Athletes for protests against Racial Injustice. We talk with the wnba Players Union president about the role of women in the movement for change. And katy perry, smile. The singer talks about motherhood, her music and finding it hard to find happiness. And the baby is here. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Officrooftops ripped off. Steel framing wrapped around some trees. Weve sustained utter amount of damage. Leaving entire towns under water. Plowing over neighborhoods. The glass and trees in the house. The president delivering a 70minute acceptance speech. There were protests outside. I profoundly accept this nomination for president of the United States. A teenage shooter accused of killing two people in kenosha, wisconsin, is being charged with homicide. That guy is from my town. Who was he accountable to . Nobody. President trump criticizing the nba postponing games after the shooting of jacob blake. Theyve become like a political organization. I dont think thats a good thing for sports or for the country. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe is stepping down. Abe plans to step down to deal with health issues. All that helps a 12yearold off a mega ramp. This is sky brown with this gnarly air. And all that matters. Were not just going to shut up and dribble, shut up and play ball. The marlins and mets. They study food for a moment silence and then walked off the mound. A black lives matter shirt left on top of home plate. In addition to being final night of the rnc, this is the last episode of the fifth season of the late show with stephen colbert. Its been a great five years. And the last five months in particular have been an amazing ten years. Ive changed just just a bit. It looks like i drank from the wrong grail. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Stephen colbert can always find a way to make it funny. But i get his point. 2020 has been very long. This week alone i think we all feel a lot older the last six months. We hear you loud and clear. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were going to begin with the devastation from hurricane laura and the overwhelming challenges facing survivors. People are just now beginning to assess the full scope of the deafitati devastation in louisiana and texas. We know six people were killed, including a 14yearold girl. More than 700,000 people are without power in the aftermath of one of the strongest storms ever to hit the United States. Tony is amidthe damage in lake charles, louisiana. Good morning. Good morning. The newspapers are calling this the strongest storm to ever make landfall in louisiana. And while the worst of the storm surge, that wall of water, did not arrive, the wind left a tornadolike path of destruction some 40 miles wide. You take a look from above, it made kindling of this business behind me. And just about every block has damage on it. It is hot. It is sticky here. And hundreds of thousands of people are without power or running water. If they have a home left at all. Hurricane lauras fury left its mark on just about every part of lake charles. What was it like to pull up this morning . Devastating. Im just one of thousands of people. I mean, im nobody special. Nobody different. Reporter take a look at whats left of craig barkers childhood home. The storms winds peeled off the roof and blew out windows. This used to be the back of the house. And now its in the front of the house. Reporter around the side he showed us Something Else now counted among the lost. His trailer ripped to shreds. This is probably not going to be home anymore. I dont know that wed be able to rebuild it. Reporter laura slammed ashore thursday sending storm surge ten feet high over homes and businesses in cameron, louisiana. As the storm moved inland, the wind did its worst, punching holes in this skyscaper, toppling mobile homes. A floating casino was stuck under a bridge. And about four miles west of lake charles, a Chemical Plant caught fire. Sending thick black smoke and dangerous fumes into the air. After surviving a hurricane, families nearby were told to shelter in place. We have sustained a tremendous amount of damage. We have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down. Reporter but amid the destruction, there were also those spared. I heard noises in the house that wasnt supposed to happen. Pretty nervous. Reporter brandon jardineaux rode out the storm at home and came just a few inches from losing it all. Top of that tree hit the gutter. It was right here when we woke up. The difference between a teeny dent and a house split in two . Yes, sir. Is just that much. Reporter instead of having to move out on thursday, we found him in his yard. Cleaning up. How do you explain that . Somebody was watching over us. Thats all i can say. The good lord was watching over us. Wasnt our time. Reporter unfortunately not everyone has that kind of miracle survival story this morning. At least six people have died as a result of this storm. That includes a 14yearold girl. Cynthia miller. Jonathan vigliotti went to leesville to speak with her family. We rode out the storm in our parents room. Everyone was sitting in there and the tree came down. It came down and landed on her. Reporter hurricane laura left a gaping hole in the Miller Familys home when a tree smashed through crushing 14yearold cynthia. They called her cindy. The millers werent expecting a direct hit. They hadnt even been ordered to evacuate. 18yearold Nellie Miller is her older sister. It was scary. It was dark. It was terrifying, and there was rain, wind everywhere. It sounded huge. I didnt think a tree would come through and hit. Its like, okay, we got hit. My parents started yelling, are you okay . I walked to try to find cindy because she wasnt talking. And i tried to wake her up and she wouldnt wake up. And it took me a little bit to realize she couldnt. Reporter Miller Family friend Richard Partridge never thought this could happen. This one we were more prepared for. We wasnt prepared for this. This was one of those, you watch it on the news. You see it happen to somebody else. Reporter Nellie Miller said shell remember her younger sister as an excellent student with a Bright Future and aspiring marine microbiologist who even as the hurricane barreled down was reading a book by flashlight. She was an extrovert. She loved people. She was going to do something big. Cynthia had dreams of leaving the bayou for harvard. And her family said she was first in her class. She was also the first confirmed fatality. At least three people were killed when trees crashed into their homes. Tony . Jonathan vigliotti there reporting for us, thank you very much. Gayle and anthony, as i send it back to you, i can say that the more fortunate families in this area are already getting back to work. And we are picking up some notes of recovery, some sounds and smells. Chainsaws and freshly cut wood. This is a community that rebuilt entirely in 2005 after hurricane rita and even as the rain begins to fall, everyone here does expect theyll rebuild again. Im glad to hear that, but now im just thinking about the Miller Family and the loss they have. This little girl, the more we heard about the story, the more touching it became what she wanted to do, the kind of little girl she was. How shell be deeply missed. And craig barker said im not different. Im not special. The entire story in the story of two trees tells it all. One hit. One just missed. President trump says hell visi the hurricane victims this weekend. Today he campaigns in New Hampshire after repeatedly attacking his democratic opponent in last nights speech to the Republican National convention. He used the White House South Lawn as a campaignstyle venue full of supporters. The president called joe bidens record a shameful roll call of betrayals and blunders and said no one will be safe in biden is effected. The speech ended with fireworks while some of his opponents protested outside. Paula reid is at the white house. Was the coronavirus an issue there last night . Good morning, anthony. Well, looking at this crowd, you wouldnt know that were in the middle of a pandemic that still takes the lives of nearly 1,000 americans each day. Now the white house says that anyone who came in close proximity to the president was tested for covid, but wouldnt say what precautions were taken to protect those in the largely maskless crowd. Now throughout this made for tv spectacle, the coronavirus has really only been referenced in the past tense, even as the deaths continue to mount. From fireworks on the National Mall to an entrance down the stairs of the white house, mr. Trump used the peoples house as a political prop like no other president has before. The fact is, im here. Whats the name of that building . Ut ill say it differently. The fact is were here and theyre not. Reporter the white houses mixed messaging on the pandemic was also on full display. While americans have been told to socially distance and wear masks to stop the spread of covid19 we are focusing on the science, the facts and the data. Reporter an audience of nearly 2,000 mostly maskless people gathered. And while the president acknowledged the lives lost to covid19 as one nation, we mourn. We grieve. And we hold in our hearts forever the memories of all of those lives that have been so tragically taken. So unnecessary. Reporter he continued to pick numbers that support his handling of the pandemic. The United States is among the lowest case fatality rates of any major country anywhere in the world. Reporter but the u. S. Has one of the highest fatality rates in the world based on population. Democratic Vice President ial candidate kamala harris, who gave the official prebuttal earlier in the day, painted a different picture. The tragedy in all of this is that it didnt have to be this bad. Just look around. Its not like this in the rest of the world. All we needed, guys, all we needed was a competent president. Reporter in his roughly 70minute address, the president returned to the topic of law and order, a focus of the week. He did not mention jacob blake, the black man who was shot seven times in the back by a Police Officer in kenosha, wisconsin. Even as Racial Justice protests have swept across the country. Instead, the president attacked what he saw as mob rule taking over cities and blamed democrats for the unrest. Your vote will decide whether we protect lawaed biding ameris or whether we give free reign to violent anarchists and agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens. Biden soed earlier in the day it was President Trump who was encouraging more violence. Kept pouring gasoline on the fire. This happens to be Donald Trumps america. Reporter the Biden Harris Campaign has also weighed in on the last night of the Republican National convention. They called it a delusion, completely divorced from the crushing reality that most americans face. Gayle . All right, paula, thank you. During the president s speech, protesters outside the white house used noise and fireworks to try and drown him out while he was speaking. Hundreds of demonstrators were there. Many of them dancing and playing music very loudly. One group of protesters confronted republican senator rand paul as he left the white house after the speech. Oh, boy. A video shows Police Officer on a bicycle apparently holding the demonstrators back. The senator thanked police on twitter for, in his words, literally saving our lives. I think that video is tough to watch. Yeah. He ought to be able to come and go and not be attacked on the streets that way. Its quiet this morning in kenosha, wisconsin. One of the cities where the president called for law and order. Protests over the Police Shooting of jacob blake continued for a fifth day. Blake is still recovering from multiple gunshot wounds. Kyle rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people during tuesday nights protest, is appearing before a judge this morning. Mola lenghi has the latest developments from kenosha. We do not wish to be known for violence of any kind. Reporter kenosha, wisconsin, has become an unwilling home to two tragedies. One, stemming from the other. First, last sunday, Officials Say 29yearold jacob blake was shot in the back seven times by kenosha Police Officer rusken spais sheskey. Blake is being handcuffed to his hospital bed. At a press conference, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers was asked if he was concerned blake is being handcuffed . Oh, yeah, i have no i would have no personal understanding why that would be necessary. Certainly hes paid a horrific price already. Reporter the Wisconsin Department of justice is investigating the shooting. Officer sheskey has not been charged. Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor mandela barnes. We dont need an investigation to know that blakes shooting falls in a long and painful pattern of violence. And this is a pattern of violence that happens against black lives too often and across this country. Reporter its a history that brandon morris, a mentor and native of kenosha says africanamericans live with every day. Make sure you dont make any sudden moves when youre around Police Officers. Make sure youre quiet when youre walking through a white neighborhood. So all those things are built up where in the black community, our parents are teachin us these things because they want to protect us, and they want us to be prepared. Reporter the second tragedy came tuesday when 17yearold Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot three people who had gathered to protest blakes shooting. 36yearold rosenbaum and Anthony Huber were killed. Hannah gidings was hubers girlfriend. And its just not fair that he had to die like that. He just turned 26. We had plans for everything. We had plans for everything. Reporter after extradition, Kyle Rittenhouse is ultimately expected to face a judge here at the Kenosha County courthouse. His attorney tells cbs news he had a right to defend himself on the streets of kenosha. Just this morning, the Wisconsin Department of justice released the names of the other two officers involved in the jacob blake shooting. Officers Brittany Meronek and vincent arenas. All the officers involved in that shooting are currently on leave throughout the course of the investigation. Mola, you said Something Interesting about jacob blake being handcuffed to a bed. Have you heard any explanation that why a man who doctors say is paralyzed, has to be handcuffed to the bed . Still unclear why. We know that hes paralyzed. We know hes going to be in the bed for some time, still undergoing surgery. Its unclear why at this point he remains handcuffed. We have reached out to police but at this point, police are not take anything questions from the media. Mola lenghi, thank you. One of President Trumps closest overseas allies, thats japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe, is resigning. He said this morning that recent Health Problems have left him unable to perform his duties. Abe has served longer than any other Prime Minister in japans history. He is a conservative who has built up Japanese Military and stood with the president in opposing chinas growing influence in asia. His government has been criticized lately, though, for its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead why Health Experts are questioning the cdcs controversial new guidance on who should be tested for the we have much more ahead including the increasing role of professional athletes in the movement against Racial Injustice and police brutality. One of the nba players at the center of the protest tells us what theyre hoping to accomplish. Youre watching cbs this morning. Aouncer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by kohls. Right now, aarps work is more important than ever. Access to healthcare, affordable prescription drugs, opportunities to save for the future. Thats what aarp fights for because thats what everyone deserves. 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