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The host unveils a sweeping management overhaul of her show after allegations of workplace misconduct. We hear from a former producer about what it was like to work there. Shell fix it. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. On this administration, authoritarianism has taken root in our country. The Democratic National Convention Kicks off virtually. Whenever we look to this white house for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness, what we get instead is chaos. Gss in case of ng if the alarms emergency. There was glass all over the place by the end of this the president said the only way he can lose is if this election is rigged. The postmaster general to slow the mail . I have encouraged everybody, speed up the mail, not slow the mail. Covid19 has forced the university of North Carolina at chapel hill to convert to Remote Learning. After just one week i wish that when we went into lockdown we looked like italy. Prosecutors are calling for Lori Loughlin and her husband to spend time in prison for their role in the College Admissions cheating scandal. All that is it time for dinner . The internet loves a piano playing cat. You have to wait. And all that matters. Add pepperoni to coronainduced shortages. Prices have jumped as much as 50 . To the Democratic National convention, your silence on this issue tonight was deafening. Yeah, someone said it. On cbs this morning. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders address ed america from the stockpile of firewood and addressed the serious issues facing americans today. Millions of working families are wondering how they will feed their kids. And i have one question. Could you feed them logs because i have a ton of logs . High in fiber. Ic this mos eye opener is presented by toyota. Ive always heard fiber is good for you. Welcome. That was Stephen Colbert last night. Welcome to cbs this morning. Stephen was live last night. Were live this morning. Everybody is talking about the Democratic Convention day one and Michelle Obama in particular. Thats where we begin today. The democrats allout attack on President Trump at their National Convention as a presented their vision of the countrys future on day one. A series of speakers including Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar characterized the president as a failed and dangerousy presented a candidate with a character and experience the nation needs right now. And one of those speakers, former first lady Michelle Obama took direct aim at the president and the chaos she says he has created during a speech that focused on themes of unity. Ed okeefe is in washington for us. This was a different kind of convention. This was a different tone for Michelle Obama. Sure is, tony. Mrs. Obama has mostly stayed out of partisan politics since leaving the white house. In remarks taped before Kamala Harris was chosen as joe bidens running mate, she made clear her support for him is personal. And she took on President Trump like never before. If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can, and they will. If we dont make a change. Reporter former first lady Michelle Obama was speaking out nrd to deliver the cold, hard truth. Donald trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us it is what it is. Reporter that phrase, it is what it is, was a knock on President Trumps recent reaction to the number of u. S. Deaths due to coronavirus. They are dying. Thats true. And you it is what it is. But that doesnt mean we arent doing everything we can. Reporter the former first lady said after eight years in the white house, she knows firsthand the challenges of the presidency. The job is hard. It requires clearheaded judgment, a mastery of complex and competing issues, a devotion to facts and history, a moral compass and an ability to listen. Reporter and she believes biden will guide the country forward. He is a profoundly decent man guided by faith. He was a terrific Vice President. He knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back a pandemic and lead our country. Reporter bidens top primary rival, senator Bernie Sanders, also slammed mr. Trumps response to the pandemic. Nero fiddled while rome burned. Trump golfs. Reporter and he called on supporters to help defeat the president. To everyone who supported other candidates in the primary and to those who may have voted for donald trump in the last election, the future of our democracy is at stake. The future of our economy is at stake. The future of our planet is at stake. Reporter also last night, former Ohio Governor john kasich was one of four republicans invited to try convincing other gop voters to switch sides. Im sure there are republicans and independents who couldnt imagine crossing over to support a democrat. They fear joe may turn sharp left and leave them behind. I dont believe that. Reporter and ordinary americans spoke out. Enough is enough. Reporter including kristen orquiza who lost her father to coronavirus. My dad was a healthy 65yearold. His only preexisting condition was trusting donald trump and for that, he paid with hisis li. Reporter and the brothers of george floyd. Lets make sure we never stop saying their names. Reporter as democrats put up a united front, they also recall their his ctorically large and diversity. Its not about settling. Its about striving for something more. Reporter so as if on cue, the president has just tweeted his response to mrs. Obamas speech saying in person, quote, somebody please explain to Michelle Obama that donald j. Trump would not be here in the beautiful white house if it werent for the job done by your husband, barack obama. This Virtual Convention continues tonight. It looks a lot like big brother crossed with American Idol and a jerry lewis cht with politica survivors, former president s carter and clinton, and joe bidens wife, jill. Anthony . Glad you mentioned the jerry lewis telethon. I remember it well. Thanks. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was among the speakers last night. Governor whitmer joins us from lansing, michigan. In this most unconventional of conventions, what is it the democrats need to do this week, and do you think they did it last night . I think we kicked it off to a great start. And there are so many phenomenal speakers but stories. And this was the story of the american people. Right now weve got so many people who are unemployed or mourning the loss of a loved one or worried about their health. And its these fundamentals that unite us. Its the fundamentals that joe biden and Kamala Harris has a plan to address. And i think thats what this moment is really about. Unifying us, making sure that people see that with a plan we can keep people safe and strengthen our economy and we kicked it off last night and it was a great start. Joe biden is currently leading in the polls in michigan. Of course, the president won michigan fouour years ago. But youve said that you dont buy it. You have doubts. Why . I just know michigan. We will see at this convention this week and republican next week and after labor day, i know things will tighten up. They always seem to. Thats why i dont want anyone to take anything for granted. Weve got our work cut out for us. And covid19 is complicated how we traditionally do this. But i have a strong belief that joe biden and Kamala Harris agenda resonates with michiganders. We know him, and he knows michigan. We have great confidence that his agenda is going to ensure that every working person in this state and across the country can get ahead. And so we just cant take anything for granted and polls really i mean, its a data point at a moment but theyre all over the place and will be through election day. The president won all but two midwestern states in 2016. How do the democrats take those states back. In 2016, the president won michigan by less than 11,000 votes. Just two years later, i won by almost 400,000 votes. We had a great turnout. I think turnout is complicated in the midst of a Global Pandemic and thats why we want to keep people safe. If you vote in person, we want you to wear a mask and be smart about it and safe. If you want to avail yourselves of mailin voting or voting at home, start to make that application on august 20th here in michigan. And we want people to do that. And then drop their ballots off at a dropoff box if it gets too close to the election. In our new Battleground Tracker poll that found 74 of republicans are very enthusiastic about voting in november compared to 66 of democrats. Does that concern you . Im going to be concerned about everything that i see between now and election day. It concerns me when the head of our federal government uses the white house to undermine our Postal Service. It concerns me when we still dont have a National Strategy around covid. So, of course, every one of these factors is concerning. Weve got to continue to do the work. Weve got to continue to spread the message of joe biden and Kamala Harris. But i believe that we will see things tighten up and were just going to keep our foot on the gas through election day. You were in the running to be joe bidens Vice President ial nominee and the only candidate to travel to delaware to meet with him. Would you consider being in a Joe Biden Administration . Have you talked about it at all . You know, one of the things that is so good about this moment is that i get to to keep the job that i love. Im governor of michigan, you know, the best state in the nation from my perspective. My three generations of my family are here. Im happy to continue hiere and thrilled that i can vote for someone like joe biden and Kamala Harris. Id never say never to anything but it would be hard to beat where i am when it comes to making sure i h haofhee o mic ver rwhitmer, thank you. Thank you both. Never say never. President trump is counterprogramming the dnc by taking his message to voters across the country. Today hell be in iowa and arizona. Last night, though, he repeated his attacks on joe biden painting the soo to be democratic nominee as a, quote, trojan horse with socialism. Hes also made unsubstantiated claims about the election while boasting about his chances of victory. Heres more on that part of the story from the white house. The only way were going to lose this election is if the election isra againmailin ving rvice. I lost 78 billion in a short period of time over the last 12 or 13 years. Reporter postmaster general louis dejoy, a trump donor, is under fire for reducing the number of mail sorting machines and removing collection boxes resulting in backlogs just as Many Americans are expected to mail in their ballots. Mailin voters from six states filed a lawsuit monday against the president and dejoy seeking to block any further cuts to the agency. Hes afraid if americans are able to vote fairly and securely, that he will lose. Reporter democrats sent a letter to the Postal Service board of governors monday demanding immediate action to reverse any and all changes put in place by mr. Dejoy that degrade or delay postal operations. But a white house official points out that the Postal Service has had trouble for years and is estimated to lose 11 billion in 2020. On monday, cbs news asked the president if he had ever pressured dejoy. Have you ever encouraged the postmaster general to slow the mail . No, not at all. Wouldnt do that. I have encouraged everybody, speed up the mail, not slow the mail. Thank you. If you remove the machines, mr. President and the boxes reporter dejoy will testify about these controversial changes before the senate on friday, and then before the house on monday. President trump continues to produce his own counterprogramming to compete with the Democratic Convention this week. After teasing that he would pardon someone very, very important today, the president announced this morning that he will pardon susan b. Anthony who was convicted by an allmale jury of voting illegally in a president ial election in 1872. Tony . Paula, thank you very much. Moving on to the coronavirus, the pandemic is making it very hard for schools and for colleges to bring students back to class and keep them there. The university of North Carolinas main campcampus, cha hill, reversed course yesterday one week into the semester. It shut down undergraduate classrooms after detecting covid clusters among students. Our lead National Correspondent David Begnaud has been following this story. A lot of people saw this coming in some form. Whats going on here . So you have those four clusters of cases. Test Positivity Rate went from 3 to 13 in just the first week of school and critics say the university essentially caved. Supporters say its about time they did something to change it. And now the university is saying were going to take everything in person and put it online. I was super surprised. I didnt think they were going to send us here and send us home a week later. Thats crazy. Reporter the Student Newspaper editorial said it all. The first week of classes at the university of North Carolina chapel hill has had its problems. Videos surfaced of students at parties on and off campus. Now cases there are spiking. Inperson classes will be canceled. I am i cant even say disappointed or sad. Im mostly angry. Reporter collinyn smith has spent months lobbying against the full return. He believes the administration acted too late. Some of your peers have been reckless. Theres ways to hold each other accountable but this accountable system wouldnt have to be in place if the administration would have made the right decisions from the jump. Reporter to Oklahoma State university now. This entire Sorority House is under quarantine after 23 members of the organization tested positive for coronavirus. And off campus, video apparently shows crowds of Oklahoma State students packed into a bar with more students crowding together on the main strip. And there are now 58 confirmed cases at notre dame. Thats an increase of 15 cases in 24 hours. Dr. Anthony fauci said monday there are really troublesome signs that coronavirus could have longterm consequences. Even in individuals who are young and otherwise healthy who dont require hospitalization but do get sick. When you work them up, they have a substantially high proportion of cardiovascular abnormalities. Reporter there are new studies in the early stages and not yet Peer Reviewed that suggest people who were infected with the coronavirus but recovered have developed some type of immunity that protects them from further infection. Even those people who had mild symptoms. Whats not clear, though, right now is how long that immunity may last. Anthony . David, as we keep saying, theres just so much we do not know about this disease. Ahead a sweeping shakeup inside the ellen show amid allegations of a toxic Work Environment. Ellen degeneres tells her staff that three of her Top Producers have now we have much more news ahead for you including how the president ial election may not end on Election Night. Yikes. State officials reveal why the final results could take days or even longer to come out. Oh, youre watching cbs this morning. We thank you for that. Well be right back. 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