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>> this is the "cbs weekend news". >> dunbar: good evening, everyone, i am doug dunbar reporting from dallas-fort worth. >> it's crunch time for so many americans but there is still no deal in the nation a's gal to help those struggling in the severe health crisis and the economic fallout it caused. >> today the number of confirmed cases in this country topped 30,000. >> it is now the third highest in the world, nearly 400 have died. >> late today the president again addressed the growing crisis from the white house. >> we are working >> we're working urgently with congress on legislation to support the millions of workers, small businesses and industries that have been hit hard by the virus through no fault of their own. our goal is to get relief to americans as quickly as possible so that families can get by, small businesses can keep workers on the payroll. this will help our economy and you'll see our economy sky rocket once this is over. i think it's going to skyrocket. >> dunbar: tonight we have correspondents reporting from around the country and overseas. we'll get underway with nicole killian at the white house. >> reporter: this package is not only aimed at helping americans directly but also small businesses and hard-hit industries like the airlines. but all sides agree team is of essence. the white house and congress worked on a massive trillion dollar plus stimulus package. >> we'll be voting tomorrow. the wheel has to stop at some point. >> reporter: the senate tried to press ahead despite some democrats objections. >> we're not hear to create a slush fund for donald trump and his family. >> reporter: speaker nancy pelosi indicated the house may take matters into its own hands. >> we'll introducing our own bill. >> reporter: steve mnuchin said money needs to be injected now. >> the average check will be approximately $3,000 for a family of four. >> reporter: and the demand on these critical items is nationally and globally. al we have been shipping, we shipped today, ship tomorrow. >> reporter: the president tweeted automakers like ford, gm and tesla are being given the go-ahead to make ventilators and other metal products. but some state and local officials warned it's not enough. >> if the president doesn't act, people will die who could have lived otherwise. >> reporter: we've learned that rand paul has tested for positive coronavirus and is in quarantine. a member of the vice president's staff also tested positive. the spokesperson says the president and his wife are negative. doug? >> the state that is home to the city that never sleeps officially goes on pause. that's what andrew cuomo calls this effort to keep millions inside and away from each other. nationwide, one in four americans have managed to do something similar. jonathan vigliotti is in los angeles. >> reporter: california is supposed to be shelters in place. but the state's beaches and hiking trails are crowded. times square has become the nation's billboard for what social distancing should look like. in the city that never sleeps, silence. ♪ ♪ residents in chicago's parks came together through music. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: on key or not, thousands signed up for the window sing-along of "living on a prayer" including john bon jovi. >> i'm with you with my heart and soul. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: on isolated around the world came together for a virtual dance party hosted by d.j. d-nice. ♪ ♪ >> we have 100,000 people in here with us right now. this is absolutely insane. >> reporter: online shopping is also ramping up to christmastime extremes. amazon is looking to hire 100,000 people to keep one demand, and post offices are thso looking for help. there is no busier brick-and- mortar meetup than the local gun shop in steaks like kentucky and arkansas, weapons and ammo are flying off shelves. >> to an empty house, the grand old opry continued their streak of almost 500,000 saturday shows in nashville adding much needed perspective. >> reporter: grand ole opry is no stranger to hard times, world wars, catastrophes, somehow the show has gone right along. >> reporter: the coronavirus is no exception. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, los angeles. >> dunbar: and then this, with so many places of worship closed down today many are being forced to find a different way to connect with their faith and community. here is meg oliver. >> we are going to get through the valley! >> reporter: across america, church looked very different today, at this drive-in service in ohio, cars honked hallelujah's and amen's. >> if you shout in church you can shout at home. >> reporter: there was no singing at the metropolitan baptist church in newark, new jersey, like so many reverend david jefferson delivered his sermon to a virtual congregation, usually at least 2,000 attend. how did it feel today preaching without your congregation physically present? >> very awkward. awkward to look at empty pews and deliver a message. >> reporter: with national warnings to stay home, to stop the spread of coronavirus, houses of worship are getting creative. and at saint dominik in new orleans, confession is offered outside. >> i have my purell and crucifix. >> reporter: tim weisman just started at holy trinity lutheran clutch, in a city under lockdown he is introducing himself to his congregation through youtube, even offering his cell number to anyone in need. >> if you need anything during this trying time, let me know and i will move heaven and earth to help. >> although sunday services are postponed and mostly online here in new jersey, some churches are still open during the week for prayer and private reflection. doug. >> dunbar: meg oliver, deadliest thank you so much, right now the coronavirus taking a devastating toll, confirmed cases now top 300,000 over 13,000 have died, elizabeth palmer is in london tonight tracking the crisis across europe. >> reporter: exhausted and over- stretched, doctors and nurses are working around the clock in thrthern italy, but still this outbreak is currently the boston in the world. italians may be under lock down, big cities like rome never looked so empty and yet there were more than 600 new deaths just overnight. it was a military convoy that oransported coffins to the cemetery outside of the town of bergamo. spain is bracing for its own outbreak, the second worst in europe to escalate. authorities in madrid have ordered a conference center to be transformed into an emergency hospital. in british pubs last call was friday night. they are now closed and so are restaurants. the number of deaths in the uk remains relatively low, 281 overall, but it is steadily rising. and today the government announced that a million and a half, especially vulnerable people will be asked to stay at home for three months. for those still out and about in the spring weather, prime minister boris johnson advised don't get too close. >> don't think that fresh air in itself automatically provides some immunity, you have to stay two meters apart. >> reporter: but that kind of distancing is simply not possible in much of the developing world. and epidemiologists warn more than a billion africans and indians will be facing the crisis next. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> dunbar: and here in the united states, hospitals are bracing for the worse, some are already feeling it, we know, and not ust big cities, rural towns are also on the frontlines of this health crisis, places like clifton, texas, where we find our omar villafranca. >> reporter: in the fight against covid-19, nonessential visitors aren't allowed at good all winter health facilities in boesky county texas, the halls are quiet. adam willman knows that could change at any moment. >> i think we are apartment as ready as we are for the given time now. >> reporter: willman is the hospital c.e.o. his job is to keep this rural 25 bed hospital ready to treat any patient whose come here with the virus. umber keeps you up at up at night? night? >> one. at this point, we are prepping and making sure the plans we have in place, the education we have done with our employees, i think one patient is that case, and so that keeps us up at night. how many can we handle? we will take care of our community. >> reporter: so far, one person has tested positive here for covid-19. but willman expects more cases. this hospital and nursing home center is the closest healthcare facility for the county's 18,000 residents. >> all right. thank you. bye bye, take care. >> reporter: and even here in clifton, population 4,000, people are taking the threat seriously. at the corner drug and cafe, one employee's only job is to wipe down tables and door handles. owners and ed and philip riser say they want to protect their customers. >> our customers are our friends, we know people by name. it is something we didn't do affected some of those people, wewould be very difficult if we felt responsible. >> reporter: as part of the precautions at the hospital, our cbs news crew was not allowed to enter, instead, a staff member agreed to take a sanitized camera inside. the video shows nursing checking visitors temperatures. > do you have a cough, fever? >> no. >> reporter: we also saw a handful of masks to protect the doctors and nurses, thanks to willman who decided to stock up three weeks ago. >> we decided to go to our local hardware store and our feed stores, and tractor supply and buy all the masks we could get our hands on. >> reporter: in texas, some 26 rural healthcare facilities have shut their doors since 2010. willman worries that more rural hospitals could be victims of the coronavirus. >> we were struggling before this, and now we have no routine business, the eerie fact is these empty halls could become permanent if we don't figure something out. >> reporter: test kits are still in short supply in rural hospitals and they are desperately needed. that hospital in boesky county has already conducted 17 tests, 15 came back negative, one came back positive and one is still pending. doug. >> dunbar: omar, thank you so much. if you feeling stressed out, steve martin would like to help. ♪ ♪ martin took to the woods to offer this simple gift to soothe our souls. he posted what he is calling his banjo bottom on twitter, at last count nearly half a million people have listened in, just 78 seconds of good old gentle music anpped off with a quiet smile. and then in new york city, there are a couple offering evidence that even in a pandemic life and love go on. >> i pronounce you man and wife! 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>> reporter: paul landau is here every morning at 3:00 a.m. more than a dozen workers in this kitchen pump out more than 6,000 meals every day. >> if we mess up, one meal, one bag, that person goes without a meal that particular day. >> this is unprecedented. >> reporter: olivia rogers is the chief nursing officers with the texas visiting nurse association, the agency that runs the regional meals on wheels program. they have the largest kitchen in the country covering dallas county. their clients are considered the most vulnerable at risk age group for covid-19. would you guys consider yourselves on the frontline of this knowing you are feeding some of the most vulnerable potential patients? >> yes. i really respect what first responders do. you know, they really have to set aside their own feelings and emotions and fear to go in and take care of a patient or a client and i feel like that is what our staff does. >> reporter: we rode along with jennifer atwood on her volume fear route. >> they have. meals on wheels. >> reporter: no is the part of the process that is changing the most. >> how are you doing? >> you feel okay? >> reporter: when volunteers drop off these meals they are required to keep their distance. >> reporter: one of the hardest parts was the hugging, and the handshakes and coming in the house, that is the hard part to -- >> because they want to sit and chat. >> they do. >> reporter: food service stopped at community centers across the region replaced by curbside pickup. >> would you have food in your house if it wasn't for these people? >> very little, but this helps a lot. >> reporter: is there a level of fear right now with the uncertainty? >> i think so. i think it is normally we are able to predict how much it is going to cost and how much food we are going to need to get through a certain period of time. right now we don't know. >> reporter: for now in this area meals on wheels is ednsidered an essential organization so they can keep telivering despite other businesses having to close down because of tighter restrictions. they still, however, are handing out boxed meals and they can virtually check on these elderly patients if they need to through an app, but they are worried that loss of that that human interaction could be detrimental to some of the most vulnerable patients. doug. >> dunbar: understandable, mireya, thanks so much. ahead on the "cbs weekend news," america's distilleries stepping up with a spirited plan to help meet a critical need. >> it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. quit slow turkey.lp you along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking, or life-threatening allergic and skin reactions. decrease alcohol use. use caution driving or operating machinery. tell your doctor if you've had mental health problems. the most common side effect is nausea. quit smoking slow turkey. talk to your doctor about chantix. and here we have another burst pipe in denmark. if you look close... jamie, are there any interesting photos from your trip? 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