works to comply with sweeping changes to state election rules. >> you have 1,000 challenges in one county? >> yes. >> reporter: the overhaul in georgia has many fronts. from the republican majority on the state election board to the georgia legislature, which has made it possible for individuals to file a flurry of challenges to the voter rolls. >> it doesn't take sherlock holmes to figure out the agenda behind some of the challenges. >> reporter: attorney colin mccray chairs the non-partisan county registration board, where he has served for two decades. >> in a recent set of names that were submitted to us it included hundreds of college students and it didn't take a lot of research to figure out that all of the college students whose registrations were being challenged all attended savannah state university. >> historically black university. >> historically black

university. >> reporter: while these issues might seem local, they have a national political charge and former president trump has weighed in on the campaign trail, praising republicans on georgia's election board. >> they're on fire. they're doing a great job. three members. three people. are all pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory. they're fighting. >> reporter: "sunday morning" reached out to the members of georgia's election board prised by trump. they have long defended their work. and one member told us the controversy over their efforts is, quote, manufactured to suit some other agenda. what's happening in georgia is just one example of how challenges to the vote are roiling the nation. and the question remains, are recent changes to state election laws addressing real problems, or is it just politics? >> i've been looking and researching the quality of our

voter lists for about 25 years now. and there's no question that right now our voter lists are as accurate as they've ever been. >> so why is there so much suspicion then of voter rolls? >> we see a lot of the claims about the elections driven just by outcomes. they're not about the actual process. >> reporter: david becker directs the non-partisan center for election innovation and research in washington, d.c. and is a cbs news contributor. >> the voter lists are public. they could have challenged these things in 2023 or 2021 or 2019. they're waiting until right before the election, which tells you that they're not actually interested in cleaning up the lists. what they're really trying to do is to set the stage for claims that an election was stolen after presumably their candidate loses. >> reporter: the 2020 election still casts a long shadow. state officials like brad raffensperger, georgia's republican secretary of state, are bracing themselves for another contested election. in january 2021 raffensperger got an infamous call from then

president trump asking to find votes so trump could win. >> all i want to do is this. i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have. because we won the state. >> you resisted so much pressure in 2020 to not certify the election in georgia. if you face pressure again in 2024 to not certify the presidential election, can you give your word that you will resist once again, wherever the pressure's coming from? >> i'll do my job. i'll follow the law. and i'll follow the constitution. >> reporter: raffensperger will once again oversee and certify georgia's elections. >> are any of the changes put forward by the state election board necessary? >> no. >> not one? >> not one. >> you say things are safe and

secure in georgia, yet this election board keeps making rule after rule after rule. what's going on? >> i think that many of them are living in the past and they can't accept what happened in 2020. >> one of the things about voter suppression is that it always looks innocuous. it always looks reasonable. except it's not. >> part of that change was the 1965 immigration act. >> reporter: professor carol anderson is an author and voting rights activist who teaches at emory university. >> happening in georgia with voting rights is that you have a massive change of demography happening. you have a growing african american population. you have a sizable latino population. you have a sizable and engaged asian american population. and so it is a power clash between a vision of a new georgia and a battle between the vision of the old georgia, our old ways. >> do you ever get nervous? do you ever think about walking away?

>> every day. >> every day? it's that tough? >> yeah. >> reporter: chatham county's sabrina german may be weary, but she and colin mccray say their experience in 2020 has prepared them for whatever comes next. >> did you take it personally when former president trump asked the secretary of state of georgia to go find votes, 11,000 votes? >> of course. took it personally. any criticism of the system is a criticism of the individuals who make up that system. again, the truth will come out. the tr

donald one of former president lewandowski was ousted from his inner circle in 2021 after a woman accused him of assaulting and stalking her. well, lewandowski is now back on the campaign, rehired by trump in august. now in a cbs news exclusive lewandowski's accuser described her ordeal to our nikki battiste. >> reporter: trashelle odom, then the wife of a trump donor, was seated next to corey lewandowski at a charity dinner in a las vegas hotel in september of 2021. she sat down with me, speaking out on camera for the first time about what she called a terrifying night.

>> it felt like he could just do whatever he wanted and get away with it. >> reporter: trashelle odom says she didn't really know who corey lewandowski was when she met him at a fund-raiser in las vegas in september of 2021. >> he said, "i'm very powerful. i rule like politics, who goes in, who goes out, i'm the one that makes all those decisions." >> reporter: a loyalist and dogged defender of the former president, lewandowski is now back at candidate trump's side as a senior adviser. >> in 2016 when i ran the campaign donald trump won. i'm here to help him win again. so that's my goal. >> reporter: lewandowski faced scrutiny during that 2016 campaign for his treatment of women after cctv footage showed him grabbing a reporter's arm following a press conference. then in 2017 a woman told police lewandowski slapped her buttocks against her will and without her consent during a holiday party. she didn't press charges. four years later odom was seated next to lewandowski at a charity

dinner. >> did you feel like he was targeting you specifically that night? >> oh, 100%. yeah. he was targeting just me. his eyes were just on me. >> reporter: then 32 years old and new to the world of politics, she says lewandowski quickly made her uncomfortable. >> he was saying how large his privates were and saying how long he lasts in bed because of how much he works out. he started touching me. >> he was touching you? >> yes. putting his hands like on my lap and like trying to touch my butt. and i kept pushing his hand away. >> reporter: she later told police she felt scared, alone and like she could not do anything because she believed corey was someone who everyone at the dinner respected. she says she even tried asking aother woman at the party for help. >> and i was like i really need help. i kind of explained. she's like yeah, corey does this all the time.

i'm like, this is so weird. why would -- how is this okay? >> some people watching will think why didn't you just leave? >> well, i did. i didn't think he would keep following me, though. >> reporter: she says when she got up from the table lewandowski stalked her through the hotel and then threw a drink on her. she says she tried to stay in a crowd until she could get to her hotel room. >> i was his prey. he didn't care what he did to someone, especially to a woman. he was just -- like i say it, he's just evil. >> reporter: las vegas police charged lewandowski with misdemeanor battery. he later cut a deal to get the case dismissed, which included paying a $1,000 fine and apologizing to odom for any discomfort he may have caused. the incident led to lewandowski's removal from trump's super pac. a spokesperson for the former president vowing he would no longer be associated with trump world. >> how did you feel?

>> i felt like thank god, a person like that should never have that much power. >> corey's lawyers publicly denied your allegations. what's your response to that? >> well, if they're going to deny it, i think it's funny that they tried to pay me to keep my mouth shut. >> how much did they offer you? >> it was like around 30,000. and i denied the money. i didn't want any money from it. >> reporter: separate from the claims against lewandowski, a recent legal filing revealed text messages suggesting the 2020 campaign settled multiple lawsuits with women who accused another staff member of discrimination or sexual harassment. after speaking to police odom says she received an unexpected phone call from someone else familiar with hush money payments, donald trump himself. >> i appreciated his phone call. he was kind. he told me that corey was drunk. >> reporter: it was a surprise in august. >> corey lewandowski's coming in. >> reporter: when a friend called to tell her corey

lewandowski was back on trump's campaign. >> i had no heads-up. i just broke down and i was very, very upset. and if i can give just a little bit to one person, me speaking up is worth it. >> reporter: the trump campaign did not respond to our requests for comment. through his attorney corey lewandowski declined our request for an interview and did not address trashelle odom's allegations other than to say the case against mr. lewandowski was dismissed. odom and her husband have since divorced. she's now running her own small business and is far removed from the political world. it's worth noting when odom declined lewandowski's settlement offer back in 2022 she did so, in her words, to quote keep her voice . nikki batt

the american music awards marked its 50th anniversary with a two-hour special right here on cbs. it celebrated a half century of groundbreaking performances by some of the biggest stars in music. in case you missed it, vladimir duthiers has some of the highlights. ♪ said he's going back to find ♪ ♪ come on ♪ ♪ going back to find ♪ >> reporter: with ms. gladys knight at the mic the american music awards' 50th anniversary special had officially left the station. ♪ he's leaving ♪ ♪ on that midnight train for

georgia ♪ ♪ leaving on the midnight train ♪ >> reporter: the show also going back into the vault showing her perform the same song she sang alongside the pips at the very first show in 1974. ♪ the crowd went wild for ten-time a.m.a. winner mariah carey as she made her grand entrance on stage. ♪ baby baby we belong together ♪ >> guns n' roses. >> lenny ravitz! >> reporter: in its first a.m.a. event since 2022 the special featured montages of five decades of thankful winning artists. >> you guys are the reason we do what we do and have jobs. so thank you. >> reporter: and special interviews with jennifer lopez. >> my first performance on the a.m.a.s, 2001, the energy in the room was very electric. >> reporter: and gloria estefan. >> after my accident. when that curtain opened and i saw everyone in the audience i

had to gather myself. ♪ and i ♪ ♪ will always love you ♪ >> reporter: powerful tributes from jennifer hudson honoring her hero, the late great whitney houston. ♪ kiss an angel good morning ♪ and brad paisley honoring country music pioneer charley pride with his classic "kiss an angel good morning." >> we miss you, charley. >> such a good show. and that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you the news continues. for others tune in later for "cbs mornings" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪

hello and thanks so much for staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." people in florida prepare for powerful hurricane milton as it barrels toward the gulf coast. war rages in the middle east while people around the world mark one year since hamas attacked israel on october the 7th. and both presidential candidates commemorate the hamas attacks as we enter the final few weeks before election day. for the second time in just two weeks another monster storm has its sights on florida's gulf coast. hurricane milton developed rapidly on monday and is now a ferocious category 5 storm with winds topping 180 miles per hour and gusts hitting an astonishing

220 miles per hour. it's now expected to make landfall late wednesday or early thursday. this according to the national hurricane center. >> the take-home message is if you're in this red area you need to be in action mode. you need to be taking action to protect your house, to protect your family. now, it's not just going to be a wind threat. let's look at the storm surge threat too. i think most people know now the florida west coast is incredibly susceptible to storm surge, and that's why there's a storm surge warning now in effct from basically flamingo down here in everglades national park all the way up to just north of cedar key. >> and thousands have already jumped into action mode. florida's governr has declared an emergency for much of the state, warning residents of a potential 15-foot surge of sea water, telling them to evacuate as soon as possible. we have team coverage for you from florida with cbs's tom hansen leading us off from

tampa. >> reporter: as milton menaces florida millions are under manned trievacuation orders. >> this is the storm of the century. >> reporter: now the west coast of florida is bracing for another life-threatening storm just 11 days after helene. it's expected to make landfall in tampa and nearly half the city is being told to get out. >> i can't put my officers' lives in danger to come out for somebody that didn't evacuate in the peak of the storm surge. so take the heed and evacuate now. >> reporter: with the state of emergency declared in 51 counties, residents are once again assembling their emergency kits and gathering supplies. waiting in long lines for sandbagging and even longer lines for gas. cbs news was at tampa general hospital, the only level 1 trauma center in the area, as this wall was installed before hurricane helene. that barrier protected the hospital from four feet of flooding. but milton could bring up to 15 feet. >> we have layers of protections

that we're going through. but it's still a little bit nerve-racking to prepare for something like this with the current projection. >> i'm cristian benavides in north redding-ton beach, a barrier island community where debris from hurricane helene still lines the street. here they're going from cleaning up to bracing for impact. across pinellas county communities are getting ready. in this st. petersburg neighborhood more than 80% of homes were flooded by helene's historic storm surge. what does your neighborhood look like right now? >> it looks like a war zone. it's really sad. people have lost everything. you can see their memories sitting on the side of the road. and it's just -- it's decimated. >> reporter: officials are worried debris, loose pieces of wood and metal, could clog storm drains and turn into dangerous projectiles when milton makes landfall. here in north reddington beach entire homes were engulfed by the ocean during hurricane helene. now residents like john davis

are worried about what's next. >> well, i hope it's not going to directly hit here. that's my hope. >> but if it does? >> if it does, i think that it's going to have devastating effect. >> reporter: throughout the afternoon sirens were going off here, letting people know that they need to get out now. right here we are under a hurricane warning, a storm surge warning and a mandatory evacuation order. cristian benavides, cbs news, reddington shores, florida. monday marked one year since hamas launched its brutal october 7th attack, killing more than 1,200 people and kidnapping 250 more. about 100 are still in captivity, including seven israeli americans. since that day israel is now fighting hamas in gaza, hezbollah in lebanon, and iran. thousands took part in memorial ceremonies across the globe, including in israel at the site of the music festival where hundreds were killed and

kidnapped. and in washington president biden and the first lady joined in a candlelighting ceremony in remembrance of the victims. in politics kamala harris and donald trump on monday commemorated the attacks on israel, but as cbs's natalie brand explains, only one of them, kamala harris, agreed to be interviewed on "60 minutes." >> reporter: during a primetime election special on cbs's "60 minutes," bill whitaker pressed vice president kamala harris on the top issue on voters' minds, the economy, and how she plans to pay for her proposals including expanding the child tax credit. >> it is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. and i plan on making that fair. >> reporter: she was also asked about u.s.-israeli relations one year since the hamas terror attacks on israel. the widening year-long conflict in the middle east will be inherited by the next president. >> the work that we do

diplomatically with the leadership of israel is an ongoing pursuit around making clear our principles. >> reporter: the race for the white house took a somber tone monday with each candidate marking october 7th. vice president harris planted a pomegranate tree at her washington residence to symbolize hope. former president donald trump visited with members of the orthodox jewish community in new york, then spoke at a remembrance event at his golf club in doral, florida. >> the october 7th attack would never have happened if i was president. the past few years have proven that weakness only begets violence and war. what is needed more than ever is a return of unwavering american leadership and unquestioned american strength. >> reporter: trump initially agreed to be interviewed by "60 minutes" but last week his campaign told cbs news it decided not to participate. cbs says the original "60 minutes" invitation to trump still stands. natalie brand, cbs news,

washington. the death toll from hurricane helene is now at least 234 across six states. but false rumors about recovery efforts are hampering the work of responders. this according to the head of the federal emergency management agency, who's urging residents in hard-hit areas to accept offers of government assistance. she says false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response is demoralizing workers. former president donald trump and other republicans have falsely claimed federal funding is being withheld and diverted elsewhere. when "cbs news roundup" continues with yet another hurricane threatening florida we'll show you how cell phone carriers are preparing to keep the lines open for first responders in those hard-hit disaster zones.

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this is "cbs news roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. hurricane milton is bearing down on florida. it's currently a category 5 storm with winds of up to 180 miles an hour. and it is expected to make landfall near tampa on wednesday. evacuations have now been ordered, and emergency teams are being stationed up and down the coast. that includes the nation's cell phone carriers, who worked to keep the air waves open for first responders in the disaster zone. cbs's omar villafranca has the story. >> reporter: it's scenes like these from hurricane helene that call kelly morrison into action. >> it's a responder truck. it has -- >> reporter: morrison is showing us the equipment his teams use to get at&t cell phone towers back up and running after a disaster tears them down. >> what are the type of incidents that you've responded to personally? >> so the largest and earliest one was 9/11 for me. but typically hurricanes,

wildfires, floods. >> tornadoes? >> yep. >> reporter: morrison's at&t network disaster recovery teams have a fleet of equipment ready to fix critical communication infrastructure, not just for customers but for first responders to do their job. from skid steers to remove debris to drones that act as flying phone towers, capable of hovering for hours and providing cell service to a ten-mile radius. >> how quick can you get this up after a storm? >> as long as we have a generator on site and the back haul trailer which takes those signals and puts it out on our network. an hour or two. >> reporter: the company even has temporary cell towers ready to roll. with the frequency only able to emergency crews. it's called firstnet, a tool morrison says was needed after working on another disaster. >> with 9/11 those responders couldn't talk to each other. now with firstnet they have that common communication system and doesn't matter which police

department, what fire department you're in. if you have service off of this you can contact each other. >> reporter: even though companies like verizon, at&t and t-mobile are competitors, they are expected to work together to get systems back up and running. earlier this year the fcc implemented a new law requiring wireless providers to assist each other during storms, including sharing equipment among companies and allowing users to roam on competing networks. at&t's ceo john stankey says the company has invested tens of m millions of dollars setting up five warehouses of equipment around the country ready to respond to the evolving threat of natural disasters. >> our approach to this has been ever-changing. we've all heard about the dynamics of what's happening with global warming and weather patterns changing. that is happening. >> reporter: is that affecting how you guys respond? >> 100%. i kind of joke now we used to just kind of have a land force. now we have a navy. >> reporter: the company bought boats and these amphibious

hydratrek vehicles. after having to move through flood waters in florida after hurricane ian. mike oliet was in the navy and is trained to driechve this hal boat half tank. >> any kind of small debris. it's not going to go over a boulder. but trees or limbs or telephone poles. >> reporter: morrison says his team will continue to try and learn lessons from each disaster response to try and keep a step ahead of mother nature. >> whether it's a business, whether it's a mom and dad, whether it's government, whether it's first responders, that's who we are. we're communicatio

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[audio logo] as the southeast braces for hurricane milton, survivors of the last hurricane, helene, are still picking up the pieces of their shattered lives. helene is the deadliest storm to hit the u.s. mainland since hurricane katrina. tens of thousands remain without power. thousands of homes have been destroyed, and roads and bridges washed out, leaving dozens of towns cut off from relief supplies and the outs world. janet shamlian paid a visit to a devastated county in western north carolina. >> reporter: terry's flood ravaged home in the black mountains is the least of what's been taken. >> we feel so blessed to just have what we have.

we've seen their place. this is nothing. >> reporter: everything inside is a loss. outside it's dangerous. ground beneath the property has been washed away. this is the broad river area of black mountain in north carolina. it's very hard to get to because roads and bridges are largely washed out here and if you can get here once you get here what you see is soul-crushing. in nearby old fort the grueling work of clearing debris. and volunteers from far and wide like paula morris. >> three hours to drive here just to donate some items? >> yeah. it's hard to be at home knowing that three hours from my house there's people fighting for their lives. >> reporter: for areas unreachable by ground volunteer pilots are dropping critical supplies. >> right now it's just taking care of what we can, rebuilding what's left and making everybody feel whole again. >> reporter: amy davis's general store has become a rare spot for

a free hot meal. this, many say, is how the hardest-hit areas will recover. neighbor helping neighbor. >> we take care of each other. we help each other. >> we've got everybody's back. they've got our back. >> reporter: the challenge with even getting to homes like this one is roads are either washed away or they are in danger of collapse. and without running water schools in at least eight western north carolina counties including the whole city of asheville have canceled classes, some of them until further notice. >> such a tragedy there. that was cbs's janet shamlian in north carolina. north carolina. patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth, they have to make a choice- one versus the other. new sensodyne clinical white, it provides 2 shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. in 2016, donald trump said he would choose only the best people to work

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tiktok. >> i hope that me drawing strangers on the subway made you smile. >> i filmed myself and i was like we'll see how that goes. and that day i looked at my phone it was 100,000 views. 200,000 views. within minutes 300,000 views. by the end of the day i had 5 million views and i went from 1,000 followers to 100,000 followers. >> reporter: in a day. >> yeah, in a day. >> reporter: you broke the algorithm. >> i was like with this kind of attention something's going to happen. within a month i was at a million followers. i already had sponsorships coming in. >> reporter: with tens of millions of social media followers his success is all the more improbable given the challenges he faced as a child. >> my dad left me when i was 3 and my mom was very like violent and abusive, and i just grew up in like poverty and violence and gangs. >> reporter: growing up in the south bronx, there were some outlets for his artistic aspirations. even if not entirely legal.

>> you know, i always wanted to hang around the creatives. and they were doing graffiti. so i would just tag up walls. i got arrested once when i was 14. so i was like maybe i should not do this. >> reporter: it was rodriguez's grandmother who got him out of trouble. that day by getting him out of jail and forever by getting him out of his abusive home. what do you raeb emember about your grandmother would tell you as you were growing up? >> she would tell me to be giving to others even when nobody's watching. >> reporter: and in return he had a message for his abuela. [ speaking in a global language ] and he would tell you "believe in me, i am going to be somebody." then an early mentor recognized his true potential. >> i definitely remember that he was hungry to learn. >> reporter: jeremy harper was rodriguez's first high school art teacher. >> i remember him saying to me like how do i get good? my first thing i said to him was

get a sketch book, go and just walk around the city, buses, parks, subways. >> reporter: and that advice changed everything. his reels blew up during the pandemic when so many missed the ordinary things like the smile of a stranger on the subway. >> why do you think ■you have become such a viral explosive sensation? >> i think people love like the wholesome quality of somebody feeling like they were so seen. so when you're watching the video of somebody receiving their portrait you almost feel what they feel. >> i lived in london for a long time. >> reporter: there's this kindness that is part of everything that you showcase. where does that come from? >> i always had this like innate belief that if you put out positivity you're going to get positivity. i'm always trying to treat people the way i want to be treated. >> keep smiling. >> reporter: to the sketches he has now added interviews for the full picture. from perfect strangers to the biggest celebrities.

>> thank you for this. i'm done with your drawing. >> you're kidding. i'm going to see it? wow. that's really good. >> who's made you the most excited, though? >> probably president biden. >> excuse me, mr. president. i drew you. >> thank you. >> i'll text you. >> did you. >> reporter: he crossed over from online fame to real-life fame. a line of fans at a recent gallery opening stretched several blocks. yet even when the dreams of that kid who wished to live off a brush all came through, he's still just devon from the block. >> i'm from the bronx. we were on welfare, food stamps, and like how did this happen? i'm very like self-aware how crazy this is, and it's just -- it's just a dream come true. it's crazy. >> what a talented person. that was our cbs's lilia luc

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