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but they'll still need to debate. and doggone it: a beloved college mascot shows us how to go out like a champion. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> morgan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm demarco morgan, reporting in los angeles. the white house today announced new travel restrictions with more possibly to come as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, affecting every part of american life. today, confirmed cases across the country topped 2,400. 52 people have died. west virginia is now the only state without a confirmed case. today, a member of the administration's coronavirus task force warned things may get worse. worse. and pr and president trump said he has now been tested for the virus. ben tracy at the white house. >> reporter: well, things are changing quickly here at the white house. the president has now been tested. the vice president says he may do the same.
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and members of the media, we had to have our temperatures checked berethe me room with them today. >> i also took the test. >> reporter: you took the test? >> yeah. and i decided i should, based on the press conference yesterday. people were asking, "did i take the test?" >> reporter: president trump says he was tested for the coronavirus but doesn't yet know the result. he's come in close contact with at least two people recently who have tested positive. >> by the way, i had my temperature taken coming into the room. >> reporter: the white house is now implementing new temperature-check protocols and adding ireland and the united kingdom to its travel ban that already covers much of europe. they are considering travel restrictions within the u.s. the pentagon is telling service members and their families not to travel domestically. should all americans follow that same advice? >> well, if you don't have to travel, i wouldn't do it. >> reporter: after weeks of downplaying the threat of the virus, the president is now calling it an emergency. >> today, i am officially declaring a national emergency. >> reporter: as much as $50 billion in federal funds are now available.
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the white house says it will soon unveil details for nationwide drive-through coronavirus testing. that caused a stock market rally friday, a priority for the president. >> i had no idea. we walked back. i said, "so how did that work out?" they said, "sir, you just set a new record in the history of the stock market." so that was pretty good. >> reporter: this morning, the house passed a coronavirus relief bill, which calls for free testing, paid sick leave, and unemployment benefits for those impacted by the virus, which continues to spread. >> we have not reached our peak. now, we will see more cases, and we will see more suffering and death, predominantly, as the vice president said, among the vulnerables in our society. >> reporter: the white house is promising details tomorrow on a website that it says google is creating to help screen americans for coronavirus testing. but google says the website that it's creating is in its early stages and will only initially be rolled out in the san francisco bay area. demarco. >> morgan: ben tracy at the white house.
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ben, thank you. and while washington works to contain the problem, the outbreak is spreading. the pandemic has now infected every part of american life, from home to work and everywhere in between. michael george is in new rochelle, new york. >> reporter: across the country, shoppers emptied grocery store shelves, stocking up on everything from toilet paper to nonperishable goods. >> i knew there was going to be a line but didn't know there would be a line that would go the full city block. >> reporter: social distancing has become the new normal. millions of americans are staying home as schools have closed in at least 14 states. major sporting events are either canceled or postponed. 17 states have opened up drive-through testing sites for coronavirus, including here in new rochelle, new york, which has one of the largest clusters of coronavirus with more than 120 people affected. >> my husband's not feeling well. he's got throat symptoms. he's, you know, achy and tired. and he works in the city. >> the testing is not where it needs to be, right. the main way to slow the spread, we know from all the other
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countries, is to do the testing, isolate the positives. >> reporter: health careofficias have made it hard to contain the virus. private-sector labs have developed their own tests and have now partnered with the trump administration. matthew binnicker of the mayo clinic headed the team that worked around the clock to come up with a test kit in just three weeks. >> we realized that the public health infrastructure wasn't going to be able to accommodate all the testing that was going to be needed. >> reporter: but hospitals across the country are bracing for a surge in patients, while emergency rooms are already overwhelmed with people worried they have the virus. >> we are probably at the tip of the iceberg at this point in terms of what we are going to be seeing in emergency rooms over the next few weeks. >> reporter: right now, this drive-through testing location in new rochelle can only test 200 people a day. but officials say they'll soon be able to increase that to 500. demarco. >> morgan: all right, thank you. nearly all the nation's busy immigration courts remained open this week, despite calls to close the most crowded
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proceedings. public school closings nationwide have gained speed in recent days, and some big-name businesses are also doing the same. danya bacchus is in los angeles. >> reporter: efforts to contain the coronavirus are spreading across the west. by monday, at least two million of california's public school students will be out of the classroom. >> we're taking this step to keep our school communities safe. >> reporter: los angeles unified, the second largest school district in the nation, announced its closure friday. >> i can't see my friends for two weeks. >> reporter: in washington state, where there have been the most deaths from the virus, the governor called for all k-12 public and private schools to be closed until the end of april. >> under this order, schools must close and end classes by the end of next monday. >> reporter: it's not just schools. the closures are hitting nearly every aspect of life. apple is closing its retail stores nationwide until the end of march. airports, like l.a.x., are
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unusually empty, likely due to the unprecedented falloff in air travel. popular tourist destinations, like seattle's space needle, are not accepting visitors. and for only the third time in history, california's disneyland has shut down, and disneyworld is doing the same. >> i think if disney is closing, we should probably take it seriously. >> reporter: in las vegas, dozens of shows and conferences have been canceled. m.g.m. resort international revealed several employees have tested presumptive positive for the virus. here in los angeles, to ease the burden on parents during the closure, the school district announced 40 family resource centers will be open during the closure to give students a safe place to study and access to meals. demarco. >> morgan: danya, thank you. the coronavirus has now docked the billion-dollar cruise industry. this morning in miami, tens of thousands of passengers disembarked from seven ships. all cruises in this country have been canceled for least the next 30 days.
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and today, the white house expanded its travel ban from european nations, adding britain and ireland to a list that now includes 28 nations. americans are being allowed to return from europe, and worldwide, more than 153,000 cases of the coronavirus are reported. at least 57,00 deaths with europe, now the epicenter of the pandemic. ian lee in london has the latest. >> reporter: peter myles in better times. today, the 67-year-old is quarantined with the coronavirus. his daughter, actress sofia myles, has documented his decline. >> my father is now locked in a ward, no visitors. >> reporter: what have the doctors told you about his condition? >> we keep getting calls saying he's imminently away from death. so, you know, i went the other day, fully prepared to watch him die. i could tell that under the surface, they are absolutely, you know, freaking out. and i don't know how our medical system is going to be able to handle the influx of patients. >> reporter: his is just one of hundreds of people in the u.k.
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who have contracted the virus. more than 20 have died. the royal family has limited official engagements and embraced the recommendations. across europe, cities have turned into ghost towns. museums, monuments, and main squares are deserted. countries are closing their borders. spain is going into lockdown as their death toll spikes, while italy's prime minister called it their darkest hour. ♪ ♪ but from the gloom comes a tune, medicine for their hearts and souls. from sicily to sienna... ♪ ♪ >> reporter: ...quarantined italians sing songs of defiance. even iranian doctors and nurses dance to keep spirits high. the virus has devastated that country. the death toll is more than 500. but these satellite photos of mass graves show it could be much worse as the virus targets the most vulnerable. what advice would you give americans who are watching this who could be in a similar
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situation? >> i would say be very mindful of your elderly relatives, hanging out too close around them or, in fact, even in their homes. and, also, anyone else that you know whose immune system is already down and vulnerable. >> reporter: an international pandemic touching individual lives. ian lee, cbs news, london. >> morgan: well, today, we also learned that the head of the republican party is being tested for coronavirus. a spokesperson for the republican national committee says chairwoman ronna mcdaniel is self-quarantining after experiencing fever and flu-like symptoms. the virus threat is also having a major impact on the 2020 campaign. here's nikole killion. >> and i can get it done. i can get it done quickly. >> reporter: with smartphone in hand, former vice president joe biden attempted a virtual town hall friday, but there were some technical difficulties.orha disjointed effort here.tuntno the new normal.>> this coronavi,
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obviously, impacted our ability to communicate with people in the traditional way that we do. and that's hurting. >> reporter: the sanders, biden, and trump campaigns have all directed staffers to temporarily work from home and have canceled or postponed large rallies. sanders is also limiting door-to-door canvassing, while biden is closing his campaign offices to the public. and both candidates will debate sunday without a live audience. have we ever seen anything like this before, you know, a major disease outbreak in the midst of a major presidential campaign? >> certainly not during a major presidential campaign. >> reporter: political scientist dr. lara brown says the pandemic sould alter the campaign cycle. the pandemic could alter the >> the biggest thing is that it is going to continue to affect the retail aspect of politics. >> reporter: and potentially the election calendar. louisiana became the first state to postpone its primary from
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april to june. >> it is essential that we minimize the spread of coronavirus. >> reporter: as for tuesday's primaries, secretaries of state in arizona, florida, illinois, and ohio issued a joint statement. they said they're working closely with health officials and are confident voters can safely cast their ballots. demarco. >> morgan: all right, nikole, thank you. tomorrow morning, "face the nation" will take a special look at the impact of the coronavirus. margaret brennan's guests include anthony fauci, the country's top expert on infectious diseases; white house economic adviser, larry kudlow; and brian moynihan, c.e.o. of bank of america. in other news, a battery of rockets hit a base north of baghdad today. the pentagon confirms two americans were seriously hurt. wednesday, two americans and a british medic were killed in a similar attack, prompting a retaliatory strike on iranian-backed forces blamed for the shelling.
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the man who help start microsoft says he wants to devote more time to helping others. bill gates announced he is resigning from the board of the tech giant he cofounded four decades ago. he's also leaving his board post at berkshire hathaway. the gates foundation has pledged $100 million to fight the coronavirus. well, straight ahead on the cbs weekend news, beware of the scams. how some people, like televangelist jim bakker, may be cashing in on coronavirus fears. sports events around the world have been canceled, so why are the tokyo olympics still on? and later, a final run. a university says farewell to its biggest sports star. we've all committed skin sins! new neutrogena® bright boost... kick-starts dull, tired skin with neoglucosamine... a gentle, non-acid amino sugar exfoliant that works within the surface and boosts cell turnover by 10x. for brighter, wide-awake skin. bright boost.
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>> reporter: cyber criminals are taking advantage of a weary public. >> this scam started with a simple google search for medical masks. >> reporter: websites like this one ensnare victims by offering hard-to-get medical supplies for outrageous prices. >> you can see here that they-- the total cost of masks was $5,000-- >> reporter: $5,000. >> $5,000. and they were requesting payment up front. >> reporter: cbs news got exclusive access to this global operations center where the secret service is tracking the spike in coronavirus cyber crime. >> any time there's a heightened element of fear, such as with the coronavirus, criminals are going to exploit that. >> reporter: if you get an email like this, what are the red flags? >> they request western union, money gram, or bitcoin as forms of payment. a legitimate business will offer payments either through invoicing or through credit cards. >> reporter: hackers are also mimicking legitimate government agencies. this email, claiming to be from the world health organization, promises safety tips. agents are urging the public to
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be on alert for misspellings, bad grammar, and not to open attachments if you don't know the sender. >> threat actors are going to take advantage of the situation, milking it for all it is worth. >> reporter: adam meyers with the tech security firm crowdstrike says cyber criminals are working all the angles. >> there are plenty of threat actors that will use phone scams as well. >> reporter: how does that work? >> they will call up. they'll know a lot about you, and that will kind of build that trust, and then you kind of folow the instruction. always call back and make sure that it's something that's legitimate. >> reporter: with more americans working from home in the weeks ahead, the secret service says the risk will only increase because a personal computer does not have the same security features as a company network. demarco. >> morgan: all right, catherine, thank you. well, still ahead, game on. why japan is going ahead with the summer olympics, even as the coronavirus spreads. swings can plummet you to extreme lows. (crying) lift you to intense highs.
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now, this stadium was rebuilt from the old national stadium at a cost of $1.4 billion. this was, in fact, the site of the 1964 tokyo olympics. it can hold about 68,000 people. but that may never happen. that's because mass gatherings around the world are getting canceled. air travel has also been hit hard with major u.s. airlines cutting flights to asia. the two airports that service tokyo, that's narita as well as haneda right here, have invested so heavily into upgrades, up to two million tourists are expected to fly in for the olympics. and if the games were canceled, the world's third-largest economy would take a hit. >> the probability of recession is very high. >> reporter: this man has been tracking japan's economy for the past three decades. what would be the best-case and worst-case scenarios if the olympics were canceled? >> look, i mean, first of all, if the olympics got canceled because the coronavirus is running out of control, trust me, we'll have bigger things to worry about than just the
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negative impact from the olympics. we'd be worrying about a global depression. >> reporter: in the economic sense of the word, but also in the emotional for the 15,000 olympic and paralympic athletes who are supposed to fly to japan this summer. all that sweat could turn to tears. u.s. olympian will claye won two silver medals in the triple jump at both london 2012 and rio 2016. now training in santa monica, california, for 2020, he tells cbs news athletes are being o.sured the games are a go. >> i think the olympics could >> i think the olympics could show the world and unite the world and show everyone that things will be okay. we're coming together, and we're going to fight this thing. >> reporter: now, the last time the olympics were canceled was back in 1944 for world war ii. if the games get canceled this year or even postponed, it would be the first for a global pandemic. tokyo's mayor says that would be unthinkable.
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butler university is dealing with a double loss-- no march madness and the retirement of trip, a popular figure on campus, even though he couldn't shoot or jump. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: here he comes, butler blue iii, otherwise known as "trip." for seven years, trip has wobbled and slobbered his way into the hearts of butler university players and fans. >> trippy, trippy. high-five it. good boy! >> reporter: a much-loved mascot with an irresistible mug. what's it been like for you? >> incredible. >> reporter: michael kaltenmark has handled butler bulldog mascots for 16 years. >> they know when it's show time, and they love it. they thrive on it. >> reporter: trip was introduced in 2012. he's eight now, and kaltenmark felt the time to retire had come. was this a mutual decision with you and trip? >> i'm not sure how aware he is of his impending retirement. >> reporter: having recently
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undergone a life-saving kidney transplant, kaltenmark will still work for butler, but his dog days are done, too. is the dog therapeutic for you? >> oh, 100%. >> reporter: last week was their final home game, an emotional last tour for the two best friends. next season, trip's great-grand-nephew, known as blue, will take over. tough to follow in trip's big paw prints, but blue seems well on his way. dean reynolds, cbs news, indianapolis. >> morgan: it's proof that a dog really is a man's best friend. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm demarco morgan in los angeles. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs ed by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org. .wgbh.org
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we have learned that the latest case of coronavirus works at sfl. 70% at lunch. at dinnertime, i think almost 90%. smack as normally busy businesses begin to shut down, leaders want them to know, help is on the way. the grand princess supposed to be leaving the port of oakland tomorrow. it may not be going very far. what about the 1100 crewmembers who are still on board? we are finally seeing some february like whether in the
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bay area. it just took until march to get here. the rain we are getting today. we have learned that an american airlines customer service person at sfo has tested positive for the coronavirus. the employee left work on tuesday after experiencing symptoms. he is employing -- recovering and doing well. safety remains our highest value. we plan to work with public health authorities and our partners at sfo to identify persons who may have come in immediate and prolonged contact with his employee. the coronavirus pandemic is hammering businesses of all sizes, from wall street all the way down to mom and pop. >> things are so bad in oakland's chinatown that some restaurants that would normally be packed on a saturday night are closed instead. >> reporter: finding parking in chinatown is almost impossible, especially on weekends.
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