tonight, coronavirus cases in this country near one million as reopenings speed up. >> it is time for a measured reopening. >> governors get set to lift restrictions in several states. californians crowd beaches to escape the heat. >> i think we're all kind of just giving each other the eye like back up, you're a little too close. >> also tonight, new backlash over the president's controversial coronavirus cures. >> unfortunately, we have a witch doctor as a president. >> it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle. >> joe biden gets set to find a running mate. who might she be? >> i'm honored to be considered. >> if i am asked the question, yes, i would be willing to storm for latin america. plus, airlines struggle to fly through this global crisis. and later, humans helping their

best friends get through the quarantine -- or, is it the other way around? >> put your mask on. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening. i'm lesli foster reporting from wusa 9 in washington, d.c. small businesses and banks are getting ready for a mad dash as the new coronavirus relief program rolls out tomorrow. the first fund ran out of money. deaths from the virus in this country now top 54,000. but things are improving slowly. at least 20 states are set to bring back business some way in the coming days, but it will be a new normal. dean reynolds begins our coverage. >> reporter: in guthrie, oklahoma last night, the bulls and their riders were bucking in front of empty stands. >> let's go, let's go! >> it's showtime! >> reporter: near sioux falls, south dakota, a big race took place, but it was a

driver's-only affair. such is life these days as fears of the virus overtake a desire for public gatherings. south dakota doesn't anticipate a peak in positive cases until the middle of june, but there are plenty of worries right now, because just a few miles away stands the temporarily closed smithfield pork processing plant, where hundreds of workers have tested positive. it's one of several meat packing facilities across the region that have had to close indefinitely because workers are getting sick and dying. yet even as the cases are on the rise and peak is still to come, some governors are ready to relax their stay at home orders. ohio and indiana plan partial liftings on may 1. minnesota, may 4; michigan, may 15; wisconsin, may 26. illinois will keep most of its order in place until the end of may. governor j.b. pritzker. >> if we lifted the stay-at-home aths perhoot into the ld see our

thousands by the end of may. and that would last well into the summer. >> reporter: you're kind of caught in the middle. mark kern is the board chairman of st. claire county, illinois, a short drive from missouri which will loosen its order in just over a week. you have a lot of people who work in missouri, is that? >> yeah, 33% of the people who live in st. claire county work in downtown st. louis, or the st. louis populated area, across the river. >> reporter: he wishes both states were on the same page. >> if you envision a boomerang, the last thing we want is, because of opening up in missouri too early, that that thing comes around and hits us in the back of the head. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> there's improvement from the virus epicenter. today, new york governor andrew cuomo said infections are waning. in california, a spring heatwave has tens of thousands crowding

the beaches. here's cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: from hawaii to alaska, and nevada to utah, governors and businesses spent this weekend weighing steps to reopen, measures vastly differing from state to state. in parts of california, large crowds of sun-seekers were a clear sign many are ready to test unchartered waters, even as deaths nearly doubled this past week in los angeles county. >> it's okay to open up and let us come to the beaches and just take the precautions that are needed. >> reporter: orange county beaches reopened and were packed as thousands beat the record heat. and invisible lines were drawn in the sand in sacramento as most stayed more than six feet apart. >> i think we're all kind of just giving each other the eye, like, "back up, you're a little too close." >> reporter: many of california's beaches remain closed with no set date for when the state will reopen. in nevada, the governor has not committed to a date to reopen, but las vegas' famous hotels are preparing to get back to business, though it won't be business as normal.

david schwartz is a las vegas gaming historian. >> we don't know how comfortable people are going to be traveling once this happens. so we would have to be prepared to reopen cas d not ha lot of people. >> reporter: visitors to hawaii won't receive a warm welcome. travelers to any of the islands will have to undergo a mandatory two-week quarantine until at least may 31. and in alaska, the nation's last frontier, now one of the first to reopen, though there still are restrictions. restaurants can only seat up to 25% of capacity. across the west, you will find a patchwork of differing protocol that experts say could lead to a resurgence of new infections. health officials say, regardless, social distancing measures will remain in place likely for several months. lesli. >> jonathan, thank you. for a second straight day, president trump did not hold a press briefing, but the president's comments about injecting disinfectants to fight the virus are still proving controversial.

nikole killion is at the white house. >> is there a way can do something like that, by injection inside, or -- or almost a cleaning? >> reporter: as criticism continued to pour in over president trump's disinfectant comments -- >> no one should be using disinfectants -- to digest it, to fight covid-19. >> reporter: -- the coordinator of the white house coronavirus response pushed back. >> it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle because i think we are missing the bigger pieces of what we need to be doing as an american people. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the president has been advised to scale back his public briefings out of concern they could be a distraction and hurting his message. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: the president held a truncated press conference friday without taking questions, then lashed out at the media in a series of tweets this weekend. "i am the hardest working president in history," he tweeted. "what is the purpose of having white house news conferences? not worth the time and effort." >> maybe some of his advisors

are suggesting that maybe a different communication policy might be more helpful. >> reporter: the deliberations come as a senior administration official confirms the white house is discussing whether to replace health and human services secretary alex azar. the white house called the speculation irresponsible. >> he has been a team player and a member. i haven't seen anything out of the normal, any different than me or anyone else. >> reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin says with new loan funding headed to small businesses this week and another potential stimulus bill in the works, he is hopeful for an economic recovery. >> you are going to see the economy really bounce back in july, august, september. >> reporter: but one of the president's senior economic advisers seems less optimistic, calling this a "grave situation" and warning the unemployment rate could approach levels comparable to the great depression. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> this weekend marks one year since joe biden announced he was running for president, and a lot has changed. without leaving the house, he is trying to win and choose a running mate. cbs's ed o'keefe reports, that search starts this week. >> reporter: joe biden knows a thing or two about being number two -- >> the next vice president! >> reporter: -- and knows exactly what he is looking for in a running mate. >> that they could be president, and the public look at that person and say, she is capable of being president of the united states tomorrow. >> reporter: biden's list is expected to include a mix of governors and lawmakers, many of whom aren't shying away from the speculation. >> if he asked you to be his running mate, would you say yes? >> yes.

>> i'm honored to be considered. >> my mission is to say out loud, if i am asked the question, yes, i would be willing to serve. >> reporter: only two women have ever been asked to run for vice president, and neither helped their party win the white house. >> geraldine ferraro of new york. >> reporter: in 1984, eager to shake up the race, democrat walter mondale chose new york congresswoman geraldine ferraro. >> if we can do this, we can do anything. >> reporter: and in 2008, republican john mccain asked alaska governor sarah palin to be his partner. >> you know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? lipstick. >> reporter: biden says he plans to announce his choice by july. he is already facing significant pressure to pick a woman of color. aimee allison, founder of she the people, a group to promote minority women in politics, argues that biden could win by picking a black woman and boosting minority turnout. >> this is the kind of strategy that joe biden and his campaign need to keep in mind and have a

woman of color on the ticket. i think it would be a fatal campaign mistake to take black voters for granted. >> reporter: like many of us, biden is stuck at home, in his case campaigning and fund- raising from delaware. he said recently that because of the pandemic, he's concerned president trump might try changing the date of november's election, but the constitution says, only congress can do that. lesli. >> all right, ed, thank you. in latin america, ecuador is seeing one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks with possibly thousands dead, but that hasn't been enough to convince the president of the region's largest country, brazil, to take the threat seriously. here's cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: grim signs are everywhere, that ecuador's official death toll of about 600 has yet to catch up with reality. bodies awaited collection for days -- so many that cardboard caskets have been employed. officials said in one province,

6,700 people died in the first two weeks of april, nearly seven times the average. the virus exposed the region's economic disparities and fragile infrastructure. social distancing was virtually impossible in overcrowded, poor neighborhoods. dr. luis yepez works here, in guayaquil's largest hospital. despite a drop despite a drop in new cases, he and his staff still live apart from their families. many health care workers have also become victims. "we have to wait to mourn another time," he says. situation head on." in brazil, critics fear president jail bolsonaro is doing just the opposite -- not only encouraging mask-less crowds protesting lockdowns by local officials, but joining them. despite nearly 60,000 confirmed cases and 4,000 deaths, bolsonaro recently fired his

health minister, and the justice minister angrily resigned. a lingering outbreak here could create risk for the u.s. once trade and tourism reopen. infectious disease expert dr. aileen marty is with florida international university. what are the chances that other countries might bring it back? >> they are very high, because look, as long as an outbreak is out of control in a nation which we are going to interact with, we can bring back the disease. >> reporter: manuel bojorquez, cbs news, miami. >> north korean leader kim jong-un did not appear during his country's army day celebrations this weekend, adding to the questions about his health. satellite photos show a train that probably belongs to him parked at his compound on the country's east coast. this was the second national holiday kim has missed in the last two weeks. [ cheers ] that is the sound of

neighbors cheered from balconies showing support for medical workers in their city. and we'll join in, adding our thanks to the health care heroes -- and she-roes. all right, now for the cutest video you'll see all day. this is six-month-old panda jia jia zai. he is a hugger, and a climber, and a bather, and pandemic life seems to agree with him. he looks pretty happy there in his new home at the shanghai wildlife zoo. straight ahead, what does the coronavirus crisis mean for the future of flight? and the upside of being stuck at home. precious time with our furry friends. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us...

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>> reporter: scenes like this from san francisco's airport tell you all you need to know about the state of the airline business. look far and wide, and you're lucky to spot a single passenger. >> it's more than surreal. it's eerie. >> reporter: in des moines, barely 200 people a day are passing through, so the airport closed the "a" concourse. t.s.a. is screening about 96% fewer people than this time last year. the drop in demand is forcing airlines to cut flights by up to 90%, prompting these stunning pictures from honolulu, and denver -- dozens of parked planes taking over runways that are no longer needed. air canada is temporarily halting flights to the u.s. for the first time in 80 years, and united expects to fly fewer people during all of may than it did in a single day in may 2019. pilot jim crail. what is flying like these days? >> i would describe it as empty. >> reporter: u.s. carriers have

raised billions in new funding and will receive payroll assistance from the government to stave off job cuts until at least the end of september. >> the industry is going to get smaller for the foreseeable future. >> reporter: jamie baker tracks the airlines for jpmorgan chase. >> but if nothing changes between now and september 30, we fear that october 1 is going to be one of the darkest days for airline labor really since the dawn of commercial flight. >> reporter: emirates is the first airline in the world to test passengers for covid-19 before boarding and is equipping employees with masks, face shields, gowns and gloves, hoping to calm flyers' fears. p.p.e. is something u.s. flight crews have been calling for as well. but, recovery may not come soon enough for some airlines. virgin australia became the largest yet to enter bankruptcy due to coronavirus. >> i have been in this terminal for 25.5 years. these people behind me, not only my mates, they're my brothers and sisters. don't clip our wings.

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it's got to be tide. today in spain, children enjoy being back outside after italy is also slowly returning to normal. but there are new fears about how the virus spreads. cbs's chris livesay is in rome. >> reporter: as the debate rages worldwide about when to send people back to work, a new report says covid-19 could be even more contagious than we thought. it's been detected on tiny particles of air pollution, called particulate matter, especially high in industrial areas. the report, published in the international journal of public health, recommends everyone wear masks, because without one, six feet of social distance isn't nearly enough. >> the distance could be longer, even seven, eight or ten meters. >> reporter: that's more than 30

feet. professor prisco piscitelli and his italian colleagues believe the microscopic particles could act as transport, carrying the they studied the industrial area around milan which has the worst air quality in europe, as well as one of the highest rates of covid-19 contagion and deaths. it is no coincidence, says professor leonardo setti, that industrial areas around the world have reported some of the deadliest outbreaks. places like wuhan in china, places like new york in the united states. >> yeah, totally, new york, for example, is another example. >> reporter: the study does not conclude how infectious the virus is when carried by pollution particles, something they are now exploring in phase two. another thing that scientists told me is that yes, industrial areas are more at risk, but no matter where you are, you can never really tell exactly how safe the air is to breathe. so if there are other people around, always wear a mask. chris livesay, cbs news, rome.

>> sounds like good advice wherever you are. next,

finally tonight, you've

heard the saying, "if you want a friend in washington, get a dog." that's true no matter where you are in these troubled times. here's jim axelrod. droning on about how dogs are the only ones who have got it better these days -- how, in a work-from-home world, they get more of us. and how we have found new ways to make sure they get what they need. the fact is, at a time when we've all gone a little nuts, chasing our tails, they are helping us every bit as much as we are helping them. if not more. >> put your mask on. >> reporter: our dogs are keeping our spirits up, and our senses of humor sharp and in shape. >> you can see the contrast in styles: mabel, heavy tail use. >> wh no opposable thumbs, nde

it's gone, and mabel takes it! >> reporter: forget all his work at wimbledon and the olympics. >> no mercy from the younger dog, who takes this victory just as time runs out. >> reporter: his calls of "mabel vs. olive" have been viewed more than 30 million times. >> but olive, only thoughts of what might have been, but only herself to blame. that will be my legacy. on my gravestone, it'll say "andrew cotter: he commentated once on dogs." >> reporter: the dog's life is at least one way covid life is just the same as the good old days. nothing makes us as happy as time with our best friends. >> i swear to god, if these [ bleep ] people don't go back man of the couple.>> reporter: news, montclair, new jersey. >> and that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the nightly news continues. for others check back later for cbs th"cbs this morning" and fos online at any time on cbsnews.com. reporting from wusa 9 in

washington, d.c., i'm lesli foster. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." good evening. i'm lesli foster reporting from wusa 9 in washington, d.c. the check is still not in the mail for millions of americans struggling to make ends meet. a new report says the last $1200 paper stimulus checks might not arrive until september. deaths from the virus in this country now top 54,000, but things are improving slowly. at least 20 states are set to bring back business in some way in the coming days. but it will be a new normal. dean reynolds begins our coverage. >>orr: guthrie,

oklahoma, bulls were bucking in stands. >> it's show ti daka, it was a only affair. fear takes place for public gatherings. they don't anticipate a peak until the middle of june, but there are plenty of worries right now because just a few miles away stands the temporarily closed smith field pork processing plant where hundreds of workers have tested positive. it's one of several meat packing facilities across the region that have had to close indefinitely because workers are getting sick and dying. yet even as the cases are on the rise and peak still to come, some governors are ready to relax their stay-at-home orders. ohio and indiana plan partial liftings on may 1st. minnesota may 15th. wisconsin may 26th. illinois will keep most of its order in place until the end of may. governor j.b. pritzker.

>> if we lifted the stay-at-home order tomorrow, we would see our deaths per day shoot into the thousands by the end of may. and that would last well into the summer. >> you're kind of caught in the middle. >> reporter: illinois is a short drive from missouri which will loosen its order in just over a week. you have a lot of people who work in missouri, is that -- >> yeah, 33% of the people who live in saint claire county work in downtown st. louis or the st. louis-populated area across the river. >> reporter: he wishes both states were on the same page.u , theastnge wtbeuse openi uearly, comes around and hits us in the back of the head. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> there is improvement from the virus epicenter.

today new york governor cuomo said infections are waning. in california tens of thousands are crowding the beaches. here's cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: from nevada to utah, governors and businesses spent this weekend weighing seps to reopen, measures vastly differing from state to state. in parts of california, large crowds of sun seekers were a clear sign many were ready to test uncharted waters even as deaths nearly doubled this past week in los angeles county. >> it's okay to open up and let us come to the beaches and just take the precautions that are needed. >> reporter: orange county beaches were reopened and packed as thousands beat the record heat. and invisible lines were drawn in the sand in sacramento as most stayed more than 6 feet apart. >> i think we're all giving each other the eye like, "back up, you're a little too close." >> reporter: many of california beaches remain closed with no set date for when the state will

reopen. in nevada the governor has not skmited to a date to reopen, but the famous hotels are getting set to get back to business. david schwartz is a gaming historian. >> we don't know how comfortable people are going to be traveling once this happens so we would have to be prepared to reopen the casinos and not have a lot of people. >> reporter: visitors to hawaii won't receive a warm welcome. travelers to any of the islands two-week quarantine until at least may 31st. and in alaska, the nation's last frontier, now one of the first to reopen. though there still are restrictions, restaurants can only seat up to 25% of capacity. across the west, you'll find a patchwork of differing protocol that experts say could lead to a resurgence of new infections. health officials say regardless, social distancing measures will remain in place likely for several months. lesli? >> jonathan, thank you. for a second straight day, president trump did not hold a

press briefing, but the president's comments about injecting disinfectants to fight the virus are still proving controversial. nikole killion is at the white house. >> and is there a way we can do something like that? by injection inside or, or almost a cleaning? >> reporter: as criticism continued to pour in over president trump's disinfectant comments -- >> no one should be using disinfectant to digest it, to fight covid-19. >> reporter: -- the coordinator of the white house coronavirus response pushed back. >> it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle because i think we're missing the bigger pieces of what we need to be doing as an american people. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the president has been advised to scale back his public briefings out of concern they could be a distraction and hurting his message. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: the president held a truncated press conference friday without taking questions. then lashed out at the media in a series of tweets this weekend. "i am the hardest working

president in history," he tweeted. "what is the purpose of having white house news conferences? not worth the time and effort." >> maybe some of his advisors are suggesting a different communication policy might be more helpful. >> reporter: the deliberations come as a senior administration official confirms the white house is discussing whether to replace health and human services secretary alex azar. the white house called the speculation irresponsible. >> he's been a team player and a member. i haven't seen anything out of the normal, any different than me or anyone else. >> reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin said with new loan funding headed to small businesses this week and another potential stimulus bill in the works, he's hopeful for an economic recovery. >> you are going to see the economy really bounce back in july, august, september. >> reporter: but one of the president's senior economic advisors seems less optimistic, calling this a grave situation, and warning the unemployment rate could approach levels comparable to the great depression. >> north korean leader kim

jong-un did not appear during his country's army day celebrations this weekend, adding to the questions about his health. satellite photos show a train that probably belongs to him parked at his compound on the country's east coast. this was the second national holiday kim has missed in the last two weeks. [ cheering ] that is the sound of gratitude in singapore. neighbors cheered from balconies showing support for medical workers in their city. and we'll join in, adding our thanks to the health care heroes and she-roes. and now for the cutest video you'll see all day. meet six-month old panda. he's a hugger, he's a climber and he's a bather. pandemic life seems to agree with him. he looks pretty happy there in his new home at the shanghai wildlife zoo. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. to america's frontline responders, thank you.

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♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm lesli foster reporting from wusa 9 in washington, d.c. we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, starting with the condition of the real estate market. we're coming into what's usually the peak season to sell a home, but that was before the us how some realtors are adapting. >> now i'll take you into the kitchen. this is one of my favorite rooms in the house. it's large and bright. >> open up the fridge so i can see. >> absolutely. they are well stocked for covid. >> reporter: denver real estate agents mark and lisa cramer,

co-owners of camber realty, are demonstrating a whole new way of showing property with in-person visits by potential buyers no longer allowed in denver and many other states, it's all about going virtual. >> and here we're walking into an office. this actually has a former master bedroom before the addition was put on in 2002. >> really one of the coolest rooms in this house. it's large and it looks out onto the parkway through this window here. >> reporter: i have used them for my personal real estate transactions, and they are using my house as an example of how a tour will work. who is really going to buy a house when all they can see is a cell phone video of the house? >> a really motivated buyer, someone that's had a change in circumstances, a change in employment, a change in their family situation, and they need to move despite the situation we're in right now. >> reporter: since both cramers work in real estate, a slow down

cuts right into the family's bottom line. are you cutting back? >> absolutely, absolutely. and you know, we put away for a rainy day. as i said to mark the other day, it's raining. >> you're going to love living here. >> reporter: john nelson and his partner of nelson mo properties specialize in multi-million dollar homes in palm springs in southern california. you know, the perception that most of us have is people who are buying houses for 2, 3, 5, $8 million are wealthy, and that, you know, what happens in the world doesn't really bother them because they have a lot of money. >> at every level of the market, if a buyer senses that he has another bargaining tool, he's going to use it to get a price reduction. they just want to work it anyway that they can. >> reporter: so, sellers who can avoid the bottom-fishing buyers are. >> and i spoke to a couple agents at the high-end country

clubs in palm desert, indian wells yesterday. their sellers are pulling things off the market. they said if people are out now, bargain hunters.y'oi let's take it off and go back on the market next year. >> reporter: it seems eerily familiar to the market crash of 2008, except it isn't. says lawrence young, chief economist with the national association of realtors. >> in 2008 and 2009, we had a funny subprime mortgages. people over stretching their budget. and i saw home builders going wild, building homes way too many in relation to the population growth. and when it crashed, it was very painful. >> reporter: this time around, there's actually a shortage of properties, and that may help stabilize the market. >> and we anticipate that home sales will go down significantly, and then it will rise back significantly.

but one thing that will remain very stable is home prices. >> reporter: and this may actually be a goods time to buy because interest rate cuts mean more people can qualify for a mortgage. anita padilla fitzgerald is c.e.o. of megastar financial and independent mortgage banker. would you sell a loan today, regular mortgage? >> we're making lots of mortgages today. >> reporter: why, considering all the uncertainty and what we're all living through? >> well, we want to help people buy homes and take advantage of the low interest rates. >> right over there with the different-shaped balconies. >> reporter: knowing there are potential buyers out there frustrates diana crew, who wants to renovate and sell her late mother's condo. but people in the high-rise consider non-owners coming into the building not appropriate in these safe distancing times. >> you have to be cautious of the residents, and they actually made it very clear to us how uncomfortable they were, and we

did get it. but on the other hand, we're stuck. we don't now when we can finish it. >> reporter: so her agent, lee van skock, will do what she's did you think before, take to the skies using a drone operator. >> location, location, location. >> reporter: like all of us, mark cramer wonders what no one yet knows, what's ahead. in your mind, what's a short time, what's a long time, what's your expectation or hope? >> our hope is we get through this by july. if we go well beyond that, if we're looking at next spring and we're still in this situation, it's going to be a difficult situation for the entire country, for the entire world

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cure for covid-19. >> totally kills it, deactivates it. >> yeah. >> reporter: they're just two examples of what's considered modern day medical quackery. >> quack actually originates from the word quacksalver which is somebody who boasts or brags about their self. someone on the street corner hocking their wares. >> reporter: dr. lydia kang is coauthor on the book of quackery, which she defines as the promotion of a treatment or cure without a solid scientific basis. in other words, fake medicine. and it's generally thought to have reached its heyday in this country toward the end of the 19th century. when i hear the word quack, i instantly think snake oil salesman. why? >> so, way back when, at the end of the 1800s, there was a guy named clark stanley who was selling a liniment he claimed

had snake oil in it. and he was saying it was basically -- could cure everything. >> reporter: as for what was actually in it? >> it had beef fat and pepper and turpentine, but there was no snake oil in it and he made a ton of money off of it. >> reporter: but many discredited practices were considered best practices in their time. for thousands of years, tree panning, the drilling of holes in the head, was used to release evil spirits. and long before the current opioid epidemic, opium, the highly addictive narcotic derived from the opium poppy plant, was a respectable go-to pain reliever. >> they used it for everything under the sun. so, you know, if you're having a bad day, you would take some opium. you're nervous, you take some opium. if you have some crying babies at home and you're busy parents trying to go to the factory, you dose them up with some opium. >> reporter: heroin, a derivative of opium, was once

even sold over the counter by bayer for sore throats and respiratory ailments. at the opposite end of things there were equally scientific remedies. >> they used so much for enemas. pretty much anything in your kitchen cupboard could go into an enema like milk or honey. >> reporter: tell me about the tobacco enema. >> probably heard the term blowing smoke up someone's -- >> reporter: yes, that's where the expression comes from. >> it it was used as a means of drowning victims. >> reporter: remember mummy eating? you're glad you don't. >> a weird thing was egyptian mummies were taken from their tomb and sold overseas because they were considered this fantastic remedy for everything. >> reporter: how could you be assured you were eating a ground up mummy and not some random guy? >> that is true. sometimes people would take dirt and soil and ashes. oh, this is bona fide real mummy.

>> reporter: now, lest we knock our benighted forbearers too much, are there any accepted practices today that might very well be seen as quackery in 50 or5 yea >> oh,he was in medical school there was the saying, which was half of what we're teaching you here is wrong. we just don't know which half. 50 years from now, the things that i think are going to be really considered right now kind of barbaric are going to be things like the way that we screen for cancers. so, for example, doing a colonoscopy and having to drink that terrible prep and going to get an actual colonoscopy done. >> reporter: colonoscopy is work. they're essential for screening colon cancer. an important distinction from certain products being pushed today. >> so, there's lots of public concern about covid-19, and so scammers everywhere are

including that in whatever they're marketing. >> reporter: dr. steven barrett runs is s an industrial strength bleach. that's right, bleach, that has been falsely promoted as a cure for everything from hiv to malaria, and now covid-19. >> the fda pretty much drove the sellers out of the u.s. market. >> and then i said supposing you brought the light inside the body. >> reporter: yet this thursday president trump wondered outside whether injecting household disinfectant into the body might kill coronavirus. >> and then i see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute, one minute, and is there a way we can do something like that? >> reporter: medical experts and nufacter wer qck tthonsumi tho

prod canl yo ac have been levelled against two of television's most famous doctors. heart surgeon dr. mehmet oz was criticized after hyping the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for covid-19 when the benefits are far from conclusive. >> that's where hydroxychloroquine plays a role. we've been talking about it a lot. that's the malaria drug. >> reporter: he has since reversed himself. dr. phil mcgraw, a former clinical psychologist, incorrectly compared the disease's danger with other causes of death. >> 45,000 people a year die from automobile accidents. 480,000 from cigarettes. 360,000 a year from swimming pools, but we don't shut the country down for that. >> reporter: he, too, backtracked. while the peddlers of quack medicine may have mixed motives, dr. lydia kang says the patients should always be treated with

compassion. >> a lot of it really comes down to fear. people adopt want to be sick. they're afraid of being sick. they don't want

the coronavirus has brought out the best in a lot of americans and that includes a famous chef whose current generosity is the latest chapter in his long story of public service. here's steve hartman. >> reporter: while most restaurants in america are shuttered, this one is hammered. in fact, bruno cerratto, is feeding more people today than ever before. >> we have pasta for you, too. >> reporter: twice a week here in anaheim, california, the cars line up by the hundreds. and although his fine dining now has all the ambience of a nascar pit stop, you can't beat bruno's prices. >> thank you. >> reporter: it just costs a thank you. >> bon apatito. >> reporter: which is all many people can afford. what does that mean for you?

>> we can survive another day, live another day longer. >> reporter: bruno is catering to the growing legions of the desperate. a mission for which he is very well suited. >> pasta. bon appetite. >> reporter: i first met bruno in the aftermath of the recession. his white house restaurant was struggling. but here he was giving away free fancy dinners to the kids at the local boys and girls club every night. i came back years later after fire destroyed the original restaurant and put his charity work in jeopardy. bruno was devastated. >> hi, bruno. >> reporter: but back to feeding his favorite customers within a week. >> is everything good? >> reporter: he even expanded his efforts. and then came coronavirus. unfortunately, all those years of charity have left him deep in debt. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: did you get a loan? >> i don't know yet. i just pray that sooner or later we get something. >> reporter: could you lose the

restaurant? >> if i had to have the choice, you consider restaurant or consider charity, no doubt about it i would take the charity first. >> reporter: you maynd up in the food line yourself, then. >> how can i stop? >> reporter: and that has always been his response. >> i cannot stop. >> reporter: during the recession. >> why should i not? >> reporter: after the fire. >> how can you stop? >> reporter: and today. >> it's impossible to stop. >> reporter: it's a constant theme. the more that is taken from him, the more he gives away. this month, with the help of volunteers and sponsors, bruno will donate more than 300,000 meals. and if this crisis is anything like the others, he will somehow emerge brighter than ever. >> next time, you have to interview me when i'm on the top of the statue of liberty with american flag. >> reporter: can't wait. >> hallelujah. >> reporter: steve hartman, cbs news, on the road. >> viva la pasta. >> serving up kindness every

day. and that's the overnight news for this monday. reporting from wusa in washington, d.c., i'm lesli foster. captioning captioning sponsored by cbs >> foster: tonight: coronavirus cases in this country near one callion as reopenings speed up. >> it is time for a measured reopening. >> foster: governors get set to lift restrictions in several states. californians crowd beaches to escape the heat. >> i think we're all kind of just giving each other the eye like back up, you're a little too close. >> foster: also tonight, new backlash over the president's controversial coronavirus cures. >> unfortunately, we have a witch doctor as a president. >> it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle. >> foster: joe biden gets set to find a running mate. who might she be? >> i'm honored to be considered. >> if i am asked the question yes, i would be willing to serve. >> foster: why the pandemic is a the panstorm for latin america.