Coronavirus threat. I didnt lie. What i said is we have to be calm. Odonnell flooding in the nations capital, dramatic images of water rescues. Footballs back. The n. F. L. Kicks off tonight with social distancing, face masks, but still 17,000 fans in the stands. How this season will be like no other. Cashing in on the pandemic how taxpayers foot the bill for this lamborghini in a brazen scheme to rip off 175 million in covid racing to a cure the ambitious new innovation at this university, testing 50,000 people twice a week. Could this quick saliva test be part of the answer to crushing covid . And finally tonight, from tvs avengers to well remember acting legend diana rigg. This is the cb news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. We are going to begin in california tonight where at least a dozen people are now dead and thousands of homes and businesses have been incinerated in a fire season that is as devastating as it is historic. As we come on the air tonight, nearly 30 enormous and fast moving blazes are burning across the state, forcing 20,000 people to flee their homes and leaving thousands more in the danger zone. From Washington State to oregon, down through california, entire towns have now been wiped off the map, including berry creek, california, and the surrounding area, where tonight at least three people are dead and a dozen more are still missing. The deadly firestorm is now spewing so much toxic ash into the skies, the smoke trails from the blazes are visible from space and on the ground the devastation is even harder to fathom. Tonight fire crews are trying to keep pace with the flames but just cant keep up as heavy winds continue to push the flames into a tinderbox of dry brush and houses. More than 100 major fires have now burned along 11 western states in what is rapidly becoming the worst fire season in american history. Well, theres a lot of new reporting to get to tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. Cbs carter evans is going to lead off our coverage tonight from berry creek, california, that is now the epicenter of one vening, carter. Res. Good evening, carter. Reporter good evening, norah. There is really nothing left here. Its devastation everywhere you look. This used to be a gas station market. You can see where they stacked up the sodas here. It is now gone, like just about Everything Else in this town. A wall of flames and unimaginable destruction. This is all thats left of berry creek, north of sacramento. This is an Elementary School reduced to ashes and ironically, theres a fire station right across the street. It also burned to the ground. Both fire trucks still inside. People who fled here had very little time to escape. I would say probably most of them were running for their lives. Reporter an unprecedented year. Six of californias largest wildfires ever have occurred in 2020, a record three million acres destroyed. Its gotten so bad, that on our way up to berry creek we found this fire burning along the side of the road, but firefighters are stretched so thin, theres no one here to keep it from spreading any further. In southern california, 80 miles east of los angeles, the el dorado fire has roared back to life. In oregon, more than 800,000 acres charred, and the toll just starting to set in. All the hard work that my parents put into this place, gone. Reporter south of medford, entire blocks in the community of phoenix, oregon, were leveled, absolutely nothing left. In Washington State, search crews finding the bodies of a oneyearold. Back in california, the fires are also causing health alerts. In san francisco, a fiery glow that one resident said was like being inside a lit jacko lantern. This year its hitting us harder than ever. Tal admissions. Reases in e. R. Rep and hospital admissions. Reporter well, at least two people have died in this town, and 12 are still missing in the county here. It is a very difficult situation. Norah. Odonnell carter evans, just north of sacramento tonight. Thank you. Tonight, President Trump is campaigning in the battleground state of michigan after calling a lastminute press conference at the white house, where he defended himself against the bombshell revelations in the new book by journalist bob woodward. This, as the president s recorded comments on covid are having a big impact on the president ial race. Heres cbs ed okeefe. Reporter a defiant and defensive President Trump today tried to argue he was showing strength by downplaying the dangers of the coronavirus. I didnt lie. What i said is we have to be calm. We cant be panicked. Reporter but mr. Trump was privately telling author bob woodward in early february that he knew the coronavirus was a deadly airborne disease. You know, its a very tricky situation. Indeed it is. It goes through air, bob. Reporter still, the president went on to hold indoor Campaign Rallies over the next month, packed with thousands of people. Today, the president denied any responsibility. This is chinas fault. Reporter and blamed woodward for not publishing sooner. If bob woodward thought what i said was bad, then he should have immediately, right after i said it, gone out to the authorities. Reporter its unclear what mr. Trump meant by the authorities. Joe bidens Campaign Sees the president s comments as a Pivotal Moment in the race, an admission that thousands of lives could be saved if mr. Trump had spoken up. He waved a white flag. He walked away. He didnt do a damn thing. Think about it. Think about what he did not do. And its almost criminal. Reporter democrats were already on the air this morning with a new ad. Si while courting African American voters today in miami. This is the same man, donald trump, who for days, weeks, if not months thereafter, called it a hoax, dismissed the seriousness of it, to the point that he suggested people should not wear masks. Reporter here in michigan, democrats are circling the airport where the president is appearing with a mobile billboard blaring audio of the president s interview with woodward. But the president s supporters say they have no issue with his response. One man told us, i think he did a wonderful job. Norah. Odonnell all right, ed okeefe on the campaign trail tonight. Thank you. Were learning tonight about new, moreadvanced Cyber Attacks on american political campaigns. Now, those hacks are believed to come from overseas, russia, china, and iran. Lets get right to cbss jeff pegues. Jeff, i think whats fascinating about this, were not learning about it from u. S. Intelligence. The warning is coming from the tech giant, microsoft. Reporter isght ishe presidenl campaigns and just about anyone or anything tied to those campaigns is now the target of these foreign powers. This is, microsoft revealing that hackers tied to the russian government have targeted more than 200 organizations here in the u. S. The Russian Hackers known as fancy bear who hacked the d. N. C. In 2016, are after passwords that would give them access to confidential information. Chinas hackers have been targeting highprofile individuals tied to joe bidens campaign looking for insight how he would deal with china. And iran is also active, microsoft says, targeting aides inside the trump campaign. The Biden Campaign says none of the attacks have been successful so far. We also got a statement from from the department of Homeland Security saying that so far the election system across the country they have not noticed any breaches. Norah . Odonnell thats certainly a Big Development tonight. Jeff pegues, thank you. Scammers and crina rings are scammers and criminal rings are defrauding the fund thats helping Small Businesses survive the pandemic. Thats according to the justice department. The d. O. J. Announced charges against 57 people accusing them of trying to defraud the paycheck protection. In one case, a florida man allegedly used 300,000 he received to buy this new blue lamborghini. The program has loaned over 500 billion that has helped more than five million businesses stay afloat. And as we come on the air tonight, the coronavirus has kiled more than 191,000 americans. The pandemic is on everyones mind as the n. F. L. Kicks off its new season tonight in kansas city. Fans will be asked to follow social distancing in heres cbs Janet Shamlian. Open caught reporter its the biggest test for sports in america since the pandemic. Super bowl champs kansas city hosting houston in the season opener. A game sending the n. F. L. Into uncharted territory. Its a unique year, and were all aware of it. We trust the protocol. Reporter just under 17,000 spectators tonight in a stadium holding 76,000, masks required of ticket holders. No cheerleaders or mascots on the field. Will this work . Well, it remains to be seen. Reporter Kansas City Health director dr. Rex archer we believe it is much, much safeth goingo a or ving whounch ofolk over to yo hom knocks down another reporter pandemic bubbles, like basketball is using, never seriously considered by football. Im sure the precautions theyre putting in place are totally legit. I just for myself, as someone who can easily get sick, id rather not. If i was george floyd. If i was george floyd. If i was george floyd. Reporter and a seismic change on the field amid the movement for racial equality and social justice. chanting a peaceful protest is expected before the game. Players can now wear messages of support. And in the end zones tonight, a poignant reminder of whats at stake. Theres a lot riding on this game tonight. In a couple of weeks, the covid numbers will tell whether the Safety Measures were successful here. But perhaps even more significant, this is our first look at the leagues changing stance on players expressing their views on racial injustice. Norah. Odonnell all right, Janet Shamlian with all those changes. Thank you. Tonight, we could be looking at what could be a coronavirus testing breakthrough. The university of illinois conducts up to 20,000 tests a day. Thats 2 of all covid tests done nationwide. Students are tested at least twice a week with results coming in as fast as five hours. In our series racing to a cure, we show you how some experts think mass Rapid Testing could crush the pandemic. The ambitious innovative approach is happening here on campus and was designed by professor martin berk and his team. They developed the saliva test, which they call icovid. You have done some modeling about what would happen if you didnt have this mass testing. What did you find . What they predicted, if we brought all of our students back and dont do anything, is pretty much all of them were going to get covid. I mean, it was a pretty humbling prediction as to how things were going to go. So we knew we were going to have to be very aggressive. Odonnell so you created a unique test . We had to. They say necessity is the driver of innovation, so we decided to go all in on developing a salivabased test that could be fast and scalable. Youre up odonnell the university is a model for what some say we should be doing as a country frequent mass testing, ideally at home. Harvard epidemiologist michael mina says widespread use of home tests could help contain outbreaks at the source and crush them in as little as a month. The accuracy of them to detect people who are most likely to transmit to other people can get very, very high, probably in the high 90percenti. Odonnell there are currently no f. D. A. Approved home coronavirus tests, but more than two Dozen Companies are racing to develop one, including orasure technologies, which is the only company with an approved athome test for infectious disease. An individual can get the results in the comfort of their own homes in about 20 or 40 minutes. It will be done with a nasal swab, and its read very much like a pregnancy test. Odonnell orasure c. E. O. Se are challenges but says his company is close. We are on a regulatory pathway to seek emergency use authorization for Product Launch in the Fourth Quarter of this year, so before the end of 2020. Odonnell so thats coming soon. While there is some concern about the accuracy of home tests, theres agreement among experts that America Needs to be testing much more. Now, at this point the u. S. Is doing about 25 million tests a month but one estimate says we need to increase that to 200 million, and thats why everyone is waiting for this technology to catch up. Were going to turn now to breaking news coming in out of texas, where tonight four Houston Police officers have been fired in connection with a deadly shooting in april. Body cam footage, which we want to warn you is graphic, is just coming out tonight, showing Nicolas Chavez on his knees before he was shot to death. Illness. Ez had a history of mental illness. The police chief now says the 27 year old had a piece of metal in his hand and that the officers fired 21 shots after chavez picked up one of their stun guns. Well, a grand jury is now investigating. Today, the senate failed to pass a covid relief bill as we get more evidence that the economic recovery has stalled. 884,000 americans filed for Unemployment Insurance last week. Thats about the same as the week before. And because of all the layoffs, most young adults are now living with their parents. That is the first time that has happened since the great depression. Here is cbs mark strassman. I cant quite remember what day we are on. Reporter from her parents basement, Jacqueline Childers feels like a troll living under a bridge. Good morning, guys happy sixmonth anniversary living at home. Reporter she had to move home to metro atlanta. In april, when covid ravaged new york city, she lost her job as a Digital Marketing rep. As a 29yearold, living with your parents, weve kind of had to reintroduce each other as adults. Reporter whats the hardest part . The hardest part is total lack of independence. Reporter 52 of young adults, 26. 6 million people, now live with their parents. More than 2. 5 million have moved in since february, when the pandemic began. Theyre not renting apartments, not buying houses, slowing the economic recovery. And its often rough on parents, like liz childers. Its just been hard because youre seeing a loss of their life. What did you say . Reporter with a basement bedroom that has a sheet for privacy, childers gives herself a pep talk every day. I have to remind myself this is temporary like all things are and it will be okay. Reporter what she dreads is the thought of turning 30 and still living in her parents basement. Mark strassman, cbs news, dunwoody, georgia. Odonnell and there is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Washington, d. C. , gets slammed by flash floods. Incredible water rescues in the nations capital. And well remember diana rigg, whose career took her from bond girl to the game of thrones. But Bristol Myers squibb is working to change things. By researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. Including options that are chemofree. Because were committed to bringing new hope into lung cancer care. 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