i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. it's friday, august 5th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, deal reached. senate democrats say they're ready to move on a massive spending bill. why one key senator could still change her mind. public health emergency. the biden administration takes new action on the monkeypox outbreak. what it's now doing to battle the virus. running for cover. shoppers scramble to safety after a shooting inside the mall of america. the latest on the investigation. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm elise preston. anne-marie green is off. we begin with several stories breaking overnight. senate democrats say they've reached an agreement on an economic spending package.

the $740 billion inflation reduction act includes funding for health care, climate, and energy programs. the lone holdout was arizona senator kyrsten sinema. last night the democrat said she's ready to move forward on the bill as long as the senate's top rules officials sign off it on. party leaders hope to begin voting as early as tomorrow. also breaking overnight, cbs news projects kari lake has won the gop nomination for arizona governor. the former tv news anchor who was endorsed by former president trump defeated businesswoman karrin taylor robson. lake will now face democratic secretary of state katie hobbs in november. the biden administration has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. there are more than 7,100 cases across the nation, the most in the world. the government will devote more funding and resources to fight the virus. some health clinics do not have

enough vaccine doses to go around. michael george is in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. health experts say we have to accelerate the vaccination effort, and the white house says this emergency declaration will help do that. while monkeypox is primarily impacted men who have sex with men, the virus does not discriminate. it can infect anyone. for weeks san francisco lawyer stephan ferris has been carefully applying ointment to his skin in the hopes of easing some of the pain. >> the sores that hurt were the ones on my hands or genitals. >> reporter: thursday the biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency. the move is aimed at bolstering the nationwide response to the outbreak after an estimated more than 7,000 cases have been detected in the u.s. which leads the world this case counts. declaring an emergency frees up money and other resources. monkeypox can cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue, and pimple-like bumps on parts of the body. >> this is largely a

self-healing illness. >> if you have a roommate or something like that and you're in close proximity or touching them, you know, then there's a potential to spread that. >> reporter: in cities like new york and san francisco, health authorities say they don't have enough of the two-shot vaccine to meet rising demand. an additional 150,000 doses are now expected in september. that's in addition to 1.1 million doses already available. that's still a fraction needed for those considered to be high risk. >> the vaccines are safe and highly effective. and it's about protecting you and protecting our community. >> reporter: in response to the shortfall, some clinics have stopped with the second dose to ensure there are enough first doses to around. while monkeypox can be extremely painful, it's rarely fatal. so far there are no confirmed deaths in the u.s., though have been fatalities overseas. >> michael george from new york. thank you.

four people were critically injured in a lightning strike near the white house last night. some of that storm was captured by a cbs news crew. take a listen. [ thunder ] that loud boom forced our crew to pack up and leave. as for the people who were injured, fire officials say they were at a park standing near a tree. they were yards away from the fence that surrounds the white house. conspiracy theorist alex jones must pay more than $4 million to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 sandy hook school shooting. a jury delivered its decision yesterday against the "info. wars" host who falsely claimed the shooting was a hoax. 26 people were killed including 20 students. the boy's family was seeking $150 million. today the same jury could order jones to pay more in punitive damages. dina demetrius explains. is this your verdict, the ten of you who signed it?

>> reporter: a texas jury has ordered alex jones to pay more than $4 million to the parents of jesse lewis killed in the sandy hook massacre. it's the first time the "info. wars" host has been held financially liable for falsely claiming the attack that killed 20 children and six educators in newtown, connecticut, was a hoax. >> i can't even describe the last 9.5 years of the living hell that i and others have had to endure because of the negligence and the recklessness of alex jones. >> reporter: on his radio and webcast show, "info. wars," jones said the sandy hook shooting was fabricated. on the witness stand he reversed course. >> it's 100% real. i think sandy hook happened. i think it's terrible. >> reporter: lawyers for the family brought up shocking revelations that jones' attorney accidentally snt them years worth of text messages showing jones had withheld evidence.

>> mr. jones in discovery, you were asked do you have text messages on your phone, and you said no. correct? you said that under oath. didn't you? >> i was mistaken. [ inaudible ] >> it was my goal when i started on this case to get this family a multimillion dollar verdict for their pain and suffering and i've done that. >> reporter: last week jones' company filed for bankruptcy. the lawyers brought into court showing at one point jones made up to $800,000 a day from ads. dina demetrius, cbs news. federal charges have been filed against four current and former kentucky police officers in connection with the death of breonna taylor. the justice department announced the civil rights charges yesterday. they include obstruction, falsifying an affidavit to secure a search warrant, and excessive use of force. in 2020, louisville officers

burst into taylor's apartment in a botched raid looking for drugs allegedly stashed by a former boyfriend. a different man who was dating taylor and in the apartment fired one shot at the officers. they opened fire killing taylor. her mom called the charges overdue. >> i've waited 874 days for tday. >> this is a day that black women saw equal justice in the united states of america. [ applause ] >> two of the officers were fired earlier. inatioeedingns the otr two staryesterda police in minnesota are looking for the person who opened fire inside the mall of america. a witness captured some of the chaos on video yesterday as shoppers ran to safety. officers said two groups of people got into a fight, and someone fired three rounds into a store with customers nearby. fortunately no one was injured. the mall is expected to reopen

today with more security and police on site. coming up, american basketball star brittney griner's emotional plea to a russian judge as she's sentenced on drug charges. and later, who's to blame for the space junk falling to earth and landing in australia? this is the "cbs morning news." news."

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>> president biden called the verdict and sentence unacceptable. u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap with russia to bring griner and another jailed american home. equifax is sued for a credit score error, and foul play is suspected after four people are found dead in two nebraska house fires. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the omaha world herald" reports police suspect foul play after four people were found dead in two nearby nebraska house fires. authorities say one person was found dead yesterday after someone reported an explosion at a house in the small town of laurel. re repor anoth house a few blocks away where three people were found dead. police did not say if any of the victims were related. >> we're trying to get to the

bottom of it, and it's very early in this investigation. it would be a stretch to say that there's no connection, but it's very early in the investigation, and we hope to find those answers in the coming days. >> schools and businesses in the community went on lockdown after the bodies were discovered. no arrests have been made. "the miami herald" says a florida woman is suing equifax claiming a mistake in her credit report made her car loan more expensive. in a class-action lawsuit, the woman said she was denied a car loan because of a 130-point error in her credit report. she says she had to accept another loan that was $150 more a month. the lawsuit could impact millions of people who applied for credit during a three-week period in march and april. equifax says the problem was due to a coding issue. still to come, a different kind of doughnut. why one company is mixing doughnuts and mustard. covid-19. some people get it, and some people can get it bad. and for those who do get it bad, it may be because they have a high-risk factor - such as heart disease, diabetes,

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good . blackwell blackwell take me out to the ball game in london. major league baseball is going across the pond next year. yesterday league officials said the st. louis cardinals and chicago cubs will play a two-game series at london stadium. the nl central rivals were supposed to play there in 2020, but the games were canceled because of the pandemic. some changes are on the way for covid guidelines, and would you like mustard with your doughnut? matt pieper explains in today's cbs "money watch" report. >> reporter: the monthly jobs report is expected this morning where economists expect fewer jobs were added in july than were in june. on wall street the dow last 85 points. nasdaq up 52. the s&p 500 losing 3. covid changes. cbs news has learned that the cdc will update its covid-19

guidance in the coming days to be more simplified. among the changes, no longer recommending contact tracing except for in health care settings and certain high-risk congregant settings. also covid prevention recommendations will no longer differentiate based on vaccination status because of the prevalence of breakthrough infections. everything's steaming these days. how about a free service? hbo max and discovery plus are merging with parent company warner bros., promising a free service as well as the paid one. it's set for summer, 2023. no word on what the new service would be called. and why put mustard your hot dog when it can go on your doughnut? french's is giving away free mustard infused doughnuts on national mustard day which is tomorrow. it's happening at different dough locations around new york city or on line through brooklyn-based dough's website beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. that is your cbs "money wtch" report for this friday

morning. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. south korea is headed to the moon. >> three, two, one, zero, ignition and lift off. [ applause ] >> the asian nation's first lunar orbiter hitched a ride aboard a spacex rocket from florida's cape canaveral. the $180 million mission will send a satellite to the moon and look for a future landing site for a robotic probe. south korea wants to land its own spacecraft on the lunar surface by 2030. the satellite is set to arrive at the moon in december. meantime, for spacex what goes up must come down. farmers in a remote part of australia recently discovereded some mysterious objects on their farms. nasa says the charred debris likely came from a spacex capsule that was intentionally jettisoned as it re-entered the earth's atmosphere in may of last year. people in the area are being told that more pieces could

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you're looking at video of a water spout that turned into a possible tornado touching down on maryland's smith island in the chesapeake bay. last night's storm damaged some homes and boats. severe thunderstorms also knocked out power to almost 40,000 customers. there are no reports of serious injuries. lady gaga made it official -- she confirmed in her own special way that she'll star in the upcoming sequel to "joker." ♪ the singer posted a musical teaser on twitter indicating she'll appear with oscar-winning actor joaquin phoenix in the upcoming film due out in 2024. gaga is reportedly taking on the role of harley quinn, a character created for "batman" the animated series in the early 1990s.

what is considered the rarest baseball card in the world set a record for most expensive card ever bought. the original t-206 honus wagner card dating back to the early 1900s sold for more than $7 million. the organizers of the sale says there are fewer than 50 authenticated cards like this in existence. the buyer and seller have decided to remain anonymous. and the cincinnati zoo welcomed a new addition. a 23-year-old hippo named bibi gave birth to a yet to be named calf on wednesday. the pregnancy was a surprise to zookeepers since bibi was on hippo birth control. the baby is a sibling to a famous hippo called fiona. she became a worldwide celebrity in 2017 when she was born six weeks premature. the newborn is already walking and bonding with its mom. coming up on "cbs mornings,"

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right now at 5:00 a.m., san francisco business owners calling for more police patrols in chinatown. the recent string of crimes that has been in desperate need for help. plus, the latest attempt to prevent construction at

berkeley's people's park. and we're going to get about a ten-degree cooldown today if you're inland anyway. i'll show you who is going to feel that the most, and we'll get into the weekend forecast as well coming up. >> hey, it's friday, so there is a lot going on in san francisco this weekend, so the freeways are calm for now, but that will likely change. i'll have all your street closures and updates coming up. time now for a look at this morning's top stories. california will soon receive more federal help to help limit the spread of monkeypox. more than 67,000 americans are infected with the disease, including about 800 in california. now the biden administration has declared a public health emergency. this will free up more money and other resources to increase testing, treatments and vaccine production. gunfire in a las vegas hotel room killed a man and left two women in critical condition. it happened at the mirage on the las vegas strip last night at about 8:45 local time. police say there was an altercation involving four people, and they say a suspect described as a heavy-set man shot three others and the