Students were set to return. Sallys devastation National Guard rescues, roads washed out, homes and memories destroyed and the new threat looming in the gulf. New dangers why a change in the weather could spark more wildfires in oregon. The intense fight out west tonight to save homes. Russia at it again. Tonight the f. B. I. Director says there is a steady drumbeat of misinformation to denigrate joe biden and interfere in the 2020 election. Outrage over the attorney generals remarks comparing pandemic shutdowns to slavery. And a young woman turns to social media to save her fathers taco truck. A story about the kindness of this is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with the growing and potentially dangerous rift between the white house and the president s top scientific advisors over coronavirus. Tonight cbs news has learned that c. D. C. Director robert redfield, as well as the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, have been sidelined from the president s Coronavirus Task force. That news comes after a stunning rebuke of dr. Redfield by President Trump saying redfield, who has spent his career studying viruses and heads the worlds premier Public Health agency, misunderstood the question when he testified under oath it will take until the middle of next year to vaccinate enough americans to limit the spread of covid. With the election just 47 days away, the president keeps suggesting a vaccine will be ready before americans cast their ballots. Now, that is something that most experts including the governments own Scientists Say is just not true for the general public. And that disagreement has led to a daylong fight pitting science versus spin, its the kind of political fight you might expect in an election year, only this time american lives and the economy are at stake. As we come on the air the number of People Killed by coronavirus in the u. S. Is now nearly 200,000. And tonight the countrys largest Public School system, new york city is abruptly canceling its plans to start inPerson Learning for all students on monday. There is a lot of new reporting to get to tonight. Our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. Cbs paula reid will lead off our coverage tonight from the white house. Good evening, paula. Reporter good evening, norah. Today President Trump continued to tease the possibility of an earlier than expected vaccine, but ormer Administration Officials tell cbs news theyre concerned that Health Experts are being pressured to approve a vaccine for political reasons. President trump continued to claim today that a vaccine will be ready very soon. A prediction critics say hes making with november 3 in mind. The vaccine is way ahead of schedule, but im being criticized for bringing it back too fast. Reporter but the c. D. C. And most Health Experts say director robert redfields timeline of late spring or summer next year for most americans is accurate. A former Senior Administration official tells cbs news the white house cares more about messaging than solving the problem of the virus, and that theyre being asked to do things they dont want to. The tension between the two is on display wednesday when redfield discussed the availability of the vaccine. I think were probably looking at thir late second quarter, Third Quarter 2021. I think he made a mistake when he said that. Reporter former acting c. D. C. Director richard besser. When you see the president publicly undermining the head of the c. D. C. , it gives people room to question the Public Health advice. And what is happening in this nation is people are choosing whether or not to follow the recommendations of Public Health. Reporter one former white house official upset with the president s handling of the pandemic is going public with her endorsement of joe biden. Im olivia troye. Reporter olivia troye, a former Homeland Security advisor to Vice President mike pence released a video today describing what she saw in the white house. When we were in a Task Force Meeting the president said maybe this covid thing is a good thing. I dont like shaking hands with people, i dont have to shake hands with these disgusting people. I have no idea who she is. She doesnt know me. Its just another person that leaves. They leave and they try and they get coerced into saying bad things. A source close reporter a source close to redfield say he is not expected to resign from the c. D. C. Despite clashing publicly with the president. But scientists at the c. D. C. Say the white house still has such tight control over the messaging relating to covid, theyre worried that critical Public Health information is not being disseminated in a timely manner. Norah. Odonnell paula reid at the white house, thank you. We turn now to breaking news. Getting kids back in the classroom is proving extremely difficult in the nations Largest School system. New york city has once again pushed back the start of in Person Learning for most of its one million students. Some will have to wait another week. Others longer. Heres cbs nikki battiste. That is when we fight, fight, fight reporter todays delay comes as pressure from teachers and parents worried about safety continue to grow across the city. With a shortage of teachers willing to go into schools, and so far more than 40 of parents opting for remote learning. Mayor de blasio tried to put a positive spin on the news. We are doing this to make sure that all the standards weve set can be achieved. Reporter the city will add 4,500 Additional School staff, but a new report issued today puts the number needed at nearly 12,000. Teacher Corinthia Marisol spath says she is worried. Im so nervous. Im really nervous. And i know my family is nervous. Reporter meanwhile, daily coronavirus cases in the u. S. Remain high, with nearly 40,000 a day. And the World Health Organization is now warning about an alarming spike across europe. Nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. Odonnell today the biotech firm moderna took an unprecedented attempt at transparency, releasing its protocols on how it will determine if its Coronavirus Vaccine is safe and effective. The companys vaccine uses what is called m. R. N. A. Technology. That is a type of vaccine that has never been brought to market. We spoke with modernas president dr. Stephen hoge in our series racing to a cure. How soon will we know when a Moderna Vaccine is working . Well, its very hard to know for sure. We have announced today that we made a Good Progress in enrolling phase three trials, we enrolled over 25,000 of the 30,000 participants in that trial. But now were going to depend upon those people, unfortunately, getting sick. Our best estimate that the earliest it can happen is the later part of the fall, november, december, but it could happen much later or much sooner depending on the rate of transmission in the country. Odonnell is moderna feeling political pressure . We havent been feeling direct political pressure, but definitely we feel the social pressure of this moment. The goal of developing a vaccine is not to get a vaccine approved, it is to stop the pandemic, and that will only happen if hundreds of millions of americans agree to get vaccinated. That will only happen if they have confidence in the data and the vaccine. So what we did today in publishing our fully unredacted protocol, but also in our presentations around that is the goal of being transparent. Odonnell so, will moderna commit to publicly releasing all of its results before a vaccine becomes available . Were absolutely committed to publishing and releasing the data before the vaccine becomes available. Odonnell what is the goal of this vaccine . The goal of this vaccine, as is all vaccines, is to stop the pandemic. We all want to get back to a normal life. If we can reduce this to a common cold, then i think most of us would feel like we cet moderna m. R. N. A. Vaccine does not prevent infection, but it does reduce the severity of the infection, do some age groups fare better than others . That is a great question. So, first, we dont know whether it will prevent infection or not yet. We are waiting for phase three data, and its possible it will, but we think the more likely is it will prevent severe disease, particularly covid19. What is really exciting news that we announced today is that we shared data previously presented to the c. D. C. On elderly americans in phase one and showed we had the same level of protection in the elderly as we have seen in the younger populations. That gives us hope and reason for optimism that our vaccine will be able to protect the highest risk populations, particularly those over the age of 65 who are bearing the brunt of covid19. Odonnell dr. Stephen hoge, thank you so much. Thank you very much for your time, norah. Odonnell and tonight what is left of Hurricane Sally is dumping rain across the carolinas and southern virginia. The storm battered the gulf coast of alabama and the Florida Panhandle wednesday with winds topping a hundred miles an hour. Two and a half feet of rain and a surge of sea water. At least two people were killed. Cbs Manuel Bojorquez got a birds eye view of the trail of destruction. Reporter from the air we saw how much devastation Hurricane Sally left behind, riding along with u. S. Customs and border patrol. We have come across a bridge here in pensacola that is missing not just one large section, but two. And from up here it appears what happened is these barges that were on the water came loose, st thedge. Ed boa scattered, areas cut off by downed trees or flooding. Back on the ground everyone was busy today with rescues and cleanup. Richard franzen wasnt just upset about his flooded house. Im a veteran and i have a memorial back there. And it is underwater. I lost some of my friends in vietnam. But its gone. Reporter there are just remnants left of the storm now, but it is still enough to deluge parts of georgia and the carolina. Heavy rains are expected to continue to wreak havoc from virginia to North Carolina through the night before the storm moves out over the atlantic. Back in mobile, alabama, pastor jonathan yaits is thankful sally wasnt worse. We were thankful that there was no life lost. Reporter and you can see behind me the steeple of the Pastors Church dangling off the roof. It was knocked over by winds that topped 80 Miles Per Hour as the hurricane swept through this area. Also tonight a warning for residents along the Florida Panhandle not to let their guard down, there could be more flooding on the way as rivers crest. Norah. Odonnell thinking of all those parishioners there, manny thank you so much. Now to the west where Yosemite National park was shut down today because of dangerous air quality from those deadly wildfires. Thunderstorms may help clear the air, but as cbs Jonathan Vigliotti reports they could also cause new dangers. So the main fires up there. Reporter thousands live through the nightmare. This man recorded it. Anthony jacobson, a resident of the town of gates, oregon, documenting the chaos, embers flying all around. This is what the fires left behind. Among those who lost their homes, volunteer firefighter kevin bakke and his wife, jan. It is real surreal to see your own home on fire. I was just so relieved that my family was okay. Reporter in oregon, thick, suffocating smoke still hangs in the air. Almost 250 miles of roads remain closed and hundreds of thousands of trees need to be removed. The risk clearly evident by what happened to this oregon state trooper. Amazingly no one was hurt. Meanwhile, fires continue to rage in california. Now dramatic video from cameras mounted on helmets of firefighters as they desperately tried to save homes, battling until the only way out was through a wall of flames. Back in oregon, Anthony Jacobson returned to find something extraordinary. Look what i just found. Reporter . His kitten. We were so scared that he wouldnt make it. Its a miracle, after four days no food, no water, it kind ofor, but also a long and crippled road ahead. The military has blocked off hundreds of miles working in smokey conditions that make it difficult to breathe. Rain is in the forecast and also lightning which could spark new fires. Norah. Odonnell Jonathan Vigliotti, thank you for your reporting. Some news today from f. B. I. Director chris wray who told congress that russia is very active in trying to interfere i. And the kremlins goal is to denigrate joe biden. Wray also broke with President Trump by calling antifa an ideology, not an organization. The president wants to label antifa a terrorist group. Instead, wray told lawmakers that it is white supremacist groups are the biggest focus of f. B. I. Domestic terror investigations. Turning now to the shocking comments from attorney general william barr comparing coronavirus stay at home orders to slavery. Heres cbss jeff pegues. Reporter attorney general william barr is under fireto coronavirus lockdown to slavery. Stay at home orders is like house arrest. It is, you know, other than slavery which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on Civil Liberties in american history. Reporter that remark brought swift condemn nation from the highest ranking africanamerican in congress. It is incredible that the chief Law Enforcement officer in this country equates human bondage to expert advice to save lives. Reporter barr is taking an extremely hard line against those protesting police violence, even considering charges them with sedition. In his speech to conservative Hillsdale College he said the it is faced hisda black lives Matter Movement uses murders of blacks as props to advance their cause. They are not interested in black lives, theyre interested in props. A small number of blacks who were killed by police during conflict with police, usually less than a dozen a year. Reporter the data actually shows that 250 black people were shot and killed by police last year alone. Barr also defended his decisions to intervene in the cases of former trump aide Michael Flynn and roger stone. What do you mean by interfere . Under the law all prosecutorial power is vested in the attorney general. Reporter barr also criticized his own prosecutors here at the Justice Department on making decisions that he disagreed with. Today a former prosecutor called barrs comments nauseating. Norah. Odonnell jeff pegues there at the Justice Department, thank you. And there is still much more news ahead right here on the cbs evening news. New evidence in the poisoning of russias top Opposition Leader, what his aides found in his hotel room. Researchers may have stumbled upon a secret weapon in the fight against covid eyeglasses. Later, the one word that explains this taco trucks sudden success. Sudden success. Not at capital one. You can open a Checking Account in just 5 minutes. Thats right, 5 minutes. Plus, the checking and savings accounts have no fees or minimums because that. 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