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a arend>arl showing up on a popular gaming platform for kids. who is behind the changes and the company's response. >> uh-oh. first here is today's eye opener. it's your world in 90 seconds. >> you can hear the sparks of change in the air. democrats officially selected joe biden as their nominee for president during day two of the dnc's virtual convention. >> thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. thank you all. it means the world to me and my family. >> the postmaster general is halting operational changes until after the election. >> it will end up being a rigged elction or they'll never come out with an outcome. they'll have to do it again. >> university of notre dame and michigan state have become the latest colleges to move classes online because of the coronavirus. >> i kind of wish they wo tads. state of emergency for all of california. >> wildfires are forcing

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♪ yes it's ladies night and thes ♪ight >> welcome to "cbs this morning." we are all trying to navigate this virtual world. it does seem weird to have these big moments and then it's just -- >> two people in a library throwing confetti. >> yes. >> with balloons and confetti. >> i know. >> and "celebrate." stephen colbert is right, it's tough. >> the democratic party did officially name its presidential nominee last night. joe biden thanked delegates last night from a delaware high school where his wife, jill, used to teach, with the celebratory assist from his grandkids. night two of the democratic national convention included speeches from former presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter, along with republicans like colin powell and cindy mccain, widow of senator john mccain. >> and it was notable that most of those speeches focused on building up joe biden rather than tearing down the president, as democrats aimed to demonstrate unity, even though

they're physically far apart. ed o'keefe reports from biden re. lay, wilmington,wade 32 votes for our favorite son and our next president, our friend, joe biden. >> a roll call like no other as democrats from maine to georgia, guam, washington, d.c. to washington state officlly nominad joe biden.the former vi his wife, jill, celebrating with their grandchildren at a wilmington, delaware, high school where jill once taught. it was there she later spoke on behalf of her husband and acknowledged that many teachers like her are struggling with h toork during tnx that echoesn hallways. >> ben said her husband would carry the nation forward in its time of need. >> how do you make a broken family whole? the same way you make a nation

whole, with love and understanding and with small acts of kindness. >> reporter: mr. biden has called himself a bridge to. >> we will choose how to create a moreunion. >> reporter: and the party's former leaders. >> joe biden must be our next o president trump. >> at a time like this, the oval office should be a command center. insteadt's a chaos. just one thing never changes. his determination to deny responsibility and shift the blame. >> reporter: yet again, democrats gave air time to republicans, like former secretary of state colin powell. >> with joe biden in the white house, you will never doubt that he will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries, never the other way around. >> reporter: and cindy mccain,

john mccain, who narrated a video about how her husband and biden worked together. >> it was a style of legislating danea find anymore. >> after i was diagnosed the president passed the tax bill that put my health care at risk. so i went to washington, d.c. healeth care they nee d regardls of their employment status or ability to pay. >> one piece of to do cause aid little confusion. runner-up bernie sanders was placed in nomination. alexandria theocasio-cortez wa asked to formally put him in the nomination. she was a team player and did

so. there was a little confusion about that, just aformei years amssin delaware, we'll also hear from the vice presidential nominee, kamala harris. gayle? >> ed, we are joined by jill biden, dr. biden, if you please. good morning. it's good to see you. >> good morning, gayle. >> i want to talk about last night. listen, the biden family has had two presidential campaigns that didn't work out. joe biden was vice president and now you all are in striking distance of the white house. what does this moment mean to you and your family? >> yes. you know, joe ho hardthink, t mont an twice before, but this time

we're going to win. >> and you say that with such confidence. why? >> because i think, you know, our country isng looking for someone who is steady and strong and has the character to lead us forward. and that's joe. that's my husband, joe. >> you gave very touching analogies last night about the family tragedies and uniting a family and now uniting our country. michelle obama said the other day that donald trump is not the man who can meet this moment. what did you make of her speech as you were watching it? as you know, she said out loud to everyone, i hate politics. but it was a very political, very heartfeltwemich tughthat s wstrong. she spoke from her heart.know, resonated with all americans. i just love her positive energy. and so i -- you know, she's such

a great role model for -- for everyone, really. >> you're in such a unique position, dr. biden. it's well known how much you love teaching, how much you love your career, how much your students love you. we are in such a very vulnerable place in this country about kids going back to school, whether it's safe to go, should they go. the president says it's time. what are your thoughts as we sit here and decide what is right for gayle, i hear from educators and parents every single day and everybody is wondering, what should we do? what should we do? you know, the answer is that we have to listen to the doctors and the scientists and the experts. and when they say it's safe to go back, then let's go back, because no one wants to be back in the classroom more than educators. and i can tell you that from firsthand experience. >> you know, in the tape last night, you said wkt up a notch.p

if you become first lady of this coun y whatro tveyou dha think? >> you know, i'm thinking that i'm going to continue with the platforms and the issues that i've always worked on, you know, raising military families, working with educators and teachers, and working hard for free community college and, of course, our cancer initiative. >> you will continue teaching? >> oh, yes, i will continue te hir.ng>>ac e that's who i am. that's who i am. >> let's talk about the biden/harris ticket, because many people thought how will joe biden be able to get past the kerflu kerfluffel they had in the debate? how will jill biden,ho

was, some think, unfairly attacked. the thinks was he would not have picked kamala harris had you not signed off on it. you know, joe really admires strong women. and i think kamala is a strong woman. she's fierce. she's tough. and that's what we need going forward, and so when joe chose a woman and chose kamala, i was really excited. i think it's a great ticket. and that's what we're hearing from all americans, you know, that they loven t he questioned joe biden's mentalisg yo do u wanest usfitn tos an knowve about that? >> you know, i mean, joe is working so hard every day. i mean, he's taking calls from governors and talking to nancy pelosi and schumer. you know, he's getting -- he's on therom foom 11:00 at

night because, of course, we have tobrfing so, he's -- there's no question about that. joe is busy every minute of the day. >> all right. jill biden, the campaign is just getting under way. you can't campaign the way you would like to. you can't connect with people face to face. >> i know. >> how do you intend to connect with people under these go. >> gayle, we are connecting with jondthou sa and i are zooming into every state, in every constituency. we're meeting all kinds of people all across this nation. so, thousands of peoe a day. so, yes, we miss campaigning because that's -- you know, joe loves it. that's who he is. we're doing it virtually. we're staying same t fe. ibo ll>>'m ayou. one more thing i saw on the tape. your grandchildren described you as not the typical grandmother. you're a prankster.

you wake them up at 5:00 to go soul cycling. i call thathieve.buld cse a what dtn,u wo u aan as grandmother? i love that. >> my grandmother was such a great role model for me. and i just -- that's who i wanted to be. i wanted them -- i wanted to be fun for them. and so i try to h iavety a lot >> we could all use a little fun. >> yes. >> jill biden, we'll see you on the campaign trail. >> a little joy. >> yes. thank youor taking the time. >> thanks, gayle. fgoodch to see so you. >> tony? >> bye-b. >> thanks, gayle. postmaster generalaysat t post. he said this ahead of a planned senate committee hearing friday.

rsedchanges alreadyplemted, 'sl ofit it to protect mail-in voting in november. paula reid reports now from the white house. >> reporter: speaking in arizona tuesday, president trump trying to put a positive spin on the embattled postalwe e. it rvhaici n a long time. >> reporter: but hours earlier, he continued to try to cast doubt on voting by mailutce wit ho it will end up being a rigged election or they will never come out with an outcome. they'll have to do it again. >> reporter: the president made those remarks on the same day the postmaster general, louis dejoy, reversed course, announcing his recent changes to the postal service will stop until after the election is concluded. in a statement he said, to avoid even the appearance of any tpact on mationelheil, hours the sa same, not remove any additional mail processing equipment or blue collection boxes and mail

processing facilities will remain open. beforedejoy's reversal, at least 20 democratic attorneys general announced plans to sue dejoy, a trump donor, alleging he had made illegal changes to the post office ahead of the 2020 election. dejoy says reforms are necessary to ensure the long-term stability of the agency. trg washington attorney generalo fe a sndb on tus that dejoy also needs to reverse the damage already done. >> in washington state three of our five processing centers closed down for outgoing mail. we need those back up and running. >> reporter: this controversy over possible election interference at the post office releases its final report on possible russian interference in the 2016 election. now, this is a committee that is run by republicans, and they found that the president may have given false statements to special counsel robert mueller. president trump told investigators that he did not

recall discussing stolen clinton campaignvi rog ste, but the com speak abo topic o multiputhe occasions. last month, the president xho t onmmuted stone's -m40th ceth nt investigation into russian interference. >> thanks, paula. california is in a state of emergency this morning because of dozens of wildfires and extreme heat. the fires have destroyed some homes and thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. carter evans has more on the terrifying double threat. >> reporter: california's fire season arrived early and with a vengeance. northern california's wine country is now among the eshi areas. two separate sets of fires there burned nearly 70,000 acres in the last 24 hours, with little to no containment. some roads became almost impassable, engulfed in

wall-to-wall flames. hundreds of homes are threatened by the fast-spreading fires, fueled by record-high temperatures and even lightning strikes. >> all the forces in our alignment to make this a very challenging fight. >> reporter: meanwhile, homes like this one have been incinerated. h its owner, amy cook, had evacuated and learned of it on a phone call from one of our reporter. >> i'm sorry to have to tell you this, but your house is gone. >> okay. all right. i'm just going to take this in. it's devastating to lose everything. we don't have anything now. >> what a terrible way, anthony, to get news that you just lost your home that way. carter evans reporting, by the way. >> just devastating, to have to take it on television. >> despite this pandemic tlaerks still a lot more pain in this world. terrible, terrible y. >>or >

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good morning everyone, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. new evacuations have been ordered for all residents in quail canyon, pleasants valley road, and connecting roads in vacaville. this, as a wall of flames advanced from blazes burning in neighboring napa county near lake berryessa. a similar scene in sonoma county where the 13/14 fire is burning. the extended evacuation order now includes east of the coast from fort ross road to the noand ss rive re is part of three main fires now being called the lnu lightning complex fires. no containment so far. well, it is a smoky start to our day because of all those

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." we want to tell you about more covid-19 clusters spreading in colleges all across the u.s. michigan state canceled inn lg for the f semester. that was only yesterday. our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, reports that classrooms at notre dame are also closed at least for now. david, good morning. lot going on here. >> reporter: good morning, tony. it seems like every day this week we've heard about another university somewhere in the country that has an outbreak of cluftors campus. more and more universities are deciding to roll back their reopening of classes. >> the spike in cases in isn veo serious, and we must take serious steps to address it. >> reporter: this is the priden to make any changes necessary. he's moving classes on line for the next two weeks after a surge

in cases. 147 since the campus opened on august the 3rd. aulsile tked l t steps are notu ccl wese didsf w last, we spring. >> reporter: u.s. coronavirus task force coordinator dr. deborah birx. >> we can't have these large s oieauseec fasymptomatic spread. >> reporter: but that's what happened at michigan state where more than 100tu w sterda presidencyintbreaksthe rest of announced all classes will be remote this fall. >> we got our senior year taken away. and then now we don't even have a freshman year. >> reporter: incoming freshman analise macksood was dorm shopping with her roommates when she heard the news. she was planning to move to us iish they would have told us earlier because then i wouldn't have had all this time building up this excitement for this experience i'm not going to get to have. >> reporter: on tuesday, dr.

anthony fauci said the u.s. needs a strong attack, and uniform leadership against the virus to return to some semblance of normalcy. >> i think a consistent message, you know, from above would really be a ryve ver wey want to be. >> reporter: all week we've been following what's happening at the university of north carolina chapel hill. they had four clusters of cases. they decided to cancel in-person classes, move to remote learning, and yesterday, anthony, they told just about all the students on campus if you can go home, pack up your stuff, and start heading home. >> tough choice for those kids. david, thank you. now to a big story developing overseas. the former soviet state of belarus is ruled by a man described as europe's last dictator. now widespread protests are powi election. it's raising concerns that russia may try and take control. chris livesay is in minsk,

belarus' capital. [ chants ] >> reporter: unprecedented outrage over an election demonstrators say was stolen by the president they're demanding step down. "over my dead body," says lukashenko, and forcing his opponent to flee the country. his refusal to step down has set the stage for a showdown with protesters who say the have nothing left to lose. [ chants ] protesters savagely beaten by police. the crisis has sparked concerns from the white house. >> it doesn't seem like it's too much democracy there in belarus. resident vladimir putin will prop up meane, barussduingis hor fmer military drills along its border with nato member lithuania to counter alleged foreign threats. as the people of belarus plead for one thing --

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there are new questions about inappropriate content on a popular gaming platform called "roblox." the game's operators say at least half of american kids under 16 use the platform. "roblox" allows users to program their own games and play games createdy other ewin magaz raise questions about something called c condo games which feature naked figures, simulated sex, and crude language. anna werner has been looking into the concerns surrounding the games. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. these games are often played on a smartphone or a tablet, and they're another online social tool to bring kids together in a virtual setting. if you've never heard about it, you may want to learn more about how some people are using the platform for

not-so-family-friendly activities. >> we're building a platform for a new generation. >> reporter: this is "roblox," an online gaming platform where kids can re-create themselves as characters and explore different environments. pretend they're superheroes, raise their own virtual pets, or go on top-secret missions, and they can invent their own games. >> anyone can create anything at any given moment. >> reporter: 19-year-old dylan lemus-olson who goes by the name dazzely understands that better than most. in his youtube channel videos, he looks at a lesser known side of "roblox," something called condo games or condo videos. >> condo videos are basically -- they're like the dark side of "roblox" i'd say. it's just the bad side of "roblox." >> reporter: players create those games by writing computer code t allow them to bypass"r c sulting in images like these chats.racters who are te sex

>> "roblox" has made a world where kids can build whatever they want. and with condo games, what they want is to be much more grown-up than i think anyone imagines they would try. >> reporter: burt helm is editor at large for "fast" company magazine. he's been looking into the condo games problem for several months. >> i almost compare it to a house where the parents are out of town and there is a party going on. but the most shocking thing is that you see characters that are naked. and you see that kids have coded ways for the characters to have sex. >> you can make people do anything you want -- >> reporter: this teen who told us he's 15 said he's been building the games with computer code for about a year. >> and i got into coding and found a way to basically bypass the game from getting reported. >> reporter: not only that, but helm says he found some users trying to get kids to start separate, private conversations with them on a different app.

>> and you don't know if someone is actually an adult pretending to be a child or with very bad intentions. >> reporter: "roblox" declined to an on-camera video but says it has no tolerance for inappropriate content or behavior. the company says it has a redskinigent safety system -- a stringent safety system including monitoring contents, acting quickly on reports of inappropriate content, and evolving its defense systems. condo games may not be all. louisiana mom deranda bordelon says she was playing a regular "roblox" game, "adopt me," with her 8-year-old daughter when someone grabbed the mom's character and took it to a bed to simulate a sex act. >> she snatched me back up, and now she's doi me. >>ter: jason y tahat happen se random pern that grabbed you? >> yes. >> all the sudden she brought me to this other room and took her

clothes off and was asking me to take my clothes off. and just all kind of, you know, adult stuff that shouldn't be for kids. >> it's not appropriate for kids. i'm very disappointed in the game. >> reporter: "roblox" says it's investigating the last science. the developers of the "adopt me" game say they take the safety of players seriously and adhere to "roblox'" set of safetat calls. they say they take swift action on any player who breaks the rules. meanwhile, lemus-olson told us "roblox" got many of his videos taken off of youtube claiming copyright infringement. "roblox" would not comment specifically about his situation. but it says that it reports any suspected child exploitation to the property authorities, gayle. >> all t. just heard a "roblox" this very moment on "cbs this morning." looks like a very cool game

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hospital with bumps and bruises. he was in the vehicle. the violent storm left streets flooded, houses torn to shreds, and downed trees and power lines scattered everywhere. good news -- no injuries reported. >> wow. i mean, another reminder as gayle said earlier that even with the pain going on with the coronavirus, there's still all the regular everyday disasters happening. the bad weather, the accidents, and we've got to keep that in our mind and in our prayers, as well. so i hear you've got a video out of china that may disturb some people. we just mentioned the coronavirus. what's going on there? >> let me show you these images. really shocking. a massive pool party in the city of wuhan. if you remember, that is where the deadly pandemic began. over the weekend, check this out, hundreds of people without masks seen at a water park, packed shoulder to shoulder for a music festival. the same thing happened at the park earlier this month. tons of people gathered and did not practice social distancing. how can you with so many people

there? china's government says, though, there have been no new domestically transmitted cases in hubei province, where wuhan is located, since mid-may. gayle, they don't track asymptomatic people as confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but they did implement severe -- some would say dra tonigconian lockdown measures in china. you couldn't leave your house. that is why they haven't seen any cases there. i got to tell you, i'm waiting for a vaccine before i do anything like this. when the vaccine comes, it's going to be like zion in "the matrix reloaded." >> that's a very good -- very good. >> i'll see you at the pool party then. >> i'm freaked out by the pictures. i can't imagine when all of us will feel comfortable going anywhere where there are more than ten people in a room. do youhink i't think they do ye. i'm going to be waiting. >> see what happens in 14 days after those pictures. you've got some cool

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it is wednesday, august 19th, 2020 welcome bac "cbs joe biden nominated. the former vice president is now officially the democrats' choice for president of the united states of america. his friend valerie jarrett weighs in on whether the party's convention is resonating with voters. >> kamala harris' story, she'll accept the nomination tonight as vice president. it's been a long journey. who she is and what led her to this moment. >> and aarerin brockovich live. >> julia be ro ertz playrobertsa movie. first, here is the eyeopener at 8:00. >> the democratic party did name the nominee last night. >> your thoughts as we sit here and decide what is right for america's children? >> the answer is that we have to listen to the doctors and the scientists and the experts.

and when they say it's safe to go back, then let's go back. >> the senate intelligence committee found that president may have given false statements to robert mueller. pt. >> california is in a state of emergency this morning because of dozens of wildfires and extreme heat. >> the threat of rolling outages continues to loom over california during these record breaking temperatures. >> what's happening? what's that? what's going on? zblp rolling blackouts. >> blackout! contingency plan! go to the contingency plan! contingency! getn here ♪ your clothes ♪ i'm getting too hot i want to take my clothes off ♪ >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." tony, what is your contingency

plan? taking off all your clothes? what is it? >> i just have a flashlight in a drawer. i think i may need to change things up. what about you? >> i just have an iphone that has a flashlight, thank you very much. nicely done. nicely done. we're going to begin with this:everybody has their clothes on. everything is okay here in studio 57. >> that's a relief. >> the democrats have officially nominated joe biden for president of the united states. >> it became official. they cast ballots from the home states. speakers again included republicans likemer secretary of state colin pow cindy mccai narraoe bide rnship

with her husband. >> and the chaos caused by president trump and jill biden spoke from delaware high school where she once taught and she spoke with our gayle king. >> i think our country is looking for new leadership and someone who is steady and strong and has the character to lead us forward. and that's joe. that's my husband joe. >> tonight's big speakers include vice-presidential nominee kamala harris and someone you may have heard of before, former president barack obama. valerie jarrett, former senior adviser to president obama joins us. valerie, good morning. thanks for being with us. no one knew what to expect with this unconventional convention this year. do you think it's delivering on what the democrats need to do? >> oh, absolutely. the first two nights have been terrific. i think that the convention is reflecting the rich diversity of our country. the combination of leaders last

night such as colin powell or bill clinton. but also amazing people -- i was so struck last night by the elevator operator who got to know vice president biden and said he saw her. he paid attention to her. and so both the experience and the character of vice president biden has come and has already come through. but also just the broad range of people who support him and want to move in a new direction. >> you mentioned jacqueline brittany. he placed joe biden's name into nomination last night. and there was a very large supporting cast of just ordinary folks. normally at a convention do seerdinareo but they give speeches which is different than this. do you think having so many ordinary people, do they resonate more than the political leaders? >> i think so. . i think the american people want to hear from it people who have shared their experiences. and so folks who the more -- the most powerful ordinary person, the woman that lost her father

to covid-19. and she said his pre-existing condition was president trump. so i think these stories resonate. the they touch people very deeply. but then we also have people like michelle obama who obviously the most popular person in the country and to have her really validate both his intellect, his competency and character and empathy, all of it i think together has made a very strong case for vice president biden and senator harris. >> what did you think of michelle obama's speech? >> it was quite powerful. i think she spoke from the heart. forthrightly as she always does. and think about the arc of her time speaking at being a victi sexist and racist jokes herself in 2008 to earning the trust and confidence and respect of people all around our country, red states, blue states alike. it gave her a chance to really validate somebody who she knows so well and speak to his qualities for president.

so i thought it was a home run. and i'm looking forward to tonight. >> there was some grumbling among psives that representative alexandria cortez was just given a minute and 36 seconds to place bernie sanders' name into nomination. it was a formal role she was actually asked to do. but there was a lot of grumbling about it. what did you make of that? >> well, senator sanders asked her to do -- to put his name in the nomination. all the folks that did the nominations did it the exact same length of time. so that's a role that senator sanders wanted her to have. it was important to her i think to speak in his support. >> do you think, as i said, the party is support. do you think it would have benefitted from giving more time or a more prominent role? >> i think that there are many progressives who spoke on behalf of vice president biden. and i think senator sanders'

speech who represents that progressive movement and his full bodied endorsement and his saying that, look, i'm going to work with progressives and conservatives. so it was a very important message about the direction we need to go. >> i want to go back to michelle obama for a second. she's known for when we go -- >> i thought you might. >> yes. i know, you can't stop thinking about it to be honest with you. her phrase when they go low, we go high. very well known. i'd like to add also we go in. we go all wait there. were you surprised as someone who knows her she well she was candid and wanted to make it feel clear what was at stake? >> you know her well, too. and what she prides herself on is being very honest with the american people. she loves our country. she said clearly she hates politics. she also wanted to explain why vice president biden is the person for this moment. and how president trump is note. and she feels deeply and she

thought that for the people who trust her, it was important for. what she thinks at stake. what she thinks is at stake and how important it is for everybody to vote. you no he she was so disappointed at the turnout in the 2016 election. so she's been working very lard to get people registered to vote. and that is also the call at the end not just to inspire people but to motivate them to actually get out and vote. >> i felt it was eight years and she was finally saying, listen, please pay attention to this. this is important. i think her message was heard lo loud and clear. you no he barack obama very well too. what do you expect from him tonight? and i wondering if he is feelin? >> i little friendly family competition you think? i think -- yeah. i think president obama is looking forward to describing the person he knows so well, having worked with him up close for eight years seeing how he

helped president obama restore the economy, passed at fordable care act, had the gravitas on the world stage that the world is hungry for right now that we have lost. but also the man, the person he knows so well. you have lunch with, he comforted after beau's death and i think he can speak to that character issue. temperment and make a case for how profoundly troubled he is in the direction our country is going right now. so i think he'll be very clear on that point too. >> all right. well, we'll all be watching. good to see you, valerie. >> stay tuned. >> thanks so much. ahead 20 years ago julia roberts starred as erinch ahead, the real erin brockovich tells us

there's the democrats vice-presidential nominee speaks to americans tonight. how senator kamala harris made political history with the help of other women. plus, american colleges and universities say the coronavirus is costing them tens of billions of dollars. see how they're trying to control this pandemic. you're watching "cbs this morning." we always thank you for that. we'll be right back. chronic migraine rough - 15 or more headache days a month, ...each lasting 4 hours or more.

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welcome back. the unconventional democratic national convention will make history tonight as california senator kamala harris accepts the party's vice presidential nomination. she is the first black woman and first asian american on a major party ticket. but her political career had already broken barriers before this one. nikole killion is in wilmington, delaware, for us, where harris will speak tonight to the convention. good morning. this is obviously a huge moment. help us understand what it means to the people and especially the women who have helped harris get this farment. >> reporter: tony, a lot of women have been instrumental in laying the groundwork to get to this moment. whether it's recruiting more women of color in politics or petitioning for a black woman to be on the ticket. so those thatkeoay agof leadership, and unity when senator harris speaks tonight here at the chase

center. >> i'm so proud to stand with you. and i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. >> reporter: when senator kamala harris was picked as joe biden's running mate, there was a collective scream -- >> hallelujah! >> reporter: and for many women of color, a sense of pride. >> a few number of people that have served as vice president, every last one has been a white male. and so to have a woman of color and what it says in terms of validation -- >> reporter: jill louis has known harris for more than 30 years. they both pledged alpha kappa alpha sorority as students at historically black howard university. >> she was day one i plan to run for office. but she was very interested in justice. she was very interested in being impactful. >> reporter: harris was born in oakland at the height of the civil rights movement to immigrant parents. her father is from jamaica and

an economist. her mother a cancer researcher from india. >> my mother who raised me and my sister was a proudma >> reporter: it's a lineage celebrated by women as diverse as jamaican american congresswoman yvette clarke who calls harris her sister in service, to washington state congresswoman pramila jayapal. >> we were elected on the same night and each of us becoming the first south asian woman elected to our respective chamber. the reason representation matters and diversity matters is because it actually affects policy, and it affects the people who look at their futures and seeif psibilities when they see us there. >> reporter: like dimple ajmera, the first indian american on the city council in charlotte, north carolina. what part of senator harris' story do you identify with most? >> being raised by immigrants.

how her mother didn't get promotion that promotions that she deserved because of her accent, bec of w skin. she represents the american dream. of paving the way for millions of black and brown girls. >> reporter: a path paved by the likes of shirley chisolm. >> my presence before you now symbolized a new era in american political history. >> reporter: the first black woman elected to congress and to run for president as a major party candidate. >> there is a watershed moment. >> reporter: aimee allison founded she the people to elevate women of culture to political power. >> women of color, particularly black women, have moved from the periphery to the center of american politics. we're the queen makers. that's progress. >> reporter: senator harris is getting some encouragement from

former first lady michelle obama who delivered a powerful speech in her own right this week. she tweeted to harris, "you got this," and she's not the only one looking forward to tonight. there are a number of virtual watch parties around the country to celebrate harris' historic speech. gayle? >> you know, what i think is so lovely about there story, it's not just women of color who are celebrating kamala harris. it's women of all colors who are cheering her on. and she seems to check a lot of boxes. i find the jamaican community's cheering for her. the indian community's cheering for her. the asian community's cheering for her. and certainly black america's cheering for her. i've had a lot of white women who said this is a w all over the world. are you hearing that, too? >> reporter: well, at the end of the day, it comes down to we all stand on someone's shoulders. and in this moment, so does senator harris. and i would expect she may acknowledge tot. >> it's a big moment, and we will be watching.

thank you. good to see you. on our "cbs this morning" podcast, ted koppel and "60 minutes'" lesley stahl will share experiences covering past political conventions? why they both think these events serve no real purpose anymore. >> they're pretty blunt about it. >> yes, they are. ahead in our "school matters" series, 40% of college freshmen say they will ttend col tsfall. take a financial hit of $120 billion because of the pandemic. you're watching "cbs this morning."

still ahead, a woman's daring and possibly dangerous attempt to get attention. how her dive into the often dirty hudson river made

headlines and garnered advice on what to do now. looks like fun, but could be dangerous. what also looks like fun is what's going on in the studio. gayle, what is that? >> yes, do you have any idea what you were doing a year ago? something i was doing and anthony mason was not, has to do with popeye's chicken sandwiches. >> i like the way you say that. >> your local news is coming up.

good morning, it's 8:25. i'm len kiese. new evacuations have been ordered for all residents in quail canyon, pleasants valley road, and connecting roads in vacaville. this as a wall of flames advanced from blazes burning in neighboring napa county near lake berryessa. a similar scene in sonoma county where the fire is burning. the extended evacuation order now includes east of the sonoma coast from fort ross road to the north and east of the russian river. no containment there so far. mandatory evacuations were triggered in san mateo and santa cruz counties overnight. as a group of 22 fires continued to rage out of control. lightning was believed to be the cause of the so-called august lightning complex fires. no containment there so far as well. well, it's a smoky start to the day and in fact unhealthy air quality. you can see on the point hamilton camera from the lick observatory. we have a spare the air alert

in effect due to the smoke from the wildfires burning across our region. looking at triple digit heat in concord and fairfield and so extreme heat continues especially inland. mid 90s in san jose and mid 80s in oakland and mid 70s for san francisco. so excessive heat warnings still in effect today. little bit cooler for tomorrow. gianna? thanks mary. plenty of closures, highway 1 in fact near the coast is shut down icoty line. that's a pretty large stretch of highway 1. use an alternate route and avoid the area if you can. now over to the roadways, we've got a crash south 880 right before the boulevard. 880 the nimitz freeway southbound has been a look, this isn't my first rodeo... of any american senior, oref i h rworse, that it was some way to take your home.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. you know the drill. this is where we each pick a story to share with each other and with all of you. and this is a special "talk of the table" because i hear, gayle, there's catering. >> yes. where is the choir? honestly. angels should be here right now going hallelujah -- hallelujah --has steealiny'made. do you remember what you were doing a jeer ayear ago? the anniversary of the popeye's chicken craze. do you remember last summer the sandwich was so popular it was sold out at many locations only two weeks after it launched. peep went crazy. and by crazy and people i mean me. i went to five different locations trying to fd damn sandwich. min chi last ed line.pe claims

year. i know you're not supposed to talk with your mouth full, but i was so excited. so they've got two versions, they've got a classic and a spicy version. that's the lady who helped me in the line. and now popeye's wants to celebrate this action because they say, look, 2020's out of control, but at least we still have the popeye's chicken sandwich. thank you, popeye's. and so they've even started a big countdown to go to 2021. what makes it so good still -- it's the buttery brioche bun. the pickle they put on, the special sauce that they won't tell me what it is. anthony mason, you would never ickenh - --ne to wait for a >> not in five popeye's. maybe one. >> i have been told my obsession with food is a little abnormal, and that's okay. this is what's great about it -- because the chicken is so fat and so juicy it's crunchy on the outside, eventer on the inside. so -- tender on the inside. so popeye's dumped it on the curb and we went running out,

social distancing, and brought it. thank you so much for making us own special version. we've got spicy and normal. >> yes, i want to assure viewers we have not been paid for this segment. >> no. no, no, no, no. >> that was going. >> no, we have not been paid. we wouldn't do that. >> and for the record, despite gayle's enthusiasm about popeye's, i remain a chick-fil-a man. >> security! security! we have a crazy man in brooklyn on "cbs this morning." tony, i'm going to forgive you for that. it's okay. it's all right. this is america. this is america. >> thank you very much. >> what have you got -- after insulting popeye's chicken sandwich, what have you got after insulting the chicken sandwich? >> people are free in this country. speaking of free in this country, there's a blogger from new york who shocked social media with a video designed to get attention and it did. it shows her diving into the brown waters of the hudson

river. that is in lower manhattan. people probably familiar if they've visited. that is the statue of liberty, of course. great video. nobody around doing what she's doing, diving off a boat there. and you might wonder why is that. well, it is widely known that the hudson, for a long time, struggled with millions of gallons of raw sewage. the tiktok user said that she was just looking to have fun, and you only live once. but people's reaction was, well, you're going to die once, too. hehere's thehe twist - -- heree twist -- despite all the outrte and d despite doing that, the h river actually has come a long, long way, and if you take a visit to new york and check the ght fihat you can actuallyim on is not -- has not rained hard in the near term, the hudson is a clean enough place to take a dip. i kid you not. >> i know -- let the girl swim. if she wants to swim, let the

girl swim. >> yeah. >> goodness gracious. and eat popeye's while you're at it. do you have a "talk of the table," anthony? >> i do have a "talk of the table." it doesn't involve catering or swimming. just for the record. all right. for my "talk of the table," an update on how the pandemic is affecting education. as we look at the debates over how to reopen schools safely and handle remote learning. this morning we're announcing an ongoing partner wit "usa today" that looks at what schools will do this fall. according to the college crisis initiative at davidson college, 30% of four-year institutions in the u.s. will be on line. 32% will be in person, and 22% will be a combination of the two. as janet shamlian reports in our special series "school matters," students are changing their plans, as well, and that's affecting schools' bottom lines. >> need to take your temp, okay? >> reporter: for students ret n returning to georgia tech in

atlanta, it's the first test of the school year. >> you're perfect. >> reporter: temperature checks and social distancing. this is what movin day looks like in the era of covid. >> i mean, it's crazy, but i'm happy to be here. i think everyone's doing well with the safety stuff. i'm glad to have my last semester at school. >> reporter: the big question at colleges, how many students won't be on campus this semester. >> this fall is going to be very turbulent, very volatile. they are not going to know how many kids are enrolled until move-in day comes and they start counting heads. families are making different decisions even very late in the process. >> reporter: elizabeth johnson's research firm simpson scarborough serving more than 1,800 college students on their fall plans. one of every three sophomores, juniors, and seniors said they may not return because of coronavirus. the number even higher among freshmen. 40% saying they likely won't attend collear to go to college

having this experience for a really long time. >> reporter: 18-year-old sedona was scheduled to start her freshman year at american university in washington, d.c., next week. when all classes moved on line, the theater major deferred for a year. what factored into your decision to defer? >> i just didn't think it was beneficial for my education to have to, you know, get up every morning and go to my desk and just listen to a zoom meeting. so i decided like that was not for me. and i just needed to wait so that i can get the full experience of college. >> reporter: chris cantana sponsors higher education for "usa today." >> if students don't come, it's tuition dollars, dorm money, dining hall money, athletic -- it's a huge combination of money that isn't there. >> reporter: covid-19-related costs and expenses are costsing american colleges and universities at least $120 st and

califo state university are among the schools that have announced layoffs. others like duke, georgetown, and northwestern have cut salaries or their contributions to employee retirement accounts. reopening in person does maximize revenue, but potentially at too high a cost. >> you've got to maintain the financial health of your institution. but you also need to protect your community. if you do bring everyone back to campus, and a lot of people get sick, that could b a real blow to the reputation of the college. >> reporter: that's what happened atllhen the school was forced to move completely to online learning. >> there you go. everything's in there -- >> reporter: at every school, keeping the campus safe, experts say, will be a challenge. at georgia tech, junior kaia hunt told us she'll be watching for rulebreakers, and the university's enforcement, as well. >> if it doesn't do anything and lets students do whatever, then that will -- i will probably have to go back home.

>> reporter: and as schools work out how to conduct class, here at rice university in houston, it's going to be a combination of in person and online learning. hundreds of students are already back on campus here. some of them when classes start will be taking those classes in tents like the one behind me. it's part of the strategy here for social distancing. anthony? >> yeah, so many different strategies. thank you. i'm driving my son up to college this weekend. we're not quite sure what's to come. we're going. alall l right. be suree too cheheckck out " "u" alalll w weeeek f foror t thehe thei knew you'd want to know th -- >> are they here in the studio? >> yes, they are. >> gayle was asking -- >> did they bring fries, too? they did. this year marks the 20th anniversary of the hit movie "erin brockovich." do you remember the movie? i do, starring julia roberts. ahead, we'll talk to the real erin brockovich about how she is

still fighting for clean water.

of the town. >> i want you to think real hard about what your spine is worth, mr. walker. or what you might expect someone to pay you for your uterus, miss sanchez. then you take out your calculator, and you multiply that number by 100. anything less than that is a waste of our time. by the way, we had that water y folks. me from the well in hinkley. >> and the lawsuit was settled for hundreds of millions of dollars. that was a record at the time. promvich's fight for -- brockovich's fight for clean water continues in a book called "superman's not coming: our national water crisis and what people can do about it." she joins us first on "cbs this morning." erin, thank you for being here. it's an issue all of us should care about. the one thing that we all absolutely need for life itself is clean water.

we were just talking in a prior session bmtabout a woman swimmi in the hudson river in new york. i understand you had a reaction to what we were saying. i'm curious, what was goi contemplate taking a dip in the hudson? >> a couple of things came to mind, and good morning. it's a pleasure to be here. i don't know -- didn't think you saw that. i was kind of squirming around because we have so many issues with sewage coming into our ri. iat.tg with the nts hudson river and cleaning it up. those ar things that wewant t >> yeah. they have made some progress. that is something we can root for. you know, a lot of people sitting at home now, i can imagine them thinking the water in my tap is just fine. but that's not true for everybody in this country. so i was hoping we could begin by giving people an idea of the

scale of this problem. >> the scale of the problem is probably way much larger than they expect. i'm the one that every single day -- we share in the book -- of people that are turning on their tap that have yellow water, green water, black water, brown water, water with pollution issues, aquifers contaminated, their private wells, what do we do, where do we go. you know, it's still a shock for all of us. looking back at 20 years ago starting in hinkley, thinking that that was a one-off and that couldn't possibly be a representation of the united states of k cranny and corn throughout the nation. and we really are going to have to -- this is why superman's not coming, in our water crisis. what we the people can do about it. there's a lot that we can do to begin to have safer, cleaner water in your own back yard at

your own tap. >> so why isn't superman coming? and who is superman in the title? is that federal regulators, health officials? >> you know, we -- we were in and out of communities throughout the book. you can see it starts with the communities, and oftentimes that surprise where they're like, well, the agency is here, or the department of health has come out, or the epa's involved, and it will be fixed. and oftentimes nothing's been done or changed, and the look on their face is really kind of shock with the idea or expectation that somebody was there overseeing the water or making sure that it was safe. so it started with, you know, i'd have to look at these communitiesy, but supe'tcomi the ted canin.d ie whe because oftenti

that's the thing, they don't know what's going on, they aren't getting answers, that they get frustrated but think someone's there, that they start to respond. >> so erin, if there's somebody at home now on their couch and they know that the water in the tap in the kitchen is not good enough to drink, what can they do? what's step one to changing that? >> usually the first step they'll take is end up emailing me, and i believe that they're looking for support or am i on the right track when they do email me. and i'm going to give them that permission. they usually are on the right track. to make a phone call, oftentimes we don't do that to your local water provider. and look at your local water reports. we talk about filtration all day long, and if you read your report, you'll often find out there's something in there you had no idea was there. to find out where it's coming from. and then you can take more

appropriate measures. and i encourage all people who have water issues to get in with their local city council. we oftentimes don't do that, and we as people i think have a responsibility and an obligation, as well, to go let officials know or your city council, hey, this is happening. because oftentimes they don't. so one of the first things you can do at home right now is pick up your phone, choose to get involved, take an action, let your water provider know what's happening, and from there, if you don't get a response, go down to your city council. you'll get some changes made. ou t modesty, but iu,uy the book. "superman is not coming." that's when it's called. that's why you're here. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> yes, "superman's not coming." >> superman is not coming, but the book is available on line today and in book stores on august 25th.

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