Were going to begin with breaking news about the coronavirus on both coasts. Tonight, Los Angeles County, where 10 Million People live, has declared a Public Health emergency. Now, this comes as california is reporting its first death, and were now learning a worker at l. A. X. , who was screening passengers for the virus, has tested positive. And in the suburbs just north of new york city, at least two families are infected, forcing 1,000 people there to self quarantine. Nationwide there are at least 153 confirmed cases. 11 people have died, 10 in Washington State alone. Our team of correspondents is covering all of the angles of this developing story, and carter evans leads us off in kent, washington. And, carter, i understand there are new Safety Measures being taken where you are . Reporter thats right, econolodge motel. The plan is to turn this into a coronavirus quarantine facility, possibly within the next couple of days. This as Health Officials scramble to contain the virus up and down the west coast with renewed focus now on los angeles. New concern tonight at Los Angeles International airport where a member of the c. D. C. Medical Team Screening passengers for coronavirus has now tested positive. Its one of six new coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County where Health Officials have now declared a state of emergency. We need every tool at our disposal to make sure we are ready to support any coronavirus patient who are diagnosed and prevent any further spread. Reporter the latest american to fall victim to the coronavirus died in roseville, california, just outside sacramento. Described only as an elderly adult with Underlying Health conditions, the person may have been infected while traveling on a princess cruise ship from San Francisco to mexico last month. Its the first fatality in california. At the epicenter of the nation became the tenth person to die from the virus in washington, and the sixth death linked to this nursing facility. We are coping with the most serious outbreak of covid19 anywhere in the nation. Our actions are forming the model that will be followed in other parts of the country. Reporter that model includes modular units like these that will be used to isolate coronavirus patients. Carter evans, cbs news, kent, washington. Reporter im meg oliver in new york. Tonight, new rochelle is grounds at least 11 people. It started a week ago when 50 yearold Lawrence Garbuz went to the hospital. His wife has also tested positive. His 20yearold son has also tested positive. His daughter has tested positive, and his neighbor, who drove him to the hospital. Reporter today, we learned another family of five who had close contact with the attorney tested positive. New york Health Disease detectives are racing to track down anyone else who may have come into contact with the manhattan attorney. The week before he knew he was contagious, the married father of four traveled around the new york city area. Is law office in manhattan, where all his colleagues are now being tested. He also attended Temple Services back in westchester. Is osed indefinitely and the congregates are under selfquarantine. How many more people are we talking about here . At least the potential we dont want to cause any alarm but the potential does exist for numerous people to at least be under what we call investigation, anyone that he may have coughed or sneezed within a sixfeet radius, is theoretically at risk. Reporter personal space like that here in new york city is at a premium. Now, garbuz has been upgraded to stable condition. His family is under quarantine at home, and both schools where his children attend have been closed for the week. Norah. Rst step in apprbi of dollars to fight theru and tonight, the Vice President made an important announcement about who will pay for coronavirus testing. Theres a lot happening in washington, and paula reid reports tonight from the white house. Reporter discussion of the coronavirus consumed the administration wednesday amid mounting criticism of their response. Cernline infeweand fewer travelers, the president joked about tips to stay healthy. And i havent touched my face in weeks. laughter weeks. I miss it. Reporter but top Health Officials briefing lawmakers revealed just how deadly this outbreak could be. The mortality of this is multiple times what seasonal flu is. Reporter Vice President mike pence said the greatest concern is access to tests for the virus, which he said would be expanded after initially restricting widespread ening. We have more than 2,500 kits that are being distributed around the country this week that will make more than 1. 5 ll hospitals that have requested them. Reporter but doctors, hospitals, and some public up yet to do the test. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar has defended the relatively low number of tests available, but cbs news has learned the secretary is coming under scrutiny inside the white house as it becomes clear the c. D. C. Was not fully prepared to respond to the outbreak. Tonight, the Vice President said that the coronavirus test will be covered by private insurance, medicare, medicaid, and even for those that dont have insurance. He also announced that on saturday he will head to florida where he will meet with representatives of the cruise industry which, of course, has been hit especially hard. Norah. Odonnell all right, paula, thank you. Tonight, three tornado victims at lea5 voeee beenelping i the search, while those who lost everything are telling harrowing stories of survival. David begnaud reports from cooknehbors. Noin t thind, she showed us the carpet, the only floor item remaining in what used to be their home. And this was a closet. Its a lot to process. Reporter of the 25 People Killed in tennessee, 19 were right here in putnam county. Six neighbors on this block alone. Twoyearold sawyer, his mother, erin, and father, josh, are among dead. Help arrived today, hundreds of volunteers were picking up the pieces. Faith johnson told us she gripped her two children as the tornado sucked them out of their home at 2 15 in the morning. So what do you remember . I remember getting the warning, and scooping both of our children up out of bed, wrapping them in a blanket, going to the bathtub, and i had my son in my left arm and my little girl in my right arm. Reporter faith and the kids landed 15 yards away from the house on a board of nails impaled in her back. She said she was holding the kids so tightly that the doctors told her she actually bruised the ribs of her 18monthold son uriah. This picture of her daughter was found eight miles down the road. This is where faiths home used to be. The tornado literally uprooted the foundation. When faith and her got home for the first time, they saw d. O. A. Written in red paint. That means dead on arrivthere w. Will faiths neighbors thought it was her and her husband. It turns out two of the neighbors were found dead in this very spot. And, norah, in their front yard was the body of a young boy. Odonnell its so difficult to hear all of those details, david. Thank you. Forecasters say more tornadoes could pop up tonight as powerful storms sweep along the gulf coast from louisiana to the florida panhandle. Theres also a threat of flash floods. Parts of mississippi and alabama were hammered today by heavy rain, hail, and powerful gusts. In madison county, mississippi schools were closed for the day. We turn now to campaign 2020. What a difference a week makes for joe biden. Super tuesday voters gave bidens wins in 10 states. Bernie sanders took three, with california leaning his way. And as of now, biden is leading in the delegate race, and it all ads up to a big boost for a candidacy that was on the ropes as recently as last friday. Ed okeefe reports. cheers reporter former vice pital a frontrunner. Those of you who have been knocked down, those of you who have been counted out, this is your campaign. Reporter at home o candidates who represent ent different w of the party. What this campaign, i think, is increasingly about is which side are you on. Reporter sanders, a self described democratic socialist, backs a governmentrun health care system, while the moderate biden supports bolstering the Affordable Care act. Sanders has criticized bidens support of the iraq war. Biden has criticized sanders past support for gun manufacturers. Until now, biden has been vastly outspent by his rivals but he may be about to get a big boost from new york city michael bloomberg, who dropped out this morning and endorsed biden. Eshaso toucountry. Ayhe will cone to invest in defeating President Trump. Today, i am cleareyed about our overriding objective, and that is victory in november. Reporter bloombergs poor showing last night came despite spending more than 500 million on ads thats 18 million per delegate he earned, according to a cbs news estimate. Were also waiting to hear from massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. Aides say shes talking to her team to assess the path forward after she came up short, including placing third in her home odonnell really interesting, ed. Lets bring in major garrett, our chief washington correspondent. Lets go inside the numbers. How did biden pull off this surprising victory . Rarely has exit poll data told the story as quinn explg clear. The story sayveh joe biden. Heres what joe biden did against the entire democratic field last night won 56 of the black vote. 49 of late deciders. Those deciding in the last couple, three days. Won 46 of selfdescribed moderates, and 42 of voters older than 45. Norah, thats how win primaries and take the delegate lead. Odonnell biden had the Odonnell Biden had the momentum. Ed, whats the path forward . What states are still ahead . The next big test i in michigan where 125 delegates are up for grabs. The wolverine state, one of those the democrats lost four years ago, biden is expected to talk about how he could win it back. Sanders likely to raise concerns about trade policies that affect states manufacturing workers. He won four years ago and called it today essential to his bid. Odonnell what about President Trump . President trump mocked elizabeth warrens poor muporty sayingocked michael its happeni to be sanders again. The democrats are trying to take it away from him, trying to sow divisions among the democratic party. That is essential strategy for President Trump and others in the party. Odonnell the other news today i think was about th picture that we saw last night, those protesters storming the stage where joe biden was, jill biden essentially pushing back a. Rotester. Both of the will there be secret Service Protection for the candidates . Well see. Both of them employ private body guards right now. It would take senior lawmakers and the Homeland Security secretary to agree to do it. The drawback is, of course, if you have secret Service Protection, you are kept a little further away from the voters you need to meet. Odonnell it was extraordinary to see bidens campaign staffer, his press person, simone sanders. Jill biden might get a new code name forearm shiver. Odonnell abortion rights took center stage today at the Supreme Court as it heard a case that could have farreaching implications. This is the first major Abortion Case since the addition of two trumpappointed justices to the nations highest court. And with tensions so high today, jan crawford rep on what made chief Justice John Roberts issue a rare rebuke to the senates top democrat. My body, my choice ard with a lawsuit by this louisiana abortion clinic, could signal the future of abortion rights. Administrator, challenging a louisiana law that requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case something goes wrong during the procedure. Its totally possible that we would have to close. Reporter but abortion opponents say these laws are necessary to protect womens health. What other procedure do we know thats done at an out patient facility that doesnt have admitting privileges . Reporter liberal justice say abortion is ent because its generally safe. Than anthony kennedy, the court struck down an almostidentical texas law. But in 2018, Justice Brett kavanaugh replaced kennedy, joining on the court President Trumps other nominee, neil gorsuch. On the steps of the courts today senator Chuck Schumer leveled a warning to them both. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price reporter that prompted a rare rebuke from chief Justice John Roberts who called the comments, threatening, inappropriate, and dangerous. Now, this is not the chief justices first rebuke. After President Trump complained about a socalled obama judge who had ruled against him, roberts answered back then with a Strong Defense of an independent judiciary. Norah. Odonnell all right, jan, thank you. There is still much more news ahead here on tonights cbs evening news. Alex trebek marks a medical milestone, one year into his battle against one of the deadliest cancers. Listen to his message to his fans tonight. 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Critics say the virus may have lingered there for weeks while cdc rules denied test kits for the facility. Now new rules will allow any american with a doctors note to request a test. But is it too little to too late . Here is dr. Tara narula. There are only 15,000 kroeft test kits available. Because of that, its authorized commercial labs to do tests. They expect health labses to have enough test kits to test one Million People. The delay in cdc test kits isnt stopping some states from unveiling their own testing procedures. Public Health Experts say its all hands on deck. We cannot have a system which is centralized in a few es. Really, the front line battle of the response to the new coronavirus will be done in the Outpatient Clinics and the hospitals. Reporter private hospitals like nyu langone are also making plans. I think the cdc was undertesting. Reporter dr. Jennifer lighter manages Infection Control and says the centerstei a month. 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