i'm mia gradney, reporting from the khou 11 news studio in houston. worldwide, coronavirus deaths now top 107,000, and today, the united states surpassed italy as the country with the most

i'm mia gradney reporting from khou 11 news in houston.nce the small business administration opened its paycheck protection program to applicants. the government is offering $350 billion in forgivable loans to small businesses. but for millions of desperate companies, that relief is proving difficult to obtain. jim axelrod reports. >> 9907 fifth. >> reporter: he owns a cateri i company has run for 45 years. >> we had 2,000 customers a day walking in. right now we're averaging just a couple hundred. >> reporter: they're staring down a cold reality facing small business owners across the country. with revenues sinking, how long can he keep afloat? >> a few more weeks, realistically. we're still an essential business, but our funds are running low. >> reporter: the downturn couldn't have come at a worst time. they were in the midst of the biggest expansion in the company's history. >> this is caught in the middle. >> reporter: a sister market around the corn they're would have created 70 new jobs. >> it' n i'm hopeful that it will. >> reporte

i'm mia gradney reporting from khou 11 in houston. of us here on cbs news from texas and around the >>> a dramatic change of scene at the sight of san francisco's largest single coronavirus outbreak. and this is plaza part of a possible solution to another side of that homelessness challenge? >> talk of sanctioning a large-scale outdoor encampment where the city's homeless can safely space out their tents. >>> if you don't live in marin, don't park there. the sheriff's office started citing cars to curb the flow of nonessential travel to its open spaces. >> 74 miles of oakland city streets are now off-limits to cars to give walkers, runners and cyclists more safe options for outdoor exercise. and with those parks and other gathering places closed this weekend, bay area churches are preparing to bring easter services to the masses online. >>> the bay area is closing in on 5,000 cases of covid-19. that includes more than 1 fromdz cases in santa clara county alone. and about 800 apiece in alameda county and san francisco. >> dozens of th

reporting this morning from khou 11 news in houston, i'm mia gradn gradney. . captioning sponsored by cbs >> gradney: be tonight easter disrupted, virus restrictions force christians to celebrate a captioning sponsored by cbs >> gradney: tonight, easter disrupted. virus restrictions force christians to celebrate a new way. some ignore the threat, as u.s. deaths surge. >> this might be unlaful. >> gradney: at the vatican, the pope has a contagion of hope. asris johnso ?l preparfor th whenin ahead. >> theush is on, for chickens. >> we sold 569 chicks in three hours. >> gradney: plus, r.v. rescue. how strangers are coming up to help health care workers. and later, saving grace. a new family, a world apart, later, saving grace, a new united at last. >> this is grace, of course. n his is the "cbs weekend news. >> gradney: good evening. i'm mia gradney, reporting from the khou11 news studio in houston. this has been an easter sunday like no other, with the coronavirus curbing celebrations around the world. more in a moment. first, we have breaking news. this is a dan