. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for jog we begin tonight with breaking news, and it is sobering. tonight more than 10,000 people have been killed by the coronavirus here in the u.s. and experts say we should brace for things to get even worse before the thing is over. the toll of the virus is hard to aathom. nearly half of the deaths in the u.s. are in new york, where space to store the bodies of victims is running out. new york city is now considering temporarily burying them until the crisis is over. there is also breaking news british prime minister, bre the british prime minister, boris johnson, who has the virus, has just been moved to the i.c.u. worldwide there are more than 3,331,000 confirmed cases and about a quarter of those are right here in the u.s. tonight there are some signs the outbreak may be leveling off in the epicenter, new york state, but the governor there says even if the curve is flattening, hospitals are stretched thin, and he cautions people not let uheir guard d

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. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening, and thank you for joining us. there are two major headlines as we come on the air tonight, putting scientists at odds with the trump administration. researchers behind one of the leading coronavirus models, one that the white house has repeatedly cited, now says most of the country should not consider lifting stay at home orders until the end of may. the new model comes as protests to reopen are growing, and just as some southern governors are already loosening their restrictions. meantime tonight, the scientists in charge of coordinating the government search for a coronavirus vaccine says he has been abruptly ousted from his job because of what he calls politics and cronyism. dr. rick bright, the head of a little-known agency called barda, says he was sidelined after refusing to push for what he calls "on-demand access" to hydroxychloroquine. that is the drug that president trump has repeatedly mentioned as a treatment for covid-19, even though it hasn't been approved for

norah? >> o'donnell: thank you, weijia. nining us now is the nation's top doctor, surgeon general jerome adams. doctor, thank you so much for >>, ing us. >> o'donnell: we heard from new york's governor today that the data shows a possible flattening of the curve over the past few days. does flattening mean that we'll soon see a decrease, or does it suggest there is a plateau in the cases? th >> well, that is a great question. it does not mean that we will soon see a decrease, but we know isow that everyone is going to be on a different curve. so this is first glimmer of hope for new york, new jersey, and we and we hope that the trend continues, but it's going to mean that everyone has to keep doing their part. >> o'donnell: does that mean if we're beginning to see the flattening of the curve that we may not reach that projected number of some 100,000 deaths? >> i am hopeful that we won't reach that peak, and i'm hopeful because the projections that we have been working with were based on data from other countries. we're seei

together the world with "amazing grace." " >> this is >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us. there is breaking news on two fronts as we come on the air tonight. nearly 60 million americans are under severe weather watches and warnings with high winds threatening many of those tents now being used to treat coronavirus patients. it's part of a storm system that tore through the south overnight, killing dozens and destroying homes. we'll get to that story in just a moment, but we'll begin with those staggering new developments in the pandemic. tonight new york state now says more than 10,000 people have been killed there. that is nearly half of the more than 23,000 americans who have died from the coronavirus. nationwide confirmed cases now top 577,000. and yet, new york's governor is saying the worst may be over in his state, and the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, now says he's seeing evidence that infections are leveling off. also tonight, dr. fauci is defe

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellgood evening, and thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news tonight because the death toll from the pandemic continues to rise, even as there are signs that the spread of the virus is slowing. it is an especially cruel contradiction for those who have lost loved ones. in epicenter of the crisis, in new york state, 7,000 people have died in the past 24 hours. that is yet another record. and the state has more confirmed cases than every country outside the u.s. as we come on the air, coronavirus cases nationwide have passed 400,000, with more than 14,000 deaths. and, yet, there is that evidence that the curve is flattening. the number of patients being admitted to hospitals in some areas is slowing, and some models show the crisis may reach its peak sooner than thought. tonight, the c.d.c. is working on new guidelines to get some americans back to work under certain conditions. and although the governor of new york warned today it is still too early to let our guard down. the

norah? >> o'donnell: >> o'donnell: we may hear more on that investigation this week. ben, thank you. now to the need for testing nationwide. life may return to while it's still not clear when life may return to normal, but the answer might be found in the blood of those who have recovered from coronavirus. carter evans reports tonight on antibody tests and if they could help get americans back to work. >> reporter: a single drop of blood could soon determine if you're immune to coronavirus. the los angeles county health nepartment is now randomly testing 1,000 people for antibody, which are produce 234 our blood to fight infections. dr. neeraj sood is heading up the study. >> so that will tell us what the trajectory of this epidemic looks like. are infections rising rapidly, when is this epidemic going to end. >> reporter: that could determine when it's safe for americans to return to work says stanford university's dr. lloyd miner. >> the hope is the information from the antibody test and other information will enable policy- makers to make informed decisions about when shelter in p

i'm norah o'donnell.ck ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm kris van cleave, and we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, starting with an unexpected by product of the worldwide coronavirus lock down. the air is getting cleaner. and if you missed it, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of earth day. satellite images show a huge decline in greenhouse gases around the world, and it's not only the air that's changing. wild animals are now roaming streets that used to be filled the. jamie yuccas has the view from the hollywood hills. >> reporter: this is the new normal for runners in the time of coronavirus. what isn't normal especially here in los angeles is this. blue skies and clean air. >> once the shelter-in-place went in in california, what did you see? >> we saw that l.a. had some of the cleanest air quality in the world. >> reporter: have you ever seen it this clear up here before? >> no. >> reporter: lori dolphin hamas is c.e.o. of i.q. air. a company that tracks glob

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting news" with norah o'donnell, reportingrom the nation's capital. from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. hae death toll from coronavirus after new york city said it has been undercounting those killed yy the disease. the city now says an additional 3700 people who died wit victims of the pandemic. tonight, the death toll nationwide now tops 25,000, without including those new deaths. and confirmed cases are nearing deaths. and confirmed case cases are nea 600,000. even with those increases, gan laying out their plans for began laying out their plans for slowly getting people back to work, including rearranging schools and restaurants with fewer desks and tables to allow for social distancing. but president trump is calling those plans a "mutiny," saying he is in charge of lifting the restrictions nationwide. and as we come on the air tonight, the white house says it has reached an agreement to bail out america's airlines at a ost of $25 billion. there's a lot of news to get to, a

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this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellgood evening, and thank you for joining us. and as we come on the air junight, america has just crossed another threshold in the deadly coronavirus pandemic. there are now more than one million confirmed cases of the ghrus here in the u.s., though new research suggests the actual number of infections could be significantly higher. the death toll nationwide is now more than 58,000. but the nation's top infectious disease expert is warning those numbers could grow significantly if the country pushes to reopen governor saying today that governor saying today that schools there could start up schools there could start up again in july to catch students up ahead of the new school year. meantime tonight, the president says he'll use the defense production act to force meat processing plants to stay open after concerns that the country's food supply could be in jeopardy after sick workers forced many plants to shut down. well, there's a lot of news to get to tonight, and our team has it all c

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we begin with news of the faltering american economy and nounced to try to restart it. announced to try to restart it. in just the last week, 5.2 million americans filed claims.ment claims. that means 22 million americans that means 22 million americans now say they have lost their jobs since this crisis began. that dire economic news led the president just moments ago to lay out a three-phase proposal to get americans back to work, but after asserting that he has the authority to lift those stay-at-home restrictions, he now says states are responsible for that. now, all this comes as the pandemic continues to take its brutal toll. eotal cases in this country now top 650,000. more than 32,000 have died. and each day brings another horror. today, we learned of a grim discovery at a new jersey nursing home-- 17 bodies found in a morgue meant to hold no more than four. our correspondents have new reporting tonight. and we are going to begin wi

i'm norah o'donnell.ack here >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm kris van cleave, and we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, starting with an explosion of the coronavirus behind bars. in an environment where social distancing is impossible, america's jails and prisons have become a breeding ground for the virus and it's not only affecting inmates. corrections offics o f gsiseniiboredpe aook de.he nio tt society is best served by taking people who break the law and locking them up for a long time, that notion has always had a powerful constituency in this country. that's why on a per capita basis, the united states has more people behind bars, 2.3 million, than any other country in the world. and a lot of the sentences are insanely long. >> i was sentenced to 1,002 years and 19 years for armed bank robbery. i won't go up for parole until jesus comes back first. >> reporter: that's a starting point. there's no such thing as a good time to be an inmate in the u.s. prison syst

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening. thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news tonight, and it is dire. the u.s. has again set a record for deaths in the u.s. in a single day of this pandemic, more than 1,700 americans have succumbed to coronavirus since we came on the air just last night. the death toll nationwide has more than tripled in seven days to more than 12,000, and confirmed cases here in the u.s. are now approaching 400,000, although new york says it is starting to see the curve flatten there. there is also breaking news here in washington. today, the president fired the inspector general appointed to oversee that $2 trillion relief bill. the watchdog gone, just as the white house asks congress for another $250 billion for small businesses. and, as we come on the air tonight, we are learning the acting secretary of the navy has resigned. his departure comes after an uproar over his insulting the captain of the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt," who had sounded the alarm about t

i'm norah o'donnell.this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm jeff begays and we have a lot more to tell you about this morning, so let's start with the shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers. california governor gavin newsom said that he was so frustrated with the federal response that he signed a nearly $1 billion deal with suppliers. a report this week by the department of health and human services detailed the dire straits that some hospitals are now in. one hhs administrator cited a three to six-month delay for essential items including those all-important n95 face masks. our doctor, dr. jon lapook, takes a look at the supply chain. >> we don't have enough. you know what i mean? it's, you know, one n95 mask for the entire, for the entire shift. >> one night recently there was only one gown on the floor. >> every day when i go to work, i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. >> reporter: these are the battle cries of doctors and nurses on the front lines fighting coronavirus

o'donnell: dr. fauci, thank you very much for your time and expertise. >> it's always good to be with you, norah, thank. >> o'donnell: and we want to turn now to the battle facing our health care workers, like this group at jackson south medical center in miami. they started their shift today with a group prayer, asking for guidance and protection. in new york city, more than 1,000 paramedics and firefighters have tested positive for the coronavirus, and veteran paramedic megan pfeiffer, shared this video diary of what she calls battlefield triage on the frontlines in queens. >> we are hit with an assignment. so, first assignment that we're heading to for the day is cardiac condition with somebody having a fever and cough. by the time we get to them, it's to the point where they're basically crashing, and a lot of them are getting intubated as alon as they walk through those e.r. doors. it's pretty much like battlefield triage. >> give me that other tank. >> there's a lot of hospitals that are running low on oxygen tanks and only have the big ones. they're sharing ventilators. like, we've never seen an

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening, and thank you for joining us. white house.ght with news just coming in from the white house. what the president is calling a new nationwide strategy for testing americans to get them ouck the work. but the guidelines, which president trump just announced in the rose garden, require individual states to find their tests, r testing supplies and conduct their tests, rather than the federal government. the new plan comes as more and more americans are suffering from what's being called quarantine fatigue, a desire to return to a more normal life after weeks of staying home. that burnout, combined with rising unemployment, is leading 19 states to loosen restrictions and reopen some businesses and restaurants; even more plan to do so by may 1. but in many of those states, the number of infections is tonight, there are more than 985,000 confirmed cases in the u.s. nearly 56,000 people have died nearly 56,000 people have died nationwide. and as we come on the air tonight, the chair

. >> news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, andnk you for joining us. we begin with breaking news tonight. florida's more than 21 million residents are the latest americans now being ordered to stay home. after weeks of refusing to shut down his state, governor ron desantis says he is issuing the order, which starts tomorrow night, because the president extended federal guidelines until the end of april. now, the decision comes as cases nationwide continue to skyrocket. confirmed cases of coronavirus confirmed cases of coronavirus in the u.s. now top 200,000, doubling in five days. and more than 4,000 people have died in the u.s., about half of them in the state of new york, where the governor said today the outbreak may not peak there until the end of this month. also tonight, vice president mike pence is warning the u.s. e on the same trajectory as ncern about access to thata concern about access to that protective medical equipment desperately needed in hospitals. we learned today the federal government stockpile of masks and gl

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, ed, thank you. and tonight, prime minister aris johnson is spending a second night in intensive care. british officials say he is in stable condition and in good spirits. johnson is battling coronavirus and is getting what's described as supplemental oxygen, but his spokesman says he is breathing without the use of a ventilator. there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." need a lift today? well, social distancing rules forced a woman to go to great heights to celebrate her friend's birthday. and we'll tell you how others are sharing this view. later, any night can be opening night. since you can't go to the show during the outbreak, they will bring the stage to you. ing, again and again. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is the only way to manage it. is it? maybe you think... it's occasional constipation. maybe it's not. it could be a chronic medical condition called ibs-c, and time to say yesss! to linzess. linzess works differently than laxatives. it helps

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, as the death toll here in the u.s. has now passed 50,000, several states have begun lifting stay-at-home orders, allowing some businesses to reopen. the decision to ease restrictions comes against a recommendation of experts, and even though those states don't meet the guidelines set by the white house. but instead of focusing on those guidelines, tonight the white house finds itself trying to walk back comments from the president that his own medical advisers are warning are dangerous. today, president trump said he was being sarcastic when he asked an official from the department of homeland security on thursday if the government would test injecting disinfectants into patients with coronavirus. his comments forced the makers of clorox and lysol to ask ke dis not to take disinfectants as medicine, and the surgeon general, to warn americans to talk to their doctors before trying any new treatments. earlier today, the president signed

norah? >> o'donnell: thank you, mola. today, thousands of small businesses hoping for loans endured more delays and frustration-- the website crashed for a short time. this comes as americans are asking, "where is my check?" as of last week, about 90 million americans have received their $1,200 stimulus check. that leaves about 60 million who haven't. we know this is a big issue for many of you. you texted me over the last e ek. we heard a lot of you are still waiting. we asked cbs's janet shamlian to look into it. >> reporter: jessa lewis is a self-employed single mom still waiting on both unemployment and stimulus money. ge it is definitely getting >>r: she's ao be three months behind on rent, can barely afford groceries, and is trying to sell a piece of art she loves, to raise cash. so, what percentage of your income are you making right now? >> nothing in weeks. >> reporter: the reason millions like lewis are still waiting include a change of address or bank account since their last tax filing. payments going to the w

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, dean, thank you. for now, the coronavirus has all but sunk america's $50-billion-a-year cruise industry. under c.d.c. orders, u.s. cruise ships are going nowhere for the next three months, which has left tens of thousands of workers, including americans, stranded at sea. for an update, here's cbs' kris van cleave. >> reporter: not allowed to come hom- reatw mee-ers on the "oosterdam" cruise ship were blocked by the centers for disease control from getting off in los angeles tuesday. they're among at least 132 americans marooned on cruise ships owned by carnival cruise line companies. why can't you go home? >> i don't know.♪orter: ryan drs a performer on one of those ships, currently an island in the coronavirus storm, essentially stranded at sea for more than 60 days. passengers got off march 13, and he's been quarantined for weeks, only allowed out of his room for meals and temperature checks. >> the fact that they won't let us off is extremely frustrating and irritating, especially for ships that ju

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening, and thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news, and it is dire. new models just released by the white house show as many as 240,000 people could die in the u.s. from coronavirus, even with most americans staying home. and, more than two million americans could die if life returned to normal too soon. that stark news comes on america's deadliest day of the pandemic. in just the past 24 hours, more than 700 people have died, raising the death toll here to more than 3,700. and tonight, the commanding officer of the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt" is making an extraordinary plea to evacuate a 4,jority of the 4,000 sailors on his aircraft carrier. he says he fears the virus is spreading on board so quickly that it is risking american lives. ns the epicenter the epicenter of the crisis. the governor there, andrew cuomo, now says his state is heading into battle, even as more healthcare professionals are getting sick themselves. our team is covering every angle of t

i'm norah o'donnell in washington. tomorrow. ncaioned by media cess g at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm chip reid, and we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, starting with the latest jobs numbers. tlahe labor department reports more than 5 million americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last month. that makes more than 22 million the past month. in our series the financial fallout, tony dokoupil follows the money, or lack of mond what it means to the economy. >> how you guys doing? >> reporter: with so many americans stuck inside these days. >> how you? >> hello, how you? >> reporter: very few of us are spending money like we used to. that's especially true for the millions of people now out of work. but what happens when there is o work f we d ecomy. i keepan c lastth denis milhous lost her job in brooklyn. >> i'm not spending the money because i don't have no way to pay my rent. >> reporter: did you have a favorite spot you would go to? >> apol

norah. >> o'donnell: thank you, ben. joining us now is national institute of allergy and infectious disease's director and white house coronavirus task force member, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, thank you so much for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> o'donnell: you said we're not yet there in terms of the key steps that we have to in place to reopen the economy. if you had a magic wand what, would we need? >> well, i think it's going to be different for different parts of the country. the success or failure of that rolling reentry program, as i call it, would be the capability of being able to test, identify, isolate, get someone who is infected out of circulation, and do a degree of contact tracing. the absolute thing that you would need is to be able to respond and contain whatever rebound you get so that you don't wind up in a situation where you have another escalation. >> o'donnell: do you envision, then, in the future, in terms of reopening the economy, that there will be temperature checks at business, that

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, dean, thank you. tonight, we're seeing signs that the mental health crisis is worsening among healthcare workers battling this ruthless disguise disooez. there's this heart-wrenching story about a top e.r. doctor who contracted covid-19 recovered, and then took her own life. here's seeps' don dahler. >> reporter: the world lost a front-line soldier in the battle against covid-19. dr. lorna breen, 49, a new york hospital medical director, became yet another casualty when she took her own life on sunday. she had recovered from coronavirus, but some in her family believe she succumbed to the stress of what she witnessed every day. colleagues describe dr. breen on social media as a true friends and compassionate warrior and a great emergency physician, great person, and great friend. >> these workers have seen more death than they've ever seen in their entire careers. >> reporter: dr. ayman fanous fears for other healthcare workers. he's head of psychiatry for suny down state. >> i try to give them the me

norah. an o'donnell: thank you, mola. florida's stay-at-home order takes effect thursday at midnight, and it comes as the state is nearing 7,000 cases. the order has notable exceptions, and says attending religious services in houses of worship is allowed. manuel bojorquez is in miami tonight. manuel, why did the governor take this action now? >> reporter: well, norah, florida's governor thinks the virus may have been circulating in miami as far back as the super bowl in early february, leading to a spike in cases here. but even with some models suggesting more than 6,900 floridians could die by august, he decided not to shut down the entire state and waited for a cue from the white house. governor ron desantis said yesterday he was waiting for federal guidance on a stay-at- home policy. >> i've said, "are you guys recommending this? the task force has not recommended that to me." >> reporter: today he got a nudge from the surgeon general, who avoided calling him out directly. >> my advice to america would be that these g

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening, and thank you for joining us. tonight, president trump says data shows the u.s. has passed the peak on new coronavirus cases, this as a battle is brewing across the country over how and when americans can get back to work. the virus is still taking a deadly toll. there are now more than 2 million confirmed cases worldwide. worldwide. more than 600,000 are in the u.s., where deaths have surged past 27,000. tonight, new york's governor is ordering everyone there to wear tisks in public. and l.a.'s mayor reportedly won't allow concerts or sporting events until next year. but in other places, there is anger that all of those restrictions are taking their own toll on the economy. in michigan today, cars jammed creets near the capitol, protesting that state's strict stay-at-home rules. and while most restrictions nationwide were put in place by governors, president trump says tomorrow he'll announce federal guidelines to reopen the adng to ncial wsonlyaddi t. retail sales for thi

s this i this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. pital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with two staggering numhatilustrate the l the coronavirus is having on american life. as we come on the air tonight, one in every six american workers has lost a job since this crisis began. in the last week alone, 4.4 million people filed for unemployment benefits. that's more than 26 million americans that are now out of work. tonight, the u.s. house approved another $484 billion, much of it for a loan program to help small businesses pay their workers. tes several southern states are worried it's not enough, and they're moving forward with plans to reopen businesses, even as the death toll continues to grow. more than 47,000 americans have now been killed by the virus, and confirmed cases in the u.s. now top 860,000. but there is some surprising new evidence tonight suggesting even more people may have been infected. test results in new york city show one in five people appear to have antibodies fo

e this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnellod evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news. a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus.coronavirus. 100 days after the first person 100 days after the first person was diagnosed right here in the u.s., the country's top infectious disease doctor says tonight there is clear evidence an experimental drug is showing results in slowing covid-19. dr. anthony fauci says early trials show the drug, called remedesavir, is capable of blocking the virus, and while it is by no means a cure, tonight there are indications that the f.d.a. is moving forward to authorize emergency use of the drug in some situations. and as we come on the air, more than 1,036,000 cases have been confirmed nationwide and the virus has killed more than 60,000 here in the u.s. it is also having a devastating impact on american businesses. a report out today shows the u.s. economy shrank by 5%. economists say second-quarter numbers will be even worse. and with more and more states no

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's cata >> o'donnell: goodvening. and thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news on two fronts in the fight against coronavirus: ways to slow the spread and the economic fallout. tonight, the mayor of america's largest city, new york, is advising that everyone who goes out in public there cover their nose and mouth with a bandanna, scarf, or mask. l.a.'s mayor m announcement overnight. e white house isuse is considering making that recommendation in hot sp acro s a dratic shift in guidance, designed to stop the spread of the virus. and it comes as confirmed cases now top one million worldwide. nearly a quarter of all of those infections are right here in the u.s. more than 5,000 have died across the country. and there's another stunning number tonight, more than 6.6 million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. that's double the number of claims from the week before, and it is historic. take a look at this chart that puts it in perspective. puts it in perspective. earlier this year, we

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, kris, thank you. president trump is preparing to reopen the economy next month, forming a new task force to work out the details. but health experts and some governors warn that moving too fast could risk another wave of infections. weijia jiang is at the white house tonight with all those details. weijia. >> reporter: norah, president trump cannot technically turn the econnffte carego or utherly disseto expire ae esents he tries to save lives and livelihoods. with the economy in free-fall, president trump is under pressure to get the country back to business by may 1. >> it would be nice to be able to open with a big bang and open up our country. >> reporter: the president is ss task force focused on reopening the economy, but the decision is not up to the administration. governors will make the call, and some are already rejecting the time frame. >> until we have a vaccine, which is months and months away, i-- i would not risk having large groups of people getting together anywhere. >> reporter: oth

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you >> o'donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with that breaking news, because the director of the c.d.c. says he next wave ofe next wave of coronavirus expected this winter could be even more difficult for the u.s. than the current crisis, and that's because it could hit at the same time as the seasonal flu, putting an even bigger strain on hospitals already near a breaking point. also tonight, the senate signed off on a nearly half a trillion dollars in new funding, some of it to help those struggling hospitals. most of the money will replenish a loan program for small businesses that ran dry last week. and there's about $25 billion that will pay for coronavirus tests, which governors say they desperately need before they can lift their stay-at-home orders. now, protestra thcountrn today, demanding an end to those orders. and some governors, especially in the south are already lifting them, despite warnings from eperts an

. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's e nation's ca >donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news because tonight, the c.d.c. is recommending that all americans cover their faces in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus. though that guidance may have little impact because the president says it is voluntary and he won't follow it. that new recommendation comes as the virus continues to spread nationwide. the governor now says they are so short on ventilators, he is sending the national guard to take them from hospitals in ofher parts of his state and send them to where they are desperately needed. the past 24 hours have been new york state's deadliest, with an york state's deadliest, with an average of 23 people dying there every hour. every ho nationwide, more than 7,000 have been killed, and cases top 273,000. ngses are spiking in illinois, michigan, and in louisiana, where there was a 43% increase of the number of jobincade the u.s. fell by 700,000 in march. our team of correspondents is cover

i"c evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good eveningd thank you for joining us on this friday. the debate over loosening those stay-at-home orders is taking a dramatic turn tonight as some states are announcing plans to gradually reopen, even as other areas of the country are bracing for cases of coronavirus to get worse. now, less than a day after announcing governors should be in charge of lifting their own restrictions, president trump weighed in on twitter, appearing to encourage demonstrators to "liberate" michigan, minnesota, and virginia. the president's tweets came during protests over social distancing and those three battleground states, all of which have democratic governors. the fight over when and how to reopen this country is happening as the death toll from the virus keeps rising. it's now nearly 37,000 nationwide with more than 690,000 confirmed cases. but there are some bright spots tonight when it comes to treatments. the national institutes of health now says a drug designed for ebola called remedesavir is showing sig

i'm norah o'donnell.cer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm kris van cleave and we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, and we'll begin with the dangers faced by medical workers. nurses at 15 hospitals in seven states are protesting the lack of preparedness inside one hospital chain. they say it is putting them and their families and their patients all at risk. katherine herrage reports. >> what i can tell you is it was quickly grown into a war zone. >> reporter: icu nurse shot this inside her yonkers, new york, hospital because she said she's so concerned. >> this is the paint cover alls. >> reporter: it is putting her and her fellow nurses at llarri. >> no isolation gowns. we are riddled with fear and anxiety because we don't have the proper equipment to take care of these patients. so what, we're expendable. that's how we feel. >> reporter: cbs news spoke to more than a dozen nurses in six states who said their hospitals or nursing homes are rationing critical supplies. it's now rout

norah. thank you for having me. >> o'donnell: let's get to that urgent situation aboard the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt. as the captain is pleading for help, is it time to evacuate that ship? >> i don't think we're at that point, norah. we're moving a lot of supplies and assistance, medical assistance out to the carrier in guam. we're providing additional medical personnel as they need it. i'm pleased to report that none of them are seriously ill. at this point in time we're trying to make sure we contain the virus, that we deploy testing kits so we get a good assessment of how much of the crew is infected, then we are taking other measures to ensure we get the carrier up and ready to continue its mission. >> o'donnell: i mean, this letter from the commander of the aircraft carrier was pretty stunning. he said, "sailors do not need to die." and he recommended removing a majority of the personnel is. that under consideration? >> well, nobody of course needs to die at this point in time. we're not at war. priority number one is taking care of our service members and their families. >> o

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, mark, thank you. tonight, congress is on its way to approving nearly half a trillion dollars in new aid. the senate voted to boost that paycheck protection program for small business and give billions to hospitals. the bill also requires the administration release a nationwide testing strategy, and it provides crucial funding to that effort. paula reid is at the white house with more on that. paula. >> reporter: norah, tonight, the president said he will ask big businesses to give back the money that they received from an economic relief fund that was meant to help small businesses that are currently struggling, and this move comes as the federal government continues to face backlash over its response to coronavirus. >> patrick cane, flint, michigan. >> reporter: the names and faces of fallen hospital staff, nurses in front of the white house this morning demanded more protective equipment for frontline health care workers. >> nurses are getting sick and nurses are dying. and the administration and co

norah. >> o'donnell: all right, ed, thank you. this news tonight: by tomorrow about 80 million americans will have received one of those $1200 stimulus checks. one payment processor says much of the money already collected is being used for food. but tonight there are concerns about the supply chain for feeding americans. hundreds of workers at food processing plants in five states have been infected, forcing several to shut down. ar dean reynolds reports, the ripple effects are being felt from farms to supermarkets. >> reporter: at the j.b.s. meat packing plant in greeley, colorado, 78-year-old saul sanchez was feeling sick, but his daughter could not convince hm to stay home. >> my dad was an amazing, humble, hard-work individual. he'd be like, "they need me. they're short staffed." >> reporter: sanchez died a week ao from coronavirus. 30 others at the plant, now temporarily closed, have tested positive. y similar story is emerging at the indefinitely closed smithfield plant in sioux falls, south dakota. which processes up to 5%

norah? >> o'donnell: all right, weijia. thank you.blood tests that look for signs about whether someone has developed antibodies to the coronavirus. health officials say these tests are key to reopening the economy, but there are concerns t out the accuracy of these te here's mola lenghi. >> reporter: today, new york state kicked off the most aggressive antibody test survey in the nation, randomly sampling 3,000 people for evidence they've been infected by the coronavirus. >> we're starting the largest antibody test ever done today in new york. >> reporter: the hope is antibody tests like these will help determine when americans can get back to work. already more than 35,000 new yorkers have reached out to mount sinai to see if they qualify for the antibody test developed by researchers there, one of four tests granted emergency use authorization by the f.d.a. >> we are actually looking at how much antibodies you have and whether that confers more immunity. >> reporter: high demand has spawned dozens of tests on to the market, and the

i'm norah o'donnell in washington.ee you right back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm kris van cleave, and we've got a lot tore to tell you about this morning starting with another alarming jobs report linked to the coronavirus. the labor department says another 4.4 million americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. that makes more than 26 million in the past five weeks alone. getting laid off can be devastating enough, but many of the newly unemployed have not only lost their jobs, but also their health insurance. anna werner has that side of the economic fallout from this pandemic. >> reporter: this is the street that's generally filled, filled with people. the beach in myrtle beach, south carolina, is empty, as is the hotel where donna used to work as food and beverage manager until last month. >> they very kindly said that, you know, they're going to have to let me go because they just don't have the business. they're going to not be able to open up the restaurant.