. >> reporter: yeah, anderson, today we're learning from jbs pork production in worthington, minnesotaoing to shut down due to the number of coronavirus positive cases they're seeing there. the governor of minnesota mentioned on friday he was concerned about the increase in numbers. he was sending a special health team down there to help deal with it. jbs announcing today they will shut down. he mentioned the proximity to another plant very familiar to people watching, the smithfield sioux falls, south dakota, home to one of the largest outbreaks in the country. as of today 891 cases linked to that plant. it is only about 60 miles away from the worthington minnesota jbs plant and the governor said there are families that both work in these facilities, sometimes people may work in the same -- in the facilities themselves. so there could have been spread from what was happening in sioux falls and brought it over to worthington because of how connected they are. this is a huge blow to farmers in the area because just those two plants we're talking between 8% and 9 percent of pork producti

. >> i am from worthington, ohio. in worthington, there is this house where roswell ripley was born. at one time in front of the house, there was a marker on a pole that gave a short bio about roswell ripley viewed it is -- roswell ripley. it is my understanding the city got a call and a complaint and they took the marker down viewed i want to get your thoughts -- the marker down. i want to get your thoughts on the removal of this marker from roswell ripley's birthplace. >> i'm afraid i don't know about it. what was in the discussion that it is worthy of removal? >> you might tell people who roswell ripley was. >> he was born in worthington and graduated from west point. he served in the mexican war. it is my understanding and you can correct me if i am wrong, he eventually was stationed in charleston, he met a woman whose father owned, i believe, maybe two plantations. he sort of became indoctrinated to that way of life. when the south seceded, he resigned from the union army and joined the confederate army. he actua

in worthington, minnesota, where today they had to shut a large plant that has over 2,000 employees. if you're noticing a theme in terms of meatpacking plants being involved, you're not making that up. this may end up becoming a real issue for the supply chain for packaged meat in america. but whether or not it comes an issue for our overall supply chain, in the right now term it is a huge issue for the people, for our friends and relatives and neighbors who work in these big plants where the pay is low and the conditions are close and the outbreaks just keep coming in plant after plant after plant. this is from "nbc nightly news" tonight in a feature on that huge outbreak at the smithfield plant in sioux falls, south dakota. >> reporter: this smithfield pork processing plant, one of the area's largest employers, is now a coronavirus hot spot linked to nearly 900 cases. now we are hearing about conditions inside from a current longtime employee who wished to have their voice disguised. >> i started getting really super concerned when a person on my line was diagnosed with covid-19. >

drive an hour east of there, northeast of there, and you will hit worthington, minnesota, which is homeically, east of there, right, home to the jbs pork processing plant, where more than two dozen employees have also tested positive. both of those two plants you just saw on the map are now closed for the time being. the one in south dakota and the one in minnesota. it may be no coincidence that the fate of those two plants are sort of twinned. the governor of minnesota has pointed out, quote, there are a lot of family members that work in both those plants. only about an hour apart. we have seen outbreaks like this though, in state after state, nearly a dozen meat packing plants in a dozen states have closed because their workers are getting sick and nobody can quite figure out how meat processing workers can safely work alongside one another without running the risk of transmitting the virus among them. one of the states that has had trouble is iowa. over the weekend, iowa saw its biggest one-day spike in new cases driven largely by new positive tests at meat packing plants. just in t

there are multiple reports that that massive gbs for processing meant facility in worthington minnesotaas shut down last week due to a coronavirus outbreak is reopening with a singular purpose to euthanize hogs. >> that's not an option that any farmer really wants to consider. the emotional side of doing that would be something that was very difficult to recover from at least for me. and it let alone the financial aspect of it. >> attempting to keep the meat processing plants open, president trump invokes powers from the defense production act declaring meat-packers essential for the food chain. that would protect meat-packers from the liability of workers do indeed get sick. president trump said what he did was unblock the bottleneck. he wants the workers to prioritize protective gear. and they want the production slowed down so the workers could put space between each other. >> dana: a florida governor about to unveil phase one of the states reopening plan. phil keating is live in miami-dade county which is a beautiful place indeed. i'm sure people are anxious to hear with the governo

nobles county is on the iowa border right by worthington, minnesota we have a large meat packing plantover 100 cases in nobles county. this is an example of how nobody is immune from this. we have to be doubly careful even in pretty rural counties like nobles. david: it is clear we cannot let our guard down even for a second. there is some consideration about starting to open the economy. georgia is going to move on friday even in new york governor cuomo said elective surgeries upstate. is it too soon for minnesota to think about whether he might be able to open backup part of the economy? sen. smith: i think a lot about what dr. fauci said which i think is for sure right. this is not going to be a light switch that flips on suddenly and everybody goes back to normal. it is hard to imagine what a new normal is going to look like. in minnesota, our governor in the last week has loosened some restrictions around outdoor activities like golf and fishing and putting docs in the water. that makes sense because it does not require a lot of people being close together. i really worry about th

. >> the massive gbs pork processing plant in worthington minnesota has gone from processing pork forhe consumer to destroying pigs bottlenecked in a broken food chain. much of the livestock cannot get from farm to table. farmers are faced with the reality of culling the herd of. >> the emotional side of doing that will be something very difficult to recover from at least for me, let alone the financial aspect of it. >> with the intention of keeping the meat-packing plants open, president trump invoked powers from the defense production act of declaring meat-packers essential which among other things would protect them from liability and also mean the federal government would provide ppe. >> there are so happy, they're all gung ho, we've solved their problems. we unblock some of the bottlenecked. >> in normal times meat-packers work shoulder to shoulder for maximum efficiency. united commercial union says 20 workers have died from the coronavirus, another 5,000 are sick. the governor of iowa says shutting down meat production in her state is not an option. >> we have a role and an obl

the jbs pork processing plant in worthington, minnesota is one of them. joining me now is minnesota's agriculture commissioner, tom peterson. commissioner, thank you so much for being with us. if you look at the stats, beef processing down 27% from last year. pork processing down almost 20% from last year. should americans around the country be worried in addition to dealing with the coronavirus pandemic they may have food supply issues? >> you know, john, it's a great question, and right now we're in decent shape around the country on our food supply. but as this coronavirus, as it continues and we're figuring out how to safely operate these plants, you know, down the road we're going to see disruptions. we're already seeing that as americans are changing the way they eat, eating home 80% of the time also has had a big impact on that. a really big concern, but right now we're in good shape. as it continues, we'll be concerned for sure. >> take us through what you're learning from a safety standpoint, because these are front line workers, these are people

so has another nearby pork plant, j.b.s., in worthington, minnesota.atterson says he's looking at staggering losses. a >> if we werene to harvest any of the hogs on our farm,we e looking at probably $450,000. and then we're, we're not a big operation. >> reporter: this barn is one of three on patterson farm, it holds 1,000 hogs, and it's here that you get a sense of the s enormole of the industry that the pattersons are part ofh smithfield plant in south dakota, where these animals would normally go, takes in ,000 pigs every day! >> you know, i probably knew it, but i don't think i appreciated the ficiency of the whole system. and when one piece of that system goes down, you know, i don't think i apd it.idn't. >> reporter: while plant workers continue to receive 80% of their wages during the shutdown, it's hundreds of hog farmers like patterson who say ey stand to lose the most. animals are brought to these so-called "finishing barns" from over 16 to 20 weekto a nearly-ed exact weight required by slaughter and cking houses like smithfield.re as they'ov

in minnesota, today, governor tim walz, visited a plant in worthington, minnesota, that has hundreds of cases associated with. it there is no reason for nobles county minnesota to have over 100 coronavirus cases except for the fact that they have a jbs plant there, where hundreds of people have been infected on the job because of the way the plant is set up. in tyson county, nebraska, they haven't reported their first case until april 12th, and now they have 608 known cases. in creek, nebraska, which i think is how you say it, cret, nebraska, 7,000 people, 25 miles from lincoln, nebraska, at least four dozen employees tested positive this weekend and the plant announced plans to close temporarily to clean the plant down and try to come up with pleasures to keep the workers safe but then the plant reversed that decision and told the workers actually no, we're not going to shut down, we're going to stay open, and after they told the workers this re going to change their mind to stay open, the workers at the plant walked off the job, an impromptu walkout, not organized or approved by th

. >> he was born in worthington in 1823. he graduated from west point. he served in the mexican war. it's my understanding -- you can correct me if i'm wrong -- he eventually was stationed in charleston. he met a woman whose father owned maybe two plantations. he sort of became i guess indoctrinated into that way of life. wh he resigned from the union army and joined the confederate army. he commanded the artillery that bombarded fort sumpter. he went back and he was put in charge of the defense of charleston. >> tell us about the material that was taken down. was it deskr-- >> it says he resigned -- >> i will jump in and say, you know, one of the good thought exercises as we think about these things is to simply say -- to put the burden of proof on the defenders of these statues and say, is there a good reason that that plaque should be up other than the fact it's been there a long time. that's not a good enough reason. i think that those are -- that's a way of sparking conversation. that's also a discussion we have to have. something having been there

defense attorney tom worthington said self-administered evidence collection is a violation of due processnce dismissed. the most concerned about the possibility of tampering with evidence about. >>including correctly collecting evidence even if the person did use their best efforts to do it honestly. >>this aura disagrees. >>there aren't really any any concerns that we have and we believe in this evidence is going to be in this law we're going to be only a judge to sign. >>well coming up this morning, a man is dead in the east bay after a police shooting at a walmart will and tell you what happened. first we'll take a live look outside. i have some clearing skies at the golden gate bridge that shot live traffic dave spahr will be along in a in the east bay, one man is dead after a police shooting inside a walmart store. >>it happened at around 3 saturday afternoon near the entrance of the walmart right along this bergen boulevard in san leandro the ordeal was caught on camera now officers initially responded to a robbery call. >>cell phone video shows the chaos inside the store, a man wit