1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,966 JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The Atlantic Coast along the Carolinas braced 2 00:00:03,966 --> 00:00:08,733 for the storm named Isaias to strike inland this evening as a minimal hurricane. 3 00:00:10,733 --> 00:00:14,900 Beachgoers made a last visit to the surf, as skies grew cloudy and the sea choppy. 4 00:00:16,866 --> 00:00:20,300 North Carolina's Governor Roy Cooper said, it is yet another challenge for his state. 5 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:24,600 GOV. ROY COOPER (D-NC): Now, I know that North Carolinians have had to dig deep in recent 6 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,600 months to tap into our strength and resilience during pandemic. And that hasn't been easy. 7 00:00:31,633 --> 00:00:36,000 But with this storm on the way, we have to dig a little deeper. Lets keep each other 8 00:00:37,433 --> 00:00:40,333 safe from the wind and water, as well as from the virus. 9 00:00:40,333 --> 00:00:45,300 JUDY WOODRUFF: States all the way north to Maine are also under storm warnings and watches. 10 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:52,066 In Southern California, thousands of people spent another day under evacuation orders, 11 00:00:54,033 --> 00:00:57,066 as a wildfire burned in mountains east of Los Angeles. It began Friday and exploded 12 00:00:59,133 --> 00:01:02,700 in size over the weekend to more than 41 square miles. Crews have been battling in triple-digit 13 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,033 heat to contain a small part of the fire. 14 00:01:08,033 --> 00:01:13,033 In Eastern Afghanistan, government forces have retaken a prison after a day-long fight 15 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,200 with Islamic State group attackers. At least 39 people were killed. Fighters stormed the 16 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:23,966 prison in Jalalabad, trying to free hundreds of ISIS prisoners. Witnesses described the 17 00:01:25,233 --> 00:01:27,233 chaos. 18 00:01:27,233 --> 00:01:29,633 KHAN GUL, Witness (through translator): I saw the attackers who walked out of the Corolla 19 00:01:29,633 --> 00:01:33,700 cars, and shot the guards of the prison. Then the windows of the nearby buildings exploded 20 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:38,000 over us. I started running away from the area, and then gunfire began. 21 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,000 JUDY WOODRUFF: A provincial official said later that nearly 400 ISIS prisoners were 22 00:01:43,766 --> 00:01:45,900 freed in the attack. 23 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:50,266 Meanwhile, the Taliban said that its chief negotiator and U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo 24 00:01:51,666 --> 00:01:55,066 held a video call tonight. He gave no details. 25 00:01:55,066 --> 00:02:00,100 Back in this country, a prosecutor in New York now says that President Trump's tax returns 26 00:02:02,166 --> 00:02:06,100 may hold evidence of illegal activity by the Trump Organization. In a court filing, Manhattan 27 00:02:08,166 --> 00:02:12,300 district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. cites public records of -- or, rather, public reports of 28 00:02:14,833 --> 00:02:18,433 - - quote -- "extensive and protracted criminal conduct." Vance also says that the investigation 29 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,633 goes beyond hush money payments to women. 30 00:02:23,633 --> 00:02:28,633 A federal judge spoke out today for the first time since a gunman killed her son and wounded 31 00:02:31,133 --> 00:02:34,333 her husband at her New Jersey home last month. In a video statement, Judge Esther Salas called 32 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:40,633 for protecting the privacy of those on the bench, since their rulings inevitably anger 33 00:02:40,633 --> 00:02:42,666 some people. 34 00:02:42,666 --> 00:02:46,200 JUDGE ESTHER SALAS, U.S. District Court of New Jersey: That comes with the territory, 35 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,200 and we accept that. But what we cannot accept is when we are forced to live in fear for 36 00:02:54,866 --> 00:02:59,833 our lives because personal information, like our homes addressed, can easily be obtained 37 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:06,866 by anyone seeking to do us or our families harm. 38 00:03:06,866 --> 00:03:11,866 JUDY WOODRUFF: The attacker, who later killed himself, was a lawyer and a self-described 39 00:03:14,333 --> 00:03:17,366 anti-feminist. Authorities say he had information on about a dozen other female judges as well. 40 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:24,666 In economic news, the nation's oldest retailer, Lord & Taylor, is the latest big department 41 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,233 store to file for federal bankruptcy protection in the face of pandemic losses. Other new 42 00:03:32,166 --> 00:03:36,100 casualties include the company that owns JoS. A. Bank and Men's Wearhouse. In all, dozens 43 00:03:38,033 --> 00:03:42,566 of retailers have filed for Chapter 11 protection this year, more than all of last year. 44 00:03:44,566 --> 00:03:48,733 Despite this, on Wall Street, upbeat reports on manufacturing in the U.S. and Europe pushed 45 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,833 stocks higher. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 236 points to close at 26664. The Nasdaq 46 00:03:57,466 --> 00:04:02,000 rose 157 points, and the S&P 500 was up 23. 47 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:07,000 A second Major League Baseball team has canceled games due to COVID-19. The Saint Louis Cardinals' 48 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:13,666 four-game series with the Detroit Tigers was put off today. Seven Cardinals players and 49 00:04:15,733 --> 00:04:19,600 six staff members have tested positive for the virus. The Miami Marlins also had an outbreak, 50 00:04:20,666 --> 00:04:24,000 but are due to resume play tomorrow. 51 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:29,000 And workers in Paris have begun the four-year job of restoring the huge pipe organ in fire-damaged 52 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:36,333 Notre Dame Cathedral. The process involves dismantling, cleaning and reassembling the 53 00:04:38,366 --> 00:04:42,033 instrument and its 8,000 pipes. The 18th century organ survived last year's devastating fire, 54 00:04:44,633 --> 00:04:48,700 but is now coated in toxic lead dust. 55 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:53,700 Still to come on the "NewsHour": the Trump administration intensifies efforts to undermine 56 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:59,166 the Postal Service ahead of the election; the White House and Microsoft work to avoid 57 00:05:01,166 --> 00:05:04,300 a ban of the popular TikTok app in the U.S.; parents nationwide struggle to fill in the 58 00:05:05,766 --> 00:05:10,700 gaps left by the closure of summer camps; and much more.