Today on “Face the Nation,” the U.S. is losing the battle to contain the coronavirus as the number of cases here explodes and experts predict the situation to become even more dire in the next month. Source
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Remembering Maria Mercader, CBS News journalist for three decades
Maria was 54 and died from the Covid-19 coronavirus in a New York hospital. She had been on medical leave for an unrelated matter since the last week in February. Source
The definition of leadership
What does effective leadership look like during a crisis? With governors of states struggling with a global pandemic far out in front of the president in response to COVID-19, correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, chairman of the National Governors Association, and with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, about when governors take the lead in turbulent times – in this case, a defining event for our generation. Source
Leadership in times of crisis
The present pandemic is not the first time in our history that the nation’s governors have stepped up to offer guidance, action and straight talk Source
Catching up on TV during lockdown
To those who said they never had the time to catch up on “must-see TV,” well, now you do! Hollywood Reporter TV critic Daniel Fienberg offers suggestions on new and classic series to binge-watch, for those housebound by the pandemic. Source
Sarah Jessica Parker + Matthew Broderick
The actors are working together for the first time since they married 23 years ago in the (now-delayed) return to Broadway of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite.” Jane Pauley sits down with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick to talk about playing a couple on stage, and whether Carrie Bradshaw and Ferris Bueller would have dated. Source
Italian hospital turns scuba masks into ventilators
Doctors at the Maggiore Hospital in Parma are using a 3D printer to modify the masks so they connect to oxygen. Source
Help wanted: Coronavirus and job prospects for U.S. workers
Jobless claims have skyrocketed in the face of an unprecedented health crisis, but there are job openings at firms accommodating a nation undergoing a pandemic Source
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards calls on feds to send ventilators as coronavirus cases grow
Governor John Bel Edwards told “Face the Nation” that the current supply of ventilators is “inadequate to the task.” Source
The 2020 Census: America is down for the count
The once-in-a-decade enumeration of everyone in America has been launched – and pandemic or not, the work of the Census Bureau will go on. Chip Reid talks with Census Director Steve Dillingham, and with other public officials and social activists, about the importance of participating in the census, which – in a time of pandemic – can be fulfilled by phone, email and online. To fill out your census information online, go to 2020census.gov. Source