey. his son in law tells cbs news it is a very tough moment for the president. in a statement president trump called his younger brother robert trump his best friend. the president's son in law and senior adviser jared kushnerspoe the nation." kushner sp >> the president loved his brother very much. and he was able to see him the day before yesterday. >> at the same time the president is facing new acquisitions that his omministration is trying to

interfere in the upcoming election by crippling the post office. over the weekend mr. trump . trumpd his pick of postmaster defended his pick of postmaster general lou general louis dejoy. >> he is a very talented man, he is a brilliant business person, he's been great. >> reporter: but congressional democrats say dejoy's recently changes to the postal service are already causing nationwide delays in mail delivery. today the house oversight committee sent a letter calling today the on dejoy to testify in an dergency hearing next week saying in a statement he must answer why he is pushing these dangerous new policies that threaten to silence the voices of millions. >> we should stamp him with return to sender if he won't appear before the hearing. >> reporter: in response to the concerns, the postal service offered one concession by postponing the removal of collection boxes for a period of 90 days. white house chief of staff mark madows insisted the president is not using the postal service to impact the election. >> i will give you that guarantee right now.

the president of the united states is not going to interfere with anybody casting their vote in a legitimate way. whether it is st else. >> reporter: president trump said he is open to giving the postal service more funding in a coronavirus relief bill. and blamed democrats for holding ocrats for >> they're not willing to approve the money that they need, if they can't get the money that they need for universal mail-in voting, i don't see how they can have it. >> reporter: cbs news has learned house democrats are considering cutting their recess short to take action on the postal service crisis. as the democratic national convention kicks off tomorrow president trump plans to offer counter-programming with back to back campaign events in minnesota, wisconsin and arizona, delivering remarks with the theme "joe biden failures." >> garrett: weijia jiang, thank you so much. this week's national democratic convention will it is fair to say like no other in history,

virtual, no crowd, because of the pandemic. a new cbs news battleground tracker poll shows democrats overwhelmingly like joe biden's choice of a running mate, the survey shows biden and kamala harris leading in electoral votes and in many of the battleground states. cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe joins me for more on the race ahead in this unconventional convention. ed, our poll also says something about democratic hunger. what do they want that they haven't gotten yet. >> reporter: they want to hear more, major from joe biden and kamala harris. and democrats overall about why they want to retake the white house, what they would do if they did so, rather than the well-worn, well-known attacks on president trump and vice president pence. if democrats can do that it might help address one of the other notable data points in this survey that finds that republicans are more very enthusiastic to vote this fall than democrats and independents, and that jives with another data point we have seen in the surveys across the country, that

one of the reasons people are voting for joe biden is not necessarily because of him, but because he is not president trump. >> garrett: and there really isn't a template for this convention, at least compared to previous conventions, but is there one in our current pandemic experience. >> reporter: i think if someone is familiar with how the nfl draft went earlier this year or how the daytime emmy awards or some of our most popular daytime and late night talk shows have been produced in recent months, that gives you a sense of the kind of production democrats will be putting together two night-- two hours a night over four nights. a mix of tape and live speeches from party luminaries all across the country, hundreds of people helping produce it and they are lead by a producer who has put together super bowl halftime shows, the emmy awarding and we know they're quite pleased about the fact that because it's virtual they have far more control over the actual run of the show. >> garrett: and speaking of that control, it is a bit of a joke,

an inside joke among political reporters and those who watch this closely, speeches won't be scheduled for five minutes an run an ungodly 20 minutes will scy? >> reporter: that's right, outside of joe biden, kamala harris, their spouses and former presidents clinton and obama, most people addressing the convention will only get one or two minute. most of these people are not accustomed to speaking that shortly so it will be a real test of how succinct the arguments can be and also quite humbling for a lot of these people but perhaps is that is one of the encouraging new trends for politics, in a pandemic, you have to keep it short. >> garrett: i read this once, "brevity is the soul of wit." ed o'keefe, thank you. cbs will bring you live coverage of the democratic convention beginning tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 central. it has been a very hard day on fire lines across the west. several fires are burning out of control. fueled by dry brush and triple digit heat and in california lightning strikes have sparked

new flames. lilia luciano is there. >> reporter: wild, wild weather in the west. lightning strike from a summer thunderstorm lit up the sky in northern california and sparked at least eight fires. and for the first time in history, the national weather atrvice issued a fire tornado warning. the heat from the loyalton fire near the california/nevada border as seen in this time laps video, extreme enough to create create its own weather conditions. and in southern california, authorities are looking for this man, suspected of starting the ranch-two fire which has driven hundreds from their home. in los angeles, the inferno at lake hughes has scorched nearly 18,000 acres. >> it is hot, incredibly hot, the firefighters are working very hard out there, they are taking appropriate safety precautions. >> reporter: hundreds of firefighters working in dangerous conditions, charged with keeping themselves safe... >> oh, my god. mseleporter: while also

protecting others. >> heat plays a huge factor in fire behavior. re behorter: and after nearly two decades californians are facing rolling blackouts, the record-breaking heat stressing the state's electrical grid and causing hundreds of thousands to lose power. >> knowing the heat is just going to get worse in the coming oays, that i think is the scariest thing. >> reporter: with no relief in sight, the city of los angeles is trying to help the most vulnerable by opening cooling centers. but due to the pandemic, space is limited. major. >> garrett: luciano, thank you. today jared kushner told "face the nation" he is sending his d "facen back to the classroom the nation" he is sen with no fear of them catching or spreading covid-19. across the country, ten states have rising infection rates. and covid deaths are up in nine states. five set single day death record this week. tom hanson has the latest. >> reporter: back to school comes with big concerns for students and teachers. >> everyone is kinre

out. >> reporter: the f.d.a. is responding. it's granted emergency authorization for a new saliva- based test to deliver results faster, 34 states report infection rates well above 5% giving backlash from educators nationwide. in salt lake county 79 teachers tve retired or resigned. the koams unified school district in arizona canceled its reopening set for monday after more than 100 faculty members called out sick. >> we could stay out sick for two weeks. it doesn't matter. our school board is determined to reopen dangerously. they're going to continue on that path until someone gets hurt. >> reporter: arizona science teacher jacob frantz chose to resign along with two thirds of his department. >> when people ask for a plexiglass screen in front of their desk, they were told no. mcdonald's is doing more to protect their employees than our schools are. >> reporter: on college campuses tough lesson this weekend. covid busters discovered at the university of north carolina and oklahoma state, notre dame

reporting 44 positive cases. >> so, we checked it out early on, like one party, one bar, and it didn't seem terribly safe. so we're kind of sticking to ourselves for the time being. >> reporter: and these outbreaks are causing other schools to add just their own plans. columbia university is one of the latest to announce it will only offer virtual classes this fall. major? >> garrett: tom hanson, thank you very much. pro sports as we have seen are trying to make a comeback during the pandemic. the game played at empty comeback during the pandemic. the game played at stadiums or arena, the athletes earning paychecks, but for the beer and food vendors these are tough times indeed with no apparent safety net. here is adriana diaz. >> reporter: joe alaman still can't get used to being outside wrigley field during baseball season. >> i have never stood here when i come to work. >> reporter: he's hauled cold beer for cub fans. >> cold beer, who is ready who is thirsty.>> iall endeinwh tono

support the industry like joe. >> usually when you loose a job, you get more than one hour notice. so for someone telling you, gone, it's incredible. >> reporter: a recent estimate found that the average major league team supports 2,300 game- day employees. add the n.b.a. and n.h.l. and without fans, that is roughly $680 million in lost game-day wages due to coronavirus. according to patrick reid who supports the sports business program in washington university, in st. louis. >> these sporting events are huge spikes in business for restaurants, for retail. huge loss in income and revenue for restaurants and hotels around the ball park. >> reporter: people like cate payne who lost her job as a hotel housekeeper in philadelphia. >> i hope that the government opalizes that we are hard- working people. we were taxpayers. we pay their salary and now that

we are out of work, they should pay our salary. >> reporter: this food distribution just down the block from where the phillies play specifically targeted the city's sports industry workers. >> have a nice day. >> reporter: joe is especially worried, because he cares for his adult daughter who has autism. s you up at night,at night, joe? joe. >> how uns >> how unsure life is. i'm used to working. i want to work. >> reporter: how are you feeling looking forward? >> i look at the glass half full. i pray to the lord. my father is in heaven now with my mom. and he is saying, "joey, you can do it." >> reporter: seeking strength s adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >> garrett: joey, you can do it. straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, the american rodeo mn for a rough ride.

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u.s.a. >> unfortunately i didn't quite get to be on the road as much as i thought this year. but just like any rodeo event, sometimes you get on a bucking horse that doesn't quite buck. ♪ ♪ >> garrett: rodeos popularity in the u.s. traces back to buffalo bill code's first wild west show in 1883. those frontier shows became and in some places still are an llerican phenomenon. towns and cities depending on them for tourist dollars. ben boreley organized one that had be to canceled in etna, california. >> this rodeo is about this town, and this town nine times out of ten is about this rodeo. >> garrett: population 700, etna, in the northern part of california, typically triples in rodeo rolls in.odeo rolls in. >> the r.v. park, there is very few r.v. slots open. they have two cabins that they rent out. our little motels, all the rooms

are booked. >> it is just joyous. it is a lot of fun. we have the dance that goes down in the street, they close the street down. >> garrett: downtown deborah behm owns the pastry store. behm ownsf americana on main the pa street and the rodeo taken away is just another one of our identities being taken away, it is just isolating, to say the least. >> garrett: deal yerigan of the international rodeo association is all but stopped counting cancellations. >> one of the things that is really important about these rodeos, the majority of them are put on by local civic groups and organizations that do them for fund raisers, they give right back to their communities. >> garrett: that was true in etna. >> so our vendors were from the lyons club, another the dalmatians who do a lot of things for sponsorships and helping the underprivileged or at-risk people in our community. they use this event as a fund-

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>> garrett: in houston this weekend a caravan-of-mourners said their final good-byes as army specialist vanessa guillen was laid to rest. balloons were released, horns honked and people shouted the young soldier's name. the fort hood private first class was murdered in april, allegedly by a fellow soldier wh later killed himself. guillen's murder prompted calls for changes in the way the military handles sexual harassment. new york city's 9/11 tribute will shine after all. snce 2002 this has memorialized the attacks on the twin towers. last week the cash-strapped 9/11 museum canceled it over pandemic

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>> garrett: finally tonight, some young musicians prove that even with coronavirus and all that has come with it, music is still medicine for the soul. here's jim axelrod. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it is a stirring rendition of bizet's "farandole," made all the more moving by who is playing it. 90 middle and high-school students from philadelphia, part of the all-city orchestra summer academy who are not going to let a pandemic stop the music. >> i think that it kind of helped us realize that no matter what setbacks we were faced with, that if you have a good team of people, and everyone could overcome it. ov reporter: for two weeks 37

musicians, paired with the philadelphia orchestra tutored kids like 8th grade violinist sonia. >> got a little nerves. >> reporter: over the computer. >> just enjoy playing. >> reporter: and 9th grade cellist greg pollitya. >> i'm-- providing them master class instruction with enthusiasm and passion. katherine cayhill is the president of the mann center for the performing arts. >> if that doesn't bring a smile to your face during these uncertain times, i don't think anything will. >> reporter: in the final performance, each student recorded their part by each student recorded their part themselves, and were then edited together alongside video of other parts of their summer vacations. >> i thought it would be fun. and i would really like to do it next year, hopefully in person by that time. >> reporter: and that, grace, would be music to all of our ears. jim axelrod, cbs news. ( applause )

bay area fire crews sure have their hands full today. i want to pause it because my camera is going to die. oh, i got that. >> that is what's sparking those fires. a rare summer thunderstorm slamming the bay area, and you could be in for another rude awakening. >> a busy day for tree removal. how showing you the problems caused by an overnight storm in one bay area problem. if all of that isn't enough to deal with, pga customers are being warned and prepared to lose power at any time. good evening i'm brian hackney. >> i'm juliette goodrich. we begin with breaking news on the fire watch. a complex of three fires has

exploded across more than 800 acres in santa clara and alameda counties, now threatening ten homes. let's go to kpix 5 katie nielsen live with the latest for us. katie? >> reporter: yeah, so juliette, right now the latest we have from cal-fire is that these three fires together are about 850 acres. there's zero containment. what we just found out moments ago is that there are now mandatory evacuations along welch creek road that should affect about ten homes. but for the latest on what kind of conditions firefighters are facing right now, we would like to bring in alameda county fire public information officer. tell us a little bit about what those firefighters are actually experiencing up in the hills in >> we currently have three fires going on. very steep terrain with high temperatures and low humidity. our firefighters are working hard to get the fire out. where she resources that are coming all over the bay area from the local fire departments