let's see how it is doing. >> ming laven: plus, desperation at food banks as the economic crisis peaks. home schooling, parents are at wits' ends. lessons in isolation, an astronaut's guide. >> we have noticed confinement with your crew mates can raise g laven: and later, cross-border love in the time of covid. so close, yet so far. >> might as well be continents away, because we cannot get together. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ming laven: and good evening. i'm monique ming laven, reporting from kiro 7 in seattle. tonight, the race to reopen the ailing economy is picking up speed even as the coronavirus outbreak is, according to health experts, far from over. so far, 38 states have eased restrictions six more will follow suit tomorrow and tuesday, all emphasizing social distancing. now, texas is getting a first taste of its new normal. restaurants are open. so are malls. infections are still adding up; at least 1.1 milion in this country. more than 67,000 people have died. jonathan vigliotti begins our coverage. >> reporter: monique, california governor gavin newsom not the only

>> ming laven: nikole, thank you. now, with all the focus on the pandemic, you might not realize the presidential election is six months from today. this week, former vice president joe biden denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman on his staff in 1993, when he was a senator. cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe joins us. ed, what can you tell us about these allegations, and also biden's response? >> reporter: well, monique, the staffer, tara reade, worked for stafferator biden for nine months. last year, she was among several women who called what they said was inappropriate touching by biden. the she became the first and only woman to accuse him of a sexual assault. describing the 1993 incident like this. >> i remember his hands underneath my blouse, underneath my skirt, and his fingers penetrating me as he was trying to kiss me. >> reporter: biden responded to the allegations for the first time on friday. >> i'm saying unequivocally, it never, never happened. women have a right to be heard. and

i'm monique ming laven, reporting from kiro 7 in seattle.my is picking up speed even as the coronavirus outbreak is, according to health experts, far from over. so far, 38 states have eased restrictions. six more will follow suit tomorrow and tuesday, all emphasizing social distancing. now, texas is getting a first taste of its new normal. restaurants are open. so are malls. infections are still adding up, at least 1.1 million in this country. more than 67,000 people have died. jonathan vigliotti begins our coverage. >> reporter: monique, california governor gavin newsom not the only leader facing mounting pressure to reopen the economy. governors across the country are weighing options to get back to business, with mixed results. thchorus to reopen state economies. [ honking ] and get people back to work is growing louder, even as the nation's death toll from covid-19 rises. >> we need to get back to work. >> reporter: in california, there's a divide between rural communities largely spared by the virus and harder hit cities. come monday, s

captioning sponsored by cbs >> ming laven: tonight, more states move to reopen, with fingers crossed. new signs of life across the country. >> people are staying away from each other. >> ming laven: but in california, new defiance at beaches and beyond. and in other still-restricted states, anger. even after the virus spreads. also tonight, the white house points fingers again. >> china has a history of infecting the world. >> ming laven: and signals a pause on new stimulus funding. >> it is a huge, huge package. let's see how it is doing. >> ming laven: plus, desperation at food banks as the economic crisis peaks. home schooling, parents are awi. tronaut'gulation, >> we have noticed confinement with your crew mates can raise

i'm monique ming laven reporting from kiro 7 in seattle.utiful spring weather across the country drew stir-crazy people outside today. several states have moved to reopen, and there were protests again in some that have not. today in miami, hundreds of people waited for hours to get their boats in the water. most were turned away. the marina parking lot was full by 10 a.m. at the virus' epicenter in new york, the last patient at the largest field hospital in the city was released on friday. and in the u.s. coronavirus deaths top 66,000. there are more than 1.1 million reported cases. danya bacchus begins our coverage. >> reporter: here in california, the governor says it's just a matter of days, not weeks, before we can see an easing of restrictions before a state with the world's fifth largest economy, some say that's not soon enough. >> freedom! freedom! >> reporter: calls to reopen california are growing louder. >> open churches! open the restaurants! free up the beach! free up the beach! >> l.a. has the most deaths ... >> reporter: and