and watching kpix 5 news this morning. we will see you right here tomorrow morning at 4:30. our next nukes cast on -- ♪ good morning. and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's tuesday, april 7th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. flattening the curve. signs that social distancing may be working in new york, while new coronavirus hot spots pop up across the country. we'll talk with the u.s. surgeon general about that. >> intensive care. british prime minister boris johnson's health worsens as he suffers from the virus. we'll have the latest on his condition. >> testing backlog. why tens of thousands of coronavirus tests are going unprocessed in labs across the country. and what it means for those still waiting.

>> and broadway beautiful. the stars of the hit carole king musical prove you've got a friend, even if they're so far away. >> so nice. but first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this will be a week of heartache. it also is a week of hope. >> the toll of the virus is hard to fathom. >> experts say we should brace for things to get even worse. >> if back to normal means acting like there never was a coronavirus problem, i don't think that's going to happen until we do have the situation where you can completely protect the population. >> we are at red line. people can't work any harder. staying at this level is problematic. >> president trump offered his best wishes to boris johnson who was moved to icu after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. >> americans are all praying for his recovery. he's been a really good friend. he's been really something very special.

strong. resolute. doesn't quit. doesn't give up. >> presidential primary in wisconsin will go ahead after the u.s. supreme court blocked attempts to delay the vote due to the pandemic. >> people should not have to decide whether they can vote or be sick. that's just not a good choice. >> the japanese university decided to go ahead and have graduation with robots and have their faces on these ipad screens. >> major league baseball working on a plan that could have the regular season beginning as soon as some time in may. >> all that -- >> stanley cup champion of the st. louis blues working out with his son. the little guy tries to match dad's every move. both of them even going shirtless. >> adorable. >> and all that matters. >> things are getting a little bit tense at my house. last night, i told my wife i want to see other people. and she got upset. i said, no, i want to see some other people. so she's on tinder now. >> on "cbs this morning." >> the cdc issued a new guidance

because after months of advising americans not to wear masks, now they're advising all americans to wear cloth or fabric face coverings which can be made at home when entering public spaces to prevent spreading the infection to others. we were supposed to be covering our faces this whole time? oh, my god. billy porter tried to worn us. >> this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. >> billy porter, as usual, always ahead of his time. welcome to "cbs this morning." which you know by now we're coming to you from our house to yours out of an abundance of caution hoping you are staying home, too. even with social distancing, please note we are committed to keep bringing you the news that you need during this crisis. and that's where we'll begin, the crisis. we begin with new hope the coronavirus curve is starting to shift, it seems. u.s. officials report more than 368,000 cases of the virus, though the real number could be much higher than that.

the death toll has reached around 11,000. but as case loads skyrocket nationwide, tony, there are potential signs of progress here in hard-hit new york. >> yeah, they like what they see here in new york. the numbers of new hospitalizations and intensive care admissions are falling. in addition to that, fewer patients need breathing assistance. though health officials do warn it's still very early in this trend. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is near the "comfort" deployed to help new york city hospitals. as if to underscore the risks these front line workers take, the "comfort's" first coronavirus case was one of its own workers? >> that's true. and that worker is isolated, separated from the rest of the people on the ship for their safety and the worker's safety. listen, the governor of new york had asked president trump, can we start bringing covid patients on the ship? not just non-covid? and the president has agreed. and patients will not only come

from new york, they're going to start coming from new jersey, which is just right across the river behind me. and that's to help relieve some of the pressure on the new jersey hospitals, too. around the country this morning, some health systems are being pushed to the brink. in what could be the most critical week for the coronavirus crisis yet. at ems coordinator told us he got an emotional reaction when he helped to bring in emergency staffing at an overwhelmed new jersey hospital. >> there were tears in their eyes. and easily to see because about all you're showing when you're with full protection are your eyes. >> reporter: in illinois, they added more than 1,000 cases in a single day. bringing the total there to more than 12,000 cases. in michigan, the detroit free press reports the state's largest hospital system has 1500 workers all showing covid symptoms. meanwhile, the henry ford health system in detroit says at least 700 of its workers have already

tested positive. the army corps of engineers is now transforming detroit's convention center into a 1,000-bed field hospital. it will be 1 of 22 field hospitals across 18 states. >> we hope to be done by the 9th of april. that includes putting beds into it. >> reporter: in pennsylvania, a nursing home reportedly says all 450 of its residents are presumed to be positive. at a long-term care facility in maryland, 14 deaths have been reported. and at a rehab facility in virginia, they've lost 28 patients due to the coronavirus. >> i think what we've learned over the last month is just how much asymptomatic transmission seems to be contributing to the outbreak. >> reporter: in new york, military personnel are now treating coronavirus patients at the javits convention center in manhattan. >> we're mobilizing in the same way that we mobilize to go to war. >> reporter: around the country, some health care workers have

told cbs news that their hospitals are warning them not to talk to the media about the lack of personal protective equipment or hazardous work conditions. but michael pappas from mt. sinai hospital in new york city believes he has a duty to speak out. >> i do not want it to be on my conscience that i didn't speak out about what's going on in these hospitals. i would rather get sick and die knowing that i spoke out, whether or not i'm targeted, whether or not i lose my job. >> reporter: strong words from the doctor there. listen, the governor of new york has extended the stay-at-home order through the end of the month and he's upped the fines for people caught violating that order and not socially distancing to $1,000. that's what you'll pay if you are ticketed by the police. also, the mayor of new york city is looking at what would happen if the morgues here in the city become overwhelmed. they're not there yet. there was a wild rumor that bodies would be buried in parks. that's not the case, the state and city says.

they're looking at one place in the bronx which is an island where bodies could be buried if the morgues are overwhelmed but we are not there yet. anthony? >> david, thank you. coronavirus hot spots around the u.s. include new york, new jersey, massachusetts, michigan and louisiana. the governor says the curve could be starting to flatten. janet shamlian is at the louisiana/texas border where texas officials are stopping drivers coming in. janet, what exactly is happening there? >> anthony, good morning. so we're along interstate 10. drivers are being dweriverted o the hoyas they come into texas. they line up here. they are being questioned by state troopers about where they plan to spend the next 14 days in self-quarantine as mandated by the governor. there are now checkpoints like this one at all major crossings between louisiana and texas. it's part of an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus

because, as we know, cases in louisiana are spiking. most of them in the new orleans area where on monday a 1,000-bed hospital opened as sort of a makeshift area to help ease the overcrowding on local hospitals in that area. 1800 -- more than 1800 new cases reported on monday. that brings the state's total number of coronavirus cases to almost 15,000. and now 512 deaths are reported in the state of louisiana. on monday, governor john bel edwards released a sobering statistic. of those 512 deaths, 70% of those people were african-american. gayle? >> we're starting to hear more about that, janet. thank you. dr. tara narula joins us from her home in new york city. good morning to you tara. really good to see you. >> good morning, gayle. >> we're all craving -- always nice to see you. we are all craving some kind of

positive news. and it looks like maybe we're seeing it here in new york where they say there are reports of a leveling off of hospitalization and deaths in this city. so what exactly does that mean? and what happens after an area starts to peak? >> well, you heard the vice president, his words that this is going to be a week of heartache and hope. and i think that's how we're all feeling here. we're certainly seeing this leveling off of icu admissions, hospitalizations, intubations, all of which is very encouraging, whether we're at the peak or about to be at the peak. it's all good sign. however it should not be taken as a sign to let up on those mitigation and social distancing efforts. those are exactly what have gotten us to this point. and dr. fauci and dr. birx yesterday being very clear on saying, if we continue with those aggressive mitigation efforts, we may not reach those estimates of 100,000 deaths in the united states that the models have predicted. so this is a time for americans to understand that hopefully

we're moving in the right direction in new york. it's too early to claim victory but we need to keep up those hard efforts at social distancing. >> yeah, governor cuomo very clear about that. you heard in david's piece, he's talking about $1,000 fines and he said now is not the time to let up. you look outside in central park. people are sort of getting closer together because of the weather is warming up. now the white house task force is offering new guidelines for social distancing. what does that mean? what are they? >> well, it means that we need to continue to make that effort to stay six feet away. that if you are going to leave your home, as dr. birx said, to go grocery shopping or to the pharmacy, you maybe want to send one person instead of the whole family going and try to limit the number of times you're outside of the house and around other people. if you venture out as the weather gets nicer, you want to try to do it at off-peak times or in areas like your backyard or in large patches of central park where we're bringing our kids to get exercise every day.

we're not around other people. so again, important to keep that in mind. you don't want to be congregating in big groups. >> cdc has a new report on the effects the coronavirus has on children. can you give us some information on that? >> well, this was really the first cdc report to look solely at children in the united states. they looked from february to april at over 100,000 cases in the united states and they found that less than 2% of those were in a pediatric population. the median age affected was about 11. and, in fact, similar to the data in china, less hospitalizations in children. children did have fever, cough and shortness of breath but to a lesser extent than in the adult population. so important to stress that while we see kids being hit less hard, they can still be affected. they are still hospitalizations and there were three deaths in children that are being investigated as possibly related to covid-19. >> can we talk about treatments for just a second.

are we any clearer on what treatments actually work on this disease? on this virus? >> there's no question that therapeutics are going to be a big part of turning the tide. and when you look at what the main front-runners are, it's the antiviral drugs, remdesivir. drugs like hydrox chloroquine that we've spoken about and the antibody class of drugs. similar to what we've discussed in terms of taking plasma from people who have been affected and giving it to others but we'd bioengineer these antibodies. >> tara, thank you. tony, let's go to your house. >> all right, thank you, gayle. now is not the time to let up, although that spring sun is shining. we've got to keep practicing that social distancing. we want to bring you an update on a story we're following overseas. britain's prime minister is in intensive care this morning after his fight with the coronavirus took a troubling

turn. boris jrngs johnsohnson, a key was taken to the hospital after a persistent fever for more than a week after testing positive. elizabeth palmer reports from london. >> britain's prime minister spent the night in intensive care getting oxygen, but downing street says he's not on a ventilator. late last week, boris johnson emerged briefly from his residence to applaud health workers. but in a twitter video admitted he wasn't well enough yet to end his isolation. >> i still have one of the symptoms, minor symptom of, i have a temperature. >> reporter: that was clearly an understatement. 48 hours later, johnson was in the hospital. early in the outbreak, he fronted the uk campaign to promote hand washing. but also boasted about shaking hands with coronavirus patients which suggests multiple exposures. johnson works to stay fit. he's a keen cyclist and tennis

player, but he's also 55 years old and male which elevates his risk of complications from coronavirus. his pregnant partner carrie symons had coronavirus symptoms, too, but she's recovering. boris johnson has handed over the running of the uk government to dominic raab as britain passes another grim milestone in this pandemic. more than 5,000 people have now died here although there is some evidence that the spread of the infection may peak this coming week. anthony? >> elizabeth palmer in london, thank you, liz. a white house memo reportedly warned back in january that the coronavirus could be devastating. president trump repeatedly downplayed the threat in public for weeks afterwards. now as ben tracy reports, he's giving a thumbs down to new internal warnings about efforts to fight the virus.

>> most of the critical needs are being more than met. >> reporter: president trump insists the federal government is rushing supplies to hard-hit areas, but he dismissd an inspector general's report released monday showing hospitals are lacking critical supplies and dealing with long delays for coronavirus test results. >> give me the name of the inspector general. could politics be entered into that? >> reporter: the ig report was based on phone interviews with adm sfraer administrators from 323 hospitals across the country. >> we're the federal government. we're not supposed to stand on street corners doing testing. >> reporter: the number of coronavirus deaths is still expected to spike in the coming days. but dr. anthony fauci says if americans stick with social distan distancing, the most dire models may not come true. >> we can make that number go down. i don't accept every day that

we're going to have to have 100,000 to 200,000 deaths. >> reporter: -- virus crisis on the phone monday with his expected 2020 opponent joe biden. mr. trump described that as a wonderful and warm conversation. anthony? >> ben, late last night, acting navy secretary thomas modly apologized for some comments made on board the "uss theodore roosevelt." what did he say? >> so that ship is dealing with a coronavirus outbreak. they are testing the sailors. and we don't yet know how many are infected but the commanding officer of that ship, captain brett crozier was fired last week after writing a letter about conditions on the ship that leaked to the media. on monday, modly addressed the crew in a speech broadcast over the ship's public address system. he defend his decision to fire crozier, but it did not go over well with all the sailors on the ship, as you will hear. >> he didn't think that

information was going to get out into the public, and this information age that we live in, that he was, a, too naive or too stupid to be the commanding officer of a ship like this. >> what the -- >> it was betrayal. i can tell you one other thing. because he did that, he put it in the public's forum and it's now become a big controversy in washington, d.c. and across the country. >> he was only trying to help us. >> modly criticized the crew for giving crozier a hero's farewell and said they should think about the worry he created instead of cheering for him. now in the apology that he made last night, modly doesn't actually think captain crozier is stupid or naive. president trump says he may now get involved to find out if captain crozier really should have been fired. anthony? >> ben, thank you. ahead -- an exclusive look inside an italian nursing home badly hit by the coronavirus.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning". wisconsin holds a presidential primary today despite democrats attempts to delay it. you can expect that social distancing will be in effect at all the polling stations, but state's democratic governor says republicans are forcing people to choose between their health and their right to vote. political correspondent ed o'keefe joins us from washinton with more. why not postpone it? >> reporter: yeah. good morning, gayle. look it's not just a presidential primary today there are local elections and a competitive state supreme court race also on the ballot and the fight going on in this key battleground state cube preview

of court fights between democrats and republicans in the coming months as voting continues amid the pandemic. wisconsin is in the midst of a stay-at-home order and the governor had called on the republican led legislature to reschedule today's until june for safety reasons. gop leaders and then the state's supreme court refused. late last night the u.s. supreme court also weighed in striking down a plan to allow absentee ballots to be accepted through next monday. they must be put in the mail by today but state official won't release the results until monday, april 13th. all four of the court's top liberal members descended. ruth baden ginsburg said voters will have to brave the polls endanger their own and others safety or lose their right to vote. senator bernie sanders who is on the ballot today called this decision potentially deadly but he trails former vice president joe biden by a wide margin in polling in a wisconsin, and in the delegate race. and yet there are no signs that he plans to dropout.

tony? >> all right, ed, thank you very much. of course testing is key to finding out exactly how many americans have the coronavirus. as states rush to do more tests, commercial labs are struggling to keep up with the pace. results are still pending for tens of thousands of tests because of a nationwide backlog. our national correspondent jericka duncan is investigating and she spoke to one man that waited more than a week for his results. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know simply put there is a backlog in some places and the michigan man we spoke to he said he waited longer than expected for his results and it was his family who happened to go online and stumble upon those results. it's not just the sick people that this waiting game is impacting, hospital officials say that that is also costing them valuable resources. >> i think you want to know what's going won your body. and what you may be facing, you

know, further ahead. >> reporter: mike hoffer said he was left without answers for days after taking a covid-19 test. >> you are worried will he wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air. >> reporter: his wife said lack of information left friends and family wondering if they were exposed in the meantime. >> not only can we not get answers we can't give answers to our employers, to our friends, to our family, people that we had been around in the couple of weeks before. >> reporter: mike's test was administered by his local your again care. but labcorps is reporting turn around times of four to five days and quest diagnostics say it's still working to clear 80,000 tests from its backlog. down from 160,000 tests nearly two weeks ago. >> should the private laboratories be doing more? >> everybody needs do more.

private labs are part of the solution. my sense is they are working as hard as they can. dr. ashish jha is director of the harvard global institute. >> you can't isolate people who are infected. you can't make treatment plans for people who are infected. >> reporter: hospital officials says testing helps to manage resources like bed availability and personal protective equipment, or ppe. >> when it comes down to lab testing turn around time is ppe. >> reporter: dr. jeff baird is the acing chair in seattle. he says the hospitals inhouse testing can pro se results within hours which helps them save valuable resources. >> with a hospitalized patient or value waited in the emergency room or clinic we need to treat all of those patients as they come in as if they have it because if they do we need to be protected and if they don't we could then relax our ppe

standards and treat them in a more appropriate way. >> reporter: it's not just private companies struggling to keep up. as of sunday more than 14,000 people in california are awaiting test results from both private and public health labs. many other states have yet to report specific numbers on testing backlogs. inconsistencies between states inspired the covid tacking data. alexis madrigal a writer for the atlantic is a co-founder. >> we feel if you're part of the national response, this epidemic, you owe the national transparency. what we need from them is not perfection but transparency, honesty and openness. >> reporter: both quest and labcorps tells cbs "this morning" they have increased their testing capacity right now. both companies say they are testing around 35,000 each day. and combined. both companies have run more than 1 million tests.

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italy is claiming progress in fighting the coronavirus. authorities reported nearly 3600 new cases yesterday. the smallest day-to-day increase in almost three weeks. italy has more than 132,000 official cases, the third most

of any country. the reported death toll of more than 16,000 seems to be an under estimate. chris livesay visited a town in northern italy that paid a terrible price. >> reporter: good morning. throughout this pandemic in italy nursing homes have been particularly hard hit, but perhaps not more so than here. they gave us an exclusive look inside. victim after victim, 33 at this nursing home, agnese magoni a housekeeper who loved walks in the garden. these are the empty beds that used to belong to patients who tied of covid-19 docks tore say but the unnerving thing is that they weren't tested before they died so they don't appear in the official number of covid-19 deaths in italy.

the virus struck so hard and so fast they never made to it a hospital and only those that die in hospitals that are counted in the national tally. even authorities acknowledge the actual death toll may be much higher. a tsunami that killed three residents per day at its peak says dr. barbara codalli and could still strike the 52 surviving residents. >> have they been tested? >> reporter: no, neither have we. i may be covid too. two co-workers have died and many others are at home sick. it's at home where untold victims die, untested and uncounted like alessandro boromelli. police are quick to collect his oxygen tanks now in short supply. this disease is wiping out the generation that built everything around us says his son. >> so, you were or your father

or anyone at your home tested for covid-19? >> no. >> reporter: underreporting the number of dead is common even in nembro a time that has the highest per cap the death rate. we spoke to a mayor that crunched numbers. >> what's the death told? >> reporter: according to our analysis is four times higher. most deaths are not count he says. but the families and friends left behind believe every life matters and needs to be remembered. it's also important to remember that underreporting deaths isn't limited to this town. mayors across the country are sounding the alarm warning covid-19 is deadlier than we think. for cbs "this morning," chris livesay, nembro, italy. so hard to get a full estimate of the impact of this disease. ahead, vladimir duthiers looks at the stories you'll be talking about adventure.

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movie "goldfinger." and the sidekick in ""the avengers"." she was 94. her death was unrelated to coronavirus. my favorite line, you're a huge james bond fan, anthony, as am i, when bond wakes up and he looks at her and says "i must be dreaming." >> my favorite honor blackman quote says most bond girls have been a bimbo, i've never been a bimbo. if you grow your hair out i'll shave my head. how about that? >> all right. i'll look forward to that. >> we got a hollywood star who surprised some fans during their favorite game. what was up the >> all right. matthew mcconaughey host ad virtual bingo game for residents at a texas senior center. his wife camila alves, his kids

and mom joined him in the action. take a look at this. >> we got an i-24. oh! richard, hold it up high! we got two winners. look at this. >> so if you got bingo you got to ask matthew a question. the residents posted a video on social media asking mcconaughey to join them for a game of bingo. he couldn't do it until now. what a great story. >> it's the type of thing they've been asking him and asking him and never had time until now. we all got time. like everybody he's trying to figure out ways to help out. i just got to say about anthony shaving his head, please, please, vlad keep growing your hair. i want to see that. >> deal. . >> i want to see that. >> deal. >> deal. >> gayle, keep yours.

>> i think it would be hilarious. i would love to see that. i'm trying to think, tony, what can we do to get in on this? nothing. what's next, vlad? >> so chuck franzke, a world war 2 veteran busting a move to "can't stop the feeling." he first got our attention back in christmas time for dancing to christmas music. he says he just wants people on social media to smile. take a look. >> on facebook one day i saw one and i thought what would i do that somebody wouldn't like. i like being liked. that's why i try to be nice to everybody. >> what a message. be nice to everybody.

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it's tuesday, april 7th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. new challenges. we'll ask the surgeon general about the evolving fight against the coronavirus and if all states should adopt stay-at-home policies. starry night inside a brand new celebrity-packed event bridging the world together to help front line workers. and oprah's book club she'll reveal her latest pick, only on "cbs this morning." and we'll talk with the author. >> it's different for her, but first, here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00.

u.s. officials report more than 368,000 cases of the virus. >> patients will not only come from new york, they'll start coming from new jersey which is right across the river behind me, and that's to help relieve some of the pressure on the new jersey hospitals, too. drivers are diverted off the highway as they come into texas being questioned by state troopers about where they plan to spend the next 14 days in self-quarantine. we are all craving some kind of positive news, and it looks like maybe we're seeing it here in new york. >> we're certainly seeing this leveling off of icu admissions, hospitalizations, intubations, all of which is very encouraging, whether we are at the peak or about to be at the peak, it's all a good sign. >> some local officials are customizing requirements. for example, instead of saying to stay six feet apart, one florida county told residents to keep at least one large alligator between you and everyone else at all times. luckily everyone in florida is issued an alligator.

and of course, you're then going to want to keep six feet away from the alligator just to be safe. >> try to avoid all alligators. welcome back to "cbs this morning." as you can see, we're now broadcasting from each of our homes out of an abundance of caution. you guys, too, are also avoiding alligators at all costs. i know it's not just me. i know it's not just me. >> no, crocodiles, too, gayle. >> me, too, anthony. we begin with the latest on the coronavirus and the awful, awful toll from the coronavirus has hit yet another milestone and it's not good. u.s. deaths have now surged to about 11,000, that's up from about 9,600 yesterday morning. the u.s. now has more than 368,000 reported cases, and anthony, the true number could be higher because of underreporting. >> that's right, gayle. new york continues to have by far the most cases in america,

but take a look at this, over the last 12 days that state's daily percentage increase in cases has been trending downward and that could mean the curve is starting to flatten, emphasize could. a crew member aboard the "comfort" the navy hospital ship docked on the hudson river tested positive for the virus. the navy says the person is isolated from patients, and operations will not be affected. the diagnosis came on the same day the ship was approved to treat coronavirus patients following a week-long delay. tony? the u.s. surgeon general dr. jerome adams joins us from washington, he is a member of course of the white house coronavirus task force. dr. adams, good morning. good to see you again. >> good morning, good to be here. >> i want to begin, i want to begin with those glimmers of hope that the white house has been pointing to. in new york state, our hardest-hit state hospitalizations and deaths have stabilized in the last couple of days. what does that tell us about the

fight here and the fight in other emerging hot spots? >> well, absolutely. i started off the week telling americans that this was going to be a really rough week, but i also wanted americans to understand that when we've dealt with tough times in the past, the country has rallied, and what we're seeing now is the country is rallying. we're seeing new york and new jersey have hospitalizations level off and start to come down. deaths are starting to slow down and level off, and that's important because it tells us mitigation is working. it tells us what the american people are doing by staying at home, by social distancing, by practicing good hygiene in the 30-day guidelines for america are effective and will help us get through to the other side of this unfortunate tragedy. >> dr. adams, how can we be sure that mitigation is working as well as we hope it to be working, when we don't know, to put it plainly, how many americans actually have this virus, because we don't have widespread testing. so to put it more bluntly, how

do we know when we're in the clear and we can get back to normal if we don't know how widespread this is? >> there are two questions in there and i'll quickly unpack both of them. the most important thing is we know mitigation is working. when we look at the curve of washington and california, we see that they've been very flat and that's coincident with them instituting aggressive mitigation. we see italy and spain down on the downslopes of their curve coincident with them starting mitigation, so we know mitigation is working. now, you mentioned testing. testing is a concern. we are going to be at 2 million tests this week, and it's rapidly ramping up with the commercial industry coming on board. we're also seeing more people doing antibody testing. what i want the american people to know i talked with admiral jha our testing czar, he assures me by the end of this month we should be not only doing diagnostic testing but also having good surveillance testing aross the country. at 2 million people by the end of this week, we're getting really close to south korea's

initial testing surge numbers, and we are in fact doing surveillance testing in some parts of the country where they haven't seen a big increase in cases. so we're not there yet, but we are moving in the right direction. >> and of course, that surveillance testing is so important. i want to touch on another point of concern, and that is the death rate among african-americans. in louisiana we heard the governor say 70% of the fatalities are people of color. in chicago, we heard the mayor say more than 70% in that city. your response to that, and should the cdc or the federal government be tracking this virus demographically to warn people? >> well, absolutely, the cdc and the federal government should be, and are tracking this virus and trying to break it down by different demographic groups so that we can help people understand, but my office long before covid-19 has been talking about health equity, has been talking about the need to help people understand when they're at risk and to actually intervene and when you look at being black in america, number

one, people unfortunately are more likely to be of low socioeconomic status, which makes it harder to social distance. number two, we know that blacks are more likely to have diabetes, heart disease, lung disease and i shared myself personally that i have high blood pressure, that i have heart disease and spent a week in the icu due to a heart condition, that i actually have asthma, and i'm pre-diabetic, so i represent that legacy of growing up poor and black in america, and i and many black americans are at higher risk for covid, it's why we need everyone to do their part to slow the spread. >> so doctor, i imagine that it's frustrating for to you hear those numbers, 70% of the dead in louisiana, people of color, african americans >> it breaks my heart. >> is there a recommendation you have for that community? >> my recommendation is to understand you are at risk, you are not immune and my recommendation is to all of america that we're really doing this to protect not just ourselves, but each other. every single person who stays at

home, whether you're white, black, brown or yellow, is a person who is not spreading covid, and is a person who can protect their neighbors. when you wear a cloth facial covering, if you go outside, you're doing it to protect your neighbor. now is really the time for us to come together and say look, i'm doing this not just for me and my family but i'm doing this for my community and all the communities across the country and it is working. we will get through this, we are seeing progress, but america has the power to change the trajectory of this epidemic. the public really needs to keep doing their part. >> all right, dr. jerome adams, thank you very much for being here. gayle you heard him say it breaks his heart. a lot of broken hearts in this country right now. what do we have come up next? >> i know, tony. i call it an equal opportunity heartbreaker. what we know very clearly is covid-19 does not discriminate and we can't emphasize enough. only on "cbs this morning" a message of hope, oprah will

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on how we can respond globally. we made an initial $2 million contribution to the who and as part of one world together at home we're making another donation. we worry a great deal about those people in countries around the world whose health care systems can't support a massive outbreak and we need to get ahead of it and celebrate and help those front line health care workers who are out there fighting the fight every day by getting them the appropriate ppe they need so that they can take care of those suffering with this virus, take care them and not feel at risk themselves. >> a lot of people using chuck's company. have you noticed on the screen kiss could webex, that's the company he runs. one world together at home will celebrate health care workers and those on the front lines of this crisis. only on "cbs this morning" we spoke to actress and

philanthropist priyanka chopra jonas yesterday about her role in this huge event. >> this show is something completely different from what global has ever done because this is not a fundraiser, this is not asking us you when you're watching a two hour concert while a lot of us are sitting at home to donate money. the idea is to get the private-sector to make donations, for corporations to help governments and marginalized in the world and take care of them who don't have the ability to stay-at-home in self-quarantine. >> how do we do that, if we're not raising money, how do we do that? >> what it does is use citizens to implore to governments, to implore companies, send out emails to millions and millions of people are asking people to take action and that's how we're raising the money. >> the citizens can then put pressure on corporations. that's what they can do. >> use your individuality, use

your voice. we each have it to put pressure on governments, on the private-sector, to say you need do your bit in this. >> i said this virus, covid-19 it truly is a moving target and there seems to be new information coming in at all times. >> ah-ha. >> and take nothing for granted. >> it's important for us sitting at home not panic. there's a sense of atmosphere. w.h.o. is the right source. get your information from them. cdc. global citizen. people that you know will give you correct information instead of, you know, feeling stir crazy and panicked at home with all the forwards we keep getting on social media, et cetera. >> how are you dealing with it? how are you and nick together as a couple procession this and getting through this? >> i think we recognize our ability to have the privilege of being able to stay in self-isolation. we've been spending a lot of time with each other, reaching out to family and friends,

making children aware of what's happening in the world, making our donations, contributions, so we feel we're doing something and even though we're all sitting at home our hands are not tied. we can do so much. >> you said something very interesting. you're still in the early stages, two weeks, three weeks. it's a privilege to stay home. what do you been a by that? >> we don't think about this. but in our home, i think about it a lot and it helps me from being that person i'm bored. i don't have anything to do. i think about the fact that i have a home. i have the ability to eat. i have the ability to talk to my family and friends and they are safe out there. i feel that's a privilege and we need to recognize that individually. as well. and kind of help the world get through this together. even america not just in low-income countries around the woorld. this disease is a leveler of sorts. doesn't matter who you are, how much money you have, where you

come from, what your race is. thing that divided the world in such a big way all of this time, this disease can get to anyone. >> we all know this is a global pandemic. i think about people in this country. how do you get people in this country to think of others when they are trying to survive themselves. >> i think having lived in india where survival is what you think of before luxury for a lot of people in the world, for a lot of people in india, it's very important for us to understand that yes we're going through what we're going through and, you know, worrying about how we're going to get out of it in america but i think we have to understand our position in the world because this is affecting everybody in the same way. >> do you think that the world will come back to noormal? do you believe that? >> i think it will be a new normal. no one can define what that will be. it will make the world curious and thoughtful and think about how important hygiene is.

it's scary after two months to come out and meet people. it will take a little while for the world to come back normal. >> i've been saying it's an equal opportunity heartbreaker. that's how i feel. >> yeah. such a tragic thing to see. which is why i feel like what global citizen is doing with the show an incredible thing. >> your exact role on the 18th will be what, exactly? >> i'm not a musician. so i can't be contributing like that but my idea is to talk about the private sector contributions that will come in. >> i got a suggestion for you. i you know don't necessarily sing, but your husband certainly does. why don't the two of you do a duet. >> i kind of sing. >> okay. we're really good in the shower. really, really good. >> maybe the two of you could do a duet? >> maybe pull him into the s

segment. that might be happening. >> interesting, guys, it will be on all three networks. steven colbert, jimmy kimmel and jimmy fallon are hosting together. that hasn't been done before to see the three of them. i like that. >> i love what she said about appreciating her home. yeah. >> i thought that too. anthony i hadn't thought about it. it's a different way of thinking about it. you're sitting at home but doesn't mean your hands are tied. i like that very much. watch one world together at home next saturday april 18th at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific right here on cbs and all viacom cbs networks. ahead we'll show you how former cast members of the hit musical "beautiful" are coming together virtually in a really beautiful way. you're watching "cbs this morning". we thank you for that. we'll be right back.

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players association and the league met yesterday and according to reports they talked about putting all 30 teams in the phoenix area and beginning the season by playing to empty ballparks. there are ten spring training ballparks there plus a diamondbacks, arizona diamondbacks. players will be sequestered at hotels away from their families. they think it's for get back on field as soon as possible because major league baseball is a huge long season and this is an unprecedented delay. salaries has gone out in anticipates of this beginning. on behalf of baseball fans and people who like to turn on a game and having a beer i hope that season gets going soon. >> i've been watching those thrilling games of yesterer.

while it's desperate, it's nice. i want to show you a video of a texas boy whose way of coping loneliness in this area of self-quarantining i relate to. take a look. ♪ >> that's 4-year-old bryson. his father the ess him when he complains about being alone by singing "all by myself." it looks like he's making a really attractive looking peanut butter and jelly sandwich. that's what my life is like now. >> anthony, i'm impressed bryson knows the world and singing it

perfectly. remember this song, remember the brandy song "sitting up in my room all by myself thinking about you." that's what i'm thinking about. i can't wait until we're back at the table yet. i'm not pushing it. my story is about how people are stepping up trying hope to others during this time. so here's something from tony clayton. if you need a facemask you can easily make one with something that everybody has in your closet, everybody has a long sleeve t-shirt. check out this tick cock video. you tie the sleeves behind your head two times. flip the shirt over your head. it's an elegant head scarf. she's very stylish. she's from texas. she created this video. i can way to try it.

i love that she is putting it out there. people tried it and said it works great. anthony? >> i think if -- i don't think i would look like that. i would look like a mess. you got to come up with something, though. we all got our own methods. oprah winfrey is revealing her new and highly-anticipated book club selection only on "cbs this morning". >> good morning. ctm family. and everybody. hello. i'm safer and home and i hope you are too. but really pleased to be able to tell you about my next book club selection, no better time to get a good book and this is a good one. it's a true story. and it's called "hidden valley road inside the mine of a

american family" by robert kolker. what an incredible story it is. true story about this family of 12. and it's discovered one by one by one by one that six members of this family of the boys all have schizophrenia. and it's like a detective story that reveals the shame, the denial, the shock, the confusion, the misunderstanding of dealing with mental illness at a time when nobody was really sure what schizophrenia was. or how to treat it. robert kolker does an incredible job of exploring the minds of this family. >> robert kolker is a "new york times" best selling author. he joins us from his home in brooklyn, new york. good morning. congratulations, first of all, what was it like to hear oprah

giving the big pitch for your book? >> it's the third time i've watched the video and i'm still hyper ventilating. i can't get enough of it. i'm amazed and overwhelmed and thrilled and more to the point i'm thrilled for this family who opened up to tell their story after decades of silence. and hopefully this selection by oprah really is helpful to them in this way too. >> this is a family, the galvin family that had six sons diagnosed with schizophrenia, a family of 12 kids. in an age when people didn't want to talk about mental illness at all and certainly didn't understand it, why did they want to tell this story to you? >> well there were two big questions when i first heard about this family. one was how on earth did this happen to one family and that was the science question that i think the family still wants answers to and the book is helpful that way, i hope.

then the second question is how on earth could this family actually remain a family given all the tragedy they experienced. i think they wanted that investigated also. they wanted their tale to instructive to people and helpful to people. i found that by telling this story as a nan fiction narrative, as a family saga you really get the sense of these people as people first and their ordeals are relatable. what they went through is quite extreme and quite tragic but i think there's hope in there and helpful and the story it can tell people. >> yeah. you really come to know all of them in this book. gayle, you got a question too. >> i do. bob kolker, hi. you might get a kick out of this. i was talking to oprah last night about the book selection and she said that a member of her team gave her the book because she and prince harry are working on a series about mental health. so she was reading it in preparation for her

mother-in-law health work but said i was so fascinated because it was written like a novel. she very seldom chooses nonfiction books. so to her surprise because it is so well done and does read like a novel you can believe what you're reading. that's why she chose it. one thing that resonated with me about the book is that the woman thought, the mom, thought she was doing everything perfectly if she was making, for instance a different kind of pie every night. she thought she was keeping the family together with the simple things like that when everything was going to hell in a hand basket. >> a lot of shame and stigma about mental illness in the 1950s and '60s when the boys were first getting stick. still a stigma now but it was severe back then. the major psychiatrists in our society blamed mom and dad for schizophrenia. families like the galvins knew

if they went public with what was going on they would be judged and the family would be destroyed. so she had a lot riding on that. >> yeah. you can only imagine. bob, tony dokoupil here. before i let you go. i want to sneak in a quick question about the impact that this family, they are telling their story has on the wider scientific understanding of schizophrenia and how we treat it. >> they really have pushed the ball forward in ways that even surprised them. they were one of the first families to be stewied by the national institute of health back in the '80ss when technology was starting to give us a glimpse into the genome. they are the biggest family with genes like that. towards the end you can learn about the different genetic mutations this family pointed the way toward that might help us understand this disease better and actually might help future generations. >> it veal an epic story. robert kolker, thank you so

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update . >> good morning. is 8:55. as we take a look at the roadways, things are pretty quiet overall but more changes happening to public agencies. there will be changes tomorrow and tuesday. they will discontinue lines to clement, 10 townsend 21 hayes and the 31 balboa lines. this is the first round. a second round of changes will be happening tomorrow. they will be focused on the 17 most used lines. they are slashing service on

wednesday. for a complete list of the service changes, had to our website. take a look at the san mateo bridge right now. no delays in both directions. looking a lot better along the peninsula as well and the golden gate bridge, light conditions here. schedule later on, there may be some road work in and around that area. good morning. tracking some areas of fog for the parts of the north bay and east bay. current visibility, looking at a quarter mile and three quarters of a mile. here is what you can expect. actually starts with areas of fog. partly sunny skies this afternoon and more sunshine as we look ahead to the end of the week with warmer temperatures. slightly below average for today with that mix of sun and clouds. 60 in san francisco, 64 for a high in san jose and 62 for santa rosa. partly sunny for your wednesday and thursday.

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