that's a good chunk of change. well, that's it for us at 5:00. we will see you back here at 6:00.? cbs weekend news is next, weather updates always on kpix.com. >> good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: breaking tonight: , testing patient as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. passengers on board the "grand princess" remain stuck at sea as medical teams scramble to help. >> i would like to test everybody and, like, test me to make sure, you know,. >> ninan: the latest on the outbreak across the u.s. and the race to respond. in europe, italy imposed tough new restriction restrictions and quarantines. even pope's public prayers will now be on video. also tonight, white house shake-up-- president trump send his acting chief of staff packing as his administration tries to control the coronavirus crisis. plus, volunteers answer the call in tornado-ravaged tennessee. and to the rescue: a school

officer steps in to give a second grader a night to remember. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. we begin tonight with breaking news about the spreading coronavirus. at least 19 deaths are now reported in the u.s., the latest fatalities, two more people in washington state. there are now more than 420 cases across 29 states. off california's coast, 19 crew members and two passengers are on "grand princess" have tested positive for the virus. more than 3,500 others on board remain stuck at sea. as vice persident mike pence says the u.s. is tracking another ship that may have shared a crew with coronavirus-hit cruise line. here's danya bacchus. >> reporter: passengers aboard the "grand princess" cruise ship are in a holding pattern. >> we're not sick. we're just held captive. >> reporter: monica achter is

one of the 3,500 aborkd waiting off the coast of san francisco and wondering if she will be tested next after 21 people on the ship came up positive for the coronavirus. >> we really don't know much. we're just sitting here listening to the reports when the captain goes on. >> repo dropped off supplies, and vice persident pence said tests are coming. >> all passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus and quarantined as appropriate. >> reporter: 16 people have died in washington state, most linked to the life care center near seattle. in southern california, murrietta valley high school closed and 71 students were told to self-quarantine after an employee who was exposed to coronavirus and became ill. that employee is now being tested. >> they're not saying who, what, so it's very concerning because we don't know if our kids were exposed to porter: strd university of ibotheledn-pern c, replacing them with online

classes. tech giants: twitter, facebook, apple, amazon, and microsoft are asking some employees to work from home. the economic costs are adding up. 40% of all imports enter the country through the port of los angeles, employing thousands. but now, it's unusually quiet. >> this will be billions of dollars worth of impact because the supply is not coming in. >> reporter: and today, another cruise ship that came to port here in the los angeles area is keeping passengers on board until the covid-19 test results for a sick passenger comes back. officials say they are doing that out of an abundance of caution. reena. >> ninan: danya bacchus, thank you, dania. well, the coronavirus has now spread to nearly 100 countries and territories. there are more than 105,000 cases on six continents. least 3,500 people have deed. italy has the highest death toll outside china and tonight is imposing massive quarantines on tens of millions of people.

charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: if italy is anything to go by, the united states better buckle up. new numbers out tonight: i've,583 cases air, jump of more than 1200 new cases with 233 deaths overall. today, the vatican announced that pope francis will deliver his next two public addresses via video instead of his usual appearances at st. peter's square. and it comes after the vatican announced its first case. considering it sits smack dab in the middle of a country that is seeing the worst outbreak in europe, perhaps it was just a matter of time before it eventually reached the vatican. politicians haven't been immune, either. isolating myself at home. ordered to head home, tens of thousands of american students

studying abrought here, like eric meade from maryland. if it were up to you you would be like, i'm staying. >> definitely, definitely. i want to stay and i don't think it's necessary for me to go home. >> reporter: butas the crisis deans and the numbers stack up, people here are becoming less inclined to leave it all to chance. charlie d'agata, cbs news, rome. >> ninan: today in florida, vice persident mike pence also announced new screening procedures for all cruiseship passengers as the trump administration tries to control a growing crisis. weijia jiang is in west palm beach where president trump is spending the weekend. >> today we reached an agreement with the cruiseline industry to further enhance entry and exit screening, and also to establish ship board testing for the coronavirus. >> reporter: vice persident mike pence met with cruiseline executives in florida while trying to downplay the scale of the coronavirus. during a briefing in washington, health officials could not

provide an exact number of americans who have been tested for coronavirus. the f.d.a. commissioner said more than paept00 specimens have been tested but patients often get more than one test. 48 states and washington, d.c. are conducting public health lab testing, while west virginia and maine are still preparing. on friday, president trump said this while touring the centers for disease control in atlanta: >> anybody that needs a test gets a test. they're there. they have the tests. and the tests are beautiful. >> reporter: hours later, the president announced on twitter that north carolina congressman mark meadows will replace mick mulvaney as chief of staff after months of denying mulvaney was out the door. >> that was a false report. i have a great relationship with mick. >> get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> reporter: mulvaney received sharp criticism for an octo the administration withholding u.s. military aid to ukraine, a move at the center of the president's impeachment.

since then, his role diminished. >> obviously, today's vote is just one more step in a flawed process to try to impeach the president. >> reporter: meadows fiercely defended the president during the impeachment proceedings. he will sharpen the white house's political perspective as mr. trump tries to win re-election. cbs news has learned that mulvaney will play a big role in president trump's re-election campaign. he has also been named the special envoy to northern ireland. reena. >> ninan: weijia jiang traveling with the president. thank you, weijia. in quanzhou, china, today, a five. story hotel housing people quarantined with coronavirus collapsed. rescue workers scrambled to save dozens trapped under the rubble. 80-room hotel opened just two years ago. officials say more than 40 people have been rescued. the economic ramifications of the coronavirus are also far reaching. michael george reports that businesses large and small are suffering. >> reporter: as quickly as

coronavirus is spreading, so is fear, especially over travel. >> it's crazy. the whole situation. >> reporter: the airline industry is projected to lose $113 billion, according to some experts. want spreading outbreak is also costing investors trillions. on wall street, it was another wild week. all three major averages eked out small gains but still down 10% from recent peaks. larry kudlow is hoping to calm fears. >> i will still argue to you that this is contained. >> the sense right now among investors is that we just don't know the extent of this virus, and that's why we've seen so much volatility in the market. >> reporter: some of the biggest names in finance, including citigroup, jpmorgan chase, and morgan stanley are precaution. then that's hit to main street. businesses are hurting. 21% report a moderate to severe impact. more than half say they're making changes, like increasing prices and reducing business

costs to protect themselves. even the n.b.a. is considering playing games in front of empty stands, a possibility not everyone is on board with. >> i ain't playing. ( laughter ) if i ain't got the fans in the crowd. that's who i play for. >> reporter: today we learned the n.c.a.a. is also considering holding march madness games without any fans initancy, but for no they're saying that would only be in a worst-case scenario. reena. >> ninan: glad they're taking preparation leeftz. to campaign 2020 now, it's on to the next primaries for joe biden and bernie sanders, the two contenders face off next week in six more states. here's nikole killion. >> what a difference a week makes. >> reporter: in the show me state, former vice president joe biden showed up. >> this time last week, i was in south carolina. ( cheers and applause ) they hadn't finished voting. and the press and the pundits had declared biden's campaign is dead. >> reporter: bolstered by a

delegate lead, a flurry of endorsements, and an infusion of cash, the newly minted frontrunner took on his democratic opponent. >> senator sanders like to say he'll need a record turnout to defeat donald trump. he's right. and we're the campaign that's going to do that record turnout. ( cheers ). >> a two-person race. that's what we've got. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders adjusted his schedule to stay focused on michigan, a state he narrowly won in 2016. >> i just don't think that joe biden can generate enthusiasm. i have zero doubn my mind that together we are the campaign that can beat trump. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: with the competition tightening, sanders sharpened his contrast with biden on trade and social security. >> medicare, that is the gorilla in the room. and you've got to put all of it on the table. >> everything. >> everything. >> reporter: the biden campaign countered, launching its largest single advertising

blitz. >> joe biden has always been a strong supporter of social security. >> reporter: a $12 million buy across six states. as biden and sanders duke it out, they'll share the same turf come election 90 this tuesday. both candidates have scheduled events in ohio, one of several key battlegrounds that votes later in the month. reena. >> ninan: nikole killion, thanks, nicole. a broad security crackdown in saudi arabia leaves two senior members of the royal family detained. an official confirms to cbs news the tensions happened at a moment of economic crisis in the kingdom and appeared to tigher d prince mohamed bin salman, also known as m.b.s. he's academying as de facto ruler due to his father's advanced age. investigators acting on a tip recovered what they believe to be the remains of missing toddler evelyn boswell. the 15-month-old was last seen in disrnlg but wasn't reported missing by her family until last month.

the remains still need to be positively identified. evelyn's mother remains in police custody after being arrested last week for filing a false report. straight ahead, coronavirus fears have led to a shortage of critical medical supplies. we go inside a factory struggling to meet demand. tennessee's called the volunteer state. how disaster brought out the best nonetheless people. and later, the officer on special duty to give a young girl a moment she will never forget. s the economy,

other religion booming. across the country there's been panic buying of hand sanitizer, bottledly water and toilet paper. costco's chief financial officer says, "it's been nuts." but is it really necessary?

molson coors reports on the new stress on the supply chain. >> reporter: here at medicom augusta, georgia factory is buzzing. they're work nearly around the clock to fill demand. protective masks of every kind are flying off store shelves across the country. guillaume laverdure is the chiefet operating officer of medicom, a global supplier of infection-control products. and this struggle to meet demand is not specific to yu country. it's industry-wide? >> it's all over the industry nall over the countries. >> we don't recommend for them . >> rter:enver heedical officer e savorprice says the dwindling masks of shortage is concerning. >> i worry about our ability to deliver continued care care. >> reporter: a standard surgical mask is effective at

resisting large, airborne droplets or other fluids but is not designed to filter viruses. its loose fo makes it easier for droplets to enter around the edges of the mask. the nknife respirator is an upgrairkd a tight fitted mask that forced inhaled air towards the mask's body and not its ages. it's ce ing out 95% of particulates, including small droplets, but not viral particles. >> it could have the alternative, undesired effect of transmitting these infections more readily for the untrained awarer. >> there is no role for the masks in the community. >> reporter: despite pleas by public health officials, panic buying of surgical masks appears to contie. cbsews, augusta, georgia.

>> ninan: a new royal appearance by prince harry and meghan markle. they're in london this weekend. today, they were swarmed by photographers and fans as they arrived at the royal albert hall for a concert. the two officially step away from their roles as senior royals on march 31. to alaska and a sport that features some of the world's toughest, fur-clad athletes. the yi gets off to a start today in anchorage. the race officially begins across some of the most extreme terrain on earth. a new milestone for spacex. a "falcon 9" rocket blas d of late last night, landing safely minutes later. it was the 50th success other touchdown of a booster rocket. the unmanned caps us was carrying a two-pon payload to the international space station and that includes a sweet treat for the crew-- reese's pieces

and skittles. up next, answering the call. how neighbors in nashville mobilized to help the recovery fornadoes.

killed at least 24 people had barely left tennessee this week when thousands began stepping forward to help. mireya villarreal met with one extraordinary volunteer. >> reporter: at the corner of twhernashvilwe fouin oprea, houg volunteers. >> looks like a war zone. i mean, look at this. >> reporter: the celebrity trainer took to the streets and started a gofundme page.

so far, it's raised more than $34,000, which oprea says she'll distribute to neighbors like terry warren. >> i was standing in that house, and when the house started shaking, i just knew it was going to fall apart and everything. >> reporter: the tornado destroyed his home. now he's sleeping in his car just feet away from oprea's mobile operation. >> it's like a miracle. they were there when i needed them the most. >> reporter: it will take time for people to heal here. >> it will never be the same and it kills me. >> reporter: i can tell it really kind of tuur heart. >> reporter: music city may have changed, but its character has not, and this week tennessee... >> thank you. >> reporter: ...the volunteer state, lived up to its nickname. mireya villarreal, cbs news, >> nin: cong up, how a school special made a yoish c tu

>> ninan: we end tonight in van buren, arkansas, the annual dance for fathers and daughters is a big deal, but one young girl had no doubt until a hero came to the rescue. here's juke. >> reporter: officer nick questions patrolling the halls of central elementary, but this by a second grader.he >> reporter: what would that have been like? >> humiliating. >> reporter: his boss told him about a volunteer opportunity to escort children in need to the annual daddy-daughter dance. >> i said would you like to be

my date for the daddy-daughter dance? and she was like, yes." and i said, "we're good. >> reporter: eight-year-old avey cox's father passed away over the holidays. >> i've been wanting to go for a long time. my dad couldn't take me. >> reporter: avey's mom, angela. >> i mean, i'm truly grateful for nick. because he definitely provided a bright spot in our-- in our crazy month we had before. >> reporter: with the help of her mom and a family friend, avey picked out the perfect dress. >> and i believe they went through about 10 dresss, and the one avey wore i think is the last one. she had her heart set on the last one. >> reporter: officer harvey showed up in his police cruiser nape posed for pictures. another officer ordered a limo to take them to a dance. you have ever been in a limo before? >> no. >> reporter: what night? >> getting to dance with him. >> reporter: that made him smile. were you happy you got to go?

>> yes. >> reporter: would you go again do you hope he will ask you again. >> yes. >> reporter: do you feel like you can count on him? >> uh-huh. >> i can count on her, too. >> reporter: and his gesture may already be having an impact. so you want to be a police officer. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: why? because of nick? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: what's the lesson you learned out of this? >> don't take anything for granted. enjoy your kids. appreciate their childhood. because they're not going to be young forever. >> reporter: jamie yuccas, cbs news, van buren, arkansas. >> ninan: such sweet advice. well, that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." and a reminder, don't forget to spring forward an hour overnight for daylight saving time. i'm reena ninan in new york. for all of us at cbs news, thanks for joining us. good night.

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 nose. one person has made it off the cruise ship circling off the bay area coast tonight. the other 3500 are waiting on word for when it might be their turn. if you are looking for hand sanitizer, you are pretty much out of luck, but there are some signs the panic buying is slowing down. and after our driest february ever, the bay area finally get some rain and there is more on the way. that evening, we begin with new details on the coronavirus stricken cruise ship held off the coast. we are learning a sick passenger on board was evacuated in the overnight hours. this video shows that person, a woman in r ing transpted to an ambulance in san francisco. she is not showing any signs of

the coronavirus. officials say she has cancer and urgently needed treatment. she was last reported in stable condition. but 3500 passengers and crew don't know when they will be allowed to leave. betty yu is live in san francisco with how they are coping. >> reporter: those 3500 passengers cannot go out onto thso ny of them are spending a lot of time in their rooms, watching movies, playing cards and doing arts and crafts. the ship was supposed to return to san francisco today, but now the passengers and crew members are awaiting word to see when and where the cruise ship will dock. the coast guard this morning loaded up more supplies to deliver to the grand princess. last night a coast guard helicopter delivered facemasks and other protective gear provided by princess cruises