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
Orders to stay off the sand. Monique . All right, thank you, th. With 30 million jobs lost, people are low on money and on food. And to help the federal government plans to spend 300 million per month to buy surplus from farmers. Food theyve been forced to dump and ship to food banks instead. Now jangette shamlian reports. Reporter gridlock in every direction, for miles. Almost there reporter that is what happened at the food bank, more than 7,000 families showed up for food. Youre welcome. Reporter desperation the nations fourth largest city has never seen. For now, the food line getting some different part, it is not enough. Reporter houston has the nations largest food bank, serving 18 counties from a 135,000 square foot warehouse. How much have you seen demand increase in recent weeks . Were now averaging close to a Million Pounds a day of actual distribution here. And were still not meeting the need. Reporter c. E. O. Brian greene says demand is up 150 from two months ago, keeping
Tomorrow. A lot of businesses here in the east bay are still closed but tomorrow morning the new rules say some of them can reopen. For some of them, its just in the nick of time. They just picked up their first load of Fresh Flowers in weeks. Theyre excited that the stayathome orders will allow their floral arts store in lafayette to be open for business in time for mothers day. For us, mothers day is actually the busiest week of the year. Its busier than valentines because everybody has a mom. Reporter its good timing for other activities as well. Skate parks can reopen and tennis can once again be played. Although the order forbids multiple people touching the ball so it will be interesting to see how that works. And with the good weather, even rusty golfers will be thrilled to get back on the greens and play the maddening game they love so much. It will take time to get back in to it and to really be able to hit the ball and that sort of thing. Reporter speaking of greens, if your
Moms before a 27yearold oakland woman steps in to defend her colleague. Two men in confrontation at 2nd and king street. There is muffled track talkin and for a moment it appears both groups might walk away and then something likely words causes the oakland woman to turn. As she steps forward, she is blocked by one person, and hit by another. She lands on sidewalk, knocked unconscious. Are you kidding me . You are going to defend your family. Martha morales was happy to hear that the woman is now out of the hospital and the man police say is responsible is now in jail. Police spokesperson Albie Esparza says 42yearold Anthony Rucker was arrested and could be charged with farting the fight along with assault and battery, even though police say this fight had nothing do with team or gang affiliations, the assualt of the 27yearold woman and her colleague has fans cautious about their interaction. If the same situation happened to us and somebody was heckling him i would try to pull him asi
The secret of Pentagon Agency hunts antibodies for a covid19 treatment breakthrough. And later, a special salute. A veteran turned fundraising hero marks 100 years. This is the cbs weekend news. Laven and good evening, everyone. Im Monique Ming Laven reporting from kiro 7 in seattle. Beautiful spring weather across the country drew stircrazy people outside today. Several states have moved to reopen, and there were protests again in some that have not. Today in miami, hundreds of people waited for hours to get their boats in the water. Most were turned away. The marina parking lot was full by 10 a. M. At the virus epicenter in new york, the last patient at the largest Field Hospital in the city was released on friday. And in the u. S. Coronavirus deaths top 66,000. There are more than 1. 1 million reported cases. Danya bacchus begins our coverage. Reporter here in california, the governor says its just a matter of days, not weeks, before we can see an easing of restrictions before a sta