. >> 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 tonight with breaking news. 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 a 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 does not have symptoms but he did not

. >> 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. we are going to begin tonight with that final face-off between president trump and joe biden just hours from now. tonight's debate is not only the last showdown between the presidential candidates, it may be their last best chance to make their cases to voters before election day. as many as 75 million americans are expected to tune in as the candidates take the stage in nashville tonight. and while that town is known as music city, for the first time at a presidential debate, each candidate's microphone will be muted at certain times as his opponent speaks. president trump enters the debate hall behind in nearly every critical battleground state and looking to change the direction of the campaign, even as polls show almost all likely voters have already made up their minds. front and center tonight will be the president's handle handling of the coronavirus pandemic as new infections continue to surge in 39 states. and as we come on the air, there

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and th >> o'donnell: good evening, 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, as a category 3 storm. but we are going to begin tonight with the breaking news out of michigan as state and federal investigators say they've broken up this elaborate domestic terror plot designed to overthrow michigan's government and kidnap or kill governor gretchen whitmer while she was way on vacation. now, in an indictment that reads like a movie script, they met in prosecutors say members of a militia group met in secret underground room and use the encrypted communication communio hatch their plans, raising money online and training with firearms and explosives over the summer. prosecutors say this group was angered by whitmer after

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarterstimes square. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news, and the newest justice on the u.s. supreme court. tonight a deeply divided senate confirmed judge amy coney barrett along with party lines. moments later she was sworn in on the south lawn of the white house one month to the day that her nominating ceremony became a super spreading event. judge barrett becomes justice barrett, and tonight they're running through pennsylvania with eight days until the election president trump and vice president biden fry to win over the voters in the state they both believe is the key to the oval office. with new cases on the coronavirus the highest since the crisis began, the pandemic is center stage on the in a surprise visit to a voter center, joe biden pointed to the surge of infections saying president trump is the worst person to manage the nation's response to the virus. for his part, president trump downplayed the crisis, holding three

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

. >> 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 tonight with president trump on the campaign trail and on the htack-- not against his opponent, but against the country's top infectious disease expert. in a series of insults made to reporters on twitter and in front of voters, the president said dr. anthony fauci is "a disaster" and called fauci and other experts "idiots." now, 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 coronavirus pandemic, telling campaign staffers that americans are tired of hearing about the virus and just want 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.

norah. >> o'donnell: long lines there, omar? >> reporter: so far, yes. lines. >> o'donnell: there you go. omar villafranca, thank you. and there's still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." if you're worried about flying during the pandemic, a new study might have you breathing easier. and, it's happened again: a pilot reporting a mysterious flying object above los angeles. was it someone in a jet pack? a jet pack? treatment than warfarin, better i'm on top of that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. what's next? getting out there. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical c

the gam>> this is a special edif 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're going to begin our special edition of the broadcast with breaking news tonight. president trump is trying to convince americans that he is getting better, tweeting out a four-minute video of himself at a desk at walter reed national military center saying he feels good but the next few days are "the real test." the president's video message comes after his own chief of staff told the associated press earlier today that president trump is "still not on a clear path to a full recovery," after contracting kosovo, and that the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. it has been a day of confusing and conflicting information from the white house, and the president's doctor, who laid out a timeline of when the president was diagnosed with the virus, only to later say he was incorrect. now, what is clear tonight is that the president of the united states is now being aggressively t

norah? >> o'donnell: ben tracy, thank you. and with just 15 days to go before the election our cbs news battleground tracker poll shows joe biden maintaining his en maintaining hisr president electoral lead over presi trump with an estimated 279 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 and 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 this 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 s biden holding a lead inolding arizona. he has 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 kn

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: jeff pegues, thank you. newly 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 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. nater, trump and biden supporters living in peace under supporters living in peace under the same roof. some college students show us how it's done. ♪ ♪ wh got eema decontrol. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic,

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellgood evening, 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 they need to actthey need to act in t 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 out 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 correspondents

. >> 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 inank you for joining us. as we come on the air tonight, the race for the white house is in overdrive. with just 11 days until the election and fresh off their final debate, tonight, president trump and former vice president biden are focused on firing up their supporters and winning over the few voters who say they still haven't made up their minds. for president trump, that meant for president trump, that meant his 15th visit to florida this year and back-to-back rallies aimed at his base as tonight he again downplays the coronavirus. for joe biden, it means hitting the president hard once again on his handling of the pandemic, saying mr. trump has "quit on america." and tonight, there is breaking news on just how dramatically cases of the coronavirus are spiking nationwide. tonight, new infections have reportedly now topped 80,000, reportedly now topped 80,000, and that would be the highest number of new cases in a single day since the

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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. the race for the white house is a full-on sprint tonight, with the current president and the previous one facing off in dueling rallies in two critical battleground states. with just 13 days until the election, tonight, former president barack obama is on the stump and out on the street in philadelphia, campaigning for joe biden. it's the first time he has appeared in person with voters since the pandemic began. and he's doing it in pennsylvania, a state that both campaigns say is a must win. now some 500 miles south tonight, the current president is holding his own rally in north carolina. now, that's a state that president trump won by four points four years ago. well, tonight, it is considered a toss-up. but even as president trump tries to change the momentum of the race, he's not changing his stance on the coronavirus, saying in an interview there is "not much he'd change" about his handling of the pandemic. now, that comment comes as

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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

. >> 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 tonight with the final frantic sprint to election day. as we come on the air the white house says president trump has tested negative for coronavirus and his doctor has cleared him to hit the campaign trail tonight just a week after leaving the hospital. his supporters say that can't come soon enough as new polling shows joe biden is widening his lead over the president to double digits nationally. and tonight take a look at our new cbs news battleground tracker poll shows the former vice president ahead in key swing states too, including michigan and nevada and tied in iowa. cbs news learned the former vice president is now planning new ad buys in traditionally republican leaning states as he looks to grow his support among suburban women and seniors. the trump campaign is wasting no time going on offense either, as the president rallies hundreds of supporters in florida tonight. the first of four

norah. >> o'donnell: imtiaz tyab, thank you. now to this story: two suspected members of a white supremacist group known as the base were arrested today, including an alleged leader. they were accused of trying to intimidate a michigan family by shining lights and taking pictures on their front porch. now, authorities believe a left wing group of antifa was inside. turns out their target never lived there. it comes after militia members were accused of plotting to kidnap michigan governor. as senior officials say it is days after polls closed when americans might be most vulnerable to misinformation. we spoke exclusively to dan coats, president trump's first director of national intelligence in his first television interview since the president abruptly replaced him in july of 2019. >> the nightmare scenario is that on election night, people will draw conclusions-- or days after, will draw conclusions that their candidate has been denied the victory. and that public riots will result and violence might result from that. >> o'don

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in times square. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with breaking news. with the election just five days away, zeta, the storm that roared ashore on the gulf coast as a hurricane wednesday night, is wrecking havoc up and down the east coast tonight, and throwing a wrench in the final days of the campaign. as we come on the air, at least six people are dead and millions are without power after zeta ripped through homes in louisiana overnight, before tearing across the south today. tonight, wind gusts in north carolina are forcing president trump to postpone a planned rally in that battleground state. power outages in georgia pushed early voting sites in 17 counties to shorten their hours or shut down. and, louisiana's governor now says he's making restoring power at polling places there a priority. while the weather didn't stop president trump and joe biden from holding head-to-head rallies in a sunny tampa,

. >> 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 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 air, nine four-star officers, including all but one member of the pentagon's top brass, the joint chiefs of staff, are under quarantine. president trump, meantime, appears to be governing by tweet from the white house residence, where he is still being treated for coronavirus. tonight, the president is ordering his treasury secretary and republican lawmakers to stop negotiating with democrats on a multi-trillion-dollar stimulus bill designed to help millions of americans who are out of work due to covid-19. the president says he'll return to the table if he's reelected. and he says he's ready to debate vice president biden next week. now, the president's d

. >> 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. 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 broadcast. we've got a team

. >> 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 are going to begin tonight with that revealing new announcement from melania trump, and a dire new warning about coronavirus spreading at thanksgiving. tonight, the first lady says her son, barron, did have the virus at the same time that she and the president were infected, but that the 14-year-old has now tested negative. and she's opening up about what she calls a roller coaster of symptoms, even as her husband has declared himself cured and immune from the virus. tonight, he's holding another campaign rally in iowa, expecting as many as 10,000 supporters to pack into an airport hangar there, even though cases of coronavirus in iowa are exploding. the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, says holding that event is risky. and in a new interview with us tonight, he's also warning about what he sees as another danger: family gatherings, including upcoming holidays. we'll have all that in just

. >> 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

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarterstimes square. >> o'donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we are coming on the air tonight with breaking news on several fronts. just six days before the election, tonight, that powerful hurricane zeta is slamming into louisiana at 110 miles per hour, the fifth time that has happened this year. more than 30 million americans are in the storm's path right now, and tens of thousands have already lost power. at the same time, the coronavirus crisis is reaching a dire new peak tonight. both at home and overseas, cases are exploding. the u.s. is now facing its worst week of new infections since the pandemic began. look at this-- in the past seven days, more than half a million people have been infected nationwide. that news, along with nationwide lockdowns in france and germany, sent the dow into freefall, dropping more than 900 points today. and tonight, the coronavirus crisis is slamming head-long into the presidential campaign, with joe biden del

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: 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

norah. >> o'donnell: jamie yuccas, thank you. campaigns 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 who 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 46% haven't returned them. 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 outstanding. michigan, more than 800,000. the fight to get those ballots 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 democrats, who have requested the majority. mic

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.

norah. >> 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

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

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarterstimes square. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and yoank you for joining us. with just one week to the finish line tonight, the presidential campaigns are making a mad dash across the country, hoping to shore up support or expand the electoral map before next tuesday. the candidates, along with some high-profile supporters, fanned out to 10 states today, with president trump holding rallies in three states that he won four years ago, and joe biden hitting georgia, a state democrats haven't captured in decades. but tonight, it's former president barack obama and current first lady melania trump who have come out swinging. in dueling stump speeches, mr. obama lashed out at his successor, saying president avirusis jealous the coronavirus pandemic is getting more coverage than he is. while in a rare speech first lady melania trump hit joe biden, calling his agenda socialist and saying it would destroy the country. tonight, both campaigns are trying to convince america

norah. >> 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 has the story. >> hi norah. >> reporter: he has a winning smile and infectious personality>> number 72, riley. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: and twin sister ellie is his biggest cheerleader. >> riley and i have been pretty much besties since the get-go. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: so ellie was busting with pride when riley >> riley! >> when they called his name, i just lost it. i freaked out. i was so ecstatic. >> what did some of your classmates tell you they wanted riley has homecoming king? >> they said it would be awesome to see him so happy. >> they said we would be awesome. >> did any of the classmates tell you how they felt? >> they were good, really powerful, really proud. >> reporter: but there was one more secret, and ellie never saw it com

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

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norah o'donnell has the story. >>> hi. >> reporter: he has a winning smile and infectious personality72, riley fogerty. [ cheers ] >> reporter: riley, a high school senior, is the biggest booster for his high school football team. riley, tell me about your sister, ellie. >> she's kind and unique. >> reporter: and twin sister ellie is his biggest cheerleader. >> riley and i have been pretty much besties since the get-go. >> reporter: 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 -- >> reporter: so ellie was busting with pride when riley was crowned homecoming king. >> riley fogerty! >> when they called his name, i just lost it. i freaked out. i was so ecstatic. >> reporter: what did some classmates tell you as the reason they wanted riley as homecoming king? >> they thought it would be awesome to see him so happy. >> they said it would be awesome. >> did any of the classmates tell you how they felt? >> felt good. powerful. pretty proud. >>

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

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, let's bring in cbs' paula reid, because she covers the white house and president trump. paula. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president trump heads into tonight's debate with little formal preparation. he said this week, though, that he insists that he gets plenty of practice by fielding questions from reporters nearly every day. now, senior campaign official says the president will try to focus, least some of tonight's discussion, on biden's son hunter, but many of his other advisers are encouraging the president to let his opponent speak more than he did last time in the hope that biden will make some mistakes. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, paula reid. we are just moments away. and, john dickerson, can anything that happens tonight change the trajectory of this race? >> >> well, it's the last moment of the race that is guaranteed to have a huge viewership. if it can, tonight is the night. >> welcome you to the final 2020 presidential debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden. ( applause ). >> welker: and i do want t

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