. gulf coast on alert for back-to-back strikes. two powerful storms set to make landfall starting tomorrow. new orleans in the cross hairs. louisiana's governor requesting immediate federal help. >> these storms are a challenge that quite frankly we haven't seen before. >> and a controversial virus break-through. cretly sispprs to ponds to call him a liar. a and we'll look ahead to the republican convention. more handle the a million acres scorched.

a troubling forecast that could make the situation worse. parting students spread the virus. frustrating administers and fueling campus anxiety. belarus on the brink. protesters try to out europe's last dictatodictator. and later, a family project with a new twist on story time. >> we're interested in stories that connect kids to some sense of magic and wonder. good evening. hurricane marco is barreling toward the gulf coast. marco is expected to make landfall tomorrow along louisiana's coast as a category 1 hurricane. just days later and only miles away laura completes the one-two

punch as a stronger storm. janet shamlian is in r new orleans where the president approved an emergency declaration. >> reporter: this is dangerous and unprecedented situation for a wide swath of the gulf coast. tonight they are getting ready by ordering mandatory evacuations in some of the most vulnerable low lying areas. oil producers are cleaning rains and pumping drainage canals. authorities like the louisiana governor are issuing urgent warnings. >> these challenge are a challenge quite frankly middle of a pandemic in the past of these storms. people who evacuate will be required to social distance, have their temperatures taken and wear masks. as we report from new orleans tonight, this week marks 15 years since the region was

devastated by hurricane katrina. more than 1200 people died in the storm. new orleans was flooded when the levees failed and flooding is again a concern tonight. as marco and laura are expected to swamp this region throughout the week. jamie. >> janet, please stay save. thank you. president trump announced an emergency treatment for covid 1. it comes on the brink of the republican national convention. the president's sister sharing candid thoughts about her brother. paula reid is at the white house. >> reporter: expedited efforts to approve a new glad plasma therapy to treat patients with covid. >> this is a powerful therapy that transfuses very, very strong antiboies from the flood of recovered patients to help treat patients battling a

current infection. >> reporter: but the research is not clear on whether it's effective against the virus. the president accused fda officials of slow rolling it, tweeting obviously they are hoping to delay the answer until after november 3rd. chief of staff mark meadows said the white house needed to apply pressure to health experts. >> i believe there are a number of people that do not see the same sense of urgency as he sees. >> reporter: "the washington post" released audio of the president's sister saying he cannot be trusted. >> that's all about his base. all he wants to do appeal to his base. he has no principles, none, none. >> reporter: the recorders were reportedly made by the president's niece, mary trump. mary began recording

conversations in 2018 after concluding that her relative had lied about the value of the family steady during a battle for her inheritance. >> this is politics as usually a niece that was written out of a will that would apparently just has an ax to grind because she wants joe biden to be president. >> reporter: during an interview democratic presidential nominee joend defend his mental fitness. >> watch me. mr. president, watch me. >> reporter: president trump has re350e9edly attacked biden's acuity, even though he's just three years older. >> only thing i can say to the american people, watch me. >> reporter: paula, the republican national convention kicks off tomorrow. a new cbs news poll finds bide wen a 10-point lead over president trump when it comes to national preference. the trump campaign sent out new details today about this weekend's event. can you lay out what we can

expect? >> reporter: president trump will be appearing every night. llie mcconnell,kingy pompeo.p, according to another poll, 73% think it's going well. instead of seeing the election as a referendum on his handling of covid he is putting voters on two different versions of america's future. >> paula, thank you. cbs news will bring you live coverage of the republican national convention at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central. the indianapolis motor speedway roared to life today after the 500 was postponed in may. there were no fans inst stands for the traditional

announcements of "drivers start your engines." straight ahead a pap democratic, fight for racial justice and a bleak economy. for many, it's just too much. how some are using their stories to stop the stigma surrounding mental health. forget looking for shoes. plus turning the page. how story time is being used to empower kids.

this is the "cbs overnight news." tonight, fire weary california is expecting more dangerous weather that could spark new flames. the situation's already desperate. the second and third largest fires in state history are expected to grow as new thunderstorms produce dry lightning and gusty wind. jonathan vigliotti is in hillberg, north o francisco. >> reporter: california is under a historic fire siege with more lightning expected tonight. nearly 1.3 million acres charred and counting, as more than 14,000 exhausted firefighters

battle nonstop flames. in california's wine country, the lnu complex is relentless. an area 11 times the size of san francisco and destroying nearly 900 structures and trade secretening 30,000 moore, including charlotte sanders. >> another round of dry lightning. >> yes. >> when you hear that, what goes in your mind? >> be extra ready to go. i mean, stay up all night, have your phone plugged in next to you. >> reporter: a red light washing for the entire bay area right now where the scu fire is 340,000 acres and counting. five counties are under new evacuations. 100 miles south, the czu designatesing the big basin red woods. now it's damaged or destroyed

many of the ancient giants. from space, spoke can be seen traveling thousands of miles. dennis kirby is one of the many fire crews working around the clock. >> we're stretched pretty thin. >> reporter: firefighters typically work 24-hour shifts. some are working three to four days straight. this crew here is cutting back the dry vegetation. fire teams from 10 different states and two countries, including australia, are being flown in for backup. jamie. >> woirks wow, jonathan, thank you. more than five million americans have been infected with the coronavirus. as the death toll nears 177,000, deaths are down or flat in 38 states and up in 12. compared to one month ago when 26 states were seeing increases. the midwest has more covid trouble. tom hanson reports.

>> reporter: another weekend. another round of partying and out breaks as colleges try to avoid becoming the next covid-19 hot spots. initial report cards aren't good. new clusters. texas a&m ordered lock down after at least two dozen tested positive. concerned students are jumping into the fray, calling out classmates on social media and threatening to report them. >> how students act matters and how they act not just on campus but off campus in community matters. >> reporter: 12 states are seeing a surge. south dakota's average daily case loads are up 58% and skrools taking action. indiana, purdue and st. olaf in minnesota have already suspended dozens of partiers. >> they can be expelled. >> the university of arizona has seen at least 20 cases as students move in.

president robin robbins spoke to marring rent brennan on "face the nation". >> if we run out of isolatione' people are getting really ill, then we'll pull the plug. >> reporter: some of the biggest computer narks in the united states are reporting a laptop shortage due to increased understands and production delays because of the pandemic. jamie. >> tom, thank you. today, the leader of belarus are trying to force out the last dictator. chris livesay is there. >> reporter: brutal crack downs to unbridled resistance. belarus taking to the streets by the tens of thousands, demanding the president the step down after elections they say were rigged. this, after police brutality

several demonstrators have turned up dead. and dozens missing, perhaps in prisons, perhaps worse, says one protester. >> we have no idea how many men were murdered, so -- >> reporter: he's tried to talk these people into staying home but it's backfired. despite beating them and beating and torturing them, they've given up their fear and traded it in for anger. despite riot police and a president of 26 years hercarryi bulletproof vest who says he'll consider new elections over his dead body. the opposition leader has fled the country. >> all our people didn't want to accept our president anymore. we have changed.

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the kwors economic downturn since the great depression, and the george floyd killing in minneapolis that sparked weeks of protest have all taken a mental toll. tarika duncan shows us the impact, especially on communities of color. i knew that i needed help or you are i wouldn't be here much longer. >> reporter: the coronavirus nearly took her life and she doesn't even have it. but fear, anxiety and isolation caused by the pandemic deep tnd her chronic depression. >> i tried to overdose. thankfully it did not work. >> reporter: what's going hew your mind when you find yourself in a depressed state? >> it's almost like somebody throwing you into water and you not knowing how to swim. >> reporter: four weeks after her suicide attempt her anxiety was triggered by the murder of george floyd. >> i can't breathe. >> it makes me worried for my

future self. it makes me worried for my father, a black man. i should not live in fear, but i do. >> reporter: she's not alone. just one week after george floyd's death, 41% of black americans had symptoms of anxiety or depression. >> mental health is not one size fits all. >> reporter: rhonda said she tries to prevent suicide. she says the legacy of slavery and jim crow law has scarred many african-americans for generations. >> it's not every day that someone reaches outs from across the country asking me for resources or how do i get help. >> how were the e-mails you received before the pandemic compared to the one you're getting now? >> you can hair that panic, the sense of urgency in someone's e-mail or in someone's violation. it's like they're already in a state of crisis. >> reporter: bryant helped legan

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of nightmares, but a famous japanese architect is hoping to change that view. here's a look at the loos. >> reporter: the hottest destination isn't a swapgy restaurant. the jewel like cubes are tinted tangerine, pink and purple. they aren't just works of art. they're public bathrooms with a feature not common. see-through walls. >> these are so-called smart glass used for privacy in hotels and offices. when the door is unlocked, an electric current unfogs the windows. when the door is bolted, the windows return to their frosted states. >> reporter: it was dreamed up by a prize winning arc chekt. de i don't think it's unusual. but whenou are outside you

like to find out this is safe, right. so then it should be transparent. >> three times a day cleaners in designer uniforms ensure the cubes pass the white glove test. the project is unveiling a dozen of artful bathrooms but none have raised eyebrows like these. his reaction? >> i was super surprised, to be honest. never seen a transparent toilet. >> yet after sprafting for a few weeks, users say seeing is believing. you can tell right away whether the stall occupied or not. i like that said this neighborhood mom. the student says going in, i was nervous. scared, even. it was fine. i recommend it. the architect decided not to copyright the minimalist lav tore design. he's hoping to spark a transparent toilet wave around

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finally tonight, a family in baltimore has created a unique way to keep children occupied during the pandemic. nikole killion joins us as they shipp a light on stories to empower others. >> reporter: the conlies have turned their love of books into a virtual story telling series. taking a page from the old pbs show "reading rainbow". >> all kinds of books can be used. >> reporter: seven-year-old elijah runs camera. the sisters edit the episodes. >> what music do we put right here? >> reporter: it's a family affair led by the parents, both history professors at johns hopkins university what goes into looking for a book? >> we try to el straight black culture. we're interested in stories that connect kids to some sense of

magic and wonder. >> it's about feeling. >> yeah. >> you go through and you say am i having pleasure in reading this. does it give you goose bumps. >> reporter: from the african-american experience to the african diaspora. >> i'm here to ask you a question -- >> reporter: each shore is followed by a lesson that encourages viewers to read between the lines. >> this is i guess mostly white community, so they don't understand the importance of knowing black history. if you are telling a child black stories or stories about their history that are portraying their history in a beautiful light, they take the beautiful history that they have and they carry it with them for the rest of their life. >> reporter: highlighting black books that matter. nikole killion, cbs news, baltimore. >> and that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs this morning. be sure to join us for the coverage of the republican

national convention starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern. reporting from los angeles, i'm jamie yuccas. this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. tonight hurricane marco i el gicalot far behind. marco is expected to make landfall tomorrow, along louisiana's coast as a category one hurricane. just days later, and only miles away, laura completes the one-two punch as an even stronger storm janet shamlian is in new orleans where the president approved an emergency declaration. ja . >> reporter: this is a dangerous and unprecedented situation they are getting ready by ordering mandatory evacuations in some of

the most vulnerable low lying areas. these storms pose a challenge we've not seen before. >> two potential hurricanes in the middle of a pandemic with some of the hardest hit states with the covid. people who evacuate to shelters will have their temperatures taken and wear masks. as we report from new orleans tonight, this week marks 15 years since the region was devastated by hurricane katrina. moren 12 t00 people died in the storm. new orleans was flooded when the levees failed and flooding is again a concern tonight, as marco and laura are expected to swamp this region throughout the week.

jamie. >> janet, please stay safe. thank you. it comes on the eve of the republican national convention and new audio recordings of the president's sister sharing candid thoughts about her brother. paula reid is at the white house. battling a current infection. >> the medical research is not clear on whether the streemts are effective against the virus. on saturday, the president accused fda officials of slow rolling options to combat covid in order to hurt his chances of getting re-elected tweeting obviously they are hoping to delay the answer until after november 3rd. chief of staff mark meadows says

the white house needed to apply pressure to federal health experts. >> i believe there are a number of people that do not see the same sense of urgency as he sees. >> reporter: on saturday,f thei that's all about his base. all he wants to do is appeal to his base help has no principles, none, none. >> reporter: the recordings were reportedly made by the niece mary trump. the spokesperson said mayor write began recording conversation in 2018 after concluding that her relatives had died about the value of the family steady during a battle over her inheritance. >> this is usual by a niece that was written out of a will that would apparently has an ax to grind because she wants joe biden to be president.

>> reporter: in an interview with abc news, joe biden defend his mental fitness. >> watch me. mr. president, watch me. >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly attacked biden's acuity even though the former vice president the is just three years older. >> only thing i can say to the american people, a legitimate question to ask anybody, watch me. >> reporter: a new cbs news poll finds behiiden has a 10-point l. the trump campaign sent out new details about this week's events. can you lay out what we can expect? >> president trump will be appearing every night. he will be speaking alongside first lady melania trump, his four older children and some of his closest allies like senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and mike pompeo.

73% of republicans think the u.s. sponsz to covid is going well. >> instead of seeing this election as a referendum, the president is instead pitching voters on two very different versions of america's future. >> see how that goes over. paula, thank you. krksz will bring you live coverage of the republican national convention at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central. tonight, fire weary california is expecting more dangerous weather that could spark new flames. the situation is already desperate. the second and third largest fires in state history are expected to grow, as new thunderstorms produce dry lightning and gusty winds. jon vigliotti is on the fire lines in hillsberg, north of san francisco.

the complex fire is relentless. so far, the fire burning over 500 square miles, an area 11 times the size of san francisco and destroying 900 structures and threatening 30,000 more, including charlotte's. >> reporter: p another round of dry lightning. >> exactly. >> reporter: when you hear that, what goes in your mind? >> be extra ready to go. i mean, stie up all night, have your phone plugged in next to you. >> reporter: a red flag warning for the entire bay-year right now where the scu fire is 340,000 acres and growing. five counties are under new evacuations. 100 miles south, the czu fire is decimating the big redwoods, the protected trees were nearly wiped out by loggers in the

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this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm jamie yuccas in los angeles. thanks for staying with us. the republican national convention gets under way tonight. like the democrats before them, the gop event will take place virtually, but unlike the democrats, the republicans reason trying to convince voers that president trump needs four for years in office. they'll press the themes of promise, opportunities, and greatness. whether that resonates in a time of pandemic and economic collapse remains to be seen. jo john dickerson has more. >> reporter: even when he was the party's candidated in 2016 he threatened to leave the

party. as he glides into his renomination, he has tgo aaisdit or a man who had never run for office or held public office but whose experience in the cut and thrust of the new york real estate business gave him an instinct for wielding power. those who have opposed him in his party are no longer in office. those who might offer an astringent word, take care to leven its with a buiouquet of compliments. once priiv areow vocal defender. >> i'm not fine with this president being impeached based on hearsay. >> bill clinton once said democrats fall in love. republicans fall in line. republican conventions were not always placid. in 1952 even war hero dwight

eisenhower had to shoulder his way into a party in a brutal convention fight with senator robert taft. in 1976 ronald reagan almost took the nomination away from sitting president gerald ford. >> my good friend governor reagan to say a few words. >> when reagan spoke at the convention, a delegate was heard to sigh, we've nominated the wrong man. the reason donald trump has such a lock on things is that he has delivered for the republican party on every important issue its members care about. he has cut taxes. he has slashed regulations. he has increased defense spending. he has been a vocal supporter of limiting abortion rights and promoted the maximalist interception of the second amendment's right to bear arms. he has elevated two supreme court jufrts and hundreds of conservative lower court justices who will make the

judiciary for more than a generation. where the republican party has different views from draump on trade, fiscal restrained rand comprehensive immigration reform, he has reversed party orthodoxy to his way of thinking. former house speaker newt gingrich said i'm not sure he's a conservative but he's the most effective anti-liberal in my lifetime. taunts, jibes and cultural displays are designed to draw them into a frenzy. president trump will present himself as a protector from the hoords, immigrants at the borders, protesters in the streets, and anyone carrying a set of ideas that might imperil the s&p 500 which this week hit a record. >> good evening. >> the reception will be more enthusiastic than the one joe biden received but with head looipsz about more than 170,000 deaths from covid-19, economic

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the dollar general does not sell fresh fruits or vegetables or meats but it does have lower prices on just about everything else. some people might look at this situation and say, dollar stores are fog what people want, cheap prices, that's competition. >> competition is good. but we're not talking competition where on an even playing field. so if the volume that they buy here under their thumb. >> with the grocery closed, most of moville drives 30 minutes to sioux city for a head of contextualville, the local dolleneralpenede, too. in the struggle between main street and corporate america, the concern was once walmart. >> in town after small town, main street is going out of business, stunned by a huge and controversial discount retailer, shop keepers call -- the her

shant chant of death. >> reporter: today the focus is on dollar stores. consider this: there are now more dollar stores in the u.s. than star burks and mcdonald answer combined. 30,000 of them. as many brick and mortar retailers struggle dollar stores have quietly expanded to nearly every down in america and bargain hunters love them. >> i'm just delighted. i get happy every time i come here. i feel like somebody's going to change the price any minute now. >> reporter: there are three major chains, family dr in . wherrything is actuall a ar. and dollar general. now the largest retailer in the country when it comes to the number of stores. 16,000. >> stores have that option available to be able to run in, get it and really get out. >> reporter: looking over your

shoulder, these cards, two for a dollar. >> absolutely. >> reporter: dollar general spokesperson said they've added a thousand new stores over just the last year. >> our core customer has about a o 40,000 or less total household income. we know they are shopping from very rural areas to metropolitan areas all over the country. >> in many communities, if dollar store is the real asset. a convenient place to grab detergent or batteries. in some small toungs, the dollar store is also the closest thing to a grocery store, and this can couldal to the ex ores wh wou you say to them? >> shame on you. you're killing america just so you can get richer. >> reporter: wow. that's a strong statement. >> yeah. they have a model that is a brilliant model to make quick bucks off the backs of our

health. >> reporter: for years, barry has warned americans about the dangers of too much sugar and soda. now the professor of nutrition at the university of north carolina at chapel hill is concerned about dollar stores. >> they're adding a thousand a year. >> reporter: at a time when poor diets are linked to nearly 900 deaths a day in this country, he says look at what dollar stores sell. rows and rows of sugary drinks, candies and processed foods high in salt and fat. >> increases the risk of heart e mort c etes obesity. this is the worst that can be bought eating. >> reporter: is this exacerbating the health problems of the demographic that's shopping there? >> yellow. it's adding to the health crisis that that -- that lower income america faces, and that's black, r hispanic and white america all shop in these stores.

>> reporter: consider dekalb county, georgia near atlanta. how many dollar stores do you have? >> a total of 68 in dekalb county, family dollar and dollar trees in this store. >> reporter: the county commissioner says 25% of people in dekalb county live in a food desert. that's a low-income area with limited access to super markets. she worries there are just too many dollar stores in these neighborhoods. >> they tend to highly saturate areas when you look at the pattern of growth of the dollar store as well as the areas that have the highest levels of obesity, hypertension, high blo blood pressure, there is a direct correlation. >> you see that in the data? >> we see that in the data. >> reporter: that's one reason why fort worth, tulsa, birmingham, new orleans and kansas city among others have

already passed restrictions on where new dollar stores can open. as you might imagine, dollar stores oppose these measures. >> ultimately when you stifle competition, the customer hurts the most. i think it gives us an opportunity to provide economic impact through jobs and to be able to really help the communities. >> reporter: as for the impact the stores have on what we eat, the big three chains say they're not grocery stores. but dollar general's conservatives says their stores do offer healthy option t. >> we've got frozen vegetables, all natural chicken from tyson. the healthy options sit side by side with some really not as healthy items. there's curly fries underneath the broccoli cuts. breaded butter fly shrimp. >> it goes back to the customer's choice to make a decision. we have the option that should they want to eat healthfully,

they can do so with dollar gem. >> reporter: they're adding pressure produce but so far that's only 3% of stores. as for its competition, dollar tree, which also owned family dollar, the company declined our request for an interview but in a statement points out they "complement and operate side by side" with grocery stores. back in western iowa, grosser chet davis has one last store each in the town of kingsley but it's unclear for how long.arsin location here, too. are you worried? >> oh, definitely. >> you were essentially asking peopleo your store and pay a little extra so that you can stay in business. is that a hard sell for people in your community? >> oh, that's definitely a hard sell, because everybody's trying to save some money. it's up to the people of the community to really think hard and decide what they hant want.

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friend who he named red eye showed up and never left until a few months ago when red eye suffered a foot injury. he knew a sea gull couldn't live like that. how difficult was it? >> to watch john and see how sad he was. i could tear up right now. >> i don't know why i was so emotionally crushed. but it was a piece missing. i was beginning to wonder how much longer i felt like doing this. >> reporter: so in an attempt to save his passion for the sea, he tried to save that sea gull. actually caught her and broughtler to the center for wild life in maine. the staff nursed red eye while john spoils her with brown haik, her favorite fish. would you later red eye was go new. earlier this month john released the bird back into the wild.

>> perfect. >> reporter: of course, the wild was never really red eye's thing, which is why still today, no matter where john is in this great ocean. >> that's her. >> reporter: red eye somehow finds him. >> that a girl. >> reporter: for centuries, boat captains have believed sea gulls cary the soles of lost sailors. that is a comforting thought that maybe red eye is a ancestor looking out after him. but he said it's about the rpose that is found whenever two living reaches truly need each other. steve hartman, on the road. in the gulf of maine. >> that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs this morning. be sure to join us for our coverage of the republican national convention starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern. reporting from los angeles, i'm jamie yuccas.

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