thanks for watching. cbs this morning is coming up next. have a good morning to you and welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason from his home. the coronavirus death toll pass 1s,000 here in the u.s. we'll take a look at the hospital at the epicenter. >> $2 trillion may be on the way from washington after a late-night vote but new unemployment numbers highlight the impact of the crisis. >> not everybody can choose to stay home and be safe from the coronavirus. we hear from some of the essential workers risking their lives every single day. >> plus, college seniors on preparing to graduate in the middle of a global crisis. >> it is thursday, march 26th, 2020. here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> when we passed this bill on the floor of the senate, we didn't hug each other. we just waved from a distance.

that's where we're at. >> the senate overwhelmingly passed a $2 trillion stimulus package hoping to ease the burden on families during this pandemic. >> i'm proud to announce not a single senator voted against this $2 trillion rescue bill. >> a worst jobless numbers of all time. the u.s. unemployment claims soared to 3.3 million. >> a health pandemic has become a financial pandemic. >> there are now more than 60,000 cases in the united states. new york accounts for more than half of those cases. >> you wouldn't even think about putting the damper on what's going on in new york. that would be outlandish as it's going up. no doubt. >> the family of former fbi agent robert levenson believes he died while in iranian custody. >> even the easter bunny needs protection. bakers are adding protective face masks to the easter treats. >> all that --

>> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> a reporter bails after a close encounter with some bison. >> i ain't messing with you. oh, no. oh, no. >> and all that matters. >> the nba with mike breen doing a psa about washing your hands. he turns around and drills this 15, 16-foot jumper. >> on "cbs this morning." >> the white house's coronavirus task force is advising that even people who left new york already should self-quarantine for 14 days, regardless of where they are in the country or in the world. and that's going to be hard for anyone who has to look after a new yorker who is like visiting them. going to be people complaining about their quarantine friends. like he won't eat. he says the pastrami is too try and the bagels aren't boiled. i tried ordering pizza and he cussed at me for ten minutes. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. >> trevor nails it again. it's really all part of the new

normal, tony. >> this 14-day quarantine. even if you want to travel somewhere, you can't really. >> you don't want to either. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're coming to you once again from the historic ed sullivan theater in new york city. home to the "late show with stephen colbert." stephen is on hiateus. the cbs broadcast center is temporarily closed out of the phrase we're all getting to know very well, an abundance of caution. >> the late show will return on monday but not from here. stephen and his team will be working remotely like so many of us are today. you might notice there are only two of us at the table. anthony mason is joining us from home because someone in his family has a possible symptom, possible symptom of the virus. everyone is okay. and that's good news. >> important to stress. anthony is fine. his kids are fine. his wife is fine and everybody wants to stay that way. we'll begin with this. the news, of course, not so good. the u.s. death toll in the coronavirus pandemic is soaring with a total number of deaths in

this country rising to more than 1,000. the virus is also having a devastating impact on the american economy. the numbers out this morning also not good from the department of labor show that jobless claims rose to a new record, nearly 3.3 million in the last week alone. >> devastating is definitely the word for it. that number is more than 10 times the number from the week before and it's nearly five times higher than the previous record set 38 years ago. to talk to us about how bad the coronavirus is slamming the economy, we're joined by cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. good morning. this is at the upper end of what most people were expecting this morning. will it continue? >> i think it wishlll, unfortunately. we had this one-week spike and this is really the tip of the iceberg. we know there have been countless layoffs in industries, sectors, small businesses and we also know that many of the state unemployment websites actually

went down. so as they get more money and more federal relief to make sure those systems work smoothly, i think we'll see these claims numbers continue. to be at least for three weeks, four weeks, really until we understand how many of those folks who got laid off or furloughed might get back on to the payrolls of their employers. remember, the federal government just said for companies that laid people off if they bring those people back, they may be entitled to loans that could be forgiven. so that could be a good aspect to get people back on to the payroll system. >> jill, we've got a record unemployment number, but we also have a record $2 trillion stimulus. the largest in modern history, what one investor called a monetary bazooka. and that seems to have comforted the markets, despite these numbers. >> yes, it's amazing to imagine you get a horrible number like we got today, this over 3 million in weekly claims, and stocks are trading higher this

morning by about 2.5%. by the way, this would be the third up day for markets, which seems like a miracle considering s. said, ipened in the last few mo the stock et, they are reflecting some hope that things could get better. we saw this trap actually back in 2008. markets stabilized. they went higher. only to fall further when more economic data were released. we need to understand the depth and length of this economic pandemic to really get a feel for how stocks and businesses and real people will be doing in the coming months. >> jill schlesinger, thank you very much. we'll see you later on. before these unemployment numbers came out, the senate unanimously approved an historic $2 trillion relief bill meant to ease the economic pain of the coronavirus. now it offers hundreds of billions of dollars to big companies and small businesses,

too. along with cash payments to many americans. nancy, what's next here?ol hil >> well, gayle, the bill now moves to the house. and senators tell us that once it passes there, some of this money could be put to use right away. especially those small business loans that convert to grants. banks that are already set up to turn those loans around could get that money to companies within 36 hours. unemployment insurance for the 3 million people who we now know have signed up. that insurance should go up by $600 a week. by next week. and those cash payments, $1200 for a lot of individuals, more for families, those could be directly deposited into your account within the next three weeks or so. now if the irs doesn't have your account info on final it could take longer. up to four months for the irs to mail you a paper check. leaders are hoping that the

bill's overwhelming victory in the senate last night, 96-0 will pave the way for swift passage in the house tomorrow where leaders are hoping that they can pass it by something called a voice vote which will require only a portion of house members to take that journey back here to washington to cast a vote. >> millions of people waiting for that vote, nancy. dr. anthony fauci, the top infectious disease expert, warned last night that we need to be prepared for a possible second cycle of coronavirus later in the year. paula reid is at the white house following this growing health and economic crisis. paula, good morning. the president watches the markets closely. we he watches that unemployment number closely. >> the president has not publicly responded to the unemployment numbers. the president was banking on a strong economy to propel him to re-election. these numbers represent a lot of hardship and, according to his

top medical expert, this is far from over. >> i'm not going to do anything rash or hastily. i don't do that. but the country wants to get back to work. >> reporter: after saying tuesday he wanted the country raring to go by easter, president trump yesterday appeared to couch that goal. instead suggesting a staggered approach. >> we'll do sections of our country. big sections of our country that are very little affected by what's taken place. there are other sections very heavily affected. there's a big difference. >> reporter: as cases continue to rise, some state leaders remain hesitant to send people back to work. >> we begin to prematurely open things up, i believe we only throw gasoline on the fire of the virus. >> reporter: economists and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have criticized his plan to open the country in just 2 1/2 weeks. but the president accused the media of wantiis chances of re-.

>> you tweeted. you said the media wants the country to remain closed. financially poorly because they think that would be very good as far as defeating me at the polls. there are people in your profession that would like that to happen. >> reporter: but even the president's top medical experts have warned against setting arbitrary deadlines for resuming normal activities. >> you've got to be realistic and you've got to understand that you don't make the timeline. the virus makes the timeline. so you've got to respond in what you see happen. you've got to go with the situation on the ground is. >> we know our viewers have a lot of questions about how this virus will continue to impact schooling and the vice president said education secretary betsy devos, who rarely talks to journalists, will make her debut at the task force briefing on friday. gayle? >> that will be very interesting, too. thank you very much, paula. i wish we had better news for you this morning, but we've reached a grim milestone in the

spread of the coronavirus in the u.s. with a nationwide death toll at more than 1,000 people. more than 69,000 reported cases across this country. nowhere has been harder hit than where we are right now in the new york metro area. one hospital in particular in elmhurst queens had 13 deaths in just 24 hours. our lead national correspondent david begnaud has a look inside that particular hospital. david, it's so important to hear from the people right there on the front lines. how are they coping? >> gayle, they are struggling. the stories are sobering. if new york city is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic nationally, then elmhurst might be the epicenter of the epicenter. you are about to hear from an emergency room doctor who told "the new york times," i don't care if i get in trouble for talking to the media because the world needs to know what we're dealing with right now. >> i don't have the support that i need. and even just the materials that

i need physically to take care of my patients. >> reporter: that's dr. colleen smith. she gave "the new york times" a look inside elmhurst's emergency room. >> all of the patients in this room, they all have covid. >> today is getting worse and worse. we had to get a refrigerated truck to store the bodies of patients who are dying. >> the frustrating thing about all of this is it really just feels like it's too little, too late. like we knew. we knew it was coming. >> reporter: dr. smith says they have been scrambling to get more ventilators. these few were this week's third resupply. >> unless people die, i suspect we'll be back to needing to beg for ventilators again in another day or two. >> reporter: the head of new york's public hospital system claims that elmhurst has never come even close to running out

of ventilators. he says getting supplies and personnel to its hospitals is the system's number one priority. fema says the federal government delivered 2,000 ventilators to new york yesterday. but the governor of new york says he needs thousands more. >> we need 30,000. we have in the existing hospital system 4,000 ventilators. >> reporter: the governor continues to ask people for mandatory social distancing and he says it may be working. rates of hospitalizations have actually slowed this week. >> this is a very good sign and a positive sign. >> reporter: in nearby new jersey, medical personnel in protective gear evacuated nearly 80 people living at a woodbridge nursing home after 11 people inside the building tested positive for covid-19. back in new york, the governor is preparing for things to get worse. makeshift morgue has been built to house the bodies of those who die. >> leaders in various offices

saying things like we're going to be fine. everything's fine. and from our perspective, everything is not fine. >> reporter: the governor of new york has been asking hotels here in the new york city area to open their doors and rooms up to these medical health care workers. and the four seasons is an example of one hotel that's said come on in. we'll let you stay for free. i want you to know the governor says new york city is working on a plan to close down center streets. most of them are empty. and open them up to pedestrians to give people a chance to get outside. get some air so long as they stay socially distanced. >> that would be a goodvid. thank you so much. let's get to dr. david agus who joins us from his home in los angeles to shed light on why things have become so dire here in new york city. doctor, good morning. we just heard in david's report that one hospital has rented a refrigerated truck to deal with the dead. there's a makeshift morgue going up at another hospital. why are things so bad here in new york city?

>> in new york city, it's the perfect storm. flights come in to new york city from all over the world. came in from china several months ago. beginning of january. and you've got the subway and streets where people are right next to each other. socially distancing was a term that was never heard of in new york city because everyone is packed in together. so the virus was able to spread person to person. and we're seeing the ramifications of that now. we're seeing it be the epicenter of this country where hospitals are overloaded and literally patients are on gurneys in hallways because there aren't places to put them. >> it's so important we heard from that doctor, dr. smith who said, i may get in trouble, but people need to know what's going on. i appreciate and applaud her doing that. you also are hearing from medical workers. what are they telling you? >> yeah, i mean, the idea that doctors cannot talk about what's happening in the emergency room, to me it's just inappropriate. we have to be transparent and able to talk. i'm getting calls regularly from doctors across the country and

especially in areas that are hrder hit saying, we don't have the resources. we're being forced to reuse our masks. some hospitals are asking people who have tested positive to come in and take care of other patients with covid. so this is a new era. and it's an era of being at war in our own country. and the enemy we can't see. the enemy is this horrible virus. >> to underscore what you just said there, it stood out to you as well. there are nurses and other medical workers being asked to go into work, despite having tested positive for the virus itself and other reports of nurses where they've been seeing wear trash bags because they don't have the protective gear necessary to keep going to work. what's going on here and what could other cities and states dor to prevent that kind of scene? >> obviously, we have to be prepared. new york city was the first to have this major, major up tick. we're seeing it in los angeles and san francisco. we saw it in seattle. and now have to be prepared. and we have to start to pull in the forces. in new york city, they went out

to retired doctors and nurses and said will you sign up and help us and over 10,000 signed up and said we'll go to the front lines and potentially jeopardize our families. if they go in and get sick, many of them had to sleep in their cars. now hotels like four seasons have stepped up and said we'll give you a place to stay which is amazing because they can't go home. >> thank you, four seasons. >> is social distancing working? >> well, i think that's the positive. i believe it is working, and i think toward the end of this coming week we'll see a plateau and then a fall in the numbers. we all -- our country has stepped up. we are making a difference and we're going on offense now. we have drugs that we hope are working and are in trials. and i think we're going to turn the tide here. and so we all have to keep doing what we're doing. it's so difficult. there's a delay from social distancing in effect but it's going to happen soon. >> let's remember that phrase stay home, stay safe.

thank you, dr. agus. turning to other news, robert levinson, the retired fbi agent who has been held in iran since 2007 is believed to have died. in a statement, his family said that it recently received information from u.s. officials that has led both them and us to conclude that our wonderful husband and father died while in iranian custody. it's impossible to describe our pain. it's not clear how or when dr. levinson died but it does not appear to be related to the coronavirus. levinson was arrested while in iran on an unauthorized mission for the cia. >> not a good day for the levinson family. coming up -- pharmacists warn drugs that may help treat the coronavirus are being overprescribed. people who take the medications for chronic diseases tell us they are struggling to find the medicine they need right - oh. - what's going on?

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil. anthony mason as you see is not here, but he is fine. he is under self-quarantine at his new york city home out of an abundance of caution. the death toll from the coronavirus in the u.s. now more than 1,000 after the deadliest day in america so far, tony. >> out of about 250 death yesterday, nearly 100 were right here in new york city. the state has become the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak with more than 33,000 reported cases. nearly half of the total nationwide. and we mentioned that abundance of caution. anthony mason is in his apartment helping us out this morning while self-quarantining to protect his family and everyone else around here. everyone is fine. we want to emphasize. >> yes. >> good morning. what have you got for us?

>> good morning, guys. thanks. pharmacists across the country are raising alarm about the overprescription of drugs that may help treat the coronavirus. recent data shows chloroquine orders have spiked 3,000% in march, and hydroxychloroquine orders rose 260%. the fda has not approved these drugs for treatment of the virus, but doctors are allowed to prescribe it. our dr. jon lapook who joins us from his new york apartment, jon, what do you know about these drugs? >> reporter: hi, anthony. hydroxychloroquine is used to treat autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid fligharthritis and l is. it's too soon to say whether it works against covid-19. that hasn't stopped some people from prescribing it. it's being widely prescribed which leads to people who need it to control their autoimmune

diseases able to get it. >> one consistent medication i've been on since i was 15 days hydroxychloroquine. >> reporter: 44-year-old maurissa tancharoen has been taking the drug s agnosed. her lupus has been severe, requiring several hospitalizations. the drug is a cornerstone of her treatment. for you it's not a matter of having it in your medicine cabinet just in case. you need it. it's a matter of your health. >> yes. it is -- it is a necessity. >> reporter: chloroquine is an anti-ma layera drug, and it list toxic drive tim hydroxychloroquine often used for autoimmune diseases. patients try to get an extra supply -- >> she called it into my pharmacy and the mail-order pharmacy. neither of those places can fill it for me because it's so backordered. thankfully i still have a month's supply left in my

cabinet. but of course, i don't know how long this is going to last. >> i think it's going to be exciting. i think it could be a games a p coronavirus treatment, but medical experts are only now testing it in trials. still, pharmacists across the country say it's flying off the shelves. >> we're seeing prescribers calling in to pharmacies and trying to obtain mass quantities of hydroxychloroquine or plaquenil. >> reporter: garth revenue olgds is executive director of the illinois pharmacists association. he says a lot of prescriptions are being called in for family members or friends of doctors. >> i understand why some prescribers decided to do this, but this was an unethical and selfish action. >> reporter: it's not just in illinois. pharmacists around the country have shared similar stories. in florida, a pharmacist told propublica one doctor tried to get 200 tablets of the drug. if i were one of these doctors unnecessarily prescribing

hydroxychloroquine, what would you say to me? >> i completely understand why you're taking this action. you're wanting to protect your family or yourself. but you and i both took oaths to protect patients. >> reporter: three who co-created "marvel's agent of shield" and is a lupus of america ambassador knows she's not alone. >> all of us are in the same boat. we just don't know how long this is going to last. >> reporter: cvs pharmacy is setting quantity limits on the amount of drug people can get. but that's not going to apply to people like maurissa who need it for their autoimmune disease. the drug has to go through fda approval. those trials began tuesday in new york. >> do you have any patients who tried to get these drugs? >> reporter: anthony, i have. i've explained, look, you don't want it sitting on your shelves not being used when people who need it can't use it. and i have to say that i've been

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safe. >> reporter: sharif is an amazon employee in minnesota. and part of a coalition pushing for better work conditions. according to workers and media reports at least ten amazon warehouse employees across the country have contracted coronavirus. leaving some employees feeling vulnerable. >> i was scared. i was -- when it comes to amazon they are so much more they could do for their employees. >> reporter: she says amazon did shut down her facility for a day for cleaning. but says then it was business as usual. >> they have thousands and thousands of employees. so from one shift, another shift comes in. >> reporter: to deal with the increased demand during the coronavirus pandemic, senior vice president jay carney told cbs news last week that the company is hiring even more workers and adding sick days. >> we are adding an extra two weeks of paid time off for anyone who's diagnosed with

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beginning and end of every shift and many consumers are disinfecting boxes after a study in the new england journal of medicine found that the virus can live on cardboard up to 24 hours. >> yeah, that's worrying. >> so much to remember, tony. be wary of. you know, we keep saying we're all in this together which is true. but some people are more on the front lines than others. i think we have to be mindful and applaud those people. >> and being grateful that they're making a living but they're the putting themselves in greater risk. on the other hand, we need their work. all right. adriana, thank you very much. well, vlad duthiers, what have you got? >> so price gouging is a major issue during the pandemic ahead. what top law enforcement officials are demanding to keep prices fair. >> don't get us started

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welcome to "cbs this morning." what a perfect song to do that . i like it a lot. >> everybody deals that. is a sore throat or allergies? the slightest thing i go is this it? the answer is always no, gayle, you're fine, but you never know. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're here. glad to be here in new york city. and normally as you know it's the home to the late show. it returns on monday but not from here. stephen and his team will work remotely -- glad about that. i've missed him. >> we've missed him deeply. i don't know where we're going to be on monday. we'll find out soon. the cbs broadcast center where we normally are is closed out of abundance of caution and anthony mason is at home. he's fine. everyone is fine. >> emphasize that. everybody at the mason home is okay. but here is where we stand righ. the coronavirus pandemic, the death toll in the u.s. has

officially reached more than 1,000 with more than 69,000 reported cases. that is a lot. yesterday was the deadliest day in america so far with about 250 deaths. 13 of the deaths were in new york city whe >> late last night the senate passed a $2 trillion economic stimulus bill including paychecks for individual americans and billions of dollars in relief for medical providers and businesses. the bill heads to the house where it's expected to pass tomorrow. dr. anthony fauci warns there could be a second wave outbreak right here in america as southern hemisphere countries head into their winter. >> if, in fact, they have a substantial outbreak, it will be inevitable that we need to be prepared that we'll get a cycle around the second time. would this possibly become a

seasonal cycle thing? and i've always indicated to you i think it very well might. >> oh, what tony fauci just said, that we should maybe get ready for a second cycle. my question is how in the world do we possibly begin to prepare for that? we're in the middle of trying to figure out what we're dealing with right now. >> things like the flu, there are multiple cycles. it comes and goes almost every year. but we have a vaccine. we have treatments that work in our medical infrastructure that's ready for it. the same is going to happen here. we were blind sided by this. we didn't know it was coming. we've taken dramatic measures across the country now and we're going to be ready for the second cycle. i'm not worried about that. i just want to complete what we're doing now, and that the social distance, it's starting to work. it takes two to nine days incubation period and the disease is 10 to 14 days. we'll see the benefit toward the

end of the coming week and the weekend. we have to hold tight. >> doctor, we don't have great data on how widespread the disease is. the testing isn't available. we see models about when it's going to peak. how are the models built if we don't have the underlying information nailed down? >> you hit it. we are sorely lacking data. you see models all over the place. initially 40% to 70% of the global get it. there will be a catastrophic number of deaths and then a stanford person said well, we're doing very well and over the next month or so we'll see a dramatic decline. you see both angles. part of the aggressive models say we're not going to have treatments. we're not going to have care. we're not going to have a vaccine coming along. we're not going to be able to handle this. we're not going to social distance, but we are. we're going to make an impact. the outcome is going to be better and we're going to get through this. >> david, we've seen it spread

so fast here in new york city. what concerns you most about the possibility of it spreading in other dense cities? >> i love hearing from you, anthony. you know, obviously new york city, we said it's the perfect place. everybody is close to each other. you look at cities like l.a., san francisco and others, there was a long period before we social distanced where the virus had an opportunity to spread. and it is going to blossom in los angeles. it is going to blossom more in san francisco. we're going to see, obviously, outbreaks that follow new york in those cities. we're prepared for them now. much better than we were before. and the social distancing that we all did is going to start to have its impact. again, the end of next week. >> david, can you emphasize one more time that social distancing is working? i still see some people, knuckle heads, i'll call them, who haven't gotten the memo. it's very upsetting. >> you're 100% right. it is upsetting to see that, but

it is working across the country. it is the dominant way we're going to fight this virus. and what's amazing about it is that people are stepping up. there are a few knuckle heads on beaches here and there, but america is doing its part. and i'm proud of what america is doing, and the impact will be there. we will slow this virus. we are slowing this virus. and it's frustrating. there's a lag between what we're all doing, changing our life and interactions. and the effect on the virus. but it is happening, and we will see it. i promise you. it's happening. >> all right. i believe you, dr. david agus. we're a country of hurry up and make it happen now. thank you. as the number of coronavirus cases skyrockets we want to help answer your most pressing medical and financial questions, too. please email them to us at coronavirus@cbsnews.com. we'll hear from carrie walsh jennings and talk about what delaying the tokyo games means to her.

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the sudsen closure of college campuses across the country over the coronavirus i kno i've gsbehind t camera th. a 19-year-old from bu. while many are learning online college seniors are telling us about their sense of loss. our national correspondent spoke to cosome who s a abrupt departure. >> reporter: good morning. she's students barely had any time to pack up their things and leaf. a lot of folks said they had to leave their belongings on campus. and the students we talked to, big picture overall said that they're thankful they're healthy

and safe. but they can't help but feel they were cheated out of their senior year. >> i really wanted to walk across that stage. not only for myself but, like, for her. >> danielle is a senior at university of central florida orlando. her mother worked up to three jobs at a time to get her through college. >> he's the reason i'm here. i wouldn't be sitting in this room at ucf, it weren't for my mom. if they postpone it or have a different ceremony later, it won't fill that void. it's so hard. >> it's heart breaking. >> heart breaking not just for daniella but for millions across the country whose lives as students came to an abrupt halt. >> i didn't know what was happening. like, as quickly as it did. it was sort of chaotic and crazy. >> like stanford university senior gregory clark. he left campus in such a rush to get home to his family in north

carolina that his belongings are still in his dorm. >> i got a call on sunday saying it's time to go, and that monday morning i was on a plane back home. so i didn't really have time to say good-bye to anyone. >> reporter: he says he's worried about the pandemic will effect his future. >> i was talking with a potential employer a few days ago, and they told me that they actually couldn't go forward in the application process because a hiring freeze was instituted. there's a lot of uncertainty. it's scary thinking about that and what's the next step going to be. >> reporter: a concern shared by a senior, morgan. >> right now in a position where i have no idea what's going to happen. i have anxieties about even being able to graduate. >> reporter: her classes have been moved online, which is difficult for a nursing student who relies on hands on experience. >> i can practice whatever i want online, but if i'm not in a hospital doing patient to

patient care, at the end of the day, i'm like am i really even learning to the best of my ability? >> reporter: do you feel prepared to enter the work force as a nurse without those critical hours? >> to be completely honest, no, i don't. >> reporter: but she's staying positive and embracing something her professor told her. that 2020 is the year of the nurse. >> i'm missing out on senior formal, senior dinners, my nursing pinning society that inducts me in the nursing association. i'm missing out on memories with my best friends. i'm trying to look at it in a perspective of this is all going to make me a better nurse and that's just what i'm holding onto right now. >> reporter: morgan said she'd like to volunteer wherever she's needed at hospitals. she filled out a survey to do that. perhaps that's how she'll get that hands on experience. meanwhile, nyu's medical school

is graduating medical students early to help fight the pandemic. >> all right. wow. that bricks brings it home. there's the acute disappointment of not being able to walk and the long-term worry of i thought i was going to have a job and now this company is not hiring people. >> i can understand. this is bigger than any of us would have anticipated but i could understand by it's crushing. anthony, i know you understand. >> yeah. well, i lose my camera man at 9:00 to a class online. >> all right. >> we'll hurry it up. anthony, we'll back. ahead, we'll hear the reaction to the delay in the olympics from three-time team usa go usa kerri walsh jennings.

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kerrri walsh jennings is a three-time gold medal winning beach volleyball star, and she was set to compete for team usa. "cbs this morning saturday" co-host dana jacobson spoke with her about this. good morning. good to see you. >> reporter: good morning, good to see you, too. yeah, kerri walsh jennings has three olympic golds and one bronze. the 41-year-old mother of three isn't done. she'd been targeting tokyo 2020 as likely her final olympics. even she said upon hearing the games were postponed she was almost relieved because it finally ended weeks of doubt. >> when they made the decision, my heart broke a little bit. but also my mind was able to breathe. something like this where it's like am i competing, you know, on the world's biggest stage in six months or am i not, to me it was like pulling the band-aid off fast. >> there's washington -- >> reporter: american volleyball legend kerri walsh jennings has spent a career readying herself for competition. but preparing for the unknown in

the middle of a global pandemic was something the veteran olympian had never encountered before. what was it like training but not knowing if you were training for anything? >> my heart for the past three-plus years has been focused on august, 2020, the gold medal match, and what it's going to take to get there, you know. so training, as tournaments started falling off our schedule, my eyes became wide open to the seriousness of this pandemic. >> reporter: was this the right decision you think to postpone? >> i have no doubt that they made the right decision. we want the olympic movement and spirit to be held in the highest intaki tetakin tetaking -- inte >> reporter: it could leave athletes struggling to repair shattered olympic dreams. >> my heart goes out to everyone. whether your life plans have been delayed or the financial struggle is real, you know, hopefully america will step up and support the athletes. i really believe they will. >> reporter: can you put yourself in the shoes of those

hopeful olympians who had never going to an olympic games and what they must be going through now? >> i feel like this could be devastating. it's like going into triple overtime when you're spent so mentally and emotionally, physically exhausted. my bet is that if you're made of what olympians are made of, if you're made of championship qualities, that your operating mode is optimism. there's a period where you have to understand and process what's going on. but once that's over, it's go time. i believe every athlete will see this as, you know, i have 365 more days, whatever it is, to become even better. >> reporter: will it be 2021 for you? >> oh, my gosh. well, first of all, it will be my sixth olympics. let's get rid of the "would be." it will be. yeah. i'm fully committed. 12 more months is nothing. i love what i do. i just feel like over the weeks as the real life kind of toll has come and the human stories

have come from this pandemic, it's put everything in perspective. and however sad i am as an athlete to not like get to go and fight for my dreams this summer, i can wait a year. life is so much more important. >> reporter: and you know, she's going to keep training, obviously getting ready for 2 to 21. the thing -- 2021. the thing i loved, she said the new normal we're getting used to is sort of a blessing. she said her husband, three kids, dog, what they reminded themselves of, that they really like each other. that's not always so easy to say. >> it's not. we'll talk about relationships later. that's wonderful. we knew she was a great athlete. turns out she's a great person, as well. thank you so much for introducing us. i love that. >> i love her attitude about everything. it's go time. get through it. >> ahead we'll talk to jill schlesinger about what unemployment numbers coming out could tell us about the economy. this is a kpix5 news

morning update. good morning. ii'm giancarlo stanton. some public transit news to report. a light rail has been suspended until further notice after an operator trainee tested positive for covid-19. they are cleaning all the the light rain trains. there are still buses available. there are changes come to muni starting on monday so check that schedule before you head out the door. monday shuttles will provide for part of the service. no subway service will be fars schedule started on monday, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. after 9:00 p.m. there are bus shuttles available for sfo providing tree limb ted replacement for those between 9:00 and midnight. that is a look at traffic. let's check in with mary.

>> a well, we are starting off with very cold temperatures. we're talking about 30s and 40s and even coldest locations down to freezing an subfreezing. you can see santa rosa before freezing at 30 degrees. looking at 40 in san jose as well as 40s for oakland, san francisco, livermore at 37 right now. as we head through the afternoon, looking at some showers and isolated showers possible, but some sunshine, as well. cool below average daytime highs, around the bay upper 50s, low 60s. san francisco as well as for concord. there we go with that extended forecast. dry day

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three, maybe four weeks. we don't know the damage done to a lot of ancillary businesses. we hear about the big industries, airlines, hotels, bars and restaurants, but there are suppliers to those businesses. there are associated businesses that have been impacted and people are feeling just so much hurt right now. i think these claims numbers are going to remain pretty high. we might actually breach the continuing claims numbers. that was over 6 million back in the recession. we might breach that level in this crisis. >> i covered the financial crisis together back in 2008/2009. this has in effect become a financial crisis in itself. you know, back ten,1ag you saw system almost freeze up, but this time it's like almost the whole economy is shutting down. >> i think that's absolutely right. and i think what we saw is that the economy basically slammed on the brakes and we have never

seen what economists call a big thing outside of the normal, predictable economic pattern. we've never seen anything like this. i would almost compare it to be are now seeing a hurricane, a flood, a fire across the nation. that's how we need to be thinking about this. this is spreading. it's almost like a natural disaster. and the impact on the economy is sudden. it is dramatic and it is being felt from all over the world and now in our country as well. >> yes. i appreciate the graphic analogy because, unfortunately, it really does put everything in perspective. but we keep hearing about these big-name companies that are hiring thousands of workers. i realize the gap is big but will thatpff some of we know places lines i instacart and amazon and walmart and dollar general and cbs and walgreens, these are companies

hiring tens of thousands, in some cases hundreds of thousands of workers. now, even if it were a million people, that would be fantastic. we could get a million more people back working who are right now on the sidelines of the economy and hurting. so anything that can help people get to work is great. i don't think there will be enough businesses hiring to cover that gap, as you said, but, gosh, anything will be much appreciated by those who are out of work right now. >> yeah, jill, some good news amid the bad is under this package that congress is hoping to pass, there would be $600 extra on top of state unemployment insurance that people would get, but the question is, they've filed now. how long will it take before they actually see that money? >> well, you know, the government is hopeful that this gets them -- that people get their money in the next couple of weeks, certainly from the unemployment side. the big complaint that we've heard on the ground is that in certain states the unemployment benefit websites have frozen up.

so hopefully the federal money that goes to the states is going to help alleviate some of that pain. i think some of the broader concerns also come with those checks that we're expecting from the government. $1,200 per individual. $2,400 for a couple-again, up to $75,000 as an individual or $150,000 as a couple. here's the important part. if you had direct deposit, when you filed your tax returns and that direct deposit information is on record with the treasury and the irs, you should get a check very quickly, in a couple of weeks. but if not, if you got paper checks from the government, you are going to wait maybe as long as three, four mchonths to get that check. if you're expecting that check soon, i don't think it's coming unless you've got the direct deposit established. >> jill, the president said he expects the economy will snap back quickly when the virus ebbs. do you think that's likely?

>> you know, i speak to economists every single day now, and not one of them believes that we are snapping back. that is the old school economist theory of the v-shaped recovery. you go down very sharply on one end of the "v" and you come up very sharply from the other end of the "v," and i don't think that's going to happen any time soon. the problem is, again, so many people are impacted by this, millions and millions of americans, whether they work for large corporations that are impacted, small companies, they themselves are seeing reductions in hours or even potential layoffs, and, frankly, the mind-set of this current kur condition, this pandemic, is scarcity, right? why are we going to the stores and buying rolls and rolls of toilet paper? because we're scared. we're not really good at spending money freely when we're in that scarcity mind-set. i think, fraenchnkly, that's go to persist longer than people imagine.

>> unfortunately at the moment the perspective for many americans is just not good. >> right. >> jill, thank you very much. we'll keep following this. in the meantime, staying home alone could be a mange challenge if you a dating. why this is a good time to meet new people but a hard

the coronavirus pandemic is dramatically changing our everyday lives. you know that. we continue to examine what this new norm am looks like, including how we work, how we socialize, and get lifesaving information. isolation can also take a toll on relationships and make it difficult for singles to date. biological anthropologist helen fisher says now is the time when relationships are made or they are broken. she's also the chief science adviser for match, the online dating site. good morning to you, helen. good to see you. >> good morning. nice to see you, too. >> i want to talk about both kind of relationships. let's start with singles first, and then we'll move into people who already have a partner because i'm thinking if you're

single, fwhonow would be most difficult time to meet somebody on line or otherwise. of course, i'm asking for a friend. is this a crisis now for singles? >> actually, i think it's quite the reverse. >> you do? >> i think it's an extremely good time. sure. >> why? >> well, because when you -- five reasons basically. you know, when you interact with somebody on line, sex is off the table. i mean, there's not going to be any discussion about whether you're supposed to hold hands or supposed to kiss, whether you're supposed to bring somebody home, number one. money is off the table. you haven't -- you don't have to decide who's going to pay the bill, if you're going to split the bill. you've got enough time even if you work at home, you've got time to do it now. and you've got something to talk about. and you've got a very intimate conversation really, you know, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your disappointments. you're going to get to know somebody rapidly. and i think most important is a time when none of us have done this before. we are all in the same jam. and when it's so novel and novelty drives up the dome mean

system of the breen aain, and i associated with love. we're almost primed now to start the dating process and to get to know somebody fast. >> helen, i mean, the second set of questions then is about people who are existing couples. i mean, like the rhythm of a couple's life is usually rooted around work. you're leaving, i'm coming home, this is a pattern. now you're locked in an elevator together for, you know, an indefinite amount of time, getting to know one another again. tensions rise. what do you do? >> even when you love each other, right? >> even when you love each other. at my household, when -- >> i think -- >> go ahead. i'm tell you -- >> i think that there's some -- three really important things to do. first of all, you've got to create a safe space. even if you're in a tiny little apartment and working back to back. you have to create a safe space so that when you're in that space they can't interrupt,y that can't talk to you. if they want to talk to you, they've got to email or text as if you're out of the -- you were out of the house and in the office, in one. two, create some routines.

you know, the human eing needs structure. and so this is an entirely new situation. so at 10:00 a.m. you're going to meet for an exercise class. in the afternoon, you're going to have a quiet time. you're going to do some storytelling before dinner. you're going to dress for dinner. you can't always be wearing your -- your pajamas all day. you've got to dress for dinner. and i think it's the time to make plans. i should you today is plana -- you should plan what you're going to do with your next vacation, what you're going to cook, what your going to wear, how you're going to have a party. you have to create a pile of things to do together. i think it's time to play the glad game. i once heard about some people who they got an old sheet and put the sheet on the dining room table, and every single night they would write down something that they're glad about. something that happened today, some tiny little moment when your partner said something interesting. so it's a time to be creative. >> yeah. that's good.

>> i want to go back to singles about the digital connection. and i'm not even talking about sex when i ask this question. but isn't physical touch and physical interaction important? there's only so much i think a connection you can have looking at somebody on a screen. that's why i'm thinking it's hard. >> well, it's a did. time, there's no -- a difficult time, there's no question about it. i mean, we are a mammal. we're built to touch. the very moment we can get out and touch somebody and look at somebody across the table, we are going to do it. i mean, you know, touch is eternal. and we will get back at doing it. i actually, you know, really think that it might b a new stage in the courtship process. you know, first you're introduced to somebody. and that's all these dating sites are is introducing sites. then you get to know them on the internet. you see them on the internet. you know, you can have a date on the internet. you can decide to have cocktail hour with somebody and have a drink with them on the internet or even cook dinner with them or watch a movie with them. you know, there's all kind of people who have had a long

distance partnership for a long time. somebody who goes, lives with a truck driver or somebody who lives with somebody's in the military. they find all kinds of ways to do things together on line. this is entirely possible. there's a lot today to be worried about but this is not one of them. dating will go on, and i think in a very good way. we'll get to know people better faster. >> all right. i hope you're right, helen fisher. >> dating in captivity. mating, as well, the baby boom may be real. >> at the end we're going to see high divorces or lots of babies. it will be interesting -- >> a lot of data on that. after hurricane hugo in 1989, there were a lot more divorces, but there were also a lot more marriages. >> yeah. >> all right. little bit of both. thank you, helen. on our podcast cynthia germanotta who co-founded the born this way with her daughter lady gaga shares advice on maintaining mental and emotional well-being during the pandemic. and before we go, how students are helping the health

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they're working, you know, alternating shifts with their spouse, each 12 hours, and they early need someone. >> reporter: they launched stand up to sit after her college was cut short by the pandemic. their program pairs home-bound students with stressed out parents. >> it's one babysitter for own family. our procedugoal was to keep thed running and the secondary goal was to give a platform to step up. >> reporter: mayo clinic pharmacists sara and jon leung say the services have been invaluable in protecting their daughter, eloise. >> there's a lot of anxiety about what's going to happen the next day, the next day, the next month. >> given i'm still in the hospital setting, some of that would be if eloise were to contract the virus -- >> knowing what the next steps are has put my mind at ease a bit. >> reporter: while these groups grew quickly, there is a sense they've not yet met demand. and still need more help. >> the need was instantaneous, and it was overwhelming.

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morning update. good morningn't i'm gianna franco. it is 8:55. if you're headed out the door, some public news to update you on. light service has been suspended this after an operator and trainee tested positive for covid-19. there are still buses running. all light training will be cleaned and sanitized. we'll let you know when they are back up and runningn't there will be more changes on light rail on monday. speaking of morgue >> no major accidents or incidents to report. bart running on time with the week day schedule of 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. if you need to go to sfo after 9:00 p.m., sfo is provided tree limb ted replacement bus service for passengers and employees. >> here is meteorologist mary ee. okay. well, it is a chilly start to the day with mainly clear

skies. temperatures in the 30s and in the 40s. several degrees colder than yesterday morning. we have a frost advisory for the north bay mountains as well. north bay valleys also with the freezing and subfreezing for the morning lows. the frost advisory in affect until 9:00 a.m., so almost expiring. this afternoon, sunshine, a few isolated showers possible through the day. daytime highs in the upper 50s for san francisco and oakland. looking at 60 in san jose this afternoon and 60 for concord so sunshine isolpop-

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