michelle miller has one man's story. >> what does it mean? some days you want to go to the doctor and see what else is wrong with you but you can't. >> rodney watts was working at atlanta's p hartsfield jackson. >> it was bad. i've been working since i was 14. not havingle health insurance, i'm a type ii diabetic. >> reporter: he's been paying for his insulin with unemployment benefits. it costs around $400 a month. he was hospitalized after a lump was discovered on his struggle. we've that go away, i don't know. >> reporter: the kaiser family foundation estimates that about 27 million americans are at risk of losing coverage during the pandemic. >> we're seeing an unprecedented loss in jobs and what's going to come along with that is unfortunately the loss of insurance as well. >> reporter: larry leavitt is the vice president of health policy. >> it's never a good thing to lose your health insurance but it's particularly risky in the midst of a pandemic where people are getting infected. >> reporter: they estimate that four out of five peopl

. >>> welcome to the weekend, everyone, i'm michelle miller along with dana jacobson and jeff glor. if the year 2020 has you wishing you could leave the planet for a little bit, we have a way to do that. of course, just in your mind. this morning we are going to take you to an outer space auction where you can buy media rights, space gems, and even an actual piece of the moon. before you get your hopes up, we'll tell you there's some astronomical prices associated with those goodies. >>> then at a time when many of us are trying to pay it forward, one man is pushing it forward with a simple act. hear how his job loss made him turn to one that doesn't pay him a dime. we will explain. >>> then it's the weekend, so how about pizza courtesy of the youninirchef." chef marc forgione is as talented as they come, and he's come to us for a special summer feast later in "the dish." >>> we begin this morning with the massive fire-fighting effort in california as hundreds of wildfires burn across the state. at least five people are dead, tens of thousands forced out of their homes. the fires be

vlad is with us and so is michelle miller. have not seen you in person in months. >> this is true. some five months, 21 weeks and, oh, about 149 days. but who is counting? >> but who's counting? so great to see you both. good morning, everyone. this morning, we have reached another alarming milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. has now recorded more than 5 million cases. one quarter of all the confirmed infections in the world. experts and officials are worried about new outbreaks around the country. that includes the annual motorcycle rally in sturgis, south dakota, that traditionally draws hundreds of thousands of spectators. our lead national correspondent david begnaud looks at what could be the largest social gathering in the u.s. since this crisis began. >> reporter: this was the scene in sturgis, south dakota, over the weekend. large crowds packed together at concerts and bars with very few masks in sight. south dakota has no statewide mask mandate or special rules for indoor gatherings and businesses. >> i've

i'm dana jacobson with jeff glor and michelle miller. u a kiss. >> we're not going to -- >> aw. >> that's from -- that's right. all right. fine. >>> coming up this hour, we move on -- trading places. plenty of young people leave rural life behind to try their luck in hollywood. actress hilarie burton morgan took the opposite journey. we're going to talk to the former "one tree hill" star about life in her adopted hometown and her efforts to help it thrive. >>> plus, the allure of velour. with all of us needing calm in our lives, join us on a timeless and timely journey to explore the ancient art of fly fishing and hear where it inspires such devotion. >> nicely said, jeff. >>> and later, we'll meet singer/songwriter kathleen edwards. find out what led to the long pause in her music career, and the surprising way she spent that time. she'll perform in our "saturday session." it is all ahead. >>> first, our top story this hour -- the u.s. postal service finds itself at the center of the november election. the postal service told 46 states t

michelle miller and dana jacobson are off. we miss them.an democracy are as old as america itself. the authors of a new book detail forces that have put our way of life at risk, and they show how those forces remain a threat today. about it.alk to the ars >>> plus, olympic overtime. athletes who would have taken part in the 2020 games are instead back in training. we'll hear about the opportunities and the difficulties that's creating in their lives. >>> and later, a royal invitation. we'll take you to windsor castle where some of the queen's favorite gardens are finally open again. that's ahead. >>> first, the latest on our top story this hour. new concerns about election interference. u.s. intelligence officials are sounding the alarm that russia, china, and even iran are trying to influence the results of november's presidential election. president trump speaking to reporters last night downplayed the notion that moscow was trying to lean the ballots in his favor. >> it could be. could be very much. i think that the last person russia wa

this will please michelle miller.ding michelle, can go back to the movies. and miller, it only costs you 15 cents for a ticket. >> i like it. >> she likes it. here's what's going on -- amc plans to reopen more than 100 of its locations across the country on thursday and is celebrating the move by offering movies at 1920 prices that day. the world's largest movie theater chain says it will keep guests safe by limiting seating capacity, requiring masks for everyone, and doing extra cleaning and disinfecting. amc shut down in march use to the pandemic. i don't know, you tell me how it is. i will -- >> i love a deal -- >> i willstick tomyouch. i can make my own wings. can make my own popcorn and nachos. >> yeah. >> my own beer in here. good to go. >> that was my favorite matinee deal. it was just what i love to do on a friday. i have that crazy shift. 4:00 to 1:00 -- >> i want to go back, i'm just not sure i'm ready yet. >> chicken. >> i feel you, anthony. i feel you. >> do you really? maybe i'm just all talk. >> i do. >>

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir duthiers. biden's historic choice, senator kamala harris is the first woman of color on a major party's ticket. how she'll work with the presumptive nominee after clashing with him during the primaries. >>> president trump's counterattack. what the president is saying about kamala harris and the gop's plans to target the former prosecutoror. >>> plus, why mr. trump gave her campaign donations years ago. >>> child arrest outrage. newly revealed video shows police officers arresting an 8-year-old for allegedly hitting his teacher. the family's search for justice. >>> and sacked by the virus. there's no football this fall for two big-time college athletic conferences. >>> plus, some local school districts are changing their minds on how to reopen. >>> first here is today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> i am just so excited. she's going to be an incredible candidate. >> joe biden couldn't have made a better choice. >> he and kamala harris will make history. >> the stage is set. californ

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir doout iuthi. covid in the states, dr. tara narula explains a big summer surge in cases among children and how it could affect back-to-school plans. >>> and major surprise, 23-year-old collin more kaikawa talks about winning the pga championship with one amazing shot. >>> first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> half a dozen states in the midwest are cleaning up after a rare storm, the so-called duratio packed the power of a hurricane. the weather moved quickly and struck fast and tore through the midwest in a matter of hours. >>> could you tell something was going on, secret service agents running through the briefing room and the agent guarding the president was talking to the microphone in his sleeve, told the president it was time to go. >>> there was an emergency meeting of the commissioners of the five biggest football conferences and after that, there is a growing suspicion should we say relief they may cancel this year's season because the pandemic is out of control. >>> lebanese prime

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir duthiers. >>> deadliest day in months.eported coronavirus deaths hit the highest daily total since may. we'll show you how the president is renewing his push to reopen schools as tens of millions of parents face difficult choices. >>> fast-moving flames. a wildfire explodes in size north of los angeles threatening homes and burning forest land that's been untouched for half a century. the latest on what could be a warning sign for the fall fire season. >>> campaign debut. joe biden and kamala harris make their first appearance as the democratic ticket bashing the president and reaching out to democrats. >> and police dog outrage. a salt lake city officer is suspended for ordering his canine to attack a black man who says he was trying to obey. >>> first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this has been one of the most dangerous and erratic wildfires that i've covered in my entire career here. >> that fire sounded like a freight train. >> a huge brush fire erupting in southern california prompting eva

michelle miller has the story. >> we just started three year until dollar campaign to rebuild houses.er: when we first met zach rosenberg and his wife, the st. bernard project had rebuild homes in the new orleans area. >> it was like the field of dreams. you build it and it would come. volunteers start it is killing out of the woodwork. >> one, two, three, welcome home! >> svp, as it's now known, has helped rebuild more than 2500 homes and the mission has expanded. >> we just built the first netzero apartment building, solar panels powering batteries and 50% of the units are for veterans. >> reporter: rosenberg said everything changed after meeting world war ii vet edward lee. five years ago we met the 94-year-old who built his own home with his own hands. >> a hundred percent of my life blew part of his roof off and cracked his foundation. he patched up what we could with fema money but ran out before the job was done. you never thought of moving out of this house? >> no. i'm going to die here. >> reporter: not before volunteers made his house whole again. he lived another three year

i'm michelle miller with dana jacobson and jeff glor.ed by an ocean but sharing a common struggle. anti-slavery pioneer frederick douglass found common ground with those fighting oppression half a world away. we'll recall his trip to ireland and the remarkable connection many african-americans have to that part of the world. >>> then her world was a small family farm until skill as a dealmaker turned it into a multistate conglomerate. we'll meet a woman whose sucks is studied at business schools and hear how she became known as the pumpkin queen of the nation. >>> later, they're queens of the year. an all-women's skydiving it team touring the nation, celebrating the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote ahead. >>> first, the death of one of hollywood's rising stars. actor chadwick boseman, star of the groundbreaking blockbuster "black panther," lost his private battle with colon cancer overnight. boseman brought many other groundbreaking characters to life playing jackie robinson, thurgood marshall, even james brown among

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir duthiers. massive storm blasts the midwest.eled by a rare storm known as a derecho packing 100-mile-an-hour winds. see the severe damage that stretches from nebraska to onwic scientists have develviruaccine. we'll have a realityn a l at be among american children. >>> white house lockdown. the president is whisked out of

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir duthiers. 5 million covid cases. the u.s.ches a stunning level of infection as large gatherings continue to happen around the country. we'll show you a georgia high school reversing its decision to reopen. >>> stimulus face-off. huge relief package break down. why critics from both parties say this plan is unconstitutional. >> traffic stop outrage. >> a father is furious after a georgia police officer shoots at his

michelle miller is off today. we'll go to one small community that's found a solution to the lack of libraries in the area. how it became the only place in the world where kids can get drone-delivered books. >>> at the time it was the hottest film netflix had ever released. "bird box," a horror film about an unseen threat. later on we're going to talk to author josh maylerman about the sequel. >>> and he walked away from millions not to protect his health but to protect the health of others. we'll talk to laurent duvernay tardif about his decision to forego the nfl season to help work with patients. that is all ahead. >>> we begin this morning with a coronavirus hot spot under a new threat from nature. this time it's a hurricane. hurricane isais could hit the west coast. it is 80 miles southeast of nassau, the bahamas, now. florida is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic at this time with record numbers of new cases and deaths set this week. the storm is complicating efforts to contain the virus. manuel bojor

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir duthiers. >>> deadliest day in months.eported coronavirus deaths hit the highest daily total since may. we'll show you how the president is renewing his push to reopen schools as tens of millions of parents face difficult choices. >>> fast-moving flames. a wildfire explodes in size north of los angeles threatening homes and burning forest land that's been untouched for half a century. the latest on what could be a warning sign for the fall fire season. >>> campaign debut. joe biden and kamala harris make their first appearance as the

i'm anthony mason with michelle miller and vladimir duthiers.senator kamala harris is the first woman of color on a major party's ticket. how she'll work with the presumptive nominee after clashing with him during the primaries. >>> president trump's counterattack. what the president is saying about kamala harris and the gop's plans to target the former prosecutoror. >>> plus, why mr. trump gave her campaign donations years ago. >>> child arrest outrage. newly revealedeo

"cbs this morning saturday" co-host michelle miller looks at boseman's most famous performances and thethat he leaves behind. ♪ ♪ get on up >> reporter: whether it was james brown, the godfather of soul -- jackie robinson, the first african-american to play major league baseball -- >> i won't let you down. >> i know you won't. >> reporter: or the first african-american supreme court justice, thurgood marshall -- >> i wouldn't be here if i didn't think we could win. >> reporter: chadwick boseman immortalized black icons on the screen. it was the role of king t'challa of "wakanda" the first black superhero that was boseman's most iconic. for him "black panther" wasn't just a superhero movie. >> it was a revolutionary one that we knew we could throw a lot of our passion into. >> reporter: it was also a monumental step toward representation in film for people of color. >> being a black superhero is like seeing myself as a superhero. it's like seeing me up there. >> seeing them on the screen, it means if i grow up and play my cards right i could be on the screen just like them. >> when go >>

"cbs this morning" saturday co-host michelle miller. with wynton marsalis, i'm not quite sure.ood. we'll be right back. jean, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15% credit on car and motorcycle policies? that's great! that's 15% on top of what geico could already save you. so what are you waiting for? john stamos to knit you a scarf? all finished, jean. enjoy! thank you. i give. the stitch work is impeccable. it's just a double fleck pattern with a reverse garter stitch. no big deal. is your hair this soft? softer. geico. save an extra 15% when you switch by october 7th. >>> before we go, when the coronavirus forced an ohio couple to cancel their wedding reception, they came up with a new plan which also help some families in need. melanie and tyler tapajna donated their reception dinner to a local crisis shelter, called laura's home. right after saying "i do," the couple, still in tuxedo and in wedding gown served fried chicken and mac and cheese to dozens of women and children at the shelter just last weekend. instead of the original reception food, the home got to p

michelle miller shows us the story of one man who lost his coverage when he needed it the most. >> reportera lot. some days you -- some days you want to go to the doctor and see what else is wrong with you, but you can't. >> reporter: when the pandemic hit, rodney watts was working as an overnight supervisor at hartsfield jackson international. he lost his job along with his health insurance. >> it was bad. it was real bad, you know. i been working since i was 14. not having health insurance, i'm a type-two diabetic. it has been real hard for me. >> reporter: he's been paying for his insulin which costs him about $400 with unemployment benefits. he was recently hospitalized after feeling sick and discovering a lump on his chest. how are you paying the bills? >> it's been a struggle. we've been managing. but it's -- you know, that $600 go away, i don't know. >> reporter: the kaiser family foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on national health issues, estimates that about 27 million americans are at risk of losing coverage during the pandemic. >> we're seeing an unprecedented loss in jobs an