takeout. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. . supreme court showdown. mourning and power play. president trump races to replace justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> i will be putting forth a nominee next week. it will be a woman. >> democrats accuse republicans of high speed hypocrisy. >> senate republicans who know deep down what is right for the country. >> outside the supreme court, tributes for a justice, unique among her colleagues, well known and beloved. also a def stagt chapter in covid chronicle. deaths by some counts top 200,000. while thousands of bikers rally

in the oh zorks s. ignoring the risks. and later, an appreciation of rbg. >> she came up to my shoulder. i always knew i was in the presence of a giant. this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening, everyone. i'm major jofr in washington. a presidential election that had largely been a referendum on president trump and in particular his hamming of the covid crisis has become something much, much more. a fight over the future of the supreme court following the death friday of justice ruth bader ginsburg. tonight, a reminder as a narks we are continue fronted with many losses. bells tolled at the national ka athlete need ral in the capital for the americans killed by the virus. by some counts, that number now counts 200,000. again today mourners visited the

supreme court where the grounds around that building have bloomed into a memorial honoring justice ginsburg. tonight president trump is pushing falls to name sauk sesor as furious democrats plot their senate moves. paula reid at the white house starts us off. >> this has given the president the opportunity to the reframe the 2020 election. shifting the focus from his handling of koefd to the court. and it has certainly energized his supporters. they even have a new channels "fill the seat." but democrats and some republicans are saying not so falls. the bitter partisan battle has begun over the replacements of justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> with so much at stake, the right to health care, clean air, clean water, environment, equal pay for equal work. democratic presidential.com joe biden insisted whoever wins in november should get to apoint

just justice. >> if i win the selection, president trump's nominee should be withdrawn. >> biden says he would nominate a black woman but would not release lace of potential nominees. >> anyone put a list like that under any circumstance will be sublgt to unrehenting political attacks. >> 34ru6r7's supporters had turned ginsburg's death into at rallying cry. >> fill that seat. >> the president even weighed in on a few favorites. judge amy coney barrett, currently on the 7th circuit of appeals is considered a frontrunner. 1r50 she's highly respected, i can say that. >> but wash ra lagoa is a top contender. >> a i don't know her. she's hispanic and highly respected. >> cbs news has learned that over the next few days the

president will continue to con physical therapy with his to which advisors, his president, chief of staff, white house counsel, even his son-in-law jared kushner about this nomination and the president is expected to announce his pick sometime this week. major. >> paula reid at the white house. thank you. whoever the president nominates to replace ginsburg, the confirmation battle will likely reshape supreme court for generations possibly marking president trump's most lasting legacy. nancy cordes on the high stakes. >> we will move forward without delay. >> we have a chance to stop the process. roilt. >> reporter: senators took their positions in the huge confrontation to come. republicans vowing to move quickly. >> when you have both parties in the white house and the senate, louisvilly, the confirmation goes forward. that's what's going to go happen here. >> reporter: democrats promised to fight it, though their power to do is is limited. >> well, we have our options.

we have ouros in our quiver that i'm nottant to discuss right now. >> reporter: more that $100 million have sbeerd the party arson kaufr since ginsburg's death was announced friday night. massachusetts democrat elizabeth warren had this call to arms for progressive voters. >> tomorrow is the moment to say from the heart. with conviction, to ourselves and anyone who's listening, when it comes to the fight to protect a woman's fight to choose, i will fight. >> reporter: republican leader mitch mcconnell has not said whether he'll try to hold a confirmation vote before election day. just 43 days from now. the average nomination process for a supreme court justice lasts about 70 days. today alaska's lisa murkowski became the second republican

senator to formally oppose taking up a nomination this close to the election. the president responded by tweeting no thanks. to an ie noumt about a murkowski appearance later this month in leesk. his opponent made this plea today. >> speaking to the republicans out there, senate republicans, who know deep down what is right for the country and definite with the constitution. >> biden used to chair the senate judiciary kmeerkts so he knows exactly how this works and he knows that the chance to confirm a supreme court nominee who shares your shoes is something senators live for and thus republicans are unlikely to back down. major. >> nancy cordes, thank you. in southern california tonight exhausted firefighters are battling one of the largest fires ever to hit los angeles county. it's just one of several wildfires scorching the west. lilia luciano has the latest.

>> fueled by erratic winds and triple digit temperatures, the bobcat fire is at nearly a hundred thousand acres tonight with no signs of slowing. the blaze doubling in size since saturday, leaving a path of o destruction across the san gabrielle mountains. homes have burned and evacuations continue. >> it's been a very mooelgs time for a lot of people lost their homes. >> nearly 1700 person emfrom across the country are battling this blaze, including firefighter larry smith of new mexico. >> swref, very zooep steep terrain. the fire tends to be more aggressive as it runs uphill. >> reporter: in organize o tonight where the death toll is nine, firefighters are getting a handle on the historic fires that scorched more than a million acres and destroyed more than 3,000 structures. this is what's left after the bobcat fire swept through this entire desert community, and everywhere i look, there is

smoke. really firefighters have been fighting a fire tlooin stretches 30 miles. what's tough ever, major, they don't expect this is fire to be fully contained until the very end of october.

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20,000 cases a day. hospitals overwhelmed and an economic tame spin from wall street to main street as summer comes to a close horks 40,000 cases a day hot spots moving from major cities to the u.s. heartland with so much still riding on the line. >> my opinion is if giemg to get it, i'm going get it. >> reporter: now more mask gatherings in spikes as lake to have ozarks' bike fest this weechblgtd voters endured long lines to cast early ballots in four states. >> we are exhausted. >> exhausted, yes but finished, no. 11 states in puerto rico report a positivity rate of 10% or higher. on face the nation, former fda commissioner scott gottleib warned of another wave. >> i think we have another cycle heading into the fall and winter. >> here in new york city, once the epicenter of the pandemic, the infection rate is now around

1%. a report from the mayor's office calls covid-19 the largest mass fatality incidents in u.s. history. >> sobering worsds, indeed. thank you. there are sharp increases in covid infections around the world. elizabeth palmer has more. >> reporter: israel is the first country to respond to a covid second wave. with police setting up roadblocks on the eve of the jewish new year to enforce travel restrictions and normally crowded beaches were deserted. europe is bracing for its second wave, too. after at summer of dropping infections, the virus is back. and so are hospital admission. the european countries facing surging infection rates want to avoid going back to a full lockdown, so they're experimenting with a whole series of o half measures. in spain, the infection rate is

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monday near houston there is a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." airlines seek billions in federal tied avoid mass yi6 layoffs as a critical dead line nears. plus green new deal? how peas can replace oil in plastic. and our rita braver with a personal appreciation of rbg.

covid has clobbered the airline industry. some companies have kept seats open to promote safety. now a new threat. unless billions more in federal aid materializes soon, thousands of workers face furlos and al y allaffs. kris van cleave reports. >> it's within heart krenching. >> reporter: alley is days away from losing her job.

one of 8,000 american airlines flight attendants set to be fur load october 1st when the parallel support program runs oumts. >> we're beam with looifls and bills that depend on income coming through the door to stay student loan payments, car payments, home payments. >> the aviation industry reeling from plummeting demand and staggering financial losses due to the coronavirus. as many as 76,000 airline ploers face potential layoff or furlough next month and airlines could slash service to smaller communities. airline kroes were at the white house on thursday. >> we're here to plea with everyone involved to get to a relief package. >> reporter: on capitol hill there appears to be bipartisan support but so far no legislation to make it happen. >> now is not the time to be uncertain. now is the time to give the airline sector the importance that it deserves. >> we don't have much time goat tis done. the president eager to sign a

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we end this half-hour with a look at the life and legacy of ruth bader ginsburg, from someone who knew her well, rita braver. >> reporter: she came up to my shoulder but i always knew i was in the presence of a giant. i met justice ginsburg before she was appointed to the supreme court. a friend wanted to bring her to dinner, and i was thrilled. she was a legend end even then because of her past work as a lawyer fight for women's rights. a few years later, i was reporting on her appointment to this the supreme court. by and large the reviews were positive for ginsburg. former law professor, a mother and grandmother who showed off a

photo of her granddaughter and the first lady. >> senator, i would have preferred an assassin's bullet -- >> ginsburg's confirmation were free from any controversy. even though chairman joseph biden calls ginsburg squeaky clean. rita braver, cbs news at the supreme court. ginsburg became a leader of the liberal wing. her bestfriend was a leading conservative, justice antonin scalia. he made her laugh. i knew she was special but did i expect to see her know tore in us rbg, her face on tirpts and coffee mugs, no. my first inkling was in the late 90s when she came to a party for my daughter and the girls swarnld her like she was madonna. but the truth is justice

ginsburg was more inspirational than any rock star. she had heart and determination. she cared about what happened to people. and the world began to notice. so we cheered her work outs. we were audience as how she would get cancer treatments and return to the office. but most of all, we were moved by the bower of her convictions and her words. >> i would like to see an equal rights amendment in our constitution. >> she never forgot the discrimination she faced asing a young lawyer. in a face involving equal pay for women, justice ginsburg was on the losing site. in her powerful dissent she said "the ball was in congress's court koits. a couple years later congress passed a law to fix the problem. just one of the many ways that ruth bader ginsburg's legacy will live on, one of the many reasons she deserves our admiration. >> and that is the overnight

news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us later for "cbs this morning." follow us online at cbsnews.com and 9/11 join me for my weekly podcast. that's called the takeout. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm major garrett. this is the "cbs overnight news." >> handling of the covid crisis has something become something much more. a fierce fight over the future of the supreme court following the death of ruth bader ginsburg. tonight a reminder as a nation we are confronted with many losses. bells tolled at the national cathedral in the capital for those americans killed by the virus and by some counts, that number now tops 200,000.

and again today mourners visited the supreme court, where the grounds around than have bloomed into a memorial honoring justice ginsburg. tonight president trump is pushing fast to name a successor. as furious democrats plot their senate moves. paula reid at the white house starts us off. over the replacement of justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> so much at stake. right to health care. clean air. clean water. environment. equal pay for equal work. >> democratic presidential nominee joe biden sunday insisted whoever wins in

november should get to appoint the new justice. >> if i twhin election, president trumps nominee should be withdrawn. >> he said he would nominate a black woman but will not release a list. >> anyone put a list like that underthese circumstances will be subject to unrelengthsing political attacks. >> fill the seat, fill seat. >> this is a new one. "fill that seat." >> he weighed in on a few favorites. >> jauj amy coney barrett is considered a frontrunner. >> she's highly respected. >> but judge barbara lagoa, currently on the 11th circuit is also a top contender. >> she's than extraordinary person. i don't know her.

she's his pans and highly respected. >> the president will continue to confer with his top advisors, his vice president chief of staff. the president is expected to announce his pick sometime this week. major. >> paula reid at the white house. thank you. whoever the president nominates, the decision and subsequent confirmation battle will likely shape supreme court for generations possibly mark his most lasting legacy. nancy cordes on the high stakes. >> when you have both parties in the white house and the senate, historically, the confirmation goes forward. that's what's going to happen here. >> democrats promise to fight it

though their power to do so is limited. >> we have arrows in our quiver that i'm not about to discuss right now. >> more than 100 million dollars have poured into the parties' coffers since ginsburg's deaths was announced friday night. the accordable care act and row v wade hanging in the balance, elizabeth warren had this dpurms for progressive voters. >> tonight is the moment to say from the heart with conviction to ourselves and to fwhien's listening, when it comes to the fight to protect a woman's right to choose, i will fight. >> reporter: republican leader mitch mcconnell has not said whether he'll try to hold a confirmation vote before election day. just 43 days from now. the average nomination process for a supreme court justice lasts about 70 days.

today alaska's lisaa murkowski became the second republican senator to formally oppose taking up a nomination this close to the election. the president responded by tweeting no thanks to an announcement about a murkowski appearance later this month in alaska. his opponent made this plea today. >> speaking to those republicans out there, senate republicans who know deep down what is right for the country and consistent with the constitution. >> biden used to chair the senate judiciary kmeerkts so he knows exactly how this works haemd knows that the chance to confirm a supreme court nominee who shares your views is something senators live for and thus republicans are unlikely to back down. major. >> nancy cordes, thank you. as a nation, we are confronting a new milestone in the covid-19 pandemic. there have been 6.8 million cases here, and by some counts,

we have reached 200,000 deaths. states that suffered the most are recovering but infections in others are riegz. tom hanson is in new york. >> it's a new devastating chapter in covid. >> i feel better. i feel -- >> american life has changed drastically since the first death in february trig erld an avalanche of ichb fedexs and then deaths. by may, a presummer surge of 20,000 indications a day, hospitalized overwhelmed and an economic tail spin from wall street to main street. and as summer doums a cloeshlgs 40,000 cases a day hot spots moving from major stois the u.s. heartland with so much still riding on the line. >> my opinion is if i'm going to get it i'm going to get it. >> more mask gatherings and spikes as 10s of thus of bikers packs the lake of the ozarks for bike fest this weekends. voters endured long lines to cast early ballots in four

states. >> we're kpooused. >> dpausd, yes, but finished, no. 11 starts and puerto rico report a positivity rate of 10% or hire. on face the nangs, forum fda commissioner scott got leeb had this to say. >> there's an unmistakable spike in infections. >> reporter: once the epicenter, the infection rate leer is around 1 mischaracterize but a report from the mayor's office called calls covid-19 the largest mass fatality incident in modern new york city history. major. >> sobering words indeed. thank you. this has been another weekend of weather worries for the gulf coast. tropical storm beta is making its way towards texas and louisiana. it is likely come to ashore monday near houston. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm major garrett in washington. thanks for staying with us. this morning, the death of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has touched off a political firestorm that stretches from the halls of congress all the way through the presidential campaign trail. john dickerson has a look back at what happened then and what we can expect now. >> some of the worse moments of modern american political life can be conjured by mentioning the name of supreme court nominees.

box thomas, kavanagh, now we are going to have another of these worst moments at the worst possible moment. in keeping with the rapid pace of things, this election's october surprise has come in september, with a supreme court vacancy. the seams of our national fabric are already tearing. nearly 200,000 are dead from covid-19. protests over racial injustice and violence have rorktd cities. the peaceful transfer of power, once the hallmark of the american system, is underthreat. how grim things will get started from the news. there was only a flickering pause to memorizeler before the political jockeying started. supreme court fights are so hot because they touch issues we're most passionate about. almost, freedom, equality. and the outcomes can affect generations. 1968 was the last time there was a court seat at play this close to an election.

a group of senate republicans tried to block president johnson saying he shouldn't be able to fill it in an election year, but a republican leader, edwin dirkson blocked him. when the same gop senators threatened to filibuster, republican presidential candidate nixon said she shouldn't. then there was restrained. now the opposition party, the democrats,s are unitesed against the president. they're inspired republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. in 2016 mcconnell took what he said was one of the you proudest stands of his life, blocking barack obama's supreme court pick. >> give the people the voice. >> in 2020 he has dropped that principle and is pushing to seat donald trump's pichblgt the senate which was supposed to be the saucer to cool political passion is now the hot plate. whichever side succeeds the escalation will continues. it's an eye or an eye, which is

the wrong way to make justice blind. >> that was john dickerson. you're wrachk the "cbs overnight news."

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once owned by the late frank zappa. it was in this studio where she recorded her latest album "chromatica" which despite the pandemic is her sixth consecutive album. >> not one song on that true is not true. not one. ♪ ♪ i only ask you to show me a real good night ♪ >> it's a dance party. it's a return to her electro pop roots but when you listen to the lyrics, it's more like a diary and not a happy one. ♪ ♪ >> what was so dark about that particular time? >> i mean, honestly, i just -- i totally gave up on myself. i hated being famous. i hated being a star.

i felt exhausted and used up. >> reporter: use up, not by the industry or by her fans, but by the very entity she created. ♪ ♪ poker face ♪ lady gaga had cast such a long shadow that chef any was all but left behind. >> this is the piano i've had for so many years. i've written so many songs on this piano. >> that very one? >> yes. i think what's so special about this piano. i don't know how to explain it. but i went from look agent this piano and think, you ruined my life -- >> that's how i thought -- >> curing this -- i was like you made me lady gaga. my biggest enemy is lady gaga. that's what i was thinking. my biggest enemy is her. what did you do. up can't go to the grocery store now. you go to dinner with your

family, somebody comes to the table. you can't have a dinner v dinner with your family without it being about you. it's all about you and your outfits. why you got to be like that. hello, sir. >> the last time we met was in 2016 in the central park. tonight-down gaga was promoting her previous album pochlt ♪ ♪ girl where do you think you're going ♪ it was flamed after her father's sister. >> i was writing about the trauma from my father's life that became my draum in a lot of ways, anlds thoughts i could fix my dad. >> did it work? >> no. i could never fix that. >> if i had a highway i would run for the hills. >> she'd just hit 30. joanne hit number 20 ♪ ♪ i bow down to pray

but gaga had hit a wall. >> it's not easy if you have malas just to let other people see. i used to show. i unified to self-harm. i tufd say look. i cut myself. i'm hurting. i didn't think anyone could southeast meantle shelts incredible. >> inebl visible and insin yud. combined with the ptsd she says she suffered because she was sexually assaulted at 19, something she didn't even talk about until a few years ago. those close to her knew the dangers. >> the people around me, they lift med up and they said you think you're drowning but you're not. you're still amazing. i used to go, i'm not amazing. i'm over. >> you really felt like that it was over h, like -- >> i didn't understand why i should live other than to be there for my family. there was an actual real thought on feeling, why should i stick around. >> did you think about suicide?

>> oh, yeah. every day. jooefr day? >> yeah. i lived in this house while people watched me for a couple of years to make sure that i was safe. >> her mental an distinguish presented physical pain, too. in her 2017 netflix documentary gaga 5-'2" it was on display. >> it was global pain and mental pain. most of the time, it is triggered by object die indication. if someone puts a known my face and starts take pictures -- >> take pictures? >> total panic, full body pain. i'm braced because i'm so afraided. i feel like i'm an object. i'm not a person. ♪ can't see me cry

♪ this is the end and the lyrics reflect it. >> pop a 911 that's a reference to the medication i had to take because i'm lady gaga. >> a thousand dots is even more. >> i'm completely lonely. please don't judge me. lift me up, give me a start, because i've been flying with some broken arms. >> critics might say if it's that painful, why not stop being a pop star. stop writing, stop touring, be content with what you've achieved. not possible, she says. >> wait, i swear on my future unborn children i don't know why, but i have to. this, i have to do it. singing, very to. turns out even if i don't want to be alive, i still know how to

write a song. ♪ i'd rather be ♪ >> indeed she does. "rain on me." >> lady gaga and ariana grande. >> took home the vma for best song this year. it also earned her a new friend. >> ow love that girl. you know how hard it is to make a female friend in this business? >> i can't imagine. especially for both of you. >> come on. having a female friend is like watching a pig fly in this business. >> elton john, who also appears on the albums, was there to help, too. >> he calls me when i'm down. that usually means i don't pick up the phone because i isolate myself. i'll get a message that they're thinking of me. >> i'm so sorry you had to go through all that but i guess you're not in some ways. >> you know. i appreciate you saying that lee. that's pretty sweet. it's that cheesy thing i'm glade went through it because it made

me stronger. ok. i dish could have done without the last two and a half years of my life. i could have done without that but you know what? it happened. >> she says she's doing better now. both mentally and physically. in fact, she's puts out a new book this week called "channel kindness." it's a collection of stories sent to her by young adults about the power of kindness in the midst of adversity. >> take it from me. if you isolate yourself too long you'll end up staring out into space by yourself. >> maybe the album was one big therapy session, relationship counselling with herself. whatever it was, itself worked. as she put it, lady gaga and stephanie have both radically send what can and can't be changed. >> i don't hate lady gaga anymore. i found a way to love myself again. even when i thought that was

never going to happen. now i look at this and i go, oh, my god. my piano. my piano that i love so much. my piano that lets me speak. my piano that

we end this half-hour with a look at the life and legacy of ruth bader ginsburg from someone who knew her well, rita braver. >> she came up to my shoulder. i always knew i was in the presence of a giant. this is the "cbs overnight news." by and large the reviews were positive for ginsburg. former law professor, a mother and grandmother who showed off a photo of her granddaughter and the first lady.

>> senator, i would have preferred an assassin's bullet -- >> ginsburg's confirmation were free from any controversy. even though chairman joseph biden calls ginsburg squeaky clean. rita braver, cbs news at the supreme court. ginsburg became a leader of the supreme court's liberal wing. her bestfriend was a leading conservative, justice antonin scalia. as one of her former law clerks said, he made her laugh. i knew she was special but did i expect to see her know tore in notorious rbg, her face on t-shirts and coffee mugs, no. my first inkling was in the late 90s when she came to a party for my daughter and the girls warmed around her like she was madonna. but the truth is justice

ginsburg was more inspirational than any rock star. she had heart and determination. she cared about what happened to people. and the world began to notice. so we cheered her work outs. we were yawed at how she would go get cancer treatments and return to the office. but most of all, we were moved by the bower of her convictions and her words. >> i would like to see an equal rights amendment in our constitution. >> she never forgot the discrimination she faced as a young lawyer. in a face involving equal pay for women, justice ginsburg was on the losing site. in her powerful dissent she said "the ball was in congress's court." a couple years later congress passed a law to fix the problem. just one of the many ways that ruth bader ginsburg's legacy will live on, one of the many reasons she deserves our admiration. >> and that is the overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues.

for others, check back with us later for "cbs this morning." follow us online at cbsnews.com d join it's monday, september 21st, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news." supreme court clash. a partisan fight erupts over nominating a new justice. where most americans currently stand on this divisive issue. beta incoming. millions of people watching yet another tropical storm. the threat posed as it gets closer to hitting the u.s. grim milestone. the number of covid deaths in america nears 200,000. how life has changed over the past few months, plus the dire warning from the head of the warning from the head of the fda. captioning funded by cbs good morning, i'm michael