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Could be the darkest winter in modern history. Game changer in the race for a vaccine. The promising new development right now in one of the major trials and the potential breakthrough that aims to kill the virus on surfaces. Battle over the beaches. With a week until memorial day, the new rules for summer as beaches from the jersey shore to the california coast are set to reopen. The requirements for masks, social distancing, and are these images from overseas the future of a day at the beach . Last dance for the last dance. An exclusive sneak peek at the final episode behind the scenes with the unstoppable Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan chasing his sixth nba championship. One of the reporters who knows jord hi, guys. Thank you so much. And thank you, class of 2020. Graduates across the country. We are absolutely unstoppable. From the packed car parades to the principal personally sending off all 60of students and this morning, we are surprising a special group of seniors. 29 of them about to become emts. Their graduation speech live right here from the one and only oscar winner, Matthew Mcconaughey. Its Graduation Day on gma. I can make your hands clap good morning, america. Happy friday, everybody. You dont need to adjust your television. Yes, there are actually three of us at the desk this morning. It has been a while. It has been several weeks. We should assure all of you, we measured it all out. We are keeping the six feet distance, but it is good to be back. Nice to have us all here. And, yes, were on our threeperson mark. We are on our marks. And we are also highlighting a very special class of seniors today, some of them gearing up to join the fight on the front lines of this pandemic. We cannot wait to celebrate them and hear from them directly. They are an inspiring class. We want to help recognize all this years graduates whose celebrations have been upended in this strange time. We know school wont be fully back to normal in the fall. Questions are looming about whether American Parents will send their kids back to school. A new abc news ipsos poll finds 69 of American Parents arent right now willing to send their kids back to school. 31 said they would. This morning, more than 1. 4 million coronavirus cases across the country. At least 48 states have lifted restrictions. One of those states is hard hit new york. Whit johnson joins us here from times square with more on that. There are new guidelines, whit, from the cdc this morning. Good morning. Reporter new york, the epicenter of the crisis in america, is slowly beginning to reopen but some parts of the state might have to wait at least another month, this as the cdc releases new guidance, a basic checklist for how schools and businesses could get back to work. The federal government releasing new guidelines thursday on how to reopen restaurants, mass transit and schools. The sixpage document from the cdc with protocols on how to avoid outbreaks amid the pandemic. Restaurants and bars urged to encourage social distancing by enhancing spacing of tables and stools, limiting party sizes and provide flexible leave for employees. Schools and camps advised to stagger dropoffs and limit how often kids gather in groups. But decisions on when to open largely left to each state. On thursday President Trump touring a pennsylvania medical supply business without a mask, taking a shot at the states democratic governor. We have to get your governor of pennsylvania to start opening up a little bit. You have areas of pennsylvania that are barely affected and they want to keep them closed. Cant do that. Reporter new york, the hardest hit state in the nation, is gingerly taking its first steps. Just five regions in the central and northern parts of the state qualify for phase one showing 14day declines in hospitalizations and deaths. Businesses going back to work include construction, agriculture and Retail Limited to pickup and dropoff. Phased reopening does not mean the problem has gone away. Reporter but Governor Cuomo extending the stayathome order to june 13th for devastated areas near new york city that still do not meet phase one criteria. In florida, universal Orlando Citywalk opening some shops and restaurants with restrictions. The mall of america in minnesota planning to open its doors june 1st. As states struggle with decisions to reopen, theyre also struggling with money. The virus ravaging state budgets. The house set to vote on a new stimulus bill today. But the white house threatening to veto the legislation if it gets past the senate. At least 45 states are already easing restrictions, but in four of those states, the number of new cases is on the rise. Tensions boiling over in michigan. This scuffle breaking out on the steps of the state capitol. Protesters, some armed with guns, calling for an end to the governors stayathome orders still in place until may 28th. And another hard hit state, louisiana, will enter the first phase of its reopening today. The governor of rhode island is also announcing plans to open summer camps by the end of june but added that is a goal and subject to change. George. A lot of kids hoping for that. We move to the dramatic testimony on capitol hill where whistleblower Richard Bright warned that 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history if more isnt done now to address the covid crisis. It was a contentious confrontation. Mary bruce is tracking the fallout. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Well, for the second time this week a Top Health Official is offering a grim outlook. Dr. Rick bright ripped into the trump administrations handling of this pandemic saying lives were lost because of missteps and he says there is no comprehensive plan for testing or a vaccine but President Trump again is dismissing the criticism and the warnings. We dont have a single point of leadership right now for thi master plan for this response. Reporter a top vaccine expert, dr. Rick bright, was leading the governments search for a vaccine, but says he was forced out of his job after he raised concerns. Now hes speaking out as a whistleblower with a dire warning of whats to come. If we fail to improve our response now, based on science, i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged without better planning. 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history. Reporter bright says Early Warning signs were missed and that inaction by the government put lives at risk. I believe americans need to be told the truth and i believe that the best scientific guidance and advice was not being conveyed to the American Public during that time. Reporter he described the moment he realized the federal response was falling short when a manufacturer of n95 masks reached out to warn him of shortages. And he said, were in deep [ bleep ]. The world is, and we need to act. And i pushed that forward to the highest levels i could in hhs and got no response. Reporter looking ahead bright tempered expectations about a vaccine. 12 to 18 months is an aggressive schedule and i think its going to take longer than that to do so. Reporter he says distributing a vaccine to everyone who needs it will be another problem. Theres no one company that can produce enough for our country or for the world. Its going to be limited supplies. Reporter on his way to pennsylvania the president dismissed brights warnings. I dont know him. I never met him. I dont want to meet him but i wam d he looks likan angry, disgruntled employee. Reporter as for when we may actually see a vaccine, bright was blunt in saying that 12 to 18month timeline assumes everything goes perfectly and he says that never happens. He says it is likely that just developing a vaccine is going to take longer. George . Okay, mary. Meantime, were seeing fallout for the republican senator richard burr of North Carolina who is being investigated by the fbi for stock trades. Reporter temporarily stepping aside from his powerful post as the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee as this investigation intensifies, he is being looked into by federal agents for whether he violated Insider Trading laws when he sold off more than a Million Dollars in stock as this pandemic was hitting. Burr denies any wrongdoing and said hes stepping aside to avoid being a distraction. George. Mary bruce, thanks very much. Amy . Now to new developments in the race for a covid19 vaccine, some promising results reported from Oxford Universitys trial and there is potentially a breakthrough product to kill the virus on surfaces. Kaylee hartung has the latest. Reporter this morning, a promising new sign in the fight against covid19. Oxford university saying its vaccine appears to protect monkeys from the coronavirus. A handful of vaccines now in human trials. President trump saying hes hopeful there will be one available in the u. S. By the end of the year. But until then, researchers are investigating new ways to stop the spread of infection. You kill and you protect. Reporter dr. Charles gerba testing a new potentially gamechanging product from allied bioscience, claiming after its sprayed on a surface like this door, it should not only kill covid19, but also protect that surface from contamination for 90 days. The new York City Transit system experimenting with three surface coatings like this. Im really interested mostly in schools and in buses, in subways. I think well have a lot more confidence we can reduce the spread of these viruses by surfaces with this type of technology. Reporter regulations make it difficult to use the virus that causes covid19 when testing these products. Others act as substitutes and regulators reviewing surface coatings claiming to be covid killers. Theres still so much unknown about how its transmitted on surfaces. So long as we dont have a vaccine, the thought of riding a subway or going to a mall might seem scary to some but Preventive Solutions like this could be key to helping protect us all as the country eases its way into reopening and could see fda approval as soon as today for one of these surface coatings. Amy. That is good news. Kaylee hartung, thank you. Dr. Jennifer ashton is joining us now, and dr. Ashton, we heard from dr. Fauci saying we cannot rush the timeline here in developing a vaccine for covid19. There are longterm safety issues at hand, correct . Exactly, and shortterm, longterm concerns all delineated in a really important article that came out this week in the journal science. Dr. Fauci one of the authors and one thing theyre concerned about looking for is something called a vaccine enhanced immune response. It has been seen in animals with other coronaviruses. That is why this timeline cannot be accelerated. Safety is a primary focus. All right. And, jen, we know the cdc issued that warning about the inflammatory syndrome were seeing in children. Its been issued. What does it say . This is the list, amy. Take a look. This is their ninth health alert this year all on coronaviruses. 21 years of age and younger, fever, multiple organ systems involved, a recent diagnosis of covid19 in the past four weeks, and no other cause found. All right, important things to look for if youre a parent, certainly. Dr. Jen ashton, we appreciate. Thank you. Michael . Thank you, amy. Now to the latest on the Fatal Shooting of that young unarmed black man, ahmaud arbery. For the first time, were hearing the 911 call made by one of the men charged with murdering the 25yearold. The call was made weeks before the shooting. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter investigators this morning are listening through this newly released 911 call made by one of the two men accused of murdering 25yearold ahmaud arbery. What is the name and phone number, sir . Travis mcmichael. Reporter mcmichael and his father gregory, a former Police Officer, are accused of gunning down the young, unarmed black man during what police say they called a citizens arrest. The 911 call was made february 11th, nearly two weeks prior to the killing. Travis mcmichael is heard telling police that he saw someone he felt looked suspicious inside a house under construction. I just saw a guy running into a house being built, two houses down from me. When i turned around, he took off running into the house. Are you okay . Yeah, yeah. It just startled me. When i turned around, i saw him, and backed up, he reached into his pocket and ran into the house. So i dont know if hes armed or not. Reporter these Security Camera videos from inside that construction site do show a young black man repeatedly visiting and walking around. But in every recording, the person is seen walking away empty handed. And the owner has reported no thefts. The attorneys for Travis Mcmichael are calling arberys death a tragedy, and are begging the public to let the facts play out. People who know better than to rush to judgment, people who know better than to engage in stereotyping are rushing to judgment, are stereotyping, and that saddens me. Reporter attorneys for the victims family say they wish their son was afforded the same privilege. Because im representing a 25yearold victim who was shot to death by people who rushed to judgment and stereotyped him, it comes off as disingenuous and almost offensive to this family. Reporter state investigators have taken over this case after local prosecutors in the brunswick, georgia, area were accused of looking the other way. Gregory mcmichael, the father, isnt just a local Police Officer, he also, george, used to work for a local prosecutor. George . Potential conflicts there, steve, thank you very much. Were going to look now at when and how professional sports are coming back as leagues brainstorm safe ways to return. Battle lines are emerging on the baseball field with players resisting a plan from owners that would likely mean a pay cut for most of them. Ryan smith is here with the story. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, george. Major League Baseball hopes to restart in july, but any plan must be approved by authorities and states where teams play. And Health Officials also have to sign off. And then there are players getting them to take those steep d rorr the league b preparing to reveal a health and safety plan which would feature a shorter season and no fans in attendance. Team owners seeking to make up for that lost revenue with reduced pay for players. Tampa bay rays star pitcher blake snell protesting the prospect of going back out on the mount for less than half his 7 million salary. Doesnt make sense for me to be on lockdown, not around my family, not around the people i love, and get paid way the hell less. Reporter other players supporting snell, saying the risk to their safety is too great for additional pay cuts after players have already agreed to a prorated salary. Heheeae a deal. Personally, i have great confidence that we will reach an agreement with the Players Association that it is safe to come back to work. Reporter meanwhile, nascar is going full speed ahead. This sunday kicking off seven races in 11 days to help make up for lost time. Nascar running all the races in a tight time period is really going to take its toll on the drivers and probably the only thing worse than having a bad day on the racetrack is not getting to race at all. Reporter for many u. S. Sports teams, all eyes will be on the german soccer league, restarting their season tomorrow with enhanced safety precautions including staggered team arrivals, strict social distancing and less than 350 spectators allowed at games which usually draw in more than 40,000. 17yearold american geo reyna playing for dortmund, saying the league could be the model for bringing sports back worldwide. Americas obviously Getting Better slowly and slowly. I think all the leagues in america and around the world would kind of emulate there. As for the nfl, theyre still slated to start their season on time in september, but if it is without fans, it may not seem like it from home. Fox announcer joe buck says their games might add in digital fans in the stands and pipe in crowd noise in empty stadiums to make it all look and feel and sound just like normal, george. Almost normal. Thank you very much. Were following a lot of other headlines this morning including the new rules for how to stay on the beach this summer. And the americans stuck overseas due to travel restrictions. One of our gma producers revealing how she finally managed to come home after being stuck. First, to ginger. Hey, ginger, good morning. Good morning, michael. Parts of the northeast reopening today, and today we have a chance of tornadoes and damaging winds, which ill show you. Also flash flooding which we saw overnight in chicago. At least four inches of rain falling in parts of chicago and you see the water rescue happening there in the via duct. There are also tornados in kansas and now all of this action is moving east. Let me show you when it starts after 2 00 p. M. In western pennsylvania and new york. It will extend, utica, albany, all of them have to be on the lookout this afternoon and evening. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First, though, the weekend forecast brought to you by sprint. They said im going nowhere good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. We made it to friday. Our driest and warmest day this week. We will be dry tomorrow until the evening. Thunderstorms and showers for sunday night, monday and tuesday to round out the wet event. Today, mid to upper 60s, most of the bay. Mid and upper 70s inland. Tonight, into the low to mid 50s. Here is a look at the seven day well be right back. Ven day where does your almondmilk almond breeze starts here with our almond trees in our blue diamond orchard in california. My parents job is to look after them. And its my job to test the product. The best almonds make the best almondmilk. Blue diamond almond breeze. So as you head back out on the road, well be doing what we do best. 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Thats going to be the case through the morning. Clouds down in the south bay, those are starting to break up. The breezy afternoon on the San Francisco bay. Small craft advisory. Look at the Atmospheric River thats going to hit the north bay. The rest of us get lighter amounts of rain out of that system. Rain will continue through at least tuesday. Thank you. Another abc7 news update in 30 minutes. Check us out at abc7 news opinion com and our abc7 sounds like a really good deal jake, from state farm at 3 in the morning . Who is this . Its jake, from state farm. What are you wearing, jake from state farm . Uhkhakis. Like a good neighbor, state farm is there. To deliver your mail and packages and the peace of mind of knowing that essentials like prescriptions are on their way. Every day, all across america, we deliver for you. And we always will. Experience the delicious intensity of lindt excellence by the lindt master chocolatier they said im going nowhere sticks and stones welcome back to gma. Theres katy perry, the singer releasing her new single daisies and also a music video overnight. Fans are looking forward to the release of her new album, due out on august 14th. Perry will perform daisies sunday night for the American Idol finale. Cant believe it is the finale already. Yeah. Quick. Sounds pretty good, too. Were following top headlines this morning, including new guidelines from the cdc, for reopening schools, summer camp, mass transit and restaurants and how states can safely lift restrictions. Three new states are opening up including hard hit new york. Taking its first steps. Take a look at this. Ppe vending machines. Thats a sign of the times. Las vegas is the first airport to have these. Travelers can buy a mask, gloves, Hand Sanitizer right before their flight. Wow, sign of the times there. We begin with the battle over beaches. With warmer weather on the way and just one week until memorial day weekend, new guidelines are sweeping beaches across the country as some reopen including the jersey shore. Matt gutman is at a beach in santa monica, california, with mo oth protocols for summer. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, amy. There are dozens of guidelines. Every county, every state seems to have its own. On this beach you got to wear a Face Covering and do some sort of physical activity. No leisure. Officials admit to me this is going to be nearly impossible to enforce but they say there are no guidelines, no rule book on how to open up beaches during a pandemic. This morning, surfboards slapping into the waves of some american shorelines and with memorial day only a week away authorities bracing for beaches packed again. In california, most of the beaches are open but only to exercise and surfers. How do we even begin to enforce this . Yeah, so its a first time doing this at all. We have never closed the beaches like this. Theres no playbook. There is no exact right way to do it. Reporter on rescues lifeguards will look noticeably different in ppe. We will adopt a full isolation kit. We have gloves, masks, goggles. Reporter and in new jersey which is nearing 10,000 covid deaths plans to open beaches in time for the big weekend provided beachgoers observe social distancing rules. The jersey shore after all is where memories are made. The last thing any of us wanted was for a summertime down the shore to be a memory. Reporter this as europe considering drastic presummer solutions. In spain a proposal to rope off sunbathing squares to keep sunbathers from grouping together and in italy one company taking it a step farther. Designing those giant plexiglas beach boxes. Now, you can catch covid by touches surfaces of course but in the saltwater the risks are low. One thing were being told is to assume that anyone you come in contact with is covid positive, but every single lifeguard that ive spoken with say if they see someone drowning out there or in distress, theyre not thinking about their ppe. Theyre going to try to save a life. Amy . The heroes that they are. Matt gutman, thank you so much. You can see much more tonight on nightline. George . During the crisis so many have been stranded abroad because of travel restrictions. One of our producers is finally back after weeks of working through plans and gio benitez joins us with her story. Good morning, gio. Reporter hey, george, good morning. The state Department Says nearly 10,000 americans are still trying to find their way home. Our producer did and gma is along for the ride. This morning, a firsthand look at the long journey home after being stranded in a foreign ths. Daisha riley is a producer at gma. She and her now fiance tyrone went on a caribbean vacation in early march. First we went to st. Maarten and got here around march 5th and was supposed to leave around march 17th. Reporter but that didnt happen. Daisha and tyrone say they were stuck after canceled flights and closed International Borders like thousands of others around the world. We have a life at home and youre stuck in a foreign country with no idea when you can come home. Its the scariest thing you can imagine. Reporter and during their ordeal a relative and family friend lost their life to covid19. To be here and not be able to help or reach out and families have passed away, felt a little hopeless with the whole scenario. Reporter now after eight weeks of looking for a way out the u. S. Sent a humanitarian flight to the island and the couple brought us along. Heres what the trip looks like. From saint ewe stashs, they went to st. Maarten where all ten wore masks and there were empty seats. Were aboard. Gloves, masks. Reporter from st. Maarten where they had to stand six feet apart in the customs line they snacks delivered in ziploc bags. Welcome to atlanta. Reporter and thats where they are this morning, to finally board a flight back to new york, and it wasnt cheap. Getting home actually cost us more than our entire trip. Reporter and the state Department Tells us it has evacuated more than 85,000 people from 131 countries. By the way, a bit of good news, on the trip they got engaged so congratulations to them. Michael. Glad theyre on their way home. Thank you. Coming up next, an exclusive sneak peek at the final episode of the last dance and one of the reporters who knew jordan best is going to join us live. Well be right back. Fortnite lets read a bookdont come behind the teachers desk this is going to be so hard. So what were going to do is were going to make our own Hand Sanitizer. 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Reporter good morning. 4 30 this morning, stra, i was watching korean baseball and the National Corn hole championships on tv. Thats a true story. Those are our sports options these days. So sportsstarved fans have been looking forward to sunday and getting their fix with this documentary and its been revealing. Like you said, that team that thought they could take down the dynasty, m. J. Reveals it may be the toughest he ever faced. Will the basketball great return to the bulls . Reporter were down to the final two episodes of the megapopular espn produced docuseries the last dance. The tenpart series has built up to this, the finale, as we see Michael Jordan and the bulls fight for their sixth nba title in 1998 but first they had to get through a bruising Eastern Conference Finals matchup. In this exclusive clip the Indiana Pacers on why they thought they could bring down the reigning champs. 98, that was my first coaching and it was our best opportunity, i thought, to win a championship. We were confident that we can dethrone the bulls. We felt like we were just as versatile. We had the dunking dutchman, mark jackson, one of the greatest assist guys the league has seen. We had the davis brothers. Chris mullin,weet shooting players of all time and reggie miller, our hall of famer. Reporter it was a grueling series against a team jordan calls one of the toughest he ever faced. That series with indiana was the hardest playoff series we had. And they were big, they were strong, they were physical. If i had to pick a team that gave us the toughest time in the east, you know, indiana was probably the toughest, outside of detroit. Reporter now, remember, espn was originally to air this documentary in june around the nba finals. It moved up and sports fans have appreciated it. The bulls win it in the end, guys, thats all im going to tell you. T. J. , i think watching that corn hole competition at 4 30 is getting to you. Joining us now is michael wilbon, cohost of espns pardon the interruption, joining us from his home. Thank you for joining us this morning, really appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Good to hear your voice and see you. The feeling is mutual. I understand you could have seen the series before the rest of us did but chose to watch it in real time. Why did you do that . Well, michael, part of it is im old. You know me. Im not a millennial. I dont want to binge anything and not binge this particularly. Also i wanted to watch it with my 12yearold son who is a young basketball player at point guard and thats all he talks about whether its pandemic or prepandemic, its basketball. And i wanted to watch with him. I wanted to see what his reactions were to to many, to all of the things jordan and all the people related to him in this documentary. Speaking of your kids, a lot of these kids have no idea how great of a player and leader Michael Jordan was. You and michael have known each other since the early days of your careers. Have you been talking to him as the episodes are shown . Not after the episodes. Weve talked occasionally, yes, and one of the things, you know, that people the big question is why . Why is jordan doing this and why now . And, you know, michael, for years i was one of the people covering him and there were many who would say after a competition, hey, let me put this on the record. Let me write about this. Let me talk about it and more often than not overwhelmingly the answer was no because he worried then and now about what people were going to think about why he did what he did. And we heard in episode seven toward the end of it look right in the camera and say, im doing this because i want people to understand why i am who i am, why i did it the way i did it. And so thats particularly directed, michael, at the two generations of people who have not seen jordan play, who did not consume him in real time like i did. You know, hes revealed so much in this series and you kind of said he was a little worried about how he would be perceived but have you been surprised . Youve watched him throughout your career, his career. Ive watched him as well. Anything in the series surprise you . You know, i dont think surprise is a word i would use, michael, except in this way. Even though you could be around it, you know, sort of day in and day out particularly during the playoffs of that entire run, i dont think i knew that the drama was so great that look at what the bulls had to manage. You would know about it better than anybody. When a team has to manage that drama and were not talking about shots or minutes played or whose team was it. It wasnt little stuff. Its big explosive stuff. I mean, can you imagine a player coming to you know, you as a teammate and leader of the giants and saying, listen, i got to blow off steam, i need to go to vegas a couple of days like Dennis Rodman did . You have the general manager who put the Team Together at a point before the run is over saying basically i want to dismantle this. Ill bring another coach in, a college coach, unproven guy. Hes just going to hang around the team no matter how much it offends phil jackson and i think its the totality. Just so much to manage and not only did they manage it successfully, they manage it at a championship level and so much of that fell on phil jackson and Michael Jordan to do that. They didnt go to the gm. They didnt go to the owner. They didnt reach the commissioner when rob wanted to do what he wanted to do. They handled it and so spectacularly and that even reliving it going down memory lane that stuff is still wild. I will say that did surprise me. I wanted to go to vegas and, no, its not happening. We appreciate you and really look toward to watching the rest of this as sure as you do as well with your 12yearold son and hope you enjoy, my friend. The final two episodes of the last dance, they air this sunday night, the final two, everybody, starting at 9 00 p. M. Eastern and then it will be available outside of the u. S. On netflix. Coming up, we have our play of the day. So dont go away. So dont go away. The day. So dont go away. Ral light is a. Hardwood floors. There is a bit of a clogging problem. clog dancing at least geico makes it easy to bundle our renters and car insurance. Yeah, helping us save us even more. For bundling made easy, go to geico. Com there are so many toothpastes out there, which one should i use . Try crest pro active defense. It neutralizes bacteria for a healthier mouth than even the leading multibenefit toothpaste. Crest. But some cant do it alone. They need help to stay home and stay safe. 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Lets talk about today. Its a nice day with sunshine turning to high clouds and sunshine. A good day to exercise, plant some of the garden and let Mother Nature water it in with this weak Atmospheric River sunday. Thunderstorms possible monday. Anothe abc7 news update there 30 good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. The new rules for reopening. The cdc issues guidelines for schools, summer camps, mass transit and restaurants. Hard hit new york takes its first steps. Some parts of the state opening up this morning as tensions boil over in michigan. Protesters swarm the steps of the state capitol, blasting the governors stayathome orders. Also this morning, sign of the times. So Many Americans turning to food banks right now. Were inside at one of the places that was feeding about 4,000 rural kids a year now shipping meals to hungry families in 38 states. New this morning, so many people struggling right now with Mental Health during the pandemic. Kendall jenner talking to gma. Honestly what i hope to accomplish is for people to not feel as alone. The brandnew initiative launching this morning from fashion mogul kenneth cole. This morning, celebrating the class of 2020. A special sendoff to those seniors who wont get to walk across the stage. We are absolutely unstoppable. The new and creative ways many schools are honoring their students as we recognize one Incredible Group of seniors who we will cheer on this morning. Youll meet the class and the graduation speech from oscar winner Matthew Mcconaughey. The special surprise they are about to get live and the on air prom Senior Dance Party to take you into your friday with some very special guests. Its all ahead as we say good morning, america. Better than i ever did looking like a true survivor feeling like a little kid welcome back to gma. Hope you are well this friday morning on a day well celebrate the class of 2020. And were honoring the very special group of seniors. Meet the urban Assembly School for Emergency Managements class of 2020. 50 of the class graduates on track to become certified emts. Dj dnice is getting the party started, giving them the prom that was cancelled. Plus we have oscar winner Matthew Mcconaughey joining us live with their commencement speech. That is going to be something special. A lot of news to get to including the latest on the coronavirus emergency. More than 1. 4 million cases across the country right now. At least 48 states have lifted restrictions. One of those states, of course, hard hit new york. Want to go back to whit johnson who has more on the guidelines from the cdc. Good morning, whit. Reporter george, good morning. Those new cdc guidelines are a checklist for schools and businesses that want to reopen. Most states are already moving forward with their own plans like new york which has divided the state into different regions, some getting the green light to ease restrictions. Others will still have to wait. The federal government releasing new guidelines thursday on how to reopen restaurants, mass transit and schools. The sixpage document from the cdc with protocols on how to avoid outbreaks amid the pandemic. Restaurants and bars urged to encourage social distancing by enhancing spacing of tables and stools, limiting party sizes and providing flexible leave for employees. Schools and camps advised to stagger dropoffs and limit how often kids gather in groups. But decisions on when to open largely left to each state. On thursday, President Trump touring a pennsylvania medical supply business without a mask taking a shot at the states democratic governor. We have to get your governor of pennsylvania to start opening up a little bit. You have areas of pennsylvania that are barely affected, and they want to keep them closed. Cant do that. Reporter new york is gingerly taking its first steps. Just five regions in the central and northern parts qualify for phase one showing 14day declines in hospitalizations and deaths. But Governor Cuomo extending the stayathome order until june 15th for areas of the city that do not meet phase one criteria. In florida, universal citywalk opening shops and restaurants with restrictions. The mall of america in minnesota planning to open its doors june 1st. 45 states are easing restrictions but in four of those states, the number of cases is on the rise. In ohio the governor announced plans to open summer camps by the end of june but the kids will be limited in smaller groups and wont have as much interaction. He also said it will be a fun but different experience from the precoronavirus era. It certainly will, whit. We have seen a surge in people relying on food bank, many for the very first time and this morning, will carr is inside one of those facilities in houston. Good morning, will. Reporter and, amy, this warehouse is one warehouse but it is feeding people all across the country. At this point last year they were only feeding roughly 4,000 kids across Rural America but because of the crisis they have ramped up to feed roughly half a Million People sending boxes of food just like this filled with cereal, pretzels and milk, a ton of food in the warehouse and it is needed now more than ever. One in five working americans filed for unemployment over the past two months. Economists tell us that this crisis is hitting every industry and every community and thats why programs like this which is called meals to you are so important. Its spearheaded by the usda and baylor university. They are sending food to 38 states but they want to send food to all 00 states in theist want tbeart of the meals to you program. Michael. Toeebo cpp in our gma cover is menl alth awaress month. So many people struggling right now with Mental Health in the face of isolation and sickness during the pandemic. This morning, kenneth cole is launching the Mental Health coalition with some help from Kendall Jenner who has had her own struggles with anxiety and the initiative brings together Mental Health resources and Service Providers in one place and i had a chance to speak with them about it. Mental health is a pandemic in and of its own right. Our goal, figure out how to destigmatize it and create a safe place for people to address their circumstances and talk about it and ultimately rebrand Mental Health conditions. Kendall, what made you want to get involved . When he came to me it was so perfect. And i, you know, i strth my own, you know, Mental Health issues sometimes myself. So i was very excited. I was so ready to get involved. I know you submitted the video talking about your Mental Health so were going to take a look at that right now. On the days that dont have as much going on i tend to get a bit anxious and i to calm myself down ill usually read a book or meditate. Kendall, what did you realize you had anxiety . I was really, really young and i remember not being feeling like i couldnt breathe and running to my mom like, mom, i feel like i cant breathe, something must be wrong and she, of course, took me to a bunch of doctors to make sure i was all okay physically and i was. No one ever told me that i had anxiety. Maybe like three, four years ago it came back completely full on and i would have crazy panic attacks. Finally kind of got the information that i needed about it. By speaking about your anxiety and sharing your video, what do you hope to accomplish . Honestly what i hope to accomplish is for people to not feel as alone. Why do we need a resource like this especially now . This is frightening times, michael. Everybody today is trying to make sense of it all. I think were all trying to put the pieces together. If there was a safe place to put it out and share your thoughts, youll find so much comfort and youll get so much from sharing your experiences with others who are on the same journey. Definitely a lot of comfort in knowing that you are not alone. Go to the Mental Health coalition. Org for more and for more resources, go to our website, goodmorningamerica. Com. George. Coming up, were honoring the class of 2020 and some special graduates. Thats right and Matthew Mcconaughey, take a look at him in high school, is joining us live for a graduation speech you wont want to miss. Well be right back. There must be a higher love we all know someone who brings us joy when we need it most. Through smiles. Laughter. And the totally unexpected. At lays, we call them joygivers. And were here to celebrate them. Like this joygiver. And this one. And definitely this one. What they do may seem small. But it can make a world of difference. 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We have a lot ahead this morning as we honor the urban Assembly School for Emergency Management graduates including a commencement speech from Matthew Mcconaughey. We all are very excited about that. Definitely look forward to but first we want to take a look at how seniors are celebrating across the country with so many students unable to walk across the stage to get their diplomas. People are finding new and creative ways to honor the work theyve accomplished and lara is bringing us that this morning. Hey, lara. I am. Im in the spirit of prom. I remember my graduation. It meant so much to me. And we want to take a look at how kids and teachers across the country are making the most of their difficult situations. Take a look. Graduation in the year 2020 has all the elements of traditions past. Hello, class of 2020. Aloha. This is my message to you all. Reporter commencement speeches still being read. The class of 2020 is fearless, persistent, magnetic and we are absolutely unstoppable. Reporter caps, still being tossed. Weve got this. Reporter and there are still parades of students. But instead of packing gymnasiums, families are packing their cars. Hoping to spread some senior spirit. Go, bulldogs. Reporter communities banding together going above and beyond to make sure every student feels specia were about to tell her a huge announcement. This michigan principal even making unannounced visits with a special surprise. You are our class valedictorian. I am . You are thank you so much. Reporter while down in texas principal verdi montgomery visiting all 600 plus seniors for a personalize oneonone sendoffs. So, class of 2020, dont give up. Keep dreaming big. Believe in yourself and well be here cheering you on. Dont look at the fact we skipped senior year but look at the memories we cultivated that led up to this moment. Do not surrender and lose sight of your success. Though this is our final chapter this isnt the end. Class of 2020, we got this. Class of 2020, remain wei ways to celebrate this milestone and in honor of that, we thought we would share with you a look back at some of our own High School Moments if you will, some memories. First up, amy, youre up. Here is amys. Wow. Senior portrait. Oh, my gosh, you are so gorgeous. Oh, yeah. Beautiful. Fully experiencing that decade. Next on to next on deck right now, ginger. Here is ginger at her High School Graduation with some friends. What a cutie. Oh, wow. What a special moment. Still all my best friends. No surprise. Oh, ginger, i love your outfit today. Thank god, i thought i was the only one given this memo. Thank you for participating. Guys, next up michael strahan. Whoa, george, i got let me just say the only reason we keep saying this i banned my mother from giving this station any other pictures of me from high school. I thought i had deep sixed all mine but i dont think thats true. George, i oh. Michael, i wish oh, yes yes, we got george. I was thinking we did not have you. Me too. Oh, my gosh. George, your daughter looks just like you. I love it. I love it. Youre not that old for it to be black and white, are you . Thanks, amy. Amy wow it was just starting. I think it was just it was to set a mood, george. A mood in the yearbook. And, guys, i wish i had given my mom the same directive as michael gave his but alas here is a yes. Oh, yeah, there is my hair is like an art installation. Youre welcome for that. And now you can take it down, control room. Oh, man. Take it down, thank you very much. Well focus on the real special students today and we are honoring right now the r em management. They will go on to serve in meaningful ways. Many as emts right here in new york city. Heres a look at their story. We are the class of 2020. I am tashoni kerr and im going to be an emt. My motive has always been to give back to my community and this is going to be my chance. We are seniors with a vision. Reporter this small but mighty class of 58 seniors from the urban Assembly School for Emergency Management will earn their High School Diploma and 29 students are becoming certified emts. Five, six, seven, faster. Reporter like many other graduating classes who saw senior milestones canceled, they improvised and found ways to thrive without missing a beat aid out on my ndemic hit close kitchen table. Reporter for josue nieves its about helping underserved communities like the one he grew up in. I want to help so response times are adequate and better. We can save more lives. The emt class is the realest thing ive ever experienced. This student has a real sense of urgency. I think the pandemic has emboldened me. I get furious i cant be out there. I want to be doing it. People have been sick. People have lost family members and theyre still online trying to get their work done. Reporter students focused on achieving their big dreams, life changing for them and their loved ones. A lot of us are like the first sionals or even gtoraduatese highe sofchor families and we all have that same determination to keep pushing forward and be successful. Reporter their sights set on making an impact and building a brighter tomorrow. Weve overcome and conquered. Optimistic and well still graduate and get that diploma. You bet you are. Joining us is josue nieves of the class of 2020. Josue, good morning. Congratulations. So great to see you this morning. We heard part of your message right there in the piece and you are a super senior. Whats the thing you want everyone to know about you and your class this morning . First off, good morning. And the first thing i want to get to is that were the class of 2020, so that makes us the class with a vision. So being a part of this pandemic or any of these situations that happened this year has helped us look forward and keep tunnel vision but at the same time look around us so that we can look for new ways and other ways to make things better and still do what we got to do. Josue, i know you are not the first person in your family to choose to help people. Your mother is a Home Health Care worker. Im curious what she thinks about your chosen career path. Well, my mom has always been protective, so she is a little scared, but as another member of the health community, she knows that it comes with a risk and ive always seen her work hard her entire life and even before i came she was working very hard and she knows its my time to shine now. Shes helping me push forward and shes proud of me. Wow. Boy, im sure there is no question about that. Josue, congratulations to you, your entire class, its so great to hear from you this morning and so great to celebrate with you. Right now well go over to ginger. And, george, as we celebrate all these graduates and dressed like prom, thank you to tappan zee florist. You never think of all those businesses impacted. I kind of feel like dancing through these sunflowers. We have to celebrate the class of 2020 with someone else very special. We want to give a shoutout to jonah lobe from Georgetown Day School in washington d. C. Jonah is the founder of the organization print to protect and with the help of more than 200 volunteers, they use 3d printers to create and deliver 6,000 face shields to hospitals, ambulances, senior facilities. Their goal for this month, get this, is to print and distribute an additional 10,000 supplies. We wish him and all the volunteers such great luck and ill do one more little, yes, see, just good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. We made it to friday. Our driest and warmest day this week. We will be dry tomorrow until the evening. Thunderstorms and showers for sunday night, monday and tuesday to round out the wet event. Today, mid to upper 60s most of the bay. Mid and upper 70s inland. Tonight, into the low to mid 50s. Here is a look at the seven day were going to shift gears to a story that captivated the nation. Floridas mike and Dalia Dippolito seemed like an attractive married young couple in love. That is, until dalia asks a friend if he can help her hire a hit man because she wants her husband out of the picture. Dalia dippolito thinks shes about to meet the hit man who will kill her husband, but shes actually walking into a trap. What she doesnt know is this hit man shes about to meet is actually a Police Officer working undercover on this case. We had two cameras in the car. She got into the car and she said, hey. Hey. Hey. We were shocked how easily she talked about getting her husband killed. I just want to make sure, you know this, is what you want . You sure you want to kill this dude . When its done you wont have an option to change your mind. Im positive, like 5,000 sure. No, theres no like im determined already. Im positive like 5,000 sure. Her line is classic. I am like 5,000 sure. Right . So its she is she is so committed to this. By the time you get back from the gym youll find a dead body in the house, all right . Reporter arrested days later it will take three trials for prosecutors to get a conviction to stick for Dalia Dippolito. 16 years behind bars. That is the sentence for Dalia Dippolito. Reporte but her aory says s hnven up on gaining her freedom. Dalia, in jail, heads up a bible study group. She is still determined to get a new trial and to get vindicated. And you can see much more about this reallife murderforhire plot on an all new 20 20 twohour event at 9 00 eastern right here on abc. Coming up next, though, we have Matthew Mcconaughey joining us live with the commencement speech for the class of 2020. Announcer this frontline hero and mother of two gives so much. I know shes helping people but im also scared. Now shes getting one idolsize surprise. Hi, guys. Oh, my god. Announcer monday. Your mom is an absolute hero. Announcer on abcs Good Morning America. Now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Good morning. Im kumasi aaron. A drug that can help patients get better faster is made by a company here in the bay area. Good luck finding it in the fight against coronavirus. Remdesivir is the only drug shown to work against the virus. Doses have been sent to seven states, including california. Theres not a lot to go around. Officials are struggling over how they will distribute it with california saying it could hold a lottery to decide. Its not known to prevent death, but it has helped patients get out of the hospital four days earlier than without it. Mike now your accuweather forecast. Fog this morning. Clouds in the south bay are starting to open up. A little breezy from the bay bridge south. Those are our issues for your commute. Look at the Atmospheric River in the north bay saturday night through sunday. The rest of us will have light to moderate rain for hours sunday and thunderstorms possible monday. Thank you. Another abc7 news update in 30 minutes. Find the latest on our app and at abc7news. Com. Gma continues now. To the class of 2020, i want you to know that this, indeed, does suck, but youre going to get through it. Youre going to get past it. Youre going to look back on it. Youre going to laugh. You may cry. But all of it is going to make sense when you are older. I promise. Oh, welcome back to Good Morning America. So great to have a message from our friend, josh gad, to the class of 2020. We are celebrating graduates across the country this morning all morning long and prom, of course, as you can see. There they are. So many people staying home. We want to make sure students are getting recognized for all of their hard work. George, its an amazing moment for them. It is an amazing moment for them. We congratulate all of them. Joining us live is the urban Assembly School for Emergency Management class of 2020. An Incredible Group of students who have already accomplished so much. You guys, you know theres not a Graduation Ceremony without a commencement speech. This mornings speaker is an Academy Award winning actor joining us live from his home. Please welcome the one and only Matthew Mcconaughey. Matthew, were giving you a standing ovation. Its here in the studio, you just cant really see it. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. Always good to see your face. You bring so much joy to everybody. You know, youve been doing so much throughout the crisis. On monday we showed your psa. Its about us and it talks it asks america to unite throughout the crisis and why is this so important to share that message . Yeah, you know, this crisis came on and it gave us all a unified purpose. Gave humanity a unified purpose. It gave us as americans a unified purpose. And in the last month or so, a false divide has been created by some partisan politics and all of a sudden the narrative became if you wanted to work, well, you are obviously on the far right. If you want to stay home youre on the far left. If you want to wear a mask, youre on the left, if you dont, youre on the right. Its all false, its all untrue so we put the psa out just to remind us we need to keep our eye on the ball, we need all hands on the rope and in america right now our purpose is not an us versus them politically partisan fight. Our purpose right now is to beat the virus together and thats the psa. Its about us. Thats how well do it. Its about us as in the usa so lets stick together through this. Yeah, we can all unite through this amazing Graduation Ceremony and i have to say, matthew, weve been sharing all of our High School Photos from way back when. I know you graduated in 1988. We are showing your photo. Look at you there. Im curious, what was the best are you talking about what was the best advice you received back then . I really like the blond highlights too. Did you get those . I probably had a rat tail in the back as well. Best advice i got in high school, probably from a friend of mine named renise sherman. I remember one morning we arrived at school and came up to me and complimented me on like what i was wearing, like, you know, youre a goodlooking guy, matthew. I was kind of like, oh, and she reached out and i remember her grabbing my arm and going, hey, just say thank you. If someone gives you a compliment you dont need to just say, thank you. Look them in the eye. Ill never forget that thank you. I love that. That is a great message. What is your message for all the students this morning . What is my message what . For all the students this morning . Oh, what is my commencement speech . Are we ready for that . Lets hear it. Were ready. Okay. So, here we go. We are talking to you, the urban Assembly School for Emergency Management. To you i say congratulations. Number one, you just graduated. You got no prom. You got no real ceremony. But dont feel bad. At least youre originals. You are the one and onlys. Youre going to have a whole lot of fun for the rest of your life knowing that. Sing it from the rooftops. We are the class of 2020. We got a virtual graduation. We got a driveby and we got mcconaughey to do our commencement. Put it on tshirts, make a rap song out of it. Wear it as a badge of honor because it is yours and yours only forever. Want to congratulate you on your chosen professions as Emergency Management trackers. We all have a role to play in anyou chose to do something lace with real and necessary purpose. People all over the world are looking for purpose every single day and you got one. Your vocation is a necessity, its not a luxury. Its a brave job that takes true courage and commitment. Now, some of you are going to college and many of you are going straight to the front line. Youll be entering the workforce during a crisis, this one were in right now, and you will have no internship, no emergency ridealong, no audition, no warmups, no g league before the nba, no friendly matches with no score to keep. Yeah. Youre going to be in the ring on the starting five on day one live. Now, i know thats not how you planned it but it is how it turned out and how it is so i say to you, stay focused in your tunnel vision and embrace the unique position that youre in. And believe and know that you fr. Position an youre youre your best self so i want you to urge you to take advantage of this opportunity together. As far as life and things that ive heard that helped me along the way, im going to share with you here. Act today in ways that you will respect tomorrow. From how you treat yourself to how you treat others in real life and in online and what i mean by online, just remember those comments you leave online, those thumbs up or thumbs down, they will outlive you. They are part of your resume of who you are. Number two, respect yourselves and others. Inspire yourselves and others and laugh as much as possible and have as much fun as you can when you can. Number three, lifes hard even without a damn pandemic. You realize that now and youre going to enjoy your life a whole lot more later. Number four, dont be afraid to fail. Learn who you are, take risks to be that person, then persist and pursue to get what you want. Number five, let your reach exceed your grasp. If you do that, what you end up getting is going to be better than what you could have grabbed. Number six, youre not going to d,ifwoulbe ptts in life, and if ever know what was right if we didnt screw up. Number seven, take care of yourselves, family and loved ones, forgive yourselves, family and loved ones, bet on yourself, hold yourself to task. Make a plan when you can and own it. So that i say thank you, urban Assembly School for Emergency Management, new york, new york, class of 2020. Make it count and above all, just keep living. Not onlys athat re all wt yoa thank you. It is about us. Thank you, Matthew Mcconaughey. [ applause ] what a fantastic message right there. That was just great, matthew. Thank you. You mentioned right there at the end just keep living and that is the name of your foundation. Tell us what youre trying to do with that. We have an afterschool curriculum in title one schools across america where we teach kids fitness, nutrition, Community Service and gratitude. Right now what were doing is were getting food to a lot of these students, not only in our schools but other schools all over the nation because we got to remember there are a lot of students that depended on maybe one, two meals a day from their school which they cant go to right now. Another thing were doing is were trying to supply them with the means to continue their education while they cant be in school and getting them laptops that didnt have them before. Or maybe someone had a laptop but didnt have a hot spot and couldnt get online so were getting them hot spots so they can continue to learn during this time when they cannot go to school. Thats fantastic. Really fantastic and, matthew, we want to thank you. Your speech was not just for the class of 2020. I think theres something that all of us could learn to live by. We appreciate you and through your Just Keep Living Foundation youre donating over 35,000 meals and 700 laptops to help kids in need. Arecie. Hank you again. Good morning, america. Go make it happen just keep living. No doubt. Keep living. Thats right. Coming up, everybody, djdnice and fitz and the tantrums. Tantrums. Hey, guys, its Kendall Jenner. Im here to congratulate the class of 2020. Im so excited to see what you do in the future. Congratulations. To the class of 2020 im so proud of you guys. We all have achieved Amazing Things and i am so proud to be in the class of 2020. I know that graduation didnt go as planned but that does not stop your future and stopped all the Amazing Things you have in store. So proud of you guys. Welcome back, everyone. What great messages from Kendall Jenner and skai jackson. All two are 2020 graduates. We are celebrating with a special group of students in new york. We are honoring the senior class of urban Assembly School for Emergency Management. To the class of 2020 we got to say, you are an Incredible Group of young men and women who already have done so much for your community, your work is needed now more than ever. So we have a surprise for each of you guys. Our friends at the Education Technology Company Chegg were so inspired by your story that they wanted to make sure you all have everything you need to succeed in the next chapter of your lives and giving each of you the chegg study pack for your first year free of charge. It has all the online study tools youll need for writing, homework help and math support. Theyre excited about it. But were so proud of you that thats not all. Youre all getting your very own laptop computer as well. [ cheers ] thank you. We figured youd like that. Okay. Class of 2020, it is time to flip your tassels from right to left. Lets go. There we go. Congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] congratulations to the urban Assembly School for Emergency Management. Class of 2020. We cannot wait to see you guys and what you do for us in the future. Were so excited. Thank you guys so much. Congratulations. Thank you. Way to go, guys. Congratulations, everyone. Now well go to our graduate, ginger, hey, ginger. Hey there. Yeah, its been a little while. I just had my 20th. Thats right, the 20th reunion. Another shoutout for an outstanding class of 2020 senior, Kelsey Henderson graduating from West Lake High School in atlanta and will attend Howard University next fall and kelsey and two of her classmates started a Mental Health group and its called the brainy bunch implementing positive Mental Health initiatives into the sch happy friday. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Accuweather 12hour planner, high clouds, sunshine, seasonal temperatures today. No showers. That changes saturday night. Ayay dj dnice keeping us dancing in our homes and moving spinning the class of 2020 into their first weekend as graduates. No better way to do that than with dnice. How are you doing, my friend . Im fantastic. What is your message to all the graduates out there this morning . Oh, man, what would my message be, one, i would say to you, the graduates, do not allow what, you know, were experiencing with the pandemic to deter them from, one, following their dreams and just getting out there and just being great, period. I love that message. And the virtual dance parties that you do, they lift up spirits. Youve been lifting so many spirits out there. Everybody from michelle obama, oprah, you name it. Theyve all shown their support. So how does it feel for you knowing youre bringing so much joy to everyone during this difficult time . Well, i will tell you this, its a very humbling experience, you know, for something that started where i felt like i needed to uplift my own spirits and by just music and that it resonated with so many people all over the world. You know, its humbling and im glad to be in a position to share this music and inspire people through music. Yeah, we found that music has brought everybody together during the quarantine time and Club Quarantine has been such a big hit and all your creation so we want to thank you for that and thank you for joining us this morning helping us kick it off for these graduates of 2020. Oh, im so excited to be here. Congratulations, class of 2020. Lets get it. Thats right. Dj dnice, thank you. Coming up, we have fitz of g live. Well be right back. You got the yummy yummy by the rooftops todays gonna be my day back now with our graduation party. We are celebrating the class of 2020 and what is a celebration without some music . Joining us right now is fitz of fitz and the tantrums. The bands fourth album all the feels is out right now. Good morning, fitz. Thanks for joining us. Good morning, nice to see you guys. So nice to see you too. Hope youre doing well hanging in there during this time and really thank you so much for helping us celebrate this amazing class of students. Wed love to hear weve heard so many people give advice. What would your advice be to this Amazing Group of students . Oh, to the class of 2020 graduating today i know this is not how you guys envisioned how your graduation would be. But you guys have all worked so hard to pursue your dreams and i just want you to guys to keep in mind that in your big, big beautiful lives, this is going to be one small moment and what i do know is that this moment in history is goingrt gu, roerwir country and our world needs to lead us in the future into the future so i just want to say so much love to you guys, were all here at gma and fitz and the tantrums and everybody in the United States are here to celebrate you and all the hard work youve done. Great advice. Fitz. Thank you so much. Graduates, we all congratulate you. Everybody lets enjoy fitz of fitz and the tantrums with an acoustic version oe lastglits just wanna shine. This one is for, you, graduates. Take it away. I just wanna shine like the sun when it comes up from the city to the rooftops cause todays gonna be my day i just wanna climb to the top of a mountain standing tall when im howling cause todays gonna be my days gonna be my day, day, day good night stress, see you in the morning i dont got to guess, youre always there for me so wake up i get out of bed stay up, stay out of my head cause its dangerous and i dont want to lose my mind, no i just wanna shine like the sun when it comes up run the city from the rooftops cause todays gonna be my day i just wanna climb to the top of a mountain standing tall when im howling cause todays gonna be my day i used to lay low, hiding in the shadows so dont give me dark days i already had those so wake up i get out of bed stay up stay out of my head cause its dangerous and i dont wanna lose my mind no i just wanna shine like the sun when it comes up run the city from the rooftops cause todays gonna be my day i just wanna climb to the top of a mountain standing tall when im howling cause todays gonna be my day oh oh, oh oh whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh congratulations, class of 2020 Good Morning America is sponsored by capital one. Whats in your wallet . Thanks to matthew, fitz, dnice and the graduates. Dnice and the graduates. Announcer tonight wheres the party . Your wife hired a push to kill you. She wanted the money, she wanted the house. She wanted it all. Did you want your husband dead. Absolutely not. Now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Good morning. Im kumasi aaron. New video this morning shows just how powerful an earthquake in nevada was. People felt it here in california. This is video from fresno. A lot of people in the bay area felt it. The 6. 5 earthquake hit around 3 00 a. M. And thats 400 miles east of san jose. Here is mike with the forecast. Thank you. Lets step outside via the weather window. A great day for outdoor activities. Breezy near the bay. If you have planting to do, get that garden in, here is the reason you should do it now. Look at the rain coming to the north bay and to a lesser extent the rest of us. A weak Atmospheric River with rain through tuesday. Its time for live with kelly and ryan. We will its feel good friday on live with kelly and ryan. Today, a child with the amazing glenn close. And he is on the series, outer banks. Chase stokes. And she won the battle was covered 19, our good news story of the day. And calming quarantine anxiety is as we arrived bob lives conquering the q week. All next on live and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest ryan got friday morning to you. It is may 15th. Kelly ripa, so good to see her smiling face and h