up states are always on kpix.com. we will go outside to show you some improving shot of something wet, . captioning sponsored by cbs >> benemann: tonight, the coronavirus death toll surges as new hot spots spring up all over the country. in new york, it's critical. the city's mayor sounds the alarm as medical help and supplies run short. the state's governor warns the nation... >> it is like a fire spreading. >> benemann: also tonight, president trump promises more help as he struggles to meet the needs of states and citizens. >> we're working to ensure that the supplies are delivered where and when they're needed. in some cases we're telling governors we can't go there because we don't think you need it. >> benemann: the virus craters the economy: main street and the heartland scrambling to find their footing. the new warning for americans stuck overseas-- get home, fast. south africa is getting rough as the virus starts to ravage the world's poor. plus laid off workers find hope

and a paycheck, feeding families in need. and later, the tour's off, but the army's six string soldiers are still serving, even at a distance ♪ here comes the sun >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> benemann: goo good evening to you. i'm jim benemann, reporting tonight from cbs 4 news in denver. we begin with the united states firmly at the center of the coronavirus pandemic. alabama becomes the latest state to enact stay-at-home orders. missouri will do the same on monday. that leaves eight states still not limiting social activity in hopes of fending off the virus. the number of people getting sick surged past 300,000. more than 8,000 have died. new york city is the epicenter. michael george is at pier 90, ship "comfort" it is taking on new patients. >> reporter: jim, new york just saw coronavirus cases rise by 10,000 in a day.

new york's hospitals are in ey c't w patients being rushed to their emergency rooms. deaths are surging. the city's crematoriums are now work 24/7, and governor andrew cuomo says the worst is yet to come. >> 30 days since our first case. it feels like an entire lifetime. >> reporter: yesterday, at least 630 died in new york, the highest one-day total so far. more than 3,500 have died across the state. within the last 24 hours, the state issued this alert to all cell phones pleading for licensed health care workers to volunteer. on the front lines, the situation is grim. hospitals say they're quickly running out of suppl ventularities, and beds. sasha winslow is a registered nurse struggling to help patients. >> it's six days until we run out of ventilators, six days. of people that if we don't get what we need, will die.

>> reporter: 41 states and the district of columbia now issuing stay-at-home orders. in pennsylvania, cases are skyrocketing at the rate of 1,000 a day. governor tom wolf is appealing to citizens to help. >> the only way we can cut the growth of this virus is to act as if we all have it. >> reporter: louisiana project tells see 2,500 new hospital cases a day by mid-may. in mississippi, people from 20 churches drove to hospitals to honk their horns, showing appreciation for those risking their lives to stop the spread. this naval ship was brought here to help take on non-covid patients, but the navy says only 24 out of 1,000 available beds are currently being used. jim. >> benemann: all right, michael, thanks so much. today, president trump said he'll be seeking more money for small businesses struggling to stay afloat. critics say the roll out of that relief plan has been rocky. late today, the president updated americans on want effort, and our nikole killion

is at the white house. >> it'st just will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week, and there will be a lot of death, unfortunately. >> reporter: the white house coronavirus task force huddled saturday after president trump held a call with major league sports commissioners. >> they want to get back they've got to get back. they can't do this. >> reporter: the president opted not to wear a face mask after announcing new c.d.c. guidelines a day earlier for americans to use them in public. >> i won't be doing it, personally. it's a recommendation. >> reporter: critics claim it undercuts his message. >> he today, yesterday said, "oh, i'm not going to wear any p.p.e. i'm not going to wear any masks. some people will decide." and those governors foolishly will follow him. >> reporter: after a rocky roll out, the president also pledged more help for small business tweeting his manager will immediately ask congress for money if the $350 billion loan program runs out. this as he put more pressure on companies like 3m to prioritize

n95 mask orders and prevent exportes of medical supplies. the president also suggested states should primarily use the federal stockpile as backup. >> "our" means for the country. and "our" means for the states because the states are a part of the country. don't make it sound bad. >> reporter: amid the pandemic push-back, the president abruptly fired the intelligence community's inspector general, michael atkinson, who handled a whistleblower complaint that led to the president's impeachment. the move sparked outrage among some lawmakers. >> but in this administration, when you speak truth to power, all too often, you get fired. >> reporter: cbs news has learned atkinson was immediately placed on administrative leave. his interim replacement will be thomas monheim, a career intelligence official. jim. >> benemann: nikole, thank you. be sure to tune in tomorrow for "face the nation."

now to the economic fallout. the i.r.s. says it plans to start sending out t coronavirus payments to need a paper check, it might not get there until september. help is needed fast. the u.s. economy lost more than 700,000 jobs in march. more than 6.6 million americans filed for unemployment just last week. danya bacchus reports. >> reporter: the economic toll the pandemic is taking on the country is stung. >> it all happened really fast, and she said, "tomorrow, you're not going to be working." >> reporter: amanda schauer is just one of nearly 10 million americans now filing for unemployment as small businesses, major retailers, and the company that owns popular ski resorts, including colorado steamboat, deal with massive layoffs and furloughs. cbs news financial analyst jill schlesinger says the unemployment numbers could get worse in the coming months.

>> this is an absolutely insane number of people, and it sure does hurt to see these n becausi don't think they're going to let up any time soon. >> reporter: one group who is fearing financial impact-- farmers. the coronavirus crisis is delaying migrant workers access to the fields. gary black is georgia's commissionir of agriculture. >> if there are not workers, there will be crops that will go unharvested. and that has a ripple effect throughout this economy, and it will affect the consumers of this nation. >> reporter: dairy farmers are being forced to dump thousands of gallons of milk because there is little demand with restaurants and schools closed. retailers who are open, like walmart, cosco, and target, now limiting the number of shoppers allowed inside stores nationwide. the latest employment report shows this crisis brought a sudden stop to a record 113 straight months of job growth. that's nearly a decade. da china observeerf mrning

in beijing, president xi jinping led the country in three minutes of silence. at least 3300 chinese have died since the outbreak began in december. worldwide total confirmed cases now top more than and more than 63,000 people have died as the virus spreads, thousands of americans are still stuck energy countries trying to get home. but as kris van cleave reports, the state department is warning time might be running out. >> reporter: joy mcgreen brooen is americans still stuck in peru. the country abruptly locked the country down march 16. >> most people living off day-to-day income have no income. people are literally stashing, going without life-saving medication. >> if things get any worse, i don't think i will feel very safe. ella ponthier was teaching english in a small peruvian

town. >> i'm relying my government, relying on the peruvian government for them to cooperate, and i have zero say in what's to happen. it's very frustrating and scary0 americans have returned to the u.s. 240 arrived in miami thursday from ecuador on a charter flight arranged by the state department. immigration and customs enforcement has been using its plane to bring back hundreds more. u.s. airlines have added special flights to bring home taken of 17,000 and counting. the state department sent boats up the amazon to get 35 people. do you feel pressure to get everybody home? >> i want to get everybody home that we can get home, yes. this is a 24-hour-a day, seven-day-a-week. job. >> reporter: was there a plan what to do in a global emergency to bring people back giwill confess, the thought we would have to run evacuations from

every region of the world simultaneously was not something we had gamed out. we were rising to the challenge. we're doing it. >> reporter: an unprecedented mission in the midst of a global pandemic. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> benemann: south africa, africa's hardest hit country, officials there acted quickly and also ruthlessly to fight the virus. debora patta visited one of the poorest communities, the township of alexandra, in johannesburg. >> reporter: south africa has some of the toughest lockdown regulations in the world, but enforcing them is not so easy. security forces fire rubber bullets at those defying orders to stay at home. shot after shot is fired as police clear the streets, the parks-- anywhere people are gathered illegally. security forces are taking no chances in south africa. alcohol is banned.

this place is suspected of selling it. they're cracking down. and the stay-at-home order has once again laid bare the enduring fault lines in south africa of poverty and race in places like alexandra township. a lone policeman struggles to control a crowd. eventually, the military was brought in to assist. that did not end well. security forces have been filmed humiliating transgressors by making them do demeaning physical exercises. people don't seem to be aware. look how close they're standing in the queues. >> that's the thing. it hasn't hit us because it hasn't happened-- it's not so close to home. >> reporter: but she's wrong. the worst fear is of authorities has already been realized. there is at least one confirmed case of covid-19 in alexandra. at least 10,00 10,000 field wors have been deployed to visit people in their homes and test for symptoms. authorities are terrified that

if this virus is not contained, it could exact a far higher death toll than anywhere else in the world. debora patta, cbs news, alexandra township, johannesburg, south africa. >> benemann: debora, thank you. another cruise ship docked today after wandering at sea. the "coral princess" docked in miami. two have died. the people has devastated the tourist industry. here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: at their 10-room key largo hotel, mike and carol shiply were finally recovering rr irma. economic wra of this season's bookings were strong, but then came a flood of covid cancellations, $80,000 in lost bookings so far. >> it was like a light switch. it was like somebody just turned off the faucet and you go, wow! >> you have to turn right around and head north, okay. >> reporter: with police checkpoints keeping tourists

out, every marina and dive shop, every key lime kitchen, every hotel, are all feeling the pain. iconic mallory square in key west is typically bustling with tourists, but now, as you can see, it is empty, shut down, an uneasy silence in a county where nearly half of all jobs are tied to tourism. hotel occupancy in the keys is just 7% compared to 92% this time last year. tourism officials say thousands of hospitality workers are now two weeks without a paycheck. i imagine down here, you worry about hurricanes, not something like this. >> because hurricanes have a finite beginning and end. i've lived here for 37 years, and business owners are my friends. they're scared. >> are you good? >> yup. >> reporter: for now, the shiplies remain committed to their staff of five employees, even in the face of a challenge like covid-19. >> you know, 20 years, and you've done so well, and then,

you know, then this, you know. but i'm an optimistic person. i truly believe that we're going to be okay. but it's scary. >> reporter: manuel bojorquez, cbs news, in the florida keys. >> brennan: it sure is. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news." feeding the hungry it's effort in texas to provide a job and a purpose to the unemployed. plus, reaching up. miami firefighters going to great heights to cheer up a stricken brother. and later, the band plays on. how these army soldiers are answering the call of duty.

>> benemann: we learned this week amazon's jeff bezos committed to donating $100 million to the food bank initiative. it's called feeding america. in dallas, here's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: the stay-at-home orders nationwide are forcing families inside and most businesses to close their doors,

making life for the most vulnerable even more difficult. >> they just began to push us to think of how can we take what we're doing and turn it into a solutior >> reporter: chad houser opened the restaurant cafe momentum in 2015, hiring recently released juvenile offender to work in the kitchen. abillyon barnnet is a successful graduate and current cook. if you are coming in and you weren't working here, what would you be doing? >> i have no idea. i can't-- probably be doing-- going down the wrong path, doing the wrong thing. >> reporter: without this job that sumentz his family, he's unsure where he'd turn. >> that's why i'm just so grateful for what they're doing here, because it's helping a lot of people in major ways in this circumstance. >> reporter: he's grateful for "getshiftdone" a partnership whn the north texas food bank and

shiftsmart. the project developed when volunteers stopped showing up at the food bank that served 77 million meals a year after coronavirus concerns. >> and so we just felt like the best thing to do was to match these hospitality workers that still wanted to keep working with the volunteer shifts so those meals could keep getting delivered. >> reporter: how long can you sustain paying these workers? >> this is a short-term fund and hopefully gets us through this uncertainty period. >> that allows our interns to be provided income. so woo knee we'd have income for them if we decided to take on this project. when this all happened it was kind of very scary for me, so i'm just glad that cafe has once again helped, you know, and it's always saving peoples' live's, literally.

>> reporter: mireya villarreal, cbs news, dallas. >> brennan: still ahead, more grief for the kennedy family. it mourns the loss of r.f.k.'s granddaughter and young son.

. >> benemann: a grim search on chesapeake bay involving one of america's most prominent families has been suspended. maryland authorities now say they can only hope to recover the bodes of the granddaughter and great-grandson of robert and ethel kennedy. maeve kennedy mckean, 40 years old, and her eight-year-old son,

gideon, were last seen late thursday paddling a canoe in choppy waters in annapolis. in a facebook post dave says his heart is crushedoss of his wife and son. and the family of civil rights hero reverend lowery said a final goodbye today. a horse-drawn carriage brought her body to the service. reverend lowery was a longtime friend and colleague of dr. martin luther king. jewel enjoy this special hospital visit for a firefighter in miami recovering from the coronavirus. his crew members extended their get well wishes as only firefighters can, right up to his fourth-floor window. the cardboard sign called his hospital room your new firehouse. well done. next on the "cbs weekend news," how these army soldiers are still performing a vital musical mission.

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group for a pandemic. >> yeah. >> reporter: count the cameraman, and it's still a gathering of less than 10. but it only takes two to pass on the virus. >> just, please, you know, keep the social distance that we're all following right now. >> reporter: they're usually to tour playing to live audiences, but long before the virus hit... ♪ here comes the sun >> reporter: ...their 2015 snow-bound rendition of the beatles made them the most followed military band on social media. sergeant first class glen robertson on bass is one of the group's founders. >> we're willing to adapt, and we'll make sure that we get our message out, we accomplish our mission, in any way that we need to. >> reporter: so the band is back together, sort of. >> usually i like to be able to reach out and touch my bandmates and lean on them, and whatnot. >> reporter: they can cover just about any golden oldy you can think of

♪ looking out my back door >> reporter: but one of their most popular songs is one they wrote themselves called "the uniform." ♪ the working men and the women who wear the uniform ♪ >> reporter: i bet you most americans never think of an army as a place to make it big in the music world. >> well, probably not. one person's measure of success can be totally different from someone else's. and i know that what we're doing makes a lasting impact. >> you know, i w cetng i tir lii think we're winning. >> reporter: you can call it a win when their first livestream concert drew nearly 200,000 viewers. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: david martin, cbs news, fort meade, maryland. >> benemann: getting after it. that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later, "48 hours." i'm jim benemann reporting from denver. for all of us from cbs news all around the world, good night, and be well.

don't put other people's lives on the line. >> as the governor plead pleads with californians to deep their distance, she announcing a tool that could bring much-needed supplies a lot closer. >> we're gonna follow through and fight it. >> plus we speak with the first person in san francisco to get a citation for not staying inside. >> it's t biggest by party th wasn't. we begin with the latest headlines. there are now more than 3,300 confirmed cases of covid-19 in the bay area. 87 patients have died. about a

third of the region's cases are in santa clara county alone. and today, alameda county confirmed their first case in an inmate at santa rita jail. >> there are now just over 12,000 cases statewide. about 1,200 people are hospitalized and just over 1,000 for this intensive care. the state has found shelter for 7,200 at-risk homeless people and distributed more than 49 million n-95 masks. the governor announcing a new website for crowdsourcing. more critical medical supplies are now up and running. covid-19 supplies. >> individuals and organizations that can just fill out their names with their e-mail, best be offering. you can see just from this specific sheet, we have 13 critical areas for medical supplies.