Half of its workforce. And whats holding up a new 400 billion rescue plan for Small Businesses . Nursing homes in crisis. Shocking numbers. 55 dead at one home, 70 in another as facilities face chronic Staff Shortages. Tonight the new federal guidelines that allow covid positive aides to keep working. Emergency room cuts in the s ddle of a pandemic, cbs news has learned that doctors and hospital staff are facing pay cuts and layoffs. Cuts and layoffs. We go through the stages of grief when you get a pay cut, and we all did. He odonnell and with the lights off on broadway, onone sr performs every night. His inspiring story and performance thats lifting spirits. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Thank onnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin this new week with the country in a heated showdown over reopening the economy, and as we come on the air, the outbreak is getting worse in some parts of the country. At the same time, other areas are lifting stayathome orders. Tonight texas is allowing people into state parks, and georgias governor says gyms, as well as hair and nail salons, can reopen friday with some restrictions. Theaters and restaurants next ndnday. And tennessee says its back to work for the majority of its businesses on may 1. All of this comes as protests against social distancing are sprouting up with the support of the president. And that is angering some state leaders who say they desperately aeed help with a nationwide testing strategy before lifting their orders. Dent, today the Vice President told governors hes worr boston, and philadelphia metros, areas. N morerus has now taken more than 41,000 lives in the u. S. , than 41,000 lives in the u. S. , more than 782,000 cases have eden confirmed, and tonight something truly extraordinary. With so few americans driving and nowhere to store it, future prices for crude oil are now negative, suggesting producers ore willing to pay customers to ilke oil off their hands. Our team is covering it all, and Janet Shamlian leads us off tonight outside houston. Janet . Reporter norah, this is a state park outside of houston, one of the 95 Texas State Parks that reopened today as long as face coverings are worn. Its part of the governors plan to reopen the state. Other governors today announcing their plans. And it comes amid increasing protests across the country, people demanding their economies reopen. At pennsylvanias capitol, the frustrated crowded together, few thth facial coverings, to protest the states stayathome order. Id rather be working. I really would. I really wish they would open this up. Reporter some were confronted by nurses in the street. One Healthcare Worker stood tlfiantly, framed by an american flag. Demonstrations in several states many organized on facebook which today said it is removing the groups if the protests violate a states. Athering guidelines. Some states are now slowly some states are now slowly lifting restrictions. Today South Carolina announced its opening beaches tomorrow. Georgias governor will allow hair salons and gyms to open friday. Today Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer struck back against the antisocial distancing sentiment. This action isnt about our individual right to gather. It oo live. Ident trump called this a war, and it is exactly that. So lets act like it. Reporter the crisis is taking an economic toll. The collapse of oil prices drove the stock market lower. Disney announced it will stop paying some 100,000 workers and at least three j. B. S. Meat plants have been closed due to covid19 infections. In the covid1 in the covid19 epicenter of new york city, 911 calls have dropped 50 . The state has se the state has seen its lowest 24hour death toll in 18 days. The flood of patients may be slowing, but mount sinai e. R. Dr. Matthew bai says its not just the elderly. When the young patients come in and they dont end up making it, it takes an emotional toll on everyone. It makes us realize that be affe can be affected. Reporter including one of the youngest, fiveyearold Skylar Herbert died of covid19 sunday. The daughter of two detroitt First Responders, a Police Officer and a firefighter. She had been on a ventilator for two weeks. Skylars story is type of heartbreak motivating retired marine josh landers. Im a disabled veteran. And i used to play taps. And i thought it would be important to play taps to remember those who have fallen to coronavirus. Reporter every night sounds echo through his queens new york neighborhood when he plays taps. A saute to those on the front lines, a goodbye to the lives lost. And in addition to the parks opening here in texas today, stores can open on friday, but only for curbside pickup. Looking ahead, georgia is going to open its restaurants next ngnday, and tennessee is lifting almost all of its restrictions norating may 1 odll Conference Call to help them control those protesters that janet just mentioned, even though the president has been encouraging them on twitter and at his daily briefings. Weijia jiang is at the white touse tonight. And weijia, what else did the governors ask for . Reporter norah, they are still begging the white house to help them get testing supplies. One senior official who works for a democratic governor who listened in on that call said it is insane and criminal the inministration is not doing more to help. But tonight once again the president said the burden is on the states. Tonight governors are pleading with President Trump for more naronavirus tests. We need a lot more testing across the country. Reporter during a Conference Call with governors today, fmocratic leaders from michigan and North Carolina urged Vice President pence to stress social anstancing, worried anti ou new infections. GingVice President acknowledging on the call and at a sunday briefing no audio there are areas we continue to watch carefully on the task force including the chicago me metro area, boston metro, and philadelphia metropolitan area. Reporter marylands republican governor, larry hogan, said today he was so desperate for test supplies that he had his south koreanamerican nife help broker a 9 million deal to get 500,000 test kits from south korea. The Administration Made it clear over and over again, they want the states to take the lead, and we have to go out and do it ourselves. And so thats exactly what we did. Reporter congress is just days away fr days away from a vote to replenish the Small Business fund while storefronts like these in evanston, illinois, sit closed waiting for help. Shakeshack got a 10 million loan, but says it returned the money because so many smaller businesses were left out. En very frustrating when we found out they funded the big chain restaurants instead. Reporter meantime, as some supporters push for him to reopen the country now, the president continues to defend his decision not to close it sooner. Why did you wait so long to warn them . If you look at what i did in terms of cutting off or banning china from coming in reporter chinese nationals, but by the way, not americans who were also coming in from china we cut it off. People were amazed. Reporter President Trump says one governor who has both criticized and praised his response, new yorks andrew cuomo, will come here to the white house to meet with him tomorrow. Norah . Odonnell all right, weijia. Thank you. Now to the blood tests that look for signs about whether someone has developed antibodies to the coronavirus. Health Officials Say these tests are key to reopening the economy, but there are concerns t out the accuracacy of these tests. Heres mola lenghi. Reporter today, new york state kicked off the most aggressive Antibody Test survey in the nation, randomly sampling 3,000 people for evidence theyve been infected by the coronavirus. Were starting the largest Antibody Test ever done today in new york. Reporter the hope is Antibody Tests like these will help determine when americans can get back to work. Already more than 35,000 new yorkers have reached out to mount sinai to see if they qualify for the Antibody Test developed by researchers there, one of four tests granted emergency use authorization by the f. D. A. We are actually looking at how much antibodies you have and whether that confers more immunity. Reporter high demand has the market, and the f. D. A. Is being criticized for allowing them to be sold without scrutiny. Even a very small false positive rate could lead to plndreds of thousands of people being told that theyre safe when they might not be. Reporter yesterday 478 new yorkers died from the virus. He tried to give whatever he could. Reporter those lost to covid19 leave lasting legacies. One of them is 56yearold ofhammed jofar. H worked long hours driving a taxicab in new york city to give his three children the best ucucation possible. Jofars son, mahtab shihab, is a sophomore at harvard university. How much of what you do Going Forward is going to be for your dad . Everything i do Going Forward is kind of making sure that his hard work and what he put into as an immigrant would be paid off, that, like, his goal of having a successful future for his kids, and thats what im trying to do to the best of my ability. Reporter well, today new york city canceled all Public Events through the month of anne, that includes puerto rican day and the gay pride parade which draw millions of people every single year. Mount sinai hospital is still bosearching their Antibody Test, out an antibody study out of sts the numbergests the number of people infected there could have been up to 55 times higher than the current number of confirmed cases, Norah Odonnell thats why those tests are so important. Mola, thank you. Nursing homes have seen some of the deadliest outbreaks of the virus. Our investigation found nearly 20 of all deaths have happened in one of these facilities, and now as the pandemic exposes unsafe conditions at many of them, the c. D. C. Is taking a controversial step to try and ease the crisis. Reporter a crisis boiling over tonight in Nursing Homes on tonight 70 are dead in this new jersey home, where 17 bodies were discovered last week. And in california, this is only a partial list of Nursing Homes with patients or staff testing positive for covid19 258 homes in all. Major Staff Shortages also led the c. D. C. To issue Surprising New guidelines. Bse Agency Confirms to cbs news, covidpositive Health Workers could be allowed to return to their jobs as a last resort. Unbelievable. The c. D. C. Is basically in my opinion saying, why bother . Theyre going to die anyways, so why bother. Reporter Sally Merritt braciaks 85yearold mother Elizabeth Ann died alone in an upstate new york home. She is one of at least 8,000 who have died nationwide, more than double the number reported last week. Little by little the disease just took her. Reporter as sick staff is now allowed to return to work, mimes are still keeping families away. Merritt was restricted from ieing her mom in her final moments to tell her what she told us. I would want to take her hand and tell her that its okay to go, and to think of the sunsets over lake ontario. Thank you for being my mom, and ill miss you every day more and more. Reporter it breaks my heart that you never got to tell your mom that. Mine, too. Reporter and there are so many families like sallys that never got that chance to say goodbye to their mothers and fathers. F for the c. D. C. s guidelines, the agency telling us it is now up to Nursing Homes to decide to let sick staff back to work, but without proper p. P. E. , how they will do so safely remains unclear. H . Rah . Odonnell jonathan, thank you. About how the pandemic is affecting some of this countrys most important Healthcare Workers. We spoke with e. R. Doctors in nearly a dozen states who say theyre taking pay cuts of up to 40 . The American College of ysicians sayssicians says cutting benefits and shifts cutting benefits and shifts could force some Emergency Rooms to shut down. Nikki battiste has more on the financial fallout. Eslieporter e. R. Doctor leslie simon is c simon is chair of the Emergency Medicine Department at the mayo clinic and is seeing patients with covid symptoms daily. You go through the stages of grief when you get a pay cut, and we all did. Reporter she and her team just took a 10 salary reduction, a consequence of the hospitals anticipated 3 billion revenue loss. We still have student loans. We have kids to send to college. We have mortgages. Reporter mayo clinic is among thousands of hospitals across the country losing money fast. Most make half or more of their revenue from elective procedure, which have been put on hold. Add to those losses at least a 30 decline in emergency room visits since the pandemic started due to patients staying r home out of fear of contracting the coronavirus. Do you worry that some e. R. Rooms across the country are so taffed that livesfed that lives may now be at risk . May now be at risk . I think its possible. I also think a lot of them are at risk for closing. Reporter one e. R. Doctor who would not speak on camera told us her hours were cut by about 50 and she is now the only e. R. Doctor during her shifts, down from four, making her responsible for up to 40 beds. Dr. Natasha k. , who tested 17 patients for covid just yesterday, agreed to speak if we didnt use her last name. We are afraid to go into work in the e. R. Reporter now she says also joraid the lose her job. We feel like our jobs are more valuable now than ever. Its a little difficult to really digest what happened. It doesnt really change our attitude going into work. Reporter nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. Odonnell and theres still much more news ahead right here on tonights cbs evening news. A tornado touches down on a major interstate. And later, a stars uplifting performances. How hes bringing hope to a wounded city. No way. More exercise. More water. And more fiber is the only way to manage it. 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