♪ good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's thursday, april 30th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. glimmer of hope. dr. anthony fauci says an experimental drug shows promise as a treatment for the coronavirus. we'll ask our experts about the results and the latest on the race for a vaccine. >> states of transition. california is set to announce a crackdown on beachgoers while other parts of the country ease up rerestrictions. how not enough tests in one hard-hit state is keeping some people home longer. >> broadway stars battle. a frightening new develop unanimous nick cordero's fate against the coronavirus after a

actor lost his leg to the disease. his wife tells us why she believes he will pull through. saluting captain tom. the sky-high tribute to a hero of this pandemic as the world war ii veteran celebrates his 100th birthday. >> that's a lot of candles. first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this is going away. we're going to come up with vaccines but this is going away. and when it's gone, we're going to be doing a lot of things. >> a new drug is showing positive results for fighting covid-19. >> the data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut significant, positive effect. diminishing the time to recover. >> an additional 3.8 million americans filed for unemployment claims. that brings our six-week total to over 30 million. >> just days after beaches reopened in california, the governor is set to close them.

>> hospitalizations went up again. number of deaths, again, went up. >> harrison ford now under investigation by the faa. ford crossed a runway while another plane was about to land. >> ncaa board of governors supports a rule change that would allow athletes to be paid for their name, image and likeness. >> all that -- >> nfl commissioner roger goodell is voluntarily going without his salary. >> due to the covid-19 pandemic. >> and all that matters. >> a mile-wide asteroid passed within 4 million miles of the earth. >> and scientists say it could have even come closer, but luckily, it respects social distancing. >> on "cbs this morning." >> today's covid briefing, cuomo stressed it's ordinary americans like you who are leading the way on the coronavirus response. >> that's a self-portrait of america. we received thousands of masks from all across america.

homemade with beautiful notes. >> god bless everyone who did this. we're going through a pandemic. i'm not sure the best use of medical equipment is making a collage. it's like a food bank saying, thanks for your donation. this can of beans will be a great addition to our bean can wall. >> welcome to "cbs this morning" from our home to yours. as you wake up in the west. anthony, i saw things a little differently than stephen colbert. i was watching that governor's news conference. and i actually found it very touching that so many people had sent in the mask and the notes to sort of, you know, cheer everybody on. i really liked it. i didn't see it that way. >> i agree with you, gayle. i thought it was just lovely. and so many people have helped out this city get through all of this. and that just showed you what people have done. >> i know. i'm going to focus it on that way. stephen colbert always has a joke and he's always very good. let's start with a little

optimism. we begin with a potential breakthrough in the race for treatments for the coronavirus. dr. anthony fauci is expressing hope about a drug called remdesivir which could be used on patients hospitalized with the virus, anthony. >> it's being tested at the national institutes of health, although we're still early in that process. dr. fauci made his announcement in the oval office. ben tracy is at the white house. ben, what exactly do we know about this drug? >> well, good morning. first off, we should say this is not a cure. this is not a vaccine. but in this clinical trial, this drug does show that it shortens the recovery period for coronavirus patients in the hospital. dr. fauci says this is quite good news. he says when he was looking over the data the other night, it reminded himim of what it was le in the 1980s when doctors first started to find treatments for hiv. >> the data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut significant, positive effect in

diminishing the time to recover. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci calls remdesivir the new standard of care after a clinical trial showed it can block coronavirus and speed recovery time. hospitalized patients who took the drug recovered in 11 days compared to 15 for those given a placebo. a 31% improvement. >> although 31% improvement doesn't seem like a knockout 100%, it is a very important proof of concept. >> reporter: but the drug made by california-based gilead sciences, the data still needs to be reviewed. >> as more companies, more investigators get involved, it's going to get better and better. >> reporter: president trump who has been criticized for promoting unproven coronavirus treatments had a surprisingly measured response. >> it's a beginning. it means you build on it. i love it as a building block. >> reporter: the drug is not yet approved but the president wants the fda to do so as soon as

possible. >> we'd like to see quick approvals, especially with things that work. >> reporter: president trump is now replacing his daily briefings on the virus with events that focus on the economy. meeting with ceos of hotel chains and restaurants wednesday. the president says he wants the country back open even without a vaccine because he's convinced the virus will disappear. >> without a vaccine, sir, why do you think the virus will just be gone? >> it's going to leave. it's going to be eradicated. >> reporter: medical experts have warned it will take a year to 18 months to develop a vaccine, but cbs news has learned the trump administration is trying to do something calls "operation warp speed" to fast track the development of a vaccine. tony? >> all right, ben tracy for us. thank you very mumuch. let's get to dr. david agus who joins us from los angeles. good morning. we have not one, but two bits of hopeful news out of the world of medicine. let's start with remdesivir. dr. anthony fauci cautiously

optimistic about it. it's an antiviral drug which means it blocks the virus from replicating. what more can you tell us about it? >> you know, mid-january was my first meeting on covid-19 and literally every day since then we've dreamt of the moment we could say we have a drug that we know works. 1,000 patients decreasing hospitalization by four days. the death rate is down about 30%, although it's not statistically significant. so very powerful. these are treating people who are what we call moderately to severely ill. they are short of breath and very symptomatic. classically with antivirals the earlier you treat the more outcome -- clinical outcome you get and the better it is. seeing this at this stage is very encouraging. we have something in our arsenal to treat the disease. that is exciting. >> very, very encouraging indeed. any caveats in your mind? anything we should be looking out for? >> this is, you know, the study has not been peer reviewed.

that's important. this is the nih study which the initial data were released yesterday. now it's going to be reviewed and the fda will assign it, hopefully, approval so it can be used en masse across the country. the company is giving away the first 1.5 million doses of this for free to the country for treatment of patients with covid-19. >> yeah, nih double blind known as a gold standard study in the way it was organized. let's go to oxford university and talk about a vaccine. scientists there think they may have a vaccine ready by september. way earlier than otherwise scheduled. how promising is that? >> it's pretty wild. this is the university that survived the plague in the 1300s. but they had developed a vaccine for mers, a former virus that was tried on patients. did not spread the virus. so the vaccine was shelved. and they just switched out the portion for mers to covid-19, and put it into monkeys and challenged monkeys with the

virus. after 28 days, no signs or symptoms from the virus at all. because it had already been in patients, a similar virus, they are starting out with 6,000 patients over the next six weeks. so dramatically scaled. and then if that's positive, they'll go forward with literally millions of doses to try to get this very soon into people across the globe. so big, big step. vaccine equals, we will be on top of this disease. new drug, vaccine, certainly an amazing day in the fight against covid-19. first positive one in a while. >> yeah, that's right. dr. agus, you have also had conversations with the white house yourself personally about fast-tracking a vaccine. what can you tell us about that? >> it's called "operation warp speed." the key thing is there are up to 70 companies with vaccine candidates. what the government and others are trying to do is say, i think these four or five are probably the best. let me start making them and manufacturing in case the trials

work. so take the risk now. don't wait to see which works or which twhiwins the bake-off. when the data are there, the next day we can trl out across the country. it's key to think forward. >> dr. david agus with that insight into two bits of hopeful news this morning. thank you. anthony, over to you. >> thank you both. the unemployment crisis from the coronavirus pandemic is getting even worse unfortunately. more than 3.8 million americans files for jobless benefits last week. according to the labor department, that means more than 30 million people have filed unemployment claims since the middle of march when business across the country started laying off workers. some economists now project the april unemployment rate which comes out next week could be as high as 20%. the white house says federal social distancing guidelines will not be extended past may

1st. that's tomorrow, by the way. while states make their own decisions about reopening. today california is expected to announce that beaches and state parks will close tomorrow after dangerously large crowds gathered last weekend ignoring the orders from the governor there. that's according to a memo to police chiefs obtained by our l.a. station kcbs. in the meantime, florida on the other side of the country, is moving in the opposite direction. the governor there says restaurants and retailers will be allowed to reopen at 25% indoor capacity starting on monday. many beaches there are open, and more may reopen soon on a county by county basis. the governor's plan excludes miami-dade, broward and palm beach counties. >> a recent study shows most states fall far short of widespread diagnostic testing needed to reopen safely. that includes the state of pennsylvania which has the sixth highest number of reported cases and the fifth highest number of

deaths in the country tied to covid-19. as we look at the state of coronavirus testing, our national correspondent jericka duncan went to philadelphia where she discovered testing there can be hard to find. >> reporter: fed up over a lack of coronavirus tests in her community, pediatric surgeon, dr. ala stanford took matters into her own hands. >> every time someone got turned away, i would get a call. >> reporter: on a rainy day last friday, stanford and her team of volunteers gave over 200 people diagnostic tests in a philadelphia church parking lot. >> who is paying for this right now? >> i am paying for it. i am paying -- >> you are paying for all of these tests? >> i am. >> reporter: she's been able to test over 1600 people. wendell stewart showed up early. >> they're giving numbers out. how do they know if they're not testing people. >> reporter: right now in philadelphia, they're testing around 1500 people per day. but health officials say they

need to test at least 5 to 10 times that amount before they can even consider safely reopening. like communities around the country, demand outweighs supply. while we were there, the tests started to run out with nearly 100 people still waiting. >> we're going to be out of testing kits. >> reporter: persistence paid off and a local hospital came through. donating more tests. so far, less than 2% of pennsylvania's population of 12.8 million have been tested since the beginning of march. >> i think it's really important to have a steady supply chain that we can count on in terms of testing. and it seems like that is developing. >> reporter: pennsylvania's secretary of health dr. rachel levine. >> we want to be able to test every symptomatic patient in pennsylvania and we're working towards that. >> reporter: right now, is it easy to get a covid-19 test? >> it is much easier. so some of it depends where you live. >> reporter: philadelphia and other southeast parts of the state will remain closed for

now. but northern counties with lower cases per capita are among those that could be the first to reopen. and rural licoming county, they are preparing to open the bookstore. until you can get tested, what makes you safe? >> we've been very cautious in terms of any exposure. in terms of general safety, i'm not going to say that there isn't some certaioncern, especi having a young daughter. >> reporter: the state health department says it's tested over 40,000 people within the last week. now while some of these businesses will be reopening on may 8th in pennsylvania, it's really a partial reopening. so restaurants will remain curbside only and places like the movie theater will remain closed. >> jericka, thank you. more than 14,000 health care professionals have contracted

the coronavirus in the u.s. and at least 27 have lost their lives in the service of others. one of them, pamela orlando, documented her own fight with the virus on camera before she died. lead national correspondent david begnaud has her story. >> reporter: 56-year-old pamela orlando was a frontline hero. >> this is a woman who had everything to lose, and she still went out there on the front line saving lives. >> reporter: the nurse from new jersey worked three jobs. she was a breast cancer survivor and a single mom to 16-year-old ryan and 23-year-old reid. >> i begged my mother to not go to work. i really did. i begged her. >> reporter: pamela worked at the valley hospital in ridgewood, new jersey. >> do you believe your mother was infected at work? >> absolutely. >> reporter: from home, she started to document what would be the end of her life. >> today i have a fever that i can't get rid of. day two.

boy, do i feel like crap. back pain, fever that won't break. >> reporter: by day three, she was hospitalized where she works. >> oh, my god, this is no joke. i am so uncomfortable. my fever just broke so i'm a little bit better. fever of 104.6. p>> reporter: on the fifth day - >> i feel horrible. like so bad, almost like i'm not going to nak. >> reporter: later in the day, she was struggling just to talk. >> i can't even move without being short of breath. just pray that i'm okay. not sure what day it is. i'm not getting better yet. >> reporter: pamela posted five more videos, but she didn't speak. >> she was trying to log every day of the sickness to show the

masses or whoever would watch it how this deathly virus can progress. >> reporter: the day she died, april 16th, 24 days after she fell ill, reid and ryan visited her in the hospital wearing proper protective equipment along with their 80-year-old grandmother ann who is pam's mom. >> she told my mom that she was going to take care of us and really protect us from anything, and that's what my mother really needed. she needed to know that me and my brother were going to be okay. >> reporter: 56-year-old pamela orlando died two hours after her boys went to see her. gayle. >> david, that video is so tough to watch because you can actually see her slipping away. and what's painful to me, she probably knew she was slipping away but yet she wanted to document this story in hopes of maybe helping others to let people know as her son said how bad this is. that's very tough to watch. i feel for her sons.

her sons who are watching this video and who she was. >> i spoke with a friend of hers who is a nurse at the hospital and she said every day she'd bring a phone to pam's ear and place it by the ear and pam was on a virt entilator so she was unconscious. but every time the boys would talk, it would drop considerably. that was a sign to the friend and boys that pamela could hear them loud and clear. >> yeah, and i think about the medical professionals, too david, who are now treating their own. as a medical professional, you don't expect to end up a patient yourself in most cases and now many of them are in the hospitals as well. thank you for sharing her story. thank you for sharing her story. very difficult. into a smaller life?

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is this a kpix morning news update. good morning. it's 7:26. new jobless claim numbers out this morning. 3.8 workers filed in the last week raising the total layoff to 30 million people. all beaches and state parks in california ordered to close starting tomorrow. the governor expected to announce new restrictions today after weekend crowds ignore guidelines. a possible breakthrough for remdesivir. it could shorten the recovery time for covid-19.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." broadway actor nick cordero suffered a new setback this week in his battle against the coronavirus. the 41-year-old tony nominee went into septic shock after developing a lung infection. cordero is in a medically induced coma and has been on a ventilator for a month. his right leg had to be amputated after he suffered complications from the virus. i talked with his wife, fitness instructor and former broadwaytancer, amanda kloots, that's how they met, and she is optimistic about his recovery. this has been quite a roller coaster ride for her. she told me he had no fever, no cough when he first became sick.

the only issue -- extreme, extreme fatigue. >> we didn't think it was covid, yet it was weird that he was sick at the time when this was all happening. we took him to the urgent care, and they said it's pneumonia. >> that must have given you a small sense of relief to hear, okay, i don't have covid. >> yeah. in fact, we were both saying in the car, this is the only time that you're kind of like, whoo, it's pneumonia. >> yeah. >> we went to pick up his medications, and for the next three days he kept getting worse. so we called a friend of ours who's a doctor at cedars-sinai. he said, go to the emergency room now. this is one of the saddest parts -- we thought i would see him in two hours. you know, i just -- i said, you know, call me when you want me to come pick you up. and so i didn't even give him a kiss or a hug because we were also kind of self-isolating from him. you know, we have this 10-month-old baby.

i got a call from nick in about an hour and he said, "amanda, they have admitted me. i'm now in a bed with oxygen. they'll know some things in a couple of hours. i'll call you in a couple of hours." >> were you worried at that point? >> i was getting worried at this point, yes. it was the next morning at 4:00 a.m. he called and said, "honey, they want to put me on a ventilator. " we facetimed quickly. he's saying, i love you, oh, my gosh, okay, and said i'm a little scared. >> that must have scared you to hear him say that he was scared. >> it's terrifying. to know honest, i didn't understand what all of this meant in the meantime they said we want to start some of the covid medicines. they did the deep covid chest scrape, and it came back positive. he started to get better.

and we had plans to take him off the ventilator. >> you've post it was so -- your post it was so exciting. we're thinking, yay, he's turned a corner. >> yes. he turned a corner, and then i get a phone call that he got an infection, his pulse gone for two minutes. and they had to resuscitate his heart. >> talk about a roller coaster, amanda. >> yes. >> two steps forward and then a step back. >> the call that morning was supposed to be "we're taking him off the ventilator today because he's doing so well." this is a new infection that came in. they said, "amanda, we are trying to get him on to a machine as soon as possible. this will save his life." >> what is an ecmomachine? >> it takes over the functions of your heart and lungs to run your heart and lungs outside of your body. one of these canule tubes was restricting blood flow to nick's right leg. they said, "amanda, unfortunately, the body is

trying to save this leg, but it's fighting it." in return, it could cause a lot of damage to the body. >> to put it simply, it sounds like you had to make a decision between saving his leg or saving his life. >> you know, gayle, yes. he's a dancer. he's an actor. he's a performer. it was not an easy decision to make. >> where do we stand today? the doctors have said there's no reason why he can't wake up. >> today was supposed to be putting in a trache and a feeding tube. unfortunately, this morning his blood count was really, really low. low blood count can mean that he's internally bleeding from somewhere. now we have to wait. >> i can't imagine what it's been like for you. your optimism is so infectious. because you believe, you give us all reason to believe. >> i feel like there's an army of people behind him, behind us. and i just believe -- i get chills saying it -- i just

believe that he will wake up. >> you started this social media movement #wakeupnick. ♪ >> i didn't even plan on it, you know, this way. and then as everything started unfolding, i just started this because i thought, you know, nick would love this. >> reporter: what would he love about this? >> when he hears that everyone is playing his song every day and praying for him, and now it's on the radio, gayle, he won't believe it. i go to the hospital every day, i stand outside of cedars, i play nick's song, and i cheer him on from outside of cedars-sinai every day. >> i feel so positive after listening to you. the song, "live your life. "who understands if stars -- >> align. >> one shooting past i will take it as a sign that you are --

>> still alive. i know. he wrote these words like years ago. it resonates with what everyone's going through at this time. you know, just to live your life and just be so grateful for it. you know? >> boy, she is so sparkly, anthony, and such a firebracher. really it is infectious listening to her. it's been up and down, up and down, up and down. now today we're waiting for the blood results and hopefully there is no internal bleeding. but he's been on such a journey. he still has a long way to go. keep in mind, he's been on this ventilator since the beginning of april. he doesn't know that his leg has been amputated. that's another hurdle they'll have to go through. she doesn't take in any negativity. she sticks with the positive because she believes that he will pull through. i think you can't put a price on that and her attitude. we're all cheering for her and nick. and, they have a 10-month-old son elvis, who's also helping her get through. it's a lot. >> yeah. who's really cute. so many -- everybody in the

broadway community is following this. and so rooting for him to pull through. as you said, it has been an epic struggle, but it's so illustrative of how tough this virus is. gayle? >> yes. yes. we focus only on the positive when it comes to nick cordero. everyone else going through this to be honest with you. ahead, we'll visit the largest food bank in this country to see why social distancing is hampering their effort to hand out supplies. and a reminder, you can always, always get the morning's news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. you get today's top stories in less than 20 minutes. that's a deal, people. we'll be right back. is your sanctuary. ur home that's why lincoln offers you the ability to purchase a new vehicle remotely with participating dealers. an effortless transaction- all without leaving the comfort- and safety of your home.

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food banks are struggling to meet a surging demand with a record number of americans out of work. thousands of people are lining up outside distribution centers all across this country just to feed their families. janet shamlian visited the biggest food bank in the united states and shows us why food supply is not their most urgent concern. >> reporter: the houston food bank is america's largest. in a normal year, it says it gives out 80 million pounds of food. how much have you seen demand increase in recent weeks? >> we're now averaging close to a million pounds a day of actual distribution here. and we're still not meeting the need. >> reporter: ceo brian green says demand is up 150% from just two months ago.

the cavernous 135,000 square-foot facility trucks food to pantries and charitable groups in 18 counties. there's desperation they haven't seen here before with limits they haven't had to adhere to. >> it's being able to keep up with the labor is actually what our biggest problem is. >> reporter: the food bank was built to handle a thousand volunteers. only 150 can be in the building to comply with social distancing. the warehouse is brimming with produce right now. these crates hold thousands of cucumbers donated by a farm. in a different time, they would have been sold to restaurants. with unprecedented demand and a smaller work force, green is concerned about giving less to the community as time goes on. at what's called a super site distribution on monday, gridlock for miles as thousands tried to reach the giveaway. >> we don't have anything. we're living off just donations and going to like churches and stuff. >> reporter: the food bank delivered enough for 7,500 families to receive 100 pounds

of food each. >> thank you. >> reporter: volunteers serving 1,200 cars an hour. >> for now, the further i'm getting from different parts, you know, different other sites is not enough. >> reporter: this food bank is more accustomed to emergency rooms like hurricanes with a need usually subsiding in weeks. with the pandemic, there is no end date. >> we're going to kelp trying. we're going to keep giving as much assistance as we can. the level of need, what's going on is just so much bigger than what we're able to do. >> reporter: and we're here in the houston food bank this morning. we're in their kitchen where they are cranking it out. 14,000 to 15,000 meals will be made here today. they can't do something that's very important to them -- ur usually when people pick up food, they chat, have a conversation, ask how they're doing. in a time of social distancing, it's very much of a sterile delivery at a time when people are really craving that human connection.

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her husband before undergoing an emergency c-section. that's when lira volunteered to be the baby's temporary guardian. >> i'm just proud that she counted on me. that she felt safe, that she could talk to me and she could call me, and a cry for help, she did, and i'm glad she did. that's what i want all teachers, everybody to know. we are essential workers, we are here for our students and families. we've always been. right? >> get this -- zully made a full recovery. lira is caring for naso until the family is better. we should tell you, he was born prematurely but tested negative for covid-19. a good teacher is like a candle -- consuming itself to light the way for others. >> yes. yes, i bow down to teachers always going above and beyond the call of duty. also, a lot of people's passion projects coming out during this time. you've got a story from wisconsin, vlad, what is it? >> so milwaukee native west hank

is dropping musical mashups like you've never heard before. take a listen to this. >> hi, i'm wes, and today i will be rapping one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, by dr. seuss. let's rap. one fish two fish -- >> look at him. now. it's fun to have fun, but you have to know how. he took two famous doctors and came up with this, a rap using the rhymes of dr. seuss set to the beats created by dr. dre. tank says it warms his heart when he sees parents dancing with their kids to the music. does he succeed? yes, indeed. 98 and three quarter percent guaranteed. >> yes, yes. yes. >> very nice. a rhyme is a rhyme, vlad. i think we've got a new bedtime in my household. teddy better get ready for that one. 7:00 p.m. is coming soon. we have people having fun in north carolina in your third story. what have you got on that subject? >> let's talk more creativity. forget board games, forget puzzles, forget cocktail mixing

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this is a kpix5 morning update. good morning. the city of alameda is starting it slow street the program beginning today. this is very similar to initiatives that have already been in place in oakland and san francisco. they are hoping to help with social distancing are more than 6 feet. the streets that have been selected that you will see closures are off pacific avenue, as well as central avenue and burnside boulevard. these streets will still be open for emergency vehicles and local traffic but

the city encourages others to use alternate routes. looking at the roads right now we are seeing some okay conditions. we still have disclosure on 101 so delays on the southbound side of the 101. more than 101 is being diverted to 280. that is your traffic. it is going to be a beautiful day across the bay area with more sunshine today. is a lovely view, you can see there are beautiful skies as well as some patchy fog. temperatures are in the 50s and 53 in san francisco, also for santa rosa. it is also breezy, check out the wind at 23 miles per hour. as we head through the afternoon 66 for a high in san francisco, looking at 73 in

it's thursday, april 30th, 2020. 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. possible treatment. the drug remdesivir shows major promise against the coronavirus. we hear from a patient involved in the clinical trial. the new normal in schools. now classrooms might change due to the crisis even after children return. and surprise anthem. first on "cbs this morning," country stars the highwomen unveil their new music video with a message of togetherness. >> can't wait to hear it, but

first, today's eye opener at 8:00. foudr. anthony fauci is expressing hope about a drug used on patients. >> this is not a cure or vaccine, but in a clinical trial it seems to shorten the recovery time for people hospitalized with coronavirus. a hospital has been storing body without refrigeration. neighbors complained about the smell. >> all the reopens across the country are happening despite a study that shows most states fall short of the diagnostic testing needed to reopen. things like restaurants are curb side and places like movie theaters will remain closed. there's some good co-vid news out there. researchers at oxford university developed a vaccine for monkeys. those lucky monkeys, always

getting the first injections while the rest of us are couped up at home. these monkeys are resuming their normal lives like sports, cat washing, and writing my show. >> that looks pretty good to me. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm at home. anthony is at home. tony is at home. hopefully you're at home. maybe you're in your p.j.s. we all came to work fully dressed today. tony, you start us off. >> yeah. we came fully dressed and i'm hopeful the news out of the monkey world is positive, indeed. we keep talking about the new normal. i'm nostalgic for the old normal. i want that back. >> i know. i feel that, too. i feel that, too. we begin with this. an experimental drug at showing promise against the coronavirus preliminary results from a clinical trial for the national institutes of health found patients taking remdesivir

recovered an average of four days sooner than those who were taking a placebo. >> dr. anthony fauci called the results a very important proof of concept that a drug can block this virus. but the findings still need to be peer reviewed so the data can be studied more extensively. the fda may now consider an emergency approval to broaden the drug's use. first on "cbs this morning," senior medical correspondent dr. tara narula spoke to a patient in the study and a scientist working to get more answers. >> it was a quick onset. it got real for me when i laid down sunday night and couldn't breathe. >> drew mcdonald's battle landed him in the hospital when he was offered hope. doctors asked the 29-year-old to join a clinical trial of remdesivir. >> i was already hooked up getting my medication for my double pneumonia.

i thought why not? >> and how did your course change over the next several days to a week after you received the infusion? >> by the time i left the hospital, i was already improving drastically. >> reporter: he was one of more than 1,000 covid-19 patients in the nationwide trial. those receiving it recovered 31 % quickly. remdesivir targets one of the enzymes that helps coronavirus multiply. this may be just a first step. >> reporter: this doctor supervised the trial at the university of alabama birmingham. >> the effort that went into developing not just therapy but also vaccines for sars and ebola has put us light years ahead of where we would be otherwise. >> reporter: while drew may never know whether he received remdesivir or the placebo, for

him the importance was clear. why were you part of this research? >> i want to help other people. >> reporter: it's important to note this is not a cure-call but a step in the right direction. it offers hope we might be able to develop a therapeutic before a vaccine is produced. dr. fauci says there's an ethical obligation to immediately get the placebo group know so they can have access to the drug. >> so he may find out after all. you mentioned the therapies. based on the preliminary data, does it seem like there's a single best drug when it comes to treating covid-19? >> reporter: well, the experts we spoke to said it's unlikely it's going to be one drug. more likely a cocktail or mix of drugs that target different problems or different parts of the disease pathway. for example, remdesivir or anti-virals work better earlier in the disease process when the virus is replicating. anti-inflammatories may work better later when there's so

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good morning. mr. secretary, in your view what needs to happen before kids can go back to school? >> well, we've got to be guided by the best public health recommendations. and those include 14 consecutive days of declining cases first in the community. getting in place a good system of testing and contact tracing. and then we've got to have careful planning for how we reopen school in a way that is safe for staff and for students. >> what do you think reopened schools will look like? in china some kids are wearing masks and there are glass dividers. some people are talking about oneway hallways. what's a realistic scenario? >> assuming we have a good system of testing and contact tracing, i think we'll see school districts needing to adapt the structure of the day.

fewer students in each classroom. procedures for lunch that will look very different where students are eating in the classroom. rethinking activities like physical education so students aren't crowded together. personal protective equipment for teachers. we'll need to make sure if a student becomes sick, there's a way for the student to become temporarily isolated at school before they can be picked up and they'll need to be processes to regularly check student's health. that may look like temperature checks. masks may be a part of the strategist. districts need to start planning now for what will look different when kids come back. >> what's your feeling about how far away from this we are.

>> it probably varies across the country. but we are so far from the fundamental testing and contact tracing system that we need in place as a country. and that's really the most critical issue. we see from our international peers that it's testing and contact tracing that's the key to protecting public health. >> you brought up a really important point that we may end up having effectively a lost generation of kids here. that during this period inevitably so many children are going to be learning less and are at risk of falling behind. how significant do you think that is? >> it's a huge risk. the covid-19 crisis held all a mirror to our system and showed us the extent of our inequities. there are some kids who don't have access to devices or bandwid

bandwidth. low resource districts struggling to provide professional development and support to their teachers. students who are experiencing really difficult situations at home and need more support. so we see a real gap between what's happening from one community to the next. some communities' parents are able to support their kids while they're home teleworking. others have to work outside of the home. in the african american community only about 20% of folks are able to work from home. we're going to see large academic gaps. that's why we need to think about potential summer school, extended school day with afterschool programming. probably summer school in summer 2021. we've got to make sure that we don't end up with a lost generation of students, and that's a question of political will. are we willing to make the investments necessary to protect students? >> all right. so much at stake. secretary king, thank you so for

being with us this morning. world war ii veteran too many moore became a modern day hero for raising tens of millions of dollars for britain's national health service. ahead, the extraordinary tributes for him on his 100th birthday. you're watching "cbs this morning."

that, ladies and gentlemen, was the dramatic flyover in britain this morning to mark a hero's birthday. two world war ii fighter planes flew over the home of british veteran tom moore who turns 100 years old today. now the world knows captain tom from his record-breaking charity walk in his garden. we all watched that. that raised tens of millions of dollars to fight the coronavirus. yesterday he was made an honorary colonel. that's higher than a captain. charlie d'agata's in moore's hometown of bedford. charlie d'agata, i cannot get

enough of captain tom. good morning. >> reporter: neither can we, gayle. you want a reason to celebrate togetherness, inspiration, just take a look at this. 125,000 birthday cards for captain tom who, by the way, still wants to be known as captain tom. another truckload arrived this morning. a lot of these birthday cards are written by children. this one reads "you're never too old to dream a new dream." what kind of guy gets a spitfire and hurricane fly-by for his birthday? a birthday card from the queen. >> i speak -- >> reporter: and a message from the prime minister. >> we wish you a very happy 100th birthday. >> reporter: a guy like captain tom moore. >> can i be one of the first to wish you a happy 100th birthday? >> thank you very much. very kind of you. >> reporter: you got 125,000 birthday cards this year. how many did you get last year?

do you remember? >> maybe five or six or so. >> reporter: a lot's changed since captain tom unwittingly stepped on to the world stage a few weeks ago, raised a bit of money and support for overwhelmed health care workers dealing with the horrors of coronavirus. >> we all deserve a good pat on the back because they're all working so hard, and they continue to work hard. and putting themselves into mortal danger day after day. [ applause ] >> reporter: we could all use a hero. f captain tom's daughter believes he stepped up at the right time. >> it was the message of hope, and it's the message that we are all united, and it is the message that it doesn't take one generation. we're all in it together. >> reporter: along the way, the now-100-year-old world war ii veteran on a mission had found

new friends in high places. >> one man fund-raising machine. god knows what the final total will be. >> reporter: he hoped to raise maybe $1,200. it's soared to to more than 30 million. last time i checked, $36 million. in your wildest dreams, have you thought about raising that kind of money? >> that's a lot of dollars, isn't it? >> reporter: even when he finished his walk, his journey wasn't over. he took part in a charity single. ♪ you'll never walk alone, and became the oldest british number-one artist in history. ♪ >> it would be better if i was a youngster -- >> reporter: what did you think when you heard the news? >> i was absolutely amazed, i must say. it brought a smile to my face because i thought, oh, dear, look at all the music pushed out of the top slot throughout the world. >> reporter: beautiful people like the weekend who urged his fans to get captain tom to

number one over his own "blinding lights." about the only thing that makes captain tom happier than all the love he has received is giving it all back. >> one day after the clouds roll by, we'll all be very happy people again. it will happen. ♪ ♪ you never walk alone [ applause ] >> reporter: captain tom's days of walking for charity have ended, but we have an update. listen to this. it's now around $40 million that he's raised. $1 million today alone. gayle? >> i know. charlie, yesterday we were talking about captain tom in or morning meeting, about how we're going to cover the birthday today. we were told you were going to be standing there. i think peter burgess said it best, one of our producers, said this is a story with no downside.

everybody we know is cheering for captain tom. how do you think, how does the family say he's handling all of this fame and all this acclaim? the more he talks, the more you fall in love with thego guy. >> reporter: yes. when i spoke to him, i fell in love with him again. as i said to both of them, i feel as if i know you. and of course, i do. and the whole nation has been rallying around him. in fact, the whole world has been rallying around him. of course, he's going to be spending his birthday relatively subdued with his family in isolation. and one day when we're all out of this mess, he'll have a proper celebration. and i can only imagine what that's going to look like. >> yes. i know. charlie d'agata, thank you. god, i hope he has a piece of cake or two today. hey, cope, i love the cards that said "you're never too old to dream another dream." may we all make it to 100 as long as we can be in that kind of health. that's great. >> no, i agree completely. i mean, 100 is a very big

number. i keep thinking that even bigger number, 36 million, now up to 40 million. well done, captain tom. all right. a this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning. 101 both directions we have some construction happening through there. north and southbound 101 at the 280 split, shut down. you do have this lane opened up though to get to the northbound deck there. they continue with the construction project here so south 101 has delays out of san francisco. 280 is the detour is clear in both directions so you can utilize that. elsewhere, slow streets program beginning today in alameda. the streets affected pacific

avenue between grand oak and also for size avenue. this slows streets measure will be in effect 24 hours a day through alameda. no through traffic but it will be open for emergency vehicles. that's a look at the roadways. good morning. we are looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 50s to low 60s. a beautiful look with blue skies and some patchy fog. dealing with breezy conditions along the coast and around the bay, 21 mile-per-hour wind out of the west. we sent sfo the wind at 10 miles per hour. 66 is the high in san francisco and mid 70s in san jose. here is the extended forecast, similar tomorrow. cooling it down for the weekend and dropping down to below average for this time

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♪ on the road a lonely neighbor ♪ that's the country supergroup the highwomen, and the new music video for their hit song "crowded table." you're watching it first here on "cbs this morning." we talked to the group about how the song has unexpectedly become an anthem for our time. ♪ i wanna house with a crowded

table ♪ when the highwomen came together in nashville last spring to record "crowded table," they had no idea how nostalgic it would sound today. ♪ on the road to the lonely neighborhood to stay together ♪ you probably didn't expect the song would ever have the kind of resonance it has now. >> no. i mean, how could you? isn't that what we all wish we had now? like a crowded table. somebody to come to the table with. >> reporter: for brandy carl likely and maren morris and natalie hemby seeing the old footage in the new video made them watch listful. >> it made me tear up. i want to be around my buddies again. and making music is about being togeth together. >> i will never complain about playing a show or an early flight to get to a show after

this. this -- so ready to play music again. [ cheers ] >> morris, carlile and hemby and pann band mates played at the festival last july. the super group's debut hit number one on the country chart, but then all four went back to thriving solo careers. ♪ why et me in the middle ♪ >> morris played her last gig at the houston rodeo in march just before giving birth to her first child, a baby boy, hayes andrew herd. >> having this baby has been like the most beautiful distraction from the outside world. i feel very cocooned at home right now with my husband and our baby. so that's been like an amazing miracle to have. >> you would have remembered

anyway, but now you'll remember it in a different way. >> yeah. i was writing in his baby book, you know, just hey, we can't go anywhere the first month of your life because there's a global pandemic happening. and he'll be able to read that one day and be like, what the hell? >> were any of you supposed to be on tour at this point? >> yeah. all of us. >> it is -- it's kind of weird being a musician and a touring artist which is kind of like seen as very nonessential now. >> as the possibility of playing live again seems to keep getting pushed back, how have you made the adjustment mentally to that? >> my bad and crew are on salary, and we're paying them out of pocket. they all have families, we all have kids. we are a family. and you know, when those pockets start to dry up, we'll figure something out. that's what we do. we're musicians, none of us got

into there jis job to make mone. none of us. ♪ you can hold my hand when you need to let go ♪ >> that's the only kind of near comforting thing about it is that not just one person is being affected. we're all kind of being affected together. so i can only imagine the celebration where we all come back together. ♪ ♪ you can hold my hand >> are you allowing yourself to look forward to that yet? >> i mean, hope is a dangerous thing. but it's a wonderful thing. and music helps us get through all of this, all the bad times. and people will want to hear music again. ♪ with a crowded table and a place by the fire for everyone ♪ >> i can't wait to like one day be at an actual table with these women again and break bread and do what the song says. ♪ the greatest time together

when the day is done ♪ >> and yeah, i think it's a really beautiful sentiment at this time. ♪ the day is done ♪ >> yeah, that song has been picked up by campbell's for a commercial that it's running nationally. the highwomen are currently scheduled to perform at chicago's soldier field on august 29th. late summer. they've got their fingers crossed that it's still going to happen. obviously so much still up in the air. and i wanted to mention, too, that marinen morris is always paying her band out of her pocket while they're going through this. >> i tell you, those women are fantastic. if you haven't heard the song "crowded table," please listen to it. anthony, the lyrics are so on point. "crowded table," i think maren's got it right when she says i

can't wait to get back to friends and family. i'm finding myself, even the people that used to get on my nerves, i'm thinking, lou bad did they get on my nerves? we're all looking forward to things returning to some type of normalcy. i love the lyrics to this song. so glad you got to talk to her -- >> watch listf watch listful an -- >> you look at your life, it wasn't so bad. ahead, bestselling author john grisham, his life is very good these days. we'll discuss his newest book out this week. first on "cbs this morning," he's going to reveal what's next for the main character from his debut novel. remember that? back in 1989. we'll be right back with john grisham. we're all doing our part by staying at home.

that could mean an increase in energy bills. you can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or just letting the sun light your home. stay well and keep it golden. first on "cbs this morning," bestselling author john grisham is sharing some big, big news about the new sequel to his debut book, you remember "a time

to kill." not only that, he's also releasing a new novel called "camino winds," i have a copy. the followup to grisham's 2017 bestseller that was called "kmee "camino island." it talks about when a hurricane and killer threaten a beautiful island. john grisham joins us from him home in charlottesville, virginia. i want to start right away with this book. it's a bit of a departure for you. i'm not giving anything away because it's in all the literature. you're an author, and you write about killing off an author. that struck me because i'm thinking if i wrote a book about tv anchors, i wouldn't kill off anthony and tony. you threw me a little with that. why did you decide to go that way? >> well, good morning, gayle, tony, anthony. >> hi. >> it's a sequel to "camino island," that i published three years ago. when i finished that book, i knew i would go back there for at least one or two stories because i like the setting, i

like the characters, and over the years, i've killed off a lot of lawyers and judges. i thought it was time to kill off a writer. and a tv anchor might be next, you never know. >> but i just don't think of people killing off one of their own, john, that's what i was thinking. "the new york times" review says this, "it's a -- this is a camino book with elements of a more traditional grisham thriller thrown in." what did you enjoy about stepping into the murder genre? in this way? >> it's a pure -- a murder mystery. it's -- we all love murder mysteries, and i haven't written one in a long time. usually when i write about a murder, you know who did it right off the bat. and they go to trial. but this was a pure mystery, and i went to drop clues along the way, and it -- solve the crime at the very end. so that's what a good mystery does. >> and it's centered around a bookstore, too. i know books are very important to you. and bookstores, too.

>> yeah. the principal character, bruce cable, from the first "camino" book owns a bookstore on camino island, in the town of santa rosa in florida. and he's quite a character. he is colorful and reads a lot of books, sells a lot of books. the guy that gets murdered is a friend. it happens in the middle of a hurricane. the police are too distracted to investigate the crime. so bruce sort of takes it upon himself and a couple of buddies, and they set out to solve the crime and prove it was a crime. and kind of like grown-up hardy boys, off, you know, chasing the killer. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. that's a really good way to describe it. let's go back to 1989 for a second, john. guess what i read back in 1989? the name of the book was -- >> well, "a time to kill" was published in 19 89, but nobody

read it back then. it was a flop when it came out. it wasn't until "the firm" came out, and then "the pelican brief" and "the client" that people started reading "a time to kill." the best selling novel now. seven years ago i went back to jade county with "sycamore row." that was popular. this fall i'm going back with "a time for mercy" that involves jake back in the courtroom again in ford county. >> and jake was played on screen by matthew mcconaughey. we all remember that movie very well. i want to go back to "camino" for a second, on page 107 it says it takes a disaster to make you appreciate the basics. i'm wondering what you're appreciating these days. i love that line. >> up -- you know, you appreciate the basics, you appreciate your friends and family. you appreciate -- i appreciate books. i appreciate health. and renee and i were talking

this morning, you appreciate the things that remind you of what's normal like the people you trust, and you know, we were talking about you guys there, the three of y'all. we watch you every morning. it's nice to have people you trust deliver the news that you can believe each morning. for you guys, it's something is normal for us, and it means a lot. >> yeah. thank you for saying that because we are really glad to be here. i think it's draining and emotionally very difficult, but we -- all of us wouldn't want to be any other place. and you talk about appreciating friends. last night you and stephen king, who's a friend, had a virtual -- a virtual event. what was it, why did you do it? how did it go, rather, and why did you do it? >> we did it because we know each other very well, we've been on stage several times together for fundraisers and library functions and different things. we always have a great time together because our friendship goes back 25 years.

and we decided to do a virtual chat last night on youtube and for a whole hour just the two of us and ask each other questions and take questions from the audience. and you know, as always, the hour flies by. we have a great time talking about books and writing and movies and the process of writing and taking questions. and baseball and families and everything. it was -- it was a lot of fun. i hope we do it again. >> yeah. i know, john. i'm so sorry we couldn't see you in person. next time. i know we will see you again at our table. we all can't wait. thank you, john grisham. thank you very much. >> thank you. gayle, about my -- did you see my coffee cup this year? can you see -- >> yes, yes, yes. >> you see the coffee cup -- >> in the mail. yes, you do. whatever you want, mr. grisham. do whatever you want. >> take care. be safe. >> i'm nuts about him. thank you, john grisham. thank you. you, too. that will do it for us. see you tomorrow. anthony and tony, john grisham, it's nice to know he and renee are watching us every morning.

i like hearing that. >> yes. >> and he can kill me off in a book any time.

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