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6:00. in the meantime along with fern glennon darren peck and julia goodrich, that will do it for us. captioning sponsored by cbs >> knox: tonight, american's confront job losses as states relax virus restrictions. >> i think more people are going to get circ because people are going to get crazy. >> knox: the economy pain from the pandemic cuts even deeper. more stimulus help not on the way. >> we're in no rush. >> knox: also tonight, spreading concern: new infections inside the white house. where's the beef and other maets? virus-tainted plants reopen but there is worry. >> why aren't they treating their employees as human beings. >> knox: uniting for ahmaud arbery as his death puta lighn georgia. >> what is going on in my community where we're not protected. >> knox: he was the longtime father of rock 'n' roll.
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we remember the remarkable, barrier-breaking little richard. and later... ♪ get up, get on up ♪ displa the coronavirus has shut down the firgt place of jazz. how local musician improvising. >> this is the "cbs weekend news." >> knox: and good evening. i'm debby knox reporting from wttv cbs 4 in indianapolis. well, ready or not, most states in the country have eased coronavirus restrictions this weekend. but the damage is deep. more than 20 million americans lost their jobs last month as the worst devastation since the great depression. unemployment has risen to nearly 15%. and the virus is still spreading in a third of the u.s. minnesota and nebraska with the most worrisome trends. at least 13 states are moving in the right direction. more than 1.3 million people, though, in this country, have been infected. deaths now top 78,000.
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danya bacchus begins our coverage. >> reporter: parks, businesses, and malls are starting to reopen across the country as a new report shoals the devastatingact coronavirus continues to have on the economy. after weeks of restrictions, most states across the country have started to reopen their economies. in california, just in time for mother's day, the gift of flowers once again a possibility. >> we were closed, like, almost two months. this is like glorious. >> reporter: in tennessee, where the smoky mountain national park reopened with limited capacity, people couldn't wait to get outdoors. oklahoma's governor toured a department store that's once again welcoming shoppers. >> looking at the social distancing. all the folks are mashed up and they're spreading out their cashiers. >> reporter: and in texas, hair and nail salons are back in business within state guidelines. senator ted cruz got a haircut at this salon. >> thank you for your courage.
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>> reporter: its owner, shelly luther, was arrested for reopening too soon. unemployment numbers hit the highest rate since the great depression. minority workers are especially hit hard. the black unemploymentviate now 16.7%, and 18.9% among latinos. the economic impact across the country has created another problem-- hunger. in connecticut, hundreds lined up at this emergency food bank. >> we need food. >> reporter: of the more than 40 states that have loosened restrictions, nearly half have seen an increase in newly rereported covid-19 cases. hundreds remain hospitalized, but there are still stories of survival. ( applause ) >> reporter: gregg garfield, known as patient zero at this l.a.-area hospital, is now going home after 64 days, 31 of them spent on a ventilator. here in california, the governor is reopening the state in phases. this week, citing public health concerns, he signed an executive order that would send mail-in
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ballots for the november election to all voters, a move recently criticized by president trump. debby. >> knox: danya, thank you. president trump has pushed for the country to reopen and instead found the voafers spreading inside the whois. this as former president obama blasted mr. trump's virus response as a "chaotic disaster." nikole killion is at the white house. >> reporter: president trump hosted a meeting saturday with military leaders and his national security team. this is the coronavirus hits closer to home. cbs news has learned a personal assistant to ivanka trump has tested positive. the secret service has also acknowledged covid cases in its ranks, and a member of the president's military valet was recently diagnosed. >> she hasn't come into contact with me. >> reporter: friday, the president confirmed the vice president's press secretary, katie miller, tested positive for coronavirus. miller, who is married to senior presidential adviser stephen miller, tweeted, "i'm doing well and look forward to getting back to work for the american people."
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>> this is probably the safest place that you can come to. >> reporter: the president's chief of staff said protocols will be reviewed. f.d.a. commissioner stephen hahn is self-quarantining after being in white house meet this is week, and other task force members are work remotely or following guidance from the white house physician. in a new audio recording obtained by yahoo! news, former president barack obama levelledly some of his harshest criticism yet about the trump administration's pandemic response. >> it has been an absolute chaotic disaster. >> reporter: during a web talk with former staffers, he also said the rule of law is at risk after the justice department dropped charges against former national security adviser michael flynn. >> getting off scott free. that's the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried. >> reporter: an obama spokesperson confirms the call. the white house responded.
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there has been bipartisan recognition of president trump's leadership and his coronavirus response is unprecedented. debby. >> knox: nikole, thank you. and be sure to watch "face the nation" tomorrow morning. margaret brennan's guests include white house economic adviser kevin hassett. former google c.e.o. eric schmidt. and dr. chris murray on new coronavirus projections. the coronavirus is expected to make a trip to the grocery store a little more expensive. meat prices are expected to jump by up to 20%. that's if you can even find it. here's cbs' dean reynolds. >> reporter: as meat processing plants gradually resumed operations, the governor of iowa, which has seen a spike in covid-19 cases, was optimistic. >> we are leading, and we're leading by example, and we're going to continue to lead. >> reporter: but as the huge tyson foods plant in water came back online, sporting a retrofitted workspace and new protective gear, there was word that over 1,000 workers there had tested positive, more than twice as many as the governor
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reported the day before it reopened. no wonder workers are wearing. >> everybody is scared. everybody. i don't know, because i neepped money. >> reporter: and consumers want the meat. empty grocery shelves reflected a scarcity that prompted wendy's to cross out some of its fast-food favorites, at least temporarily. costco capped meat purchases at three items, and kroger's did something similar. but as the processing plants start up, the big question is whether the virus has been tamed. dr. norm oliver, the virginia health commissioner, isn't sure, and he likennedly the local poultry plants to ships full of potentially sick passengers. >> if you think of those plants, which together have about 3,000 employees, as a cruise ship. what's happening in that community is every day, a cruise ship with hundreds of covid-19 patients disembarks into the community. >> reporter: at least u.s.d.a. food inspectors working in these
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plants has died. shaan rahman's brther died a day short of his retirement. the u.s.d.a. acknowledged at the time of his death, some inspectors lacked the proper protection. >> they have access to everything, everything. they have the knowledge. they have the capacity. they have the resources. and why aren't they treating their employees as human beings? >> reporter: not the first time that question has been asked. dean reynolds, cbs news. >> knox: to georgia now, where a state investigator today reviewed additional video from the neighborhood where ahmaud arbery was shot to death while jogging in february. the incident has sparked outrage and drawn national attention to georgia and its justice system. cbscbs' omar villafranca report. >> reporter: this video obtained by the georgia bureau of investigation from a camera about a block away from where he was shot, shows a man in a white shirt and shorts going into and around a home under
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construction. the time stamp shows it happened within minutes of a 911 call reporting a burglary. 10 weeks after an armed father-son duochased down a jogging ahmaud arbery and shot him to death... >> i run for ahmaud. >> reporter: ...people have been running for ahmaud, on what would have been his 26th birthday. >> i put a whiept t-shirt on because that was the color t-shirt he wore. >> it's our freedom to be able to go out and run. we shouldn't be hunted down or anything like that. >> reporter: travis and gregory mcmichael were arrested thursday and denied bail on friday, charged in the february 23 confrontation. this cell phone video recorded the moment arbery was cornered by the men and shot twice by travis, while jogging near his mother's house in brunswick, georgia. >> 911, what's want address of your emergency? >> reporter: in the mcmichaels' 911 call that day, they told the operator they were chasing a burglary suspect. ( applause ) on the eve of mother's day, arbery's own mom looked on as
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people launched these balloons in a home town tribute. while travis mcmichael is behind bars facing felony murder and oogivated assault charges, and his father, gregory, is charged with being a party to felony murder and aggravated assault. omar villafranca, cbs news, dallas. >> knox: the attorney who represents arbery's mother tells cbs news that ahmaud's actioning at this empty home under construction were in no way a felony under georgia law. little richard died in nashville today. the flamboyant wild man of rock 'n' roll was 87. the cause: cancer. today, the marquee at harlem add apollo theater paid tribute to richard. it was a place he knew well. cbs' michael george has more. ♪ whomp-bomp-a-loo-bomp a-lomp-bomp-bomp ♪ >> reporter: little richard, born richard penniman in macon, georgia, in 1932, was one of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll ♪ good golly miss molly >> reporter: his music, a
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glorious mix of boogie, gospel, and blues, combining a sky-high pompadour and garish stage makeup with joyful, over-the-top performances. everyone from elton john to prince counted him as a defining influence. ♪ long tall sally she got everything that arkansas need ♪ oh, baby >> reporter: little richard sole out the apollo theater near a dozen time at the height of his career in the mid-50s. but in 1957, he walked away from show business to become a preacher. ♪ lucille please come back where you long >> reporter: he returned in the 60s, performing sold-out shows for decades. named to the roc rock 'n' roll l of fame in its first class in 1986. little richard was 87 years old. ♪ ♪ michael george, cbs news, new
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york. >> knox: and roy horn has died of complications from the coronavirus. for decades, horn used costumes and magic and exotic animals to mesmerize las vegas audiences as half of siegfried and roy. their long-running production came to an end in 2003 when horn was mauled by a tiger. he died friday. roy horn was 75 years old. well, as we mentioned, we are reporting from nams tonight, a city with two companies making major strides in the fight against the coronavirus. indianapolis-based eli lilly is partnering to develop a neutralizing antibody to treat covid-19. the manufacturing of that antibody will be done at lilly's indianapolis plants. and the f.d.a. just gave approval to an antibody test that will start shipping from roche diagnostics's indianapolis location. it can help determine if plasma from the blood of a donor can be used to treat other patients or keep others from getting the coronavirus. feeling a little chili?
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as well. today in russia, president putin paid somber tribute to his country's war dead. but parades offering veteranning now most like in their 90s one last hurray was canceled. >> reporter: one million people turned out in london, half a million crammed into new york's times square. nobody was worried about coronavirus, and everybody was delirious with victory. >> this is probably the best news that tens or hundreds of millions of people received in their lifetime. >> reporter: david eisenhower is the grandson of general and later president dwight eisenhower, the man who led the allied armies to victory over germany. >> what a million people on the streets of london fnd of understood on may 8 was our waya significant challenge, a moral challenge. >> reporter: the pentagon had planned to hold a ticker tape parade in new york to honor all those who served in world war
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ii. when coronavirus ruined that, it produced this virtual tribute instead. >> they were ordinary americans who did extraordinary things under hellacious circumstances. >> reporter: the enemy then was nazi germany. coronavirus is a far different foe, but the stakes are not all that different. >> it's being treated as an assault on the american way of life, and that is exactly what this voafers is. >> reporter: the crowds of may 1945 are unthinkable in may 2020. this is what london's trafalgar square looked like. but maybe the size of the crowd doesn't matter, as long as we all remember. davd martin, cbs news, washington. >> knox: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news": home delivery venice style. why these women are rowing to help those most in need. start farxiga now. farxiga, along with diet and exercise,... ...helps lower a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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tourists they're delivering organic food to locals. giulia tagliapietra, a competitive rower, says she and the others were stuck at home unable to train for racing season during the coronavirus lockdown. >> it's a bit difficult, so now we do these, like, twice or three times a week. and it also helps us because we can go out and breathe and row. >> reporter: her city has been drowning. this past fall saw the worst flooding in a generation. as it was struggling to recover, covid-19 struck, killing a relative few but desnaight the main industry here-- tourism-- while forcing the elderly to shelter at home, this in a city that shrunk from more than 170,000 people after world war ii to just over 50,000 today as mass tourism pushes living costs up and locals out. venetians truly are an endangered species, and these food deliveries are just one way of helping save them from extinction. rain or shine, gondoliers
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deliver at drop-off points around the city. so you think this is really important? ( speaking italian ) "yes" says this customer. and it's so inspiring to see it delivered in a traditional venetian boat, delivering food, and also solidarity to a battered city with an unsinkable way of life. and the volunteers want to continue delivering food, even after the lockdown. they say it's good for the body and good for the soul. chris livesay, cbs news, venice. >> knox: ask next on the "cbs weekend news", we head to the big easy where musicians are finding new ways to beat back the pandemic blues. xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling
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>> reporter: 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. >> this is the month that all musicians in new orleans make all their money to make it through the summer, which the summer, nobody comes to new orleans during hurricane season, especially when it's 110 in the shade. and so, that's four or five months of no business. >> reporter: it is a gig-based kind of system for you. >> it's a gig economy, definitely. >> reporter: big sam's funky nation has been a vibrant part of the new orleans music scene for almost two decades. they're now performing from the driveway of sam williams' house. >> so we've got to keep the music going and keep everybody's spirits lifted. >> reporter: how long you can sustain like this? >> not long. not long at all. maybe-- maybe another month or two, you know. so we've just got to hang in there and hope that we overcome all of this. ♪ get up get on up ♪
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>> reporter: williams' resilience is emblematic of a city that's hit rock bottom before. >> we have been through a lot of things-- hurricane katrina. you can't keep us down. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: jazz clarinettest tim laughlin performs 30 minutes every day on his balcony in the french quarter. do you feel like this is what people need right now? >> somebody once said listening to a recording is like looking at a picture of food. but when you listen to live music, real musicians in front of you, it has a totally different energy. >> reporter: a distinct energy, no matter where you're listening from. mireya villarreal, cbs news, new orleans. >> knox: and that's the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. later on cbs, "48 hours." i'm debby knox reporting from wttv in indianapolis. from all of us at cbs news, stay safe and good night.
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live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix5 news. now at 6:00, breaking news. off the coast where a surfer has been killed in a shark attack. and elon musk is threatening to move tesla out of state over the health order keeping his fremont company closed. for some san francisco restaurants it is too late but, can this space, like the one behind me, be the trick to saving the ones that are left. good evening. i am juliette goodrich. . warning signs of gone up at a beach after a shark attack. a 26-year-old victim was surfing this afternoon. when emergency personnel arrived
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they found his body. they say it was clear he had been attacked. they do not know what kind of shark did it. the name of the surfer has not been released. the waters there will be closed for five days and they will reopen on thursday. and new news out of contra costa county where a small airplane towing a glider crashed. there was only one person, the pilot, a board the airplane. no official word yet on whether the pisurvived. it landed safely at the airport. the faa and ntsb are investigating. a now to that threat from tesla ceo elon musk. today they filed a lawsuit against alameda county for keeping them close. >> in a fiery tweet this morning he
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