Business. Was it illegal . Plus, we look at Melania Trumps softer tone amongst other speakers. Long road back in our School Matters series. How bus drivers are risking their lives and trying to keep kids safe during the pandemic. Thats what they do. First here is todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Anticipated to be a category 3 hurricane. Be prepared for the possibility that it could increase to be a category 4 hurricane. More than half a Million People are ordered to evacuate as the National Hurricane center warns of lifethreatening storm surge. Im just saying its a possibility it could be a cat 4. Cat 4s are cat stroesk. Shooting of an unarmed man by police sparked demonstrations across the country. Black young man shot seven times in the back and hasnt come up for an answer or a comment at this point . I urge people to come together in a civil manner. Day two of the Republican National convention was a family affair. My father will continue to fight for you. A dramatic increase in the covid19 cases in the u. S. Go get your kids tested. Dont show up at a Group Activity if they havent been tested in the last two weeks. American airline also furlough 19,000 workers. All that and not one but two humpback whales have a whale of a time showing off to some fishermen. And all that matters. Wow white sox pitcher struck out 13. One walk away from a perfect game. To right field. A nohitter on cbs this morning. The best is yet to come the guilfoyle challenge popped up on twitter. Whats the guilfoyle challenge, you say . Ladies and gentlemen ladies and fighters of the american dream. The best is yet to come the best is yet to come announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. Listen, that is a saturday night live skit waiting to happen. Good thing theyre on vacation. Something tells me Kimberly Guilfoyle would like that. Its become a meme. I think shes getting a kick out of it. Definitely memorable. Very, very memorable indeed. Well begin with a serious story. Her name is laura and she is no joke. Massively intensifying hurricane headed to the gulf coast. Set to make land fall in less than 18 hours from now. Half a Million People have been ordered to evacuate across the region. National Hurricane Center is warning of staggering, lifethreatening storm surges from laura and winds well over 100 miles an hour. Wcbs tv chief weather caster lonnie quinn is tracking all of this for us. Where exactly is the storm headed . Right now its less than 300 miles from the texas louisiana border. Thats exactly where this storm is going. Take a look at the current stats. Youve got 115mileperhour winds blowing out there. You are dealing with a category 3 hurricane. This is a major hurricane. 3s, 4s and 5s do the catastrophic, devastating damage. In terms on how we see it progressing with wind speed and strength, we think it will get up to a category 4, making landfall possibly as a category 3. Look at this. The reason we drop down in strength a little bit would be because we think it will encounter wind shear, winds moving in the opposite direction of the storm that weaken it a bit. The wind shear exists just along the shoreline, maybe a little off shore. Youve got a good ten hours of category 4 status where it could get stronger, get into a mid category 4. I want to make the point, i have a sneaking suspicion this thing could make its way on shore as a category 4 and that does catastrophic damage. Look at the amount of storm surge we are talking about. 13 to 15 feet in some spots to the east of the landfall area. If it ends up being a 15foot storm surge, thats like me standing on the second floor of your house, if thats where you live, second floor the water comes up to my chest. Devastating situation. Guys, thats latest. Ill have more. See you here in a minute. Thank you, lonnie, very much. Thats the satellite picture. Lets get a look at conditions on the ground with Mireya Villareal where people are bracing for impact. Good morning to you. What are you seeing so far . Reporter good morning. We have had a little bit of rain overnight. Wind is picking up, signs that laura is creeping closer to us. Here in beaumont, texas, 50,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders and still some are choosing to stay home and ride out this storm. Sheriffs office. Reporter with the clock ticking, deputies deliver an urgent warning to People Living in floodprone areas. Ghetto out or be prepared to weather hurricane laura from home. We may not be able to get to you. Reporter marilyn sachitan told us she has lived through several hurricanes. This is supposed to be stronger and still unpredictable. Its just scary to leave your stuff behind. Reporter but county sheriff said it will be critical for people to heed evacuation orders before its too late. Youre going to lose electricity. The possibility of your roof flying off your house. It could be catastrophic. Reporter many people have followed those orders with some sitting in bumpertobumper traffic as they left galveston, where local businesses boarded up windows in preparation for the worst. Experts are predicting up to 15 feet of storm surge in some areas and water could push as far as 30 miles inland. Its a threat complicated by the coronavirus. Now responsible for nearly 12,000 deaths across the state. Governor greg abbott issued this reminder to evacuees. Protect yourself as well as your property. Everyone must ensure that they protect their lives also from contracting covid19. Reporter lauras impending landfall is also affecting Oil Refineries here in this area, taking an early toll on them. One report is suggesting that offshore production in the gulf of mexico has already been cut by 84 as the hurricane gets closer to us. All right, mireya, thank you very much. Now to breaking news overnight from kenosha, wisconsin. At least two people were killed there last night. Another wounded as shots rang out over the shooting of jacob blake by police. Were learning about the victims and who allegedly opened fire on the third strike night straight night of clashes in the city. Mola lenghi is there. What can you tell us . Reporter a few blocks from here has been the front line in the standoff between protesters and police at the courthouse. You see the damage, burntout truck trucks, the debris, Water Bottles protesters were throwing at police, the tear fwas canisters from police, the steel fencing that police put up to protect themselves. All the way, jacob blakes family is calling for peace. I feel like im in a bad dream. Reporter jacob blakes mother, julia jackson, said its difficult to describe what her family is going through. He didnt deserve to be shot like a pig, like just an object. Reporter earlier an emotional press conference, jackson called for peaceful protests on tuesday. As i was riding through here, through the city, i noticed a lot of damage. It doesnt reflect my son or my family. Reporter the violence spilled on to the streets of kenosha once again last night. People were killed and another was wounded. I dont want your pity. I want change. Reporter one of blakes sisters, Letetra Wideman called for action. Im angry and im tired. I havent cried one time. I stopped crying years ago. I am numb. I have been watching Police Murder people that look like me for years. Reporter blakes Attorney Says the 29yearold endured as many as eight bullets, one severing his spinal cord. Blake has bullet holes in his stomach and liver, shattered vertebrae and kidney damage. Ben crump is representing blake and his family. Its going to take a miracle for jacob blake jr. To ever walk again. Reporter newly surfaced video appears to show a different angle of the moments leading up to the shooting. Blake can be seen on the ground before he gets up and walks to the other side of the gray suv where the police shoot him. Where are the police in this in terms of transparency . At this point, it seems to be a oneway street. They only want to get information from the family and friends who were there that day, but they have offered this family no answers whatsoever. Reporter blakes father passionately expressed his doubts about the investigation. Anybody that is white, that is doing an investigation about a black young man that was shot seven times in his back and having come up with an answer or comment at this point is not welcome. Reporter miss jackson, you know the names shall right, george floyd, treyvon martin, breonna taylor. Unreal. Never in a million years did i think that we would be here in this place, him being alive is just a miracle in itself. Reporter jacob blake is sill recovering from his injuries. His family tells us he underwent surgery last night. Blakes are calling for the immediate firing of the officers involved in the shooting. Cbs news has made several attempts to reach out to the Kenosha Police department for any comment but weve not heard back. Tony . Ill take this one, mola. Thank you very much. The Republican National convention had its second night last night. Try tried out a softer more positive message, at least compared to night one. It was capped off by Melania Trump in a Rare Campaign speech from the white house rose garden. She did not mention democratic nominee joe biden. Instead mrs. Trump offered sympathy to victims of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That was notable. The convention also focused repeated examples of Trump Officials mixing government and politics. Weijia jiang is at the white house. Why is it significant that officials mixed government business and politics . Reporter multiple official duties were conducted during a campaign event, possibly a violation of the hatch act, which prohibits Government Employees from participating in some Political Activities while on the job, but its worth noting that President Trump has the final say on how to reprimand white house officials who violate the act. And he has made clear that positive optics outweigh potential ethics violations. The second night of the Republican National convention put the power of the presidency on display at a political event in an unprecedented way. As i grant john, im not sure you know this, a full pardon. Reporter beginning with President Trumps pardoning of john ponder, a convicted bank robber who has since founded a Program Helping former inmates reenter society. Raise your right hand. Reporter the president also oversaw a naturalization ceremony at the white house, even though his administration has taken controversial actions to limit Legal Immigration to the u. S. We welcome five absolutely incredible new members into our Great American family. Reporter mike pompeo violated his own departments policy, banning diplomats from engaging in political activity. The state department insisted pompeo spoke in his personal capacity, but he praised mr. Trumps Foreign Policy accomplishments while on an official trip in jerusalem. This president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world. Reporter on the first night, President Trumps children made a passionate plea to support their father. This is a fight for freedom versus oppression. For every proud american who bleeds red, white and blue, my father will continue to fight for you. Reporter but for the most part, speakers avoided the continued impact of the coronavirus pan ddemic, still gripping the nation. White house economic adviser larry kudlow even referred to the pandemic in the past tense. Then came a once in 100year pandemic, but president ial leadership came swiftly and effectively with an extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the covid virus. Reporter the only significant acknowledgement of the coronavirus came from its empathetic Melania Trump. My prayers to those who are ill or suffering. I know many people are anxious, and some feel helpless. I want you to know, you are not alone. Reporter speaking before the president and a Live Audience in the rose garden, the first lady also made a point to acknowledge the protests for racial justice. Take a moment. Pause, and look at things from all perspectives. I urge people to come together in a civil manner so we can work and live up to our standard american ideals. Reporter before that event, the white house said everyone in the audience would be tested for covid19, but this morning, the campaign is not confirming that, only saying they worked with an adviser and took necessary precautions. But you can see in this video that almost everybody who attended the rose garden event is not wearing a mask. Tonight, Vice President mike pence will accept his renomination. He and his wife will make remarks on this third day of the convention. All right, weijia, thank you very much. Well be watching. You can watch our prime time coverage of the Republican National convention tonight at 10 00 eastern, 9 00 central right here on cbs. There is hopeful news in the fight against the coronavirus. The number of reported new cases is falling. Its down to an average of 43,000 per day. Experts credit an increase in mask wearing and of better understanding of how the virus spreads, but they warn the u. S. Still does not have sufficient testing. And from hardhit florida where the mayor of Miamidade County is moving ahead with a plan to allow diners back in to restaurants. While were heading in the right direction, were not out of the woods. Reporter miamidade mayor carlosgimenez announced that restaurants in his county can allow in door dining. Hospitalizations, cases and deaths are also trending down. Some experts attribute the declines to behavior like wide mask wearing. Theres still a long way to go. Were still generating 30,000, 40,000 new cases per day. Hundreds of people are still dying every day. Thats a very high level. Its much worse than when we opened up at the end of may. Thats dr. Ashish jha. Hes worried about declining tests across the country. Most of the estimates out there suggest were missing 70, 80 of the cases every day. The truth is that while we may be identifying 40,000 cases, theres probably about 200,000 cases a day. Reporter dr. Jha warns of outbreaks in schools and College Campuses could continue without proper testing and safety protocols. At parties like this, at Arizona State university, have School Officials cracking down. 228 students were suspended at Ohio State University for violating School Health guidelines, and two fraternities at Florida Gulf Coast university were suspended for holding parties over the weekend. Now that schools president is threatening to send all students home if parties dont stop. Its obviously just really irresponsible. Reporter students like kaitlyn snook are losing patience with their peers. Just because theyre over it, they can pretend like the virus doesnt exist anymore. Reporter back to school risks could be why the american of Pediatric Academy ahead, the push to stop the spread of online misinformation about the election. Youre watching cbs this morning. Its starting to happen every day. People are surprising themselves the moment realize they can du more with less asthma. Thanks to dupixent, the addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. 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