tioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, may 10: the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis. the future of hospital design, shaped by a pandemic. and little free libraries: going beyond books to help those in need. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene scartz. ansu gad e ched the cheryl and philip milstein family. rosalind p. walter. g. barbara hope zuckerber charles rosenbluo we try tlive in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us.

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bue are gatherings today-- in restaurants and wherees and restrictions are easing. let's get started with today's top news. as most states begin reopening after weeks of shutdowns, trump today that the uneent ratearned is likely to continue to rise. >> the reported numbers ar probably going to get worse before they get better, but that's why we are focused on rebuilding this economy. million people applied forthree jobless benefits last week, bringing the total over the last sen eks to 33.5 million. members of congress say they are discussing new financial relief lls with the white house. publicrtkly without increased testing could cause anotharer h spike in covid-19 ca something state governors are monitoring. >> maybe we never get a vaccine. we have to deal with-- hopefully a treatment will come along-- but without that, everyone will

have to wear a mask. we will still have to socially distance. the truth is the coronavirus is still out there, it hasn't gone anywhere. >> sreenivasan: three members of force are now in self-imposed quarantines after contact with meone who tested positive for covid-19. dr. anthony fauci, director of the nnaatinstitute of allergy and infectious diseases, dr. robert redfield, director of the nters for disease control and prevention and dr. stephen hahn, commissioner of the foo and drug administration, all said they are at "low-risk" and have tested negative. in statements, the three necessary precautions if their essential work requires them to go to the white house. c.d.c. guidelines include screenings, wearing face coverings, and social distancing. chiefs of staff yesterday, neither president trump nor any of the mi wore masks, but all sat a few feet apart. around the world, there are now more than four million confirmed cases of covid-19, according to researchers at johns hopkins university.

but as ine rate of new ctions slow, countries continue to plan for what comes next. in a speech today, british prime minister boris johnson laid out a plan for how the u.k. will slowly start easing the lockdown it has been under since march 23. johnson outlined a five stage virus alert w systeh each stage allowing more aspects of the economy and daily life t restart. >> throughout this period of the next two months, we will be driven not by mere hope or economic necessity, we are going e,to be driven by the scie data, and public health." >> sreenivasan: the u.k. has reported more than 31,000 coronavirus-related deaths, the second highest death toll in the world behind only the united states. in china, health officials reported todaya city in the northeast part of the country ad nearly a dozen new coronaviru cases. it'sinder of the challenge of controlling the pandemic even in places where the viru bwas thought under control. india has issued new guidelines for thre-opening of factories as the country begins to ease

restrictions in some regio during its covid-19 lockdown. the plan includes cleaasng of work avery 2-3 hours, employee temperature che, s twice a de use of face shields and masks, and the addition of barriers for physical distancing. the move comes days after at least 11 people were killed by a gas leak at a factory making polystyrene products was a rowed toopen. authorities are still investigating the cause of the accident. iran says it has offered to do a prisoner swap with the united states with no conditions, because of the coronavirus outbreak. both iran and the united stes have called for the release of prisoners because of the risk the virus poses. an iranian spokesperson said today that the u.s. has yet to respond to its offer. one likely candite for the swap is u.s. navy veteran michael whe, who has been tained in iran since 2018. ic mid-march white was released from prison on m furlough because of the risk of coronavirus, but is required to stay in iran.

with most high school graduation ceremonies cancelled this monthe studenrting labs is collecting video diaries of high school st country on social media. to learn where to submit your #seniorportrait go to studentrepoorrtinglab >> sreenivasan: as covid-19 cases surndged in marchpril, there was a scramble to secure protective equipment for healthcare workers on the front lines. but what about changes to the medical as themselves to otect both workers and patients? nehour weekend's christopher booker has a look at one hospital retrofitting i spaces to fight the virus. >> reporter: on the afternoon, f april 2013, two pressure cooker bombsetonated near the finish line of the boston marathon, killing three and injuring hundreds. within minutes the hospitals in the areawere flooded with patients and quickly responded. >> the hypotheticals were the the boston marathon dister, you know, that tragedy in which there was a huge influx of critically ill people that were

ing to come in. you know, that that is absolutely in place in this >> reporter: according to dr. john bucuvalas of mount sinai hospital, trauma centers prepare for these mass casualty events. what isn't in place are pls phalhatopoowwhat hpi hos ntalst: the outbreak of an airborne pandemic disease. >> one of the big keaways is that our medical system is not designed to manage a surge of a pandemic of this nature. and that should kind of awaken all of uto the challenges we have of r healthcare astructure, full stop. >> reporter: michael murphy is the executive director of the socially-minded architecture and design collective, mass design group. >> our hospitals are designed with very tight margins to fill tids and have them largely full all th. they're not designed to have excess of beds. and what that means during this outbreak and surge is that the system itself has been pushed to its limits >> reporter: at doctor worc tpidltrtiiton in neyo wa

traditional care spaces to wards exclusively for covid-19 patients >> even at baseline, the clinical world has not thought very deliberately about the built environment. >> reporter: as the pandemic grew, the hospital brought in dr. neel shah of the global health innovation center, ariadne labs, as well as architect michael murphy, to study how a hospital redesignco d keep patients and health workers safe. basically every delive system inhe country and in the wd zanerd to adapt on the f. for this global pandemic for a couple of weeks. it was an extraordinary oppor is doing, but create world very quickly.of the >> reporter: over a three week period in early april, mount sinai used remote observers to examine the various spatialge ch the hospital implemented. using gopro cameras, doctors walk through the medical units to give the outside clinicians and designers a sense of the infection control designs. > took video, we interviewed people, and they could then peer

in. and that allowed us to do, make the observations incredibly oint youkey icdata p learned from thiasuds iy t hospital? >> infection control protocols usually are used to protect, they're to protect patients. in this situation, we have to s,otect every one-- provid the people that do environmental services, the people that work moving innd out, the clerks and things like that. there's a lot of administrative support staff. so it's a whole different >> reporter: the shift in mindset meant making strategic decisions that could work withi the struct decades old buildings. i.v. machines that typically sis inside a patieoom were moved out into hallways to minimize medical staff intacting with infected patients. for contagious diseases like covid-19 the standard of care is negative pressure isolation rooms. but hospitals typically don't have very many. during the surge of covid-19 patients mount sinai converted 260 regular rooms to specialized negative pressure isolation

rooms. >> we're also able to see where inicians were also putti tape on the floor, putting up visual cues to try to articulate to staff when they're walking into a red zone, in a were leaving that zone, so that we could be more cognizant of the am tount of p.p.t we were wearing. and those simplepatial markers are really essential nthat could allow us to, you know, hmind ourselve, we're entering a more dangerous zone, >> reporter: mass design group has worked in the middle of epidemics in the past. in 2015 it designed a hospital lp fight the chole outbreak in haiti. and during the 2014 ebola crisis in west africa the firm developed a set of national infrastructure desth liberia. murphy says these expeence that influenced the way he thinks about physical space and how it impacts health. what changes have been made since your study? >> one of the fundamental things that's changed is not just for hospitals, but for all of us, is

this incredible spatial awareness. arwe going to be contaminated by leaving our house? are we going tcontaminate others? i and thredible n th the spaces ad lyus are pot infectious or potentially healthier is a gnificant paradigm shift in the way we think about the world around us, i think, and should and will shape, the way we design hospitals a little more deliberately in the future. and how we can design for trust are going to be crucial for every one of our public spaces. v >> srean: when the coronavirus emerged in the u.s., people who share books on a small scale, and countless others who wanted to help their neighbors, saw a new need. boxes and stands offering free household goods, food, and other supplies appeared with signs saying, "take what you need."ro now there's ang network of" sharing boxes" nationwide and

many began as part of the non- profit orgaeenization little nebrary. part of the rouor the hillman family in cottage grove, wisconsin, is a daily walk, and a visit to the little free library they added to their front yard last summer. >> so, this isur little library. >> we'd never heard of these until we moved to wisconsin about six years ago, and a lot of nee'ighborhoods thatbeen walking through and had seen around town would occasionally have a little free library, and we were curious about what they were. >> once we discovered what little free libraries were, we were utilizing them. so, i guess part of it is just r our own selfish needs have an exchange of books. >> senivasan: the hillman's library is one of more than 100,000 of these book-sharing boxes installed around the world since the movement began in 2009. after the first few weeks of wisconsin's coronavirus stay-at- home order, the family wanted ti be sure little library box was still safe and meeting the

town's new needs. >> we habos in the library, and we just put a few cans of food in the library. d then we ticed they were gone. so we thought, well, maybe there is a need here in our community. >> sreenivasan: they weren't alone. many stewards-- all volunteers-- began transforming their little free ielibr greig metzger, the executive director of little free library, ntfirst saw items appear on the organization's social media feeds. >> the little free library network gives the, the physical opportunity for people to connect. right? d support each other as community, even though they're not necessarily connecting physically, you know, right next to one another. so it's been, it's been great to see this unfold. >> sreenivasan: the organization issued new guidelines on cleaning the little libraries as stewar began offering everything from hard-to-find toilet paper, to toys like play-doh and all kinds of foods. in el cajon, california, alice baker is maintaining her little free library. >> so, everyday i try to come out and scrub it down and

sanitize it and then spray it down with lysol. >> sreenivasan: with libraries and schools closed, baker sees an even bigger need to keep books on her shelves along with household goods. on staten island in new york, heapither butts is also k books on hand. >> so, there are a new supply of books to the extent that the young people and everybody that goes to these little free libraries and can avail themselves of books, it's critical. and i think it brings a sense of normalcy, a sense of security, i certainly hope, and a sense of stability to people that is warm and gratifying. >> sreenivasan: to he connect people in need to these new" sharing boxes," little farree libuilt an interactive map in april. more than 300 locations were added in the first few weeks, evidence that the little t ariefus tumarey .in >> i think that covid-19, has shown us that a lot of peoplewe

in a precarious situation prior to covid-19. and now that they're 's covid-19, itort of tipped the scale, unfortunately, for a lot of peoplinto a true, truly, truly crisis arena. and that's not going to tip back immediely once the pandemic is over. >> sreenivasan: in wisconsin, the hillmans say they don't know who is comi and going from their little pantry, but a surprise ornight restocking shows they're not alone in their desire to help others. >> the next day when we were walking by, the library was full ain. and it was just, it was really touching, because i think it showed us the community that we do live in, that, you know, we as the sterds of the little free library thoughtuld be the ones maintaining what is noe food pantry, but we're not. our neighbors and our community so doing that-- with us, which is just, it has just been

really remarkable to see. >> sreenivasan: before the covid-19 pandemic, deportations of undocumented immigrants and the policies surrounding there process regular part of ne coverage. during the current crisis, news about deportaantion immigration, like many other issues, has not been as permanent. but one man's recent removal from the united states caught on of his own community and beyond. newshour weekend special correspondent tom casciato has our story. >> reporr: peekskill, new york, sits on the eastern bank of the hudson river, a former m factory town ne a haven for artists. it's about an hour's commute om new york city. ( train whistle ) among its many charms: it's a grea bald eagles. wintering ( camera shutter )th e shots belong to a notable local photographer who shared

them on a popular facebook page. his name is haza alomaisi. he's known by his nickname: anwar. >> my girlfriend and i were here photographing eagles, and i have a professional camera that i have no idea h to use. he noticed and hcame over and he showed me how to use it and what settings to have, which lens to put on. was very, very nice. >>st he was ike that. he was a lovable person, and very caring, very considerate of others. >> i first met anwar when he was working at a local gtaason. >> reporter: most peoponle't make friends with their gas station attendant. this gathering of alomaisi's friends in the bird-loving plommunity tooe shortly before new york's governor ordered the end of social they came together to talk about him because suddenly he was gone. e had spent 22 years in the united states, living, workingxe and paying tathey said. the ct that he had never become a citizen wasn't an ise.

>> here i am. a jewish guy, okay? pretty much born and raised in this area with a muslim as now one of my closest friends. reporter: andy starr is a sales nsultant and wildlig etgrand inferk phoho often went out taking pictures with alomaisi. he had been checking in regularly since 2011. >> i saw ledger that has he had to sign on a regular basis with immigration, every six months, nine months, 12 months. he would have to go down to federal plaza, meet with his caseworkerand sign in. he went to sign in and his caseworker told me to come back in 30 days. and he thought that was unusual. up. he was thinking something's

>> reporter: something was up. in january another friend of alomaisi's, the mayor of peekskily,l, andre rai received an unexpected phone call. saying, "hes just you know, andre, i need your help, man. i'm in a correctional facility in new jersey and ice picked me up."" for what?up? what are they picking you up for?" esand then i got the call y, the next day, that anwar was gone. >> reporter: alomaisi says deported in late january tbefore returnyemen, he was >> eporter: do you hope to return now to the united states? >> reporter: in the states, he had been active protesting human rights abuses in yemen. he says that mim a target now, and his life is in danger.

>> no doubt he's not the rst of them to love america. but he may be the most accomplished at documenting its national symbol. >> how ironic, takin' pictures ofhe bald eagle, the american syol, it's just... reporter: he was not a citizen of the united states, but he resided here. >> your papeork may not say so, but we consider him a citizen. paperwork esn't always say

>> democratic senators elizabeth warren and chuck schumer took up his case on twit. then came covid-19 and social distancing. stories like his are out ofthe news now, though not out of the hearts of those who miss him. >> it'shard. dst the fact that he's in danger, he's ger every day. his life is in danger every day. anngknowing that there's not that you can do. i messaged him yesterday and asked him if he wanted me to mention anything on his behalfsa and he just that, that he wants to go home as soon as possible. >> sreenivasan: we have more on alomaisis story, as well as politics with ff greenfield and a profile of musician kate tempest at pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: across the beuntry, this mother's day is perhapg celebrated in ways

never done before. hck in march, christina lewis halpern shar experience about giving birth to her third child in new york city, the epicenter of the pandemic. newshour weekend spe correspondent kla murthy checked back in to see how she's doing this mothers day, with her new growing fami. >> reporter: when we last spoke macy was two days d. >> yeah, oh, my gosh. well macy is six weeks and three days old. and she's grown a ton. she's great! things are-- you know, things have been good overall.ep >>ter: i've heard that a lot of new parents have been reluctant to bring their babies in to see the doctors for check- ups. what has that experience been like for you? >> we took-- we took macy to the doctor. and we were just very careful. but we have to trust that they know what they are doing. and all the doctors now have new otols. i didn't even touch anything. i didn't open a door. they did a survey ectronically

so i didn't have to touch paper or their pens. i suppose i did havero hand them o my credit card. but we did do telemedicine.ss. she had a rash, so we callth our doctor icity and i held her up to the screen and he, he told us what to do. and, yeah, the rash went away. >> reporter: how has the idea of motherhood changed no that we're in th pandemic? >> yeah, it's mother's day and i've been thinkinbeabout that ang a parent and what it means now. so, it's always been mjob to ep them physically and emotionally safe right? but now that's become both a lot harder, but also in a way lot clearer. the's c.d.c. guidance saying what you're suposed to do and what you need to do to keep everyone safe.

and that's what we do. and there isn't any arguing about it. you know, get that mask on. >> reporter: she has no idea the world that she was just brought in to. >> no she's lived her entire life in lockdown. we talk about that all the time. i think it helps to think about that one day, this will be-- this will be over. and what i'll tell my grandkids and what she'll tell her grandkids, and what a story she'll have, right? sometimes wonder if, you know, my children and even us will turntento a new gr generation. i mean, i like to believe that from great struggles and this collective hardship come-- come resilience.

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