I went through my stuff and i grabbed a pair and dropped them off. And later, this war veteran walked to help fight the virus, inspiring a nation. The sun will shine on you again. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Good evening. Im shon gables, reporting from wgcl cbs 46 in atlanta. More federal money could be on the way to struggling Small Businesses. At the same time, the debate over the reopening of the country is getting sharply political. The virus is still killing more than 3,600 americans in the last 24 hours. The u. S. Death toll now tops 41,000. There are over 746,000 cases. We have correspondents covering all aspects of this crisis. Meg oliver in new jersey starts us off. Reporter well, the army has been supporting several hospitals in new york city. They moved to new jersey for the first time this week to help an overwhelmed staff here at University Hospital. But its a different scene sh back te protests demanding coronavirus reopen intense identified sunday. Im fighting for my rights. Reporter some are concerned they will reopen too quickly. Whats your reaction to the protests . A high extreme of concern. Reporter he runs the university in newark. With the help of the army they are just starting to feel the flattening of the curve. We just need to make sure that we stay the course with social distancing. We dont want to see another surge come in that would be overwhelming. Reporter restrictions in some states are easing. Marinas and boat yards in connecticut, new york and new jersey are opening with strict social distancing measures. Beaches in florida have reopened. Theres hope in new york. Governor cuomo says the outbreak is slowing, but they still need to reduce the infection rate before restrictions are eased. But watch that hospitalization rate and that infection rate because if that starts going up again, and you dont immediately correct or you made such a Dramatic Movement that the virus infection spreads, you could go right back to where you were in one weeks time. Reporter as americans wait, the lines grow longer outside food banks like this one in california. The need has been massive. Reporter this month University Hospital has lost five Staff Members to covid19, with more than 200 patients with the virus right now, they are hoping they have reached the peak. Shon . Meg oliver, thank you. Tonight the white house and Congressional Democrats say they are close to a deal. For more money to help struggling Small Businesses, this as the finger pointing over testing intensifies. Nikole killion at the white house. Reporter the white house indicated relief could be on the way to Small Businesses this week after money for a popular loan program ran out. The senate can pass this tomorrow and that the house can take it up tuesday. And wednesday we would be back up and running. Reporter the measure, negotiated with democratic leaders, would include at least 300 billion for the paycheck protection program, as well as funding for hospitals and testing. The very things that we democrats have been fighting for are now going into the bill. Reporter amid the cooperation were doing about 150,000 tests a day. Reporter a growing divide over the administrations claims of sufficient testing. The president gets an f on failure, on the testing. Reporter the president fired off a series of tweets calling nancy pelosi an inherently dumb person. She will be overthrown. He added, just like i was right onventilators, im right on testing. Governors must be able to step up and get the job done. Thats just delusional, to say that the governors have plenty of testing and they should get to work on testing. Somehow we arent doing our job is just absolutely false. Reporter some governors say even if the tests are there, theyre short on supplies. The reagents and the swabs are absolutely essential. You cant process all of these tests if you cant take the sample and protect it. Reporter the governor of michigan is among those calling on the federal government to use the defense production act again to make those testing supplies. The Vice President says he continues to work with the governors and is holding a call with them monday to lay out how they can activate more tests in their states. Shon . Nikole, thanks. As of today, there are now 198 days until the president ial election. Lets check in with cbs news Political Correspondent ed okeefe. And ed, President Trump and joe bidens campaigns are now accusing each other of being soft on china and how to respond to the coronaVirus Outbreak. What is really going on here . Reporter well, look, both sides the American Public blames china to some extent for not doing more to stop the spread of this disease. The Trump Campaign is trying to use comments that biden made last year that seem to suggest that the rise of china isnt that big of a deal. They also point out that his son had done some business work in china. The Biden Campaign says, look, while the president wasnt responsible for coronavirus itself, he is responsible for the response. The next big story that were waiting for is that what joe biden needs to do is select a running mate. What do you know about that so far . Reporter thats right, cbs news has learned that that process will formally begin this coming week. Remember, biden himself has said hes going to pick a woman to be his running mate and that group of people that he will look into is expected to include governors like Gretchen Whitmire and potentially others like Stacey Abrams, the former state senator from your home state. Well see. And Stacey Abrams has not been coy about wanting this position. All of georgia watching. Thank you very much. You can follow eds reporting online and on air and on cbsn. There is breaking news in canada tonight. The Royal Canadian mounted police say a gunman went on a shooting rampage outside of halifax, nova scotia. One of the dead is a mountie. Authorities say the gunman is dead. The cbs news will be right back. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Now, in this pandemic, theres no such thing as working from home for the nations farm workers doing essential work with little or no protective gear. Their lives and the nations food supply are at risk. Heres manuel bojorquez. Reporter for workers on floridas farms, getting to the fields starts with a bus ride, making social distancing ac. Expecee an essential labor. When were absolutely abandoned in terms of resources to protect ourselves. Theres no personal protective equipment. For farm workers. Reporter here, the nearest hospital is about an hour away. This man is with the coalition of workers which has been distributing flyers on covid precautions, in spanish and creole. And answering questions on a radio talk show. Some growers have set up hand washing stations, but reyes fears thats not enough. If you think about the virus as a wild fire, were dry tinder, in a way. If there are no workers, because we get all sick and its impossible to sustain the work because of that, then theres no food. What are people going to do . Reporter the vast majority of the nations farm workers Lack Health Insurance or sick paid leave. And though its estimated undocumented immigrants paid 20 billion in federal taxes in 2018, they arent eligible for stimulus checks. Because of our needs, we have to go to work, says gloria carrera. Though she recently made the tough decision to leave the fields and her income for the health of her two children. Work or stay safe, a daily don lemon a for laborers like her across the country. But carreras situation exposes another problem. More than one Family Living under one roof. She says its the only way she can afford the rent but increases their chance of exposure even if she continues to stay home. Manuel bojorquez, cbs news, miami. Now to louisiana, one of the nations virus hot spots. With no cure and limited treatment options, patients are often isolated from loved ones. Even in death. One louisiana hospital is trying to change that. Mireya villareal have more from new orleans. Reporter arzelia smith drove from houston to new orleans to reunite with her grandfather. Immediately i want to get to my grandfather. Thats my first thought, i need to be with my grandfather. Reporter Willie Gordon was a world war ii veteran, a family man that helped raise his azalia. The coronavirus combined with Underlying Health issues left him lying helpless in a hospital bed. Its heart warming and also heartbreaking at the same time. I believe that hes at peace. Reporter this visit was made possible through a popup program created by heart of hospice. The agency rented out a vacant wing inside this hospital exclusively treating covid19 patients. Youre bringing Healthy Family members in to a place where there is coronavirus. How do you ensure their health and safety . So, we took that very, very seriously. Our Staff Members are actually educating them on the proper utilization of the p. P. E. , how to put the p. P. E. On, what is safe, what is not safe. Theyre fully gowned out. Reporter arkansas nurse Melissa Moody was part of the team treating arzalias grandfather. I think the best medicine that were giving them right now, better than anything i can give them through their i. V. , is to bring their son, their daughter or their grandchild to their bedside. How are you doing . Reporter some would find these moments difficult. But for Willie Gordons family, this was a gift. We didnt want him to feel alone during this time. Reporter are you ready to let go . I am. I am. Reporter heart of hospice is fielding phone calls from across the country. Providers saying how can we help . And others saying, how can we do this for our patients . The popup was planning to be here through june 30. But they are already in discussions to see if they can extend past that date to see if they can meet the needs here in new orleans. Shon . Mireya, thanks. Today marks one of the darkest days in our nations history. 25 years ago, a rightwing extremist bomb destroyed the Federal Building in oklahoma ci them children. Today, the pandemic forced the annual memorial to happen online. Ing some creatures hard. Gh milld by more tornadoes from arkansas to the carolinas and florida panhandle. And here in atlanta, Opera Singers are delivering emotional pickmeups right to your front porch. 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Reporter theyre documenting how life has changed during the coronavirus married to the road blog. We have our face masks there, and our purell. We keep it with us at all times so that its handy. They gave us a big box of gloves. Reporter whats the hardest part of your job now . Trying to stay safe. Reporter finding bathrooms, showers and a place to rest has gotten harder as many small truck stops and some rest stops are closed. About the only restaurants open now are drivethroughs, ad big rigs dont fit. Two or three nights we didnt eat. Truckers move 71 of all domestic freight, and virtually all consumer goods. They are essential workers, especially now. A little girl said i love truck drivers. Madedave. More fivefinger waves than onefinger waves. Reporter Whites Travel Center calls itself the largest on the east coast. Theyre staying open and busy, and stepping up sanitation efforts, and has an onsite urgent care. But drivers worry. Do you worry about getting sick . Me more than him. Because hes got a compromised immune system. He doesnt get out of the truck unless its to pump gas it. Reporter so its weighing on you a lot. Yeah, a lot. My kids are worried. Reporter does it make you think about just staying home . Wish we could. Absolutely. Reporter but for now, the trailers are full and theyll keep on driving, hoping we all outrun coronavirus soon. Kris van cleave, cbs news, christianburg, virginia. Still ahead, how a grassroots eyewear idea by sidelined snow lovers has gone global. Super emma just about sleeps in her cape. But when we realized she was battling sensitive skin, we switched to new tide plus downy free. Its gentle on her skin, and dermatologist recommended. New tide pods plus downy free. Safe for sensitive skin with eczema and psoriasis. May contain disodium distyrylbiphenyl disulfonate. Clean clothes, no unnecessary chemicals. I dont have to worry about that, do i . Are irritated. Ate. Harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. 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Reporter they were ski goggles from a group called goggles for docs, that has been taken in donations from sidelined skiers and snowboarders around the world. Did you ever think that you uldh personal protective equipment . No. I dont think anyone would have thought it would have came that far, and so fast. Reporter signs are popping up in ski towns everywhere. We found page rausch making a dropoff in salt lake city. We saw this goggles for docs. So i went through my stuff and i grabbed a pair and dropped some off. Reporter in the last few months, goggles for docs has delivered more than 30,000 pairs to medical workers in need. Its like going fishing. You come down and say whoa what do we have . Reporter Nathan Rafferty is an organizer, volunteers at a time when ski resorts like park city are shut down. We estimate our industry lost close to a quarter billion dollars in revenue. Reporter the work that they replaced it with . Priceless, says dr. Glass. I am so touched. Its really an inspiration for me to think about stopping and doing a totally selfless gif reporter in this case, its the gift of safety, with a little bit of style. Carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. Up this virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. Y tonieteran who is nearly a century old is doing his part to help britain battle the coronavirus. What he didnt count on was the overwhelming reaction. Heres charlie dagata. Reporter a couple of weeks ago, world war ii veteran captain tom moore came up with a new way to serve his country. 100 laps in his garden, ten a day, in times for his 100th birthday. A way of saying thank you to Britains NationalHealth Service for his new hip, hoping 1,200, a little morale boost in a country hurting for inspiration. Tomorrow, you will find out everything will be better than today, even if today was all right. Reporter captain tom had no idea how good his tomorrow was about to become. The donations began touring in. So he upped the ante. Why not 500,000 pounds . Soon he sprinted past that, too. Geing daupdateis ple progress. [ honking and cheers ] because heres what captain tom tapped into. A national outpouring of support for britains straining health workers. So with each step, captain tom was carrying the country along with him and not just britain. Soon people from more than 50 nations, including the United States pitched in. One million became two million, four million, eight million. By the morning of his last day, captain tom had raised more than 16 million. And along the way, he raised hope. The sun will shine on you again, and the clouds will go away. Reporter captain tom is fond of the saying, fortune favors the brave. He could not have been more right. Inches to go. And there he is. Reporter charlie dagata, cbs news, london. And thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For ot, lat for cbs this morning and follow us online any time at cbsnews. Com. Reporting this morning from wgcl cbs 46 in atlanta, im shon gables. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Good evening. Im shon gables reporting from wgcl cbs 46 in atlanta. Ploer federal money could soon be on the way to struggling Small Businesses. At the same time the debate over when the reopening of the debate is getting sharply political. The virus is still killing. More than 41,000 in the last 24 hours. It now tops 41,000. There are more than 746,000 known cases. Meg oliver in new jersey starts us off. Reporter well, the army has been supporting several hospitals in new york city. They moved to new jersey for the first time this week to help an overwhelmed staff here at pranonirus nd tount. Reopen intensified monday. Im fighting for my First Amendment rights. But a new poll finds most americans are concerned states will reopen too quickly. Whats your reaction when you see the protests . Im extremely concerned. Reporter Jonathan Green runs the Emergency Department at University Hospital in newark. With the help of the army, they are just starting to feel the flattening of the curve. We just need to make sure that we stay the course with social distancing. Dont wto see another surge come in that would be overwhelming. Reporter restrictions in some states are easing. Marinas and boatyards in connecticut, new york and new jersey are opening with strict measures. Beaches in florida have reopened. Theres hope in new york. Governor cuomo says the outbreak is slowing, but they need to reduce the infection rate before restrictions are eased. But watch that hospitalization rate and that infection rate. Because if that starts going up again, and you dont immediately correct, or you made such a Dramatic Movement that the virus infection spreads, you could go right back to where you were, in one weeks time. Reporter as americans wait, the lines grow longer outside food banks, like this one in california. The need is massive. Reporter this month, University Hospital lost five Staff Members to covid19. With more than 200 patients with the virus right now, theyre hoping they have reached the peak, shon. Meg oliver, thank you. Tonight the white house and Congressional Democrats say theyre close to a deal for more money to help struggling Small Businesses. This, as the finger pointing over testing intensifies. Nikole killion at the white house. Reporter the white house indicated relief could be on the way to Small Businesses this as soon as this week after money for a porch lar loan program ran out. The senate can pass this d es w b up and running. Reporter the measure, negotiated with democratic leaders, would include at least 300 billion for the paycheck protection program, as well as funding for hospitals and testing. The very things that we democrats have been fighting for are now going into the bill. Reporter amid the cooperation were doing about 150,000 tests a day. Reporter a growing divide over the administrations claims of sufficient testing. The president gets an f on failure, on the testing. Reporter the president fired off a series of tweets calling nancy pelosi an inherently dumb person. She will be overthrown. He added, just like i was right on ventilators, im right on testing. Governors must be able to step up and get the job done. Thats just delusional, to say that the governors have plenty of testing and they should get to work on testing. Somehow we arent doing our job is just absolutely false. Reporter some governors say even if the tests are there, theyre short on supplies. The reagents and the swabs are absolutely essential. You cant process all of these tests if csample a prote it. Hen michigan is among those calling on the federal government to use the defense production act again to make those testing supplies. The Vice President says he continues to work with the governors and is holding a call with them monday to lay out how they can activate more tests in their states. Shon . Nikole, thanks. As of today, there are now 198 days until the president ial election. Lets check in with cbs news Political Correspondent ed okeefe. And ed, President Trump and joe bidens campaigns are now accusing each other of being soft on china and how to respond to the coronaVirus Outbreak. What is really going on here . Reporter well, look, both sides the American Public blames china to some extent for not sof this disease. The Trump Campaign is trying to use comments that biden made last year that seem to suggest that the rise of china isnt that big of a deal. They also point out that his son had done some business work in china. The Biden Campaign says, look, while the president wasnt responsible for coronavirus itself, he is responsible for the response. The next big story that were waiting for is that what joe biden needs to do is select a running mate. What do you know about that so far . Reporter thats right, cbs news has learned that that process will formally begin this coming week. Remember, biden himself has said hes going to pick a woman to be is expected to include Gretchen Whit whitmire and stacy abe abrams from your home state. Well see. L aton. This y abrams has not you ca line and on air and on cn. In this pandemic there is no such thing as working from home for the nations farm workers doing essential work with little protective gear. Their lives and nations food supply is at risk. Heres manuel bojorquez. Reporter for workers on floridas farms, getting to the fields starts with a bus ride, making social distancing practically impossible. Were expected to keep going, an essential labor. When were absolutely abando in terms of resources to protect ourselves. Theres no personal protective equipment. Reporter here, the nearest hospital is about an hour away. This man is with the coalition of workers which has been distributing flyers on covid precautions, in spanish and creole, and answering questions on a radio talk show. Some growers have set up hand washing stations, but reyes fears thats not enough. If you think about the virus as a wild fire, were dry tinder, in a way. If there are no workers, because we get all sick and its impossible to sustain the work because of that, then theres no food. What are people going to do . Reporter the vast majority of the nations farm workers Lack Health Insurance or sick paid leave. And though its estimated undocumented immigrants paid 20 billion in federal taxes in 2018, they arent eligible for stimulus checks. Because of our needs, we have to go to work, says gloria carrera. Though she recently made the tough decision to leave the fields and her income for the health of her two children. Work or stay safe, a daily don lemon a for w still fresh. Unstopables inwash scent booster downy unstopables theryoure not good enough. Hard to control. But i am enough. And i know what im made of. Put your skin in the game. With a razor that puts your skin first. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome back to the overnight news. Im shon gables. The coronaVirus Outbreak with its stayathome orders has forced more than 22 million americans to file for Unemployment Benefits in the last month alone. For many, those benefits have been slow in coming, and even when the help arrives, it often barely pays for the basics. Thats got a Record Number of americans turning to the nations food banks. Jill schlesinger has the story. Reporter from the streets of Southern California the line for food was so long there was a huge traffic jamb. Reporter to the sidewalks of maine. We have sandwiches. Reporter the financial fallout from the pandemic crisis is triggering a hunger crisis. Sort of an allhandson deck situation right now. Reporter food banks are struggling to find new waysecore people who are coming through the doors here at the food bank. Within the past month, we have seen an absolutely uptick of people that are now furloughed or unemployed. So thats a newer face that were seeing at the food bank. Reporter dr. Jessica rosatti is chief programs officer at long island cares in new york where they distribute food bag by bag as well as delivery by delivery to seniors and others in need who cant leave their homes. In march alone, we distributed over a Million Pounds of food. Reporter and what was the prior month in terms of pounds of food . Maybe 600,000. Reporter according to feeding america, the nations largest hunger relief organization, before the Virus Outbreak there were already 37 Million People nationwide who didnt have enough to eat. Thats expected to grow by an additional 17 million, an increase of 46 . At the Trinity Jubilee Center in lewiston, maine, they try to hand out something hot. We can tell folks havent asked for food before. Second of aurll, people who wer already struggling. Single parents, parents working lowwage jobs, elderly people. They used to get food from different places in the community and a lot of those soup kitchens and food pantries have shutdown so people are relying on us more than before. Reporter erin reed is the executive director at the center. Donations are down as local colleges have closed. And super markets have less surplus food. Weve spent more on food in the past month than we have in the past six months combined. Reporter down the street at the saint marys nutrition center, they were busy prepacking bags of food. Social distancing means that recipients are no longer allowed inside to choose what they want. People are doing a lot, but it still never quite seems like enough. Reporter the crisis has touched everyone who works here, like theston. My mother got laid off from work and a lot of my friends got laid off from work. Its been hard. Reporter across the country in Southern Californias orange county, the Second Harvest food bank has started a drivethru service on saturdays. The first day was unbelievable. We literally got crushed. The surge of cars coming to the honda center, which is where we have our distribution, was something ive never seen before. Reporter the c. E. O. Of Second Harvest, harold herman, says they overhauled their procedures to ensure theyre not spreading the virus. The rest of you split up. Reporter they had to reduce the number of people working in their warehouses. Weve relied on volunteers for 37 years and we have as many as 26,000 of them come through our doors on an annual basis. But overnight had to basically turn that tap of resources off and figure out a way to work the food ourselves to be able to harden our defense. Reporter in place of volunteers, theyve hired 120 people who have recently lost their jobs. Like musician tim gill. The industry evaporated. Concert tours canceled. Studio dates canceled. Within the span of just a few days, went from a full calendar of work to nothing at all. Reporter along with a paycheck comes a box of food. We just have so much less income that we need this basic assistance, you know. And its invaluable to know that we have these resources that were not going to be going hungry. Reporter feeding america says 95 of food banks in the country are seeing higher demand and higher expenses. Over the next six months, it will take an estimated 1. 5 billion or 30 more money than theyve been spending to meet that need. This food bank cannot close. There are hundreds of thousands of people right now counting on us, and its not just the food. Its that little bit of hope that comes with that box as well. That normalcy that somebody is out there looking for you at a time people have it really uncertain. A lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesnt get everything clean. I tell them, it may be your detergent. Recommend cascade platinum. With the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. For sparklingclean dishes, the first time. Cascade platinum. Social distancing has already changed the face of america and its turned some of our more densely packed cities into virtual ghost towns. Brook silvabraga has the story of a photographer documenting it from the air. Reporter he has climbed into a helicopter to photograph new york 40 times. For new york city the helicopter is the ultimate tour. Reporter his book, new york air, captured the color, energy, and scope of americas biggest city. From sun bathers in central park to taxis, crowding the avenues. What do you expect today . I expect to see a city changed. I think well see subtle differences, but, you know, when you go up in the air you just find things. Thats part of the fun of it. Reporter his discoveries in the air have made him one of the worlds bestknown aerial photographers. His fifth book, the human planet, is out this month. But most times he doesnt work from a helicopter. Georges interest in the worlds most remote places spurred the creation of the worlds lightest flying machine. A motorized para glider. I wanted to do some flying in the sahara, there were no i had to bring my own. I had to bring something that didnt use an air field. It let me get aerial photos of places that hadnt been seen from the air before. Reporter para glideers arent practical or legal in new york. This past tuesday they took an openair chopper on a once unthinkable path to the city. This is rare. They dont usually let you fly over laguardia airport. Ill tell you that. Reporter passing over laguardia, steinmetz snapped the tarmac. Looking at the gates, theyre all empty. Reporter crossing into mid town manhattan, they circled over rockefeller plaza. Want to go over top of that . Yeah, try and recreate that shot. Cut right and then left . Reporter in 2014 george had captured this image of a crowded observatory and ice skaters. 800 feet below. When its full of people, its alive. The building looks like ants on top. There were no ants today. You look down below at rockefeller center, the ice rink, its a total dead zone. Looks like a construction site. I was trying to photograph the life of the city. It was interesting how humans were involved in the city, their spacial relationships, where they were, where they werent. But today theres nobody there. Reporter six years ago, movie goers blanketed bryant park. This week it was as vacant as the stretch of 6th avenue beside it. The bus ing rooftop restaurant on fifth avenue now a place to stack chairs and benches until something changes. And the famous snarled traffic of the lincoln tunnel, he captured the crawl between new york and new jersey back in 2014. And then again tuesday at 6 45 p. M. Usually rush hour. Just esthetically as a photographer, was it more beautiful to shoot, less beautiful . Its kind of spooky. I mean, not super its kind of like a haunted city. Like a city where everybody left. Its odd. Want to go over there . Yeah. Kind of look down and move on. Its not a good picture, to be honest. Its kind of depressing to be honest. The city is such a vital, you know, thriving city and it just looks very, just kind of turned in on itself. Its in paralysis. Reporter with so much missing, steinmetz looked for what had been added. To the left. Reporter a cluster of white hospital tents dotting the green of central park. Its run by the evangelical group samaritans purse. They often work in war zones. And on the hudson river, the comfort. The Navy Hospital ship with 1,000 beds and just a few dozen patients. George circled around it time and time again. Youre circling, circling. One more circle, this is what i hope to see . When you get the picture book, you get a phogasm. You see something, its like you get that. I felt i was close to that. Got to go forward here, more to the left. Reporter helicopter, they dont like to hover. They always think they hover. You do a pass, no, want to be a little further, up, right, down. Each one is a little different. Reporter what does hover is a drone, and steinmetz uses them, too. Last tuesday piloted over harte island, a cemetery where families without money are laid to rest in unmarked graves. The purchasial therein creased with tough questions about harte island. Its a very somber place. Over 1 Million People buried there. Its a mass grave. Its very depressing. Reporter n. Y. P. D. Officers soon found steinmetz in a bronx parking lot and asked for his memory card, which he refused. Sir, leave it right there. Reporter you were out there flying a drone which youre not allowed to do in new york city. There seemed to be a big response to that. Yeah, i was ver curious s went out to do that by the city, not because it was endangering anyone. But because they didnt want people to see what was going on there. Reporter but tuesday ended with him lingering above manhattan. Lets go back to that one area. Reporter floating freely over a frozen city. Yeah, we made about ten passes back and forth trying to look at the avenues in different times of light. It it was third avenue, i could see the chrysler building. The city was all really dark with this little line of all the red lights coming down the avenue. Its what an empty town with red lights. Reporter for once, the city at the end of georges lens seemed as still as a photograph. Brook silvabraga, new york. The battle against the coronavirus has spawned a legion of volunteers leaving their lives on the front lines of the pandemic. Steve hartman has the begin wi. Reporter most of us are relieved to be watching the worst of it from the safety of our sofas. Deadly record. Reporter 47yearold bevan of high point, north carolina, was one of those comfortably on the couch. But some switch flipped in you. Yeah, it it was kind of a switch. Its funny you say that. Wait a minute, why am i sitting here . Reporter bev, a nurse, had contracted serious case of empathy. I can imagine the nurses being so exhausted, so stressed out. If i could just go and relieve a shift for them. Totally crazy right now u. Reporter that was a month ago. Today bevan is working at mount sinai in queens the outbreak epicenter. She works for the sickest of matthys patients because she believes she was made for a moment like this. Im not afraid, i wasnt shaken by things like this. I was in a bank robbery, tied up for 15 minutes. He was tying me up. I said, are we on candid camera . I thought ill make him laugh, make myself human and he wont kill me. Reporter at this point i realized there was no ordinary hero. Although shes not technically a volunteer she has to get paid for legal reasons. Bevan plans to donate everything she makes after expenses to the mount sinai support staff. The fact is she could really use the money. Cheers,man. She ask you if i 1. She could do this or did she tell you she was doing it . Multiple times after saying yes. Are you sure you want me to . Reporter why did you say yes . Life is not to serve yourself, but to serve others. Reporter these apples didnt fall far. I believe its our duty. I believe we should be compelled to do something when we can. Reporter there is tap a switch that goes off in some people during perilous times. Whether its the football coach who steps in to stop a school shooter, the nfl player who joins the army after 9 11. Or the nurse who simply stands up from her couch. Here wills be those who run toward disr when everyone else is fleeing. Somebodys got to help. What if we all said we couldnt handle it and we couldnt do it . What if everybody said that . Reporter it certainly wouldnt be america. Steve hartman, cbs news, on the road. And thats the overnight news for this monday. Reporting from wgcl cbs 46 in atlanta, im shon gables. Captioning sponsored by cbs gables tonight ht the rescue. Again, Congress Close to a new 400 billion coronavirus aid deal. Protests to reopen the country spread. Im out here fighting for our hes on board, even as its a distraction. Gables also tonight, testing amoubles. The blame game intensifies. Ables ho is keeping the say farm hands safe . 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