also, we have the tomb of the unknown soldier. the wreath laying ceremony will happen there today. ♪ good morning to you and welcome to "cbs this morning." it's monday, may 25th, 2020. memorial day. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. social distance defiance. americans packed parks and beaches for memorial day weekend. why doctors warn it could lead to another spike in the coronavirus. >> playing through. president trump goes golfing twice with the coronavirus death toll approaching a grim milestone. >> and biden's gaffe. the former vice president backtracks after making racially insensitive remarks. mystery disappearance. a colorado mother goes on a bike ride and never returns.

we'll show you her husband's emotional plea and the latest on the investigation. and shooting for the stars. ahead of the first astronaut launch from u.s. soil in nearly a decade, we talk to the current commander of the international space station. >> it's a big deal, but first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we don't want to be a national embarrassment. you have a 90-some odd degree day yesterday, okay? it's memorial day weekend. the beaches are open. >> president trump back on the golf course this memorial day crowds packed beaches alarm something of the nation's top health officials. >> we need to be wearing masks in public when we cannot social distance. it's critically important. >> the president's weekend golf game is the focus of a new ad from the biden campaign. >> that campaign ad reads the death toll is still rising. the president is playing golf. >> the white house is banning travel from brazil as the south

american country continues to get hammered by the health crisis. >> because of the situation in brazil we'll take every step necessary to protect the american people. >> protesters dueling with police in hong kong during a march against a new national security law from beijing. >> the corruption trial of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu got under way. >> facing charges of bribery and fraud. >> all that -- >> sometimes you've got to get your cuts in. but it's probably best to leave some space between you and your window. >> and all that matters. >> bill belichick caddied for me. >> tiger woods and peyton manning take on phil mickelson and tom brady for covid-19 relief. tom brady flexing. >> oh, my goodness! >> you made it! >> look at that medicine. >> on "cbs this morning." >> we honor the men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> we support you. thank you. >> all those who sacrifice so much, thank you. >> the nation's annual memorial day concert was recorded on the west lawn of the capitol with no

live audience. ♪ o say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ >> welcome to "cbs this morning." you're seeing the world war ii memorial in washington. one of thousands of places honoring america's fallen servicemen and women on this memorial day. we, of course, honor them, too, along with everyone today who is working on this holiday weekend to keep us safe. i have to tell you, anthony and tony, the star-spangled banner never, ever gets old to me. we're working from our home to yours. we're very glad to be here. it may not be keeping you safe

but we'd like to think we're giving you some degree of normalcy on this very different kind of holiday. >> gayle, even if there are no crowds, hearing those artists pay tribute is really moving still on this memorial day. >> yes, it really is. may we all remember this day. on this memorial day weekend, people all over the country, i know you saw the pictures, they are ignoring social distancing measures. now these measures are meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but the scene from the lake of ozarks in missouri is just one example where large crowds could be found. look at these pictures. in many cases without masks and failing to keep six feet apart. anthony? >> doctors now fear another spike in coronavirus cases with america's death toll approaching 100,000. "the new york times" marked the upcoming milestone with this front page on sunday. no pictures. just one line obituaries for about 1% of those who have died

from coronavirus. with more on the holiday crowds, don dahler is at the popular beach destination of seaside heights, new jersey. what is it like there? >> it's pretty empty but it's still early in the morning. so far over this holiday weekend, the crowds along the jersey shore have been relatively tame. it might be because it's been a little bit chilly, but in other areas around the country, we have seen swarms of people and very little social distancing. one of maryland's most popular beach destinations appeared packed this holiday weekend. >> we just wanted to get away. have the kids have some fun. and not have this ruin such a big holiday. >> reporter: on ocean city's popular boardwalk, people looked to be bending social distancing guidelines and not many wearing masks, despite maryland being one of the most infected states. >> it's really crowded. it's beautiful out.

it's fun. everybody is having fun. >> reporter: similar scenes played out around the country from the shores of lake michigan. to hilton head, south carolina. >> it's scary to see the fact that no one is really doing the social distancing, the masks. >> thousands of people shoulder to shoulder it felt like. >> reporter: and in galveston, texas. >> are you worried about getting sick? >> no, because i believe god's got me. i try to kind of stay away from as many people as i can. but not today. >> reporter: texas has over 55,000 covid cases but has tested less than 4% of its nearly 30 million residents. this waterpark outside of houston saw more than 1,000 people in line before gates even opened. >> everybody going to get sick one day. it's life. you could die outside in a car wreck. >> reporter: in missouri, pool parties here were literally shoulder to shoulder this weekend despite signs encouraging social distancing. any face coverings were difficult to spot. it was a similar scene along the

salt river in mesa, arizona, and large crowds covered the hills of delores park in san francisco. it's what federal health officials say they are worried about. >> there's asymptomatic spread. that means people are spreading the virus unknowingly. if you can't social distance and you're outside, you must wear a mask. >> there were positive cases coming out of a high school swim party. >> reporter: in arkansas, governor asa hutchinson said the state is in the middle of a second peak in cases linking some to a high school swimming party. >> i'm sure everybody thought it was harmless. they're young. they're swimming. they're just having activity. and positive cases resulted from that. >> reporter: the cdc has updated its covid-19 guidelines to say that the virus cannot be transmitted in water, but that swimmers still need to practice social distancing. because, of course, it does transmit through the air if you are in close proximity with someone else.

tony? >> don, thank you very much. of course, social distancing is recommended by doctors and in many cases it is ordered by state governments. but police say it is often nearly impossible to enforce. as jonathan vigliotti discovered on a packed beach in southern california. >> reporter: we met los angeles county sheriff alex villanueva after he took an aerial view of malibu's sweeping coastline. beachgoers are not allowed to sit down and also must wear masks. though we found most played loose with the rules. >> my only direction is, just make sure there's no dig congregation of people. if they are pretty much spread apart and not harming anybody, we're going to call it a day. >> reporter: despite the order, there was no crackdown. the sheriff weighing in on the side of beachgoers because he says people need to come to the beach to relieve the pressures of the lockdown. >> also called it a release valve for families cooped up in homes. sometimes family situations can

be stressful when you're packed in together for so long. >> very much so. we saw increased, taking calls for service on domestic violence, domestic disputes, but over all, now that we have some more opportunities, hopefully that will start defusing that. >> reporter: deputies on atvs continue to patrol the beach but did not confront sunbathers. authorities say enforcing social distancing across the country remains difficult as many of the orders are not law. >> it looks like that white car, there's two people out the sunroof throwing money. >> reporter: in florida, daytona beach police released video from this weekend showing a sea of people. the sheriff there admitting there was little his deputies could do. >> social distancing is not a crime. it's an executive order issued by the governor that no prosecutor in the state of florida has prosecuted anybody for that and no judge is going to convict them. >> reporter: back here in malibu, the crowd size about one-third of what it was this time last year. the sheriff telling me he is

prepared to make arrests when people aren't using what he calls common sense. but gayle, so far he says he hasn't needed to. >> boy, jonathan, i hope people don't find out the hard way. social distancing matters. thank you very much. president trump spent part of saturday and some of sunday on the golf course where he has not gone in several weeks. his administration moved last night to impose a coronavirus travel ban on brazil. paula reid is at the white house with more on that story. paula, what do we know about these new restrictions? good morning to you. >> good morning, gayle. we know that brazil is currently seeing a spike in covid cases and starting on friday, the trump administration will block the entry of non-u.s. citizens who have been to brazil in the preceding two weeks. the smrgs aladministration is a eyeing other travel restrictions and will monitor countries on an individual basis. robert o'brien told "face the nation" that he hopes the restrictions won't be in place

for long. >> we hope that will be temporary. but because of the situation in brazil, we'll take every step necessary to protect the american people. >> reporter: brazil's president jair bolsonaro has downplayed the severity of the virus and mingled with anti-lockdown protesters in the nation's capital. as of this weekend, brazil had over 360,000 confirmed cases of covid-19, second only to the united states. as the number of americans who have died from covid nears 100,000, president trump headed to his golf resort in sterling, virginia, on saturday and sunday. he could be seen in close contact with golfers and not wearing a mask. his outing was consistent with his push to reopen america. on friday, he declared churches essential and called on them to open their doors. >> if they don't do it, i will override the governors. in america, we need more prayer, not less. >> reporter: one new jersey church defied state orders this weekend and opened to parishioners. the state's governor phil murphy

said services should resume only when it's safe to do so. >> i would hope we'd get to houses of worship sooner than later, but we want to make sure we do it right, responsibly and that we don't kill anybody by doing it too fast. >> reporter: when pressed on whether worship services could help spread the virus, dr. deborah birx urged caution for those at highest risk. >> although it may be safe for some to go to churches and social distance it may not be safe for those with pre-existing conditions. >> reporter: today the president and first lady will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. they will then head to baltimore, ft. mchenry for another ceremony. but baltimore's mayor has urged the president to reconsider this visit in light of the city's stay-at-home order. but so far, the plan is for this trip to go ahead. anthony? >> paula, thank you. this morning, china warned it will take action if the u.s. undermines its interests in hong

kong. yesterday thousands held their biggest protest rally in hong kong since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. ramy inocencio reports on the opposition to a controversial security law that china plans to impose. >> pops of tear gas rifles echoed in hong kong streets sending pro-democracy protesters running for cover. riot police warn they would deploy force and followed through with water cannon and nearly 200 arrests. the outrage, a rejection of china's intent to impose new national security laws on the city, banning treason, subversion and terrorism. this video allegedly shows pro-democracy protesters beating a lawyer bloody in hong kong sunday. now being leveraged by chinese state media. still, critics say the legislation aims at undermining the massive protests, both peaceful and violent that rocked the city for much of 2019. white house national security adviser robert o'brien --

>> i can't see how hong kong remains an asian financial center if the chinese party takes over hong kong. >> reporter: many hong kongers say it reveals china's disregard for the freedoms promised the city under the one country/two systems policy. when they returned hong kong to china. claudia mo say pro-democracy lawmaker. >> what's the future of one country/two systems? >> it doesn't mean anything anymore. so it's very saddening. it's very depressing. but then it doesn't mean that we'll all just lie down, we'll take it all lying down. this is not hong kong. >> reporter: this is the new hong kong with anti-china protesters marching to another summer of discontent. for "cbs this morning," ramy inocencio, tokyo. back in this country, president trump's re-election campaign is jumping on joe biden for a comment he made about

black voters. it left the prospective democratic nominee on the defensive over the weekend. ed o'keefe reports while biden tried to clarify his campaign bashed the president's response to the pandemic. >> reporter: president trump's decision to hit the links this weekend is the focus of a new joe biden attack ad. the president shot back last night tweeting that it was exercise and while biden and democrats try to keep the focus on mr. trump's handling of the coronavirus, he is trying to focus instead of something biden said friday on "the breakfast club." an influential radio show. >> it's a long way until november. we've got more questions. >> you got more questions? if you have a problem, figuring out whether you're for me or tru trump, then you ain't black. >> reporter: he later walked back the comments. >> i shouldn't have been such a wise guy. i shouldn't have been so cavalier. >> reporter: the triumph

campaign quickly produced online attack ads. and it's now selling $30 t-shirts emblazoned with biden's comment. biden says he's in the process of picking a female running mae mates. one of them, val demings. >> the vice president shouldn't have said it. he apologized for it. >> reporter: but the man who interviewed bien said that biden and democrats should do more than apologize. >> the apology is cool but the best apology is a black agenda. they have to make some real policy commitments to black people. >> biden continues to face pressure to pick a black female running mate with many black leaders reminding him he wouldn't have won the south carolina primary and some of the early super tuesday contests without the overwhelming support of african-american voters. a final decision on his running mate isn't expected for at least another month. gayle? >> ed, i feel like writing a letter that says dear white

people, don't try to tell black people what it means to be black. >> he's talking to a hip and cool radio personality. his audience is hip and cool. it seems to me the vice president just got caught up in the moment trying to be cute, as people say, or trying to be, as he said, cavalier. but it's a presidential election. now is not the time to be cavalier. what are you hearing in washington about how people -- what people are saying about joe biden's remarks? >> i think a lot of democrats say, gayle, look. ultimately we're voting for joe biden. he's a better choice than the current president. but he has to be careful about what he says and who he says it to. and this came at the end of a 23-minute radio interview. his aides say perhaps he got too flippant about it and cleaned it up just a few hours later. but a reminder this is somebody who has a history of saying things he has to later take back and we'll see if he ever emerges from his basement this summer, whether it happens again.

>> all right. thank you, ed o'keefe. anthony? >> thanks, gayle. this morning we fondly remember bill small, a leader who played a huge role in building cbs news. bill small died yesterday after a brief illness, not related to the coronavirus. he was 93. small was our washington bureau chief from 1962 to 1974 during both the vietnam war and watergate. his team helped make the "cbs evening news" with walter cronkite number one for 20 years. small received a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from the national academy of television arts. >> i must confess to you, i never had a job in news that i did not love. and the -- there were hard times. there always were. but it's a great profession.

>> small hired many well-known cbs journalists, including our cbs news president who remembers him as a hero to journalism who was tough as nails when it came to defending freedom of the press mean was a charming, funny guy, gayle. he was also a first class journalist. >> i heard wonderful things about him. one of the greats and legends in the business. sorry to hear about his passing. ahead, the start of a third week of searching for a missing colorado mother. what investigators found over the weekend at her husband's job

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commentator charles barkley who had been teasing him about other shots that weren't even close. in the end, woods and manning had the last laugh. they beat brady and mickelson by one hole. >> to go behind the ropes and these guys' world and to kind of be in the arena with them is really a special experience. >> the match raised $20 million for coronavirus relief and gave the fans watching on tv some much-needed mental relief. boy, i'll say. at this point, i'll take anything moving on grass, tony. live sports, wow. >> i know. wow. yeah, raise my expectations for the return of sports. that could have been a very boring kind of canned event, charity golf. but they turned it on, and it was a joy to watch. the rain was the only thing that went wrong, gayle. >> the only thing that went wrong. and when tom brady bent over and his pants ripped, that went a little wrong, too.

and you could see his underwear. it's all good. you had four of the greatest on the golf course. it was good to see them having a good time. that was really, really great fun to watch. we're going to switch gears to a serious story out of colorado. there's an intense search under way now, turned up no sign of a missing mother who disappeared on mother's day. authorities say that suzanne morphew left for a bike ride near her home about 150 miles south of denver, and she never came back. investigators searched her husband's job site over the weekend. mola lenghi is following the story. did they find anything significant? >> reporter: police were hoping that a construction site near suzanne morphew's home would lead to a break in the case, but after three days of searching, they say no clues were found so the investigation continues. another dead-end in the search for 49-year-old suzanne morphew, a mother of two. police say she went on a bike ride two weeks ago before

disappearing. since friday, state, county, and local investigators were sifting through this construction site just east of her home looking for clues. the property's owner said suzanne's houusband, barry, had preefld been hired to lay dirt on the site. several locations of the construction site were searched. they were unable to make any connection to suzanne morphew's case at this time, adding that the property owner was cooperative and not connected to her disappearance. >> suzanne, if anyone is out there that can hear this, that has you, please, we'll do whatever it takes to bring you back. >> reporter: the search at the construction site comes a week after this emotional plea from suzanne's husband, a volunteer firefighter. >> we love you, we miss you. your girls need you. >> reporter: the family says he was out of town in denver the day she disappeared. a neighbor reported her missing on mother's day. police recovered her bike the day she vanished, but they would not say what condition it was in. days later, officials found a

personal item of hers but did not specify what it was. it's a mystery that's shaken morphew's neighborhood. >> super sad. it's terrible. a small community, you know. you know, they ate our restaurant all the time. >> reporter: now family and friends are offering a $200,000 reward for any tips that lead to her whereabouts. in a phone interview with our denver station, kcnc, her nephew said they're doing everything they can to get answers. >> we have a team, a force of people working on their computers and on social media, consolidating all the information we find. >> reporter: officials are asking morphew's neighbors to hold on to any surveillance video they might have from mother's day weekend, the weekend she disappeared, just in case they might need it. they say hundreds of tips have come into their offices. >> very upsetting story, let's hope they have a happy ending there. thank you so much. ahead, how the coronavirus

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>> reporter: with coronavirus hammering moscow, ambulances lined up for hours outside hospitals to deliver patients. and the city government imposed one of the strictest lockdowns anywhere, enforcing by big-brother technolgy that's made a smartphone key to getting out. writer and journalist mikail fishman was in the countryside but needed to get back to moscow. >> in order to get home, i will need a special -- >> reporter: to get the pass, he had to enter personal details on a government website. >> when i'm going through, where i'm going to. >> reporter: eventually he downloaded a bar code on his phone that let him hit the road. anyone traveling more than 100 yards from home in moscow needs one. police run spot checks on the streets. even subway turnstiles won't open unless the rider has already logged the trip. on the roads, cameras and

checkpoints track drivers to make sure they're sticking to the route they filed. >> and i'm stopped. >> reporter: fishman did make it home, and he understands extreme times call for extreme measures. but -- big brother really is pretty much keeping tabs on you. why did russia go that route? >> because russia is a authoritarian political regime. what we see is lack of trust between the government and the citizens. so it's very hard for the government simply to ask to do something from the people because people would not obey because they do not trust their government. >> reporter: once life returns to moscow, the government says it's going to delete all the data it's collected. but it is not going to forget what it's now learned about technology and social control. for "cbs this morning," i'm elizabeth palmer in london. >> all right. ahead, vlad duthiers looking

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and before stopping any asthma medicines, including oral steroids. du more with less asthma. talk to your doctor about dupixent. time for "what to watch." vlad, i was reading a poll that found 40% of americans are going to barbecue at some point during this weekend. i'm willing to bet 100% of people waiting on the cook are going to need something to talk about. that's where you come in, my friend. >> just like the sauce on the side, tony dokoupil. good to see you all. hope you're doing well. we're working from home. we're safe, we're healthy, we're socially distant. while we're doing that, we're looking at the stories you'll be talking about including this -- this year's national memorial day concert went virtual for the first time ever due to the health crisis. take a look at this.

♪ can't be found like a bridge over troubled waters ♪ >> "bridge over troubled water," cynthia erivo and trace atkins were some of the artists in the concert paying tribute to our nation's heroes. joe montagna helped highlight everyday heroes likes grocery store clerks. upon concert is normally broadcast live from the u.s. capitol. there were moving speeches throughout the event including one by george: whoa said we honor the women who paid the ultimate sacrifice. >> yeah. and vlad, can i say, i could listen to cynthia erivo sing the phone book and would still get chills. i just love her. it's become curb an amazing tradition and event. i think it started in 1989.

i'm so glad they went through with it even though it wasn't live. really moving stuff. what else have you got? >> all right. new zealand's prime minister, she's been on our air before. she was on live tv when mother nature came out to play. watch this. >> the last threatening we need is another -- we're having a bit of an earthquake here. quite a decent shake here. if you see things moving behind me -- the bee hive moves a little more than most. yep. no, it's -- just stopped. >> the prime minister kept her cool when a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck yesterday. no injuries or major damages were reported. gayle, tough as nails, cool as the other side of the pillow. prime minister arden there. >> cool as a cucumber. i like how she said, "quite a

shake there." like she was waiting to see what else was going to happen. notice she never left her post, guys. she never left. she just waited a couple of seconds and then continued. i love her. i do remember when she was at our table. she's terrific. she's one of the good leaders in the world. now you're talking about bugs. bugs, i don't know. >> yeah. gayle, yeah. you know why? 2020 is not done with us yet. millions of cicadas are expected to emerge after 17 years underground. now this is a specific species known as the brood nine. they are likely to pop up across virginia, west virginia, and parts of north carolina, in the early summer. researchers say as many as 1.5 million of the insects can emerge on an anger of land. cicadas can cause significant damage to young trees. they're also extremely noisy. but thankfully, they are harmless to humans, tony. these are not murder cicadas.

>> not murder hornets, no, but my gosh. i don't know. a bit of a horror movie to me. brood nine? sounds like a scary plot. apparently they live underground for years in a nymph stage and come out to arnnoy us or frightn me. i could do without them. i dealt with them in maryland growing up. let's move to -- i understand you got a sweet story to end on, vlad? >> this is a very, very sweet story. a sweet ending here. a husband in illinois is setting up date nights outside his wife's hospital room window. bob conlin and shawner are expecting a baby boy, their first. because of restrictions, conlin can't be with his wife. what he's doing -- for the last couple of weeks, he's been picking up food at their

favorite restaurant and holding up handmade signs. co conlin facetimes from four stories below and reads signs saying "you are beautiful" and "i love you." this is wonderful. he's got the table set up, the food he's eating, waving up at her. what a love story. >> yeah. shawna's in the hospital because her water broke at 20 weeks. i think they're hoping to get her to 32 weeks and -- her husband doesn't have to stay outside the whole time. when she finally gives birth, they're going to let him in. that's the good news, gayle. >> yeah. but i so a good love story. it shows you all the innovative and creative ways couples can figure out a way to stay together. look at her face and look at his face as they're looking at each other. i love this story. >> i know. i know. >> can't wait for baby. >> yeah. >> so wonderful. >> can't wait. >> they're relationship coaches, and you can tell why. vlad, thanks. coming up, vlad looks at how restaurant owners are getting

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into space from u.s. soil this week for the first time since 2011. we'll introduce you to the commander who will greet them at the international space station. first, local this is a kpix morning news update. good morning. it is 7:56. if you're going out today, warm temperatures are expected. mass transit a heads up, we have changes to schedule due to the memorial day celebration today. a sunday schedule for bart. four routes will be in effect. a reduced schedule in addition to the modified schedule they are already running on. light rail will not operate today. buses are going in their place. for the north bay, no commute

route service and regional routes are on sunday schedule. there is a spare the air alert. here is mary with more on the way. thank you. the heat is on for sure as we head to our day. in fact, over the next few days. here is a beautiful live look at our camera with blue skies in the 50s and 60s this morning. temperatures will climb as we had through the afternoon. a huge advisory is in effect from 11 am until 7 pm for most of the bay area except the coast that immediate shoreline. inland locations are under heat advisory not just today, through thursday. your memorial day forecast with sunshine daytime highs will be 10 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year. 99 in concorde

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it's monday, may 25th, 2020. it's a holiday. welcome back. i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. surging crowds. americans hit beaches and marks for this memorial day weekend, leaving coronavirus limits behind. infectious disease experts show us how to stay safe. the cost of care. why some are getting thousands of dollars in hospital bills for treatment of coronavirus symptoms. >> and soothing the soul. song writers help veterans with ptsd express their pain through music. >> music sure heals.

first, here's the day's eye opener at 8:00. >> on this memorial day weekend, people all over the country are ignoring social distancing measures. >> the crowds here along the jersey shore have been relatively time. in other areas around the country, we have seen swarms of people and very little social distancing. >> the sheriff telling me he's prepared to make arrests when people aren't using what he calls common sense. so far he hasn't needed to. >> brazil is seeing a spike in covid-19 cases. and trump will block the entry of people who have been to brazil in the preceding two weeks. without the overwhelming support of african american voters. >> drivers, start your engines. it was oh annual coca-cola 600

race. >> memorial day is a lot dr it's about more than racing but we're happy to be able to do things like racing because people are willing to make sacrifices. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's great to see any kind of sports, but i hope we don't have to get too used to watching sports with no fans in the stands. right now let's all be safe. >> yeah. that's true. that was a good comment at the end of the race. today is memorial day. it's a day to remember sacrifice. it marks the unofficial start of summer. it means a chance for people to recapture their normal lives by visiting the beach. it's also a big test for social distancing. the holiday led to scenes like this in galveston, texas where the beach was crowded and masks were few and far between. don is at the new jersey shore in seaside heights, new jersey. don, good morning. what's it been like there. >> good morning.

i'm sure you brought teddy here. this is the boardwalk. the amusement park in seaside heights is closed under these restrictions and all up and down jersey shore this weekend, the crowds have been relatively sparse. that might be because the weather has been underwhelming and with the chances of it barely making it into the 60s, we can expect to see more of the same, but across the nation it's been a mix of people who have been willing to social distance and those who haven't. in indiana, near chicago and the illinois border, people waited for hours to get on the sand at porter beach. and as you can see, masks were scarce. this is a jam packed pool party in missouri. not only are people should tore shoulder, once again masks were practically nonexistent. it comes as a second missouri hair stylist has tested positive for the coronavirus. she worked while experiencing symptoms and potentially exposed

56 clients. that's on top of 84 people who came in contact with another stylist who was also infected. and of course, we should remind people that you can have this virus and be asymptomatic. you feel great and have fun with people, but you can still get other people infected. so time will tell whether these groups that we've been describing to you and showing you pictures of and groups that we haven't are going to lead to a spike in more covid-19 cases. anthony? >> all right. don, thank you. doctor david aaron is the director of the division of infectious diseases at vanderbilt medical center in nashville. you saw the pictures of some quite large crowds, sometimes should tore shoulder without masks. what concerns you most when you look at pictures like that? >> thanks for having me on.

i think the major concern is the virus transmits from person to person through our breath, and our breath in these little droplets travels a short distance, and so the shorter distance there is between people, the more likely there is to be a transmission event. that's really what's concerning. >> if we're concerned about a spike in cases now, how do we prepare for that? how do states prepare for it? >> well, we prepare a lot like we did when the covid-19 pandemic was first coming to the united states, which is making sure that we have the health care personnel ready to go, that we have personal protective equipment, the ppe that we need. and that we're doing all the testing that we can to identify cases as they surge and if they surge. >> when -- as we're looking at slowly reopening and most

states -- all states have begun that process, how do we assess the risk of easing social distancing? >> well, that's really the challenge right now that we're all facing. and i think, again, one of the pathways forward here is having a good ability to test people, and identify cases, get people who are infected to be able to self-quarantine, and then even be able to trace their contacts to try and track down people who may have been infected. >> the trump administration has largely left testing and the response to this virus to the states. do you think that's the right approach or do we need some kind of uniform national strategy and recommendations at least? >> well, we're learning a lot as this pandemic has been unfolding. state level efforts with federal efforts. and i think really, we need

good, solid public health infrastructure from top to bottom. and certainly state departments of public health are working overtime to make sure that people condition their state are safe. i think it's still good to be continuing to invest in state health. >> is a lot of health experts are concerned about a second wave as i mentioned. do you believe a second wave is inevitable, and if so, when is it most likely to occur? >> well, i think we're going to see second waves for sure. the question will be where we see those and how extensive they are. again, we may be more likely to see second waves in larger, more populated areas that open up sooner than others. and so it really may be a bit of a patchwork quilt where we see different cities that have waves of activity, even out of sin rony with other cities. the country is very large.

i think we can expect to see waves coming and going as we open up, and that will tell us how aggressively we should be opening up or whether we should be dialing back and adding more restrictions in some sites. >> all right. doctor, thank you so much for being with us this morning. ahead, tony talks with the commander of the international space station about this week's historic mission, the first time astronauts have launched from u.s. soil since the space shuttles were

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treatment plans for every smile. you're looking at video from the vietnam veterans memorial, that's in washington, d.c., where there is always a lot of people visiting on memorial day. if you can't make it today, please put this on your bucket list. it's worth a trip to washington, d.c. it's an amazing, amazing piece

of structure. amazing statue. many military veterans, as you know, they come home from their service, they carry internal wounds that can damage them forever. dean reynolds shows us how songwriters are helping some of them recover with the power of music. >> reporter: this building in nashville and the recording studio inside come the sounds of healing. ♪ it's the music of redemption, words of renewal from america's traumatized soldiers. ♪ the stars on my heart it's called operation song. a joint effort with the veterans' administration to turn trauma into treatment and give a voice to those who have suffered in silence. placing them with real so songwriters to make their stories heard. we joined them before the pandemic hit. ♪ >> i buried many things. >> reporter: you want to talk about the things you buried? >> no. >> reporter: brian zambiasi was a marine from 1987 to 1993.

after discharge, he fell into a deep suicidal depression. >> it's been a lot of little things and a long time coming. i was labeled many different things. highly medicated. many pills every day. >> reporter: that medication worked? >> it made me numb. i don't know where to start -- >> start at the beginning. i'm here to write your song, your story. you have to make it honest -- >> reporter: operation song paired him with singer/songwriter jason sever. >> suicidal tendency and all that. >> really? >> yeah. pretty bad. >> gosh, man. ♪ >> reporter: in just four hours, a song emerged, and a catharsis. ♪ going over my regrets >> the immediate result of what music does and how powerful it is is something really, really cool. ♪ flying away >> reporter: so far the stories

of more than 800 men and women have been told this way. >> i'm sorry -- >> it's good. it's good. ♪ i want to live >> reporter: while it's impossible to know if this will have a lasting impact, for one weekend at least the darkness parts, and the light breaks through. ♪ now i know john and john knows me and that makes two of us ♪ >> that's awesome. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," dean reynolds, nashville. >> i just think the smile on his face is worth it. operation song continues to help veterans during this pandemic by holding writing sessions over zoom. it also hosted a virtual retreat with veterans and musicians back in march. anthony, it's so interesting how sometimes you can't say the words out loud, but you can put them in a song, and then you can sing them. so they're still put out in the universe. it's very powerful.

>> yeah, i's very emotional. i think it gives those service men and women a chance to take these feelings they've had and put them someplace, to sort of hold them. it frees them in a certain way. it's very, very powerful stuff. we want to say that this week marks 14 years since two of our cbs news colleagues were killed in baghdad on memorial day. camera man paul douglas and soundman james brolan were doing a story about what life is like for troops in baghdad when they were killed by a car bomb. they embodied the best traditions of cbs news. fearless journalists who believe broadcast news can make an important difference in the world. their army escort, james alex functi funkhauser were also killed. kimberly dozier was injured.

we remember them especially on this day. >> on this day. dayeah. i of course wasn't here at cbs news, but i certainly remember that story. anthony, it's just another reminder how sometimes this business can be very, very dangerous. >> yeah. that's right. all right. we'll be right back.

restaurant sales have fallen to their lowest level in 15 years according to the national restaurant association and some openers are trying to find ways to boost business though as they start to reopen. a look now at how they use everything from costumes to musical performances to keep customers happy. >> in rural maine at 290 main street, families can get a discount when they pick up an order but only if they are dressed for the weekly costume

contest. >> so take it from me and enjoy tonight. >> reporter: out in oklahoma city at hamilton's superette and lounge the owner promotes the kitchen special dressed as his alter ego, lobster boy. >> what makes that so good? there's lonster in it. >> reporter: as virginia opened res tranch restaurants at 50% capacity the opener uses mannequins to make customers feel a little less likely. down in greenville, south carolina. proprior tie mike frazier came up with something that really struck a chord with the community, musical deliveries, for a $10 fee local musicians who once performed on stage at the acoustic cafe will drop off your dinner with a serenade on the side ♪ bring it on home to me >> one of the few businesses that our employees aren't furloughed. they made more money during the

lockdown. >> that's amazing. i don't know of a lot of businesses and especially restaurants that can say the same. >> reporter: in new york highly acclaimed chef 00i kim is far from your average delivery guy. >> i'm fascinated by this idea of a micheline-starred chef who is delivering food essentially from the trunk of his car. >> as an owner i've done dishes. i've cleared tables. i've bar tended. you have to do what you need to do. i just thought that if our customers can't come to us, we have to go to them, so we started delivering. >> reporter: delivering family style meal kits of upscale dishes he serves at his award-winning restaurants? thank you very much. >> reporter: were you ever worried about going into an apartment or building given the pandemic? >> i worry for myself and for my staff and i hope it doesn't become a habit. i hope that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. business-wise, it's still not close to what we do or what we

did as a restaurant, but we're doing better than most, and we're lucky. i really consider myself very lucky. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning" vladimir duptil, new york. >> restaurants should know that all of us out here after seeing the struggles that that industry has had, it reminds us of how important it is to have in your neighborhood a place where you can get a good, quick, affordable bite to eat and bring it home to your family. it's truly nourishment. it is love. it is community, and so it goes both ways for sure. >> and it's also important, tony, to support those restaurants. we look at those -- that's why i think it's so important to showpieces like that. look at those pieces and a reminder to support them. i like what chef said. you do what you need to do while we're all trying to figure this out. it's a new normal for all of us. we still don't know how it's

going to end, but i would like to think there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> there is definitely light, and you've got to do what you've got to do to get through it, and we will get through it. that's the important thing. all this is a kpix morning update. good morning. it is a:25. if you are hitting the roadways and take 880 northbound, there been reports of a trouble spot blocking lanes. we're seeing rain on our sensors. there are slow speeds because of that. that is northbound on 880 near 29th avenue. there could be an accident there. chp is responding. the speed is 24 miles per hour.

it is a riviere alert day. if you use public transit in addition to changes they have had for modified services, they will be on a sunday schedule. dart and light rail will not be in service today. buses will be on a modified schedule. no ferry service this morning or for the rest of the day for the holiday. the freeways are quiet as well as the bay area bridges. it will be hot today. the heat is on. here is mary with more on that. i am watching our temperatures climb. the heat advisory is in effect for most of the bay area except the coast and the immediate shoreline from 11 o'clock to 7 o'clock not just today, tuesday, wednesday and thursday as well due to high temperatures. now let show you memorial day forecast.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories that i think are my favorite part of the broadcast. we call it "talk of the table." why? because we're each coming to you from our home, you know how it works. we each pick a story that we like, and we share with you and share with all of us, too. we're sitting here. so tony, you are up first. >> i'm up first. it's your favorite part of the show. this is one of my favorite "talk of the tables" in the history of ths segment. here it is. according to airbnb, for the first time ever, a professional baseball stadium is available for rent on that website. for $1,500 a night, you can rent the home of the pensacola blue

wahoos, a minor league team owned by golfer bubba watson. a lot of fun words in this one. the team season is on hold because of the coronavirus, but guests who rent the field, stadium really, will have full access to the clubhouse. they will have a bedroom with ten beds. they will have a batting cage access. they will have the field access. and they'll have all those ocean views. why do i love this? i love this because you can bring ten people there, $1,500 total, that's like $150 a night per person. and you get to live your "field of dreams" moment at any hour of the day. play catch at 11:30 at night? go for it. run the bases at 9:00 in the morning? go for it. the field is yours. a lot of aging has beens would love that. >> you're not an aging has been, but i love that too. air bnb is so creative. i think i have something that can top that. this month you will have the rare opportunity to own an

intimate piece of clothing worn by elvis presley. his rhinestone-studded jock strap goes up for auction. it has his initials in the waistband, that would be ep. presley apparently wore it for years until his death in 1977. this undergarment is expected to fetch $36,000. so i'm thinking, tony, this -- number one, allow me a girlie moment to say i like your hair today. number two, do you think we should pass the hat around and get -- raise the funds so we can give this to anthony mason? i'm thinking anthony mason, you do not have a star-studded jock strap. just the image of that, i have to think about that for just a second. go, anthony mason, go. >> way to upset the viewers. it would give new meaning to the term jock itch, gayle. it doesn't look very comfortable. >> no. >> throwing it out there. >> i look forward to -- i look forward to seeing you bid.

and explain why. all right. >> just for you, anthony. just for you. >> thanks so much for putting that on the table, gayle. as previously advertised on this very broadcast, i am a new york mets fan, so i never thought i would pick a story about an arch rival. but i miss baseball so bad, that i'm actually excited. the washington nationals have unveiled the design of their 2019 world series championship ring. it includes a nod to the song that defined their season. ♪ baby shark doo doo doo doo ♪ ♪ grandpa shark >> the inside of the ring has a shark to honor the very familiar tune that was used as a walkup song. "baby shark" walkup song. i love everything about the

ring. it's gaudy and over the top, 30 rubies, 32 sapphires, 108 diamonds, and it has the motto, "go one and on every day." great motto. they were going to have a virtual unveiling of the ring, but the players decided they wanted to be there for it. they're going to wait. i think that's also the right thing to do, gayle. >> guys, i loved all of our "talk of the tables," today. that "baby shark" song never got old to me -- >> lots of jewelry -- >> lots of jewelry. i loved it guys would sing the "baby shark" song. i love it. moving on. our continuing bill of the month partnership with kaiser health nuance and npr examines unexpected medical costs. this morning we're focusing on the cost of the coronavirus. a denver father told us he was billed for thousands of dollars in medical charges after an er visit for coronavirus-like symptoms. >> i would have coughing fits that i'd be trying to carry my

son up the stairs and had to sit down, i couldn't make it up the stairs. >> in early april, timothy regan went to the hospital and theroct given a swab test. the denver hospital said at the time of the visit it followed ccd cdc recommendations and was only able to test for covid-19 with swear respiratory symptoms. they said the symptoms did not meet the requirements for a covid-19 test. regan was resumed covid positive by an er doctor in self-quarantine. after a couple of weeks, he started to feel better. then the bill came. >> we've never seen a billi lik that. >> totaling more than $32 million. united health care covered part of the bill. that left regan owing more than 2,200 in out-of-pocket expenses.

>> it slapped us in the face. >> reporter: before regan's hospital visit, congress passed the families first coronavirus response act. that requires health insure force waive cost sharing for coronavirus testing. several major insurers are voluntarily waiving co-pays for coronavirus treatment, including united health care under most plans. >> it felt like united health care would not live up to their end of the deal unless we held them accountable. >> united health care has reviewed regan's case at the request of kaiser health nnz. in a statement, united health care said this, we reprocessed the claims after reviewing the service that's he received. all cost share for that visit has been rafe waive says. dr. ellisabeth rosethal joins u.

>> many have decided to waive co-pays for treatment and testing, but we're hearing that's not always the reality. what happens is in his case, no one wrote covid-19 on the coding, right. so that -- when the insurers processed the bill, they don't see covid-19 code, so they think, oh, just an er visit. now there's plenty of blame to go around here. so you know, sometimes we feel like it's intentional, sometimes an oversight, and it's often hard to know because an insurer can in some ways rightfully pitch back and say -- push back and say, oh, that was just an evaluation. he didn't have covid or there was no covid test done. hence, here goes thousands of dollars to the consumer. and that's just not right. it's -- kind of breaking promises to me. >> well, you know, thank you to kaiser health news for saying, hey, you sure, don't you want to

look again. and they did. and then decided, okay, this isn't the right thing to do. what do you say to other families that may find themselves in this position? >> well, i'm saying -- >> who can't call you? >> right, you have a leg to stand on, right. my insurer made a promise to me. it's largely just a kind of coding loophole that his care wasn't coded as covid-19 because he didn't have the test and, therefore, didn't qualify for that actual code. so what i'm telling everyone when they go to the emergency room, the first thing is to say, make sure you put covid-19, suspected covid-19 on the chart. and then you have a leg to stand on. and you should fight it. the other thing that we see a lot because we're seeing all different kinds of manipulation with these bills is people do the right thing, as tim did. you call the hotline first. they say go to urgent care, urgent care says, well, we're

not equipped yet to test for covid-19. go to the er. then you're stuck with all these huge er bills which were the brunt of his bill. >> yeah. >> he probably didn't need an emergency room. but he had to go there in order to get checked for covid. and that's not right either. >> all right. doesn't sound right, but it does sound like they've rectified it. thank you to caser for stepping in. thank you. >> thank you both. ahead, a major milestone in space travel. on wednesday for the first time in history, a private company will launch american astronauts into space. we'll ask the commander of the international situation about

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y3w6ny y1s6y our "launch america" coverage is counting down to wednesday's historic liftoff of a spacex rocket. it will carry astronauts into space from u.s. soil for the first time since 2011. nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley arrived at the kennedy space center last week, and they will launch aboard spacex's crew "dragon" capsule. when they reach the international space station they'll meet astronaut chris cassidy whoroas been in command since last month. we spoke with cassidy about his role in this mission. all right. commander chris cassidy, we're

on the brink of a major milestone in spaceflight. in the history of spaceflight up until right now, only countries have put a capsule into orbit and then brought it back. and now we could have a company do it, spacex, with two of your colleagues, two american astronauts, on board. how big of a deal is this mission? >> oh, it's a gigantic deal. i mean, we retired the shuttle for very sound reasons. when that decision was made with aims to move toward the future. now the future is here. >> one of the questions when nasa teamed up with commercial companies to try to do something like this was how will the culture of safety at nasa match up with the corporate ambition of a company like spacex? so how confident are you that as your friends get into that capsule they're going to arrive safely? >> i'm very confident. they're smart engineers at nasa and spacex all with vomotivatio to do the same thing, that's fly effectively and safely.

i think it's been healthy for both the commercial guys who faster and cheaper, and nasa with a more decades' based safety culture, i think it's been healthy for the growth of both organizations. >> are you worried about coronavirus as these additional astronauts arrive? >> well, certainly we're worried about it. we have confidence that the testing and the program and the regime that the medical folks are putting bob and doug through and the protections that they have will mitigate that, as low a probability as we can. i was joking around with my colleague, my crew mates last night and said maybe we should have them come in through the hatch and make a hard left, and we'll isolate them here in the corner for a couple of weeks before we'll treat them to a meal. >> i was hoping you'd give us perspective on what it's been like to be up there knowing that so much sorrow is going on below with the pandemic. tens of thousands of people in the u.s. alone dying in the weeks that you've been on this

mission. just what's it like with the wonder of what you're doing and the tragedy of what's going on below? >> i have watched news segments, and you see those numbers that i think everybody's watching, and it's dawned on me a week ago that every single one of those numbers can a story. it's a family, it's a life. and that was impactful to me, particularly as i was looking out the window thinking about it. >> elon musk, the founder of spacex, has said that he hopes that we as a species, humans, will become multiplanetary. we'll be able to get off of this planet. the pandemic puts that in perspective. i'm curious, do you share that goal or that hope? do you hope that humanity may throw off the bonds of earth itself? >> absolutely. i think it's definitely going to happen. it's just a matter of what the time scale is. maybe it's 100 years. it's been just a little over 100 years since the wright brothers flew. think wherever now. me talking to you from the space station. that's quite incredible. i'll end that thought with when i first became an astronaut in

2004, john young, famous astronaut, was still in the office. and i remember him saying single-planet species don't survive. that has stuck with me all these years. >> i understand you have an american flag there left by the last americans who came from u.s. soil. where is it, what's the plan for passing that flag on? >> it's around the corner about 40 yards away hanging in the u.s. laboratory. and doug hurley was a member of the last shuttle flight to bring the flag up here. doug hurley is also, as you know, on this spacex flight. he'll bring that flag home. he's an integral part of this capture the flag, so to speak. so it's had quite a bit of sp e spaceflight experience this flag has. >> we wish everybody luck, and i have to say, commander, as i say good-bye, as a florida boy who grew up watching the space shuttle and the space program, it is truly an honor to talk to you. >> i enjoyed my time. all the best to you guys at cbs.

>> cassidy's a class act there. this is -- he's a former navy s.e.a.l. this is his third trip to space. he's scheduled to return on a russian vessel in october. but there's a lot to do before that. i love so much about this story and about this moment, gayle. one of the things that i think is particularly noteworthy is this is a program that began under the obama administration, this public/private partnership, nasa and spacex. and now president trump is going to go down and see it off. so at a time when there's so much fighting and dysfunction in government, this is a moment of continuity that i think is very special. >> i think we can all agree we want this to go well, regardless of whatever your political party is. but tony, i really liked chris cassidy. he was so relaxed and so confident and welcoming and warm. i thought he was very special. that was a great interview. i loved that conversation. >> i've had a night -- got a nice note after. he is a class act all the way. he'll be there waiting to open the door for his colleagues on wednesday. all right.

and speaking of wednesday, our "launch america" coverage will continue throughout this week. tomorrow we're going to look at some of the incredible accomplishments and notable failures that have been in spacex's history. on wednesday afternoon, we're going to join norah o'donnell for complete coverage of this historic, historic launch. and all week on our "cbs this morning" podcast, we are honoring asian pacific american heritage month. today, historian erica lee discusses pivotal moments and essential lessons from that history. we'll be right back.

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