next. hope you had a great week and have a great weekend as well. ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning" on this friday. we're at the weekend. august 28th, 2020. i'll gayle king with anthon mason and tony dokoupil from la plap miles of destruction. one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the u.s. we are in lake charles, louisiana, with those returning to what's left after laura's impact. >> president trump's vision for america. mr. trump vows to restore law and order as he accepts the gop nomination before a crowd of supporters, mostly not wearing masks, and sitting close together. how the white house was turned into a political prop. plus, taking a stand. the growing support among

athletes for protests against racial injustice. we talk with the wnba players union president about the role of women in the movement for change. >> and katy perry, smile. the singer talks about motherhood, her music and finding it hard to find happiness. and the baby is here. first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> officrooftops ripped off. >> steel framing wrapped around some trees. >> we've sustained utter amount of damage. >> leaving entire towns under water. plowing over neighborhoods. >> the glass and trees in the house. >> the president delivering a 70-minute acceptance speech. >> there were protests outside. >> i profoundly accept this nomination for president of the united states. >> a teenage shooter accused of killing two people in kenosha,

wisconsin, is being charged with homicide. >> that guy is from my town. who was he accountable to? nobody. >> president trump criticizing the nba postponing games after the shooting of jacob blake. >> they've become like a political organization. i don't think that's a good thing for sports or for the country. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is stepping down. abe plans to step down to deal with health issues. >> all that -- >> helps a 12-year-old off a mega ramp. >> this is sky brown with this gnarly air. >> and all that matters. >> we're not just going to shut up and dribble, shut up and play ball. >> the marlins and mets. >> they study food for a moment silence and then walked off the mound. >> a black lives matter shirt left on top of home plate. >> in addition to being final night of the rnc, this is the last episode of the fifth season of the late show with stephen

colbert. it's been a great five years. and the last five months in particular have been an amazing ten years. i've changed just -- just a bit. it looks like i drank from the wrong grail. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> stephen colbert can always find a way to make it funny. but i get his point. 2020 has been very long. this week alone -- >> i think we all feel a lot older the last six months. >> we hear you loud and clear. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're going to begin with the devastation from hurricane laura and the overwhelming challenges facing survivors. people are just now beginning to assess the full scope of the deafitati devastation in louisiana and texas. we know six people were killed, including a 14-year-old girl. >> more than 700,000 people are without power in the aftermath of one of the strongest storms

ever to hit the united states. tony is amidthe damage in lake charles, louisiana. good morning. >> good morning. the newspapers are calling this the strongest storm to ever make landfall in louisiana. and while the worst of the storm surge, that wall of water, did not arrive, the wind left a tornado-like path of destruction some 40 miles wide. you take a look from above, it made kindling of this business behind me. and just about every block has damage on it. it is hot. it is sticky here. and hundreds of thousands of people are without power or running water. if they have a home left at all. hurricane laura's fury left its mark on just about every part of lake charles. what was it like to pull up this morning? >> devastating. i'm just one of thousands of people. i mean, i'm nobody special. nobody different. >> reporter: take a look at what's left of craig barker's

childhood home. the storm's winds peeled off the roof and blew out windows. >> this used to be the back of the house. and now it's in the front of the house. >> reporter: around the side he showed us something else now counted among the lost. his trailer ripped to shreds. >> this is probably not going to be home anymore. i don't know that we'd be able to rebuild it. >> reporter: laura slammed ashore thursday sending storm surge ten feet high over homes and businesses in cameron, louisiana. as the storm moved inland, the wind did its worst, punching holes in this skyscaper, toppling mobile homes. a floating casino was stuck under a bridge. and about four miles west of lake charles, a chemical plant caught fire. sending thick black smoke and dangerous fumes into the air. after surviving a hurricane, families nearby were told to shelter in place. >> we have sustained a

tremendous amount of damage. we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down. >> reporter: but amid the destruction, there were also those spared. >> i heard noises in the house that wasn't supposed to happen. pretty nervous. >> reporter: brandon jardineaux rode out the storm at home and came just a few inches from losing it all. >> top of that tree hit the gutter. it was right here when we woke up. >> the difference between a teeny dent and a house split in two? >> yes, sir. >> is just that much. >> reporter: instead of having to move out on thursday, we found him in his yard. cleaning up. >> how do you explain that? >> somebody was watching over us. that's all i can say. the good lord was watching over us. wasn't our time. >> reporter: unfortunately not everyone has that kind of miracle survival story this morning. at least six people have died as a result of this storm. that includes a 14-year-old

girl. cynthia miller. jonathan vigliotti went to leesville to speak with her family. >> we rode out the storm in our parents' room. everyone was sitting in there and the tree came down. it came down and landed on her. >> reporter: hurricane laura left a gaping hole in the miller family's home when a tree smashed through crushing 14-year-old cynthia. they called her cindy. the millers weren't expecting a direct hit. they hadn't even been ordered to evacuate. 18-year-old nellie miller is her older sister. >> it was scary. it was dark. it was terrifying, and there was rain, wind everywhere. it sounded huge. i didn't think a tree would come through and hit. it's like, okay, we got hit. my parents started yelling, are you okay? i walked to try to find cindy because she wasn't talking. and i tried to wake her up and she wouldn't wake up. and it took me a little bit to

realize she couldn't. >> reporter: miller family friend richard partridge never thought this could happen. >> this one we were more prepared for. we wasn't prepared for this. this was one of those, you watch it on the news. you see it happen to somebody else. >> reporter: nellie miller said she'll remember her younger sister as an excellent student with a bright future and aspiring marine microbiologist who even as the hurricane barreled down was reading a book by flashlight. >> she was an extrovert. she loved people. she was going to do something big. >> cynthia had dreams of leaving the bayou for harvard. and her family said she was first in her class. she was also the first confirmed fatality. at least three people were killed when trees crashed into their homes. tony? >> jonathan vigliotti there reporting for us, thank you very much. gayle and anthony, as i send it back to you, i can say that the more fortunate families in this area are already getting back to work. and we are picking up some notes

of recovery, some sounds and smells. chainsaws and freshly cut wood. this is a community that rebuilt entirely in 2005 after hurricane rita and even as the rain begins to fall, everyone here does expect they'll rebuild again. >> i'm glad to hear that, but now i'm just thinking about the miller family and the loss they have. this little girl, the more we heard about the story, the more touching it became what she wanted to do, the kind of little girl she was. how she'll be deeply missed. and craig barker said i'm not different. i'm not special. >> the entire story in -- the story of two trees tells it all. one hit. one just missed. president trump says he'll visi the hurricane victims this weekend. today he campaigns in new hampshire after repeatedly attacking his democratic opponent in last night's speech to the republican national convention. he used the white house south lawn as a campaign-style venue full of supporters. the president called joe biden's record a shameful roll call of

betrayals and blunders and said no one will be safe in biden is effected. the speech ended with fireworks while some of his opponents protested outside. paula reid is at the white house. was the coronavirus an issue there last night? >> good morning, anthony. well, looking at this crowd, you wouldn't know that we're in the middle of a pandemic that still takes the lives of nearly 1,000 americans each day. now the white house says that anyone who came in close proximity to the president was tested for covid, but wouldn't say what precautions were taken to protect those in the largely maskless crowd. now throughout this made for tv spectacle, the coronavirus has really only been referenced in the past tense, even as the deaths continue to mount. from fireworks on the national mall to an entrance down the stairs of the white house, mr. trump used the people's house as a political prop like no other president has before. >> the fact is, i'm here.

what's the name of that building? ut i'll say it differently. the fact is we're here and they're not. >> reporter: the white house's mixed messaging on the pandemic was also on full display. while americans have been told to socially distance and wear masks to stop the spread of covid-19 -- >> we are focusing on the science, the facts and the data. >> reporter: -- an audience of nearly 2,000 mostly maskless people gathered. and while the president acknowledged the lives lost to covid-19 -- >> as one nation, we mourn. we grieve. and we hold in our hearts forever the memories of all of those lives that have been so tragically taken. so unnecessary. >> reporter: he continued to pick numbers that support his handling of the pandemic. >> the united states is among the lowest case fatality rates of any major country anywhere in

the world. >> reporter: but the u.s. has one of the highest fatality rates in the world based on population. democratic vice presidential candidate kamala harris, who gave the official prebuttal earlier in the day, painted a different picture. >> the tragedy in all of this is that it didn't have to be this bad. just look around. it's not like this in the rest of the world. all we needed, guys, all we needed was a competent president. >> reporter: in his roughly 70-minute address, the president returned to the topic of law and order, a focus of the week. he did not mention jacob blake, the black man who was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in kenosha, wisconsin. even as racial justice protests have swept across the country. instead, the president attacked what he saw as mob rule taking over cities and blamed democrats for the unrest. >> your vote will decide whether we protect law-aed biding ameris

or whether we give free reign to violent anarchists and agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens. >> biden soed earlier in the day it was president trump who was encouraging more violence. >> kept pouring gasoline on the fire. this happens to be donald trump's america. >> reporter: the biden/harris campaign has also weighed in on the last night of the republican national convention. they called it a delusion, completely divorced from the crushing reality that most americans face. gayle? >> all right, paula, thank you. during the president's speech, protesters outside the white house used noise and fireworks to try and drown him out while he was speaking. hundreds of demonstrators were there. many of them dancing and playing music very loudly. one group of protesters confronted republican senator rand paul as he left the white house after the speech. oh, boy. a video shows police officer on a bicycle apparently holding the

demonstrators back. the senator thanked police on twitter for, in his words, literally saving our lives. i think that video is tough to watch. >> yeah. >> he ought to be able to come and go and not be attacked on the streets that way. it's quiet this morning in kenosha, wisconsin. one of the cities where the president called for law and order. protests over the police shooting of jacob blake continued for a fifth day. blake is still recovering from multiple gunshot wounds. kyle rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people during tuesday night's protest, is appearing before a judge this morning. mola lenghi has the latest developments from kenosha. >> we do not wish to be known for violence of any kind. >> reporter: kenosha, wisconsin, has become an unwilling home to two tragedies. one, stemming from the other. first, last sunday, officials say 29-year-old jacob blake was shot in the back seven times by kenosha police officer rusken spais sheskey.

blake is being handcuffed to his hospital bed. at a press conference, wisconsin governor tony evers was asked if he was concerned blake is being handcuffed? >> oh, yeah, i have no -- i would have no personal understanding why that would be necessary. certainly he's paid a horrific price already. >> reporter: the wisconsin department of justice is investigating the shooting. officer sheskey has not been charged. wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes. >> we don't need an investigation to know that blake's shooting falls in a long and painful pattern of violence. and this is a pattern of violence that happens against black lives too often and across this country. >> reporter: it's a history that brandon morris, a mentor and native of kenosha says african-americans live with every day. >> make sure you don't make any sudden moves when you're around police officers.

make sure you're quiet when you're walking through a white neighborhood. so all those things are built up where in the black community, our parents are teachin us these things because they want to protect us, and they want us to be prepared. >> reporter: the second tragedy came tuesday when 17-year-old kyle rittenhouse allegedly shot three people who had gathered to protest blake's shooting. 36-year-old rosenbaum and anthony huber were killed. hannah gidings was huber's girlfriend. >> and it's just not fair that he had to die like that. he just turned 26. we had plans for everything. we had plans for everything. >> reporter: after extradition, kyle rittenhouse is ultimately expected to face a judge here at the kenosha county courthouse. his attorney tells cbs news he had a right to defend himself on the streets of kenosha. just this morning, the wisconsin

department of justice released the names of the other two officers involved in the jacob blake shooting. officers brittany meronek and vincent arenas. all the officers involved in that shooting are currently on leave throughout the course of the investigation. >> mola, you said something interesting about jacob blake being handcuffed to a bed. have you heard any explanation that why a man who doctors say is paralyzed, has to be handcuffed to the bed? >> still unclear why. we know that he's paralyzed. we know he's going to be in the bed for some time, still undergoing surgery. it's unclear why at this point he remains handcuffed. we have reached out to police but at this point, police are not take anything questions from the media. >> mola lenghi, thank you. one of president trump's closest overseas allies, that's japanese prime minister shinzo abe, is resigning. he said this morning that recent health problems have left him unable to perform his duties. abe has served longer than any other prime minister in japan's history. he is a conservative who has

built up japanese military and stood with the president in opposing china's growing influence in asia. his government has been criticized lately, though, for its response to the coronavirus pandemic. ahead -- why health experts are questioning the cdc's controversial new guidance on who should be tested for the

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ahead, we speak to pop star katy perry -- >> i love this picture! >> anthony, we did this when we were in the santa barbara bureau in july. and team perry asked us to wait until the album dropped, which is today. i was hoping we would get our piece out before the baby came. but baby had other ideas. >> they always do.

>> me and katy hanging out at the pool. babies have their own time frame. >> sure do. >> as you know, katy perry and her fiance orlando bloom announced the birth of good morning everyone, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. covid numbers are down in contra costa county. and today some sectors of the economy can actually reopen for outdoor service. gyms and fitness centers can operate as well as hair and nail salons and hotels and term rentals will also reopen for recreational travel. the man accused of stealing from a firefighter and describing his bank account is scheduled to be arraigned in santa cruz today. 37-year-old brian johnson is in jail facing felony charges and a probation violation. our virtual telethon with

the red cross continues through the weekend. for fire relief. help us hit our goal of $1 million by sunday. you can donate by calling 1-855- 848-give. or head to kpix.com. i'm i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. foggy conditions on golden gate bridge here. live look and you can see that's a bit of a struggle for cars with limited visibility. so some slower speeds as you work your way across the span. just a heads-up there. also as we take a look at the bay bridge, we've got a crash on the eastbound side. heading into the oakland area. near the toll plaza there. it's blocking at least one lane. westbound a little slow at the toll plaza but no major delays across the upper deck into the city. mary? all right, gianna, well, foggy conditions along the coast and right around bay. that sea breeze though not as strong this morning. because of it our air quality is worse and looking at unhealthy air quality and because of that a spare the air

♪ all the marlins and mets have come out of their dugouts. >> very powerful picture last night. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the mets and marlins held a moment of silence in honor of jackie robinson who wrote baseball's color barrier. the teams then walked off the field, and their game was postponed. it was just one of several games called off in protest over the police shooting of jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. >> they left a black lives matter t-shirt on home plate. the nba postponed a second day of playoff games but players say they will finish the season.

"cbs this morning saturday" co-coast dana jacobson spoke with a player at the center of the boycott. >> what had the last 24 hours been like for you? >> felt like a couple of days. probably got like a week's worth of work done. >> reporter: miami heat forward andre iguodala is a 16-year nba veteran. >> there's a real human issue here and we're trying to shed light on that. we're going to put things in place to change that. >> reporter: as vice president of the nba players association, he's been at the forefront their pursuit of social justice. >> it's heavy on our hearts and minds and the team, the milwaukee bucks, we stood in solidarity and said we stand with you. we came down here for this exact reason. >> what did it come down to for all of you to agree you wanted to keep playing? >> what it boiled down to is the platform working for us to get our messages out there? and they've been telling us to shut up and dribble because they don't want to hear us talk.

and we realize we can have just as much leverage doing both. playing and speaking. >> reporter: as current players like iguodala stand up for their freedoms, there are those who have been fighting to eradicate racism and injustice for decades. >> deja vu for me to see young individuals step up to the plate and say, i feel humanity is far more important than championships at this moment. >> reporter: john carlos is a notable figure in that deep and rich history. in 1968 he joined tommy smith on the olympic medals podium. their fists raised in the air in a silent call for equal rights. >> it takes courage to step up and say i refuse to play. it takes conviction to say i'm here in this game to make change and life for all people. >> reporter: more than 50 years after their show of solidarity, athletes across sports are fighting the same battle. for you to know in 1968, you were protesting the same things

that these players today are protesting, for you, is that frustration or understanding? what is the emotion? >> this is not new. you know, it's been going on like this so long until some people have become numb in terms of saying this is repetitious. so repetitious. >> reporter: carlos is proud of the players for making their voices heard through action and hopes the rest of the nation can follow in their footsteps. >> you have no choice but to step up now. as a collective group because we all feel that same pain. we all have that same hurt and sorrow. we have some good, honest, decent people in america. regardless of what their ethnic background is. but we need to hear from them. >> reporter: carlos told me that he loved seeing that snowball effect through sports with players taking a stand. as for what is next for the nba, iguodala says it will be a direct action plan released by players. things they can do to help foster change, including voter

registration and a push for police accountability. as for when they'll get back to playing, he would only tell me soon. the nba hopes that will be by tomorrow. >> a lot of people are hoping that. boy, it was good to see what andre is doing and great to see john carlos after all this time. right? i love what he said that there are good, honest decent people. they just need to speak up. back then, they were so vilified. now it's interesting. >> that was earth shaking. >> how history views these things. dana, thank you. in our next hour we'll talk to nba star and player unions representative nneka ogwumike about the role women are playing. i'm going to work on her name. i think i got it. coming up next, one medical expert says they are concerned about the cdc's controversial new guidelines on coronavirus testing. plus, you can always get this morning's news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. so what do you get for that? you get the day's top stories in less than 20 minutes.

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several states, including new york, california and texas say they will not follow controversial new guidance on coronavirus testing. the cdc had recommended tests for anyone who came in close contact with an infected person. this week, though, the agency revised that saying people exposed to the virus who don't show symptoms may not need to be tested. the exposure issue is getting new attention after the huge annual motorcycle rally in

sturgis,ed is srk ed isouth dak been leaked to new cases. dr. jon lapook shows us why the cdc's change is alarming many in the medical community. >> if you've had a high-risk exposure, you should be tested. >> reporter: dr. tom inglesby is a recognized authority. he says he does not agree with the centers for disease control's new guidance on testing. >> we've been told that contact tracing is the meat and potatoes of trying to stop an epidemic or pandemic. how does this interfere with that? >> if we stop testing contacts, we lose information about what's going on in our own community. we know that something on the order of 40% to 50% of people with this disease in the united states don't have symptoms. there are a lot of people who are asymptomatic who are at risk of spreading this disease. >> let's say on day one person a is in close contact with person b and nine days later finds out person b has just been diagnosed

with covid-19. as early as day three, person a could have started asymptomatically infecting others. if person a goes into quarantine without being tested, those contacts may not be notified of their exposure to coronavirus and may go on to infect others. >> i've got an example of someone i know whose child was just exposed to a covid case. that child is going to stay home for two weeks no matter what. but if that child also tests positive, then family members have clear risk and others in her life might have clear risk. >> a federal health official tells cbs news the push for the change in guidance came from the department of health and human services and the white house coronavirus task force. >> when you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people. you're going to find more cases. >> reporter: throughout the summer, president trump repeatedly blamed widespread testing for generating alarming case numbers and headlines.

on thursday, the vice president's chief of staff said one reason for the change to the cdc guidance was the long wait for test results. >> the guidance that was updated is because there continue to be backlogs in the system with the testing, particularly for people getting tested who were asymptomatic. >> reporter: but the change does not solve that problem. >> the solution to that is to fix the turn around time. the solution is not to slow down testing or to start eliminating groups of people who need to be tested. >> a few days after the guidance change, the department of health and human services said in a statement the guidelines received appropriate attention, consultation and input from fellow task force experts, including cdc director redfield who advised coronavirus related matters among departments and agencies. and cdc director dr. robert redfield released a nearly identical statement but said people that have been exposed talk to their health care provider or public health official about whether or not to get tested. >> jon, what are other gexperts

in the medical community saying about these changes? >> they are confused and upset. and my sources tell me inside the cdc there was disagreement about that policy change, which is why you saw dr. redfield why out a few days ago and try to clarify things by saying if you've been exposed to somebody who is infected with covid you can consider getting tested. but the infectious diseases experts i spoke to, most of them uniformally said they don't want to just consider being test bud they want them to be tested because asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is extremely important in this pandemic. >> yeah, and as you point out, making these change does not solve the problem in delayed testing results. jon, thank you very much. here at cbs news, we are committed to giving a voice to diverse communities. that's why we're launching cbs village. it's an online collection of stories about diverse

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on washington. 57 years ago today the reverend martin luther king jr. delivered his "i have a dream" speech. this year's is called get your knee off my neck commitment march. family members of george floyd, breonna taylor, and jacob blake are scheduled to speak. they're expected to call for comprehensive police reform and racial equality. and really important, masks are mandatory, and there will be temperature checks. >> i was wondering about that. big day in washington. please making sure you use your mask and try to social distance. that's going to be tough there. very important day. i hear there's a reunion that you've got that's going to make us all smile. >> we need a little bit of good news, gayle and anthony. check this out -- first thing with joy in our hearts watching this husband and wife in florida reunite after he finally beat covid-19. watch this. [ cheers ] >> there he is!

>> that is maggie gardner. she is nothing short of ecstatic when she sees her husband, james. he's 77 years old. he battled covid for 31 days in the hospital. now that james is finally home, maggie says she plans on cooking some of his favorite meals so he can regain his strength. >> love seeing these reunions after all that time. doctors said if he'd gotten sick earlier in the pandemic, they might not have been able to save him. with treatments now like plasma, remdesivir, he pulled through which was great to see. we both love music, and i hear your next story might be about that. >> that's exactly right. so next week, guys, i'm taking a couple of days off. we haven't had any time off all this year. let me show you what has helped me get through this quarantine and lockdown. watch this. ♪ >> that's great.

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good morning everyone, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. the man accused of stealing from a firefighter and draining his bank account is scheduled to be arraigned in santa cruz today. 37-year-old brian johnson is in jail facing felony charges and a probation violation. beaches at half-moon bay will be closed once again this weekend in an effort to keep roads clear for crews. the city manager says the closures at beaches and parking lots will bein effect from sunrise tomorrow until dawn on

monday. and our virtual telethon with the red cross continues through the weekend. for fire relief. help us hit our goal of $1 million by sunday. you can donate by calling 1-855- 848-give. or head to kpix.com. i'm i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. and taking a look at the richmond-san rafael bridge. on our maps here our sensors and we're seeing some brake lights right at the toll plaza and i am just getting word of a trouble spot eastbound right at regatta involving overturned vehicle. so that's not too far from there that portion of 580. still foggy across the golden gate bridge. mary? well, foggy conditions along the coast and right around the bay. but that sea breeze not as strong today and because of that, check out the unhealthy air quality already this morning. a spare the air alert in effect today all the way through the weekend and seasonal daytime highs for this time of year and little bit cooler for the weeken and then heating ba

it's friday, august 28th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." tgif. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil is in louisiana after the storm. hurricane laura leaves death and destruction. tony is there amid the cleanup. >> we'll take you above the devastation and people learn exactly what they've lost. >> white house rally. president trump accepts his party's nomination at an extraordinary white house event. major garrett will tell us what's behind the strategy. >> and katy perry's dream. she opens up about her struggles with depression. baby is here but here's today's

eye opener at 8:00. overwhelming challenges facing survivors. people are beginning to assess the full scope of the destruction in louisiana and texas. newspapers are calling this the strongest storm to make land fall in louisiana. just about every block in the area has damage on it. thousands of people are without power. >> we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lyes are upside down. we have lots of challenges around the state to say the least. >> the president used the white house south lawn as a campaign style venue full of supporters. >> the biden harris campaign called it a delusion divorced from the crushing reality most americans face. >> for 47 years joe biden took the donations of blue collar workers, gave them hugs and even kisses. >> the president is making an

odd request. he's calling for both himself and joe biden to submit to drug tests beforehand. trump is right to be suspicious, though. he is. this was joe biden just last week at the democratic convention and this is him today. >> i don't see any difference, james corden. that's pretty good. welcome back to "cbs this morning." today crews in louisiana are working to reach some of the hardest hit damage left by hurricane laura. this is a look at just some of the damage in grand lake, louisiana. that's just a few miles from where the stand form land fall. >> at least six people in the state are dead. tony dokoupil has been reporting for us from hard hit lake charles since the moment the storm came ashore. he's there today. what do things look like where you are? >> good morning. unfortunately about every street, there's damage, particularly downed power lines

and there's a checkerboard effect to the damage as well. you can really take it in if you go above it all. look at this. you'll notice that one structure will be completely gone and then the next it will appear is almost entirely unscathed. on top of that, there's a strange precision to the storm. along one of the main roads in town i noticed a bridal shop with the roof ripped off but the dresses still on the hangers. and not a far walk from here, there's an apartment building with the facade ripped off but on the kitchen table there was what appeared to be salt and pepper shakers and a box of napkins. but if you want to take in the scale and damage here, you're going to need a much larger flying machine. that's why we boarded a helicopter to survey the destruction in hard hit cameron, louisiana. >> hurricane laura made land fall here in cameron, louisiana and the town is virtually

unrecognizable. if the wind didn't destroy it, it is now covered in water. we're about 200 feet in the air, and everywhere you look, there is damage. it's hard to find a place that is not affected by hurricane laura. you see trees snapped and smashed on top of homes. cars that have just been thrown down the street. and you're also seeing pieces of people's homes and memories spread in neighbor's yards. they may take weeks or months to clean all this up. >> harrowing pictures there in cameron, louisiana. gayle and anthony, i want to mention it seems sometimes hurricanes and politics collide as well. in front of the courthouse here in lake charles there is a confederate statue which local officials recently voted to keep in its place. that was a controversial choice. hurricane laura had other ideas, though. knocked it right off the

pedestal. anthony? >> very interesting. tony, thank you very much. the republican national convention wrapped up last night with a wide ranging and combative speech from president trump. mr. trump accepted his party's nomination in an unprecedented sla splashy ceremony. he spoke to a large bunched in crowd for more than an hour, praising his administration's work on the economy and the coronavirus. he also said repeatedly that america will be in trouble if his democratic challenger is elected. >> joe biden is not a savior of america's soul. he is the destroyer of america's jobs. and if given the chance, he will beehe destroyer of american greatness. >> the president holds a campaign rally in new hampshire tonight. over the weekend he plans to visit areas hit by hurricane laura. major garrett joins us to

have a conversation about last night. let's go. it was one of the longest campaign acceptance speeches on record. over an hour. did he accomplish what he needed to do? what worked, what didn't? >> well, you know, voters will tell us what they thought in due time. what i can tell you on my reporting with the white house, here are the goals for the speech and the convention at large. one, reaffirm the president's anti-establishment kcredentials. the other thing, draw sharp contrast on the economy, foreign policy and the entire question as they frame it law and order with joe biden. also not incidentally, fundraising for the republican national committee tapered off. this speech and convention was about reanimating the base and getting them more actively involved in the campaign and lastly, making a communicative pitch who voters who have strayed away from trump.

he gets things done on your behalf and if you have to make a choice between biden and trump you're safer economically and otherwise with the president. >> voters get to see two very different styles between the two candidates that we have. there's criticism of president trump today that he's trampled on tradition. that you don't use the white house in the way that it was used. it's called the people's house. they said last night it was treated like the trump family home, like a sound stage or a prop. do you think that will make a difference? >> it will make a difference, gayle, for voters who decide that this is something not only new but something that's injurious to our sense of what american institutions are and what they represent. do americans feel comfortable with a splashy, hyper partisan event on the white house grounds where it's never been seen before? every president who asks officially has a political reaction to whatever that president does. of course that's true.

but this was a completely different use of federal property, taxpayer property, for a blatantly partisan event. and if the president wins reelection, this will set a new precedent. when we've seen before. that's what the biden says is part of this election conversation, new precedents in their own right, dangerous. >> there seemed to be a little bit of revisionist history or a little amnesia about how they handled the coronavirus. a couple times they referred to it in the past tense. it's still raging. people are not wearing masks or social distancing. do you think that's going to hurt their message down the road? >> it all depends on how the pandemic plays out. the country has seen where the pandemic is. during this convention nearly 4,000 americans died. the president can say whatever he thinks about stratistics he thinks are positive but the country knows we're in the grips of this. i talked to the health and human

services secretary who said the most important things americans can do right now is wear masks, socially distance and follow hygiene. that didn't happen at that event last night. he wore a mask. but most other people didn't. and that gives you this idea, this great gap between what the administration says it's telling the country and what it shows the country itself is doing. that's a part of this conversation from now until november. >> the president also did not talk about jacob blake last night or what's happened in wisconsin except in the scale of talking about law and order which was a consistent theme about this and generating a lot of fear. what exactly are the republicans trying to do there? >> they're trying to fuse two things in a way i've never seen a national political party attempt to do. they're taking the ideology of biden and harris which they say is dangerous and socialist and fuse that with they say a protest culture that is lawless and criminal. so the underlying message is

even when protests are peaceful, what they're protesting in pursuit of is deep cannily dangerous. they're trying to fuse this mentally in the minds of the american public and say there's something dangerous about this entire ticket and ideology, even if everything is peaceful. that's the core message from republicans and president trump. the country will decide if they think that which they see playing out on the streets are dangerous or about something that's more akin to an american evolution. >> major, what does it say that the republican party decided not to issue a platform? >> that they're in the grips of a pandemic. they don't have a platform because they couldn't have a convention. they had a flat screen four-day convention like the democrats. that's a reminder of where things are. one thing about the president and his political base. in the modern era sitting presidents who sought reelection but failed all were weakened by intense intraparty primary challenges. donald trump was not. that means his base is strong

and the trump campaign believes he has a stronger bid for reelection than it appears in the polls. >> does joe biden need to get on the campaign trail sooner rather than later? >> well, the president is going to look vigorous as he can be all through this campaign. and if joe biden doesn't, they will use that as a point of contrast. i know the biden campaign is reassessing that because they know that contrast net net is probably not helpful. >> all right. major garrett, always good

ahead we talk with wnba star about the movement for change after the police shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. we'll be right back.

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this morning we're remembering emmett till on the 65th anniversary of his killing. the 14-year-old black teenager was brutally murdered by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in mississippi. till's death stirred nationwide outrage and became a catalyst in the civil rights movement. a cbsn special airing "the power of august" tonight shows how till's kill flooding 1955 and the death of george floyd this year triggered movements for change. let's go back to vlad duthiers.

vlad, good morning again. > anthony, as you noted, it's been decades since emmett till was killed. the painful legacy of his death still seems fresh amid the civil unrest we've been seeing worldwide surrounding the murder of george floyd. i want to warn some of you, the images you're about to see may be disturbing. life for most black men and women in 1950s america was a daily struggle. their lives were separate and unequal, and especially in the south. black people knew their lives were also at risk. >> there was overt racism. it was often notorious. for a young man like emmett till to travel from chicago to the mississippi delta, it was a world of difference. >> reporter: that difference would be a matter of life and death for 14-year-old emmett till. in august, 1955, his mother sent him to mississippi to spend the summer with his relatives. his family loved young emmett's

jovial personality. as his cousin, wheeler parker jr., told "60 minutes" in 2004, it wasn't something to flaunt in the segregated south. >> he was a center of attraction, he loved pranks, fun. he was a natural-born leader. >> why would that be a problem? >> in mississippi, why would it be a problem? it would be a problem because the mississippians, what he thought was fun or a joke, wasn't funny to them. >> reporter: which is why no one laughed when young emmett whistled at a white woman. a joke that would cost him his life. emmett's late mother, mamie till, would describe what was left of her only child. >> i was looking at his ears, and that's when i discovered a hole about here, and i could see daylight on the other side. i said, i want the world to see this because when people saw what had happened to this little

14-year-old boy, they knew then that not only were black men in danger, but black children, as well. >> there were 10,000 people who saw that body in chicago. many millions more who saw it because of the photograph in "jet" magazine. >> i can't breathe! >> reporter: in may, 2020, tens of millions more saw the video of 46-year-old george floyd take his last breath. >> i think that snapshot of the officer kneeling on his neck, the cry that we heard from george floyd for his mother -- >> mama? >> reporte >> it was powerful. [ chants ] >> reporter: today mark the 57th anniversary of the march on washington. that is, of course, where the reverend martin luther king jr. gave his famous "i have a dream" speech in 1963. tens of thousands are expected

to gather at the lincoln memorial to commemorate the historic march. >> what does some of the civil rights leaders say to you about the protests and the activism that we're seeing in the streets today? i'll be it brings back a lot of memories for them, too. >> you're exactly right. in fact, both young and old, those leaders told us there's a direct lineage between what we saw in the 50s and '60s to what we're seeing today. the one difference is that we are seeing this movement worldwide. you're seeing people holding up black lives matter signs in denmark, in france, all over the world. that kind of alliship is really sort of unique to where we are in this moment at this time. >> it's still jarring to see the body, the picture of emmett till. god bless his mother for sharing that picture. it definitely changed the game and made a huge impact. thank you very much, vlad. "the power of august" looking at transformation, transformational moments, rather, in american civil rights history premieres tonight at 8:00 eastern on our streaming

service, that's cbsn. >> the building where the incident that led to emmett till's death is still there. there's a memorial sign in front of it. >> you've seen it? i'd like to see that. >> i've seen it. it constantly gets defaced, but they clean it up and keep it there. wnba players are being called leaders in the fight for justice after the police shooting of jacob blake. ahead, we'll talk with los angeles sparks star nneka ogwumike about their demands for change. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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myself that i made it through. >> you made it through, katharine hudson. she told us good morning, it's 8:25. i'm len kiese. and outbreak of covid-19 has forced a shutdown of the foster farms poultry processing plant in merced county. since june, more than 350 employees have tested positive for the virus and eight have die. a south bay church must pay at least $10,000 in fines for repeat dry violating health orders. the pastor has defied orders to shut down indoor services and limit the amount of people at gatherings. a virtual telethon with red cross continues through the weekend for fire relief. help us hit our goal of $1 million by sunday and you can donate by calling 1-855-848- give. or by heading to kpix.com.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. you know the drill. we each pick a story to share with each other and with all of you. since tony's in louisiana, it's just the two of us. >> yeah. >> and you get to go first. >> tony's not playing. just you and me. okay. i'm in pole position. a new study suggests you can instantly look more attractive if you do one thing -- put on a face mask. huh? what? researchers at temple university and university of pennsylvania asked about 500 people to rate the attractiveness of photos with and without these surgical-style masks that a lot of us are wearing -- hopefully all of us are wearing. faces wearing a mask significantly improved their

attractiveness rating. the study did not address why, but one researcher said that many people think that the eyes are the most important thing when it comes to judging attractiveness. they also said that there's an element of mystery that comes when you cover up your face. it's a long-standing thing that if you cover up your face, you're creating a sense of desire and anticipation to see what's beneath. that's not what i'm thinking. >> i don't know what i'm thinking -- >> i want to see your whole face. what if you take off the mask and you have jacked up teeth? that changes everything. you got pretty eyes, i think you should know, you should know what you're working with. >> when you walk down the street and see somebody with a mask, what do your teeth look like? >> i'm hung up on teeth. i admit that. i like a pretty smile. i like a pretty smile. >> i'm with you, though. i don't understand that at all. >> no. i didn't get that one either. all right. you've heard of kid president. well now meet kid superintendent. he's the star of a new video giving teachers a pep talk in the reading school district in pennsylvania. take a look. >> 2020 has been kicking our butts.

i can say "butts" right? it's okay to feel overwhelmed, right now, or anxious, or nervous about remote learning. the bitmoji is awesome, by the way. maybe you're worried about students. i'm worried about myself and everybody else. remember, we're all doing the best we can. >> that's 9-year-old jermaine edwards. it's actually a four-minute video. i watched the whole thing this morning. i love it. the video's been viewed more than 44,000 times. jermaine's mom works for the school district, and she wrote the script and went to jermaine who's a quiet kid apparently -- >> no way -- -- and said, will you do this? he said, can i get taco bell? she said, let's make a deal, so this happened. >> jermaine knows how to wheel and deal. a quiet kid, he's got the moves down. >> he sure does. >> i like that. >> he sells it, he does. i applaud him. >> i like mom, too. i'd like to see that. we're going to be talking now about the wnba games. they're expected to resume today after an unprecedented walkout over racial injustice and the

police shooting of jacob blake in wisconsin. yesterday baseball and hockey games were postponed as teams from other major sports leagues joined the group. this protest. wnba players and los angeles sparks forward nneka ogwumike has been at the forefront of the calls for justice, and she joins us this morning to discuss. nneka, it's good to see you. thank you for getting up early. i know what it's like when you're there on the west coast. listen, you all took a day off, what they said was for reflection and the decision has been made to return to the court. can you take us behind the scenes on what went into the decision to say we're going to go back out and play? >> well, gayle, thank you so much for having me. you know, the last 48 hours has been quite hectic. we are very much used to operating in these types of scenarios because we just signed a collective bargaining agreement and then of course we had to figure out how we were going to play safely in bradenton. but i arrived at the gym two days ago to a court filled with

the atlanta and the d.c. players trying to figure out how they felt about playing, not just given the nature of all of the leagues postponing their own games or sitting out their own games, but also our role as women in this country. and we decided not to play. we had a vigil upon returning to the campus. after that followed, an all-player in-person meeting which is something that we have -- i don't think we've ever been able to do before. with that, we came to the conclusion that we needed a day of reflection yesterday. >> yeah. what went into the decision to say, okay, we're going back out? and nneka, thank you. you're in florida. so you didn't have to get up so early. i was thinking about your team in los angeles. thank you for not correcting me. >> thank you. >> no, gayle, i'm in florida. you didn't have to get up that early. we're glad you're here. you all sat down -- >> thank you -- >> you said we've never had a conversation like this before. it's very powerful what the athletes are doing. and i'm curious about the conversations that you all are having amongst yourselves about why you think it's important to do this.

listen, you're getting a lot of support, but there are people saying shut up and dribble. you've heard that, too. >> uh-huh. well you know, it's interesting because -- >> did we lose her? >> did she freeze? nneka? earth to nneka -- >> yes, i'm here. >> she's back. >> she's back. go ahead, nneka. sorry, you froze. >> sorry about that. yeah, sorry about that. i was saying that it's interesting because the critics of players sitting out, you know, it wouldn't -- it wouldn't matter if we weren't already playing. and that's something that we came to the conclusion as wnba players. especially in our case. granted all the leagues are professional, but we're very much in a different state for our league. and playing is what gives us our voice. and that still doesn't discount the fact that we still need a moment to sit with ourselves, to reflect, to mourn, to really consider how we can continue and

recommit to what we really dedicated the season to. >> nneka, you said you're looking for actionable items for change. what would you specifically like to see happen? >> well, you know, i feel as though to get to that answer, it requires having conversations. and of course we wanted to stand in solidarity with our brethren in the nba. i've been in talks with chris paul about how to bring this conversation to both unions to see what we can use our own platforms for to affect that change and demand change for leaders and the politicians in our community. as wnba players, our voice is really what our strength is. in that day of reflection, we still kind of ask players to kind of commit to, for example, we provided the qr code through when we all vote. and most of our players checked their registration status yesterday. and hopefully they were able to share that with their families and friends outside of the bubble. so it's just small actions that can really be strength in

numbers that we want to show in our demonstrations as wnba players that can, of course, now reach our own communities. >> so when the president weighs in and calls the nba a political organization, says this doesn't -- he doesn't think this is good for sports, what's your reaction to that? >> we're citizens, too. i don't see how politics really matters no matter what you're doing in this country because at the end of the day these are all human issues. and we have to -- we have to see these issues as humanity being affected by it rather than us trying to win elections and us trying to pick sides. i think the polarization of the country is something that really affects us deeply. but as athletes, we're so used to always being competitive while also still co-existing with each other. and this bubble is an extreme metaphor of how we can still band together while playing

against each other on the court. >> somebody said this isn't really a sports story, it's an american story. i like what you said, we are also human beings and human citizens. >> nneka ogwumike, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> yeah. ahead, a candid conversation with pop sensation katy perry. we talk with her about becoming a mom and her new album out today. want restaurants to open?

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♪ you make me feel like i'm living a teenage dream the way you turn me on ♪ yep, me and patty remember that song.pa patty's floor manager with popular songs like "teenage dream," know that one, "firework," know that one, and "last friday night," know that one, too. katy perry made history as the first woman to have five hits on the billboard charts from the same album. if you like katy perry's music, and we do, you'll be happy to know she has a new album out. it's been a life-changing week in a very good way for the pop star, as you know. her baby has arrived, she has a new album, good week. we spoke with katy perry while she was still pregnant by the pool at her beverly hills home. are you game, katy perry, for a little dip in the pool? >> i mean, yeah, but you're going to see the largest bump ever. >> i want to see the largest bump ever. these days, pop superstar katy perry has a lot to smile about.

♪ yeah i'm perry's fifth studio album, appropriately titled "smile," comes out today. when we spoke with her, she was still expecting her first child. >> look at this -- >> oh, god, katy. wow. a baby girl with partner orlando bloom. >> i've actually really enjoyed this time. but also my body has felt so strong, and i have so much respect for women's bodies and the things that we can do. >> would you say you're happier now than you've ever been? >> no. i feel like i'm more grounded and rooted than i've ever been. i mean, happiness is a lot of work. you got to work at it every single day. ♪ be your baby on this sunday >> katy perry is 35. she's confident in who she is and what she's made of. but the journey to that clarity was not an easy one. after nearly a decade of chart-topping success --

♪ baby you're a firework -- challenges in both her career and personal life brought her to a new low. ♪ have you ever lost the light in your life ♪ >> i started writing these songs when i was in my darkest place. i was clinically depressed. i -- i wasn't even having bouts of depression, i was like i could not get out of bed. >> what was going on in your life that it was so dark for you? >> i think it was a combo of a lot of things in 2017. my career didn't really meet my own personal expectations. things started to shift. and i had broken up with orlando. i wasn't getting high off of my own supply anymore, and then i was like, oh, wow, i've given all of the responsibility of my self-worth outward. >> when did you know that you needed help? >> i was always getting some form of help.

but more intensive is probably when like i was just fantasizing about not -- not being around. >> oh, no. you -- you went there. you actually went there. >> you start thinking about things like that. and if i did that, i would kind of have the last word or be able be able to control the chaos and the sadness. i'm so grateful that it didn't go there. >> do you feel tremendous pressure about "smile" coming out? >> i feel like i've done some work in my brokeness. so for me, the release of "smile" is just my own personal touchstone of coming out of hell. ♪ i am resilient but to be brilliant ♪ >> i love "resilient." resilient, i'm born to be brilliant. is that how you feel about your life? i love the lyrics. >> it's like the phoenix rising from the ashes. sometimes i have to learn by falling flat on my face.

but once i come back up -- because that's what matters -- it feels like i've pushed through to another level. ♪ cover me in daisies daisies daisies ♪ >> have we decided on baby names? and i'm saying this to you because gayle is a unisex name. >> okay. well, we have three ideas. so i mean, it would be -- like one starts with d, one starts with j, and one starts with b. >> well, we all know the d name she had in mind. she gave birth to daughter daisy dove bloom two days ago. perry says she's very excited to be a mother and to start a family with bloom. after their high-profile breakup in 2017, the couple gave their relationship another try. and this time, they're getting their happy ending. bloom and perry got engaged last year. ♪ i'm so excited about orlando. i've heard you say he's a number-one fan of katheryn hudson. and he has seen all sides of

you, katy. >> yes, ma'am. that's right. he was always just there. like a solid rock. i know that bringing a child into the world sometimes can make things even more stressful. i feel like if i can go through that stress with anyone, it's him. >> i think about there time. we're in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic, racial not rest, a political election. it's a lot. >> i refuse to write off 2020 because of -- for the sake of my soon-to-be child. that would not be fair to her. but i think it is a time of reckoning, of people -- people said 2020 is about clarity, right. oh, everybody -- i'm going to have 2020 vision. sometimes when you get that vision, you see what's wrong. and it's not fun. that clarity is intense. ♪ i think you have two ways to think of things.

you can say, oh, it's the year of the loss of certainty, or it's the year we learne to surrender. >> ah, nice, katy. nice. >> you know? >> yeah. >> if we surrender, sometimes in that stillness, we can get the message. >> there's always a message. if you or someone you know is seeking mental health resources, you can call the national alliance on mental illness help line at 1-800-950-6264. we'll put it on our website because it's hard to write it when i'm talking that fast. in a crisis, text nami to 741741. i so admire her. i like her very much. i've been to sevral of her concer concerts. i love watching her on stage. i love that she's open about her journey to get to where she is today. it was fun, though, anthony, when she was, you know, when she was that big with her belly. i love pregnant women because i love the whole experience. when she said it's a d, a j, or a b, i go, you can't be -- you can't name it daisy, that's the name of your song. and she sat there and smiled sweetly. now that daisy is here, it makes

so much sense to me. daisy dove bloom. >> great name. >> i think it's such a beautiful name. >> it's a aep's a great name. >> she's going to take time off and nest. she and orlando -- >> a good time to take time off. >> yeah. i'm very, very happy for her. her and orlando. congratulations. and baby makes three and four because they also have a son. orlando has a son. it's great. you can hear more of my conversation with katy perry on today's "cbs this morning" podcast. we'll be right back. so you're a small business,

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this is a kpix 5 news update. at the man accused of stealing from a firefighter and draining his bank account is scheduled to be arraigned in santa cruz today. 37-year-old brian johnson faces felony charges in an alleged violation of probation. beaches that half moon bay will be closed again this weekend to keep roads clear evacuees and firefighting crews. the closures will be in effect from sunrise tomorrow until dawn monday. started our virtual telethon with the red cross continues through the weekend for fire relief. help us hit our goal of $1

million by sunday. you can donate by calling 185- 5848-if, or you can head to kpix.com. as we take a look at the roadways right now, chb crews are working on clearing an accident involving an overturned vehicle. this is eastbound 580. we are seeing delays, a bit more green and yellow on our sensors, so hopefully things are getting a little bit better there. the two lanes are still blots . traffic alert remains in that area. still pretty foggy this morning for that ride into san francisco. 101 between marin city and the golden gate bridge , pretty foggy, murky. deanna, we are looking at unhealthy air as we start of our day. air quality is worse compared to yesterday morning. we just don't have that strong sea breeze to kind of makes out the air. so looking at those smoky conditions, especially in san francisco, you can see the purple dots.

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