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Amazon executive on coronavirus precautions

Amazon temporarily closed its Queens, New York facility, after an employee that worked there tested positive for coronavirus. Separately, the retail giant is hiring 100,000 new workers to meet a growing demand, as more people go online to shop. Jay Carney, Amazon's senior vice president of global corporate affairs and former press secretary for President Obama, joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about the retail giant's business decisions in light of the coronavirus.

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Coronavirus cases in the U.S. exceed 100,000

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic can be felt across the country as the nation’s reported cases exceeds 100,000, forcing some governors to turn to the military for help. A Navy hospital ship named “Mercy” anchored in the San Pedro, California harbor as backup in case Los Angeles-areas hospitals fill up. In New York, the military is converting an NYC convention center into a 1,200-bed emergency hospital. Tom Hanson reports on how the virus is taking hold there and elsewhere within the country.

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