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♪ ♪ good morning to you and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's tuesday, may 12, 2020. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. rocky rollout. president trump abruptly ends his first press briefing in two weeks aimed at instilling confidence testing across america. why dr. anthony fauci is expected to issue a blunt warning in testimony today. push to reopen. new efforts to get back to business as owners in some states defy social distancing rules. plus the surprising research on restaurants that could help people stay safe. new developments in the ahmaud arbery shooting.
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why the georgia attorney general is assigning a special prosecutor to handle the case. >> and pandemic proms. how teenagers are getting all dressed up even with nowhere to go for their own very virtual, very real prom night. ♪ >> you want to look good, but first, here's today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. we have a lot of people coming in and out. everybody coming into the president's office gets tested and i felt no vulnerability whatsoever. >> the white house is now requiring most staff to wear a mask. >> president trump again saying the u.s. is the world leader when it comes to testing. >> why is this a global competition to you if everyday americans are still losing their lives. >> they're losing their lives everywhere in the world and maybe that's a question you should ask china. >> hardest-hit new york announces the state will begin a limited reopening this friday. >> we had the worst situation in the nation.
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the worst. >> the department of justice is deciding whether federal hate crime charges should be filed in the ahmaud arbery case. >> this murder was racially motivated and he was hunted and he was gunned down. >> tesla ceo elon musk is defying stay at home orders by restarting production in the company's auto plant in california. >> all that -- >> iron mike, one of the most feared boxers ever planning a comeback. >> tyson has a message for the fans and all it takes is two words. >> i'm back. >> in all that matters. >> disneyland in shanghai just reopened lines and rides are going to be spaced out to meet social distancing guidelines. >> i say that nobody should be allowed to open their mouth when they're screaming on a ride. you just have to hold it in. >> on "cbs this morning". >> $115 million. what a great day for new york. >> a star-studded relief benefit hosted by tina fey for new yorkers affected by covid-19. ♪ i seen the lights go out on broadway ♪ ♪
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♪ i saw the empire state lit low ♪ ♪ they turned our power down, controlled the ground ♪ ♪ but we went right on with the show ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome to "cbs this morning." it was a beautiful hour. we'll have more on that a little bit later, but anthony, did we really see mike tyson boxing talking about i'll be back or i'm back? wow. >> and he looked really good, too, i thought, gayle. >> yeah, 53, looks really good. we'll begin with something else. we'll begin with the white house, the efforts to turn the page on the coronavirus response while dr. anthony fauci warns of the dangers of reopening too fast. at his first briefing in two weeks president trump claimed the u.s. has prevailed on testing. he repeated an optimistic catch
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phrase that he's using, transitioning to greatness. >> while some areas have seen vast reductions in new case e the toll from the virus continues to grow overall. as of today more than 80,000 people are confirmed to have died all across the country. weijia jiang, what message was the president trying to send? >> reporter: good morning, tony and to everybody. president trump made clear university that he is eager to restart the economy and announced billions of dollars are headed to states to help meet testing nieds and while the president repeatedly said the u.s. leads the world in coronavirus testing, he caused some confusion over who can get those tests. >> there's nobody close to us in the world and we certainly have done a great job on testing. >> reporter: president trump praised his administration's efforts to provide coronavirus testing throughout the country. one of his top health experts said the u.s. currently has the
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capacity to conduct 3 million tests per week, but some experts say the u.s. needs to perform at minimum more than 6 million per week. the president claimed widespread testing is already available. >> as far as americans getting a test they should all be able to get a test right now. >> but just moments after admiral brett jerwa corrected that. >> anybody who needs a test can get a test in america. >> the tests are limited to those who need them like people who have covid-19 symptomseror participating in contract tracing. after one of the president's personal valets and vice president pence's press secretary both tested positive last week, white house staffers will now be required to wear masks except in their own offices, but president trump is exempt from that rule and dismissed the idea that a lack of precautions led to infections. >> i don't think the system broke down at all. it can happen. it's the hidden enemy.
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>> the press briefing was the first one the president held in two weeks and there were some tense moments. >> if we didn't get the tests, if we did no tests in the white house you'd be up complaining why can't you get tests in the white house, we can't win. i understand you very well and better than you understand yourself. cbs news asked president trump why he placed a priority on worldwide comparisons. >> why is this a global competition to you if everyday americans are still losing their lives and we're still seeing more cases every day? >> well, they're losing their lives everywhere in the world, and maybe that's a question you should ask china. don't ask me. ask china that question, okay? when you ask them that question you may get a very unusual answer. yes, behind you, please? sir, why are you saying that to me specifically? i'm telling you to ask china. ? i'm not saying it specifically to china i'm -- i'm saying it to
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anyone who asks a nasty question. >> why does it matter? >> please, go ahead in the back. >> no. >> i have two questions. >> next? next, please. you called on me. >> i did and you didn't respond and now i'm calling on -- sorry. -- i'm calling on the young lady in the back. >> okay. ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. appreciate it. thank you very much. >> four top health officials including dr. anthony faufrpy and the director of the cdc will testify remotely this morning before a senate committee. dr. fauci tells cbs news he plans to warn americans that skipping over guidelines in an effort to reopen too quickly could lead to new outbreaks and set the country back. he also plans to urge senators to have a plan in place in case that happens. gayle? >> got it, weijia, thank you. >> major garrett joins us now and he's also the host, by the way, of the takeout and
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debriefing the briefing podcast. major, good morning. it's always good to see you. the president has claimed that we have prevailed at testing. many health experts including his own say no, we're not really at capacity yet, so there seems to be a lot of mixed messaging here. who was right in this particular circumstance. >> gayle, both are right. there's enough capacity for phase one which means if you are symptomatic or part of contact tracing you are part of testing and the administration has the regulatory means and encouraging industry and supporting industry and working with congress and funneling money increased our testing capacity. that's true. that's not untrue, but it's not anywhere near enough and what the president loves to do is oversimplify and brand. america leads the world in testing and that's a brand. you know what? covid-19 doesn't care about oversimplification, it just spreads and to reopen the economy fully to get to phase two, phase three and we need
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much more industrial scale testing and we're not there yet and the simple truth is it's one that the president does not want to recognize is that without that dramatically increased testing capacity we cannot confidently reopen the economy and keep it open through the summer and the fall. >> why doesn't he want to recognize that, major? it seems so clear to so many other people who are watching all of this unfold? >> because it sounds defeatist and it's not part of the president's sort of psychic message to the country that we can reopen and it's time to reopen and this idea, this transitioning to greatness. we can't get to greatness unless you have the testing capacity. the president said we have improved and yes, we have improved, but noter inially enough. and let's go to the very specific optics of the white house, they're now wearing masks every day which they were doing a week ago or two weeks ago and there's testing at white house. the average american might ask
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is my house like the white house? no, it's not. most americans don't want their white house to be like the white house and it's a regal and special place, but in this case, with testing most americans will need that kind of regular access to testing to build their own confidence to have confidence their workplace and to have confidence when they go to any event where there are lots of people. all of those things are required to reopen and be like the old normal and without testing capacity we simply cannot get there. >> dr. anthony fauci who will be testifying today remotely what are you expecting to hear from him today? >> well, we always hear from dr. fauci. there are hard truths here that as we reopen there will be more cases and more deaths. let's just look at this, gayle, very simply. april 27th, the last time there was a task force briefing there
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were 1900 deaths in the country from covid-19. yesterday the projected number is 1700, so the death rate is not changing very much and the case rate despite what the president says is rising and dr. fauch fauci will say what every public health official has said, the more we reopen the more cases there are going to be and one of the things that makes it easier and more digestible is clear and consistent officials in the land and with this president and this white house that has proved very, very challenging. >> yeah. all right, major. thank you very much. anthony? >> thank you, both. a few regions of new york state could reopen friday amid a drastic decline in new cases and deaths. it's the type of gradual approach being met with protests elsewhere. the employee parking lot at tesla's car factory in california was packed friday after ceo elon musk told staff
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to get back to work in defiance of local guidelineses. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in new york city. how long before all of new york is open again? >> well, good morning, from times square where it is empty. look, the governor says it would take a miracle for new york city to reopen before june, but as you noted in three regions in upstate new york, anthony, where the governor jokes there are more cows than people, some businesses will be able to resume limited operations starting this friday. >> from my point of view we're on the other side of the mountain. >> governor andrew cuomo announced a new chapter in the fight against the coronavirus as cases in hospitalizations continue their weeks'-long decline. >> it's an exciting new phase. we are all anxious to get back to work. >> in florida, governor ron desantis allowed some barbershops and salons to reopen
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sunday. >> making sure everyone sanitizes and washes their hands when they come in and as appointments come to the shop they'll have to wait in their car. >> please have your windows up. >> florida is one of several states where an updated model from the university of washington projects that covid-related deaths through august will rise faster than expected due largely because stay at home orders are being relaxed. >> the models have not been accurate. the reason governor desantis is providing those numbers is it overestimated -- we need to go based off packs and evidence and not off conjecture. >> in fremont, california, cars packed this tesla facility as the company reopened its factory in defiance of of local health orders. on twitter, tlaesesla's foundern musk said i will be on the line with everyone else. if anyone is arrested, i ask
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that it only be me. crowds ignoring social distancing orders returned for a second day to c & c breakfast even after officials ordered to close for three days. crowd customers, many of whom were not wearing a mask. >> the restaurant's owner jesse arellano says he's prepared to face the consequences for his actions. >> if we have disobedience, we'll lock down more and now they're telling you, we've got the power, you will comply or we're going to punish you. >> so social distancing continues to be a problem intentional or not. take, for example, this photo. this was tweeted by a doctor who had come to new york to volunteer to treat covid patients. he said united airlines e-mailed him and said listen, we think the flight might be full and we'll keep the middle seats empty and now united middle here's what we'll try and do. we'll attempt to call people in
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advance, if it looks like the flight is going to be full and once you get to the gate, if the flight is 70% full, we will allow you to change your ticket. tony? >> all right. we hope everyone is okay. social distancing or not, david, thank you very much. a mysterious illness in children that may be linked to the coronavirus is turning up in more states across the country and it's blamed for at least three deaths and dozens of other patients have it in new york. senior medical correspondent dr. tara narula talked to a mother in illinois whose son became seriously ill. >> it hit so quick. it was like one minute he was fine, and the next minute it's like he woke up with this weird, strange fever. >> reporter: sarah garcia says her son nolan's health went downhill fast earlier this month. at one point his fever almost reached 105 degrees. when she couldn't get the fever down she took her 6-year-old to
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the e.r. >> do you have any idea what it could be with those symptoms? >> i didn't know what it was, but my doctor had told me the only real virus going around right now would be covid, but i was thinking, none of us are sick. we didn't go out so i'm not quite sure, you know what this is. >> doctors told her nolan's coronary arteries were in charge, a sign often associated with kawasaki disease. hours later, nolan tested positive for covid-19. it wasn't typical what you're thinking covid symptoms. it wasn't a cough. he was not having a hard time breathing. >> nolan is one of more than 130 reported cases of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome in the u.s. hospitals in 11 states and d.c. say they have treated patients. in new york, where 93 cases are being investigated, officials are warning parents to watch out for fever, rash and abdominal pain. >> there is a speck rum of disease. so what we're seeing here is probably just the very most
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severe spectrum, that's presentation in children. >> dr. sam dominguez is a pediatric infectious disease specialist in colorado. he said there are several unknowns about this illness especially if it's linked to coronavirus. >> it is a very rare disease and we are working very hard in hospitals around the country to think about this and our best approach in caring for these children. >> some kids with the syndrome can get sick quickly. if you notice any warning signs it is important to call your pediatrician. parents should not be afraid of hospital which is can provide treatment children need at this time. >> very good to know. thank you very much, dr. tara narula, very scary. this morning we have new information on the special prosecutor assigned to the ahmaud arbery case. the unarmed black man was chased and shot down while running through a georgia neighborhood. he was jogging at the time. omar villafranca is following
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this investigation. good to see you. what can you tell us about this new special prosecutor. >> good morning. the new prosecutor was appointed by the georgia attorney general, and keep in mind, the u.s. justice department is also taking a look at this case. in georgia, the ahmaud arbery death investigation will be handled by the cobb county d.a. joyette holmes. she's led the d.a.'s office since july and she's been both a prosecutor and defense attorney. her appointment comes after two prosecutors recused themselves citing conflicts of interests citing one of the suspects are goingry mcmichael and a third had to be removed from the case. this surveillance video newly obtained by cbs news shows arbery inside a home that was under construction inside the shooting. he looks around and then after a few minutes leaves. the homeowner released a statement through their attorney which reads in part, nothing was ever stolen from the house. they were shocked and deeply saddened by these, vents. arbery's family says he was out
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for a jog on february 23rd, gregory mcmichael and his son travis said arbery was a burglary suspect and they chased him with guns. georgia's attorney general said they will present this evidence to a grand jury, but the earliest that could happen would be mid-june. anthony? >> all right, omar, thank you. ahead our dr. jon lapook takes us inside the race to find the coronavirus i have the power to lower
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this is a kpix 5 new this morning update. good morning, governor gavin newsom is expected to provide more details on part two of his phase 2 reopening plan. it will include sitdown dining restaurants, offices and malls. california is struggling with restaurants and they are preparing new safety measures with tables being removed and employees wearing face coverings. dr. anthony fauci will testify before the senate health committee and will warn of needless death if he was moved too quickly to reopen the country. the centers for disease
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control and prevention director will also testify. they are in self-quarantine. multiple san francisco supervisors will speak in support of a measure that would allow 16 and b,17 to vote in municipal elections. if past, they would be the first major u.s. city to lower the voting age. let's check on traffic. >> good morning, we have seen a traffic alert for interstate 80 westbound. we have an accident blocking two left lanes with injuries. there is a solid backup right around one and 13. also eastbound 80 entry ramp is blocked due to an accident. here is
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♪ here is ♪ i seen the lights go out on broadway ♪ >> welcome back to "cbs this morning". a little bit of music there to get your blood flowing. stars like billy joel came out for new york last night. he finished up the rise up fundraising with his miami 2017 it was broadcast in times square but synced with the lights of the empire state building. the virtual telethon featured mariah carey, sting and trevor noah among many other and hosted by tina fey but, anthony, here's the headline above all headlines it raised $115 million for coronavirus relief right here in
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new york. >> that's a great number. it was great to see billy up on the big screens in times square putting us all in a new york state of mind. we need that here. dr. anthony fauci says more than one coronavirus vaccine will likely be needed to end the pandemic because of overwhelming demand. in an unprecedented race more than 100 potential vaccines are being tested at record speeds. drugmaker moderna got fda approval last week to start a second round of clinical trials and pfizer began human trials of its vaccine candidate in the u.s. chief medical correspondent jon lapook looks at the science behind those fast tracking efforts. >> reporter: this novel coronavirus comes and you say no problem we can make that vaccine really quickly. >> we got this. >> reporter: kizzmekia corbett leads the vaccine collaboration
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at moderna. she told us the sars vaccine gave research ears huge head start. it would take two months to bring covid-19 vaccine to human trials. >> we actually changed the genetic code for the protein based on our knowledge that we gathered from designing vaccines for other coronaviruses in the past. >> reporter: that spike protein is the key that the coronavirus uses to unlock invade a body's cells. moderna's vaccines uses genetic material to instruct cells to make spike proteins that trigger an immune response to fight the virus. what did they tell you were the potential risk? >> we might have symptoms of the flu. that the ultimate bad symptom was i could get really, really sick. >> reporter: as one of the first american volunteers for moderna's trial carol kelly received her first dose in late april. >> why did you want to do this? >> so many people are suffering
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and i thought here's an opportunity that just presented itself and i need to do what i can. >> reporter: at johnson & johnson researchers are using a different approach. they take a piece of coronavirus dna and put it in a cold virus triggering a an immune response. >> we know what we have to do in order to get quick try to a vaccine. >> reporter: johnson & johnson chief scientific officer, paul stoffels can have a dozens available next year. >> reporter: people are saying it's going so fast. i'm worried about the safety. >> it's been used lot in animals and people from small kids tomorrow derly, from people who are healthy to people who are very sick like hiv. so we have been testing that in a very controlled way already. >> reporter: accelerating the vaccine timeline has raised some questions about safety. harbor individual immu
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immunologyist -- you don't think we're sacrificing safety? >> i don't think anybody is thinking about compromising in any manner, shape or form, but we will only know that after the initial safety studies and it's not obvious. >> reporter: even if we see a successful vaccine by early next year, it will take several years before enough people are immunized to create widespread protection and a realistic expectation would be it will make a difference in two to three years >> make a difference in two to three years. a really big difference and not just in the u.s. but hopefully in many other countries. >> reporter: dr. jon lapook joins us now. jon, good morning. in this accelerated development process are there any steps that are being either skipped or
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compressed? >> reporter: compressed is probably the better term. kizzmekia corbett told me how impressive she is, first step 20 months for sars and two months for covid-19. they took the sars vaccine and unscrewed the part that's specific to sars and. screwed on the part that's specific for covid-19. something akin to that which is the amazing in terms of compressing that. for stages two and three where you test safety and whether it elicits an immune response they are combining them. they are putting phase two and three together and only stop if there's a safety problem. >> all right, jon, thank you very much. dr. jon lapook. on today's "cbs this morning" podcast-up discusses how much diagnostic testing is needed to safely re-open with dr. tom ingals from johns hopkins. coming up how the air circulates
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unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden. surprising research may help keep people safe from the coronavirus in restaurants as we told you. these scenes are playing out in some restaurants like this one in colorado. now dining establishments may need consider airflow as well as social distancing. omar villafranca has more on that. >> reporter: this cafe in dallas a restaurant that seats about 25
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customers is remaining like most restaurants strictly take out. >> they have to order outside on the phone or online. nobody comes inside but employees. >> reporter: some states are allowing restaurants to gradually open. in texas they can't go over 25% capacity. yet owner julian ellison said he's not ready to. >> everybody's peace of mine. my peace of mind. my employee's peace of mine. >> you see people who reward that loyalty? >> a lot of customers give us some positive feedback. >> reporter: there's a throat consider when re-opening a dining room and not all of it has to do with keeping customers six feet apart. some has to do with airflow. a recent study out of china showed how one customer with covid-19 spread the disease to nine others. look at the pattern of infection. some people seated at the diner's table and the one at the
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front and behind were infected. but nobody at the table next to it was. >> when the virus is caught up in an air stream it has the potential to be, to move much further than six feet. >> reporter: professor kevin van dan wymelenberg and other researchers are the authors of a pap forecussed on limiting viral transmission in buildings. >> your team has a 3-d model how it may spread. >> we credit the conceptualization how the aerosols may be spreading in a room with fan that's recirculating the air whether it was an air conditioner or just a fan moving air the vc visualizan showing it.
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>> what did opening a windowed do? >> in this conceptual visualization what we're seeing with increased outside air exchange through the open window particles deposit more quickly and exhausted from the air stream more quickly. >> fresh air fewer infections. are people in the restaurant business will have to drin future in your mind what kind of air conditioning system they have and how it moves air? >> i think we're all going to be considering our air systems in buildings much more seriously moving forward and i think restaurants will be included in that scenario. >> reporter: for the outdoor dining, professor kevin van dan wymelenberg says that's safer than any indoor plan. fresh air, fewer infections. absolutely fascinating. thank you. ahead vladimir duthiers looking at the stories you'll be
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today will be your last working day with uber. i know that this is incredibly hard to hear. no one wants to be on a call like this. >> you can see her choking up. the video is very difficult to watch because it's indicative of what so many of our fellow americans have been going through recently a company manager said uber staff will be smaller for the foreseeable future since business is significantly down. uber has not returned our request for comment. this is the reality facing many americans. >> it is a sign of the times and there's no easy way and no right time and no right way to deliver those words. i feel for her. you can tell it deeply upset her. you have something else that might be brighter because i'm hearing pretty soon we'll hear play ball or something. >> that's right. especially for the two fellows on our team.
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major league baseball, the commissioner there is off earring plan to have the big leagues open their season in early july. so under this proposal the season reportedly would have 82 games. team rosters would expand to 30 blaers designated hitter used in both leagues. it comes as we learn than less than 1% team employees tested positive to antibodies of covid-19. the you're tired of watching correspondent baseball leagues here's your chance. >> look i'll watch any baseball any time. i'm looking forward to it. it's interesting players have a deal in place with major league baseball to get some of their money to this delay baseball. not all of it. the longer this drags on the more incentive they have to get back on the field. how do you get tests to give them tomb all the time to make sure things are safe. i digress. one more story for us, vlad. >> one more level.
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this is a really feel good story. there's a nurse that traveled to new york city to help coronavirus patients. she got the wedding she will never forget. this is amanda stuart and her new husband in times square. they exchanged vows while wearing masks on sunday night. watch this. >> i now promouns amanda and ronnie his and wife. you may kiss your bride. [ cheers and applause ] >> so here's what happened. the recruitment company that sent her to new york helped the couple with their special day. folks from around the nation donated everything from the wedding dress to flowers. the ceremony was cancelled at the end of this month due to the pandemic. many people you see in the crowd were nurse colleagues she worked with every day. >> yep. her bridesmaids were nurses. that's the biggest crowd i've
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it's tuesday, may 12th, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. deep impact, as president trump pushes for reopening, a stark warning from dr. anthony fauci. hear from front line workers about the mental health effects of this crisis. homemade proms, how teenagers are getting creative so they don't miss out on their big day. and the city that never sleeps goes silent. what it feels like to walk through new york city on mostly empty streets. but with glimmers of hope. >> can't wait to see that piece,
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anthony. first here is today's eye opener at 8:00. while dr. anthony fauci warns the dangers of opening too fast, president trump claims the u.s. has prevailed on testing. four top health officials dr. dr. fauci and the director of the cdc will testify remotely this morning before a senate committee. what the president loves to do is oversimplify and brand. america leads the world in testing, that's a brand. covid-19 doesn't care about oversimplification. it just spreads. the governor says it would take a miracle for new york city to reopen before june, but in upstate new york, some businesses will be able to resume limited operations. the new prosecutors was appointed by the georgia attorney general of the u.s. justice department, also taking a look at this case. in these uncertain times, we've all had to face ethical dilemmas. if you do find yourself feeling that constant internal struggle, you should know that you're not alone. >> don't eat any, all right? mommy coming back.
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>> as someone who has been on the wrong side of that battle many, many times, i salute that child. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. >> job well done, child. could you see they were thinking about it. they were think being it. welcome back to "cbs this morning." they thought nah, better not. she said don't do it. i was pulling for her, pulling. tony, that was cute. >> oh, i know but gayle, i want to tell that little guy wait until you become a grownup and the fridge is there all day long and you can open it whenever you want. it's hard to resist. any time is a good time for snacking as far as i'm concerned. we're going to begin with this. all but four u.s. states have now eased coronavirus restrictions, and today the reopening of america is taking center stage on capitol hill. four of america's top health officials are testifying remotely before a senate
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committee on what's necessary for america to get back to business safely. dr. anthony fauci told cbs news he plans to warn lawmakers of the risks of opening too quickly. yesterday the president suggested the u.s. has "prevailed" when it comes to testing, but after claiming tests are available to anyone, he was quickly contradicted on exactly who can get a test by the official in charge of testing. >> as far as americans getting a test, they should all be able to get a test right now, and if somebody wants to be tested right now, they'll be able to be tested. >> right now in america, anybody who needs a test can get a test in america with the numbers we have. >> this comes as the number of coronavirus deaths in america has now surpassed 80,000. no one knows more about the loss of life than first responders on the front lines. this morning we're learning more about the mental health impact of the pandemic on americans considered essential workers.
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we spoke to people in four states and while they may be facing different challenges, their message was clear. it is okay to ask for help. >> my name is elizabeth and i'm a critical care paramedic. >> chief lawrence of the englewood police department. >> i'm mark, i'm a january for. >> alison chang and i am a physician assistant. >> i've been in law enforcement for 32 years and never in my wildest dreams did i think that we would be faced with such a horrific event such as this. >> now that it's slowed down a bit, now we can kind of gather our feelings and think about you know, everything that happened. >> it's exhausting and hard to stay focused sometimes. >> some people have had anxiety attacks while working. i've had a little bit of fear mostly about bringing it home. a lot of my work clothes are starting to get holes and fall apart because being washed daily. >> we want to save as many
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people as we can, and when you have all these people who die anyway, it just makes you feel like a failure. and that is hard to process, because that's not why we went into medicine. >> i try to do what i can for my colleagues, try to keep them reassured that, you know, we're going to be okay. >> sometimes us wearing a uniform we're less inclined to want to reach out for help, because you're coming to us for help and a lot of times we feel we can't show that we have a weakness, and we need to reach out for help. >> boy, doctors already faced an increased risk of burnout and depression even before this pandemic. cbs news mental health contributor dr. sue varma joins us to discuss. we heard the man day he's reluctant to seek help because it shows weakness. i would think that adds another level to stress if you operate that way. do health care professionals
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face a different kind of mental illness or mental help than most others? >> yes because they're contending with what we call occupational hazards in this case, right? not only do they have the biological predisposition all of us have, like one in our or one in five of us at some point in our life will have a mental health disorder but they're being exposed to constant images of death and feelings of helplessness, and that's what we see puts people at risk for trauma, specifically post traumatic stress disorder, which by the way according to the study in china shows that we have 50% of health care providers front line dealing with depression and anxiety, 45% of dealing with anxiety, and so we're talking about a population of people who are exposed on a daily basis to people who are either dying or crashing in the emergency room, on their way to the emergency room, having to
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deal with family, grieving members they have never met, never been able to come to the hospital that they have to speak to on the phone, one after the other and when we look at the risk of trauma, we see that not being given proper instructions, not being prepared for this level of pandemic of having to answer phone calls and grief counsellors, so you know, we think about it, when you think about your role and your occupation, if you don't have the proper information, you don't have the proper training and you don't have the proper support, we see that a lot of the health care workers were fighting for ppe and that they felt their bosses had turned their backs on them. a lot of the hospitals did not want doctors to come out and speak and ask for the ppe that they needed or that they were shunned or ridiculed or even fired in some cases. so we are dealing with front line workers contending with the basic stress all of us have our day-to-day life. when they go home they're worried about their families, don't want to get their families
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sick and lastly they are worried about themselves. they can't talk about it. if you are considered a frontline health care worker you went into this profession because you thought of yourself as a self-sacrificial person, somebody who runs into burning buildings. you don't ask for help for yourself. >> yes, sue, unfortunately your mic say little hard for us to hear this morning. i am glad that we're talking about it. the first time tara narula brought it up about helpers needing help, i think it's an important conversation to have. we'll continue it another time when we have a better connection with you. thank you. if you or someone you know is seeking mental health resources there is a nun you can call, it's the national alliance on mental illness help line at 1-800-950-6264, or in a crisis, you can text "nami" at 741741. we also put the number on our website in case you didn't have a pen or pencil handy. anthony? >> thanks, gayle. ahead, how the pandemic has
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. the coronavirus has transformed new york city. more than 8 million people live here and around 60 million visit every year. the city has lived through depression, 9/11, hurricane sand y and now under lockdown. after this broadcast is over i put on a manufacturing and head out the see how the city i love has changed. the heart beat of new york has always been the throbbing energy of i was street life and its people. restless, ready for anything. ♪ for the past eight weeks the city that never sleeps has been anecessa
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an aneshetized. they call this crossroads of the world. these days you're lucky to find a handful of people. >> the soul of the city thrives on dense it is. >> is there a precedent for this? >> nothing quite like this has shutdown the whole city and affected just the whole temperament of the city. >> a century ago during the pandemic of 1918, spanish influenza gripped the city. facemasks were mandated by the board of health. papers tracked the rising daily death toll then too. and the city's health commissioner dr. royal copeland launched an anti-spitting crusade. >> in fact, there were boy scouts who were deployed so if someone would spit on the street they would give them a little card that said you are in violation of new york's code by spitting.
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>> in helped. 20,000 died. but new york fared better than most major cities. and it never closed. in recent weeks i wand terrified city where i was born. taking pictures. i didn't know what else to do. the scenes were both beautiful and heartbreaking. this is one of the places i used to play when i was a kid. the "alice in wonderland" statue. loved to sit on top of the mad hatter's hat. in the first few weeks of social distancing i was startled to catch a couple kissing here. it felt illicit at first and then hopeful. also hopeful the musicians who still appear in the park. their audiences are smaller but no less appreciative.
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the cultural life of the city has been in a medically induced coma. this is the broadway show company they just started previews when broadway closed so they closed before it could even open. the metropolitan museum of art, the country's largest museum would typically have up to 20,000 visitors a day this time of year. >> today it's two. you and me. >> daniel weiss is president and ceo of the met. has it ever been like this before? >> we've closed in moments of crisis, in snoerjs 9/11 for a few days. but never like this. >> what's it like to walk through this place being in charge of it? >> i got to say in this moment it's very eerie to walk through the muchl in the middle of the day, the light shining through to the windows and the objects
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looki looki looking magnificent. the earliest the museum will open is in july but likely later. >> when you do re-open will things go back to normal quickly? >> no. he'll never see that normal again. >> what do you think something like this does to the soul of the city? >> it's a wonderful moment in a way you can find a virtually lining to this time. . we want to appreciate what we're missing, i think even more. >> walking through new york, i wondered what we'll remember most about this moment years from now. i hope it's this. the beautiful noise that sweeps across apartment blocks and intersections. every evening at the stroke of 7:00, a tribute to health care
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workers. the heroes who fought the virus. but also a tribute to new york's own abiding spirit. the sound of a nearly 400-year-old city determined to endure. this city really does know how to survive. >> the city thrives on reinvention and resilience. it has to survive. >> that last shot there, guys, is the bethesda terrace in central park which was built around time of the civil war and as i walked around the city these last weeks i always find myself graph tasting to the old parts of the city because they endured all this and comforted me in some funny way. as i kept throwing these photographs i took on instagram and facebook, some woman commented you know you're telling a story here. and i hadn't realized it because i was doing it for my own mental therapy, gayle. but there's a story and i'm not
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quite sure what is it yet. it's just very dramatic, gayle. >> well number one i learned so many things watching that piece, anthony. first when i got off the air i'll read your bio. i didn't know you were born here. i knew you knew the city very well but i didn't know you played on those statues in central park. also to go back in the day and see that they wore face masks back then was interesting. when i look at those pictures whoever thought it was possible to even shutdown new york city. that just seechld med inconceiv but now on some level we're getting used to it but not really. i can't imagine what it was like for you going to places you know so well. >> about the facemasks, tony, one of the things that's interest field goal you read the articles from 1918, it's almost exactly like reading what's
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happening now. it's extraordinary down the face masks. >> i love that interlude you went back to 1918. 100 years from now people will look back at us with the same old pi ano keys and they will look to see what it was like. new york is very lucky to have you as a native son, anthony. >> yes. i agree. >> it's haunting out there, right now. >> sure is. but it is now recorded for memory. that's the job. >> all right. >> ahead more memory. a piece of mnirvana up for sale. what kurt cobain's guitar could get at auction. you're watching "cbs this morning".
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ahead, virtual programs. how teenagers and celebrities teaming up to make the big night happen even during this this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning, as we look outside, here is the richmond san rafael bread should. they have issued a wind advisory for the richmond san rafael bridge. use caution as you work your way across the span, especially if you are traveling in a high- profile vehicle. there has been a handful of accidents and a lot of slippery roadways. there was an accident on to it in northbound at seven street. it is a little slick.
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there is some yellow popping up. for our your drive times, 682 words 85. the bay bridges right now are moving okay across the san mateo bridge. we have a broken down vehicle and everything has cleared out and traffic is still moving okay at the toll plaza. we did see a few brake lights coming off the bridge into san francisco. it is a little slow towards the city and the skyway. for more on that unsettled weather, here is mary.'s track tracking a few spotty showers on doppler. you can see that as we take you through the morning and we are looking at a few more showers through hour day. mostly cloudy skies and light showers, a few more through our afternoon with daytime highs a little cooler, looking to this afternoon with unsettled weather through the midweek and then more by thursday and
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welcome back to "cbs this morning". time to bring you some of the stories that are the talk of our tables this morning. these stories that have caught our collective eye and we want to share with each other and with all of you. gayle is kicking it off. i really like mine. this is about nicholas johnson. you may not know that name now. princeton university announced its first black valedectorian. he's 22 years old. he's from montreal. majored in operations, research an financial engineering. he plans to start, listen to that, ph.d. progra at m.i.t. in
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the fall. johnson hopes finishing top of his class at princeton quote serves as an inspiration to black students coming up behind me. princeton will hold a virtual graduation for the graduation ceremony for the class of 2020 at the end of this month. and johnson says that he hasn't finalized his speech yet but has an idea. he'll talk about reflecting on his academic experiences, graduating in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. michelle obama also a princeton grad gave him a shout out saying she's so proud of him as a princeton alum. i have a feeling this is just the beginning for you. i can't wait to see everything you continue to achieve our former first lady said. tony, when i saw this story it made me very proud but made me a little sad it took 274 years for this accomplishment to happen. but i'm so happy for nicholas johnson. can't wait to hear his speech. >> i'm looking forward to that speech.
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it's a very longtime and now a lot on the shoulders of one young man. anyone who can live up to it i think key. at the same time i hope he has a good time. that's the most important thing. all right. we got a piece of history that i want to be talking about from the grunge era. going up for auction. here's a reminder of what it is. ♪ >> wow. the guitar in the hands of kurt cobain playing it during nirvana mtv unplugged concert. it now can be yours. a martin acoustic. it's beat up. has a case. auctioned together next month, guitar and case as one. estimated value $1 million. three times as much as, by the way, that sweater kurt cobain is
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wearing in that performance. anthony and gayle i feel i need explain this one to you guys. because if you're northwest older millennial generation or late gen x this may have missed you. nirvana that performance they were huge in the country. it was five months before kurt cobain died prematurely, of course and they were known for playing loud and instead they played so softly and so sweetly and with such haunting power twag historic when it happened. it's grown so more even over time. it will go for million dollars easy. but the millennial generation are poorer than their parents so a boomer will have to buy it. >> as hefty as that estimate is i think it's an under estimate by a long shot because that guitar means a lot to lot of people. it really does. all right. my story is about high schoolers during this difficult time.
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the pandemic has meant no spring sports, of course. no graduation ceremonies. and no prom. at least in the traditional sense. as part of our series on the new normal mark strassmann shows us how students are still finding a way to experience the teenage right of passage. >> prom was supposed to be a night from away from all of your worries, with your friend, we just get to dress up and look pretty and feel pretty. >> reporter: hannah lucas deserved her big night. when her high school cancelled her prom she created one of her own, a virtual prom. >> welcome to our prom. >> reporter: with help from her brother charlie. they found sponsors and discovered lots of teens wanted to walk down a virtual red carpet. >> it started off as a yoke over spring break when we had the time to plan out. we should do it. >> reporter: why it is called we are well?
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>> we are well is a declaration. declaration of strength together. we want to declare that we are the class of 2020. and we are well. >> think of it as the oscars. >> reporter: 500 students across the country streamed the event on instagram line. some friend went together not on a limo but on zoom. they dressed. mix in some celebrities. and showed off killer dance moves with music by dj jazzy jeff. >> 2020 prom, let's go. >> prom is really an important milestone in river teen's life. a lot of teens are disappointed and heart broke that their programs have been cancelled or postponed. >> kristin koch is the executive director at "seventeen" magazine. she said teens should celebrate.
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>> you don't know when it will be safe to have prom in person and there's no rule that says you can't have two programs. you can still have that prom, still that memory. ♪ we are family >> reporter: memories with a twist on tradition. from virtual celebrity programs like this one hosted by john krasinski. >> class of 2020, the jonas brothers. >> with an all-star cast of guests. to programs with family at home. in wisconsin, celia trexell's family threw her the prom of her dreams celebrated with parade of cars and a special dance with her dad. >> better than prom because being able to spend so much quality time with my family is so special to me. it's a really special moment for me that i will forever hold near and dear to my heart and just cherish forever. >> wellness and togetherness. >> reporter: back in georgia the
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lucas siblings are mental health activists. they created an app called not okay. it alerts trusted contacts of your location when you feel not okay. hannah had the idea after she attempted suicide when she was 15. snubl that there's a mental health component to not having a prom? >> definitely. i think it's more than just not having a prom, you know. this whole pandemic has made people feel helpless and really out of control, just being able to come together for one last hoorah is a powerful thing. >> reporter: how has that experience helped you? >> it's made me feel strong again and it's made me realize that even if the world throws certain circumstances at me it's what you do in spite of those circumstances that create you. >> i did it just to see her get better and seeing her suffer like that for so long, it's
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awesome to see her do better. >> oh, you love me. >> reporter: that was very sweet. in a virtual prom they found something real. generation z has spunk and style. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, cumming, georgia. first can i just say hannah lucas wins for best hair. she wins for best hair hands down and they did get to dress up and look pretty. it's amazing what you can do on what i call the zoom zoom. it's not ideal but can bond you and keep you together. it's nice everybody has figured out a way to prime vice and you get to have some form of the prom which is always a big deal in your life. >> i love seeing that. can i say hannah lucas wins more than just hair. she's a very impressive young lady. ahead, former joint chiefs
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. martin dempsey spent 41 years in the u.s. army. he was chairman of the joint
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chiefs of staff under president obama and in his new book "no time for spectators the lessons that mattered the most, he examine qualities that make great leaders. he joins us from north carolina. general, good morning. i want to let our viewers know we're fight two second delay,000 fought much worse. i want to let our viewers know that you are a believer and a defender in the idea of a nonpartisan military with nonpartisan leaders and i want to uphold that as well in this conversation. but in the spirit of walt whitman and a quote you love, let us be curious but not judgmental. the pandemic is a moment when leadership is on display all over the country. as you look out on how leaders are doing, what your seeing? >> well, first, let me start, tony, if i could. i've been listening in to the entire show. let me start by adding my own
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deep appreciation for health care workers who are on front lines of this particular fight. also, though, i was struck by hannah and some of the other stewards. what i noticed in the spirit of the book i wrote, one of the things this pandemic has done, it's made people realize they have to -- they can't be spectators. they can't wait to be told what to do. they got help figure it out. that's narcotic of good organizations that everyone feels some obligation both leaders and followers. and i think at the national, the state and local governments as well. >> you have an interesting line in the book that i think is worth lingering on. it's that the best leader are, in fact, also followers. what do you mean by that? >> well, you know, when you think about the course of your life and whatever career you choose, you know, you spend most of your time as a follower, and
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a fraction of your time as a leader. and i think that if you recognize that early enough you begin to learn about what it means to be a good follower, to be a trusted adviser to someone in the leadership position. so when you achieve those positions of greater responsibility, you have a feel for both sides of the equation. and as you know, from having the read, or at least i hope you tread book, as you know there are certain attributes that go into making that relationship. both sides of the equation. but that relationship positive and productive, things like character, things like loyalty, things like fundamentals, a bit of sensible skepticism, a bit of responsible rebelliousness but it has to work both ways. >> you point out life is not a spectator sport. you want people to walk away from reading the book with an understanding of what it means to live, as you put it, a felt
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life. what do you mean by a felt life and what are the lessons for leadership? >> well, think about the current pandemic and the way that it's kind of touched all of our lives. one of the reasons it's touching our lives so dramatically, really, is it's the first crisis in the history of our country that's playing out in the social media age. and, you know, social media is wonderful. information is wonderful. but it can sweep you along. it can paralyze you. it can do things that are not all that healthy for a healthy society. so one of the thing that i encourage people to do and guy the way, this book is about me not just about me but there are plenty of people i met along the way to help me under how to be a good follower and a good leader.
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but there's an aspect that cause people to make sure you don't wish away your life or be swept away by it. you feed to take time to feel it. one thing i see happening in this pandemic people are beginning to feel their lives again. here's thing. we all want to get back to normal, whatever that was. but maybe we can do better than that. this book -- i wrote it 18 months ago. i'm not trying to make myself sound like no, sstradamus. i hope it's more relevant with some of the ideas we can cap towers we try to move a little bit better than the old normal. >> general dempsey, i think that's a wonderful note to end on. in fact, the lesson to not get swept up in life, let it carry you along but to be in the
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stream teen feel it. that's the takeaway i have and lessons of leading a felt life and being a general leader. thank you. no time for spectators is available from bookstores today. reminder you can always get the morning news by sub describing to the cbs "this morning" podcast. you'll they are morning's top stories in less than 20 minutes. we'll have more in just a moment. we'll be right back. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit 16. (laughter) how many pints of iced tea are left in the pitcher? times... ten... so, wait...
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here at "cbs this morning" like you we're working from home. >> and don't help you make sense of the coronavirus pandemic. >> with the latest on a critical search for a cure. >> from our homes to yours we can get through this together. before we go, a hopeful moment during this uncertain
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time. 93-year-old w.d. brinson could not hold back his emotions when he saw his wife of almost 72 years for first time since march. >> i love you. >> florida nursing home held a drive through parade so its residents could safely see family members. before the pandemic the world war ii vet visited his wife faye every day. the couple will celebrate their 72nd wedding anniversary next week. congratulations to them. he told our jacksonville affiliate that he's learned how to face time. but he says it's not the same as seeing her in person. boy that's the truth. right, gail? >> oh, that's absolutely true. wait. i got pick my heart up off the floor. did you hear him scream to his life i love you.
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i love you. after 72 years of marriage, yes. may we all feel that way after 72 years, tony. yes. re we're all doing our part by staying at home.
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you can save by using a fan to cool off... unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... or closing your shades during the day. stay well and keep it golden. this is an update. if you want to take the bridge, go south and you will see brake lights. they set up a traffic area with cones. you are looking live at san rafael bridge and it is backed up to the toll plaza. there is more roadwork and effect yesterday and also today. pack your patience. you can use 37 as an alternate. there is a wind advisory in effect for the san rafael
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bridge. it was busy across the span. the bay bridge is light. let's look at the rest of your bay area bridges san mateo bridge is moving at the limit with no delays in both directions. the plaza is fairly quiet with no troubles on the eastbound side. we did have extra volume towards a san francisco but things are okay now. the bay area bridges looking good in both directions and traffic is lighter. overnight roadwork is continuing throughout the week. let's check the forecast with mary. good morning, tracking some spotty showers on high def doppler and through our day, we are looking at a few more showers. unsettled weather continues today and tomorrow with mostly cloudy skies this morning and a few more showers in the afternoon and temperatures are little cooler and unsettled weather continues tomorrow and then catching a bit of a break by thursday and friday and then
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