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Transcripts For KGO Good Morning America 20240713

Doctor on a packed plane. Whirne is his morning. Abc news exclusive. As demand for disinfectant soars by 500 , when will those nearly impossible to find products reappear on store shelves . The president of clorox joins us live only on gma. New video. Georgias attorney general calls on the Justice Department to investigate the handling of Ahmaud Arberys case and the newly obtained Surveillance Video that appears to show the 25yearold just minutes before he was fatally shot. And breaking news, celebrating the life of Jerry Stiller. The beloved comedian passing away overnight. You want a piece of me . You got it the veteran actor making us laugh for more than 70 years, from king of queens to seinfeld. A festivus for the rest of us the tribute from his son ben stiller this morning. Good morning, america. Its great to have you with us on this monday morning. It is great to have george with us back in the studio. Welcome back, george. It is great to be back. Thank you very much. Great to see all of you here. Its a little weird not to have my dogs with me broadcasting at my feet, but it is good to be back. Hey, robin. My dog is still here at my feet, george, but it is great to see you doing as well as you are. Welcome back. And take a look at this welcome back for an emergency room doctor who volunteered to come to new york and help out on the front lines. The physician just returned home. Elbow. Just returned home to california with his colleagues as you see, lined up at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in carmichael. Great sign to see people, doctors like that being able to go back home, george. Nice to be back home last night and be part of that 7 00 p. M. Tribute to all the Health Care Workers here in new york as well. The total number of cases here in the United States has passed 1. 3 million, the death toll approaching 80,000. At least 45 states have lifted some r re taking the first steps to reopen, get people back to work, but cases are still on the rise in 15 of those 45 states. Were going to begin this morning with those growing concerns about infections in the white house after at least two people in the west wing tested positive for the virus, including the Vice President s press secretary. Three of the nations Top Health Officials, including dr. Anthony fauci, are now selfquarantining. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega has the very latest. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, michael. Good morning to you. As the administration tries to assure americans that it is safe to reopen parts of the country, it is now dealing with its spread, its own spread of the virus right on the white house grounds. And now officials are facing this question, if not even the white house is fully safe, how can americans feel secure about returning to work . After two people in the west wing tested positive this morning the white house is looking to ramp up social distancing measures including having more aides and secret Service Agents wear masks and space six feet apart during meetings. Among those who tested positive, the Vice President s press secretary. His office saying in a statement he will be at the white house today and that he has tested negative every single day. It is the latest sign that not even one of the most secure compounds in the world is safe from the virus spread. The nations top coronavirus experts now forced to selfquarantine after coming into contact with an infected white house staffer, including dr. Anthony fauci who is in what he calls a modified quarantine, working from home, but still possibly traveling in for meetings. Cdc director Robert Redfield and fda commissioner stephen hahn also in quarantine for 14 days. All three officials expected to testify tomorrow before the Senates Health committee. That will now happen over Video Conference instead. Even the committee chairman, tennessee senator Lamar Alexander announcing overnight he too is in selfquarantine after a staffer tested positive. He says he will run the hearing remotely. Still, some Administration Officials insist the white house remains safe. I can tell you this is probably the safest place that you can come to. Reporter but others like the president s senior economic adviser say they are scared. It is scary to go to work. Its a small, crowded place. You know, its a little bit risky, but you have to do it because you have to serve your country. Reporter even after his own valet, part of the team who serves his meals, tested positive last week, President Trump said hes not worried. Well, im not worried, no. Im not worried. Reporter his focus, on reopening the country, even as cases continue to climb in some areas. 45 states now rolling back restrictions. The latest, kentucky, where a federal judge cleared the way for sunday Church Services as long as social distancing rules were followed. In colorad shop defying state orders, and in Northern California the cottonwood rodeo bucking guidelines to throw a mothers day event. Given those two positive cases at the white house, there have been questions about whether the president and the Vice President should be kept separated in the event that either one contracts the virus. At this point senior Administration Officials say there are no plans to do that. And President Trump has said he didnt think it was necessary since, george, both are repeatedly tested and they have both tested negative. Every day, okay, cecilia, thanks very much. Lets bring in dr. Jen ashton, our chief medical correspondent, for more on this. So you have two cases in the white house. Tests every single day. Should they be worried about a broader outbreak . Well, george, i think everyone should be concerned. Its normal to have a certain amount of fear and anxiety, concern, apprehension. I mean were in the middle of a pandemic in unchartered territory. And i think what this shows us is can h to xample that truly no anyone. And that is the thing. The white house presumably the safest place in the country, tests every day, temperature checks for everyone coming into proximity with the president. Yet the virus still gets inside those walls. One of the disconcerting things, at least to me over the weekend, was seeing the Top Health Officials all quarantined, but not more white house officials quarantined. So what should people know about what kind of precautions should be taken right now . Well, i think you have to look at it on a spectrum, george. Remember, theres general precautions, recommendations, and guidelines issued by the cdc which is for the general public, the american population, but like any health or medical recommendation, they are really designed also to be individualized. So you have to look at the minimum that can be done and then whether its appropriate to take extra or maximum steps given the location and personnel that is trying to be protected here. And so that will represent a whole spectrum. But again, Wearing Masks to protect others, keeping at least six feet of distance in the workplace which, granted, is not always an easy thing to do, thats at the minimum and then surveillance, extra screening would be on the higher end of the spectrum. Dr. Jen ashton, thanks very much. Robin . All right, george, thank you. Now to that urgent warning about children and covid19. Evidence mounting that the virus is linked to a dangerous condition that has taken the lives of at least three new york children. Stephanie ramos has more at Lenox Hill Hospital there in manhattan. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter robin, good morning. Doctors say this rare inflammatory syndrome is affecting toddlers to Elementary School aged kids weeks after theyve been exposed to the coronavirus. With so many more cases, the department of health here in new york is now working with the cdc to develop a National Criteria to better identify this illness. This morning, an urgent warning for parents as cases of a Mysterious Illness possibly linked to coronavirus affect more children across the u. S. In new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo announcing that the state department of health is now investigating 85 cases of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. This is every parents nightmare. Reporter the illness, though rare, blamed for the death of at least three children. Possible cases now reported in at least ten states and washington d. C. 13yearold Anthony Lawson now fighting for his life in Washington State after what started as allergylike symptoms took a dangerous turn. He was complaining that he wa zzy. He had a headache. You know, somethings just not right. Reporter after arriving at the hospital, his condition worsened drastically. Theresa lawson telling abc her son tested negative for coronavirus but positive for covid19 antibodies. Doctors like the university of chicagos melissa tesher say this is part of a growing trend. Shes seen it firsthand with three young patients shes treating. We seem to be seeing this in the later stages after the children have been exposed to a known infection. Reporter now, young survivors are sharing their stories. 14yearold Jack Mcmorrow of new york is recovering from the illness. I had a swollen lymph node on my right side and i got a headache and it just started going downhill from there. Reporter Health Officials now warning people not to let their guards down, saying at least five covid19 cases are linked to a pasadena party in april where one attendee kept coughing and didnt wear a mask. Here in new york city the mayor says all children with symptoms of the illness will be tested for covid19 antibodies, and doctors say they want to remind parents to be on the lookout for those symptoms. That is the best way to detect this early. Michael . Always keep your eyes open. Thank you for that, stephanie. Turning now to the latest on the pandemic abroad. Around the world there are more than 4 million covid19 cases and now some european nations are trying to get back to normal. In france, people are going back to work and some students are getting ready to go back to school. Maggie rulli joins us from paris with more. Good morning, maggie. Reporter hey, michael. Good morning. We were in paris this morning. As the city woke up to their new reality, we saw fresh baguettes going out for delivery extra early as now some people are heading back to work. Hair dressers reopening and they tell us theyre booked out for weeks and perhaps the biggest milestone today, people are here able to now leave their homes for the first time in 55 days without a permission slip. But even as paris slowly starts to open back up, were now seeing new cases pop up in other countries. In brazil, rates of up to more than 10,000 infections are reported leading many to fear that country could become the next global epicenter. And in south korea, a country that initially flattened the curve very quickly, theyre now seeing dozens of new cases all linked to one man who went to five different nightclubs. And in wuhan, china, the for tht time in a , theyre of thats why here in paris people say theyre excited to get back out here, but theyre also cautiously optimistic because they know this is not over yet. George . They have to be careful. Maggie, thanks very much. We turn to that alarming photo shared by a doctor on a crosscountry flight. It shows a packed plane including Health Care Workers flying back to San Francisco after volunteering in new york. Gio benitez brings us the details from newark airport. Good morning, gio. Reporter hey, george. Good morning. Yeah, that doctor was praising united for flying volunteers for free. But he says once he got on that plane, they were shocked. This doctors tweet going viral after boarding a united flight from newark to San Francisco that was 85 full saturday afternoon. Dr. Ethan weiss posting this tweet, i guess united is relaxing their social distancing policy nowadays. Sarah nelson heads up the largest flight attendants union. What did you think when you saw that photo . The first thing i thought is that d. O. T. Needs to take action here. This really has to be directed from the government. Reporter united says there were 22 empty seats on the plane, that most flights are less than 50 full, and that it is limiting advanced seat selection but cannot guarantee that all customers will be seated next to an unoccupied seat. And on friday tsa screened the most passengers since late march. So starting today all u. S. Airlines require passengers to wear a face mask. Robin . Everybody needs to keep that in mind. Gio, thank you so much. Now to the new developments in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, that young unarmed black man in georgia. The states attorney general is now asking the Justice Department to investigate the handling of the case as authorities review newly obtained Surveillance Video that appears to show him in the moments before the shooting. Steve osunsami has the latest. He joins us this morning from atlanta. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, robin. This states attorney general is asking, of course, the u. S. Justice department, as you said, to look into this case, but in particular, to look into the actions of the two prosecutors who did not issue charges in this case and who removed themselves from this investigation because of their connections to the two accused murderers, one of them a former police officer. State investigators who have taken over this case from county authorities are this morning looking at new videos that appear to show Ahmaud Arbery in the moments before he was shot and killed by Travis Mcmichael and his father gregory who spent a career in Law Enforcement working for local prosecutors. The two are charged with murder last week, nearly two and a half months after this killing was recorded on a cell phone in february. They say they were trying to make a citizens arrest when they say this young black man fought them. According to police, the mcmichaels told police they thought that arbery looked like someone who was seen breaking into neighborhood homes, but this morning those same police share that there were no reports of burglaries or thefts in that area in the two months before arbery was killed. This Surveillance Video obtained by our atlanta affiliate wsb will certainly be part of the debate. It was recorded shortly before arbery was killed, and shows a man walking into an open Home Construction site and looking around. Arberys family attorneys say they believe the second video obtained by abc news does show the 25yearold former Football Player in that home under construction, but they underline that he wasnt breaking the law and left empty handed. Theyre trying to make out and try to justify for what they did. They cant do it. Reporter in a statement overnight, the owners of that home under construction make it very clear they had nothing to do with the young mans death and say that they want Ahmaud Arberys parents to know that they are very sorry for the loss of their son and they are praying for them. The family says they have no relationship with the mcmichaels and would have never wanted what they call a vigilante response. The family that owns that home where that home was being built, the construction site, says that when they looked at the video they werent even sure that it was arbery. Arbery was seen out jogging that day. It is a mostly white neighborhood, and authorities tell us that the only Police Report that they have in the area from around the shooting was a gun theft from a car, and that that home where that happened was the home of Travis Mcmichael, one of the two men accused of murder. Michael . Oh boy. Okay, steve, thank you so much for that. And this morning we are celebrating the life of beloved actor Jerry Stiller who passed away overnight. The comedian was one half of the comedy duo stiller and meara and his wife anne meara, they were married for more than 60 years. They appeared together on the ed sullivan show. The veteran actor later became known for making us all laugh at the eccentric father on both the king of queens and seinfeld. Out of that a new holiday was born. A festivus for the rest of us. At the festivus dinner, you gather your family around and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year. And is there a tree . Just like everybodys holiday right there, festivus for the rest of us. His son ben stiller writing this heartfelt tribute, im sad to say that my father, Jerry Stiller, passed away from natural causes. He was a great dad and grandfather and the most dedicated husband to anne for 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you, dad. Jerry stiller was 92 years old. One of my favorite shows, king of queens, he always brought it, always made you laugh. All the time. Arthur spooner. Arthur spooner. Arthur spooner, thats right. Yes. What a terrific career he had. What a talent. Yes, such a talent. We are following a lot of other headlines this morning includin

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