Like many of us, Jeff Tweedy, the celebrated frontman for the band Wilco, has spent much of the year hanging around the house. But quarantine hasn’t slowed down Tweedy’s prolific writing. This month he released a book and, on Friday, a new solo album. He joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to perform “Opaline.” Source
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Saturday Sessions: Jeff Tweedy performs “Bad Day Lately”
Like many of us, Jeff Tweedy, the celebrated frontman for the band Wilco, has spent much of the year hanging around the house. But quarantine hasn’t slowed down Tweedy’s prolific writing. This month he released a book and, on Friday, a new solo album. He joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to perform “Bad Day Lately.” Source
Trump to vote in Florida on Saturday before holding three rallies
The president will vote in Florida before heading to rallies in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin. Source
CBS News reporter finds, turns in $40,000 of lost jewelry at Dallas airport
Friday, someone left behind a box filled with $40,000 of jewelry at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. A good samaritan, CBS News’ own Omar Villafranca, found it, turned it in and tweeted the images out hoping to find the owner. Villafranca said, “Hoping by doing this… It makes someone’s 2020 suck less.” The owner was found. Source
Saturday Sessions: Jeff Tweedy performs “Robin or Wren”
Like many of us, Jeff Tweedy, the celebrated frontman for the band Wilco, has spent much of the year hanging around the house. But quarantine hasn’t slowed down Tweedy’s prolific writing. This month he released a book and, on Friday, a new solo album. He joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to perform “Robin or Wren.” Source
Airline study says risk of virus transmission low while flying
An unprecedented series of tests claim to prove airline cleaning techniques do effectively kill the coronavirus. The research was funded by Boeing. University of Arizona and Boeing researchers used a live, but harmless virus to test the cleaning process on real planes. Kris Van Cleave has more on the study and what it means about the safety of flying in a pandemic. Source
Police officer fired after fatally shooting Black teen in Illinois
Marcellis Stinnette, 19, was killed during the incident and his girlfriend was seriously wounded. Source
Several states see massive die-off of migratory birds
In late August, people in New Mexico noticed hundreds of migratory birds that had fallen dead right out of the sky. Within a few weeks, the numbers had expanded to thousands of birds across other states. Scientists have been struggling for an explanation as they look to protect birds from other threats. Barry Petersen reports. Source
Inside the different ballots used in U.S. elections
Early voting is underway in 36 states as of Saturday. More than 53 million people have already gone to the ballot box, a ballot dropbox or have cast their vote by mail. The coronavirus is changing when and how we vote and that’s launched an intense political and legal battle over the ballot itself. It’s a struggle nearly as old as the republic. Ed O’Keefe reports. Source
U.S. records most new coronavirus infections in a single-day
There were more than 83,000 confirmed cases reported Friday, marking a new single-day record high in the country. Source