plea after the president tells americans not to be afraid of covid, the widow of broadway actor nick corderoponds: >> we-- we saw what this disease can do. so guess what? we are afraid? >> o'donnell: an appeal for unity. joe 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

you know her late husband, nick cordero.y have awe little boy with the best name ever, elvis. 90 days she watched her husband fight like almost no other. he was somebody to her, his kid, his family, husband fans. 41. prime of life. strong. talented. sweet. he fought. he didn't let covid dominate. he had no choice. thank you very much for taking the opportunity, especially at this time. first thing's first. how's elvis? >> he's perfectly happy healthy little boy. pg i thank god for him every day. >> man, and you should. and you know what? there will be a legacy for him to attach and understand about his father. and i'm happy for this to be part of it. you're home, you're dealing with enough, and you hear the president's non-cha lance, takes the mask off, no big deal, it's just like the flu, don't let it dominate, don't be afraid, you can get through just like i did. how did those words hit you? >> chris, honestly it stopped me in my tracks. i was sitting here finishing dinner, and i saw the tweet first. and then i turned on t

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amanda kloots, the widow of nick cordero, who died after 95 days in the hospital, offered this message on instagram. >> have some empathy. why are you bragging? have empathy to the americans that you are our leader. have some empathy to the people is who are suffering and grieving. >> reporter: and we spoke with aaron burr ch ch of montrose, michigan, who lost his mother to the virus. >> the statement that he made last night, where he said that, you know, don't fear coronavirus and don't let your life be, you know, dominated by coronavirus? my life has been redefined by coronavirus. >> reporter: but even now, the president is suggesting covid-19 is no worse than the flu. twitter flagged that tweet for misinformation. so far this year, more people have died of coronavirus than have died of the flew over the past five years combined. >> you don't get a pandemic that kills a million people and it isn't even over yet with influenza. so it is not correct to say it's the same as flu. it has some overlapping symptoms early on, but flu doesn't do the things to you that covid-19 can. >> all rig

you know her, her husband, nick co cordero. they got a little boy with one of the best names ever, elvis. 94 days she watched as her husband fought like almost no other. he was somebody to her, his kid, his family, his fans. 41, prime of life, strong, talented, sweet. he fought. he didn't let covid dominate. he had no choice. amanda kloots joins me now. thank you very much for taking the opportunity,er at this time. first things first, the legacy, how's elvis? >> he's a perfectly happy healthy little boy. i thank god for him every day. >> man, and you should. you know what? there will be a legacy for him to attach and understand of his father and i'm happy for this to be a part of it. you're hope, you're dealing with enough, and you hear the president's nonchalance, takes the mask off -- no big deal. i don't know what the big -- it's just like the flu. don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid. you can get through just like i did. how did those words hit you? >> chris, honestly it stopped me in my tracks. i was sitting here, f

among them is the widow of the late broadway star nick cordero. was hospitalized in march, he was put on a ventilator, he had one of his legs amputated and he suffered severe lung damage. and he fought like hell against the virus, but he still passed away at the young age of 41. here is his wife's message to the president. >> that everyone is lucky enough to walk out of the hospital after two days, you know, so we saw what this disease can do, so guess what? we are afraid. we are. i still am. and, you know, i think about if i got it, if i got as sick as nick, little elvis, he doesn't have his mom anymore, so i'm afraid. and, you know, let it dominate your life? no one is letting it. nick didn't let it. it wasn't a choice. and it dominated his life, it dominated my life, it dominated our family's lives for 95 days, and because he didn't make it, it will forever affect my life. even if he would have survived, it would have forever affected and changed our lives. it's beyond hurtful, and have some empathy. why are you bragging? have empathy to the am

amanda klutz, widow of nick cordero responded to this today. he died of this disease. >> no one's letting it. nick didn't let it. it wasn't a choice. and it dominated his life, it dominated my life, it dominated our family's lives for 95 days and because he didn't make it, it will forever affect my life even if he would have survived it would have forever changed our lives. it is beyond hurtful and have some empathy. why are you bragging? have empathy to the americans that you are our leader. >> tim, what's the campaign's response to that? >> katy, thank you for your kind words for the president and the president and the campaign and everyone here, we all grieve, of course, for the families who have lost loved ones as a result of the virus. the president's tonight point ie it seriously and take precautions and cannot let it run our lives for us. it sounds like you advocate another country wide lockdown and the worst thing we could do. to lock the country down again would be to invite all sorts of medical problems not associated with the coronavi

. >> first up today in pop start, a special tribute to nick cordero, the cast and band from "waitresse morales was able to speak to her. >> it's a tribute in a song. the beloved broadway actor nick cordero, the star of shows like "rock of ages" and "waitress" lost his struggle with coronavirus th>> what is the std lucky streak if you listen to the lyrics >> i really wanted to write a song about nick's life and not about what happened to nick. and i was thinking very much about his love story with amanda they were both on broadway and i thought things couldn't be anybm he had moved to california he had this beautiful family and all good things waiting to happen and, you know, of all things, who would have imagined that this would have been sort of his fate >> cordero who got sick last spring had a long, complicated battle with covid-19 his wife amanda with her 1-year-old son elvis chronicled his journey on social media. >> daddy is awake. yeah >> broadway colleagues were among the hundreds of thousands who followed his ordeal. and they're still reeling from the loss i didn't know how t

nick cordero died from the coronavirus., spent more than 90 days in the hospital. he entered the emergency room on march 30th and had a succession of health setbacks, including strokes, blood clots, sepsis infections, a tracheostomy, a temporarily pacemaker implanted. during his hospitalization, kloots sent him daily videos of their 1-year-old son elevation so he could see them if he woke up. kloots' passionate instagram video yesterday responding to president trump quickly went viral. willie. >> and how passionate she was, how he will quent she was, how gracious to the president wishing him well, hoping he recovers. she went through hell. nick cordero went through hel for three months before he died, and they have, i believe, a 1-year-old son left without a father. when we asked yesterday what must it be like to be the family of a coronavirus patient or the widow of a coronavirus patient, to hear the president said don't let it dominate you, that's what it felt like. you just saw it in that video from amanned kloots. dr. r

amanda's husband brought star nick cordero died after battling the disease for three months. >> haveome empathy. why are you bragging? not everyone is lucky enough to walk out of the hospital. after two days. >> on that list of people from the president's camp who tested positive for covid-19, rudolph giuliani does not appear but in this tiny appearance in which he coughed a number of times, well. the scientist say it is okay. there is concern for rudy giuliani after he coughed his way through a live tv interview. >> when i hear that response -- >> the presidents go to guy worked with close quarters with trump and chris christie preparing for last week's debate before both were diagnosed with covid-19. fox news host martha mccallum expressed her concern about giuliani's condition. i hope that cough is not anything bad or you are waiting for your test to come back. we hope you will be healthy. >> i hope so too. >> trump allies to have tested positive for covid-19 was unmistakable at the home of kellyanne conway. she and her 15-year-old daughter claudia had a nasty spat which claudia p

i have a new song that honors the late broadway star nick cordero.s in the original cast. and it is called "lucky streaky." ♪ and i always knew that you were the one ♪ i give you my heart ♪ and you gave me a son ♪ it was so alive ♪ we were so alive ♪ >> mega who played guitar in the band wrote and produced the song. cordero originated the role of "earl" in waitress on broadway. he was an incredibly vibrate and fun loving guy loved by the entire cast and crew. his wife and their son, cordero died in july of course of coronavirus complications. he was only 41 years old. >> you know how we all feel about amanda and elvis. and people still can't believe he's gone. perfectly healthy. 6'6", strong, vibrant and no underlying condition. >> sarah brel la said she wept as she sang the song. very cathartic. and our thanks to the band and the cast who shared photographs too of all that. >> beautiful, beautiful song. >> powerful song. >> yeah. >> i've got a scientific dispatch from the frontiers of male idiocy. research suggests that real men don't need sleep. at

. >> broadway star nick cordero died three months ago. >> nick didn't let it.t wasn't a choice, and it dominated his life it dominated my life it dominated our family's lives. have some empathy. >> even as president trump receives world class care he insists we are learning to live with covid, falsely comparing to the flu. flu season is coming up, many people every year sometimes over 100,000 and despite the vaccine die from the flu are we going to close down our country? no closed by facebook and flagged by twitter as misleading and potentially harmful. more people have died from coronavirus in the u.s. than those who have died from the flu in the past five seasons combined the president himself acknowledging the difference to journalist bob woodward in february. >> it's also more deadly than your -- you know, even your strenuous flus. >> reporter: joe biden weighing in on the campaign trail tuesday in pennsylvania. >> this pandemic is not a red state or blue state issue. this virus doesn't care whether you live -- where you live, what political party you belo

amanda kloots, for instance, wife of broadway star nick cordero, who died from the coronavirus, recordedotional response after the president's statement on monday night. >> don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. >> let it dominate your life? no one's letting it. nick didn't let it. it wasn't a choice. have some empathy to the people who are suffering and grieving. >> more than 3,100 americans have died of covid since mr. trump revealed his positive test five days ago. our lead national correspondent david begnaud spoke to others who say they, too, are hurt by the president's comments. >> i just felt really disrespected and unheard. >> reporter: this is karen goucher, a long distance runner. her grandfather, calvin heyworth, died yesterday from complications from the coronavirus. when we spoke to her earlier in the day, she told us she could not believe what the president was saying about covid-19. >> i'm glad that he was treated and is being treated and beat covid, but for hundreds of thousands of people in this country, that's not the case, and the pain is very, very real. >>

done is show any sympathy or empathy their families, including his own wife or the families of nick cordero more than 210,000 other americans who have died from this virus on his watch. instead, he has insulted them by pushing a message of strength over safety, saying things like, don't let it dominate you and don't be afraid of it. he showed that this afternoon again by leaving isolation and quarantine and making a trip to the oval office which was signified by a marine standing guard outside the door to the west wing. the role of empathizer in chief has fallen to joe biden who made a closing argument for his candidacy yesterday around the themes of unity in gettysburg, pennsylvania, around a civil war battlefield that symbolizes a country once divided against itself. >> this pandemic is not a red state or blue state issue. this virus doesn't care whether you live or where you live, what political party you belong to. it infects us all. it will take anyone's life. we paid a high price for allowing the deep divisions in this country to impact on how we deal with the coronavirus. let's just

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