i'm jeff pegues. i prg the natio capital, i'm jeff pegues. ng prg capi l, i'm jeff pegues.prg the it's wednesday, september 30th, 2020. this is the "cbs morning news." >> shut up, man -- >> who is on your list, joe? >> the clash in cleveland. the presidential debate devolves into anger and interruptions. the biggest takeaways from the first of three showdowns. releasing the recordings. major developments today in the breonna taylor shooting investigation. kids and covid. as more students return to school, the number of young people diagnosed with people diagnosed with coronavirus is going up. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. of course we begin with the first presidential debate. filled with insults and interruptions.

president trump and his rival ss and the economy, but at times their exchanges turned testy and contentious. a cbs news count estimates the president interrupted biden more than 70 times last night. after it was over, our cbs battleground tracker poll found that 48% of viewers felt biden won the debate compared to mr. trump's 41%. 10% say it was a tie. laura podesta is in cleveland. laura, what were some of the big takeaways from the debate? >> reporter: good morning. recent polls say that most people, the vast majority of viewers of last night's debate, already had their minds made up as far as who they're going to for on november 3rd. athincaus candidates talked over each other so much, at times it was difficult to hear them answer the moderator's questions. there was little order throughout much of the first presidential debate. >> the supreme court --

>> will you shut up, man -- >> who is on your list, joe? who's on your list? >> gentlemen, i think we've ended this -- >> packed -- >> no -- >> reporter: president trump and former vice president joe biden were asked about six topics. the first was the open supreme court seat. >> we won the election. elections have consequences. >> reporter: biden said president trump's nominee, judge amy coney barrett, will vote to dismantle the affordable care act. >> he won't ever look you in the eye and say that's what he wants to do. take it away. >> no, i want to give better health care -- >> reporter: the two clashed over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. >> the same man told you by easter this would be gone away. >> he wants to shut down this country. >> oh -- >> i want to keep it open. >> reporter: at times, president trump tried to focus on biden's family. >> i don't know beau. i know hunter. hunter got thrown out of the military. he was thrown out, dishonorably discharged -- >> that's not true.

>> reporter: a poll find 69% of -- found 69% of viewers felt annoyed by the debate. 48% thought biden won, while 41% say the president did. >> he just pours gasoline on the fire. >> reporter: late in the debate, president trump was asked to disavow white supremacy, leading to perhaps the most controversial and buzzed about response of the evening. >> stand back and stand by -- >> reporter: the next presidential debate is scheduled for october 15th. and the question of the integrity of the election also came up with biden telling people to go to iwillvote.com, to register to vote and to head to the polls on november 3rd. president trump pushed again the unverified claim that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in cleveland. thanks a lot. so a federal appeals court upheld an extension for counting absentee ballots on the

battleground state of wisconsin. the ruling is a victory for the democratic party. typically wisconsin ballots are due at the local clerk's office tmbedf p.m. on election day.da that likely means that the winner in wisconsin won't be known for days after the polls close. republicans have appealed that ruling. and on capitol hill, president trump's supreme court pick, amy coney barrett, will spend another day with lawmakers. today she will meet with senator mitt romney. some democrats vow not to meet with barrett as the white house pushes for a quick confirmation. natalie brand reports. >> reporter: vice president mike pence accompanied supreme court nominee amy coney barrett to capitol hill for her first full day of meetings with lawmakers. >> the american people deserve a justice like judge amy coney barrett, and the american people deserve nine justices on the supreme court. >> reporter: tuesday's meetings were only scheduled with

republican members as the white house and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell try to fast track her confirmation ahead of the november 3rd election. >> did she recuse herself from any cases involving the election that involved the man who just appointed her? >> i think that is onene of the most absurd ideas i've heard. >> reporter: that's one of the questions that senators on the judiciary committee could ask when confirmation hearings begin on october 12th. the white house has decided not to go with a traditional sherpa or guide for judge barrett's confirmation process here on the hill. instead, the white house counsel and chief of staff will work directly with senate republicans. while conservatives have praised the pick, but senate democrats have voiced opposition to the nomination and the timing. some say they will not meet with judge barrett, including senate minority leader chuck schumer, who appeared on abc's "the view" tuesday. >> she's so far away from the american people, and it's a lifetime appointment. it could set america back a generation. >> reporter: critics say adding

her to the high court's conservative majority could lead to striking down the affordable care act or reversing the roe v. wade decision on abortion. two topics that will likely dominate the confirmation hearings next month. natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. the grand jury proceeding in the breonna taylor case will be made public today. kentucky's attorney general has now admitted that he never asked the jury to consider homicide charges against the officers who carried out that botched drug raid in march killing taylor. a member of the grand jury is accusing the attorney general of misrepresenting their deliberations. the attorney for that anonymous juror said the juror wants a record of the proceedings made public. >> my client wants to make sure the truth gets out. my client wants to make sure that anything that happened in there becomes something of public knowledge to the extend -- to the extent it's legally allowed to. >> the grand jury ultimately

indicted one officer for firing bullets that entered the home of taylor's neighbor. and now to california. the glass fire burning wine country in the northern part of the state, threatens more than 22,000 homes this morning. the fire has burned more than 46,000 acres in napa and sonoma counties. it's destroyed homes and wineries. one woman who woke up in the middle of the night had just seconds to jump in her car and leave as the flames closed in. >> i was in my underwear, and we drove down, and there was a car on fire blocking the access out. and we opened the car door, and our dogs fled. and we were screaming for help. and then the fire department had to cut through a fence, and we -- i still haven't -- i still haven't found my dog. we left with nothing. >> there is some good news -- the woman found her dog hours later.

further north, though, the zog fire which killed at least three people has burned 50,000 acres. nearly 150 buildings were destroyed. so as students return to school, the number of coronavirus cases affecting young people is on the rise. nearly 10% of all cases in the u.s. are among children. that's according to the american academy of pediatrics. that's up from 2% in april. researchers say the number of cases in school-age children started to rise this month. as of september 10th, there were more than 549,000 children diagnosed with the virus. helen reddy, singer before the anthem "i am woman," has died. her family said that she died yesterday in los angeles. reddy's song "i am woman" went to number one in 1972 and earned her a grammy. she had a string of hits including "delta dawn" and "ain't no way to treat a lady" and hosted "the helen reddy show." she was 78 years old.

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"the oregonian" says three people including an 11-year-old boy were killed when police responded to a hostage incident monday. deputies responded to a hostage headlines at o monday. when the deputies heard gunshots inside the home, they forced their way in. one of the deputies fired an undetermined number of bullets. police say the suspect was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. a woman who was shot was hospitalized. the teenage boy was rescued from the home without injuries. police did not say if the shots fired by the deputy hit anyone. "the new york times" reports that nearly 100,000 defective absentee ballots were sent to city voters. most of the ballots were mailed to people living in brooklyn. they had the wrong names and addresses printed on return envelopes. if voters sign their names on t different names, the ballots could be voided. >> when we opened the exterior envelopes, all of the ballot,

all of the privacy envelopes in the ballots were for different voters, not for us. >> the board of elections blamed the problem on the printing company. it says new ballots and envelopes will be sent out. new york was riddled with mail-in ballot problems during the june primary election. and the "tennesseean" says the nfl's tennessee titans have suspended activities after three players and five employees tested positive for the coronavirus. the titans played the minnesota vikings on sunday. the vikings said they had no positive tests but also suspended in-person activities. it's the first coronavirus outbreak to hit the nfl. all of the titans team facilities have reportedly been shut down until saturday. it's not clear if the teams will play their scheduled games on sunday. so still ahead, hard times for disney theme parks. the company is reducing its work force as the pandemic limits visitors. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes

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theme parks in california and florida. the company has been hit hard by limits on attendance at its parks and other pandemic restrictions. disney says two-thirds of the planned layoffs include part-time workers, but they range from salaried employees to nonunion hourly workers. new york city is starting to fine people who refuse to wear face masks. mayor bill de blasio made the announcement after the rate of positive tests for the coronavirus climbed above 3% in the city for the first time in months. he said officials would offer free masks to anyone caught not wearing one. bill de blasio did not specify how much a fine would be. and coca-cola is partnering with molson coors to launch a hard zelizer. -- hard seltzer. the name will be topo gico. it will come in tangy lemon lime, exotic pine am, strawberry gava, and tropical mango. it is expected in the first half of next year. coors has been trying to move beyond beer as popularity for

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moderator. the president is also being called out for failing to condemn white supremacy. and the grand jury proceedings in the breonna taylor case will be made public today. kentucky's attorney general has admitted that he never asked the jury to consider homicide charges against the officers who carried out that botched drug raid in march killing taylor. a member of the grand jury is accusing the attorney general of misrepresenting their deliberations and wants a record of the proceedings made public. and now to a professor who has stood the test of time. still teaching the ancient classics. only now he's using 21st century technology to do it. here's meg oliver. i never really gave any thought to retiring -- >> reporter: for more than five decades, professor emeritus charles krohn has nourished the soul of his students. -- reeks with the smoke of burning incense -- >> reporter: teaching the classics at the university of

st. thomas in houston, and he wasn't about to let the coronavirus get in the way. >> they couldn't run me off, so i just stayed around. once upon a time -- >> reporter: that's meant embracing technology and a whole new way of teaching at the age of 91. are your students helping you? >> oh, yes. definitely. yeah, especially if something technical going wrong -- professor, why don't you try doing this? >> reporter: he currently teaches five days a week and often relies on his theater background to engage his students. his dedication wasn't lost on his former students who took to social media after his virtual teaching went viral. one former student writing, "he left a lasting impression on our lives." how old do you feel? >> like jack benny. how old am i? i am 39. >> reporter: meg oliver, cbs news, montclair, new jersey. so coming up on "cbs this morning," of course more on last night's presidential debate.

cbs news senior political analyst john dickerson will have the biggest takeaways. plus, only on "cbs this morning," we'll show you how augmented reality is revolutionizing military flight. and we'll talk to actress jim parson and matt boehmer about "the boys in the band." that's the "cbs this morning" for this wednesday. thank you so much for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a good day.