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Equipment. How reliance on china could be making it even more challenging. And songs for the soul. A stunning performance by Andrea Bocelli as millions spend easter separated from family. Well talk to him only on cbs this morning. It was so good. First, heres todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Oh, man, look at this. Its a mile wide. A series of tornadoes tore a path of destruction from louisiana to alabama. I heard this really loud bang. I was like, okay, well, the window is gone. All 50 states under a federal disaster declaration. We are hoping at the end of the month we can look around and say is there any element here we can cautiously start pulling back on. A cautious reopening of the economy. Is new jersey ready for that . I fear that we could be throwing gasoline on the fire. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now out of the hospital after recovering from covid19. We will defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together. Easter sunday was celebrated in unique ways from a safe social distance. Churches were empty but faith was strong. All that the easter bunny not working from home this weekend. Call him an essential employee. Oh, no a really adorable moment when a Police Officer helps to reunite a team of duck chicks with their mother. And all that matters. Hey, all you cool cats and kittens. Tom hanks hosted snls first ever athome episode. Theres no such thing as saturdays anymore. Its just every day is today. On cbs this morning. Amazing grace this easter sunday, Andrea Bocelli gave a Solo Performance at the duomo in italy. I once was lost but now im found was blind but now i see announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Welcome to cbs this morning. I say this. Anthony and tony, good morning. A little Andrea Bocelli goes a long way. I got goose bumps walking from the kitchen to the living room. That was my weekend to hear anything he does. Beautiful. It was so nice. After watching everybody perform from home it was so nice to see somebody perform in a stunning backdrop. So beautiful, gayle. Yes, he always delivers. We begin with another week of staying home as you see and bringing you the news that you need. We hope, we really hope youre also staying home if youre able to. If you are one of those essential workers continuing to keep the country running, we thank you, thank you, thank you. The coronavirus death toll is still rising, as you know. Well get you up to date on that. First, anthony, theres another serious threat we need to focus on right now. Yeah, gayle. If the virus wasnt enough, theres some very dangerous weather that could affect more than 89 million americans today. One powerful storm pushing toward the east coast killed at least seven people in mississippi and one in arkansas on easter sunday. Possible tornadoes from that system caused heavy damage in the Tennessee Valley late last night. Our affiliate wgcl reports at least six more people were killed in georgia overnight. Mark strassmann reports on the destruction in the south. Reporter chattanooga is a scene of destruction. Lives tossed in the middle of the night. Compromising stayathome orders issued over the pandemic that grips the nation. Oh, man, look at this. It was a mile wide reporter mississippi was already in a state of emergency to fight the virus and declared another on sunday in the wake of devastating tornadoes there. In total, up to 46 tornadoes wewere reported across the sout sunday. One of them slammed the city of monroe, louisiana, damaging hundreds of buildings. I heard this really loud bang. I was like, okay, well, the window is gone, but i didnt expect this type of destruction. Reporter the widespread damage comes as several public shelters have closed nationwide to stop the spread of the virus. But its complicated. As officials still encourage people to seek refuge in shelters like this one, all while following social distance guidelines. In alabama, the governor urged shelters to stay open and even eased some of the States Coronavirus restrictions after a tornado reportedly injured at least three people on the Walker Jefferson county line. And in arkansas, storms brought some nasty storm cloud, strong winds and heavy rains. Just fell on this house. Reporter sending an uprooted tree through the roof of this home in hot springs and causing one fatality in jefferson county. For cbs this morning, im mark strassmann. Unfortunately, the Severe Weather threat is not over. Lonnie quinn, chief weathercaster at wcbs tv is tracking all the storms today. Lonnie, good morning. Who is in the crosshairs today . Okay, right now, tony, were talking about tornado watches anywhere from the panhandle of florida all up the eastern seaboard to portions of virginia. I wouldnt be surprised if that tornado watch pushed further north as the day went on. Whats the culprit here . Look at the lowlevel jet stream. The lowlevel jet stream, its flowing at around 120 Miles Per Hour and its important to talk about the lowlevel jet because thats air less than 10,000 feet from the surface. All it takes is a little piece to drop down. The worst of it around the carolinas. By the time you get to lunchtime, its into the chesapeake. 4 00, its into new york city. Were not talking sustained winds but gusts and even the possibility for more tornadic activity. Wind alerts. The red is most serious. Those are high Wind Warnings where its most likely to find the power outages. All the areas shaded in tan are still wind advisories. Nearly half of all americans are under some kind of a wind alert today. In the northeast we always fear that word a noreaster. This is not a noreaster. This is a southeaster. Its pushing it onshore around places like the south shore of long island where there could be coastal flooding as well. I do think there will be power outages. Turn your fridge and freezer down to the lowest setting in case you lose power. Lets go back to you, gayle. The last thing we need is bad weather but thanks for letting us know its coming. Its been another painful weekend in the coronavirus pandemic. The death toll is now more than 22,000 nationwide. Thats more than 4,000 have died since just friday. President trump has issued federal disaster declarations for all 50 states and thats a first in u. S. History. But seven states still do not have stayathome orders. In the meantime, dr. Anthony fauci, a reassuring voice for Many Americans during this crise, i may now be in trouble with the president for apparently disagreeing with him in public. David begnaud is near the naval ship comfort in new york, still the hardest hit city in america. David, what is happening there before we talk about dr. Fauci. If the trend continues, the death toll in new york state could surpass 10,000 today. 10,000 People Killed in just the last month due to the coronavirus. But there is some good news. The stayathome order appears to be working, and im talking dramatically. Theres a downward trend from hospitalizations, icu admissions and people needing to be placed on a ventilator. But there are still 18,000 people across the state of new york in the hospital this morning battling coronavirus. Totally crazy right now. Reporter there are now more than 100,000 reported covid cases in new york city. Theres also a serious shortage of swabs used to test for the coronavirus. Thats according to the citys Health Department which is now telling medical providers, only test hospitalized patients in order to preserve resources. Ever since coronavirus broke out four to six weeks ago, its been a struggle in terms of supply chain. Reporter Christopher Zavala is with northwell health. The Largest Health provider in new york state. We have enough supply to get us through the week. Reporter the rate of hospitalizations in new york seems to have stabilized when you look at the last five days. With roughly 18,000 Covid Patients statewide. Saturday, only 53 new Covid Patients were admitted to new york hospitals. We havent seen a decrease in the patients just yet. Weve had a pretty good uptick in the patients we received over the last couple of days or the past two days about 80, 85 patients per day. Lieutenant general Laura Richardson is talking about the Javits Center in manhattan which has been converted into a Field Hospital and is far busier now than it was last week. The increase in reported cases and deaths in the state of michigan was lower sunday after six Straight Days of more than 100 deaths per day. Cyndi engelhardt just returned to work as a nurse in detroit after she recovered from the coronavirus. I have a lot of survivor skills. Like, why wasnt i the nurse that was taken . Sandy brown lost her husband and son three days later and buried them in a service where the mourners had to stay there their cars as she stood alone at the grave. In new jersey, jared lovos died last friday. Jared was bigger than life. His girlfriend Jocelyn Jimenez said he had no underlying conditions and fought covid for 16 days. 10 of those on a ventilator. He was 27 years old. They kept saying hes strong. Hes young. This virus is very deceiving. Someone so healthy, someone so full of life, and then i got a call on friday saying that his heart stopped, and my heart literally stopped. Jocelyn says before they intubated jared, she was able to facetime him and they said i love you to each other before jared was placed on a ventilator. Jocelyn says jared was treated with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. His mother, father and stepfather all tested positive for the virus but all three of them are okay this morning. There is no wonder drug yet. David begnaud for us. Thank you very much. Lets talk about the governments top Infectious Disease expert. Hes facing blowback for appearing to contradict president trump. Over the weekend, dr. Anthony fauci suggested lives could have been saved if the president had acted sooner on warnings about the pandemic. Paula reid is at the white house for us, and shes been following this. Good morning. Could dr. Fauci lose his job over this . Good morning. Tony, the doctor is under fire from the president and his allies online after comments he made over the weekend suggesting the Trump Administration was slow to heed warnings about the coronavirus. This morning, the white house has declined to comment on our questions about whether the president has lost confidence in his top doctor. Now this all started over the weekend when the New York Times reported that the president was warned about a pandemic at the end of january. And top officials wanted to implement social distancing in february. Fauci seemed to corroborate these reports over the weekend when he confirmed that he believed that lives could have been saved if social distancing had been implemented in february. I mean, obviously, if we had, right from the very beginning, shut everything down it may have been a little bit different, but there was a lot of pushback about shutting things down back then. Reporter on twitter last night, the president pushed back against the New York Times report describing it as fake news and he retweeted a comment that included the hash tag firefauci. It included a reference to a press conference where the doctor claimed the u. S. Overall was at low risk, even though he said in the same press conference that the situation was changing. Now looking ahead to reopening the country, dr. Fauci said this wont be a one size fits all. Its not like just flipping a switch. He hopes that at the end of the month the white house can assess different parts of the country and look to see if there are areas where they can start to work with local leaders to reopen the economy. And as for those much anticipated stimulus checks, over the weekend, the irs says it has begun sending those to eligible americans who already have direct deposit set up with the government. Gayle . A lot of news there. Thank you very much, paula. In addition to the Economic Uncertainty caused by the coronavirus, a big part of the decision on when to reduce mitigation efforts has to do with knowing who is immune in the first place. Our dr. David agus joins us from los angeles with new information on that. Good morning to you david. Weve been hearing a lot about this Antibody Test. Its been getting a lot of news lately. So, first, tell us what kind of test is it, and what exactly will it show . So this is a blood test that shows if you have had in the past tense coronavirus. So about 50 of people, up to 50 who have coronavirus dont even know they have it. They have no symptoms. Its critical we get an accurate number of the people in the country who have actually been exposed to the virus and it will tell us if theyre immune, if they cant get it again and if they cant spread it to others. So if you have the antibodies, how long are you immune . Thats the milliondollar question. We dont know. This virus has only been studied since middecember. So we dont know whether its going to be a year, two years or five years. My gut is if you have enough antibodies in the test, you have at least a year of immunity. After that were just going to learn as we go. David, this virus does seem to be a moving target. I heard somebody give the analogy, its like learning to fly the plane while youre flying the plane. Is that a good analogy to describe what were dealing with here . Its an apt analogy for sure. Every virus when it comes as evolved and its a new entity. We dont know how it behaves. We dont know how to treat it or prevent it. We dont even know how infectious it is. Were learning that its more infectious than we thought. So were in a new area now that, you know, every time we see a patient, were learning something about the virus. My hope and prayers are were sharing all the data so we can all learn together. So the thing about the Antibody Test if you get it, you want to test positive because it shows youve had it. And if once it shows youve had it, what good what can we do with that information . How will this help lessen things up about when we can go back outside again . Its a critical test. Its a test where there are now many available, but most of them across the country that are available are not very good. So its critical that dont get one yet. The new ones that should work well, were told, will be out later this week. But it says whether you can no longer get the virus and you cant spread the virus. So this is going to be a certificate of immunity if you will, where you can go back to work without worrying. You can be exposed to somebody with the virus and not worry about catching it. You can care with somebody about the virus and not catch it yourself. Thats critically important when we do policy in the United States. Yeah, and this also sounds like a test everybody should get since you can have the virus and not have the symptoms, correct . Its not should get. Will get. We have to test the whole country in order to open the country. You have to know your status so you can know how to behave and you can know your own risk factors before we open up the country. All right. Thank you very much, dr. David agus. Thanks. Thanks, david. Tens of millions of americans celebrated easter, in spite of stayathome orders and directives. 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Gayle as the pandemic has grown, medical professionals have quickly experienced shortages of the critical supplies that they need. And theyre talking about it, too. One emergency room nurse said Jacobi Medical Center in the bronx in new york spoke to 60 minutes bill whitaker. The nurse said its unacceptable for the richest country in the world to run out of medical equipment. And i know its a pandemic, and we its just really hard for us to accept the fact that this is the best that we can do. I wouldnt wish this upon anybody. Were running out of supplies that its not justice the ppe and ventilators, were running out of iv pumps, stuff we never ran out of before. It is unacceptable. Yeah, doesnt make us sound like a global superpower. Its another country, china, that produces more ppe than anyone else in the world. And the Chinese Government now says it will impose tougher restrictions on ppe before its shipped out of the country. Other governments, private companies, and nonprofits plus profiteers are competing for the critical supplies. Chief correspondent jim axelrod shows how buyers in the United States are struggling to get what they need. We need the masks, the respirators, all the gowns, the gloves. Reporter aubrey layne is virginias finance secretary, responsible for purchasing his States Supply of ppe or personal protective equipment. Right now, were buying whatever we can get. Its not enough if the surge hits the way we anticipate it to in the next two to three weeks. Reporter where are you looking . The easy answer is were looking everywhere. Most of these are sourced overseas, particularly out of china. Reporter in dealing with china, its buyer beware. Great, great, totally new machine here reporter American Distributors tell us ppe factories are popping up overnight. Some faking u. S. Government approvals by using templates like this one. Weve got to make sure they are real and credible. Reporter vendors that once excelled churning out everything from cheap watches and childrens toys are now hawking highly coveted n95 masks. Weve had one case where we met with a reputable supplier, and yet when it got ready to ship the Chinese Government decided for better take possession of the goods because they wanted them to go somewhere else. Reporter despite shortages, the u. S. Has refuse today to order a National Procurement the United States isnt supposed to be buying vast amounts of items and shipping. Reporter layne says thats a problem. Theres no overall coordinated federal strategy for managing that. Weve been told pretty much its fend for yourselves. Reporter layne says hes bidding for chinese product against other states. Some of the suppliers know this. Call call us and say you got to make a decision pretty quickly or its going to someone else. Reporter suppliers are demanding payment up front. Dealing with taxpayer money, layne says he needs to make sure hes not being ripped off. Were not talking about a couple of hundred bucks were spending here, are we . No. Were talking in the millions of dollars typically for shipments. I give each buyer 15 minutes. Reporter chinas consultant represents three local manufacturers that he says sells medical supplies. Mostly to foreign governments. There is a massive world demands, and they are not going to wait for people to dither around. Reporter competing buyers, he says, are not holding back. As theyre going up to factories with truckloads of cash and taking the entire production. Reporter earlier this month a shipment of 80,000 masks arrived at this hospital in northern new jersey. The delivery didnt come courtesy of the state Health Department but from a nonprofit called helena. The group is buying up ppe at inflated costs and selling it back to hospitals at its normal price. Henry elkus is one of the founder. Sometimes within an hour the purchase would get sniped away by other parties. Maybe add a zero to the price and sell it to hospitals later or hold the product. Reporter how much price gouging is going on . We see masks that should be under 1 go for 5. It hurts. Its business and profit motive trumping real lives. Reporter he says hes one of many private donors filling the gap where governments have fallen shorts. There is not a project we should be doing. This should be something that is being taken care of by the government. Reporter virginias finance secretary aubrey layne agrees the feds need to step up because hes worried about who hes dealing with. You dont really know when the orders will be filled or if the orders will be filled. Hopefully its more a matter of when and not if. But even that a we wont know until the planes or cargo gets here. Reporter a u. S. Officials tells cbs news that while the federal government is not buying ppe directly from china, fema is helping private companies fly orders of masks and gloves and gowns from china to hot spots in the United States. Now, another source tells cbs news that most chinese factories that manufacture ppe will not be taking any new orders until may at the earliest. Tony . Of course the stakes couldnt be any higher. Thank you so much. Ahead, a doctors emotional story of how he battled and recovered from the coronavirus after spending days on a ventilator. And we know some of you have to go, but you can subscribe to cbs this morning news on the go on your favorite podcast platform. Youll hear the days top stories in less than 20 minutes. We call that a deal. And on tv, well be right back. How is tidy cats breeze changing the litter game . By providing outstanding odor control with simple cleanup. Number one goes to the bottom, and number two stays on top for easy scooping. 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Reporter the doctor had been treating patients only days before contracting the virus but is now at home resting, feeling fatigued and on oxygen support. Did they talk to you about any possible longterm damage to any of the other organ systems . I was grateful because Heart Disease once in my family. I have hypertension. Im saying i hope my arteries are good because this is really a stress test, you know. I realize that all the organs are tied in. Reporter covid19 is a virus that involves the respiratory tract that can damage the lungs and require mechanical ventilation. But experts believe the impact of the virus isnt limited to just the lungs. This is a condition that attacks the entire body, that can attack the heart, kidneys, and the liver. It can tax the coagulation system, the neurologic system. Reporter professor of medicine at Yale University just because somebody has survived the acute episode, weve been extubated, gone home from the icu, doesnt mean theyre out of the woods . Cognitively, physically, Mental Health can be affected. Theres all sorts of things that happen afterwards. We need to provide support. Its not like, hey, youve been through this and youre done. They need to be understood as continuing to be vulnerable for . Time. So you know, we dont want to freak people out, we dont want to scare people. We dont want to contribute to the graeater anxiety. But this is a big deal. Reporter its important to remember, as we monitor patients Going Forward for concerns with other organ systems, we cant forget about the psychological system. We know that in patients who survived Critical Care illnesses or been in the icu that are at risk of ptsd or depression. Important for providers, friends to be aware of that, as well as the patients themselves. As a doctor, i cant imagine what its like for doctors to see one of their own recover because you all know exactly how hard that might have been for that particular person. That was great video. 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And while were working from home, guys, were always checking out the stories we think youll be talking about, including this british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is at his Country House after a weeklong hospital stay to battle the coronavirus. Johnson spent four days in intensive care and said it could have gone either way. In a video, he thanked Britains National Health Service for saving his life. And the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night they were watching, and they were thinking and caring and making the interventions i needed. Johnson singled out two nurses in particular who stayed by his bedside for 48 hours. Yeah. An amazing case. Maybe the most famous case of coronavirus on the planet. Were happy to see him out of the hospital. Although noteworthy that hes not resumed his position as the head of the country there. Still recovering. We wish him a speedy one. A lot of disruption with this virus, including to the foot supply in this country. Whats amazon doing about surging demand for grocery deliveries . So, there is really interesting, tony. Amazon is putting new grocery delivery customers on a wait list. Many longtime customer vs. Found they couldnt place grocery orders due to lack of available delivery slots. The company says new Online Grocery customers will have to go to the back of the line while amazon hires more employees. Gayle, i havent been able to get an joomz gross Amazon Grocery delivery order the entire time weve been working from home. Ive been using instacart and havent gotten a slot. I can see theyve figured out to put people in a line to make it more efficient. Yeah. Ive heard a lot of people are on that waiting list. But in the meantime, theyre hiring more employees to help speed up the line. Hopefully you and others wont be waiting too, too long. Lets hope. You got to eat. You need the victims you got to eat. If you havent noticed, if you look at the first what to watch that we were working from home to todays what to watch, im definitely filling out this shirt, filling out these jeans. Yes. We all need social distancing from the fridge. I know. I know. Theyre talking about quarantine 30 instead of quarantine 15. Vlad, youre talking about nurses. Thank you, thank you, thank you. John krasinski strikes again. He does, indeed. We love these stories where folks are thanking our firstline responders, medical professionals. Some nurses who happen to be diehard red sox fans got the very best gift ever. John extsurprised them with dav ortiz who had another big surprise. The red sox are going to donate four tickets for life. What . You and everybody at beth israeli . Yes. Theyre like, what . So after that surprise, the gup was given a ride to group was given a ride to fenway park and they headed to the field where the entire team thanked them on the video board, anthony. Got to love it. 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The four downtown stations accessible from the north side of market where the elevators are. South side entrances also closed. All information on kpix. Com. As far as roadways go, things are quiet on most of the bay area bridges. Heres the forecast with mary. Good morning to you, gianna, and happy monday. We are starting off the day cool and gray as well. A cloudy start on the Treasure Island camera, and you can see the temperatures are running in the 40s and 50s, and low to mid 50s from concord to oakland and santa rosa at this hour. Heres what you can expect. Cool start. We will have afternoon clearing with sunshine. Mild to warm daytime highs. A few degrees above average. We will continue to warm up through midweek. 64 in San Francisco, 68 for the high in oakland, and 72 in san jose, and 74 for santa rosa. Sunny and warm through st of st of its monday, april 13th, 2020. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Im gayle king with tony da koebl and anthony mason. How food banks are being forced to close during the coronavirus crisis. Well also talk to tim scott about the toll the virus is having on minority communities. Deadly storms. The south is hit by Severe Weather, including tornado across multiple states. And soothing the soul. Performing at an empty cathedral on easter sunday. But first, heres todays eye opener at 8 00. One powerful storm killed at least seven people in mississippi. And one in arkansas on easter sunday. Were talking about tornado watches anywhere from the panhandle of florida up the eastern seaboard. If the trend continues, the death toll in new york state could surpass 10,000 today due to the coronavirus. The doctor is under fire from the president and his allies after comments he made over the weekend suggesting the Trump Administration was slow to heed warnings about the coronavirus. This virus does seem to be a moving target. 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First, tens of millions of people are bracing for dangerous winds today after deadly storms hit the south on easter sunday. Leaving at least 18 dead, parts of monroe, louisiana were just devastated by a suspected tornado. It tore through the city. Anthony . And the damage continued as the storms moved east. Jessie mitchel is in georgia north of atlanta where a tornado killed five people overnight. Whats it looking like on the ground there now . Reporter good morning. The people of georgia were already dealing with this deadly pandemic ordered to stay at home. Now some of them have no home. Here you can see the path of the storm behind me ripped the roof off this apartment building. Theres a car under this tree right here. The woman in the apartment said she did get an alert on her phone which she is grateful for. Because it may have saved her life. Unfortunately, five more died not far from here with another here in georgia and the damage extends farther than that. Further west in mississippi, at least 11 were killed and one in arkansas. The destruction made maintaining social distancing hard for those in mississippi as they were forced into a shelter with other displaced residents. The governors in mississippi and georgia declared another state of emergency because of the weather. All told, the National Weather service says there were about 40 reported tornadoes across just about every Southern State overnight. And it doesnt stop there. Today wind advisories extend up the east coast all the way to massachusetts making a tough situation even tougher. Tony . As the if the pandemic were not enough. We have to deal with the tornadoes. Thank you very much. America has more deaths from the coronavirus now than any other nation in the world. More than 22,000 people have lost their lives. More than 12,000 died in this country last week alone. And the pandemic is also causing many to go hungry. Thousands have been forced to wait for hours in long lines at food banks all across the country. Feeding america, the nations Largest Network of food banks reported a 98 increase in demand. Janet is in east texas with the challenge of helping people in rural areas where there are high poverty rates and long travel distances. Good morning. Its a time of Unprecedented Demand everywhere, but the need may be most critical in Rural America. Communities have pantries are closing because the volunteers who staff them are worried about their own health. This is donna and her husband leona leonard. Their story of how little food they have to hard to hear. Sometimes we just dont have it, so hell go one day without eating so i eat, and ill go a day eating so and he you know, vice versa. Thats right. The couple trading off on who gets a meal. They rely on disability payments, food stamps and a pantry that closed in march because it could no longer get food. Where will you go now for food . What pantry will you utilize . There isnt one. There isnt one that we can go to. In this town there were six pantries weeks ago. Now only three. Including this one. Three pantries is serve a community of 35,000 where many lost their jobs. Its almost 100,000 squares. Some driving 40 miles to get here. Youve been running this pantry more than 30 years. Have you ever seen demand like this . No. Its doubled. Everything were doing is doubled. Doubled. Just about every week it doubles. From one time to the other. Pantries in rural areas are closing experts say because they tend to be staffed by senior volunteers. For their safety, many of them are unable to come in, work at those pantries and therefore the pantries are not operational. Those that are getting food arent reaching everyone. Here we go. This is an hour from donna and leonards house. They cant afford the gas. Its humiliating, and having to admit that yeah, were starving, and things are tough, but were not the only ones. 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Senator scott joins us from outside charleston. Good morning, thank you so much for being with us. Good morning, good to be with you. Hope youre well. I want to get to the book in a moment. First, as we mentioned, youve spoken directly with the administration about the need for better outreach with minority communities about the coronavirus. What exactly would you like to see happen there . I think its really important for us to use all resources at our disposal to make sure that churches, small businesses, community centers, are all engaged in this fight to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Across america certainly. Specifically in the Africanamerican Community. Africanamericans represent about onethird of all hospitalizations, but only about 13 of the nations population. And youll find on most of the front lines in the Grocery Stores, some of the takeout services, youll see a lot of africanamericans working. What we want to make sure that we understand is that if you have a higher incidence of high Blood Pressure and asthma, its important for you to take the necessary precautions from wearing masks, washing hands, all the proet columbus. This is uniquely protocols. This is uniquely targeting the Africanamerican Community to show that we are fully prepared to undertake protocols that will save more lives than we have today. What were seeing in states like south carolina, 36 , 37 of those folks infected with the coronavirus with a population of only 27 . In michigan, 41 of the fatalities, 14 of the population. In louisiana, 70 of the fatalities, and only less than 30 of the population or the thereabout. In mississippi, over half of those infected and about 31 of the population therethereabouts. I think we can reduce that or flatten the curve in the Africanamerican Community. And it will help the nation as a whole. Only a handful of states actually collect data on these racial disparities. What do you think a federal tracking system might do to help doctors . Well, aggregating the information from the federal level will be very helpful. Were doing it in south carolina. I spoke with my governor. Hes on the game. Hes on spot. The data would help us to provide the type of information so that our Health Care Workers are as protected as possible. My mother spent over 45 years as a nurses aide in a hospital. So making sure that the frontline folks are taken care of is important. One of the challenges that we have Going Forward is if we can if we dont reduce the incidence of covid19 among our Health Care Workers, then whos going to take care of us . The most important thing we can do is protect that front line by putting a shield between them and their patients. The fastest way is to have fewer patients. The way you do that is by following the protocols, and the masks are very important. I talked to dr. Fauci interest that specifically a specifically about that and he said without question, masks help you not spread to your loved ones. So when youre talking with your grandmother or when youre visiting your father, it helps. Senator, were all getting the message about the masks, i think so. The president good morning pushing to reopen the country by may 1st good morning. Good to see you. The president as you know is pushing to reopen the country on may 1st. Dr. Fauci has said, listen, were on the virus timeline, not the other way around. It seems like Health Experts dont believe that this is the right move. Im wondering what youre seeing in your state of south carolina. Does it seem like the right move to you, to open may 1st . What ive seen is a lot of flexibility from the administration as it relates to what that date was. The date was april 15th, but the experts said that was that was premature. We saw it kicked to april 30th. As the information continues to be collected, i think youll see perhaps another shift if necessary. In south carolina, you know, weve had around 80 deaths, 2,500plus infections. I think we are handling it pretty well. We have some hot spots that were concerned with, but heres what we have to do the containment stlat gee was effective. The containment strategy is flattening the curve. For us to go back to work and for parents to send their kids back to schools, were going to need an abundance of testing. The finger prediction test in my prick test in my opinion is what we should be focused on. Making sure whos had it and also being able to have tests on demand. As we citizener it that market, youll see more energy toward opening the countrys economy back out. Without that certainty, i think everyones going to be challenged as we head into the end of april saying what we should do without an abundance of testing, especially the tests that tells us whos had it. Senator, in your book, you write about growing up in poverty and your journey to becoming a senator. What advice would you have for anybody right now, for anyone struggling out there . You know, hope springs eternal. One of the lessons of the book that youll learn when Opportunity Knocks is ive had health care challenges, ive unfortunately fell asleep driving a car down the interstate at 70 Miles Per Hour and wentwindshield, broke my ankle, ruined my football season, but i found faith. I fail friday business and found success after that. Ive lost campaigns but even in the aftermath of the campaign losses, opportunity knocked again, and i had an opportunity to get back in politics and to finally become a United States senator. I have had failure, failure, failure, and it always seems theres a simplver lining. That success follows failure like night follows day. Its been a blessing. I hope my story provides hope during these challenging times because the one thing im completely confident of is the best is yet to come for this nation and for most of us in this nation. We have very Bright Futures to look forward to. I hope we do. Senator scott, thank you so much. Opportunity knocks, on sale tomorrow. It. Ahead, how workers are keeping to keep Grocery Stores open during the pandemic. While millions of americans are under a stayathome order, many low live wage employees are putting themselves at risk to provide essential services to all of us. Grocery store workers, bus operators, and delivery drivers are being called the Unsung Heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. For the cbsn roinloriginal seri reverb, Adam Yamaguchi spoke with essential workers including a cashier about how they are staying safe. Kind of brought my crazy bag to work with me. This is my cell phone. This is my drink, how i take it into work. This is basically kind of like my new purse. Actually left the purse in the car, but this is all the stuff i want to bring to work when i come to work. Reporter sandy, who asked that her last name not be used or her employer, is one of a minority of Grocery Store employees that belongs to a union. Some days where ive had severe anxiety. I almost felt like i couldnt breathe. I was literally counting the minutes until i could punch out and at least take it off and get some air. I mean Health Care Workers and doctors and nurses is a much dangerous position. But sometimes i think they know what theyre walking into. You know, they know theyre walking into the room with a sick patient or potentially sick patient. In my profession, i have no idea what im walking into. I dont know if the customers are carriers or not carriers or potential carriers. So you know, i just try to be safety first. True. And you can watch adam in the newest episode of the cbsn series reverb, called lifelines in the lockdown. Streaming now at cbsnews. Com lifelines. Ahead, italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is putting on unique performances during this time of social isolation. Only on cbs this morning he will talk about the healing power of music. And heal it good morning. Im Gianna Franco at 8 25. We are getting reports a traffic advisory on 17 because of a broken down big rig in one lane. This is on 17, and right as you work your way through Lexington Hills northbound at anna vista lane. The number two lane from the left is blocked. Changes ongoing for public transit. Bart will temporarily close some sanitation entrances in downtown oakland and San Francisco. Its a ll in an effort to clean up the exits and entrances. Riders can use the south side of broadway to enter the 19th street station. Now the four downtown San Francisco stations will be accessible from the north side of market where the elevators are. South side entrances will be closed. Thats a look at your morning drive. Now check the forecast with mary lee. Hello, gianna. Good monday morning to you. We are starting off the day with temperatures low to mid 50s. Cool start with the clouds. You can see the gray skies on the Treasure Island camera this morning. As we head through the afternoon, we are going to catch the clearing and sunshine. After a cool start, we will see the daytime highs, mild to warm, and actually a few degrees above average for this time of the year. Warming up through midweek. As we go throughout the day, we will have the sunshine, 64 for the high in San Francisco. 68 in oakland. 72 in san jose, and 74 for santa rosa. We will continue to warm things up on tuesda in these uncertain times, look after yourself, your family, your friends. But know when it comes to your finances, we are here for you. What can i do for you today . Well take a look at the portfolio and make adjustments. Im free to chat if you have any more questions. Our j. P. Morgan advisors are working from home to help guide you through this. 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We mentioned in the last half hour that food banks across the country are being stretched very thin right now with so Many Americans out of work because of the coronavirus and the lockdowns, the shelterinplace orders. I have some good news some help may be on the way. This morning, Smithfield Foods in virginia, one of the biggest pork processors, announced that it is donating more than ten Million Pounds of protein to food banks nationwide. Ten Million Pounds. That is the equivalents of more than 40 million servings, according to the company. Its about 350 truckloads. It will include ham, it will include hot dogs, it will include bacon. It is the largest donation in this companys history. Valued at more than 30 million. Good news for the people waiting in those lines. And as i talk about this and i think about being the cook in my family and the dinners im putting on my table, it also occurs to me that thats one of Many Companies out there up and down the food chain that are putting people into the field every day in order to make sure that some of the comforts of home in this difficult time are Still Available to us. I dont know what we would do without television and home cooking. And its because of Companies Like that and workers on the front lines that we have both of those things. And us, by the way. So thats my talk of the table. Gayle . Yeah. Were glad to be here. When you say comforts of home, did you say bacon, Tony Dokoupil . You had me at bacon. I love me some crispy bacon. Absolutely. My storys about tom hanks. Yes it makes everything better. I got you. My story is about tom hanks and saturday night live. Wow, wow, wow. Tom made his first tv appearance over the weekend since he and his wife, the lovely rita wilson, recovered from the coronavirus. The oscar winner hosted the first athome edition of saturday night live from his kitchen. Heres a look at how he started. Hey, its good to be here, though it is also very weird to be here hosting saturday night live from home. It is a strange time to try and be funny, but trying to be funny is snls whole thing. We thought, what the heck . Yep. Humor is so what we need. It was the first new episode of snl since production was shut down last month because of the outbreak. The show was filmed by cast members who are you know social distancing in their homes. So once again, it was zoom, zoom i call it zoomzoom. Its zoom, zoom to the rescue. It was well done, very creative. Anthony, if youre wondering, tom when he first came out, he said, im fine, im fine. My hair is shaved for a role. People thought is he okay. Its fine. Just for a role. It was great to see him. And humors so important at this time. It sure is. It was great to see all of them back. It really was. It was we need it. We need doses of that, big doses right now. All right. Heres my story. Something that showed up on one of my feeds that i really love. The fan of singer Freddie Mercury found an entertaining way to kill time during the coronavirus lockdown. Take a look. [ laughter ] a man delighted his neighbors by standing on top of a roof and lipsynching some of mercurys famous performances with queen in 1985. He used a broomstick as his microphone. He has the moves down pretty well. He clearly watched the video a few times. His wife posted this is what my husband has resorted to. Gayle . I know its never boring in her house. Lets just say he came correct he was ready. Weve got another kind of performance for you that was really, really top, top, topnotch. Acclaimed singer and songwriter Andrea Bocelli is using his powerful voice to spread a message of hope during this very challenging, difficult, painful time. Bocelli performed amazing grace, and other spiritual songs yesterday in what he called an easter prayer at the historic cathedral in the italian city of milan. Lets listen. Ave maria [ singing in Foreign Language ] without an audience in accordance with the government regulations for social distancing. More than 26 Million People worldwide have watched that performance on youtube. That numbers actually now close to 3. 5 million. Andrea bocelli joins us for an interview youll see only on cbs this morning. There he is, Andrea Bocelli. First, thank you, thank you, thank you. Hi, good morning. Good morning to everybody. And thank you for this you were just what we need. Can you hear me . Okay. I can hear you. Go ahead. You were just what we needed on an easter sunday, andrea. Just what we needed. Well, i hope so because the music can help a lot, i think. In my experience, i can say that music is very important for the soul. Yes. You said, andrea, before you sang for us, you said this was not a concert that you were offering conditicert, that y were offering a prayer. You said you wanted to give the earth a big hug dhurg difficult time. We are returning the hug back to you. What was your thinking about offering a prayer to us . Well, i said when i received this invitation from the mayor of milan, i said, okay, im very happy to come. And this singing will be not an exhibition, will be not a concert, but it will be only a prayer because in this moment the only important thing is to pray to resolve as soon as possible this incredible problem. Yeah. Italy has been very hard hit, as you know. Im wondering how you and your family are dealing with that. And what are your thoughts about your country this morning . Well, if you have to stay all the day in the house, the day really becomes very long. But i tried yes first of all, i tried to speak with my sons. I read, i play, i i sing, and i try to have Beautiful Moments with my wife. So i leave my family yes. Yes. I think thats what were all doing. Im wondering what it was like for you. It was really beautiful, number one, to see you walk out to the microphone to sing amazing grace. What was it like to sing with no audience . How did that feel for you on the other side . Well, my problem my problem was not dont have the audience because when i sing at home, im used to being to sing without the audience. But the association was really strange painful because singing i thought to the people that had yesterday would have been in the church instead of they had to stay at home. So suffering, many of them suffering. So my thoughts were for them. What advice do you have for people who are struggling during this time . Youre so right that music is a very healing thing. But its still a very painful time. What is your message of hope for people who are struggling . This is very difficult for all of us. Well, i think i am an optimist. And the most important thing is dont lose the hope and to be convinced that very soon everything will be over. You still feel use still feel optimistic that it will be over soon . You feel that . Yes. Absolutely. All right, Andrea Bocelli. Sending you a virtual hug. Thank you so much. You were perfection on an easter sunday. Thank you. Thank you very much. A pleasure. Thank you. Always good to see you. Andrea bocelli. And you heard his translator with him talking to us from milan. Ahead, the creative ways countries around the world are delivering potentially lifesaving information about Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but i was relentless first. Relentless about learning the first song we ever danced to. About teaching him to put others first. 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Around the world, across diverse cultures, the languages might be different but the message is the same. Public Service Announcements delivering potentially lifesaving instruction with a dash of creativity. In thailand, bts, no not the kpop supergroup, but Bangkok Train Service released this psa showing its employees wiping down handrails. In iran, comedian Danial Kheirikhah showed the proper way to wash hands accompanied by a lush orchestral arrangement. But perhaps the most popular and catchiest psa was released by volumes Health Minutes vietnams health ministry. It went viral with more than 5. 6 million views and prompted an epic dance challenge on tiktok. Even catching the attention of comedian john oliver. Thats a genuine club banger right there. Were you then surprised when this went global . Of course. I was so like a dream. Reporter vietnamese dancer quang dang choreographed the phenomenon. A dark time like this, only dance and music can make people connect together. Reporter whats the first step . The first step is like this, like loading can be so hard. Then one, two, three, four, seven, and then you hola. Reporter in mexico when the government came under criticism for not taking swift actions, a superhero came to the rescue. Thats ugandan musicianturnedpliegzmusician musicianturnedpolitician gibbons wan with this message. No matter where the psas originated from, the message has brought millions together by asking everyone to keep their distance. These are lapping all over the world. Check out these amazing murals appearing across the city in senegal. A group of 30 artists have been creating these to stop the slow stop the spread of the virus. So this is this is a global message. Very cool. I also love a politician who sings. We appreciate it. All right. Take it easy. On todays podcast hear from cbs sports jim nantz about march without madness. The masters being postponed, and why this is the perfect time to reflect on whats truly important in life. And before we go, were going to introduce you to a very special guest, if were lucky. Meantime, well be right back. Step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these. All across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just know were all with you. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses. Before we go, heres one thing you can do today to live a happier, healthier, and more productive life. Its part of our partnership with Gretchen Rubin and her awardwinning podcast happier. Today, some tips to avoid procrastinating at home. 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Doesnt it seem like yesterday . Or does it seem like yesterday to you . You know, the days are long and the years are short. This is year number one. I feel like year number 18 is just around the corner. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Is he hes got an amazing screen presence. Very calm. Calmer than dad. Whats that . I said is he the one person in the house who gets up before you . Yes. Actually, no. Sometimes. 1 00, 2 00 a. M. , i get a few mother natu more Text Messages that say, your eyes, whats going on there . Bye, guys. Thank you for everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. This is a kpix 5 morning news update. Good morning. 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