much more drought the day on multiple devices and platforms, just download the cbs news out. county, back to you. the thank you, thank you ♪ good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's tuesday, march 31st, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. a grim milestone. the u.s. death toll spikes marking the deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic as health care workers scramble to keep up. we'll visit a field hospital and talk to first responders on the front lines. >> waiting for results. president trump highlights a new test that could bring results in minutes instead of days. why some americans are being forced to pay thousands for a diagnosis. >> out of work.

major retailers announce furloughs for thousands of employees. what you need to know if it happens to you. plus, a startling prediction about america's workforce. and shelters in place. how the outbreak is actuaually saving the lives of pets in need of a home. >> we like that. but first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> by very vigorously following these guidelines, we can save more than 1 million american lives. think of that. 1 million american lives. >> in new york, governor cuomo pleading for health care workers from other states to join the fight. >> we've lost over 1,000 new yorkers. to me, we're beyond staggering already. we've reached staggering. >> the naval hospital ship "comfort" arriving in new york city to relieve the pressure on hospitals overwhelmed by the coronavirus crisis. >> it's a wartime atmosphere. we all have to pull together. we all have to be as one in

wartime. >> four people are dead on a cruise ship. and now the governor is saying do not dump the rest of the passengers in florida. >> we think it's a mistake to be putting people into southern florida right now given what we're dealing with. >> macy's plans to furlough a majority of its employees because of the coronavirus outbreak. furloughs will start this week. >> all that -- >> police in poland are trying to lift the spirits of people who are in self-isolation. ♪ it's fun to stay at the ymca ♪ ymca >> all that matters -- ♪ >> james corden with a star-studded coronavirus safe show. >> this is the first time in 2 1/2 weeks that i've not been wearing sweat pants. >> on "cbs this morning." >> i know a lot of you out there are stressed because we're all in isolation and no one knows how long this is going to last. but i have a simple message for all of you.

america, you got this. you've been training for this moment your whole lives. every canceled plan, every 2:00 a.m. netflix binge. every grubhub order from the restaurant across the street. it was for this. we're americans. there's nothing we do better than not doing things. yes! we're the country who put a man on the moon. yes, but we're also the country where 125 million of us stayed at home to watch it on tv. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." it was great to see stephen colbert. you're right, stephen, america, we've got this. we're coming to you from each of our homes. this morning, we are practicing social distancing out of an abundance of caution like so many americans watching right now. my commute this morning was from the bedroom to the tv room. took me 28 steps, and i got here on time. for us, the most important thing is that we continue to bring you the news which we will do

throughout this crisis. and that, of course, is where we -- >> yeah, gayle. >> i know the news is not good. >> no, that's right, gayle. the news is not good this morning. the u.s. has recorded its highest one-day death toll from the coronavirus. more than 500 people reported dead from the virus in just the last 24 hours. and that brings the total nationwide to more than 3100 people. here in new york, the epicenter, the navy medical ship "the comfort" is now docked and ready to take patients not suffering from the coronavirus and, therefore, helping desperately overrun hospitals here. even centralark now has medical tents and mola lenghi is there. good morning. this is the first time since the civil war that there have been medical tents there in central park. you got a tour. what can you tell us? >> that's right. that tour was impressive and sobering at the same time. this field hospital is in part funded by and operated by

samaritan's purse. they're a charity group that provides medical relief in crisis situations. these tents you're seeing here, they've been all over the world. haiti after the earthquake there. west africa during the ebola outbreak. and now they are here in iconic central park just a stark reminderer of the crisis facing this city and the nation. >> we're getting a firsthand look inside these newly built field hospitals now set up in central park specifically for coronavirus patients. these 14 tents hold 68 beds. >> we are going to take overflow patients if we can call them that from some of the other hospitals. our goal could to be get them off the ventilator and move them out of the hospital. >> new york is also taking extraordinary measures to deal with non-coronavirus patients. the navy hospital ship "comfort" has now docked at a pier in manhattan equipped with 1,000 beds with 2,500 more beds at the javits convention center. the site of the u.s. open tennis tournament is also going to be

used for 350 temporary hospital beds. >> we've lost over 1,000 new yorkers. to me, we're beyond staggering already. we've reached staggering. >> reporter: most of new york city's deaths have occurred in the past few days. >> we are bracing ourselves for something we've never seen before in any of our lives. >> reporter: among the dead, at least three new york city health care workers. the department of corrections says 167 inmates and 114 staff members have now tested positive. in nearby new jersey, eight residents of the lakeland nursing home have died. others are now infected. >> it's a constant ache. >> reporter: sue o'brien is a new york physical therapist with two young girls. she's not been able to visit her husband ted who has been isolated and on a ventilator since he was hospitalized less than two weeks ago. >> so i'm living moment to moment, wondering if i'm going to get a phone call that they can't save him.

>> reporter: this operation is going to be staffed by about 60 to 70 doctors and nurses. they'll begin taking patients as early as today. meanwhile, across the country in southern california, another 1,000-bed u.s. naval ship hospital, the "mercy" is taking its first patients to free up space in l.a.-area hospitals that have seen around 2,500 coronavirus cases. anthony? >> mola lenghi in central park, thanks, molea. well over half of americans are being told not to go out to slow the spread of the coronavirus. stay at home orders or directives are in effect in 32 states and washington, d.c. florida has the fifth highest number of cases in the u.s. as manuel bojorquez reports. the governor's response has been limited. >> we want to win the fight against covid-19. >> reporter: florida's governor is ordering a handful of counties to shelter at home,

including the state's largest, miami-dade and broward which already had similar orders to begin with. >> this is the time to do the right thing. listen to all your local officials. >> reporter: critics point to scenes like this one. a closed beach on one side and open one on the other to show the piecemeal approach may not work. still, officials in counties with restrictions are making a point of enforcing them. after defying social distancing guidelines by holding packed church services on sunday, the pastor of the river at tampa bay church was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors. >> the safety and well-being of our community must always come first. >> and it's still unclear where passengers aboard the "sandam and "rotterdam" cruises will dock. two patients have tested positive for covid-19 and 189 patients have reported flu-like sympt symptoms. four have died. it's roughly two days from south florida. >> we'd like medical personnel dispatched to that ship.

>> reporter: governor desantis said letting the ship dock in flau ft. lauderdale would be a mistake. >> i'd like to ask governor desantis what his decision would february his mother was on this ship. >> reporter: they've been traveling since march 7th. >> how would he feel if another passenger dies because they're not able to receive the proper medical care on the ship that they would have received in the hospital? >> reporter: governor desantis has also said he would like to save hospital beds in south florida for floridians and pointed out there are several foreign nationals on that ship. currently there are 138 u.s. citizens aboard the "zaandam." gayle? >> manuel, thank you. the story of one family in utah sums up the devastating impact of the coronavirus. 24-year-old silvia melendez died. two other family members have tested positive and four more

are assumed to have it. silvia's father who was the first to get sick told us she was a selfless person. >> she was really nice person. helped every single one she can. she was very kind to every single one, and i can say bye and touch her for the last time, but i know she is with me right now. >> the family plans to hold a virtual wake for silvia in the coming days. tony, this is part of the hardest thing. it's tough to lose a loved one and then you can't even gather as a family to mourn and touch and hug each other at a time when you need it so badly. a friend of mine is going through this exact thing and it's very, very painful. >> very painful. and the burden of loss is not being borne equally, but we can mourn together, grieve together, even from a distance, gayle. moving on to washington.

the president is saying that he may announce new social distancing guidelines today. at a briefing yesterday, he downplayed the needs of states hit hardest by the virus claiming that testing is no longer an issue and blaming medical workers for the shortage of supplies. now he's getting pushback himself as weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> reporter: from the rose garden, president trump said governors across the country were happy with the help from the federal government. referencing a video conference call with them earlier in the day. >> i think for the most part, they were saying thank you for doing a great job. >> reporter: cbs news obtained a recording of the call, and while the governors did thank the president, they also raised concerns. montana governor steve bullock warned the president a delay in testing could soon overwhelm hospitals in rural areas. and said his state does not have the capability to test. >> we just don't have enough supplies to do the testing. >> i haven't heard about testing in weeks.

we've tested more now than any nation in the world. i haven't heard about testing being a problem. >> reporter: at the briefing, mr. trump praised his administration. >> over 1 million americans have now been tested. more than any other country. >> reporter: but the u.s. is lagging in the number of tests per capita. and president trump lashed out when asked why. >> you should be saying congratulations instead of asking a really snarky question. >> reporter: he also repeated his suggestion that surgical masks were being stolen by health care workers, claiming a vendor toemd him one new york hospital ordered 10,000 to 20 masks before the virus but now -- >> all of a sudden, he's giving 300,000. and i said no matter how bad this is, could that be possible? is it going out the back door? >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo addressed the allegations. >> if he really believes that, then he should just call for an investigation. >> reporter: governor cuomo said

he does not believe any equipment is being stolen. as for ventilators, president trump said production has ramped up so dramatically the u.s. will have enough to send to other countries in europe though he did not provide any specific numbers or a timeline. antho anthony? >> weijia, thank you. dr. david agus joins us from his home in los angeles. good morning. >> morning, anthony. >> david, the fda has authorized a test that can produce results in as little as five minutes. how reliable is this test, and how significant could it be? >> well, it's five minutes for a positive result. 13 minutes for a negative result from abbott labs, and it's transformative in a sense when a patient comes to you, i can get the result while they're there and tell them what to do. it's the same test used for strep throat and influenza. now they have it for covid-19. they'll be doing about 50,000

tests initially a day across the country in hospital labs and clinics. i'm excited for the management of my patients, no question about it. >> and it's accurate, you think, david? >> no question. i mean, this accuracy is the same technology we're look at 100 letters of the 30,000 letters of the viral code. so the same as the previous tests but just the hardware enabled it to happen much quicker and easier. >> okay, david. president trump has said the fda has also approved a process to sterilize the n95 masks that hospitals need so desperately. how is that going to work, and do we think that's going to help the problem in hospitals right now? >> well, it's certainly a piece of the puzzle in that this technology from patel in ohio is a room you can put 40,000 masks at a time and with an aerosolized gas it can kill the

virus. you have a mask that can be used again. each mask can be used 20 times. every time it's sterilized they mark it and at 20 they throw it away. that's almost 20 times more masks if you think about simple numbers there. things like thirs innovation from america is what's going to make us hopefully win this war. >> david -- dr. david agus, thank you. gayle? >> thank you. >> all right. thank you both. new york city's police department, the largest in the country, is being ravaged by the coronavirus. more than 900 nypd employees, including more than 800 police officers, have now tested positive. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is following the impact on first responders. what are they telling you? >> gayle, ems responders here in new york city are getting nearly as many calls today as they did on september 11th. think about that for a minute. new york's governor says we

could be two weeks away from what is the peak of the virus here. sounds of sirens in new york city right now really stand out. and that's because it's so much quieter here than normal. everyone has been asked to stay inside. >> this is the scene outside my job right now. >> reporter: this was the lower east side of manhattan on monday. a nurse from nyu langone hospital sent us this video. there were nine ambulances, all backed up, trying to get patients into the emergency room entrance. >> we just showed our viewers video of ambulances backing up at the emergency room at nyu langon. have you seen that? >> every day. >> reporter: anthony is vice president of the new york city fire department's ems officers union. he's also a lieutenant paramedic. >> i've never seen 7,000 calls in ems. that's more than 9/11. so basically we've had 9/11-type calls for about eight days now. >> reporter: on sunday, fdny

ambulance mechanic james villecco died. the fdny says more than 260 of its members are currently infected. >> i have never seen anything like this before in my career. or in my lifetime, to be honest. >> lilian bonnsignore is the chief of operations. the fdny is telling people this. >> you are not seriously sick. if you are not having a true emergency, stay home. save 911 for those true emergencies. >> reporter: when it comes to the nypd, more than 800 police officers are infected with the virus. four members have died, including a detective who was a 23-year veteran of the force. dermott shea is the nypd commissioner. >> we are hurting. we are crying, and we continue to fight. we simply have no other choice. >> reporter: nearly 5200 members

of the nypd force are sick right now. that's about a 14% rate for them. they usually run a rate of 3%. now most companies, including cbs, for example, i had to stay home after being exposed to a co-worker who had the virus. most would be told if you're exposed, stay home. nypd is saying if you're sick, stay home. but if you've been exposed to someone with the virus and you don't feel sick, we need you to keep working. >> boy, dafrkvid, it's tough. this coronavirus has affected everybody, as we know. you don't want anybody to die but it's always hard to me when i hear about first responders who are literally risking their lives to save strangers to help them and in the process sometimes lose their lives. it's a very tough story. >> listen, gayle, we keep hearing there are first responders in emergency bay hospitals around the country who take a moment to cry on the side because they're working 15 and 16-hour days to answer every call coming in.

>> well, i hope they know their work is appreciated. every night at 7:00 on my street, i think it's happening all over the city actually, people come out and give them a round of applause and a cheer. i hope they know how much their work is appreciated and needed. david, thank you. always good to see you. ahead, the high price some people are paying for coronavirus testing and treatment. and what's being done about that.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning". as you can see we're coming to you from our homes today out of an abundance of caution over the coronavirus but we want to bring the news. the news today is not good. the u.s. economy showing signs that the worst is yet to come. macy's, kohl's and the gap furloughed tens of thousands of workers yesterday. leaving many without any pay at all. and the federal reserve bank of st. louis estimates the national unemployment rate could top 32% by june. that would mean about 47 million americans, one in three could lose their jobs in the coming months. at the same time yesterday was

our deadliest day since the outbreak began, more than 500 coronavirus patients died, bringing the u.s. total to more than 3,000. that includes the military's first fatality in new jersey national guardsman. >> the potential cost test and treatments for the coronavirus could cause some people to delay seeking medical care and that could then delay, that delay rather could expose others to the virus. as part of our series medical price roulette, we're taking a look at what some americans are paying. our consumer investigative correspondent anna werner has been talking to people who received big, big bills. >> i started to get a fever, started to feel chills and i was like oh, crap whatever i had, i think i got it. >> reporter: walking dead actor daniel newman got sick in early march. worried he might need to warn

others he went to a georgia hospital where doctors tested him for the virus and then told him -- >> we're not allow freezing drizzle sees the test because there's a limit how many tests we can send off. >> reporter: he never did find out whether the test was positive or not he says but on the way out he asked was the cost covered >> they were like no. you just came inon thing a room. it's going to be thousands of dollars. >> reporter: the bill came over $9,000 an amount his insurance company is refusing to pay. >> a lot of money. >> reporter: yeah >> on a humanitarian level that's infurriates me the fact that no one can anorthward. how can a family of two or four kids afford even one person at $9,000 much less four people. >> reporter: on march 18th congress passed the family's

first coronavirus response act under which health insurancers are required to waive cost. several insurers are also waiving co-pays for coronavirus treatment. but it's not true of all insurance plans. dr. tom inglesby, we spoke to him. if people are scared this won't be paid for what happens if they don't get health care, if they don't get diagnosed. >> for most diseases this would be an individual decision and people would beeing risks into their account. but here it's a risk for society. >> do you worry the most about the uninsured? >> i do. or the underinsured. those that have high deductibles they won't kick in until they spend an enormous amount of money taking care of themselves.

>> reporter: future insurance premiums could spike and now asking congress to set up a backstop contingency program to protect americans from consequences of potential catastrophic costs. >> i think this whole coronavirus has exposed the holes in our health care system. >> reporter: representative jan sh schakowsky told us of cherns. >> it will goes so many problems. maybe we can make corrections. we're dealing immediately with a crisis that we're not really prepared for. >> reporter: a 2019 census report says some 27.5 million americans did not have health insurance. that's about 8.5% of the u.s. population. by the way, we reached out to daniel newman's insurance

company about that $9,000 bill. we didn't hear back. we want to hear from you. what are your concerns about costs and your insurance coverage. are you losing your insurance coverage? email us at health costs at cbsnews.com. we really do want to hear from people. tell us your stories. gayle? >> i'm hoping after they see your piece, and you know they are watching and rethinking daniel's bill. i see why he's so upset because on a humanitarian level you got to figure something out certainly during these times. >> reporter: he said he's not concerned about himself he's concerned about people who would get that bill. >> we're all paying attention. ahead hear from some of the pharmacists and the grocery store workers putting their health on the line too so we can all have food and medicine during this pandemic. you're watching "cbs this morning". you know we thank you for that. we'll be right back. saturdays happen.

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a group of amazon workers walked off the job in new york city yesterday. demanding their workplace be shut down and cleaned. some employees at whole foods which is owned by amazon are asking their co-workers to walk out or call in sick today. countless number of workers like these are designated as essential. they show up every day despite their coronavirus risks to make sure we all have food and medicine. adriana diaz talked with some of them. >> reporter: good morning.

states like-minute, michigan and vermont have reclassified grocery store employees as essential emergency workers. giving them benefits similar to health care workers and first responders. some say they feel like first responders with grocery stores and pharmacies among the only businesses open in many states their employees who come in daily contact with the public now find themselves unexpectedly on the front lines. in the back is the pharmacy outside st. louis. brother and sister pharmacists are making their own hand sanitizer. how does it feel different now than it did just a few days ago? >> there's a tension in the air with everyone. >> especially in the last week it's just been slammed based on the panic. >> reporter: while they serve the public at work they worry about exposing their loved ones at home. >> we try our best with precautions when we visit, masks, gloves, try to keep six feet away.

it's very sad she loves to give hugs and kisses. >> certainly stressful but we have a community to serve. >> reporter: what helps you through this >> hearing a thank you from the public. >> they thanked us for being there that i've done for soldiers and firemen. >> reporter: new york trader joe employee ariel gros-werter knows it's temporary. in two months we'll just be minimum wage workers again. >> reporter: we're all being told to stay at least six feet away from one another but that's hard to do at a supermarket. >> for sure. we're doing every other register. when somebody comes with their groceries, they come within two feet. >> reporter: her parents want her to stop working, but -- >> i am not okay with the fact that anyone who can afford to stay home is among those who

cannot afford to and have to keep going to their hourly jobs are the ones at risk. >> everybody is like in shambles. >> reporter: people like brenda allen who has worked for more than 20 years at a walmart in louisiana. >> i know i have to do my job. pretty scary. but i have no choice. >> reporter: when you come home what do you, if anything, differently >> i lysol my whole body. >> reporter: you use lysol wipes on your clothes and skin. >> i lysol myself down. >> reporter: walmart has ramped up hiring and announced employee bonus and trader joe offered additional paid sick time. like so many essential employees the zollars are determined to typical the virus out so their doors can stay open. >> we took an oath to help any patient we can and we take that seriously. >> reporter: they sold their last box of mask so have to

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looks really great. you're working from home. i'm working from home. anthony and gayle are working from home like millions of other americans. while we're doing that we're keeping track of the stories we think you'll be talking about, including this. ford says job one is to help patients diagnosed with the coronavirus. the automaker is partnering with ge health care to produce up to 50,000 ventilators within 100 days. the project begins april 20th. members of the united auto workers volunteered to help officials in states hard hit like new york and california. >> it's an amazing milestone. we talk about this being a war against the coronavirus and it's more than a metaphor when you think about the last time ford did anything like this was world war ii when it was making tanks not automobiles. major milestone indeed and very important part of production. what else you got? >> all right. so, everyone's favorite show to

watch in quarantine is "tiger king" on netflix. it spawn ad new police investigation. so that is big cat rescue carol bass kin. her husband don lewis vanished in 1997. he was declared dead five years later but his body of never found. former zoo owner joe exotic is in prison for a plot to murder baskin. she claims he killed lewis for his money. the sheriff put out a request for any new leads. this show got more than wild people it's got wild people. >> i'm three episodes in and thinking what the hell am i watching, from joe exotic there are so many, shall we say colorful characters that i just

don't -- i don't even know what to make of this. i'm not sure where it's going. tony you at one point met joe exotic. vlad you went that's joe exotic, very interesting dude. >> i did. i think i may take in his hair style. i have a lot of time at home an opportunity to experiment. >> nope. tony, you work for "cbs this morning". no you can't do that. vlad, i hear our favorite penguin in chicago is on the move. we love this little guy. >> gayle, we love wellington the penguin. check him out checking out some belugga whales during his latest field trip. he got to visit other exhibits. it's all a part of keeping the penguins active. what i love about this is that wellington is 32 years old.

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it's tuesday, march 31, 2020 the last day of march. welcome back to "cbs this morning". i'm gayle tuesday, march 31st, 2020, the last day of march. i'm gayle king with tony mason a anthony mason and td tony dokoup dokoupil. and home schooling in the uncertain times. and good news, how an increase in pet adoptions are helping americans cope with the crisis. first today's "eye opener" at 8:00.

>> the u.s. has recorded its highest one-day death toll, more than 500 people in just the last 24 hours. these tents are all over the world, haiti after the quick there, west africa during the ebola outbreak and now of course they are here in iconic central park. >> governor desantis has also said he would like to save hospital beds in south florida for floridians and pointed out there are several foreign nationals on that ship. extra ventilators, president trump said production has ramped up so dramatically, the u.s. will have enough to send to europe. ems responders here in new york city are getting nearly as many calls today as they did on september 11th and new york's governor said we could be two weeks away from what is the peak of the virus. >> washing your hands has never been more important. i asked will ferrell to show us how it's done. >> sing happy birthday. that's not the only song you have to sing.

♪ i'll never go on dates again ♪ guilty feat, i've got no rhythm ♪ ♪ she's a brick house ♪ shine bright like a diamond ♪ snnooooooo-p >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning" from our house to yours, as you can see, we're coming to you from each of our homes this morning because like you, we are practicing social distancing out of an abundance of caution. here is where we stand right now, with the numbers, after another awful surge in the spread of the coronavirus, the death toll in the u.s. has now topped 3,100 people. more than 500 people died just yesterday, making it the deadliest day so far in this country. >> yes, and to keep people safe, four more states and washington, d.c., ordered residents to stay home. that means about two-thirds of

the u.s. population are now under stay- at-home orders or directives. a new test could give results to doctors and patients within minutes, and anthony, the president is expected today to announce new stricter social distancing guidelines, but coming short of a national lockdown. >> yes, and meanwhile, tony, more than 15,000 nursing homes nationwide are trying to stop the coronavirus from sweeping through the nation's most vulnerable population. connecticut reportedly plans coronavirus only nursing homes, in western massachusetts, 11 veterans who lived at the soldier's home in holyoke died, including five who had tested positive. another 11 residents and five staff members also have coronavirus. meg oliver shows the difficult situation for families with loved ones in these facilities. >> when i would visit with my

kids, it was really the highlight of her day. >> reporter: alix handy suddenly lost her 86-year-old mother lana irwin a week ago. the great grandmother died from covid-19 along with eight others from this new jersey nursing home. there was no time to say good-bye. how hard was that, not to be able to say good-bye to your mom? >> the fact that she fpassed awy i can accept that but the fact i didn't get to say good-bye is eating me up inside. >> reporter: across the country, covid-19 created a crisis at nursing home facilities. sunday more than 100 residents and staff tested positive at this tennessee rehabilitation center. outside baltimore a staggering 77 seniors tested positive here. >> what we need to avoid is literally turning nursing homes into our killing fields. >> reporter: nationwide, long-term facilities housed three times the number of patients hospitals do. dr. wasserman says we need to

transform more buildings into skilled nursing facilities for seniors with covid-19. >> if we push older adults, out of hospitals and icus, into nursing homes, that will be overwhelmed, in three to four weeks, the problem will be ten times greater. >> reporter: it's a dire prediction families are worried sick about. >> it's kind of scary, not know what you're sending them into. >> reporter: cathy konsiac's husband, edward, is recovering from the virus in the hospital. he was in a nursing home after suffering a brain injury and needs around-the-clock care. >> i'm really going to have to bring him home, because i can't trust anybody. >> you've been married 40 years. have you ever gone this long without seeing him? >> never. i just can't imagine what's happening to him. and how he's being treated and whether people are doing the right thing. >> i'm sure you want to be there, be by his side.

>> i do, i do, absolutely. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," meg oliver, montclair, new jersey. >> and that's the hardest, not being able to be there when you know you're needed most by a loved one. coronavirus restrictions are forcing more gigantic job losses in this country. macy's, kohl's and gap announce widespread furloughs yesterday, leaving most of their workers without pay. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us to discuss that. we were talking about macy's, everybody has been there, unscientific poll, andre in one, kenton in another corner, alexis, all been to macy's. we knew they were in financial trouble but do you think they can survive this pandemic? i can't imagine a world without macy's? >> i know and bloomingdale's which they also own. when you think about it, what they have done is i think probably tried to create a survival plan and that means furloughing these 125,000 people

just an enormous number of people, but they also had borrowed money prior to this move, so about a $1.5 billion from credit lines, they canceled orders, stopped paying dividends to their shareholders which they should have done. they say this is what is necessary to ensure that they can survive the pandemic. > so we also mentioned kohl's and gap in that lead introducing you. do you see other retail stores following suit sooner rather than later? >> absolutely. you know, there are about 630,000 retail outlets that are shudd shuttered in the month of march. they're going to lose something like over $400 billion, so absolutely, l brands, own the victoria's secret and ann taylor and every single one of the retrailer r retailers will be forced to do this, otherwise they'll be

behind the eight ball. the retail industry was suffering already. last year, 9,300 store closures, 23 bankruptcies. that was when the economy was good. so imagine the pressure they're under right now. >> i know, so what advice do you have for furloughed employees? a lot of them are listening to you right now. >> yes. i've heard from a lot of them. they're sending me emails. number one, of course, you're furloughed. that means you can actually apply for unemployment benefits in your state, so go ahead and do that, and of course, prioritize those bills, food first, shelter comes next, but really, food is your priority, and i would say this, although you hope you're going to be rehired and macy's hopes and all these retailers hope they're going to bring these folks back, i would be looking for a job in all those places where there are job announcements, whether it's a walmart or amazon, or dollar general, or cvs. i think the act of looking gives you some sense of control over a

situation which really is out of control for all of us. so even if you just looked and stay engaged, i this i thnk men it's a good move for everybody. >> you know, we already know how bad the weekly jobless numbers are. now the st. louis fed is forecasting, listen to this number, jill, as many as 47 million people could be unemployed. does that make sense to you? >> well, i saw that report yesterday. i love the researchers at the st. louis fed. they do tend to be somewhat k crumudgeonly. we'll get monthly job numbers on friday and this month of march the numbers will not look so bad, maybe a loss of 150,000 jobs. still that would snap a more than nine-year winning streak. the jobs wasituation is going t be getting worse and worse at least for the next few months, while i hope it doesn't get up

to that 30% number, most of the economists i speak to really do expect us to peak at 10%, 12%, maybe 14%. my hope is that this will be short-lived but i don't want to pin this on hopes. we all have to prepare for the worst. i know that's hard to do, but we'll get through this. >> that is hard to do, and i'm thinking, you're calling them curmudgeonly, i bet they like that, jill. thank you very much. i know you mean it with great affection, i know. thank you very much. >> that's it. stepping away from the pandemic for just a second, an attorney who fought on behalf of jeffrey epstein's victims for more than ten years is giving us new insights about the convicted sex offender. when it comes to parenting, you're a pro.

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school closures from the coronavirus are forcing more than 55 million americans in kindergarten through 12th grade to learn from home or at least try. that's disrupting lesson plans for teach earns students and even harder for those who don't have internet access. julie lythcott wrote "how to raise an adult" and a cbs news contributor. we appreciate her. julie, good morning. >> good morning to you, tony. >> if you consider the fact that summer vacation already is something that we know can be a deficit creator for lower income kids now we have essentially spring vacation plus summer vacation.

learning is disrupted. will we see a long term reduction in kids learning and how do they catch up come fall? >> tony, i'm so glad you're focusing right away on the needs of low-income kids. in my community here in palo alto i'm hearing parents saying online learning isn't rigorous enough, not enough opportunities. there's millions of kids and families that lack internet access. let me tell you where i think we're headed. we have as an example hurricane katrina now close to 15 years behind us where an entire community was ravaged by a natural disaster and yet kids and families emerged from that resilient with skills and they are contributing members of our society today. i think that's an important example of how humans endure difficult times. that said, there's no question that there are plenty of kids today who cannot access the content their teachers are trying to deliver because they either have only one device in

their house, if any devices, they might only have one that they are sharing among five family members. how is the fifth grader to do class online when the eighth grader needs to do the class online and the parent needs the laptop to interact with their workplace or lack wi-fi entirely. common sense media, a wonderful nonprofit on whose board i serve has been lobbying for these kinds of dollars in the stimulus package to try to ensure broadband and wi-fi access are delivered nationwide. this got stripped out by the senate but hopefully with the second round of stimulus that surely is coming the. we can fight for the dollars close to this homework gap you have pointed out. >> yeah. we need internet access. we need well lighted place for people to do their work. we hope people have access to that. i want to bring in anthony mason who is working from home like me. he has a question. >> thanks, tony.

julie, one of the thing i want to touch on is a lot of students are experiencing kind of a sense of loss. i got a college age son whose college musical was cancelled, programs are being cancelled, graduations are being cancelled. should families try to find a way to honor this or make up for it in some ways? >> absolutely, anthony. i got a 20-year-old son on day 13 of 14 days of self-quarantine updares and an 18-year-old daughter home from college as well. and as a former college decent i have tremendous empathy for all of the young people who are not experiencing the rituals associated with learning that they have so been looking forward to and rightly so. i struggle when i hear older people poo-pooing those kids don't they realize there's bigger problems. less go back in time and remember how important the prom

or graduation was for you. and bring empathy to the young adults who have returned to your household, who are rightfully struggling with what they've lost. they are actually grieving. they are grieving the loss of what was to be. they are also afraid, like we are. they looking to us for guidance about how to cope with all of this. and, you know, they sort of -- they have their own anxiety. here's one thing that i'm hearing that excites me. some schools are saying they will send cap and gowns the home kids so that even though graduation can't be en masse, everyone can dress up and in our families we can put some lights up, we can find some balloons, we can do something to create some kind of ritual in our homes to support our kids. it won't be the same but so much better than nothing. >> yeah, you're right. we got mark these milestones. julie lythcott, thanks very much for being here. and gayle as i toss back to you. one thing that julie mentioned ahead of her appearance, she

didn't get in the appearance itself i itse itself, boredom. boredom is actually a good thing. >> characters i'll try to remember that. right now, i don't know, tony. i'll try to be that. ahead and first on "cbs this morning," a big announcement and i mean big involving country music's biggest stars. i'll explain. he'll be right back.

first on cbs show this morning. we're teaming up with country music's biggest star to have a special night of performances right here on cbs. you'll see blake shelton and gwen stefani. two hour special. more big names like little big town, carrie underwood, tim

mcgraw. a tribute to country great kenny rogers. the acm awards were postponed due to the coronavirus so this will air in its place and the coolest thing about it is, , here is what you can expect, a cool and cloudy start to the day and through the afternoon partly sunny skies and daytime highs around where we should be for this time of year. there is a chance for the north bay to see an isolated sprinkle or shower. that is a possibility but, mainly dry conditions expected with a mix of sunshine in clouds right around where we should be for this time of year. for inland locations topping out in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon. for the bay, low to mid 60s

this afternoon and for the coast, over 50s. we will stay -- to our north as we go through the week. mostly sunny skies wednesday and thursday with a mix of sunshine and clouds on friday. the next weather system will bring the return of the rain for the weekend. southbound 880 at 92, the closure in the right lane as caltrans crews work to clean up an earlier trouble spot with a big rig and a fuel spill. we do have reports of an accident through winton. fairly quiet on the rest of the nimitz freeway. reports of a small fire on the right side at mcbride. maybe a bit of a visual distraction. things are quiet heading toward the bay bridge. cars at the toll plaza they

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. through no welcome back to "cbs this morning". it is now time to bring you some of the stories that are talk of the table this morning. since we're coming to you from home we'll share a story with each other and all of you around our imaginary table right here in front of us. we'll start with gayle king. what have you got for us? >> mine really is imagery, tony. it's called my lap. that's my table. i'm going to talk about james corden. the late, late show had a special last night. he hosted it from his garage to maintain social distancing. so the show featured perspective gets including john legend that

performed a new song. it's called "actions." here's a listen. ♪ ♪ with another love song >> the lyrics are good. he said actions speak louder than love songs. other guests included billie eilish with her brother and mom and dad. will farrell teaching us how to wash our hands to a different song. one of my favorite parts opera start, andrea bollicelli. he sang the song "time to say good-bye." he sang it in italian. one of the most beautiful thing i ever heard. i know you guys know the song. >> i love that james brought together such a group of musicians.

like the acms this weekend. >> we'll talk about that. can we just say james corden has a nice garage, tony. very nice. >> not as nice as my basement, gayle, clearly not. >> we'll let the public decide. >> my talk of the table is, in normal times if someone showed up at my house with a perfectly good picture cut up into a thousand little pieces i would think i'm in some big trouble, some complicated trouble. now i say honey where do you want me to put your new puzzle. puzzles have made a gigantic over the top come back as we hunker down. demand for jigsaw puzzles has jumped 370% at the world's largest puzzle maker that's ravensburger. on thursday, march 26th, sales

ten times what they were a year earlier. i have to say puzzles not for me. i asked my wife what the attraction is with these puzzles and she tried to explain to it me. i couldn't really get it. i just kept looking at her i can't believe i fell in love with a puzzle lover. >> i get it. i get it, tony. i love puzzles. my mom used to do them as a kid. you do all intelligents first. then you group them together by the colors. makes me want to get a puzzle or two. i got some color books and crayons. >> my daughter is a big puzzle lover. when i was talking on the phone to her last night, the phone all of a sudden went silent, i go lydia -- she goes i can't find the orange pieces. my story this morning is, do you guys remember magnus the therapy dog who does some amazing yoga

moves. he's back and giving new meaning to downward dog. here's magnus, looking adorable during a recent yoga routine. the labrador from new york has his own instagram account. he has 53,000 followers. one popular puppy. not a puppy but a popular dog. great moves. i can't do those moves. >> me either. in news away from the pandemic we have a new book that offers revelations about the battle between jeffrey epstein and the lawyer defending dozens of his accusers. in relentless pursuit my fight for the vichls jeffrey epstein, brad edwards describes his decade long psychological struggle with the wealthy financier who died in jail fisting sexual abuse charges. first on "cbs this morning" i spoke to edwards about his secret meetings with jeffrey

epstein. for most of their nearly 11 year legal battle brad edwards fought jeffrey epstein in the courtroom. but in 2015, edwards said he seen suddenly started to reach out personally by phone. >> it was always his idea to speak. i never had his phone number. he would call me and his phone would come up mysteriously all zeros on my cell phone. >> reporter: he says epstein asked to meet at this starbucks in boca raton, florida, starting a series of secret rendez vous. >> earlier meetings were him trying to figure out a way in his words divorce from me. cause me to stop prosecuting him. we were at the corner table right outside starbucks when he leaned over and said to me, brad, if you keep pursuing me this way somebody will get hurt. >> reporter: edwards had been after epstein since 2008 when a

client kanamed courtney wild fit came to him. wild said she was recruited by epstein in 2002 at age 14. >> i was in middle school. it was the summer from eighth to ninth grade. >> reporter: wild grew up in a florida trailer park miles from tony palm beach where epstein lived. she was driven they're his home, paid $200 to massage him, and then asked to recruit other young girls. >> i've always wanted answers like why they felt they could sexually abuse so many young girls and get away with it. >> reporter: how many went through jeopardy's house? -- through jeffrey epstein house. >> 500 women he abused. jeffrey epstein molested dozens of women. >> reporter: edwards represented 30 of them and lead the legal assault.

in the end what dues motivated jeffrey epstein. >> power, control. that's it. his recruitment of vulnerable people for him to take advantage of sexually was all a power trip. that is what drove him, that he was the the king of the chess board. every room i was ever in with him he thought he was the smartest and he was going to immediately proift. >> reporter: epstein boasted powerful friends including bill clinton, donald trump, and harvey weinstein who edwards says was once a guest at epstein's paris apartment. >> harvey weinstein attempted to sexual assault one of jeffrey epstein's main girls. epstein got mad about it and got in a major blow-out with wine and kicked him out of the place and in jeffrey's place kicked him out of the country. >> reporter: epstein referred to harvey as a pig. imagine that.

while epstein wooed edwards he allegedly kept watch on him. >> how did you know you were under surveillance. i >> it was meant for notice know. >> reporter: epstein counter sued the lawyer. when edwards lost an early round in that suit he says he was at risk of owing he sign's legal fees, $10 million. >> when he realized he could do that he called me he said you'll bankrupt up your entire family back off. >> why didn't you? >> i'm very competitive. two, my clients. >> me and brad made a pact that we would be in it until the end. >> reporter: in may of last year, he edwards says he and epstein metaphor what would be the final time. you could tell he was in a different frame of mind, nervous, paranoid and it made me

a little uneasy thinking he may actually know that there's an investigation brewing behind his back. >> reporter: two months later epstein was arrested by federal agents and charged with sex trafficki trafficking. in august he died in prison. what if anything scared him? >> jail. he was only scared by losing his freedom. >> reporter: so you don't believe that he was killed in prison? >> no. he committed suicide. there's no doubt in my mind. >> reporter: you write you struggled with epstein's death. how so >> i felt after ten years of doing battle with him i got to know him so well. the victims were deprived, i was deprived deprived, and also feels he left laughing. >> edwards and epstein settled their lawsuit in 2018. as part of the settlement epstein publicly apologized

admitting the charges he brought against edwards were an unreasonable attempt to damage the attorney's reputation. we like to note edwards book is published by gallery and in print. gayle, this continues to go oranges this case. they are attempting to create a fund for the victims from the estate but that's an ongoing legal battle. >> anthony, that story was fascinating on so many levels to me. number one, i find it interesting that brad edwards is so convinced he committed suicide when so many people don't think jeffrey epstein took his own life and number two, i sat here asking how did they shoot that interview? can you give us a brief explanation. you're in your office. i don't know where he was. you clearly were having a conversation together. how did you guys do that >> when he a lot of help. i shot it here in my home and got him to sit outside so the

crew could be far enough away from him. but we wanted to get a really nice audio and the crew did a very nice job. >> yeah. it was very, very well done. very well done. also interesting. and when he said to you that epstein said to him if you keep pursuing me somebody is going to get hurt. that's very ominous and also scary. >> he took it as a threat. brad edwards took it as a threat. >> it's clear that more than jeffrey epstein life was lost when he died in prison, a full accounting of what happened was lost as well. very powerful piece. how we do journalism. ahead more americans are stepping up to give animals a home during this - will invisalign aligners really work for my smile.

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as millions of americans are forced to stay home a growing number of them are choosing to adopt or foster pet. it is a good time. the aspca say nearly 70% increase, that's what they are counting the number of an mols going foster homes in new york and los angeles compared to this very same time last year. "cbs this morning: saturday" co-host dana jacobson shows us how americans are stepping up to

help animal shelters. she has a cute pup there. good morning. >> reporter: i do. this is barkley. didn't seem right to do this story without my rescue who i am bribing with cheese. in these trying times stories about animals like barkley that are one of the bright stotts. these animals finding homes in uncertain times and in exchange they bring comfort and calm to all of those who open their doors and their hearts. >> he comforts us. >> reporter: as schools in minnesota closed, this 8-year-old, ridley zmuda and his sister mila and teagen began begging for a puppy. with a mom also working from home the time was right to adopt 4-month-old gomer.

these uncertain times have seen shelters filling up but brought an outpouring of people look hoping to. one shelter pup found a noefrm when his face was put on a pizza box. >> they can't see their friends. having this loving pet and showering them with love and wiping off west kiss helps them get grounded. >> reporter: with california on lockdown, all seven animal care and control snirnts. l.a. county are by appointment only. >> may seem we're like closed and adoptions are not happening but they are. we have about 300 animals, that includes dogs, cats. we have turtles. >> reporter: aleks schiffer's nonprofit i stand with my pack works closely with california shelters to fine homes for animals. last week she placed 58 with fosters. >> we rescued puppies that are

bottle feeding right now. they were surrendered to the shelter without their mother. we had an hour to figure it out. everyone wants to foster right now. >> reporter: but fostering has its own challenges. to help she's offering free online kwlas trainers. >> these animals when you take them to your home they won't be house broken. there's going to be a lot of different issues you have to deal with and be patient and ask for help. >> reporter: lucky dog rescue in washington, d.c. is answering the call from shelters across the country. this van arrived from south carolina with 84 animals on board. over half went straight to adoptive homes. >> in the end if you save a dog and if a family or a person ends up with this dog in their lives or a cat, it's really an amazing thing. >> reporter: it is and so having an animal, having that friend that warm body next to you, it

makes things feel better. just ask ridley zmuda. >> just blocking everything out. he's always friendly and likes to snuggle. >> trust me they may things better. barkley is my everything. they are offering incentive. busch beer, busch.com slashed foster dogs you can get up to three months of beer for up to 500 people if you adopt from midwest animal rescue. >> wow. that's a good idea. i would appreciate that. that's a wonderful thing. >> we'll have more on saturday morning too. >> very good. i hope people keep it up. and they get that free beer in the process. 50% off. not totally free. dana, keep petting that pup and

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