margaret. >> brennan: jeff pegues in washington. tonight the number of new jobless claims shows the devastating burdens being shouldered by american workers. nearly 1.2 million americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. that's the 20th straight week with claims crossing a million. tonight, cbs' mark strassmann hears from two out-of-work americans, one who lost the $600 weekly unemployment check, and another who's been lost in the system. >> i'm lost and i'm scared. >> reporter: gwen geeter supervised an atlanta bakery's kitchen. she was furloughed in mid-march. in late may, all her unemployment benefits abruptly stopped, no explanation. she and her two sons have gone 10 weeks with zero income. how much money do you have now? >> $3.53 in my bank. >> reporter: what's the scariest part? >> being homeless. i've been there with my three children before, you know, sleeping in our car. you know, i don't-- i don't want to do that again. >> reporter: for more than 25 million jobless americans, washington's extra $600 a week was a

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norah. >> o'donnell: all right, jeff pegues on the washington mall tonight, thank you.n the same day that jacob blake's name echoed through the national mall, police removed his handcuffs. blake is paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in the back seven times sunday by police in kenosha, wisconsin. tonight, we're learning more about that incident and a deadly shooting at a protest two days later. here's cbs' mola lenghi. >> reporter: tonight, 29-year- old jacob blake is without handcuffs, and deputies no longer stand guard at his hospital room. we now know the names of all three officers involved in blake's shooting. along with rusten sheskey, who fired the seven shots, officers vincent arenas and brittney meronek are also on administrative leave. s 've also learned officers deployed two tasers to subdue blake, who at the time of the sunday incident was wanted for a sexual assault charge. it's not clear if that was the reason blake was being arrested. but the altercation did escalate. >> there was some resisting in the basis of that contact and the arrest. so,

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonightal storm isaias turns deadly as it barrels its way up the east coast, causing multiple deaths and leaving millions without power. the storm tosses trees, powerful wind gusts in new jersey at 109 miles per hour. look at this mail truck-- the driver barely survives. and down south, two die after a tornado rips through a north carolina town. massive explosions in lebanon. nearly 80 dead with the death toll expected to climb, thousands injured in downtown beirut. tonight, terrorism not ruled out, and why the state department is warning of toxic gases. back to school in the covid era-- the first day of class in this georgia school, packed hallways, but why weren't students wearing masks?

here's cbs's jeff pegues. >> look at this. for the first tim's perspective. in one officer thomas lane confronts flied trying to get him out of an suv, a gun aimed in his directions. >> both hands. hands up right now! >> reporter: later in the footage, floyd drops to the ground as officer lead him toward a squad car. >> stand on your feast feet and eporter: the other video alalso published from the daily mail.com appears to comee from body cam worn by alexander keung, you hear him pleading ( pleading >> get in the car in the front also in the video derek chauvin, fired officer, charged with second dedegree murder >> come on out. >> reporter: as soon as floyd hits the pavement, you see chauvin's gloved hands on hi him and a knee on floyd's neck. >> i can't breathe! please, man >> relax bathe.itreathee i can't breathe >> with a crowd gathering, the body cam video shows keueung tae floyd's pulse. according to prosecutors, he couldn't find one. there is now an investigation into is it leak of that body camera video. meantime norah, we still haven't seen video fro

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, a dangerous tropical storm gaining strengths, expected to slam the carolinas tonight as a hurricane and pummel the northeast on tuesday. nearly 120 million americans in the path of isaias tonight from the carolinas up to maine, and out west firefighters battle a blaze near los angeles causing thousands to eva evacuate. covid concerns overcrowds hundreds of party in a pandemic on a boat in new york city with few masks. the owners arrested. a huge concert in missouri. and look at this summer party in illinois. the president bashes dr. birx. president trump calls the head of his coronavirus task force

reporting from washington, i'm jeff pegues.aptioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight as we come on the air, the gulf coast bracing for impact as tropical storm laura gains strength and could hit the u.s. as a major hurricane. the national hurricane center tonight predicting a catastrophic storm surge. the governor of texas declaring a state of disaster. ongu coareries stting ricane will hit.meri. presidt trump kicks off the convention, re-nominated by his party.speakith lly but erson.ly. from first lady melania trump reportedly criticizing ivanka to the president's older sister calling him a liar. and could son eric trump

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: breakingtonight: a stunning new projection of nearly 300,000 dead. could the death toll in america double in the next four months? and one thing that you can do to save tens of thousands of lives. plus, inside a hospital on the brink. the desperate doctors in hazmat suits. >> we need the help. our house is burning. >> brennan: and the mother who can only see her newborn on her phone. testing positive: ohio's governor announces he has the virus. how he learned his diagnosis just hours before he was set to greet the president. tracking travelers: the big apple sets up big checkpoints. the special agents now tasked with stopping anyone entering new york city, and the consequences if visitors don't quarantine. back-to-school battle:si

here's cbs' jeff pegues. >> there are kids rorp the four kids were ordered to lie face down on the hotsphalt. two of them were handcuffed, screaming and crying out for theiring mother, brittany gilliam, who had also been stopped at gunpoint by police who thought they were in a stolen car. they weren't. >> they should have never been treated that way. >> reporter: chiejan fo pl bu s have used better judgment. >> they have to react to the human element in this and the fact these kids were traumatized and crying and calling for their mother. they should have stopped that call and done something differently. >> reporter: gilliam says the august 2 encounter with stick >> the kids are now okay. they are never going to be okay. that is a traumatic experience. >> reporter: meanwhile, here in washington, d.c., the secret service is under scrutiny tonight for its actions last week when a marked cruiser cornered a parked car flagged as stolen. inside, two african american mothers and their kids, who did not, of course, fit the description of the two male suspects. >> once they knew that there wer

." >>> i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us. the start of the school year is upon us, and a lot of teachers, parents and even students think president trump's push to reopen schools for in-person learning is putting them at risk. they want schools to reopen when science says it's safe, but there are also parents out there taking the opposite approach, insisting that school buildings reopen fully for the fall semester. meg oliver with more on the uncertainty for parents, students and teachers across the country. >> reporter: officials here in new jersey are trying to balance a sense of safety and a sense of normality. as you can see, fall sports started practicing a few weeks ago with temperature checks and masks, but as they look forward to the future, school leaders are working overtime to try and make sure they can return to in-person learning, and as the resistance grows they're hoping it's not a waste of time. >> so how many people can sit in the cafeteria now? >> socially distanced, we can fit about 60 to 70 students. >> yo

reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonightopical storm isaias turns deadly as it barrels its way up the east coast, causing multiple deaths and leaving millions without power. the storm tosses trees, powerful wind gusts in new jersey at 109 miles per hour. look at this mail truck-- the driver barely survives. and down south, two die after a tornado rips through a north carolina town. massive explosions in lebanon. nearly 80 dead with the death toll expected to climb, thousands injured in downtown beirut. tonight, terrorism not ruled out, and why the state department is warning of toxic gases. back to school in the covid era-- the first day of class in this georgia school, packed hallways, but why weren't students wearing masks? cops descend on this l.a. mansion after hundreds party and defy state rules. plus, christmas without the rockettes for the first time in nearly 90 years. racing to a cure: could antibodies mass produced in the lab be the next best thing to a coronavirus vaccine? plus promising early results in one of th

. >> i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us.ronavirus pandemic still raging in much of the country, employers are grappling with how to get employees back to work safely. one large company in the midwest is taking flak for what workers call strong arm tactics. epic systems is the largest private employer until dade down wisconsin. epic has told thousands of workers that it wants them back in the office, some as early at monday morning. >> some major tech companies with keeping their employees working at home. this giant medical records software company says all the employees need to come back to the office and now some of those employees are speaking to us. nearly ,000 people work that the software business on the sprawling camp out outside madison. in mid match most shifted to working at home but now the company said they must come back. the ceo. >> we have this responsibility to health care workers around the world and our patience to make sure we're at our very best. we can't do what we do without being together at the absolu

reporting from washington, i'm jeff pegues. captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight as we come on the air, the gulf coast bracing for impact as tropical storm laura gains strength and could hit the u.s. as a major hurricane. the national hurricane center tonight predicting a catastrophic storm surge. the governor of texas declaring a state of disaster. ongu coareries stting ricane will hit.meri. presidt trump kicks off the convention, re-nominated by his party.speakith lly but erson.ly. from first lady melania trump reportedly criticizing ivanka to the president's older sister calling him a liar. and could son eric trump be required to testify under oath? outrage in wisconsin. the protests overnight and the national guard called in to help maintain calm after a black man is shot by police in the back at least seven times, with his three young kids watching. the latest on his condition. breaking news: the new scandal involving evangelical leader jerry falwell, jr. and the allegations of blackmail and an affair with a p

." >>> i'm jeff pegues in washington. thanks for staying with us.icing in america has come under intense scrutiny ever since george floyd died in police custody exactly three months ago today. the latest videotape shooting of a black man by police in kenosha, wisconsin sunday has led to another round of protests. concerns about race and policing are not unique to the united states. holly williams reports on how great britain and other european nations are trying to deal with the issue. >> if you're black, you're five times more likely to be stopped by the police. you're more likely to be charged with a criminal offense. you're more -- >> reporter: that's the united kingdom he's describing, not the u.s., and this is michael fuller, the most senior black officer ever to have served in the british police. now retired. people of color are still underrepresented in the british police and fuller told us the racism he encountered was often unspoken. >> they would give me the dirty jobs to do. delivering death messages were relatives had died, searching dea

jeff pegues shows us what the video reveals.e want to warn you, it is disturbing. >> reporter: after getting a report of a man trying to pass off a counterfeit $20 bill, former officers thomas lane and alexander kueng approached george floyd with a gun aimed in his direction. >> both hands. hands up right now. let me see your other hand. >> reporter: the two leaked body camera videos obtained by the daily mail.com show the encounter from the officers' perspective. floyd appears to be distressed. he repeatedly tells officers he has anxiety as he's led to a squad car. >> i'm claustrophobic. >> stay on your feet and face the car door. >> during the struggle, floyd repeatedly says, i'm not a bad guy. >> i'm not a bad guy. >> reporter: as the rookie cops try to get floyd in the back of a squad car where floyd appears to say, i can't breathe for the first time, officer derek chauvin appears to intervene. >> come on out. get on the ground. get on the ground. >> as soon as floyd hits the pavement, you see chauvin's knee on floyd's neck.

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