Air, including President Trumps refusal to participate in next weeks 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 theyve broken up this elaborate domestic terror plot designed to overthrow michigans 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 she refused to loosen statewide coronavirus restrictions this year. Tonight, Governor Whitmer, who fire from President Trump for her response to the pandemic, is now accusing trump of being complicit because she says he refuses to condemn whies supremacists and hate weve got our team of correspondents standing by to cover it all. Cbs jeff pegues is going to lead us off tonight from the department of justice. Good evening, jeff. Reporter norah, investigators say the plot was designed to come to a head right around election day. The militia members spent the summer trying to recruit like minded members and preparing for that attack, one of them allegedly said that he wanted to see the world glow. Investigators say plans for the kidnapping had been in the works for months, put in motion by a group of militia members, some of whom met during armed protests at the states capitol in june. The alleged conspirators are extremists who undertook a plot to kidnap a sitting governor. Reporter according to court papers, the militia members discussed a need for 200 men to storm the capitol building, take take hostages, including the governor, who they would try for treason in a kangaroo court. The planning took place in a room hidden under a trap door. The group eventually decided to kidnap whitmer, either at her personal Vacation Home or the governors official summer residence and try to blow up a bridge and escape by boat. Adam fox, one of the alleged ring leaders described it as a snatch and grab in communication being monitored by the f. B. I. With the help of undercover operatives. Operationalnspirators used Operational Security measures, including communicating by reporter but the suspects reporter but the suspects were also visible in videos online. And in social media posts expressing rightwing views and support for kyle rittenhouse, the 17yearold who has been charged with shooting and killing two people during the protests in kenosha, wisconsin. Racially motivated violent extremists over recent years have been responsible for the most lethal activity in the u. S. Reporter tonight, Governor Whitmer is thanking Law Enforcement for breaking up the bigotry and violence have no place in the great state of michigan. If you break the law, we will find you. Reporter in recent months, armed groups have taken a stand on State Capitol grounds, often targeting Governor Whitmer, insisting that her pandemic policies had gone too far. When our leaders meet with, encourage, or fraternize with domestic terrorists, they legitimize their actions, and they are complicit. Reporter in addition to the six arrests, we mentioned, seven others arrested as well, charged under the states antiterrorism act. Sources tell me this was a credible threat and that is evident by the amount of evident by the amount of resources that the f. B. I. Threw at this case. Norah. Odonnell the incredible details. Jeff pegues, thank you. Well, today, President Trump admitted that he was very sick last week when he was flown to Walter Reed National military Medical Center with codw,heres its safe for anyone to be on the same debate stage with him. Heres cbs ben tracy. Reporter the debate over the debates President Trump says its either in person or hes out. No, im not going to waste my ate. On a virtual debate. Thats not w thats not what debating is all about, you sit behind a computer and do a debate. Its ridiculous. And then they cut you off whenever they want. Reporter with a covid infected commander in chief, the mabate commission unilaterally decided next thursdays town unilaterally dec hall, with questions from actual voters, would be done remotely, in order to protect the health and safety of all involved. Now biden will participate in a televised town h televised town hall on his own. Both campaigns say they will meet in person on october 22, the night scheduled for the third and final debate. The Trump Campaign also the Trump Campaign also demanding a debate on october 29. Biden says no. Im sticking with the dates. Im showing up. Ill be there. Reporter President Trump says he will hold a rally next thursday, and cbs news has learned he may hit the campaign daail as soon as monday. But his doctor has not said hes clear of the virus, even though President Trump says hes cured. I feel great. I feel like perfect. Reporter the president admits to still being on the powerful steroid dexamethasone. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is announcing a commission tomorrow to review his fitness for office. The president is, shall we say, in an altered state right now. Reporter the president is now suggesting that he may have contracted the virus from someone at a white house event honoring gold star military families last month. They come within an inch of my face sometimes. They want to hug me and they want to kiss me. And they do. And, frankly, im not telling them to back up. Reporter melinda kanes son, Lance Corporal jeremy kane, was killed in afghanistan in 2010. Its hurtful just pointing the blame at someone. Its its unnecessary. Weve gone through so much. Reporter and with polls showing the president s support from seniors cratering. To my favorite people in the world, the seniors. Reporter . Today he released a video message promising them free coronavirus treatment, but not saying how he would pay for it. Youre going to get it free, no charge. Reporter President Trump is also lashing out at some of his most loyal cabinet members. He said today attorney general he said bill barr will go down in in history as a sad situation if he doesnt indict former president barack obama and joe biden. He also criticized secretary of state mike pompeo, saying he needs to find and release Hillary Clintons deleted emails. Norah. Odonnell ben tracy, thank you. With President Trump in the white house today the other three candidates at the top of the ticket campaigned in arizona. Our cbs news Battleground Tracker poll shows joe biden with a fivepoint edge in the traditionally republican state. Biden would be the first democrat to win the grand canyon state since 1996. Heres cbs ed okeefe. Reporter with President Trump stuck at the white house, the democratic ticket isnt slowing down, campaigning today for the first time together in arizona, and appearing with cindy mccain, the wife of the former Republican Party nominee. Vice president pence also visited the grand canyon state. Hello, arizona reporter the president , meanwhile, took shots from afar at kamala harris. This monster that was on stage with mike pence, totally unlikable. Shes a communist. Reporter biden shot back at the president. This is despicable, so beneath the office of the presidency. And the American People are sick and tired of it. Reporter for many voters in arizona, the president s handling of the pandemic is a top concern. His supporters claim he was unfairly blamed. Theyre constantly accusing trump for the 210,000 people that have died of coronavirus. First of all, number one, thats not a true number. Reporter but polls show the prolonged covid crisis, and with it the economic downturn, has dragged the president down in the polls. The cbs news Battleground Tracker shows biden leading in enough states to get over the 270 electoral votes hell need to win. Hes up in key states, including florida, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, thanks to growing support among independent voters, women, and senior citizens. Us old people arent dumb. You know, they can see whats gong on. You know. He trump has not been a good president. Reporter last nights Vice President ial debate gave pence and harris a chance to answer questions about taxes, climate change, and race. Instead, they spent most of their time attacking the other as harris focused on the administrations response to the pandemic. Well, the American People have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of our country. Reporter . And pence tried getting harris to say whether she and biden want to add seats to the Supreme Court. If somehow you win this election, going to pack the Supreme Court to get your way. Reporter harris didnt answer the question, and neither did biden today. Youll know my opinion of Court Packing when the election is over. Reporter one moment many will remember from last nights debate a fly that sat on the Vice President s head for more than a minute. The Biden Campaign quickly seized on the moment. And biden aides say they raised more than 12 million after last nights debate, in part by selling out of the 35,000 fly swatters purchased by supporters. Norah. Odonnell thats a lot of fly swatters. Ed okeefe, thank you. And theres new evidence tonight that the economic recovery has stalled. 840,000 americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week, down from the week before, but not by much. And new coronavirus cases are going up in most of the country. Tonight, a dangerous situation is close to getting out of control in wisconsin. Heres cbs mola lenghi. Reporter tonight, wisconsin is one of the nations largest coronavirus hot spots. Long lines to get tested, and doctors scrambling just to find enough hospital beds. The thedacare Healthcare System in northeast wisconsin says its seen about a 500 increase in onl aut fivu. Ns, more than 200r beds left and about 10 mheal reporter new cases are now rising in 31 states. New york and new jersey reporting the most new cases since may. It is more difficult to deal with respiratoryborn virus as people begin to go indoors more. Reporter a lockdown went near boston, Maria Landaverde is now recovering from covid19. Eight of her family members have contracted the virus. I imagine once the virus got into the family, the fear must have been tremendous. It was very scary because we didnt know. We thought that we were going to die. Reporter last week, landaverdes father, juan ciprian, did succumb to the virus. The family says he was a support of President Trump and refused refused to wear a mask. He was cremated the day after the president announced his diagnosis. He didnt believe. His life going the same way. This is not this is not a game. This is something serious. Reporter well, theres been a steady flow of traffic here in milwaukee at this popup drive in testing site run by the national guard. This as just today, wisconsin set singleday records for new cases and hospitalizations. Norah. Odonnell what an interview, mola, thank you. Tonight, millions along the gulf coast are bracing for hurricane delta, now a major category 3 hurricane. It is expected to make landfall in louisiana tomorrow afternoon, the record fourth named storm to hit the area this season. And tonight, theres fear that delta could destroy the few remaining homes those other storms didnt. Heres cbs mireya villarreal. Reporter tonight, thousands thousand of lake charles residents are being told to get out now, with hurricane delta set to slam the coast in 24 hours. Cars crowded the cities major escape routes, many schools and businesses shutting down. This city is still recovering from laura, the category 4 hurricane that hit just six weeks ago, blue tarps still covering many roofs. Kathy connor and her husband are planning to evacuate tomorrow. If we got a lot of rain and all of this debris just starts floating around, that gets dangerous. Reporter this is the fifth time louisiana has been under a state of emergency this hurricane season. Southwest louisianas going to get more of a punch from this than we would like to see, for sure. Reporter lake charles mayor nic hunter to be facing yet another hurricane is just a really scary proposition. Reporter the mayor tells me he is worried about all of this turning into projectiles. Right now, the city has picked up more than 1. 5 million cubic yards of debris. And as you can see, they are clearly far from being done. If you take a look from the sky, you can see exactly what were seeing on the ground block after block looks just like this with blue tarps on top of rooftops that can easily be blown off when that hurricane hits tomorrow. Norah. Odonnell its quite a picture, mireya villarreal. Thank you. And theres a new forecast that is just coming in tonight on the track of the storm. So lets bring in cbs lonnie quinn. So, lonnie, this storm has been pretty unpredictable, right . Man, its been going up and down. Think about this, norah. This storm is a record breaker from going from a tropical depression to a category 4, the fastest in history. Then it bumped down to a cat 1. Now were back to a major farricane, a category 3. Winds are blowing at 135 miles per hour. 335 miles from the coast of lets talk about whats going to happen as this pushes towards onger, mayana coastline. We think its going to get a little stronger, maybe 125mile perhour wind but losing some strength as it comes onshore. It will come onshore about 24 hours from now as a cat 2, maybe a cat 3. The red line from where the but look at this. Heres the projection. That red line from where the National Hurricane center things landfall will be. The red line from where the National Hurricane center things the line will be, this line, s line,an 15 miles away, is where laura made its devastating landfall six weeks ago. And look at the wind field. It comes on shore again 24 hours from now. The orange shows you where cat 3 is, the blue color is tropicalstormforce i think the takeaway is this storm makes landfall less than 15 miles from where laura did and the devastation that that storm did. Norah. Odonnell lonnie, thank you so much for that update. And there is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Caught on tiktok. What got this Country Music singer canceled from saturday night live and what hes saying tonight. Also, meet the American Woman who was just awarded the nobel prize in literature. And what lurks below seen from above, the drone video that might make you decide to stay on dry land. Land. Another dvt or pe blood clot. Almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didnt experience another. And eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Eliquis is fdaapproved and has both. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. 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