Police officers arresting an 8yearold for allegedly hitting his teacher. The familys search for justice. And sacked by the virus. Theres no football this fall for two bigtime College Athletic conferences. Plus, some local School Districts are changing their minds on how to reopen. First here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I am just so excited. Shes going to be an incredible candidate. Joe biden couldnt have made a better choice. He and Kamala Harris will make history. The stage is set. California senator Kamala Harris is joe bidens Vice President ial nominee. Lets see how that all works out. The Millionaire Media tycoon has died at the age of 97. He famously proclaimed content is king. He was a force of nature. Big 10 and then the pac12 postponing their fall seasons in light of medical concerns related to covid19. Theres just too many uncertainties to feel comfortable from a medical standpoint to proceed forward. Cleanup is under way in midwest states after a powerful storm with hurricaneforce winds caused millions of dollars in damage. All that. Pride of oakland goes for 61. Ridiculous if yogi bear is real, maybe humans have finally started him enjoying a little picnic. Enjoying the great outdoors. And all that matters. Russia says it has approved the worlds first coronavirus vaccine. Health experts are concerned that the vaccine has been rushed through testing. Vaccines are like ordering food. You want it quickly but not too quickly. Im hungry but if my delivery comes in under ten minutes, was that my delivery . Joe biden has announced his running mate is senator Kamala Harris. Say what . Everybody here is like yeah, Kamala Harris. Then i thought does this really change anything for anybody . Like was there anybody out there who was like, no, im definitely planning to vote for trump because the coronavirus hoax, stop the witch hunts and crack on with building that wall . But im going to see who biden picks as his vp . Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle and tony are off. Vlad and michelle are here. You can make fun of that moment but its a milestone in american politics. It really is. It really is and she is officially the gun now, election season is on. Thats right. Thats where we begin with former Vice President joe bidens landmark choice of senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. She is the first person of color to run for Vice President on a major party ticket. Harris was also bidens rival in the democratic primaries where she raised questions about his commitment to progressive principles. Ed okeefe is in wilmington, delaware, where biden and harris will hold their first event today. Ed, youve been waiting for this. Good morning. Reporter you say the Campaign Season is on, michelle i just say its been turned up. Significant pressure to pick a woman of color to be his running mate. He faced that pressure all summer long. 55yearold senator, of course, is more than 0 years younger than the former Vice President. She brings a little youth to this ticket. Theres hope that she can turn out black voters and Younger Voters this fall. The biden team likes one other thing about harris. They see her as Battle Tested. Not just out on capitol hill but here on the campaign trail. We will elect joe biden as the next president of the United States. Reporter senator Kamala Harris threw her support behind former Vice President joe biden back in march, after her own run for president last year. I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States. Reporter former San FranciscoDistrict Attorney and California Attorney general, harris fought to legalize samesex marriage and defended the Affordable Care act in court. A lot of people were reporter she has described herself as a progressive prosecutor but still she has face some skepticism from the left, including decisions surrounding the Death Penalty and marijuana violations but her positions have changed. In 2019, she pushed for a comprehensive Marijuana Reform bill and more recently she has advocated for Racial Justice legislation. To hold bad officers accountable. Reporter only the second black woman elected to the u. S. Senate. It wasnt just her capitol hill experience. Biden also explained in a tweet that he chose her, in part, because she worked with his late son, beau, when they were both attorneys general. The Biden Campaign released this photo tuesday of them all smiles on a video conference, but it hasnt always been a smooth relationship. In the first democratic debate last year, harris called out biden for having opposed federally mandated bussing to desegregate schools and for once working with segregation senators. You also worked with them to oppose bussing and, you know, there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her Public Schools and she was bussed to school every day, and that little girl was me. Reporter last month a photographer caught this closeup of bidens talking points at an event. Under harris name it said do not hold grudges. Harris is the daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants. My mother, who raised me and my sister, was a proud woman. Reporter shes married to douglas emhoff, an entertainment lawyer, and is stepmom to his two kids, who call her mamala. Her love of cooking. We caught up with her many times on the trail, including in november last year. The one thing that i think is critically important is that democrats be honest and check themselves in understanding that you should not take any community for granted. Reporter harris was congratulated by some of the other women considered for the role, including former National Security adviser susan rice and michigan governor gretchen witmer. Former president obama weighed in on the pick praising harris as more than prepared for the job. One notable statement came from sarah palin who offered advice on instagram. Trust no one new. Keep your own team with you. And dont forget the women who came before you. She was pictured there with the 1984 democratic Vice President ial nominee geraldineferraro. She joins an exclusive group of women. Solid advice there from sarah palin. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. President trump wasted no time in going after harris, describing her as bidens political living will. As ben tracy reports, the president seemed to highlight her role in criticizing one of his Supreme Court picks. I thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the u. S. Senate. Reporter President Trump says he has not forgotten senator harris questioning of Justice Brett kavanaugh at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Im referring to a specific subject and the specific person im referring to is you. Reporter despite claim iinge wanted biden to pick harris, President Trump said hes surprised biden actually did after that heated primary debate zplchlt she was probably nastier than even pocahontas to joe biden. She was very disrespectful to joe biden and its hard to pick somebody thats that disrespectful. Reporter just minutes after harris selection was announced, the Trump Campaign dropped this attack ad, viewing what is the latest in president ial putdows. S slow joe and phony kamala. Reporter when running for California Attorney general, then Businessman Donald Trump was a supporter, contributing a total of 6,000 to her campaign coiffers in 2011 and 2013. On a call with Trump Campaign officials last night, reporters asked them to explain why the president gave her money and is now trashing her. A Senior Campaign adviser pointed out that harris is a black woman and President Trump giving her money is evidence that he is not racist. Anthony . Ben, thank you. Joining us now is valerie jarrett, a Senior Adviser to former president barack obama. Valerie, good morning. Youve said theres nothing thank you, anthony. Good morning. You said theres nothing like running against somebody to know what its like to have them on your team. What do you think joe biden learned about senator harris running against her, and why, as you say, would she make a terrific Vice President . Well, look, she was a formidible candidate. She has an incredible track record, seasoned Public Servant at the local state and federal levels, amazing experience serving on the judiciary committee, doing her job by interrogating witnesses. Also her service on the Intelligence Committee gives her perspective on world affairs. She will have the gravitas to command respect not just around the country but around the world. As people get to know this dynamic duo, they will recognize they are just the right people to lead our country forward as we come out of this dreadful pandemic and try to rebuild our economy. A lot was made of the verbal punch she threw during the debates about bussing at the former Vice President and some people in the biden camp were reportedly stunned by this. How do they get past that . I think Vice President biden is a bigger person than that. He is not thin skinned. He is looking for the person who can share the responsibility of campaigning together and, more importantly, leading our country. And so a minor skirmish like that isnt going to trouble him. Think back to president obama selecting hillary clinton, a very worthy opponent, as his secretary of state. Theyre looking out for whats best for their country and not letting their, you know, fragile egos get in the way. I think what President Trump was saying, calling her a nasty woman we dont use that kind of language to describe men, and particularly women who are doing their job. She was running a campaign. She was sborthing witnesses. Shes serving the peoples interests. And i think the American People will realize that. And i know one thing Vice President biden and senator harris are going to work very hard to earn their trust. Michelle miller here. Politics aside, team harris is a considerable network, judging from just the tweets i saw yesterday from her Sorority Sisters to hbcualum and beyond. It seems so obamaesque. She checks so many boxes of representation. Does she galvanize an energy that looks or feels similar to you . Well, i think that she has brought appeal. And that, obviously, was very attractive to Vice President biden. Ive seen her on the campaign trail. She is both an advocate, but shes also kind and gentle and has wonderful moments of tenderness and i think thats also something that Vice President biden saw in her. Valerie, senator harris has kind of been the frontrunner from the beginning, i think, in many peoples eyes. What does it say to you about the state of the Democratic Party that a daughter of immigrants from jamaica and india was kind of the conservative choice here . You know what . I think, first of all, it is, in a sense, the american story. Immigrants who come here, work hard, who raised their two daughters to think that there were no limits to what they could achieve. I think thats a story we will all look up to. I think about the young girls and boys around the country who will see a different vision of what a Vice President looks like, and the kind of leadership and perspective that she will bring to not just the party, but the country. We heard what President Trump had to say. A lot of people are waiting to see how the senator responds. What do you think shell say . I think she will go big, as she always does. Her focus is really on talking directly to the American People. There have been a lot of barbs that have been sent her way. She brushes them off. She recognizes the game. A group of women sent a letter to the media, which you all saw, saying were going to have her back. There will be organizations such as times up, for the next 83 days and beyond who will be looking out for those indications of discrimination that are just simply not acceptable anymore. And we will call them out. She wont have to. Valerie, you were one of the cosigners of that letter. What exactly are you going to be looking out for and what are you challenging the media to do here . I think the question, anthony, is this. Are you using language to describe senator harris that you would not use to describe a man . Perfect example is President Trump calling her mean, angry. He has done that not just with her, but with other women. That is not language that is directed at men. Questioning ambition. I think ambition is a good thing. What Vice President hasnt been ambitious . What candidate running for Higher Office isnt ambitious . Yet when those words are directed toward women theyre prejorative. That needs to stop. We dont need a double standard. Valerie jarrett, thank you for being with us this morning. Youre welcome. Vlad . Thanks, anthony. College football season is becoming another casualty of the coronavirus. Big 10 and pac12 say theyre postponing the season this fall. Including football powerhouses like ohio state, penn state, oregon and usc. But another top conference is set to release this years schedule today, indicating that it will play. We report on those decisions. Reporter any hope of a regular College Football season this fall may have been sacked. Theres too much uncertainty. Reporter kevin warepn says playing at this stage of the pandemic is not worth the risk. The health, safety, wellness, both physical and mental for our student athletes was going to be at the top of my list. Reporter longtime football coach kurt ferens on espn. Its disappointing. Reporter pac12 also acknowledged disappointing fans, players and staff. But their medical team had concerns that in many locations within the Conference Community test positivity rates exceed values to deem it safe. Columnist with usa today. I dont think the big 10 or pac12 had a choice given the potential for athletes longterm health. Many posted to social media using the wewanttoplay, started by student athletes over the weekend. Wide receiver Josh Imatorbhebhe said keep politics out of football. We want to play. That did not stop politicians. President trump weighing in on tuesday. We want to get football in colleges. These are young, strong people. They wont have a big problem with the china virus. Reporter armor says one thing they must weigh is a heart condition myocarditis that a few College Athletes have reportedly developed. We dont have enough information yet on how long this the heart ailments last. When youre talking about the health and, frank ly, the lives of 18, 19, 20, 21, 22yearolds, you just cannot take that risk. Reporter officials with the big 10 and pac12 are hoping all is not lost. Of the three remaining powerhouse conferences, cbs reports the big 12 will announce its plans to kick off its season in late september. It still looks like the s. E. C. And acc will move forward with their seasons, at least for now. Anthony . At least for now are the key words, mola. Thank you. Sumner redstone, former executive chairman of cbs and giant in media business, has died at the age of 97. Redstone started with a small chain of Movie Theaters in the 1950s and built an entertainment empire that he led into his 90s. He bought viacom, owner of mtv and showtime in 1987. He took control of cbs through a 2000 merger. Four years ago, in failing health, redstone handed over his business to his daughter, sherry, after a court fight. His entertainment mantra was content is king. Among many of the remarkable moments in his life, he coined the term multiplex. Yes. Our condolences to Sherry Redstone and the redstone family. Much more on his life ahead later in the show. Coronavirus outbreaks and fears are forcing schools acros how his mother said the incident still affects her son almost two years later. Youre watching cbs this morning. becky i started smoking when i was 16. Now i have endstage copd. My tip is, if you keep smoking, your freedom may only go as far as your oxygen tube. announcer you can quit. Call 1800quit now for help getting free medication. When you drink or eat something thats acidic everyone is at risk for enamel loss. It sucks the minerals out of the tooths surface. Pronamel is formulated to help deliver mine