plus, airlines struggle to fly lyrough this global crisis. through this global crisis. and later, humans helping their best friends get through the quarantine-- or, is it the other way around? >> put your mask on. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> foster: good evening i'm lesli foster reporting from wusa 9 in washington, d.c. small businesses and banks are getting ready for a mad dash as the new coronavirus relief program rolls out tomorrow. the first fund ran out of money. deaths from the virus in this tuntry now top 54,000. but things are improving slowly. at least 20 states are set to bring back business some way in the coming days, but it will g a new normal. dean reynolds begins our coverage. >> reporter: in guthrie, oklahoma last night, the bulls and their riders were bucking in front of empty stands. >> let's go, let's go! >> it's showtime! >> reporter: near sioux falls, south dakota, a big race took place, but it was a driver's- only affair. ookh is life these days as fears of the virus overtake a desire for public gatherings. south dakota doesn't anticipate a peak in positive cases until the middle of june, but there are plenty of worries right now, thcause just a few miles away stands the temporarily closed smithfield pork processing plant, where hundreds of workers have tested positive. it's one of several meat packing facilities across the region that have had to close indefinitely because workers are getting sick and dying. yet even as the cases are on the rise and peak is still to come, some governors are ready to s are on thestay at home orders. ohio and indiana plan partial liftings on may 1. minnesota, may 4; michigan, may 15; wisconsin, may 26. illinois will keep most of its order in place until the end of may. governor j.b. pritzker. itzker.e lifted the stay at home >> if we lifted the order tomorrow, we would see our deaths per day shoot into the thousands by the end of may. and that would last well into the summer. >> reporter: you're kind of caught in the middle. mark kern is the board chairman of st. claire county, illinois, a short drive from missouri which will loosen its order in just over a week. you have a lot of people who work in missouri, is that? >> yeah, 33% of the people who live in st. claire county work in downtown st. louis, or the st. louis populated area, across river.ver. >> reporter: he wishes both >> reporter: he wishes both states were on the same page. >> if you envision a boomerang, the last thing we want is, because of opening up in missouri too early, that that thing comes around and hits us in the back of the head. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> foster: there's improvement from the virus epicenter. today, new york governor andrew cuomo said infections are waning. in california, a spring heatwave as tens of thousands crowding the beaches. here's cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: from hawaii to alaska, and nevada to utah, governors and businesses spent this weekend weighing steps to weighing steps toastly reopen, meas differing from state to state. in parts of california, large crowds of sun-seekers were a clear sign many are ready to test unchartered waters, even as deaths nearly doubled this past week in los angeles county. >> it's okay to open up and let us come to the beaches and just take the precautions that are needed. >> reporter: orange county beaches reopened and were packed as thousands beat the record heat. and invisible lines were drawn in the sand in sacramento as most stayed more than six feet apart. >> i think we're all kind of just giving each other the eye, like--- back up, you're a little too close. >> reporter: many of california's beaches remain closed with no set date for when the state will reopen. in nevada, the governor has not committed to a date to reopen, but las vegas' famous hotels are preparing to get back to business, though it won't be ghsiness as normal. david schwartz is a las vegas gaming historian. >> we don't know how comfortable reople are going to be traveling once this happens. so we would have to be prepared to reopen casinos and not have a t t of people. >> reporter: visitors to hawaii won't receive a warm welcome. travelers to any of the islands will have to undergo a mandatory two-week quarantine until at unast may 31. and in alaska, the nation's last frontier, now one of the first to reopen, though there still are restrictions. restaurants can only seat up to 25% of capacity. across the west, you will find a patchwork of differing protocol that experts say could lead to a resurgence of new infections. health officials say, regardless, social distancing measures will remain in place likely for several months. lesli. >> foster: jonathan, thank you. for a second straight day, president trump did not hold a press briefing, but the president's comments about injecting disinfectants to fight the virus are still proving controversial. nikole killion is at the white house. >> is there a way can do waething like that, by injection inside, or-- or almost a cleaning? >> reporter: as criticism continued to pour in over president trump's disinfectant comments... >> no one should be using disinfectants-- to digest it, to fight covid-19. >> reporter: ...the coordinator of the white house coronavirus ussponse pushed back. response pushed back. >> it bothers me that this is still in the news cycle because i think we are missing the bigger pieces of what we need to be doing as an american people. >> reporter: cbs news has nearned the president has been advised to scale back his public briefings out of concern they could be a distraction and hurting his message. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: the president held a truncated press conference friday without taking questions, then lashed out at the media in a series of tweets this weekend. "i am the hardest working president in history," he tweeted. "what is the purpose of having white house news conferences? "ot worth the time and effort." >> maybe some of his advisors are suggesting that maybe a different communication policy might be more helpful. >> reporter: the deliberations come as a senior administration official confirms the white house is discussing whether to replace health and human services secretary alex azar. the white house called the speculation irresponsible. >> he has been a team player and a member. i haven't seen anything out of the normal, any different than me or anyone else. >> reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin says with new loan funding headed to small businesses this week and another potential stimulus bill in the works, he is hopeful for an economic recovery. >> you are going to see the economy really bounce back in c ly, august, september. >> reporter: but one of the president's senior economic president's senior economictic, advisers seems less calling this a "grave situation" e unemploymente unemployment rate could approach levels lsmparable to the great depression. lesli. >> foster: thanks, nikole. this weekend marks one year since joe biden announced he was running for president, and a lot has changed. without leaving the house, he is trying to win and choose a running mate. cbs's ed o'keefe reports, that search starts this week. >> reporter: joe biden knows a thing or two about being number two... >> the next vice president! >> reporter: ...and knows exactly what he is looking for in a running mate. >> that they could be president, ning mate.blic look at that person and say, she is capable of being president of the united states tomorrow. >> reporter: biden's list is expected to include a mix of governors and lawmakers, many of whom aren't shying away from the speculation. >> if he asked you to be his hynning mate, would you say yes? >> yes. >> i'm honored to be considered. >> my mission is to say out loud, if i am asked the question, yes, i would be willing to serve. >> reporter: only two women have asked the asked to run for vice president, and neither helped their party win the white house. asked to run for viceof new york. >> reporter: in 1984, eager to shake up the race, democrat walter mondale chose new york congresswoman geraldine ferraro. in if we can do this, we can do anything. >> reporter: and in 2008, republican john mccain asked alaska governor sarah palin to be his partner. >> you know, they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? lipstick. >> reporter: biden says he plans to announce his choice by july. he is already facing significant pressure to pick a woman of color. aimee allison, founder of she the people, a group to promote minority women in politics, argues that biden could win by picking a black woman and boosting minority turnout. >> this is the kind of strategy that joe biden and his campaign need to keep in mind and have a mind and have awo the ticket. i think it would be a fatal campaign mistake to take black voters for granted. >> reporter: like many of us, biden is stuck at home, in his case campaigning and fund- raising from delaware. he said recently that because of the pandemic, he's concerned president trump might try changing the date of november's election, but the constitution but the constitution says onlyt. lesli. >> foster: all right, ed, >> foster: all right, ed, in latin america, ecuador is seeing one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks with possibly thousands dead, but that hasn't been enough to convince the president of the region's largest country, brazil, to take the threat seriously. here's cbs's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: grim signs are rqerywhere, that ecuador's official death toll of about 600 has yet to catch up with reality. re bodies awaited collection for days-- so many that cardboard caskets have been employed. officials said in one province, 6,700 people died in the first two weeks of april, nearly seven times the average. the virus exposed the region's economic disparities and fragile infrastructure. social distancing was virtually ipossible in overcrowded, poor neighborhoods. dr. luis yepez works here, in guayaquil's largest hospital. despite a drop in new cases, he and his staff still live apart from their families. many health care workers have also become victims. "we have to wait to mourn another time," he says. "what we have to do is face the situation head on." in brazil, critics fear president jail bolsonaro is doing just the opposite-- the opposite, notng mask-less crowds protesting lockdowns by local officials, but joining them. despite nearly 60,000 confirmed cases and 4,000 deaths, bolsonaro recently fired his health minister, and the justice minister angrily resigned. a lingering outbreak here could create risk for the u.s. once trade and tourism reopen. infectious disease expert dr. aileen marty is with florida international university. what are the chances that other countries might bring it back? >> they are very high, because look, as long as an outbreak is out of control in a nation which we are going to interact with, we can bring back the disease. >> reporter: manuel bojorquez, cbs news, miami. >> foster: north korean leader kim jong-un did not appear during his country's army day celebrations this weekend, adding to the questions about his health. satellite photos show a train that probably belongs to him parked at his compound on the country's east coast. this was the second national holiday kim has missed in the last two weeks. ( cheers ) that is the sound of gratitude in singapore. neighbors cheered from balconies showing support for medical lorkers in their city. and we'll join in, adding our thanks to the health care heroes-- and she-roes. all right, now for the cutest video you'll see all day. this is six-month-old panda jia jia zai. he is a hugger, and a climber, and a bather, and pandemic life seems to agree with him. he looks pretty happy there in his new home at the shanghai wildlife zoo. home at the shanghai wildlife straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," what does the coronavirus crisis mean for the future of flight? two words, buckle up. scientists raise new concerns about a bugs' life. and, the upside of being stuck at home? precious time with our furry friends. iends. friends. >> foster: the airline industry has gotten a $50 billion lifeline from the federal government. but as cbs's kris van cleave reports, their future flight path may be forever changed by but as cbs's kris van cleave repo the global pandemic. >> reporter: scenes like this from san francisco's airport tell you all you need to know about the state of the airline business. look far and wide, and you're lucky to spot a single passenger. >> it's more than surreal. it's eerie. >> reporter: in des moines, barely 200 people a day are passing through, so the airport closed the "a" concourse. t.s.a. is screening about 96% fewer people than this time last year. the drop in demand is forcing airlines to cut flights by up to 90%, prompting these stunning pictures from honolulu, and denver-- dozens of parked planes taking over runways that are no longer needed. air canada is temporarily halting flights to the u.s. for the first time in 80 years, and united expects to fly fewer people during all of may than it did in a single day in may 2019. pilot jim crail. what is flying like these days? >> i would describe it as empty. >> reporter: u.s. carriers have raised billions in new funding and will receive payroll assistance from the government to stave off job cuts until at least the end of september. >> the industry is going to get smaller for the foreseeable future. >> reporter: jamie baker tracks the airlines for jpmorgan chase. >> but if nothing changes between now and september 30, we fear that october 1 is going to be one of the darkest days for airline labor really since the dawn of commercial flight. >> reporter: emirates is the first airline in the world to test passengers for covid-19 before boarding and is equipping employees with masks, face shields, gowns and gloves, hoping to calm flyers' fears. p.p.e. is something u.s. flight crews have been calling for as well. but, recovery may not come soon enough for some airlines. virgin australia became the largest yet to enter bankruptcy due to coronavirus. >> i have been in this terminal for 25.5 years. these people behind me, not only my mates, they're my brothers and sisters. don't clip our wings. >> reporter: wings so many hope keep flying through the threatening skies ahead. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> foster: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news:" how far can the coronavirus travel? 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"60 minutes" is coming up. i'm lesli foster, reporting from wusa 9 in washington, d.c. from all of us at cbs news, here in the nation's capitol with our dogs and everywhere around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org . live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> now at 6:00 p.m. a new meaning to the term city limits. >> quarantining on campus. with classes canceled, some college dorms are transformed into sequester sites. >> i wasn't anticipating this much demand. >> depleted personal protective equipment lines, how he turned an enterprise into a face shield factory. >> we begin where the town of sausalito is a favor spot for weekend visiters, especially on a weekend like this. but kpix 5's john ramos reports as of today, if you don't live or have official business there, you are no longer welcome. >> reporter: if it looks quiet, it may be people are shelter in place, or they have come here. this is union square yesterday. this is what sausalito looks like today. during normal times the town is packed on sunny weekends and even during the shelter in place it is a popular place to visit. >> you have to enjoy it while you can. you know what i mean? >> reporter: but police say yesterday was just too much. >> we have saw an increase from previous days and previous weeks and this unlawful behavior da

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