Replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week. Tribute thez ndond woman appointed to the high court. Mr. Trumps democratic rival joe biden is urging republicans not to jam a nominee through the senate less than two months ahead of election day. Laura podestas on the story. Whats the democratic strategy . Reporter good morning, michael. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not get into specifics but said to influence this process we have, quote, arrows in our quiver. But theres not much that democrats can do other than try to convince more republican senators to vote against a nominee. President trump may nominate a Supreme Court justice this week. We have an obligation as the winners to pick who we want. Reporter cbs news has learned two women, judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa are among the frontrunners. I would say that a woman would be in first place, yes. Reporter democratic nominee joe biden insists the winner of novembers election should appoint the new justice. D. The electio
2015. Thank you for telling us. Like big ben. I keep you informed. Well, thank you mike. 2015. Good morning everybody. Im loving the purple. You like that . Thats our favorite color. It is the favorite color. Thats why were not wearing t anyway, here sue. Well, i failed on that one. See if we can get the number right for today. Seven again just like yesterday. I was too lays toy change t i think it should have been a six, now that i look at the rainout side. But things just happen. Heres bus stop buddy. He does have the umbrella, even at summer camp it, may rain today and you got to be on the lookout for those thunderstorms later on, meantime, still muggy out there. Doggy come to visit once again, 70s right now 77 degrees, here in old city, 5mile an hour wind, and some rain moving through, few pockets of heavy downpours right, moving right along i95, at this point into new castle county, delaware, delco, burr to get some rain, and here in philadelphia, as well. It is in Chester County,
Behind a long path of destruction. Gusty winds knocked downi rees and power lines. Some 80,000 customers lost power ring the storm and this morning, Cindy Hubbard and thousands of contomers id not have electricity. Its a little rough but, you know, you get through it. Its a little hot at night. See what you can do. You open your windows and try and keep cool. Im fine, i have a gas stove, so weve been able to boil water d heat things up and cook but we a threw out everything in the idge this morning. Reporter crews were on standby overnight to help restore power today. While crews worked on overheadlinewh pseg ong island helped customers by setting up a cell phone charging station at their office. They handed out bottled water and bags of ice. Longtime customers like nick are still outraged that service has been interrupted for so long. Ive been here for 42 years, i bought my house new, and never did i have this many hours out with eightminute storm that created this. Reporter i just go
Still burning. This is a city in shock, but also, a city in fear of the potential toxic threat from this smoke. Ian williams in china, thank you. In this country, warnings tonight of a onetwo punch from nature that could devastate parts of the west already in the midst of a historic drought emergency. Today fire officials raised the threat level to the highest fire danger possible, and that move comes as forecasters warned of whats being called a godzilla el nino event this winter that could trigger storms we havent seen in decades. Reporter this is what they call level five. The highest fire danger rating in the nation triggered today. Signals tinderbox. This year of extremes feeding on each other, fired by crippling drought compasser baited by a heat wave and the forecast calls for a monster el nino this winter, storms capable of triggering floods, mudslides and more. We had late spring rains and conditions firefighters have never seen. Reporter for now, the biggest threat on the fir
Truck explosion. A massive blast, flames engulfing this cart in a busy downtown. Rattling a building, damaging nearly a dozen cars. What sparked the blaze . We do say good morning, america. Baseball fans were up late last night. The cubs are still alive. Close call against the dodgers. They danced their way to victim. Victory. Thats what they do after a homer. What is that dance . I dont know what its called but looks good to me. Both the yankees and dodgers are one win away from heading to the world series. Could be a new york l. A. Series. That used to be about 50 years ago, the subway series. A lot of that coming up. First, the capture of a man who went on a shooting spree across multiple states, and Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest. Good morning, pierre. Reporter george, good morning. It was a dramatic bloody day of workplace violence, car chases and a suspected coldblooded killer now in handcuffs. A man so callous after his rampage sources tell us he was spotted by p