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reminder of what memorial day is all about. steve hartman, cbs news, on the road. captioning sponsored by cbs >> klinge: tonight u.s. deaths from the coronavirus near 100,000, the most by far of any country. the grim milestone this memorial day weekend as americans crowd outside, safe or not. >> splish splash taking a bath, enjoy life. sh taking aas others seek to remember. >> for the people who gave us our freedom. >> klinge: also tonight president trump plays golf again, t-ing up new controversy. >> would i shut it down again, to. >> klinge: in paris today cautios christians return to communion while muslims worldwide celebrated eid mostly keeping their distance. hong kong erupts as china cracks down. the coronavirus exposes a new threat at home for victims of abuse.
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hollywood isn't rolling and workers are devastated. and later, infected and isolated. a michigan teacher provides a lesson in dedication. >> hugs from afar. >> this is the cbs weekend news. >> klinge: good evening, i'm elizabeth klinge from kovr, sacramento, as the nation reaps to honor the sacrifices of men and women who served in uniform we face a grim milestone, the country is fast approaching 100,000 american lives lost in the coronavirus fight. the death toll is already more than double the number of reported deaths of any other nation. more t6 infeir spreading, but that didn't stop tens of millions from heading outside this memorial day weekend. jonathan vigliotti begins our coverage. >> reporter: elizabeth here in
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los angeles county public health officials say the rate of newly infected is dropping as this state moves slowly to reopen. the holiday weekend proving to be a major test for the entire nation. the unofficial start of the summer saw an easing of the national lockdown. >> feels wonderful to get back to normal. >> a taste of normalcy, yeah. >> reporter: but returning to normal hadmixed results. >> traffic is completely shut down with probably 200 people in the middle of the road. >> reporter: in daytona beach, florida, police were caught by surprise after hundreds of pleple celebrated in the celebrated in the str streets, blocking traffic. it was a similar scene at the lake of the ozarks in missouri where the holiday weekend saw packed bars and pools, nsk exas uto 2,000 people lined up for a water park that reopened in defiance of the state order. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: across the country, church services were held, many for the first time since president trump deemed them essential. >> everybody coming into the
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church building are wear masks. >> reporter: on a weekend intended to remember those who served, many memorial day events were cancelled. still gale johnson of gold star mother whose son daniel was killed in iraq paid tribute to him. >> he knew the dangers in iraq. he told me we should always honor him with laughter and not tears. >> reporter: a weekend of honor and in new york, hope after new york governor cuomo reported 84 deaths, the lowest number of daily coronavirus deaths since march. but in a sobering reminder that every number is a person, "the new york times" paid tribute to the victims of coronavirus, printing the names of 1,000 in their sunday edition, that is just 1% of the nearly 100,000 people lost in america's latest war. and as some states take caution, others are moving faster to reopen, like arc ak like arkansas and north carolina. those states experiencing their highest single day rate of new infections. elizabeth?
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>> klinge: jonathan, thank you. after calling on churches to reopen this weekend president trump opted to head out for another round of golf. this as some within his administration warned the virus administration warned the vi is not contained. nikole killion is at the white niuse. >> reporter: president trump returned to the golf course this weekend as memorial day crowds packed beaches and boardwalks, alarming top health officials. >> i'm very concerned when people go out and don't maintain social distancing. if you can't social distance and you are outside, you must wear a mask. these are items that are really critical to protect individuals. >> reporter: as the u.s. death toll inches closer to the grim milestone of 100,000, the president tweeted cases, numbers and deaths are going down all over the country, while the head of the f.d.a. cautioned the coronavirus is not yet contained. >> there would have been millions of people. if we hadn't shut down-- now would i shut it down again? no, because we understand it now much better. we didn't know anything about it.
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>> you would not have in retrospect? >> i would have done the exact move that i would hae, and i did it early. >> reporter: the president imposed new travel restrictions on brazil which has one of the highest number of covid cases in the world behind the united states. national security advisor robert o'brien on "face the nation." >> just like we did with the u.k. and europe and china, we hope that will be temporary. >> reporter: but o'brien also porary.rgaret brennan the >> butowe brian al president still wants global leaders to come to washington for the g-7 summit now planned for the end of june. >> if the situation permits it, we think it will, we would love to have the g-7 in person. i think the g-7 learns would love to meet in person and not oo a video conference. >> reporter: o'brien said precautions would be taken including testingleaders and the president is traveling more this week. he's going to arlington national cemetery and baltimore for memorial day, then heads to florida for the spacex launch wednesday. elizabeth? >> klinge: nikole, thank you.
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well, it may be a long weekend for americans, for muslims worldwide, today marks the start of eid, the festivities marking the end of ramadan. here's cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: this weekend two billion muslims worldwide are celebrating eid, the most important religious holiday in the islamic year. but to many, thanks to covid, it will be a subdued affair. in paris, christians headed to dee first public church service since the lockdown. worshipers were cautious but ready and willing to take communion. bit by bit western europe is returning to a new normal as the virus retreats, but the coronavirus pandemic is still surging in some parts of the world, notably russia and south e real, but the real epicenter is in latin america, notably brazil.
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it's now second only to the u.s. in total deaths. and the virus has traveled into the remote communities of the amazon where healthcare and health itself is already fragile. in mexico, too, the death rates keep climbing. ominously for every person who dies, eight more are falling sick. by contrast, china, where the virus began reported zero new cases yesterday and only three today. but china's foreign minister pointed to a growing political crisis. forces in the u.s. when you said were pushing chinese american to the brink of a new cold war. but he added both china and the u.s. stand to gain from cooperation. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> klinge: now to hong kong where anger boiled over today.
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( gun shots ) protesters clashed with police over beijing's plan to impose a tough new ri there is fear it would crush freedom in the former british territory as ramy inocencio orports. >> reporter: hong kong police launched tear gas at angry pro- democracy protesters and fired a water canon to disperse the crowd. many held umbrellas to protect themselves as most chanted anti-government and anti-china slogans. opposition to beijing's new national security legislation erupted in hong kong's legislature soon after the news ftrst broke. at a press conference hong kong's pro-beijing and unpopular chief executive carrie lam says the new law would improve the legal system and safeguard aational security in the former the mass protests both peaceful and violent that rocked the city for much of 2019 are what
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beijing intends to stop by banning acts of treason, and subversion, for many the new law symbolize the death nell of the one country system two-- principal, project to great britain to leave hong kong semiautonomous until 2027. claudia mo is a pro-democracy leader. >> there is nothing we can do to challenge it. because it is your mother's order. >> reporter: washington is now condemning beijing's plan as a crackdown on hong kong but beijing is ignoring those demands saying some in america pushinging u.s.-china relations u.s.-china r to a new cold war. ramy inocencio, cbs news, tokyo. >> klinge: in israel today history in the making as prime minister netanyahu went on trial. netanyahu faced a three judge panel in jerusalem at the start of his trial for corruption
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charges, the first israeli prime minister ever to stand trial while in office. now to another toll related to the coronavirus. while they are easing the restrictions intended to stop the spread of the infection, it more frequent, more dangerous and even deadly. cbs's maria villareal has more. >> reporter: shenae clayton was a mother and health care worker who contracted and beat the coronavirus. >> she almost died in the hospital with the coronavirus. after that, did. >> reporter: zariah clayton felt her moth her no other choice but to move back in with her abusive boyfriend roderick, jr. washington. this is video she took of him lashing out several years ago. >> he put a gun to her before. >> reporter: after surviving coronavirus, did she still feel trapped in the relationship? >> she felt trapped. where to go, he s just ther heedto.
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>> reporter: exactly one month >> exactly one mon ago shenae was killed in pontiac michigan, washington confessed confessed and will be sentenced on july 13. in chicago the calls for help are constant. on march 30 alone the illinois domestic abuse hotline received 104 pleas for help, their highest number in a year. as the number of covid-19 cases grows across the country, so do the abuse calls. in new york domestic violence calls are up 30% compared to last year. boston is reporting a 27% increase in aggravated domestic assaults and seattle has seen a 16% jump. the up-tick is creating a back log in services making it difficult for shelters like safe haven and fort worth, texas. shelter director kathryn jacob says 7% of their intake calls are now about coronavirus. >> abusers use tools to isolate victims in order to inflict more ctuse on them.
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and the idea that there is an invisible danger outside of the home-- >> reporter: coronavirus. >> coronavirus, is a pretty easy tool. and it's real. >> this mother of three who asked us to conceal her identits stressful to have to think about shelter and food and finances snd a virus. >> reporter: zariah clayton hopes her mother's story will encourage more women to get help eefore it's too late. >> a lot of them are embarrassed. when women are-- right don't make them feel dumb, that will make them minimize things and you won't know how serious it really is. >> reporter: mireya villarreal, cbs news, dallas, texas. >> klinge: one of the world's most gifted musicians provided a special performance today. ♪ ♪ the soothing sounds from cellist
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heart of hollywood are the you don't see except in the closing credits, hundreds and hundreds behind each feature film. almost all are now out of work. there is a lot of people in your position. >> i'm sure there are. >> reporter: like set designer kenneth larson. >> we're struggling. and i think just one more nail in that production coffin. >> reporter: most of hair stylist frankie's clients are in film and television. his salon sits empty. >> it has affected not only us but the people that are assisting us and helping us keep this whole production going. >> reporter: he's living paycheck to paycheck and doesn't know how he will pay the rent. it is almost like one domino fell and the whole thing. >> 100%, with hardly any warning. %, reporter: those big productions also meant a whole lot of mouths to feed. >> it's literally like everything just oh, by the way, they are canceled. >> reporter: shanita castle saw her creole catering company nose dive but pivoted, selling curbside in her l.a. neighborhood.
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emergency room, bonnie has been there for her five and six year olds monday through friday, 9 to 10 a.m. come hell or high fever. >> i didn't want my children in my classroom to feel like they were going to lose their normal routine. >> reporter: did you say all right, that is it, i'm too sick. >> oh, no, absolutely not. just the opposite. >> reporter: she missed only two classes. >> it meant everything to me to be able to just teach my class during this time. >> reporter: and it meant a lot to her students including olivia lyons. >> she teaches things and she is kind. >> reporter: she's kind? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: olivia's mother. >> i just wanted to let her know rhat we appreciate her more than she thinks. >> reporter: what is your message to people in general? >> in general my message is it's n al, it can happen to anyone. is your "g" below the basement>e
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leard her most recent test for the virus came back negative. >> hugs! hugs from afar. >> she will be back teaching again this week in the morning, 9:00 sharp. >> see you tomorrow. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, niles, michigan. >> bye bye. >> klinge: kids are lucky to have he . that's the cbs weekend news for this sunday. i'm elizabeth klinge reporting from cbs station kovr in sacramento. we leave you this memorial day weekend at the sacramento valley national cemetery honoring the sacrifice of those who have served this country. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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