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but first, mark strassmann is in atlanta. and, mark, this is a desperate situation for so many. >> repoe word r it, norah, as america grapples with twin epidemics, the coronavirus and unemployment. and week after week, they both keep spreading. by far, georgia's jobless numbers jumped the most-- three times more unemployment claims than last week. combined michigan, new york, and texas bled more than 1 million jobs. and california alone lost 925,000 more jobs, including walter almendarez. >> i don't have the money for the rent. >> reporter: in van nuys, the laid off hotel bellman waited outside a food bank in a line of 2,000 cars. >> i don't have a job. i have a three-month-old daughter. we don't have health insurance. we don't have nothing. >> reporter: 16.8 million jobs lost in three weeks. that's roughly 11% of the u. workforce, and greater than all the jobs added in the past six years. >> maybe most importantly, we don't know which of these people will permanently be unemployed. >> reporter: today's numbers don't include l

week's numbers could be worse. >> we're expecting it to be worst next week. >> o'donnell: and mark strassmann joins us again. mark, i have to ask you, does that jobless number include gig workers and people who are self-employed? >> reporter: it does not, norah and most of those people, of course, have a need for speed. they need money today. the problem is the states-- most states are not processing their applications for unemployment until they get more guidance from washington. so if there is any good news in all that, it's what you mentioned at the beginning, that those direct-deposit, direct payments from washington, up to $1200, those should start arriving in about two weeks. >> o'donnell: all right, mark, thank you so much. and now to the medical emergency unfolding across america, and especially in new york. tonight, as we are learning more about the pathology of the virus, there are new recommendations about how to protect ourselves from infection. mola lenghi is in the u.s. epicenter of new york city. and the mayor has new guidance on who should be wearing masks in public. what did

covering all of the headlines, and we'll get to that new guidance on the masks in just a moment, but mark strassmanneads us off tonight and, mark, we just heard from the treasury secretary, he said those first rounds of those $1200 relief checks could now come in two weeks. >> reporter: in two weeks, norah, but in the meantime, of course, unemployment is in free- fall, and no one knows where the bottom is. businesses keep closing, more people lose their jobs by the hour. unemployment has super spread into america's second epidemic. >> i'm zero right now. it's really stressful. >> reporter: without a vaccine in sight. nearly 900,000 more californians filed claims last week. juan luna lost jobs as a cashier and cook for los angeles' twole. his girlfriend is also pregnant. >> i mean, iwas already stressing because i'm not-- i don't know how it is to, you know, provide for baby. >> reporter: job losses in the last two weeks compared to two years during the great recession of 2008-2009. new york had a 358% spike in claims, roughly 366,000 people. florida, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, and new jersey each

mark strassmann has the story of one restaurant helping laid off workers find their next meal. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: maybe all foods are comfort. >> do you want to come back for another meal, shoot us an email. >> reporter: but free lasagna and vegetable soup, hard to beat when you're out of work and scared. >> thank you guys. >> reporter: olivia is a laid off waitress. >> it's such a help during such an awful time. >> the bread is on top. >> reporter: this is ryan smith's idea. he's the chef and owner. bone a petite magazine named it the best restaurant in 2016. a high-dollar food taster's paradise until covid-19 closed its doorsh srted giving free lunches to food service workers. unemployed waiters and line cooks, busboys and baeries tos. 50 servings of comfort food a day and growing. >> thinking about all these people who lost their jobs and no one can control any of it. you've gone from cooking a luxury to cooking a necessity. >> yeah, definitely. >> reporter: community donations fund the feeding. nearly 20 recently closed >> i>> rorter: doug hei donate. uttered his r

mark strassmann, tifton, georgia. >> while new york city and other centers of the coronavirus outbreakses, there is hope coming from italy. the number of people dying is dropping. now to its lowest level in two weeks. our own seth doane is in rome. he is under quarantine after testing positive for the virus. >> reporter: images from italy are usually a window into the past, but recently its empty canals, tourist sites and streets provide a startling glimpse of the future. >> probably we are learning things for the next pandemic. >> reporter: anesthesiologist marco was the lead author of recommendations designed to help italian doctors prioritize icu patients when there aren't adequate resources. a dilemma hospitals in the u.s. now face. so what should the u.s. be learning from italy? >> when i hear the news from colleagues and friends, for example, in new york city, i think that probably they wasted some of the advantage they had. >> reporter: that advantage, time to prepare. he says a few extra days of containment measures in communities can make an exponential difference in hospitals

and we are going to begin with mark strassmann in atlanta on the economy. mark? >> reporter: the longer this economy stays in lockdown with businesses closed, like this restaurant, the more jobs will be lost. and this unprecedented surge in unemployment raises another worry-- a surge in poverty. desperation in dallas. a food giveaway today for 3,000 bk e t time tstephem visiting a pennsylvania families outside pittsburgh. >> i am feeling stressed, anxious, and very vulnerable. >> reporter: michael brown hoped company-wide pay cuts would save his job. now, he's one of 88 people laid off by a bicycle company in minneapolis. >> i felt like my position in my company was in a pretty safe spot. >> reporter: companies squeezed by a paralyzed economy have unleashed a second tidal wave of mrloughs and firings, many of them workers who thought they were safe, including mitchell hammond in los angeles. >> it was definitely kind of a gut punch, you know, working for this wonderful place for two years and then, all of a sudden, you're not. >> reporter: for each diagnosed case

margaret. >> brennan: mark strassmann reporting from atlanta. as most of the world struggles to contain a still-surging pandemic, china is over the worst, and things are getting back to normal. cbs news senior foreign correspondent elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: margaret, now that the worst is over and there's no sign so far, anyway, of a second wave of infection, china declared a national day of mourning. nationwide, people stopped wherever they were and joined president xi, and the party leadership, to remember what china says was 3,333 victims. that now sounds shockingly low compared to more than 30,000 deaths in europe alone. in spain, a pop-up hospital in madrid's conference center has 1,000 acutely ill patients. the country has the second-largest number of cases in the world, after the united states, but at last, some good news. prime minister sanchez announced the peak is almost over. and in italy, too, the rates of infection and death have flattened. grateful shoppers in rome were back at a local street market this weekend after

and cbs's mark strassmann is going to lead us off tonight outside atlanta. mark?reporter: norah, riding out a pandemic in georgia suddenly has options. you can go out to dinner and a movie. you can get a haircut, a workout, a tattoo. and if you're wondering, "does any of that sound smart?" well, so are many georgiaians. dining out in america's contagion. a waitress wearing a mask and gloves tried to serve k assurance. table service returned today to atlanta's four bad daddy burger bars. this sign reminded everyone, safety is on the menu. >> among our servers, our bartenders, they will be wearing masks. there is hand sanitizer that's sele to be used. we have disposable menus. >> reporter: any georgia restaurant could reopen, from a breakfast chain to a local pizzeria, but few in atlanta did, and most of their tables sat empty. governor brian kemp's hungry to reverse georgia's soaring unemployment-- more than one million new claims in four weeks-- but health experts worry for governors and consumers. >> that's bad for them and it's also bad for healthcare workers. w

we're going to begin with cbs' mark strassmann who leads us off. he's in atlanta tonight. . >> reporter: norah, another week of ugly unemployment numbers will ratchet up pressure in a country already in crisis. money is running out everywhere. every week, america grows as a nation in need. another half million floridians filed for unemployment last week, a 180% jump from the week before. but since mid-march, the state has paid only 6% of approved claims. >> they failed us. they really have failed us. >> reporter: latonya gavin needs to get paid. this laid-off cashier is the single mother of seven. >> what am i supposed to do, keep waiting? keep waiting? keep waiting? no, it's not fair. >> reporter: the economy keeps hemorrhaging jobs. eight states have bled at least 20% of their workforces. 37 states, at least 10%. also alarming, in many states, trust funds that pay unemployment benefits are running out. one-third of the country lives in states with less an fiv weeks le california, new york, and ohio have two weeks. and, job losses could become permanent unless small busine

h 're going to begin with cbs' mark strassmann who leads us off today in atlanta. >> reporter: this bowlingey reopened and with each new player both the shoes and the balls are resanitized. it's phase one of georgia's reopening, but it's hardly business as usual. ( laughter ) >> i haven't seen you in forever! >> forever! >> reporter: in a state with nearly 900 covid-19 deaths, nakia lawrence needed her roots done. jason griggers reopened his salon today. georgia's governor said he could. griggers took her temperature, made her sign a waiver, and got to work behind a face shield. >> know that we're doing everything within our means to make it safe. >> reporter: but outside georgia's governor's mansion, edive-by protesters jeered today's reopening, and governor brian kemp. ( cars honking ) his executive order includes salons, gyms, tattoo parlors, and bowling alleys. the blow-back was immediate. critics said too soon, too risky. president trump criticized the decision. >> i'm not happy about it. and i'm not happy about brian kemp. >> reporter: health officials noted america today crossed the

mark strassmann is going to lead i off tonight in atlanta where businesses could soon be open. mark. >> reporter: after three weeks, norah, some of the stores behind me could reopen on friday, but is it smart? is it safe? and will customers show up? all unclear as the south leads the charge to have that choice. >> open america now! >> reporter: revolt in raleigh today. protesters demanded north carolina reopen for business as covid-19 deaths statewide jumped almost 20% overnight. they want what georgia already gave lindsey nash: permission to reopen her hair salon this friday. >> i don't want to pass it to anybody else, yet, i am a single mom. i have to pay my bills. >> reporter: nash says customers will have to social distance and stylists will wear masks. >> every time someone gets a shampoo, you wipe it down again, spray it with disinfectant so ga're constantly doing that. >> reporter: it's a gamble. new covid-19 cases in this rural county almost doubled over the tyst week. but georgia has also bled jobs, 700,000 of them in the last four weeks. >> we will get georgians back t

here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: in lithonia, georgia, stephanie murray dreads tomorrow. owes $500 in rent but lost her administrative job two weeks ago. can you pay it? >> no. >> reporter: what happens if you lose that apartment? >> we don't have a place to stay. >> reporter: millions of americans living paycheck to paycheck now face bills without one. retail giants hemorrhaged jobs this week. macy's furloughed most of its 125,000 employees. the gap, 80,000 workers. kohl's, 85,000. jobless renters who can't pay have to speak up. >> you should let a landlord know if you owe rent and you can't make your rent. most municipalities are really making it tough for landlords to charge you fees and certainly have banned evictions during this time. >> reporter: at least 26 states and the district of columbia have imposed a temporary pause on evictions or foreclosures for some or all residents. >> i rely on the rent heavily. >> reporter: sherry hearn owns a six-unit apartment building in denver. her tenants can't pay her rent, so she can't pay her mortgage. >> i'm in the same posit

mark strassmann is in atlanta. mark, are folks there comfortable with this?> well, we're going to find out today, anthony. we'll see who shows up to these businesses that are going to open. salons are among the businesses allowed to reopen. this one behind me is going to go for it. it's a controversial decision by the georgia governor brian kemp, and even his fellow republicans, including president trump, have lit into him for it. >> i think locals needed to have more input. it's made people nervous. >> reporter: georgia republican congressman doug collins is questioning his republican governor brian kemp for his decision to open parts of the state's economy this morning. >> it is a scary time to be opening back up. >> reporter: jason griggers opens escape hair salon outside of tlntatlanta. he's reopening his doors. >> the biggest concern is something is going to come in here, be asymptomatic, have the virus and is going to pass it to one of us or to one ever our clients. >> reporter: president trump again criticized georgia's governor for his decision to reo

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for cbs this morning, i'm mark strassmann. >> unfortunately, the severe weather threat is not over.inn, chief weathercaster at wcbs tv is tracking all the storms today. lonnie, good morning. who is in the crosshairs today? >> okay, right now, tony, we're talking about tornado watches anywhere from the panhandle of florida all up the eastern seaboard to portions of virginia. i wouldn't be surprised if that tornado watch pushed further north as the day went on. what's the culprit here? look at the low-level jet stream. the low-level jet stream, it's flowing at around 120 miles per hour and it's important to talk about the low-level jet because that's air less than 10,000 feet from the surface. all it takes is a little piece to drop down. the worst of it around the carolinas. by the time you get to lunchtime, it's into the chesapeake. 4:00, it's into new york city. we're not talking sustained winds but gusts and even the possibility for more tornadic activity. wind alerts. the red is most serious. those are high wind warnings where it's most likely to find the power outages. all the ar

mark strassmann is in atlanta. rk, with georgia set to reopen partially tomorrow, what's the feeling there? >> a little mixed, anthony. and there's also some very loud critics of the decision. in any state, of course, it's up to the governor when the state will reopen, and any decision is bound to be criticized. here in georgia, the republican governor was second-guessed by the republican president. >> i happen to disagree with him. >> reporter: president trump minced no words about georgia's plan to reopen part of its economy tomorrow. >> would i do that? no. i'd keep them a little longer. i want to protect people's lives, but i'm going to let him make his decision. but i told him, i totally disagree. >> reporter: governor brian kemp will push forward with his state's reopening. some businesses have the green light if they obey social distancing policies. >> although i know one has the need to leapfrog over things, don't do that. do it in a measured way. >> reporter: georgia fails to meet suggested federal guidelin

mark strassmann is in atlanta where more businesses are expected to reopen today. tion on everyone's mind, how is it going so far? >> good morning, tony. today is going to be interesting. this reopening, this next step in georgia's reopening will gauge public attitudes about all of this. movie theaters and restaurants like the waffle house behind me can now seat people inside. they have to maintain social distancing and it's hardly business as usual. >> the weekend was a little slow. >> reporter: jason griggers held what he called a soft opening at his atlanta area salon. he served a handful of clients. his first in six weeks. >> we're trying to staring our clients and not just load them in here so there's not so many people in here. we can practice good social distancing. >> reporter: georgia is not alone. elected officials are making similar decisions around the country. sometimes against the advice of public health officials. >> social distancing will be with us through the summer to really ensure that we protect one another as we move through these phases. >> re

mark strassmann is in hard-hit atlanta where the mayor says she wasn't even consulted by georgia's governor before he decided to partially reopen in a couple of days from now. mark, how are businesses handling all this? >> reporter: we're about to find out, anthony. and good morning. georgia ranks in the top 15 of most-infected states. nonetheless, this state is getting ready for what you might call a soft open. certain businesses can unlock their doors for customers if they follow social distancing and sanitation guidelines. as some of the states around the country began to relax social distancing restrictions, the reality of what normal will look like is starting to sink in. >> it's scary. from all aspects. >> reporter: lindsey nash owns a georgia hair salon and is getting back to work. governor brian kemp announced his plan to begin reopening the state this friday. >> shutting down for much longer wouldn't be an option. we don't know how long the pandemic will go on. >> reporter: but some residents and political leaders disagree with governor kemp, including the mayor of albany, georgia.