was brought back to life ♪ cangpoor by >> brennan: tonight, back to school on the brink. for a 16th straight day, the u.s. death toll reaches an average of 1,000 deaths, the daunting choices facing parents. tonight, one of the country's biggest school systems goes virtual. classrooms that had just reopened now tell students to quarantine. plus, from the masters to football, the changes to the fall sports season just announced. increasing infections: texas surpasses half a million cases of coronavirus as one in four people tested are positive. tonight, the three major cities now projected to be hot spots this fall. plus, did a shortage of protective gear in california lead to nearly 16,000 essential workers getting sick? the new democratic ticket makes its debut.