The coronavirus crisis, flocking to parks on a beautiful spring day with the weather looking good again today. Shoppers across the south, meanwhile, heading to the malls from georgia to texas. But in other places frustration and anger as pockets of protesters fight the restrictions imposed in their states. Here is the latest this morning. Seven more states will begin to partially reopen for business. They are arizona, florida, indiana, minnesota, missouri, nebraska and new hampshire. All roads into and out of the city of gallop, new mexico, have been blocked as the governor says the coronavirus is, quote, running amuck there. Meanwhile, there are now 1. 1 million cases of coronavirus in the United States, and more than 66,000 deaths so far. Much more on those starts of the story in a moment. Plus, with scientists now focusing on more than a dozen possible vaccines, we will talk to the man who helped to develop a vaccine for another deadly virus about how soon we might see one now. Later, in our sunday spotlight, the sounds of silence. Scientists show us how Mother Nature has been raising her voice measurably without us noisy humans around. In our sunday closer, a special visit to one of the worlds most famous museums closed and nearly empty. Inside new Yorks Metropolitan Museum of art like youve never seen it. And then another favorite sundatbtdl icon Shaquille Oneal on winning all those titles with kobe bryant and beerselling dog named spuds mckenzie. I thought, this dude is cute, hes got mugs, hats, napkins. I said, if im ever going to get a commercial, i got to shaq it up, i have to make people laugh. A sunday sitdown with Shaquille Oneal. And a life well lived later in the show. Lets begin this morning with america taking its first steps back to naormalcy. New york packed the citys parks on a beautiful spring weekend. Good morning. Reporter willie, good morning to you. With the weather warming up, states are loosening restrictions in public areas and many streets like here in new york city, this is just one of many thats blocked off to cars so pedestrians can move around freely. As more people come out of quarantine, police are cracking down on social distancing violators. New signs of life in new york. The weekend warmup enticing people outdoors. Under the watchful eye of 1,000 Police Officers enforcing social distancing. Not looking to write summons unless we have to. Reporter new jerseys governor reopened state parks and golf courses, reminding residents not to rush to normalcy. While California Closed some of its beaches after concerns over crowding. The decision pushing people to the limit. Thank you for your cooperation. Were not going to cooperate. Reporter georgia the first state to welcome visitors into stores, restaurants and malls. Simon, biggest mall operator in the country, will have 50 locations come monday. But restrictions are not loosening everywhere. Demonstrators rallied to reopen new hampshire, maine, minnesota and oregon, while groups in orange county, california, demanded the states stayathome demanded they be lifted. And the rules just got tougher in in gallup, new mexico, which borders a navajo nation. The governor blocked roads in and out of this hot spot. Horse racing fans still got to enjoy the run for the roses at home. Into the stretch reporter the Kentucky Derby went virtual. 13 triple crown winners facing off for covid19 relief. Secretariat has won it reporter and in more signs of progress here in new york city, hospitalizations continue to trend downward and the temporary Field Hospital that opened up in central park last month could close as soon as monday. Willie . We that good news. Kathy park in new york city, thank you very much. As americans begin to step back outside, sign riises are racing towards the vaccine Public Health officials have said will mark the moment when we are truly safe to get back to our precoronavirus lives. The paul is the director of Vaccine Education Center at the childrens hospital. I want to get back to the vaccine but as someone who has studied Public Health, what do you think when you see images of packed public parks and malls across the south crowded with people tomorrow morning. Its certainly true we need to get back to work. Its a shame we dont have the kind of testing that would inform us how to get back to work in the safest way possible. I think at this point were not going to get the kind of testing we need, so were in the midst of doing a grand national experiment. Im sure well find there were parts of this country that went back to work and shouldnt have gone back to work. Unfortunately, well learn it the hard way. You helped develop the rotovirus vaccination. The Task Force Working faster than they have ever worked towards a vaccine, they hope by january, by some reports. In your opinion, how extraordinarily quick would that be . Its unprecedentedly quick. Typically vaccine programs take 20 years from research to a commercial product. This is being done in 12, 18 months. By definition there are steps that will be skipped or coalesced. The big one is, before a vaccine is licensed by the fda, you this wont be a licensed product. I think it will be fda approved. You have a placebo control trial, i think that wont happen. Well test it in a few thousand people before its rolled out to the public, which has some level of uncertainty. I think in the midst of this virus which is killing 1,000 to 2,000 people every day, i think were willing to accept some level of uncertainty to try to stop this surge. So, is it possible then, doctor, in our understandable rush to a vaccine, we may make a vaccine thats less effective against coronavirus . I think we can make a vaccine thats effective. I think we probably wont know exactly how effective until it rolls out and we look at a larger number of people. I think we can be confident before it rolls out that it doesnt cause a common side effect. It may not be out there that we find out it causes a very uncommon side effect. Again, its a level of uncertainty we have to live with given how much we need a vak sxeen need it now. Im sure well be talking to you much more as we race towards that vaccine. Doctor, thank you for your time. The woman who alleges former Vice President and apparent democratic president ial nominee Joe Biden Joe biden secti joe biden sex youll sexually assaulted her when she was his aide. Reporter its a complex story getting even more so with questions about now if there is documentation she said she filed. Reporter this morning the search for a paper trail. A former biden staffer says she filed a complaint with a Senate Personnel office in 223. That complaint regarding Sexual Harassment she says she experienced while working by biden, not sexual assault. Biden denied the allegation in interviews on msnbc. Im saying unequivocally it never happened, period. I dont know what kind of complaint she made. Reporter reade telling the associated press, quote, i know i was too scared to write about the sexual assault. At issue now, where reades apparent complaint might be. The National Archives telling nbc news the senate controls those files. Biden instructing the senate to find and release them, if they exist. Some calling for biden to open up the trove of documents from his time in the senate, stored at the university of delaware. The University Says those will remain sealed until after biden leaves public life. Meanwhile, former aides to president barack obama coming to bidens defense. Some sailing no allegations were uncovered during the rigorous vetting process biden went through to be chosen for the 2020 ticket. Reporter we have now heard from the former Vice President on this. The question is when well hear next from tara reade on camera. She says she wants to deal with her own security before doing any kind of sitdown interview. Yeah, she had one scheduled for this morning and then canceled it. Ali, thank you very much. Chuck todd is nbcs political director and moderator of meet the press. Good morning, good to see you. We had Vice President joe biden on morning joe and mika did that interview. He was unequivocal in his denial. How is he handling the questions and should he release those university of delaware papers, as many are calling for . Well, look, i think hes you say you should have confronted this a bit sooner. Theres some on that. You could say on the university of delaware papers, he might have begun his baseline with saying they did their own search or they got a thirdparty to do a search, at least on tara reades name. There are some baselines you could say they didnt meet that they could have. At the same time, he did throw out a marker and he said, you know, im calling on the secretary of the senate, if this complaint exists, theyll have it and lets find the complaint. I think at the end of the day, willie, this piece of paper is going to matter on whether this story sort of continues to keep moving or it sort of sits in the access hollywood ether. It becomes an eye of the beholder, part of your understanding of him and the campaign in general, sort of what happened with President Trump. But if there is a piece of paper that is found, whatever is said on it, that it exists, i think, would amp this up another level for the former Vice President. This, of course, chuck comes in the middle of a president ial campaign where President Trump is seeing his poll numbers slip in some battleground states. There was a lot of reporting that last week he had a call with his Campaign Team where he erupted when he saw their internal polling showing him not doing well. He stepped back this week from those public briefings he had been holding every day. Is that some level of recognition, perhaps, that the briefings are not helping him as he seeks reelection . It certainly is some sort of, hes accepting that that is the solution his aides have decided to try, which means hes accepting the idea hes behind in the polls. The fact is, if you look, i havent seen a public poll in a battleground state or even borderline battleground state that hasnt showed the president declining and biden either ahead or gaining. So, he certainly is at least acknowledged it this week, but this week, willie. One week. Yeah. Six months from this morning, by the way, election day. Chuck, thanks so much as always. We will look for much more on meet the press when the topic is whether america is good sunday morning. We are getting good clearing from the cloud cover. Were seeing clear skies over san francisco. Well have a cold start move through that will bring cooler temperatures in as well. Lets get a look at your temperatures outside the door. Its a little bit chillier, 40 degrees. San jose at 52. Your micro climate highs in the low 70s, breezy conditions. Straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including the nfl player who three months ago was celebrating his teams super bowl victory and now has taken his medical degree to the front lines of the fight against coronavirus. And an update on our captain tom, whose casual stroll around the garden has turned into a worldwide fundraising bonanza and earned him a birthday card from the queen. As human activity has ground to a halt around the world, scientists are listening to the sounds of planet earth enjoying the silence. 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On thursday, captain tom officially turned 100 years old and the uk celebrated him with cakes, signs and murals painted across britain and he received more than 150,000 birthday cards from around the world, all set up in an impressive display at his grandsons school. Captain tom even received a card from Queen Elizabeth herself. Captain tom also received an honorary military promotion to colonel in recognition of his extraordinary fundraising efforts. He was honored with a flyover from the Royal Air Force on the morning of his birthday. Now that, my friends, is a party. Happy birthday, captain tom. Our next high goes to a big man doing big things from the trenches of the nfl to the fight against the coronavirus. Laurent duvernaytardif is 65, 325pound starting guard for the kansas chiefs. On february 2nd he and the chiefs won the teams first super bowl title in 50 years. In addition to being excellent in pass protection, laurent also happens to be the First Medical School graduate to ever play in the nfl. In 2018 he earned his doctor degree. While he heard about the coronavirus on vacation after the super bowl, the big fella knew he had to get home to help. He was placed into service in a longterm care facility about an hour from his hometown of montreal. Hes working in a nursing role since he has not finished his residency. Of course there are risks but you have to look at, standpoint young, fit individual working atrisk environment with the best protective gear possible, i think is the best way to fight this thing. Thats why i want to contribute. Laurent says the chiefs have been proud to support his efforts to put on the scrubs and to pitch in back home. Thats a big guy with a big future after football. Way to go, big man. Our final high this week goes to a moment many of us can relate to these days as were doing our best to work from home. Sometimes that means kids screaming in the background of a zoom meeting or your dog hopping on your lap when youre doing the weather on live television. The maps arent going to move because he just whacked the computer with his head. Let me just verbalize the forecast, okay . That wasnt very smart. Saturday, partly cloudy, turning more humid with temperatures, again, in the mid80s. Didnt mean to keep you up. Next time, imprud, were going to eat after this. Thats the forecast. That is chief meteorologist at fox 13 tampa bay in florida when his very good dog brody, who became an internet hero with this clip viral. Brody just wanted a snack. And looking out the cameraman craig just outside. You are a very good boy. Coming up next, a sunday sitdown with Shaquille Oneal on his hall of fame career, his role as tvs favorite commercial pitchman, and my misguided attempt to guard the most dominant player in the history of basketball. And then new yorks famed metropolitan museum of heaart h been closed for nearly two months. This morning were taking you inside the empty galleries with th