b rchriones in yonkers. he's a paramedic working seven days a week, and it's nonstop. >> everybody calls us the front line. but really, we're the last line. somebody who's really sick, you have to get there as quick as you can, but you also want to be safe. the thing that we talk about is, we're 911. there is no 912. >> a.j.'s team is getting three times the usual number of call-outs because of coronavirus. these days they're the first and sometimes the only emergency respond there's go into people's homes. it's an eerie feeling here. we're waiting outside. he's gone inside to see the patient who's struggling with breathing. you get a real sense of just how much pressure, how much work these paramedics are having to do, often on their own. they're at risk. there's every chance they too could get exposed to covid-19. back in new york city, we go inside brooklyn's biggest hospital. an e.r. that's become a war zone. where there's a constant crush of covid-19 casualties. >> so we're now in the critical care area

joe's medical center in yonkers. bless you and your colleagues for keeping the rest of us safe. >> thank you, chris, it's good to be with you tonight. >> we can't let fatigue get in the way of the facts. i know we want to reopen. i know it's not fair to you that people are being so selfish. remind people, what is your daily reality, now that everype think things are getting better? >> it's no doubt we are on the back side of the peak, which is good. we're not seeing it like we were several weeks ago. but, in no way has this been easy. there's still a lot of people, particularly the older folks coming in from nursing homes, illnesses like diabetes, heart disease, emphysema, were hit particularly hard by this. we do everything we can for them. but there -- there's clearly such a risk to them. and it's so sad when you watch people just go through what they go through. particularly, when they're alone. >> what is the hardest part, medically, with what you're dealing with right now? >> i think, medically, we all trained.

joseph's medical center in yonkers, new york. >> we've never seen anything like this.ersonally in one 12-hour shift i pronounced six people dead. just me, and that didn't include the other physicians who had deaths as well. >> when you feel like, um, like you're just stretched so thin, where it feels like there's no -- there's no way that you could take care of the patients that are here in the way that you're trained to do so. that's really the hardest part. >> back with us again tonight, sky news u.s. correspondent cordelia lynch. her new documentary called "coronavirus: america's reckoning." cordelia, i try to never venture into politics with you, but we do tend to discuss it from time to time on this broadcast. when you hear public attitudes and people with good intentions start thinking these days, well, we're over the peak so the workload in hospitals is easing. when you hear the president say as he now says regularly, no one who has needed a ventilator has gone without a ventilator, how do you react to that? >> well, i have to say frankly it is not the sentiment

josephs hospital in yonkers, new york the war has not let up the associated press was granted access to the overwhelmed e.r. >> it's been a nightmare. we have volume of sick people like you can't believe in one shift i pronounced six people dead. >> move, everybody move. >> reporter: this is the frantic on going battle to keep patients alive even as parts of the country push to reopen. >> we can't be over confident until we have some measure of being able to say it's in the past. >> reporter: despite the gratitude pouring in, the toll is exhausting and it's not just physical. >> it's hard not to take your work home with you i said at home we're living each death, each delay in my head. the statistics tell me this person's father probably wouldn't have made it no matter what i did, but my heart can't help it. >> reporter: this doctor is a trama surgeon who works in an icu in miami. >> maybe if i put my ppe on faster, maybe if i started another medication instead of the one i did, maybe if i stayed up one more hour researching the next best treatment for coronavirus, maybe he would hav

joseph's hospital in yonkers, new york. >> we do this all day every day. >> reporter: the war has not let up the associated press was granted access to the overwhelmed er >> it's been a nightmare we have a volume of sick people like you can't believe in one shift i pronounced six people dead. >> everybody prove >> reporter: this is the frantic ongoing battle to keep patients alive as parts of the country push to reopen >> we can't be overconfident until we have some measure of being able to say it's -- it's in the past. >> reporter: despite the gratitude pouring in the toll is exhausting and it's not just physical >> fit's hard not to take your work home with you i sit at home reliving each death. the statistics tell me this person's father probably wouldn't have made it no matter what i did but my heart can't help it. >> he's a trauma surgeon in miami. >> maybe if i put my ppe on faster, maybe if i started another medication instead of the one i did. maybe if i stayed up one more hour researching the best treatment for coronavirus, maybe he would have made it. maybe if i had been bet

. >> reporter: among the lives lost, william sullivan, a beloved police detective in yonkers. anthony was one of the best sports photographers in new york city for decades kim had been a mailman in the bronx. >> we were just hoping for the best, but in the end, they said that he isn't going to make it past today. >> reporter: at this rate, covid-19 is killing as many new yorkers in three days as the seasonal flu typically does in an entire year gabe gutierrez, nbc news, new york >>> i'm miguel almaguer tonight the director for the cdc says the coronavirus epidemic could peak in days top doctors believe the deadly outbreak stabilized but warn of hot spots and clusters in south dakota at smith field foods, hundreds have the virus. >> we're testing people there more at a higher rate. dozens of grocery store workers who caught the virus, doctors maintain social distancing is saving lives. >> keep a safe distance of six feet. >> reporter: in georgia drones are reminding residents to keep their distance while in philadelphia a man was removed from a bus after arguing with the driver

joseph's medical center in yonkers, new york...e is on a razor's edge when doctors shocked this patient's heart, saving him, for now. his fight against coronavirus still continues with the help of a ventilator. as patients fight for survival, debate intensifies over how soon states should reopen for business. a new model, often cited by the white house, shows no states should reopen before may 1, and that most should not until the end of may. the model shows states like tennessee shouldn't reopen until may 20, texas, june 7, and georgia, june 19. yet these states plan to partially reopen over the next several days. this afternoon, oklahoma governor kevin stitt announced he will open his state in phases beginning friday. as protesters in richmond, virginia, some linked to conservative groups, descended on the state capitol, they demanded virginia be reopened for business. new york, the epicenter of the crisis, is ramping up testing and renewing efforts to find people who have been potentially exposed to the virus. >> we have to put

joseph's medical center in yonkers. a nurse frantically pumping a man's chest. the medical team in full protective gear standing back, arms up until that jolt to the man's heart. he's revived and put on a ventilator. >> we do this all day every day for the last month, multiple times a day. >> reporter: dr. anthony leno says it's a daily struggle between life and death. >> it's been a nightmare. we have a volume of sick people like you can't believe. in one shift, i pronounced six people dead. >> reporter: new york hit the hardest of any state. but finally coming down the mountain. >> we're in a relatively good place. better to be going down than to be going up. >> reporter: in manhattan, police officers cheering for a stream of volunteer health workers from other states now heading home. governor cuomo announcing he's now building another army, joining with the governors of new jersey and connecticut to hire so called contact tracers, disease detectives to track down and isolate people who test positive for covid-19. >> we will literally need thousands. we have

nurse diane shot this inside her yonkers new york hospital because she says she is so concerned. >> thisr coveralls. >> reporter: the lack of personal protective gear is putting her and her fellow nurses a.>>o isolation gown and we are riddled with fear and anxiety because we don't takearofheatients. "so what, we're expendable." take care of these patients. 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 is now routine to reuse gowns and masks. >> it is not made to be used multiple times. >> reporter: shelley hughes works at a long-term care facility in washington state. her husband found a box of n95 masks in her home emergency kit. >> i wish i had enough to give to everyone. to everyone. but i gave one to a young lady but i gave one to a young lady that i worked with, who is seven months pregnant. >> my fear that since the measures and response from the state has not at all matched the need or the crisis, i'm afraid that i will see my coworkers dying. >> reporter: new

that's in yonkers, new york. the fast-moving investigation into at least one nursing home. the toll on so many nursing centers across the country. residents passing away with nobody from their family at their side. we wanted to hear the stories behind the faces. the family members in the long lines across the country. and you will be moved by the families who never thought they would have to ask for food. this line here in san antonio. and now tonight, the war of words erupting. just 24 hours after the president said governors would make that call, he is now encouraging protesters in several states who want to reopen now. this evening, governor cuomo lashing out after the president took aim at some governors. whit johnson leading us off here in new york. >> reporter: tonight, at the end of the deadliest week for our country, a heavy toll on the front lines. emts in full protective gear transporting suspected covid patients and then decontaminating their suits, only do it again. >> since this happened i haven't been able the sleep with the lights off. i sleep with my lights

that's in yonkers, new york. >>> the fast moving investigation in at least one nursing home. but at so many senior centers residents passing away with nobody from their family at their side. we wanted to hear the stories behind the face. the family member in the long lines across the country, and you will be moved by the who ne would have to can for food them line here in san antonio. now tonight, the war of words erupting. just 24 hours after the president said governor would make that call he is now encouraging protesters in several states who want to re-open now. this evening, governor cuomo lashing out after the president took aim at some governors. whit johnson leading us off here in new york. >>>. >> reporter: tonight, a heavy toll. emts transporting suspected covid patients and decontaminating only to do it again. >> i can't sleep with the lights off. i sleep with my lights on. >> reporter: for a new york paramedic arc relentless cycle delivering bad news. >> it's real hard. for a young kid, youngest boy is three, and you can't do nothing. >> reporter: in new york, at

. >> reporter: icu nurse shot this inside her yonkers, new york, hospital because she said she's so concernedporter: 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 routine to reuse gowns and masks. >> it's not made to be used multiple times. >> reporter: sheli hughes works at a long-term care facility in washington state. her husband found a box of n95 masks in their home emergency kit. >> i wish i had enough to give them to everyone, but i gave one to a young lady that i work with who is seven months pregnant. >> my fear is that since the measures and response from the state has not at all matched the need or the crisis, i'm afraid that i'll see my coworkers dying. >> reporter: new york city icu nurse tre kwan came back from maternity leave last month. >> i

joseph's medical center in yonkers. >> everybody move! >> everybody out. >> reporter: jam-packed this week, even as new york comes down the curve. >> we can't be overconfident until we have some measure of being able to say it's in the past. >> reporter: tonight, news the virus may have spread more widely in new york than we ever thought. a preliminary state antibody study shin14oftate the numbers in n >> they had the virus, they developed the antibodies and now they are, quote unquote, recovered. >> reporter: many of those people may not have even known they had the virus. health care workers around the country risking their lives every day. many paying a price boston e.r. nurse debbie buonapane knows only too well. her coworkers cheering loudly as she left the same hospital she works in. a plus escort leading her home. >> i'm used to caring for people and when i was on the other side, i can't breathe and i'm dependent on a nurse and a doctor and w rllhard. >> reporter: tonight in georgia, businesses like gyms, tattoo parlors and bowling

. >> reporter: for julia in yonkers, new york, it was manageable until day eight. >> i spiked a fever7. >> wow. >> and i started with the cough, and that triggered my asthma. >> reporter: but the only thing more difficult than julia's one positive test was her second positive test. after self-isolating for 21 days and going to donate blood, she learned she still had the virus. tom buttaccio went to an er twice only to be sent home both times. now the father of three is hospitalized with pneumonia and congestive heart failure. >> for me it's because i can't be there and that's the struggle. >> reporter: the virus proving no family is immune even touching our abc news family. our ginger zee tweeting tuesday about body aches and a tight chest. and our george stephanopoulos announcing from his home studio that his wife actress ali wentworth had symptoms and later posted, i tested positive for the coronavirus. i've never been sicker. this is pure misery. #stayhome. but with every positive test, there are so many survivors. this veteran from oregon is celebrating his remarkable recovery fro

briones in yonkers.s a paramedic working seven days a week, and it's nonstop. >> everybody calls us the front line. but really, we're the last line. somebody who's really sick, you have to get there as quick as you can, but you also want to be safe. the thing that we talk about is, we're 911. there is no 912. >> a.j.'s team is getting three times the usual number of call-outs because of coronavirus. these days they're the first and sometimes the only emergency responders that go into people's homes. it's an eerie feeling here. we're waiting outside. he's gone inside to see the patient who's struggling with breathing. you get a real sense of just how much pressure, how much work these paramedics are having to do, often on their own. they're at risk. there's every chance they too could get exposed to covid-19. back in new york city, we go inside brooklyn's biggest hospital. an e.r. that's become a war zone. where there's a constant crush of covid-19 casualties. >> so we're now in the critical care area of

nurse shot this inside her yonkers new york hospital because she says she is so concerned. >> this isnter coveralls. >> reporter: the lack of personal protective gear is putting her and her fellow nurses at risk. >> no isolation gowns. and 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 with you 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 is now routine to reuse gowns and masks. >> it is not made to be used multiple times. >> reporter: shelley hughes works at a long-term care facility in washington state. her husband found a box of n95 masks in her home emergency kit. >> i wish i had enough to give to everyone. but i gave one to a young lady that i worked with who is seven months pregnant. >> my fear that since the measures and response from from the state have not at all matched the need or the crisis, i'm afraid that i'll see my coworkers dying. >> reporter: new york city

five in livermore and fairfield, eight in yonkers, seven degrees warmer than you were yesterday. around the bay, a few degrees or so, temptress continuing to climb into the weekend, the entrepreneur is, a 20 mile-per- hour, half moon bay reporting a 10 mile northwest brees, san jose coming in at 12. a lot more sunshine today, warmer temperatures, as the ridge of high pressure will strengthen into the bay area and the coming days. here is a look at the cloud cover, we started out with partly cloudy to partly sunny skies this morning but by afternoon, it was breaking way to more sunshine than anything else. here is a look at the storm that has been with us since last weekend. bringing us rain, and the last couple of days, bringing us a lot of cloud cover. this will continue to move out of the area, bringing grain to san diego and some in california, and moving out to arizona for tomorrow. as for us tomorrow, we start out with morning clouds followed by partly cloudy skies and temperatures are expected to be a little bit warmer in some areas, low 60s to low 70s, tomorrow morning goi

i was a pastor just wrote me, alisyn, about 108-year-old woman in her parrish in yonkers who said ton't worry, i lived through that flu in 1919 and we all came out stronger than ever. she still remembers that. and she remembers how physically we conkered that and how morally we got a little stronger afterwards. >> that's a great story. i want to ask you about something the pope said on palm sunday. at the vatican. he said, quote, may we reach out to those who are suffering and those most in need, may we not be concerned about what we lack but what good we can do for others and that's beautiful, of course, how can we reach out to other people suffering when we're all forced to be inside and just be on our own right now. you know, we keep hearing stories, cardinal, about people dying lone. loved ones dying in hospital rooms alone. so how are we supposed to reach out right now? >> i know. i talk to one of my priests earlier this morning and his dear mother died during the night. and adding to the burden of her loss is the fact that he wasn't able to see her. it is tougher now, isn't it?

. >> host: yonkers new york, welcome to booktv. >> caller: hello. the question of why to ask -- goodue afternoon. the question of one. ask is, republicans, especially like republicans, why don't they educate the blacks who failed history as far as political? for instance, voter suppression, voter suppression she explains and she thinks she knows what it is but it's actually the fording affording many blacks since 1973. today there could've been 70, 80 million blocks are maybe 60 million blocks voting. power to the blacks but no, we don't have power to the blacks. and so many -- i could be here, you should have on your radio, the tv program discussing this. and what it asking you to do is go through history until the black people, asked them, as i did, because when i i ran for e house in florida i was a republican. i was called a racist. when jackie robinson was my hero and a monusco reader program under dr. martin luther king, and we are being called racist, especially me. that's terrible. in fact, i asked them what democrat opened up the schools in

from yonkers, new york, welcome to booktv. >> caller: the question i want to ask. good afternoon. the question i want to ask, republicans, especially black republicans, why don't they educate the blacks who fail history as far as that. and voter suppression, it is the ability of 40 million bucks since roe v wade in 1973. they could have been 70 or 80 million blacks and 60 million blacks voted power to the blacks and you should have me on your tv program discussing this and what i'm asking you to do is go through history and tell the black people, because i did when iran for the house in florida as a republican, i was called a racist. when jackie robinson was my hero and my musical radio program i honor martin luther king and we are being called racist, especially me. that is terrible. ask what democrat put them to schools in the south. that is what you should be teaching them. >> we will get a response. there's a lot of black history, and black politicians, it doesn't serve it doesn't serve their personal interests. what was going on in between the end of slavery and the beginning

you don't know this, but on sunday i drove out to yonkers, new york.ery business for a long time so i know a little bit about grocery. you have the 21 grain bread was good and the crumb kick, which sandra and i have had a running joke about where we can find the best caulk, coffe coffee kick, d a good one. but the thing i noticed was they were dots on the ground, you had masks on employees. this is a serious issue as states and cities have opened up, what lesson have you learned early on that you think others can apply about safe business? >> first of all, thanks for shopping with us. one of the things, we have had over 2 million people now come through stew leonard snow since this whole coronavirus thing h hit. everyone at the store is wearing masks. everyone wears gloves. as you can see even down here we have on the floor, we have striping to keep people socially distance. we have signs up like this right now, stay 6 feet apart. for businesses opening right now, i would say first of all, don't expect everyone to show up. the second thing is if you wo

riverside county sheriff touch had yonkers talked about the increasing numbers within the department.o far 25 employees and five inmates have tested positive. >> if you don't believe people are taking the serious, unfortunately they will. until it happens closest to them. >> the offices 16 employees are waiting for test results and 51 tests of inmates pending. several sheriff department employees have been or are currently hospitalized. and one is in critical condition. >> let's switch gears and talk about the weather. i think we are waking up for that very rough february. it was a wet march and april as it is coming out of the gate like a hurricane. >> you're right. a wintry storm with a lot of snow expected in the sierra. temperatures are below average for this time of year. and after receiving an inch in some areas like the mountains yesterday, another full quarter inch to an inch is expected again today. here's a look at areas of the golden gate bridge where it is pretty soggy out there.'s emphasis go is reporting 53 degrees. 54 and oakland and low 50s in livermore and 53 in san j

the piece jonathan lemire posted yesterday on the "ap" and the video inside this hospital in the yonkersork, area, one doctor declaring six people dead in one shift. it's a war zone in many major hospitals in these hot spots. for them, they're in the thick of it. this is not something that's in the rear-view mirror, not even close. dr. dave, you were looking at some of the research in los angeles county that contends a number of people who have been infected with coronavirus is 40 times higher than the number with confirmed positive tests. why is this important? >> dr. emanuel had hit the nail on the head as it regards to what's happening now in california and la county, santa clara county area. finding asymptomatic carriers, asymptomatic people who didn't know they were sick is important. it's part of surveillance testing. it is what dr. emanuel correctly says helps us find those who are with underlying health condit n conditio conditions, those most at risk. they've done two studies across california with more coming across the united states. using antibody testing to find out what's t