and think we can reach that by sunday. so many generous people in the bay area. thanks for watching kpix 5 news this morning. don't forget the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >> bs this good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's wednesday, august 26th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. deadly clashes in the chaos surrounding confrontations between protesters and police in kenosha. we speak to the family of jake okay blake that was paralyzed by that shooting. hurricane laura barrels toward the gulf coast. set to make landfall as the strongest storm to hit the region in 15 years. breaking convention. republicans stretch the limits on mixing politics and official

business. was it illegal? plus, we look at melania trump's softer tone amongst other speakers. >> long road back in our school matters series. how bus drivers are risking their lives and trying to keep kids safe during the pandemic. >> that's what they do. first here is today's eye opener. it's your world in 90 seconds. anticipated to be a category 3 hurricane. be prepared for the possibility that it could increase to be a category 4 hurricane. >> more than half a million people are ordered to evacuate as the national hurricane center warns of life-threatening storm surge. >> i'm just saying it's a possibility it could be a cat 4. cat 4s are cat stroesk. >> shooting of an unarmed man by police sparked demonstrations across the country. >> black young man shot seven times in the back and hasn't come up for an answer or a comment at this point? >> i urge people to come

together in a civil manner. day two of the republican national convention was a family affair. >> my father will continue to fight for you. a dramatic increase in the covid-19 cases in the u.s. >> go get your kids tested. don't show up at a group activity if they haven't been tested in the last two weeks. american airline also furlough 19,000 workers. all that and not one but two humpback whales have a whale of a time showing off to some fishermen. >> and all that matters. >> wow! >> white sox pitcher struck out 13. >> one walk away from a perfect game. >> to right field. >> a no-hitter! >> on "cbs this morning." the best is yet to come! >> the #guilfoyle challenge popped up on twitter. what's the guilfoyle challenge,

you say? >> ladies and gentlemen! >> ladies and fighters of the american dream. >> the best is yet to come! >> the best is yet to come! >> announcer: this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." listen, that is a "saturday night live" skit waiting to happen. good thing they're on vacation. something tells me kimberly guilfoyle would like that. it's become a meme. i think she's getting a kick out of it. >> definitely memorable. >> very, very memorable indeed. we'll begin with a serious story. her name is laura and she is no joke. massively intensifying hurricane headed to the gulf coast. set to make land fall in less than 18 hours from now. half a million people have been ordered to evacuate across the region.

>> national hurricane center is warning of staggering, life-threatening storm surges from laura and winds well over 100 miles an hour. wcbs tv chief weather caster lonnie quinn is tracking all of this for us. where exactly is the storm headed? >> right now it's less than 300 miles from the texas/louisiana border. that's exactly where this storm is going. take a look at the current stats. you've got 115-mile-per-hour winds blowing out there. you are dealing with a category 3 hurricane. this is a major hurricane. 3s, 4s and 5s do the catastrophic, devastating damage. in terms on how we see it progressing with wind speed and strength, we think it will get up to a category 4, making landfall possibly as a category 3. look at this. the reason we drop down in strength a little bit would be because we think it will encounter wind shear, winds moving in the opposite direction of the storm that weaken it a bit. the wind shear exists just along the shoreline, maybe a little

off shore. you've got a good ten hours of category 4 status where it could get stronger, get into a mid category 4. i want to make the point, i have a sneaking suspicion this thing could make its way on shore as a category 4 and that does catastrophic damage. look at the amount of storm surge we are talking about. 13 to 15 feet in some spots to the east of the landfall area. if it ends up being a 15-foot storm surge, that's like me standing on the second floor of your house, if that's where you live, second floor the water comes up to my chest. devastating situation. guys, that's latest. i'll have more. see you here in a minute. >> thank you, lonnie, very much. that's the satellite picture. let's get a look at conditions on the ground with mireya villareal where people are bracing for impact. good morning to you. what are you seeing so far? >> reporter: good morning. we have had a little bit of rain overnight. wind is picking up, signs that

laura is creeping closer to us. here in beaumont, texas, 50,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders and still some are choosing to stay home and ride out this storm. >> sheriff's office. >> reporter: with the clock ticking, deputies deliver an urgent warning to people living in flood-prone areas. ghetto out or be prepared to weather hurricane laura from home. >> we may not be able to get to you. >> reporter: marilyn sachitan told us she has lived through several hurricanes. >> this is supposed to be stronger and still unpredictable. it's just scary to leave your stuff behind. >> reporter: but county sheriff said it will be critical for people to heed evacuation orders before it's too late. >> you're going to lose electricity. the possibility of your roof flying off your house. it could be catastrophic. >> reporter: many people have followed those orders with some

sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic as they left galveston, where local businesses boarded up windows in preparation for the worst. experts are predicting up to 15 feet of storm surge in some areas and water could push as far as 30 miles inland. it's a threat complicated by the coronavirus. now responsible for nearly 12,000 deaths across the state. governor greg abbott issued this reminder to evacuees. >> protect yourself as well as your property. everyone must ensure that they protect their lives also from contracting covid-19. >> reporter: laura's impending landfall is also affecting oil refineries here in this area, taking an early toll on them. one report is suggesting that offshore production in the gulf of mexico has already been cut by 84% as the hurricane gets closer to us. >> all right, mireya, thank you

very much. now to breaking news overnight from kenosha, wisconsin. at least two people were killed there last night. another wounded as shots rang out over the shooting of jacob blake by police. we're learning about the victims and who allegedly opened fire on the third strike night -- straight night of clashes in the city. mola lenghi is there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: a few blocks from here has been the front line in the standoff between protesters and police at the courthouse. you see the damage, burnt-out truck trucks, the debris, water bottles protesters were throwing at police, the tear fwas canisters from police, the steel fencing that police put up to protect themselves. all the way, jacob blake's family is calling for peace.

>> i feel like i'm in a bad dream. >> reporter: jacob blake's mother, julia jackson, said it's difficult to describe what her family is going through. >> he didn't deserve to be shot like a pig, like just an object. >> reporter: earlier an emotional press conference, jackson called for peaceful protests on tuesday. >> as i was riding through here, through the city, i noticed a lot of damage. it doesn't reflect my son or my family. >> reporter: the violence spilled on to the streets of kenosha once again last night. people were killed and another was wounded. >> i don't want your pity. i want change. >> reporter: one of blake's sisters, letetra wideman called for action. >> i'm angry and i'm tired. i haven't cried one time. i stopped crying years ago.

i am numb. i have been watching police murder people that look like me for years. >> reporter: blake's attorney says the 29-year-old endured as many as eight bullets, one severing his spinal cord. blake has bullet holes in his stomach and liver, shattered vertebrae and kidney damage. ben crump is representing blake and his family. >> it's going to take a miracle for jacob blake jr. to ever walk again. >> reporter: newly surfaced video appears to show a different angle of the moments leading up to the shooting. blake can be seen on the ground before he gets up and walks to the other side of the gray suv where the police shoot him. >> where are the police in this in terms of transparency? >> at this point, it seems to be a one-way street. they only want to get information from the family and friends who were there that day, but they have offered this family no answers whatsoever.

>> reporter: blake's father passionately expressed his doubts about the investigation. >> anybody that is white, that is doing an investigation about a black young man that was shot seven times in his back and having come up with an answer or comment at this point is not welcome. >> reporter: miss jackson, you know the names shall right, george floyd, treyvon martin, breonna taylor. >> unreal. never in a million years did i think that we would be here in this place, him being alive is just a miracle in itself. >> reporter: jacob blake is sill recovering from his injuries. his family tells us he underwent surgery last night. blakes are calling for the immediate firing of the officers involved in the shooting. cbs news has made several

attempts to reach out to the kenosha police department for any comment but we've not heard back. tony? >> i'll take this one, mola. thank you very much. the republican national convention had its second night last night. try tried out a softer more positive message, at least compared to night one. it was capped off by melania trump in a rare campaign speech from the white house rose garden. she did not mention democratic nominee joe biden. instead mrs. trump offered sympathy to victims of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. that was notable. the convention also focused repeated examples of trump officials mixing government and politics. weijia jiang is at the white house. why is it significant that officials mixed government business and politics? >> reporter: multiple official duties were conducted during a campaign event, possibly a violation of the hatch act, which prohibits government

employees from participating in some political activities while on the job, but it's worth noting that president trump has the final say on how to reprimand white house officials who violate the act. and he has made clear that positive optics outweigh potential ethics violations. the second night of the republican national convention put the power of the presidency on display at a political event in an unprecedented way. >> as i grant john, i'm not sure you know this, a full pardon. >> reporter: beginning with president trump's pardoning of john ponder, a convicted bank robber who has since founded a program helping former inmates re-enter society. >> raise your right hand. >> reporter: the president also oversaw a naturalization ceremony at the white house, even though his administration has taken controversial actions to limit legal immigration to the u.s. >> we welcome five absolutely

incredible new members into our great american family. >> reporter: mike pompeo violated his own department's policy, banning diplomats from engaging in political activity. the state department insisted pompeo spoke in his personal capacity, but he praised mr. trump's foreign policy accomplishments while on an official trip in jerusalem. >> this president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world. >> reporter: on the first night, president trump's children made a passionate plea to support their father. >> this is a fight for freedom versus oppression. >> for every proud american who bleeds red, white and blue, my father will continue to fight for you. >> reporter: but for the most part, speakers avoided the continued impact of the coronavirus pan ddemic, still gripping the nation. white house economic adviser larry kudlow even referred to the pandemic in the past tense. >> then came a once in 100-year

pandemic, but presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the covid virus. >> reporter: the only significant acknowledgement of the coronavirus came from its empathetic melania trump. >> my prayers to those who are ill or suffering. i know many people are anxious, and some feel helpless. i want you to know, you are not alone. >> reporter: speaking before the president and a live audience in the rose garden, the first lady also made a point to acknowledge the protests for racial justice. >> take a moment. pause, and look at things from all perspectives. i urge people to come together in a civil manner so we can work and live up to our standard american ideals. >> reporter: before that event, the white house said everyone in

the audience would be tested for covid-19, but this morning, the campaign is not confirming that, only saying they worked with an adviser and took necessary precautions. but you can see in this video that almost everybody who attended the rose garden event is not wearing a mask. tonight, vice president mike pence will accept his renomination. he and his wife will make remarks on this third day of the convention. >> all right, weijia, thank you very much. we'll be watching. you can watch our prime time coverage of the republican national convention tonight at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central right here on cbs. there is hopeful news in the fight against the coronavirus. the number of reported new cases is falling. it's down to an average of 43,000 per day. experts credit an increase in mask wearing and of better understanding of how the virus spreads, but they warn the u.s. still does not have sufficient testing. and from hard-hit florida where

the mayor of miami-dade county is moving ahead with a plan to allow diners back in to restaurants. >> while we're heading in the right direction, we're not out of the woods. >> reporter: miami-dade mayor carlosgimenez announced that restaurants in his county can allow in door dining. hospitalizations, cases and deaths are also trending down. some experts attribute the declines to behavior like wide mask wearing. there's still a long way to go. >> we're still generating 30,000, 40,000 new cases per day. hundreds of people are still dying every day. that's a very high level. it's much worse than when we opened up at the end of may. >> that's dr. ashish jha. he's worried about declining

tests across the country. >> most of the estimates out there suggest we're missing 70, 80% of the cases every day. the truth is that while we may be identifying 40,000 cases, there's probably about 200,000 cases a day. >> reporter: dr. jha warns of outbreaks in schools and college campuses could continue without proper testing and safety protocols. at parties like this, at arizona state university, have school officials cracking down. 228 students were suspended at ohio state university for violating school health guidelines, and two fraternities at florida gulf coast university were suspended for holding parties over the weekend. now that school's president is threatening to send all students home if parties don't stop. >> it's obviously just really irresponsible. >> reporter: students like kaitlyn snook are losing patience with their peers. >> just because they're over it, they can pretend like the virus

doesn't exist anymore. >> reporter: back to school risks could be why the american of pediatric academy

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good morning everyone, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. help for firefighters in the north bay is on the way. in all, there will be about 260 at last check. the lnu complex is 33% contained but some good news, evacuation warnings have been lifted for the city of healdsburg. the czu complex burning in santa cruz and san mateo counties is now 19% contained. it's burned more than 80,000 acres and destroyed 538 structures. kpix 5 is partnering with

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." firefighters in northern california say they're starting to gain control over historic deadly wildfires that have burned more than one million acres. >> i hope they get control soon. one casualty, a bird sanctuary that rescues california condors into the wild. this danger is likely to continue for days, as carts car evans reports. the smoke from mega fires is exposing firefighters to more long-term damage than ever before. >> reporter: fast-moving wildfires in northern california have now destroyed more than 1,400 homes and buildings.

beating back flames in these unpredictable conditions is already a dangerous job for frontline crews, but researchers now say it could also have lasting effects on their health. would you see a community burning in a wildfire, what goes through your mind now? >> the level of exposures that these firefighters are getting at these situations. extremely toxic, for long periods of time. >> reporter: retired captain tony stefani worked for the san francisco fire department for 28 years before he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. he started the san francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation which funds research to study the link between firefighters' exposure to toxins and cancer. >> you can't wait for that latency period for five to ten, 20 years down the line to see if these men and women are going to contract various forms of this insidious disease, something has to be done about it now. >> reporter: captain matt alba who's been with the san francisco fire department for 189 years, spent a week -- 18

years, spent a week and a half at the camp fire in paradise, california, in 2018. the state's deadliest and most destructive fire killed 85 people and destroyed more than 18,000 homes and buildings. >> the problem is this is a new realm for fire-fighting. it doesn't necessarily cleanly meet structural fire-fighting, and it doesn't cleanly meet wildland fire-fighting. roy he urged stefani's organization to fund a study analyzing blood and urine samples collected from dozens of firefighters minutes after they left the front lines. >> we were starting to see a lot of members with those coughs, headaches. i couldn't help but think about 9/11 and what all of those responders went through ten years after the incident. >> reporter: early results of that study released this week show firefighters had a mixture of chemical toxins and some heavy metals at levels higher than those found in the general u.s. population.

in some fire fighter the level were two to five times higher than the general population. these are used in products to make water and stale resistant that are linked to kidney and liver cancers. researchers say the study is a red flag for firefighters and those who live near massive wildfires. environmental health scientist mike wilson says part of the problem at wildfires is the lack of breathing protection. urban firefighters use air tanks and face masks to safely breathe in structure fire. that's not feasible for wild land firefighters who often have to hike for miles and work 12 to 24-hour shifts. wilson says some in the industry are now working to develop portable eggs are operators that could -- portable respirators that could potentially be used in the field. >> it's incumbent pupon us as society to make sure they have allhe tools they need do the worksafely. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," carter evans, san

francisco. >> such an importance story there by carter as we remember that. we learn that the chemicals and the spoke could be as dangerous as the flames that those firefighters are fighting. and those cancer deaths of firefighter should be considered line of duty deaths according to 'll stay with that. carter, thank you very much. ahead, the effort to bombard people of color with phony political information before the election and how one advocacy group is working to tell the truth. plus, av reminder, but alws gets the news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. you'll get the day's top stories in less than 20 minutes. we'll be right back. .

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with the election just 69 days away, there's a growing effort to stop the spread of false information. the senate intelligence committee report on russian interference in 2016 stated this -- no single group of americans was targeted more than african-americans. our national correspondent jericka duncan shows us how one group is fighting back on that. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. when you think back to 2016, i don't think voters or candidates were prepared for the onslaught of misinformation. we sat down with andre banks and ashley bryant, they created an organization to ensure that 2020 is different, particularly for black and latino communities. they say their ultimate goal is to make sure that voters have the tools they need to fight misinformation and stay informed. >> what is happening with our own video on this? how's it performing? where do we actually post -- >> reporter: each morning, andre banks and ashley bryant sign in to what they call the war room

to discuss the latest popular posts that are spreading false information. you all call this a war. >> yep. >> when you look at what happened in 2016, this is one of the biggest campaigns to misinform american voters in history. you know, when you have that level of strategy on the other side, you want to meet that with a level of strategy on this side. it's important that black people and latinx people are able to make their voices heard. >> reporter: they're co-directors of win black/pa'lante, meaning to go forward in spanish. they work with more than 200 people across 15 states, mostly swing states, to monitor memes, images across the most popular social media platforms. >> as the demographics of the country change, it's critical that we are able to have a conversation across race, we're able to have democracy where all kind of people can show up, and we can come together to make the big decisions we need to move the country forward. >> reporter: a senate intelligence committee report found that more than 66% of information spread on line by

russian operatives during the 2016 election contained a term related to race. one fake account called blacktivists had 11.2 million engagements with facebook users. >> these groups are impersonating black folks, pretending to be black activists. they're using the issues that matter most to us to lure them in, have them thinking it's a sense of community. and then they ultimately say we're not going to vote. let's all band together and abstain from voting. >> reporter: do you think this was the difference between hillary clinton losing and donald trump winning the presidential election in 2016? >> i think it definitely contributed to it. i think, you know, misinformation and disinformation campaigns writs large and obviously, you know, black and latinx voters have key voting blocks within the democratic party. >> reporter: you say this is the modern day poll tax for african-american and latinx voters. >> the weaponization of digital media is a large form of voter

suppression, voter depression. these are attacks on our communities to misinform us, to disinform. >> reporter: to counter posts that are verifiably false, win black/pa'lante has created gifs memes and posts that are true and factual. the labibrary has more th 400 million views. what's the latest information you had to sdmourcounter? >> about senator kamala harris and since her nomination on the democratic ticket. part of misinformation is not just outright lies, but really confusing and muddying the waters. in this case, we've seen a lot of the kind of birtherism that we saw around obama. >> reporter: would you say a lot of the misinformation impacts voters that are likely to vote sdmem. >> yeah. if -- democrat? >> yeah. if you look at the last election, black and lattstin x. if it can be weaponized against

black people it can be weaponized against older americans. this is something we want to change. >> reporter: win black/pa'lante gets funding from individual donors across the country. you know, this really comes down to a part in our time, our history, if you will, where it's so important for people to research the information that they're getting, whether it's through facebook or twitter. and also listening to the candidates. >> yeah. such an important story. and not only should people be researching what they hear, but also asking themselves what is the source of the information, is it trustworthy, what the source's motivation may be, and being skeptical. i want to bring gayle in on this. >> i was thinking that, too -- i was thinking that, too -- >> we live in an era where there is more information available than at any time in our history, yet less and less is trustworthy. >> i know. we're on a cbs platform, we're in the news business.

i dogo on line and it's hard to believe what you're seeing sometimes. you have to do your own diligence. most importantly, i like what jericka said, listen to the candidates. question where the information is coming from. it's important that you do your own due diligence on this because if people are spreading the misinformation, they are very good at it. very good. that was a great piece. great piece. >> absolutely right. well done, injujericka. ahead, (vo) we've got your back, road warriors.

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that's what we tell each other at comic-con. we are starting with a few stories we think you'll be talking about including a serious one. at least 68 people were arrested in louisville after large crowds of protesters took to the streets yesterday demanding justice for breonna taylor. demonstrators carrying signs like convict police marched to the louisville metro police training academy. several people were detained near churchill downs after police say they sat down in the road to block traffic. kentucky's governor says he understands protesters are frustrated, but authorities, quote, still don't have an answer for the facts in taylor's case. the aspiring nurse was shot and killed by louisville police in march as they executed a search warrant at her home. one of the officers involved was fired, but none have been charged with a crime. you'll remember that oprah winfrey bought these billboards across louisville, 26, one for each year of breonna taylor's life, to remind people of her name. all right. moving on to a less serious

story now. go, go power rangers. you know that. from the hit '90s show, this is a star doing his part to help local comic book shops reeling from the pandemic. who can forget the green ranger? he was played by jason david frank. he's using his mighty morphing power to create the power ranger protection program for a comic book shop tour in texas. frank gets to meet with fans and to give some of the money he raises to the shops he's visiting. listen to what he told me -- >> there's a lot going on in our world right now. why are you picking comic books? that's thehave, that's the drive, the fan base power, the mental health and let them know we can get through it. people say, hey, my local shop needs help, and i go. >> frank makes sure each event is safe by using a special app and enforcing social distancing and masks. did you see the guy wearing the

loch ness monster mask? >> yes. i love that he's doing this. he's just trying to help comic book shops out there struggling through this. and he just thought if i show up, people will come, that will help them out. it's a great thing to do. very cool, vlad. >> yeah. it's a great thing. he's being a real-life superhero. >> a real superhero. >> exactly. i always say, look, the fact of the matter is when i was growing up, libraries and comic book stores were my refuge from the storm. i love that he's looking out for the small business owners. >> exactly. we're going from comic books to video games. so two guys turned the streets of new york city into a real-life nintendo game. mario and luigi lookalikes played by caleb simpson and irving salazar zipped through manhattan in a game of "mario cart." many whipped out cell phones to catch the scene. at one point luigi tosses the

banana at his bro which we know causes him to spin out. this has racked up tens of thousands of views on email. >> all i can say, you're a geek, your nerd manage is flying hype. well done, mr. duthiers. >> i read they had to find slower go-carts because they were worried they would get arrested. thanks. ahead, the latest from the republican national convention. us whether the first lady succeeded in showing a gentler side of president trump. that's coming up on "cbs this morning."

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it's wednesday, hump day, august 26th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. monster storm. hurricane laura forces hundreds hurricane laura forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate along the gulf coast. why the damage is expected to be catastrophic. >> keeping kids safe. we ride along with bus drivers to see how they're trying to protect students from the coronavirus in our school matters series. >> using her voice. amy lee tells us why the band is getting political with its new song. >> i remember them. >> first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. massive and rapidly intensifying hurricane laura heading straight for the gulf coast. and set to make land fall. >> making land fall possibly as

a category three. the reason it drops down in strength a little bit would be because we think it's going to encounter winds moving in the opposite direction. >> laura is creeping closer. more than 250,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders and still some are choosing to stay. >> the burned out trucks, the tear gas canisters from police. all the while, jacob blake's family is calling for peace. >> it doesn't reflect my son. >> the white house was a prominent backdrop in multiple official duties were conducted during a pandemic event. possibly a violation of the hatch act. a as become famous on tiktok because of her legendary dance performance which she ri fused to move a single muscle for sixinutes straight. and for song after song. >> if the music doesn't move

you, what are you doing to do? >> if that's not a mood i don't. >> it happens. okay? >> it does. >> charlie said i'm going to stay here. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the other thing about that story that is so funny is the instructor is her older sister. her older sister is going come on, charlie, we practiced this. >> i know just how she feels. >> i'm not playing today. we're going to begin with this. hurricane laura. it's now a category 2 storm poised to make land fall within the next 24 hours. thousands evacuate galveston, texas. tens of thousands are also evacuating low-lying areas of louisiana. the storm could impact more than 450 miles of coastline from texas to mississippi. lonnie quinn has been tracking this storm all morning. actually, for the last couple days. lonnie, what's the latest? >> well, the latest is the storm

has blown up today. today is going to be the day for this storm to really take over. you probably have land fall around midnight or 1:00 in the morning. officially we get a cat 3. 115 miles per hour. moving to the northwest at 15. 285 miles right now from lake charles in louisiana. take a peek. we the it gets stronger, up to category 4, losing strength on shore with a cat 3 with 120 miles per hour. sten to me. i think it could be a category 4 making land fall. that pink line shows you where rita went. there's going to be some big storm surge with this but also big rainfall totals and not just along the shoreline. inland, a foot of rain. the rivers flowing backwards. water has nowhere to go. back to you. >> wow. lonnie, thank you. we want to tell you about

another night of violence and unrest in wisconsin. all of it tied to the police shooting of jacob blake. police say two people were killed and another wounded in a shooting. there's video that appears to show a man with a rifle opening fire, but it is not clear if this is the same incident being described by police. elsewhere police fired tear gas at protesters near the courthouse. city officials say more national guard troops have been deployed to help stop the unrest. there's an alternate angle in which blake was shot seven times in the back as he leaned in his suv. blake underwent surgery yesterday and the blake family unfortunately now says he is paralyzed from the waste down. day two of the republican national convention featured a wide range of speeches and a stronger emphasis on president trump's achievements in office. his children were a speakers and the night ended

with a rose garden address from melania trump. despite criticism of the federal response to the coronavirus, mrs. trump applauded the president's efforts. >> my husband's administration will not stop fighting until there is an effective treatment or vaccine available to everybody. >> democrats say they will investigate secretary of state mike pompeo's convention speech. he taped it in jerusalem while on state department business. a spokesman says pompeo spoke in his personal capacity with no help from government officials. democrats say last night's speech may violate the hatch act prohibiting executive branch employees from some political activities. well, we are joined now by valerie jarrett, a former senior adviser for obama, and reince priebus, a former chief of staff. reince, he started the speech,

pompeo, saying i'm susan's husband and nick's dad, but nobody could miss the fact that he also had his mike pompeo, secretary of state face on and it was a political speech. normally we don't mix up government andolitics in this ic time. what did you think of him breaking the norm? did it concern you at all? >>. >> not really. good morning to you and valerie and the gang. not really. the hatch act is kind of -- it's a law that makes sure that people that are political or they have a federal position like a chief of staff like me or valerie, a senior counselor, that when it comes time for campaigning that you only do that on personal time. and so it's just like the president using air force one and you had to split up the costs and the campaign pace for part. i think in the case of mike pompeo, a big part of the portfolio of trump is going to be confronting china, israel,

trade, and all those issues that i think are going to be very important in this election. so office of legal council which is an official sort of third party body that reviews these things also approved it. >> but he did violate his own department's policy. >> yeah. and i haven't seen that. but i do know that it's completely unconstitutional to prevent people from using their personal time if they want to be involved in policy. just like me going to a trump rally when i was the chief of staff. i mean, i did that. i did those things quite a bit. but we also had to account for my time in a way that was legal. and so that's really i think what's going on here. now, whether they're violating their own policies, i don't know about that, but i do know what the law says and as far as what the law says, he's fine to do it. >> all right. there are some republicans who

disagree with that. valerie, what did you think of the impact of that speech? >> well, it wasn't just the secretary of state doing it. it was also the fact that they held much of the ceremony in the white house in the rose garden. gayle, that's unprecedented t and even further, to have gone up on the state floor and had a ceremony. no one can argue that's anything but official business as a backdrop to a political campaign. this is unprecedented. it certainly in my opinion violates the hatch act. if not the law, certainly the spirit. we want to separate politics from government. and that did not happen last night. it wasn't a blurring of the lines. it was an erasing of the lines. >> it was a big night last night for melania trump or first lady. and people on both sides of the aisle say she delivered, that it was her job. they said to go out and humanize her husband. i'm curious about valerie, starting with you, what stood

out to you in that speech. it was very personal. >> yeah. it was. but i don't see how one speech can whitewash over the damage her husband has done over the last nearly four years. when she talks about social media, who has weaponized it more than her husband? >> she was the first person to call the covid-19 coronavirus as opposed to the china virus, and she expressed support and sympathy for people lost their lives during the coronavirus. that's something we have not heard in the first two nights of this convention. reince? >> well, you're -- >> well, yeah. first of all, i think she did a superb job. she acknowledged the pandemic in a way that i thought was very human. she was reflective on race relations which i think is really important right now. and not to mention some of the other speakers i think were excellent when it comes to race. she was speaking directly to

suburban women as well. that's really a lot of -- as valerie knows, in the rust belt and around the battle ground states, that's really important. and she humanized her husband at the end of the speech. she hit it out of the park park. i think the republicans are going to get a bump. the hatch act, the democrats aren't going to win debating the hatch act. >> reince, in both nights of the convention, the republicans painted a rosy picture of how they dealt with the coronavirus. we have 178,000 dead, however. larry kudlow referred to it in the past tense. do you think people will see things aren't over and not so good? >> again, i refer you back to melania trump's speech. i think her tone, i would tell you, i think that's the tone needed at the rnc is exactly what melania trump did in her speech. and yeah, i don't disagree with

you. i think the coronavirus is probably the number one issue on the ballot, and second to that is the economy. and i think ultimately it's going to be a very tight race. people have strong feelings about both of those issues. and that's what it's going to come down to. so far this week i think the rnc has done a fabulous job in diversity and in tackling these topics and building up their candidate which is what they need to do. >> reince priebus, valerie, thank you for being with us. you can watch our-3 prime time coverage

there's much more news ahead, including this. kris van cleave hospitalize on a school bus to show the stop of the coronavirus on board. >> back on the bus as kids go back to school, school districts have to figure out how to safely get them there. we take a look at school bussing in the age of coronavirus. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." ♪ don't go out, go all out.

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we're back now with our special series "school matters" come looks at how to safely reopen schoopandemic. and you've got to think about

transportation. and n in a normal year, 26 million children take a school bus. schools are scrambling to create plans to bring kids to and from class safely despite the virus. options for social distancing on buses are limited, and there was already a shortage of drivers before the pandemic. kris van cleave takes us on board a school bus now in virginia. okay, come on up -- >> reporter: the first day of school -- >> keep our masks on, okay? >> reporter: brought some big changes to gracie duncan's school bus. >> okay, james. it's a little different this year. what i'm going to get you to do is go all the way to the back. the rocking r with the a, okay -- >> reporter: the handful of students who climbed aboard must wear masks and go to assigned distant seats marked with the school's logo. filling the bus from back to front. >> here in radford, virginia, the biggest difference students will notice, the bus capacity capped at one-third. they're going to be staggered to promote distancing. >> reporter: duncan's bus seats up to 64. but there year will have no more than 20, and the window will be

down to increase ventilation. freshman brandon thompson was a little skeptical. >> nervous because i don't know if the cases are going up. you don't know if you're going to get it or not going to get it. >> reporter: and a survey of parents found only 25% say they'd let their kids take the bus this year. >> i've been in education, this is my 30th year. this is absolutely the hardest thing we've had to do byfar. with the unknown and the amount of changes, it's been very difficult to make a plan and actually stay with it. >> reporter: rob graham is the radford superintendent. why not cancel bus service in why not just go virtual and not introduce this risk? >> there is a risk. and we've tried to make it as low as possible face to face. i think there's even aig having in school face to face. >> reporter: radford schools followed cdc recommendations suggesting facial coverings, driving with the windows open, at least once a day cleaning to disinfect buses, and creating

distan between students including seating children at least one student per row facing forward and skipping rows between students. >> have students distanced based maybe every other seat. make sure that everyone's wearing a mask and to discourage talking on the school bus. and to make sure the windows are open as much as possible. >> reporter: but in georgia where covid cases have soared, commerce city superintendent joy tolbert says some recommendations aren't practical. >> we do not have students situated so they're sitting every other seat. we do have students in every seat on the bus. but we do have the windows down on the bus to provide additional ventilation. >> reporter: 15% of the city's 1,800 students opted for at-home virtual learn. social distancing options remain limited, and the district can't use its extra buses because it lacks additional drivers. >> theres a shortage. of bus drivers. that was even the case before the coronavirus because you just

cannot find bus drivers. >> reporter: while fewer students are riding, dawn hensley still drives dozens daily. everyone wears a mask. >> i'm not anxious at all. i think kids do better i personally think everybody does better with socialization. >> reporter: both districts have overhauled how they clean using electrostatic foggers, the buses are disinfected daily. in between trips, the drivers clean again making sure to wipe down all touched surfaces. >> it made me realize why haven't we always done this during flu season. i do see this as the new normal. >> reporter: neither department had any drivers opt out. in radford, gracie duncan says she's happy to be back behind the wheel. were you nervous about being in a close space with kids? >> i'm really not. i know the safety precautions we have in place. i'll be wearing my mask, the kids are wearing theirs. we're sanitizing. i'm optimisting about doing this and keeping kids safe. >> reporter: and keeping the wheels on her bus headed for class. for "cbs this morning," kris van cleave, radford, virginia.

>> no easy choices bravo to both districts for working as best they can. thank you so much. ahead, teachers who have won the grammy music educator award tell us how they plan to use music to help students deal with what is sure to be a challenging school year on and off the bus. you're watching "cbs this morning."

evanescence has a new single with big ambitions. what do you hope this song does? >> just to get more people, particularly young people to vote especially this year when oing to take a little more effort and thought ahead of time. get in early, do it now. >> ahead, how lee and her grammy using their musical migho help americans find their political voice this section year. they want y to get o vote. your local news is next.

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screen. 1-855-848-give or you can head to kpix.com. good morning, i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. still a pretty busy ride as you had had along 17. that traffic alert near the katz is still in effect. they're working on clearing this out of the lanes but unfortunately it's a slow and go commute northbound 17 heading out of the santa cruz mountains arout there since 6:30 this morning. so give yourself a few extra minutes and hoping to have things cleared up within the b next 20. clearing -- actually on 101 northbound through san jose. things moving better than they were just about a half hour ago. mary? that's good news. all right, well, we are looking at unhealthy air quality once again. hazy smoky skies and spare the air alert continues today. actually even through friday. that spare the air alert has been extended. seasonal daytime highs for today c[w

welcome back too bring some stories that are the "talk of the table" this rn know the l. wiith all of you, and gayle. >> i gi'm in the pole position. mine is d vers, head coach of the los angeles clippers. i admireim very much. got emotional when he was asked to react, give his thoughts on theolice soting of jacob black. jacob blake, the black man in kenosha, shot seven times in the back. he was unarmed at the time. here's a look at what doc rivers had to say. >> all you hear donald trump and all of them talking about fear. we're the ones g all you do is keep hearing about fear. it's -- it's amazing why we k

loving this country, and this . >> all right, days we've got to better -- i was touched by his not an activist he's not someone who speaks in this way. police officer. he likes police. that very clear. i lk at jacob blake's sister who says she's not become desensitized. doc rivers is saying what many black people are saying. lebron james said the other day that he is frightenethat black people in this country are frightened. you know, the police always say dot rush to judgmentiv it does not seem that black people in this country are given the benefit of the doubt. this does not happening to other races. every time i see it, it touches me in a very deep way. i like the way he spoke up and says t words that a lot of people are thig particularly lit

he said at the end there. >> i do, too. we've got to demand better. do better. you don't have to be black to understand why this is so upsetting. this is not a black/white issue necessarily. this is a human issue. i think we all need to be talking about this. tony? and you don't have to say that it does not appear to be ppther races at the same rate. it's a matter of statistical q facts. to confront that, going nus with doc numb. as hard as it is, you seecan se he's engaging with the country, hard for all of us. i'm sticking with the sports world but a different capacity. this is a story most americans have not heard about but is a massive deal. talking about shock in the soccer world after reports that lionelessier wants to leave his team in barcelona, perhaps as soon as this summer. so he is thep highest paid athlete in the world. he made $92 million only from

soccer. >> whoa. >> wow. >> only from soccer. not even endorsements. endorsements took him over $100 million. he's been -- why it a big deal he's leaving barcelona maybe? he's been there for two decades. they picked him up when he was . he had a growth deficiency, they paid for hormone therapy to helped him to become the player he became. it has rattled the world of soccer. guess how much it would cost for a team to pick him up according to one reading of his contract? there's abuy-out clause, $825 million. that is like the toll booth fee just to sign the guy. >> tony, he must be really good at soccer. wow. go, lionel. >> the best. >> go, lionel. wants to go to other things. my "talk of the table" is about the rk band evanescence, you may recall there song of theirs

♪ you cry i wipe away all of your tears ♪ >> that's my immortal from the band's debut album "fallen" which sold more than 17 million copies and won them the grammy for best new artist in 2004. frontwoman amy lee likes to get loud but has always talked softly when it comes to politics. with their new song released around the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, we found out how evanescence is changing that. ♪ read between the lines yeah ♪ >> amy lee began working on "evanescence's" single "use my voice" several years ago. ♪ ♪ i refuse where did this song come from? >> watching the world around me is the big overview answer. the first thing that inspired me to put pen to paper and come up with the initial idea of the song, do you remember that trial

with the stanford sexual assault? i was so inspired by her statement to her abuser at the end of the trial. the one thing that they couldn't take away was her voice and her ability to simply speak her truth. ♪ >> lee and the band laid? down the track early this year. ♪ >> as i was listening to the words back when we were mixing it, i was going, i'm a hypocrite. i'm not doing this. i'm not using my voice. i'm just sitting here. and there are millions of people that might hear what i have to say. what can i do to serve my country? how can i help us move forward when we are hurting so bad right now? >> so she shared the song with the nonpartisan get out the vote groupad count." it's now their anthem for this election. ♪ i will use my voice what do you hope the song does? >> just to get mother nature people, particularly young

people, to vote. especially this year when that's going to be harder. it's going to take a little more effort and thought ahead of time, get in early, do it now. >> the song arrives around the 100th9th amendment which gave the first american women the right to vote. >> it's amazing. theim incredible. >> you are supported on this song by some pretty prominent female musicians. >> yeah. the song has a big, you know, call in the chorus. ♪ and i heard that as a gang of women, it feels like my real, actual, real-life sisterhood. ♪ >> when evanescence emerged out of little rock, arkansas, in 2003, rock critics like this one in the "los angeles times" weren't sure what to make of amy lee. the writer described you as the most successful uncool rock star. >> i love that.

i don't want to be cool -- >> you want to wear it as a badge of honor? >> absolutely. that's never been me. that wasn't me in school. i think that bng cool comes from in you. ♪ >> the band's next two albums both went to number one. it's been nine years since their last full album of new songs. and since then lee has become a mom to son jack, now 6. motherhood has made you more creative. >> you know, it's funny, the day jack was born i just felt like my heart and mind exploded into technicolor. >> i imagine on some level that was probably a relief that this explosion, this creative explosion occurred. >> for sure. definitely. yeah. i can still be myself and be a mom. i can actually just get bigger and better. i'll just sleep a little bit less. it's awesome. >> yeah, there is that. ♪ i don't need trust

>> for now the coronavirus is keeping evanescence off the r d road. the band postponed a massive european tour but will play one special gig to get out the vote. >> and yeah, for the people that register through usemyvoice.org, they can watch us play some live music in october over the interwebs. so there's some extra motivation for you. >> yeah. so after being somewhat reticent about ever getting sort of sticking your toe in the sort of political waters, how do you feel about having done this now? >> relieved. i don't need to be afraid to share my opinions because somebody might not like me or unfriend me or whatever. i think it's important that we be respectful of each other's opinions. i also think it's important not to be silent right now. there's a lot going on. lot of really important and i'm all about it.

♪ >> it's great to see them agai. >> oh, my gosh. >> they're releasing this new album, they're releasing one song at a time. i said, were you worried about the pandemic, because everybody is, she said, no. we don't have a release date. we're going one song at a time. >> i love her voice. loefflve her eyes. and the way that she's speaking up. she said, i can be a mom, and i can do this, too. i can do both really well. >> she was worried about what motherhood would do to her career. it's great. >> motherhood is a good thing. >> i hope that that vote anthem works. 100 million americans thereabouts did not vote in 2016 despite being eligible and of voting age. that is a crazy high number. don't be one of them in 2020, people. >> very good message there. all right. ahead, recent grammy music educators of the year talk about setting the right tone for their students during the pandemic. it's part of our "school matters" series on awesome internet.

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smith jr., band director at maplewood middle school in sulfur, louisiana. jeffrey reading won last year. now he's starting his first semester as a college professor at the university of central florida. you go, jeffrey. and melissa salguero is the 2018 winner. she's a music teacher at public school 48, ps 48, in the bronx, new york. they told us about their hopes and concerns for the school year. some of the footage that you'll see was shot before the pandemic, so it's okay. >> i can't hear you -- music is one of the things that touches everybody. ♪ everybody has a favorite song that when they hear it they automatically get put into another time and place. ♪ talking to my students and asking them for feedback, i get so emotional talking about them because they tell me how important music is.

>> ready, and -- ♪ nice. my biggest concern for my students is the lack of normalcy. every kid wants to know that they have a safe place they can come to. and what this new normal has done, it's just kind of pulled the rug from up under all of us. ♪ i'm not a stranger to the dark hide away ♪ >> one of the things that i worry about is is it going to be safe for not only myself but also the students. ♪ >> so if we can provide them that sense of normalcy -- ♪ -- that ability to cope that music brings, i think that goes a long way in the healing process. >> i'm going to be in contact with over 600 students a week. you got to push more air in the instrument. i want to make sure that i'm not passing on a virus unintentionally. >> at the end of the day, you still have to connect with

someone. ♪ i'm going to find a way to inspire you through the mess. i'm going to teach you love, passion, purpose, intention. we'll be zoom, we'll be face to face, whatever we need to be. i mean, we will be that. >> for the first time ever we're all first-year teachers. i think anybody who has one year experience or 42 years, no one's ever had to teach like this before. but i don't think that changes the passion and the heart people have. >> i'm thinking back when i was in the classroom -- hav you ever seen an instrument -- >> no -- >> i would bring and have the car rot there. i could still do those things on zoom. but it's really important that teachers are still trying to find those lessons that really connect with their students. >> make sure when you practice at home -- now engagement is paramount. if you don't have engagement, they can literally click the button and tune off.

maybe they don't come at all. i think that as educators, my challenge now is how do i make it appealing to them. >> the more you put the lower -- i'm making tiktok videos, all sorts of social media posts to keep them engaged over the summertime. >> we put together a zoom concert -- ♪ my students got together, we got together on zoom. we recorded our song, we did a whole concert on zoom. >> i did this shakespeare production. >> and there's no -- >> where we recorded the kids singin -- ♪ we did like a virtual choir thing, and i feel like those kids even though they weren't in the same room together, even though they never sang a note at the same time, it's brought us closer even though we're further away. >> my mother raised four boys by herself. and when she didn't have -- what she didn't have, she found a way

to get. when we had little, she found a way to make it much. what does covid teach us? take what little we have and make it much. ♪ our sounds don't all have to be the same. but they all can work together. so when i teach my students, i don't see students, i see a symphony. just know that we're all in this together. we're all trying to figure this out. ♪ >> bravo. >> at the end of e day, teach, serve, whatever you do, just give. just be the best version of will be enough.t with inenou-- ♪ >> wow. such a sweet and important story there. wow. you know, my little daughter, rising third grader, missed music camp there summer. it reminds me how important the camps are, and music teachers are. and also, i know you noticed this, as well, how sweet kids' voices are, the elementary school kids. >> that always grabs my heart a little when i hear a little child's voice. listen, mickey, jeffrey,

melissa, you see why they all won the awards that they did. all of them. >> yes, indeed. >> take what little you have and make it much. we're all trying to figure out what the new normal is. >> i like what mickey smith jr. said, we're all first-year teachers. everybody's learning all over again. i admire what they're doing. boy, it's hard to look at the classes the way they are. i have such nostalgia for that now. >> you could see from the beginning of the piece and ended. it started one way and ended another. pre-covid, and clearly we're in covid. nicely done. >> very nicely done. it you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.

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