that s a non-starter. i ve told them, come back when you are ready to go to a higher number. reporter: democrats want to go big, demanding billions of dollars for state and local governments and to extend weekly $600 unemployment checks, which expired last week. but republicans say those payments are too high, and discourage people from going back to work. they want more targeted relief. now, tonight, the president is poised to take action on his own, readying executive orders. we re going to take executive if democrats are unable to act i will get americans the relief they need. reporter: as negotiations fail, about a mile from the capitol, kathleen donahue has been relying on a small business loan, part of the popular paycheck protection program, to keep her games and puzzles store afloat. that program will now expire tonight with no plan to replace it. i m terrified. i don t know. i don t know what s going to
reporter: tonight, the coronavirus pandemic isn t stopping hundreds of thousands of bikers from rumbling into sturgis, south dakota, just as they have for 80 years. was it a done deal? you were going to come done deal. i don t care about the covid. reporter: cases in south dakota have been rising slightly, but governor kristi noem encouraged people to come, citing the president s mt. rushmore rally as a success. the common characteristic among these bikers is they love freedom, and they hate being told what to do. even though a survey said the majority of sturgis residents wanted this rally cancelled, 250,000 people are coming here, to make this the largest event in america since the pandemic began. it s the first year we ve ever worn a mask to come to sturgis. reporter: the city didn t advertise the rally this year but they knew the crowds were inevitable and the rally is a lifeline for businesses. bringing in $650 million last year. we just kind of took an
Hope we didn t kill anyone s grandmother today. it is the fear coaches and educators across the country have now. whit, we have some new studies out from the cdc about children and the mysterious illness associated with covid-19? reporter: tom, the cdc is reporting about 570 cases across 40 states. another study shows children are much less likely to suffer severe illness related to covid, but among those hospitalized, about a third ended up in the icu. still, deaths from this virus remain very rare in children. whit, thank you. and now to the massive gathering in south dakota, in the middle of the pandemic. the annual biker rally in sturgis, 250,000 expected to attend with no mask mandates in place. the mayor urging personal responsibility, saying he can t stop people from coming. here s trevor ault.
Covid-19. 16-year-old high school wrestler frankie quintana of california was healthy when he contracted covid-19. the noises he would make to try to reach for some sort of a breath was horrifying. reporter: his lungs then started to fail. it hit him so hard where it brought him down to his knees. this big, strong kid. reporter: his mother says a plasma donation helped him to recover. in mississippi, 42-year-old teacher and coach nacoma james died of covid this week. contact tracers now reaching out to athletes who might have been exposed during football workouts. and an entire high school football team in alabama is now quarantined for a second time this summer, after at least one player tested positive and several others showed symptoms. the oneonta head coach bluntly expressing his fears. literally, i looked my wife in the eyes before i went to bed monday night and said, i sure