Sent in to break up the funeral of a rabbi who died of coronavirus. Unions beef with trump strong backlash against the president s order that forces workers back to meat plants. And what might soon disappear from Grocery Store shelves. Strange symptoms from dangerous rashes in children to frostbite toes, the neverbeforeseen symptoms of this killer virus. Americans stranded. Workers stuck on cruise ships, some for more than 60 days. Why the government wont let them into their own country. And we end tonight with an iconic washington restaurant facing its toughest battle the fight to stay open. E this is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news. A potential breakthrough in the coronavirus. Coronavirus. 100 days after the first person 100 days after the first person was diagnosed right here in the u. S. , the countrys top Infectious Disease doctor says tonight there is clear evidence an experimental drug is showing results in slowing covid19. Dr. Anthony fauci says early trials show the drug, called remedesavir, is capable of blocking the virus, and while it is by no means a cure, tonight there are indications that the f. D. A. Is moving forward to authorize emergency use of the drug in some situations. And as we come on the air, more than 1,036,000 cases have been confirmed nationwide and the virus has killed more than 60,000 here in the u. S. It is also having a devastating impact on american businesses. A report out today shows the u. S. Economy shrank by 5 . Economists say secondquarter numbers will be even worse. And with more and more states now pushing to reopen, tonight, President Trump says he will not extend those federal social distancing guidelines when they expire tomorrow. Hes going to leave it up to governors to decide whats appropriate. So theres a lot to cover tonight. And cbs mola lenghi is going to lead us off tonight in new york city. Mola. Reporter well, norah, perhaps the only thing more urgent than testing, like new urgent than testing, like new york city is doing at popup sites like this, has been the race to find a treatment. Well, today a Significant Development as a drug that was eliginally developed to find a treatment for the ebola virus has now become the new best hope in treating the coronavirus. With the covid19 death toll passing 60,000, today, a sign of hope a potential treatment in the experimental antiviral drug remedesavir, which, according to the n. I. H. , showed possible early results. Remedesavir has a clearcut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. Reporter dr. Anthony fauci said the fourday faster Recovery Time in patients taking the pill was significant enough to interrupt the Clinical Trial so other covid19 patients involved could be offered the drug, too. What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus. Reporter a smaller chinese study published in the medical journal the lancet today was less conclusive about remedesavirs overall benefit, but did confirm faster recovery in patients who received earlier treatment. Now, we have a weapon. Reporter cbs news medical contributor dr. David agus. For the first time, i can say we are on offense rather than defense because we literally have been on defense. Reporter the stock market pushed higher on the news led by remedesavirs maker, gilead, and pfizer, which announced today a vaccine trial in germany could begin in humans next week. But frontline testing is still the key to stopping the virus spread. The 1. 5 million conducted last week in the u. S. Is far short of the minimum 3. 5 million a week needed, according to a harvard report. But testing for covid19 antibodies is expanding. In new york city, theyre now available in walkin urgent cares. Meest diagnostics chief medical doctor Jay Wohlgemuth says people can now buy their tests online. Online. We have antibody Data Available around the country at scale, and that data is going to be really useful as we think about opening up. Reporter in hot spots like new york long lines at a Food Bank Show the economic tesperation and overnight cisregard for social distancing. Depszeration and ove police were called to disperse thousands of mourners crowded on brooklyn streets after a funeral tuesday night. The mayor called the gathering alarming. Even if they didnt mean to, it spread a disease that will kill other members of a community is just unacceptable to me. It reporter with more than 100,000 coronavirus patients hospitalized, every day there is a story of recovery, like 75 yearold sonia atieh, of queens, uew york. The grandmother of two was on a ventilator, hospitalized for nearly three weeks. Tuesday, she got to go home, just in time for her granddaughters sixth birthday. Well, late this afternoon, we learned that florida, just one day after reporting its highest singleday death toll, will an to reopen thereopen thehe state on may 4. State on may 4. Now, the governor says that much of hardhit south portion of the state, including miami, will not be allowed to reopen most of its businesses, with the exception of golf courses and parks. Norah. Odonnell all right, mola, thank you so much. And that encouraging news on remedesavir helped boost wall street today. The dow was up 2. 2 , putting it on track for its biggest monthly gain since 1987. But even as the market rises, tae economy is in a tailspin. New numbers out today reveal the g. D. P. , the broadest measure of the nations output, fell for the first time in six years. Cbs weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. Weijia . Reporter norah, President Trump is brushing off those numbers saying he can feel a pentup demand to stimulate the economy so hes looking ahead to the fourth quarter. In an effort to get back to business, the president said today those federal social distancing guidelines will be faded out when they expire tomorrow. President trump offered an optimistic forecast for the u. S. Economy. We had the best economy ever, and were going to have it again. Reporter but that does not match the dire conditions on the ground. The g. D. P. s firstquarter drop was the sharpest since the great recession, and the Second Quarter could see a record 40 plunge. Today, boeing announced it will slash 10 of its workforce and cut back on making jets, while hertz is preparing for possible bankruptcy after failing to make enase payments. Consumer confidence and spending were throwing money at the were throwing money at the people that lost their job unfairly. Unfairly. Reporter the stimulus checks come with a personalized letter from the president saying the administration is working around the clock to protect the american worker. With 26 million of those workers having filed for unemployment, Many Employers are facing a new challenge. The Government Program disincentivizes people from coming back to work. Reporter Ray Washburne opens several restaurants in the dalas area and serves on President Trumps reopening task force. He says some staffers are ditching their jobs to continue to collect unemployment benefits, which amount to double their salaries. Our argument back to them is, you know, your job might not be ghre at the end of july, because were going to hire somebody else. We need people now and to bring them online. Reporter tonight, the u. S. Postal service is warning people to be extra vigilant as those stimulus checks continue to roll out. In brooklyn, police have arrested a man accused of stealing u. S. Mail, including 12,000 worth of stimulus payments. Norah. Odonnell thats outrageous. Weijia, thank you. One day after the president s executive order to keep meat plants open, a Union Representing meat packers said it wishes the administration cared as much about the lives of working people as it does about meat, beef, and poultry products. About 6,500 workers have been infected or exposed to the virus, and at least 20 work version died. We have more now from cbs Dean Reynolds and what that means for consumers. Reporter at a j. B. S. Meatpacking plant in greeley, g lorado, that had been closed, workers are on the job again. Were you worried about working . Yeah, but, you know, nothing we can do about it. Reporter over the weekend, virus. Them tested positive for the virus. At least five have died, yet the plant is operating after a brief closure. Last month, these pictures showed workers at another j. B. S. Plant crowded together. That is supposed to change. This promotional video from a tysons food plant shows a retrofitted workspace with masks, partitions, and thermometers. To the president , these facilities are critical infrastructure. Its why his order protects them from lawsuits if their workers get sick. And they are getting sick. Yanitzlady santanas husband, raul, is down with fever from the virus. She says the tyson plant in indiana where they both work was too slow to respond. She says tyson installed plexiglass partitions really late for people working side by side by side. That plant has been closed for a week. Theres also a fight between washington and the mostly Rural Communities where plants are. What do you think of the president s executive order . Incredibly reckless. Reporter leaders in blackhawk county, iowa, are dealing with a large tyson plant and the third highest number of covid deaths in the state. The president has no clue whats actually happening on the ground in communities like mine. Reporter now, experts say the president s order will not have an Immediate Impact on the slowdown in meatproduction. Prices are already rising, and there are shortages occurring for special cuts, like boneless chicken breast, because there just arent enough workers to do that job. Norah. Odonnell all right, dean, thank you. For now, the coronavirus has all but sunk americas 50billion ayear cruise industry. Under c. D. C. Orders, u. S. Cruise ships are going nowhere for the next three months, which has left tens of thousands of workers, including americans, stranded at sea. For an update, heres cbs kris van cleave. Reporter not allowed to come nome at least Nine American crew members on the oosterdam cruise ship were blocked by the sease control frome control from getting off in los angeles tuesday. Theyre among at least 132cr ips ow carnivacruise ships owned by Carnival Cruise line companies. Why cant you go home . I dont know. Reporter Ryan Driscoll is a performer on one of those ships, currently an island in the oserently an island in the ships, cur coronavirus storm, essentially stranded at sea for more than 60 days. Passengers got off march 13, and hes been quarantined for weeks, only allowed out of his room for meals and temperature checks. The fact that they wont let us off is extremely frustrating and irritating, especially for cips that just have crew members that have been quarantined for much longer than 14 days that have no covid19 cases. Were just being were just stuck here. It does seem like a prison sometimes. I want to go home. I want to see my family. Reporter the coast guard is monitoring 120 cruise ships in u. S. Waters with about 80,000 crew members. The total number of americans on board is unknown. They cant disembark because of c. D. C. Order. Ord it prohibits cruise ship workers from staying in a hotel, using tblic transportation, taking a commercial airline flight, or interacting with the public for 14 days upon arrival onshore, regardless of how long theyve quarantined on board. Dan domenche is stuck on a different ship. Were on a ship with other crew members from 60 different nationalities and our nation is the one not letting us back into the country, and its embarrassing. Its extremelyits extremely unusual for u. S. Citizens to be unusual for u. S. Citizens to be denied entry to the country. The state Department Says theyre aware and working on it. The c. D. C. Says as soon as the cruise ships comply with their order those folks can disembark. The cruise lines say its not that simple but are continuing to work with the c. D. C. To try rah. Esolve all this. Norah. Odonnell kris, thank you. The u. S. Government is story considering using Cell Phone Technology to track covid19 outbreaks. It is a system already up and running in israel and has generated huge controversy because its run by the countrys Intelligence Agency and it isnt voluntary. Cbs Elizabeth Palmer reports. Reporter as covid infections in israel skyrocketed, the government tapped into a top rogram runveillance program run by shin bet the intelligence by the shin bet Intelligence Agency. Invented to track terrorists cell phones, it actually watches everyone. Roanan bergman is an Intelligence Analyst and author of rise and kill first about israels targeted assassinations. So shin bet is recording the movements of every israeli phone d d saving that data. Yes. And this is, of course, a challenge to israeli democracy and the right of privacy. Reporter heres how it works when someone tests positive, shin bet analyzes phone data to see where theyve been and who they got close to. And those people are immediately ordered into isolation. Take liora shocken. Her partner was in quarantine with covid. E decided to visit and stoodod in the street chatting from a in the street chatting from a safe distance with her partner on the balcony. But shin bet was tracking their phones and judged they were too close. Liora suddenly got a text ordering her into quarantine. I never agreed with the concept of this type of surveillance. Reporter shocken is not alone. Many israelis were stunned to dealize they were under surveillance, and feel big brother has gone too far. The Israeli Supreme Court is also concerned. Its told the government it either has to legitimize the use of this secret Surveillance Program with new laws, or shut it down. Elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. Odonnell and there is still much more news ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Alarming new complications of the coronavirus in children. Our dr. Jon lapook investigates. Later, its hosted president s, seen protests, and fed generations. Now a treasured icon is struggling to survive. 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