Midaugust. Plus, well show you one university where the president resigned after a massive outbreak on campus. And fighting to get back on track. James brown has the first tv interview with nascar driver kyle larson who was fired for using a racial slur. Hear larsons apology and why he hopes to get a second chance. First, heres todays eye op opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I denounce white supremacy. Whats your next question. It feels sometimes youre hesitant to do so. Like you waited here we go again. President trump and joe biden facing voters, instead of each other, on the night that would have been the second president ial debate. He said i would not get into court packing. I would not pack the court. It depends on how this turns out. Everybody is working hard to get this thing out of our country. An explosion of covid19 as the country closes in on 8 million total cases. Its a president ial responsibility to lead, and he didnt do that. A wildfire thats burning in colorado is now the largest in that states history. It was so scary. And, okay, its really time. Its really time to leave. Reporter twitter experienced a global outage. The social media site says theres no evidence of a Security Breach or a hack. All that the French Bulldog names nord boss showing off his impressive skateboarding skills. Look at him go here. Nord boss, impressive. He is the boss. And all that matters. Scary moments for a zamboni driver in new york. Take a look at that. Yes, the zamboni itself on fire. What . How is he on there . 40 years, ive never seen that. Yeah. On cbs this morning. In the air, center field. Correas watching. And its gone. Its a walkoff home run just like that, astros keep their season alive for a second straight night. Carlos correas has just forced a game six in this alcs what a moment. This one gets the astros into celebration mode. Thihis mornings eye opener is presented by progressive. Making it easy to bundle insurance. So a walkoff home run say good thing . What is a walkoff home run . You hit it and you win and you can walk into glory. You know what i thought it meant . I thought it meant the pitcher had thrown four balls and the guy got to walk. That would be less dramatic. Thats what i thought it meant. Thank you for the clarification. And the zamboni driver is okay. Thats good to know. Never seen that before. Welcome to cbs this morning. Have you seen this before . Another extraordinary moment in this president ial election. There have been a few. Repeatedly upended by the pandemic. President trump and joe biden held simultaneous primetime town halls where they faced voters questions on a number of issues. The events replace the second president ial debate after President Trump declined to participate virtually. And voters at home were forced to choose or channel surf between the two town halls which had very different tones. Weve got a team of correspondents covering these dual events, now just 18 days. Well begin with Nikole Killion at the white house covering the president s town hall. Good morning to you. Good morning, tony. It was an eyeopening performance from the president. He refused to denounce a dangerous Conspiracy Theory and appeared to make stunning admissions about his financial records. I didnt feel good. I didnt feel strong. I had a little bit of a temperature. Reporter at his town hall, President Trump answered questions about his covid symptoms and whether or not he had pneumonia. No, but they said the lungs are a little bit different. A little bit perhaps infected. And infected with i dont know. I didnt do too much asking. I really felt good. Reporter the president tested positive for covid19 two days after the last debate, pushed by nbcs Savannah Guthrie, he would not say whether or not he was tested the day of the debate, which had an honor system requiring both candidates be tested. I dont know. I dont even remember. I test all the time. You dont know if you got a test on the day of the debate . The doctors do it. I dont ask them. Did you take a test on the day of the debate is the bottom line. I probably did and i took a test the day before and the day before and i was always in great shape. Just to button it up. Do you take a test every single day . No, but i take a lot of tests. And you dont know if you took a test the day of the debate. Possibly i did. Who do you owe 421 million to . He appeared to confirm a New York Times report that he does, in fact owe over 400 million, possibly to foreign entities. 400 million compared to the assets that i have, all of these Great Properties all over the world are you confirming that, yes, you owe some 400 million. What im saying is its a tiny percentage of my net worth. No, i dont owe russia money. I owe a very, very small its called mortgages. People have a house, they put a mortgage. Any foreign bank, any foreign entity . Not that i know of, but i will probably because its so easy to solve and if youd like to, do ill let you know who i owe whatever small amount of money. Let me ask you about qanon. In a shocking exchange, the president repeatedly refused to denounce qanon, a movement the fbi identified as a potential domestic terror threat. This theory that democrats are a satanic pedophile ring and that you are the savior of that. Now can you just, once and for all, state that that is completely not true and that disavow qanon in its entirety . I know nothing about qanon. I just told you. Whange what you tell me doesnt necessarily make it fact. I night say that. I know nothing about it. He then seemed to promote part of their central belief. The baseless Conspiracy Theory about a secret cabal of pedophiles waging an antitrump war from inside the government. What i do hear about it is that they are strongly against pedophilia. And i agree with that. Okay. And i agree with but theres not a satanic pedophile i dont know that. You dont know that . No, i dont after repeatedly refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power, the president said last night that he would. And with millions of americans already voting, he continued to push debunked theories about voter fraud. Anthony . Nikole, thank you. Ed okeefe followed joe bidens event. The former Vice President took questions on a wide range of issues. He did and made some revelations of his own. He said hell have more to say on the future of the Supreme Court and answered questions on whether hed take a covid19 vaccine. His was far less contentious than the president s. Questions about the pandemic topped voters minds at the town hall featuring former Vice President joe biden. For example, would he take a covid19 vaccine . The body of sciences say that this is what is ready to be done and its been tested, has gone through the three phases, yes, i would take it and i would encourage people to take it. Reporter would he mandate all americans get a vaccine . It depends on the state of the nature of the vaccine, when it comes out and how its being distributed. Reporter and would he force infected parts of the country into lockdowns . You dont have to lock down if youre wearing the mask. Reporter under questioning by george stephanopoulos, biden admitted hes not a fan of expanding the number of seats on the Supreme Court. An idea growing in popularity among fellow democrats as republicans push through judge Amy Coney Barrett weeks before the election. Well, im not a fan. It depends on how this turns out. Not how he wins but how its handled. It depends on how much they rush this. Reporter but when pressed, he said hed have more to say on the subject before election day. So youll come out with a clear position before election day . Yes. Depending on how they handle this. Reporter biden also distanced himself from some of his work on criminal Justice Reform as a senator in the 80s and 90s. An awful lot of people were jailed for minor drug crimes exactly right. Was it a mistake to support it . Yes, it was. Heres where the mistake came. The mistake came in terms of what the states did locally. What we did federally, we said and you remember, george it was all about the same time for the same crime. The town hall meeting capped a dramatic day for the Biden Campaign. Three people who travel with biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have tested positive for covid19. In the case of biden, it was a crew member on his Campaign Plane but the Campaign Says he doesnt have to quarantine because this crew member was keeping at least 50 feet away from him and both were Wearing Masks on the plane at the time. In the case of harris, its her Communications Director liz allen and somebody who else works on the Campaign Plane she flew last week. They tested positive on wednesday night. Harris has postponed her Campaign Travel through at least sunday as a precaution. But both biden and harris have tested negative for covid19. Thank you, ed. Were joined by chief washington correspondent major garrett. We all know last night was to be the second of two debates. We got dueling town halls. It was a clear case of two different men, two different philosophies. What do you make of the contrast between the two events and the two men. If youll allow me, gayle, the big picture. President trump did not agree to do the second debate. And then realized he could be without a Television Audience to rival joe biden. So what did he do . He went on bended knee to that thing he hates the most, the Mainstream Media. He went back to his old familiar network, nbc, but had to go back there to basically try to get an audience to compete with joe biden. That tells you part of a strategic place the president finds himself in this campaign. Hes desperate for eyeballs. Hes desperate for some kind of audience and had to go back to a Mainstream Media outlet to try to find it last night. Only for an hour, joe biden did it in an hour and a half. Biden gets 30 minutes of extra points of availability to the audience and availability to questioners. But that is in itself, a big takeaway. That the president knows that rallies themselves cant get him back in the race. Hes got to try to find a way to do that and last night in a town hall was at least one kind of attempt. He again, major, though, repeated the false claims about the coronavirus. Kudos to Savannah Guthrie who really factchecked him in realtime. Why do you think he keeps continuing to do that . What is his thinking or strategy there . Well, the president has had an opportunity since he came down with the virus to say, you know what, having experienced it i now have some very real term and real life understanding of this. And i was probably too cavalier earlier. I want to have a different conversation with the country about it. Hes had that opportunity for now the better part of a week. He has not taken it. What does that tell you . That he is completely reliant upon a base mobilization strategy telling Trump Supporters precisely what they want over and over about the coronavirus, even if it is not true and not medically factual to be for them or for anyone else. And that tells me that strategically, he believes the only thing that prevents him from a complete wipeout in this election is to mobilize his base. But not add to it which he could have, at least in theory, if he said something experienced coronavirus, i have a new appreciation for it and im going to have a new dialogue with the country about it. Major, one more debate on the schedule. Joe biden said last night he intends to be there. Do you expect trump to be there and how critical do you think that debate is . For now, based on what we know, i expect the president and former Vice President to be there. But if you look back at the history of president ial debates, the third debate has typically the lowest Television Audience and moves the fewest number of viewers. So the president missed an enormous opportunity by opting out of the second debate. Jumping back into the third may not give him the momentum he needs. And now joe biden has essentially two of these debates under his belt. Hell go in with much more confidence and looking at the polling data, hell be much more relaxed. That will be a plus for the Biden Campaign. Major garrett, thanks. In the coronavirus pandemic, wisconsins governor says the president is encouraging a superspreader event with a scheduled rally tomorrow in janesville, wisconsin. The u. S. Reported more than 63,000 new covid cases yesterday. The largest number since midaugust. Wisconsin is one of the hardest hit states as mola lenghi reports. Reporter a fall surge of coronavirus cases has arrived. And its taking a toll on hospitals across the country. In wisconsin, where about 1 in every 5 coronavirus tests is coming back positive, state Health Officials are warning residents to avoid all gatherings, large and small, which continue to play a role in spreading the virus. Retirement parties, birthday parties, baby showers, weddings, all of those things. Its why we have been encouraging here in recent weeks that people stay home as much as possible. Reporter wisconsin was one of eight states to break its single day record for new coronavirus cases on thursday. So was ohio. Hospitalizations there are up nearly 50 in the last two weeks. And infections are rising fast in rural and suburban counties, according to ohio state doctor it matt exline. The popoff valve is to send patients to their Referral Hospitals such as ohio state, Cleveland Clinic and university of cincinnati. If all of these hospitals are coming at once, they wont have that popoff valve available. Reporter colleges and universities continue to grapple with outbreaks. The State University of new york at oneonta announced its president resigned to pursue other opportunities after more than 700 students tested positive for covid19. The school switched to allremote classes for the rest of the semester. Another recent spike at sacred heart in fairfield, connecticut, forced the campus to temporarily suspend inperson classes for some offcampus students. Now their goal is to test 50 of their student body every single week. Gary mcnamara is sacred hearts director of Public Safety. We have found that students have been on campus and they dont know they have the virus. If we dont provide the testing to know that, then we cant react to it. The quicker we react to it, the quicker we can stop the spread. Reporter we are learning more this morning about the hospitalization of former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie who says he spent seven days in the icu after contracting the coronavirus, possibly at the white house rose garden event for judge Amy Coney Barrett. Christie says he has recovered but also that he was wrong for not wearing a mask at the event, adding that everyone should take this virus very seriously, anthony. Yeah, mola, thank you. An incredibly strong statement that christie put out. He said with when you have seven days in isolation, you have time to do a lot of thinking. I was wrong not to wear a mask in my multiple debate prep sessions with the president. He says no one should be cavalier about being infected or infecting others. He said, i believe weve not treated americans as adults who understand truth, sacrifice and responsibility. He takes a little slap at the white house and the president saying, no one should be happy to get the virus and no one should be cavalier about being infected or infecting others. Every public official, regardless of party or position, should advocate for every american to wear a mask. Thats huge from chris christie. It sound like it was serious. Sounds like a wakeup call for him. Seven days in the icu, you have a lot of time to think. These are conclusions hes come fine former governor and former president ial candidate. This was magnanimous and hopeful. Wear a mask, regard lgs of your party affiliation. And just to underline, he was one of the people prepping the president for that first debate. Without wearing a mask. And his point if we do wear a mask and socially distance, we can get back to work more quickly and the economy can which he also wants. We all want. He doesnt want the country shut down. Hes hopeful this can bring us together in the end. This is good reading. I see why anthony said you should read the whole thing. Yeah, i read the whole thing. No, read the whole thing. A lot of information in there. Moving on colorado is facing its worst fire in state history. The cameron peak fire has burned more than 160,000 acres since it started in august. Strong winds and dry conditions fueled the flames this week forcing hundreds to evacuate. Around 500 firefighters fought to stop it yesterday. Nearly two dozen trails in the area have had to close because of the danger and the fire is still only about half contained. All right. Ahead, how late changes and challenges to new voting rules are causing uncertainty all across the country as early voting sets there is much more news ahead including the first interview with nascar driver kyle larson since he was suspended for using a racial slur. What i said was extremely hurtful and i would fully understand if i was never allowed to race another nascar race again. 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