lee cowan with that story. you're watching the "cbs overnight news." >>> social distancing is taking a toll on shuttered bars and restaurants from coast to coast. the jack rose dining saw loon in d.c. is not immune. it's famous for its extensive vintage collection of whiskeys. now those treasured libations are for sale. >> reporter: bill thomas is taking stock. are there any bottles that were on the walls that you are not quite rea t yet? >> there were a few hundred we squared away. >> reporter: he has the largest whiskey library in the western hemisphere. at least it did until last week when he started selling it off. >> 39. >> reporter: it sounds like this collection means a lot to you. did you ever think about just holding onto it and closing your doors? >> that was never an option. you can't leave an asset like this on the wall when people need help. >> reporter: help came by the dram. after coronavirus shuttered the city's dine-in restaurants, thomas started doing take-out. and liquidating 2700 prized bott

lee cowan was invited into his studio. ♪ ♪ >> i think what's in my head was the idea or the feeling thatanted to have. >> reporter: an emotion? >> yeah, yeah, i think that's what makes art art. ♪ ♪ ♪ i wish somebody would come and ease my ♪ ♪ >> reporter: kadeer nelson has been emoting one brush stroke at a time. perhaps you've seen his work on the cover of the new york error children's book. he's a celebrated illustrator, too. his work hangs in galleries, museums. collectors eagerly seek him out. what he does best is perhaps what we need most of all right now, the strength of the human spirit celebrated. >> i think it's a crucial moment and i need to have a voice and creata create an image that will give people hope. i call it after the storm. >> reporter: after the storm? >> all these people and the figures in the painting, they have their eye on a common goal. they all have their eyes trained on the light. >> reporter: it was still a work in progress when we visited nelson's los angeles studio earlier this month at a healthy social distance, of course. but even in its earliest stages,

. >> pauley: with face masks in high demand, lee cowan overs a stitch in time.ita braver is our guide to museums online. jim gaffigan updates us on his family's life in quarantine. plus, thoughts for easter and passover, from cardinal timothy dolan and others. on this sunday morning, april 12th, 2020. we'll be right back. step by step, we're going to figure this out. we're gonna find a way through this. we're working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. it's about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. we're gonna go through an awful lot of these. all across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. we stay at work. for you. you stay at home for us. just know we're all with you. thank you, thank you so much. thank you doctors & nurses. >> pauley: first things first: we heard all kinds of numbers about the coronavirus this past week. some hopeful; many disheartening. and then there is the toll on the economy. more than 6.5 million people added to the nation's jo

and lee cowan shows us a painting worth a thousand words. plus tracy smith on curb service.ohn blackstone with randy newman, and jim gaffigan and more, on this sunday morning, the 19th of april, 2020. we'll be right back. ♪ wow! i'm original. one of a kind. you feel me? love ya'. oop! you look cute. better than you! wherever drama pops off pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy this is kind of a first... for all of us. ♪ ♪ but maybe this is a time to put other things... first. ♪ ♪ like being the first to check in. ♪ ♪ or the first to try you hand at the culinary arts. or all the arts. be the first to volunteer. or the first to say it's all going to be okay. and when the day comes, when we're no longer looking at our worlds from the inside out. it will be what we did in here that will make us stronger out there. is so irresistible, you'll wanna eat them anywhere, so don't resist! pop 'em outside, or on the go, or on the way home! pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken c

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some are gardening, many arefá baking bread, and our lee cowan how they're discussing newtq passions.d existence, something has happened. from sidewalk art to surrealism, covid-19 has tapped a creative nerve that many of us never eveá knew we had. >> it might be dance, it might be baking,t( it might be designg a garden. >> reporter: it's not the end product, it's the process. >> absolutely the process. if you start, something beautiful will happen. this is some wild red. >> reporter: lonnie lardner is a former journalist-turned-creativity consultant. before the outbreak, sheqÑiu(j helpingt( business executives self-eplore through art. >> you need two things -- a desire and time. and a global pandemic just gave yout( the time. >> reporter: it's note1 just abq filling the time, though. like learning to play ping pong by yourself or taking up knitting. those who are surviving best have found something that feeds their soul. for st. louise1 designer and photographere1 trenna travis, i was soil where she foundt( sola. >> there is a certain joy in just getti)s your hands dirty. oh, and i've