omelettes and big pancakes. >> enjoy. >> reporter: jill adams is a server here. would you say your mind is made up? >> yes. >> reporter: and? >> trump. >> reporter: okay, a previous supporter? >> in 2016, i was not. >> reporter: did you vote for hillary? >> i do vote for hillary and i cried when she did not win. >> reporter: then what happened? >> i just felt like he did a good job. i liked the fact that he was not a politician. >> reporter: you believe you were better off four years ago? >> absolutely. >> reporter: small business owner andrew backs trump, too. >> before harris stepped in, i thought it would be a slam dunk. now i'm not so sure. >> reporter: retiree john brady is backing vice president harris. >> i worry fear is driving

somebody to vote for someone who is going to use the fear to take way freedoms. abortion rights is a big issue, clearest example of loss of major freedoms for women in this country. >> reporter: does harris excite yu in any way? >> i like her optimism. she reflects more of what i see. ♪ >> reporter: for lunch, we drove south toward detroit. stopping in dearborn at sahara, a lebanese restaurant, owned by sam's family for a quarter century. what is your most popular set of items on the menu? >> shawarma, we go through a lot. >> reporter: these two, recently retired. >> i had enough to last the rest of my life, now i'm questioning if i should go back to work part-time. >> reporter: both friends are backing trump. >> i don't like him as a person, i'll admit it. but i think he's the best thing for the country.

>> reporter: how will you feel if he doesn't win? >> petrified. >> reporter: of what happening? >> all the illegals coming through, they're going to make it up here to michigan. >> what is going on at the border scares me to death. i hold my breath every day hoping somebody i love doesn't get hurt. >> reporter: you really think about it that much? >> yeah. >> reporter: dearborn, hometown of ford motors is also home to a lrge amount of immigrants, a city with the majority arab american population in the country. many lean democrat but have broken with the biden administration over the war in gaza. and there's no other issue? >> for the arab american community, it's one issue. >> reporter: do you think they'll sit out the election? >> a good chance. i'm considering sitting it out. >> reporter: next we're headed

outside the state capital of lansing to eaton county, a swing county in a swing state. obama won it twice, so did trump. but trump's 2020 margin was less than 1%, 499 votes. ♪ eaon place is the place to eat here. major garrett, cbs. >> terry davis. >> reporter: how are you? when we stopped by, these guys on the wall weren't talking but these two college roommates were. >> my best friend, we're on the same page. >> reporter: retired nurse paul is a reagan democrat who backs vice president harris. there's an idea you hear in washington, excitement for harris, raising money, volunteers, in the bag. >> no. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: does it feel in the bag to you? >> no, i'm worried that the bag has a big hole in it, a rat eating at the bottom.

>> reporter: sloan davis is part of the harris coalition, but half-heartedly. >> i'll vote for harris. >> reporter: sounds meh. >> i'm a passionate person and not passionate about any of them. >> reporter: the middle school counselor makes ends meet by helping cook burgers here in her parents' restaurant. but the vote is more personal. >> i'm getting married this year. >> reporter: congratulations. >> thank you. to a woman. and of course there's always that burnin question in the back of your head, what if. i don't want that right to be tken away. >> reporter: like many we met in michigan, she yearns for a better future. >> even if the person i vote for doesn't win, i do believe in tomorrow. that's what i'm hopeful for. >> that was major garrett in michigan. stay with us, you're watching stay with us, you're watching "cbs news roundup." after cooking a delicious knorr chicken cheddar broccoli recipe you will want to close your delivery apps.

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making breakfast. >> good morning. >> reporter: packing lunches. >> are you ready? >> reporter: a hug and kiss from dad, and off to school. >> occupied with every day things, the routine being so busy that you forget that it's actually a privilege. >> reporter: but she has a reminder every time she steps into her garage. >> 400, 500, 1,000. >> reporter: it's filled with rugs from her home country. a memory from when she was a little girl. you grew up surrounded by rugs? >> absolutely. >> reporter: nargis grew up in 1990s taliban controlled afghanistan when girls were barred from school. but she and her sisters took classes hiding in a basement, seated on piles of afghan rugs. >> we were all around a teacher in a dark basement studying in

fear and secret. but it was the rugs that gave us that warmth and coziness and home feeling. >> reporter: in 2001, the u.s. invaded afghanistan and kicked out the taliban. when the u.s. withdrew in 2021, the taliban came back into power. by then, nargis had immigrated to america. her mother, brother, and younger sister remain there. for the safety of her family, we cannot show their faces. her sister was studying to become a doctor. that dream is all but impossible now. >> girls from first to sixth grade can attend school, but after sixth grade they must stop and stay at home. >> reporter: the executive director of the afghan literacy foundation, an ngo that helped more than 3,000 afghan families send their kids to school. but with more than half the population in danger of starvation, she says education becomes a casualty for girls and

boys. >> if you don't enough food on the table, literacy just goes out the door. you are just trying to survive from one day to the next. so a lot of these families are saying, no school for you. help me find food. >>reporter: today more than 1 million children in afghanistan, some as young as 6 years old, are working. >> little boys are saying, can you please help me because i am going to be sent to the unforgiving streets of kabul to work. others are reporting that their teenage sisters will be married off for the dowry money or to feed the rest of the money at an family at an early age. families are making devastating choices in order to guarantee f. families are making devastating choices in order to guarantee their survival on a daily basis. >> reporter: just to feed the kids? >> just to be able to feed their kids. >> reporter: with the taliban restricting woman from working and leaving homes, their options are even more dire. >> the women that don't have a man to support them or sons to support them, they are starving.

and so now these women have to find sources of work within the confines of their homes. >> reporter: they are beautiful. this is where nargis and her rugs come in. she started buying rugs from female artisans in afghanistan. and selling them out of her garage in san diego. she called the business the rug mine. the hope is a century's old afghan tradition might help solve today's problems. >> from the comfort of their homes they are making rugs and getting paid for that. >> reporter: nargis has a contract with each of her artisans that they are paid above the fair and livable wage for their work. in return, they promise not to employ child workers. how much difference can getting a job making rugs do for a woman or family in afghanistan? >> it makes a huge difference. it provides them financial freedom. now if they can't send their daughters to school, at least

they are able to send their sons to school. >> reporter: now four years old, the rug mine has worked with over 4,000 female afghan artisans and has paid them over $500,000. the company sells more than 600 rugs a year, and now has a showroom. you can see their ancient handiwork up close. these colors are gorgeous. the rugs sell for as low as $100 to as high as $11,000. each rug can take three to five months to make. the thread is spun, naturally dyed with fruits and vegetables, woven and tied into thousands of tiny knots. each knot is hand tied? >> yeah. >> reporter: the rugs are then washed. the back side burned to get the sheen just right. it's a painstaking process with a beautiful result. nargis went back to afghanistan last summer to hand deliver a

pay bonus to each of her artisans. her daughters came with her and answered questions from other girls their age. >> they asked my daughters if they are allowed to go to school. and when i saw those girls it reminded me of me and my sisters. it truly broke my heart for those young girls. >> reporter: you, obviously, can't change that. >> no. >> reporter: do you feel like in some way what you are doing makes a difference? >> if i am changing a family's life by paying them just a little bit more, then they are able to change their kids' life. with the little changes here and there, it makes a huge difference in afghanistan. >> that was tracy smith porting. tina zimmerman: five years ago, i reconnected with my estranged father, and that's just something i never ever thought could happen. but when he became a believer, he just had this insatiable appetite to learn the bible, and he began to watch dr. stanley. dr. stanley: god always blesses obedience

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taylor swift's 280 million followers on instagram now know who she supports for president, kamala harris. will it make a difference come election day?

jo ling kent reports. known for dropping late-night announcements, and tuesday night was no exception. the global superstar making her choice for president known on instagram backing vice president kamala harris just minutes after the debate concluded. declaring, "i believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos." swift pointed to a number of issues that mattered to her including reproductive and lgbtq-plus rights. she said her call to action was also motivated in part by her fears surrounding a.i. those fears swift says realized when former president trump posted fake images of her falsely endorsing him. swift ended her post by trolling trump's running mate, j.d. vance. >> we're effectively run in this country via the democrats, via our corporate oligarchs by a bunch of childless cat ladies. >> reporter: harris' running mate, governor tim walz, reacted

during a live interview. >> this would be the opportunity swifties, kamalaharris.com. get over there, give us a hand. get things going. >> reporter: swift hasn't always been comfortable jumping into plitics. in 2019 she told "vogue" she wished she was more vocal about supporting hillary clinton in 2016. and in 2020 she endorsed joe biden, just one month before the election. with more than 280 million followers on instagram alone, swift boasts a massive fan base of young people. but can she pack the voting booths with those same screaming fans? according to a recent cbs news poll, young people are the least reliable voters. only 66% of registered voters 18 to 29 say they will definitely vote in this year's election. that's compared to 94% of voters ages 65 and older. in tuesday's post, swift encouraged her voters to register to vote saying, "it's much easier to vote early." last year which was a nonelection year swift was

credited with getting more than 35,000 instagram followers to sign up to vote in a single day and in an election that could come down to razor-thin margins in a handful of swing states, democrats are hoping it could make a big difference. >> her speaking out is a big darn deal. wyomissing's own, berks county's own, pennsylvania's own taylor swift, that's a huge endorsement. >> reporter: i'm jo ling kent. >> the countdown is on. we'll find out soon enough. that's the "cbs news roundup," tune in later for "cbs mornings," reporting from the cbs news broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪ hello, thanks so much for

staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." life-threatening flood risks remain high as hurricane francine slams into louisiana. thousands of homes are under threat from raging wildfires in california. and 9/11 commemorations between the candidates together at ground zero. hurricane francine came ashore with fury, sustained winds up to 100 miles per hour, pounding the shorelines of louisiana and mississippi. a flash flood warning is in effect for new orleans and the surrounding area with at least nine inches of rain expected. it dropped to a category one, then a tropical storm. it heads north with the threat

of tornadoes tomorrow morning and late afternoon, from the florida panhandle to the northern alabama area. ja ja janet shamlian reports. >> reporter: restaurant manager melinda burton was among those preparing for the storm. >> we made sure we had the flat stuff in front of the building. it blows hard. >> reporter: its outer bands reached new orleans. >> stay inside. hunker down. now is the time. >> reporter: officials have been is working with fema for days, standing by, boats at the ready. >> we just want everybody to be safe. we've been prepping for the storm, getting different things together, chainsaws to clear off

roads to get to people who need help. >> reporter: hurricane francine has just come ashore. there's an elevated risk of tornadoes, strong rip currents, flooding and storm surge. >> don't take a storm for granted. we've seen them spin up in a quick period of time. >> reporter: gulf port's mayor is expecting three to four feet. warning residents not to get complacent. gulf port, mississippi. now to raging wildfires ravaging southern california. police arrested an arson suspect they believe sparked one of the three large blazes in the state, two of which have exploded in size in the last ten hours. dozens of homes have been destroyed. >> reporter: the so-called airport fire took a dramatic

turn, barrelling its way along orange county. it's burned more than 23,000 acres. >> thought of being burned alive is nuts. >> reporter: federico salinas found his animals spared, not much else. >> it's scary, it really is. >> reporter: the bridge fire rapidly grew 12 times its size and took aim at ripe wood. >> burning 40,000 acres in 24 hours. it's not an understatement to say it exploded. >> reporter: the flames destroyed 39 homes and cabins. this woman among those rescues and a ski resort was threatened. >> with the heat that exists and fuel out there, presents a real risk to the communities. >> reporter: authorities have arrested and charged a

34-year-old for allegedly starting the line fire. officials say the investigation is not over. >> it's my belief we will actually find out this suspect may have been responsible for other fires. >> reporter: in california, wildfires have burned three times as many acres as last year, and we're just entering the height of wildfire season. lake elsinore, california. hours after tuesday night's contentious debate, vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump took time off the campaign trail to come together with others to commemorate the 9/11 terror attacks. it was a pause in political rhetoric. everyone now is asking will there be a second debate. skyler henry. >> reporter: the planes were

stacked up at laguardia airport as both candidates attempted 9/11 services, and they shook hands at the ceremony yesterday. >> kamala harris, let's have a good debate. >> reporter: she met trump with a handshake as they fiaced off. harris going on the offensive, needling trump about the crowd sizes about his rallies. >> you also notice people leave his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. >> reporter: trump hammered on immigration but repeated a baseless claim. >> they're eating the dogs, the cats, the people that come in, they're eating the pets of people that live there. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the city of springfield told cbs news there is no evidence of pelts being harmed by immigrants.

the false claims is exploded on social media. >> he was replying to what he's been told. he's not perfect. but i feel strongly for him. what he can do for our country >> i was stunned how incredibly well kamala harris was. she just owned the night. >> reporter: wednesday was asked if there would be a second debate. >> we're looking at it. but you know, when you win, you don't necessarily have to do it a second time. >> reporter: and trump's campaign tweeted this moment from shanksville, when president biden put on a trump hat. the white house said he did it as a gesture of unity. the white house. aircraft maker boeing is facing a possible strike if its workers in the pacific northwest vote thursday to walk out. 30,000 workers around seattle and portland, oregon, producing many of boeing's passenger jets

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remember putting the oxygen mask on, trying to transmit to atc, wondering why can't i hear anything. >> reporter: a door panel on the 737 max had blown out with enough force to rip off her headset. she said their training took over. >> i opened the door and saw calm, quiet, hundreds of eyes staring back at me. i looked at my flight attendants, i said are you okay. and in that response, i heard four, five empty seats, injuries. >> reporter: and you're thinking you've lost people? >> yes. and i remembr it not taking long to confirm we had 177 souls

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the presidential debate sparked hundreds of memes on social media. perhaps the most shared topic was former president donald trump's false assertion that haitian immigrants in springfield, ohio, are stealing local pets and eating them. police in springfield say they don't have a single report of that issue. lilia luciano took a trip. >> reporter: haitian immigrants get food, clothes and help finding work. >> they're here and our responsibility. >> reporter: they runs the saint vincent depaul society. asylum seekers fleeing a country in collapse. >> they want work. always. they work three jobs, never stop working. >> reporter: but when it comes to immigration, springfield has

become tense since last august when a minivan driven by a haitian immigrant without a valid license collided with a schoolbus, killing 11-year-old aidan clark. >> we're not taking it anymore. >> i want to know who is bussing them in, who is responsible for that, who can stop them coming. >> reporter: and last night, former president donald trump poured fuel on local grievances with a baseless conspiracy. >> the people that came in are eating the pets of the people that lived there. >> reporter: the claims are false, but the pain in the community has been real for a while. >> i said a little before, i'm afraid, too, because you know, life, protect your life. one thing i've been like that make me feel afraid. >> we try every single day to

make it better. when make it better, the city is going to be better. >> reporter: springfield was a manufacturing hub, jobs have dropped by half. work permits have been blamed for stealing jobs. >> there are more than enough jobs. >> reporter: business owners see their presence as vital. >> they're kind, grateful to provide for their families. >> reporter: it's a complicated issue that can't be divided along political lines. >> last thing we need is to have the worst day of our lives shoved in our faces. using aidan is reprehensible. >> reporter: his son was killed in the bus crash. >> my son was not murdered, but accidentally killed by an immigrant from haiti.

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to ban certain books from schools and public libraries. florida for instance has banned hundreds of books, including two dozen by novelist stephen king. there's one town in upstate new york where books are still king. co connor knighton reports. >> reporter: nestled in the northern catskills, the village of hobart, new york, is home to 400 residents and millions of fascinating characters. scarlett o'hara and captain ahab, mechanical men and victorian women. all stacked high on shelves. hobart is a book village within one brief block of main street, there are seven different bookstores. >> have a great day. >> enjoy your treasure hunt. >> reporter: when kathy duyer retired she moved to hobart to surround herself with beautiful scenery and plenty of books. she initially had no intention of selling them. she was buying them.

>> for about the first two years we were here, we were the best customers of the book village that they had ever had. >> reporter: but she and her husband eventually opened two small shops. one that sells cooking and crafting books, another focused on all aspects of new york. >> we really try not to overlap very much on what we carry. so there is something different in every shop. >> reporter: there is a shop that specializes in mysteries, behind the children's library another shop stocks niche travel books. the village was inspired by hay-on-wye, a thriving book town in wales, a world-renowned destination for bibliophiles. have you been? >> no. >> reporter: are you a big book guy? >> no. >> reporter: and yet? >> i am an entrepreneur though. >> reporter: don dales grew up near hobart, once a key supply stop for the surrounding agricultural industry. when he moved back two and a half decades ago, times had changed.

>> this town was a ghost town. i always say that tumbleweed was going down main street. it was depressing. >> reporter: he purchased several buildings on main street. around the same time a couple from manhattan moved to town and opened the william h. adams antiquarian bookstore. he thought there might be strength in numbers, so he started turning his buildings into more bookstores. >> i went out and bought a lot of books and a lot of lumber and made a lot of book shelves. >> reporter: old books gave hobart a new identity. and new residents, like retired professors barbara balliet and cheryl clarke, the proprietors of blenheim hill books. >> i think barbara had always fantasized about having a bookstore because of her love of books. i didn't.

i just wanted to retire. >> reporter: clarke knows a thing or two about books. she published several collections of poetry. she always knows a lot of writers. >> welcome to the 11th annual hobart festival of women writers. >> reporter: clarke co-founded a weekend of female focused readings and workshops in hobart. >> the second stanza, the phrase i used, this precious, this hateful earth. >> reporter: writers and readers make pilgrimages to hobart in part for what the town represents. >> they like to feel like they are in a place where books matter because i think a lot of people are in places where books don't matter. >> reporter: you won't find all the latest bestsellers in hobart. almost everything is secondhand. and nobody here is getting rich. for the shop owners, these stores are a labor of love, a new chapter in their lives.

i do, yes. it looks mysterious to me. $2 gets you a book and a cookie at the hobart farmers market. who knows? he may one day open the village's eighth bookstore. don dales thinks there's still room to grow. >> people like a book. they like to see them on the shelves. they like to see the spine of the book and say, oh, i remember that book. that was a wonderful book. and besides, a home without books, that's a boring home. unless it has a cat.

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