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The increasing demand for basic items in the face of this pandemic. Bins ners finding themselves in financial limbo with the governments rescue loan fund out of money. At this point ive got no faith left in the federal government. Whats the holdup over the next relief package . New study results. The testing done in one county in america. Diane sawyer talking to the researchers. What were seeing is a tip of a big iceberg. What it could reveal about this hospital saved his life do. Twic herd we continue our efforts at social distancing this morning. Eva and i, as you can see, are right here in the studio while whit is at home. Whit, good morning, sir. Dan and eva, good morning from studio wj, as i like to call it, reporting for duty once again. Yes, we are doing our part working from home trying to keep people safe, like so many others are doing across the country. But we have a lot to cover on the pandemic. Some states are starting to ease restrictions or starting the process of that anyway but the number of coronavirus cases still on the rise. Thats right, whit. There are now more than 700,000 diagnosed cases in the u. S. With more than 37,000 deaths. Nearly 60,000 people have recovered across the country, an important number. The governors of florida and texas talking about plans to interface one of the federal governments guidelines to reopen. Inif ty activa pence saying labs. Meanwhile President Trump tweeting in favor of protesters who are angry with those stayathome orders issued by democratic governors. This one day after the president said he had been working well with governors from both parties. Team coverage from new york to washington to san antonio. We begin with abcs trevor ault in times square. Reporter Health Officials say america has been flattening the curve because social distancing and stay at home orders are working, but the drum beat for people wanting to reopen the country is growing by the day. This morning, protests growing thing. Incding here in rht with that being said were going to be opening upstates. Reporter with every american state and territory now in a state of emergency, the president saying like minnesota, virginia and michigan should be liberated and without giving specifics saying some state restrictions have gone too far. Frankly we built everything that the governors wanted and in many cases its too much. We told them it was too much but we wanted to err on the side of caution. Reporter the president appearing to side with protesters who are desperate to get back to work and are ignoring the white houses own social distancing recommendations as they demand stayathome orders be lifted. Its time to step down from being a tyrant. Yeah. You know you got to free the people. Freedom. Its all about freedom. Our choices. If you want to stay home, stay home. If you dont, lets do it. Reporter Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer acknowledging the economic anxiety but holding is we llega o to stay home. Er way. In florida, the beaches in jacksonville once again welcoming the public, despite a rising number of coronavirus cases in the state. In Texas Governor greg abbott announced all elective surgeries can resume wednesday and Retail Stores can offer Curbside Pickup and delivery. Were now beginning to see glimmers that the covid19 may soon be behind us. Reporter but Health Officials say each state has to be careful so we dont see a resurgence of the virus. I certainly could understand the frustration of people, but my main role in the task force is to make recommendations to protect the health and the safety of the American People and i would hope that people understand that. Thats the reason why were doing what were doing. Reporter new york, the countrys hardest hit state. The battle still raging on the front lines with more than 600 deaths on friday. Emts in full protective gear in a relentless cycle of picking up patients as the state now turns its focus to testing and calling for federal assistance. The federal government canno. We cannot do it. We cannot do it without federal help. Reporter but shortly after that request President Trump lashing out at Governor Cuomo on twitter telling the governor to stop talking and saying we have given new york far more money, help and equipment than any other state by far and these great men and women who did the job never hear you say thanks. Cuomo then firing back. Taking aim at the president. How many times do you want me to say thank you . But im saying thank you for doing your job. This was your role as president , okay. Reporter now the president s plan to reopen the country is a threephase process with some businesses opening with social distancing in phase one, schools then reopening in phase two and all businesses essentially being allowed back open in phase three. The president s Coronavirus Task force says they have enough testin state but when asked if they have enough testing for phase two, they said they dont know yet because they dont know how much the virus is being spread by people without symptoms. Whit . A lot of questions about the details. Trevor ault reporting for us, thank you. At least 22 million americans have filed for unemployment since the pandemic started. Now families across the country are just trying to figure out how to put dinner on the table. Thousand hours to get help from a food bank in texas. Abcs marcus moore joins us from san antonio with their emotional stories. Marcus, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning. The stories we have heard are absolutely heart breaking. The food bank here in san antonio says during regular times they service about 60,000 families. Well, since this covid19 shutdown began that number has doubled to 120,000 families weekly and we saw the demand firsthand. Before sunrise hundreds had already lined up in front of san antonios alamodome. Each car representing the Economic Impact of the vicious pandemic gripping the nation and the families now facing an uncertain future. Beatrice ortiz was the first in line. Theres a lot of people hurting out here. Even within my family. Reporter soon under the morning sun the enormity of a critical need will be made clear. Cars bumper to bumper, people desperate to feed their families. Matthew santa among the 2,000 people who came to this Food Distribution site. Laid off from his job soon after the shutdown began. Nobody likes it when your kids ask whats for dinner and youre not sure what to tell them. Its not easy to ask for help. And we try to provide for our own family. Reporter food banks across the country are seeing huge demand. This moving scene at a Grocery Store in maryland and long lines like this one in new york forming outside of this food bank. Back in san antonio, people are oro s fit in endeting 18 hour the fo shell now feed to her family. Thank you. Thank you guys. You guys are awesome. Reporter full of gratitude. Thank you to the San Antonio Food Bank and for all the essential workers doing their jobs. Because without them where would we all be . Reporter there is some concern about how the food banks will be able to keep up with the demand, the increased demand. We have seen those striking images of farmers pouring out milk because of reduced demand with schools across the country closed and just yesterday, the white house announced a farmers Relief Program which would involve buying produce from struggling farmers and moving those products to food banks and other agencies that feed families in need. Yeah, its a really frustrating disconnect between the farmers and those who need the food and the food banks. And so striking to see one woman waiting 18 hours to get food in the United States of america. Marcus moore, thank you very much for your reporting. Lets bring in tom bossert, former white House Homeland Security adviser, now an abc news contributor. Tom, good morning. Given what weve just seen good morning. The growing Food Insecurity in this country, what, if anything, can and should the federal government be doing to help here . Yeah, you know, the federal government needs to be doing more around this issue across the board. So i think they underestimated in congress the amount of money we would need. The executive branch has been slow to distribute this Financial Aid and that Financial Aid, especially to wage earners in this country, to wage workers, translates into a need for food. If you dont have money. You cant buy food. So thats where those lines end up growing longer with people who arent accustomed to being in them. Then with respect to the direct distribution of food, the president announced a Multifaceted Program this week but most of that money went to farmers who are affected by the Global Supply chain problems associated with this pandemic. Only a little bit of that money went to the direct purchase of produce and food for people. We need a lot more of it. So he and the congress are going to have to kind of balance. This wasnt a stimulus package. This was meant to offset the need for money and food while we all waited out this virus and i think they underhit or underestimated the number needed. So striking to look at a hunger problem of this magnitude in the United States. Lets talk about the protests we saw earlier at the top of the show against the stayathome orders. We now have the president tweeting in support of the protesters and some governors say they plan to start reopening soon. I guess my question for you is can these states that want to reopen soon, can they do that safely at this point . Well, you know, the honest answer to that is we dont know and so i would say two things on that. First, this is kind of the natural outgrowth of this blanket shutdown approach that we didnt need to take in the beginning but where we find ourselves today. And so i understand that some communities were locked down prematurely and we fatigued them because theyve been in this mode longer than perhaps the viral, you know, properties in their community would have necessitated. But it doesnt mean they dont have the virus there now. So i think the answer here on protests is to separate those that are protesting against the lack of preparedness of their state, local and federal government which has theres a legitimate connotation to that. From those who are actually at this point protesting because they dont think the underlying threat is real, thats the part that troubles me the most. This is a real, deadly, lethal, contagious virus and if people lose sight of that, they might run back out under this frustration that theyre feeling into something that theyre not fully understanding. So for the protesters that are protesting government slowness, this week will be crucial. We need to see if they meet those three criteria. The first one, the trend going down in a lot of states. The second one, the hospital capacity, sufficient in a lot of those states. The third one, the ability to nip in the bud a recurrence or a second wave by detecting it and stopping it. That one we dont see any plans yet. Youre going to start to see governors unveil their plans this week. If theyre sufficient and have the resources and testing capacity, then we will see some states begin to safely, but slowly, return over the first week of june and throughout the summer. We are entering a key and delicate phase here. Tom bossert, really appreciate your guidance on a saturday morning. Thank you very much. Eva, over to you. Well, republicans democrats in congress are battling over providing additional funding for Small Businesses after the initial Emergency Loan Program ran out of money. Abcs rachel scott is in washington, d. C. With how some of the most vulnerable businesses are struggling to get by without that aid money. Rachel, good morning. Reporter eva, good morning. This rescue loan program has been a life line for Small Businesses hit hard by the pandemic. But with another round of relief up in the air, some Business Owners are worried they will have to close their doors permanently before lawmakers reach a deal. This morning, with no deal on the next relief package, thousands of struggling Small Businesses are in limbo. Im worried about my people, you know and its frustrating when i feel like my hands are tied to take care of them. Reporter the governments rescue loan fund is out of money. The roughly 350 billion Paycheck Protection Program was designed to cover eight weeks of payroll expenses helping Companies Keep their workers. With the money maxed out, the Trump Administration has asked congress to approve an additional 250 billion. Will this next relief package be enough . Its going to get us to a point thats going to be rather beautiful. We think that will be the point and it could be they want more but maybe at a certain point were going to stop. Its been a tremendous success. Its been executed flawlessly and so essentially were waiting for 250 billion. The democrats are refusing to do it. Reporter democrats are pushing to add extra funding for hospitals, Food Assistance and state and local governments. So you need it to be a little more comprehensive than just giving money to one Small Business program. Reporter republicans signaling they are willing to compromise. Senator mccarthy said theyre now considering adding more funding for hospitals . Im with that all the way. If they want to add hospitals we could also add it into phase four if we do a phase four. Reporter as lawmakers negotiate, some Business Owners are already considering going under. The money is out and ive got to shutter my business. At this point ive got no faith left in the federal government to exercise any sort of meaningful relief for Small Businesses. Reporter lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they are making progress. But even with some republicans backing the funding for hospitals they are still not on board for adding money to local and state governments and say that can be addressed at a later time. Dan . Meanwhile the small Business Owners are in agony. Rachel, thank you so much. Really appreciate it. Lets talk schools now. Illinois, texas, washington and iowa have all Just Announced that schools will be closed for the remainder of the school year. So where does that leave seniors who were looking forward to things like prom and graduation . Stephanie ramos has more. Reporter this morning, as covid19 cases hit new highs across the country, a growing number of states are keeping their classrooms closed. The team of doctors advising us have determined that it would be unsafe to allow students to gather in schools for the foreseeable future. Reporter schools in texas, illinois, iowa and washington, d. C. , the latest to announce theyre shutting down for the rest of the school year. High School Students graduating this year looking forward to walking across the stage are now celebrating at home. Teachers and staff from ial daoris y reporter students at one Pennsylvania High School will be pre recording their graduation, screening it drivein movie style. We can watch the entire re s salutatorian speeches, administrative speeches then a slide show of all the graduates. Reporter then these seniors, in las vegas, anxiously waiting to hear if theyll go back to school. It definitely affects me in a way. All the years and hard work that i put into school and just the thought of potentially not walking across the stage. Reporter graduation weighing heavily on the minds of High School Seniors. School is completely canceled and our graduation is going to be canceled and i could just see everything slipping away. Reporter and to their parents. These are milestones that i dont want to miss out on so its pretty upsetting. Theyre special and they deserve to be celebrated. Reporter in california a High School Senior at Fountain Valley high making custom yard signs to remind seniors theyre in this together. Were not in this alone like the sign says, like everyone is going through it. Reporter we are in this together. My kids have been homeschooled now for the last month right here in this room. And here in new jersey, the governor says if students return to class this Academic School year, they will wear a mask. He says it is not a mandate, just his opinion and hopes to have a better idea before deciding to open schools may 15th. Eva . All right, Stephanie Ramos for us. Time now for a check of our weather and rob marciano who is in torrington, connecticut where he was chasing snow this time of year. Reporter yeah, thats what its all about, eva. Good morning, april 18th. Here we go. Several inches on the ground in north west connecticutjust a sh day and snow between, io. Esn so what weve seen in albany and boston as this low quickly moving out. Rain along i95. This next system will quickly move into the plains and tomorrow the southeast and a Severe Weather threat here across really a storm battered area from tornadoes last week. Not quite as bad a tornado threat but maybe a more widespread damaging wind event from shreveport all the way to savannah. Good saturday morning. Waking up to gray skies. That marine layer will be with us throughout the morning hours. Widerera sk sunshine. Showers will be arriving by late sunday into monday. Thats a level one on our storm impact scale. Highs today coolest at the coast, upper 50s. Low 60s in San Francisco. 68 in 70 in san jose. Upper 60s accuweather sevenday reporter its beginning to look a lot like christmas here on april 18th. Wet packable snow, great for snowballs. Nobody can go skiing so useless snow. Rob, thank you. One man is thanking a hospital for saving his life twice. Abcs janai norman has his story of survival. Reporter in the days leading up to adams birthday he had no idea he would soon be fighting for his life. Things started. I got weaker, felt sicker every day and i wouldnt walk more than a couple steps before a huge coughing fit. Reporter he was admitted to north Shore University hospital, diagnosed with covid19 on march 22nd, his 40th birthday. After participating in a Feinstein Institute Clinical Trial that studied treatments for covid19 patients, adam soon began to recover. I was feeling significantly better and then it was time to go home. So i went home. I still had to be quarantined for a week. Reporter a second lease on life for him who underwent a lifesaving surge at birth at the same medical facility nearly 40 years earlier. When i was born, i had an issue with my pancreas when i was born and they did an experimental surgery to save my life. They diagnosed this when i was in the hospital. Reporter overcome with gratitude, he wanted a way to give back. Im eternally grateful to everyone, all the doctor, all the nurses. Reporter through a fundraiser on their website adam raised more than 10,000 from medical supplies and ppe for northwell care teams. One patient showing gratitude for the community of Health Care Workers who saved his life, not once, but twice. I really feel like the luckiest guy in the whole world and i really love my family and i got a lot more living to do. Reporter really incredible to hear him say he feels like the luckiest guy in the world and he found a really great way, guys, to give back to that hospital staff and to show how grateful he really is. 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Some governors beginning the process of easing restrictions to reopen their states. Florida opening some beaches. In texas, Retail Stores have been given the green light for Curbside Pickup and delivery starting next week. Also happening right now, no deal on the next relief package for those struggling Small Businesses. So much pain out there. This after the governments roughly 350 billion Paycheck Protection Program ran out of money. The Trump Administration is asking congress to approve an additional 250 billion. And a group called the hollywood quarantine choir is organizing weekly concerts in los angeles where people can listen from their homes. This past friday night the deejay even raffled off a pizza which was then delivered to the little moments of joy still happening. We got to do something to stay sane. Absolutely. Exactly. I love the creative ways people are getting together with the social distancing in mind. Great to see. All right, dan and eva, we do start this half hour with the efforts to understand just how Many Americans may have been exposed to the coronavirus. New research in one county suggesting weve been drastically underestimating that number and questioning whether patients can be infected again. Our diane sawyer reports. Reporter the results are in from 3,300 volunteers tested in santa clara, california. Just a finger prick, a drop of blood that reveals if you have antibodies left behind because you had the coronavirus. Im so excited to talk to you. What can you tell us about what you found . Dr. Eran bendavid from stanford says at the time he did the testing, official records showed 1,000 cases of the virus in their county. But he says the study of the antibodies indicates the estimated number could be up to 80,000. Is that more or less than you expected . Our findings suggest there are about somewhere between 50 and 85fold more infections in th cases, than are reported by our department of Public Health. What were seeing is the tip of a big iceberg. Reporter he says it will take more research to know how many people with those antibodies never knew they had the virus because they had no symptoms. Heres a reality check. Even if as many as 80,000 people in santa clara have the antibody, thats less than 5 of the total population there. So even if the antibodies offer meaningful protection, 95 of their population could be vulnerable returning to schools or to jobs or to life. We dont know if this gives you immunity. We dont know if you still are or if this is a past infection, if youre currently infectious. The most important thing is to keep following the Public Health guidelines. Thats diane sawyer with that important piece of reporting this morning. Joining us now from massachusetts is dr. Todd ellerin, an abc news medical contributor and Infectious Diseases physician. Dr. Ellerin, thanks for being with us. We just mentioned that new antibody study in california in that county suggested a far higher past infection rate. Should we be concerned about that . Well, i think this is good news because what it means is that much many more people have been infected with covid19 than we think. So that tip of the iceberg is really true and thats good news because that means that even though we think only 700,000 people have had confirmed cases in the u. S. , its more like tens of millions of people. So the mortality overall is much less than that 4 we think. So overall its good news, but, remember, most people are still susceptible. This virus wants to infect close to 50 to 70 of people before we can stop it in its path. So we still have to be careful. Okay, so the World Health Organization issued a warning now saying theres no evidence tests can show whether a person has immunity or can become reinfected. What does that say about relaxing social distancing . Okay, so there is truth to that. But, remember, most people that have been infected by this recover and were seeing that people do develop an immune response. So thats good news. But its true, we still dont know what level of immunity you need to prevent having reinfection and we dont know how long this immunity will last. So those are two important questions and it underscores the importance of social distancing still and following that stayathome guidance. Dr. Ellerin for us, thank you so much for your time. Good reminder that were all social distancing and we still need to keep doing it. We do need to keep doing it. So many questions and so many things we dont know about this virus. Lets switch gears and check the weather. Rob marciano i just what we needed. Reporter yeah. Normally theyd be playing baseball on this field behind me but the covid19 has taken care of that. Now the snow, as you mentioned, is adding insult to injury. This may be the first time i used my snow boots all winter. Weve had zero snow much of the winter. Thats different on april 18th. This video out of parts of iowa where they saw anywhere from five to eight inches of snow. Look at cedar rapids where it melted rapidly. This time lapse showing how quickly it can go from about four, five inches to practically nothing. Thats what well see with this snow thankfully. Wont be around too long. If you have it in your backyard across the northeast or in the great lakes, get out and enjoy it now because later on this afternoon warming up into the 50s and 60s and those numbers will get here to much of new england and new york tomorrow. Thats a check on whats good morning. The marine layer is deep with all of us in the 50s this morning. By the afternoon the clouds begin to scour out. 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Its of biblical proportions. The government is doing what it can and the stimulus checks should be arriving or have already arrived for some people. Reporter according to the white house, 80 millanreceived stimulus checks. But many are still waiting and have questions like journalism student rita who says she and her husband havent received their check. When can we expect to receive that by and when should we take action if we havent received it . The irs is very helpful. p questions, see where you are. Do your homework. Keep checking. Be patient. I know thats hard to hear, but the money is definitely coming. Reporter as to who is eligible, single adults making 75,000 a year or less will receive a 1,200 check. Others making up to 99,000 will get a partial payment. Married couples who filed their taxes jointly will receive a check for 2,400 if they make payment if they make up to 198,000. Eligible individuals will also receive up to 500 for each qualifying child. For those still waiting if you provide the bank account on your last year tax return, you will get a direct deposit. If you do not provide that information, you will be getting a check in the mail. That check could take anywhere from a few weeks to up to five months. Reporter as for how to spend the money, robert says if money is tight, pay only bills that need to be paid. See if you can defer the rest and if debt is not an issue his advice is save and invest. Dan . Diane macedo, thank you so much. Great advice there. Really appreciate it. Coming up on gma, a possible, possible timetable for ckd atavorite athletes to get sports gets booted back unonce again. Ets booted back unonce again. Where can a healthier heart lead you . For people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto is a Heart Failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. 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Lets not forget about the social implications of, say, when the nba postponed their games or when the march madness tournament was canceled. We really began at that point to understand the weight that this would have on popular culture. Now these leagues are doing everything they can to get back to the game but they really have a tough set of challenges. One that honors the guidelines set forth, but also puts players safety first. This morningans are othef their League Sports are eyeing a comeback. First up, golf. Pga commissioner jay monahan says they intend to resume play as early as june but without fans. I think our players are much like the rest of the country and rest of the world in that they want to make certain that when we return, that were doing so again in a safe and responsible way. Reporter the tour suspended play last month and hopes to hold pga events in 15 states and 7 countries the rest of the year. In an attempt to get their season started, Major League Baseball commissioner rob manfred told the Associated Press he wants to be in a position to take the field whenever government and Health Officials give the go ahead. Have them tested like every week and make sure they dont wind up infecting each other or their family and let them play the season out. Reporter scenes like this could be the new normal. In taiwan games are being played in empty stadiums. Here at home, the white house has already organized a task force of commissioners and rsjoe at bk game while acknowledging the cdcs recommendations on distancing and testing wont be easy for contact sports. For now most leagues also have to wait. More than a month after the nba abruptly stopped their season commissioner adam silver announced friday everything is on the table, saying, theres too much unknown to set a timeline. The new york liberty select sabrina ionescu. Reporter overnight, the wnba adapting to the now Virtual World holding their annual draft online. A unique draft to say the least, the nfl is scheduled to do the same thing. But you talk about the challenges here, beyond the games theres the logistics which could be a nightmare for these teams. But, hey, sports are an outlet for so many people. I know that there is a real hunger, a thirst for these games to come back. Not only for the commissioners but these owners and the players are doing everything they can to bring the game back to people that love it so much. Dan . A lot of incentive to make this happen. The trick is as you said doing it safely. Zachary, thank you very much. Really appreciate it. Well be right back with our play of the day. Is is what it. Why the heart beats the pulse races why the weight of the world is carried with a smile. And where the comfort thats so desperately sought, is found. This is whats worth protecting embracing. 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Welcome back to gma and our play of the day and this one, its fun. It involves some mother son bonding of sorts over sports. Kind of sports. Not an olympic sport. Look at this. Scott in california set up a trick shot game with his mom using a ping pong ball, some pots and pans and a drinking cup. He says he never had the time until now to set up Something Like this. There were lots of try, lots of almosts. Hours of them, in fact. But it was all worth it once they finally got it, guys. Look at this. Okay. So theyre trying. Yeah how about that . Yeah, all thanks to mom, of course. 4 million views and counting on his tiktok account. Incredible. To be clear this was not a drinking game. This was just for fun. Not one we played in college. I dont think so. Okay. I didnt see a funnel in the room so were good. His mom was there. Well, gma is now two hours but a good game nonetheless. Yes, gma is now two hours on saturday. Coming up the challenges of reopening the country. When, where and how it could all happen. Stay with us. Announcer gma monday, good morning, everyone. Im liz kreutz this morning more than 161 cases of coronavirus in the bay with the number of deaths approaching 200. Nearly 1900 people have tested positive for covid19. 73 people have pass add way in the south bay. Alameda county has moved past San Francisco over the second most number of cases in the bay area with at least 1,063 cases. Today is the 114th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. Every year on this date, a ceremony is held at 5 12 a. M. , the exact moment the magnitude 7. 8 quake hit San Francisco. Because of the shelterinplace order, there is no ceremony ai wreath this morning at the fountain on market street. It served as a meeting spot for people to reunite with their loved ones after the quake. Lets get a check of the weather now with lisa argen. Hey, lisa. Hey, liz. Low clouds over the entire bay area. Santa cruz, temperature also climb to the low 60s under partly cloudy skies this 52 in gilroy. 54 in San Francisco. From our roof camera, not a lot of wind out there. Certainly cloudy. Santa rosa, 54. Kind of mild out there. 53 in livermore. First half of the day is cloudy. Well take you through about t oudy sks. 00, our inland ie paloudy sks, even a ,king little bit of mostly sunnyvalle. 70 in san jose, 65 in oakland. 67 in santa rosa. Half moon bay, 59. 61 downtown and more clouds for your sunday. Liz . Lisa, thank you. The news continues with good morning, america. Its our second hour, and happening right now, when to reopen the country. The question at the center of a growing debate as President Trump blames governors for not reopening. Frankly, we built everything that the governors wanted, and in many cases its too much. We told them it was too much, but we wanted to err on the side of caution. Protesters want their states in motion again. 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