Whove actually been infected is likely twice that number and could be significantly bigger. Government scientists now say antibody tests now show the total number of infections may be 13 times higher in some parts of the country. Now that means millions of americans may have been spreading the virus without even knowing it. Tonight with the situation worsening nationwide, President Trump is dramatically changing his tone and strategy. After months of ignoring the severity of surge in cases across the south and west, tonight for the first time the president said the crisis will probably get worse before it gets better. And he called for americans to wear masks and practice social distancing, even saying that he carries a mask and wears it sometimes. But the president s democratic rival joe biden said today the president had quit on the country and rolled out a plan to help families pay to care for children and the elderly. And in yet another sign of just how valuable research to find a vaccine is, tonight the f. B. I. Says it is hunting for two hackers working for the Chinese Government who tried to steal data from american and eur rrespondents iding by oforn tef cbss Mireya Villarreal leads us off tonight from hardhit texas. Phoenix, mireya. Good evening, norah. The total number of cases here in texas has increased by 33 over the last ten days. In dallas, they have roughly 4,000 kids involving cases involving children. And down south, things are so bad they are sending a military medical unit in to try and help the situation. At hospitals in the rio grande valley, state Health Officials say just 37 i. C. U. Beds are available. Hidalgo county is the epicenter. Unfortunately, our hospital rooms look like war zones. County judge Richard Cortez issued a stay at home shelter monday but Governor Greg Abbott argues its unenforceable. Why did you feel it necessary to issue the order . Because my job is to take care to have the public health. We brought in refrigerated trailers to act as morgues and their capacity is 50. In the last eight days, we have an average of 22 people dying per day. Reporter while cities like dallas and houston are now see ago decrease in positive cases and hospitalizations, statewide, covidrelated deaths are up 33 . Across the country, just nine states are seeing a decline in cases or are holding steady, three of those new york, new jersey and connecticut are now asking visitors from 31 states to selfquarantine. This comes as new data from the c. D. C. Published today estimates covid infections were as much as 13 times higher in parts to have the country than actually reported. But the results found more people are still vulnerable to infection. Chief medical correspondent dr. Jon lapook. What was interesting about this study is that, even given the fact that so many people have likely had covid 19 without having any symptoms or without having any diagnosis officially made, still, it implies that the vast majority of americans have still not been infected. Reporter and while a new study found effective social distancing with masks and hand washing could stop large outbreaks. Big Pharma Companies continue their race toward a vaccine. Executives from astrazeneca and pfizer predicted millions of doses could be delivered by the end of the year. We have a line of sight on a clear, Critical Path to be able to deliver up to 100 million doses of commercialscale vaccine products in 2020, and up to 1. 3 billion doses of our vaccine in 2021. Meanwhile, california just passed 400,000 covid cases and the city of los angeles is bracing for the possibility of another stayathome order. Mireya villarreal, cbs news, dallas. Reporter im Manuel Bojorquez in florida where the debate over reopening schools continues. I understand many parents are against itch i get it. Reporter Tatiana Hernandez says she cant stay at home because of work and her sevenyearold son who is on the autism spectrum is falling behind. He needs to be able to enjoy his peers, to be able to learn from his teacher instead of reporter but are you concerned that he could bring home the virus or that he could bring it to a teacher . Everything. Its a risk we all have to take at one point. Reporter its not a risk the Florida Education Association is willing to take. Teachers are scared. We can be reckless with bars, we can be reckless with restaurants, but we esimply cannot be reckless and endanger our kids. Reporter the association is suing to stop the governors order for schools to reopen five days a week next month, but cases keep rising in the states nursing homes. Up 153 among residents and 126 for staff since june. Today, Governor Ron Desantis touted the states only Adult Care Centers intended to keep seniors from infecting each other. We cannot allow a contagious patient to be sent back into a longterm care facility. Reporter this afternoon the governor said state Emergency Managers are deploying 1300 nurses across the state. Here in miamidade counties, nearly 60 of hospitals reporting having one or no adult i. C. U. Beds available. Norah. Odonnell thats incredible. Manuel bojorquez tonight in miami, thank you. The first votes in the 2020 president ial election will be cast in six weekss absent ots are mailed in s states and, today, President Trump acknowledged voters will judge him on his leadership in the handling of the pandemic. Let me explain why the president changed his tone today after months of insisting covid 19 was in retreat, he said it will get worse before it guess better. Cbss weijia jiang is in the white house tonight. This is a change for the president. Reporter President Trump with us less combative as he stuck to the script and on message after some advisors implored him to show more leadership in combating covid 19. The president admitted there would be tougher days ahead, but still insisted the virus will one day disappear. President trump acknowledged tonight that the coronavirus is spreading and proving difficult to control. It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. Reporter and unlike during the early months of the pandemic, the president asked americans to take mitigation measures seriously. Were, instead, asking americans to use masks, socially distance and employ vigorous hygiene. Reporter it was a oneman show without a single doctor by his side. It was not invited, up to this point assumot goi toee ent eringed mwh theor iin use coverings. But just hours after mr. Trump tweeted a picture of himself wearing a mask, calling it patriotic, he attended a fundraiser in his hotel in washington without one and without social distancing. The White House Press secretary was asked why not. Podium, the man is the most tested man in america, hes tested more than anyone, multiple times a day. Though the president contradicted her. I dont know of any time ive taken two tests in one day. Reporter joe biden wants to make testing widely available and free for everyone, as part of the Pandemic Response plan he just released, while taking a shot at the president. You know, hes quit on you, and hes quit on this country, but this election is not just about him. Reporter biden cited press reports that President Trump doesnt want to be distracted by the pandemic. Doesnt want to be distracted by it. His own staff admits that donald trump fails the most important test of being an american president , the duty to care. For you, for all of us. Reporter tonight, President Trump is acknowledging that test results are taking too long to come back and said he would consider assigning more money to National Testing if advisors expressed a need, but Senior Administration officials tell cbs news the white house does not think it will be necessary. Norah. Odonnell weijia jiang tonight, thank you. Today, we learned its not just the russians who are after secret research into Covid Vaccines, the Justice Department accuses china of sponsoring hackers who are targetingbio tech firms around the world. Cbss jeff pegues on why this could set back u. S. Research. The f. B. I. Wants these two men charged with allegedly working on behalf of chinese intelligence to target Coronavirus Research labs in the u. S. The defendants were targeting organizations which were of di rr ccng paps, in january ad febrf this year, the hackers vulnerabilities at a maryland byo tech firm, cargted a massachusettsbio tech firm and a California Company researching antiviral drugs to treat covid 19. These breaches could potentially slow down critical research. Companies have to make sure the at that timeta that is not been manipulated or altered in a way to jeopardize a vaccine or put lives in danger. Thly opened ne says it is all on investigat i cnese activity every ten hours. China steals intellectual property and research which bolsters its economy, and then they use that illicit weapon to silence any country that would dare challenge their illegal actions. Reporter but tonight, in response to the allegations made by u. S. Officials, china says that it doesnt need to steal, it does its own research. Norah. Odonnell jeff pegues, thank you. Tonight, investigators say the man who allegedly targeted a federal judge in new jersey is the prime suspect in a california murdering adays ago, and Officials Say the gun used in the suspects suicide was the same gun in the attack that killed judges tear t judge ester sol lass son and injured her husband. Reporter sources say killer was roy den hollander. He opened fire on esther salas. In a car later. Erasnd dea they found a picture of sal apes and documents connecting den hollander to a california killing. Investigators believe the gun recovered where he died matches not only the one used in the new jersey murder but is now tested to see if it was used in the california shooting. In another murder eight days earlier in san bernardino, a gunman posed as a delivery man, shot and killed attorney marc angelucci, part of the National Coalition for men. None of us in the movement, none of his friends ever anticipated this happening. When i got the call, i was devastated. This man was also part but digged kicked out. A selfdescribed feminist, roy den hollander had a book and called her a lazy and incompetent la teen adjudge appointed by obama. His racist and misogynistic post caught the attention of the colbert report in 201 16r7b8g9s il ill fight thefeminists. Reporter the antifeminism stems from a bitter divorce from a woman he married in russia. Salas husband underwent multiple surgery and is recovering in the hospital. Andrew cuomo announced extra security will be provided for the other federal judge whose picture was found in the car. Sources tell us den hollander wasiagn wh terminal cancer. Odonnell thank you. Tonight the mayors of several big cities including new york and chicago are warning the president not to send federal officers to patrol their streets. The mayors are alarmed by the ongoing violence in portland, oregon, where protesters battled for weeks with police and officers from the department of h evans. Reporter round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets fired into the crowd by federal agents is becoming routine. This unnamed protester said he collected some of the stent ammunition. What was it like . Literal war, except you cant fire back. Reporter portlands federal courthouse has been attacked repeatedly and today the department of Homeland Security said they have to protect it. They are not military. They are civilian Police Officers. These Police Officers are not storm troopers, they are not the gestapo as some described them. Reporter mayors from six cities written the Trump Administration demanding the president take immediate action to withdraw your forces. Were not going to have tyranny in the city of chicago. Reporter today defense secretary mark esper raised questions about the officer fatigues and its said the federal action may be unconstitutional. Were going to take steps to legislate to rein in the federal abuses. Reporter among tear gassed. 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