cbs's kris van cleave reports help has arrived. >> reporter: test driving his new ride, jimmy anthony part of a city-wide effort to increase covid-19 testing by taking people to detroit's drive-through testing center. right now, they're transporting more than 200 a week. >> it feels good. i get to help out my-- my fellow citymates. it feels good. >> reporter: an 18-wheeler-sized special delivery from honda brought ten specially modified odyssey minivans to motor city this week aimed at better protecting the drivers. >> we have the 95 masks, we have the cleaning protocols, but this is even better. this makes the cab drivers even safer. >> reporter: it took honda engineers in ohio just two weeks to adapt a design first used in japan. about 15 volunteers came back to work to install these sealed polycarbinate barriers behind the front seats, and then reprogram the ventilation system to further separate the driver and passengers. so, basically, none of the air where someone, who might be a covid patient, is sitting, will get to the driver? >> ideally, that's the situation. >> reporter: ho

kris van cleave has the story. >> reporter: the wrongful death lawsuit was filed on behalf of 27-year-old pgioka a house keeping employee from indonesia. they claim he contracted covid-19 on royal caribbean symphony of the seas after they left the ship. >> it's clear the entire cruise industry dramatically mishandled the entirety of this outbreak not only as it relates to passengers but crew members. >> reporter: he represents the man's family. >> if they had taken the steps that every single person around the world has taken, i don't think he would be dead today. had they implemented proper social distancing, quarantines, given proper masks to everybody, i think that he would still be alive today. >> reporter: the roughly $53 billion cruise instrind has been in dry dock since mid-march. after a number of highly publicized coronavirus outbreaks, polls show more than one in five americans say it will be a year or longer before they'd set foot on a cruise ship. but carnival is hoping to restart service on eight vessels from ports in florida and texas by late alan to the people whohtowtr the

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margaret. >> brennan: kris van cleave, thank you. tonight, the f.b.i.eral cybersecurity agents are warning that hackers linked to the chinese government are trying to steal research on coronavirus vaccines and therapies. the f.b.i. says the potential theft jeopardizes the treatment of patients here in the u.s. here's cbs chief justice and homeland security correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: while the coronavirus was sweeping across parts of china in january, u.s. officials say chinese hackers were already focused on the united states, trying to steal research from universities and pharmaceutical companies that were working on a cure. john demers is the assistant attorney general for national security. >> the chinese for years have targeted biomedical research, and there's nothing more important than covid-19 research right now in that field. >> reporter: the hacking charges ratcheted up tensions over the virus between the u.s. and china. >> it should have been stopped at the source, which was china. >> reporter: it's not just china. iran is also on

kris van cleave at reagan al, thank you.k you.oday, president trump demanded that governors reopen churches, synagogues and mosques, and threatened to override them if they refuse, though it's unclear that he has that power. this as a new study says covid patients who use hydroxychloroquine, the drug the president is taking, have a angnificantly higher risk of death. cbs' weijia jiang is at the white house for us tonight. htijia. >> reporter: norah, cbs news has just yesterdaust yesterday, evangelical leaders, who are politically important to president trump, urged him to reopen churches. shortly after he did that today, the c.d.c. released new guidelines for them to follow, owiled down from a much more detailed version the white house rejected weeks ago. declaring that houses of worship are essential, president trump said they should reopen right now. >> some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship. it's not right. so i'm correcting this injusti

cbs' kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: karen gossman booked her ultimate family vacation to spain, then covid-19 happened. >> i'm angry about the whole thing. >> reporter: she canceled the trip and asked delta vacations for a full refund but ended up with a $3100 travel voucher. what do you think about not being able to get a full refund? >> i didn't feel it was fair. >> and just feel like we should be getting our money back. we'll never get that trip back. >> reporter: karen's not alone. a review by five democratic senators estimate airlines issued $10 billion in travel credit instead of cash refunds for flietsz canceled due to the pandemic. senator ed markey is now proposing legislation requiring airlines to cough up the cash. >> the airlines have a moral responsibility, given this healthcare crisis, to give that money back to the passengers. >> reporter: but airlines say markey's bill could force them into bankruptcy. >> everything that we do is in accordance with d.o.t. regulations. >> reporter: southwest c.e.o. gary kelly. bottom line, if i'm a southwest customer, and i decid

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cbs' kris van cleave has more on who's zoomin' who?er: naama bloom, like about half of american workers now, is doing her marketing job for a website that links people with pets from home. >> my days were filled with a lot of meetings before, and they're still filled with a lot of meetings. the biggest difference is the meetings are all done with a screen. >> thank you for doing the hard work. >> reporter: every day at noon, verizon c.e.o. hans vestberg hosts a company-wide live web cast aimed at keeping his 120,000 employees working from home looped in on changes to their business and how they do it. >> ultimately, when this is over, i think we're going to see a different way for our employees, how they're going to work, and we'll see a mix of people being at the office and sometimes working from home because it's actually working pretty well. >> reporter: verizon has seen a 1,200% increase in customers using collaboration tools like zoom, and a surge in phone calls-- 800 million a day. that's double a typical mother's day. when cbs n

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. >> and that's the overnight news for this thursday. reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm kris van ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: breaking with his advisers: the president accuses the country's top infectious disease expert of playing all sides. what the president just said about dr. anthony fauci and why he says schools should reopen in the fall despite concerns from his own coronavirus task force. the urgent new warning about that mysterious illness killing children: with more cases reported nationwide, parents are on edge. >> this is truly disturbing. >> brennan: what we're learning tonight about its connection to coronavirus, and the new alert for doctors that the c.d.c. is getting ready to send. unprecedented fatalities: the dire new prediction from the former head of the agency lead

kris van cleave has the details. >> reporter: police departments look at their vehicles kind of like a shared resource. they run the cars around the clock. they're used by multiple officers. and that became a point of concern for the n.y.p.d. during the peak of the pandemic there as they had nearly 20% of their uniformedffic out sick. n.y.p.d. asked ford for help. >>> first responders across the country racing to emergencies now have the added danger of potential exposure to coronavirus. untold thousands of emergency workers have gotten sick. paramedic robert epperson swshal outside detroit. >> we're putting supplies on and using them on day. >> reporter: in new york city the n.y.p.d. has lost 43 employees, including six police officers to the virus that has sickened more than 5700 of its staff. >> we have an invisible enemy here. >> reporter: n.y.p.d. deputy commissioner martinez over sees the 10,000 vehicles. 835% are used around the clock daily by multiple officers. >> with so many people going in and out as well as in some cases we even have perpetrators going in and out of the v

reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm kris van cleave.g sponsored by cbs ♪ >> o'donnell: tonight, doctor anthony fauci warns of needless suffering and death. the nation's top infectious disease expert tells congress disease expert tells congress reopening the country too soon could be dangerous. >> there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control. >> o'donnell: plus, what fauci said about whether a vaccine could be ready before kids return to school. classes canceled: breaking news out of california. the nation's largest four-year university system goes online for the fall. and the governor lays out thebu. myy illness grows: more

kris van cleave spoke with two airline c.e.o.s. >> reporter: online outrage from fliers as pictures post of seemingly packed flights. a handful a day leaving up to 85% full. and at charlotte's airport, a steady stream of fliers wednesday. while the number of daily travelers roughly doubled from a month ago, on average, planes are departing with just 31 passengers. >>> has people's sense of what crowded is changed? >> i think there's a lot of confusion. if you go back a month or so before masks were required for employees or our passengers, social distancing was definitely necessary. >> reporter: frontier c.e.o. barry biffle is in florida encouraging people to get back to flying. his carrier is blocking 20 seats per flight as part of what he calls a multi layered approach to safety. that includes electro static fogging of planes to kill the virus and masks for all aboard. so how do you make people wear a mask? >> we make it clear when you check in, whether it be online or in person, you must wear a facial covering of some type. if you don't have it, we will deny you boarding. >> reporter:

kris van cleave has that story. >> reporter: now bloom like half american workers now is doing her marketingebsite that links people with pets from home. >> my days were filled with a lot of meetings before and they're still filled with a lot of meetings. the biggest difference is that the meetings are all done with a screen. >> thank you for doing all the hard work. >> reporter: every day at noon verizon c.e.o. hosts a company-wide webcast achld at keeping his 120,000 employees working at home looped in on changes to their business and how they do it. >> ultimately when this is over, i think we're going to see a different way for our plemploye how they're going to work. a mix of being at the hofs and some working from home. it is actually working pretty well. >> reporter: verizon has seen an 100% increase of customers using collaboration in zoom. 800 million a day, that's double. when cbs news went largely remote we had to get creative. our homes became makeshift studios. our phones and laptops are used to gather news in ways we've never done before. >> and loop it together. >> reporter: jo

reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm kris van cleave. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnellge. the new safety measures inside the west wing. the president orders everyone to wear masks after two aides test positive for the virus. those close to president trump are being tested daily, but how accurate are the tests? and why three doctors: the c.d.c. director, the head of the f.d.a., and dr. anthony fauci, are self-isolating. crowded spaces-- a colorado restaurant packing in customers on mother's day is shut down. and tonight, an image of an almost-full plane sparks united to change its social distancing .olicy. alert to parents.

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kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >>> in georgia, hundreds formed a caravan in their cars today to call for justice for ahmaud arbery. he's the african-american man who was gunned down and killed allegedly by a white father and son while he was jogging through a south georgia neighborhood. it happened back in february, but his death sparked national outrage after video of the shooting was released to the public earlier this month. this afternoon dozens of cars embarked on a 300-mile caravan from atlanta to the city of brunswick where arbery was killed. >> if you don't mind, just shout with me the awakening. >> the awakening. >> the awakening not just here in brunswick, not just in glenn county, but all across this country as people have turned to social media saying that this isn't fair. >> investigators say arbery was unarmed when travis mcmichael pursued him and shot him. the mcmichaels were arrested and charged with murder. >>> actor and comedian fred willard who kept us laughing for more than 50 years as died. willard was known for tv sit comes like modern family and everybo

reporting from the nation's capitol, i'm kris van cleave. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnellnight, the white house on edge. the new safety measures inside the west wing. the president orders everyone to wear masks after two aides test positive for the virus. those close to president trump are being tested daily, but how accurate are the tests? and why three doctors: the c.d.c. director, the head of the f.d.a., and dr. anthony fauci, are self-isolating. crowded spaces-- a colorado restaurant packing in customers on mother's day is shut down. and tonight, an image of an almost-full plane sparks united to change its social distancing .olicy. alert to parents. the death toll from that mystery children's illness climbing. millmi aboutthnew condio stealing secrets. cbs news learns the u.s. plans to warn china to keep their hackers away from our vital chccine research. >> the most valuable intellectual property in the world right now is to do with covid vaccines. >> o'donnell: shoddy medical masks. we investigate how substandard masks from china are getting into america's supply cha

." >> i'm kris van cleave. thanks for staying with us this morning.reopen their economies, there is mounting concern over the safety of restaurants. right now most are only open for take-out orders. but a growing number are inviting a limited number of diners inside. others like this one in colorado are completely ignoring social distancing. now new research shows how the coronavirus can circulate through restaurant air conditioning systems, ask it may not matter where you sit. omar villafranca has the story. >> reporter: this cafe in dallas, a restaurant that once seated about 25 customers, is remaining like most restaurants in the country, strictly take-out. >> we don't even let them order inside. they have to order outside on the phone or s.inte 25% capacity, yet owner julian ellison says he's not ready to. >>> is that for your peace of mind, customers' peace of mind? who's peace of mine? >> my employee's peace of mind. >> reporter: do you think people will reward that loyalty? >> i think so. >> reporter: there is a lot to consider when opening a d

the pandemic has so far kept people mostly close to home as kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: bumper-to-bumper traffic heading to panama, city florida , beaches, start the memorial day weekend. in kansas, bowling alleys, arcaidz, and threertz back open. >> we're so excited! >> reporter: and hundreds waited in line as casinos reopened in california. >> i missed the casino. been home bored for two months. >> reporter: but airports like l.a.x. looked like ghost towns. airlines saw their busiest day since march on friday, and were still down more than 87%. >> i've been on lockdown since march 12, and i think it's time to actually gut out to do something. >> reporter: barry lieberman heads south tomorrow to florida to see his daughter. do you have any concerns about making this trip in the middle of this pandemic? >> if the appropriate precautions are taken, i think it's relatively safe to move around in your own vehicle. obviously, i'll try to minimize interaction with other people. you know, minimize stops, maybe take some more food than you ordinarily would. >> reporter: but a recent harris poll

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kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> san francisco now more than 1500 confirmed cases.hat is nearly a fifth of the 8500 across the region. more than 300 bay area patients have died. statewide there are slightly more than 52,000 confirmed cases and 2200 deaths. >> if you saw smoke rising in the east bay, don't worry, the fire department is going through some training. that is going to continue today by the way trom 9:00 to 4:00. e isprobably going to be visible from bart and interstate 880 if you're out and about. with the latest drought map painting a good picture, cal fire decided to have all of its fire stations staffed and ready by the middle of this month. wait is the final of year where mercury begins to rise and fuel begins to build and they prep for fire season. this year an added concern. >> we have had major disasters at the same time but covid-19 added a different dynamic. >> reporter: mike mueller says they are overhauling how they prep for fire season and other emergencies. one of the changes is happening with base camps. >> the traditional base camp which c

we just heard the ceo of southwest say to kris van cleave that it's safe to travel.vel? >> i think people will believe it's safe to travel when we've got testing down and therapeutics, and we are far from that. so we at the points guy recommend if you don't absolutely need to travel you probably shouldn't. at least not on an airplane. road trips, that's a different story. but i think the airlines are in such a state of, you know, everything changing, do they require passengers wear masks, some do, some don't. i still think it's safe to wait until there's clear standards across the board. >> if someone has to fly and -- some people regular are in the situation, what do you recommend they do? >> i recommend, you know, most airlines right now in the month of may are blocking the middle seat for social distancing, although there have been some reports of that not happening. i'd recommend book a window seat because there's less chance of you being around someone else. bring your own disinfectant wipes, wipe down your seat, wear a mask from start to finish, and bring your

kris van cleave explains. >> reporter: two boston-area teens died when this speeding pickup lost controlshed late last month. increasingly, fatal accidents like this are on the decline as the pandemic has drivers staying home. >> please don't come out and drive unless you absolutely have to. >> reporter: california highway patrol captain salvadore saurez says that message is working. traffic is down 35%, leading to wide-open l.a. freeways. >> fire personnel, ambulances, law enforcement, they could utilize our freeway systems and be able to get from call to call a lot faster. >> reporter: california is among at least 20 states to see fatal crashes drop during the pandemic. down a stunning 84% on golden state freeways alone. michigan is down 67%. illinois, 57%. it's not all good, though. louisiana, minnesota, and oklahoma have seen traffic deaths rise. police nationwide have seen the rate of drivers going 100-plus jumped 30%. the overall drop in crashes prompted auto insurers like all-state to give hundreds of millions in refunds. >> less driving leads to fewer accidents, and we just thoug

lots of you rushed to help some folks, our kris van cleave profiled last week on "ctm," they were strugglingrom an aerospace plant in kansas. chris jump feared he'd have to put his life on the line. >> i'll have to find two jobs to make the money that i was making in order to keep my house. if it comes down to buying food for my kids or insulin for myself, i'm picking food for my kids. >> thanks to our generous viewers, jump received dozens of insulin vials and gift cards to help with groceries for his wife and four children. carol edwards also got tons of help. last friday she only had $400 left to her name. after our story aired, edwards said she received about $7,000. she says that is plenty of cash to make rent and to care for her daughter and her grandkids, tony. >> that's great, vlad. just bravo, bravo. as many people who are struggling right now, fortunately there are still more people doing okay. if the people doing okay help those struggling, then all of russ going to be okay in the end. i love the ending to that story, vlad. let's keep the good vibes going. what else do you have? >

kris van cleave talked with two airline ceos to see what they are doing. >> reporter: online outragepacked flights. a handful a day up to 85% full. at charlotte's airport, a steady stream of flyers wednesday. while the number of daily travelers roughly doubled from a month ago, on average planes are departing with just 31 passengers. has people's sense of what crowded is changed? >> well, i think there's a lot of confusion. if you go back a month or so before masks were required for employees or our passengers, social distancing of necessary. >> reporter: frontier's ceo bear biffle is in florida encouraging people to get back to flying. his carrier is blocking 20 seats per flight as part of what he calls a multilarge approach to safety, that includes fogging of planes to kill the virus and requiring masks for all aboard. how do you make people wear a mask? >> so we make it very clear when you check in, whether it be on line or in person, that you must wear a facial covering of some type. and if you don't have it, we will deny you boarding. >> reporter: what happens if i refuse to wea

kris van cleave has more on this story. good morning. please explain. >> reporter: good morning.ook at their vehicles kind of like a shared resource. they run the cars around the clock, they're used by multiple officers, and that became a point of concern for the nypd during the peak of the pandemic as they had nearly 20% of their uniformed officers out sick. the nypd asked ford for help. first responders across the country racing to emergencies now have the added danger of potential exposure to rovis. ldhousands of gotten sick. pandemic robert epperson shows the gear he wears to a possible covid call outside detroit. >> we're putting supplies on and using them all day. >> reporter: the nypd has lost at least 43 employees including six police officers to the virus that has sickened more than 5,700 of its staff. >> we have an invisible enemy. >> reporter: nypd commissioner robert martinez oversees the 10,000 vehicles. 85% are used around the clock daily by multiple officers. >> with so many people going in and out as well as in some cases we have perpetrators going in and out of t

kris van cleave has more. >> reporter: the great or perhaps not so great memorial day getaway has started report a bump in bookings, but americans still expects to be down about 80% from last year. >> if it had been a month or two months ago, i wouldn't have done anything. >> reporter: after being home since march 19th, thomas bowman is flying from chicago to ft. lauderdale to see friends. >> at some point we have to go back to life, however defined, and i thought this was a reasonable step. they have been isolated. i've been isolated. >> reporter: but a recent harris poll found 95% of americans say because of the coronavirus, memorial day is too soon to take a trip. with the annual rolling to remember motorcycle ride honoring veterans in d.c. was canceled, carol decided to stay home in michigan. >> we're really looking forward to taking and riding it there but because of everything that's going on, we can't. >> reporter: for the first time in 20 years, aaa did not offer a memorial day travel forecast but expects fewer people to hit the road than the record low of 31 million back in 2009.