bullet when it comes to what we could have seen. we will keep our eye on that and hope for the cool down. thanks for that. thanks fo ♪ good morning to you, our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's friday, october 16th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. president trump and joe biden square off in rival town halls. the coronavirus takes center stage in competing primetime events. how the president stoked new controversy and joe biden sidestepped questions on a critical issue. >> we're shining a light on early voting challenges. millions of americans have already cast their ballots. but there are still 18 voting days left. we'll look at why some are facing multiple hurdles to make their votes count. >> alarming new coronavirus surge. america sees its worst day for the number of new cases since

mid-august. plus, we'll show you one university where the president resigned after a massive outbreak on campus. and fighting to get back on track. james brown has the first tv interview with nascar driver kyle larson who was fired for using a racial slur. hear larson's apology and why he hopes to get a second chance. >> first, here's today's "eye op opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> i denounce white supremacy. what's your next question. >> it feels sometimes you're hesitant to do so. like you waited -- >> here we go again. >> president trump and joe biden facing voters, instead of each other, on the night that would have been the second presidential debate. >> he said i would not get into court packing. i would not pack the court. >> it depends on how this turns out. >> everybody is working hard to get this thing out of our country. >> an explosion of covid-19 as the country closes in on 8 million total cases. >> it's a presidential responsibility to lead, and he

didn't do that. >> a wildfire that's burning in colorado is now the largest in that state's history. >> it was so scary. and, okay, it's really time. it's really time to leave. >> reporter: twitter experienced a global outage. the social media site says there's no evidence of a security breach or a hack. >> all that -- >> the french bulldog names nord boss showing off his impressive skateboarding skills. >> look at him go here. >> nord boss, impressive. >> he is the boss. >> and all that matters. >> scary moments for a zamboni driver in new york. take a look at that. yes, the zamboni itself on fire. >> what? >> how is he on there? >> 40 years, i've never seen that. >> yeah. >> on "cbs this morning. ". >> in the air, center field. correas watching. and it's gone. it's a walk-off home run! >> just like that, astros keep their season alive for a second

straight night. >> carlos correas has just forced a game six in this alcs! what a moment. this one gets the astros into celebration mode. >> thihis morning's "eye opener is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle insurance. >> so a walk-off home run say good thing? what is a walk-off home run? >> you hit it and you win and you can walk into glory. >> you know what i thought it meant? i thought it meant the pitcher had thrown four balls and the guy got to walk. >> that would be less dramatic. >> that's what i thought it meant. >> thank you for the clarification. and the zamboni driver is okay. >> that's good to know. >> never seen that before. welcome to "cbs this morning." have you seen this before? another extraordinary moment in this presidential election. there have been a few. repeatedly upended by the

pandemic. president trump and joe biden held simultaneous primetime town halls where they faced voters' questions on a number of issues. the events replace the second presidential debate after president trump declined to participate virtually. >> and voters at home were forced to choose or channel surf between the two town halls which had very different tones. we've got a team of correspondents covering these dual events, now just 18 days. we'll begin with nikole killion at the white house covering the president's town hall. good morning to you. >> good morning, tony. it was an eye-opening performance from the president. he refused to denounce a dangerous conspiracy theory and appeared to make stunning admissions about his financial records. >> i didn't feel good. i didn't feel strong. i had a little bit of a temperature. >> reporter: at his town hall, president trump answered questions about his covid symptoms and whether or not he had pneumonia. >> no, but they said the lungs are a little bit different. a little bit perhaps infected.

and -- >> infected with -- >> i don't know. i didn't do too much asking. i really felt good. >> reporter: the president tested positive for covid-19 two days after the last debate, pushed by nbc's savannah guthrie, he would not say whether or not he was tested the day of the debate, which had an honor system requiring both candidates be tested. >> i don't know. i don't even remember. i test all the time. >> you don't know if you got a test on the day of the debate? >> the doctors do it. i don't ask them. >> did you take a test on the day of the debate is the bottom line. >> i probably did and i took a test the day before and the day before and i was always in great shape. >> just to button it up. do you take a test every single day? >> no, but i take a lot of tests. >> and you don't know if you took a test the day of the debate. >> possibly i did. >> who do you owe $421 million to? >> he appeared to confirm a "new york times" report that he does, in fact owe over $400 million, possibly to foreign entities. >> $400 million compared to the

assets that i have, all of these great properties all over the world -- >> are you confirming that, yes, you owe some $400 million. >> what i'm saying is it's a tiny percentage of my net worth. no, i don't owe russia money. i owe a very, very small -- it's called mortgages. people have a house, they put a mortgage. >> any foreign bank, any foreign entity? >> not that i know of, but i will probably because it's so easy to solve and if you'd like to, do i'll let you know who i owe whatever small amount of money. >> let me ask you about qanon. >> in a shocking exchange, the president repeatedly refused to denounce qanon, a movement the fbi identified as a potential domestic terror threat. >> this theory that democrats are a satanic pedophile ring and that you are the savior of that. now can you just, once and for all, state that that is completely not true and that -- disavow qanon in its entirety?

>> i know nothing about qanon. >> i just told you. whange >> what you tell me doesn't necessarily make it fact. i night say that. i know nothing about it. >> he then seemed to promote part of their central belief. the baseless conspiracy theory about a secret cabal of pedophiles waging an anti-trump war from inside the government. >> what i do hear about it is that they are strongly against pedophilia. and i agree with that. >> okay. >> and i agree with -- >> but there's not a satanic pedophile -- >> i don't know that. >> you don't know that? >> no, i don't -- >> after repeatedly refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, the president said last night that he would. and with millions of americans already voting, he continued to push debunked theories about voter fraud. anthony? >> nikole, thank you. ed o'keefe followed joe biden's event. the former vice president took questions on a wide range of

issues. >> he did and made some revelations of his own. he said he'll have more to say on the future of the supreme court and answered questions on whether he'd take a covid-19 vaccine. his was far less contentious than the president's. questions about the pandemic topped voters' minds at the town hall featuring former vice president joe biden. for example, would he take a covid-19 vaccine? >> the body of sciences say that this is what is ready to be done and it's been tested, has gone through the three phases, yes, i would take it and i would encourage people to take it. >> reporter: would he mandate all americans get a vaccine? >> it depends on the state of the nature of the vaccine, when it comes out and how it's being distributed. >> reporter: and would he force infected parts of the country into lockdowns? >> you don't have to lock down if you're wearing the mask. >> reporter: under questioning by george stephanopoulos, biden admitted he's not a fan of expanding the number of seats on the supreme court. an idea growing in popularity among fellow democrats as

republicans push through judge amy coney barrett weeks before the election. >> well, i'm not a fan. it depends on how this turns out. not how he wins but how it's handled. it depends on how much they rush this. >> reporter: but when pressed, he said he'd have more to say on the subject before election day. >> so you'll come out with a clear position before election day? >> yes. depending on how they handle this. >> reporter: biden also distanced himself from some of his work on criminal justice reform as a senator in the '80s and '90s. >> an awful lot of people were jailed for minor drug crimes -- >> exactly right. >> was it a mistake to support it? >> yes, it was. here's where the mistake came. the mistake came in terms of what the states did locally. what we did federally, we said -- and you remember, george it was all about the same time for the same crime. >> the town hall meeting capped a dramatic day for the biden campaign. three people who travel with biden and his running mate kamala harris have tested positive for covid-19. in the case of biden, it was a

crew member on his campaign plane but the campaign says he doesn't have to quarantine because this crew member was keeping at least 50 feet away from him and both were wearing masks on the plane at the time. in the case of harris, it's her communications director liz allen and somebody who else works on the campaign plane she flew last week. they tested positive on wednesday night. harris has postponed her campaign travel through at least sunday as a precaution. but both biden and harris have tested negative for covid-19. >> thank you, ed. we're joined by chief washington correspondent major garrett. we all know last night was to be the second of two debates. we got dueling town halls. it was a clear case of two different men, two different philosophies. what do you make of the contrast between the two events and the two men. >> if you'll allow me, gayle, the big picture. president trump did not agree to do the second debate. and then realized he could be without a television audience to rival joe biden. so what did he do? he went on bended knee to that

thing he hates the most, the mainstream media. he went back to his old familiar network, nbc, but had to go back there to basically try to get an audience to compete with joe biden. that tells you part of a strategic place the president finds himself in this campaign. he's desperate for eyeballs. he's desperate for some kind of audience and had to go back to a mainstream media outlet to try to find it last night. only for an hour, joe biden did it in an hour and a half. biden gets 30 minutes of extra points of availability to the audience and availability to questioners. but that is in itself, a big takeaway. that the president knows that rallies themselves can't get him back in the race. he's got to try to find a way to do that and last night in a town hall was at least one kind of attempt. >> he again, major, though, repeated the false claims about the coronavirus. kudos to savannah guthrie who really fact-checked him in realtime. why do you think he keeps continuing to do that? what is his thinking or strategy there? >> well, the president has had an opportunity since he came

down with the virus to say, you know what, having experienced it i now have some very real term and real life understanding of this. and i was probably too cavalier earlier. i want to have a different conversation with the country about it. he's had that opportunity for now the better part of a week. he has not taken it. what does that tell you? that he is completely reliant upon a base mobilization strategy telling trump supporters precisely what they want over and over about the coronavirus, even if it is not true and not medically factual to be for them or for anyone else. and that tells me that strategically, he believes the only thing that prevents him from a complete wipe-out in this election is to mobilize his base. but not add to it which he could have, at least in theory, if he said something experienced coronavirus, i have a new appreciation for it and i'm going to have a new dialogue with the country about it. >> major, one more debate on the schedule. joe biden said last night he intends to be there. do you expect trump to be there

and how critical do you think that debate is? >> for now, based on what we know, i expect the president and former vice president to be there. but if you look back at the history of presidential debates, the third debate has typically the lowest television audience and moves the fewest number of viewers. so the president missed an enormous opportunity by opting out of the second debate. jumping back into the third may not give him the momentum he needs. and now joe biden has essentially two of these debates under his belt. he'll go in with much more confidence and looking at the polling data, he'll be much more relaxed. that will be a plus for the biden campaign. >> major garrett, thanks. in the coronavirus pandemic, wisconsin's governor says the president is encouraging a superspreader event with a scheduled rally tomorrow in janesville, wisconsin. the u.s. reported more than 63,000 new covid cases yesterday. the largest number since mid-august. wisconsin is one of the hardest hit states as mola lenghi reports. >> reporter: a fall surge of

coronavirus cases has arrived. and it's taking a toll on hospitals across the country. in wisconsin, where about 1 in every 5 coronavirus tests is coming back positive, state health officials are warning residents to avoid all gatherings, large and small, which continue to play a role in spreading the virus. >> retirement parties, birthday parties, baby showers, weddings, all of those things. it's why we have been encouraging here in recent weeks that people stay home as much as possible. >> reporter: wisconsin was one of eight states to break its single day record for new coronavirus cases on thursday. so was ohio. hospitalizations there are up nearly 50% in the last two weeks. and infections are rising fast in rural and suburban counties, according to ohio state doctor it matt exline. >> the pop-off valve is to send patients to their referral hospitals such as ohio state, cleveland clinic and university of cincinnati. if all of these hospitals are

coming at once, they won't have that pop-off valve available. >> reporter: colleges and universities continue to grapple with outbreaks. the state university of new york at oneonta announced its president resigned to pursue other opportunities after more than 700 students tested positive for covid-19. the school switched to all-remote classes for the rest of the semester. another recent spike at sacred heart in fairfield, connecticut, forced the campus to temporarily suspend in-person classes for some off-campus students. now their goal is to test 50% of their student body every single week. gary mcnamara is sacred heart's director of public safety. >> we have found that students have been on campus and they don't know they have the virus. if we don't provide the testing to know that, then we can't react to it. the quicker we react to it, the quicker we can stop the spread. >> reporter: we are learning more this morning about the hospitalization of former new jersey governor chris christie

who says he spent seven days in the icu after contracting the coronavirus, possibly at the white house rose garden event for judge amy coney barrett. christie says he has recovered but also that he was wrong for not wearing a mask at the event, adding that everyone should take this virus very seriously, anthony. >> yeah, mola, thank you. an incredibly strong statement that christie put out. he said with -- when you have seven days in isolation, you have time to do a lot of thinking. i was wrong not to wear a mask in my multiple debate prep sessions with the president. he says no one should be cavalier about being infected or infecting others. he said, i believe we've not treated americans as adults who understand truth, sacrifice and responsibility. >> he takes a little slap at the white house and the president saying, no one should be happy to get the virus and no one should be cavalier about being infected or infecting others. every public official, regardless of party or position, should advocate for every

american to wear a mask. that's huge from chris christie. >> it sound like it was serious. >> sounds like a wake-up call for him. >> seven days in the icu, you have a lot of time to think. these are conclusions he's come fine former governor and former presidential candidate. this was magnanimous and hopeful. >> wear a mask, regard lgs of your party affiliation. >> and just to underline, he was one of the people prepping the president for that first debate. >> without wearing a mask. >> and his point if we do wear a mask and socially distance, we can get back to work more quickly and the economy can -- >> which he also wants. >> we all want. >> he doesn't want the country shut down. >> he's hopeful this can bring us together in the end. >> this is good reading. i see why anthony said you should read the whole thing. yeah, i read the whole thing. no, read the whole thing. a lot of information in there. moving on -- colorado is facing its worst fire in state history. the cameron peak fire has burned more than 160,000 acres since it started in august. strong winds and dry conditions fueled the flames this week

forcing hundreds to evacuate. around 500 firefighters fought to stop it yesterday. nearly two dozen trails in the area have had to close because of the danger and the fire is still only about half contained. all right. ahead, how late changes and challenges to new voting rules are causing uncertainty all across the country as early voting sets

there is much more news ahead including the first interview with nascar driver kyle larson since he was suspended for using a racial slur. >> what i said was extremely hurtful and i would fully understand if i was never allowed to race another nascar race again. >> larson talks to special correspondent james brown about the incident. how he's changed and his hope to return to racing. you're watching "cbs this morning." everyone remembers the moment they heard... ..."you have cancer." how their world stopped

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♪ and welcome back to "cbs this morning." for the first time we're hearing from race car driver kyle larsen following his highly publicized suspension from nascar mean was fired from his racing team for using a racial slur during a public virtual racing event. in his first tv interview, larson speaks with james brown about race in america. those he has hurt and why he is hoping for a second chance. >> i know deep down i'm not a racist. i said a racist word, and i can fully understand why people would label me a racist. >> kyle larson is one of the

sport's rising stars. but back in april of this year, larson was heard using the "n" word while speaking on headset during a virtual racing event. you can't hear me? >> kyle, you're talking to everyone, bud. >> what prompted you calling your friend, who is white, who was a spotter for you, why did you call him the "n" word. >> i raced with him in australia and the group that we were with kind of used the word casually as a greeting. i didn't use it in a way to degrade or insult anyone. >> when you say that it's kind of a term of endearment or wasn't meant to be offensive, how is it that it's in use and no matter what the circle, and people don't take offense at it? >> you know, it's not my word to use. i need to get it out of my vocabula vocabulary, and i have. >> he was fired from his racing team. lost his sponsors. and suspended indefinitely from nascar. >> what does the word mean to you? what did it mean to you then?

what does it mean to you now? >> i guess i didn't think of how it took african-americans and probably in their thoughts, took them back to, you know, slavery and things like that and injustice and stuff that they have had to work so hard to overcome. >> this is the kyle that i know. this is the kyle who said this. now which one is real? >> michelle and anthony martin are the co-founders of philadelphia's urban youth racing school. and an organization that connects young people of color with the racing industry. larson has been involved with the program for years. >> as divisive as the rhetoric is at the public level in this square, if you will, michelle, many people wouldn't step up. you and your husband to be supportive in a situation like this at a time like this. >> uh-huh. >> why were you supporting kyle larson publicly? >> i have an opportunity to meet with kyle face-to-face after it happened. one of the things, and looking

in his eyes for the sincerity was, are you sorry that you got caught, or are you really sorry that this happened? with our very first conversation, post the "n" word situation, was the fact that he wanted to learn. >> it was very emotional because i look up to him a lot. >> jysir fisher knows kyle well. the 18-year-old mechanical engineering student connected with larson during his time at the racing school and they met face-to-face this summer to talk about what happened. >> what happened, and it just had me thinking like as an african-american male, a lot of people in america see me as that word and like for somebody like him to say that, it was like nothing less than heartbreaking. and for him to speak to me, it gave me more reassurance that i can still look up to him and trust him. >> you said when most people in america probably look at you as being that "n" word -- >> yes. >> you wanted to make sure that

he wasn't thinking the same thing about you? >> yes. >> why should anyone believe that there's been a significant and real change in your heart? >> i understand, you know, people who might not know me. you know, they may not believe or think i'm just checking a box. and, you know, i feel like i've definitely grown more in these last six months than i have in the 28 years i've been alive. >> had you given serious thought to if racing, with nascar, were to not be in your future, would that be too steep a price to pay for you? >> i don't think it would be too steep of a price to pay. what i said was extremely hutful and i would fully understand if i was never allowed to race another nascar race again. but i hope, you know, i will get that opportunity to race with them, with that platform, i think i could do some good things. >> james, i have to say, i appreciate his apology. i also appreciate the fact that he sat down with you.

last time i checked, you are a black man. n he's looki i and he's looking at you face to face and it did not seem to be an awkward conversation between the two of you. >> he really has owned the problem. he's embraced it. he's looking to make positive changes. look, i've discerned the young man's heart, and i think he's the real deal. >> he said he's gone through a rehabilitation process over the last six months. what does that include and what do you make of that? >> so he's gone through sensitivity training. he's gone through diversity inclusion training. he's gone down to the legacy museum, a memorial in monts g m montgomery, alabama, and he's done all of this out of the spotlight. sitting down with jackie joiner kersy. he's made all the right moves. it's whether or not there's a heart change. i discern it. if people are doubting whether

or not he should get reinstated, which is up to nascar, we know people cannot consistently perform in a manner that is inconsistent with who they really are. his body of work suggests that he is really the real deal. >> second chances. you know we live in a cancel culture. good see he's making an effort. thanks, james brown. >> thank you, gayle. coming up next, the challenges some voters face when trying to cast early ballots when confronted by rules they find confusing. and you can always get the morning's news by subscribing to the cbs this morning podcast. it's our own everyday invitation we give to you. today's top stories in less than 20 minutes. it's a deal. we'll be right back. a sunday de with best friends all along the sun is out. it's beautiful. turn up your favorite song! and head out for the open road to drive the whole day long. goldfish crackers. the snack that smiles back. (keyboard ♪yping)

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believe it or not, an an estimated 18 million americans have already voted in last month's election. some are flagging early ballots if they fill them out incorrectly. those people are learning how hard it can be to fix their ballot and make it count. major garrett shows us now how new pandemic-related voting rules and leaked lawsuits have led to questions over how these early votes will be counted. >> reporter: hassan hakim voted absentee last month, or so he thought. >> right now, we can -- i feel like i'm wondering why my ballot is not going through and nobody is like really telling me anything. >> reporter: hakim learned from a friend his absentee ballot had been rejected because it lacked a witness signature, as state law requires. >> i asked for it back. i can't get it back.

so now, what do i do? do i go ahead and vote again? >> reporter: until this week, procedures for remedying missing witness signatures were tied up in court. one of more than 300 lawsuits in 46 states regarding voting rules in a pandemic. in texas and ohio, there are challenges to ballot drop boxes. in pennsylvania and wisconsin, legal battles over mail ballot deadlines. david becker is a cbs news contributor and election law expert. >> changing the rules late in the game, even if they're good changes, that can be really problematic for voters. voters need certainty about what the rules are. >> reporter: in 2006, the supreme court weighed in with something called the percell doctrine which says election rules should not be changed close to an election. it does not, however, define how close is too close. >> the voters need certainty. >> reporter: republican tim moore from north carolina filed the signature lawsuit claiming it reduces fraud and procedures

shouldn't be changed so late in a campaign season. >> whatever you start with, those are the rules. you don't change the rules midway through the game. >> reporter: just this week a federal judge upheld the witness signature requirement which meant hassan hakim's absentee ballot was invalid. >> my ballot got rejected. so i'm here to vote again in person this time. >> reporter: so yesterday he headed to his local early voting center to cast a new one and did so successfully. >> do you feel like this election is more important than other elections in your life? >> yes. this one is more important than any one i've seen yet. >> reporter: by any emergency, hakim was an attentive, tenacious voter. now he knows his vote is in and it will be counted. but all these rule changes and lawsuits raise questions about voter access and the quality of voter education. in north carolina, data shows the percentage of black absentee ballots that have not been accepted is nearly 2 1/2 times higher than white voters mail-in

ballots. tony? >> we know that first-time voters are often more likely to make errors on those ballots as well. major, very eye-opening report. thank you very much. all this is not to reduce fraud but the issue is there's no evidence of widespread fraud in any election going back as early as the nation's history. >> a lot of people just say, never mind. but the fact he kept at it wanting to know. i'm glad we got to see he got his vote in, and it counts. >> that was encouraging. >> let's not miss the point. >> you have to work this hard to get your vote counted. >> you need your i.d. plus eight hours, plus check on it later. >> all right. ahead vlad duthiers will be looking at the stories you'll be talking about today. first, 7:44. time to check your local weather and check on

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after walking many a mile. all i want to do is see vlad smile. >> ah. >> she does president watn't wa the newscast. >> here's that smile for you. what can i tell you. i love that name, too. >> i do, too. >> very cool. thank you very much. good morning to everybody. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today. this year's tony nominations are out, so let's look at the top contenders from a covid-limited broadway season. jagged little pill leads the pack, best musical. the smash hit 1995 album open last december. moulin rouge was the only nominee for best leading actor in a musical. but the award isn't his just yet. he needs to get 60% of the vote to win. only 18 shows were eligible for this year's tonys since the broadway season ended in march due to the pandemic. >> that's about half what they have in a typical broadway season. >> he's the only one nominated?

>> only one nominated. >> that has happened before. >> it has? >> yeah. >> he doesn't automatically win? >> he needs 60% of the votes. >> yeah, we're waiting for broadway to come back. okay, this is a great story i. film maker ava duvernay, very soon in the director's chair, she is teaming up with netflix for an adaptation of the best selling book caste, the origins of our discontent. by isabel wilkerson. duvernay will write and produce the feature film, her first venture with netflix. she spoke and you oprah about how caste explores racism history in america. listen. >> i present our country as an old house. when you have an old house, you know there is always work to be done on it. and when, after a rain, you do not want to go under that basement sometimes because he don't want to know what you might face there. but whatever is there, you're going to have to deal with whether you wish to or not. it's never going away until you address it. >> this is such a powerful book and i'm in the middle of it and

it's really, really hard to read, but it's so very good. >> so good and all true. and ava will kill it. > that house analogy is so spot on. >> i can't wait to see what she does. that's when isabel a announced fom the santa barbara bureau. >> i remember oprah said she sent it to 100 of the most influential people in the world. >> she followed up to say, did you read it? what did you think? >> a store toy share this friday. one woman making sure something goes viral making sure nothing stands between her and the polls. >> i have my grown folks hat on. i got my savage clothes on. i'm ready for this damn heat and i'm ready for these people because i'm going to vote and they ain't [ bleep ] gonna stop me. i got my chair. they can stand out there for 24 hours. i got my snacks. i ain't gonna play. >> she's not going to play. she goes by the name queen bv on pick tok and she's ready to vote

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good morning. it is 7:56. i am michelle griego. pg & e expects to have electricity restored for thousands tonight. 40,000 customers in 24 counties in northeastern california were affected. of course that means no air conditioning is available. oakland teaming up with portland to sue the trump administration. agents were never sent to oakland as the president threatened. starting today kids in alameda can go back to the

playgrounds. this is after it remained in the orange for two weeks in the state's safe reopening tier. can't catch a break at the bay bridge toll plaza. we've had a handful of trouble spots. most have been clearing quickly. there is a new one west bound near the toll plaza. we have reports of a crash. it is to the shoulder but causing a back up there. the metering lights are remaining on as you make the west bound ride into san francisco. left lane blocked on richmond san rafael bridge. we are seeing much lighter conditions on the san mateo bridge. we are dealing with extreme heat and dangerous fire weather conditions with a red flag warning extended until 6:00 p.m. and heat advisory for the bay area, likely record breaking high temperatures, mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat inland, low to mid 90s around they endorse yes on 25 to end money bail. governor gavin newsom.

congresswoman karen bass. the western center on law and poverty. the dolores huerta foundation. californians for safety and justice. and the california democratic party. yes on 25. and the california democratic party. to wear a mask out in public around other people. sure it'll keep you healthy. but more importantly, i won't have to see your happy smiling face. ugh. and if you don't want to wear a mask, i've just got one thing to tell you. scram, go away. ugh. caring for each other because we are all in this together. so wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya? ugh. 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. accused of rape. accused of stealing $5. the stanford rapist could afford bail.

got out the same day. the senior citizen could not. forced to wait in jail nearly a year. vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. ♪ hey, it's okay. it is friday, october 16. welcome back. i'm gail king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. joe biden tries to deflect criticism over an important issue. how the duelling town halls could affect their race. russian opposition leader speaks in his first u.s. tv interview since being poisoned and why he says putin is to blame. >> and normal lear, the

98-year-old tv legend tells us how his reboot is so important. >> president trump and joe biden held siem contain yus prime time town halls where they face a number of questions the president refused to denounce a conspiracy theory and refused to respond to questions about his finances. >> and refused to respond to question if he would take a covid-19 but his exchange was far less contentious. >> he refused to do the second debate. so what did he do? he went on bended knee to the mainstream media. reporting more than 63,000 new covid cases the largest number since mid-august.

>> recommending because of the pandemic, americans think twice about doing a big family thanksgiving. >> fauci says his children will not be visiting him over the holidays. imagine growing up with fauci as your dad. you only washed your hands 28 seconds get back in there now. my impersonation of every male relative in my family. >> jimmy kimmel, dr. fauci a calling saying i don't sound like that. a lot of people are rethinking their thanksgiving plans. not with family. that's tough. >> we'll begin with president trump and joe biden with duelling town halls. held at the same time and different locations and networks. president trump denounced white

s supremacy which he failed to do before. the president said he could not remember if he took a covid test the day of his debate. >> you don't know if you got a test on the day of the debate. >> i don't do it. i test all the time. >> did you take a test. >> you ask the doctor. >> so did you take a test on the day of the debate? >> i probably did. i took a test the day before and the day before and i was in great shape. >> joe biden slammed the president's response to the paepd. biden said he's not a fan of expanding the supreme court, he would outline his position before the election depending on how republicans handle amy coney barrett. >> you'll come out with a clear

position before the election? >> yes. depending on how they handle this. >> they are scheduled to debate next thursday in nashville. >> getting some analysis of what became of the last debate. political contributors, clinton's 2016 campaign manager and manager of marco rubio's campaign. instead of a campaign event or debate, we had this split screen very much like the country. looking for sounds of minds being changed in america. i'm not sure i heard any. did you? >> a perfect illustration of where civil discourse is today. choose your own adventure. tune in to whoever you want to vote for and you don't have to listen to anybody else's opinion, just the opinion of who you want to support. that's the culture we are in

now. i don't think a lot of minds changed because of it. it is a sad factor. >> biden has to appeal to voters and repel attacks. how do you think he did with those? >> i think he did just fine. he's winning right now. he just wants everything to stay the way it is that's basically how the event went. it was a town committee meeting versus cross fire on the trump side. i think he offered as you outlined, really clear contrast to trump. that's all he needed to do. >> you mention you believe he's winning right now. in 2016, it appeared clinton was doing great in the polls. one forecast put her at a 90% chance of winning and then

whoops donald trump became president. how are you feeling about the numbers? >> i feel two ways. these numbers are fundamentally better than hillarys were four years ago. we all have reason to be cautiously optimistic. on the other hand, i don't see any advantage convincing ourselves that biden has won. we should operate like we are 20 points behind. i think the biden campaign is doing an outstanding job of staying focused, nose to the grindstone. he showed up, did what he needed to do. the ground game will become more important over the coming week. you'll see the campaign begin to focus there. people ask me all the time are we winning, i just say, we don't know. so let's work like we are 20 points behind. >> i'm interested in the president's decision and less so about the economy. he could have pivoted many

times. what do you think about the strategy. he sticks to this casual optimistic approach. >> he missed a lot of opportunities to go after joe biden on the issue of not being able to return to the economy where it was during coronavirus. that's the issue he needs to focus on. one issue he's better suited to deal with building back the economy. he just refused to get on message and stick with that. it is hurting candidates across the country this has gone from shooting themselves in the foot and appears to be some sort of murder suicide pack taking them down with them. he's got to get on message and talk about the economy. >> some republicans don't want to take that suicide part of the

path. >> our final moments here what are the closing message remarks each has to make. >> it is about the economy. the coronavirus death toll. hospitalizations are awful. one thing donald trump can do is return the economy far better than joe biden can. >> what can biden do. >> we are in a crisis of covid. the moral fabric of our country is coming apart. joe biden is the only one that can bring us together. >> if you haven't been paying attention, it is time to start. thank you. next week, i'll be traveling through some key battleground states and talking to voters about issues that matter to them. i will not be driving the rv. i noticed my pictured in rearview mirror. i can barely drive a volvo.

>> it is goning to be a wonderful series. traveling through three battleground states at america's cross roads. that starts monday here on cbs this morning. >> i'm thinking you know people, you could get that picture changed. make a call. >> ahead, the reboot of the series, one day at a time. this time on cbs. we'll talk with the 98-year-old executive producer, the great normal lear. about how his

ahead, 60 minutes correspondent gives us a look at navalny's first tv interview since the incident. we'll be right back. ♪ 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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a russian opposition leader who was poisoned over the summer is speaking out to "60 minutes" correspondent lesley stahl in his first u.s. television

interview since the incident. alexey navalny, a rival to russian president vladimir putin is recovering in berlin after the suspected assassination attempt. he was poisoned by a nerve agent called novichok. navalny pieces together what he thinks happened that fateful day in this sunday's "60 minutes." >> they discovered novichok this nerve agent in my blood. inside all my body and always from the hotel. so that's why now we know i was poisoned in the hotel because i -- well, again, it's just a pure speculation because no one knows what happened exactly, but i think that when i was maybe put some clothes with this poison on me, i touch it with the hand and then i sip from the bottle. so this nerve agent was not inside of a bottle, but on the bottle. >> reporter: novichok is a

highly toxic nerve agent said to be ten times more potent than sa certifica serin gas. there's no doubt it was military grade novichok. >> maybe it's the most toxic agent invented by humans, so it's new type of novichok, which prove that unfortunately putin have developing new program of these chemical weapon which is forbid en. >> the russians said they destroyed all these chemical weapons. >> they deny everything because it means that they still have this novichok. so it means they're not just violating keeping it. they are continue to improve it. >> and lesley stahl joins us now. lesli, good morning. >> good morning. >> i noticed in that video of you in berlin with navalny there were about 15 policemen surrounding him. i know he intends -- navalny intends to go back to russia

which is pretty stunning. what's going to be done to protect him 1234? well, we don't know what's going to be done to protect him in russia. right now the germans are so concerned there may be another attempt on his life that he walks out of a room, a hotel, where ever he's staying, his apartment, and as you say, there are phalanxes of police surrounding him where ever he goes. >> it's pretty amazing. he said he intends to go back. his job is is not to be afraid. lesley stahl, thank you very much. you can watch the interview with alexey navalny sunday night at 7:00, 6:00 central on cbs. we'll be right back. 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. a new documentary highlights the struggle that families often endure when a loved one is in prison. about 2.3 million people are incarcerated in this country. the documentary is called "time." it comes out today from amazon studios.

it focuses on the richardson family. it chronicles, rather, the matriarch. her name is "fox rich" and her right to keep her family together while her husband serves a 60-year prison sentence for armed robbery. jericka duncan shows us their push for second chances. >> reporter: they were a young couple in love. high school sweethearts who after ten years together said "i do." sybil richardson who goes by fox rich and her husband had big dreams. >> rob and i had a dream to open shreveport's first pop culture clothing store. >> reporter: afraid of failure and desperate for cash, they robbed a credit union in 1997. >> we had entered into a world that we would never forget. >> reporter: the documentary "time" explores that world. >> judge's office. >> reporter: showing the emotional impact incarceration can have on families.

>> i'm going to be smiling when you come home. >> reporter: with the help of old home videos, we see the richardson family grow as fox rich endlessly calls for a second chance. >> the richardson family is awaiting on a ruling. >> reporter: determined to free her husband, all in the navy me keeping the couple's family and their six sons together. >> we have absolutely no idea what it means to have a father in their house, what fathers even do. >> we see her trying to move the bureaucracy of the system. what do you want people to see when they watch this documentary? >> that people start to question the role of forgiveness in our society as a way to move forward. >> reporter: can you take me back to 1997? >> the thinking, in a word, would have to be desperation. and when people find themselves desperate, they do some of the craziest, craziest of things. >> reporter: robert was armed the day of the robbery.

he never fired any shots. in 1999, he was initially sentenced to 60 years in prison without parole. fox rich, who drove her husband and nephew to the bank, served 3 1/2 years behind bars. what do you say to those people who will look at this story and go, well, they, you know, robbed a credit union. you commit a crime, you serve the time. >> i would just like for them to experience a day of incarceration in america and what it looks like. we all make mistakes and come short. maybe we at one point in our lives did a bad thing, but that doesn't mean that we're bad people. >> reporter: what do you think needs to change within the criminal justice system? >> most states have clemency available through their governors. all we need is our governors to pick up their pen and every year find 1% of their prison population who deserves to go home. >> reporter: and home finally

came. in 2018, louisiana governor john bel edwards granted robert richardson clemency. time was lost, but this couple's love for one another never left. it really feels like a love story. do you see it that way? >> very much so. i believe that love has gotten us through as a people, has gotten us through a smorgasbord of difficult times. mass incarceration is no different. >> at the end of the day, ms. duncan, love is the most divine chemical in the universe. it dissolves everything that is not of itself. >> reporter: the richardsons have six sons, as you heard. they range in age from 14 to 27. the couple started a nonprofit foundation to help other families like them navigate the prison system and say they're still working to get their nephew out of prison, ontario smith, who they say is serving a 45-year sentence. you know, you guys, this film was a work of art, beautifully shot and such a dynamic couple

that we were able to interview. >> i can tell that. i'm looking about their sons, too, jericka. one is going to graduate from dental school next year. another son is going to harvard good friday morning. it's 8:25. i am anne makovec. oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting. east bay times reporting at least one person is dead and two others injured. it happened after 8:30 last night near 89th and international boulevard. senator feinstein taking criticism for commending yesterday's supreme court confirmation hearings and then hugging republican chairman lindsey graham with no masks. the lemur stolen from the san francisco zoo is back at the zoo safe and sound. police found him about five miles from the zoo on the

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but i can't say i expected this. to fight these fires, we need funding - plain and simple. for this crisis, and for the next one. prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. so firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, 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.

i'm jerome gage. i'm a full-time lyft driver. when this pandemic first started, i bought my own ppe because uber and lyft didn't provide it. these companies have been exploiting drivers like me for years. now prop 22 denies us basic rights like unemployment benefits and sick time. uber and lyft are billion-dollar companies, and they still won't let drivers get access to unemployment benefits. that's just wrong. tell uber and lyft to stop exploiting their drivers. vote no on prop 22.

and welcome back to mornin welcome back to craback to and talk of the table. tony is starting us off. >> a talk about robot dolphins. a u.s. company has designed a robot dolphin. this could really up end animal theme parks. take a look at this video. that is a robot. they swim, perform tricks. they do everything a real dolphin does. i imagine the tank is cleaner. their skin made from medical

grade silicon and cost millions. the company that makes these animatronics is hoping these will replace real dolphins in animal theme parks so real dolphins won't suffer and fans will be able to see a dolphin in action. wouldn't the military want to put like a laser beam on them. >> i see all sorts of sinister things. >> i like the idea. something when you see the real dolphins as real creatures. >> they are, i get that part. if you follow serena williams and her daughter. qai qai is her name. there she is.

she made her debut. based on the doll owned by the three-year-old olympia. she has her own instagram and twitter account. she has a huge following detailing her followings. there is something really special about the relationship between a child and their favorite toy. she says qaiqai has around more than half their life. kids that play with dolls activate their brain regions that activates empathy and social skills and skree ate their own image farry world and how to think about other people and how they interact with people. a lot of parents are worried because your kids can't play with other kids and their social skills. >> speaking of daughters, my daughter is not a little kidney

more. these 24. probably ever day has made three or four dog videos, so i know a good dog video when i see one. this is a good one. meet a dog who loves going to the park, the skate park. nordvas, a skate boarding french bull dog. pretty good skills according to his owner, natalia, apparently a vocalist in a moscow grung band. when he first saw the board, his eyes lit up. he jumped on. he's going strong. he has his own youtube channel with more than 15,000 followers on instagram. his owner said this makes him feel important. other skate boarders accept him as one of his own. he jumps on and goes.

>> and turns. >> turns it around and everything. nordvas. interesting name. got it. 45 years after "one day at a time" debuted, it is finally back home. debuted this week after three seasons on netflix. the only latin x series this fall starring rita moreno. normal lear was the driving force. at 98 years old, still the executive producer. talking about what it means to give his old show new life. >> this is not a normal conversation. this family needs boundies. >> what do you mean boundaries. boundaries are for white people. >> one day at a time first

debuted here on cbs featuring an independent single mother raising her own two daughters. netflix revived the sit com three seasons. when it was canceled last year, fans rallied and they found a familiar new home. >> how does it feel to have one day at a time back on cbs? >> glorious. i always loved the show. i never had a better time or appreciated anything we've done more than this rendition. >> lear has produced dozens of sitcoms from all in the family to the jefferson, he hasn't been afraid to tackle the topics of the times. >> the maid and the butler. you two. >> hold it, diane. we are the jefferson.

>> no different for this latest endation. >> hi, i'm from the census. >> why did you do that? >> a guy wanting a list of latinos in my house, no thanks. >> this is taking the show and the stories to a place i never thought would be possible. >> the bunny franklin version was then. the rita moreno version is now. this is the moment we are alive. when it is over, it is over and we are on to next. >> the pandemic may have temporarily disrupted but hasn't slowed the 98-year-old down. last month, he won his second emmy for live in front of a studio audience. in the specials, today's celebrities recreate original

episodes of norman lear sitcoms. >> i grew up watching shows in the quote/unquote norman lear tradition. you've got young people watching those just as popular as in 1971, 1972. why do you think that is? >> i think they are very true to the human condition and the foolishness of the human condition. i fell in love with that phrase and idea and the foolishness i saw all around me. >> how important is it for the reputation we see through the characters of one day at a time and for the american people to see that on television? >> it helps us understand one another. and to accept there is very very

little difference from the families, they are humanitiy parades. >> another reason i love my job, getting to interview norman lear, after he won his award this year, he said, people are people, humanitiy is humanitiy. times change but not the people. the same can be same for this new i had operation of one day at a time. >> he was always an out of the box thinker and ahead of his time. i love his phrase, foolishness of the human condition. you'll never run out of material for that. >> can you imagine still creating tv series. >> he was on the phone working. >> and when something works, it works and if not, you move on.

>> the next two episodes will air monday night at 9/8:00 central here on cbs. we'll take a look at a live concert appearance for the coronavirus proposition 16 takes on discrimination.

some women make as little as 42% of what a man makes. voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. it's supported by leaders like kamala harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. we either fall from grace or we rise. together. proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the playing field

for all of us. vote yes on prop 16.

>> as big concert venues r >> as big concert venues remained closed, some turn to virtual reality to recreate the experience. showing nearly half of music listeners say digital content is very important for the industry. founder of dot dot dot media, she gives us an inside look at what it takes to put on one of these concerts in the virtual world. sixy and six put on by qubi. ♪ >> we may not be able to go to events like this for a while but they are still happening in another dimension. in the virtual world where the show must go on. ♪

>> what you are seeing is a concert for the covid-19 era. the headliners, major laser. performing a set for a bunch of engineers, production staff and me in a near empty warehouse in l.a. technology will be used to transform this performance from one in front of a green screen to 360 virtual experience for fans to watch at home. >> the trio performed live for up to 400,000 people at a time and were looking forward to another year on the road with 50 shows planned in 11 different countries. >> so you had a tour planned when the pandemic hit, what went through your head? >> darn. >> it has to be different. don't you feed off the energy of

the crowd? >> i feel now we are feeding off the catering and absorbing all the energy in the room. these guys, the lighting guys, i'm like a superhero. now i take it from this guy. >> he is so cool. i really like him. >> when people go, they go as avatars. how does that work? >> it is super interesting. i made an avatar for myself so i could attend. you go in and pick a hair style, body type, skin color. it is really interesting. these happen in occulus venues which are owned by facebook. there are ethical questions of how we represent ourselves in the virtual world. i think i could have chosen a better hair style. they are just at the beginning. so hopefully there will be more

choices down the line. >> now i want to see. i like that you can pick your own body type. if an avatar is behaving badly? >> it's such an interesting question because think about in the real world at a concert if someone behaves poorly there are real-life consequences, you get kicked out. in the virtual world there aren't boundaries, so there is a button where you can remove yourself if someone is behaving poorly. that's an 8cal question they are thinking about as well. >> thanks a lot. you can watch the full story today on 60 and 6 on the mobile streaming app quibi. before we go, we will look at matters all this week. we'll be right back. oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you,

to wear a mask out in public around other people. sure it'll keep you healthy. but more importantly, i won't have to see your happy smiling face. ugh. and if you don't want to wear a mask, i've just got one thing to tell you. scram, go away. ugh. caring for each other because we are all in this together. so wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya? ugh. i'm voting 'yes' on prop 19.

nineteen limits taxes on seniors. it limits property tax on people like me. nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. it says so right here. if 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. i looked at moving but i can't afford the taxes. will you help california's most vulnerable? vote 'yes' on prop 19. you know, when covid first started, all the days used to run togethe. now at least i know it's friday. i look so forward to fridays in the week for all of us.

>> it's october. remember that, too. >> that's right. >> we'll see you on monday. "cbs this morning." >> i'm sure i have my own mind. >> supreme court nominee amy coney barrett has finished testifying to the senate judiciary committee. >> you're pushing me to try to violate the traditional canyons of ethics and i won't do that. >> it's been unconscionable. >> president trump looking and sounding the same as he did before he was hospitalized. >> i went through it now they say i'm immune. i'll walk in there and kiss everyone in the audience. >> a hashtag, a picture, to me much more. >> an exclusive interview with breonna taylor's boyfriend kenneth walker. >> bullets coming every direction. >> when did you realize bree on had been shot? >> when she screamed. >> everybody should watch that piece. everybody thinks they know what happened. this will change your perspective. >> i probably wouldn't know. she would do anything for

anybody. >> my talk of the table is about tom petty and his family's new efforts to carry on his musical legacy. what's it like for you to go through all this stuff? >> it's really cathartic. i'm blessed i had so much time with my dad this year. ♪ ♪ >> i'm big and scary. >> what happens if you get a little too close to a mountain lion? >> no, get the [ bleep ] away. >> mama was right there. not a good situation to be in. >> i think i would need the adult diapers at that point. >> yeah, get the [ bleep ] away. >> so, that just happened. ♪ ♪ >> mary j. blige. nobody sounds like miss mary. >> are you feeling more creative at this point in time? >> i was in the pandemic feeling more creative because there's so much love to give. we will get to the other side. ♪ ♪ >> time now for what to watch. here i am. >> we've been saying video. world war ii bomb exploding in

poland. for an old bomb blowing up, blast from the past, chef's kiss. >> this historic 2020 nba championship belongs to the los angeles lakers. >> they don't call him king for nothing. >> this is for you, kobe. >> they wanted it so badly. >> i can't get enough of them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> they said there would be gin. ♪ in the middle of the night >> i have a scientific dispatch from the frontiers of male i d idiocy. men who got less sleep were viewed as more manley. this is what we call toxic masculinity. if you don't get enough sleep, you don't think so good. >> male idiocy, is that a big

group? >> 50% of the population. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ 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.

good morning. it is five minutes before 9:00. i am anne makovec. pge says it expects to have electricity restored for tens of thousands of people sometime tonight. public safety power shut offs hit about 40,000 customers in 24 counties in northern california. senator dianne feinstein taking criticism for what she did at the end of yesterday's supreme court confirmation hearings. she praised proceedings and hugged republican chairman lindsey graham with no masks. that did spark angry reaction on social media. the lemur stolen this week from the san francisco zoo is wack home safe and sound.

police found him about five miles from the zoo on the playground at hope lutheran church. in the traffic center we've got pretty significant delays along 101 if you are leaving san francisco south bound at cesar chavez. emergency crews are on the scene can lanes blocked. look at all the red, it is a slow ride for the drive out of the city. three lanes are taken away. use 280. it is looking better in both directions if you want to commute in or out of the city. it's a warm start to our day. it's going to really heat up this afternoon, a heat advise are i for bay area and red flag warning extended until 6:00 p.m. check out the hot temperatures, mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat inland. around the bay, low to mid 90s. low to mid 80s along the coast. tomorrow is slightly choral but

warm to proposition 16 takes on discrimination. some women make as little as 42% of what a man makes. voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. it's supported by leaders like kamala harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality.

we either fall from grace or we rise. together. proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the playing field for all of us. vote yes on prop 16.

wayne: ha ha, i got you! - what's up, wayne? - i'm going for door number two. jonathan: it's a trip to ireland. gold rush! cat: it's going good. wayne: or is it? jonathan: it's a new motorcycle! tiffany: aw, yeah. - the box. jonathan: $20,000. wayne: who wants some cash? jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady. wayne: hey, america, welcome to "let's make a deal." i'm wayne brady, and i'm so happy. today's our breast cancer awareness episode. we have so many survivors in our audience today. i've read online so many times how we have people sitting at home going through things, sitting through chemo, people sitting, watching us, and laughing. and that helps for that hour each day. and we just are so thrilled to have you here with us.