Each other. States one against another, federal government competing against states. Reporter President Trump has insisted he is sending states what they need. Since last sunday, cargo planes have delivered almost listen to this 300 million gloves. Almost 8 million masks. And 3 million gowns. Reporter a department of home land security official told cbs news the Strategic National stockpile of protective gear is almost depleted. Last week, President Trump invoked the defense production act, ordering private companies to help manufacture ventilators and n95 face masks. But it could still be weeks before hospitals get the ppe. And donations arent always enough. The nation isnt ready to provide medical care in large catastrophes or big epidemics of contagious disease. Reporter experts have said for years if a Global Pandemic were to hit, the u. S. May not have enough ppe. Public health is about over planning. Reporter beth cameron ran the White House Pandemic Response Office under the obama and trump administrations. It was dissolved by the white house in 2018 and she believes that move left the country less prepared. Im really worried about the competition between states. Its the thing that keeps me up at night right now. I think when the absence of a unified federal plan, states dont have any choice but to be prepared for their constituents. Reporter in your opinion, what entity is best prepared to do that unified plan . Id like to see a logistic czar at this point to be honest with you in my opinion. I think that logistic czar could come from the military or it could be a former military commander. We are going to need a plan for moving and sharing medical equipment across the United States. And i hope that we dont need to use that plan, but i think if we have that plan, were not going to regret it. Reporter for those on the front lines, its a matter of life or death. If we did have enough ppe, we wouldnt be forced to use the n95s over and over again. We cant do our jobs effectively if we arent safe. If were not safe, you arent safe. If you dont have health care workers, you cannot save lives. Youve heard that they had to reuse the n95 mask because theyre such precious commodities. Thats led medical centers to oweighs to repurpose them, of sanitizing them. Like so many other things in this outbreak, were trying to figure it out on the fly as we go. That was jon lapook reporting from home. Medical workers arent the only ones on the front lines of this pandemic. Everyone from u. P. S. Drivers to Grocery Store workers are at risk, and many are now infected. At least five workers at super market or Big Box Stores have died from covid19. That includes two at the same chicago area walmart. Walmart says that it is, quote, heart broken about the deaths, but the family of one deceased worker is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. Adriana diaz spoke to the sister of his coworker who also died. Everybody at walmart loved him. And he loved them. Reporter when angela called to check on her brother Phillip Thomas at the hospital, a nurse came to the phone instead. She said, well, we did everything we could. I said, wait a minute, are you telling me my brother passed away . Reporter 48yearold thomas who worked for walmart for nine years, died two days after calling an ambulance for himself after struggling to stand up. Do you know if your brother was wearing a mask and gloves at work . I dont think they were wearing none of them were Wearing Masks and gloves. Reporter for employees trying to keep up with customer demands, theres no break. What do we want . Ppe. When do we want them . Now. Reporter tuesday they demanded masks, gloves, paid sick leave and hazard pay. Some have installed plex i glass including walmart. They are limiting customers in stores providing eloyeesho want them and taking their temperatures upon arrival. These measures should have been taken from day one. Reporter that wis not stopg tony from suing on behalf of rondo evans who worked at the same store as thomas and died from the virus the same week. The wrongful death says the store failed to inform employees others had symptoms of the virus. I am concerned because im a walmart consumer. I love walmart. So to think that i have to risk my life when i walk through the door, its scary. Reporter walmart responded to the wrongful death suits saying its taking the issue seriously and will respond in court once it receives a complaint. It is not known if the employees contracted the virus while working here at this store. But, of course, any essential employees faced increased exposure just by leaving their homes and being around others. That was adriana diaz reporting from Evergreen Park outse chi. 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Im talking about Jigsaw Puzzles and this isnt the first time that puzzles have been in short supply. Will rocca with this overnight news history lesson. Reporter last year when i purchased this 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle of 1933 diego vera mural, i didnt expect to get to it till i was, i dont know, 80. Well, things have changed. Im not the only one. All across the country, people are pulling out their puzzles to pass the time. In fact, the very first jigsaw puzzle is said to have been made by a london map maker in the 1760s. His name was john spillsbury. Reporter ann williams is a jigsaw puzzle historian. He pasted a map onto a thin piece of wood, and he used a scroll saw to cut it up. England would be one piece. Germany would be another piece. He marketed these to the very affluent and influential people. As a tool to teach their children geography. Reporter ann, ive got to say a jigsaw puzzle is a great way to learn geography. Oh, absolutely. I think just about everybody spent some time in their childhood putting a map of the United States together. Reporter soon puzzles expanded their reach beyond learning. So nursery rhyme, fairytale subjects, ships and trains. Reporter early in the 20th century, Gaming CompanyParker Brothers came up with the idea of inter locking pieces. Each one cut by hand, mostly, says williams, by women. Parker brothers claimed that it hired women because they how to sew. A treddle looked like a sewing machine. They didnt mention they could pay women less. Reporter it was during the depression Jigsaw Puzzles exploded a. He it used to be cross word puzzles and back g gammon. Now its puzzles. They were absorbing 10 million puzzles every week. Reporter puzzles were entertainment and employment. There were so many people out of work, you could buy a scroll saw, a jigsaw for 20. They set up the saw in their kitchen or their basement, started making Jigsaw Puzzles and selling them to their neighbors. Or renting them out through the local drugstore. Reporter rose and Mark Stephens of peace time puzzles of north wood, new hampshire, have been making and selling puzzles for 25 years. We go through spells. Sometimes its butterflies. Foret enough puzzles of frogs. Reporter really . Lighthouses, people collect lighthouses. That was a big thing for a couple of years. Reporter what are some of the recent crazes . Dogs. Birds. Winter owls. Reporter but the bulk of their business comes from personalized puzzles. You upload the picture of your dog to the website. Rose gets it, blows it up and prints it out on the large format printers and i mount it on cardboard and die cut it, package it and ship it. Reporter theyve been privy to moments poignant and puzzling. We had a wedding picture. They wanted a person taken out of the picture. I thought that was cute. I didnt ask the story. I wanted to make up my own story on that one. Reporter and did you do it . We can be pretty creative. Reporter im not being cute here. It sounds like you guys are in an essential business. It is for us. Yes, you ask a person who runs out of puzzles, theyll tell you. They get concerned. They only have three puzzles yet. We get that all the time. They come in, they look di. Ats the matter . Im almost out of puzzles. Reporter as for me im not almost out of puzzles. I have a long way t o g when i get to heaven, im going to shake gods hand. Im going to thank him for more blessings than one man can stand. Thats singer song writer john prine. He died tuesday from complications of the coronavirus. He was 73 years old and a legend in the music industry. Rolling stone called prine thew. Anthony mason takes a look back at his life and career. Reporter john prine was a gifted story teller, whose songs were hailed by peers like bob dylan as midwestern mind trips to the enth degree. I get my mail in tennessee, my wife, my kids and me reporter his tunes have been sung by bette midler. Reporter johnny cash. Reporter and bonnie raitt. Reporter last year raitt sang that classic song with him at the americana annual honors. To believe in this ribbon is just a hard way to go reporter prine grew up outside of chicago. Reporter after a stint in the army, he became amas he del letters. He was just 23 when a glowing review from film critic roger ebert launched his career in 1970. From that day on, i didnt have an empty seat. Reporter prine survived cancer twice. When i interviewed the singer song writer in 2018 for cbs sunday morning, heed just released his first album of new songs in 13 years. Are you enjing this resurgence . It took some of them 45 years to get the joke. Some people are getting it now. Im still around to reap the benefits. Sometimes my old heart is like a washing machine reporter he celebrated the release with a soldout show at radio city music hall. God is my witness, im getting back into show business. Reporter we may have lost john prine to coronavirus, but this is the way i prer to remember him leaving us. Dancing a jig to one of his own songs like marie in 2018. Prine is survived by his wife fiona and their three children. That is the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back later for cbs this morning or follow us online any time at cbsnews. Com. Reportin from the cbs news studios in washington, d. C. , im je captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell breaking news tonight deadliest day on record. The death toll is staggering, more than 2,000 killed in one day. Confirmed cases in new york state alone eclipse every country on earth. Tonight, the small ray of hope a new model shows u. S. Deaths may be far less than previously projected. But theres this warning its not a time to get complacent. Its not a time to do anything different than we have been doing. 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