that taking blood plasma from one person and givingro rus are not only being used for treatment. they also help identify people who may have been infected th knowing it. >> an aggressive testing regimen with our front lines to find out who has low levels of immunity can get back to normal as soon as possible. >> reporter: they are co-c.e.o.s of united biomedical. they are one of several companies to develop a simple rapid blood test for covid-19 antibodies to see if someone has been infected and built up immunity to the virus. their current plan, test as many of the residents of colorado's rural san miguel county as possible. >> we'll be able to find out who has been exposed and who has antibodies and hence who has a certain level of immunity to this. >> reporter: once the antibody test is more widely available, researchers will be able to screen large numbers of potential donors for antibody-rich plasma to be used

for treatment. >> i don't think any center across the country is going to have any trouble generous people. >> that was dr. jon lapook census. chip reid has the story. >> reporter: this is took sook bay, alaska, on the behring sea about as far as you can get away from the united states. this is the director of the census bureau who flew in on a frigid january day to count the first person in our nation's 2020 census. the constitutionally mandated once a decade count of every single person within our borders. >> 2020 census has begun. >> reporter: it was very emotional to me. >> the entire village had gathered. they were playing native music. they were celebrating the 2020

census. an rte that across the nation. >> reporter: it seems steven dilling ham is not alone in his passion for the census. >> what do you know about the census? >> not much. >> reporter: in february we traveled to houston, texas, where activists went door to door to make sure t itill f counted. >> some people are very happy to see us. some people don't even open the door. >> reporter: she says many people have no idea how important the census is. not only does it determine how many votes each state gets in congress, but also how trillions of federal dollars will be divvied up over the next decade. >> they need to know the benefits, you know, the school and the parks, the health care. >> reporter: where does the census rank on your list of priorities? and it's a long

>> reporter: judge lenahousn, t most diverse big city. >> for every person who doesn't respond to the census, we lose around $1,000. >> reporter: she says in the 2010 census, latinos, especially immigrants, were significantly under counted. one of the biggest challenges in 2020, she says, is fear. >> you know, there was a fright about whether the census would include a citizenship question so folks who are seeing on tv, you know, families being torn apart who perhaps know somebody who has been deported are now afraid that the census is going to ask them whether or not they're u.s. citizens. >> repor lr the. supreme court rejected a trump administration proposal for the census to demand everyone's citizenship status. but she says the damage is

already done. >> the community's heard so much about it that we're now having to debunk the myth that it is part of the census. >> reporter: you might be surprised by just how long the idea of a census has been around. >> the census comes up again and again in the old testament. >> reporter: in a new history of the census, this author cites moses. the census plays a major role in the new testament, too. mary and joseph were from nazareth up in the north. but jesus was born in beth will he them about 100 miles away. why did they go to bethlehem? >> the reason in the bible is there was a roman census, seize augustus said there should be a census. >> reporter: the first 100 year

population had increased ten fold and herman invented a would it be fairo say the census has played a role in the invention or development of the computer? >> yeah, i would say that. >> reporter: score one for the census. and it's a good thing haloreth came along. as the late richard threlkeld splad sunday morning >> americans had to answer 470 questions including they wanted to know if there were any idiots in the family. >> reporter: lucky for us there are nine basic questions. yet the very simplicity and importance of the census have recently tempted politicians to disguise fund-raising appeals as census forms. including these from the republican national committee and the trump campaign. >> the census is a public treasure. it is our collective

information. and so for some organization, in this case the republican national committee and the later president trump's campaign committee, to try to hijack this nonpartisan public trust in the census for personal political gain is wrong. >> reporter: california democratic congresswoman katie porter sits on the committee that oversees the census bureau. in february she confronted census director steven dillingham. >> have you asked the rnc to cease and desist from the term 2020 census or official census in its mailings? >> congresswoman, i would have to look that out. >> reporter: and you're going to hold mr. dillingham's feet to the fire? >> 100%. whether you're a political appointee or not, you take on the job. it's the exact same thing for the director of the centers for disease control. it's the same thing for the director of the census. you a commitment to the

american people. >> reporter: do you feel pressure from this white house and the republican party to do this count in a way that they would like? >> no, i do not. >> reporter: and soon after our interview, the rnc promised to stop using the word census in its mailings and facebook has dropped the trump ads. the coronavirus, of course, poses an entirely different and unprecedented challenge to the census. the census bureau encourages americans to fill out the census online and they report that close to one-third of households have already responded. pandemic or not, steve dillingham says the work of the census bureau is going forward. >> hello. >> hi there. >> reporter: bottom line your message is respond online, on phone or by mail and we won't come knocking on your

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family from such an environmental disaster? and the answer is fortitude ranch. >> reporter: it's a survival community with undisclosed locations in colorado and west virginia where members can escape in times of disaster. jrue miller is the company c.e.o. he wants to build a total of 12 ranch locations across the country with the next ones planned for wisconsin and nevada. >> we have a reserve room. it may not be fancy. we have spartan memberships that are very only $1,000 per person per year. and frankly a plywood bunk bed with the mattress. it's not fancy. >> reporter: each ranch has 100 members. in good times they can use the camp's log cabin for vacation. hunting and fishing on the vast properties. but in case of what they deem a disaster, they say they're ready for whatever might happen. >> there's a lot of other threats we track from. yellowstone, super volcano going off and blockg out the sun, having massive crop failure to

asteroids to, you know, we tracked some 46 what we call trigger events we think can result in a collapse. >> reporter: miller says the biggest threat is a pandemic, but that covid-19 isn't severe enough to ask members to shelter. >> if law and order breaks down we will ask our members to come. >> reporter:bers soed t of h husband joined in 2018. the it's a two-hour drive from their home in denver. >> when all hell breaks loose and you have to seek shelter, if you will, from all the craziness of the world, it's really nice to know in the back of my mind that i have a place to go. >> reporter: she hopes she'll never have to shelter at fortitude ranch, but takes comfort in nowing i

all of us here at cbs news are mourning the loss of one of our own to the coronavirus. award-winning journalist maria mercader. she 54, a spatioose luck fos.sad time to. perhapt was her deep faith or enormous smile. but maria would light up any room she walked into. as anthony mason explains, she was truly the best of us. >> reporter: maria mercader's career at cbs news spanned more than three decades. she rose from page to an emmy award-winning producer who helped guide coverage of some of the biggest stories. but her last role as a talent executive may have been her most fitting because maria was always a guiding spirit, a shining light. ingrid matthews was a close friend. >> maria brought in the bn

1965 in new york . father manuee on wall street. her mother gladys was anedstho her career touring with the american ballet theater. maria adored her mom who inspired her lifelong passion for the arts. exuberant, intelligent and fiercely loyal, maria was a cheerleader for so many at cbs news and beyond. even while quietly dealing with health troubles herself. over 20 years she survived multiple battles with cancer without an ounce of self-pity or complaint. dr. valerie ruche was her surgeon at memorial sloan kettering. >> she had an incredible drive and perseverance. i also saw her be a great patient advocate for other cancer patients and cancer survivors. >> reporter: two years ago maria

took a grand trp wiip with her father, brother and sister-in-law across africa. after all her health issues, she an too many of us at cbs ma news, our friend, our confidant, our hero. >> and she will be ssed. that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for "cbs this morning" or follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting this morning from the cbs studios in washington, d.c., i'm kris van cleave. >>: br nnigh his. the u.s. navy hospital ship

arrives in new york as lady liberty looks on. "comfort" arrives by sea as treatment tents are built on land. with intensive care units nearing capacity, new york's governor has a warning. >> there is no american that is immune. what is happening to new york is not an anomaly. >> o'donnell: supply shortage. is outraged over more than 100 r broken ventilators. what's the federal government doing to make sure equipment is getting where it's needed? stay home. as federal guidelines are extended for another month, three out of four americans are ordered to not leave their