Rodeos. A mule kick to rural america. And later, a concert that covid could not cancel. This is the cbs weekend news. Garrett good evening, everyone, im Major Garrett in washington. This week marks a milestone in the evolution of our dracyem. The right to vote. It wasnt given. They fought for it for 41 years and the 19th amendment made it so. Election day this year is 79 days away, but earlier in states that allow absentee or mailin voting. Now, voting in a pandemic means an unprecedented number of ballots will be mailed. But there are worries the post office might not deliver all ballots on time. Today the post office announced a 90 day moratorium on the removal of collection boxes. This has been seen in several states. President trump blames democrats, not his new postmaster general for concerns rovering over the verifiable handling of more mailin ballots. But today there is another issue, a deeply personal one. Late yesterday the president s younger Brother Robert died in new york. No cause was given. Weijia jiang is in bridgewater, new jersey, traveling with the president. Reporter major, President Trumps found out about his brothers passing at his golf resort here in new jersey. His son in law tells cbs news it is a very tough moment for the president. Called his younger Brother Robert trump his best friend. The president s son in law and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner spoke about the loss on face the nation. Kushner sp the president loved his brother very much. And he was able to see him the day before yesterday. At the same time the president is facing new acquisitions that his omministration is trying to interfere in the upcoming election by crippling the post office. Over the weekend mr. Trump. Trumpd his pick of postmaster defended his pick of postmaster general lou general louis dejoy. He is a very talented man, he is a brilliant business person, hes been great. Reporter but Congressional Democrats say dejoys recently changes to the Postal Service are already causing nationwide delays in mail delivery. Today the House Oversight committee sent a letter calling today the on dejoy to testify in an dergency hearing next week saying in a statement he must answer why he is pushing these dangerous new policies that threaten to silence the voices of millions. We should stamp him with return to sender if he wont appear before the hearing. Reporter in response to the concerns, the Postal Service offered one concession by postponing the removal of collection boxes for a period of 90 days. White house chief of staff mark madows insisted the president is not using the Postal Service to impact the election. I will give you that guarantee right now. The president of the United States is not going to interfere with anybody casting their vote in a legitimate way. Whether it is the post office or anything else. Reporter President Trump said he is open to giving the Postal Service more funding in a Coronavirus Relief bill. And blamed democrats for holding ocrats for theyre not willing to approve the money that they need, if they cant get the money that they need for universal mailin voting, i dont see how they can have it. Reporter cbs news has learned House Democrats are considering cutting their recess postalervice crisis. As the Democratic National Convention Kicks off tomorrow President Trump plans to offer counterprogramming with back to back Campaign Events in minnesota, wisconsin and arizona, delivering remarks with the theme joe biden failures. Garrett weijia jiang, thank you so much. This weeks National Democratic convention will it is fair to say like no other in history, virtual, no crowd, because of the pandemic. A new cbs news Battleground Tracker poll shows democrats overwhelmingly like joe bidens choice of a running mate, the survey s shows biden and Kamala Harris leading in electoral votes and in many of the battleground states. Cbs news Political Correspondent ed okeefe joins me for more on the race ahead in this unconventional convention. Ed, our poll also says something about democratic hunger. What do they want that they havent gotten yet. Reporter they want to hear more, major from joe biden and Kamala Harris. And democrats overall about why they want to retake the white house, what they would do if they did so, rather than the weelorn,lln lkn ws attaowck president pence. If democrats can do that it might help address one of the other notable data points in this survey that finds that republicans are more very enthusiastic to vote this fall than democrats and independents, and that jives with another data point we have seen in the surveys across the country, that one of the reasons people are voting for joe biden is not necessarily because of him, but because he is not President Trump. Garrett and there really isnt a template for this convention, at least compared to previous conventions, but is there one in our current pandemic experience. Reporter i think if someone is familiar with how the nfl draft went earlier this year or how the daytime emmy awards or some of our most popular daytime and late night talk shows have been produced in recent months, that gives you a sense of the kind of production democrats will be putting together two night two hours a night over four nights. A mix of tape and live speeches from party luminaries all across the country, hundreds of people helping produce it and they are lead by a producer who has put together super bowl halftime shows, the emmy awarding and we know theyre quite pleased about the fact that because its virtual they have far more control over the actual run of the show. Garrett and speaking of that control, it is a bit of a joke, an inside joke among political reporters and those who watch this closely, speeches wont be scheduled for five minutes an run an ungodly 20 minutes will scy . Reporter t thats right, outside of joe biden, Kamala Harris, their spouses and former president s clinton and obama, most people addressing the convention will only get one or two minute. Most of these people are not accustomed to speaking that shortly so it will be a real test of how succinct the arguments can be and also quite humbling for a lot of these people but perhaps is that is one of the encouraging new trends for politics, in a pandemic, you have to keep it short. Garrett i read this once, brevity is the soul of wit. Ed okeefe, thank you. Cbs will bring you live coverage of the Democratic Convention beginning tomorrow at 10 00 p. M. Eastern, 9 00 central. It has been a very hard day on fire lines across the west. Several fires are burning out of control. Fueled by dry brush and triple digit heat and in california lightning strikes have sparked new flames. Lilia luciano is there. Reporter wild, wild weather in the west. Lightning strike from a summer thunderstorm lit up the sky in Northern California and sparked at least eight fires. And for the first time in history, the National Weather atrvice issued a fire tornado warning. The heat from the loyalton fire near the california nevada border as seen in this time laps video, extreme enough to create create its own weather conditions. And in southern california, isthorities arlog in tok rathnchr two fire which has drn hundreds from their home. Ngosin aeles, in lake hughes has scorched nearly 18,000 acres. It is hot, incredibly hot, the firefighters are working very hard out there, they are taking appropriate safety precautions. Reporter hundreds of firefighters working in dangerous conditions, charged with keeping themselves safe. Oh, my god. Mseleporter while also protecting others. Heat plays a huge factor in fire behavior. Re behorter and after nearly two decades californians are facing rolling blackouts, the recordbreaking heat stressing the states electrical grid and causing hundreds of thousands to lose power. Knowing the heat is just going to get worse in the coming oays, that i think is the scariest thing. Reporter with no relief in sight, the city of los angeles is trying to help the most vulnerable by opening cooling centers. But due to the pandemic, space is limited. D rer to gld cifattce arhalu the nation he is sending his d facen back to the classroom the nation he is sen with no fear of them catching or spreading covid19. Across the country, ten states have rising infection rates. And covid deaths are up in nine states. Five set single day death record this week. Tom hanson has the latest. Reporter back to school comes with big concerns for students and teachers. Everyone is kind of freaking out. Reporter the f. D. A. Is responding. Its granted emergency authorization for a new saliva based test to deliver results faster, 34 states report infection rates well above 5 giving backlash from educators nationwide. T reted oresi. 9eachs the koams Unified School District in arizona canceled its reopening set for monday after more than 100 faculty members called out sick. We could stay out sick for two weeks. It doesnt matter. Our school board is determined to reopen dangerously. Theyre going to continue on that path until someone gets hurt. Reporter Arizona Science teacher jacob frantz chose to resign along with two thirds of his department. When people ask for a plexiglass screen in front of their desk, they were told no. Mcdonalds is doing more to protect their employees than our schools are. Reporter on College Campuses tough lesson this weekend. Covid busters discovered at the university of North Carolina and oklahoma state, notre dame reporting 44 positive cases. So, we checked it out early on, like one party, one bar, and it didnt seem terribly safe. So were kind of sticking to ourselves for the time being. Reporter and these outbreaks are causing other schools to add just their own plans. Columbia university is one of the latest to announce it will only offer virtual classes this fall. Major . Garrett tom hanson, thank you very much. Pro sports as we have seen are trying to make a comeback during the pandemic. The game played at empty comeback during the pandemic. The game played at stadiums or arena, the athletes earning paychecks, but for the beer and food vendors these are tough times indeed with no apparent safety net. Here is a rian. Diaz reporter joe alaman still cant get used to being outside Wrigley Field during baseball season. I have never stood here when i come to work. Reporter hes hauled cold beer for cub fans. Cold beer, who is ready who is thirsty. It all ended in early march when the coronavirus sidelined sports and most workers who support the industry like joe. Usually when you loose a job, you get more than one hour notice. So for someone telling you, gone, its incredible. Reporter a recent estimate found that the average Major League Team supports 2,300 game day employees. Add the n. B. A. And n. H. L. And without fans, that is roughly 680 million in lost gameday wages due to coronavirus. According to patrick reid who supports the Sports Business Program in washington university, in st. Louis. These sporting events are huge spikes in business for restaurants, for retail. So these sports suspensions, a huge loss in income and revenue for restaurants and hotels around the ball park. Reporter people like cate payne who lost her job as a Hotel Housekeeper in philadelphia. I hope that the government opalizes that we are hard working people. We were taxpayers. We pay their salary and now that we are out of work, they should pay our salary. Reporter this Food Distribution just down the block from where the phillies play specifically targeted the citys Sports Industry workers. Have a nice day. Reporter joe is especially worried, because he cares for his adult daughter who has autism. S you up at night,at night, joe . Joe. How uns how unsure life is. Im used to working. I want to work. Reporter how are you feeling looking forward . I look at the glass half full. I pray to the lord. My father is in heaven now with my mom. And he is saying, joey, you can do it. Reporter seeking strength som above to stay in the game. Adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. Garrett joey, you can do it. Straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, the american rodeo in for a tolay on. Salping tse k. Each lasting 4 hours or more. Botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine. So, if you havent tried botox® for your chronic migraine,. Check with your doctor if botox® is right for you, and if samples are available. Effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection. Causing serious symptoms. Alert your doctor right away, or muscle weakness. Can be signs of a lifethreatening condition. Side effects may include allergic reactions. Neck and injection site pain. Fatigue, and headache. Dont receive botox® if theres a skin infection. Tell your doctor your medical history, muscle or nerve conditions. 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Come summer horse handling and cattle skills are on full display in front of crowds big and small. But like so many other things, the pandemic has made this a rough ride. Oh boy, oh boy. Garrett even among rodeo lovers talking a bull down by the horns is a special skill and a heady pursuit. Yeah, oh yeah garrett one rodeo rider against a 1,200 pound animal reluctant and that is putting b mildly to be subdued. Now rodeos and all their riders ridup against the pandemic, a spectatorless sport limping along just like all the others. Terrible timing for Brooke Wallace who worked hard for years to become miss rodeo u. S. A. Unfortunately i didnt quite get to be on the road as much as i thought this year. But just like any rodeo event, sometimes you get on a bucking horse that doesnt quite buck. Garrett rodeos popularity in the u. S. Traces back to buffalo bill codes first wild west show in 1883. Those frontier shows became and in some places still are an llerican phenomenon. Towns and cities depending on them for tourist dollars. Ben boreley organized one that had be to canceled in etna, california. This rodeo is about this town, and this town nine times out of ten is about this rodeo. Garrett population 700, etna, in the northern part of california, typically triples in rodeo rolls in. Odeo rolls in. The r. V. Park, there is very few r. V. Slots open. They have two cabins that they rent out. Our little motels, all the rooms are booked. It is just joyous. It is a lot of fun. We have the dance that goes down in the street, they close the street down. Garrett downtown deborah behm owns the pastry store. Behm ownsf americana on main the pa street and the rodeo taken away is just another one of our identities being taken away, it is just isolating, to say the least. Garrett deal yerigan of the International Rodeo association is all but stopped counting cancellations. One of the things that is really important about these rodeos, the majority of them are put on by local civic groups and organizations that do them for fund raisers, they give right back to their communities. Garrett that was true in etna. So our vendors were from the lyons club, another the dalmatians who do a lot of things for sponsorships and helping the underprivileged or atrisk people in our community. They use this event as a fund raiser. Garrett and will be sorely missed there. And across parts of america ricae skills much a different time still trailing but less applicable now bring a bit of joy, nostalgia and community sustaining revenue. Still ahead on the cbs weekend news, why new yorks towering tribute to 9 11 will not begin after all. All. All otc pain relievers including voltaren have one thing in common none are proven stronger or more effective against pain than salonpas patch large thers sing power in thisnst pain patch salonpas dependable, powerful relief. Hisamitsu. 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Garrett in houston this weekend a caravanofmourners said their final goodbyes as Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen was laid to rest. Balloons were released, horns honked and people shouted the young soldiers name. The fort hood private first class was murdered in april, allegedly by a fellow soldier wh later killed himself. Guillens murder prompted calls for changes in the way the military handles sexual harassment. New york citys 9 11 tribute will shine after all. Snce 2002 this has memorialized the attacks on the twin towers. Last week the cashstrapped 9 11 museum canceled it over pandemic concerns. But now the state and former mayor and billionaire Mike Bloomberg will provide the funds to set it up. Bloomberg says he is glad to remind the world of new yorks strength. Next on the cbs weekend news, the show goes on for these Young Musicians, despite the pandemic. C. When we started carvana, they told us that selling cars 100 online wouldnt work. But we went to work. 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Reporter it is a stirring rendition of bizets farando, made all the more moving by who is playing it. 90 middle and Highschool Students from philadelphia, part of the allcity Orchestra Summer Academy who are not going to let a pandemic stop the music. I think that it kind of helped us realize that no matter what setbacks we were faced with, that if you have a good team of people, and everyone could overcome it. Ov reporter for two weeks 37 musicians, paired with the philadelphia orchestra tutored kids like 8th grade violinist sonia. Got a little nerves. Reporter over the computer. Just enjoy playing. Reporter and 9th grade cellist greg pollitya. Im providing them master class instruction with enthusiasm and passion. Katherine cayhill is the president of the mann center for the performing arts. If that doesnt bring a smile to your face during these uncertain times, i dont think anything will. Reporter in the final performance, each student recorded their part by each student recorded their part themselves, and were then edited together alongside video of other parts of their summer vacations. I thought it would be fun. And i would really like to do it next year, hopefully in person by that time. Repr andhat, grace, would be music to all of our ears. Jim axelrod, cbs news. applause garrett mu right now
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