Ramped up earlier this year. You called it also a significant step. Why is that . You know, this is the first drug in the eightmonth history pesky virus that is f. D. A. Approved, which certainly has benefit, i think, if used in the right setting. The key is the right setting. But its not a home run. Reporter the experimental drug was previously authorized only for emergency use, and was used to treat the president. The news coming as coronavirus hot spots worsen. El paso reporting more than 1,100 new cases today. Unless we do something to control this this high increase in covidpositive exposures, well quickly run out of resources. Reporter 39 states report their average number of new cases is rising. Hospitalizations are climbing in 36 states, and straining resources. For all the numbers, its the names and faces that best illustrate the devastating toll. 33yearold Patrick Buchanan worked at an Elder Care Center in indianapolis when he contracted covid. He was hospitalized only a day before he died. And theres hope tonight in stories of survival. 50yearold chris hilte battled coronavirus since march, including two months on a ventilator. Today, healthy, he finally returned home. applause and tonight, wisconsin is reporting its highest singleday covid death toll since the pandemic started, and, also, it has admitted its first patient to that Field Hospital set up at the state fairgrounds. Norah. Odonnell janet shamlian, thank you. And tonight, intelligence officials are sounding the alarm on iranian hackers, accusing them of using fake media sites to spread stolen u. S. Voter Registration Data and misinformation. Jeff pegues reports theres new alerts about attacks from russia. Reporter the Cyber Security alert says the russian hacks began last month, targeting dozens of government and aviation Computer Networks in the united states, successfully obtaining data from at least two victim servers. Since 2016, Russian Hackers have posed the greatest threat to u. S. Election systems. In that election, it is widely assumed that they scanned and probed voter databases in all 50 states. Todays alert proves they havent stopped. I think that mailin voting is a terrible thing. Reporter this comes as cbs news has obtained a video that intelligence Officials Say was emailed by iranian hackers s, along withe the proud boys, along with this threat, you will vote for trump on election day, or we will come after you. Today, google revealed that the culprits attempted to send 25,000 emails to gmail accounts, but only 10 made it through the companys spam filter. I think that our adversaries would like to theyre going to be really successful if they can cause people to call into question the validity of the election, the results of the election. Reporter Russian Hackers actually breached illinois voter database in 2016, which remains a target. We do want the public to know that, as far as we are concerned, we are under attack 24 7. Reporter and given the threat from Russian Hackers, the department of Homeland Security is working with election systems in all 50 states to protect voter databases. There is no doubt, norah, that u. S. Investigators still believe that Russian Hackers pose the greatest threat between now and election day. Odonnell all right, jeff pegues, thank you. Gusty winds sent redflag fire warnings up tonight across northern california, utah, colorado, and new mexico. Two rapidly growing wildfires could merge into one megafire in the Rocky Mountains of colorado. Cbs Omar Villafranca is in the fire zone tonight. Its getting worse. Reporter the worst some here have ever seen thick smoke and fire closing in on homes, terrifying residents of grand county, colorado. I dont even know if you guys can hear me. Reporter including carrieann mathis, who took this cell phone video. Were not taking the chance. Were getting out. Reporter driven by high winds and dead, dry timber, the fire grew at a staggering pace overnight, exploding from 19,000 acres to more than 125,000 acres in mere hours. Grand county sheriff Brett Schroetlin 100,000 acres, never, ever expected. We planned for the worst. This is the worst of the worst of the worst. Reporter this security video captures the scene as fire overtakes a home in grand lake. Nearly 300 firefighters are battling the flames in dense wooded hills as the fire spreads into Rocky Mountain park. Thousands of residents are under mandatory evacuation orders, and firefighters anticipate difficult days ahead. Omar villafranca, cbs news, denver, colorado. Odonnell now to congress. Tonight, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says there wont be time for a vote on a 2 trillion stimulus before the election. But one vote is on the fast track today. Amy Coney Barrett is one step closer to a seat on the supreme court. Heres cbs nancy cordes. I just find this to be a surreal environment were in. Reporter it was a strange scene during a key vote mr. Grassley. Aye. Reporter nearly half the judiciary committee, all the democrats, were absent, having walked out in protest. We are boycotting this illegitimate hearing. Reporter in their seats, they left posters of americans who stand to lose coverage if obamacare is struck down by a more conservative supreme court. Mrs. Feinstein. Reporter but those posters cant vote, and so republicans unanimously approved judge amy Coney Barrett, 120. The committee did the right thing. Reporter republicans have moved at lightning speed and are set to confirm barrett just 38 days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. By comparison, they sat on president obamas nomination of Merrick Garland for 293 days and never held a vote. Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell plans to keep the senate in session all weekend so he can hold a final confirmation vote for barrett on monday. He wants to move quickly because hes got about 10 republican senators who are locked in tough reelection battles who want to get home to campaign. Norah. Odonnell nancy cordes, thank you. Tonight, we want to focus on Food Insecurity as 787,000 americans filed for firsttime unemployment claims last week. That is the lowest weekly total since march, but 23 million americans are still out of work. Tonight, Mark Strassmann reports on the growing struggle to feed families. Im sad, but im trying to cope with it. Reporter erielkina pizarro is struggling in the bronx. Shes a single latina mother with three young sons, all with special needs. I tell them, if i dont have a job, if mommys not working, mommy cannot bring food to the table. Reporter 1. 4 Million People live in the bronx, almost all of them black or latino. This covid economy has hit minority communities especially hard. The bronx Unemployment Rate almost 19 . Pizarro now relies on food banks. In may, her grandfather, also her babysitter, died from covid. She couldnt afford to hire a sitter, so pizarro had to quit her job as a home health aide. My sons birthday is this week on the 24th. I cant even buy him a birthday cake. Good morning. Reporter this is the houston food bank. In three hours, it fed more than 2,000 households, many of them minority families. Sergio escamilla has eight children. Im struggling, i need more food for my kids since theyre not going to school right now. Reporter during the pandemic, half of new york city parents report skipping or skimping on meals. Pizarro has 45 left to her name. I want my life back. Look at you reporter but shed settle for something more modest a birthday cake for her son. Mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. Yall made a big mess odonnell were going to work on that. There is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. New protests near chicago following the Deadly Police shooting of a black teenager. 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Odonnell tonight, the mayor of waukegan, illinois is calling for calm after the Deadly Police black teenager. Protesters took to the streets today over the killing of 19 yearold Marcellis Stinnette and the wounding of 20yearold tafarra williams. Investigators say the officer, who is hispanic, opened fire as the couples car rolled in reverse towards him and that the officer earlier tue couple had fled from another officer earlier tuesday night. No weapons were found in the car. And now another sign of the times during this pandemic, covid has forced macys to cancel inperson visits with santa claus. At its Flagship Store in new york and stores in chicago and san francisco. Santa will appear at the end of the macys thanksgiving day parade. Coming up next, shes 102 years old, and just took her first sky dive. Find out the one last thing on her bucket list. Her bucket list. Means that were having conversations that are richer. I have now a closer relationship with my grandfather. 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One of the biggest, she says, was meeting president obama, who honored her military service. In world war ii, she joined the womens army corps, rising to unit commander, and was one of only two African American women in her class at agitant general school. She retired from Government Service 45 years ago. Did you slow down afte you retired . Not really. Reporter this park in maryland was named for her in honor of her decades of charitable good works. Having conquered skydiving, she now has her sights set on the next big thrill. I still would like to meet michelle obama. That would tic the last thing off my bucket list. Reporter and were guessing she will find a way to make that happen, too. Chip reid, cbs lews, columbia, maryland. Odonnell so we asked millie if she wanted to go skydiving again. She said, no, one time was enough. Well be right back. If youre at home thinking about your financial plan. So are we. Prudential helps 1 in 7 americans with their financial needs. 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And if you cant watch the cbs evening news live, dont forget to set your dvr, so you can watch us later. That is tonights edition of the cbs evening news. Im Norah Odonnell in the nations capital. Thanks for disincentive to come to begin with. Really tough, we are really strong. And guess what, its not coyotes that brought them over, their parents were with them. They got separated from their parents and it makes us a laughing to account and violates every notion of who we are as a nation. What do you say to americans that say that kind of language from a president is contributing on to a climate of hate and racial strife . First time i heard of black lives matter. They were chanting pigs in a blanket. Fry them like bacon. I said thats a horrible thing and they were marching down the street and that was my first glimpse of black lives matter and i thought it was a terrible thing. As far as my relationships with all people. I think i have great relationships with all people. I am the least racist person in this room. What do you say to americans who are concerned by that rhetoric . I dont know what to say. I have criminal Justice Reform and Prison Reform and opportunity zones. I took care of black colleges and universities. I dont know what to say. They can say anything. I mean, they can say anything. Its a very, it make mess s i makes me sad. Im the least racist person. I cant see the audience because its so dark. I dont care who is in the audience. Im the least racist person in this room. Okay, Vice President biden, let me ask you quickly and then i have a followup question for you. Abraham lincoln is one of the most racist president s we have had in mod were history. He pours fuel on every racist fire. Every one. Started off his campaign coming down the escalator saying he was going to get rid of the mexican rapists, he has banned muslims because they are muslims he has moved around and made everything worse across the board. He said about the poor boys. He said i told them to stand down and stand ready, come on, this guy is a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn. We have to makea country as successful as it was before the plague coming from china. And we are rebuilding it. Record numbers. I will tell you, just before the plague came in. I was getting calls from people that were not normally people that would call me. They wanted to get together. We had the best black unemployment numbers in the history of our country. Hispanic. Women, asian, people with diplomas, no diplomas, m. I. T. Graduates, number one in the class. Everyone had the best numbers and you know what . The other side wanted to get together. They wanted to unify. Success is going to bring us together. We are on the road to success. But im cutting taxes, and he wants to raise everybodys taxes. And he wants to put new regulations on everything. He will kill it. If he gets in, you will have a depression the likes of which you have never seen. Your 401ks will go to hell and it will be a very, very sad day for this country. Okay, Vice President biden, what will you say to the inaugural address for americans that did not vote for you . I will say, im an american president , i represent all of you, whether you voted for me or against me and im going to make sure that you are represented, im going to give you hope. We are going to move. We are going to choose science over fiction. We are going to choose hope over fear. We are going to choose to move forward because we have enormous opportunities. Enormous opportunities to make things better. We can grow this economy. We can deal with the systematic racism and at the same time, we can make sure that our economy is being run and moved and motivated by clean energy. Its a fact, thats what we are going to do. Im going to say, what is on the ballot is the character of the country. 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Intelligence officials warn that foreign governments are stepping up their efforts to sway the vote. The director of National Intelligence said that iran and russia have been sending out spoof emails threatening voters in they dont cast a vote for President Trump. These actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversa adversaries. The director of National Intelligence said that iran and russia obtained Voter Registration information thought to include Party Affiliations and home addresses. But he singled out iran for taking the next step. We have already seen iran sending spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters insight social unrest and damage President Trump. Rat cliff, a former republican official, but officials familiar with the matter say they were sent to registered voters in multiple battleground states and as seen in an email obtained by cbs news, they were designed to appear to be sent from the far right proud boys group. Warning voters we will come after you. If they didnt vote for trump. President trump hinted at foreign interference against him at wednesdays rally in north carolina. Iran doesnt want to let me win. China doesnt want to let me win. They want me to be defeated so badly. But some observers are taking issue with ratcliffs interpretation of the operations intent. Cbs election news expert. He said that it was to harm President Trump which is questionable. Is it to harm the process, or to change someones vote . Its overwhelmingly to get us to doubt our own system. What does a cyber event tell us about the next two weeks . We are going to see a lot more of this. Still, becker agrees with some of the comments made by christopher ray. You should be confident that your vote counts. This morning iran is saying it makes no difference to them who wins the u. S. Election. Separately a Senior Administration official confirms to cbs news, that President Trump soured on the fbi director months ago over