Forgotten frontline warriors. It was amazing. Yeah. It was amazing. This is the cbs weekend news. Folbaum good evening. Im rick folbaum, reporting from wgcl, cbs 46 in atlanta. There are signs in some places, including new york and new jersey, of improvements in the coronavirus fight. And with millions out of work, there are discussions and sharp disagreements about how, when, and where to ease restrictions. Today, the u. S. And canadaian governments announced the border between the two countries would remain closed for another 30 days, this as infections in this country now top 700,000, deaths now nearing thraept,000. Danya bacchus tonight begins our coverage. Reporter in california, the state is grappling with its highest death toll yet. Today, as protests erupted across the country, many governors say its still too soon to lift restrictions. The battle over reopening america is intensifying. Protesters in several states are defying stayathome orders, demanding governors lift restrictions so they can get back to work. Think of the people. Think of the people that are struggling. Reporter in florida, beaches in the northern part of the state have reopened. Texas governor gret abbott announced plans to relax restrictions at Retail Stores and parks starting next week. Even more openings will be announced in may when it ist t. Repor the gradual reopening comes with the virus still peaking in some parts of the country. San francisco and new york city are requiring residents to wear masks in public. We recommended face coverings in the past, and now, as of midnight tonight, it will be a requirement. Reporter new York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he had some good news today. Hospitalization numbers are down. Reporter President Trump claims sufficient Testing Capacity has been built to allow states to reopen, but governors and Business Leaders say a lot more is needed before that can happen. And across the country, more economic pain. This Program Means that we get to eat today. Reporter lines at food banks are growing longer as people who have never had to line up for food donations before are in need. Californias governor has put together an Advisory Committee to assist with economic recovery, especially for small businesses. Rick. Folbaum danya, thanks. Late today, President Trump addressed the National Emergency at the white house. This was a military and private enterprises march. We marched. And, unfortunately, with the other side, because theyre viewing it as an election. How did President Trump do . Oh, he did terribly. Lets see, he did yeah, he did terribly. Oh. But we just got them the ventilators that they didnt have that they should have had. Folbaum also at the white house, our correspondent Nikole Killion who reports the debate over when and how to reopen the country has turned political. Reporter President Trump spent much of his saturday on twitter blasting what he says are do nothing democrats. The the president cited a friday Conference Call between the Vice President and Senate Democrats who he called rude and nasty after they confronted the Vice President on several issues, including concerns about adequate testing. He also tries to say nothing, and tries toeny eve that weify. And thatsen yo see senators getting more and more and more frustrated. Reporter the president also took aim at House Speaker nancy pelosi, urging her to return to washington after funding lapsed for the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses. Shes got to get back and get this thing approved. Reporter democratic aides tell cbs news talks continue this weekend with treasury secretary mnuchin and his staff. The latest compromise offer on the table includes additional money for hospitals, as well as states and local governments. Republicans wanted a clean bill to reup the loan program by 250 billion, but some g. O. P. Leaders, and even the president showed signs of bending. Im with that all the way. If they want to add hospitals. We could also tad into phase four. Reporter this as more protests popped up from ohio to maryland and texas, demanding states reopen. The president backed nstrats openly fying stayathome orders and social distancing guidelines, boldly tweeting, liberate as some democratic governors accused president of inciting rebellion. They seem to be very responsible people to me, but its you know, theyve been treated a little bit rough. Reporter while the president believes some states are being too stringent, the pentagon announced saturday its extending travel restrictions for troops, both domestically and abroad, from may until june 30. Rick. Folbaum thank you, nikole. Be sure to tune in tomorrow morning for cbs news face the nation. Margaret brennans guests including dr. Deborah birx, Massachusetts Governor jim bakker, and dr. Scott gottlieb, with a look at how and whether the country is ready to reopen. The nations fooled supply chain is showing signs of strain as increasing numbers of workers are infected. Dean reynolds has more. Reporter even with the smithfield pork process stayate order doesnt her st were just very different than the big populated cities, new york city, that you see on tv. Were spread out. Theres a lot more open space here in south dakota. Reporter though some worry the virus is spreading outward from the plant where hundreds of workers have tested positive, noem sites hardtoverify data to back up her stance. We have seen such an outstanding call to action among the people of south dakota, that we actually have more people staying home than many of the other states that have put in shelterinplace orders. Reporter the smithfield plant processes about a fifth of the nations pork supply. T is now closed indefinitely, but that closure and those of other food processors, because of the pandemic are, stressing the nations food chain. Kaitlin wowak is an industry analyst at the university of notre dame. Were seeing so many disruptions across a number of different product congratulations, particularly meat and Dairy Products throughout the supply chain. Reporter the disruption right now adds up to more than of an inconvenience for consumers, because there is food. But as more workers get sick, real shortages could materialize. At the j. B. S. Meat packing plant in greeley, colorado, senateyearold saul sanchez was working sick, but his daughter could not convince him to stay home. My dad was an amazing, humble, hardworking individual. Hed be like, they need me. Theyre short staffed. Reporter sanchez died last week from coronavirus. The plant is now temporarily closed. Dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. Folbaum today, several native american tribes sued the federal government for control of 8 billion of coronavirus funding allocated to them. As Michelle Miller reports, the virus has hit life on remote reservations hard. Reporter its hard to imagine when you look at the vast vistas in the rural west theres an overcrowding problem here. But there is a problem, and its big. On tribal lands, even here, social distancing can be hard to do. I know some of the affected houses out here, there are like, 13, 14 people that live in a house. The overcrowded home situation is at least 16 times the national average. Reporter kevin alice, c. E. O. Of the National Congress of american indians, says federal funding for housing has been frozen for decades, a violation of old treaties, and now feared as an agent to aid the spread of the virus. Were getting word that the Navajo Nation in southern utah, Northern Arizona is especially hard hit. Thats where were seeing, you know, large cases of confirmed coronavirus infections. Reporter there are more than 1,000 known cases in a place lacking water. We tell people to wash their hands, but a study showed 30 of the homes on navajo nati have running water, so how are they going to do that. Reporter with limited resources, tribal leaders are improvising. The navajos have instituted strict curfews, requiring people to stay home or face arrest. To keep outsiders out, at an entrance to the Pine Ridge Reservation in south dakota, we found oglala sioux tribe roadblock. All across the state they need to be trying to test as many people as they can so they know who has it and who doesnt have it. Reporter at wind river, dr. Paul everts team has ramped up testing at a higher rate than the entire state of wyoming. But they face another kind of roadblock not everyone has a phone, so getting the results to people infected and tested positive mean they remain out there, somewhere. Michelle miller, cbs news. Folbaum Washington State reported coronavirus case in the u. S. That was back on january 21. As carter evans reports, it is now a story of success. Reporter for several brutal weeks, the seattle area was americas epicenter for coronavirus. It spread at a terrifying rate,e nursing home. But as soon as the virus struck here, seattle struck back. We took early and decisive action. We didnt take it lightly. Reporter king county executive dow constan steen and seattle mayor jenny durkan say they had to act fast. Can people look to seattle as an example of how this social distancing is working . I think absolutely. Reporter the city and county quickly closed schools, major corporations, like amazon and microsoft, told workers to stay home. Vibrant streets emptied and seattle shut down. It goes against everything we do in every other parent of our jobs. Were causing Enormous Economic pain and individual pain. But from that, we will avoid the graecht pain, which would be the collapse of our Hospital System and more and more people dying of this virus. Reporter by keeping people apart and cancelling Public Events early on, infection rates in washington were af. Suc has an reopen. Lets go back to public gatherings, opening restaurants, et cetera. Just cant do that. It is still circulating in our community, and any time you give it a chance it will immediately begin infecting people on a widespread basis. Reporter to keep the virus at bay, washingtons governor is still keeping schools closed through june, but the state is now confident enough to ship some 400 lifesaving ventilators to other communities that need them more. It was very scary in your community. How do you feel now . Folks are beginning to have a sense that weve got this. Reporter carter evans, cbs news, seattle. Folbaum in Colorado Springs today, a special salute. The thunderbirds soared over the air force academy commencement. 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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 where we worked with a very reputable supplier, and, yet, when he got ready to shirng the Chinese Government decide it better take possession of the goods because they wanted them to go somewhere else. Reporter despite widespread shortages, the u. S. Has been reluctant to launch a National Procurement effort. The fflt sphft not supposed to be out there buying vast amount of items and then shipping. Were not a shipping clerk. Reporter layne said hes left to fend for himself, bidding for chinese p. P. E. S against other states, which drives up the price. Some of the suppliers know this, so theyll call us up and say, youve got to make a decision pretty quickly or its going to go to someone else. Reporter and were not talking about a couple of hundred bucks were spending here, are we . 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Folbaum since the end of chinas cultural revolution in the 1970s, the country has boomed, transforming the world. But that winning streak is over. Cbs news asia cororr tise hol in the city of suifenhe on chinas border with russia, is beijings latest battleground against coronavirus with 600 beds, state media showed workers setting up rooms for infected patients. 90 of chinas newest cases are from its own citizens returning from abroad since foreigners were banned from entering. The nearby Border Crossing is now closed. The town itself is in lockdown. And at least 18 officials have been punished for insufficient responses. In a surprise upwards addition to the death toll friday, wuhan reported exactly 50 more people in the city died from coronavirus than previously reported. Chinas official death toll jumped by almost 1300 to more than 4,600. That grim news came just a week and a half after wuhan celebrated its freedom from a 76day lockdown. Hospitals have been discharging the last of the their nowrecovered patients as the final remaining frontline workers went home. But to china watchers, festivities like theseperover wr truths that the worl know. China expert and cing podcast host kaiser kuo. Within the chinese population, theyre guilty that more people died than needed to die. If there had been earlier warning, if people like dr. Li wenliang hasnt been suprussed, theres very little argument about that. Reporter ramy inocencio, cbs news, tokyo. Folbaum next on the cbs weekend news, a Vermont Community steps up to thank its helpers in a time. Crisis pressing down on you, no man ask for its the terror of knowing what the world is about. Watching some good friends screaming let me out this is ourselves under pressure stop dancing around the pain that keeps you up again, and again. Advil pm silences pain, and you sleep the whole night. Advil pm your bank can be virtually any ace you are. You can deposit checks from here. 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The kids. Reporter kids like william, finnegan and piper thomas. Brooke is their mom. Those custodians know my children by their first names. Reporter and they were the first to answer the call when an Elementary School staff member reported he mightve been exposed to the coronavirus. Two schools were shut down, as the custodial staff was sent in for a complete cleaning. We did it all in two days. Reporter were you ever, for a moment, any of you guys, concerned about yourselves . Never entered my mind. No, no. Have a job to do, go do it. Reporter but brooke and other parents didnt see it that way at all, so she decided to launch an online fundraiser to say thanks. How much did you want to raise . Well, the original thought was 200. So it explrom 200 to close to 7,500. Reporter 7,500 . 7,500, yeah. Reporter eight custodians in all received almost 1,000 each. I was shocked, surprised, and it gave me a good feeling. Reporter but the real gift wasnt the money. 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Good evening, im juliet goodrich. Im brian hackie. With cases climbing of coronavirus in nursing facilities, the state has launched a dedicated webb page to keep track of them. Hundreds of patients and s tested positive in the bay area alone. 64 at Canyon Springs in san jose. 63 at valley house rehab in santa clara. And 62 at Central Gardens in san francisco. 58 staff and patients have test the positive at he center. The biggest outbreak is at the gateway care and Rehabilitation Center in heyward. Just over 100 staffers and patients have tested positive. At least 13 have died. Rl wstate inspected tily hashe powe to te it over if they have to. Gateway has been cited in the past for understaffing issues. Governor newsom was in the bay area today to give an update on the states efforts to protect the homeless. Wilson walker on the states new deal with