and chris martin of logansport, indiana, joins us. thank you, both, mayors. i appreciate it.ough time for you guys so we doubly appreciate it. may may mayor hart, i'm going to start with you. you have been pushing for this shutdown for weeks. today, it finally happened. what do you think? >> i think, literally, that's the billion-dollar question. is it too late? i think it's too late to continue business as usual at the plant. i believed it needed to be closed. they went ahead and did that today, which will give us an opportunity to close, clean, test the employees, put in stronger preventative measures, and then get this plant opened back up. it's an incredible need for our entire country and the world. so we owe it to our resilient workforce to make sure they're protected and secured. >> what's happening, mayor, now, to take care of the tyson employees in your city? >> well, just read a statement today from tyson that indicated the employees will continue to be paid. there'll also be continuous testing. we just received 1,500 more tests. i think we were expecting those toda

because tyson is the biggest employer in logansport.ications for your entire community. >> of course. of course. and that's the thing. the reason why we had that phone conversation was because we wanted to make sure that not only tyson, but all of our factories in our community were taking the right steps and being proactive. and the deputy mayor and i, we took those steps during that week and visited with the health department, every factory in the city of logansport that was operating at that time to make sure they were following the cdc guidelines and make sure everything was going as planned. everybody was doing exactly as that. there were a couple of factories who maybe needed a little more guidance so we made sure they had that guidance. eventually what ended up happening is those factories ended stop, stopping operation before tyson did saturday. >> mayor martin, mayor hart, please keep us updated. please come back. thank you, be safe. thank you. >>> if you didn't see this today, you have to check it out. the mayor of las vegas t

for example, there's a very worrying situation tonight in logansport, indiana. the county there, cass county, announced a new public health emergency in their county because of a really big spike in cases there centered on a local tyson meat processing plant. i mean this is their total cases in cass county, indiana, over time. this is not -- that is not a good trend line. this is the growth in cases in cass county, indiana, day by day. again, not good. not a good trend line. they have closed that tyson plant in cass county, indiana, but today with the case numbers in that one county topping 1,000, the ceo of the local logansport memorial hospital said, quote, our hospital is not equipped with enough staff or resources to care for numbers like this. and so that county in indiana has put in place a new state of emergency and a stricter stay-at-home order than what is in place statewide. and now here's another one to watch and that we're going to talk a little bit more about tonight. it's been unfolding in greeley, colorado. you might have heard about the particula

the most recent plants to close in logansport, indiana, and green bay, wisconsin, where one of out ofvery five workers tested positive for coronavirus. at plants still open, there are staffing shortages. even pay raises and bonuses not enough to lure some employees back to work. crystal rodriguez usually works alongside her father but he now has coronavirus. >> $4 extra and the $600 bonus? i'm sorry, that's not worth life. >> reporter: tyson foods taking out a ful page ad sunday plants could lead to shortages at grocery stores. the company also releasing this video of a redesigned chicken processing plant in arkansas that it says allows for better social distancing. in saginaw, texas, third generation rancher missy bonds worries closed plants means she won't be able to sell her cattle. >> for us, we like consistency. and the volatility right now is the most unsettling thing. >> reporter: the meat industry says beef and pork production is down about 30%. the bartlett brothers in nebraska with 40,000 pigs say they are busting at the seams. with nowhere to send their stock and more being

but today, with the case numbers now in that one county topping a thousand, the ceo of the local logansport memorial hospital said quote, our hospital is not equipped with enough staff or resources to care for numbers like this. and so that county in indiana has put in place a state, a new state of emergency, an a stricter stay-at-home order than what is in place statewide. and now, here's another one, to watch. and that we're going to talk a little bit more about tonight. it's been unfolding in greeley, colorado. you might have heard about the particular problem they've got in greeley. you might have heard about the big outbreak they've got at the jbs plant. specifically because at one point, it got mentioned at the white house by vice president mike pence. >> i spoke today to the governor of colorado, we've been in contact with senator corey gardner, about an outbreak at a particular meat packing facility in the colorado area. and at this time, our team is working with the governor and working with the senator to ensure that we flow testing resources. >> working to flow testing resources.

the most recent plants to close in logansport, indiana, and green bay, wisconsin, where one out of every positive more coronavirus. there are staffing shortages, even pay raises and bonuses, not enough to lure some employees back to work. crystal rodriguez usually workers alongside her father, but he now has coronavirus. >> $4 extra and a $600 bonus, i'm sorry, that's not worth my life. >> reporter: tyson food taking out a full-page ad sunday warning, the food supply chain is vulnerable and closed plants could lead to shortages at grocery stores. the company also releasing this video of a redesigned chicken processing plant in arkansas, that it says allows for better social distancing. in saginaw, texas, third generation rancher misy bonds worried closed plants means she won't be able to sell her cattle. >> for us, we like consistency. and the volatility right now is is the most unsettling thing. >> reporter: the meat industry says beef and pork production is down about 30%. the bartling brothers in nebraska with 40,000 pigs say they are busting at the seams. with nowhere to send their s

tyson's food, pasco washington facility temporarily halted production and in logansport, indiana, a tysonoduces 3 million pounds of pork daily shut down after more than 150 employees and people connected to them tested positive. in the waterloo iowa facility was shut down indefinitely. more than 100 employees at the jvk meat packing plant in greeley, colorado, contractinged it and died. promises of testing all employees before reopening from the company and the white house had not been met. the plant has since reopened and jbs says they're checking employees temperatures and with symptoms on site. here is a part of a report from our affiliate 9 into u.s. in denv denver. >> reporter: put yourself in and ask yourself if it would be worth losing a family members for a few bucks in your pocket? >> reporter: the answer to that question for crystal rodriguez is no. >> i want all of us to be safe. >> reporter: she and her dad work in a parking plant. one got sick the other didn't. >> he lost 35 pounds and is using a walker for support. >> reporter: he got so sick he had to be put on a ventilator