good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it is wednesday, hump day, may 6th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. shifting focus, president trump considers dissolving the coronavirus task force even as why whtleblowesays the s to administration dismissed early warnings of this pandemic. safe travels? planes and trains may never be the same after this crisis. what's being done to reassure potential travelers and commuters with entire industries on the line. chilling video. footage emerges of a man tracked down and killed in georgia by two men who accused him of a crime. why the man's family says it's murder.

and keeping the beat. for our series "a more perfect union," we visit new orleans where sweet music is helping ease the pain. >> always good in new orleans. first, today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> one day they said we have to close our country. now's time to open it up, and you know what, the people of our country are warriors. >> president trump has tweeted that the coronavirus task force will continue on indefinitely. >> will some people be affected yesterday? , but we have to get our country. we have to get it open soon. >> reporter: i did ask the president at one point whether >> if they wanulak a first in new york city, with intense cleaning. >> there is a direct response to

how filthy the trains have become. >> who heard of disinfecting a subway car? you may be at home, but guac is still extra. all that -- >> i find that everybody's trying a 10% to 12% harder to just be nice. don't you find that? >> not really, no. but i'm watching -- >> no? >> -- cnn all day. all that matters -- >> good to see you out of the basement. nice haircut. >> you like it? the missus did it. >> yeah, it's clear that she did it. she -- obviously harbors a deep resentment. on "cbs this morning." >> reporter: according to a survey the cuomo brothers are more desired than the jonas brothers. let me be the first to say, i did not realize those sets of brothers were after the same demographic. being hot is the jonas brothers' thing. were the cuomo brothers also voted more handy than the property brothers and more italian than the mario brothers? >> oh, whatever brothers you

>> i never think it's bad to be compared to the jonas brothers, they're terrific, but the cuomo brothers are certainly having a moment. i will say that. tony? >> yeah. that's true. it is definitely cuomo fever this season. you know, all fevers break, so they could enjoy it while it lasts. isn't that right, gayle? >> we shall see. this comes after one day when president trump made a trip, touring a factory that the president said is looking at winding down the task force, his word, but in tweets this morning, mr. trump said the group includes his top medical advisers would continue on indefinitely. he said it would focus on safety and reopening the country, but the membership could changes.

tony? >> meanwhile, a whistleblower is accusing the administration of ignoring early warning signs and downplaying the virus threat. paula reid is at the white house for us. good morning. what is it with the turnaround of the president regarding the task force? >> reporter: it contradicts what the president said to reporters yesterday when he confirmed he was having conversations about winding down the task force and sending the work back to federal agencies the president was also asked about this yesterday and he was in fact looking to the next phase. but we reached out to dr. anthony fauci, and he told cbs news last night that he heard nothing. >> the task force has done a phenomenal job. >> reporter: as he toured a mask production facility in arizona, president trump suggested his coronavirus task force of medical experts may be dissolved as the white house shifts its

focus from saving lives to reopening the economy. >> we're now looking at a little bit of a different form, and that form is safety and opening. and we'll have a different group probably set up for that. >> reporter: the move to disband the task force comes as some coronavirus models predict deaths will increase in the coming weeks as areas around the country begin to reopen. dire predictions. >> a report with no mitigation. frankly, when the people report back, they're going to be social distancing, and they're going to be washing their hands, and they're going to be doing the things that you're supposed to do. >> reporter: but the models do take mitigation into account and are based on the relaxing of social distancing that the president has been calling for. president trump continued to praise his own response to the pandemic while trying to shift blame to president obama. >> don't forget, the cupboard was bare. the other administration, the last administration left us nothing. >> reporter: pressed on why he didn't do more to prepare, the president said he was busy.

>> well, i'll be honest, i have a lot of things going on. we had a lot of people that refused to allow the country to be successful. they wasted a lot of time on russia, russia, russia. that turned out to be a total hoax. >> reporter: one government doctor, rick bright, said he tried to raise alarms about the pandemic in january and was ignored. bright filed an extensive compliant saying the u.s. was woefully short on masks and suggested putting together a disaster leadership group to address the pandemic. in the complaint, bright alleges hhs official dr. robert kaldec suggested it was appropriate but was not sure if that is a time-sensitive urgency. bright's lawyer, debra katz, spoke to cbs news. >> the administration was very intent on providing good news, and in sugarcoating how devastating this would be. s. >> reporter: bright says he was moved to another

bright was moved to another department after promoting hydroxychloriquine. he was concerned that hhs actions would seriously harm or kill members of the american public. we reached out to the administration about these accusation. so far it's only said that dr. bright has been moved to a new role on testing, and they're disappointed he has not shown up for his news job. anthony? >> paula reid at the white house, thank you. across the country we're still seeing an overall increase in reported coronavirus cases. so far 43 states have partially lifted restrictions introduced to fight the pandemic. our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, is in new york city. are things getting better here? >> reporter: they are. in fact, the number of deaths and hospitalizations have been on a steady decline for most of the last month. i have to tell you, signs of the

virus' devastation are still very real. even if you can't see it personally, here's how glaring it still is. this is a stark reminder of the dangers of covid-19. a hearse arriving at a brooklyn parking lot. it is lined with refrigerator trucks that hold the bodies of overcrowded morgues. more than 25,000 people have died in the state of new york alone. >> the faster we reopen, the lower the economic cost, but the higher the human cost because the more lives lost. >> reporter: that decision is one governors in every state are grappling with. and one president trump was asked about tuesday in an interview with abc news. >> do you believe that's the reality we're facing, that lives will be lost to reopen the country? >> it's possible there will be some because you won't be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is. but at the same time, we're going to practice social distancing. [ chants ]

>> reporter: the state of texas might be the next major test. governor greg abbott is moving forward with plans to reopen nonessential businesses like hair salons and barber shops. that will happen friday. even though he acknowledges the potential danger. >> as a society does begin to open up again, it could lead to increased infections. >> are you going to close? >> no. >> reporter: some texans continue to resist the state's social distancing guidelines. dallas salon owner shelly luther is going to spend the next seven days in jail for illegally opening up her shop last week after several warnings not to. in michigan, new surveillance video shows a man wiping his face on the shirt of a dollar tree employee after she asked him to wear a mask in the store. also in that state, authorities are still on the hunt for two men charged with killing a security guard, calvin munerlyn, inside of a family dollar in flint, michigan, last friday.

police say he had simply told the customer's daughter she had to wear a mask to enter the store. latryna sims munerlyn was calvin's wife of ten years. tell ig us about your his. >> my husband was a devoted family man. he did a lot for the community. he did a lot for teenage boys, troubled teenage kids. but the biggest thing that he was was a father, a great father. >> reporter: 43-year-old calvin munerlyn had eight children. we also spoke to his mother, bernadett, who called him extraordinary. >> he was an awesome dad. an awesome son. and i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: we can tell you now that one of the suspects is in custody. i don't want to end on the suspects. let me tell you more about mr. munerlyn. his nickname was duber, and he was so involved in the community that one of the schools decided to change the name of their parent of the year award.

they're going to call it the super-duper parent award now. tony, as i toss back to you, it's unfathomable that that man died because he simply told someone they had to wear a mask. >> that is true. we can do better than this as a country. thank you for that report. as the reported death toll in this country from the coronavirus soars past 71,000, new human trials for a possible vaccine are under way. our david agus joins us now from los angeles with more. dr. agus, good morning. so pfizer is one of the companies involved in these trials beginning here in the united states. the method they're using has never brought a vaccine to market successfully. how promising is it? >> they're using what we call an rna vaccine. it's not a piece of the virus that's classically used, it's the instructions for the virus, or the rna they're injected. the human body make the protein, and an immune response attacks the protein and hopefully prevents the virus. phaser is clever, they're taking

four parts of the protein and putting that into four separate vaccines. four shots on goal in the beginning in several hundred patients to see if you can make a good enough immune response to go to a larger trial to hopefully prevent the virus. >> all right. four shots on goal. i like the sound of that. the timetable for the vaccine is as soon as the fall. that's possible. what needs to happen for that to get done? how likely is it? >> well, every step has to work. so initially one of those four have to give a good enough immune response that it can provide immunity. and once you have that, then it can be expanded to say does it really prevent the virus from getting in? each of those take time to do. this is an rna vaccine, so it's easier and cheaper to scale and make than a classic vaccine. but as you mentioned, it's never been fda approved, the type of vaccine. it's a little bit new. we're going on new ground here. there's hope and potential as there is with several other vaccine candidates. i pray that one, maybe two, maybe three of them will work

and we'll have them in the fall or in december or in january. any time as soon as possible. >> yeah. when people hear about it an accelerated timetable and methods, there are going to be worries. what are the risks of moving forward in this way? i guess to sharpen the question, how do the risks compare to the risk of not having a vaccine at all? >> well, not having a vaccine means we have a continued death rate in this country which is unacceptable. vaccines historically have been safe. and we're doing the safety studies now. some steps were skipped with some of the vaccines in animal work. others had years of animal work to get the vaccine itself ready. so each one had different safety work done and will have going forward. there is no way a vaccine is going forward into patients in large scale unless it's proven safe. i hope this works. the big variable is will the immune response be strong enough to prevent the virus. and we should know that for some of the vaccines in the middle of june. >> all right.

quickly, i want to get your reaction to a troubling headline. some emerging research suggesting that there might be a mutated strain of the coronavirus, particularly on the east coast, that is more infectious and more aggressive. what's your reaction to that research? >> unfortunately, it got more headlines than it should have. there are multiple strains of the virus. about 30 in total. this strain became dominant starting in february in italy and moved to the rest of the world. the researchers in a not-yet-reviewed manuscript said it's more infectious which is why it became dominant. there's no evidence, there's no evidence that the dna changes which always happen in viruses, that the dna changes will change response to drugs or vaccines at the present time. at the present time, it's an observation. >> all right. not yet peer reviewed. important to note. david, thank you very much. anthony? >> all right. thank you both. the supreme court hears more arguments over the phone this

morning with justice ruth bader ginsburg participating from a baltimore hospital. a spokeswoman says ginsburg was admitted for nonsurgical treatment of a benign gall gladder condition. the oldest justice, she's 87, has been treated four times for cancer in the past. she expects to leave the hospital later this week. >> we're all pulling for justice ginsburg today. in georgia a district attorney will ask a grand jury to consider charges against two white men who chased and killed a black man who was not armed. more than 100 people protested in brunswick, georgia, last night, after video emerged showing the shooting death of 25-year-old ahmaud arbery. more than two months ago is when it happened. the two men say it was self-defense. omar villafranca has the video, and we have to warn you ahead of time, it is disturbing.

>> reporter: this cell phone video captures the final moments of ahmaud arbery's life while he was jogging through his brunswick, georgia, neighborhood. the witness is recording the moment arbery was confronted by gregory mcmichael and his son travis who shot arbery twice with a shotgun. [ gunshot ] what do you hope this video proves? >> proves that my son was not committing a crime. he was out for his daily jog. he was hunted down like an animal and killed. >> reporter: arbery's mother, wanda cooper jones, says she has not seen the video because it is too painful to watch. is it something you plan to watch? >> it's going to take some time. it won't be today or tomorrow. it may not be months. >> reporter: the graphic video shows travis mcmichael, who appears to be standing outside the parked truck, and arbery struggling over what looks to be a shotgun. gunshots can be heard on the video within a few minutes of each other. [ gunshots ] arbery is seen trying to run away before falling to the ground. according to the police report, gregory mcmichael told investigators he thought arbery

was a burglary suspect and ordered him to stop. mcmichael then said arbery violently attacked his son, travis. the prosecutor who previously had the case says travis acted out of self-defense and within the scope of georgia's citizen arrest statute. marcus arbery says his son was not a criminal and was just out for his usual jog around his own neighborhood. >> he stayed a street over -- >> reporter: greg mcmichael is a former law enforcement officer who used to work for the local d.a. due to conflicts of interest, the case is now on its third prosecutor who says he will convene a grand jury once the coronavirus pandemic is over. lee merritt is one of the attorneys who represents arbery's family. >> after seeing this video, law enforcement has no other choice. they need to go out and make an arrest today. >> reporter: fellow arbery family attorney ben crump says this shooting bears some similarities to another one of

his cases from 2012, trayvon martin. >> this killing was completely unnecessary and unjustified. and like so many people advocated in trayvon martin's case, people should not try to take the law into their own hands. >> reporter: it's worth noting a florida jury acquitted trayvon martin's killer, george zimmerman, of murder. and florida's laws are different than georgia's laws. now we reached out to the mcmichael family, they did not want to talk. also, the fbi says they are aware of the case, and they have been briefed. gyle? >> once again the video tells a very different story from the story that we were told initially. very glad that the video exists. thank you very much. ahead, protecting mass transit riders and workers from the outbreak that threatens the future of public transportation. why new york's subway system voluntarily shut down overnight for the first time ever in its history. first, it is 7:18. time to check your local

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this is a kpix morning update. good morning. in the news right now woman has died after being hit by a vehicle on highway 101 early this morning. pick up truck was traveling northbound when hit the pedestrian. the county launched a new testing site at james lake high school. it is part of the push to expand access to covid-19 testing. testing is by appointment only. people without a insurance can t the test. students are looking ahead to the fall semester and uc berkeley has a plan involving a mix of online and in person classes.

tuition fees will remain unchanged. a plan for social distancing is being developed for student housing. let's go to traffic. a busy right out there this morning. we have brake lights westbound on 80 around how strait. an accident was blocking drive lanes. 23 minutes from highway four to the macarthur maze. lanes are blocked at the houston bridge. a backup across the span. a 33 minute drive to san jose. we are looking at plenty of sunshine and warming up for sure through the day. 73 in san francisco and 79 in

welcome back to "cbs this morning." we have new evidence that even a global pandemic cannot stop the power of love. >> faithful to him always -- >> yes, i do. >> you're looking at california's very first zoom wedding. love singhal and his bride sarita got married last night using the popular virtual meeting software. the outbreak forced the couple to cancel their march 19th wedding. by coincidence they conducted much of their long distance courtship over skype. so this was maybe a fitting way to get married. i hope they get to have a real wedding eventually. so many people are in this situation now, gayle. it's so hard. >> yes. yeah, but it's good to see that

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three to five tankers waiting to come in. >> reporter: you usually move them through quickly. >> correct. >> reporter: because there's demand which is what we're lacking now. >> correct. >> wide open -- >> reporter: because of the stay-at-home orders, demand for gas has plummeted, leading to a backup in the global supply chain. all those ships are out there because we don't have anywhere to put the oil. >> we have filled all of the storage tanks of refineries all california, but there's no space. >> reporter: professor iraj ershaghi is an oil industry analyst at the university of southern california. with some refineries shut down, he fears what will happen when cars are back on the road and demand increases. >> all of a sudden you go and don't have the refinery operation, the capacity. you're going to have shortages, gas lines forming at gas stations as we did in '73 and '79. >> reporter: at some points we're going to wish for more ships. >> that's right. it's going to keep money to keep the tanker floating offshore, but somebody's going to pay for it, i and i.

>> reporter: when we put the gas in the tank. >> exactly. if they have to stay here one month, two months, three months, nothing's going to happen. >> did you see anything -- >> reporter: coast guard captain rebecca orr will soon take command of the sector that includes this massive port. >> we're making sure that ships are where they're supposed to be for monitoring these things on radar as well as voice communications, looking for anything unusual. >> reporter: the tankers all have double-walled hull its, reducing the danger of an oil spill. it looks cruded but only about -- crowded but only about half of the parking spaces are occupied. >> we have lots of room for these ships. >> reporter: these could be good terrorist targets out here. >> sure. the acreages around us are open to recreational vessel traffic. if we do an aviation patrol from a helicopter, we can see if there's anything that looks unusual. >> reporter: the perspective from the water really gives you an idea of how big these oil tankers are. one of the best views of all of these ships is actually from a

room back on shore. >> departing -- >> reporter: the marine equivalents of an air traffic control tower. >> we keep them from bumping into each other by watching on our screens just like there are traffic lanes on the road, there are traffic lanes in the ocean. the ships all have them. >> reporter: how long could they end up here? >> we have information that one may be there as long as the beginning of july. >> reporter: the beginning of july? >> yes. >> reporter: part of california's economy will start reopening friday, and that will boost demand for gas. it will take weeks to clear this traffic jam, meaning it could be a long summer for the men and women patrolling these waters. for "cbs this morning," carter evans at the port of los angeles. >> oil, oil everywhere. carter, thank you very much. incredible pictures there. ahead, vlad duthiers looking at the stories you'll be talking it's a challenging market.

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parents' car because he wanted to buy a lamborghini. listen. >> when i got to the window and the window came down, i wasn't quite sure what to think. it absolutely was not what i was expecting when i saw the driver. he wanted to buy a lamborghini when he got there. and he showed a wallet with $3 in it. he was -- all set to make the trip. >> all right. here's what happened -- 5-year-old a5 -year-old adrian got into his fight with his mom when she refused to buy a lambo. adrian took off. the day after he got to ride in his dream car thanks to a man who reached out to the family. this could have ended badly in the blink of an eye. the family says they're sorry and warn parents not to leave their car keys unattended. >> yeah. i was going to say, i'm glad he got the ride in a dream car. talk about an impaired driver.

he's impaired by an exceedingly young age for driving an suv on the highway. as a parent, i'm glad he's okay. all's well that ends well. you have another story, a surprise in the new documentary about michelle obama? what's this about? >> the obama daughtrs gave their very first public interview since leaving the white house. in the former first lady's movie "becoming." the documentary, which hits netflix today, follows michelle obama as she travels from city to city on a book tour promoting her bestselling memoir. the documentary also details her family life post-white house, and in a just-released clip we hear malia talking about how proud she is of her mom. take a listen to this. >> this has demonstrated in a way just like, damn, those years weren't for nothing, you know. you see that -- you see that huge crowd out there, and that last -- you know, that last kind of speech you gave about just like -- people are here because

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this is a category 5 news morning update. >> good morning. if you are headed out the door and plan on using the san rafael ridge traffic is backing up at the toll plaza because we had a traffic alert on the other side of the bridge. there was a car fire that had lanes of block. that traffic alert has been canceled but the damages done. a slow ride across the span. 20 minutes is your drive time. it looks like most laser concentrated to just before the toll plaza. once you get toward the opposite side toward then clinton, things are moving better. one lane is blocked on 880

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jo e. it's wednesday, may 6th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. president trump says he's considering dissolving the coronavirus white house task force. we'll look at the work still to be done for american safety. missing kids mystery first on "cbs this morning." the mother of two missing kids insists she's innocent. >> and a hopeful sound. how new orleans is keeping upbeat through this crisis with all that jazz. >> jazz hands. but first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> a major shift in the trump administration's approach to the coronavirus by setting up a new

group to focus on reopening the country. >> i'm not saying anything is perfect. and yes, will some people be affected? yes. will some people be affected badly? yes. but we have to get our country open and soon. >> shortly after the vice president told reporters he was having conversations about winding down the group's work, dr. fauci told cbs news he'd heard no such thing. across the country, and overall increase in reported coronavirus cases. but so far, 43 states have partially lifted restrictions. >> signs of the virus's devastation are very real. even if you can't see it personally. >> a father of two from the united kingdom took it upon himself to make vacuuming his living room a little less of a drag. i'll be honest, i've been born. i've had some days of boredom during this, but i've never been

what if i made john lennon's face in a carpet bored. >> you got a lot of time when you can draw that in your carpet. but we all have a lot of time on our hands. it looked like john lennon. nice job. >> he was very good. but i'm with james corden. i really hope it never comes to that. me on my knees on my carpet making faces. i mean -- >> yes. >> yes. >> all right. we begin this hour with the shifting response of the trump administration to the economic and human cost of the pandemic. the number of reported coronavirus deaths in the u.s. has now passed 71,000. just a month ago, that death toll was about 9600. the math is not pretty. that's more than 61,000 lives lost in just 30 days. >> as that number rises, president trump says he's looking at winding down his

coronavirus task force. he now wants to create a group to focus on safely reopenin the economy, but in an interview, the president acknowledged that reopening will likely lead to more fatalities. >> it's possible there will be some, because you won't be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is, but at the same time, we're going to practice social distancing. we're going to be washing hands. we're going to put out little embers and little fires and maybe some big fires, but we till have to go back to work. >> interestingly the decision to possibly dissolve the task force came as a surprise to dr. anthony fauci. he told cbs news he was in a task force meeting yesterday and was not aware of the possibility that the task force would be ol gayle? >> all right. in our series on the new normal, we'll look at how this pandemic is dramatically changing all our everyday lives. the changes will affect the way we work, the way we learn,

socialize, and travel, of course. airlines are looking at the future of flying as a struggle to make money. united plans to cut 30% of its management staff, and southwest which has never furloughed employees or declared bankruptcy, says 80% of its seats are empty these days. only on "cbs this morning" kris van cleave spoke to the southwest ceo about the changes they are making. >> sit even safe to fly? >> yes. >> southwest airlines ceo gary kelley is fighting to save the jobs of more than 60,000 employees. he'll need americans to believe it's safe to fly during the coronavirus pandemic. >> we're urging the tsa to begin temperature scans as part of the screening process at the check points. >> by monday, virtually all u.s. airlines will require passengers and crew to wear masks. >> how do you enforce mask wearing on a plane? >> if we can tell people in advance they should expect we're

requiring them to wear a mask, i think the vast majority of people understand why and will comply. we don't want to be the police. >> airlines are adding plexi glass at check in and ticket counters. you'll see them at tsa check points adds well. there's cleaning on planes and airports. southwest is using electrostatic foggers to disinfect planes. they can kill bacteria and viruses on surfaces up to 30 days. and they use hospital grade filters. >> the airplane can be hospital grade plane until you put people on it who may or may not be healthy. that's the risk. >> yes. and that's why i think leading up to that, wash yore hands. don't come to the airport if you're sick. let's do temperature screening. ultimately the solution is testing, therapeutics. >> is social distancing even possible on an airplane? >> well, i think that's why the multilayered approach is

important. we'll have wipes on the airplane that each customer can take, requiring masks on the airplane are important. because you won't necessarily all be six feet apart. >> would removing the middle seat make a difference? >> we're not going to block the seat. we're not going to take the seats out, but we won't book the number of passengers that would demand we kwluse the middle sea >> can you make money at two-thirds full? >> our break even was somewhere in the 60% to 70% range. can we do that indefinitely? no. >> southwest has cut capacity by up to 70% as passenger traffic plummeted. but kelley sees this as temporary. >> i think things will get back to normal, but not until we defeat this pandemic. >> and it could be a long way to normal. kelley thinks it be take up to five years for business travelers to get back to their ask h f he would be surprised if a u.s. airline went

out of business. he said his focus was on saving southwest, something he thinks he can do without further government assistance, but there's so many open questions here about how long this lasts. anthony? >> yes. so many, indeed. and most importantly, what's it going to take to convince passengers to get back on planes? thank you very much, chris. we'll continue to discuss the future of travel on today's "cbs this morning" podcast and share more of chris's conversation with southwest's ceo. for the first time, family members are publicly defending a woman accused in the high profile disappearance of her children. ahead, they tell 48 hours why they believe lori vallow is

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the center of family members of the woman at a center of a high profile missing children's case are defending her for the first time. she's lori vallow is charged with two counts of felon -- she hasn't entered a plea. no one has seen the kids since last fall. mother and her sister tell 48 hours lori would never harm her children. >> she's invested her whole life in those children. so we know there's another whole side to this. we don't know what it is but we know her. >> lori's mother janice cox and her sister summer insist vallow is a loving, dedicated mother. >> i have to see my family slaughtered on the news every day. the mob mentality calling for lori to be hung in a public

square, basically, is what it feels like. >> authorities say lori's children 17-year-old tylee and 7-year-old j.j. disappeared last september. shortly after they moved to idaho from arizona. according to the police, tylee was last seen hiking in yellow stone national park with her family on september 8th. roughly a week later, j.j. was captured playing outside on a neighbor's doorbell camera. investigators say he vanished on september 23rd. that's not true, said cox who claims she briefly spoke with the healthy and happy j.j. on october 1st. >> i talked to him. he takes the phone, you know, and he knows, you know, he knows who we are. who we are. >> reporter: rexburg police declined to comment regarding cox's claim that she spoke to j.j. in october. cox provided cbs news a phone bill showing the alleged call. also that fall, vallow married for the fifth time. vallow and her new husband, chad daybell, whose wife died weeks before, appear to be living in

hawaii without vallow's children. >> lori severed ties, broke off marriages with several husbands. did she ever express resentment for her children? >> never. no. no. >> reporter: police arrested vallow in february on abandonment charges and brought her back to idaho where she's being held on a $1 million bail. cox and schifflet believe tylee and j.j. are still alive. >> the kids aren't dead. where could they be? >> that's a question -- >> a great question. >> reporter: as a loving grandmother, as a loving aunt, you haven't even approached that question with her. where are the kids? >> she can't tell us. >> reporter: why not? >> she's in jail. everything's recorded. she can't discuss anything about the case. >> i'm positive beyondth hasn't kids. >> reporter: for "48 hours," i'm jonathan vigliotti, los angeles. >> we certainly hope the kids are okay. you can watch "48 hours,"

saturday nights at 10:00, 9:00 central on cbs. many of us have been under stay-at-home orders for more than a month now, emphasis on the more than. ahead, psychiatrist dr. sue varma tells us four steps we can all take to improve your mental health. you're watching "cbs this morning."

many americans are struggling with the consequences of stay-at-home orders during this pandemic. calls to the government's mental health hotline were up nearly 900% in the month of march from the same month last year. and we're also seeing a rise in both anti-depressant and anti-anxiety prescriptions. cbs news mental health contributor, that's dr. sue varma, joins us to discuss. sue, i can't believe that i'm seeing you today of all days. just yesterday a friend sent me a member of a psychiatrist and said, gayle, you need to make a call. i was taken aback by that. i don't think what i'm experiencing is any more than anybody else. so how do you know when it's time to seek help?

asking for a friend. >> gayle, yes, what a great question. you know, the reality is that we are all experiencing a wave of emotions that might change from moment to moment. and i say to people you might feel sad one moment and might feel thankful in another moment. the real sit that grief and gratitude can co-exist. it doesn't mean that there's something wrong with you. but how do we know when it's a problem is when it starts to interfere with your daily life. is the low mood unshakeable? do your daily tasks feel insurmountable? and are the things that were once fun to you no longer pleasurable? and to me, that means that this is an issue. and also, i ask people about their sleep. why? because i think that sleep is a window into your mental health. i think that a lot of people may not experience anxiety or depression during the day, they may say i'm busy, i'm distracted, i've got people to take care of, i've got things to do, but how are you sleeping? not well. i haven't slept in two months, doc, that's what i'm hearing. i think that we had problems

sleeping even before, the average person might have about 34% of the time have some sort of acute insomnia, about two-thirds or three-fourths of the time it dissipates by itself. really we want to see how people are sleeping because to me that might be a better hallmark than asking how they're feeling. >> well, at what point does staying at home take a toll your mental health? it doesn't seem to me that it's a one size fits all on this question. >> no. it really varies from person to person. and there was an interesting lancet review that came out at the end of february that looked at 24 studies from ten countries who had experienced different outbreaks, deadly outbreaks. one study from canada found that even ten days was enough to increase the risk for having post traumatic stress disorder, anger, and avoidance. but really it's going to depend on a variety of factors. do you have a history of mental ill tons begin with, and then -- illness to begin with, and then do you feel you didn't get adequate information about the

pandemic if you're dealing with one, did you not have adequate supplies, were there financial losses, so all of this compounds and will make the decision as to how many days. but you know, it does vary from person to person based on pre-existing conditions, including lack of social support. >> well, tony had a great tease when he was talking about your appearance coming up. he said that you would have four steps to help us with our mental health. what are they? can you give us a boom, boom, boom, boom? >> yes. so the four ms of mental health as i call it is movement, meaningful engagement, mastery, and mindfulness. and these are just quick things that you can do, 10 or 15 minutes, i'm a big believer if you can get outside, brisk walk, wearing ama, social distancing, get adequate sunlight in the daytime. this shuts off the melatonin, it tells your brain it's ready for the day. and believe it or not it helps you sleep at night. when it comes to mindfulness, spends five or ten minutes doing deep breathing, there are tons of apps, calm, headspace, do

whatever feels good for you, progressive muscle relaxation is one of them. when it comes to meaningful engagement, you have to connect with people on any level. on a deeper level, a superficial level. these days, i can't tell you how excited i get to go to the grocery store once a week so i can see people outside of my family. and those little micro-conversations are key. also call, text, facetime, do whatever you can to have deeper, more vulnerable conversations. and then mastery. do something that feels good. you don't have to be a master to be experiencing mastery. that's just something creative, a state of flow. >> and the difference between anxiety and depression is? >> anxiety is rumination or worry about the future, along with irritability, trouble sleeping, concentrating, having physiological reactions, heart racing, increased blood pressure. it's focused about the future, what if. depression, on the other hand, often is about the past and rumination and regret and rthlessness, hopelessness,

along with sleep problems and difficulty concentrating and appetite. a lot of times anxiety and depression go hand in hand. and obviously the medications, what's interesting is that anti-depressants also work for anxiety. so you know, it's very important to talk to your doctor, to figure out which one you have and which medication might be better. a lot of the anti-depressants are fda approved for anxiety medications. >> all right, dr. sue varma, very good to see you. given us a lot to think about. appreciate that. >> thank you. >> if you or someone you know -- >> thank you -- >> if you or someone you know is seeking mental health resources, you can call the national hotline. there's a number for you, the national alliance on mental illness -- 1-800-950-nami or 1-800-950-6264. i like it better that way. or in a crisis, text them at

741741. we'll be right back. good morning. it is a:25. if you're headed out the door and you want to use the san rafael bridge, we're seeing brake lights around the toll plaza. there was a earlier accident. everything has been cleared and all lanes are open but things are on the mend. give yourself a few extra minutes. that they bridge could be an alternate. about a 10 minute drive time. it is bearable. coue theris a traffic hazard also adding to that. a report of a stall on the upper bridge. 880 is low coming across from hayward.

that is from the connector to 880. not too far from 92. one lane is blocked. it's in the clearing stages. out of the south like pretty quiet. earlier trouble on the 101 has been cleared. here is mary. good morning. we are looking at a warm wednesday ahead. we have plenty of sunshine coming. here is a look at the temperatures, in the 50s as we start our day. we have blue skies. through tha average daytime highs. at about 10 degrees above average. 73 in san francisco and 81 in san jose. 85 for concord and fairfield. check out the warm-up. by friday, that will be the warmest day of these are real people, not actors, who've got their eczema under control.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. the stories that caught our eyes that we want to share with each other and with all of you. and tony's starting it off. >> hey, guys. you remember the old wendy's commercials with the catch phrase "where's the beef?" some customers are asking the question again after hundreds of locations ran out of lamb burgers because of shutdowns in the meat industry all tied to the coronavirus outbreak. so on monday, nearly a fifth of wendy's restaurants, about 1,000 locations, were completely sold out of beef products. that includes the wendy's famous hamburgers. wendy's relies on fresh beef so it's more vulnerable to disruptions in the meat supply. we could see more of this.

the reason i wanted to pick the story is not only because i used to work in wendy's. shout out to the schenectady food court wendy's, usday torry freezer, i fried up a good one. not only that but we've heard of shortages in grocery stores, and if you are the grocery shopper in your house you would notice that. if you're not, you may not realize this is going on. but when it comes to fast food, millions and millions and millions of us interact with the beef industry in that particular way. and i think this is really going to hit home for people, anthony. >> yeah. i think you're right. here's a story that really resonated with me. a woman in portland, oregon, has a tasty way to help local health care workers and first responders during the crisis. sh whitney lee teamed up with the food bank. for every $5,000, she makes an enormous roll, they weigh five

pounds. the highestibutor of the day decides where the roll goes. the vast jetmajority have gone health or a-- or assisted livin facilities. these paid for more than 100,000 meals. she said basically she had to do something and just started making huge cinnamon rolls. this struck a chord with me. my comfort food during this whole thing is instead of making faces in the carpet, gayle, i take half mile walks to the one bakery still open where they have incredible cinnamon rolls, what's yours?rns arou >> yep. please pass that name along, where you can go to a bakery. eating good and doing good, i always like that. mine is about babies and birthdays. we're going to start with birthday wishes. today going out to royal baby archie today. prince harry and meghan's son is 1 years old. can you believe he was born a year ago?

to celebrate a new video was released this morning. here's a look. >> we're going to read "duck rabbit." ready? want to open it? good job. hey, look, a duck. that's not a duck, that's a rabbit. can you turn the page? >> that's harry behind the camera. and if you listen closely, you can hear him say, "bravo," at the end. the video is part of a charity campaign for save the children. the group aims to improve the lives of millions of children around the world. and there's also baby news from elon musk, the tesla ceo, and his girlfriend, they welcomed a baby boy on monday. i can say archie's name and spell it, a-r-c-h-i-e. baby boy musk is x-a-e-a minus 12 musk. i'm not sure how you pronounce that. you know, elon musk is always an out-of-the-box thinker. and i'll bet he doesn't care what anybody thinks about the baby's name. i say congrats to him.

this is his sixth baby boy. congrats to him. and to our executive producer, lady diana, who now goes by aunt dee dee. her sister had a baby, too. i love baby stories. i love, love, love them. i need something to smile about. anthony? >> a lot of good news there. i do not know what that baby's nickname will be, though. 12? i mean -- what do you take from that? puzzling. >> x -- i'm thinking x. going with x. >> x? you know, yeah, that could work. all right. earlier we reported on the airline industry's response to the coronavirus. joining us now is brian kelly, ceo and founder of the points guy to look at lou changes in the air could affect your future travel plans. brian, good morning. welcome. we just heard the ceo of southwest say to kris van cleave that it's safe to travel. when do you think people will actually believe that it's safe to travel? >> i think people will believe it's safe to travel when we've got testing down and

therapeutics, and we are far from that. so we at the points guy recommend if you don't absolutely need to travel you probably shouldn't. at least not on an airplane. road trips, that's a different story. but i think the airlines are in such a state of, you know, everything changing, do they require passengers wear masks, some do, some don't. i still think it's safe to wait until there's clear standards across the board. >> if someone has to fly and -- some people regular are in the situation, what do you recommend they do? >> i recommend, you know, most airlines right now in the month of may are blocking the middle seat for social distancing, although there have been some reports of that not happening. i'd recommend book a window seat because there's less chance of you being around someone else. bring your own disinfectant wipes, wipe down your seat, wear a mask from start to finish, and bring your own food and drink on the plane. the less interaction you have with other people including flight attendants the safer you

are. >> there are a lot of people who had trips booked and now canceling them. can they get their money back? what do they do to get their money back? >> here's the tip -- to get your money back, you need to wait for the airline to cancel your flight. if so, the department of transportation has ruled that they should give your money back. now some airlines are being sneaky little devils about it and making it really hard for consumers to get the cash back. they're going to automatically say, sure, take a voucher. what you should do as a consumer, say i want my cash. last i checked, you can't pay rent with an airline voucher. so push for cash, and if the airline hasn't changed it yet, wait because these airline schedules are changing by the day. so don't preemptively cancel and get a voucher when you could wait and get cold, hard cash. >> we've been reporting that some crews lines are getting ready to get up and running again. do you think people are going to

be prepared for that to happen? and want to go on cruise ships? we were talking about there yesterday. i mean, are people really going to want to get on cruises right now? >> i think they will for a couple of reasons. one, cruisers are the most loyal type of travelers. people who love cruising love it. and they generally -- general travelers have short memories. i think if the cruises can get testing right where they have accurate quick testing when you board the ship, every evening or morning, and they can track and make sure that that environment is virus free, then all of a sudden you've got the safe environment where you can go to the casino, go to a spa, do the things you can't do on land, at least not until we have a vaccine. so if the cruises get together, the testing and safety and cleaning, i think they could be a boon for travelers. >> interesting. for those of us who are itching to explore but are stuck inside, is there a way to travel virtually? >> you know, there are -- most destinations now are doing

virtual tours and museums. personally, that's not exactly for me. it's not quite like going there. but there's tons of places to go. and also, you know, once things start relaxing, there are so many amazing places in our own back doors. i highly recommend this summer plan domestic trips, road trips, although be aware not every state is going to want us -- just this week maine announced basically we don't want visitors, and if you do come, you have to quarantine for 14 days. i don't expect most states will have those rules. but it's something to keep an eye on. >> yeah. i've developed a new love affair with central park which i've known for years but have explored in ways i never looked at it before. it's like three blocks from me. so there's a way to find adventure not far from home. brian kelly, thank you very much. the musicians and artists who make up the soul of new orleans are finding new ways to keep the spirit of the city alive in this crisis. ahead in our series, "a more perfect union," we'll show how the community is using m california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones,

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in our series "a more perfect union," we aim to show that what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. this morning we're taking you to the birthplace of jazz, new orleans. the pandemic is hitting the city hard, all major concerts are canceled, and the streets are no longer buzzing withhe and soul. mireya villarreal shows how some artists found a way to keep the new orleans spirit alive. one, two, three -- ♪ >> reporter: music runs in the blood of new orleans natives megan and brandon brounias.

♪ it moves them to perform even if the stage is just their front porch. >> nourl, it never stops here. the music is always there. the music is always going to be here. there's always going to be music in the hearts of people. even the people who aren't musicians, they feel music and want music, that's why they come here. ♪ >> no matter how long like the quarantine lasts, it's not going to kill the music scene, you know, that people will find a way to express themselves. ♪ >> reporter: their way now includes using social media to livestream shows twice a week. ♪ it's a two-pronged effort to help keep the music scene alive while providing a small stream of income through a virtual tip jar. new reality that's a far cry from what they're used to. ♪ this is the month -- >> this is the month that all

musicians in new orleans make money to make it through the summer. summer, nobody comes to new orleans during hurricane season, especially when it's 110 in the shade. that's four or five months of no business. >> you know, it is a gig-based kind of system for you. >> it's a gig economy, definitely. ♪ >> reporter: the sound of big sands funky nation,funk, hip-ho brass, ja, and grooves -- ♪ has been a vibrant part of the new orleans music scene for almost two decades. ♪ we want the funk >> reporter: now forced into online gigs streaming from the driveway of sam williams' house. >> it's great because people are receptive. they love it. it's just weird for us because we don't have the interaction with them. we got to keep the music going and keep everybody's spirits lifted, and you know, keep it popping. without that the city dies. we've got to keep it going. ♪ >> reporter: optimism aside, he knows what's at stake. how long can you sustain like

this? >> not long. not long at all. maybe -- maybe another month or two, you know. so we've got to hang in there and hope that we overcome all of this. ♪ >> reporter: william's resilience is emblematic of a city that's hit rock bottom before. >> we've been through a lot of things, hurricane katrina, and you can't keep us down. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by tim laughlin. every day he performs for 30 minutes on his balcony in the french quarter. >> we're making something bake into something really good. >> reporter: do you feel this is what people need? >> yeah. somebody once said listening to a recording is looking at a picture of food. when you hear live music, real musician in front of you, it has a totally different energy. >> reporter: a distinct energy no matter where you're listening from. for "cbs this morning," mireya villarreal, new orleans. [ applause ] >> so true. there's nothing like live music. and it's going to be tough for

quite a while because the concert bookers i know are saying it could be a year before they book big concerts again, gayle. >> whoa. >> wow. >> i don't want to hear that, anthony. i do want to go to big sam's funky nation. they look like a fun group. i like, too, what megan said, music is always there, each if -- even if you're not a musician, music is in your heart. tony, i know you feel that, too. >> for sure. particularly the live variety. we are at this moment with music where so many of us were experiencing it in our cars, through headphones, privately recorded. and now with this shelter-at-home order all over the country, people are performing on porches, in address, from balc outwindows, communal nature of music is front and center again. i'm all for it. so that's one bright spot. all right. >> yes, big sam's -- i want to go to big sam's funky nation. that's why i want to go -- >> i will meet you there. >> we'll all go. >> i'm with you. i'm with you.

we'll all go. >> we're all going. >> fire up the jet. all right. before we go, another bright spot -- how one new mexico man is lifting his neighbors' spirits by channeling the king of rock and roll. we'll be right back.

before we go, a hopeful moment during this uncertain time. an 80-year-old man in ngtl lp ft elvis impersonation to just about anybody who drives by. ♪ you ain't nothing but a hound dog crying all the time ♪ >> he can't do a bad elvis, that's pretty good.

chavez wanted to find a way to spread joy during the pandemic. he decided to hold drive-by concerts in his driveway. and he says he plans to keep on performing even after the stay-at-home orders are lifted. there you go, gayle. we were just talking about this. the benefits of live music. you got to love it. >> yeah, i am not surprised to hear that he's going to continue to do this after the pandemic. after the pandemic is over. you can tell he likes giving joy, and you can tell it's also giving him joy to do that. so bravo to mr. chavez. he's got the look down, i'll say that. that will do it for us. you should know this, guys -- for all of us, we're all sending thank you, virtual hugs to the nurses in your lives. be a good time to call them, text them, let them know that we really appreciate the job that they're doing. nurses appreciation day. you agree that. we all agree with that. >> oh, yeah. absolutely. >> absolutely. >> absolutely.

>> nurses appreciation day today. we will see you tomorrow.

this is a kpix news morning update. good morning. it is winding down a little bit on the roadways. we had a bit of a busy morning through the south bay and in thrth bay for the 101. it is looking much better. no delays across the santa fe bridge. and easy ride out of the east bay over toward marin. the san mateo bridge, things are moving along nicely with no delays. 880 and to hayward is a little bit sluggish. a bridge is quiet. traffic is moving nicely.

they are working in the toll lane. you can see that in the live shot. no delays there. we are getting reports of a possible fire to the right shoulder of san pablo road. that might be a visual distraction. the golden gate bridge looks great. no delays. that's a look at traffic. it is going to be a warm wednesday across the bay area with high pressure moving in. plenty of sunshine and temperatures on the rise. 50s and 60s right now. this is a live look with the treasure island camera. daytime highs will be above average by about 10 degrees. in the ten,sasc to3. 85 degrees in concord and fairfield. we are warming it up thursday and by friday where it will be the warmest day of the week.

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