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so we asked cbs' mark strassmann to report on the struggle to make ends meet. >> hi, norah.'ve been furloughed from my job... >> we're so far in the hole now... >> it was hard to see that. it was really heartbreak because i worked so hard. >> hi, norah-- >> reporter: gaye span texted norah from atlanta. or i applied for unemployment that i just received a week ago. >> reporter: she's 51, jobless, and scared. >> i don't want to be homeless. i don't want to be homeless. >> reporter: is that a worry? >> it is a worry. >> reporter: span, a travel specialist, was laid off six weeks ago. she collects unemployment andfrs paempons but she's two months behind on rent, almost $3,000. >> i've never been late. i always pay my rent. i want to pay my bills. it's just scary, like, what happens if the support is gone, how am i going to eat? >> reporter: many of your texts to norah included worries about paying the rent or mortgage and getting help with tough decisions. >> your number one priority is food. everything else after that is negotiable. that means you can talk to your landlord. th

cbs' mark strassmann is at the .ennedy space center in florida. ynd, mark, it seemed so close. >> reporter: very close, norah, but, of course, it is disappointing to spacex, to nasa, and to the two astronauts strapped in for liftoff. their launch into history will have to wait. >> dragon spacex, unfortunately, we are not going to launch today. >> >> reporter: weather was the "x" factor spacex could not shake today. astronauts doug hurley and robert behnken gave their wives and sons virtual goodbye hugs. astronauts say their families feel launch day stress the most. the scene a reminder of what's at stake in the risky business of space. 'cause a million things have to go right. >> yes. there's-- there's-- thousands of things that can go wrong, and only one thing that can go right. >> reporter: we asked spacex founder elon musk about making sure his first crew flies >> it is not simply the top prioriit is the only priority. >> reporter: how does that responsibility weigh on you? >> it weighs very heavily. >> reporter: t-minus two and a half hou, as b

more than 40 million have filed for that i w d aiting here's cbs' mark strassmann. >> i've called up800 times a day. >> reporter: suzanne feldman doesn't count in new jersey-- not in its official jobless numbers. >> it is probably one of the most frustrating and stressful things that i've ever had to do in my life. nothing has come in from unemployment. not one dime. >> reporter: like thousands of you, feldman texted norah o'donnell about her covid crisis. her accounting job paid $70,000. now, she's on food stamps. >> am i going to be homeless? you know, it's-- and then what i hared cuody. it's a really horrible place to be in, not knowing. >> reporter: some sectors, like transportation, keep bleeding jobs. boeing, slashing about 6,800 workers. amtrak will lose 20% of its workforce. delta today offered most ems t pae. red moste are bright spots in a gradually reopening america. amazon's making 125,000 part- time workers full-time. in florida, the kennedy space center visitor complex reopened today, after 10 weeks. trina johnson, their operations director, is among more than 100 furlo

here's cbs's mark strassmann. >> reporter: harold jenkins was heading home.one cheering in this video knew that the covid-19 patient had cheated death >> i have never had a moment like that in my life. what i remember about that was how good i felt. >> reporter: jenkins, a 67-year-old father oas diabetes and heart issues. at stevie putnam hospital, the virus seem to be attacking his brain. staff in the i.c.u. hooked him to a vent later and called his wife. >> they said, "pray, because this virus is attacking him big time." >> reporter: covid-19's sorrow has staggered this rural hospital and community. 92 patients have died, more than in 11 states. but harold jenkins recovered. >> when i came off, they said, you're the first guy to come off a ventilator. (cheering and applause) >> reporter: they cheer for every successful patient. these moments matter to hospital staff >> it's just joy without bounds. it's amazing seeing someone that has been knocked -- snatched frm the grasp of deaths. >> reporter: when harold haired left the hospital, his doctor carried his

cbs's mark strassmann reports tonight from the kennedy space center in florida. >> reporter: tomorrow's launch forecast, improving, for spacex and its falcon 9 rocketed, there is a 60% chance the weather on the launchpad will cooperate for a moment in space history. along the u.s. eastern seabrook, seas are calm. that's important. >> the launch is initiated inch a launch crisis, the spacex capsule was ditched to safety in the atlantic ocean. >> you genuinely believe if something goes wrong, you have options? >> absolutely, yep. >> reporter: nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley have both flown twice to international space station. they are more than crewmates. they are best friends. >> i have to believe that's a help. >> we're way past the polite stage in our relationship. >> reporter: the says station hired the start-up to design and build a new generation of spacecraft. for starters, the falcon nine is reusable, that revolutionized rocketry by slashing costs. astronauts will climb into a cab with a retro look outside. but with all the technology inside, crew dragon has been comp

cbs' mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: robert behnken and douglas hurley are spacex's inaugural crew. both men flew on space shuttles. both have traveled twice before to the space station. hurley piloted "atlantis there" in 2007, the final flight of the shuttle program. and you didn't know whether you'd fly again or for whom. >> i wasn't sure i wanted to fly again, to be quite honest with you. >> reporter: you're a nasa astronaut about to step into a spacex capsule. >> it's completely different than what you would have ever imagined yourself doing. >> reporter: both astronauts joined nasa in 2000. they have been friends for two decades. >> i have to believe that's a help. >> it absolutely is a help. i think we're way past the polite stage in our relationship. >> i'm not looking for romance from doug. i'm not looking for surprises in our relationship. >> we don't give up and we like a big challenge and, by, gosh, we certainly got one. >> reporter: they both met their wives in the nasa astronaut class of 2000. behnken married megan mcarthur, hurley married karen nyberg. >> they're

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and as cbs' mark strassmann reports, many are still waiting for help. >> reporter: everything's biggerexas, including despair. outside dallas, this food line was miles long. in six weeks, texans have filed more than 1.5 million unemployment claims. food and shelter now daunt millions of jobless americans. in atlanta, marquist rhodes can't pay his family's rent for the second straight month. >> being out of work, it hurts. you can't pay your simplest bills-- phone bill, light bill. >> reporter: as a lyft driver, he's scratching out $100 a week. and rhodes can't figure out whether georgia's overwhelmed system has accepted his unemployment claim. leslie buliavac can relate. she's an unemployed hairdresser in los angeles. w it's been seven weeks since i've worked, seven weeks since i've seen any money. >> reporter: florida eclipsed california last week as america's leader in new jobless claims, but two-thirds of floridians still wait for the state to process their claims. more than 60 million americans irill wait for their federal stimulus checks, up to $1,200, including marvin spartley. h

cbs' mark strassmann reports tonight from atlanta. >> reporter: out of work, out of food-- in massachusettse handed o guard handed out 8,600 gallons of milk. one in five households report they don't have enough to eat. many of them also starved for hope. >> it's been hectic. like, my bills, i'm behind on my bills, my rent, my lights. >> reporter: labria chandler hasn't hit bottom, but she can see it in athens, georgia. >> out here alone, i have nothing, nothing but myself is and my kids. >> reporter: the single mother of three lost her job as a line cook. chandler is two months behind in rent, and they've been homeless before. >> i need my place. i need a roof over my head. >> reporter: for millions, that roof has fallen in, especially among minority families. a recent study shows 61% of hispanic households have lost a job or income; 44% of black households, 38% of white. in tucker, georgia, this drive- through line keeps matthews cafeteria in business. >> 65 years. i mean, people have been fired. never laid a person off, here. we didn't even know how to do it. >> reporter: michael green ha

cbs's mark strassmann has our report. >> reporter: free groceries drew this line of cars a mile longdallas today. dallas today. across america, food insecurity spreads like a virus. how are you fixed for food? >> very low. >> reporter: tiffany andrews lives outside atlanta. how many days a week would you say you go hungry? >> maybe twice, three times. >> reporter: until mid-march, this jobless single mother of two drove a hotel shuttle bus. she made $12 an hour. how much money do you have left? >> i have $9. >> reporter: you have $9? >> uh-huh. heck in ser: georgia sent her one unemployment check in six s,eks, $365. then, nothing. she has called the state 885 times to find out why. >> i can't get in touch with anybody. i can't get any e-mails back. mydsieter: snemployment systems are overwhelmed. a recent poll showed 55% of people filing for benefits were unsuccessful, and the real unemployment number may be wuble the official 14%. >> i won't be able to get my baby her pampers, her milk. >> reporter: marvin spratley is also struggling to get his unemployment benefits. we first interv

cbs' mark strassmann reports tonight from florida. >> reporter: florida is a tough place to be jobless. >> there's nothing yet. >> reporter: donald estrada is a laid off maintenance man in miami. he's owed six weeks of state and federal unemployment benefits. look at his bank balance-- .66. >> every time i wake up in the morning, i say, well, the owner of the rental, of the house, they're going to kick me out. >> reporter: florida says its processing of unemployment claims, sluggish for weeks, now stands at roughly 88%. but payments are lagging, and among america's least generous. massachusetts pays the most, up to $1,234 a week. florida's maximum? $275 a week. michelle and steve dunwoody applied for benefits six weeks ago. >> zilch, nothing, absolutely nothing. and it's-- i mean, it's appalling that it has to take this long. >> reporter: he's a sales rep, she's a pre-k. teacher, solidly middla $00until six weeks ago. he was furloughed. his bills dwarfed her salary. >> i would say we're on the edge. that's the best way to describe it. >> reporter: how stressful? >> it's very stressful.

cbs' mark strassmann on who has been hit hardest. >> reporter: thousands of hawaiians waited hours ford on oahu. financial free-fall is now ble, even in paradise.dise. on long island, a box of free on long island, a box of free groceries brought out the newly needy. >> it means i'll be able to eat and hopefully go to the next food drive and get more food next week. >> reporter: april's job losses were 25 times worse than any single month of the great recession. virtually every sector fell into crisis: hospitality and travel, 7.7 million jobs lost. retail lost more than two million. manufacturing and healthcare, more than one million each. president trump promised a quick recovery. >> we'll build something that was even better than we had before. >> reporter: most states have partially reopened for business. but is it safe? >> if they open, will we come? well, we also don't know is what the next wave could look like if the economy doesn't pick up quickly enough for these employers to keep people on the payroll. >> reporter: some analysts believe restoring all the lost jobs could take a

mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> o'donnell: thanks to all of you for texting and sharing your stories. here's the phone number if you'd like to share your thoughts and we'll keep you up to date on the story we're following at cbs news. we look forward to connecting with you. turning now to an exroormd supreme court session. today, the justices working remotely heard arguments on whether tru cawhether presidente forced to turn over his private financial records, including his justices went to their phones and americans could listen. the questions and a clash over constitutional powers were sharp. justice sonia sotomayor: >> there is a long, long history of congress seeking records and getting them. >> reporter: the stakes are high: whether democrats investigating president trump and a new york district attorney exploring whether his campaign paid hush money to adult film star stormy daniels, can subpoena the tax returns and other financial records he has long sought to keep private. the supreme court has told other presidents to comply with court orders. president nixon in watergate, p

cbs's mark strassmann is there. >> reporter: is a manta, it was something to watch. launchpad 39a where apollo 11 lifted off to the moon was the stage for another space milestone. >> three, two, one, zero. ignition. >> brennan: liftoff of the falcon 9 and crew dragon. go, nasa. go, spacex. godspeed bob and doug. >> reporter: it was postcard perfect in florida. the spacex falcon 9 streaked into the sky and into space history. never before has a private company launched people into orbit. cameras on board the crew dragon capsule show the two astronauts, bob behnken and doug hurley strapped in. it's safe the say their were smiling. >> separation confirmed. (cheering and applause). >> reporter: almost three minutes into liftoff, the first stage separated and the reusable rocket returned to earth, landing on a drone ship in the atlantic ocean. two minutes after that, the capsule separated from the rocket's second stage. why is this significant as a space mile stoin? -really for multiple reasons. first and foremost, we're back, baby. people were counting the days since the

mark strassmann is at the kennedy space center with how spacex got to the brink of making space historyion little things have to go right for a successful launch but the big one is weather. skies are improving. conditions are 60% favorable for a launch tomorrow afternoon. so let's take a look now at spacex, a company with a history of beating long odds. rolling teslas to the launch pad but for astronauts, bob behnken and doug hurley this is the ride that matters. the capsule ready to blaze a new path to space. six years ago elon musk's company only had a model of the spaceship. butina is a awarded spacex drs. 2.6 billion to fly its astronauts to the international space station. liftoff of the spacex falcon 9 rocket by then spacex had already made history. the first company to fly cargo there. and the first to develop reusable rockets, slashing costs and revolutionizing the business model of space. by 2018 development of crew dragon was well under way at spacex headquarters in haw "this morning saturday" california we met the astronauts training to be its first crew. >> coming out here i

as part of our series on the new normal mark strassmann shows us how students are still finding a wayas supposed to be a night from away from all of your worries, with your friend, we just get to dress up and look pretty and feel pretty. >> reporter: hannah lucas deserved her big night. when her high school cancelled her prom she created one of her own, a virtual prom. >> welcome to our prom. >> reporter: with help from her brother charlie. they found sponsors and discovered lots of teens wanted to walk down a virtual red carpet. >> it started off as a yoke over spring break when we had the time to plan out. we should do it. >> reporter: why it is called we are well? >> we are well is a declaration. declaration of strength together. we want to declare that we are the class of 2020. and we are well. >> think of it as the oscars. >> reporter: 500 students across the country streamed the event on instagram line. some friend went together not on a limo but on zoom. they dressed. mix in some celebrities. and showed off killer dance moves with music by dj jazzy jeff. >> 2020 prom, let's go.

and that includes our very own mark strassmann, covering the launch for us at kennedy space center. od morning, mark. how are the skies looking overhead? >> reporter: good morning, michelle. officially, weather conditions are 50/50 for raunlaunch today. right now there's a call among all the top officials here about the weather. the official told me right now launch it looking more likely for tomorrow than it is for today. but no final decision has been made yet. what everybody agrees about is that astronaut safety trumps everything. launch conditions have to be favorable both on pad 39a and in the atlantic ocean, all the way up the u.s. east coast. that's where the capsule would ditch in case of serious trouble. you don't have to be a rocket scientist to grasp that no one controls launch weather. >> the human factors end up adding risk as well because it wears everybody out, including our astronauts, although they never complain. we want to make sure that everybody is well rested and ready to go. >> do not expect to clear in time to allow for launch today. you can go ahead and end t

mark strassmann has a preview. >> reporter: nine yearss july, n astronauts last left planet earth frome space shuttle era carried a special pay load, a small american flag. >> a crew is intending to leave that flag on board the national space center. >> reporter: it has been floating above earth ever since. the next time somebody flies, this flag is going to be up here waiting for them. >> reporter: but no one knew how and when. astronaut doug hurley piloted his last shuttle flight. did you think then the person that might bring that flag home could be you? >> no, absolutely not. i didn't think i was going to fly again, necessarily, let alone be potentially the guy that goes up and gets it. >> doug hurley! [applause] >> reporter: but it looks like he'll get that chance after all. on wednesday, hurley and after not bob behnken will make history when they blast off from kennedy's space center. they'll climb aboard a spacex rocket and launch into a new era of commercial human space flight. >> i think the most exciting thing about this mission for both doug and i is bringing that capabilit

mark strassmann is at the kennedy space center. mark, i was watching. they came so close.ood morning to you. >> good morning to you, gayle. so close. in fact, 17 minutes before launch spacex called it off. rough, rainy weather that threatened here all day violated the safety rules at launch time. and so it was a no go. nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley had already strapped in. the fueling process under way and spectators including president trump and vice president pence were watching. but those rolling storms proved to be too much. at one point while the crew was in the capsule, an area near the kennedy space center was under a tornado warning. spacex is trying to make history becoming the first company to launch people into space but open a new era, commercializing space and letting companies become space taxis for nasa and other customers. this weekend they'll try all over again. first on saturday afternoon. and in that didn't work on sunday afternoon. here's the bad news, though. both days, right now at least, only a 40% positive chance for the weather. >> at

as part of our coverage, mark strassmann spoke to spacex founder elon musk. broadcast interview before today's launch. >> i'm the chief engineer of the thing. i would like to say, if it goes right, it's a credit to the spacex nasa time. if it goes wrong, it's my fault. >> reporter: you believe that? >> absolutely. >> reporter: we met elon musk and administrator jim bridenstine inside kennedy space cent center's launch control center. this is spacex's firing room where musk will watch today's scheduled liftoff. his "falcon 9" rocket stood on launchpad 39a, the same pad that sent "apollo 11" to the moon. >> it's an honor to be on this launchpad, for sure. 39a is like times square. it's not just opening a plant -- it's opening a plant on time square. it's the best pad in the world. >> reporter: what does this moment mean to you? >> this is the culmination of a dream. this is a dream come true. in fact, it feels surreal. if you'd asked me when starting spacex if this would happen, i'd be like, 1%, .1% chance. >> reporter: since spacex launched 18 years ago, musk