38 states now easing restrictions. 19 of those states with covid19 cases still on the rise. Just 24 hours ago, President Trump telling us it is possible some lives could be at stake as this country tries to reopen. The new data showing where the hot spots are now, across this country. The red zones. And after the president toured that phoenix facility now making n95 masks, the president now facing heat for not wearing a mask himself next to the workers. What he said today about that. Scientists around the world and in the u. S. Now tracking coronavirus mutations. Is there one type of the virus more infectious than another . And pfizer jumping into the race to find a vaccine, reporting they have now started human trials. The third such trial here in the u. S. What weve learned tonight about hope here at home. New reporting on americas food supply. Prices of meat and poultry on the rise. Some Grocery Store shelves stripped bare. And the new and dire numbers on families in need. And the chilling video sparking outrage. The deadly shooting of an unarmed black jogger, confronted by two white men. A father and son, both with guns. 2 1 2 months later, what the d. A. Is now saying. Good evening. Were back in new york tonight, back from our interview with the president in arizona. His first major trip out into the country in nearly two months. He acknowledged to us in the next chapter, lives could be at risk as parts of the country begin to reopen. Tonight, the president reversing course on his Coronavirus Task force. Hes also answering questions about why he didnt have a mask on while touring the factory near the workers. All of this as the governor of new york is warning about the dangerous condition seen in children. More than 60 cases in new york alone. Weve been reporting on this with our team overseas, first seen in the uk. Doctors there sending out warnings more than a week ago. And tonight, the toll rising above 72,000 lives. 2,000 more lost since just yesterday. And we took note of two graphs from the New York Times, this showing the number of cases each day appearing to plateau and then start to come down. But when you take out the area around new york city, the arc keeps going up. Indicating its now moving into other areas. And this is the map from fema, showing the newest red zones, with rising concern in many Rural Counties in our country. Tonight, 38 states have already eased restrictions, as 19 of those see cases on the rise. Were going to get to it all for you tonight. Well begin with the growing concern for children, and what parents should be aware of across this country. Stephanie ramos leading us off. Reporter tonight, an urgent warning about a rare and dangerous condition in children that could be related to the coronavirus. The New York Times reports 8yearold Jayden Hardowar was rushed to the hospital suffering from a Mysterious Illness appearing to be related to covid19. His brother giving him cpr before help arrived. He arrived at the hospital near death. Were seeing kids who are presenting with a shocklike syndrome. Reporter new york state tonight reporting an alarming jump in cases. At least 64 children affected by whats being called pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. 15 cases in new york city. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordering doctors and hospitals to be on the lookout for any cases. Doctors in the uk first sounding the alarm last month. Since then, doctors say more cases have emerged in u. S. Cities including d. C. , atlanta, and detroit. The thing that is happening in these same communities where theres been a great deal of covid19 activity is that children are being diagnosed with a cardiovascular collapse requiring intensive care admission. Reporter doctors say children usually under the age of 5 first show symptoms including fever, rash, eye irritation, swollen lymph nodes, and stomach illness, similar to a rare condition called kawasaki disease, which causes the inflammation of blood vessels and can lead to heart problems. Kawasaki disease is important because it affects the heart, and without treatment it can be very dangerous to the heart. Reporter last week, we introduced you to this 12yearold girl in louisiana who survived covid19 after suffering heart failure. I never thought i would see my child go through anything like that. Reporter experts say the majority of children who get sick with covid19 experience mild symptoms and recover. Thats why President Trump says he wants schools to reopen in most of the country. You see how well children seem to do. Its incredible. We realize how strong children are, their immune system is maybe a little different. Maybe a little bit stronger, or maybe its a lot stronger, right. Could be a lot stronger. This new concern tonight, and stephanie ramos, this condition now being seen in parts of this country. Obviously alarming for parents. I know a lot of doctors are urging vigilance. What should we watch out for . Reporter thats right, this is a very serious syndrome. But adults can detect it early, because the symptoms are so visual. Doctors say many parents may be afraid of taking their kids to the emergency room or pediatricians office because they dont want to catch the coronavirus. They say its treatable, but it must be treated early. David . Theyre saying get help if you see the symptoms. Stephanie, thank you. And this coming amid the raging debate about how and when to reopen the country. The president acknowledging to me that lives could be lost, but that we have to get our country open. This comes as the virus is spreading into the country. Tonight, the newest red zones. Where authorities are very concerned. And much of it is in rural america. Heres eva pilgrim. Reporter tonight across america, stores reopening their doors. Millions of americans anxious to get back to work but feeling torn between their health and their livelihoods. Its been exciting. Scary. We just dont know what to expect. Reporter 38 states have now eased restrictions, but the virus still rising in 19 of those states. In texas today, more than 1,000 new cases as more shops like hair salons set to open this weekend. Some like this bar owner, defying orders. Arrested for opening early. I will lose my business. My bartenders are already starving to death. I see my bar owner friends cant even pay for their medical medicines. This is terrible. Reporter the governor now calling for the release of a dallas salon owner. Shelly luther, who was jailed for opening her salon two weeks ago. If you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision, but im not going to shut the salon. Reporter the president telling david reopening the country will bring a human cost. Do you believe thats the reality were facing that that lives will be lost to reopen the country . Its possible there will be some because you wont be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is, but at the same time, were going to practice social distancing. Were going to be washing hands. Were going to be doing a lot of the things that weve learned to do over the last period of time, and we have to get our country back. Reporter the push to reopen coming as that new snapshot from fema reveals the virus grip. Hot spots popping up in rural america. In trousdale county, tennessee, the highest infection rate in the country after an outbreak at the states largest prison. Cases soaring from 27 to over 1,300 in just 10 days. Yesterday illinois seeing its biggest death toll in 24 hours. Nursing home worker angielen guzman losing her life after returning to her job from a maternity leave. She seemed to really treasure her time with her patients. Reporter her husband who worked with her, now testing positive too. Were over here planning a funeral, and they cant even come and say goodbye to them. Reporter just 24 hours after the president toured the honeywell production facility, now making n95 masks, he is facing criticism for not wearing one. The president saying he had a mask on backstage. I cant help it if you didnt see me. I mean, i had a mask on but i didnt need it and i asked specifically the head of honeywell, should i wear a mask . And he said, well, you dont need one in this territory. The president answering questions about whether he wore a mask in the factory. Eva, weve been trying for some time to track when the virus may have first shown up in the u. S. There is new reporting and evidence tonight that it might have been circulating in florida back in december . Reporter thats right. Months before Florida Health officials realized, it appears the virus was already there. State Health Data Shows patients with possible symptoms going back to late december. The first reported case in florida didnt come until march 1st. Eva, thank you. And tonight, we have news on coronavirus and possible mutations. Scientists around the world and in the u. S. Are trying to track this. One of the questions, obviously, is there one type of the virus more infectious than another . Heres kaylee hartung. Reporter tonight, scientists tracking mutations of the coronavirus as it continues to spread around the world. Small differences in the virus genome have been found. Researchers now trying to determine if one version of the virus is more infectious than another. The mutations occur to try to improve on a virus sustainability, which means that its probably going to be more infectious and more virulent than the previous. But we really dont know. Reporter and this, as the race is on to find an effective vaccine. More than 100 vaccines are being studied worldwide. At least three human trials now under way in the u. S. Pharmaceutical giant pfizer the latest to dose volunteers, as it tests four different versions of a vaccine. This is a virus that we knew nothing about five months ago and the fact that we already have multiple vaccines in Clinical Trials is really, is cause for optimism. Reporter some of the u. S. Trials hinging on new technology. Theyre using genetic material known as messenger rna, which they hope will effectively trick the body. Sparking an immune system response to fight the virus. Many of those companies are already making plans for mass production. Oxford making manufacturing deals with seven different companies. Saying that puts them on track to produce 1 million doses by september. But if that vaccine doesnt work, all that money invested will be lost. Kaylee, thank you. We continue to report on americas food supply, with Meat Processing plants one of the hot spots for the virus outbreak. The impact being felt by families across the country at the checkout. Overall beef and pork production down by over a third since this time last year. Several supermarkets rationing meat sales as prices surge. Already up more than 8 . And growing concern over hunger in this country. The Brookings Institute reporting 9 million children under 12 now suffer from food insecurity. More than what they saw during the great recession. And President Trump reversing course on the Coronavirus Task force, tonight the president saying he had no idea how popular it is. Heres jonathan karl. Reporter one day after the white house said it would be winding down the Coronavirus Task force, a reversal from the president. So we will be leaving the task force indefinitely. Reporter the news that the task force would be disbanding in the coming weeks prompted a backlash from those who pointed out the death toll continues to climb and many states are seeing higher rates of infection. I had no idea how popular the task force is. Until actually yesterday, when i started talking about winding it down, id get calls from very respected people saying, i think itd be better to keep it going. Reporter the president made his comments at an event to Mark National nurses day. But he bristled when one nurse spoke about the availability of personal protective equipment. So ppe has been sporadic but it has been manageable. We do what we have to do. We are nurses and we learn to adapt. Sporadic for you but not sporadic for a lot of other people. Oh, no, i agree, mr. President , absolutely. I have heard that they are loaded up with gowns now. Initially we had nothing. We had empty shelves. We had nothing. Reporter in arizona yesterday, david asked the president about that claim. Youre three years into your first term. Yeah. Youre now applying for the job again. What did you do when you became president to restock those cupboards that you say were bare . Well, ill be honest, i have a lot of things going on. We had a lot of people that refused to allow the country to be successful. They wasted a lot of time on russia, russia, russia. Reporter the president said the focus of the Coronavirus Task force will be shifting to safety and reopening the country, developing a vaccine and therapeutics. He said there may be personnel changes as well. But he said both dr. Birx and dr. Fauci will remain. David . Jon, thank you. Another story is unfolding this evening. There is growing outrage over chilling video showing the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in georgia, confronted by two white men. A father and son, both with guns. There were no arrests at the time. 2 1 2 months later, the d. A. Is now sending the case to a grand jury. We warn you, the video is disturbing. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter this is the recording of the killing on a street in south georgia that has people around world outraged and has a prosecutor investigating. The young man seen jogging towards his death is 25yearold ahmaud arbery. The father and son with the guns in the white pickup truck are gregory and travis mcmichael. They explained to police that they believed that arbery was responsible for a number of breakins in their neighborhood, and were trying to make a citizens arrest when this happened on february 23rd. Gregory mcmichael, who police say is seen here in the bed of the truck, is a former investigator with the local district attorney, and a former local police officer, which has complicated this case. Im out here at Satilla Shores, theres a black male running down the street. Where at Satilla Shores . I dont know what street were on. Stop. Watch that. Stop reporter it is now nearly 2 1 2 months later, and no one has been arrested. The case has bounced from prosecutor to prosecutor because two of them had some prior connection to the mcmichaels. A third prosecutor, who took the case three weeks ago, has now announced that a grand jury will decide if there are criminal charges. But the courts are still closed because of the coronavirus, so a grand jury wont meet until the middle of june. Protests have hit the streets across georgia. Arberys parents say their son was a High School Football star who loved to jog, and they believe he was killed because hes black. He was just jogging and he his life shouldnt have ended the way that it ended. Reporter the fbi says it is assisting in this investigation. And this states Top Law Enforcement Agency has announced that they are running the case. David . Steve, thank you. When we come back, the americans arrested, accused in an attempted coup. And Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, hospitalized. 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When she heard one of her patients, abi bordelon, tested positive for covid19 and was unable to be with her newborn baby boy remi, that nurse knew what she had to do. I felt like i just needed to sit there with him and just love on him because he hadnt really had that. Reporter nurse brittany caring for remi, born healthy without the virus, knowing that new mom would not be able to see her baby. So the nurse wrote the mother a letter. I cried sad tears for you because i couldnt even imagine how hard it must be for you. I cried sad tears for him because he has not gotten to love on his mommy. I cried happy tears because out of all of this craziness, he is a beautiful, healthy baby boy. Reporter the tender exchange of words during a crisis. What nurses do every day. I want you to know that he was loved today and that i treated him as he was my own. Even though you arent able to be with him at this time, he is being loved on your behalf. Reporter tonight, were happy to report that new mom abi and baby remi are home and doing well. And here they are tonight. Hi, david. Reporter that mom, holding baby remi, grateful. The second i read it, i burst into tears and called her and thanked her for being so, so sweet and loving my baby when i couldnt. It just meant the entire world to me. Reporter and nurse brittany saying it all comes with the job. Thats what keeps you going, that one patient. So just thank a nurse. Were here to help you and we just like to know that were doing a good job. Wow. Nurse brittany and all of the nurses on th im dan ashley in San Francisco. The coronavirus pandemic is reading to new calls to im liz kreutz. As california moves into phase 2 tonight, well tell you the only two bay area counties that say theyre ready. What will life look like when gyms and clubs reopen, some are hoping by the end of the month . Now your health, your safety. This is abc7 news. On friday california will move into stage 2 of lifting shelter in place restrictions, but most of the by area isnt ready. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. Counties are allowed to move out their own pace. The bay areas order is currently stricter than what Governor Newsom is expected to allow at the end of the week thinking graph shows the number of new coronavirus cases in the bay area day beday going back to january there is a lot of up and down, but overall, its trending down. Were not seeing peaks as high as we did last month, but the numbers are not lowno nhoiz kre live to breck down what we learned today. Liz . Hi, dan and ama. W reached out to every single bay area county today. Only two told us they are ready to move into phase 2. But even as the state does begin the process of reopening, Governor Newsom has sobering words about that recovery. He said it will take years. I got to tell you, this staying at home thing is rough for me too. 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