Fertility treatments on hold. Rumen heartbroken as the coronavirus outbreak prevents them from getting needed treatment to start a family. What you need to know if youre trying to conceive. Mourning a legend. For someone to say hello odonnell he was called the mark twain of american songwriting. Tonight we remember folk legend john prine, who lost his life to covid19. Covid19. And education on parade with their classrooms closed, well introduce you to some creative teachers who found more than a passing way to stay connected with their students. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. We begin with breaking new we begin with breaking news tonight because the death toll from the pandemic continues to rise, even as there are signs that the spread of the virus is slowing. Are signs that the spread it is an especially cruel contradiction for those who have lost loved ones. In the epicenter of the crisis, in new york state, 779 people have died in the past 24 hours. N the job as an i. C. U. Nurse in new nursey. She says the work is as physical. As it is physical. We dont have ti we dont have time to drink. We dont want to take our masks off to drink because were afraid to. Reporter with hospital visitations limited, new york cardiologist Evelina Grayver is also acting as an emotional lifeline for families, here helping her 84yearold patient facetime his daughter for the First Time Since he was intubated. To tell them the fact that we no longer can provide. The Critical Care that your Family Member may need. Im not god. Im far from god. Im just very limited, limited in resources. Reporter and the longer term projected u. S. Death toll is now o0,000, down from 93,000 just a week ago, due in part to the success of social distancing. Today, new yorks governor directed flags to be flown at halfstaff in honor of those who died, including wendy hu, a Real Estate Agent from brooklyn, described by friends as brilliant, witty, and caring. Among the victims in new orleans were four members of the franklin family. 86yearold antoinette and her three sons, herman, timothy, anthony, died within days of each other. Well, new orleans is just one of the concerning hot spots nationwide. This evening were also hearing alout one of the largest clusters of cases in the country at one of the largest prisons in the country. Cook county jail in chicago where more than 300 inmates and staff have tested positive. Norah. Odonnell all right, mola, thank you. Tomorrow, we will get a better idea of just how Many Americans lost their jobs because of this pandemic. And if being laid off isnt enough to deal with, many of those people are facing hurdles to even apply for unemployment benefits. Manuel bojorquez is in miami tonight with that story. Manuel. Reporter well, norah, a National Real estate Group Estimates nearly a third of americans did not pay any of their april rent during the e month, anof the month, an indication that as people wait for those federal stimulus checks, state unemployment payments are also badly needed. Theres more order today, but the desperation is the same as it was yesterday in the miami suburb of hialeah, where people clamored for paper applications after the states unemployment website crashed. More distribution points opened up this morning for people like david guerrero, who used to work at a restaurant. The system crashed, and now we have papers to fill out. You know, if it goes on any longer, i mean, people are stressing on money. You know, bills are piling up, but this is a start. Reporter more than half a million floridians applied for unemployment in march. Thats more than applied all of last year. I dont have money. I need money. Reporter critics warn the states unemployment system was inadequate even before the. Andemic. Florida governor ron disantis says staff has been added and fixes made, but blames an Unprecedented Demand for the backlog. I want the people that are applying to get their benefits as soon as possible, because these federal benefits, theyre not going to be here tomorrow. Reporter beyond the need for unemployment checks, people are stressing the system. These food lines in texas resemble the many that have grown across the country this week, like this one in hollywood, florida. Florida has one of the lowest weekly unemployment payments in the country, and they only last up to 12 weeks. Most states offer more than double that. Norah. Odonnell all right, manny, thank you. Manny, thank you. We want it t we want it turn now to the 2020 campaign because joe biden is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party after Bernie Sanders ended his president ial campaign today. The onetime frontrunner told ppdn anhis t terfere as the nation fights the pandemic. Ed okeefe reports tonight from here in washington. Ed. Reporter norah, good evening. This chaotic Democratic Campaign began with senator sanders on top. He even plowed ahead after a heart attack last fall. But he conceded today the coronavirus pandemic is one of the reasons hes getting out, and he was forced to make his remarks from home in vermont alone with no supporters by his side. Senator Bernie Sanders admitted today that his path to victory is virtually impossible. If i believed we had a feasible path to the nomination, i would certainly continue the campaign. But its just not there. Reporter sanders trails joe biden by more than 300 delegates, but he said hes keeping his name on the ballot in states that have yet to hold primaries, hoping to force democrats to adopt some of his more liberal views. That could complicate things for biden who today thanked sanders and reached out to his supporters. Opyou ll jus said l leu sanders had seemed unstoppable, easily winning early contests. We won the New Hampshire primary. H cheers we won the nevada caucus. cheers reporter but just before peper tuesday, several candidates dropped out and endorsed biden, catching sanders off guard. Biden has never looked back as the pandemics freeze on the campaign stopped any chances of a bernie rebound. Recent polls give biden a slight edge over President Trump nationwide and in key swing states. Just minutes after sanders announcement, the Trump Campaign released this ad. Theyre more alike than you think. Reporter . Trying to tie biden more closely to sanders. Cbs news has learned the biden and sanders campaigns have been working together for weeks to figure which of the senators policy proposals the former Vice President might be able to adopt to further unify the party. A senior biden adviser tells us we can expect more on that in the near future. Norah. Odonnell ed, thank you. Moments ago, President Trump sid the c. D. C. Is set to announce new steps to make it easier for some people who have been exposed to coronavirus to return to work. The move comes as the president says the economy will reopen sooner than people think. Weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. Weijia. Reporter norah, President Trump said the c. D. C. Is working on the finishing touches of new recommendations that will be the first step to reopening the country, something he is eager to do. But tonight, the president also said we have to be on the down side of the slope of cases before that can happen. Che c. D. C. s new guidelines are aimed at getting Critical Infrastructure workers back on the job. Were getting much closer to getting our country back to the way it was. Reporter even after potential exposure to covid19, people will be able to go back to work, as long as they dont have any symptoms and continue to check their temperatures, urar masks, and practice social distancing. Before they were advised to selfquarantine for 14 days. Cbs news has learned the new recommendations apply to several groups, including first responders, food workers, critical manufacturing, and transportation employees. The new recommendations are being drafted as members of the Coronavirus Task force urge caution against relaxing rules for the general public. You can start to see it make a difference, but we have to do even more right now because that will predict where we are two or three weeks from now. Eporter today, the President Trump tweeted the country would open up sooner rather than later and our economy will boom, perhaps like never before. Echoing what he has said in recent days. We have to open our country up. We have to get going. We have to open our country up. No country was designed for this where you close it. Reporter mr. Trump often talks about reopening the economy as if theres an on off switch, but it will be up to the states and local governments to make those decisions. Tonight, even though Health Officials say there is promise in the new numbers that show eocial distancing is work, they warn that the next few weeks are critical, and everyone must continue their efforts to mitigate. Norah. Odonnell critical, indeed, weijia, thank you. And across the country tonight, were seeing an alarming rise in coronavirus cases at Nursing Homes. More than half the Nursing Homes in new jersey have at least one case. Three patients have died at a nursing home in missouri. And at a home near richmond, virginia, 33 have died. Jonathan vigliotti now on the emergency evacuation today of a nursing home in Southern California. Reporter this is the system at a breaking point. More than 80 nursing home residents evacuated inrom rse, California Community after 39 cases of coronavirus, and after nurses, presumably fearing for their own safety, refused to show up. I think their fear might have led them to make a decision that might not have been the right decision for their patients. Reporter the pictures are all too familiar in washington state, new jersey, maryland, and a growing number in california. People are terrified. People just dont know what to oo. Its very distressing to Family Members. Members. Ter its a dilemma reporter its a dilemma facing wen facing wendy ezis, whose 90 yearold mother is in a Southern California nursing home. Im nervous for her getting ill, and im nervous in the fact that how am i supposed to help her . What is the best thing for me to do . Reporter she called her mom and allowed to us listen in. I think im as safe here as i can be anywhere. Reporter now, l. A. County is telling families to consider moving their relatives out. And thats much easier said than done. But most people cant. Thats why somebodys in the Skilled Nursing care in the first place. Reporter but now, its getting harder to find those willing to staff these centers. This from a volunteer nurse i understand both sides. Somebody needs to take care of the people, but at the same time you do have to go home to your Family Members. Reporter this is a tragedy all around. Patients cant see their families. The staff here says without protective gear, theyre getting sick. Now this evacuation. One by one, these patients are being taken to other Nursing Homes, and a process that could last the entire night. Norah. Odonnell oh, my goodness. Jonathan, thank you. The pandemic is also forcing many couples to put their dreams of having a baby on hold. New guidelines are urging some women undergoing fertility treatments to wait to prevent possible exposure to the virus. As Nikki Battiste reports, many hopeful moms are now worried that theyre running out of time to have a child. Reporter Adriana Kaiser deanna and her husband have long hoped for a sibling for their daughter, but after six miscarriages and eight years of fertility treatments, she now final two embryos, a procedure that had been planned for this week. Im numb at this point. Its the norm with i. V. F. That theres ups and downs, but you never get used to the phone call that says, you cant move further. You cant move on. Reporter at age 44 she says time is everything. Im very nervous because what if this takes another year . Reporter now the American Society for reproductive medicine advises fertility patients to suspend new treatments and consider canceling all embryo transfers. There are exceptions for urgent cases, like cancer patients. I dont know what that time frame is going to look like in terms of when we can initiate ikee. In terms of when we can data on how a fetus conceived by a mother with covid19 may be affected. Infertility in general is hard. Affected. Infertility in general it im feeling out of control. Its hard, but it doesnt make things. Reporter adriana said her husband just lost his job and the couple is in debt after spending 80,000 trying to have a second child. How hopeful are you that you will become pregnant . Miracle. Ping for a miracle. Because because i dont know if i can handle another failure. Reporter nikki babattiste, cbs news, new york. Odonnell were hoping with her. There is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Teachers pass the test of social distancing and bring a smile to their students faces. But up next, the coronavirus takes the life of folk legend john prine, whose biggest fans included the biggest names in music. Sweet songs never last last which includes preservision. Because he said a multi vitamin alone may not be enough. 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No word on a cf tripp made secret audio tapes that captured Monica Lewinsky admitting to an affair with bill clinton. Linda tripp was 70 years old. The coronavirus silenced a folk legend. Make me an angel that flies from montgomery reporter john prine died overnight after he beat cancer s ice and was enjoying a late career encore. When i get to heaven, im going to shake gods hand. Odonnell prine grew up in illinois and was a soldier and a mailman before his first album launched him into the songwriting stratosphere. Bruce springsteen called prine a True National treasure and sonsongwriter for the ages. Prine called his beloved tunes, like hello in there and sam stone, his faithful companions. His poems, sung in a creaky paice were honest, intimate, and funny, and, boy, did they touch a lot of hearts. John prine was 73 years wise and were going to miss him. Coming up next, time for a parade. Schools may be closed, but the Teachers Want to show they still care about their students. 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From wisconsin to texas, the special bond between teacher and pupil is on full display, and passing the test of social distancing. They were all holding little banners and screaming our names wo just, like, wow like, they miss us as much as we miss them. And it was just really nice to see. I know it means something to them. Reporter what does it mean to you . Everything. Reporter proving a class act can bring hope to us all. Jamie yuccas, cbs news, fontana, california. Hi odonnell as they say, socially distant but not spiritually apart. Well be right back. Right back. Daddy, is that where were from . Well, actually. Were from a lot of places. You see were from here and there and here. Your familys story is waiting to be shared. At ancestry. Com your familys story is waiting to be shared. I am totally blind. And non24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. burke atthat can happen to your wehome. 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