total up and down mope yum saying the space resembled a war zone. one social worker thought they werens off to die. it was ordered by the governor. >> veterans who deserve the best from state government got exactly the opposite and there's no excuse or plausible explanation for that. >> nursing home armed the country have been crushed by the pandemic. about one in five facilities have reported deaths. last week, a special house panel on the coronavirus pandemic launched an investigation. >> my father would not have died this year if it hadn't been for covid. roimt daniella's 74-year-old father dean passed away at soermgs home. >> i want other people's grandchildren to be able to spend time with their grand parent. >> reporter: a separate investigation is being conducted. bemt walsh was not qualified to

mapping the long term facility. he was placed on leave. the secretary of veterans affairs has resigned. >> jon vigliotti reporting. overseas there were ceremonies in both north and south korea so mark 70 years since the start of the crane war. hostilities ended long ago but the two countries officially remain in a state of war. thousands of north cranes have risked their lives to defect to the south. barry petersen has the story. deion, north crane soldier shot in the arm but crawling across the border. a relations bonanza for the south throwing the world that desperate people will risk bullets to flee the north, a

country ruled by the brutal kill dynasty where the smallest descent can lead to a proven camp. with consttshortage and people a popup black markets. it's a country of stunning buildings and billboards like this one with a video display that looks like ocean waves. street markets offense flowing with goods. hannah song runs an ngo called liberty in north korea from an office in long beach, california. in an interview done before the pandemic she talked of working with defectors who tell her this. >> going to south korea was like getting in a timefa forwarding . >> reporter: and will to how one recent defector froze not because there was too little food but because there was so

much. >> he was not just overwheld by the abupdance of food but the abundance of choice. he ended up simply eating rice and leaving. >> at places like the new hope community church, the pastor founded it as a haven for defectors like himself, defectors who get the equivalent of eight to $24 resettlement money. do you think they see them as a burden, a fm burden? yes, he says mchl south south koreans think this is a disadvantage. there was a service mentioned a deacon es. having dared death she told us she may risk death again to go back to spread her new found faith.

back to the land of praise for kim can jung un, shown recently riding with his military commanders in what looked like a scene borrowed from an old american western. the cult of the supreme leader ychililled int the hea of >> lot of young north cranes will actually say how frustrated they are because so much of what they had to learn in north korea was about stories of the kim family and they're like what a waste of brain space. it puts them on this incredibly unlevel playing field. >> this man fights back from his kitchen dabl with a laptop and disc drives. north crane fishermen sell them. what is it that makes you want to do this?

>> translator: i spent three years in a april prison count on espionage charges, he says. si defected holding great hostility towards the regime. >> i volunteer as tribute! >> not like what you might expect and what you might not expect. like this vlog by a teenager. they fixate on the nice house, her freedom to do as she pleases, even her dog, a big deal in the north where dogs are so rare, they have them on display at the zoo in pyongyang. some defectors will never adjust. never become a part of this high-tech hurried society, but still they come. their immigration is a story with echoes in american history. happena song's south korean parents immigrated to america. are there parallels between what immigrants faced when they came to america and what defectors

from the north face when they come into the south as immigrants? >> absolutely. just like my parents came here and made an incredible amount of sacrifice so that my brothers and i could live grownd to all the privilege and opportunity that we have. fts the exact same for north cranes. they may struggle, but for thei will be significantly different. >> reporter: let us put a name to one immigrant dream. four-month-old in chong. his mother was still pregnant when she crossed the border. what does it mean he'll be living in south korea with freedo freedom? she splapd he can live freely, she told us. now my (woman) my son and his wife and my beautiful grandkids.

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>> delivery. >> she's lived here for 22 years. most of her neighbors were strangers until the pap democratic brought them together. >> the pap democratic was up folding, you want to help, help out. >> in one of the hardest hit roimgs in the country, people are banding together, volunteering for grocery rups and other rapids to help the most vulnerable. >> i said i'm freaking out. i can't leave my apartment. i need medication. they're like yeah, that's what we're here for. >> reporter: it's been a life line for people like elissa who lives with the die lupus. >> it really helped me keep my independence and my sense of normalcy. >> reporter: what began with flies and texts have evolved into the immup network. >> i said i'd love to help, i'm a nurse. they're like absolutely.

>> reporter: this volunteer contracted covid-19 leaving they're daughter to care for them both. >> i was shock. it can hit you like a up the of bricks. >> reporter: how much did you receive? >> i was thankful that they were out there when i was first really sick with like temperatures spiking to 102 the 103 for days in a row. i remember the young lady, i asked her for cleaning wipes but i ended them to keep cool. i really think that helped me bring the temperature down. >> reporter: marie avenue and her husband bounced back but her sister appe, who also contracted the virus, cooperate. >> unfortunately, despite their best efforts, she passed away. >> reporter: this was an idea born out of this pretty knapp destrict building in astoria. a woman who lives here took what

she too coo out of her frimg and hand delivered it. that good deed has cascaded into hundreds of neighbors helping each other. >> we've be able to assist over 600 of our neighbors. they've asked our support for at least 900 tasks and we've be able to do that because we have an incredible network now of almost 900 volunteers. >> they created the network, carves out a deep sense of community for their 7-year-old daughter emma. >> which is this. >> reporter: even though the new york metro area is densely populated, you don't necessarily know who lives next door. >> yeah. for me to get to know my community in a direct and real way that incredibly powerful. >> reporter: what do you think will be the lasting impact of doing? >> we're not able to go back to what we call normal but that

this experience helps us shape what we want the new normal to be. and recognizing that we have the agency to create the

after months of negotiations weighed down by the coronavirus pan democrat irk, we will final by hear an umpire shout "play ball." training catches open next wednesday with a shortened season set to begin in july. many thought the game was lost for the summer but steve hartman found a young man who put his heart into a higher authority. >> reporter: little league's cancelled. pro baseball in limbo. >> like the yankees. >> reporter: 10-year-old jay says kids in his neighborhood were devastated. >> we were sad to hear that kooifd 19 stopped baseball.

>> reporter: what would you give to have baseball back? >> we would give anything. >> reporter: that's why not long ago he received out to the only person he knew, who could both understand the depp of his sorrow and might be in the position to help. he poured his heart out in a letter and agreesed it to mr. babe ruth. nevada mind the yankee great died 72 years ago. jake was determined to get a meng through to him. he thought the best way was to send the rert leer to the gate of heaven cemetery where he's buried. sure enough, the staff posted it on his marker so the babe couldn't miss it. jake wrochlt i thought you'd be interesting in knowing this is the year 2020 and we are in a world pandemic. they capsled baseball. we ail have kept praying for this to end. was your thinking that if he knew this was affecting baseball he might step in and help?

>> yeah. because i'd a sport he loves and he plays. . >> reporter: what did you want him to do? >> since he's a guardianngel now i wanted him to make this pandemic to stop. >> reporter: you think he got your message? >> i think so. >> reporter: now every time jake sees someone released from the hospital or hears good news about the vaccine, he knows the babe is doing as much as he can to bring the world back to baseball. leeaguer who found a major league way to help. do you think you could ask him to help ththe tooifrgs win a wod series? i've been rooting for that. do you think that's a bridge too far? >> i don't think he'll answer. >> reporter: i guess i'll try joe dimaggio. steve hartman, cbs news "on the road." >> and that's the overnight news. for some of you the news

continues. for others, follow us anytime on cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm chip reid. captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: there's breaking news tonight: 23 million infected. as cases of coronavirus explode, the c.d.c. says infections may be 10 times higher than reported. the u.s. sets its largest one- day total since the pandemic began. we're on the front lines as healthcare workers break down. >> i can't show my kids how sad or scared i feel sometimes. >> o'donnell: and overwhelmed i.c.u.s fill up. plus, the new warning tonight for pregnant women. slamming the brakes: disney cancels plans to reopen its iconic theme park. texas pauses phase two. and florida cracks down on restaurants breaking rules. tonight, the states now

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