Address new concerns about the pandemic fight in this counoat. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The governor of wisconsin summoning the National Guard after violent protests broke out. Protesters set cars on fire and clashed with officers in riot gear after the shooting of jacob blake. Shot in the back seven times. This was not an accident. This wasnt bad police work. This felt like a vendetta. The Republican National committee nominated President Trump for a second term. If you want to really drive them crazy you say 12 more years. This is now hurricane laura. And laura is doing exactly what it a onetwo punc se punore ockout. Desuctive wildfires continue to burn through parts of california. Thousands forced to evacuate. Were deploying every resource at our disposal. Every resource. Californias highest court overturned the Death Penalty for Scott Peterson convicted of murdering his wife in 2002. All that. Off the coast of greece, a little girl right here was found adrift at sea on an inflatable unicorn. And all that matters. To see what continues to happen with the Police Brutality towards my kind. Theres a systemic problem. Players and coaches in the Sports Community are discussing the jacob blake situation. The things that continue to happen, you know, to our people, its not right. Its not right. On cbs this morning. Blako hav this happen again after this summer of action, activity. Every time this happens, we have to be outraged. And we have to stand up and speak the truth. And the truth is that, his life matters. Were praying for him and sending prayers to his family. We have to put more love in the world. The world needs more love right now. Welcome to cbs this morning. Very well said, john, but its true. The world needs more love but i keep wondering, too, how many times do we sit and report these stories day after day after day and then move on to the next story. This man was shot in the back six times. Hes still alive and may we all hope and pray that he survives this. Its just extremely upsetting. Very, very disturbing. It is day one of the republican convention, a very busy night for the republicans last night. And that continues today. But were going to begin with what is happening in kenosha, wisconsin. It is so disturbing and so upsetting, and it keeps happening. This follows sundays shooting of a black man by police shot seven times in the back. A second day of peaceful protests, which is what the black lives matter is really about. A peaceful protest gave way to clashes overnight. Police used tear gas and multiple vehicles were burned. Now its not clear if those setting fires were involved in the initial demonstration. All this coming after 29yearold jacob blake was shot multiple times in the back by police as he tried to get into his car. He remains hospitalized in stable condition. Mola lenghi is in kenosha. A quick warning. Were about to show you some disturbing video. What are you seeing this morning . Good morning, anthony. Firefighters just left this scene. What was a Furniture Store that was set on fire overnight. You can see some flames the entire site still smoelderring. And firefighters are running around town dealing with several sites just like this one. The governor deployed 125 members of the National Guard here yesterday to help. As those peaceful protests during the day turned destructive after the 8 00 p. M. Curfew. Protesters in kenosha defied a citywide curfew monday night and came facetoface with police dressed in riot gear. Demonstrators are calling for officers involved in jacob blakes shooting to be held accountable. Setting this truck on fire behind me is how some protesters have responded to the authorities use of stun grenades. Of tear gas. Sonic blasts. All in an effort to Disperse Protesters who have stayed out past curfew. Shots fired. Reporter the clashes come in response to this video. Police responding to a domestic disturbance call sunday evening. He took the complainants keys and is refusing to give them back. Reporter the footage shows blake walking towards his car. Least one officer with his gun drawn follows him. That officer then grabs his shirt before appearing to fire his weapon into blakes back, at least seven times. It seems to be when its a black american, they shoot first and then try to justify it later. Reporter blakes lawyer,s h tryi to deescalate the domestic disturbance. Blakes three young sons were in the car at the time of the shooting. And police tased blake before opening fire. Rayshaun white who asked he not show his face, recorded the incident on his cell phone. Just keeps getting worse and worse. I heard them say drop the knife. I didnt see a knife in his hands. Reporter the kenosha union urged people to know the facts before passing judgment. As always, the video currently circulating does not capture all the intricacies of a highly dynamic incident. Whats your response to that . What you see with your eyes is the tragedy that should have never hand by people who were supposed to be trained professionals to deescalate the situation. And the video speaks for itself. Reporter the officers involved in the incident have been placed on leave. Their identities have not yet been announced. Tony . Mola. Black men and boys die at twice the rate, more than twice the rate of their white peers. Thats why theres such outrage overnight. Tropical storm laura is now a hurricane expected to reach category 3 on its way toward the central gulf coast. Forecasters say it could bring catastrophic storm surge in galveston and port arthur, texas. Theyre evacuating at this hour. Chief weathercaster lonnie quinn of wcbs tv is watching laura very closely. Lonnie, good morning to you. How strong could this storm get . Oh, tony, i think this can be real bad. Were talking about storm surge, you know, covering the first floor of peoples homes. If you look at whats out there right now, yesterday we wtaing and laura. Ye o laura. Laura is now a hurricane. Winds at 75 Miles Per Hour. Todays the day. Its breaking free, the western edge of cuba. Making landfall as a cat 3 we believe around the louisiana texas border. Winds around 115 Miles Per Hour. The reason im particularly concerned about the western side of this cone. If you were with me yesterday at this hour, i showed you this yellow line where the european ensemble model has it going. Its been by far the best performer over the last decade or so. This morning they pushed it even further to the west and im willing to bet you houston, galveston, texas, the next model run that comes out from the National Hurricane center, youll be securely in the cone. Youve got to start making your preparations now for what could be a major hurricane landfall some time Late Wednesday into early thursday. Thats the very latest. Gayle, back to you. Well be waiting. We all know how to count when the numbers are going up with a hurricane. Never good. Day two of the Republican NationalConvention Kicks off later today. Its the first day t first day was about presenting a very different image of america from the one that the democrats portrayed last week. Republicans praised President Trump as the only solution to this countrys problems. Ben tracy is following the convention from the white house. Good morning. Gayle, good morning. Yesterday after he was officially nominated, President Trump said the only way hes going to lose the election is if its rigged. Then last night we heard what many republicans think will happen to the country if he doesnt win. The Republican National convention began with the president s version of how he views his handling of the coronavirus. One leader took Decisive Action to save lives. President donald trump. But the president downplayed the threat of the virus for months. It will go away. Just stay calm. Reporter in an appearance with essential workers last night, he made a similar claim. We just have to make shis china virus go away, and its happening. Reporter but theres no evidence the virus is going away. On sunday alone, 38,000 new cases. Celebrating america as the reporter the convention promised an optimistic and uplifting message but it did not always sound that way. Trump is the bodyguard of western civilization. Trump was elected to protect our families from the vengeful mob that seeks to destroy our way of life. They want to destroy this country and everything that we have fought for and hold dear. They want to steal your liberty, your freedom. They want to control what you see and think, and believe so that they can control how you live. Reporter that warning was echoed several times, including by the mccloskeys who were charged with unlawful use of a weapon after they drew their guns on Peaceful Protesters outside their home in st. Louis earlier this summer. No matter where you live, your family will not be safe eppridents eldest son donald trump jr. Vigorously defend his father. If democrats kaird for the forgotten men and women of our country, they would do exactly what President Trump is doing. Reporter as did his former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , nikki haley. Donald trump has always put america first, and he has earned four more years as president. Reporter republican senator tim scott played off the Convention Night theme, land of promise. Our family went from cotton to congress in one lifetime. Reporter scott argued the gop offers the best hope of making the American Dream a reality. Make no mistake, joe biden and Kamala Harris want a cultural revolution, a fundamentally different america. If we let them, they will turn our country into a socialist utopia. Reporter tonight, First Lady Melania Trump is set to deliver her speech from the newly renovated rose garden at the white house. The Biden Campaign released a statement calling the first night of the rnc dark and divisive fearmongering with no plan for combating coronavirus. Athsny . Ben, thank you. President trumps former u. N. Ambassador nikki haley joins us from washington. Good morning, ambassador. What did the Republican Party what does the Republican Party need to do this week, do you think, and did they start it last night . Good morning. Well, i think they absolutely started it last night. I mean, talking about how the country is a work in progress and we have to continue to build on that progress. You know, whether it is trying to overcome covid, whether its trying to fight off china and iran, whether its trying to continue to build our economy back up to where President Trump had it before covid hit. All of those things. Education choices and going further. Those are all things we need to continue to do, and i think the Republican Party needs to continue to talk about policies and substance, and where were going from here. As ben tracy reported, the Republican Party said going in that this was going to be an optimistic convention. But a lot people a very re going to be vengeful mobs storming the suburbs. That doesnt sound very optimistic. Well, i think its because they turn on the tv and thats what they see. They look at the protests, the riots, the rage and they see whats happening in portland. They see whats happening in wisconsin. They see those things. And i can tell you from South Carolina, we had we know what its like to have a dirty cop. We dealt with one. When one shot walter scott in the back multiple times when he was unarmed. But we came together. We talked about it. We passed the first body camera bill in the country. We didnt have the riots and the rage. And thats what this is ball. Lawlessness will not make progress. Lawlessness does nothing but create more lawlessness. And so thats where the Republican Party is trying to y. Ke it is, look, theres a and we have to go towards that way as opposed to just going towards violence and rage. But we have yet another shooting, as you said, in wisconsin. You are seeing overnight reactions to that. If you are a black person in this country, shouldnt you be asking, why doesnt why does this keep happening . Absolutely we should ask questions. But thats just it. Weve got to find out exactly what happened in this domestic dispute. What the background is. But it never its always a good thing to talk about what is happening, what the fears are, what the concerns are and how were going to take us to the next level. I can tell you in South Carolina, one of the things we found is you cant move a dirty cop from one area to another area because the dirty cop is going to do the same thing. You have to have the the reason we passed body cameras is you have to have accountability for good cops and bad cops. But the one thing you dont do is you dont demonize all Police Officers in the process. Weve got a lot of good Police Officers. When we created that body camera bill, we did it with law enforcement. We did it with Walter Scotts family. We did it by talking about what we needed to do to improve, not by demonizing the good guys. You go by holding the bad guys accountable. Thats what needs to be happening. Ambassador, the president continues to downplay the coronavirus saying again yesterday the virus is going to go away. The death toll is now at 177,000. We had 38,000 new cases yesterday. Do you consider the administrations response to the virus successful . Well, listen, theres not an american in this country that shouldnt be furious at china for covering up, lying and allowing this to get to this point. Having said that, these are unprecedented times. There is no president that could have predicted this was going to happen. But the key is, how do we make today better than yesterday . Our testing is body. The fact that one of the things that will go down as one of the best things the president has done is loosening up the regulations so that pharmaceutical companies can actualitily help us get a vaccine. Thats going to be huge. Well have that by december. Well hopefully have everybody treated and next spring it will be a new day. But we are now trying to push through that. Are the lives that weve lost okay . No. But thats why were also angry at china. Thats why we want them held accountable. Thats why we called out the world health organization. We have to keep doing those things so that should there, god forbid, ever be another virus that this does not happen again. Nikki haley, thank you for being with us this morning. Thanks so much. Californias wildfire danger is still high this morning but Better Weather is helping firefighters. Seven people have now died. Fire damage has gone from 56,000 acres at this time last year to 1. 4 million acres now. Jonathan vigliotti is tracking efforts to control all of the damage. Reporter 14,000 firefighters are racing to keep some of the largest wildfires california has ever seen from getting any bigger. We are essentially living in a mega fire era. We have folks that have been working for cal fire for the last five years, and thats all theyve understand is mega fires. The fires massive enough to see from space are now about the size of the grand canyon. Theyve been burning for more than a week. We didnt have time to do anything. Just get out of there. Ken and marci albers returned to vacaville to find a pile of ash and debris where their threestory home once stood. Their neighbor died in the fires. N. By the time i saw thed th soutarkuchler baled thehoide en fi racing td h. E saved nearly a dozen homes in his neighborhood. Feel proud of myself. I feel that im really happy that some people get to go home to their house. Reporter so far, there have been more than 600 fires across the state. And the governor says there could be more socalled sleeper fires like this one. Undiscovered because of the steep terrain and the dense smoke. Firefighters say it could take several more weeks to extinguish all of the flames. Jonathan, thank you. Ahead bizarre new developments surrounding evangelical leader Jerry Falwell jr. 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