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recover from the economic hole i'm in right now. the rent i owe, my distribution bills, my utility bills. it's either that or chapter 11. >> reporter: among the cutbacks, he is no longer spending hundreds of dollars each month at a nearby hardware store. where a manager told us business is down at least 30%. cascading losses like these bouncing from a home health worker to a hardware store illustrate how one person's spending is another's income. and when the spending dries up, the ripple effects can be endless. >> what are you drawing? >> reporter: in colleyville, pennsylvania we found a similar chain starting with gina katona. two of her family members are out of work so he'll have to put off plans to fix her broken down car. >> i couldn't even afford to visit towed before the shutdown, before they lost their jobs. so now that they lost their jobs, it's never going to happen. >> rter: and when her funds dried up, the local auto
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mechanic ryan miller lost his shot at a payday too. >> if i'm losing income, then i have to start cutting back on any inventory i hold, which will in turn affect the different local part companies. >> reporter: companies like bob's auto parts, where miller would normally spend up to $2,000 in a month. not this month. and that impacts owner debbie di batista, along with the people who work for her. >> i've had to make tough decision, unfortunately lay off play-offs, and it's daunting. you know, it's a challenge. >> reporter: every layoff is an individual disaster, but also part of a widening national crisis. as economist hank eskin has witnessed, cash connects us all. have you in your tracking had bills travel to every state in america? >> oh, yeah, every state, every county in the country. >> reporter: his website "where is george" allows people to track the spread of money through the economy using serial
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numbers on bills. he says since the virus struck, hits on where is george is down about 50%, suggesting circulation is down too. >> the ripple effect will probably last i'm guessing a generation or probably two generations, long after we're gone, it's still going to be recovering from this. >> reporter: for now, debbie di batista says the stress is hard to bear, but there is solace in knowing she is not bearing it alone. >> it's not easy because it's no one's fault. my employees did nothing to deserve this. that repair shop did nothing to deserve it. the woman's who's car broke down did nothing to deserve it. everyone is working hard. it's not like you're the only one, you're isolated. talking to other businesses, other people helps you feel like everybody has something in common. this is something we're all united together to try the get through. >> tony dokoupil on the money trail. we're learning more about how the coronavirus affects pregnancy. two new york city hospitals
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tested 200 women admitted for delivery. about 7% of them tested positive for the virus. but nearly 90% of those show no symptoms at all. our own nikki battiste, who is 37 weeks pregnant reports on what's in store for her. >> i've been told i'll have to wear a mask and i will be tested as soon as i arrive at the hospital in labor. if i test positive, i'll be isolated as staff takes special precautions. for one new york family expecting a child, their e.r. trip was nearly too late. we talk to man whose wife gave birth even after coronavirus complications left her comatose. [ applause ] >> reporter: amira soriano met her newborn son for the first time sunday after spending nearly two weeks in an induced coma. her husband told us she was eight months' pregnant when she
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went to the emergency room with a severe fever struggling to breathe. after testing positive for covid-19, she was quickly intubated. at that point walter said the doctors conducted an emergency c-section while ynera was on a ventilator. hospitals across new york are preparing for similar situations. >> we really advocate for assessment on a case by case business. >> reporter: dr. dina golf man is with the columbia irving medical center. she co-authored a new study of more than 200 pregnant women at two new york hospitals. 33 women tested positive for coronavirus, but 29 of them showed no symptoms. >> if we're not checking, we really do risk missing people who are carrying the virus. >> i'm 37 weeks pregnant. if i come in and test positive, would you recommend separating my newborn from me? >> for a mom who is asymptomatic and feeling well, we think there are ways to potentially keep them together to allow for some
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of the bonding. >> reporter: so far studies have not shown coronavirus passes to the baby from the womblf sldks i ound the n and for people with life-threatening symptoms like ynera soriano, it's not just childbirth, but leaving the hospital as a healthy mom that is a life-changing miracle. >> and good luck to you, nikki. the "cbs overnight news" will be the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ magnum ice cream double caramel. now in ice cream tubs and bars. fred would do anything for his daughter! get in fred! even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. fear not fred! the front half washed his shirt with gain detergent.
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one question raised by the coronavirus. will people ever start shaking hands again. mo rocca asked the experts. >> just wanted to offer my congratulation, sir. >> reporter: it's a ritual we take for granted. >> this is my dad. >> reporter: when we say hello. >> how are you? >> reporter: when we say goodbye. >> good night, john. >> reporter: as a gesture of goodwi goodwill. >> you can start tomorrow. >> oh, that's just wonderful. >> reporter: and as a show of respect. >> so i'll see you tomorrow. >> reporter: and it's something we've all of the sudden had to learn not to do. is it possible that the
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handshake is dead? >> the handshake is not dead, at least i hope not. it's on hold temporarily until the world is well again. >> reporter: patricia napier-fitzpatrick iet o new york. >> i say i teach knives and forks and handshakes because that's how important handshakes are in greeting. >> engineering. >> it's a good grip you have, danaher. >> reporter: yes, there is a proper technique. >> one simply extends one's right arm toward the other person, gripping web to web, and you shake from the elbow, one, two, two smooth pumps, holding firmly, but not a bone crusher and not a limp noodle. >> reporter: i once read about little remembered president benjamin harrison of the late 19th century. a critic of his said he had a handshake like a wilted petunia. >> oh, my. you see?
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people remember your handshakes. it's an instrumental part of your first impression. >> this is a very primal sort of a connect, very emotional. >> reporter: david givens is an anthropologist with gonzaga university in spokane, washington. he says the handshake reaches back 60 million years. >> chimpanzees and gorillas do much the same thing. they long for tactile contact. so they basically reach out with the forelimbs and especially with the palm. >> reporter: so it's not an accident that we greet each other by shaking hands? >> no, because hands have all the neurological circuitry and the emotional parts that we need to make good contact with fellow humans. >> reporter: and throughout human history -- >> a hand clasp that sealed the bargain -- >> reporter: -- the handshake has been an expression of peace and forgiveness. alas, it is also, as we've learned, an excellent delivery
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vehicle for germs. >> the casual handshake is pretty much at present dead. the formal handshake for closing a business deal, this i think will remain, but there will be precautions beforehand. you may even use a thin glove to make the handshake. >> reporter: miryam roddy, the last thursday of june is what? >> nationa, anyway. >> reporter: miryam roddy of brodie professional development is such a fan of handshaking, she created national handshake day in 2004. >> my personal pet peeve is the macho cowboy, aka i don't want to hurt the little lady, or, you know, i just want to kind of give you a little grip here. i demand respect, and i would like a firm grip. >> reporter: she knows that this june's celebration will have to be virtual. >> i feel like if the handshake is gone, that would be very sad for me personally.
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>> reporter: but even if we can't touch, david givens says we'll still use our hands, what he calls our emotional smart parts, to communicate good will. >> and a good example is the plains indian grating where you raise your palm, palm out and sign at another person from a distance. >> the eyes are going to be especially important now, because that's how we're going communicate warmth and trust. >> reporter: perhaps we'll look to asia for alternatives. or to outer space. and await the day when we can once again join hands with our fellow man and woman. well, miryam, it's been great meeting you. >> oh, i got it, yes! >> reporter: i feel you. litt too long, but yes, that was good.
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finally this morning, social distancing is dividing families from coast-to-coast, but we've been following the story of one family from georgia that's been separated by more than 8,000 miles. well, as kris van cleave reports, the tale has a happy ending. >> reporter: michael and whitney savile had their hands full with three young boys, but something was missing. so three years ago they decided to adopt grace, rescuing the toddler from a orphanage in mumbai, india. >> we did feel a sense of urgen urgency. we had no idea what kind of condition the orphanage was in. >> we didn't have a whole lot of information over the last year about how she was doing. >> reporter: on march 5th, they left the atlanta area to finally
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bring grace home. while navigating the bureaucracy of adoption in a foreign country, the coronavirus sent india into lockdown. the savells like tens of millions americans around the world, were stuck. >> it's been difficult having kids on two different continents. we're really excited and relieved that we have her in our care and in our custody, but we're just really anxious to get home and have all of our kids under one roof. >> can you say hudson? >> hudson. >> who is that? >> noah. >> reporter: as grace spent time learning her new brothers' names, her new parents worried. but a week into the lockdown, plane chartered by the mormon church had extra seats. the layover brought quite a smile when grace experienced her first happy meal. and then thismo rentra balthe gls
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what is the best part? >> definitely our boy. >> yes, gd to see our boy play with them again. having her here has been great. >> we like playing with her a lot, and she is really silly too. >> reporter: george bernard shaw once said a happy family is but an earlier heaven, and this is one family happy to finally be together. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> let's hope they all live happily ever after. and that's the "overnight news" for this ay. for some of you, the news continues. for over, check back later for "cbs this morning" or follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm chip reid. ♪
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♪ ptioningnsed by cbs stunning losses.eaking news. the stunning losses. 32,000 deaths, 22 million jobs lost, in a matter of weeks. >> the world seems like it's falling apart around us. in o'donnell: desperation setting in. look at this line today outside a food bank in dallas, stretching for miles. among them, hundreds of families visiting a food bank for the very first time. getting back to normal? tonight, the president's new plan to open up america. but, some governors say there's not enough testing infrastructure to do that by may 1. and late today, the news that boeing, america's largest aerospace company, is planning to resume aircraft production as early as next week. failing the most vulnerable.

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