To more than 12,000, and confirmed cases here in the u. S. Are now approaching 400,000, although new york says it is utarting 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 hosevelt, who had sounded the alarm about the coronavirus. There is a lot of news to get to tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. We begin again tonight with mola lenghi, who leads us off in new york city. Mola . Reporter well, norah, as you mention, there are both hopeful and troublesome signs, especially here in new york city. These field hospitals, like the medical ship comfort here, are playing a Critical Role in the response. There are currently three field hospitals throughout the city, with at least three more on the way, and while it wasnt in the initial plans, they are all now treating coronavirus patients. A grim day in new york, as it woke up to its single deadliest day so far. The battle rages on to protect those living with the virus. The u. S. Navy ship comfort, now approved to treat 500 covid19 patients, is a lifeline for overwhelmed hospitals. Last night, a crew member tested positive and is now in isolation. Theres no impact to our operations, and no impact clearly to the patients. In fact, that was a crew member not related to the medical treatment but actually one of the ships crew, but no impact to operations. Reporter new York Hospitals are trying to hold on. When i left my house today, i sort of had mixed feelings. On one hand, i left my kids at home so that i could go and fight this war along with my colleagues. Reporter mount sinai Critical Care physician sanam ahmed shared an inside look during her 12hour shift. Were taking care of critically ill patients, but its a bunchtend were having a pretty decent night considering how busy its been. Reporter Governor Cuomo said the rate of hospitalizations is continuing to slow, projecting that new york may be leveling off. Still, he couldnt ignore the magnitude of the death toll today. Behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, is a father, is a sister, is a brother. Reporter today, new jersey also hit a oneday high at least 232 new deaths. A dozen indoor courts at the u. S. Open Tennis Center in queens will soon serve double duty as a 350bed field hospital. New projections show four states are now expected to hit their peaks earlier than expected. The elderly are being hit especially hard. A pennsylvania nursing home is now operating under the presumption that all of its 800 patients and Staff Members are positive. At the staterun holyoke 18 military heroes tested positive for the virus and died. Some of the veterans had passed away without their loved ones even knowing for a couple days that they had passed. Reporter it was a solemn scene at Arlington National cemetery as soldiers Wearing Masks conducted a funeral service, livestreamed for family members unable to attend. Of course, people with underlying conditions are the most vulnerable to coronavirus, here in th those with hypertension. That appears to be the most common one seen in deaths. As we noted, new cases do appear to be leveling off here in the city, but its still unclear, too early to tell whether that is a temporary or a lasting trend, norah. Odonnell all right, mola, thank you. I feel like were seeing things every night weve never seen before. Thnight, the coronavirus is exploding across the south. In a dozen southern states, there have been nearly 65,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,700 deaths. The death rate from the virus in louisiana is the second highest in the u. S. Janet shamlian reports tonight from the texaslouisiana border. To say that im both overcome by sadness about this and incredibly furious is an understatement. Reporter coronavirus is spreading quickly across louisiana, the death toll doubling there in just a week. Governor John Bel Edwards today reported 70 new deaths, and says public he theyre still bracing for the worst. This is truly a statewide Public Health emergency. Reporter in louisiana, an alarming disparity. More than 70 of the coronavirus deaths are african americans, who are just 32 of the population. If you have a disease that is going to kill more people with hypertension, diabetes and heart disease, and you have a Health Disparity like this, its not shocking. Reporter louisiana has one of the highest rates of people with preexisting conditions. As coronavirus rages through e uth, its hitting a vulnerable population especially hard the poor, with little access to healthcare, and blue collar workers, who dont have the option o work from home. Beyond louisiana, cases are spiking across the south, including in florida, where hundreds not practicing social distancing lined up for unemployment forms, unable to file online. The virus changing our very way of life. Louisianas transportation secretary, who recently acovered. Our culture is so unique and so special. An like to be very close. We believe in hugging and hand shaking and embracing each other. And you cant do that in this day and age. Last effortsstop the spread is here at the texas Louisiana State line. Cars are being diverted off of busy interstate 10. They line up here, and once they reach the front, state troopers from texas are asking them where they plan to quarantine for the next 14 days. Unless they have an exemption for business or emergency services, that is the mandate of the texas governor. Norah . Odonnell never seen those traffic stops before. Janet, thank you. Now to a story weve been ation aboard theday one, the situation aboard the u. S. S. Theodore roosevelt. The acting secretary of the navy resigned amid controversy, and tonight the president is weighing in. This comes as the pentagon says 230 sailors from that ship have tested positive for coronavirus with results from roughly half iang is at the whiteng. House tonight. Weijia . Reporter norah, thomas modly was just five months into the job when the coronavirus found its way onto the roosevelt. President trump supported his decision to fire the captain over the handling of the virus, and tonight said, even though modlys rant about it was a mistake, he didnt have to resign. Thomas modlys fullthroated apology for making alarming remarks about u. S. S. Roosevelt captain Brett Crozier was not enough to save his job. Modly was heckled by the ships crew as he told them he fired the popular crozier for writing a letter about the coronavirus spreading on board. He was, a, too naive or too stupid to be the Commanding Officer of a ship like this. What the bleep . Reporter cbs news has learned President Trumps trade adviser, peter navarro, circulated dire memos within the white house in late january and february, warning of fullblown pandemic could claim up to two tllion american lives. At the time, the president was downplaying the virus, but today insisted he took it seriously. It was a recommendation. It was a feeling that he had. Opleink he told certain people in this staff. But it didnt matter. I didnt see it, but i did, i closed it down. Rapeporter the president shook up his Communications Team today, replacing press secretary Stephanie Grisham with Campaign Spokeswoman kayleigh mcenany, who plans to set up a Rapid Response team to better defend the president. Meanwhile, mr. Trump is personally lashing out at the independent watchdogs in the administration, today removing a veteran Inspector General who was tapped to oversee the 2 trillion economic package. Did i hear the word Inspector General, really . Its wrong. Reporter and President Trump tore into the h. H. S. Inspector general, whose office found u. S. Hospitals are sorely lacking ort another faaff, calling the report another fake dossier. President trump has said he will be the oversight for that massive Financial Aid package, and today he asked congress to commit to another 250 billion to help out small businesses. But democrats are demanding to pass a fourth Economic Relief bill on top of that. Norah . Odonnell weijia, thank you. Tonight, we continue to focus on nhe science of coronavirus. With no proven treatment or vaccine, the Scientific Community has turned to a promising nearterm solution, use of antibody drugs. There are several companies that are developing this kind of approach. Regeneron is one of them. Joining us now is the biotech companys president and chief scientific officer, dr. George yancoupolos. Doctor, thank you so much for joining us. Explain how an antibody drug works. There are natural signals in the body that drive beneficial immune and inflammatory responses. At responses can become excessive, and they can create more damage than good. And the hope is, by using this antibody that specifically blocks this one inflammatory hats seen inan actually benefit the inflammation thats seen in lungs thats causing people to have the difficulties breathing and eventually succumbing to this tragic disease. Odonnell kevzara, which treats rheumatoid arthritis, how could it help with covid19 . Some clever scientists in china decided to try it, and they reported that yes, it might be benefiting the inflammation in lungs you get in this disease and patients might be getting better. See wstudies were uncontrolled, anecdotal studies. We initiated a controlled study to see whether or not this can really make a difference for this cocktail. How would that wor odonnell lets turn now to the other Coronavirus Program and drug that youre working on, this cocktail. How would that work . When you give a vaccine, you are given something that induces what is known as an immune response. Unfortunately it takes time to perfect the way to get the body to do it itself. Luckily, we and others have technologies that allow us to make these exact same antibodies outside of the body, and then m back them and give them back the peo to people, and its as if these people have been vaccinated. Odonnell when could this aberapeutic drug be available . Well, the first potential treatment, we should be able to know, as a Scientific Community, within the next few weeks to a month or two, whether they are controlleding in a controlled fashion. Odonnell well, what about the antibody cocktail, that could be a prevaccine . By june we could be testing it. And once again, within a month or two, we might know at least for certain patients if its safe and effective. So by the end of the summer, we could be treating hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people. Odonnell dr. George yancopoulos, thank you very much. And with all that is happening around the world, you would be forgiven if you have forgotten that 2020 is an election year, oters fae is still not a winner in the democratic nomination for president. Although we saw democracy in action today in the wisconsin primary, did voters face a choice between civic duty and their health . Ed okeefe has that story tonight. Reporter it was a lesson in voting amid a virus. Long lines and 2. 5hour waits in eome places; voters and poll workers Wearing Masks and protective gear, with plexiglass between them. I dont think people should be voting today. People are dying. Reporter so many poll workers refused to work that about 2,500 members of the National Guard deployed to staff polling sites. Just five of milwaukees 180 voting locations were open. I have to come down here today and risk my life. Reporter 11 other states and led their primaries andy the fight in wisconsin wil rescheduled their primaries, and the fight in wisconsin will likely be determined in other swing states. Democrats want to expand early and absentee voting. Have all the experts laying out what it would take to have voting by mail. I would much prefer to have, you know, inperson voting. Reporter but most republicans dont like it. No. It shouldnt be mailed in. You should vote at the booth, and you should have voter i. D. Reporter final results wont be announced until monday to allow those absentee ballots to trickle in. Biden is expected to win the primary by a wide margin, likely intensifying the calls for senator Bernie Sanders to drop out of the president ial race, but so far, he hasnt announced that he plans to do so. Norah. Odonnell 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 whats 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 tonights cbs evening news. Need a lift today . Well, social distancing rules forced a woman to go to great heights to celebrate her friends birthday. And well tell you how others are sharing this view. Later, any night can be opening night. Since you cant 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. Its occasional constipation. Maybe its not. It could be a chronic medical condition called ibsc, and time to say yesss to linzess. Linzess works differently than laxatives. It helps relieve belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. 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They had balloons and cake, and maintained social distancing through the window. Im so grateful and happy to be here, and at least to have been able to see her on her day. She said, i love you. She was happy to hear that we sang happy birthday. She looks great. Odonnell other families are inw using the lift to visit their loved ones. So, happy birthday, margie, and way to rise to the occasion, lucy. Coming up next, a plot twist. How to enjoy a night at the theater during a pandemic. If you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, now might not be the best time to ask yourself, are my bones strong . s itsos full of make or baken your risk of fracture with prolia®. Only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. Do not take prolia® if you have low blood calcium, are pregnant, are allergic to it, or take xgeva. 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Reporter thats the artistic director, jeremy wechsler, taking me on a virtual trip to the stage where weeks ago, the performance, a modern adaptation of richard iii was taped in front of a live audience. Talk less, shower more. Reporter it was just before cicial distancing meant about 200 theaters in the city were forced to close, but wechsler had an idea. We just couldnt bear the idea that none of this work was going to be seen. Im very busy preparing my body for what will obviously become my professional career. Reporter so they proved the taped performance online, the rest of its run extended now until may 3rd. I watched the play from my 28 i thought it was the i thought it was the coolest thing. Reporter chris jones, the chicago tribunes theater critic said the artists and stage hands will still get paid. Well all need them after we come out of this. Reporter afterward, several attendees miles from each other offered their takes on what they had just seen. 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Jericka duncan has one mans story. Reporter simply put, there is a backlog in some places, and the michigan man that we spoke to said that he waited longer than expected for his results and it was his family who happened to go online and sort of stumble upon those results. And its not just the sick people that this waiting game, if you will, is impacting. Hospital Officials Say that that is also costing them valuable resources. I think you want to know whats going on with your body. And then what you might be facing, you know, further ahead. Reporter mike hoffer says he was left waiting for answers 18 days after taking a covid19 test. Youre in this constant worry, is he going to wake up in the morning . Is he going to wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air . Reporter his wife lisa said the lack of information left friends and family wondering if they were exposed in the meantime. Not only can we not get answers, we cant give answers to our employers, to our friend, to our family people we have bes before. Reporter mikes test was administered by his local urgent care. Even National Groups like lab core are reporting turn around times of 4 to 5 days. And Quest Diagnostics tells cbs this morning it is still working to clear 80,000 tests from its backlog. Thats down from 160,000 tests nearly two weeks ago. Should the private laboratories be doing more . I think Everybody Needs to be doing more, and private labs are a part of the solution. My sense is that they are working as hard as they can. Reporter dr. Jah is the director of the Harvard Global health institute. Without testing, you dont know how much disease there is. You cant isolate people who are infected. You cant make treatment plans for people who are infected. Reporter hospital Officials Say testing also helps them manage resources, like bed availability and personal protective equipment or ppe. 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