JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's
other news: The Atlantic Coast
along the Carolinas braced
for the storm named Isaias
to strike inland this evening
as a minimal hurricane.
Beachgoers made a last visit
to the surf, as skies grew
cloudy and the sea choppy.
North Carolina's Governor Roy
Cooper said, it is yet another
challenge for his state.
GOV. ROY COOPER (D-NC): Now,
I know that North Carolinians
have had to dig deep in recent
months to tap into our strength
and resilience during pandemic.
And that hasn't been easy.
But with this storm on the
way, we have to dig a little
deeper. Lets keep each other
safe from the wind and water,
as well as from the virus.
JUDY WOODRUFF: States all
the way north to Maine
are also under storm
warnings and watches.
In Southern California,
thousands of people
spent another day under
evacuation orders,
as a wildfire burned in
mountains east of Los Angeles.
It began Friday and exploded
in size over the weekend to more
than 41 square miles. Crews have
been battling in triple-digit
heat to contain a
small part of the fire.
In Eastern Afghanistan,
government forces have retaken
a prison after a day-long fight
with Islamic State group
attackers. At least
39 people were killed.
Fighters stormed the
prison in Jalalabad, trying to
free hundreds of ISIS prisoners.
Witnesses described the
chaos.
KHAN GUL, Witness (through
translator): I saw the attackers
who walked out of the Corolla
cars, and shot the guards of
the prison. Then the windows of
the nearby buildings exploded
over us. I started running
away from the area,
and then gunfire began.
JUDY WOODRUFF: A provincial
official said later that
nearly 400 ISIS prisoners were
freed in the attack.
Meanwhile, the Taliban said
that its chief negotiator and
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo
held a video call tonight.
He gave no details.
Back in this country, a
prosecutor in New York
now says that President
Trump's tax returns
may hold evidence of
illegal activity by the
Trump Organization. In a
court filing, Manhattan
district attorney Cyrus Vance
Jr. cites public records of --
or, rather, public reports of
- - quote -- "extensive
and protracted criminal
conduct." Vance also says
that the investigation
goes beyond hush money
payments to women.
A federal judge spoke out
today for the first time
since a gunman killed
her son and wounded
her husband at her New
Jersey home last month.
In a video statement,
Judge Esther Salas called
for protecting the privacy
of those on the bench, since
their rulings inevitably anger
some people.
JUDGE ESTHER SALAS, U.S.
District Court of New Jersey:
That comes with the territory,
and we accept that. But what
we cannot accept is when we
are forced to live in fear for
our lives because
personal information,
like our homes addressed,
can easily be obtained
by anyone seeking to do
us or our families harm.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The attacker,
who later killed himself, was
a lawyer and a self-described
anti-feminist. Authorities
say he had information
on about a dozen other
female judges as well.
In economic news, the nation's
oldest retailer, Lord & Taylor,
is the latest big department
store to file for federal
bankruptcy protection
in the face of pandemic
losses. Other new
casualties include the company
that owns JoS. A. Bank and
Men's Wearhouse. In all, dozens
of retailers have filed for
Chapter 11 protection this year,
more than all of last year.
Despite this, on Wall Street,
upbeat reports on manufacturing
in the U.S. and Europe pushed
stocks higher. The Dow
Jones industrial average
gained 236 points to
close at 26664. The Nasdaq
rose 157 points, and
the S&P 500 was up 23.
A second Major League
Baseball team has canceled
games due to COVID-19.
The Saint Louis Cardinals'
four-game series with
the Detroit Tigers was
put off today. Seven
Cardinals players and
six staff members have
tested positive for the
virus. The Miami Marlins
also had an outbreak,
but are due to
resume play tomorrow.
And workers in Paris have
begun the four-year job
of restoring the huge
pipe organ in fire-damaged
Notre Dame Cathedral. The
process involves dismantling,
cleaning and reassembling the
instrument and its 8,000 pipes.
The 18th century organ survived
last year's devastating fire,
but is now coated
in toxic lead dust.
Still to come on the "NewsHour":
the Trump administration
intensifies efforts to undermine
the Postal Service ahead of
the election; the White House
and Microsoft work to avoid
a ban of the popular TikTok app
in the U.S.; parents nationwide
struggle to fill in the
gaps left by the closure of
summer camps; and much more.