it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: that makes sense to walter green. >> so many people weren't, and now they're able to get a hot meal in their body to keep them going. so it keeps them with some type of faith that they'll make it through this. >> reporter: a recipe to cook up that we could all use right now. faith and home. jim axelrod, cbs news, nework. >>> so coming up first on "cbs this morning," a consumer group says the trump administration mismanaged the distribution of a covid drug, contributing to shortages. anna werner has details on that. >>> plus, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg talks with gayle about efforts to prevent the spread of misinformation on his platforms before the election. >>> and a new wave of protests -- art emerging across the country. we'll hear from some of the artists. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thank you so much for watching. i'm anne-marie green, and have a great day. much for watching. i'm anne-marie green, and have a great day. >>> live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning.

. >> reporter: in newark, new jersey, walter green is whipping up 320 orders of pasta and meat sauceh a side of veggies. not a bad day for a restaurant owner in the middle of a pandemic. >> i didn't think my restaurant as going to survive. >> reporter: it wasn't just his restaurant threatened by covid. walter spent two weeks in the hospital fighting it himself. help came from a program designed to save struggling restaurants. newark working kitchens, if that program didn't exist, would you be here cooking today? >> no, i wouldn't be here. >> reporter: newark working kitchens pays 25 restaurants here to keep their doors open, stoves on, and employees paid, cooking for those who need food most. >> thank you. >> it's one of those win-win- wins that is really worthy. >> reporter: don katz is the founder and chairman of audible, the audiobook company headquartered in newark that has spearheaded fundraising for the program, kicking in seven figures itself. >> it's only since april and 40,000 meals, and 25 restaurants and 10,000 residents needingget >> reporter: cty cf marcus samuels restau

. >> reporter: in north new jersey, walter green is whipping up 320 orders of pasta and meat upuce with a side of veggies. not a bad day for a restaurant owner in the middle of a pandemic. >> i didn't think my restaurant was going to survive. >> reporter: it wasn't just his restaurant threatened by covid. walter spent two weeks in the hospital fighting it himself. help came from a program designed to save struggling restaurants. if that program didn't exist,wo? >> no, i wouldn't be here. they pay give rey pay give restaurants to keep their doors open, stoves on, and employees paid cooking for those who need need fst. >> it's one of those win-win- wins that are really worthy. >> reporter: don katz is the founder of audible that has spearheaded fund-raising for the program, kicking in seven figures itself. >> it's only since april and 25 restaurants and residents seeding food touched by it. >> reporter: celebrity chef marcus samuelson owns a restaurant in newark. he says this program should be scaled nationwide. >> you need private, public, and small businesses to work together. .t's just

. >> reporter: in north new jersey walter green is whipping up 320 orders of pasta and meat sauce witheggies. not a bad day for a restaurant owner in the middle of a pandemic. >> i didn't think my restaurant would survive. >> reporter: it wasn't just his restaurant threatened by covid, walter spent nearly two weeks in the hospital fighting it himself. >> there we go, right on the table. >> reporter: help came from a program designed to save struggling restaurants. newark working kitchens, if that program didn't exist would you be here cooking today? >> no i wouldn't be here right now, honestly. >> reporter: newark working kitchens pays 25 restaurants to keep their doors open, stoves on and employees paid, cooking for those who need food most. >> thank you. >> it is one of those win-win wins that is really worthy. >> reporter: don katz is the founder and chairman of audible, the audio book company headquartered in newark that has spearheaded fundraising for the program, kicking in seven figures itself. >> since april, 400,000 meals and 25 restaurants, and 10,000 residents needing food g

. >> reporter: in north new jersey walter green is whipping up 320 orders of pasta and meat sauce withe of veggies. not a bad day for a restaurant owner in the middle of a pandemic. >> i didn't think my restaurant was going to survive. >> reporter: it wasn't just his restaurant threatened by covid, walter spent nearly two weeks in the hospital fighting covid. >> there we go. >> reporter: help came from a program designed to save struggling restaurants. newark work and kitchens, if that program didn't exist, would you be here cooking today? >> no. i wouldn't be here right now. honestly. newark working kitchens pays 25 restaurants to keep their doors open, stoves on and employees paid, cooking for those who need food most. >> thank you. >> it's one of those win-win-win's that's -- it's really worthy. >> john katz is the chairman of audible, the book company that has spearheaded fund raising for the program. taking in seven figures itself. >> since april and 400,000 meals and 25 restaurants and 10,000 residents needing food, getting touched by it. >> a humbling experience -- >> reporter:

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i love the walter lan dow worm, but nobody knows what that means. and instead of having there be a worm and a little green circle with fog in the middle of it, can the sign simply say buses to san francisco and buses to north bay? secondly, the k1 panels are really useless. and yet they're very expensive investment and seem to offer a lot of flexibility. i would love thoughts on how to make them useful in the short-term, instead of counterproductive. even putting up just some static maps of how the system works and explanation how the system works would be very helpful in the short run. and then most of my questions are about wayfinding details, like a standard for numbering exists so that the entire journey train can be explained with google maps. and you know thoughtfully integrated. i'll stop there and hear your response. >> thanks. i'll take this first. i know there was a question about the -- >> sure. >> so if i may, through you, chair, thank you for the question. yeah, i would agree, we have ourselves used the problems as an example of design over -- in other instances. our view generally on transit

i love the walter lan dow worm, but nobody knows what that means. and instead of having there be a worm and a little green circle with fog in the middle of it, can the sign simply say buses to san francisco and buses to north bay? secondly, the k1 panels are really useless. and yet they're very expensive investment and seem to offer a lot of flexibility. i would love thoughts on how to make them useful in the short-term, instead of counterproductive. even putting up just some static maps of how the system works and explanation how the system works would be very helpful in the short run. and then most of my questions are about wayfinding details, like a standard for numbering exists so that the entire journey train can be explained with google maps. and you know thoughtfully integrated. i'll stop there and hear your response. >> thanks. i'll take this first. i know there was a question about the -- >> sure. >> so if i may, through you, chair, thank you for the question. yeah, i would agree, we have ourselves used the problems as an example of design over -- in other instances. our view generally on transit