captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: the uproar gross. democrats demand answerings with millions more set to vote by mail this election. job donald trump is aimed at hurting the election. >> protests and pressure. now it's on the trump-appointed post master general. mas e' h>> new cbs news election poll trump-pence versus biden-harris. we'll zoom in on the challenges and the opportunities for the convention. afternoon new word. fire-nado one struck in california as record heat scorches the west. pandemic prompts some teachers to quit. others call for a nationwide

a summer without rodeos, a mule kick to rural america. and later, the concert that covid could not cancel. this is the cbs weekend news., 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. toy 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 hovering 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 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 kushner spoke about the loss on "face the nation." >> 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 accusations that his

administration is trying to interfere in the upcoming election by crippling the post office. tmp his hand-picked post mast er 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 on dejoy to testify in an emergency 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 meadows 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 the post office or anything 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 it up. >> they're not willing to approve the money that they need, if they can't get e 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." major. >> garrett: weijia jiang, thank you so much. this week's national democratic

convention will be, it is fair to say, like no other in history, virtual, no crowds, 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 a cotiateast compared tod thally 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 hours a night over four nights. a mix of taped 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 awards 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 and then run an ungodly 20 minutes will they? >> 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 minutes. 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 utor p ps ol bpsic is,s ihan ai 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. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

this is the "cbs overnight news." >> garrett: today white house senior advisor jared kushner told face the nation that he is sending his children back to the classroom. across the country, ten states have rising infection rates and covid rites are up in nine states. five set single day death records this week. tom hanson has the latest. >> back to school comes with big concerns for students and teachers. >> everyone's kind of freaking out. >> the fda is responding.

it's granted emergency authorization for a new sa vooifa based test to deliver tionwide. in salt lake county 79 teachers have 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 lessons this weekend. covid clusters discovered at t 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 adjust their own plans. columbia university is one of s lllatest to announce it will v offon cerirtu almajor?eslass >> garrett: tom hanson, thank you very much. pro sports as we have seen are trying to make a comeback during the pandemic. the games played at empty stadiums or arenas, 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 without coming to work. >> reporter: he's hauled cold beer for cub fans. >> cold beer, who is ready, who is thirsty? >> reporter: it all ended in early march when the coronavirus sidelined sports aosnd m

>> usually when you lose 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 nba and nhl and without fans, that is roughly $680 million in lost game-day wages due to coronavirus. according to patrick reid who directs the sports business program at washington university, in st. louis. >> these sporting events are huge spikes in business for restaurants, for retail. so these sports suspensions, a 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 realizes that we are hard-working people. we were taxpayers. we pay their salary and now that we are out of work, they should distbution just down t

he block from where the phillies play specifically targeted the city's sports industry workers. >> have a nice day. >> all right. >> reporter: joe is especially worried, because he cares for his adult daughter who has autism. what keeps you up at night, joe? >> 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." that's right. >> reporter: seeking strength from above to stay in the game. adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >> garrett: joey, you can do it. straight ahead, the american rodeo in for a rough ride and the philadelphia orchestra goes

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reluctant -- and that ut de ahe riders ar t pandemic, a spectatorless sport limping along just like all the others. terrible timing for brooke wallace who worked hard for years to become miss rodeo 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 b toe.ses uack trac "b those frontier shows became and in some places still are an american 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, ope>>in the norpaia, tytrhethes pahe they have two cabins that they rent out. they're booked. 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. >> a lot of americana on main 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 400-member international rodeo association has 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-raiser. >> garrett: and will be sorely missed there. and across parts of america where skills of a distant time, still trailing but less applicable now bring a bit of joy, nostalgia and community-sustaining revenue. >> garrett: still ahead, why new york's towering tribute to 9/11 will not begin after all.

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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 who 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. since 2002 this has memorialized the attacks on the twin towers. last week the cash-strapped 9/11 museum canceled it over pandemic concerns. but now the state and former mayor and billionaire mike bloomberg wiro to set it up. bloomberg says he is glad to remind the world of new york's strength. next, the show goes on for these young musicians, despite the 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 works hard, you could overcome it. >> reporter: for two weeks 37 musicians, paired with the philadelphia orchestra, tutored kids like eighth grade violinist sonia. >> got a little nerves. >> reporter: over the computer. >> just enjoy playing. >> reporter: and 9th grade cellist greg pollitya. providing them mast er class instruction with

enthusiasm and passion. katherine cayhill is the president of the mann center for the performing arts. the program's sponsor: >> 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 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 ] >> garrett: and that is the overnight news. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs news this morning. we'll have complete coverage of the democratic national convention starting right here at 10:00 a.m. eastern. from the nation's capital i'm major garrett.

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs overnight 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 got the right to vote, they fought for it. the 29th amendment made it so. this year the election is 79 days away. now, voting in a pandemic means an unprecedented number of ballots will be mailed. there are worries that the post office might not deliver all on time. the post office announced a 90 day mem yum on the removal of

posting boxes. 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 kushner spoke about the loss on "face the nation." >> 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 accusations that his administration is trying to interfere in the upcoming election by crippling the post office. over the weekend mr. trump

defended his happened-picked post mast er general louis dejoy. >> he is a very talented man, he is a brilliant business person, he's been great. >> reporter: but congressional committee se adejoy's recentys on dejoy to testify emgeiny erar wg hextneeek 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 meadows insisted the president is not using the postal service to impact the election. >> i will give you that guarantee right now. thpresidof u states is not going to interfere with anybody casting their vote in a legitimate way.

whether it is the post office or anything else. >> reporter: president trump said he is open to giving the postal service more funding in a coronavirus relief bill. and blamed democ h forraolding >> 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." major. >> garrett: weijia jiang, thank you so much. this week's national democratic convention will be, it is fair to say, like no other in history, virtual, no crowds, 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 is 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 hours a night over four nights. a mix of taped 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 awards 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 and

then run an ungodly 20 minutes will they? >> 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 minutes. 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 of doing politics in a pandemic, you have to keep it short. >> garrett: 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. lilia luciano is there. >> reporter: wild, wild weather in the west. lightning strikes from a summer thunderstorm lit up the sky in

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this is the "cbs overnight news" . >> garrett: i'm major garrett in washington. thanks so much for staying with us. the 2020 democratic convention opens today. destined to be the most unconventional convention in u.s. history. preview of the first-ever virtual party convention. >> american political conventions have been shrinking. in the age of covid-19 they will shrink right down to the size of a computer screen. the convention will take place

not in milwaukee but almost entirely in cyberspace. many speeches will be prerecorded. the democratic nominee will not be in the same hall as his delegates. >> mr. chairman -- >> political conventions used to be gaudy and important affairs. power brokers jostled. thrill seekers gaukd. and they peacocked for each other. the stakes were high. conventions where parties actually pick the nominees. sometimes that led to pushing and shoving. almost anything could happen. >> oh, walter, i am just being told that the choice -- >> that was the 1980 republican convention where the question of who ronald reagan would pick as his running mate was still a mystery. >> let's give them a surprise. >> on the democratic side that

year, senator ted kennedy came close to unseating jimmy carter. 1989 was the last time drama was allowed to attend. when the curtain lifts the nominee is well known and the only drama has been well known dramatics from the candidates who lost. the only surprise left in the convention was howong the evening would wear on as audiences on a hair trigger to holler with too much applause. even that will be gone this week. during a pandemic, you can't back slap from six feet away. we got a preview of that last week when joe biden announced his running made to a silent room instead of booming cheers. this minimalist version is necessary because there is so much drama. america is in the middle of a pap democratic, economic collapse, and a public reckoning

with systemic racism. joe biden's message will be that he can build bridges to heal a fractured country. his choice of kamala harris more than 20 years his junior is a bridge to a future of a diversifying america. withit m l rs m tixned the america of bides youth in scranton, pitch, where he was born 77 years ago amgd which will be a part of the week's re introduction. the politician who spent 48 years in public service. biden will also sell himself as a bridge to the past, a past that respected character, honesty andrerapt the office of pside that t hope wl sound like the indictment of president donald trump. >> my father would say it's an even shot. >> it's a return to basic

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he masr general just three months ago and since criti heol b designed mail delivery in this election year. during the coronavirus pandemic, many states plan to increase their dependence on mail-in balloting. erin moriarty has more. >> is it fair to say that business is booming for you? >> we have be getting more and more calls from counties throughout the country that need help. we are literally at this point sold out. >> for nearly 50 years kevin runbeck's company has helped americans select their leaders by supplying voting equipment and counting ballots. >> we have a whole system of checks and ballots as we read each ballot was he print it.

>> reporter: long lines in the midst of a pandemic at primaries in wisconsin, georgia, and a texas runoff election last mont. >> we're out here in 103 degrees, sweltering heat. people can die from heat stroke. people can catch covid. >> my preference is a mail in ballot. don't feel comfortable but i feel compelled to come and exercise my right toal lotsvo ae nothing now. during the civil war soermgs were allowed to use them to choose the president, hoping to re-elect abram lincoln in 1864. by the 2016 presidential election, nearly a quarter of all ballots cast were either an accept tee, which you have to request, for mail-in, which in most states are offered to all

registered voters. while there's no evidence that mail-in ballots favor one party over the other, president donald trump has led a vocal effort to discredit the system. >> there has been tremendous corruption, tremendous corruption on mail-in ballots. roimt and he has repeatedly posted warnings on social media. with universal mail-in voting 2020 will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history. >> because it's a vote by mail election, it's going to it audunte patenaktly m false. >> reporter: kim wayman, a republican is secretary of state in washington, one of the five states that conduct elections entirely by mail. >> what we found our voters really do like it mplgt they like the convenience. they can vote on their terms and their time. >> reporter: mail in ballots are sent to all registered voters in

washington state. once a ballot is completed it's placed inside a security packet which is sent back either through the portfolio service or after being placed in a special delegate box. >> i think the election system is a hot like banking. you build in a lot of security and control to prevent fraud but ultimately, if someone wants to try to cheat, they can. >> reporter: and she admits it has happened. during thele 2018 election, there were 142 cases of people accused of voting twice or mailing in aso 142 was a high n. until you consider that without a 3.2 million ballots cast that's a.004 fraud rate. >> i think most banks would kill to have that level of fraud rate. >> reporter: flooding the systems with fake ballots, completed ballots are sorted by machine and must have a certain uniform weight.

if they don't and if the signature and barcode don't match the registered voter, then the ballot is set aside to be analyzed by poll workers. >> and if somebody tries, we' going to catch them and there's going to be an investigation and we're going to figure out which ballot's good and which is not and only count the good ballots. >> reporter: but there are mistakes that result in rejected ballots. until florida's march primary, more than 18,000 ballots were not counted because they arrived after election day. >> there are numerous problems. it's everything from fraud to problems with the portfolio service. >> reporter: he was a conservative with the heritage foundation and is against mail-in voting in part because he said voters, particularly older ones, could be more easily pressured in their homes to vote a certain way. >> you are much safer voting in

person in your polling place to make sure that your vote is going to get counted than you are voting at home where you can pressured, m not giver in time by the u.s. portfolio service. >> but if they can't vote at home during the pandemic, they may choose not to vote at all. >> the most important thing is we get our franchise in november. we want to make it easier to vote, not harder. >> sa leapa stewart is director of advocacy for women voters. she wonders if they're truly concerned with reducing the number of questionable ballots or simply the number of voters. >> voter suppression's been around for years. it just dpenlds on the political climate. >> year she says it may take the form of budget cuts to the portfolio service ordered by louis dejoy that may slow down

delivery of ballots. appointed in may, dejoy donated more than a million dollars to president trump's victory fund. last week, dejoy denied any election interference. >> despite any assertion to the contrary we are not going down election mail or any other mail. >> reporter: but the payoffs has sent letters to all 50 states warping their voters could be disenfranchised by dwlad mail-in ballots. so to be safe, washington's secretary of state kim wyman warns voters to request and return ballots as early as possible. >> isn't that a real factor in this election, that people will fill out the ballot, they will send iitn an id >> absolutely. this is one place where voters really have to know their own state laws and the cutoffs for registering and returning a ballot. here in washington we have a postmarked ballot, as long as

it's postmarked b election day or before, we cany count it, no matter if we receive it past election day through certification. >> reporter: but it still means there will be delays, maybe a delay of weeks before all the ballots in every state can be counted this of. in new york's democratic primary in june more than 20% of the mail-in ballots were tossed and it took weeks for some district to know the winner of the presidential election for days, weeks, a month afterwards? >> yes. that's actually my biggest fear right now is that the expectation is election night like most election nights armed midnight, 1:00, we know who the president is going to be. in 2020, that is simply not going to be the case. we want to make sure that whoever wins was indeed the person, the candidate that the

voters wanted and that's going to take time. and the expectation (birds chirping) (woman chattering) - [narrator] ordering dinner for the family? (family gasps) rewarded with a side of quiet. (baby murmuring) grubhub rewards you, (scooter horn honking) get a free delivery perk when you order. (doorbell rings) - [group] grubhub.

we end this half-hour with steve hartman who caught up with one of his favorite long distance runners. where else? on the road. >> high on the list of things i never thought i'd see. ernie andres, who turns 97 next week, still marching across america. i first met easrn s midixdle ofs arizona desert trying to become the oldest person to run coast to coast. three years he actually made it to theeore on to thenun bache other way. ernie is now a year into the return trip. we caught up with him outside lufkin, texas, plodding along slow and steady as usual, albeit

slightly slower. >> i better hang on. >> and definitely less study. a doctor diagnosedery a few weeks ago with congestive heart failure. >> he's on face makers. >> you think that's just all a sales pitch? >> yeah. >> there's a chance he could be telling you the truth, though, ernie. does that change anything? >> no, no. i will die with my running shoes on. >> much offeree's motivation to soermg on comes from his soldier pass. during world war ii he served on an lts ship and he's been raising money for the lts. >> everybody! >> along the way this run has also taken on a more personal purpose as thousands have joined him at least for a leg of the journey. >> bless you, sir. >> reporter: they have listened to his stories, celebrated his

fortitude and given ernie a key to a long life, a deep desire to keep pressg forward. >> run, ernie, run. >> although his doctor says time is short, ernie plans to reach the pacific sometime around his 101st birthday. so once you make it to ca fo hrnavneli t aheto, plan for coast relay. >> ernie. >> yeah. >> optimistic for the long run. steve hartman, cbs news, on the road. >> garrett: and that is the "cbs overnight news" for this monday. es.ntfo of you the news inco cbs this morning. cbs will have coverage of the entire democratic convention right here. or watch on line at cbsnews.com. from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> garrett: tonight the uproar grows over potential postal deliver problems. democrats demand answers with tn >> 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. a pandemic prompts some teachers