Things will get worse this fall, and we may not see things back to normal until the end of 2021. And pandemic pause. More parents are opting to create back yard schools pairing Close Friends and private teachers. Well look at the cost and the problems it may be causing. First, we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. What were experiencing right here is coming to community all across the United States of america unless we get our act together on climate change. Reporter this years fire season in the western u. S. Is already one of the worst ever recorded. Reporter these 100 fires have burned 4. 5 million acres, nearly the size of new jersey. Just incredible. Reporter sobering prediction from dr. Anthony fauci. Normal life may not return until the end of next year. Its not going to be an overnight event where you have a vaccine and then all of a sudden everything is okay. Reporter all four Police Officers charged in the death of george floyd went to court. The only overdose that killed george floyd was an overdose of Excessive Force and racism [ bell ] even the gravest threats against us only serve to reveal our truth strength. The country pauses to remember those lost 19 years ago on september 11th. America will always rise up, stand tall, and fight back. Reporter minutes before the first pitch in san diego, the padres game against the giants was postponed due to a positive test in the Giants Organization. All that the Boston Celtics knock off the raptors in game seven. They will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals reporter deputies saved three little baby bears by putting a ladder into the dumpster. Youre welcome. And all that matters Sergeant MajorThomas Patrick payne received a medal of honor. Thank you. Look forward to serving you. God bless america. On cbs this Morning Saturday. A teacher in wisconsin welcomed students back in a unique way. He made a music video, a parody of the friends song. Ill be here for you when youre learning at home ill be here for you and youll watch me on chrome ill be here until youre with me too this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. A lot of creative teachers out there is what we are seeing. Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Im Dana Jacobson with jeff glor. Michelle miller is off this week. Were happy to welcome friend of the show Elaine Quijano. Thank you for letting me stop by. Ive never been so happy to wear uncomfortable shoes. Back in the building. Thank you. Were going to take you to big sky country, montana, to chat with billionaire arthur blank, owner of the falcons, and hoe counter of home depot cofounder of home depot. And outside london to catch up with author ken folette. Author of pillars of the earth. Well hear about the prequestioning being released prequel being release thursday week. Later, Michelle Miller will introduce us to a chef getting a leg up in his career due to an innovative idea born out of the pandemic and recent protests. And musician phoebe bridgers is celebrating with a huge concert attended by no one. Well speak about how bizarre it is performing in the pandemic in our saturday session. The death toll increases as 100 major wildfires burn in the west. At least 19 people have died in california, washington, and oregon. Dozens appear missing in fireravaged oregon where two fires are threatening to merge and nearly half a million residents have been forced to evacuate. The governor describes the air quality as the worst in the world and warns of what she calls a mass fatality incident with more than a million acres burned so far. This as powerful, dry winds fuel fires in california where governor gavin newsom described the latest devastation which has destroyed thousands of homes and burned through more than three million headacacres as signs ofe emergency. We have more from danya bacchus. Reporter good morning. The destruction is staggering. Officials here in Fresno County say more than 300 structures have been wiped out by the creek fire. The fires have been moving so quickly, and theres so many that theyre overrunning crews throughout states here in the west. More than a million acres in the west ravaged and scorched. So far in a fire season that is not even half over and taking a tragic toll. The magnitude of which is still unknown. There are early reports from our state police that there are dozens of missing persons related to the fires. Reporter oregons Governor Kate Brown is pointing to the towns called talent and phoenix where searchers are looking for the missing. Smoke from oregons three major fires is unimaginably widespread. Its worst air quality in the world is choking the pacific coastline. Seattles skyline to the north, San Francisco more than 800 miles to the south, and then to los angeles. The scenes and sickening air underscore for many that the climate is in crisis. Washingtons governor, jay inslee i think we have to start thinking theyre more climate fires. Thats what creates the conditions that makes them so explosive. This is a climate emergency. This is real. And its happening. This is the perfect storm. Reporter californias governor, gavin newsom, toured destruction north of sacramento where more than a quarter million acres burned in a national forest. The reality here is the mega fires that were experiencing come from these mega droughts that weve experienced. Reporter people who did make it out have harrowing stories to tell. Eight of us had to go down to the end of our road, go into the sand and get down in the water to avoid the fire. Reporter denies hendrickson left her home in lake orville, california, an area prone to fires. Ive survived four different fires up there until this one. Now i dont know if my home is standing. Reporter this mans house is gone again. Two years after fire claimed his home in a communities nearby. It hurts more time this time i think than last time and getting things back together again and having to rebuild is rather devastating. Reporter while there is relief expected with rain in the northwest tomorrow night, there really is no end in sight. People tweet the photographs of what San Francisco looked like yesterday saying, oh, 2020, could you get any worse as though in 2021 these things will stop happenig. Reporter scientists point to human behavior, mainly burning fossil fuels including coal and oil for increased temperatures that decimate forests and make them prone to burn. Oregon officials are now saying they are preparing for a mass fatality incident, saying there is a possibility that they will not have enough resources to handle the dead. Dana . Danya, those pictures look like an on, apocalyptic scene of a movie. Satellite imagery shows the smoke swirling more than a thousand miles into the pacific. The weather is a big factor in the wildfires. So for more on that, we turn to meteorologist jeff berardelli. Jeff, good morning. What can you tell us . Well, as you can see by looking at that satellite, it is just immense. These fires are huge. The smoke is suffocating. It is a big deal. Just to show that everythings connected, look at hue that smoke is swirl how that smoke is swirling into the pacific ocean, straight into the storm system which could deliver a little bit of muchneeded rain to the Pacific Northwest as we head into early this week. The smoke has been heading south or kind of confined along the coast. Thats going to change. The winds will switch direction, pushing everything north northeast across the Northern Tier of states. Lets talk about the western weather over the next couple of days. Its going to be warm. It will be dry. Not as hot as it was. Theres a little good news look to the storm to the west across the pacific ocean. That is going to be moving east. The good news is it will deliver a little rain to the coastal areas of oregon and washington especially. The bad news is the breeze is going to pick up, and that rain is not going to go very far inland have a lot of fires are. Switching gears, we have another tropical depression, right on top of extreme south florida right now near miami. Its going to deliver a lot of heavy rain to the keys during the day. As it heads out into the gulf of mexico over the next couple of days, it is going to strengthen, becoming Tropical Storm sally. Maybe even a lowend hurricane making landfall as early as late monday into tuesday along the northern gulf coast. So get ready for the potential for a lowend hurricane for places like pensacola, mobile, biloxi, and new orleans. All right. Thank you. Youre welcome. President trump has not spoken about those massive wildfires as he prepares to campaign in the west this weekend. After pausing for the anniversary of the 9 11 attacks, President Trump is hitting the campaign trail again. It follows the uproar from ontherecord audio recordings that made clear he knew early on how severely the coronavirus would impact the country. Skyler henry is at the white house this morning. Good morning. Reporter hey, good morning to you. Both President Trump and former Vice President joe biden took the day for remembrance instead of stumping. Today theyre back at it. For the president , hes doubling down on his response to the coronavirus despite the heavy criticism. President trump is headed west this weekend, kicking off a fourstop run in two key swing states nevada and arizona. The president and his democratic rival, joe biden, put their campaigns on hold friday to honor lives lost on 9 11. [ bell ] in shanksville, pennsylvania we mourn deeply for the 3,000 precious and beautiful souls who were taken from us on september 11th, 2001. Reporter the former Vice President was also in Lower Manhattan along with current Vice President mike pence where they had a moment of civility, elbow bumping with less than two months until election day. And he consoled a mother who lost her son on 9 11. Lost mine never goes away. Reporter back at the white house, President Trump announced bahrain is formally recognizing israel a month after announcing a similar agreement between the uae and israel. I can tell you theres tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of other countries to also join. Reporter that bit of good news might be overshadowed as mr. Trump is facing Harsh Criticism about what he knew and when about the severity of covid19. Its a little like the regular in. Reporter while admitting in a march interview with Journalist Bob Woodward for his book rage that he publicly downplayed it. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic. There were times when i was out there telling the American Public how difficult this is, how were having a really sir serious problem and the president was saying its going to disappear. Not the case. Reporter despite the pushback, President Trump denied and said he lied because he didnt want to incite a national panic. Now airport officials in nevada are standing firm, rejecting the president s plans for a hangar rally there, citing a 50 mass gathering because of the pandemic. Now critics say that democrats are trying to block the president from speaking to voters. But airport Officials Say that this is not a political one but rather a directive because of the governor because of the pandemic. Jeff . Okay. Thank you very much. Six months after most of america began locking down, coronavirus cases are on the rise in 20 states. More than 193,000 americans have died from the virus, and on friday, more than 47,000 new cases were reported. That brings the total number of infections to nearly 6. 5 million in the United States. More and more states are taking steps to reopen. Michael george is here in new york which is planning to open Indoor Dining for the first time in half a year. Good morning. Reporter jeff, good morning. Governor cuomo announced this week that restaurants like there one behind me can reopen for Indoor Dining on september 30th, but only at a quarter capacity. It comes as the nations top Infectious Disease expert continues to raise warnings about public gatherings. I am concerned when i see things starting to move indoors, and that becomes more compelling when you get into the fall and the winter season. Reporter in an interview friday, dr. Anthony fauci said it will likely be another year before things return to normal. If youre talking about getting back to a degree of normality which resembles where we were prior to covid, its going to be well into 2021. Maybe even toward the end of 2021. Reporter despite faucis concerns, more and more states are giving businesses and schools the green light to open back up. Effective monday, both broward and Miamidade County will be moved into phase two. Reporter Governor Ron Desantis announced floridas two biggest counties can now join the rest of the state in allowing increased access to indoor entertainment and education. However, bars and nightclubs will remain closed. But in nebraska where cases are rising, the governor is ending nearly all social distancing restrictions in bars, churches, and gyms beginning on monday. We sanitized the bus morning before we leave reporter there are signs that many are still too concerned to even begin a return to normal. On this school bus in plainview, new york, there are typically 40 students. On friday, there were only five. The reason why i think these buses arent really filling up with all the kids basically parents are scared. You know, they really dont want to send their kids to a situation that they dont know whats going to happen. Reporter Florida State universitys normally packed football stadium will be at 25 capacity today. Thats still 20,000 screaming fans when the team kicks off against georgia tech. But the tradition of tailorgating will be put on hold. Tailgating will be put on hold. Seems overkill to me. Reporter in albany, new york, a rash of positive cases amongst athletes plo prompted the school to suspend all fall sports and the School President to warn that campus could be shut down. We will definitely continue to move in this direction. If we find that anyone is endangering the health of our Campus Community and if oof our surrounding communities. Reporter limited reopenings should help restaurants, but more help from the government appears in doubt. Friday, senator Mitch Mcconnell expressed skepticism about reaching agreement on a new Economic Relief package. Dana . Thank you. Prosecutors in minneaplis are asking for the four fired Police Officers charged in the death of george floyd to be tried together. A judge heard the request during a Pretrial Hearing friday. Derek chauvin is being held on murder charges for pressing his knee on floyds neck until he lost consciousness. The death set off nationwide protests against Police Treatment of africanamericans. As the nation paused on friday to remember the victims of the september 11th attacks, the day also served as a reminder of the many Young Americans who were inspired to enlist in the military after those attacks. Among them was Sergeant MajorThomas Patrick payne. He received the medal of honor from President Trump for his role in freeing several captives being held by isis. David martin reports. Reporter Sergeant MajorPatrick Payne was a senior in high school on 9 11. Did you enlist because of 9 11 . Yeah. It was a call to service because of that day. Reporter today he received the nations highest honor for his actions in a daring Hostage Rescue Mission in iraq in 2015. As we were flying, the target, the pilot passed that oneminute callback. Thats when all joking stops. Thats when you make that transition from soldier to warrior. Reporter the elite delta force stormed a compounds where isis was preparing to execute their prisoner. You can hear the firefight goig on outside as they heard the prisoners out of their they herd the prisoners out of their cells. More were in a second building which was on fire and in danger of collapse. Payne ran inside with a pair of bolt cutters to cut the locks. How many times did you go back in that building . I think a total of four or five times, sir. On fire, in danger of collapsing, enemy fire . It was our duty to bring those men home. Reporter more than 70 hostages who were about to die instead freed from their cells and flown to freedom. They realize theyre being liberated, and thats when it hit me like, what did we just do . Reporter one thing Sergeant MajorPatrick Payne did was bring honor on the 9 11 generation. David martin, cbs news, the pentagon. What an incredible hero. Yeah. Especially something to reflect on one day after the 9 11 anniversary. It is crazy to think that this is that 9 11 generation, that that much time also has