work at the jbs plant which processes 1 bon year. thyttan to provide a safe working environment. still, emails we obtained from the regional health department show at the end of march a local emergency room doctor called the plant a hot spot. another wrote, jbs should shutdown for two weeks. that never happened. by april 21st, the health department reported more than 230 jbs-related cases. on its website, jbs cites measures taken including temperature checks and face masks along with increased sanitation and physical distancing. but brown said sometimes -- >> there's no real feasible way to keep us all 6 feet apart. it's just a lot of people in one space, you know what i mean? it's just very congested. >> reporter: to limit that congestion, jbs and producers like tyson foods are taking other steps. this tyson video shows improvements including workstation dividers, on-site

medical screenings, and social distancing. meat packing companies have also increased pay for workers during the crisis. tyson announced two $500 bonuses in may and july. jbs has raised hourly pay and is giving a $600 bonus to workers who had no more than two unexcused absences between april 20th and may 15th. but mark pe prrks rone, president of the ufcw international union which represents many workers, is skeptical. >> they want people to come to work so they're paying them more money. the problem with that is it puts them back inside the plant. >> reporter: jbs workers who stay home because they fear contracting the virus won't lose their jobs, the company says, ich perrone says leaves many d, workers with the option to work because they need their paychecks. >> just because you're an essential worker doesn't mean you're expendable. and i think that people have started to think about these

workers, especially in these packing houses, as being expendable. >> reporter: but george washington university expert melissa perry says keeping workers safe protects the meat packing business as well. >> i think it's a false dichotomy to frame it as though it's a choice between workers or our meat. that's really not the issue. the issue is it's a choice between ensuring safe protections with the meat processing plant so we can continue to have a steady reliable supply of meat. >> reporter: back at jbs, ryan brown is making $4 more per hour now, but says money isn't the answer. >> we're here putting people's families at risk and lives at risk. i don't think you can put a number on that. >> reporter: on its website jbs says it is encouraging sick team members to stay home from work, and it has relaxed its attendance policies. they also pointed out that no one has asked them to close the plant. local health officials say

that's because they couldn't get we reached out to the governor's office, neveard >> air traffic is falling 90% during the coronavirus pandemic, and many of those who do get on planes are complaining of cramped cabins and no way to social distance. kris van cleave spoke with two airline c.e.o.s. >> reporter: online outrage from fliers as pictures post of seemingly packed flights. a handful a day leaving up to 85% full. and at charlotte's airport, a steady stream of fliers wednesday. while the number of daily travelers roughly doubled from a month ago, on average, planes are departing with just 31 passengers. has people's sense of what crowded is changed? >> i think there's a lot of confusion. if you go back a month or so before masks were required for employees or our passengers, social distancing was definitely necessary. >> reporter: frontier c.e.o. barry biffle is in florida

encouraging people to get back to flying. his carrier is blocking 20 seats per flight as part of what he calls a multi layered approach to safety. that includes electro static fogging of planes to kill the virus and masks for all aboard. so how do you make people wear a mask? >> we make it clear when you check in, whether it be online or in person, you must wear a facial covering of some type. if you don't have it, we will deny you boarding. >> reporter: what happens if i refuse to wear the mask once i'm on the plane? >> we'll try to de-escalate it, but we do require you to wear a mask. what customers are telling us is they feel safer when everyone is wearing it. it's not just about you. >> reporter: unlike other forms of mass transit, airlineers have hospital grade air filters to strip out virus and bacteria. fresh air is cycled sbrinto the cab cabin every 2 to 4 minutes. >> i would say we are trying to

respond as quickly as we can to something that we've never seen before. and our priority is to make people feel that flying is safe. >> reporter: robin haze runs jet blue. his carrier is blocking up to 40% of the seats on its flights. can people safely social distance on an airplane? is that a realistic expectation? >> that's why we're asking all of our customers to wear masks, because, you know, when you're in an airline seat, you're keeping the middle seat free, you're not going to be 6 feet away from someone. >> reporter: should there be some standardization? >> we would wel for example, we believe you're safe if everyone wears masks. there are some inconsistencies with the masks. it would be great if it was mandated by the government everyone wear it. just like you c't smokenplane. >> reporter: makin news this morning, five democratic senators have proposed require airlines to offer cash refunds to any flyer who canceled a flight for any reason during the

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album with anthony mason. ♪ it's cold in this house >> reporter: alabama-born jason isbul has become one of the country's most acclaimed singer/song writers. his last two albums debuted atop the country and rock charts, and each won isbel a pair of grammys. ♪ what have i done to help somebody ♪ >> reporter: when he recorded his new album, reunions, in what now seems like another time -- you're releasing an album in the middle of a pandemic. which is probably not what you planned on. >> no, it's not what i planned on. i would be super disappointed if i had to wait. i think people don't need music any less now than they will a year from now. >> reporter: if anything, they need it more. >> yeah. i mean, i need it more, you know? i need to feel a connection with >>r: oheir farm outse lle, amanda

shires. ♪ april is the last time i think i saw you ♪ > reporter: have them hunkering down at home with their 4 yoild daughter mercy. can she tell something's different? >> she definitely can. she misses being on tour. she goes on tour with us. so she said a few times, can we pretend we're in a hotel today, daddy? yeah, we can do that. >> reporter: do you worry about when you're going to get back on tour again? >> yeah, i do worry about that. i don't know when that's going to happen. sometimes i'll let myself think about how nice it will be to play shows again with my band and not a audience and ride around and see new things. ♪ and no, you're not to use me for good ♪ >> but i don't stay there for too awful long because i get sad. >> reporter: meantly are you finding this challenging at all? >> yes, it is challenging. weost john prime month >> reporter: prime died of the

coronavirus in early april. isbel and shires both performed on his final album, "the tree of forgiveness" and had toured with the revered singer/song writer. ♪ ♪ that must have made this very real. >> it did. when john passed, it occurred to me there's no such thing as overreacting at this point because if john's loss had been the only one, it would still be enough to keep us in the house for however long it takes. lod session, here's the barn. >> reporter: so isbel has been performing his new music from his studio in his barn. ♪ walking around at night, fighting my appetite ♪ ♪ every cut off could be you >> reporter: you said you don't want a lot of ghosts on this record. >> i didn't know that's what was happening when i was writing the

songs. >> reporter: one of those ghosts was his own. the alcoholic isbel before his recovery eight years ago. >> for the first few years after i got sober and straightened my life up, it was dangerous for me to forgive myself because i didn't want to turn back into that guy. >> reporter: you're okay being with that guy again? >> yeah, for once. and it's taken a long time because, i mean, everybody has that friend that, you know, they can't hang out with. if i go out with that guy tonight, i'm going to wind up in trouble. well, that was my own self, you know? >> reporter: isbel says the pressure to live up to his earlier albums also meant reunions had a somewhat tortured birth. ♪ ♪ >> could have had a better time, but i don't think we could have made a better album. you know, now the album is done, we can have a good time now. things are a little bit more back to normal. >> rep for the pandemic and

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major league baseball is hoping to begin a shortened season in july. in the meantime, a growing number of sports fans are tuning into korean baseball games played in empty stadiums. dana jacobsen has that story. >> reporter: if you missed live sports, right now this is your best bet. if you can stay awake. >> miss baseball this much. i am watching korean baseball. welcome back, baseball. >> reporter: six nights a week after midnight on the east coast, fans hungry for america's pass time are tuning in to watch athletes a half a world away play the game they love. >> never in my 20 years of fandom did i ever think we would have so many new fans to the kbo outside the world let alone here in the united states. >> reporter: dan kurtz runs a

website dedicated to the kbo. born in korea and adopted by a family in the u.s., he began the love in sport 23 years ago. >> it's the greatest sporting event. any time i can get back to it i do. >> reporter: tell me about t. >> you have synchronized cheers all the fans from each team knows. ♪ ♪ yes, there's a baseball game going on on the field, but it was like a rock concert going on in the stands. >> reporter: but in its current form, the kbo just might be a sign of things to come for the mlb. with empty stands, temperature checks for players, and many coaches and players wearing masks. >> it was not normal, but as it was the new normal. >> reporter: former major leagu so with thekbo. hisstast week.

>> the premiere playing was sponsored by a technology phone company, and they had noon conferences goi on with 300-plus fans on this giant video board. it worked. >> reporter: he said one of the most exciting developments for him and his teammates is seeing interest spike in the u.s., including by some of major league baseball's biggest stars, like former mvp mookie bets. >> to see how excited they were americans will be watching them now, it absolutely made their day. one of my teammates was followed by mookie betts. he thought it was the coolest thing in the world. he was so excited. >> reporter: the mvp, that's awesome. >> yeah, he's like a superstar here in korea. he was so excited that mookie betts followed him. he comes running to me across the locker room. he could not believe it. >> reporter: for strayly and the rest of the korean baseball league, this is their time to shine, and loving every second of it.

>> and that is the overnight news for thi friday. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm jeff pegues. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, a whistleblower warns it could get worse. the ousted vaccine expert says the government still lacks a master plan in dealing with the coronavirus. and the urgent warning tonight. >> our window of opportunity is closing. >> o'donnell: plus the president tours a pennsylvania factory without a mask. >> look at you people all spread out six feet. that's pretty impressive. >> o'donnell: breaking news: the c.d.c. issues an alert about mystery illness ins in children. children. what we're learning tonight. staggering job losses, 36 million jobs lost over just two months, and a food line in dallas a mile long before the food bank even opens. shutdown showdown. armeot over michigan's stay-at-home