News with norah odonnell, odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin with the rising death toll and utter sevastation caused by hurricane laura, which barreled across the louisiana and texas coastlines overnight, leaving entire towns under water, plowing over neighborhoods and killing at least six, including a 14year old girl. Along the coast, the destruction goes on for miles. From above you can see whats left of cameron, louisiana, where the storm came ashore, sending a storm surge more than 10 feet high over homes and businesses and tossing mobile homes and cars blocks from where they once t. Lauras 150mileperhour winds also ripped across much of the state overnight, leaving rooftops shredded and tearing homes from their foundations. Nearly a Million People are without power in the region tonight, and rescue crews are still working to make their way through some of the hardest hit areas. In west lake, louisiana, thick, toxic smoke is still billowing from a plant that makes pool chemicals after the ferocious storm set off a chlorine fire there. This evening, families who live nearby are being told not to leave their hurricanedamaged homes because of the dangerous fumes caused by the burning chemicals. And as we come on the air, laura is still churning north, dumping heavy rain into arkansas and setting off tornado warnings across that state. Well, theres a lot of new reporting to update you on tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. Cbs Omar Villafranca is going to lead off our coverage tonight, after flying over some of the worst storm damage in lake charles, louisiana. Good evening, omar. Reporter norah, this is what several hours of 150milean hour winds can do to a building. At this aviation school, these hangars are now piles of twisted metal. St riprther down here, you can see that big airplane. Parts of it were just ripped off. We decided to survey the damage from the air, and we saw that parts of southwestern louisiana are unrecognizable. This is where the hurricane slammed into the coast with winds up to 150 Miles Per Hour, and from the air, it looks like roofs were ripped off of homes and walls were collapsed. The buildings that are Still Standing are submerged. Hurricane laura rammed the gulf coast early this morning as a category 4 hurricane, bringing heavy rains and winds powerful enough to knock over an r. V. There it goes. Reporter winds up to 150 Miles Per Hour shook highrise buildings and ripped down power lines. Nearly 1 million households in na are withoutsiana are without power. I was just on the phon power. I was just on the phone with the white house just before walking out here. Were going to need some help. Reporter the storm cut a southern louisiana. Oss on tesst six people in louisiana bungs in grand lakre flattened by the storm, and the high winds knocked dozens of rail cars off the track. The roof was completely torn off this building, down to the rafters. A floating casino ended up jammed underneath a bridge. The sides of this huge boat were peeled back by the high winds. This football stadium is partially under water. Shortly after the storm made ondfall, a fire broke out at a lake charles chemical plant. Smoke could be seen billowing for miles. Local residents were told to shelter in place and close their windows. Orange, texas, suffered significant damage, but Governor Greg Abbott said east texas was largely spared. We dodged a bullet. Reporter back in lake charles, Barbara Thomas has a mess to clean up, but she is thankful tonight. You could hear the shingles coming off and hearing things that not as bad as i had thought it might be. Reporter while people start to survey the damage and start picking up, louisiana governor Jon Bell Edwards told me and reminded us we are still in a pandemic and he wants people to keep their guard up so they can people to keep their guard up s, llank you. Now to the heartbreaking story of that 14yearold girl killed overnight by a falling tree. It happened in the city of leesville, louisiana. Thats about 100 miles inland from the coast. Cs Jonathan Vigliotti spoke today with her family. Reporter as hurricane laura barreled down central louisiana, Cynthia Miller was doing what she loved most reading. She was really smart. She wanted to go to, like, harvard or ivy league and she wanted to be a marine microbiologist. Reporter cynthia, her two sisters and her parents rode out the hurricane in their home. Their town of leesville was not under evacuation, and mom and dad thought it would be safe. It was scary. It was dark. It was terrifying. There was rain, wind everywhere. It sounded huge. We were in our parents room, and everyone was sitting in there, red the tree it came down. Reporter whats left of that bedroom tells rest of this itory. I walked to try to find cindy because she wasnt talking and d under the tree. She was pinned under the tree. Reporter cynthia was killed and help was unavailable. The twomile stretch of road to their house covered in trees. The Sheriffs Office spent five hours on foot using chainsaws to create a pathway. The millers dont have much money, but in their corner of this bayou, they have family and a dream now shattered. She was going to do something big. Reporter cynthia was the first confirmed fatality from this hurricane, and the truth is, we dont know how many more people there are. There are a lot of homes that look just like this one. The Sheriffs Department has their work cut out for them tonight, norah. Odonnell Jonathan Vigliotti, thank you. Were going to turn now to some breaking news coming in from kenosha, wisconsin. 17yearold Kyle Rittenhouse has just been charged with first degree, reckless homicide and use of a dangerous weapon. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting and killing three people tuesday night at a protest over the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Tonight, were learning new details about those two incidents. Cbs mola lenghi reports tonight from kenosha. Out of your homes, into the streets reporter tonight, continued calls for justice for jacob blake, the officer who fired those seven shots now identified as rusten sheskey, a sevenyear veteran of the Kenosha Police department. Authorities also say police found a knife on the floor of blakes s. U. V. gunfire the incident fueling frustrations over systemic racism as the aftermath of tuesdays shooting gets a closer look. He just shot them hey, dude right here just shot them reporter alleged gunman Kyle Rittenhouse walking away, gun in tow, as people screamed he just shot protesters. One Law Enforcement officer, seeming to ask rittenhouse if anyone was hurt . Someone injured straight ahead . Reporter two incidents, two videos, with some asking why two different responses. If there were the same amount of black men Walking Around with those a. K. S or a. R. S im not a gun person i think the outcome would be a little bit different. Reporter and tonight Hannah Gittings speaks to cbs news. Shes the girlfriend of anthony huber, who was shot and killed while trying to stop the gunman tuesday night. Who knows what could have happened if he hadnt done that. And its just not fair that he had to die like that. Reporter Kyle Rittenhouse will have an extradition hearing in illinois tomorrow. Meanwhile, here in kenosha, you can hear a peaceful rally going on behind me, but the three nights of unrest here left many Small Businesses damaged or destroyed. The mayor of kenosha told me today hes turning to state and federal officials to help get those Business Owners some financial relief. Norah. Odonnell mola lenghi. Thank you. Tonight, four bigleague ball baseball games are postponed and at least nine n. F. L. Teams called off practice, all in response to the jacob blake shooting. N. B. A. Players voted today to get back on the court after a walkoff led by some of the leagues biggest stars. Heres cbs news special correspondent james brown on this unprecedented moment in sports. Reporter the uncertainty of whether the season would resume was in doubt after reports the Los Angeles Lakers and the l. A. Clippers wanted to cancel the season. The Milwaukee Bucks did not come out for warmups. Reporter the Milwaukee Bucks refusal to take the court on wednesday resulted in all three playoff games being playoff games being postponed as they demanded justice for jacob blake. Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has beo tion. So our focus today cannot be on basketball. Reporter it was soon an avalanche of reactions. Players in the w. N. B. A. , major league soccer, and major league baseball, postponed their games in solidarity. Mets slugger Dominic Smith spoke s rough tears about the burden of being black in america. People still dont care. And for these incidents to routinely happen. I mean, it just shows. Just the hate in peoples heart. The players have gone as far as they can go. Reporter Sports WriterWilliam Rhoden says the protests are powerful but wont bring about change on their own. Power rests with the men and the women who run these pro leagues, who own these teams. Theyre going to have to speak he the legislatures, to the politicians in their respective cities if were going to actually begin to have reform. Odonnell and j. B. Joins us now. And i know you have been talking to listening and players, coaches, and executives from the n. B. A. And other leagues. At are they saying . Reporter some of the key points, norah, that there is a palpable sense by many of the athletes that were at a serious crossroads in society. Number two, they say they dont think that theres a true commitment on the part of leadership in general to make serious changes. And, therefore, because they have a platform, they feel they have a moral responsibility to advocate on behalf of the marginalized in order to e marginalized in order to effect real change, and they will continue that. Odonnell j. B. , thanks for drew scorn from President Trump who said the league has become too political. This, as the president is expected to call for law and order in his speech tonight at the Republican National convention in the wake of the unrest in wisconsin. We get more now from cbs weijia jiang. Reporter President Trump will present a positive picture of the country in his speech tonight, but a triple threat of crises could contradict his optimistic vision. The coronavirus continues to claim american lives, calls for social justice are growing louder, and people are just ravaged the gulf coast. At fema headquarters today, the president acknowledged the storm almost upended his convention. I was actually prepared to postpone the speech tonight. Reporter with his handling of the pandemic a constant drag on his poll numbers, President Trump will tout in his speech tonight a 750 million deal to buy 150 million covid19 rapid tests. But its another mixed signal as the c. D. C. Said this week testing may not be necessary following exposure to the virusl foowinthe notiprentrump gain preach law and order tonight. Asked about the n. B. A. Boycotts he called the league a political organization. I think people are a little tired of the n. B. A. Donald trump has failed. Reporter Kamala Harris today took aim at the president s failures during the early days of the pandemic. Donald trump froze. He was scared. Reporter joe biden rejected the president s claim that a biden win will lead to lawlessness. Donald trump saying youre not going to be safe in joe bidens america, all the video being played is being played in dent trumpmps america. Reporter President Trump just made a brief appearance to check out his lectern for tonight and greet guests here on the White House South Lawn where you can see the chairs are in place and almost touching with no social distancing. The Trump Campaign says they are following strict protocols, like encouraging face masks. Norah. Ia odonnell weijia jiang, an extraordinary amount of people expected on the south lawn there. Thank you. And this programming note well have live coverage of the Republican National convention. Thats beginning tonight at 10 00 eastern, 9 00 central. And we hope youll join us again. Tonight, theres a new, simple, cheap and fast coronavirus test while the c. D. C. And other Health Officials come under fire for changing guidelines on who should be getting tests in the first place. Now, this as today the death moll in this country from covid covid19 passes 180,00 19 passes 180,000. Heres cbs manuel bojorquez. Reporter the f. D. A. Gave abbotts 5 antigen test emergency approval, and results in 15 minutes could help screen who could board a plane or enter a classroom. But antigen tests are generally less sensitive than lab tests, and that can increase the risk of a false negative. The Development Comes amid sharp criticism of new c. D. C guidelines which no longer e who havetesting some who have been exposed to the virus but have no symptoms. Why limit who should be tested . It makes no sense whatsoever. Reporter dr. Alison galvani, a yale scientist, questions why the White House Coronavirus task force would push the change through. Leading Health Organizations are also critical, including the American Medical Association which called it a recipe for aommunity spread. Today, c. D. C. Director Robert Redfield tried to clarify saying Robert Redfield tried to testing those individuals may be considered. Strong enough in your opinion . No, no, absolutely not. The presymptomatic phase is thtually when they are most infectious. It seems inevitable that this policy guidance will exacerbate transmission and will lead to many, many unnecessary deaths. Reporter already, the thvernors of five states say they will not abide by it. Manuel bojorquez, cbs news, miami. Tonights cbs evening news. 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The Justice Department has launched a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of jacob blake. Blake was shot seven times in the back by a white Police Officer in kenosha, wisconsin. Video of the incident has sparked sometimes voints protests both in kenosha and in cities across theco rignited a s back nearly to the founding of our nation. Jeff glor has this overnight news history lesson. Theres 21,000 names that are on these walls here of people who have lost their lives, Law Enforcement officers who have lost their lives. Minute Michael Chapman has had just about every Law Enforcement job in the book. Local police, dea agent, homeland security. Now county sheriff in virginia. Reporter what goes through your mind . I think its sad. I think its sad because i would say that what happened up in minneapolis set us back 20 or 30 years. We met chapman at the national Law Enforcement museum in washington, d. C. Ir cop in 1978. More than 350 years after the first small Sheriffs Office was established in america. Americas alwaydolicing syst. Reliance on local levels. Right. Has that been good or bad for this country . I think its important that its decentralized, because really, when you look at the communities and local Law Enforcement, theyre a composite of that local community. Reporter could go in dramatically different directions. Beginning in the 1700s in the province of carolina and spreading throughout the south, slave patrols were created to create rebellions and enslave people from escaping. The first City Police Departments were formed in the mid 19th century, boston first, then new york. In many cases to deal with public drunkenness and social disorder. But the police often became tools of corruption for local politicians. Efforts at reform in the 20th century gave departments more autonomy but led to policing tactics like stop and frisk,s with minorities in particular, leading to violent confrontations, the rts