hisamitsu. >> o'donnell: we end >> o'donnell: we end tonight in bismarck, north dakota, where a crowningment was doubly special. >> hi, norah! mwah. >> o'donnell: he has a winning smile and infectious personality. >> number 72, riley fogarty! ( cheering ) >> o'donnell: riley, a high school senior, is the biggest booster for his high school football team. so, riley, tell me about your sister, ellie. >> she's kind and unique. >> o'donnell: and twin sister ellie is his biggest cheerleader. >> riley and i have been pretty much besties since the get-go. >> o'donnell: riley, who is autistic, has special needs and special gifts. >> i think riley has taught everyone a lot about acceptance, and he's taught people how to see beyond differences. >> homecoming king is... >> o'donnell: so ellie was busting with pride when riley was crowned homing king. > riley fogarty! ( cheers and applause ) >> when they called his name i just lost it. i freaked out. i was so ecstatic. >> o'donnell: what did some of your classmates tell you is the reason they wanted riley as homecoming king? >> they said it would ju

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news. those urgent new red flag warnings in northern california as a dangerous and deadly blaze there is growing by the minute, at times throwing fire 20 feet into the air. at least four people have died, and more than 80,000 have already been evacuated. and there are fears tonight that gusty winds will now push the already fast-moving flames toward even more towns in the napa valley. what's now being called the glass fire has been tearing through california's wine country since sunday, wiping out as many as a dozen wineries there. and with temperatures now a record-breaking 23 degrees above average, firefighters worry that conditions will only get worse in the coming days. now, that fire is just one of two dozen now burning across california, torching thousand of homes and businesses as it turns memories into piles of ash. there's a lot of new reporting to get to tonight on our broa

>> o'donnell: mr.on to make sure schools have the equipment and staff they need to re-open safely. he also says he'd make greater use of the defense production act to manufacture and distribute millions of testing kits for covid-19. >> joe biden: we should be investing a great deal more money in testing and tracing. a woman can go in and-- to a drugstore and buy a pregnancy test, and find out at home whether or not she's pregnant. we should be doing the same kind of investment to see whether we're gonna have testing kits for people to know. it's not enough to know in seven days or five days or three days whether or not you have covid. >> o'donnell: but congress did approve that money for the n.i.h. >> joe biden: no, that's my-- >> o'donnell: you're saying it's-- >> joe biden: --point, but it's not there. but they haven't done it. they haven't done it. >> o'donnell: people are worried about a national lockdown, and worried about jobs. the president's advisor now is dr. scott atlas. he is advocating youn

schedule their well visit now. >> o'donnell: ne >> o'donnell: new tonight, a college football icon haspositive for the coronavirus. alabama's head coach nick saban says he has no symptoms and is in isolation. alabama played mississippi last week, and today, the coach of ole miss said several of his players have tested positive. both schools expect to play their games this weekend. an assistant coach will take over for saban in saturday's scheduled game against georgia. a dangerous mix of high winds and historically hot temperatures has red flag fire warnings posted tonight in 14 states from california to indiana. the desert southwest is broiling in record heat. it hit 100 in phoenix today, setting a new yearly record of 144 days of triple-digit heat. wow. winds topping 60 miles an hour are fueling one of the largest fires in colorado's history. the cameron peak fire is now over 135,000 acres, prompting new evacuation orders today. all right, coming up next, a launch for the ages. why it made history for more than one reason. icans can agree: the importance of speed, hard work and the g

>> o'donnell: an appeal for unity. biden in gettysburg, pennsylvania, calls for healing of the nation's divisions as michelle obama accuses the president of stoking fears. >> it's morally wrong and, yes, it is racist, but that doesn't mean it won't work. >> o'donnell: hurricane delta: a category 4 rapidly intensifies, the monster storm could be the tenth named storm to hit the u.s. this season, the first time in history. and we all know that song... ♪ might as well jump! >> o'donnell: we'll remember legendary guitarist eddie van halen, whose band topped the charts for two decades. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with breaking news. the coronavirus outbreak that began in president trump's inner circle is growing. tonight, another white house staffer and a senior military leader who was with the president on sunday have been infected. and as we come on the

>> o'donnell: we're going to work on that.re is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." new protests near chicago following the deadly police shooting of a black teenager. and covid cancels a christmas tradition that dates back nearly 160 years. >> merry christmas! hello! >> o'donnell: tonight, the mayor of waukegan, illinois, is calling for calm after the deadly police shooting of a black teenager. protesters took to the streets today over the killing of 19- year-old marcellis stinnette and the wounding of 20-year-old tafarra williams. investigators say the officer, who is hispanic, opened fire as the couple's car rolled in reverse towards him and that the couple had fled from another officer earlier tuesday night. no weapons were found in the car. and now another sign of the times during this pandemic, covid has forced macy's to cancel in-person visits with santa claus. at its flagship store in new york and stores in chicago and san francisco. santa will appear at the end of the macy's thanksgiving day pa

>> o'donnell: janet shamlian, anank you. tonight, france is more than doubling the number of troops on patrol and raising its security alert to its highest level, after a suspected terrorist attack left three people dead in the southern city of nice. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports tonight from paris. ( gunfire ) >> reporter: france is on edge tonight. the target? the inside of a catholic church, where three people were stabbed to death. investigators say one victim was virtually beheaded. the attacker, a 21-year-old tunisian national, was shot and is in police custody. president emmanuel macron rushed to the area... ( speaking french ) >> reporter: ...telling reporters france is under attack by islamist terror, and sharply increasing the number of troops on the street to 7,000. this is a nation already tense after a series of violent attacks, all in a matter of weeks, and all connected to the published cartoons depicting the prophet muhammad, considered blasphemous by muslims. macron's defense of the images as an extension of fra

when bipolar i overwhelms, vraylar helps smooth the ups and downs. >> o'donnell: okay, >> o'donnell:s a question: how would you like to celebrate your birthday by blasting off? american astronaut kate rubins turned 42 today, and joined two russian cosmonauts on a soyuz making it to the space station in record time-- just over three hours. now, it marks the end of an era. it is the last time the u.s. will have to pay russia to launch american astronauts. we've been doing that now for nine years since the last space shuttle flight. moving forward, two american companies, spacex and boeing will handle that duty. by the way, this is rubin's second space flight. she is a scientist specializing in studying viruses. she is brilliant, amazing, her mission will last six months. pretty exciting. and we'll be right back. woo vicks vapocool drops now in honey lemon chill and i live in san francisco, california. i have been a sales and sales management professional my whole career. typical day during a work week is i'm working but first always going for a run or going to the gym. i love reading.

norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank you. the president will be spending a second night in the hospital, and today, his personal physician could not say when he might be discharged. we want to bring in cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. all right, doctor, do you think the president's physician was completely transparent today? >> reporter: nora, it really did not seem like it. and transparency is so important at this uncertain time. and at the top of my list is, what did his chest imaging show in i mean, we know covid attacks the lungs. what was his ct scan? what was his chest x-ray. you would think if they were normal they would be shouting that result from the top of the rooftops but we haven't heard anything about those results. >> o'donnell: we have also learned the president was given this oxygen before he went to walter reed. wha does that indicate? >> reporter: you know, it wouldn't be surprising if the president of the united states is diagnosed with covid-19 and has some respiratory symptoms, why no

what it takes to protect. >> o'donnell: tonight, hurricane zeta, the 27th named storm of >> o'donnellght, hurricane zeta, the 27th named storm of the atlantic season, is on track to strike the u.s. gulf coast as soon as wednesday. zeta is lashing the yucatan peninsula tonight with 80 mile an hour winds. all right, in a major sting operation, scientists destroyed the first nest of murder hornets found in the u.s. nearly 200 of the hornets were captured in washington state. officials tied tracking devices to them with dental floss that lead them to the hornets nest. all right, still ahead, the coach gets a standing ovation after the victory of his life. (a mix of announcer voices) we are heading towards the 2020 presidential election, ....how to ensure your vote counts......because of covid-19 ......polling locations ......confusion is high.. (fisherman vo) how do i register to vote? (working mom vo) i think i'm already registered. ...hmm!...hmm!...hmm! (woman on porch vo) can we vote by mail here? (man on porch vo) lemme check. (woman vo) thank you!ght? (daughter vo) yes! (four girls v

o'donnell: the president >> o'donnell: the president makes his pitch in five rallies over the next three days as former president obama heads to miami on saturday. tonight, the stunning numbers: nearly 53 million americans have already voted, and democrats are outpacing republicans two to one. breaking news: two leading vaccine makers get the green light to restart their trials in the u.s. plus, a huge spike in cases-- 71,000 in just one day-- as a new model says nearly 165,000 more americans could die over the next three months. fire emergency: massivesive infernos burning out of control as the two worst fires in colorado history explode, and police deputies sprint door to door warning homeowners to get out. >> fire is close to houses. fire is close to our roadways. >> o'donnell: a 19-year-old >> o'donnell: a 19-year-old under arrest. in his possession: a van full of weapons, a checklist with the word "execute "on it, and online searches for joe biden's address. absentee voting: from 200 miles above earth, how this astronaut cast her ballot from the international space station. and gues

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with an explosion of covid-19 nationwide as the country closes in on eight million total cases of the virus. the number of new infections in the u.s. hit nearly 60,000 on wednesday. that is a single-day high not seen since the summer. and with the country now racing toward what experts call a third peak in cases, tonight, the c.d.c. says it expects the virus will kill another 23,000 americans by the first week of november. so as we come on the air, 37 states are now seeing infections growing, hospitalizations and deaths, they are rising, too. and with falling temperatures forcing people indoors, we are told that the surge will only get worse. it is a sobering assessment just 19 days before the election, as president trump and joe biden face off tonight-- not on the debate stage, but in dueling town halls in separate cities. there's a lot of new reporting to get to tonight. we have our team of corre

norah. >> o'donnell: those are quite some numbers. ed o'keefe, thank you.te being outspent on the airwaves, president trump plans to crisscross the country in the coming days for his signature in-person rallys. today the president campaigned in three states that he won in 2016, including two critical battlegrounds, wisconsin and michigan, where he now trails in the polls. the polls. here's cbs' paula reid. >> reporter: rising covid cases in michigan didn't stop thousands of supporters from cheering on the president in lansing today, or the president from saying the pandemic is getting too much attention. >> but here's the story, it's covid, covid, covid. you can't watch anything else. on november 4, you won't be hearing so much about it. >> reporter: despite evidence the president's handling of the virus has hurt him in the polls, he's down eight according to the latest cbs battleground tracker, the president continues to minimize covid's impact. >> did you ever notice, they don't use the word "death," they use the word "cases." like barron trump is a case.

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with breaking news. cbs news has learned the commission on presidential debates plans to issue new rules for the rest of this year's debates after tuesday night's face-off between president trump and former vice president biden turned into a farce. while the commission has not formally voted on changes, an informed source tells cbs news members believe they need to act in the coming days after being inundated with complaints about a chaotic debate. among possible changes to the rules: cutting off a candidate's microphone if that person ignores the rules and interrupts another candidate or the moderator. tonight, with 34 days left until the election, the candidates are back on the campaign trail, even as president trump tries to clarify his refusal to denounce white supremacy at the debate along with a group known to support it. we have a lot of new reporting to get to tonight. our team of co

norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank you. biden will close out the race in michigan and pennsylvania, two in the so- called blue wall of industrial states dominated for years by democrats but won narrowly by president trump in 2016. and biden is also trying to flip the script on the president, making a play in republican strongholds. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: with president trump defending states he won, iowa, ae biden went on offense in iowa, a state now in play wter the president won it easily in 2016. >> folks, we can do this. there's nothing beyond our capacity. >> reporter: it was a far cry from february, when biden lost badly in the iowa caucus. today, he's within striking distance of winning the state, as the president's popularity is plunging with coronavirus cases on the rise. the former vice president held a socially distanced drive-through rally. >> here at the fairgrounds, the iowa state fair canceled for the first time since world war ii. and donald trump has given up. >> reporter: biden dueled with th

norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang, thank you. over the past six presidential elections, no state has been a better bellwether than florida. the state has voted for the eventual winner every time. tonight, joe biden is back in the sunshine state, a day after president trump rallied with supporters there as they fight for the 29 electoral votes that could again at this point election. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: joe biden today returned to florida with one aim: to draw as many senior citizen votes away from president trump as he can. >> it's become painfully clear as his careless, reckless covid response has caused one of the worst tragedies in american history. the only senior that donald trump cares about, the only senior is senior donald trump. >> reporter: he's banking on the fact florida's older voters increasingly believe he will keep them safer. >> we came out for this election. >> reporter: biden holds a small lead in the sunshine state in part because he's closing the gap with mr. trump among seniors. he also fina

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you.ly released police body cam video shows the chaotic aftermath of the botched raid in louisville that left breonna taylor dead. taylor's boyfriend, kenneth walker, is seen sobbing and telling police that taylor was dead. police shot the e.r. tech six times inside her own home in march. no officers have been charged in her death. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." a big week for women in science. meet the chemists whose work could help cure some deadly illnesses. later, trump and biden supporters living in peace under the same roof. some college students show us how it's done. this election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. every active, registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot with a unique barcode. you can track it using where's my ballot? and you'll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop

i'm norah o'donnell. good night.onsored by cbs captioned y >>> right now at seven, some bay area parents using new staff tonight to try to get teachers back into the classroom. >> some of our kids, they're not getting the right education that i think they need. >>> another round of

norah. >> o'donnell: lone, thank you. >> o'donnell: all right, lonnie, thank you.he election is 25 days away, and tonight, president trump remains in the white house, forced off the campaign trail by covid, even as he falls in the polls. but if he can't go to a rally, the president now plans to bring the rally to him, inviting guests to the white house for his first in-person event since testing positive. here's cbs' ben tracy. >> reporter: president trump is now planning to speak from the balcony of the white house tomorrow to hundreds of his supporters. >> judge amy coney barrett. >> reporter: two weeks to the day after the rose garden announcement of his supreme court nominee led to several people getting the virus, possibly including the president himself. dr. anthony fauci now calls it a super-spreader. >> we had a super-spreader event in the white house, and it was in a situation where people were crowded together and were not wearing masks. so the data speak for themselves. >> that's a big group of people. >> reporter: the minnesota health department now con

norah. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. perhaps the best hope for a covid vaccine before the election was dashed today when pfizer announced that it won't apply for emergency approval for its vaccine until late november at the earliest. here's cbs' meg oliver. >> reporter: tonight, a dose of reality from pfizer announcing it will apply for f.d.a. emergency use authorization for its vaccine soon after the safety milestone is achieved in the third week of november. is that a setback or was that expected? >> it was very expected by me. i think there's not any possibility for this to be achieved in october, and that most likely, we're going to have to go into late 2020, or even early 2021. so i think this is a great acknowledgment of the pace of science. you can't rush these things. >> reporter: but president trump, who once predicted a vaccine by election day, continues to push a quicker pace. >> and we have the vaccines coming. >> reporter: other vaccine developers have echoed pfizer's timeline with data available late this y

better life. >> o'donnell >> o'donnell: a new study by the department of defense suggests it's safe to fly if passengers wear masks. now, working with united airlines, researchers used an onboard mannequin with an aerosol generator inside to simulate breathing and coughing. they found the masked mannequin sent just .003% of particles in another passenger's breathing space. united said that means the risk of exposure is nearly nonexistent, even on a full flight. useful information. tonight the f.b.i. is investigating new reports of someone flying in what appears to be a jet pack near los angeles international airport. the latest reported sightings on wednesday from a china airlines crew comes six weeks after two different pilots made similar claims. here's what's really strange: no one reported seeing or hearing the mysterious flying objects objects taking off or landing. the mystery continues. up next, teens helping teens. why a dedicated audience never misses their podcast, even prince harry and wife meghan have taken note. ays a month each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® prevents hea

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. there are a number of stories developing as we come on the air, including president trump's refusal to participate in next week's debate after it was changed to a virtual town hall. and that new forecast for hurricane delta, which is now bearing down on the gulf coast but we are going to begin tonight with the breaking news out of michigan as state and federal investigators say they've broken up an elaborate domestic terror plot designed to overthrow michigan's government and kidnap or kill governor gretchen whitmer while she was away on vacation. an indictment that reads like a movie script, prosecutors say members of a militia group met in secret underground room and use the encrypted communications to hatch their plans, raising money online and training with firearms and explosives over the summer. prosecutors say this group was angered by whitmer after she refused to loosen statewide coronavirus restrictions this

norah. >> o'donnell: ben tracy, thank you. and with just 15 days to go forere the election our cbs news battleground tracker poll shows ine biden maintaining his electoral college lead over president trump with an estimated 279 electoral votes compared to the president's 163. now, one of those toss up states is arizona where the president held two rallies today as biden stays off the trail for four days of debate prep. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: president trump made his sixth campaign trip to arizona today hoping to turn the tide against joe biden who could become the first democratic nominee in 24 years to win the state. >> you don't have events like this and come in second in arizona. 15 days from now we are going to win the state of arizona. >> reporter: but the latest cbs news battleground tracker shows biden holding a lead in arizona. he has a three point edge, similar to last month. and four in ten seniors say mr. trump has put them more at risk during the pandemic. >> he knew that this virus was five times mor

norah. >> o'donnell: jamie yuccas, thank you.paigns call it "the ground game," an army of volunteers going door-to-door and person to person, hunting for every last vote. but now, with just six days left, they face an urgent new challenge-- reaching the millions of voters who asked for mail-in ballots this year but still haven't returned them. here is cbs' janet shamlian. >> reporter: voters in houston are dropping off absentee ballots from their cars tonight. a record number of americans requested those ballots this year, but nationwide, a whopping ing haven't returned them. 46% haven't re the question now: where are the rest of them? florida has more than 1.9 million unreturned. more than 1.5 million in arizona. georgia has more than 700,000 00,000nding. outstanding. michigan, more than 800,000. the fight to get those ballots in is critical in places in is critical in places like wisconsin, following the supreme court's ruling that those received after election day can't be counted. the hunt for mail-in votes is pressing for de

norah. >> o'donnell: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. tonight, if all goes as republicans plan, judge amy coney barrett will become justice barrett and could be at work in her court chambers as soon as tomorrow morning. here's nancy cordes. >> jamming through this nomination in this fashion is unprecedented. >> reporter: democrats call it a rush job, but republicans call it victory. >> she is exceptionally intelligent, academically, astute. and impeccably credentialed. >> reporter: tonight's confirmation of judge amy coney barrett comes just 38 days ar after the death of the famed liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> so help you god. >> reporter: at 48, barrett becomes the youngest justice on the court by five years. she could help secure a conservative majority for decades to come. >> the nomination of amy coney barrett is truly historic. this is the most openly pro-life judicial nominee to the supreme court in my lifetime. >> reporter: and she'll be seated in time to hear some pivotal cases next month. including one that pits religi

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, meg oliver, thank you.onight, city officials in philadelphia are appealing for calm following a night of violent protests after police shot and killed a black man in front of his family. the shooting was captured on video and a warning: what you are about to see and hear is disturbing. here's cbs' jericka duncan. >> reporter: tonight, the national guard on alert in philadelphia after demonstrations turned violent monday night. police say 30 of their officers were injured, including one female officer whose leg was broken after she was hit by a vehicle. >> oh, my god! he hit a cop! >> reporter: the unrest is fueled by the shooting death of 27-year-old walter wallace jr. in cell phone video, he's seen walking towards police. his family claims he had a dinner knife. wallace's mother tried to intervene. two officers with their guns drawn repeatedly asked him to drop the weapon. ( gunfire ) police say the officers fired at least seven shots each. >> there are many questions that demand answers. residents have my

continue to soar. >> o'donnell: elizabeth palmer, >> o'donnell: elizabeth palmer, thank you.nk you. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." two major health updates tonight. rush limbaugh says his cancer battle is moving in the wrong direction. and actor jeff bridges speaks about his own cancer diagnosis. and nasa's audacious mission to pluck soil and rocks from an milroid 200 million miles from earth. i discovered my great aunt ruth signed up as a nursing cadet for world war ii. you see this scanned-in, handwritten document. the most striking detail is her age. she was only 17. knowing that she saw this thing happening and was brave enough to get involved and do something- that was eye opening. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com to life like never before. with new rewards from chase freedom unlimited, i now earn even more cash back? oh i got to tell everyone. hey, rita! you now earn 3% on dining, including takeout! bon appetit. hey kim, you now earn 5% on travel purchased through chase! w

>> o'donnell: adriana diaz, thank you.ight a man working as a security guard at a denver protest is in jail, held without bond and suspected of first degree murder after a violent clash left one man dead. a warning: some viewers have video you are about to see disturbing. here is omar villafranca. ( gunshot ) >> reporter: in cell phone video taken from a distance you can hear the gunshot and see an orange cloud of mace. a photographer caught the confrontation up close. the images show 49-year-old lee keltner hitting a man, then a puff of orange mist and a man with his gun aimed at keltner, a bullet casing ejecting from the gun. keltner was shot and pronounced dead at the hospital. 30-year-old matthew doloff now in jail accused of first degree murder was hired as a security guard for a local tv station covering a conservative rally and counter-protest. city officials say he was not licensed as a security guard in the city. social media accounts claim doloff was a left wing extremist and antifa member, but authorities say th

i'm norah o'donnell in the i'm norah o'donnell in the the prayers of america, including president trump'sdemocratic opponent, joe biden, as well as former president barack obama, are with the president and this nation tonight. we'll see you back here on monday, if not before. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org they do one of the most difficult jobs there is, even in normal times. our frontline health care workers. and when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. to invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone- rich, poor, and in-between. whether it's this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. for all of us. >>> more weight in the fire zone tonight, because the conditions actually provided a bit of support for firefighters earlier and will tell you why.

i'm norah o'donnell. good night.sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is the cbs overnight news. >> thank you for staying with us. with just 12 days to go until the election, president trump and former vice president biden take the stage tonight in nashville, tennessee for the second and the final debate. one of the topics will focus on race in america. this morning we have part 2 of our investigation into alleged racial inequity in the nation's premier law enforcement agency, the fbi. only 4% of fbi agents worldwide are black. the bureau insists that diversity is what they call a core value. we spoke with several former agents who said they experienced something entirely different during their decade long career. >> when the culture is not conducive to minorities, you have an obligation to speak out. >> eric jackson was the special agent in charge of the dallas field office. >> the seventh floor in the fbi is where decisions and policies are made and there are no african-am

norah. >> o'donnell: prosecutors in the >> o'donnell: kris van cleave, thank you. prosecutors in the breonna taylor case never gave the grand jury a chance to consider a murder charge according to an anonymous grand juror. the statement comes after a kentucky judge today ruled grand jurors in the case could publicly speak out. in a statement the grand juror says questions were asked about additional charges and the grand jury was told there would be none because the prosecutors didn't feel like they could make them stick. taylor was fatally shot in her home by louisville police during a botched drug raid last month. none of the officers involved in the raid were directly charged with her death. tonight, tech giant google is vowing to fight the justice department in court after prosecutors accused the company of locking out competition with an illegal monopoly. now, it is the biggest antitrust case in a generation, the most consequential since the government's cases against at&t and microsoft. here is cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: the tech giant search engine is so

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us. there are several developing stories as we come on the air, including two significant setbacks tonight in the search for a cure for coronavirus. just as cases are spiking nationwide, we're going to get to that and the drug companies that are now pausing their tests on experimental drugs in just a moment. but we're going to begin with that marathon confirmation hearing on capitol hill that is now stretching into the night. president trump's pick for the supreme court, judge amy coney barrett, has spent the day defending her judicial philosophy and dodging questions about how she'd rule on future cases, including next month's challenge to obamacare. barrett also refused to say how she would rule on abortion, insisting she has not made deals with the president or the white house. and while she would not commit to recution herself from any election-related cases, barrett said she would not be usedaise pawn by the president to decide the election

>> o'donnell: since >> o'donnell: since we're broadcasting from cbs election headquarters, we thought cast our vote for the feel-good story of the day. cbs' chip reid found a 12-year- old in iowa who's knocking it out of the park. >> reporter: few kids have ever stepped up to the plate for charity like tommy rhomberg. >> i just wanted to raise money so we could help them rebuild. >> reporter: rebuild from the massive derecho that hit iowa in august. a friend's birthday was upended, too. >> i knew his favorite sport was baseball and i thought it would mean a lot to him if he got a baseball bat for his birthday. >> reporter: so tommy decided to make him one by hand, and called it "the great derecho." when word got out, others wanted homemade bats, too, including his mother, amanda. >> i kind of thought, oh, shoot, tommy. i think i would like one. would you make me one? he told me no. he still had blisters on his hand. >> reporter: but it gave tommy an idea. what if he made bats out of wood brought down by the storm, and donated some of the profits to storm victims? his family bought a l

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, we will begin with president trump on the campaign trail and on the attack. not against his opponent but the country's top infectious disease experts. in a series of insults on twitter, he said he is a disaster and called fauci and other experts idiots, with just 15 days until the election and down in the polls in nearly every battleground state, tonight the president appears intent on minimizing the onavirusrus pandemic, telling campaign staffers that americans are tired of hearing about the virus and just want it to be left alone. but the president's comments come as the country's leading public health experts are now warning that the next three months will be the worst of the pandemic. nationwide the number of new single day infections has reached a new high. since this summer and hospitalizations are up in 39 states. tonight in a cbs news exclusive we're inside one of the hardest hit hospitals in wisconsin, a state where new infections have exploded and where doctor

o'donnell,the "cbs evening re news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellinegin t reakinnews. president trump is back in the oval office and back on camera tonight, two days after returning from the hospital. in a new video produced by the white house, the president says he feels perfect and calls his infection with coronavirus a blessing in disguise. he also says the experimental drug therapy he received is a cure and that he plans to make it available for free to all americans. now, that might be over- promising the drug, made by the company regeneron, because it has not been approved by the f.d.a. and was only given to the president under special exception called compassionate use. now, the president's decision to return to the west wing is not only putting his staff at risk. it violates his own government's guidance that anyone infected should isolate for ten days. now, in a written statement today, his doctor said he did not have symptoms but he did not say if it was safe for trump to interact with others. now, the president's new video tonight also risks up

. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. and tonight, i'll be joined by gayle king and john dickerson for live coverage of the debate. that's beginning at 9:00 eastern. and there's much more of our interviews with both presidential candidates. that's this sunday on "60 minutes." tonight, we're following several new developments in the covid-19 pandemic. the mayor of chicago is imposing a 10:00 p.m. curfew starting tomorrow for bars, restaurants, and most businesses, as that city faces a new spike in cases. and the f.d.a. has just approved the first covid treatment. cbs' janet shamlian has more. >> reporter: breaking news tonight: a major milestone-- the f.d.a. approving the first and only treatment for coronavirus in the u.s., remdesivir, now available in hospitals nationwide after manufacturing ramped up earlier this year. you called it also a significant step. why is that? >> you know, this is the first drug in the eight-month history pesky virus that is f.d.a. approved, which certainly has benefit, i think, if used in the

for all of us at cbs news, i'm norah o'donnell.ed by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org can you tell me about the day that mo williams was murdered? well, first, i heard the gunshot. and what did you do? i looked out my peephole and i saw hiram diaz standing in front of mo. and there was another dude out there, too, but i couldn't see his face. what was mr. diaz doing? you want me to say he was holding a gun, right? miranda, i told you, i just want you to tell the truth. he shot mo in the chest with a .38. how did you know the gun was a .38? 'cause i got the same gun. do you have a permit for that? come 8:00 at night, hiram and the rest of the double treys shut the elevators down. they deal crack right out in the open like they delivering pizza. you gonna stand there and tell me you wouldn't carry a gun too, miss it ain't like that on park avenue?

norah. >> o'donnell: paula reid, thank you. and there are allegations tonight that russia has lunched another disinformation campaign, this one to undermine global confidence in a potential covid vaccine. we get more now from cbs' holly williams. >> reporter: on russian state tv cribedonth, they described the the oxford-astrazeneca vac oxford-astrazeneca vaccine as a monkey vaccine, portrayed as downright dangerous. propaganda spreading fear about the vaccine has also shown up on the internet, pushed by russia, according to a new investigation by the "times" of london. >> the more we fight amongst ourselves, whether it's about issues of race or issues of science, the more putin has a free hand. >> reporter: the russian government denies any involvement, but experts say it's right out of vladimir putin's playbook. a u.s. study found that the same russian trolls that american intelligence says meddled in the 2016 election also tried to inflame a debate over the safety of vaccines. it seems to have worked in ukraine, a country fig

. >> o'donnell: hard to deny stories like that. adriana diaz, thank you. this year's early voting data points to african american that could rival the records set when was elected. but tonight there are questions whether black voters and their ballots are being treated equally. here's cbs' major garrett. >> reporter: inside the guilford county elections building in greensboro, north carolina, early ballots are processed, sorted, and in some cases, rejected, if voters fail to fill them out properly. while the overall rejection total is relatively small, absentee ballots submitted by latinos and african americans in ned away thae three times more likely to be turned away than those from white voters. near the top of that list is guilford county, where dr. t. anthony spearman sits on the board of elections and serves as president of the north carolina n.a.a.c.p. >> african americans have not been cultivated to use the absentee ballot, and as such, it's their first time doing it. with that naivetÉ comes along some opportunity for them to not get right what nee

. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe, thank you. tonight, michigan's attorney general says that shocking plot to kidnap and possibly kill governor gretchen whitmer is not the only case of domestic terrorism being investigated. more arrests are expected in similar cases. more than a dozen suspects are now in custody, and tonight we're learning about the extraordinary measures taken to keep governor whitmer safe. here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> reporter: with the suspects behind bars, new details are emerging about how much of a threat the group, some of them seen at armed protests in the state capitol, posed to governor gretchen whitmer. >> at times she and her family had been moved around as a besult of activities that, you know, law enforcement was aware of. >> reporter: today, news of another arrest in south carolina. paul edward bellar charged with providing material support for terrorist acts in michigan. e price of freedomeedom is eternal vigilance. >> reporter: in this video, one of the other suspects, brandon caserta, is wearing

norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. president trump's performance in the polls has republicans worried about the races down ballot. in the senate, republicans are defending 23 seats, democrats just 12. if democrats flip just a hand full of seats from red to blue, they would win control of the senate. we get more now from cbs' nancy cordes. >> reporter: with 11 days to go, republicans are worried that the president's sagging poll numbers and controversial campaign style could cost them not just the white house but the senate, too. >> i felt kind of bad after the first debate. quite frankly, i felt good last night. >> reporter: take senator lindsey graham, who is running for reelection in the ruby-red state of south carolina but is now virtually tied with democrat jamie harrison, who has outraised him by tens of millions of dollars. the cbs news battleground tracker shows republican incumbents trailing by four points in iowa, 10 points in north carolina, and 11 points in arizona. with the senate currently split 53-47, dem

. >> o'donnell: good evening. i'm norah o'donnell in the nation's capitol with john dickerson and gayle king. in just a few minutes the candidates will face off for the final time. you are looking at live pictures from the debate hall at can the bell in nashville, tennessee. we're seeing records broken already. nearly 50 million americans have voted, and that's more ballots cast before election day in 2016. >> a rot of people. this is presidenpresident trumpt opportunity to go face to face with a former vice president. as you remember, their second debate was canceled when mr. trump balked at a virtual format after he tested positive for covid-19. now, each candidate held an individual town hall one week ago. both were tame affairs, compared to that first meeting, which you can describe as an over-the-top slug-fest, marred by insults and interruptions that left many wishing the organizers could simply just cut the microphones. >> so tonight, while one candidate is answering a direct question for two minutes, the o

not be out of the woods. >> over the next period of a few days, i guess that's the real test. >> o'donnell: the president's doctor painting a much rosier picture, leading to more confusion. >> the team and i are extremely happy with the progress the president has made. >> o'donnell: cbs news has learned the president was given oxygen before fly

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. >> o'donnell: tonight: the president attacks the nation's top infectious disease doctor and dismisses the pandemic as the country faces its worst covid surge in months. president trump criticizes dr. anthony fauci. >> people are tired of hearing l these idiots.hese idiots. >> o'donnell: calling the man who has advised six presidents "a disaster" after fauci speaks with "60 minutes." >> were you surprised that president trump got sick? >> absolutely not. >> o'donnell: tonight, the republican pushback. 15 days to go, the president 15 ngkes a west coast swing as joe biden outspends president trump at least two to one in campaign ads in most battleground states, plus nearly 30 million americans