changes that ducome, it's been dich to make a plan and stay with it. >> why not cancel bus service? why not go virtual and not introduce this risk? >> there is a risk.ande've trie low as possible face to face but i think there's even a bigger risk of nofts having our children in school face to face. >> reporter: they followed recommendations facial korve recommendations. one student perreault facing forward and skipping rows between students. >> make sure that everyone's wearing a mask and to scourge talking on the school bus and make sure the windows are open as much as possible. >> reporter: but in georgia, commerce city superintendent says some of those cdc recommendations just 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 percent of the city's 1800 students opted for at home virtual learning but social distancing options remain limited and the district can't use its extra buses because it lacks additional drivers. >> there is a shortage of bus drivers, and that was even the case before the coronavirus. because you just cannot find bus drivers. >> reporter: here students are riding, don hensley still drives dozens daily. everyone wears a mask. >> i'm not anxious at all. >> reporter: both districts have overhauled how they clean using electrostatic foggers the buses are disinfected daily and between trips, the bus is wiped down. >> why haven't we always done

this during flu season? so i do see this as being the new normal. >> reporter: in radford gracie duncan is happy to be back behind the wheel. >> are you concerned? >> i'm really we'll be wearing masks. i'm optimistic about being about it do this. >> reporter: and keep the kids on her bus headed for class. kris van cleave, radford, virginia. >> firefighters in northern california say they're starting to get a handle on the deadly megafires thavd already charred more than a million acres. the danger to homes and businesses may soon be over but for firefighters, manning the lines that danger to their health can last for years. carter evans reports from the fire zone. >> reporter: fast moving wildfires in northern california have destroyed more than 1400 homes and buildings.

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

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after she was found out on the street. her head trapped in a fence. >> usually on a given year we have 25 to 30,000 animals come through the door. o the door. >> come on. >> reporter: but there are far more dogs in el paso than there are willing adopters. it's a common story at shelters in several cities but not every city. >> my jaw just dropped. i didn't know. i mean, i'm living in a could coon in jackson where life is good and everybody has a dog and all the dogs are well taken care of and the shelter is empty. >> reporter: he's loved dogs ever since he was a boy. >> i like dogs better than most people i know. heart and pure soul. >> reporter: he's also a -time pilot. h retired from medicine he realized that he might be able

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may i was in the darkest place that you can imagine. mutual friend of ours called me and said, you know, peter, you need to knock thisoff. meg would want you to be happy. so get out there. >> reporter: and out there, he went. to date, dog is my co-pilot has flown more than 15,000 animals, mostly dogs with a few cats thrown in. >> that's way more of an impact that i ever made as an orthopedic surgeon. so it's so much more rewarding. >> reporter: 72 animals are waiting at the el paso airport at 4:00 on a sunday, including a tired tumble. once everyone is safely loaded on to the plane, rourke is off. after stops in salt lake city and sun valley, the bulk of the animals descend into troutdale oregon just outside portland.

there, an army of volunteers is waiting to help unload the dogs amgd get them to their new homes. >> that's a good boy. >> julie with portland's one tame at a time rescue says she's noticed a huge increase in interest since people have been stuck at home during the pandemic. >> wie been os homes and adoption interests. she found tumble a home with this couple. their backyard kiddie pool is tumble's favorite hang out spot. some texas habits die hard. >> you're home, it doesn't look like texas, does it? >> reporter: back at the airport, an empty plane means a success sfl trip for peter rourke. he'll be back in two weeks to do it all over again. hitting a half dozen other towns

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it all started with a simple request. now a newspaper carrier has discovered a whole new mission in life. steve hartman found his story where else? on the road. >> reporter: long before social distancing, greg daily was already keeping his customers at arm's length. in fact rs to those on his paper route in central new jersey greg has been nothing more than a blur past the driveway. all that changed when an elderly customer asked him a simple favor. could he please pull until and throw the paper closer to the garage. >> it hit me in this pandemic, how is she going to get the things she needs? a couple of days later i decided, i'm going to put this

note out. roipt the note stuck in the next day's edition said "my name is greg daily and i deliver your newspaper every morning which was news to most people. i would like to offer my services free of charge to anyone who needs groceries. from that moment to this. >> tomorrow ok? >> reporter: the phone has been ringing off the hook. he takes the orders, does the sthopg and delivers the groceries. not by whipping them out the window but by carolly placing them on the porch. boy, are people grateful. >> step back and i'll put them in the house for you. >>ilein recently widowed. >> he is one of the finest people in the world. >> reporter: the lady at this house called him the closest thing to god. >> there's a level of appreciation here, steve, that goes above and beyond nothing i've ever seen. but no, i'm not going to stop. >> reporter: you'll stop when this is done.

greg said not necessarily. >> there's something about being about it do something nice for people. >> rorter: and sure enough, since the story first aired, greg has expanded his mission. about 130 seniors are now on his grocery route. he's added about a dozen volunteers, mostly college students who assist with the shopping. he has plans to do still more. >> ok. >> >> reporter: greg daily was called in service by circumstance but he's staying in service by choice. steve hartman, cbs news. on the road. >> and that's the "cbs overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back later for cbs this morning and the latest on hurricane laura. joinhisningorov the m reporting from the nation's capital, i'm nikole killion.

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