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on multiple devices and platforms. download the cbs news app. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching kpix 5 news this morning. have a great day. ♪ good morning to you, and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's monday, may 11th, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. white house outbreak. the president and vice president decline to self-isolate, even though people around them have tested positive for the coronavirus. plus, how big crowds over the weekend may complicate states' efforts to reopen. >> mystery child syndrome. doctors search for answers ass do dozens of kids are sickened by a dangerous illness which may be tied to the coronavirus. >> new twist in shooting investigation. the u.s. department of justice is asked to look into why it
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took two months for police in georgia to arrest a father and son in the death of ahmaud arbery. and remembering jerry stiller. a look at the comedy legend's iconic career on sitcoms, the ed sullivan show and beyond. >> so sorry to hear that. but first, here's today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> it is scary to go to work to think i'd be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than if i was going to the west wing. >> the white house is dealing with two confirmed coronavirus cases. prompting several officials to self-quarantine. >> easing lockdown restrictions this week. >> if there are outbreaks, if there are problems, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes. >> georgia's attorney general asked the u.s. justice department to investigate the killing of ahmaud arbery. >> this was a lynching of an african-american man. >> happy mother's day to you, mom.
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i miss you. i love you so, so much. i wish i could be with you. >> governor cuomo took some time in his daily news briefing to wish his mom a happy mother's day. >> i know i'm your favorite. i know you don't want to say that because you have maria there. >> mrs. cuomo joined in via zoom. >> i am so blessed, as many mothers today are, and i just thank you so much for everything you due, andrew. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." the day after mother's day. hope you guys both had a great one but, anthony, i so love the relationship between governor cuomo and his mother. i don't care who you are. everybody wants mom's approval. that's always nice. >> yeah. and i think mom should show up at government briefings more often, gayle. >> i do, too. it was such a nice touch. we begin with this. the urgent efforort to contain possible outbreak of the coronavirus at the white house.
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neither the president nor the vice president are self-isolating despite each coming into contact with at least one person on their staff who has tested positive. several members of the coronavirus task force are taking steps to keep themselves and others safe in accordance with cdc guidelines. anthony? >> the administration has repeatedly touted a system to prevent an outbreak at the white house. but those protocols are now changing. weijia jiang is at the white house. how close is this to the president? >> well, good morning, anthony. last night we learned of another possible close brush president trump had with the coronavirus. the head of the national guard tested positive on saturday afternoon just before a meeting with the president and other military officials. the general was reportedly forced to skip the gathering, though later a second test came up negative. he was not the first person close to the president at some point to test positive. at least two west wing staffers
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have tested positive for the virus, including the vice president's press contact katie miller whose husband is stephen miller, one of president trump's closest advisers. three members of the coronavirus task force are taking new protective measures since miller is also in charge of communications for the group and was often in close contact. dr. anthony fauci, cdc director dr. robert redfield and fda commissioner stephen hahn have gone into quarantine. but neither the president nor the vice president are self-isolating. the white house says the leaders are considered essential workers and are both being tested daily. and while mr. trump focuses on reopening the country -- >> that's the slogan we're going to use. transition to greatness. and it's starting right now. >> reporter: even his economic policy adviser kevin hassett was frank about the risks of working at the white house on "face the nation." >> it is scary to go to work. i was not part of the white
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house in march. i think that i would be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than if i was going to the west wing. it's a time people have to step up and serve their country. >> reporter: the unemployment rate reached 14.7% last month, and hassett predicts it will surpass 20% this month or in june. while president trump continues to praise the federal response to the pandemic, his predecessor, former president barack obama, offered a rare rebuke. in leaked audio of a call with 3,000 former campaign and administration staffers aimed at shoring up support for former vice president joe biden, mr. obama said this -- >> the response to this global crisis has been so anemic and spotty. and it would have been bad even with the best of governments. it has been an absolute chaotic disaster. >> but those remarks may explain a late-night twitter spree by
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president trump with many retweets critical of former president obama. this afternoon, president trump will hold a formal press briefing at the rose garden here at the white house for the first time in nearly two weeks. the plan is to focus on testing. tony? >> weijia, thank you. let's get to the projected death toll from the coronavirus which has gone up again according to a widely used model. researchers at the university of washington now say more than 137,000 people could die nationwide by early august. they are warning about the potential dangers of more people leaving their homes in the weeks ahead. including in hard-hit california. jamie yuccas reports from sierra madre near los angeles. >> reporter: this san diego beach rental shop is one of several california businesses that welcomed back customers this weekend. >> been here 23 years. i feel perfectly safe. >> reporter: further up the coast, restless los angeles
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residents also left home to explore newly reopened parks and trails. >> i am really just trying to practice social distancing and i won't be hiking with friends for quite some time. >> reporter: but as states relax restrictions, there are new concerns about exposure as more people venture out of their homes. updated predictions from the university of washington show covid-19 deaths are increasing more than researchers expected in several states, including california, arizona and florida. dr. christopher murray is the director of the university's institute for health metrics and evaluation. this is, today, the second time in about a week that you've raised these projections. what's driving the change? >> well, what's driving the change is simply put, the rise in mobility and that's the key driver. >> reporter: murray's team has now nearly tripled the death toll projections for arizona. this as the state reopens dine-in restaurants today at
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reduced capacity. phoenix dr. tyler southwell is concerned. >> i'm nervous we'll see a spike in cases. we're still not ready to manage this crisis even at the level it's at. >> reporter: in florida, where the projected death toll has increased by nearly 1500, city leaders in naples say the beach was so overrun at the start of the weekend they reclosed it sunday morning. >> no social distancing at all. no masks. >> reporter: the colorado restaurant that reopened in defiance of a statewide public health order drew massive crowds over the weekend. in ft. worth, texas, around 600 gathered at a park when shots rang out sending people scattering for safety. five were injured. two critically. some protesters argue states are getting back to business fast enough. demonstrators took to the streets in washington and california. >> we've got to get back to work. we've got to get businesses open
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again. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of attitude, a small boutique clothing store that reopen forward curbside pick-up over the weekend. the owner says, though, it didn't go so well because people want to be able to go inside and try on the clothes before buying them. something under the current restrictions that just isn't allowed. gayle? >> all right, jamie, thank you very much. a mysterious illness affecting children thought to be tied to the coronavirus is now blamed for at least three deaths. dozens of other patients have contracted it. senior medical correspondent dr. tara narula looks at the new concern for a population thought to be less at risk. >> this does not present as a normal covid case. covid cases tend to be respiratory. this presents as an inflammation of the blood velvs. >> reporter: a warning from new york governor andrew cuomo as the state invest gaigates 85 ca of pediatric multisystem
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inflammatory syndrome. officials say it's killed at least three children in new york. in many cases, children did not have respiratory issues. instead experiencing abdominal sympt omps, change in skin color or chest pain. >> the system is going into overdrive impacting the body in a negative way. some of these patients are having inflammation of coronary arteries. you can have basically a heart attack. >> reporter: dr. jake kleinmahon has already treated several children for this illness, including 12-year-old juliet daly. we spoke to her and her mother last week about her harrowing trip to the hospital. >> her heart was not functioning. her heart was inflamed so badly that the conduction system was not working in her heart. it was barely pumping. she was in heart failure. >> reporter: hospitals in six states have reported seeing similar cases. the illness is so concerning, new york city issued a health
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alert about it last week. >> if you aren't really aware of the syndrome that's being described, it could easily be missed. fortunately, children overall are very resilient and almost all the cases. and if we're able to knock down the inflammation and get them past the beginning stages of this, they are usually doing very well. >> experts say this illness bears some resemblance to a rare condition called kawasaki disease. governor cuomo says his state's health department will work with the cdc and new york genome centers to help study the illness. >> tara, this is so scary. how rare is this? and what should parents be looking for? >> well, anthony, i think it's important to stress that in the grand scheme of the pandemic, this is rare. we're still learning a lot more about it, but the important thing for parents is, if their child does have prolonged high fever, abdominal pain, nausea,
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vomiting, diarrhea, change in the color of their skin or lips or chest pain, that's something they should act on quickly. in many of these cases, the kids have decompensated or deteriorated quickly. important to call your doctor if you notice any of those. >> dr. tara narula, thanks. other parts of the world are also easing restrictions in spite of concerns about moving too fast. holly williams is in istanbul, turkey, where stores and other businesses have just reopened. >> reporter: barber shops in turkey were forced to close their doors for over seven weeks and staff members had their salaries trimmed. today he welcomed back his customers. some a little hairier than usual. >> i am so happy. >> reporter: today, france will also gradually begin ending its nearly two-month lockdown with many shops back in business and citizens able to go outside without filling out a form. meanwhile, in some parts of
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spain, outdoor restaurants and bars will start serving customers today. >> no, this is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week. >> reporter: but in the uk, with the highest death toll in europe, over 30,000 lives and a prime minister who himself caught the virus, things will take much longer. construction and manufacturing workers can now go back to their jobs, but schools and the hospitality industry will have to wait until this summer. >> you must have a world beating system, the testing potential victims and for tracing their contacts so that, all told, we're testing literally hundreds of thousands of people every day. >> reporter: but even in germany, a country praised for carrying out mass testing, the infection rate has recently gone up. though scientists say they don't know how significant that is. for cbs this morning, holly
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williams, istanbul. >> federal officials are being asked to investigate how authorities in georgia responded to the killing of an unarmed black man. ahmaud arbery was shot while running through a neighborhood in february. but it took more than two months on arrest the suspects, a father and son, gregory and travis mcmichael. omar villafranca is in dallas at a mural honoring arbery. that mural went up for quickly. >> it did. word of arbery's case spreads, tributes like this one are popping up all around the country. as federal investigators are now starting to get involved to see how this case was handled in georgia. >> complete shock. i've never been involved in anything like that before. complete shock. >> reporter: william bryan spoke out for the first time this week to our jacksonville affiliate wjax. he filmed the shooting death of ahmaud arbery. his attorney kevin goff says
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bryan only drove to the scene after he saw the commotion from his home. >> it's not a surprise that if people are seeing something that doesn't look like, that they would look into it. >> reporter: travis and gregory mcmichael were arrested thursday and denied bail on friday. travis was charged with murder and aggravated assault. gregory was charged with party to murder and aggravated assault in the february 23rd confrontation. they both claim self-defense. goff said his client had no part in the incident. >> the evidence shows there was no communication between roddy and mcmichaels or anybody else friar that shooting. >> reporter: but according to the police department, gregory mcmichael told police roddy attempted to block him which was unsuccessful. arbery family attorney lee merritt thinks more arrests should be made. >> do you think the man who shot the video should be charged? >> i think that william bryan, the man who shot the video, should be charged. >> arbery's mother wanda
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cooper-jones, agrees. >> he was videoing. he should have been trying to aid in the situation and maybe if he would have stepped in, ahmaud would still be with us today. >> bryan says he's innocent. >> i had nothing to do with it. i'm trying to get my life back to normal, and it's been smeared for the last week. i was told i was a witness, and i'm not sure what i am. >> reporter: since the shooting, bryan's fiance amy elrod says they have not been able to leave their home because of the threats. >> i mean, it's turned our lives upside down. the phone calls starting at 3:00 p.m. the -- we're coming for you. we're coming for you. >> reporter: bryan's cell phone footage is not the only video evidence. the gbi has this video from a camera about a block away from where arbery was shot. it shows a man in a white shirt and shorts going into a home under construction. but investigators say they had
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this video before the arrests of gregory and travis mcmichael. the video shows it happened within minutes of a 911 call reporting a burglary. >> it's all open. it's under construction. and he's running right now. there he goes right now. >> reporter: arbery's family is glad the justice department is involved. that's what they wanted all along. and, gayle, this mural popped up on friday, which was arbery's birthday. we're here in dallas, texas, and where everything happened is more than 1,000 miles away. >> a lot of people very affected and feel very strongly about this case. and many people very glad that william bryan shot that video, regardless of the circumstances that he shot it. that's certainly been a game-changer. thank you very much, omar. tony? >> gayle, omar, thank you very much. we've lost one of the great names in comedy. legendary actor and performer jerry stiller has died at age 92. we knew him best in sitcom roles
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good morning this morning continue in a moment. i'm ian lee with a look beyond the headlines. hospitalized with the coronavirus. how his wife got good news -- make that great news. tony the tiger, great news on mother's day. love this story. local this is a kpix 5 news update. >> in the news, tesla has a lwsuit against alameda county over the shutdown of the fremont plan. the health department they say is unresponsive and out of step with state guidelines. the county is going against its own guidance. they have modeled its return to work plan based on one used in shanghai.
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results from the antibiotic test is out. it looked at mlb employees across the country and found a small number have been exposed to the virus. that involved 5600 mlb workers. 0.7% tested positive for antibodies. 45% were asymptomatic. >> sn josc at restaurant reopening. it would allow them to use outdoor areas to spread customers out. they could close roads to cars and have tables outside. let's check on the roads. we have a few more cars on the roadway which means we are saying more brake lights. just a heads up, there is an accident on hacienda. that is traffic. here is merry. >> okay. you can see the rain to our north these are real people, not actors,
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." how about news on getting back to work. as more states reopen, knowing who has the coronavirus is key. one way to do that, something called contact tracing, about tracking down anyone who may have come into contact with a person who has tested positive. new york city, for example, says it plans to hire 1,000 people to help with that effort by the end of the month. nationally, experts say it will take an army of people asking all the right questions. i traveled to connecticut to find out how contact tracing works. >> hello, my name is melissa. i'm calming on behalf of the new haven health department --
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>> reporter: every day -- >> your covid-19 test result was positive. >> reporter: people like melissa thomas are chasing some america's newest cases of the coronavirus. >> do you remember when you first started experiencing feeling ill? >> reporter: their mission is to break the chain of infection by developing a list of everyone who may have been significantly exposed to a patient, then urging those close contacts to monitor symptoms and self-quarantine. >> i'm really looking for any time from that wednesday until now, if you've had prolonged contact with anyone outside of your house. >> reporter: and while this call was only a demonstration -- my colleague from work came over -- thomas says she can usually reach about 60% of the patients she tries, getting all the information she needs in less than 30 minutes. >> i think the hardest part is getting people to answer the phone in the first place. for those that we reach out and talk to, whether they answer the phone or call us back, they're willing to help. >> reporter: contact tracing is proven to help control diseases like ebola and sars, and as of
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now it also seems to be working for the new haven department of public health in connecticut where thomas is a volunteer. so at your very best rate at quickly as you can go, you're going through two calls per hour with people picking up? >> we're doing between two to three an hour. >> reporter: two to three an hour. is that quick enough to make the case count go down in the computer? >> in new haven, we've averaged about 100 new cases a day. with our team, we're able to handle that. >> reporter: there's no federal requirement for contact tracing leaving states and cities to create plans of their own. >> i think it's important for us to come up with a strategy that says we're not just going to try and mitigate the disaster, we're actually going to try and contain the growth of the virus. >> reporter: this is an opportunity to go out, find the embers, and stomp them out before they become a wildfire. >> exactly right. >> reporter: massachusetts governor baker announced the first statewide contact tracing program last month. it's grown into a 1,000-person team reaching hundreds of patients a day. >> people want to talk about
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what it means to have this virus. they're looking for help with respect to how they isolate. and they're willing to give us their close contacts which, by the way, so far have not been big numbers. >> reporter: those numbers are likely to spike as people return to work. and to stay ahead of the pandemic, america will need an additional 100,000 contact tracers, according to johns hopkins university. by one count, states have hired or announced plans to hire about 66,000 so far. is the lack of a federal standard, does it put your state at risk and surrounding states at risk? >> i certainly think if the feds were to participate, if the feds were to establish as you say national standards or some rules around compatibility with respect to one state to another because you're right, there is back and forth between states. people move. they don't just work, they move. i think that could be very helpful. >> reporter: as more americans test positive for the virus, researchers say confidentiality
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is key for contact tracing. that means shielding the identity of every covid-positive patient, even from the people they may have infected. >> contact tracing is critical. virtually nobody disagrees with that. but out there in the public, there's a concern that the more that the government, even if it's the health department, is prying into people's lives and movements, the less privacy we'll have as americans. how do you balance the public health mission with the privacy concerns of citizens? >> i would say we take confidentiality very seriously. that's a big component of what we do as far as not sharing information of who is a positive test result. that is extremely important. but also by notifying people that they may have been exposed, it greatly reduces the spread of the disease. so the more information people can provide, the better and the more effective that this technique will be. >> and speaking of the future, technology is also expected to play a really big role in this effort. google and apple later this month are expected to debut a
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tool, an app, allowing people to receive an automatic alert if their phone has been near another phone of a person who is covid positive. but for many people that brings up big privacy concerns, gayle. a recent poll found that more than half of americans, even if such an app existed, would not be willing to use it -- at least so far. we're going to be covering that as the technology begins to roll out. but contact tracing, it's a term we've heard a little bit. we're going to hear it a whole lot through may and into the summer i'm sure, gayle. >> wow. wow, i can't wait for the tool from google and apple. i will certainly be the first one -- i always think people have nothing to hide hide now. i know privacy is very important. i think that knowledge and information are power, and the more knowledge and information we have the better off we are. seems like we have to get people to answer the phone. it's tough. >> yeah. that's true, gayle. that's definitely true. another of the questions is if you've come into contact with somebody and you have to isolate
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at home, how do you make money, how do you make a living? one of the interesting proposals from president trump's former fda commissioner, scott gottlieb, he's leading a group that wants $30 billion from congress to help pay people if they're contact traced to stay home and be safe. $30 billion, lot of money, could go a long way. all right. ahead, disneyland reopens in shanghai, china. we're going to be looking at the precautions to keep visitors safe during this pandemic. and a reminder, you can always get the morning's news by subscribing to the "cbs this morning" podcast. you'll hear the top stories in less than 20 minutes. we'll be right back. these are extraordinary times, and we want to thank the extraordinary people in the healthcare community, working to care for all of us. at novartis, we promise to do our part. as always, we're doing everything we can to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. if you have any questions at all, call us, email us, visit us online. we're here to help support you when you need us. take care, and be well.
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china's shanghai disneyland reopened this morning, more than three months after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close. the theme park experience now includes temperature screenings, sanitizer stations, and rules for social distancing. ramy inocencio reports on disney's new normal and how soon we might see it in this country. ♪ >> reporter: mickey and minnie mouse took the stage as a band played while a cast of other well-known disney characters greeted thousands of guests, all arriving for the park's official reopening since it closed in january. in a post-pandemic era, a different experience awaits visitors. to enter shanghai disneyland now, infrared cameras with facial recognition software scan each person for possible fever. a personalized qr code shows up on each person's smartphone. only those with green codes are
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allowed in. once inside, social distancing is obvious everywhere. yellow tape or paint on the ground guides visitors to keep at least three feet of distance between each other. tables are cordoned off at restaurants that only accept contactless payment. no cash. even the most popular rides launch half full. and the precautions don't stop with social distancing. workers continuously spray disinfectant and hand sanitizer can be found almost everywhere. some of the park's most popular attractions are still dark, including the main street parades, concerts, and the nightly fireworks show. and with attendance capped at a third of capacity, some guests welcome the changes. >> you don't have to worry about people stepping on the kids. you don't have to worry about people cutting in line. >> reporter: the same is true here at tokyo disneyland. the gates are shut, and milkye and minnie and let alone anyone else is nowhere to be found.
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the state of emergency has been extended until the end of this month. in orlando, there are signs of life. disney springs which is an outdoor entertainment and shopping complex is set to start a phased reopening on may 20th. for "cbs this morning," ramy inocencio, tokyo. >> the smaller crowds are nice. new rules may be coming to a theme park near you, gayle. >> that's okay. i just think, anthony, all things disney make me so happy. i washed that disney sing-along, i felt like i was 10 going along with the words again. so to see disney coming back, however slow, is a good sign. >> sure is. all right. ahead, vlad duthiers looks at the stories you'll be talking about today including a look back at the very funny life of actor and
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don't forget to water those mother's day flowers. they'll last longer. you can never forget "what to watch." begins now, 7:47. vlad? >> good to see you all. hope you're doing well on this monday. we are safe, healthy. while we are working for home, guys, we're looking at the stories we think you'll be talking about including this -- we are honoring the life of actor and comedian jerry stiller. >> the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievances. i got a lot of problems with you people. [ laughter ] you're going to hear about it. you -- my son tells me your company stinks. >> oh, god. >> so, so good. stiller reemerged in the 1990s as frank costanza, george's high-strung father on "seinfeld." when that ended he took on another role of another dad, arthur spooner on the long-running cbs sitcom "the king of queens." in fact, stiller first became famous in the 1950s as a comedy
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partner to his wife anne meara. he wrote in 2001 that they met after an audition when she asked him to steal silverware from a new york city coffee shop. their showbiz talents were passed on to their children. in 2001 he spoke about his son, actor ben stiller's, success. listen to this. >> i think he got the right stem cells, let's put it this way. whatever the story is in this business, you wonder about where your kids -- where they're going to go with it. you have to be lucky with children. you also have to give them some kind of guidance, and you -- you just have to hope that it's going to turn out okay. >> stiller tweeted overnight that his father died of natural causes, and he will be greatly missed. jerry stiller was 92 years old. anthony, there are so many lines i was thinking of this this morning, the man-ssiere. that's my move. i'm back, baby. so many good ones. >> the thing is, valid, he had
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so many lives in show business which was one of the extraordinary things. i remember him from the '60s when stiller and meara were one of the biggest comedy teams in the country. they actually started out, as you said, in the '50s. they met in '53, married in 1955, and started in what was a precursor of second city in chicago. she was catholic, he was jewish, it was -- they were hilarious, tony. >> i think my favorite line is "serenity now." we've been talking about jerry stiller as a volcanic father role. i have a window into him as an actual dad. i once interviewed ben stiller, his son, who told me that jerry stiller invited young ben to the set of "the taking of pelham 1, 2, 3," and it was that that made ben want to become an actor himself. he gave ben i think it was an eight track or super-eight camera when he was a kiddo.
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>> super eight -- >> the director is really a child to the man jerry stiller. gayle? >> that's so nice. my favorite part of what ben stiller said was he was a great dad. doesn't get any better than that. he was a great dad. >> yeah. yeah, and he got to play a dad -- "zoolander," a lot of fans of that film. yeah. all right. let me share another story. this is a good update, guys. we have an update on a broadway star's battle with the coronavirus. nick cordero's wife says he is now responsive. the 41-year-old has suffered two mini strokes and had to have his right leg amputated. amanda kloots gave fans an update on instagram. take a listen. >> i just did a little facetime with nick, and some really kind of great, positive little things. but i asked him to look up, and he did. and i asked him to look down,
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and he did. it's a start to possibly following commands which would be huge. >> as you know, this is great news. cordero's been on a ventilator in a medically induced coma since april. >> it's so huge. it's such great news. i communicated with amanda yesterday. she said she was hoping for a mother's day miracle, she got it. more to come, i'm sure. great story. >> all right. >> anthony? >> something so small but really so big. thanks vlad. how a towering mural shows the power of art to inspire and give strength to health care heroes. tremfya® helps adults
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this is a kpix 5 news update. good morning. as we look at the roadways we start with public transit. they are making modifications and changes. the latest is in costa county. services resuming today with regular weekday service except for their routes 5 and routes 6. the expressway will also resume service. make sure you check your schedule as you head out the door.
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all are on time this morning but they are operating on modified or reduced service. as we look of the roadways, we have brake lights on 880. it is a slow ride into hayward. connecting over the san mateo bridge, things look better. rain is in the forecast. here is mary. thank you. i am tracking doppler. you can see the rain to the north because of a cold front pushing across the region as we go through the day. light scattered showers this afternoon and evening. breezy winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour and then that continues for tomorrow as well. here are our daytime highs and the extended forecast shows us unscheduled whether ford tomorrow.
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> it's monday, m it's mornd monday, may 11th. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. people close to the president and vice president test positive for coronavirus, and we'll look at the new type of tests that could be faster and simpler. >> honoring a king. how the music world is paying tribute to little richard. >> and kid's eye view. children share their video diaries of how they're seeing this crisis. >> kids got lots to say. first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00.
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a possible outbreak of coronavirus at the white house. neither the president or vice president are self-isolating. >> the head of the national guard tested positive on saturday afternoon just before a meeting with the president. >> attitude, a small boutique clothing store that reopened for curb side pickup over the weekend. it didn't go so well because people want to go inside and try on the clothes before buying them. >> how rare is this and what should parents be looking for? >> if their child does have the prolonged high fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, change in the color of their lips, or chest pain. >> tributes are popping up all around the country. >> federal investors are starting to get involved to see how the case was handled in georgia. the newest celebrity arrival to tiktok. >> sir anthony hopkins. >> yes.
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♪ this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." sir anthony hopkins, tony, i like it. dancing to drake. just when you think he can't get any cooler, there he is in front of great artwork. >> well, i was going to say there's a lot of questions about our anthony and our work behind him. but i think anthony hopkins is going to get emails today too. what was that and can i get one? we're going to begin this hour. members of the white house coronavirus task force are taking precautions after a second white house staffer tested positive. dr. fauci and robert redfield and dr. stephen hahn are self-quarantining. this follows the diagnosis of the vice press secretary. so far the president and vice
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president are choosing not to isolate. all but four u.s. states have eased social distancing restrictions in some way. over the weekend, several more states allowed some businesses to reopen including nevada. today arizona is reopening, dine in restaurants despite a revised model that nearly triples the projected death toll for that state. >> the fda granted emergency authorization for a new type of coronavirus test that could be cheaper, faster and simpler. it's called an antigen test. it looks for fragments of virus proteins and samples collected from the nasal cavity. and it provides results in minutes. but the fda warns it has a higher chance of false negatives. our david dr.ing acus joins us to discuss. it almost sounds like a good news bad news. good news, quicker results. bad news, a lot of false
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negatives. what do you think? >> well, this is a different test than the other one. the other one looked at rna. this is who has the virus. it looks at it in a complicated expensive machine and hours later comes up with a result. this is instantaneous. a slightly higher negative rate, but you can do lots of these inexpensively. when we talk about testing the whole country which we have to do, this is the first of many tests that look at the antigen that enables us to do this. this is a pretty big step forward. >> you call it, you say it heralds a new era. what do you mean and what does the test show? >> well, this shows whether you have the virus. the other one looked at the rna of the virus, and again, it was more complicated and more expensive and harder to do. this one is relativity easy. it's a quick test that any technician can do. and it tells you yes or no you
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have the virus. very important, we want to start to look at surveillance testing across the country. this enables us to get to much higher numbers of tests in the country when it's being used. >> also hearing word about a home kit that tests your saliva. what can you tell us about that? >> given the face you made when you said nasal swab, i think this is a good thing for you. that is, you know, you spit into a tube and it can be done in the doctor's office or at home to look for whether you have the virus or not. initially it was swab in the nose, the back of the throat. this is just as good and certainly in advance out of rutgers university. >> you know, david, i've heard that nasal swab is uncomfortable which i think is doctor code for this is going to hurt. when it comes to your health, i will do whatever you need to do. it's put on your big girl pants and let's do it. there's a new study we're
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hearing about, a new combination of three drugs that help relieve the symptoms for patients with mild covid-19 cases. what are your thoughts on this one? >> it's pretty encouraging. the last study that showed a benefit, the first study that shows a benefit was remdesivir in severe patients. this is a drug for hepatitis and a drug for multiple sclerosis put together, and significantly decreased the time virus was present in the provide compared to one drug alone. so we're making advances. this virus is druggable. it has weaknesses that we're taking advantage of. i think this is the beginning of what you'll see is different drug regimens that work. and that makes our shoulders come down. we actually can treat this virus and hopefully stop people from going on ventilators in the future. >> okay. before you go, both the
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president and the vice president said they are not going to self-isolate after coming in contact with people on their staff. is that good? it seems to go against everything we're being told to do. >> well, we don't know exactly how close or how long they were exposed but i will say there's an expression to get normative behavior change, you need leadership. i think this was an opportunity for both the president and the vice president to show the country how you behave in such situations. so i don't know their personal risk. it may be the right decision, but i think this opportunity for leadership was missed. >> all right. david, thank you. i know we'll see you again very soon. thank you, sir. ahead, how the coronavirus is devastating the largest native american reservation in the u.s. where many
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>> much more news ahead, including what children think about this pandemic. we asked several kids to keep video diaries. >> but i just don't want to stay at home for so long, because i just want to go to my friend's houses so bad. >> i know how he feels. coming up, how they're coping and their hopeful messages for the future. you're watching "cbs this morning." messages for the future. you're watching "cbs this morning." trust toyota to be here for you. many toyota service centers are open to help keep your vehicle in top shape.
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the navajo nation is experiencing one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the country, surpassing 46 states. the massive reservation in the southwest is home to more than 170,000 people. around 30% do not have running water. think of that. for the cbsn series "reverb," adam yamaguchi shows how the lack of basic supplies makes the virus harder to fight. ♪ kind of hard to imagine how navajo nation is hit so hard considering that the population is so sparse. much of the population far, far off the main highway. we've been on this dirt path for like an hour.
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came upon this. it's functioning well. a good chunk of the population here, they don't have running water in their homes. they've got to come out here and pump their water. some of the most vulnerable residents aren't able to make the drive to the nearest store. the matriarch of this family whose grandmother experienced the deportation and resettlement of navajo here is 114 years old. >> they have water in -- the 350-gallon water barrel. and also the water barrels. they have water that's for like to take a shower to clean the house, wash hands and stuff like that. we deliver water to them every week. they're probably rushing and only using what they need, probably less than maybe two, three gallons a day.
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if they become infected, that's one of the things that they're most afraid of is if they become infected, especially the ones that go to dial siysidialysis, high blood pressure. the immune systems are weak, like the ones who go to chemothera chemotherapy. some of the families are some of the individuals, the high-risk patients, they're asking for masks and asking for gloves, but we don't have enough to go around. >> and adam yamaguchi joins us from los angeles. good morning. you always have such beautiful footage of what is often a grim situation on the ground. and that's certainly the case here in the navajo nation. besides the lack of running water, what is it that makes them so vulnerable to the coronavirus? >> well, native americans have the highest rates of diabetes and hypertension in the entire u.s. and much of this is driven by lack of access to health care. also lack of access to affordable, nutritious food.
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in an area that is the size of vermont, massachusetts, and new hampshire combined. there are only 13 grocery stores, yet tons and tons of gas station and fast food which, by the way, is a common theme that we see across communities of color that have been disproportionately affected by covid. what covid has revealed is a failure to address some issues that have been hiding in plain sight for a long time. and these communities are now seeing the fallout from that. >> you do so many of these stories. i'm always interested to know when you go into one of these communities, what you're expecting and what surprised you the most. in this case, what stood out? >> you know, i think that in spite of the fact that the situation is dire on the reservation, there are signs of hope. what we found time and again was that the navajo are incredibly
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strong, they're proud, and they're resilient. they're rallying together in ways that they haven't seen in a long time. young people are reconnecting with elders and getting in touch with the language and culture that they may not have had much closeness to in the past. we also saw farmers -- ordinary people taking up farming for the first time, rediscovering their ancestral plots of land to try to take control of their healthy food system. so there is some positive to come out of what is a pretty dire situation. >> and hopefully that positive is reinforced now that your report is drawing more attention to the problems there. adam, thank you very much. you can watch adam's newest episode of the cbsn series "reverb," called "coronavirus in navajo nation." it is streaming now at cbsnews.com/navajo. ahead, we remember a founding father of rock and roll, little richard. we'll be right back. ♪
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♪ sally saw me coming and dug in the alley ♪ ♪ oh baby this morning we're remembering a wonderful guy and voice in american music, little richard, a pioneering performer who helped rhythm and blues become rock and roll. he died saturday after battling don't cancer. little richard was 87. ♪ got a gal with the unforgettable lyric to his smash hit "tutti-frutti," little richard crashed the pop charts like a force of nature in 1956. no one had ever heard anything like him. ♪ she's the gal that i love best tutti-frutti ♪ >> including a young man who'd later find fame with credence clearwater revival. john fogerty got to perform with little richard at the grammys in 2008. >> i felt that his voice had the
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ultimate rock and roll tone, you know, that grit, that edge that he sang with. ♪ >> born richard penniman in macon, georgia, as little richard he developed a high-energy stage act. >> he was just over the top wild, flamboyant. >> the black keys' dan auerbach. >> if you ever liked the flamboyance of rock and roll, you know, you owe all that to little richard. ♪ >> producer quincy jones hailed richard as an innovaor whose influence is seen in genres from gospel to hip-hop. ♪ raised in a religious household, richard was 19 when his bootlegger father was killed leaving him to reconcile his love of god and his attraction to men. he spoke to "60 minutes" ed bradley in 1985. >> this must have a terrible stigma in macon in those days. >> i was called everything but a
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ru reuben sandwich. oh, god. people wanted to knock me down. >> when he first started touring in the mid 1950s, he told "rolling stone" magazine he faced such severe racism, he was forced to sleep, eat, and dress in his car. ultimately, he said, his shows started bringing black and white audiences together. >> wherever i would go in the south, alabama, north carolina, kentucky, mississippi, arkansas, they started just falling in line, you know, with my music. ♪ >> little richard would call himself the vinnovator, the originator, and the architect of rock and roll. it was no exaggeration. >> i would say, you know, you boys and girls out there, if you ever dare to try and do rock and roll, you better go look up little richard and see how it's done. ♪ yeah baby >> amen. we also want to remember two
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other big payments that from the music -- big names from the music world. executive andre harrell and betty wright. harrell helped bring hip-hop and r&b together and was well known for discovering diddy combs and mary j. blige and others. he died of heart failure at 59. betty wright popularized the phrase "no pain, no gain," with her song by that name. "where is the love" won a grammy in 1976. the cleanup woman, betty wright, died yesterday at the age of 66. gayle? >> boy, anthony, this was such a big shock in the music industry. i know friends who had talked to andre thursday night and said he founded fine. it was really very, very surprising to wake up to hear that he had passed away at 59. we know betty wright from "the cleanup woman." and littlerish richard, tutti-fi or r-o-t-i.
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>> we're coming to an era. the only one left from that time is jerry lee lewis. it was a live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. . >> it is a:25. public transportation changes. they are adding back regular weekday service. good nose for those people who utilize that. regular weekday service for our routes except for 5 and 6. those will be on a modified schedule. the express routes will resume. mass transit is on time. no delays. they are running on a reduced
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service or modified schedule. check that before you head out the door. we have brake lights on the 880. we are also seeing some slow and go speeds at 580 as you get to the connector. a new crash at fifth street. that is look at your morning drive. here's your forecast. tracking our next weather system, that brings the return to wet weather for us. you can see the rain to our north in eureka and just off the coast. here is what you can expect. light and scattered showers for today as the cold front pushes through. it will likely weaken. the best chance to see wet weather is in the northbay. unsettled weather continues for tomorrow. check out the daytime highs, mid 60s in san francisco and 73 in san jose.
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring some of the stories that are "talk of the table" this morning. we each pick a story we want to share with all of you at home and with each other at our virtual tables. and miss gayle king is going first. gayle, what do you have for us? >> thank you, cotony dokoupil. a big announcement only on "cbs this morning." in the effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus in prison, the group reform alliance which has meek mill and jay-z and mike ruben and more as partners, announced it will receive a $10 million donation from twitter ceo jack dorsey. the funds will help deliver
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personal protective equipment to every prison and jail facility in america. reform alliance is working to change the criminal justice system. so over the weekend, it released a public service announcement with statements from prisoners from the inside. here's a look. >> first, i got to live through this situation. >> there's a lot of sick people in here, and nobody cares anymore. >> got to survive in here. >> we are human. we made mistakes, but that doesn't mean that our lives are any less valuable than the next person. >> reform alliance says it will use dorsey's donation to buy and deliver more than ten million masks around the country along with other ppe items. this is big and very generous of jack dorsey. it also sends a message -- you know, you can't practice social distancing in prison. and i like the last comment from the woman that said just because we made mistakes doesn't mean we need lose our lives here in
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prison. >> that's absolutely right. that's what resonated with me, as well, gayle. prison is not supposed to be a death sentence for the vast majority of people. that ppe could go a long way to restoring some dignity and the chance to get out and rebuild their lives in one piece which is the idea. all right. we are also remembering this morning a california man who became an internet star for his emotion-filled double rainbow video. you may recall it. here's a reminder. >> whoa. that's a full rainbow. all the way. double rainbow, oh, my god. double rainbow all the way. whoa. >> that -- that clip does not even begin to summarize paul bear-vasquez's reaction in 2007 marveling at two rainbows near his home overlooking the yosemite valley. he died saturday at a hospital in california.
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the cause has not been release. the reason that that video which you saw a snippet of there has been viewed nearly 50 million times is because of the child-like wonder that he took in this double rainbow. he says, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, my god. at one point starts sobbing. and then finally in the end, he just says, "what does it all mean? what does it all mean?" i think it's such a great reminder to just stay in touch with that part of yourself, that child-like part. don't just drive by the rainbow next time. and in answer to the question what does it all mean -- wherever he is now, we hope he's still searching, anthony. >> yeah. maybe he'll find out for us. thanks, tony. the tv cast of "the office" reunited for a wedding surprise. i love this because we're big "office" fans in my house. it happened during the newest episode of john krasinski's youtube show "some good news." he surprised a maryland couple by officiating at their virtual
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wedding. then he wrapped up the ceremony by re-creating a funny wedding scene from "the office." take a look. >> so -- let's rock. we can't play this song unless you let me invite some of my family to the party. ladies and gentlemen, the cast of "the office!" >> oh, my god. ♪ >> oh, my gosh! >> the cast members taking part in the wedding dance included steve carell, rainn wilson, mindy kaling and ed helms. the proposal had mimicked jim and pam's proposal in "the office." jim played, of course, by krasinski. so he brought the parents in on zoom, too, their best friends in. and they brought everybody from "the office" in and played that great, of course, chris brown "forever" song which plays a pivotal part in season six. it was a great moment. great to see them all together
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again, gayle. >> it was. it was. john krasinski just keeps topping himself because he's such a nice guy. i always look forward to those episodes. stay-at-home orders may be temporary but the pandemic could have lasting effects on a generation of children all around the country. they've had to adapt very quickly to online learning, digital play dates, as well as the isolation and certainly the uncertainty that surrounds their families at this time. so with the help of their parents, we asked several kids to keep video diaries of their experiences. so our filmmakers are 5-year-old cj, he lives in illinois, 7-year-old lily, from kentucky, 8-year-old stella comes to us from texas, and last but certainly not heat, 11-year-old joa g.q. joagin. >> the germs have a middle --
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like a little like red things sticking out so it can stick to stuff. >> the coronavirus one of the most deadly sicknesses. >> started finishing up a drawing that i've been working on. it's a drawing of spider-man. >> and i made this in power poster. and some of the words that i have are like hopeful, determined, and honest. >> me and my sister just made a sign for our dad when he gets home. >> i drew this rainbow to let people get better that are sick. >> i just had all these painted rocks all over the place. people find them, it's really fun. >> my mom and dad are working, and they are teachers. so when they are working and don't have time to play with me, i follow this schedule that my mom made to keep me busy during the day. >> this is doing wonders for you -- >> a special guest joining us --
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>> at home school, it's really different from my real school because you get your mom or something as your teacher. >> let me see your paper. i want to make sure. oh, wow! you did it. >> trying to do math here. just trying to do some math. >> and these are some things i've been doing during the coronavirus to keep me occupied. >> me and my grandma, we planted this orange tree, but since she's not here with us because of quarantine, i have to take care of it. >> we put truffles over there in dresses because i want to play dress-up, and i have no one to play dress-up with. >> this box has lots of fruits. >> barbies don't have to social
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distance because they're just barbies. >> one thing i worry about coronavirus is that i might not get to see my friends again a long time. >> i'm worried about that -- making sure that my friends don't get the coronavirus. >> it's saturday, and usually on saturdays we volunteer for an animal rescue, and that's how we got our dogs. >> hi, levi. >> i'm really disappointed that we can't go because of social distancing. >> i like the driveway because -- because my mom and dad think it's not safe to bike in the neighborhood. >> me and my brother just go to the field by ourselves. we still stay in shape and stay healthy. >> i'm going for a walk with my mom, dad, and my dogs. >> it's a good place for getting your energy out and just
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peacefully walking. >> what do we like to do? >> run up the hill. >> run up and down the hill. why are we doing that? >> because -- >> some exercise? >> they announced that there was going to be no school for the rest of the year. so we'll have to do home school until coronavirus ends. and i'm really sad about it. >> am i going to have to home school for third grade? what's going to happen next? >> but i just don't want to stay at home for so long because i just want to go to my friends' houses so bad. >> i have to do it all by myself. it's still fun. but it's not as i used to do. >> what do you hope for in the future? >> a pandemic like this never happens, and when this ends, everyone is nice to each other. >> i really hope coronavirus
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ends, and i get to see my friends again. >> aw. children always put it in perspective, tony. i love that -- the kids, number one, their perspectives, the innocence of children, and i love hearing their little voices. the one little girl that said what's going to happen next, that's a question we're all asking. the poor dogs in the shot are like, why you got to put me in these clothes. i love that -- special shout out to molly mazalou who put that together. those things are hard to do. great job. tony? >> yeah. yeah. definitely. they're hard to do. i found myself wondering what are those kids going to grow up and be. how is this affecting their hopes and dreams. little c.j. at the beginning was described what the coronavirus looked like, anthony. maybe a future doctor, a future epidemiologist, maybe he'll stop the next pandemic when he grows up. >> that's right. i'm with gayle. i love the faces on the dogs who did not clearly like playing doggy dress-up.
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nurses day. boy do they deserve it. people across america are finding new and creative ways to show their support for our health care heroes. this mural on the side of one south florida hospital is a towering tribute to those medical workers and americans affected by the virus. manuel bojorquez has the story of the artist and the impact of her work. >> reporter: claudia lebianca is well-known in miami's street art scene. her murals celebrate strong and empowered female characters drawing inspiration from the comic book heroes who gave her comfort when she was bullied as a child in her native italy. in march, like everyone else, the covid lockdown really threw claudia for a loop. >> i can't go anywhere. i can't paint a mural. i can't do nothing, and i'm going crazy. >> reporter: what did you do? >> i stole my daughter's ipod. i did an illustration of the nurses being superheroes so with capes flowing and with their
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stance of strength, of power. these people are going out there as superheroes to go and save lives and take care of the sick ones. >> reporter: she printed posters and delivered them to area hospitals hoping to give a little lift to overburdened medical workers. at one hospital, the night shift got creative and went for the live action re-creation. >> so we got the poster, and we're like, okay, let's grab an iv pole, need tape. we got one of our isolation gowns and used that, we taped one of the nurses. it was fun. >> reporter: south florida remains a covid hot spot. emergency rooms and icus filled with stress. doctors and nurses coping with far too many lost patients and also far too many lost colleagues. claudia recalls an early morning text from one nurse at the end of an especially tough night. >> she looked happy, she saw the
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poster and started crying. and right away, she asked for my contact. she texted me and told me like that -- that the image took her from a bad day to a good day. and she went back inspired. >> reporter: and that in turn inspired claudia to go big -- while not exactly spider-man, she did spend the past eight days perched on the side of a hospital wall, creating the largest mural she's ever done. a 104-foot technicolor shout out. >> these people are saving lives. you know, when you think of a superhero, what do they do? the superhero with the cape and the mask, what do they do? they're going and fighting the enemy, right. so who's the enemy now? >> reporter: there will be five hospital installations in all, and if the mural is the message, this one speaks to the resilience, dedication, and
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courage of those on the front line. heroes who pass by every day on their way to work. >> i wish i looked half as good as those men and women up there. she did a really great job. it is -- it's absolutely beautiful. it's a little inspirational. >> reporter: what's it been like for you to hear that? >> the best feeling ever. [ cheers ] to see them walking by and cheering and smiling. >> thank you! >> i mean, i can see their smiles through their mask. [ cheers ] >> they're all down there jumping -- it's the best feeling ever. i've never been this happy. >> reporter: in the end, it took about 300 cans of paint to create this 100-foot mural and cost about $30,000 to produce. you can even see it from some of the local highways. and even though it is just paint on a wall, it has proven meaningful for the doctors, nurses, and other personnel who work at this hospital, the power of art. tony? >> manny, you're so right. it's so much more than paint on
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the wall. i love so much about the project starting with the fact that social workers were included. we don't often mention social workers in this. they're important, as well. it's an opportunity for these doctors and nurses to not only be seen and appreciated but also when they're posing and copying the mural to have a moment of fun, as well, which they desperately need on top of everything else. manny, thank you very much. before we go, how to make a good impression during video conferences. we'll be right back.
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before we go, here is the one thing, the one thing you can do today on this monday to live a happier, healthier, more productive livment part of our partnership with gretchen rubin and her podcast "happier." with a huge increase in video conferencing, you've been on a zoom call these days. here are ways to make a good impression. position the camera at eye level
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this is a kpix news update. changes for county connection and public transportation. they are resuming weekday service. that begins today. good news. all routes with the exception of five and six. 90 1x and 90 9x will also resume. make sure you check the schedule before you head out the door. public transportation is on time. they are still operating with reduced hours and service.
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>> look at the bay bridge. this is quite. what you get off the upper deck you could see brake lights. treasure island near the ramp has debris. slowing on the richmond san rafael bridge on the east bay side. there is roadwork which could add to a slightly busier ride. we have some rain expected. yes. i am tracking a cold front pushing across the bay area. wet weather as well. you could see the rain to our north up through the area and just off the coast. here's what you can expect. light and scattered showers through the day especially in the afternoon and evening. in the north bay you have a
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