week, that feeds me and feels like i'm living a worth while live. >> errol barn etd reporting. and that's the overnight news for this friday. it's friday, september 25th, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news." dangerous demonstration. protesters in los angeles are hit by a car as they rallied for breonna taylor. how they tried to fight back against the driver. doubling down. president trump raises doubts about mail-in voting and the election. the bipartisan pushback and the possible solution. the pac 12 is back. how the shortened football how the shortened football season will work without fans. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we are going to begin this morning with a second night of protests in several cities

around the country after a grand jury failed to charge anyone in breonna taylor's death. overnight there was chaos at a demonstration in los angeles. video captured a driver in hollywood plowing through a crowd of protesters. the white prius tried to speed off, but a large pickup chased the driver and cut them off. protesters used bicycles to smash the windows and tried to drag out the driver of the prius who gunned it in reverse and took off. police are still looking for that person. [ chants ] meanwhile, demonstrators in louisville defied a curfew bay marching in the streets demanding justice for taylor's family. at least 24 people were arrested from a protest yesterday. earlier a state representative who was at a church was arrested. about 200 people gathered there. some even taunting officers dressed in riot gear. taylor's mother joined a demonstration at jefferson

square park where there's a growing memorial. and cbs news has learned that the mother, tamika palmer, will make her first public comments today since the grand jury decision not to charge the officers in connection to her daughter's death. dan danya bacchus has the latest. >> reporter: officials are pleading for calm after a night of protests over a grand jury's decision not to charge officers in breonna taylor's shooting death. >> i'm asking everyone to reject violence and join me in committing ourselves to the work of reform. >> reporter: although wednesday's demonstration started peacefully, two louisville police officers were shot and wounded. a suspect, 26-year-old lorenzo johnson, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and 14 counts of wanton endangerment. the protests began after former detective brett hankinson was indicted for endangering lives when he fired ten shots into an apartment next to taylor's. hankinson was arrested and released on bail. officers jonathan mattingly and

miles cosgrove, who fired the shot that killed taylor, will not face criminal charges. >> seems like history keeps repeating itself over and over and over again. and we never get change. >> reporter: deisha moore, breonna taylor's neighbor, recalls the night she was killed. >> i got woke up by the gunshots. once i got to the door, i had heard them reloading and firing again. >> reporter: moore says after the shooting officers did not come to taylor's aid to try to save her. today, breonna taylor's apartment remains vacant. just outside, a memorial stands in her honor. danya bacchus, cbs news. this morning, a ceremony will be held for justice ruth bader ginsburg in washington. she will become the first woman to lie in state at the u.s. capitol. former vice president joe biden and his wife are expected to pay their respects today. earlier this week, thousands of people from across the nation bid a final farewell to the 87-year-old as she live in

repose outside the supreme court. president trump refuses or rather continues to refuse to commit to a peaceful transition of power after the election. before boarding a plane to a rally in florida yesterday, he told reporters that he's not sure the election could be honest. his comments contradict his press secretary who earlier yesterday said he would accept the results. laura podesta is in washington. my question to you is, how are members of his own republican party, reacting to this? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, republicans like house minority leader kevin mccarthy are saying, no, of course there will be a peaceful transfer of power. and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tweeted that there will be an orderly transition just as there has beenur years . for a second straight day, president trump cast doubt on whether he'll accept the results of the election. >> we want to make sure the election is honest. and i'm not sure that it can be.

i don't know that it can be. >> reporter: on wednesday the commander in chief wouldn't commit to a peaceful transfer of power if rival joe biden wins. >> we're going to have to see what happens. >> reporter: the president claims mail-in voting is ripe with fraud. but his own fbi director told congress that's not true. >> we have not seen historically any kind of coordinated national voter fraud effort in a major election. >> reporter: members of both parties pushed back against the president's comments yesterday with democrats and republicans vowing to honor the results of the election regardless of who wins. >> there will be a very peaceful transition. >> there is nothing in our constitution or in our laws that gives donald trump the privilege of deciding whether or not he will stem aside if he loses. >> reporter: michael waldman, the president of the brennan center for justice at new york university, says many states have improved the voting process.

>> no matter what tweets trump or anybody else has, if we keep doing what we've been doing, we're going to have an election where the results are not open to question by anybody. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders called on congress to put together a bipartisan committee to oversee the integrity of the election. and the senate yesterday did pass a nonbinding resolution or a resolution that won't be voted on, but it's sort of a statement saying that it reaffirms its commitment to a peaceful transition. it also said in part there should be no disruptions by the president or any other person in power to overturn the will of the people of the united states. anne-marie? >> all right. laura podesta in washington, thank you so much, laura. all right. so coming up on "cbs this morning," we will be speaking t power, the supreme court battle, and the coronavirus pandemic. there's new hope for college football as the pac 12

conference gets back in the game. university officials voted unanimously to begin a seven-game conference-only season on november 6th. the deal still needs to get approval from state and local health authorities, commissioner larry scott talked about the decision in a video conference with university presidents. >> and this has been the result of what we said back in august that we'd follow the science, follow the data, follow the advice from our medical experts, and that we know how badly our student athletes want to compete. >> the pac 12's men's and women's basketball seasons will also be allowed to resume on november 25th. right now no fans will be allowed to attend any games that happen on pac 12 campuses due to, of course, the covid-19 pandemic. and a company in china says that its coronavirus vaccine will be ready by early 2021. cenovac has already injected thousands with the vaccine in

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a bridge inspection crew turned into instant heroes when they rescued a dog stranded 120 feet above the mississippi river. the crew noticed the dog last sunday stuck under a bridge deck over the river between mississippi and louisiana. one of the inspectors used a piece of cord to make a harnett. he climbed down on to the deck and pulled the dog to safety. the pooch was okay and was quickly adopted. so there's a push to limit the tenure of supreme court justices, and robert kraft is cleared of sex charges. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the "palm beach, florida post" says charges against new england patriots owner robert kraft have been dropped. the decision to dismiss the charges took place after an appeals court ruled surveillance video allegedly showing kraft

paying for sex at a mass angage parelor could not be used as evidence. kraft issued an apology after he was charged in 2019 and could still be punished by the nfl. the "foil enquirer" reports pennsylvania democrats are scrambling to limit the number of incorrectly filled out election ballots that might be thrown out. last week the state supreme court ruled that mail-in ballots had to be rejected if voters did not first put their ballots in a secrecy envelope before placing it in an outer envelope. democrats are launching a digital ad campaign to explain just how to properly return the ballots. some fear that more than 100,000 votes could be invalidated in the battleground state. >> if a person doesn't use the secrecy envelope, their vote will not count. that's -- that is really, it's a form of voter suppression. >> president trump won pennsylvania by only 44,000 votes in 2016.

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of the proceeds to a nonprofit founded in bryant's memory. bryant, his daughter, and seven others you may recall died in a helicopter crash in january. and now it's time for the friday edition of the cbs "money watch." amazon has unveiled a home security drone, and the rubik's cube is marking an anniversary with a new toy, new version of the toy. diane king hall, are you in new york with that and more. good morning, diane. >> reporter: good morning. happy friday. investors are hoping to cap off the week on a strong note. the three major indices clawed back into positive territory yesterday as wall street weighed the chances of a new stimulus package to ease the financial woes of the pandemic. the dow rose 52, the in that case added 39 and the s&p 500 gained nine. amazon is expanding its line of ring home security products to include a flying indoor camera called the ring always home cam. this is a demonstration video of how the drone can be used if

someone breaks in. it allows people to check in to see if they possibly left the stove on by accident. the drone can fly along preset flight paths and be set to detects motion and automatically fly toward it. the cost, $249. more than 256,000 cordless saws sewed at lowe's are being recalled for a laceration hazard. they're made by the cobalt brand. the company says the 40-volt lithium ion eight-inch electric pole saw can run after the user releases the trigger. meantime, the 40-volt lithium ion electric chainsaw can remain on. there have been no reports of injuries. consumers are urged to contract the distributor for a free repair. a new itty bitty rubik's cube is the world smallest but people acan still play with it. it's set for delivery in

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our top stories this morning -- protests broke out for a second night in louisville after no officers were directly charged in the shooting death of breonna taylor. demonstrator defied a curfew by marching in the streets, demanding justice for taylor's family. police say at least 24 people were arrested in latest protest. and a ceremony will take place today for ruth bader ginsburg as she becomes the first woman to lie in state at the u.s. capitol. earlier this week thousands of people from across the nation bid a final farewell to the 87-year-old as she lay in repose outside the supreme court. she will be buried at arlington national cemetery next week. so as the coronavirus death toll climbs in the u.s., public health officials are sounding the alarm about the upcoming flu season. they warn that we could be facing a twin-demic. meg oliver explains. >> reporter: health officials with an urgent warning -- get your flu shot now. >> we do not want to be facing a covid and a flu season epidemic at the same time.

>> reporter: doctors say a surge in florida cases could overwhelm the health system already strained from the coronavirus pandemic. >> people are going to have symptoms, and they are not going to know is it covid, is it the flu? >> reporter: would you be able to handle a so-called twin-demic? >> we've learned a lot with respect to the management of patients, the management of our staff, how to handle things in the community setting. >> reporter: one supermarket retailer says its pharmacists expect a 75% surge in flu vaccinations this year. every september, sean powers and his 9-year-old twin boys get their flu shot. >> should be a little bit better than normal considering we're all running around in masks. >> reporter: in the southern hemisphere, lockdowns and increased vaccination rates have likely led to a mild flu season there. australia had just 33 positives out of 60,000 samples tested. >> i think when people have actually seen how ill people have gotten from covid and how

sick you could get from flu, hopefully they'll be wiser. >> reporter: vaccine makers are starting to ship what they estimate will be nearly 200 million doses for the season. meg oliver, cbs news, fairlawn, new jersey. coming up on "cbs this morning," more on president trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election. we'll talk with white house chief of staff mark meadows and house speaker nancy pelosi. plus, innon se "rising costw homeownership is out of reach for many families. and a rare look inside the college admissions process. we'll talk about the new book "who gets in and why." that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day and weekend.