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>> cbs weekend news is next. news updates are always ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> gianola: tonight, heading out masks or not. >> we're ready. >> gianola: nearly every state reopens in some way from the jersey shore to the west coast, and oregon slopes. at the track, they're off, as some urge caution. >> and don't underestimate this virus. >> gianola: also tonight, the president takes aim at critics after claiming virus victory is near. >> vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. >> gianola: while new virus relief gets push-back. plus, the class of 2020 in the age of covid. >> missing out on the festivities and the commencement, that's sad. >> gianola: in georgia, new demands for justice in the death of ahmaud arbery. the coronavirus ignites a remote revolution, at home and work. >> ultimately, when this is
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over, i think we're going to see a different way for our employees, how they're going to work. >> gianola: and later, tiramisu treat: how the pandemic is giving this formerly homeless chef new life. >> how are you? >> your tiramisu! this is the "cbs weekend news." >> gianola: good evening. i'm jeff gianola, reporting from koin-tv in portland, oregon. one day after president trump declared "america is back," former president obama today said the virus has "torn back the curtain on u.s. leadership." today, nearly every state has begun reopening, except massachusetts and connecticut, where statewide restrictions remain in place. but harvard researchers say only nine states have met testing levels and are safe to reopen. and while infections have slowed, the death toll is still rising. danya bacchus begins our coverage. >> reporter: millions more
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americans are out and about this weekend, this as the c.d.c. director says more than 100,000 people could die from the virus by the end of the month. >> set, go! >> reporter: ready or not, states are coming out of lockdown. all but two have eased stay-at-home restrictions, and across the country, eager citizens are taking advantage. ( cheers ) >> reporter: the gates are now open at folsom lake in california. >> this is the perfect place to be. we should be outdoors, breathing! >> reporter: skiers are returning to the slopes at timberline resort in oregon. is and some beach and boardwalks in new jersey are open with limitations. >> i have to tell you, i'm happy t see people. this is the most people i've seen in two months. >> reporter: there's even a small return to sports. horse racing is back at kentucky's churchill downs. nascar drivers will start their engines again sunday, all without fans. as states begin to allow businesses to open, a historic drop in retail sales fuels
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economic uncertainty, down 16.4% from march to april. jc penny is the latest retailer to file for bankruptcy protection. distancing rules remain in place for many places, but some have had enough. >> this is no longer sound medical practice. this is all about politics. and i'm not going to play. >> reporter: jeffrey latout is refusing to stop serving dine-in customers at his restaurant in california a move defying state orders. >> we kind of want to rebel. >> reporter: face masks have become political for some. >> this is america. >> you look like an idiot. with that mask on. >> reporter: in hard-hit new york, where daily numbers of cases are declining... >> reporter: governor cuomo says it's up to the package to prevent a second wave of the coronavirus. here in los angeles county adolescence no end date to the stay-at-home order. some cities are now asking if they can speed up the reopening process, asking local leaders to let them ease their restrictions at their own pace. jeff.
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>> gianola: danya, thank you. president trump is spending the weekend at camp david, but even if he's not in the capital, there's new controversy. cbs' nikole killion is at the white house. >> reporter: from the presidential retreat, president trump took to twitter saturday, praising the great job his administration has done on covid response. >> it's very important, vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. >> reporter: the president again made a vocal pitch for "operation warp speed," after introducing his new team overseing his ambitious goal to develop a vaccine by the end of the year. >> we will be able to deliver a few hundred million doses of vaccine by the end of 2020. >> reporter: some of the president's own health experts this week were more cautious. >> i said that it would take about one year to 18 months. >> the heroes bill is passed. >> reporter: on capitol hill friday night, the house moved
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forward with its own remedy: a $3 trillion package with more stimulus payments, aid to essential workers, and state and local governments. the white house and g.o.p.-led senate said it's a nonstarter. >> they say, well, we funded businesses, we funded millionaires. yeah, good, that's nice. how about working americans? >> reporter: after cutting off funds for the world health organization last month, the president now suggests he may restore some of it and match what china pays. the president tweeted it's one of numerous concepts being considered, but he hasn't made a financial decision. jeff. >> gianola: turning to a developing story, nikole, the president has fired the state department's watchdog. what's the reason? >> reporter: congressional democrats are launching a probe into the firing of state department inspector general steve linick. they claim he was let go after opening an investigation into secretary of state mike pompeo, and accused the president of retaliation.
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the president says he no longer has confidence in the i.g. linick is the fourth administration watchdog official to be dismissed in recent weeks. jeff. >> gianola: nikole, thanks. tomorrow on "face the nation," alex azar., secretary of health and human services, and house speaker nancy pelosi will be margaret brennan's guests. today, the f.d.a granted emergency authorization for the first testing kit that lets people take a nasal sample at home. it's made by austin, texas-based everlywell. but they're not alone in this race as imtiaz tyab reports. >> reporter: in laboratories around the world, the race is on for a rapid, low-cost-- mocria coronavirus test. dozens already on the market are in the works. but concerns over accuracy continues to be a dark cloud hanging over the quick-use diagnostics. here at the british medical start-up sense biodetection, they believe they have achieved just, that a rapid covid-19 test with results in just under 10
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minutes. it's the brainchild of molecular biologist dr. harry lamble. >> we use what's called a molecular chemistry. we're targeting the genetic material of the virus. and we're amplifying it many millions in fold in order to be able to test it. >> reporter: lamble expects the diagnostic to receive f.d.a. approval in the next month and has partnered with phillips-medisize to produce its product as cheaply as a home pregnancy test. so, how does it work? well, you take a sample from inside your nostril, dip it into a chemical solution, use a pipette, draw the liquid out, pour the fluid in here, switch it on, and you're done. at the white house, which is suffering from its own coronavirus outbreak, president trump has given a ringing endorsement to abbott laboratory's rapid covid-19 test. but the f.d.a. is warning preliminary research has identified potential problems with abbott's 15-minute diagnostic, including false
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negatives. whatever the case, it further complicates the already-complex quest for a quick, affordable, and accurate coronavirus test. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, cambridgeshire, england. >> gianola: the pandemic has denied millions of america's high school and college seniors their usual commencements. today, former president barack obama helped fill the void, at least virtually. he offered inspiration to graduates of historically black colleges and universities and pointed criticism of the handling of the coronavirus crisis. >> this pandemic has fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. >> gianola: mr. obama also told graduates that if the world is going to get better, it's going to be up to them. cbs' michael george shows us the class of 2020 is already proving resilient. >> reporter: in a small room on long island, in front of a
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laptop, is where columbia university student ali block took her final exam, and it's where she'll graduate. >> we're all disappointed. we're all sad to not be together. ♪ oh, say can you see >> reporter: commencement is traditionally a time to celebrate with family and friends. but for the class of 2020, it will be held in isolation. ♪ ♪ for ali, an accomplished ballerina and psychology student chosen to give a speech to her class, this is a sacrifice she's willing to make. >> this is bigger than us. this is about the health of the world. reporter: but many graduating college students are finding creative ways to still have their moment. these university of colorado roommates... ( cheers ) ...held a mini-graduation right on their front porch. and these students at the berklee school of music in boston turned commencement into a virtual musical performance. shekinah katrice's mother made
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this cardboard cutout of her chancellor to hand her the diploma. >> i know you may not feel like it, but you are, indeed, the chosen class. >> reporter: even celebrities like oprah and cardi b, are sending congratulations to graduates. >> i just want to say congratulations. >> reporter: the class of 2020 heads into the world facing an uncertain future, the pandemic still spreading, and unemployment at a record high. but ali block thinks this moment will come to define the class of 2020. >> it will be a lesson in resilience. it will be a lesson in facing hurdles that are unforeseen, unexpected. >> reporter: a generation ready to make sacrifices and not letting anything stop them. michael george, cbs news. >> gianola: to brunswick, georgia, now, where hundreds of people gathered today demanding justice in the shooting death of ahmaud arbery.itell is there. >> reporter: a long line of cars, a justice caravan...
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>> justice for ahmaud! >> reporter: ...made theve from atlanta to brunswick, georgia, demanding justice for ahmaud arbery. >> this happens too often. they kill our sons like it's nothing. >> reporter: the 25-year-old was shot to death after being chased and confronted by two men, all of it captured on video. cbs news has obtained a copy of a text message a police officer sent to homeowner larry english months ago, telling him to call gregory mcmichael, one of the two men charged with killing arbery, if a security camera detected intruders on his construction site. "greg is retired law enforcement. he said please call him day or night when you get action on your camera." an attorney for arbery's family wants the officer arrested, saying he deputized men to hunt down suspects. this security camera video shows others on the property, including children, and a white couple, on the david shooting. the owner says he never called the mcmichaels and told police
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nothing was ever stolen. jessi mitchell, cbs news, brunswick, georgia. >> gianola: we learned today that fred willard has died. he's best remembered as a clever comic actor who often played clueless characters on television and film. his daughter hope says he was funny until the very end. fred willard died of natural causes in los angeles. he was 86. as we mentioned, we're reporting from portland, oregon, tonight, and there's news from here. an oregon-made indie film found itself at the top of box office sales for three straight weeks after covid-19 closed theaters nationwide. the film, called "phoenix, oregon," is holding a virtual screening through sunday, and half the proceeds go to local restaurants making food for families who need it most during the pandemic. at last count, the movie and the oregon hospitality foundation have raised about $12,000. straight ahead on the "cbs
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verizon c.e.o. hans vestberg hosts a company-wide live web cast aimed at keeping his 120,000 employees working from home looped in on changes to their business and how they do it. >> ultimately, when this is over, i think we're going to see a different way for our employees, how they're going to work, and we'll see a mix of people being at the office and sometimes working from home because it's actually working pretty well. >> reporter: verizon has seen a 1,200% increase in customers using collaboration tools like zoom, and a surge in phone calls-- 800 million a day. that's double a typical mother's day. when cbs news went largely remote, we all had to get creative. our homes became makeshift studios and our phones and laptops are being used to gather news in ways we never have done before. jonathan tootell is also working from home, but grudgingly. was most of your work in person? did you work from home at all? >> no, no one worked from home. in fact, our business is
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mry interpersonal. >> reporter: as the new york otelet lead for square foot, the new york real estate company, there's only so much me can do remotely. >> on a daily basis trying to deal with landlords, trying to deal with tenants, it's nearly impossible. >> reporter: while tootell looks forward to getting back into his manhattan office, bloom sees the benefits in the home office. footing, which has been really great for >> it's put everyone on an equal footing, which has been really great for us. >> reporter: and gives her a chance to take a baking break. change driven by technology and a pandemic. kris van cleave, cbs news, working from home in washington. >> gianola: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," the west gets warned. how a mega-drought could be the worst in centuries.
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>> gianola: for nearly two decades, the american west has been stricken by a dry spell so severe, that it ranks among the worst droughts of the past 1,200 years. cbs' john blacne today's "eye on earth:" there is >> reporter: springtime is when reservoirs across the american west should be full. this year, as in many years past, they are not. >> lake mead and lake powell, the colorado river, big white bathtub rings around them left as the water declines.
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>> reporter: john fleck is author of "water is for fighting." >> there's less water in the system now than there was 20 and 30 years ago. >> reporter: what is happening in the west, a new study says, is not just a drought. it's a mega-drought. it's a pretty dramatic term "megadrought." >> if you go back in time 500 years or so, there were these phenomenal droughts in terms of both severity and in terms of length. >> reporter: park williams is lead scientist on research that used tree ring evidence to study megadroughts centuries ago that lasted as long as 40 years. >> until recently, those droughts have always been spoken about with almost a mythical-type character. >> reporter: there is one difference between those megadroughts and this one. >> what we're seeing today is a combination of natural climate variability as well as human-caused climate change. so without human-caused climate change, we would still have a drought but it wouldn't be as serious as the ones we have actually seen. >> reporter: in the mountains above boise, idaho, scientist hans peter marshall is working to develop better ways to
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determine how much water there is in the snow pack. >> with that increase in temperature, we're starting to see snow packs melting earlier y well. so it's becoming more challenging for us to not only predict how much water is going to enter our reservoirs, but also the ability to store that water all the way through the end of the summer for agriculture and water resource purposes. >> reporter: planning water use will become even more crucial if, indeed, the west is in the midst of a megadrought that could last another 20 years or more. s,hn blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> gianola: up next on the "cbs weekend news," how do you express love and gratitude in tough times? try tiramisu. o takes care of yo. so when it comes to screening for colon cancer, don't wait. because when caught early, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers... ...even in early stages. tell me more.
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made, home made, delicious, it just makes you feel a little bit metter. >> reporter: tiramisu means "pick me up" in italian. giovanni wants his dessert to do that for these nurses caring for covid patients. >> thank you! >> okay, god bless you. >> take care. >> o'donnell: i have vaughny's story of love, and family is baked into his tiramisu. for years he catered to hollywood's rich and famous, until his world fell apart. >> my first wife died. that threw me awe balance. then my daughter. >> reporter: breast cancer took them both. then circumstance and poor choices took eveth hd himstimaty home, without work. heas depression, that he told me, "i don't think i can make it." >> reporter: his youngest daughter, isabelle, came back have regained that balance, you >> since my first wife died, i have never regained that balance, you know, really, until the tiramisu came about. >> reporter: isabelle asked him to make his famous dessert for
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her birthday. >> but he made enough for 50 people. i posted a terrible photo, and i said, "hi, i know this is a long shot, but my dad's in this bad situation. he's 70 years old. but he makes this great tiramisu. so if you happen to have a sweet tooth and want to buy, this is an opportunity." >> reporter: giovanni's tiramisu sales are soaring, even as restaurants are struggling. he makes every order by hand and delivers it himself. >> very good. >> reporter: is he a one-man one-manof hope? carrier of hope? >> i think so so. >> bye-bye. t okay. >> bye-bye. >> bye-bye, thank you! >> reporter: farrah fazzal, cbs news, los angeles. >> gianola: what a beautiful story. how tiramisu gave a man back his life, and it makes us all hungry. that's it for the "cbs weekend that's it for the cb
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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> another push to accelerate the re-opening of businesses. this time in livermore. what these folks had to say today. they said i had a ticket even though there's no sign here indicating that there's no parking. >> plus, a sign of the times as oakland police start ticketing people at parks. and just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any weirder, enter mother nature. another round of may rain is on the way. good evening, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm juliette goodrich. frustration over open ended rules boiled over in the bay today. kpix 5's wilson walker was there. >> we have seen gatherings across the country and in california, well, today, the movement, if you want to call it
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that, came do to downtown livermore. >> we're not making any kind of statement, other than the fact that we love our small businesses. >> reporter: they met beneath the livermore flagpole and they brought plenty of flags with them to sum up their sentiments on the shelter in place. >> i'm just done with it. >> reporter: one of the bliz owners behind today's protest, giovanni. >> we want to get the city council and business owners together to aggressively work something out to get businesses re-open again. >> so i get it. we are all frustrated, but these are not the city rules. these are the rules that came down from the alameda county public health department and the state. i can't open the city. >> reporter: mayor john marshawn says no one involved in today's protest has reached out to him and he is quick to point out that these decisions are being
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