Crossborder love in the time of covid. So close, yet so far. Might as well be continents away, because we cannot get together. This is the cbs weekend news. Ming laven and good evening. Im Monique Ming Laven, reporting from kiro 7 in seattle. Tonight, the race to reopen the ailing economy is picking up speed even as the coronavirus outbreak is, according to health experts, far from over. So far, 38 states have eased restrictions six more will follow suit tomorrow and tuesday, all emphasizing social distancing. Now, texas is getting a first taste of its new normal. Restaurants are open. So are malls. Infections are still adding up; at least 1. 1 milion in this country. More than 67,000 people have died. Jonathan vigliotti begins our coverage. Reporter monique, California Governor Gavin Newsom not the only leader facing mounting pressure to reopen the economy. Governors across the country are weighing options to get back to business, with mixed results. The chorus to reopen state economi
And, so many of you told us, you still havent received your 1,200 stimulus check. Tonight, your stories. Ntus, the online tracker that tells you if that check is on the way. Possible treatments . Could a popular heartburn drug help in the treatment of covid19 . Why some hospitals have quietly been testing it for weeks. Americas food problem. Why are so many crops rotting in the field, at the same time americas food banks are running out of food . Farmers, food banks, and states demanding answers from the department of agriculture. And, we end tonight with a sweet story of how a couple celebrated their golden anniversary together, even as the virus kept them apart. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. White house. Ght with news just coming in from the white house. What the president is calling a new nationwide strategy for testing americans to get them ouck the work. But the guidelines,
As we come on the air, the outbreak is getting worse in some parts of the country. At the same time, other areas are lifting stayathome orders. Tonight texas is allowing people into state parks, and geoias pe ayetrictionmond and tennessee says its back to work for the majority of its businesses on may 1st. All of this comes as protests against social distancing are sprouting up with the support of the president. And that is angering some state leaders who say they desperately need help with a nationwide testing strategy before lifting their orders. Well, today the Vice President told governors hes worried about spikes in the chicago, boston, and philadelphia metro areas. The virus has now taken more than 41,000 lives in the u. S. , more than 782,000 cases have been confirmed, and tonight something truly extraordinary. With so few americans driving and nowhere to store it, future prices for crude oil are now negative, suggesting producers are willing to pay customers to take oil off the
Half of its workforce. And whats holding up a new 400 billion rescue plan for Small Businesses . Nursing homes in crisis. Shocking numbers. 55 dead at one home, 70 in another as facilities face chronic Staff Shortages. Tonight the new federal guidelines that allow covid positive aides to keep working. Emergency room cuts in the s ddle of a pandemic, cbs news has learned that doctors and hospital staff are facing pay cuts and layoffs. Cuts and layoffs. We go through the stages of grief when you get a pay cut, and we all did. He odonnell and with the lights off on broadway, onone sr performs every night. His inspiring story and performance thats lifting spirits. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Thank onnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin this new week with the country in a heated showdown over reopening the economy, and as we come on the air, the outbreak is getting worse in some parts of the country. At
Are reopening. One model just out tonight is nearly doubling its estimates from 72,000 deaths to 135,000 deaths by august. Another estimate, this one from a private trump adminisncumen se to r0and ta a look at t in just two months, deaths in the u. S. From the virus have skyrocketed from 11 on march 4th to more than 8,000 on april 4th. And as we come on the air tonight, the death toll now stands at more than 68,000. All of this as the fight over social distancing is growing and in some places turning violent. Federal prosecutors say a colorado man who had been planning to attend a stayathome protest was caught with pipe bombs in his home, and in flint, michigan, three people are under arrest for murdering a guard at a store. Police say he asked one of them to wear a mask. Still even more states are loosening restrictions, including california where the governor just said some Retail Stores could start reopening on friday. So theres a lot of news to get to tonight. I have team of corres