>> you're incentivizing taking people out of the work force. >> reporter: it means some workers are making more money without a job than with one. >> if you're a barista, suddenly being on unemployment is looking pretty good. >> reporter: mary ellen runs coffee by design in portland, maine, which received $400,000 through p.p.p. it allows them targets if they want the loan forgiven. >> we were told 48 people needed to come back. we had a stay-at-home order in place. how kbaexactly are we going to 43 people back if we can't open our locations? >> reporter: if you could tell members of congress how they might consider fixing it going forward, what would you tell them? >> we need more time. you can't rebuild companies in eight weeks. and for those who are not even allowed to be open, there's no way you can rebuild a business when the state is telling you you can't be open for business. >> reporter: lori who owns six fitness centers in new england and utah, agrees small companies are going to need more time.

>> it's not like turning on a light switch. it's like pumping up a flat tire with a bicycle pump. so it's going to be gradual. we need three months to be able to get back to full staffing. >> reporter: in maine p.p.p. is helping bring some employees back including casias who sacrificed $500 a week she would have made from unemployment insurance for the security of a job. >> kind of sad we have to go back to work. oh, but, you know, i miss working. i prefer to have a secure job by now than later looking for a job. >> there are proposals in the senate to give some of these businesses more time for loan forgiveness. and if the rules don't change, the business owners we spoke to said despite the challenges, they may not be able to spend all the money they've been given. >> ed o'keefe following the money. overseas, some european nations hit hard by the coronavirus are also starting the slow process of reopening.

chris lifesay has the story from rome. >> reporter: for two months virtually all italians had to stay home. today life is returning to something nearing normal. in rome's iconic flower market, the florists have returned. it's been hard economically and personally, he says. i'm part of this piaza and it's part of me. cafe is like the oldest in rome, can once again serve coffee. in 260 years has this cafe ever been closed? >> never, never closed. >> reporter: not even during world war ii? grazi, grazi. not exactly an italian tradition. they are in the middle of a pandemic stressing the loosening of restrictions must not be seen

as a signal we're all free. churches, schools and museums remain shut. elsewhere in europe masks remain mandatory in spain. rules against outdoor exercise were also lifted. in germany, widely praised for containing the outbreak, churches resume service. and thisord's european quar but things aren't getting better everywhere. the outbreak is worsening in russia which recorded its worst day in new cases sunday with more than 10,000. but there is cause for celebration here in italy where outdoor markets like this one are finally starting to reopen. now, most stores are going to remain closed for at least two more weeks. hair dressers has been closed this entire time, as i'm sure you can tell. and they're going to stay that way at least until next month. >> chris lifesay reporting from the piaza. the stay-at-home orders here in the u.s. cleared a lot of cars off the road. on the downside that's led from

speeding tickets to coast to coast, but also an historic drop in traffic deaths. kris van cleave takes a look at the numbers. >> reporter: this speeding pick up crashed late last month. increasingly fatal accidents like this are on the decline as the pandemic has drivers staying home. >> please don't come out and drive unless you absolutely have to. >> reporter: california highway patrol captain salvador suarez says that message is working. traffic is down 35%, leading to wide open l.a. free ways. >> fire personnel, ambulances, law enforcement, they can utilize our freeway systems and be able to get from call to call a lot faster. >> reporter: california is among at least 20 states to see fatal crashes drop during the pandemic, down a stunning 84% on golden state free ways alone. michigan is down 67%. illinois 57%. it's not all good, though.

louisiana, minnesota and oklahoma have all seen traffic deaths rise. and police nationwide have seen the rate of drivers going 100-plus jump 30%. but the overall drop in crashes prompted auto insurers like all state to give hundreds in refunds. >> it led to fewer accidents. we thought it was the fair thing to do. >> reporter: amid the pandemic, new york saw a remarkable 46-day stretch without a pedestrian death. the first time that's happened since the city first started keeping track in 1983. >> what's the new normal? >> reporter: marilyn's mother was killed in 2018 while crossing a downtown washington street. >> 18 months since she's gone. a lot has changed, and the pain and the hole that is in my heart and in my stomach for her has not changed. >> reporter: thomaston hopes the city's reopen and drivers return to the roads, they'll slow down and pay attention. >> are we just going to go back to the way things were? i certainly hope not. >> reporter: but for now, the

new normal on the open road is fewer cars and fewer deaths. kris van cleave, washington. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. sleep this amazing?

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consultant. before the outbreak she was helping business executives self-explore through art. >> you need two things, a desire and time. and a global pandemic just gave you the time. >> reporter: it's not just about filling the time now. like learning to play ping-pong by yourself or taking up knitting. those who are surviving best have found something that feeds their soul. for st. louis designer and photographer trenna travis, it was soil where she found solace. >> there is a certain joy in just getting your hands dirty. oh, and i've got the nails to prove it. snt the shutdown creating life where there was none. a garden, side by side with her son henry. >> i don't get a lot of one-on-one time with my son, and oh, look, i'm getting emotional. it's really been wonderful for me to have this time with him. it's been priceless honestly.

i'm good at building. we'll see if i'm a good gardener. >> reporter: so while she and her son went out on a gardening limb together, inue and her husband got their hands dirty a different way. they learned to bake together in their new york kitchen. >> now you have more time to enjoy each other's company and really, really -- >> wow. >> it requires, you know, collaboration, requires time, requires working together. it's just a fun thing to do. >> reporter: what's been the best thing you've made, you think? >> the rustic apple pie. the rustic is the key part of it. so it means it can look a little rustic. [ laughter ] >> reporter: she's a dancer by trade, and baking is sort of a dance, too, as long as you have the ingredients to choreograph it. >> flour is out.

we went to like store after store. there's no flour. >> that's because everyone is probably doing what you're doing. >> obviously people are baking like crazy. >> reporter: some of those lucky enough to have flour and yeast are now just showing off. like this pizza crust turned flower garden. the point, though, is whether it's baking or gardening or painting, you don't have to be good at it for it to ease your anxiety. >> happy accidents are the best this can that can happen. >> reporter: you can only hope those creative accidents will be more lasting than the virus itself. >> things that are not planned and they just happen because you're there and you're doing it, oh, that's nirvana. that's where you want to be. >> reporter: especially now. >> especially now. >> reporter: i'm lee cowan in los angeles.

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bars and restaurants shuttered by the coronavirus have been forced to come up with innovative strategies to keep afloat. one way, transform into a gourmet grocer. here's joy bennedict. >> reporter: backery near los angeles doesn't look like a toughest wine bar these days. it tried to convert to a take-out business. so robert and his partner shutdown and reopened as a local grocery store. >> we have eggs. bacon.

>> reporter: using the food they already had. >> flour, we'll open up a 50-pound bag and repack it into 5-pound bags. it's what the neighborhood needs more than our regular menu. >> reporter: it's a trend cooking all over the country. >> this place wasn't supposed to be a grocery store. >> reporter: at chef geof's, the husband of norah o'donnell turned his dining room into a market. but food isn't his number one seller. >> gloves, toilet paper and bleach are number one. >> reporter: he's also offering take-out. but still had to let 200 employees go. >> we had 9/11 hit right around here. the financial crisis. and then none of those situations did i ever have to layoff a single person. >> reporter: he's using any money made through his market to give to his workers. but it's not only locally owned restaurants that are turning into grocery stores. the national chain pauennera is selling fresh produce for

delivery at 1800 locations. and restaurants across the country are doing the same including at the gandy dancer in n arbor, michigan. >> we're selling six lemons for $2. those are better than grocery store prices. >> reporter: the high-end seafood restaurant is also selling sea bass and lobster tails. >> the elderly people are extremely appreciative. they don't have to go into stores. and they can come and have groceries put in their trunk. >> reporter: the pop-up pantries have become popular, but these restaurants are hoping they can soon bring back the dine-in experience customers are craving. joy bennedict, cbs news, glle, california. >> and that's the ove news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs this morning" and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm chip reid.

ca ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: breaking news: death toll rising. as 43 states relax restrictions, a new model out tonight projects the death toll in the u.s. will double to at least 134,000 by august. is america reopening too quickly? >> if they open back up the states in different places, it's going to be a second wave. >> o'donnell: with tensions boiling over, a protest in front of the massachusetts state house asking the governor to reopen. and this terror threat, federal agents find pipe bombs at the home of a colorado man who organized rallies against stay- at-home orders. what was he planning? blaming china, cbs news obtains a government report that alleges china hid the severity of the coronavirus to hoard medical

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