this morning. the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. >> cbs this morning is coming ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, october 15th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. dueling town halls. president trump and joe biden prepare for competing primetime events instead of a debate. plus, how the president is trying to revive an old attack line using the vice president's son. an alarming spike in the coronavirus. france declares a state of emergency. new cases in the u.s. are sharply higher. what's driving the surge, plus, what a positive test for a high-profile football coach means for college sports. demanding justice for

breonna taylor. more of our exclusive interview with breonna's boyfriend kenneth walker and why they are claiming a cover-up starting the very night she was killed by police. tom petty's last dance. his dream project is now complete. three years after his death. his daughter and ex-band mates tell us how it feels in their first tv interview. >> can't wait to hear. first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> 20 days from now, we're going to win this state. we're going to win four more years in the white house. >> the two candidates are preparing to make their case to voters in dueling town halls instead of a head-to-head debate. >> confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to bring up a vote next week. >> president trump says his son is doing fine after testing positive for covid-19. >> he had it for such a short period of time. i don't even think he knew he

had it. >> europe is struggling to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections. >> france is reimposing a state of health emergency. >> when people say the president beat it i'm not worried about it. >> that's sort of like saying somebody was speeding in a car at 95 miles an hour and didn't get in an accident. >> the university of alabama announced that head football coach nick saban tested positive for covid-19. >> all that -- >> the dodgers set a postseason record scoring 11 runs in one inning. >> grand slam! >> and all that matters. >> i would kick myself if i didn't just ask you if you noticed the fly on the vice president pence's head. >> we could see it at home. could you see it sitting next to him? >> on "cbs this morning." >> voting is under way in several states or not only people casting their ballots. they're also cleaning them. >> they have received at least 100 ballots damaged by

disinfectant alcohol spray. and in one case, someone even microwaved their ballot. >> what set dog you use to microwave a ballot? potato? i have to say, if you are microwaving your ballot, i'm okay with you sitting this one out votewise. i really am. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> no, jimmy, no, don't sit it out. >> every vote counts. >> but i don't think you need to microwave it. >> i'm surprised people are being so -- >> a little over the top, but about a dozen people. dial it back a little bit. >> they're taking it seriously. we take it seriously, too. that's why we begin with this story. the campaign for president and mr. trump's attempts to catch up to joe biden who, by the way, has a significant lead in national polls. both are now participating in competing town hall events tonight set to be televised at the very same time. this comes after the president refused to participate in a

planned virtual debate. >> yesterday the president held a rally in iowa where he tried to revive an old line of attack against joe biden based on suspicious new claims linked to rudy giuliani. paula reid is at the white house this morning. paula, good morning. >> good morning. president trump is using his own family's experience and recovery from this virus as a rallying cry to encourage americans to now get back to normal. last night in iowa, he rallied over 5,000 supporters in spite of white house task force guidance that says the gatherings in that area should be limited to just 25 people because of the rising number of cases in the state. >> barron is just fine now. he's tested negative, right? >> reporter: president trump is using his son barron's recovery from covid to urge schools to reopen. >> because it happens. people have it and it goes. get the kids back to school. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci told "cbs evening news" anchor

and managing editor norah o'donnell on wednesday the president is not likely to transmit the virus on the campaign trail but still warned against holding large gatherings. >> i can't advise the president about what he can do and shouldn't do with regard to political campaigns. but i can reiterate my statement that when you have congregate seths s settings of a lot of people together, closely packed, when most are not wearing masks, that's a risk situation to be avoided. >> reporter: over 216,000 people in the u.s. have died and cases are rising across the country. iowa has had more than 100,000 covid cases and hospitalizations are increasing. voters overwhelmingly say the economy is their biggest concern, but the president focused the first half of his speech on attacking his rival. >> and this is a big smoking gun.

>> reporter: with weeks until the election and trailing in the polls, president trump seized on a report in "the new york post" published wednesday claiming files and emails were taken from a laptop that allegedly previously belonged to hunter biden. the report alleges the former vice president used his position to advance his son's business interests in ukraine and that both bidens were not truthful about that relationship. >> vice president biden, you owe the people of america an apology because it turns out you are a corrupt politician. okay? >> reporter: the biden campaign said the allegations were false and noted that an investigation by senate republicans had cleared the former vice president any of wrongdoing in ukraine. the story sourcing has also raised questions about its authenticity as the files were given to "the post" through an attorney for the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani and allegedly obtained from a repair shop owner who said the

device was allegedly left and never picked up. twitter and facebook have both limited the distribution of this hunter biden story and last night, twitter appeared to suspend the account of white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany when she tried to share this story. twitter later clarified saying that this article contained images of personal information like private email addresses, and what twitter classified as hacked materials. twitter says that sharing hacked material or personal information violates its terms of service. >> paula, thank you. minutes ago, the biden campaign said two people working with senator kamala harris have tested positive for covid-19. one of them is her communications director. it is said that senator harris has not been in close contact with either person recently but she is suspending travel just as a precaution through sunday. now this comes as the campaign steps up efforts ahead of election day as ed o'keefe reports.

>> reporter: joe biden is now sitting on a record size campaign war chest. $383 million raised in the month of september alone. and top aides say there's a total of $432 million still in the bank. how the biden campaign plans to spend the money is unclear. but this week alone it's spending more than $24 million to advertise on tv in 16 battleground states. even on wednesday, biden was raising money at private virtual fundraiser and will do so again today before appearing tonight at a televised town hall meeting with voters. and then there's former president barack obama. >> hey, georgia, barack obama here. >> reporter: he's expected to campaign for biden in the closing days of the election in key battleground states. appearing on the popular pod save america podcast, he had a message for democrats discouraged by party leaders not pushing harder for more liberal priorities. >> it's that we just don't have the votes and the clout. so progressives, if you want

progressive legislation, get out there and keep working after the president is elected. >> reporter: meanwhile, early voting numbers are coming in from states already casting ballots. and they are huge. places like california, florida, georgia, michigan and virginia already 16 million-plus votes are in. shattering records from 2016. gayle? >> people are showing up. thank you, ed. supreme court nominee amy coney barrett has finished testifying to the senate judiciary committee and appears to be very much on track to replace justice ruth bader ginsburg. like other recent nominees for the high court, barrett avoided answering many questions from committee members. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. it's still called capitol hill, last time i checked, nancy. good morning to you. what comes next? >> well, today the senate judiciary committee is going to hear from a host of legal experts, half of whom support amy coney barrett's nomination and the other half who don't. and republicans may try to vote

her nomination out of committee today. democrats will likely delay that by a week but that is probably where their stalling power ends. >> the hearing part is over. >> reporter: with overwhelming support from republicans, judge barrett seems destined for confirmation. >> just do the raw numbers, then there's no way to stop it. >> reporter: during her two days on the hot seat, barrett insisted she is independent. >> i assure you, i have my own mind. >> reporter: but that was hard to gauge because, like other nominees, barrett withheld her views on big issues like voting rights and gay rights. >> think of how you would feel as a gay or lesbian american to hear that you can't answer whether the government can make it a crime for them to have that relationship. >> they are pushing me to try to violate the judicial cannons of ethics and offer advisory opinions, and i won't do that.

>> reporter: with help from republicans, she made the case that even a supreme court with a 6-3 majority might uphold the affordable care act. pointing to the so-called doctrine of severability that allows judges to strike down part of a law. >> the main thing is the doctrine of severability, as a presumption to save the statute if possible is that correct? >> that is correct. >> democrats were skeptical. >> the position of the trump administration is to throw the whole thing out. >> well, senator klobuchar, i think that the republicans have kind of made that clear. it's just been part of the public discourse. >> okay. but it's -- is the answer yes then that -- >> senator klobuchar, all these questions you're suggesting that i have animus or that i cut a deal with the president, and i was very clear yesterday that that isn't what happened. >> reporter: if all goes as planned, barrett will be confirmed about a week before election day, two weeks before that important obamacare case

goes before the court. and a jubilant lindsey graham, the chair of the judiciary committee, said yesterday that he will likely be the first unabashedly pro-life woman to be appointed to the court and only the second conservative woman in history. anthony? >> nancy, thank you. a new jump in coronavirus cases pushes the total number of infected americans to nearly 8 million since the pandemic began. that includes more than 680,000 infections reported in just the past two weeks. the newest victims include a top college football coach, alabama's nick saban. he announced yesterday he has tested positive. mola lenghi is following the renewed outbreaks. >> reporter: six-time national champion coach nick saban of the alabama crimson tide has been sidelined by the coronavirus as has the school's athletic director. but saban says, as of now, there's no indication of a teamwide outbreak.

>> we test our players every day. i get tested every day. i feel fine. i felt fine. i was very surprised. >> reporter: in august, tuscaloosa's mayor shut down bars for two weeks as cases spiked following students return to campus. a move saban publicly supported. he's been outspoken about the need to follow public health guidelines, even appearing in covid prevention psas. >> haven't i told you, you have to wear a mask when you're in this building? >> reporter: after having thousands of students test positive on campus during the first month of classes, the university of alabama is now reporting fewer numbers. but that's not the case for most u.s. states. coronavirus cases are on the rise in 37 states. and hospitalizations are rising in 42 states. wisconsin opened this field hospital just outside milwaukee on wednesday to handle patient overflows. the state's hospitals are at 85% capacity. and covid related hospitalizations are at an all-time high. >> many of our icus are strained

in every region of our state has one or more hospitals reporting current and imminent staff shortages. >> reporter: health care worker and covid survivor deb sumiec is losing faith in the state's ability to turn things around. >> we can't come to an agreement. this state right now is so incredibly divided. and we've turned a health pandemic, a health crisis into a political thing. >> reporter: right now the u.s. is averaging more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases every single day. the number that dr. anthony fauci says is unacceptably high. he also urged americans who are making thanksgiving holiday plans to be very careful when getting together with loved ones. it's those small gatherings that have increasingly become linked to covid transmission. fauci says he himself will not be getting together with his own children over the holiday over an abundance of caution.

>> going to be a very different thanksgiving. mola, thank you. europe is also having its worst covid outbreak since april with an average of more than 70,000 new cases a day over the past two weeks. italy just reported a record one-day number. meanwhile, britain's prime minister is fighting with local officials over new restrictions there and france is cracking down even more as our liz palmer reports. >> reporter: last night people in france tuned in to hear covid update from president emmanuel macron. the situation is worrying, he said, but we shouldn't panic. but he did declare a state of emergency and a curfew in nine cities, including paris. everyone will have to leave cafes and restaurants and be off the streets by 9:00 in the evening and stay put until 6:00 a.m. a second wave of coronavirus has taken hold. the rate of infection, for example, in france, the

netherlands, spain and the uk is climbing steeply. overall in yurneurope, there's average of 70,000 cases a day. >> let's try to avoid the misery of another national lockdown. >> reporter: in britain, prime minister johnson has imposed a series of halfway measures. like closing pubs early and limiting social gatherings to six people. but it's not working. his scientific advisers are pushing for a temporary but strict lockdown. a so-called circuit breaker to get things back under control. >> i think it's going to have to. and the longer it leaves it, the worse it will be and the longer we'll have to keep it in place. >> reporter: there is huge frustration with the government here over its constant changing of the rules and a dysfunctional track and trace system. surveys say that people would accept another lockdown. what they really want is some clarity. tony? >> don't we all. elizabeth palmer in london, thank you. ahead -- with a record

number of americans voting by mail, we wanted to find out what happens to ballots after they arrive to be counted. >> so the first thing we would do is scan it in. and then we're going to just view the signature. >> oh, wow. >> trisha and i would make a ruling. it matches. >> so, guys, that is rare access to an election office. it happens to be in new york state which is not a swing state. however, that signature verification process, a version of what you're seeing there we're going to show you, happens in most states in this country. and if your ballot is going to get held up, it's most likely to get held up right there. it's amazing to see people actually go through it and, in fact, we do see ballots held up. >> wow. looking forward to this. >> pay attention, people. it matters. voting matters. >> some of them are 20 years old. >> all

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." a record 16 million americans have reportedly alread cast ballots for president this year. just because a ballot is returned early does not mean it will be counted early or at all. more than 300 election-related lawsuits in at least 40 states have been filed this year, and many challenge some aspect of mail ballots, including witness requirements and ballot deadlines. we got rare behind-the-scenes access to an election office to show you what might get them ou

>> results in the 2020 election are already pouring in. >> heavier than yesterday. >> these are absentee ballots in rockland county, new york. >> democracy happening before our eyes. >> it is. >> kristen and patricia are co-election commissioners here, a democrat and a republican working together. >> can i help you? >> sure. >> really? all right, rhonda, you're in. joe, you're in. >> but nationally, republicans and democrats are fighting. >> this is going to be a fraud like you've never seen. >> not only to turn out their voters. >> he is throwing up every roadblock to try and suppress the vote. >> but to make sure that each vote is legitimate and counted. >> and sometimes when there are challenges, people will say without that stamp, we're not sure when it got here. >> what you're about to see is perhaps the most consequential moment in the journey of a typical mail-in ballot. >> so the first thing we would do is scan it in and then we're

going to just view the signature. >> oh, wow. >> when election workers try to verify that a vote is genuine, by checking the signature against what's on file. >> tricia and i would make a ruling. so it matches. >> while the commissioners asked us to blur voters' names, we got to see exactly how much variation they're willing to accept. >> we're looking at substantial similarities, right? so we're not handwriting experts, we're not sitting there saying, oh, that "y" is slightly different, that's not going to count. >> if your ballot is going to get hung up, though, this is most likely where it will happen n a close election, that could be decisive. across the u.s., missing or mismatched signatures doomed more than 150,000 ballots in 2016. and sure enough -- >> ooh. >> this looks very different. >> very different, yeah. so that's an issue. >> this voter's signature sent the commissioners in search of additional documentation. >> so now we're going to look at

her absentee application. and that one matches. >> we watched as they looked through four signatures on file. >> so it almost appears like she has a very serious signature, as the voters say a quick signature. >> it just seems like the pen strokes are different. i don't want to get involved, it's your call. >> the decision, rejected, at least for now. >> we may talk to her and see. she may sign an attestation that she actually completed the ballot. >> in new york and at least 18 other states, voters are notified if their ballot has been rejected and given an opportunity to fix it in a process known as ballot curing. but in most of the country, there is no such requirement, so the ballots can be tossed out. and not only for signature issues. >> this isn't sealed. >> we saw two other ballots set aside because the internal envelopes weren't sealed, though those were eventually accepted with no evidence of tampering.

>> this right here just to put a fine point on it, demonstrates why it's so important for people to stake extreme care filling out their ballot. >> after initial checks the sealed ballots are scanned in and moved to a storage room. >> it's really secure. >> teamwork. >> there's three locks. >> a democratic lock, a republican lock, and if we were ever impounded by the court, that lock would be for the sheriff. >> in new york, they aren't actually counted until three days after the polls close. so state officials can compare a list of absentee voters against the names of those who voted in person. >> so the point of the delay in counting is to make sure no one is double voting. >> right. >> yes. election results are always unofficial on election night. >> that's true for every state in america, where any vote can be contested or even thrown out. this year that fight is expected to be fiercer than most. >> why at this busy time did you want to show us this? >> i think it's all about

transparency. we want to show the voters first how hard we work, that their ballot is going to be secure when it's here, and that we're concerned about their ballot and we will take every precaution we can. >> we want to demystify it, right? people don't know and they're nervous about things because they don't know. so even though we're extremely busy right now, this gives us the opportunity to say to people, look, this is what happens to your ballot. we take it seriously. we want your vote to be counted. these are all the steps we take to make sure it does. >> isn't that interesting? >> fascinating. >> number one, i didn't realize they had to work that hard in terms of checking, double checking, rechecking again. and the fact that they take it so seriously and they allowed you to come in and see. >> it i like there are partisan locks, a republican lock and democratic lock. >> there are two keys for the storage room but also two keys for the drop box outside, so nothing in that office can happen without a republican and a democrat signing off, and that's in fact true all across the country. there's a lot of states that

have that kind of dual system of checking. but here's a message i'll bring people from the republican commissioner, miss giblin there in the piece. she says if you can vote in person, you should do it because there is less of a chance that something will get hung up if you do it in person. you can see why. >> very important point you made there about the signature. >> yes. >> one thing i've noticed, in these days when people sign for everything. >> it's barely a sign. >> people just literally slash a line. but when you go vote in person, you can usually see your signature that you registered with and you can know to match it. sometimes people now are signing so many different ways. >> and you're there, you pull the lever, fill in the bubble and you're counted right there on the spot. inviting people to challenge it. they have the right to challenge it if you're voting on that piece of paper. another thing i'll point out and this is important. 18 states have to actually call you to say there is a problem. most of the country that's not the case. however, right now, people, if

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and to do it right. the big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. it's what they do. well, i do what i do. if you'ld like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. a white woman who falsely accused a black man of threatening her in new york's central park went to court yesterday to answer criminal charges. prosecutors now allege that amy cooper made a second call to police with another bogus accusation. our national correspondent, jericka duncan is tracking the fallout from that widely reported confrontation. >> i'm going to tell them there's an african-american man threatening my life. >> reporter: the memorial day incident that bird watcher christian cooper caught on camera highlighted the issue of false reports made against black people to the police. >> please send a cop

immediately. >> reporter: christian cooper had simply asked amy cooper to leash her dog as the rules of the park required. prosecutors revealed twhaens we that amy cooper made a second call saying that christian cooper tried to assault her in the ramble area of central park. when police arrived on scene, investigators say she recanted that account. in a statement a day after the incident, amy cooper apologized, writing i am well aware of the pain that misassumptions and insensitive statements about race cause. >> he is recording me and threatening myself and my dog. >> reporter: in july, the manhattan district attorney charged cooper with one count of falsely reporting an incident to police, a misdemeanor. if convicted, she could face up to a year in jail. christian cooper wants nothing to do with the case. when we spoke to christian yesterday, he told us in part, my focus has been and continues to be on fixing policing and addressing systemic racism. speaking to gayle king in june,

he said amy's behavior was unmistakable not sure someone's should be defined by 60 seconds of poor judgment. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," jericka duncan, new york. >> prosecutors say they're negotiating a plea deal with cooper's defense team to potentially avoid jail time for her. we reached out to amy cooper's attorney but have not heard back. ahead, vladimir duthiers will look at the stories we thin

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by heather houston from atlanta, georgia. she was one of many people online who noticed that yesterday you were on earlier and only had two stories instead of three. she said where's my vlad. i plan my entire morning around vlad. please don't take away my vlad, crying emoji. that's what i got. >> heather, here i am. good to see all of you too. thank you very much for that, heather. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today. a new study claims it may be virtually impossible to catch the coronavirus on an airliner. this is video from a pentagon study that took a comprehensive look at cabin air flow on united airlines planes. it found when passengers are seated and wearing masks, on average only 0.003% of infected air particles could enter their breathing zone. that's three out of every 100,000 particles, even when every seat on the plane is occupied. the researchers say because of air circulation, air ventilation and filters, a united cabin is

one of the safest indoor environments in the world. it's important to note that the study's findings makes it clear you should still wear a mask. >> but i think this is really important and very, i think, reassuring for people who ar flying. when delta -- ed bastion was here, the ceo. >> it backs up what he says. >> it backs up what he says. i thought it was very comforting tol hear. >> there's no reason to think this is limited to united. it's a big deal. be careful in the security line but onboard you're good. >> that's what airlines have been advertising, that the filtration systems are best in the world. >> some say better than going to the grocery store. >> so that honeymoon, marian, is still in the works. all right, let's turn to a very touching moment from last night's billboard music awards. ♪ we will never break ♪ we will never break >> this was an emotional moment. john legend dedicated this pretaped performance of his song

"never break" to his wife, chrissy teigen. it was his first time on stage since teigen announced they lost a baby after pregnancy complications. in an instagram post last month, teigen said we will grieve and get through it. killer mike accepted the first ever billboard change maker award for his position as a social activist. lizzo was also a winner. if you want an indication of what lizzo is trying to tell you, she used this dress to earn courage people to vote. she said use your voice and refuse to be suppressed. guys, there are people that are -- i wrote down the lyrics to john legend's song. who knows about tomorrow, we don't know what's in the stars, i just know i'll always follow the light in your heart. >> that song is on his new album, so it's been out for a month or so, couple months, now it's so good. it means different things to different people. that's the beauty of john legend's lyrics. last night you felt him, vlad,

when he was singing to chrissy. >> it was such an emotional moment. >> and what she did was so admirable and kracourageous in talking very candidly -- >> and sharing it. >> made it a lot easier for other women. >> it's something that does not get talked about enough and so many families go through it. >> and lizzo always good. >> love lizzo. >> killer mike too. >> remember the tiny tea cup? >> that's right. you couldn't miss the message on that dress. vlad, thank you. ahead, the latest high-flying report of a jetpack carrying somebody thousands of feet above ground near a major airport. that's ahead. eliminate who you are not first, and you're going to find yourself where you need to be. ♪ the race is never over. the journey has no port. the adventure never ends, because we are always on the way. ♪

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yes, it's thursday, october 15th >> it is thursday, october 15, 2020. welcome back. i'm gail king with tony and anthony mason. how flu season could make this season worse. we have some timely advice. >> more exclusive conversation with breonna taylor's boyfriend. and a daughter running memory. we'll talk to her and her former

band mates in a tv interview. >> first the morning opener. >> the campaign for president both competing at town hall on television at the same time. >> rallying over 5,000 supporters. >> early numbers coming from states already casting ballots, they are huge, shattering ballots of 2016. >> amy coney barrett has finished testifying and appears to be very much on track. >> republicans may try to vote her nomination out of committee today. democrats will likely delay that and that is likely where their stalling power ends. >> the new jump pushes the total number of infected americans to nearly 10 million since the pandemic began. >> people aren't getting to hug. if you need a hug, there is this. the dutch practice of cow

hugging. cow hugging has become a lot more popular. >> anyone can do it. you can go to a farm and hug a cow. if a regular cow isn't available, you can always hug your mama. oh! . cow hugging. that is not something i considered. >> better than cow tipping. >> you are right about that. tonight was supposed to be the time for the second presidential debate. instead. the candidates are participating in duelling town halls. the president will be in miami. joe biden will answer questions from philadelphia. the event was canceled after the president backed out because of the event being made virtual because of his coronavirus diagnosis. >> after this 5,000-person rally in iowa where many didn't wear

masks. cases are up nearly 17%. positivity rate there nearly 20%. for the second time, we are hearing about someone flying a jet pack in the sky near one of our busiest airports, a boeing 777 reported an unidentified flying object above los angeles yesterday. >> we just saw the flying object passing about 6,000. >> was it a uav or a jet pack. >> like a jet pack. >> what do we know about this latest incident? >> the mystery continues. a faa says a china airlines crew reported what appeared to be a jet pack flying around 6,000 feet around lax. other planes did not spot the

object. other similar sights a person wearing a jet pack flying near their airliners. it is not clear what they've seen. jet packs are a real thing but only a few companies make them. the ceo of jet pack aviation l.a. said it would be impabl for someone to fly thousands of feet up and get back down safely. it's unlikely somebody could take off and land in densely popular l.a., of course iron man flying around l.a. would certainly light up social media. ahead, more of our interview with breonna

three years after tom three years after tom petty's death, his dream project is finally complete. the first interview that his daughter says made the recording sessions so special. we'll be right back. proposition 16 takes on discrimination.

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caring for each other because we are all in this together. so wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya? ugh. the breonna taylor case has grown anger nationwide and calls for justice especially since it was just announced no police

officers will be charged in her death. the officers jonathan mattingly, miles cross grove and bret hankison. he was charged for shooting into other home and did plead not guilty to that. we have spoken to breonna's boyfriend and his attorneys. tey are accusing the louisville police of trying to frame their client. >> the one person charged wasn't for the death of breonna taylor, for firing the shots into the apartment next door? >> exactly. how do you get away with that? there was kids in the other apartment too.

i didn't shoot through any walls with kids in there but i went to jail immediately. kenneth walking went to jail for allegedly shooting mattingly. in may, those charges were dismissed. he hired the attorneys to file a lawsuit against the commonwealth of kentucky and city of louisville claiming police misconduct. they break into his house, kill his girlfriend, frame him for it to cover it up. when that coverup falls apart because it is so inconsistent with the evidence, the case is dismissed and the charges go away. he's supposed to say thank you? no. there has to be a consequence. if daniel cameron won't hold them responsible, we will in the civil case. >> you are a member of the legal team but also one of kenny's

childhood friends. >> he really does build his life protecting others and comforting others. it sucks to see someone you've known their entire life hurting. he was 27 years old and never involved in the criminal justice system at all. all of a sudden the police announce and decide at 1:00 in the morning, i'm going to decide tonight to shoot at a cop, it doesn't make any sense. that's why a dozen witnesses, neighbors all said they never heard them announce as police. >> there's one witness. >> he told police in his recorded interview they did not announce that they were police. what is more important in that regard, there are three 911 calls made from that night. >> 911 pralt operator. what is your emergency?

>> get your ambulance, they are shooting guns like crazy. >> every person said, get the police. they are shooting guns like crazy. >> nobody what calls 911 says the police are here shooting. >> the police targeted her apartment because they had been investigating her ex boyfriend. walker's attorneys claim the louisville police obtained a search warrant for taylor's home under false pretenses. >> you have to go back to the beginning of the warrant they executed that night was obtained with pujored testimony. what was in the warrant was a lie. >> what was it? >> that she had been receiving suspicious packages at that address for mr. glover. that is included. the postal inspector confirmed

that is not true. not only did i not tell them that, i specifically told them she had not received a suspicious package there. >> what about the ballistics report. kenneth said he's not sure he shot a police officer. >> they are incon clunsive. they have not come out and proven that the bullet shot by kenny actually hit mattingly. >> who do you think shot officer mattingly, fred? >> i don't know. i'm not convinced based on the evidence that they have it was kenny. one of the officers says as the door opened, bullets flew out towards me. we knows that not true either. kenny only fired one shot. they were mistaken in their belief and the amount of force necessary they needed to use against kenny's one shot. >> why can't with he find the

bullets fired? >> that's a good question. one of the body cam videos, you see a swat officer find what he said was a 9 millimeter slug on the ground. >> the casings looks like 9 mills. >> when the crime steen unit gets to the scene to document, it is no longer there. as we've seen from multiple body cams, they are entering a crime that they are the suspects in. >> both sides argue self-defense? can both be true? >> let's be clear, kenny's right to self-defense is unquestioned under the law. do they have the right for self-defense, that's up to them to take to a jury but mr. cameron said they don't have to do that. >> in june, a nearly blank incident report.

listing taylor's injuries as none. despite the fact that the 26-year-old was shot at least five times during the deadly raid. >> what did you think when you saw the report? >> it is typical of the income tans and corruption throughout this case. >> you filed a lawsuit against the state. what do you hope to get out of that? >> no amount of money can change the fact that she's gone. that's all i care about. i just want her name to live on and bee glad. i tell them say her name. that's what you can do for me. >> breonna taylor is her name. kentucky police office and others involved declined our request for comment. >> yesterday, i called breonna's mother. you can imagine these interviews

are triggering for them. it was very hard for her. i caught her when she was at a celebration for george floyd's berth day, he would have been 47 yesterday. breonna's emt jacket is laying there, the officer picked this up and said one of my guys left this. she said, no that is my daughter's. he said, she was an emt? they were stunned to hear that. when you see police officers we showed yesterday on the body cam so so callously, she's done as they are stepping over the body. it was heartbreaking for all of them to see that. >> heartbreaking what you said about the warrant. for me, this starts with the warrant. if the warrant was falsely created essentially, that's where this really began.

you want to know what that crew of officers were told before they went to the door about what was going on there. >> i keep thinking about kenneth walker. he was in jail. he couldn't go to the funeral because he was charged with attempted murder. he never got a chance to say goodbye. that's also part of the pain he's dealing with. >> we'll share more of our exclusive interview during a one-hour show on bet on saturday at 6:00 eastern on bet which is a division of viacom cbs. we'll be right back.

as we enter the flu season, public health experts are warning about a so-called twindemic of the flu and covid-19. many people are wondering how to tell if their cough is just a cold or covid-19.

cbs news medical contributor dr. david agus joins us now with some answers to these questions. dr. agus, good morning. so how do you do it? you've got a cold, you've got the flu and then you've got the coronavirus. there are some similarities, but there are a lot of important differences. can you walk us through them? >> sure, tony. so they're all viruses, right? coronavirus causes the common cold, covid-19 obviously, and then influenza a and b cause the flu. the body's immune response to viruses causes you to have fever, chills, causes you to potentially have diarrhea, headache, so the immune response to the virus. the body doesn't care which virus it is, a virus is a virus so the symptoms are remarkably similar. what's unique to covid is the change to taste and smell that happens in some people but not all. but the symptoms are really overlapping so it's going to cause issue as we get into the season. >> so what guidance would you give people about precisely when

they should go to their doctor or at least call their doctor? >> so what these viruses do is they go into your lung and they cause inflammation. the lungs can get leaky and it can make it difficult to breathe. that's what we worry about. that's why people need to go to the doctor or the hospital when they have difficulty breathing. that classically means there's too much inflammation in the lung. at that point the doctor will do a rapid test and can know whether the patient has flu, whether the patient has covid-19 or something else like the common cold and make a decision whether that patient needs oxygen or hospitalization or can be monitored at home. the other is you can have a pulse ox at home and measure your own oxygen, and so if it starts to dip below 94%, then it's time to call your doctor. >> and what is your biggest concern as we enter a period where we're going to have the flu and the coronavirus side by side? what worries you as you look at what could happen to the country? >> well, in many parts of the country now where there are spikes in cases, the hospitals

are starting to be full, the icus are full. you couple that with the flu and you have a double whammy there which really emphasizes the need for flu vaccination. you can treat the flu -- you can prevent the flu with a vaccine in many cases and that is critical. the other key is diagnosis. remember, if you diagnose the flu early through a test, you can take a drug, tamiflu or one of the other anti-flu drugs or give it to your family members before they're symptomatic and they won't get sick. so it's really important that we keep testing going in the country. >> all right. so pay attention to your oxygen levels and do get that flu shot. important information. dr. david agus, thank you very much. coming up, tom petty's album "wildflowers" is considered his most personal but it wasn't released the way he wanted it. ahead we talk to his daughter and former band members about why they decided to carry out his original vision more than two decades later. local news is next.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring you some of the stories that we call talk of the table. tony is up first. >> i am talking about a little bit of history that happened last night in major league baseball. the los angeles dodgers scored 11 runs in the first inning of game three of their league championship series against the braves. no other team in the history of the sport has scored that many runs in one inning of a playoff game or world series. final score 15-3. the braves had led the series 2-1 -- or are still leading the series 2-1. my wife is from l.a. when she turned the game on at about 9:00 last night, she's like guess what the score is! >> and our wendy mcneill who

briefs us every morning on the show is a huge dodgers fan and she was just cooing and gushing about what happened because dodgers fans were starting to get a little despondent. >> kyle wright, his earned run average, a good one is 3 to 5. 94.5. it's like an fm radio station, espn said. >> you know something about baseball because you played this game in college. >> i did, i did. >> you know how the game works and what a big deal that is. mine is extra sweet day for dunkin' donuts customer in oklahoma. john thompson got married in the drive-through. why? the bride is dunkin manager, and her name is sugar. >> what's her full name? >> her name is sugar good. that was her maiden name. >> that's her maiden name? >> now her name is sugar thompson. they exchanged vows at the window because they met three years ago at the window. i'd like to know that conversation. thompson rolled up in his car for his usual order. they had stacks of glazed doughnuts for a wedding cake and

the bride's bouquet was made of doughnuts too. the chain is selling its first-ever spicy doughnut. it has strawberry icing with a blend of cayenne and ghost pepper, one of the hottest chili peppers in the world. they said think about tabasco and multiply it times ten. >> tabasco times 10? >> yes. they said it's on fire. but i like john and sugar, how they met. what's your opening line. maple bar, jelly doughnut and you? i think that that's does her na? so he'd say hey, sugar. o cf1 o >> in that case you're justified saying hi, sugar. >> so they're starting off in a very sweet way. anthony? >> a themed wedding. i love it. my talk of the table is about tom petty and his family's new efforts to carry on his musical legacy. he released his iconic multi-platinum album "wildflowers" 26 years ago. ♪

♪ >> that's "you wreck me." years later petty decided to revisit the material that did not make the final cut during the wildflowers sessions. he planned to release the album the way he wanted it to be heard. after his death in 2017, his family worked to finish the collection and share unreleased songs and videos with his fans. we spoke with his daughter and his bandmates now that petty's dream project is finally complete. ♪ >> tom petty's 1994 solo masterpiece "wildflowers" included hid songs -- ♪ you don't know how it feels >> -- and petty classics. but petty had planned for it to be a double cd. >> because we did much more than the "wildflowers" album.

we did, i think, 25 songs that we finished anyway. >> "wildflowers" and all the rest includes all those unreleased songs, like "leave virginia alone." ♪ so leave virginia alone >> adria petty co-curated the project. >> it has the master set list where you can see all of the songs. there's a little picture of me in the corner. >> so this is you in the studio? >> yeah, right here. i just went to a couple sessions. >> when adria went back into the archives, she found buried treasure. >> to be able to go to iron mountain and find 16 millimeter reels of my dad i've never seen before from those sessions and find them performing these songs that are unreleased and even my sister and i in the footage at the studio, like all that stuff i wouldn't replace for anything. >> petty worked for the first time with producer rick rubin,

who says petty later revealed he was afraid of wildflowers. >> what did he mean? >> he was scared at that time because it was just like one of those artistic bonanzas, like a sparkly magical wizard of oz moment in his career. ♪ >> he always said that's the best record we ever made. >> benmont tench and mike campbell of bpetty's band the heartbreakers helped curate the unreleased material. >> there were a few things i didn't remember at all, you know. it was a long time ago. >> petty was at a pivotal moment during the recording. his marriage to his first wife, jane, was coming apart. >> you described coming home and asking him point blank are you getting a divorce? >> yeah. i just asked him and he kind of looked at me like, hey, not right now, please, if you don't mind.

but it just -- yeah, it was pretty obvious. >> is that the kind of thing that he would put in a song easily? >> no. no. you know, what's unique about "wildflowers" is i think some of that stuff is a little more revealing, vulnerable, the insecurities. ♪ so much confusion has made me afraid ♪ >> you hear it in the previously unreleased song "confusion wheel." the release of "wildflowers and all the rest" was delayed by another rift in the petty family. last year adria and her sister, annakim, had a legal dispute with their stepmother, dana, over the administration of petty's estate. in december, they reached a settlement. >> where is that now? >> it's water under the bridge. >> what was that about? >> i can't say that i'm dying to talk about it, to be honest with

you. i think it was about a lot of people grieving. >> you've made peace? >> oh, of course. of course. >> what's it like for you to go through all this stuff? >> it's really cathartic. i feel very blessed that i've had so much time with my dad this year. it really hit me on the anniversary. i thought i was okay and i think anybody that's lost a parent knows that one year it's fine, the next year it brings you to your knees. but i just miss the guy so much. >> was it hard for you both to go back and listen to all that material again? >> it was for me. it was exciting and mysterious but it was also sad. we're still grieving. it was hard to hear tom's voice coming out of the speakers and not look over and see him sitting there, you know. >> it was also really wonderful. it keeps it alive for me and it keeps me really proud of what we did together. ♪ you don't know how it feels >> before his death, petty talked about touring

"wildflowers." playing more intimate theaters can guest vocalists. so the question has come up for the heartbreakers -- >> could you do it without him? >> why? it's a beautiful record, but why? >> picture this, okay, we played together for 50 years. and we were closer than any brothers could ever be. so i can't wrap my head around yet putting all the heartbreakers in a room with all their instruments and going, 1, 2, 3, 4, and playing without him there. >> it would just be too damn weird. the rhythm came from that cat. >> if we don't ever play live, i'm at peace with the music, and that's a treasure for me. i'm fine with that. >> you're saying you don't like me anymore, mike? >> mike campbell was one of the producers of that record too.

as you probably know, he's been playing with fleetwood mac in the last couple of years, he joined fleetwood mac. one of the things striking about them is how much they are still grieving the loss of tom petty three years later. and in going through the material, it's such -- it's so personal to them. a 50-year relationship the heartbreakers had. as they said, this was the guy who drove the bus. >> but what a gift, though. i love his response when he goes why? why would we do that? i understand that. i also understand it's a gift that they can give us and to be able to hear it without him there also very hard. i love how his daughter handled it, though, anthony when you asked about animosity between the two. she said i'm not really comfortable talking about this and said a little piece, but i'm just so glad they worked that out so we can have his music. >> she said she was embarrassed because she said, i never had bad press being the daughter of tom petty in my life, and it was obviously very troublesome for all of them, but they worked their way through it.

this is the last project really that tom petty himself had put his hands on. he had worked on it and it was very close to being done, so it's really -- this is the last -- his last major effort. >> it's so good. i was 14 when it came out and i'm really glad it's been re-released because a new generation slightly younger than me can experience it. >> i bet he's pleased to know -- >> i think he would be pleased. it was something he talked about a lot and wanted to happen. "wildflowers and all the rest" will be out tomorrow. ahead in our more perfect union series, how two young california brothers are stepping up to help keep proposition 16 takes on discrimination.

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our series a more perfect union aims to show that what unites us as americans is much greater than what divides us. this morning how a pair of tech-savvy brothers in california are working to make election day safe. you've got tenzing and zubin carvalho. they started making face shields for family members and front line workers. now they're also working to protect poll workers. >> yay! >> wonderful. >> when the pandemic hit, tenzing and zubin took their robotics team skills and transformed their 3d printer

into a life-saver. >> our grandparents are in their 70s and are still seeing patients in nursing homes, hospitals and offices so we wanted to find a way to keep them safe. >> what started with helping their own family. >> this is 3-d printed. >> became a push communitywide. >> word of mouth spread of us and we started getting requests for hundreds of shields. w're now made up of eight high schools, eight elementary schools, nine robotic teams from five different school districts. >> face shields can take up to four hours to print. then they are sanitized and sent out. >> we want people to realize there's more staff and they are heroes in that ecosystem as well. >> the brothers nonprofit was created to make sure everyone who needed a shield received one. >> my mom is actually a front-line worker. she works in a grocery store and interacts with thousands of people every day. >> fellow robotics teammate maya keys joined as well.

>> seeing how this impacts her, this project gave me an opportunity to give back and to help, even if it was minor. at first it was, but now it's huge. >> huge, as in the group has printed and donated over 15,000 shields, to front-line workers who may not have been first in line. >> my name is tisha perez. >> i'm a health care worker from new jersey. >> my name is marlene from the navajo reservation. >> i am very thankful for the face shields that were donated to us. >> it's kept me coronavirus-free for six months. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> after sending donations across the country, the boys are now looking at a different front line. >> yeah, these are 1,600. they're reusable. >> our main focus right now are election workers since there's an important upcoming election that's going to happen this year, and we want to make sure that they would stay safe, since they help keep the process of our democracy going. >> this wa the first i've heard of students. i've heard of maybe some nonprofits donating to hospitals, but i had not heard

of any donating to the elections office. >> riverside county registrar of voters, rebecca spencer, can now distribute over 1,600 donated shields. >> how important is it that this group has donated face shields to your poll workers? >> it's great. that way we don't have to use taxpayer funds to go out and purchase ppe. >> the two of you can't vote yet, but you're donating to toll workers and supporting the election process. how does that make you feel? >> it makes us feel proud of ourselves. we're actually contributing to this election system so it makes us very happy. >> boy, thank you, tara narula. we need more kids like that. it's funny, tony, during the piece i was thinking how old are they again? >> 12 and 14. >> i was following what they were doing, i guess they're in college somewhere? >> they sound like they're in college somewhere. >> just the way they took their 3-d tech skills because they play a role in the ecosystems as well and helping other people. bravo, brothers. >> one good thing, they didn't

stop there. they thought what else can we do. >> and now the poll workers because they're the front lines of democracy. very good point. >> what they do is very important. on today's "cbs this morning" podcast we talk with uc santa barbara professor leah stokes about how she continuation the two presidential candidates stack up when it comes to fighting climate change. before we go, a group of neighborhood children has a unique thank you for their delivery driver. we'll be right back. (garage door opening) it is my father's love... it is his passion- it is his fault he didn't lock the garage. don't even think about it! been there, done that. with liftmaster® powered by myq®, know what's happening in your garage- from anywhere.

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got to know delivery driver kevin during the pandemic when he brought them pancakes or packages -- not pancakes, packages. maybe they had pancakes in them, i don't know. >> he's quite the u.p.s. driver. >> i'm thinking of my own pancakes later this morning. >> you're getting a vision check at the end of the show. >> the children dressed up as little u.p.s. guys and one of the mothers told "cbs this morning" that lawnsbury truly helped our neighborhood come together. i'm thinking i need to get teddy a halloween costume. >> this is a fabulous photograph. and his reaction was as wonderful as what the kids did. >> i know, you could tell that it meant a lot to him. >> that's really sweet. >> that's wonderful. i wanted to go back to dunkin' donuts for a second because this just in. i just assumed that john made the first move but they said sugar made the first move by writing her number on the bottom of her business card and passing it to john one day. i need to get myself some business cards. >> i wonders what made her do that? >> because she saw something.

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good morning. it's 8:55. i am anne makovec. we have new details on breaking news kamala harris just posted that of the two covid positive people she came into contact with, one was a member of her campaign staff and another was a member of a flight crew. she has tested negative for the virus herself but has still canceled her campaign travels through sunday. tens of thousands of customers in seven bay area counties are without power. pg & e pulled the plug in selected areas because of wildfire concerns. it should be restored by 10:00

tomorrow night. police offering $20,000 in the case of a man suspected of killing his ex girlfriend. detectives believe the 35-year- old suspect of gilroy is armed and dangerous. we are still experiencing a slow ride on 280 north near bird avenue. that right lane remains blocked for earlier fire activity. an rv caught fire in the early morning hours. it's out but there is still activity. they're cleaning up a big mess in that area. north bound 101 seeing slower than usual conditions through san jose likely due to folks using that instead. 87 is slightly slow because of the trouble spot. san mateo bridge looking pretty good, no delays getting on 101. i am tracking extreme heat and extreme fire danger. a red flag warning for the areas in red, north bay and east bay mountains, inland valleys, santa cruz mountains

and all of us under heat when was the last time your property tax bill went down? what? never. are you kidding me? for years, the residential burden has gone up. while the corporate burden has gone down. prop 15 reverses that. it closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. and when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. that's right. a savings of a hundred twenty-one dollars a year for the average home. give homeowners a break. vote yes on 15. but that's tough to do on a fixed income. i'd be hit with a tax penalty for moving to another county, so i'm voting 'yes' on prop 19. it limits property taxes

and lets seniors transfer their home's current tax base to another home that's closer to family or medical care. being closer to family is important to me. how about you? voting 'yes' on prop 19.

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