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Teachers facing extraordinary challenges during the pandemic in our School Matters series, some big names tell us about the teachers that made a difference in their lives. Evs a favit ter. T, heres its your world in 90 seconds. Ive approved Emergency Declarations for puerto rico and louisiana. Both storms have the potential of gathering strength before they make landfall. Two fierce storms heading toward the u. S. Gulf coast potentially setting up a disastrous week for multiple southern states. A disaster declaration for california as the state struggles to contain those mssive wildfires. Tens of thousands forced to evacuate. It is terrifying. I cant even express it. The fda is giving emergency authorization for a covid19 treatment using blood plasma from people who have recovered. Might have been a hold up but we broke the logjam over the last week. Large crowds in the streets of wisconsin after police shot a black man in broad daylight. That shooting caught on camera. In a secret recording, President Trumps sister maryanne slams the president. Lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. Kellyanne conways Senior Adviser to President Trump will be leaving the white house. Conway says she needs to focus on her family. In belarus, a massde and angy protesters continue to call for the resignation of the president s authoritarian leader. All that a bear wandering into a Grocery Store in california. The bear wasnt able to grab a bag of tostitos. And all that matters. This professor is having a quick dance break during their first zoom class. On cbs this morning. The nba playoffs featured an overtime classic. Back to doncic. Bang, bang, its good doncic wins the game at the buzzer. What a performance by luka and the mavericks. Welcome to cbs this morning. Okay. No fans in the stands but it still sounded like a lot of excitement just from the announcers and the music playing. Nicely done. The Republican National Convention Begins this morning. Well have complete coverage on that in just a moment. We begin with what sounds like a james taylor song ive seen fire and ive seen rain. Destruction from wildfires in california and near unprecedented threat to the gulf coast from not one but two major storms. Think about that for a second. Towering flames are threatening thousands in the west. Fires exploded overnight in the areas surrounding san francisco. And they continue to grow fueled by meanwhil twopil weatys are headed rd thef t. Marco a l cou hit just a feunpartnd wiin 48 hoursher. D tre new indications this morning that laura could be a major hurricane when it makes landfall. Wcbs tv chief weathercaster lonnie quinn is tracking both of these storms for us. Lonnie, you got your hands full. Were juggling storms. As of right now as you look at the satellite imagery, the storms are about 800 miles apart. Laura has 65mileperhour winds. Marco has 60mileperhour winds. The big difference, marco is in the process of weakening. Its going to get weaker with each passing hour. Heres your center of circulation and the convection is being blown far from that. Its a dying storm. Whats going to happen for the coastline from the louisiana coastline into portions of texas, modest winds, storm surge 2 to 4 feet. Not anything close to the worst theyve seen. However, its priming the area and priming the ground for the second storm which is laura which will come in with much bigger winds and storm surge. Were looking at possibly landfall, maybe 1 to 2 days later. Thursday in the morning with 105mileperhour winds. But if it tracks just a little further to the west and taps into some of this 90degree water, thats why tony when you were saying the chances are maybe this could become a major hurricane. Hits that water. Could blow up. Houston, texas, you look like youre on the fringe of the cone. I want you to be prepared for the possibility of a major hurricane in your area because everything seems to be shifting further west with each model run. Well stay on top of everything. Anthony, its all yours. Lonnie, thank you. Tropical storm laura has already had a deadly impact on its way to the u. S. Killing at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and in haiti. Janet shamlian reports from new orleans where louisianas governor is warning of a powerful onetwo punch from laura and marco. Reporter Tropical Storm laura ripped across the island of hisniola su. Rushing water overtaking the streets of haiti. Trash everywhere. Bodies of victims laid out along the side of a road. The storm slammed the Dominican Republic flooding as far as the eye can see. More than a million lost power. Homes ruined. More lives lost. Hurricane hunters flew through laura for a closer look. This is somewhat unprecedented, the scope of the storms. Reporter and President Trump approved an Emergency Declaration for louisiana. As it braces for both laura and Tropical Storm marco. Residents of lowlying areas have been ordered to evacuate. The storms looming as this week marks 15 years since new orleans was devastated by hurricane katrina. For some, the anxiety still fresh. I just feel afraid im going to lose my house, and i dont have anywhere to go right now, especially with the virus. Reporter this area is expected to be slammed by heavy rain, coastal flooding and even the potential for tornadoes. And the louisiana governor now says that the window between the two storms is narrowing. Of course, this all comes during a pandemic and added challenge as people are leaving their homes for shelters. Yeah. And the time to prepare is now. Janet, thank you very much. Lets go to Northern California where firefighters are battling two massive wildfires as wind gusts fan the flames. At least six people have died already and our Jonathan Vigliotti is near the flames. Good morning. Most of these fires have moved into steep terrain which is complicating efforts this morning to contain them. As you mentioned more than a million acres have burned in just over one week. To give you context, thats more than three times the typical wildfire season and resources are stretched thin. This is what california firefighters are up against. Fastmoving flames raging out of control. The fires are so relentless they wiped out trees in californias oldest state park, home to famous redwoods. Some 2500 years old. Even highly trained crews have been caught off guard. See how close it is, guys . Reporter these two firefighters had to be lifted to safety after flames trapped them in heavy brush. Glad youre okay, man. Definitely, man. Reporter over the weekend, firefighters used a break in the weather to try to gain ground. But forecasts calling for 65mileperhour winds and dry lightning threaten to spark new fires. And now another round of dry lightning in the forecast. When you hear that, what goes on in your mind . Be extra ready to go. I mean, stay up all night. Reporter Brian Washington has been with cal fire, the states main firefighting agency, for more than 20 years. However long it takes, were going to be out here and do what we got to do to make everybody safe. Put the fires out so everybody can go home and just get back to normal. But this is kind of the new norm. President trump has declared the fires a major disaster, freeing upal20 members of the n guard have been activated, and firefighters from ten states have been sent in. Boy, thank you, jonathan. The video and the situation terrifying there. Theres no good scenario. Thank you. This morning, another American City is rocked by outrage over the Police Shooting of a black man. It was all caught on video. Angry protests led to an overnight curfew in kenosha, wisconsin, between milwaukee and chicago. The man who was shot, 29yearold jacob blake, is now in a milwaukee hospital. Icti isvio, to thi watch. Reporter this graphic video shows the moment an encounter between jacob blake and Kenosha Police quickly escalated. Screams rang out as police fired at least seven shots sunday evening. Blake appears to have been shot in the back as he entered the drivers side of an suv at gunpoint. His children were reedly i it whethic ev saw aweou kids and a girl an all that and i never had a problem with him. I always see him every day parked straight behind me on the street. Reporter blake was breaking up a fight between two women when the police were called. That part of the incident was not caught on camera. A large number of protesters confronted officers in kenosha sunday night. In addition to peaceful demonstrations, at least one Police Officer was reportedly attacked when protests turned ugly elsewhere. A countywide curfew was put in place overnight. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers released a statement saying, we stand with all those who have and continue to demand justice, equity and accountability for black lives in our country. Zach rodriguez, a board supervisor in Kenosha County said this incident highlights the need for more widespread use of recording devices by police. What happened here tonight highlights that. That we need body cameras for not just our sheriffs deputies but City Police Department as well. Reporter one person who says they are a member of the local black lives matter chapter says the video is just the latest in a long line of events of Police Brutality against black americans. Were tired of it. And right now, this is the wrong generation that this is happening to. The frustration is boiling to the top, and were sick and tired. Reporting. Very distressing video. Hes right. We are sick and tired. Its the thing that even if he had a gun, and its not clear to anyone that he did, he is still shot in the back as hes getting in the car. You see the woman whong outside, there are children in the car. Her children are in the car as were all watching this. Thank goodness for the videotape so that we can continue justice in this story. Thats very disturbing to see. Wish there were body cameras as well on the cops, though. This morning, Republican National Convention Delegates are set to nominate President Trump for a second term. He plans to appear every night of the convention. In an interview last night, joe biden told nbc news why the democratic nominees are campaigning from home. I understand the restrictions of covid and campaigning in this time. But can you win a president ial election from home . We will. Were going to follow the science. What the scientists tell us. Weve been able to travel places when weve been able to do it in a way that we dont cause the congregation of large numbers of people. Look what happens when whats happened with his events. People die. People get together. They dont wear masks. They end up getting covid. They end up dying. When you heard the president say this person is afraid to leave his basement guess what. Ive left my basement. Here, the meantime, 500 Million People have watched what ive done out of my basement. T rublican convention, the president learned that he is losing one of his top advisers. Paula reid has more from the white house. Reporter President Trumps longtime aide, Kellyanne Conway to focus on her family. She was a Campaign Manager before transitioning to the white house where she has been one of the president s staunchest defenders. The president has done more in 47 months than joe biden has done in 47 years. Reporter her husband George Conway said hell step away from the group, the antirepublican group the lincoln project. Their daer spoken out against President Trump and forcefully criticized both her parents on social media. She was officially pushing for emancipation. Meanwhile, the president was dealt another blow this weekend. This time from his own family. Changes stories, lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. According to audio obtained by the washington post, the president s sister, retired federal judge maryanne trump berry was recorded slamming her famous brother. All he wants to do is appeal to his base. He has no principles. None. None. And his base, i mean, my god, if you were a religious person, you want to help people, not do this. Reporter the president s chief of staff brushed it aside. Just another day and another attack that we continue to see. Reporter President Trump is expected to make an appearance on the first night of the Republican National convention this evening. Over the week, hell appear alongside lawmakers and members of his own family. Also on the schedule are mark and Patricia Mccloskey who went viral after pointing guns at protesters outside their st. Louis home. And alice johnson, the former inmate whose life sentence was commuted by President Trump at the urging of Kim Kardashian west. Anthony . Paula, thank you. Our primetime coverage of the Republican National convention will begin tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, 9 00 central. Well be tuning in. The president may have gotten a boost last night from the food and Drug Administration which gave doctors emergency goahead to use blood plasma from covid survivors as a coronavirus treatment. Again, the head of the fda announced this emergency use authorization at a white house News Conference yesterday. As mola lenghi reports, the decision is exactly what the president wanted. Todays action will dramatically expand access to this treatment. Reporter more than 70,000 Covid Patients have already received convalescent plasma which is taken froms ha recovered from the virus and whose blood has the virus antibodies. Historic breakthrough in our fight against the china virus. Reporter last week, top doctors at the National Institutes of health warmed the fda against approving an emergency use authorization citing concerns the data does not support the decision. On saturday, the president fired back and accused the fda of slowing the process to treat the virus, tweeting, without evidence, obviously, they are hoping to delay the answer until after november 3rd. Speaking sunday, fda commissioner dr. Steven hahn explained the agencys decision to go forward with the authorization. This is not the same as an approval. But its an authorization and allows us to expand the access to this. Was there pressure on you, dr. Hahn, to authorize this . Dr. Hahn left the press conference without answering a reporters question about whether he felt pressured to issue the authorization. In a statement he said, ive never been asked to make any decision at the fdn politics. Cbs news medical contributor dr. David agus. So, this is not a dramatic advance, but its an advance. The current Clinical Trial with the placebo control is ongoing, and we dont yet know those results. Treatment is among the major keys to getting the country back to a sense of normalcy. But the lack of accurate testing also remains an issue that needs resolving. Yesterday the nfl announced its investigating a string of false positive covid19 tests among its players. All coming from one lab in new jersey. At least 11 teams canceled or altered practice this weekend after some of their players tested positive. This comes as the nfl season prepares to kick off in less than three weeks. This isnt the perfect situation, but everybody is working through it. If it shuts down practice, you shut it down. You make sure you get it taken care of and ramp it back up. That was mola lenghi reporting. We asked the lab for comment about the nfls false positive tests but have not heard back. Ahead huge new demonstrations in belarus to try to force the countrys leader to step down. Were there to show you the protests and the president s defi we have much more ahead. Only on cbs this morning, the president s chief of staff talks about the Republican National convention and responds to critics who say mr. President trump should not address the convention from the white house. Youre watching cbs this mornin dont go out, go all out. The highlander. Toyota. Lets go places. Come on in, were open. All we do is hand you the bag. Simple. Done. We adapt and we change. You know, you just figure it out. Weve just been finding a way to keep on pushing. 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The last of the showers are Still Holding on in the far north baby we could still see a stray strike of lightning but we are past the biggest threat from welcome back to cbs this morning. What youre looking at now is a live picture of charlotte, North Carolina. That is the official host city of this weeks gop convention. Most of the prime time speeches will, in fact, originate from washington, d. C. That is where we find white house chief of staff mark meadows. Hes joining us only on cbs this morning. Mr. Meadows, good morning to you. Busy day for you to say the least. Im going to jump right into it. It is, sure. Good morning. I want to jump right into into e thisweek. W that ishe presiccepting y nomation tun president. That is unprecedented in the tv era. The white house is known as the peoples house, is generally reserved for matters of state, not matters of campaigning. Why break that norm now . I think this is an unprecedented time. But obviously its about the president connecting with the American People. And as you know, Franklin Delano roosevelt addressed the nation, accepted the nomination during another unprecedented time. Hopeful what he well see is just an unbelievable address to the nation. The president is well prepped. We actually were talking about some of the issues yesterday. So were encouraged by what we will see and the American People will see on thursday. Excuse me, mr. Meadows. When you say the president chose the white house because its about connecting with the American People, that seems to underscorehe political natur ofhis speech. Does it not concern you that youre mixing the official taxpayer business of this country with the reelection business of the Republican Party and donald trump . Well, the president has been all over the country connecting with the American People. And this is about a message on what the president will do and what he can do and has done for the america people. Its theeople that have been affected. And ultimately, the promises that will be acted upon in the next four years. So i dont see a mixture of it. Its actually coming from the white house lawn, as you know. And so its not an address from the Oval Office Like Franklin Delano roosevelt did so many years ago. Yeah i think as we look at that was before i was going to say, that was before the tv era. Its a different the imagery of the white house as a backdrop is certainly different in the television era. But i hear you saying that its about convenience yeah. No, its not about convenience. I think its about for most people wanting to understand and hear from the president of the United States on what hes going to do to make sure the next four years continue to build on the last four years. As we look at this, were going to North Carolina. You mentioned that, were going to North Carolina today. But its not just to the convention center. Were actually going to meet with farmers. We were in wisconsin and minnesota. So this president is willing to travel everywhere and not just convey things from a basement in delaware. His willingness to travel and not travel in this particular case, i think it answers the question. Lets talk about the issues, in particular the economy. At this particular moment in time, unemployment is above 10 and rising. 29 million americans report hunger in the past week, and onethird of americans do not have the money to pay their rent or housing bill. Thats a pretty dire situation. Where is the evision relief . Where eviction relief . Where is thed pl . T both issues this morning . Im glad you asked about both of those because this president is the only one in washington, d. C. , to have acted on those issues. As you know, i was on capitol hill over the weekend, but weve been on capitol hill for the last three or four weeks. Our democrats on capitol hill failed to come together on anything that would address unemployment, enhanced unemployment, eviction protection. What does this president do . He took unprecedented executive action to do exactly that, to make sure that Unemployment Benefits continue. Excuse me to make sure that they didnt get evicted. Im calling on congress to come together. This president is willing to sign it, hopefully well get something done. But we know that we have had unbelievable economic pressure because of this china virus, and this president is acting to try r it wha we years prior. So mr. Meadows, where is the agreement right now . Tell me what the bill would look like that the president would sign that would help American Workers and American Families right now. Well, i think what we can agree on right now and what democrats, republicans in congress and the president could agree on right now is enhanced Unemployment Benefits. We could get there. We could also get there on school aid, on the hundreds of billions of dollars going to schools k12. We could get there on additional assistance for small businesses, what they call the ppp program. We could actually get there on that. And we could actually get there on plussing up food stamps for some of those that have been hit hard by this along with eviction protection. Those four or five items we agree upon. All right. All right. Well see if you come back to the table there with democrats. I want to sneak in auestn here about Kellyanne Conway. She managed the Trump Campaign across the finish line victoriously in 2016. We hear shes stepping away for family issues. How big a blow is that to the campaign . Kellyannes going to be missed. America loves her. We will miss her here at the white house. But listen, this is all about making a priority for family. Thats what this president s about. And thats what Kellyanne Conways about. So it will be a big hole, a big blow to us. But we certainly will be praying for her as she made this decision that some people will decision. A difficult i believe you aelanne the right decision for her family. Yeah. The cynical reading, mr. Meadows, is that she wanted to jump ship now because she saw the ship sinking. That is cynical. Anyone who knows Kellyanne Conway knows that she has never shied away from a fight. So to suggest that is just not based on the facts. You you know kellyanne, you know that thats not the case. All right. Mr. Meadows, thank you very much. Good luck reaching a deal this week on the matters we discussed. Thank you very much. Good l thank you. All right. Massive protests in belarus and the uprising to remove the man known as the last dictator of europe. Were going to take you to the front lines as leading opposition activists. A reminder our daily reminder you can get the mornings news by subscribing to the cbs this morning podcast. Youll hear the top stories in less than 20 minutes. 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The last place several dissidents were ever seen or heard from again. President lukashenko had tried to scare all these people into staying home, but its clearly backfired. Despite beating them, bludgeoning them, and even torturing them, today theyve given up their fear and traded y stareownice r and for and the presidef wed lukashenko circling the protests in a helicopter saying they flee like rats, then descending, wearing a bulletproof vest and toting a rifle. He said hell consider new elections over his dead body. Not enough to frighten away 16yearold jana. Will the protesters win . Yes, of course. Im sure that we will win. Reporter protesters are chanting long live belarus, and lukashenko go away. The president of 36 years has clearly lost legitimacy. The question is does he realize that, and how much longer is he willing to cling to power. Cbs this morning, chris livesay, minsk, bull reduce. Ahead, vlad duthiers will look [beep] [whoosh] give everyone something to look up to. 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They get that no two people are alike and customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. I dont see it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Time for what to watch. And vlad, everydago tbed, and i hope that there will be a giant panda in what to watch. Today is the day, im glad to say. Take it away my friend. There is giant panda today in what to watch, and its not named vlad. Unlike pandas that eat bamboo, i sit around on the couch all day. Were talking about stories youll be talking about today. Athletes took time out to honor kobe on what would have been his 42nd birthday. The Los Angeles Dodgers walked out of the dugout yesterday wearing bryants jersey before an emotional video paying tribute to the lakers legend. Wnba star and bryants close friend, diana taurasi, wore his original jersey. His widow said on instagram, i love you and miss you more than i can ever explain. Of course we remember bryant and his 13yearold daughter and seven others were killed in a Helicopter Crash on january 23st. The sports world will honor him today, 8 24. Anthony and tony, those two numbers are the numbers he wore with the lakers. How cool is that . Thats very cool. Very cool. Well never forget kobe bryant. Hes that is absolutely right, gayle. All right, i understood well, im very happy very happy to tip you toward a big panda story. Bring it home, buddy. So youve been all about this panda. You did it as a talk of the table last week. Get ready for some cuteness overload. This is what Tony Dokoupil has been talking about. The national zoo is celebrating a brandnew panda cub. There is giant panda mei xiang cradling and caring for her new, healthy cub. We dont its boy or girl because we cant see. You cant see the cub now. Mei xiang gave birth on friday night. And zookeepers are keeping an eye on the pair through the zoos panda cam. They say it will take a few days to get a closer look at the newborn. Gayle, this is so wonderful. This is these pandas have become sort of a National Mascot of washington. It goes back to 1972 when Richard Nixons wife, pat nixon, when they were visiting china on the historic trip, remarked that she loved the pandas. That began this decades long exchange, Cultural Exchange program with pandas here in the United States. I still cant get over how something so teeny tiny comes out of something so big. I just always think the panda b goio be bigger, number one. Two, you think you could just flip it over and see does he, does he not . But they say they have to wait for testing to do the dna testing to see whether its a boy or girl. I was wondering. With us, its very clear. Are we boys or girls in most cases. They got to wait they dont know. I cant wait. Its cute whatever it is. Yes, tony . Youre right. The panda cub is right now only about the size of a stick of butter which when you hear that, you think, huh, mighty convenient for mom, yeah. Weve got 100 days before we find out what the name is. I cant wait. Another what to watch in our future. Theyre going to ask people to come up with the name. Gayle is a unisex name, just saying it. Vlad, why is a nun racing up her Running Shoes . I love this story. Let me tell you why. Shes hitting the treadmill for a pandemicstyle marathon, raising more than 102,000 for people in need. Listen [ cheers ] you have a great race congratulations on a great start. Thank you for all your kind words. Have a great day. That is sister Stephanie Baliga on her way to running 26. 6 miles. You see phones streams. Shes run the chicagos annual marathon since 2011 when the city canceled it. She took her virtual race to raids money for her community and is famous for it. Neighbors are like, i heard about the nun running thats me. No way, i would have been getting on the treadmill and running for no reason. And of course, she just broke a Guinness World record. Yes, she did youve heard of the singing nun. Thats the running nun. Thanks, vlad. Ahead in our School Matters series, famous americans say thanks to the teachers who inspired them. Ade. Let Philips Sonicare give its care a raise. Get healthier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. Next level clean. Next level care. Theres always a way to make life better. Philips sonicare. Subscribe now. Im a delivery Operations Manager in san diego, lifo a fleet of electric vehicles. Were striving to deliver a package with zero emissions into the air. I feel really proud of the impact that has on the environment. We have two daughters and i want to do everything i can to protect the environment so hopefully they can have a great future. Now i have endstage copd. My tip is, if you keep smoking, your freedom may only go as far as your oxygen tube. announcer you can quit. 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In solano county, there is continued progress on the lnu complex fire plus several evacuation zones in the dry creek area on the eastern edge of forestville now have their evacuation levels reduced or removed. And we are proud to be partnering with the red cross in a virtual telethon for fire relief. We are running it all day today. Just call or text the numbers on your screen or go to co kpix. Com. We are looking at the roadways and we had a major problem on westbound 37. All of those lanes are shutdown at 121. This fatal crash happened several hours ago involving the big rig. It is 80 minutes now. Use the san rafael bridge instead. There are light showers and they are mainly off the coast in the north bay. These are the stragglers and th is the la its monday. August 24th, 2020. Happy monday. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Convention kickoff. The rnc is beginning in North Carolina right now. How theyre formally renominating President Trump. Educators areoi above and beyond during the pandemic. Some iconic americans tell us about teachers who changed their lives in our School Matters series. And Marvelous Mission an actress on her urgent work with home you how she pr for her w as a comedian. First heres todays eye opener at 8 00. Historic production from wildfires in california and the gulf coast with two major storms. The storms are about 800 miles apart. Laura has 60 Miles Per Hour. Marco has 60 Miles Per Hour winds. The window between the storms is narrowing. It all comes during a pandemic and added challenge as people are leaving their homes for shelters. Most of these fires have moved into steep terrain complicating efforts to contain them. As you mention more than a million acres burned in over one week. To give context, thats more than three times the typical wildfire season. President trump is expected to make an appearance on the first night of the Republican National convention this evening. Over the week hell appear alongside lawmakers and members of his own family. Get there. Get there. Get there. Get in the hole. Go in the hole. What . Yep. Some golfers wait their entire lives without sinking a hole in one. This one, however, did it at four years old. You just hit a hole [ laughter ] the welcome back to cbs this morning. Hes four years old. Its hard to see on camera, but you could tell dad was excited about what happened. Its nice to see at four years old you can do something that most people go their whole life and never do. Way to kick off your golf career. We begin with the Republican National convention. Officially underway right now, the delegates role call this morning will nominate donald trump and pence. Ts last , republican conventi look a little bit different than four years ago. Huge crowds cheered President Trump at the 2016 convention. That was in cleveland. This time its not just the visuals that havean some of the key players from that event will not stand with the president this year. I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. With those words, donald trump reshaped the Republican Party and promised to change the country. I alone can fix it. The balloons capped off a Convention Taylor made for the reality star turned president ial candidate. Complete with drype nd heurne the event into a Family Affair with four of his children speaking on the main stage. When my father says he will make America Great again, he will deliver. While ivanka trump, now one of his closest advisers received high praise for her poise, mrs. Trump was accused of plagiarizing part of her speech from obama. Your work is your bond and you do what you say. Your word is your bond and you do what you say what youre going to do. A colorful cast of characters replaced standard bearers. Donald trump will always have your back. President trumps first attorney general turned from friend it is my distinct honor and great pleasure to nominate donald j. Trump. Jeff sessions was a disaster. A disaster. Other trump allies later fell into legal trouble. A decisive person with a human side. Paul manafort was arrested and pled guilty to crimes linked to the russia investigation. President trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn was charged and pled guilty too. Lock her up. Thats right. An leading lock her up chants about clinton clount on the convention floor. If i did a tenth of what she did, i would be in jail today. Leslie sanchez says that defining unpredictability was in the forecast even back then. It told us everything about what was coming. It was going to really be a very unique experience that nobody could amendment. Thats what the trump 2016 convention now looking back told us that we did not know then but we know now. What a convention to remember. And this year will likely be unpredictable with promises of big surprises. President trump is expected to make an appearance every night, though we dont know how much he will participate. We do know hes already blasted democrats for pretaping some of the segments and speeches and he has stressed that Live Performances are way more effective. Tony . Definitely are more fun. The only safe prediction is it will be unpredictability. Our prime time coverage begins at 10 00 p. M. Eastern. This is our prime time coverage of the Republican National convention. 10 00 p. M. Eastern, 9 00 p. M. Central on cbs. Joe biden says americans will not allow the president not to accept the results of the november election. In his first tv interview alongside his running mate aired on abc last night. The latest poll finds last weeks Virtual Democratic Convention increased the number of voters excited about supporting biden. Ed okeefe is covering campaign unprecedented democratic National Convention joe biden spent the weekend at his delaware beach home. In his first joint Television Interview with kamala harris, biden defended his mostly Virtual Campaign schedule saying its a strategy that will work. Weve been able to travel places when weve been able to do it in a way that we dont cause the congregation of large numbers of people. Look what happened with his events. People die. People get together. They dont wear masks. They end up getting covid and end up dying. Biden was also asked about controversial comments specifically about race. If you have a problem figu figuring out if youre for me or trump when youre not black. I shouldnt have said that, but i was trying to make the point that this is a man who spent his entire career denigrating african americans. But theres a fundamental difference between me and trump on race across the board. Im not going to try to divide people. Harris who has criticized biden in the past says she knows where his heart is. Ame has a deep sense of awareness and knowledge about Racial Disparities inequities and systematic racism. In that interview biden didnt rule out running for a second term. Thats notable because if he wins in november, hell be 77, the oldest ever to run for president. One other note this morning the Biden Campaign says 24 former gop lawmakers are endorsing the former Vice President s campaign. They include former senator jeff flake of arizona and former senator john warner of virginia. All of this coming the morning the Republican Convention is set to begin. Yeah. Its another late night for all of us. You too, ed okeefe. Ill be watching cant wait. On the gulf coast thousands are preparing fir homes for two major storms. The governor of louisiana told residents to prepare to shelter in place for at least 72 hours. Tropical weather systems marco and laura are expected to hit the state later this week. Laura has already devastated parts of the Dominican Republic and haiti over the weekend. At least 11 people have been killed. A weather caster lonnie quinn is tracking this this morning. Lonnie, good morning, although good morning isnt really the right word. Its not a great looking situation for t gulf coast. I ts mu. In tas three gotten markedly weaker. Its down to 50 Miles Per Hour winds with each passing hour now marco is going to get weaker. Its about 85 miles from the mouth of the mississippi river. Laura is going to get stronger. Its 65 Miles Per Hour winds. By tomorrow at 2 00 in the afternoon, marco is going to be skirting somewhere along the shoreline of louisiana or texas. Laura is in the middle of the gulf of mexico. A category one. By the time you get to wednesday at 2 00 in the afternoon, were now up to a category 2. Its just offshore of the same area that marco has just gone over. If you can zoom in tight, i want to show you the european model. Everybody wants to know where is land fall going to be . Well, the model for the european is the bright yellow line right into the galveston bay. Galveston bay, look, thats a bad place for a hurricane. All the that hurricane is pushed into the bay, theres nowhere for it to flow except up and over the banks and flood the area. We have to watch it carefully. Thats the latest. Ill update you as i get more information. Thank you. Ahead as protesters demand an end to Police Brutality well compare American Police tactics to theres much more news ahead. Microsoft cofounder bill gates tells us how his fourth grade teacher changed his life. I tried to hide the fact that i loved to read because i was worried it would look strange to my class mates. She showed her love of books. Coming up in our School Matters series, he and other successful americans, icons really, say thank you to the educators who inspired them. Youre watching cbs this morning. announcer you can quit. 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People of color are still underrepresented in the British Police, and fully told us the racismr ry jer rry racism he experienced was unspoken. Would give death messages where relatives had died, searching dead bodies pulled out of the river. I went for promotion and got through 12 hanks to get to the top of the police service. Reporter how difficult is it to tackle racism within an organization . Well, its very difficult. I was uncompromising in tackling cism, people being racist were my bosses. Reporter allegations of Police Racism cut across borders. When you compare the u. S. To the uk and europe, any interaction with the police is much more likely to be deadly in america. The u. S. Police shot more than 1,000 people dead last year compared with three in the uk and zero in dnd switzerland. If youve got a highly weaponized society, you have the police highly weaponized, it is a disastrous cocktail. Reporter British Police dont routinely carry guns. Under european human rights law police are only allowed to use deadly force if its absolutely necessary. Has all the answers. Nobody British Police apologized last month to bianca williams, a hampion track a who was pahartndnecurffned and son. Williams claims the incident was racially motivated. Police say it was a routine stop and search in a highcrime area. No ones going to be hurt. Reporter overall, though, theres been a push to make Police Officers better qualified, Michael Fuller told us, in some European Countries Police Training ing iing is in academies and takes three years. In contrast, the u. S. Has no national standards. And in many states, training lasts just a few months. Police officers have tremendous power. They have tremendous discretion. What you want is for the Police Officers to use that discretion wisely. But in a way that demonstrates theyre niscrimory. Theteducated these su,y make good decisions. Reporter for cbs this morning, holly williams. Constable fuller making a lot of valid points there. Coming up next, a candid admission by the nfl commissioner on kneeling during the national anthem. Hear Roger Goodells emergency to Colin Kaepernick today. Youre watching cbs this morning. Well be right back. This is a kpix 5 morning update. Strength they have triggered new evacuations in east morgan hill. This is along eased up pete road to coyote south. The fire is only they say there is containment progress on the lnu complex fire. Several evacuation zones in the dry creek area in the eastern edge of forestville now after evacuation levels reduced or removed. We are proud to be partnered with the American Red Cross and a virtual telethon for fire relief. It is all day. Call or text the numbers on your screen or go to kpix. Com. More than 6000 has been raised already. I want to show you the san rafael bridge. Traffic is getting busy at the toll plaza. We will see morevoon ghy 37and 101. It is shut down on the westbound side. This is due to a fatal accident so try to avoid it if you can. They are diverting on alternate. It is 23 minutes from the 80 area towards 580 and 101. We are watching showers on high def doppler. Most of it has exited the far north bay. There is some rain off the coast of mendocino unty but want restaurants to open . And scols . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. Its not going away. Covid19. More than ever, california needs rapid coronavirus testing. Robust contact tracing. Support for Community Health clinics. Masks and ppe for those saving lives. For teachers and School Personnel educating students. These heroes are doing their jobs. Now government must do theirs. Keep working through a special session to combat this crisis right now and provide the revenues to solve the problems we know are coming. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Its 8 30. That means its time to bring the stories we call talk of the table. You know how it goes. We each pick you. Tony, you are up first in the pole position, as anthony says. In the pole position. Batting leadoff, i should say. Ive got a bit of an advisory to moms and dads out there about what not to throw out that could be in the back of your kids closet baseball cards. They are back in vogue and are selling for a lot of money. A one of a kind card broke a record over the weekend. According to golden auctions, a signed by mike trout sold for more than 3. 9 million wow. That is insane. Insane. The buyer, we dont know who it is yet. This beats the previous record that had been held by a very, very superrare tobaccoera card, honus wagner card. Theyve been big sellers for decades. Baseball cards in general when i was a kid, went through a hot period. They were selling for a ton of money. Then they declined. But they appear to be back. I remember when i was a kid, there were nightmare stories of people saying, oh, my god, my mom threw baseball cards. Yeah. Dont make the mistake again now. Mike trout, three Time American League mvp, and many other, appear to have cards risinging in value. What makes it so va . We know wt gor 3. 9. Insane i say, go whoever got it. It only goes up from there. What determines the value what determines the value i wonder. The rarity usually. The value the rarity usually, but i think the value is just it depends on what people out there are willing to pay. Right now theres a fever around mike trout. So theyll pay 3. 9 millionplus for his baseball rookie card. Very good for mike trout. Heres a sweet video that i think is going to melt your heart. I love the video. Watch this 6monthold baby, crew is his name, meeting his grandfather for the very first time. What i like is when he lays his head on the shoulder of granddad, youll see it. There it is. Thats what i love. It didnt take long for crew to fall in love. His mom, lauren, says crew is normally scared of strangers, but its almost like he knew that he was meeting family. Look at granddads face, too, the way hes rubbing his back. The meeting happened last month. The grandparents trip was delayed for months because of this pandemic. But the special moment i think is worth the wait. And this is happening to a lot of grandparents, by the way, i onill hast seen the baby that was born in june. Yep. Because mom cant get on a plane. But its just then new parents have rules and regulations about when you can see the baby. We all understand that. I would go nuts if i had a grandchild and couldnt see it. As kirby pointed out, thats not happening. I guess im just projecting. Just projecting. I love that video. Anthony . Youre rooting for all the grandparents to see their grandkids. Yes. My talk of the table is about actress Rachel Brosnahan who recently earned another emmy nomination for her role in the Amazon Prime Video series the marvelous mrs. Maisel. She plays Miriam Maisel or midge as shes called, a 1950s housewife who decides to pursue a career in standup comedy. Take a look. [ applause ] nice to know that people havent forgotten me. You havent forgotten me. My kids have completely forgotten me. [ laughter ] theyve become jaded having a mother in show business. The other day my daughter ponted to her diaper and said, sweetie, would you get this . She lit hear cigarette and signed her agent. Now both parents are in the biz. Oh, yeah. This is what happens when you leave. Remember the first time . I love this show. And the cool part is brosnahan brings the same energy to her work off screen. She serves o board of directors for coughnant house, a Covenant House, a nonprofit that helps homeless youth. Each year she participates in the sleepout where volunteers sleep outside to raise money and awareness for the more than four million homeless kids in america. Rachel brosnahan joins us. Thank you so much for being here. Good morning. Thank you for having me. This is actually your eighth year of participating in the sleepout. You started doing this when you were on broadway at 23, and you say it it changed literally changed your life. Yeah. Absolutely. I was profoundly moved by my first sleepout. And getting the opportunity to see inside the Covenant House and meet the young people who called it home and meet some of the incredible staff who have dedicated their lives to this work. I was moved to make a commitment that night to stay involved. And im so proud and honored to be here eight years later. What moved you specifically, rachel . Well, i met a young man who called Covenant House home at the time. And he was 23 years old. And so was i. And i was really struck by how with just a few small shifts in circumstance we could be sitting on opposite sides of the table. We were peers. And that is supremely unfair that our situations were so different. Yeah. The sleepout has to be different this year. What are you going to do this year . So this year, it will be a virtual event. Obviously given whats going on in the country and in the world. But well be sleeping out wherever we can find a space, whether that be a backfryard or. I think thats where were going to sleep out tonight. But the programing will remain largely the same. Just just in our little computer boxes. So the spirit will be the same, as well. Absolutely. Yeah. As i mentioned, congrats on another emmy nomination. How did you celebrate, by the way . Thank you. Well, its a little different right now. I have a little pod that ive been with since march. We wanted to do something exciting and some up with making mash smores, otherwise known as apartment smores. You light a match, and you hold it felt special,. Celebrato celebratory. You planning to get dressed up for the emmys even though youll be at home . Im going to do something special. Yeah. I get to bring my dogs to the emm emmys. How often does that happen . Its going to be a fun night. I was struck by something youd said, that you lost parts because you werent funny enough. That must have made auditioning for mrs. Maisel whos a standup comedian, pretty intimidating. Yeah. Definitely. Still intimidating. Were at three, four years in, and it doesnt get any less intimidating. I think it goes to show that we shouldnt put ourselves in those boxes. You know, for a long time i had turned down auditions because id been told for so long that t writing. Yeah. Well, you could say brilliant writing, but rachel, gayle here, you could also say its brilliant acting. I love the show, i love you in the show. And i want to pick up on what anthony was saying. Thats what i was thinkin. I said, she must have done standup comedy before. So to learn it, you had never done it, because your timey and delivery is so good. I wonder how did you do that and its fun to watch the evolution of your character. First she was tentative. Now she is all in. Yeah, yeah. I think its just that. At first she wasnt a tried and try, tested standupment s. She was just a funny woman having a mental breakdown in a public forum. As shes gone on, shes had to learn and refine her craft. And thats been really fun for me in bringing her to life. But how did you learn to do it, rachel . Did you go to different comedy clubs . D inowitsacting. I get at. How doure . Not asstandup. But i did drag poor Michael Zegan who plays joel all over the city to various comedy clubs. Mostly just to see how people were when they started. How they responded to unexpected success or unexpected failure in the moment. And i still try to go whenever i can. It wasnt a world i was very familiar with, bch a lot of stand upnow. I bet you do. Well be waiting for season four whenever you come back. Sorry youve been disrupted. Cant wait until you get back to work. Thank you so much. The Covenant House stage and screen virtual sleepout is tonight, and the marvelous mrs. Maisel is streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. If you havent started watching, nows a good time since were all at home in a collective timeout. As teachers get ready for a Challenging School year, were offering a message of support and appreciation. For famous american icons including microsoft bill gates, musician josh groban, love him, tell us about the educators who changed t jean, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Thats great thats 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. Its 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. In our ongoing series School Matters, were looking some things are not a matter of debate. They are settled fact. That is this its a challenging time for teachers. That goes for teachers returned to the classroom but also those teachers who are continuing to work on line. So what were going to do this morning is we want to say thank you you to just a few of the teachers who have had such a big impact on peoples lives, students all over the country. What we did is asked four successful americans, i think youve heard of them, bill gates, chelsea clinton, musician josh groban, and actor levar burton. We wanted them to tell us about the teachers who have inspired them. Hi, im bill gates. Im josh groban. Im chelsea clinton. Im levar burton. One of my most influential teachers has got to be mrs. Twig in germany. On certain rainy air force, mrs. Twig would put mee m read whi she went to the teachers lounge to make herself a cup of tea. I was the best reader in my thirdgrade class. And it was the first time in my life that somebody outside of my family recognized that i was good at something. I had a talent, a gift. Reading rainbow one of my favorite things, the tortoise and the hare. Great teachers help get students excited about learning. Mrs. Blanch in seattle was that kind of teacher for me. Was a very shy fourth grader with a messy desk and terrible handwriting. I tried to hide the fact that i loved to read because i was worried it would look strange to my classmates. Mrs. Katler shared her love of books. She pushed me to read challenging ones, and then asked me interesting questions that made me think about what id read. She listened to what i had to say. Looking back on it now, theres no question that she helped spark my love for learning and helped inspire the gates foundations work to help every child in america get the benefit of Great Teachers. I want to give a huge thanks to the late great norman cohen, high theater teacher at the Los Angeles County high school for the arts, for giving me my first lead role in a play. And my musical theater there, gary sorenson, who gave me my first lead role in a musical. If i were a rich man having the arts in my life as a student just changed my life. As a shy, introverted kid who had a hard time expressing myself, having the arts as a tool to do that not only opened up a world of possibility for me, but i know it does it for millions of kids around im so profoundly grateful to dr. Sadie mitchell who was my first grade teacher at forest park in arkansas. Dr. Mitchell set the bar for what an extraordinary teacher should be. She did it every day. She did in helping us work on our penmanship. She did it in helping us learn to count. She did it whenever we had a bad da by reminding us that determine was a new day. I just hope that im able to have even a little bit of the same effect on some of my students today. And i hope that every student is as lucky as i was to have a dr. Mitchell in their lives. Thank you to the Great Teachers and the arts teachers out there who are bringing a spark of humanity into our classrooms when we need it in this world more than ever. Cant tell you how important it is to have somebody recognize our potential, to see it and nurture it. Thank you, mrs. Twig, for seeing me. So as teachers get ready to welcome students toir classrooms, either in virtually, i want to say thank you for your dedication. Youre changing lives and doing amazing work. And good nighuys, if you hav teacher who kind to mind who inspired you, we want to hear from you. Find us on social media, we might feature your story on a future segment. Teacher appreciation does not end with this shere. It goes on and on, gayle and th anthony. Sure does. One great teacher literally can change your life. Really can. You see that right there. Levar burton, as he said, he felt like he was seen. And everybody has at least one you can recall. I love bill gates saying a messy desk and terrible handwriting. Bill gates, that gives me hope to know that. And i think that its what you said, anthony, one person can change your life. Especially if you dont have it at home. A tea out to chris z, krowzowski, did i say it right . I want to say it right because his family is watching, and caitlyn little, the producers of the piece. It means something to the people that work so here and their family should know they do good work here every single day. Youre watching cbs this morning. We thank you for that. Well be right back. Were not done yet. So youre a small business, or a big one. You were thriving, flourishing, but then. Oh. Ah. Okay. 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Get 1 gig internet with at t fiber for 49. 99a month for a year. No annualcontract. And now get hbo max included. Limited availability in select areas. Call 1. 877. Only. Att before we go, heres one thing you can do today to live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. Part of our partnership with Gretchen Rubin and her podcast hasnt happi happier. Hre with ways to help studentsb habits. Start adjusting the clock for an earlier bedtime. Keep masks and sand sanitizers in a convenient location. To boost focus for a variety of work spaces for school work. Lastly, set a good example for your kids by also adopting good habits. If you want them to read a book, instead of watching dvd, pick up a book yourself. Thats a good idea. I want to watch tv, too. Good to read a book. Very important to read a book. Why are you laugh, Tony Dokoupil . That will do it for us. See you tomorrow. This is a kpix 5 morning update. Cal re says the czu lightning complex fire burning in santa cruz and San Mateo County has consumed 70,000 acres. Four are missing and the body of a 70yearold man was recovered yesterday. They were rescued while trying to return to their homes. The fire is 13 campaign. The scu lightning complex fires has more peak road. The fire is 10 contained. We are proud to be partnering with a virtual telethon for fire relief. Call or text the numbers on your screen or go to kpix. Com. More than 6000 have been raised already. We want to take you to show you the san rafael bridge. We are dealing with a few brake lights because more folks are using this as their commute out of the east bay into marin county. There is a major trouble spot on 37. This is between 121 and that portion of arnold street and on lroad ave the westbound side with a fatality crash. That will be there for some time. Use an alternate in the meantime. We are still watching the last of the showers in the north bay. 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