Day death tolls since the pandemic began. The number of new infections of covid19 are growing exponentially too and in nearly every corner of the u. S. That is leading two members of the president s Coronavirus Task force to call for states to shut down bars and for all americans to wear masks. But without any official guidance from the white house about those recommendations, governors and major retailers are taking matters into their own hands. Tonight colorado and arkansas are joining a growing list of states mandating masks in public. Altogether 28 states plus the district of columbia now require them. And today target, cvs and Publix Publix stores are also saying Grocery Stores are also sayi they are rolling out ruling telling customers to wear masks too. And as we come on the air tonight more than 138,000 people have been killed by the here in the u. S. And we hit this milestone more than three and a half million confirmed cases nationwide. If fighting the virus werent enough, the National Security agency says researchers working to find vaccines are also fighting off Russian Hackers. Spy agencies in the u. S. , canada, and Great Britain say the same russian groups that attacked the 2016 election are now actively trying to steal data from scientists working on a cure for covid19. As you can tell there is a lot of reporting to get to tonight. Our team of correspondents are standing by with new information. Janet shamlian is going to lead off our coverage tonight from houston. Good evening, janet. Reporter norah, texas recorded its highest death toll today since the pandemic started, 129. Tonight Testing Centers like this one are jammed and we are hearing sobering stories from the crisis in emergency rooms. Dwindling ventilators, few beds and doctors burying friends. But it i knollwaysconferce roa stories over and over but it is very different when the person that are you putting in a body bag is your next door neighbor for 50 years, your moms best friend. Reporter dr. Ivan melendez says it is almost too much to bear. You are walk into warehouses of people where you have 40, 45 people that are on stretchers on lifesupport, on ventilators, prone, exposed. Reporter the situation so dire it four texas counties ordered refrigerated trucks to store bodies. Tonight a Top White HouseHealth Official says closing indoor bars and Wearing Masks will help shut down the virus. Its very, very important to really close indoor bars. We know that 50, 60, 70 in some areas are traced to a single bar. Reporter florida set a new fatality record today, 156 deaths. At a walmart there the divisiveness over face coverings as an unmasked man pulled a gun on another shopper. You have to wear a mask. Reporter tempers also boiling over at this california grocery where a man without a mask was pepper sprayed while arguing with another customer. More than half of all states have mask mandates. In georgia the governor filed a lawsuit tonight seeking to block atlantas mask mandate. More retail requiring them. Cvs, target and publix today joining walmartog best buy. In south texas so many patients, a hotel has been converted to a hospital. Dr. Melendez says its grim. And for those who dont believe it. Come with me, spend the day, help me tell 37 peoples families that died that day. Reporter the front lines an increasingly dark place to be. Janet shamlian, cbs news, houston. Reporter this is Mark Strassmann in charleston, South Carolina. A hot spot for tourists and covid. Cosking is mandatory citywide. Over the last week the viral spread here is on fire. Why would i be scared of it, evyone ig to getlu, you , so infected. Reporter we met david and blaze jorkinson, covid skeptics shopping downtown. Their vacationing from phoenix, an even hotter spot for the virus. I mean we havent changed our lives a the all for this, so, other than these things walking into stores. Reporter bikers paraded six paraded sixolling into myrtle beach. Hundreds now gather for its annual bike week. It was postponed once for the t twi, but not twice. Over the last two weeks South Carolina recorded almost 25,000 new cases and 400 new hospitalizations, up 35 . We are Holding Patients in the emergency depa aor ttherinsf on the floors because we didnt have a place to put them. Reporter back in downtown charleston some tourists walked bare face, shoulder to shoulder. They are in the same zip code with the states worst covid outbreak. People die of stuff all the time. I dont know why i would change my life to be afraid of this. There is plenty of stuff to be afraid of. This is certainly not one of them. Reporter over the last 24 hours South Carolina recorded 72 covid deaths, that is a state record. City officials here told us that crowds in charleston are about half the size of a typical july. But norah, when even some of those people believe that covid is mostly hype, that is a potential problem. Odonnell no doubt. Mark strassmann, thank you. Tonight intelligence agencies from the u. S. , canada and britain say Russian Hackers are at it again. This time the russians are accused of trying to steal research on Covid Vaccines. Heres cbss charlie dagata. Reporter despicable is how the British Government put it, lashing out at russian spies for trying to steal vital Covid Vaccine research. At a time when the world is coming together, trying to find vaccine, there are so people a vaccine, there are so people around the world can benefit of, the russian government engaged in that endeavor. Reporter an endeavor blamed on the russian government itself targeting labs and medical facilities in the u. K. , the United States and canada. Statebacked hackers known as a. P. T. 29 for advanced persistent threat. Eell me more about a. P. T. 29. A. P. T. 29 has been around a long time, sometimes it has other names, fancy bear, cozy bear. Its been responsible for attacks right across the west. Reporter a series of attacks that include hacking into the d. N. C. And stealing emails ahead of the 2016 election. Now its targets are out to include Covid Vaccine frontrunners Like Oxford University and modernas lab in the u. S. Investigators here wont say if any information was stolen, but no damage has been done. We are used to the russians attacking just about anything stey can get their hands on to cause uptis, but ts s n hical line. Reporter that may not matter in a country suffering from one of the worst covid outbreaks in the world, norah. But tonight the kremlin has denied any wrongdoing. Instead insisting theyre getting close to developing a vaccine of their own. Odonnell well see. Charlie dagata, thank you. The pandemic continues to take a punishing toll on american workers. More than 51 million have filed for unemployment since march, with 1. 3 million doing so in the the week alone. Last week alo and the economic pain could linger. Airlines are now warning of big layoffs when congressional aid ends this fall. Heres cbss kris van cleave. Reporter for Susannah Carr becoming a United AirlinesFlight Attendant was a dream come true. Six years later she is among nearly 36,000 united employees facing a possible furlough in october. Facing a pos i actually was finishing working a flight, we landed to that email, that was a big shock. Reporter what was that moment like when you were reading that email . It was a punch to the stomach. Reporter passenger traffic is down about 80 , costing airlines roughly 6 billion this month alone. Icw American Airlines says it could furlough 25,000, roughly 29 of its main line workforce. More than 17,000 delta employees have taken exit packages, but the airline is still over staffed including roughly 2,500 excess pilots. Southwest c. E. O. Gary kelley told employees monday if passenger traffic doesnt triple by the end of the year, he cannot rule out the Airlines First ever layoffs, j. P. Morgan chase analyst. Do you expect to see layoffs . We fear that october 1 is going to be one of the darkest days for Airline Labor really since the dawn of commercial flight. It is going to be very, very painful for a lot of people. Reporter it is already painful for Susannah Carr. To no longer be able to fly, to experience this, to be with the people that have become like family, i would absolutely, i would be heartbroken. Reporter Airline Unions want government payroll support extended until march to keep carr, and so many others, flying. Kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. Odonnell tonight a major shakeup in president trumps campaugn as his leadership over the coronavirus pandemic is under fire. Two new polls show him trailing joe biden by double digits. And for the first time in over a month the president spoke to the man considered americas leading expert on infectious disease. Cbss paula reid reports tonight from the white house. Reporter cbs news has learned the conversation between dr. Anthony fauci and the president took place yesterday on the phone, the first time the two men have spoken in a month and a half. We are not in total control right now. Reporter fauci has at times been critical of the admitisponse tovis and today ma republican governor larry hogan blasted the president in the Washington Post saying the white house has bumbled the effort. Weve done a great job. Reporter despite boasting to the contrary, the perception that the virus is raging has cost the president. Two polls out yesterday show joe biden leading by double digits. Bidens momentum prompted trump to oust Campaign Manager brad Brad Parscale who he blames for the poorly attended rally in tulsa last month. Its all about him and getting him reelected in 2020. Reporter parscale was criticized by some colleagues for profiting off the campaign. He owned multiple homes and a 32 foot boat. His company was paid more than 35 million in the last three years and paid the president s daughterinlaw laura trump and Donald Trumps junior girlfriend Kimberly Guifoyle approximately 15,000 a month. The president s new campaign chief will be bill stephian, former white house political director, who will have his work cut out for him, he is known to dismiss any negative polling and resists any strategy. Rrah. Odonnell paula reid at the white house, thank you. Tonight an urge ent plea for help from the red cross as the nations blood supply is dwindle because of the pandemic. The organizations c. E. O. Says it needs 13,000 people to donat. I met with her earlier this week and gave blood myself. What wonderful veins youve got. Odonnell she loves my veins. It was my first time, but about 6. 8 million americans donate blood every year. This year the red cross says the supply chain challenges are unprecedented. Supply chain challenges are that is a lot of blood. The entire donation process ation processn hour. Takes about an hour. That was so easy. But every two seconds someone in the u. S. Needs blood. One bag donated saves up to three lives so you are doing a good thing. Odonnell the red cross gets the vast majority of its donations from blood drives. Since the pandemic began 37,000 have been nceled. Blis odonnell gale mcgovern is c. E. O. Of the american red cross. What does it mean for hospitals if there is a shortage in the blood supply . They cant perform life saving surgeries. Trauma patients need the blood supply, people receiving chemo therapy, you need lifesaving need lifesaving platelets, we hate it when we have to raise the blood supply for our hospitals. Ration the blood supply. Yeah, we will tell them we are running short so please forego certain elect elective surgeries. Odonnell many people find the idea of donating blood a bit taunting to begin with, let alone during a pandemic. We are taking every single sssible precaution. We have everyone Wearing Masks. Everyone has to have their temperature taken. We have the beds socially distanced six feet away. Odonnell blood is not tested for covid19 since respiratory diseases arent known to be transmitted by transfusion, but as a new incentive to donors, blood is now tested for covid antibodies, which may show if someone has had the virus. Some like tim davin dont need an incentive, he has donated platelets more than 20 times. Why do you donate so regularly . 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