Unimaginable loss. The u. S. Approaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths. The most in the world. Why experts predict another spike in the fall. And emmys at home. History is made at the socially distanced awards show. Well show you the winners and reveal how they pulled off their ambitious celebration. It was so good. Heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. If i win this election, President Trumps nominee should be withdrawn. As a new president , i should be the one to nominates Justice Ginsburgs successor. The battle over filling Ruth Bader GinsburgsSupreme Court seat has begun. Who would rather have a man on the Supreme Court . Who would rather have a woman on the Supreme Court . [ cheers ] tributes and condolences continue to pour in. An International Icon that in your 80s you can have the name notorious rbg and your own hash tag. Tropical storm beta is expected to make landfall tonight. Across the country, the number of americans killed by covid19 is closing in on 200,000. This will not be over until we get a vaccine thats widely available. The president is backing a partnership with tiktok temporarily suspending plans to ban all new downloads of the app. All that Bryson Dechambeau blew away the field to win the u. S. Open winning by six shots. A 6monthold from utah is going viral with his water skiing skills. And thats extreme focus right there. Jokic back his way down over Anthony Davis. Two seconds left. The nuggets up one. Anthony davis did this. Its good Anthony Davis has won it for the lakers on cbs this morning. Rest in power, rbg. Award season has officially started with the 72nd emmys. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a compassionate and tireless champion of equality and justice who said her legacy was to make life a little better for people less fortunate than she. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. This is the Supreme Court building where people have been showing up all weekend in huge numbers to pay respects to justice ruth Bader Ginsburg following her death on friday. It was a big surprise. This is all part of a national outpouring of grief for a woman and a fighter who changed the course of American History in many ways. She rallied so many times. You kept thinking, maybe shell rally again. When you get the news, its expected but unexpected at the same time. When you use the words national treasure, that doesnt apply to too many people. But when you look at her life, her legacy, thank you isnt enough to say all shes done for this country. As we were talking about before, when you look at her biography, if you will, you realize why she was on the Supreme Court. Even before the Supreme Court. That would have been enough. But the bipartisan outpouring has been particularly nice to watch. Yeah, youre right. Beloved on both sides. 963 or something she was confirmed. Wonder who the three were. I wish we could take more than a minute to celebrate her life and instantly right into politics before we get the news and it goes right into politics. I just wanted to take a minute to say wow. She was no kid. She knew what was going to happen. Well talk about all of that. Well talk about all of it this morning. As americans are remembering the life of Justice Ginsburg, republicans and democrats in congress are fighting over who will replace her and when. The high court is in mourning with a black cloth draped over the entrance to its chamber. Ginsburgs chair is also draped out of respect for her 27 years on the court. President trump and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell have vowed to move fast using their power to replace her. Ben tracy begins our coverage outside the Supreme Court. Good morning to you. When do we expect the president to announce a nominee. Good morning. President trump is wasting no time. He has narrowed down his list and plans to name a nominee this week. You know this election was shaping up to be a referendum on the president and his handling of coronavirus. Now republicans are hoping he can reframe that around this battle for the court. It says the president is supposed to fill the seat, right . And thats what were going to do. Were going to fill the seat. Reporter at a weekend rally in North Carolina, fill that seat became a new rallying cry. Fill that seat fill that seat this can only happen in North Carolina. Reporter and President Trump made two things clear. He will quickly nominate a new justice and it will be a woman. It will be a woman. A very talented, very brilliant woman. Reporter cbs news has learned two of the top contenders are u. S. Court of appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett and barbara lagoa. Coney barrett clerked for scalia and President Trump considered her to replace kennedy when he retired. Shes very highly respected. Lagoa is 52. She is also a conservative, as well as a first generation cuban american from the key swing state of florida. She was confirmed at the court of appeals with bipartisan support. Shes an extraordinary person. Ive heard incredible things about her. I dont know her. Shes hispanic. And highly respected. Miami. To jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. Reporter on sunday, former Vice President joe biden said he expected President Trump to nominate someone, but appealed to republican senators imploring them not to vote on a nominee before the november election. Dont go there. Uphold your constitutional duty. Your conscience. Let the people speak. Reporter now biden says if he wins in november, then President Trumps nominee should be withdrawn. In the meantime, this is firing up both sides. Democrats raising record sums of money. About 100 million just since friday. And the Trump Campaign is now selling fill that seat tshirts on its website. Anthony . Ben, thank you. The Senate Battle over Justice Ginsburgs vacant seat is shaping up to be brutal. Republican leaders say theyre ready to move forward with the confirmation by election day. Democrats say voters should decide who chooses the new justice. As nancy cordes reports, the two parties have reversed their opinions from four years ago. Of course, the American People should have a say in the court a direction. Reporter this was what republicans said in 2016. There say long tradition that you dont do this in an election year. When thenpresident obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace the late justice scalia. Nearly eight months before the election. Why would we deny the voters a chance on the makeup of the Supreme Court. Reporter now their argument has flipped. The president was elected to do this and the senate was elected to confirm this nomination. Reporter republicans say they gained senate seats in 2018, which amounts to an endorsement. Senate majority is performing a constitutional duty and fulfilling the mandate the voters gave us. Reporter its not just republicans who have a different take now. Heres democratic leader Chuck Schumer in 2016. Republicans continue to stand in the way and refuse to do their job. It will only be because they want donald trump to pick the next nominee. Reporter speaking yesterday at ginsburgs high school in brooklyn, schumer argued republicans should stick to their 2016 positions, especially since voigting has already begu in some states. Try and decide this at this last time, at this late moment is despicable. And wrong and against democracy. It is shoving the wishes of the hard right and the republicans who go along with them down americas throat. Republicans say there will be a confirmation vote this year. Lets be very clear. If the shoe were on the other foot and the democrats had the white house and the senate, they would right now be trying to confirm another member of the Supreme Court. Reporter this weekend, two republican senators, Maines Susan Collins and alaskas Lisa Murkowski, urged their party to wait until after the election. But it would take four republicans to block a vote. And theres little democrats can do on their own to slow things down. Besides applying public pressure. And to Mitch Mcconnell, we need to tell him that he is playing with fire. Reporter yesterday retiring republican senator Lamar Alexander of tennessee said hed be willing to vote before the election. He, too, had a different position back in 2016. All eyes now are on two republicans, mitt romney of utah, who has shown a willingness to break with his party before and cory gardner of colorado, who is locked in a tough bid for reelection. Some democrats argue that if republicans push ahead with this vote, then they should add seats to the Supreme Court if democrats win back control of the senate. They do say that all ideas are on the table. Gayle . A lot of ifs, ands and buts there. President trump is in line to be the first president since Ronald Reagan to choose three Supreme Court justices. That would create the courts biggest ideological shift in decades. Joining us now is White House Press secretary kay leagleigh y mcenany. You guys were up all weekend. You had a lot to think about. Lets talk about this. 62 of americans say the vacancy left by ginsburg should be filled by whichever candidate wins this upcoming election. Do you see any way, any scenario that President Trump will go along with that . 62 of voters. Thats this weekend. The president is clear in saying that he will be nominating someone to the Supreme Court. In fact, 29 times in history a president in their last year of their term has, in fact, nominated someone and been considered by the senate. So the president will be following that precedent, and we believe that voters will be supportive of this move as we move forward and they see the quality of our nominee. Joe biden says this is just an exercise in raw power, jamming it at the very last minute, jamming it down peoples throats. Thats not unpredictable for him to say, but what do you think about that at the white house . Yeah, i would refer former Vice President joe biden to his own words when he said that he, in fact, would appoint a Supreme Court nominee, if there were even just a few months before an election. He said that. So, too, did president obama and senator Kamala Harris among other democrats. So i would point them to their own words a few short years ago. If were going to refer you to your old words game, youve got senator graham, senator mcconnell, senator cruz who all said something very different in 2016. This is really just all about politics, whoever is in power, whoever has the votes, thats how it goes . As leader mcconnell has made clear. 2016 was a different circumstance because we did have divided government because we did have democrats in control excuse me, republicans in control of the senate and you had a democrat president. Now you have unified government in the sense of the senate being republican, the president being republican. In fact, expanding their majority in 2018. So we do believe its a different circumstance. So when will the president announce his nominee, do you think . In the coming days. It will be a very quick turn of events, gayle. This week . Yes. You will certainly be hearing this week who that nominee is. Before wednesday . I think its very likely but ill leave that to the president. All right. So far we have senator murkowski and senator collins on record as saying, listen, nothing should happen at this particular time. Is the president going to number one, do you guys think you have the votes . If you dont have the votes, is he planning to break out to senators who have broken rank like senator romney . We do think well have the votes. We encourage republican senators to take a look at this nominee were putting forward. It will be a very talented woman. The president did confirm it will be a woman. So we do think it will be, of course, a tight turn around. We know Justice Ginsburg, in fact, who we honor her legacy here at the white house, she was confirmed in 42 days. So it can be done, and we think it will be done. Can you confirm who is on his short list and i mean number one and number two . So i wont get ahead of the president and announcing but many qualified women. Theres been news reporting out there and these qualified women are on his list. He has put forwar two lists so we do know, unlike past president s, exactly what those names would look like and it will be someone on one of those two lists. Kay leigh, thank you for taking the time. I know youll be working over time the next few days. Thank you, gayle. People are leaving flowers and other tributes to Justice Ginsburg outside the Supreme Court. With the country bracing for a political fight, we dont want to lose fight of the meaning of Justice Ginsburgs life. Her vision for this country, even in her dissents was not about division. Jan crawford looks at ginsburgs legacy of raising people up to help us all stand on common ground. Reporter all weekend, the Supreme Court, often the site of protests, became a place of tribute. Seeing her dissent all the time and speak her own mind. Reporter and give thanks. Going into the legal profession, she definitely paved the way for me. Just knowing that if she was able to do it, then we can, too. Reporter a true trailblazer, she made her mark on the law even before she took a seat on the court. She learned firsthand about discrimination. There was not a single firm in the entire city of new york that would offer me a job. Reporter so she leveraged the law to help level the playing field. As a lawyer for the aclu, ginsburg argued six gender discrimination cases before the Supreme Court. After 13 years as a federal Appeals Court judge, president clinton nominated her to the high court in 1993. On face the nation sunday, clinton said ginsburg knew how to get it done. She had the best judgment on when to work with others whenever she could and when to stand up when she couldnt stand it anymore. Reporter as the courts leading liberal, ginsburg voted to protect abortion rights, restrict the Death Penalty and expand womens right to education and equal pay. People ask me, when will you be satisfied with the number of women on the court. When there are nine. Reporter she had a long and close friendship with the conservative icon, the late justice antonin scalia. Ruth is really bad only on the kneejerk stuff. Reporter later in life, ginsburg fought through multiple bouts with cancer. At her side for 56 years of marriage was her beloved husband marty who died in 2010. She credited their happy marriage to a piece of advice from are the motherinlaw. She said, dear, in every good marriage it helps sometimes to be a little deaf. Ive found that in dealing with my spouse and my colleagues. Reporter when ginsburg spoke with that soft voice, we all listened. For cbs this morning, im jan crawford. Thank you jan crawford. I cant get enough of hearing about her story. Her sense of humor. She was such a champion for equality on and off the bench. I love the deaf comment what she said. And just how she devoted her life to helping others, pulling up others behind her. One of the things people were talking about over the weekend which was so fascinating is she seemed in person, she seemed so measured and proper, but she was fierce and radical. And it was its such an interesting contrast. Fierce and radical, but still polite in her dissents. Still writing to win in the long term. She wanted to turn peoples minds. And it was good to see the back and forth that she had with antonin scalia, too. The two of them could sort of respectfully put each other down but at the same time respect and admire each other. I loved that. I never got a chance to meet her, did you . No, i didnt. I did once. I interviewed her about growing up in the 1930s. You did . Yeah. It was a wonderful visit. No politics. No law. Just what was it like to be a kid in the 30s. Oh, man. Got to find that. Yeah. All right. We have other news this morning, including a momentous update on the coronavirus. The u. S. Death toll will top 200,000 in the next day or so. It took seven months to reach that number, which is more than triple the usual number of deaths each year from the flu. The u. S. Has less than 5 of the worlds population, but 21 of all the covid19 deaths. By comparison, india has nearly four times as many people, but its death toll is less than half of ours. One more Tropical Storm is said to make landfall in the u. S. This time in texas. Tropical storm beta is expected to hit between galveston and Corpus Christi within 24 hours from now. Packing winds up to 50 miles an hour. Forecasters say it could bring m