second wave of covid would be devastating and unnecessary says professor david hamer. >> you wouldn't be recommending a complete shuttown of travel in europe? >> no, i wouldn't be. i think we need to begin to understand how to travel safely and we begin -- we need to begin to get back to normal. >> but normal doesn't mean going on vacation to forget the pandemic. to flatten europe's worrying covid spikes, tourists can coany enforced social distancing, local curfews, lots of testing and everywhere, masks. even at the beach. i'm elizabeth palmer in london. >> in washington, congress and the white house continue to wrappinglo the outlines of a new coronavirus relief package. all sides seem to agree the final bill should include another round of200 stimulus checks. in the first round nearly $1.4

billion went toe m of their surg spouses received checks they cannot cash. anna warmer has more. >> tough couple of years. >> ian davis lost his wife, a 32-year-old mom and singer. she died in surgery related to kidney problems in february. ♪ ♪ >> i miss everything about her. not a day, not a moment goes by that i don't think about her. her laugh, her joy for life. >> now davis, who had been caring for his wife full time is struggling to find work. he's staying with family along with his 5-year-old son. inform may he thought he caught a break when a stimulus check arrived for he and his wife. when he went to the bank. what did they say to you? >> can't do anything. even with a death certificate, they said they cooperate do anything to cash it. >> jenny faced a similar problem. her husband died march 21st,

possibly of covid-19. she also got this joint check for herself and her husband that she, too, had trouble cashing at >>ou hused. w s don't. >> jane oversees at the government accountability office. >> irs maybe the initial determination that they could not stop payments to deceased individuals. >> in its probe in handle the cares act, because of the way the law was written, anyone who filed a tax return in 2018 or 2019 was in fact entitled to that stimulus money, even if they were deceased at the time of payment. >> they initially said, their own people said that you can't hohiso thnar passedg.

>> the irs sent out some 1.1 million payments to deceased individuals, some of them like this one even had the letters decd for deceased on them. then as word got out, on april 17th, reporters asked president trump what should happen to money sent to dead people. >> everything we're going to get back. >> a few weeks later on may 6th, the irs changed course, saying if payments went to someone who was dead, the money should be sent back. >> anily they made one determination. then midstream they flipped. >> that's correct. >> and with he and his wife's names on a single check for $2400, ian davis couldn't even cash it to get his own 1200. >> that didn't make any sense to me. >> kind of puts people in limbo. i don't think that's fair to people lost loved ones this year. >> that's why people are in such a muddleha to do.

>> nina olson is executive director for the nonprofit center for taxpayer rights. >> i am hearing more from people who are -- they're stuck because they have a check in both names or they have a check in a decedent's name and so thebacks will not let them cash the check. >> she said people who are entitled to the money might get an adjustment but only on next year's tax return. they won't get this money till next zbleer. >> that's my understanding. >> which seems to run counter to the intention of why they sent the money out in the first place. >> one could make that argument. >> davis may wait another year for his money. how helpful would that be four right now? >> it would be extremely helpful. it all comes down to money. >> so jenny voirl got her fwapg to free up her money but she's not sure if the irs will take some of it back next year when

taxes get filed. they did not respond to our specific questions but in a general statement i sai speo i of them were correctly computed. in regard to the uncashed checks sent to deceased people, those have all now been canceled. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces.

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i think that i've planted something like 14,000 trees. as i walk through the garden, i'm going to show you what's so appealing about the art of gardening. during this pap democratic, gardening has become the favorite outdoor activity of all of america and it's addictive. come on. i'm going to show you what goes on here at my farm. ♪ >> this is one of the focal points of my garden. along a four mile drive around the property is this pergola. it's such a pleasant place to walk. this is a german rose but it's lavender. i love it. the fragrance is amazing. there's lots of lavenders and purples and blues and i planned it that way. gardens have to be planned. i'm not going to show you the ground. look at this. so incredible. we're here at the optimum find

for this garden. our poppy garden. if you come close you'll see so many bees. look how many bees are in there devouring the polen. it's a heaven for pal nators because the colors are incredible. so i just wanted to introduce you to ripe mcalister. he's been phenomenal during this time. he stayed here the entire pandemic. >> 95 days so far. >> 92. it is 95. every yard should have a berry bush or berry bushes. this makes the best jam in the whole wide world, glak raspberries, amazing. taste these. hmm, hmm. so good. so sweet and tart. hmm. now we're going to my summer house garden. it's a formal closed garden, a secret garden.

now, this is a quiet place surrounded by a giant boxwood helping. the big trees were here but everything else, i planted. including this incredible collection of c organization tinas, otherwise known as smoke bush. you can hear the birds. we have so many birds on this property and as a result, hardly any bugs. notice my color scheme. it's not garish. there's no red gentleman rain you may answer. there's just some very subtle beautiful coloration. that's me, that's the kind of gardening i like to do. when someone is born, when someone dies, i plant a tree. and so this tree was planted shortly after my beloved mother died with sort of a nice heartfelt memory of mom. so these are a beautiful blood

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the smithsonian's zoo in washington, d.c. is open again. it was shuttered for 19 weeks due to the pandemic. there are some new babies. you have to follow the posted safety rules to see. chip reid did all that and paid the animals a visit. >> for animal lovers, it's been a long four months without the smithsonian's national zoo. swanson has been chomping at the bit. >> i want to be a wild life biologist when i grow up. looking at pictures just doesn't do it. >> seeing animals in person is better, to me, because then you

get to actually experience what the animals are doing, how they're reacng. steve mumford zoo's >> it's l tortu fulfill the zoo's mission without people. >> our mission is to get people in here, to have a great time, but also to learn about ep dangd species and what they can do to be part of the solution. >> as always for many visitors. >> there he is. >> reporter: the first stop is the giant panda. >> did you like the panda? >> yes, i liked it. >> i liked it. >> some animals, including big kalgts and apes are susceptible to the coronavirus, so to keep animals and people safe, the number of visitors is strictly limited. masks are required, and so is social distancing. >> keep a safe distance between you and your fellow zoo goers. >> some exhibits are still

closed. elephant curator says many animals such as elephants miss seeing us. >> they're very aware of people. they're used to looking at people and picking out people they know. >> unfortunately two elephants died during the shutdown. numerous animals gave birth. elizabeth jones and jonathan could hardly wait to introduce brooks to the zoo. >> we went today, friday, we have a lot of tickets. >> oh. >> he just had a big bottle. >> or maybe he's just excited that the national zoo is open. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> nothing like a chip reid an malstory. that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for

cbs news this morning and follow us any time online at cbs.co captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, america surpasses 150 captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> o'donnell: tonight, america surpasses 150,000 deaths, the staggering toll, with florida, california, and texas breaking single-day death records, and the dire warning tonight if the nation does not change course now, several hundred thousand more could die. tonight, the back-to-school debate intensifies. one of the nation's largest teachers' unions says it's okay to strike as nearly 32,000 educators petition florida's educators petition florida's governor to keep schools clo governor to keep schools closed. plus, why dr. anthony fauci says wearing eye protection may be key in stopping the spread. covid in congress: tonight, the congressman testing positive hours before he is set to travel with the president. republican louiert