We begin tonight with that dire new death toll. The tally of those reported killed by the coronavirus in the u. S. Has reached 1,500 people in just one day. Thats a number we havent seen since may when much of the country was still locked down. Tonight, the nations Infectious Disease doctor says hes not ectious with stopping the virus, saying the pandemic has become too partisan. Today, the head of the c. D. C. Warns things will only get worse this fall when the country will be battling both covid19 and te flu. Attempting to show how their administration would be different than the one currently in office, joe biden, the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee, and his new running mate, senator kamala harris, are calling for a nationwide mask mandate. They say the governors of all 50 states should require face eeverings for the next three months to stop the months to stop the spread. Moment ago, President Trump rejected that idea, though he did urge americans to wear masks when appropriate. Theres a lot of new reporting to get to tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. Cbs Manuel Bojorquez leads us off tonight in miami. Manny . Reporter margaret, today, florida surpassed 9,000 covid 19related deaths. When asked whether the nation has hit a peak of either cases or deaths, dr. Anthony fauci was wt optimistic. We certainly are not where i hoped we would be. Reporter a stark assessment from dr. Anthony fauci today, who said the nation is not winning the battle against the virus. Bottom line is, im not pleased with how things are going. Reporter c. D. C. Director dr. Robert redfield warned if people do not follow covid safety guidelines, the upcoming flu season could make things even worse. This could be the worst fall from a Public Health perspective weve ever had. Reporter the reopening of schools continues its rocky rtart. Around the country so far, more than 1,500 students and staff raom nine districts in seven states are in quarantine after positive cases in schools that had just reopened, like this one in georgia, which had to shut down for cleaning. Despite 35 positive cases, it will reopen to inperson instruction monday. Open schools reporter some parents who want a return to class protested hatside pittsburgh. My son has barely had any conversations with other children since march. Its very difficult. Reporter other parents, like Lorin Munchick of miami beach, are planning to improvise, schooling his daughter, aria, with a small group at home in socalled pandemic pods. A four and a halfyearold on an ipad, thats not learning. Reporter if her school were to open up to inperson instruction, would you send her . No, and were just trying to to figure it out as we go along. Reporter in the sports world, the bold statement from jerry jones, owner of the dallas cowboys. When the n. F. L. Starts up, he deys fans are welcome. Still, the pandemics economic toll continues to be revealed. In new yorks south bronx, long lines for a food donation. And theres the personal toll. A florida family devastated as two doctors, father and son, both died from covid19 five weeks apart. Dr. Jorge vallejo fled cuba and became a renowned doctor in hialeah. His son carlos followed in his footsteps and had cared for more than 70 covid patients. What is their legacy . Im in medical school. My brothers in medical school. My sisters in medical school. So were going to become physicians and were going to heeat our patients in the way he thought us to treat his ditients. Reporter Charlie Vallejo is now in his third year of medical ays dethe during the pandemic and the losses his family has already endured, for him, it is a calling. Margaret . Brennan indeed, it is. Thank you, manny. The covid crisis was the first order of Business Today for joe biden and his new running mate, senator kamala harris. They appeared together for the second straight day and called for a nationwide mandatory mask order. Heres cbs ed okeefe. Reporter democratic president ial candidate joe biden said today its time for every american to mask up. Every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing. Be a patriot. Protect your fellow citizens. Protect your fellow citizens. Step up. Do the right thing. Rte hisnge, mala hs, thats what real leadership looks like. We should all be wearing a mask for the next three months because it will save lives. Reporter the california senator also said voters should q asking the Trump Administration a key question when am i actually going to e t vaccinated . Because there may be some grand gestures offered by the current president about a vaccine, but you can answer the question, when am i going to get vaccinated . E reporter trying to show how they would lead during the pandemic, the pair rolled out a new proposal with a pair of Virtual Meetings with scientists and economists. President trump fired back today. The trust the American People and the governors want to do the right thing to make the smart decisions, and joe doesnt. Reporter earlier, he leveled a sexist attack on harris. And now, you have a sort of a mad woman, i i call her, because she was so angry and so such hatred with justice kavanaugh. Reporter biden and harris now plan to speak to the Democratic Convention next week from a wilmington event center. Harris is set to speak wednesday, and biden a week from tonight. Ed okeefe, cbs news, washington. Brennan tonight, an explosive wildfire is threatening more than 200 homes an hour north of los angeles. Its one of several fires in the region. The covid pandemic is complicating evacuation procedures, and a dangerous heat wave is moving in. Cbs jamie yuccas in lake hughes, california. Jamie . Reporter margaret, officials are describing this fire as extreme. At the height, flames tore through homes, cars, and thousands of acres of National Forest in just a matter of murs. Flames ripped through more than 10,000 acres. This is insane. Reporter the lake fire quickly exploded, creating its own weather system and this fire tornado. Multiple homes destroyed and hundreds of residents forced to evacuate. We stayed as long as we could, but it was kind of surrounding the house. And me and the neighbors evacuated as the flames engulfed his house. Reporter the angeles National Forest now charred, burning an area untouched since the late 60s. Thats why this was so surprising. In e year, not erimarily wind driven, and the event. Reporter more than 1,000 fact that it just it increased in size so rapidly, that was somewhat of a rare event. Reporter more than 1,000 firefighters are battling the blaze, taking advantage of todays favorable conditions to try to get the upper hand in this fire fight. But crews are still worried. So, what are you most concerned about . So far, weve been fortunate with the winds, but, as you can feel, as you can see right now, were starting to get gusts of winds thats coming up. Reporter now, besides those winds, this area is in an excessive heat warning for at least the next four days. Thats why firefighters expect to be on scene here until at least next week. Margaret . Brennan jamie yuccas in lake hughes. Tonight, President Trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is launching scandalous new allegations of fraud, infidelity and corruption against his bormer boss. Cohen, who is serving out a threeyear prison sentence from home, just released an excerpt from his forthcoming tellall elok. Cbs weijia jiang reports from lallhite house. Book. We weijia . Reporter margaret, President Trumps former fixer says he did all kind of dirty work for mr. Trump, even helping him cheat in the 2016 president ial election. St,hael cohen claims he saw writing in his President Trump at his worst, writing in his new book, from lewd acts in a sex club in vegas to tax fraud to deals with corrupt officials from the anrmer soviet union, to catch andkill conspiracies, to silence trumps clandestine lovers. I wasnt just a witness to the president s rise. I was an active and eager participant. Cohen, convicted of tax fraud and lying to congress, is serving the remainder of his threeyear prison sentence at home. The damning excerpts were released as the president took credit for establishing ties between israel and the united arab emirates. Not since the israeljordan peace treaty was signed more progress been made towards peace than 25 years ago has so much progress been made towards peace in the middle east. Reporter as part of the pact, israel will temporarily suspend its plans to annex parts of the west bank that palestinians are seeking for a future state. Without a permanent solution, a palestinian spokesman said the agreement amounts to betrayal and demandt be redtrump talked s relief bill. Democrats say it should include federal funding for mailin voting, which the president argues would result in fraud. And if theyre not going to approve a big bill, a bigger bill, and theyre not going to have the 3. 5 billion for the universal mailin votes, how can you have those votes . What it would mean is the people will have to go to the polls and vote. Reporter democrats say a refusal to support mailin voting is part of a concerted effort to undermine the election. The president is afraid of the American People. Hes been afraid for a while. He knows that on the legit, it would be hard for him to win. Reporter President Trump insists inperson voting will be safe by election day, but has not explained why or how. As for that Michael Cohen book, tonight, the white house is responding, calling the excerpts fan fiction written by a sad and desperate man who is just doing it to make money from book sales. Margaret. Brennan a busy weijia jiang at the white house. Tonight, the Justice Department says terror groups are targeting american First Responders in an online scam. Their aim to raise money by offering bogus personal protective equipment, or p. P. E. , at a time of desperate shortages. Heres cbs Catherine Herridge. Reporter the terrorist group isis. Allahu ackbar reporter . According to a senior Justice Department official, allegedly used this web site, facemaskcenter. Com, as a front for pedaling fake n95 masks. Seeking to exploit the shortage of personal protective equipment, the targets included hospitals, nursing homes, and First Responders to net hundreds of thousands of dollars for terrorism. Theyre clearly trying to capitalize on the shortage of personal protective equipment here in the United States. They have a sophisticated ony web seration, and here they were turning that operation to setting up these phony web sites to get money to Fund Terrorism when you thought you were paying for a mask that you needed. Reporter investigators from the Justice Department, f. B. I. , homeland security, and i. R. S. Also found terrorists from al qaeda and hamas used social media and cryptocurrency, a digital form of payment that offers some anonymity, to raise money for weapons and operations. Described as the biggest case of its kind, u. S. Authorities seized 2 million, over 300 s,yptocurrency accounts, as well as web sites and facebook pages. A senior Justice Department official described the covid isis fraud to cbs news as just a slice of the overall criminal activity designed to spread fear about the virus. Margaret . Brennan Catherine Herridge nt the department of justice. 20 weeks, for the first time in more than 20 weeks, new claims for Unemployment Benefits dipped slightly below one million. One sector still suffering historic losses is the leisure res cbsmireyarrtoopen, aners ae just tryinur my job her andost Tommy Donahue says business at this 49yearold neighborhood bar in dallas, milo butterfingers, has been outright dismal, with liquor sales down more than 50 compared to a year ago. What hurts you the most about the situation . Well, theyre my family. Weve been together most of most of my 18 employees have been with me between 10 and 20 years, if not longer. Reporter the pain is being felt across the Food Service Industry because of ties to several coronavirus outbreaks. In louisiana, roughly a quarter of the states 2,567 cases from outbreaks have stemmed from bars and restaurants. And in maryland, contact tracers found 12 of new cases last month were linked to states have forced bars and restaurants to close. Restaurants to close. A recordhigh employment rate of 12. 3 million in february sunk to a low of 6. 2 million in april. Some jobs have returned, but millions are still unemployed. We traded quick reopenings for what could be much larger and longer term pain, and many more of these restaurant and bars having to shut for good. Reporter back here in dallas, time is running out for Tommy Donahues business. If this lasts another two or three months, theres a good chance that we wont make our 50th year. Reporter mireya villarreal, cbs news, dallas. Brennan there is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Here comes the seasons tenth Tropical Storm in the atlantic. New details on the projected track. 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Tropical storm josephine is expected to gain strength as it passes near the cari islands this weekend, but its not expected to threaten the east coast of the u. S. Tonight, exactly five months after Breonna Taylor was killed by Louisville Police in a botched raid, her family is still waiting for justice. The familys attorney, benjamin crump, said today they expect charges to be filed sooner rather than later. 153 days after the paramedics death, none of the officers involved have been charged. Relatives of taylor met with kentuckys attorney general wednesday but remain frustrated by the investigation. This years u. S. Open tennis tournament will be missing both of last years champions. Bianca andreescu dropped out today, citing the coronavirus pandemic, as did rafael nadal. Venus and Serena Williams will compete in new york. Today, they played each other in kentucky, where serena won and leads the alltime series 1912. Up next, a man in a wheelchair is saved as a train barrels toward him. Youre about to hear from the hero officer. Brennan when see brennan when you see the heartstopping video, its hard ck believe its not a movie. A man in a wheelchair is stuck on the train tracks. A train is barreling at him. Without a second to spare, a without a second to spare, a hero Police Officer leaps into action. Cbs mola lenghi has the incredible story. Reporter at a busy Railroad Crossing in lodi, california, officer erika urrba knew something was out of place. As i was passing the tracks, ansaw the gentleman on the tracks, sitting in his wheelchair. And it looked like he was kind of wiggling, like he was stuck. Hes stuck on the tracks. Reporter her body camera shows that as she approached, a train was also approaching, and the man in the wheelchair was stuck. So, what i saw was the rear right wheel. It was actually in the track. Out of the corner of my eye, i could see the train approaching. Its coming pretty fast at that point. Reporter with the train coming fast, she had only seven seconds, the video shows, to get to him. I just grabbed his arm, and i just pulled. Reporter the 36yearoei preciad whatpe donhink i did anying at was different from what my partners would have done, you know. The men and women that i work with, theres no doubt in my mind they would have done the same thing. Its just doing what you would like someone to do if that was your family member, you know, a friend, a loved one, stuck on the tracks, you know, what you would want someone to do for them if that was the scenario. Reporter risk your life to help. The unnamed man in the wheelchair is 66 years old. Hes in the hospital but is expected to recover. Mola lenghi, cbs news. Brennan the Lodi Police Department said today they are proud of her heroism. Well be right back. 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More than 6,000 were unaccompanied children. Miryea villareal has the story. This is happening as the Trump Administration is trying to expedite the exportation to prevent the spread of coronavirus. I. C. E. Contractors have used hotels in the past. Activists are saying theyre housing children right now, violating their rights and possibly putting them in dachk. Trauma, getting to the United States and now theyre suffering trauma at the hands of our government. Carla is an attorney working with the texas civil rights proeng. The group is suing the government after it recently uncovered unaccompanied Migrant Children set for deportation being held in a hampton inn sweets. Theres nothing in the established protocol that says these children need to be sent to hotels. U. S. Law says children illegally entering the country muss stay in facilities awaiting their asylum cases. The hotels have been used nearly 200 times cbs news has learned. More than 2,000 beds sit empty at government shelters according toing the associated press. Documented what it claims is the hack of safeguards. There is no security at this site. I did not see any indication if there was any emergency supplies, any sort of ventilators. Said in a statement to cbs news, the draft relation specialists are not Law Enforcement Staff Members trained to work with minors and to assure that automatic aspects of the transport or stay are compliant. Data obtained by cbs news show s
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