May be time to reopen some schools. And Close Encounter with a cougar. A utah hiker learns what it feels like to be prey after getting too close to a cub. The six minutes of terror caught on tape. Dont mess with a mama cougar. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. If confirmed, it would be the honor of a lifetime to serve alongside the chief justice and seven associate justices. The political battle has broken out on capitol hill as confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett begins. I think this hearing is a sham. When you tell them theyll be a catholic judge not an american judge, thats bigotry. The president returned to the campaign trail. I feel so powerful. Ill walk into there. Ill kiss everyone in that audience. Dr. Anthony fauci wants the Trump Campaign ad featuring him to be taken down. I think its unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that. Its so clear im not a political person. Voters head to the polls but are forced to wait hours to cast their ballots. I wanted to go back in my car and change my mind and go back home because the line was so long. Johnson johnson is pausing all dosing in a Coronavirus Vaccine study due to an unexplained illness in a participant. Manuel margo makes this unbelievable catch. Over the wall and hes got the ball. And all that matters. Nope. Get the [ bleep ] away. Crazy cell phone video out of northern utah. This guy was stalked by that Mountain Lion for over six minutes while on a hike. Go away hope on cbs this morning. Reaching up and over for the touchdown drew brees rallied new orleans from a deficit. For a los angeles victory. On the way. Off the upright and no good. Chargers lose a heartbreaker in overtime. Pressure. Its williams. And lattimore won it for new orleans this mornings eye opener is presented by progressive. Making it easy to bundle insurance. Thats what i like about athletics. I was never an athlete. How do you keep your momentum up when youre down 203. You never know how its going to turn out. Off the uprights. Wow. Amazing game. Congratulations to the saints. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were going to begin with President Trump. Hes back on the campaign trail in florida looking and sounding very much the same as he did before he was hospitalized with the coronavirus. He delivered a very familiar attack line before mostly maskless crowd. For more than an hour. Even though new cases are rising in more than three dozen states, the president continues to downplay the severiy of the pandemic and he touts himself as a success story. Ben tracy is at the white house. Ben, dr. Anthony fauci says events like these are asking for trouble. Is the Trump Campaign take anything new precautions . No, they basically did what theyve been doing. They handed out masks. Suggest people use them. Very few people did. And take a look at this. This is Florida Governor ron desantis Walking Around highfiving people in the crowd. Hes later seen rubbing his nose. Now President Trump is pressuring his campaign to set up a lot more of these rallies between now and election day. I went through it. Now they say im immune. I feel so powerful. After 11 days off the campaign trail to recover from the virus, President Trump was very much back in his element monday night. Ill walk in there. Ill kiss everyone in that audience. Ill kiss the guys and the beautiful women and the everybody. Ill just give you a big, fat kiss. Reporter just hours before he spoke, his doctor said hes now tested negative. But dr. David agus says the ant antigen test are less sensitive than a pcr test. Still, mr. Trump appeared to have plenty of energy talking for just over an hour. Im in such great shape. Reporter the crowd was packed in shoulder to shoulder. Most of them not Wearing Masks. The president himself did not wear one at the rally or in washington as he boarded air force one. Dr. Anthony fauci says with covid cases quickly rising across the country, these rallies just make no sense. We know that that is asking for trouble when you do that. Reporter in an interview with the daily beefrkts he also accused the Trump Campaign of harassment by using him in a campaign ad without permission. I cant imagine that anybody could be doing more. Reporter and making it appear like he was praising President Trumps handling of the virus which he was not. Fauci is warning them to not do it again. That would be terrible. That would be outrageous if they do that. In fact, that might actually come back to backfire on them. Thats Donald Trumps presidency. 215,000 dead because of covid. Reporter former Vice President joe biden campaigned in ohio talking to Union Workers who remained socially distanced in their car. He said President Trump was irresponsible in how he handled his own coronavirus infection. His reckless personal conduct since his diagnosis has been unconscionable. The longer donald trump is president , the more reckless he seems to get. Reporter that new polls show joe biden leading President Trump in several crucial swing states. Cbs news learned the Triumph Campaign is launching a multimilliondollar ad campaign to try to win back senior because polls earlier this month showed they now favor joe biden by a wide margin. Tony . Hes got some work to do. The Senate Judiciary committee is questioning Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett right now at her confirmation hearing. The Appeals Court judge told the committee this morning that her religion will not affect her decisions on the bench. So far democrats have not mentioned her faith, lubut instd claim that her nomination is designed to bring down the Affordable Care act. Nancy cordes is covering it on capitol hill. Today is round one of questioning. And each of the 22 senators on the committee will get a half an hour to grill judge barrett. She could be on the hot seat for more than 11 hours today before a followup round tomorrow fielding tough questions about abortion, the election and obamacare. I cant express views on cases or precommit to approaching a case, any particular way. That makes it difficult for me. Reporter todays endurance test will pit judge barrett against Ten Senate Democrats who regard her nomination as an illegitimate power grab by the president and his party. With remarkable unity, democrats made it clear yesterday they plan to focus on the roughly 20 million americans who could lose coverage if a 63 Supreme Court overturns obamacare. For years, merit put off going to the doctor because he was afraid he could not afford it. When the Affordable Care act passed he got the coverage he could afford. Reporter the committees 12 republicans will be far friendlier. I think you are a great choice by the president. Reporter yesterday they praised barretts resume, her temperament and her conservative judicial philosophy. You are a brilliant jurist, and a constitutional law expert. Reporter barrett does have some experience with this. She fielded questions from the same committee during her federal Appeals Court confirmation in 2017. When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you. There would be no opportunity to be a novote on roe. And as i said to the xhrkcommit i would faithfully apply all Supreme Court precedent. When you tell somebody that theyre too catholic to be on the bench. When you tell them theyll be a catholic judge, not an american judge, thats bigotry. Thank you very much. Reporter the ongoing pandemic looms over this hearing. Utahs mike lee who tested positive after barretts rose garden ceremony last month appeared in person yesterday removing his mask to speak. Senator ted cruz who was exposed to lee appeared remotely as did democratic vp nominee Kamala Harris who did so as a precaution. This committee has ignored common sense requests to keep people safe, including not requiring testing for all members. Despite a coronavirus outbreak among senators of this very committee. Reporter democrats have made it clear theyre going to steer clear of questioning judge barrett about her religion this time around, plus they think that obamacare, health care more broadly is the best focus. It was the number one issue to voters back in 2018. They think its going to be a big issue in 2020. As far as republicans are concerned, they are still hoping, anthony, that they can get this judge confirmed to the Supreme Court one week before election day. All right, nancy. Its going to be close. More than 10 million americans have already voted. Take a look at these lines in georgia yesterday. The first early voting day there. Its one of 43 states where thats an option. Many voters faced massive wait times but they were determined to cast their ballots anyway. Mark strassmann is at georgias largest polling place, state farm arena in atlanta. Mark, whats expected there today . Good morning, anthony. Normally its the Atlanta Hawks who play here inside state farm arena. As you mentioned, now its the single largest early voting option in the entire state of georgia. Behind me, you can see some of the 300 Voting Machines scattered throughout the arena. Its all part of the push to accommodate georgias record early turnout. With so much on the line, voters stood in line for hours. The first day georgians could. This line is long. Reporter so long, it took a chopper to see all those waiting in one Metro Atlanta county. At georgias largest polling place, a threehour line stretched through atlantas nba arena. 80yearold Linda Williams waited. They only have five machines to accommodate 1,000 people . Reporter after the same glitches that caused chaos at georgias june primary briefly crashed computers, more machines came online. But so did more voters. I wasnt frustrated. I didnt get anxious, and i committed to the process. I didnt like it, but i didnt mind it. I made a lot of friends. Reporter and made history. 10 million americans have already voted. The most ever this early. Just to get it over with and out of the way. Reporter despite a deadly pandemic, some americans arent willing just to mail it in. Cbs news election law expert david becker. People are excited to vote. Sometimes people get excited they want to go on the first day. They want to be part of history. Reporter today at least 19 states already offer inperson voting with eight more by weeks end. And five more on monday. And on day one in georgia, it wasnt just voters rushing in. Hello, atlanta reporter joe bidens wife jill. Joe biden is that camouflage. Reporter and donald trump jr. Came to lock down support here. One sign how seriously both President Trump and former Vice President biden take early voting here in this state where polls show them locked in a statistical tie. And every vote counts. For those voters who are concerned their vote be among the first counted and reported out on election night, early inperson voting is a great way to cast your ballot. Reporter think about this. State farm arena seats about 21,000 people, but voters and poll workers will make up the Single Largest Group inside this arena since covid became a crisis. Every time a voting machine is used, it is wiped down and sanitized. Masks are mandatory for voters, but theres a separate area to vote for people who refuse to wear a mask. Gayle . Shows how important the people are waiting in line. They really want to vote. This is important. Thank you very much, mark. The early voters will help decide a series of very Important Senate races. In kentucky, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell faced his democratic challenger. Thats amy mcgrath in a tv debate last night. Ed okeefe looks at some of the races heating up with just three weeks to go. You negotiate. Senator, its a national crisis. Reporter the response to the coronavirus pandemic and the Supreme Court nomination took center stage in kentucky last night. No one believes the Supreme Court is going to strike down the Affordable Care act. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell is still hugely popular in the state where hes leading amy mcgrath by double digits. But mcgrath has outpaced mcconnell in fundraising. 47 million to his roughly 37 million. What can we do to improve the state. Reporter money is flooding into another southern race. Democrat Jaime Harrison is neck and neck with Lindsey Graham in south carolina. Harrison reported raising a recordbreaking 57 million in the last quarter. Prompting pleas like this one from the incumbent. Theres not enough money to flip this state. I do need to fight back. Reporter and in arizona were in this together. Reporter republican senator Martha Mcsally faces democrat mark kelly, a former astronaut and husband of gabrielle giffords. Kelly heads mcsally by ten points. There are several other races. In north carolina, cal hung ham remains ahead of thom tillis. In alabama, democratic senator doug jones is facing popular former College Football coach and republican tommy tuberville. And in maine, republican senator Susan Collins is facing a tough challenge from democrat sarah gideon. Collins is facing a barrage of attack ads tied to her support for Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. There are 35 senate seats up for grabs. Republicans are defending 23 of them. They have a 53 to 53 major i43. They need to net three seats if joe biden wins the white house and four seats if donald trump wind. Theres going to be a quiz. And he will pass. Anthony mason will pass, ed okeefe. And how many days until the election . You dont have your sign behind you. Three weeks to go. I checked it before i left. For the second time, a latestage Coronavirus Vaccine trial has been halted after a participant got sick. Johnson johnson says it paused its phase three trial after someone developed an unexplained illness. The company says its investigating whether the illness is related to the vaccine. In a statement, Johnson Johnson says these issues are, quote, an expected part of any clinical study, especially large studies. And astrazeneca, Oxford University trial in the u. S. Is also on hold for similar reasons. Meanwhile, were learning about the first confirmed case of someone in the u. S. Getting the coronavirus for a second time. Doctors say a 25yearold man from nevada first tested positive back in april. He then tested positive again in june despite negative tests in between those two dates. Scientists say there were differences in the virus strains in both cases meaning he was, in fact, infected two separate times. This could have major implications for how we talk about and think about immunity. We have an exclusive broadcast interview with Breonna Taylors boyfriend Kenneth Walker. He spoke about the Early Morning raid that killed taylor back in march. Walker and taylor were sleeping when Louisville Police raided her apartment looking for a drug suspect very early in the morning. He insists he asked, he and breonna both asked, who is at the door. But police never identified themselves. The police say that they did. Walker says he fired one shot at the officers with a legally licensed gun because he thought they were intruders. Who did you think was at the door . If you are saying, who is it, who is it because theyre not answering. It doesnt sound like a friendly knock. I didnt have a clue. Thats why i grabbed the gun. If it was the police at the door and they just said were the police, me or breonna didnt have a reason not to open the door and see what they wanted. Did it ever cross your mind, a heavy knock like that, maybe its the police . Why would the police be coming here . Thats a very good question. He said to me if you heard a heavy knock at the door, would you think, must be the police . I never thought of it that way. I would think it was somebody coming to give me harm, do me harm. No, it never occurred to either of us it was the police because, in their minds, they werent doing anything that would warrant Police Coming there. Neither one of them had any kind of criminal records involving drugs, violent history. No drugs, no money were found in the apartment. And you expect the police to say open up, its the police. And many witnesses say they did not say that. There is one witness who says they did. There is one witness who changed his story and now says they did. Its a very confusing its not so confusing to Kenneth Walker who, by the way, his story has never changed from day o