Midaugust. Plus, well show you one university where the president resigned after a massive outbreak on campus. And fighting to get back on track. James brown has the first tv interview with nascar driver kyle larson who was fired for using a racial slur. Hear larsons apology and why he hopes to get a second chance. First, heres todays eye op opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I denounce white supremacy. Whats your next question. It feels sometimes youre hesitant to do so. Like you waited here we go again. President trump and joe biden facing voters, instead of each other, on the night that would have been the second president ial debate. He said i would not get into court packing. I would not pack the court. It depends on how this turns out. Everybody is working hard to get this thing out of our country. An explosion of covid19 as the country closes in on 8 million total cases. Its a president ial responsibility to lead, and he didnt do that. A wildfire thats burning in colorado is
Away from the one and only Vice President ial debate. Are you looking at live pictures from inside the debate hall in Salt Lake City. Lets talk about the state of the race, there is new polling that shows joe bied enexpanding his National Lead and in the battleground biden has a sizeable lead in pennsylvania, ahead in iowa, and wisconsin and tied with President Trump in ohio. Vice president mike pence and democratic senator Kamala Harris arrived a short time ago and this could be the most consequential Vice President ial debate ever. Both candidates at the top of the ticket would be the oldest president in history. President trurch as you know is being treated for coronavirus and potentially still con tablingous was in the oval office today just days after being released from the hospital. Pence and harris both have tested negative and even before they take the stage, there is a clear divide literally between them, they will be separated by plexiglass and seated 12 feet apart instead o
Reporter more than half a Million People in texas and louisiana are being ordered to evacate. Space is limited, and evacuations are more complicated with covid19. Remember, just because a hurricane is coming to texas, does not mean that covid19 either has or is going to leave texas. Odonnell experts predict hurricane lauras winds could mimic what we saw with hurricanes ike and rita. Right now, officials are warning people that this area will take a direct hit and they should be bracing for the worst. Norah. Odonnell mireya villarreal, thank you. Now lets get the latest storm track from cbs lonnie quinn. Lonnie. Reporter norah, the latest from the National Hurricane center has us with an going. Leperhour category 1 hurricane. Its right now about 100 miles or so from galveston, texas, but take a look at where this is going. Its a category 1 with nothing but open water in front of it. Norah, that water is so warm, its going to get stronger with each passing hour. We think it will make lan
Management. Forest management. And later a message for travellers. Be kind and carry on. I think that people need to know that theres still kindness in this world. This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening, everyone. Im Major Garrett in washington. Fires burn in the west every year but this year, they may be the most devastating in modern history. California already there. Suffering the worst fire season ever with four months to go. In oregon more than a million acres burned last week alone, double a typical year. Drought and unseasonal heat, the cull prilts. Desperate searches continue for the missing and this mornings Los Angeles Times declared Climate Change apocalypse. There was agreement Lilia Luciano leads us off tonight. Reporter the west on edge as the death toll climbs to at least 33 from the dozens of wildfires burning out of control from california to washington. In hardhits ok a temporary break in the weather allowing searchers to use cadaver dogs. More than 700 structur
Spread the flames, and at least 35 people have now died in dozens of outofcontrol wildfires burning from Washington State to california. In the small city of detroit, oregon, it looks like a bomb went off. The fastmoving flames have destroyed everything in its path. Laura podesta has been following the story. What are firefighters up against today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. The wildfire forecast today and the next few days includes very hazardous air quality from los angeles to canada. Unfortunately, rain is not expected until at least wednesday. The bobcat fire forced mandatory evacuations yesterday as it moved closer to homes north of los angeles. Greg vanny isnt sure if his 100yearold cabin survived. Like the seven plagues, biblical sense. Reporter the raging tu down west coast and left everywhere from california to canada with dangerously bad air quality. It looks post apocalyptic actually. Kind of spooky. Reporter in northern california, the north complex fire has killed