Headaches for one of the countrys leastpopulated states, with the deadline for the 2020 census closing in. Later, a father and son team up, serving the hungry, feeding body and soul. If you just believe that god put you out here for a purpose, youre going to inspire somebody. This is the cbs weekend news. Garrett good evening, everyone. Im Major Garrett in washington. Death and destruction from this years wildfires is as alarming as it is extensive. Adding to the flames on the ground, thick clouds of ash turning day into night along the west coast. In several major cities there, to breathe is to take new risks. Consider this the e. P. A. s air quality index labels anything above 300 emergency conditions. The index in salem, oregon, today, nearing 800. The skylines in seattle, as well as the major cities of los angeles and portland, oregon, now smokey, gray, and bleak. Here is danya bacchus. Reporter unrelenting wildfires continue to wreak havoc on the west. This is insane. Reporter leaving behind unimaginable destruction and a rising loss of life. This week alone, at least 19 people have died. 16yearold Josiah Williams was one of them. The family is just so heartbroken. Reporter in oregon, officials are bracing for a massfatality incident. Fires there have wiped out more than 800,000 acres. And after only five days, this outbreak of fires in Washington State is the second worst in its history. Mandy mcdonald is now homeless. And, unfortunately, i went at the very exact moment to come around the corner to see my house falling to the ground, completely in flames. Reporter aaron bucks home was in the path of the massive creek fire. We all knew in the back of our minds up there, this could happen. Reporter his home is still standing, but more than 300 structures were lost. Eveost. We have what we have left. Were going to rebuild. Reporter this fire is one in a recordbreaking fire season that is just getting started. More than three million acres have burned in california. Governor gavin newsom surveyed the catastrophic damage on friday. This is a climate damn emergency. Its happening and this is real. Angeles, and san franciscos poor air quality is forcing many to stay inside this weekend. Oregon now has the worst air in fire crews are hoping this weekends temporary cooler weather will give them a leg up in the firefight. Were all out here and ready to continue the fight, as long as we should need to do that. Reporter fire crews here tell me they do not expect to have a complete hold on the creek fire until next month. Major. Garrett danya bacchus, thank you. President trump will visit california for a wildfire briefing on monday. For more on the fires, plus a topical storm, let us bring in cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli. Jeff. Major, you get a true appreciation for the scale of these fires and especially the smoke by looking at that satellite. Socked coast socked in with smoke, and thats being pulled into a big storm system across the pacific ocean. That is going to deliver a little bit of rain to the Pacific Northwest as we head into monday and tuesday. Right now, the smoke socked in along the coast. The good news is were going to see a wind shift pushing everything northward away from california and across Northern Tier states. Its going to be dry again on sunday and warm, but not as hot. Then were going to see the storm move into the coast. A little bit of rain will get into the Pacific Northwest, but only along the coast. The bad news is the breeze will pick up and the rain will not reach very far inland. Al right, lets switch topics and talk about the tropics. We are about three weeks ahead of record pace. Not very organized right now. Thats Tropical Storm sally, but its going to be moving over very warm waters in the gulf of mexico, eventually becoming a hurricane. You should prepare for the possibility of a cat 1 or cat 2 hurricane on the northern gulf coast as we head into monday night and tuesday. Garrett jeff, thank you. As students return to class and diners head back to restaurants, new covid cases continue to rise in at least 20 states. And as Michael George reports, increasingly, many of the recent infections are among the young, especially college students. Reporter for americans hoping to resume their pre coronavirus lives, the nations top Infectious Disease expert warns that return may be far off. 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 towards the end of 2021. Reporter while new coronavirus cases are down in 24 states, more than 1,000 americans are dying daily with the death toll nearing 200,000. At boston college, at least 81 students have contracted the virus, and a cluster of positive cases among athletes at the university at albany in new york has the school considering shutting the campus down. We will definitely continue to move in this direction if we find that anyone is endangering the health of our campus community, and of our surrounding communities. Reporter furthering concerns, a Harvard University study found covid19 is increasing rapidly among young adults 1834. Health experts are also worried about more outbreaks as flu season approaches and cooler weather leads to more people gathering indoors. Floridas two biggest counties, miamidade and broward, have been given the green light to start inperson classes. And bars can reopen in most parts of the state on monday. Pretty ecstatic. You know, this year has been really, really tough on a lot of us. And this is just the rainbow after the storm. Reporter in nebraska, where ndarly all social the governor distancing rules for bars, churches, and gyms. And in the race to find a vaccine, Pharmaceutical Company astrazeneca is resuming Clinical Trials in the u. K. Trials were suspended earlier in the week after one participant had a potentially serious adverse reaction. Major. Garrett Michael George, thank you. President trump will be in nevada tonight, kicking off the first of a threestate swing out west. The president is campaigning there, despite the silver states ban on gatherings larger than 50 people. Rts fm lagar residentruordeair force hh befoakeoffhe went to a roundtable with supporters at his d. C. Hotel. The president is moving ahead with stops to the silver state, despite objections from the governor and local authorities, who blocked the campaigns initial plans to hold a rally in reno saturday because of covid restrictions that limit large gatherings to 50 people or less. You ought to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder and exercise your First Amendment right of free speech. Reporter hogan gidley is National Press secretary for the trump campaign, and insists Safety Measures are being taken, even though earlier this week at events in North Carolina and michigan, many supporters did not comply. A lot of people arent wearing masks. Theyre not socially distant. Is that a concern . We hand out masks and we encourage people to wear them. I think thats very important its part of the guidelines the federal government put forward. But at the same time, it cant be, you know, only trump events that cause coronavirus. Reporter the Biden Campaign called the president reckless. We know that trump deliberately downplayed the seriousness of covid19. Reporter the president is also facing scrutiny in another key battleground, North Carolina. He tweeted to make sure your ballot counts, sign and send it in early. When the polls open, go to your polling place to see if it was counted. If not, vote twitter flagged the post, and North Carolinas attorney general countered, do not do what the president directs. He encouraged voters to track their ballot online and warned not to vote twice which is a felony. Gidley told me the president s tweet was pretty clear and insists the president wants voters to vote once. As for nevada, the campaign believes the race is tightening, which is why the president will hold two more events here in the Las Vegas Area sunday. Major. Garrett nikole killion, thank you. Heres a programming note tomorrow on face the nation, margaret brennans guests include Oregon Governor kate brown; United Airlines c. E. O. , scott kirby; and albert bourla, chairman and c. E. O. Of pfizer. In charlottesville, virginia, another divisive symbol of the confederacy fell today. A 900pound statue of a confederate soldier was lifted from its base outside a county courthouse. It had stood there for 111 years. Charlottesville is the site of a 2017 white supremacist rally that sparked violence, violence that ended up killing one counterprotester. Iran executed a popular wrestling star today, despite an International Campaign to save him. That included a plea from President Trump. 27yearold naveed afkari was convicted of murder in the stabbing death of a government worker during a protest in 2018. Iran released a video of his confession, said to be given under torture. Recently, President Trump tweeted afkaris only crime was, protesting the countrys worsening economic situation, adding, i would greatly appreciate if you would spare this young mans life. The Afghan Government and taliban met today in doha, qatar, for the start of peace talks, the historic negotiations aimed to form a powersharing government between the two parties and thereby ending more than 40 years of war. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo was on hand, saying the United States hopes for sustainable peace and an Enduring Partnership with afghanistan. This evening, naomi osaka won her third grand slam title at the u. S. Open. Osaka, down a set, rallied to beat Victoria Azarenka in three sets, 16, 63, 61, defeating the former 1 womens player in the world. It is the second u. S. Open title for the 22yearold osaka. Straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, counting montana. Why census taking is so important and yet so dficu in bkyry. Plus, College Footballs gridiron gamble. Can players stay safe and save the season . Soan providing nourishment with a very large side of human kindness. Kindness. N take first. One that could mean. A chance to live longer. Opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with nonsmall cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pdl1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. 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Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid and seats in congress are at stake. Republican red montana has asked the Trump White House for an extension. With residents there spread out and Internet Connections spotty, an extension. Librarians have been trying to help the census find a home on the range. Big sky its the states name and a way of living. To be in montana is to behold sweeping vistas and seemingly endless horizons. But, there are practical angles too. Montana has one member of congress for its 147,000 square miles. Montana believes it has enough population for a second house seat, something it has not had since 1993. But first it has to prove it through a successful census of its roughly one million or so population. Library open monday through friday. Do your civic duty and be counted garrett so on radio, at libraries and on Bulletin Boards the message is as constant as the prairie wind be counted. That is more challenging than it sounds. Take simple delivery by mail of a census form. Oftentimes, they dont have traditional mailing addresses. And so we about a quarter of the state that has been, you know, not getting the information. Garrett mike cooney is the lieutenant governor. Montana gets about 2 billion a year based on the census. When we do not count a montanan that should be counted, that equals about 20,000 over the 10year period of the census. Garrett most of montana is rural. Many residents receive their mail at a post office box. The Census Bureau only sends forms to addresses. If the letter carrier does not match every post office box totf americans have filled out the census online. Montana has a problem with that, too. Only 59 of rural montanans have broadband internet. When you have a system for the first time where were asking people to go on the computer and selfreport, and you dont have the ability to do that, then you have to make adjustments very quickly. And thats why weve engaged libraries throughout the state, where they do have connectivity. Garrett but ed oconnor said connectivity proved a bigger challenge than the standard ten out. S questions. The stat probably longer to get into the internet than fill it out. Garrett the state outfitted its 119 libraries with high speed internet, a real break for 88yearold rolph tunby. I dont use a computer all that much, and its easier to have somebody else help me. Click the mail. Garrett in fallon county, where census responses are below 30 , librarian stacy moore is a be counted volunteer, and shes got her work cut out for her. Moore was tunbys census mentor. This should have only taken us five minutes. Garrett it helps when somebody helps me with the computer, too. Next on the cbs weekend news, College Football is under way, with some Small Businesses betting on a big win. They felt comfortable. Ey met and its what we did with coogans. 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