shon? .> gables: nikole, thanks. as of today, there are now 198 days until the presidential election. let's check in with cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe. and ed, president trump and joe biden's campaigns are now accusing each other of being soft on china and how to respond wh the coronavirus outbreak. what is really going on here? >> reporter: well, look, both sides the american public blames china for not doing more to stop the spread of the disease. the trump campaign is trying to use comments that biden made last year that seem to suggest ohat the rise of china isn't that big of a deal. they also point out that his son had done some business work in snina. the biden campaign says, look, while the president wasn't responsible for coronavirus itself, he is responsible for the response. >> gables: the next big story that we're waiting for is that joe biden needs to do is select a running mate. what do you know about that so far? >> reporter: that's right, cbs news has learned that that s ll fmally begin

i'm shon gables. its stay-at-home orders has forced more than 22 million americans to file for unemployment benefits in the last month alone. for many, those benefits have been slow in coming, and even when the help arrives, it often barely pays for the basics. that's got a record number of americans turning to the nation's food banks. jill schlesinger has the story. >> reporter: from the streets of southern california -- >> the line for food was so long there was a huge traffic jamb. >> reporter: to the sidewalks of maine. >> we have sandwiches. >> reporter: the financial fallout from the pandemic crisis is triggering a hunger crisis. >> sort of an all-hands-on deck situation right now. >> reporter: food banks are struggling to find new waysecore people who are coming through the doors here at the food bank. >> within the past month, we have seen an absolutely uptick of people that are now furloughed or unemployed. so that's a newer face that we're seeing at the food bank. >> reporter: dr. jessica ro

shon? >> gables: mireya, thanks. today marks one of the darkest days in our nation's history. 25 years ago, a right-wing extremist bomb destroyed the federal building in oklahoma city, killing 168 people, 19 of them children. today, the pandemic forced the annual memorial to happen online. a warning to southern states tonight-- more severe weather is on the way. ed f ball-sized hail pelted texas and oklahoma. tonight, millions are threatened by more tornadoes from arkansas to the carolinas and florida panhandle. and here in atlanta, opera singers are delivering emotional pick-me-ups to your front porch. ♪ ♪ joelle roberson hits the high hopeful notes of a rodgers and hammerstein's favorite. with the opera closed, singers are finding fun ways to bring music right to the audience. straight ahead on "cbs weekend news," they're the nation's road pirriors. why keeping the supply chain moving is harder than ever. plus, the grass roots campaign to turn ski goggles into life- saving protection. and, the british vet whose bac

i'm shon gables, reporting from wgcl cbs 46 in atlanta.ore federal money could be on the way to struggling small businesses. at the same time, the debate over the reopening of the country is getting sharply political. the virus is still killing more than 3,600 americans in the last 24 hours. the u.s. death toll now tops 41,000. there are over 746,000 cases. we have correspondents covering all aspects of this crisis. meg oliver in new jersey starts us off. >> reporter: well, the army has been supporting several hospitals in new york city. they moved to new jersey for the first time this week to help an overwhelmed staff here at university hospital. but it's a different scene sh back te protests demanding coronavirus reopen intense identified sunday.

. >> reporter: these short cell phone videos of her husband ray shon's funeral are the only way she coulde it from quarantine. she hasn't left her house since testing positive for the same virus that killed him. >> i didn't want hum to leave here alone. like i just file like he was there for everybody, and i feel like he was alone, like nobody was able to be there for him. i had to make an executive decision to keep myself and my daughter home. we don't want to go to another funeral. >> reporter: in the last few weeks, mariny, she and her brother have all tested positive for covid-19. >> people in the family started displaying flu-like symptoms. no idea it was corona, nothing like that, just hey, i don't feel so good. my husband, his symptom was a high fever. >> reporter: with strict social distancing rules in place, their trip to the hospital march 16 would be the last time she saw him. >> think was like you can't be here, you can't be here. they sent my daughter and i out. and we were sitting in the car sleep, and he said baby, they're going to admit me. >> reporter: the next conversati

they are supporting letting college athletes making money from endorsement and shon sore ship deals theyt on their own. they hope to adopt it in january so they can set them up, get paid for autographs and sell memorabilia but they cannot appear in their school's uniform. the pressure has been growing since california did the bill last year. >>> cracking open california classrooms a lot earlier than expected. when some students could be back in school and ideas being considered across the country. plus, bay area businesses waiting for the green light to reopen. governor gavin newsom says we're weeks away, not months away. >> also a deadly shooting on interstate 80 causes a backup on the bay bridge. what we're learning about the investigation from chp. >>> from ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. >>> good morning. welcome back. it is wednesday, april 29th, 2020. i'm mike mibach. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great because i went to the grocery store late yesterday afternoon and i found flour, i got eggs. i came away with almost everything i needed and that feels like winning the lot