48 states will be open in some capacity in the next 48 hours

WASHINGTON (SBG) - From the spinning of the slot machines in casinos to the straightening of clothing racks in stores to the crashing of the waves on the shore, there are so many sounds starting to return to the rhythm of our daily lives.

As the phased re-opening continues from business to business, casinos from Mississippi to Las Vegas are taking a gamble with new social distancing measures will help keep people safe.

"A customer can't even stand here and play this game because the game is not even active," Tony Rodio, CEO of Caesars Entertainment, told CNN, previewing how slot machine-social distancing will work.

In upstate New York, construction jobs put on pause are slowly coming back as well.

"I think the most i'm going to have on the job is four," said Joseph Dundon, the owner of Dundon Construction in a recent interview. "That's a lot different than we used to have, seven or eight. Things might take a little longer but at least we're going to be safe moving forward."

In the next 48 hours, 48 states have plans to re-open in some capacity.Most are making progress battling the spread of COVID-19.but numbers in some states, moving in the wrong direction, with new coronavirus cases on the rise in places like Texas, Alabama and Arkansas.

“We're going to continue to open our economy and expand it, but we still have to be mindful of this very serious virus that can take lives," Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R, Arkansas said in an interview with CNN.

On Capitol Hill Friday, House Democrats passed a $3 trillion dollar "HEROES Act" which includes $1 trillion for state and local governments, more money for testing , another round of direct payments for individuals, including undocumented immigrants.

Republicans in the Senate have all but said it will be dead on arrival.

President Trump, meanwhile, has been spending the weekend at Camp David but sending out dozens of tweets,including one hinting that partial funding may be restored to the World Health Organization but says the funds are frozen for now.

Another tweet later Saturday simply said, “OBAMAGATE!”

Speaking of the former President, Barack Obama gave a rare public analysis of the government response to the coronavirus during a virtual commencement ceremony.

"More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing," said Obama. "A lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. If the world's going to get better, it's up to you. With everything suddenly feeling like it's up for grabs, this is your time to seize the initiative."