Desperate plight of people losing their Health Insurance, too. And back in the game. The nfl kicks off its first ever virtual draft today. Well show you the other ideas leagues are considering to get sports back on tv. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Deadly tornadoes breaking out across parts of the south. In la louisiana, texas, oklahom. Everything is gone. The trees are gone. Swish. 4. 4 million new filings for Unemployment Benefits. This is about six to seven times higher than we ever saw during the great recession. Thats raising the total layoffs since the virus hit to more than 26 million. In some sense, the numbers are telling us what we already see with our eyes. Protests to reopen are growing. Southern governors are already loosening their restrictions. We have to proceed in a cver careful, measured way. You dont believe there should be distancing . Of course. Carolyn goodman sounding off about reopening the city. Youre talking disease. Im talking life. Im talking life and living. These are people who that makes no sense. One of hockeys greats faced off on virtual ice. Taking on ovechkin. They make it look easy, even when its not. Its a little windy out here, andrea. Today were going to create a tuna melt. Virginia senator mark warner is showing off his questionable sandwich making skills. Some are calling it horrifying. And all that matters. Earth is having kind of a moment right now because of people staying home. The earth is turning wilder and cleaner. The best present for earth day is the same as the best present for mothers day. Time away from her children. On cbs this morning. Many if not most businesses around the country are shut down right now. But theres one establish unanimous bend, oregon, that refuses to surrender to anything. Not even the coronavirus can stop the last blockbuster on earth. Its still open. The movie rental business is offering curbside pickup. Good for blockbuster, if they can make it, so can we. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Good for block bluster and the good people of bend, oregon. From our homes to yours. Even if you wanted to, you couldnt get to bend, oregon, to go to the blockbuster store. I say bravo to them. Id sure like to. I hope theyre waiving late fees and people continue to be kind and please rewind. And on top of that, you know, desanitize as well. Yes, i do remember that be kind, please rewind. Good for them. As you wake up in the west, we hope youre staying safe and hope youre staying at home because you know it makes a big, big difference. If youre on the front lines it goes without saying we appreciate you and thank you for doing that. Heres where we start today with our clearest picture yet of americans feelings on the coronavirus crisis. In a new cbs news poll, an overwhelming majority, 70 , say the top priority should be slowing the spread, not getting the economy going. And even more say they would not be comfortable with public activities right now if stayathome restrictions were lifted. Look at the numbers here. 71 say theyd not be comfortable going to a are about or restaurant. And a whopping 85 would not be comfortable getting on an airplane. Anthony . And most americans, gayle, are not happy with americas response to this crisis so far. According to the poll, 57 say its going badly. The poll also showed state and local officials are getting higher marks than the president even as governors face some tough decisions. Mark strassmann is in atlanta. Mark, with georgia set to reopen partially tomorrow, whats the feeling there . A little mixed, anthony. And theres also some very loud critics of the decision. In any state, of course, its up to the governor when the state will reopen, and any decision is bound to be criticized. Here in georgia, the republican governor was secondguessed by the republican president. I happen to disagree with him. Reporter President Trump minced no words about georgias plan to reopen part of its economy tomorrow. Would i do that . No. Id keep them a little longer. I want to protect peoples lives, but im going to let him make his decision. But i told him, i totally disagree. Reporter Governor Brian Kemp will push forward with his states reopening. Some businesses have the green light if they obey social distancing policies. Although i know one has the need to leapfrog over things, dont do that. Do it in a measured way. Reporter georgia fails to meet suggested federal guidelines for lifting restrictions. Primarily a 14day downward trajectory of new positive cases. Florida doesnt either. But some of their gulf coast beaches will also reopen as early as friday. We will do this safely, responsibly and based on the data in our state. Reporter oklahoma also falls short of the suggested federal standards. But the states governor announced businesses like hair salons and spas can open tomorrow. We need the facts on the ground to drive a lot of our decisionmaking. Reporter massachusetts has seen a worrying increase in covid cases. Their businesses are staying closed. In iowa, tyson foods suspended operations at a pork plant indefinitely. More than 180 covid infections were linked to the facility. We need to get a handle on how many people are infected. We need to get more testing here. Thats critically important. Reporter on wednesday, wisconsin also saw its largest daily jump in positive cases since the pandemic began. Theyre possibly tied to a cluster of infections at this green bay meat packing plant. Nearly 150 people have got sick there. Until the medical Community Tells us its safe, its just reckless and irresponsible to go back to business as usual. Reporter wisconsin Covid SurvivorLeah Bloomberg spent nine days in a coma on a ventilator. Shes still Building Back her strength and worries some states are reopening their economies prematurely. If you open up and somebody is asymptomatic, they dont know theyre a carrier. And it will just spread like wildfire. Reporter after the president s criticism, georgias governor tweetsd his defense saying he relied on the guidance of public state health officials. It also includes atlantas mayor and hundreds of local Business Owners even though theyre losing money every day. Their essential position is this too soon, too risky. Tony . No easy choice here. Mark, thank you. No easy choice until we get a vaccine. The doctor who was leading government efforts to find a Coronavirus Vaccine says he lost his position for contradicting the president. Dr. Rick bright is his name. He was removed for resisting a push toward unproven treatmented touted by the president. At the latest White House Briefing there was a public display of unity after tensions between the president and his medical team. Weijia jiang reports now from the white house. It was totally misquoted in the media. A statement about the fall season and the virus. Totally misquoted. Reporter President Trump began wednesdays press briefing asking the director of the cdc, dr. Robert redfield, to explain comments he made in an interview to the washington post. I didnt say that this was going to be worse. I said it was going to be more complicate or more difficult. Reporter redfield was quoted in the newspaper saying that a second wave could be more difficult because it may coincide with the flu. And he eventually said it was the headline he took issue with, not the article. Im accurately quoted in the washington post. As difficult. Reporter the president had a much more optimistic view for the fall. It may not come back at all. Well be watching for it, but its also possible it doesnt come back at all. Reporter moments later, dr. Anthony fauci directly contradicted that claim. We will have coronavirus in the fall. I am convinced of that. Reporter fauci is one of the few Health Experts within the administration who has publicly disagreed with mr. Trump. On wednesday, a highranking scientist said he was reassigned to another role because he resisted the white houses efforts to push chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as treatments for the virus. I never heard of him. When did this happen . Reporter Richard Bright was the director of the federal agency in charge of developing drugs to fight coronavirus. And in a statement, bright said the Trump Administration pressured me and other conscientious scientists to Fund Companies with political connections as well as efforts that lack scientific merit. This guy says he was pushed out of a job. Maybe he was. Maybe he wasnt. Youll have to hear the other side. I dont know who he is. That was weijia jiang reporting for us. A health and Human Services spokesperson said it was dr. Bright who recently requested the emergency use of chloroquine. Anthony . Thanks, tony. A new jobless claims report out this morning shows why some governors are anxious to reopen businesses in their states. Another 4. 4 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. That raises the number of claims in the past five weeks to more than 26 million, roughly 1 out of every 6 people in the u. S. Workforce. Cbs News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger joins us. The trend line is down, but these are still staggering numbers. Yeah, theyre just awful as a matter of fact. You think about 26 million. That essentially erases every job gain since 2009. Now were hopeful that many of these people come back into the workforce when things are safe. But its also important to note that those who are already receiving Unemployment Benefits, this is called continuing claims, that number is at 16 million. To put that in perspective, the previous high during the 20082009 recession was 6. 6 million. So again, these numbers are so big, and they happen so quickly. One thing to be wear of, i should be really clear, some economists are worried the push to get back to work could backfire causing the economy to go even lower in a second wave. Thats what we need to worry about. Jill schlesinger, thank you. Gayle . The mayor of las vegas wants to reopen the city for business without a plan of action. In multiple interviews, mayor Carolyn Goodman has suggested letting businesses compete with each other to see who can keep customers the safest. As jamie yuccas reports, the idea is getting major pushback from nevadas governor. We want to welcome them back to the lights on the strip, but thats not today, and its not tomorrow. Reporter nevada governor steve sicilak criticized the comments of the mayor of las vegas who called to reopen sin city. Citing the states relatively low death toll. Hasnt it been because of social distancing that the numbers have been what they are . How do you know until we have a control group . We offer to be a control group. Anybody who knows anything about statistics knows that, for instance, you have a vaccine you are offering the citizens of las vegas to be a control group to see if your theory on social distancing no, no, no, wrong. Absolutely wrong. Dont put words in my mouth. I will not allow the citizens of nevada, our nevadans to be used as a control group, as a placebo. Reporter mayor goodman has yet to outline a plan for reopening, leaving it up to casinos and other business leaders. One las vegas bar owner who converted his tavern into a drivethrough store hopes the governor will at least set a date on when the state might reopen. Even picking a date would give us a glimmer of hope. That will give all small Business Owners a chance to be able to set up their businesses properly. Well all start thinking about what we need to do to social distance and cut our occupancy. Reporter it will ultimately be up to the state gaming control board, not mayor goodman, to reopen the strip. For cbs this morning, im jamie yuccas. Congress is expected to vote today on another bailout bill to help businesses slammed by the pandemic. This comes amid controversy over how government money has been distributed so far. Some Big Companies and wellendowed schools like harvard and yale have returned bailout money under pressure. Nancy cordes reports on those who are still left out. Were down to like 10. Reporter katie bell runs a spa in arizona and has been trying to get a Small Business loan since the day the Paycheck Protection Program launched. Weve tried calling, reaching out. I havent been able to actually talk to a real person yet. I havent gotten any replies from any emails yet. Reporter shes hoping that the new cash infusion will help. 310 billion congress is set to approve today after the First Tranche of 250 billion ran out in just two weeks. 60 billion will be aimed at helping rural and minority owned Small Businesses. We have customers and clients and students who paid for their classes. Theyre all asking for refunds. And, you know, we have to give them their refunds. Reporter ron owns a karate students. Hes applied for a ppp loan three times but has heard nothing. The most frustrating part is it seems the people who are needing it the most arent getting it. Big business seems like the ones getting it. Reporter nearly 1. 7 million ppp loans have been approved so far by nearly 5,000 lenders. But one survey found that 80 of Small Businesses are either still waiting to receive the money or havent even been told where their application stands. Four major banks are already facing a lawsuit alleging they prioritized bigger customers because those ppp loans yielded bigger fees for the banks. Big corporations like ruths chris and potbelly secured their funds even as smaller businesses waited. Burger chain shake shack returned its money to avert a backlash. The owner of this oakland Catering Company says hes not counting on ever getting the aid. We had to take matters in our own hands. We pivoted our company to a direct to Home Grocery Delivery Service so that we could continue to employ our 40plus employees. Nancy cordes reporting for us. Thank you very much. In other news were tracking the weather after another deadly tornado outbreak in the southern United States. At least six people were killed when powerful storms hit texas, oklahoma and louisiana last night. The threat continues today. And Janet Shamlian is in hardhit polk county, texas, north of houston. Good morning. Any other time period, this would probably be our lead story. This is not a normal time period. What are you seeing on the ground . Absolutely, tony. Good morning. Its devastating here. Look at the house behind me. Its shredded. A tree right down the middle of it. And the same is true up and down this street in this community. About 90 minutes north of houston. Right now the death toll stands at three people. 20 to 30 injured. But authorities are warning those numbers could rise. The texas tornado tore a path straight through polk and jacinto counties. Everything is like real calm and then all of a sudden, it swish. Reporter uprooted trees litter neighborhoods in onalaska. The tornado hurled a tree at nick pragers home. It landed on top of the house. Reporter First Responders scrambled on the ground and from the air as they reported residents could be trapped in their homes. There were also deaths in oklahoma as a tornado whipped across the city of madel. It ripped apart this steel and wire warehouse tossing debris through the air. The funnel cloud could be seen from miles away and homes in the area suffered major damage. We were praying. We were huddled together in a corner. Trying to stay away from the door. Reporter and in louisiana, crews began cleaning up overnight after a tornado there left at least one person dead. The devastation made some communities unrecognizable. Homes flattened reduced to piles of rubble. Right now we can hear chainsaws, people trying to cut up these trees, get them off the roads and off their homes. While they clean up here, this storm is moving to the east. Georgia, alabama among the states in the crosshairs today as we are in the midst of a very bad tornado season. Tony . Well be watching it. Janet, thank you. Ahead millions of americans who have lost their jobs are also losing their Health Insurance. Well show you the Health Care Options for people who are out of are most uncertain, we turn to the most certain thing there is. Science. Science can overcome diseases. Create cures. And yes, beat pandemics. It has before. It will again. Because when its faced with a new opponent, it doesnt back down it revs up. Asking questions til it finds what its looking for. Thats the power of science. So were taking our science and unleashing it. Our research, experts and resources. All in an effort to advance potential therapies and vaccines. Other companies and academic institutions are doing the same. The entire Global Scientific Community is working together to beat this thing. And were using science to help make it happen. Because when science wins, we all win. Ahead, new coronavirus concerns for our pets. Plus hour, bigtime sports are deal with the virus. Welcome to music city. I have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. Because i can still make my own insulin. And trulicity activates my body to release it like its supposed to. Once weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. It starts acting from the first dose. And it lowers risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in people with known Heart Disease or multiple risk factors. Trulicity isnt for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. 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