Our nbc news exclusive with a top chinese official lashing out morning some governors are starting to lay out plans for reopening, in fact, their economies days and weeks ahead others are extending after the president raises the stakes demanding china stayathome orders. Compensate the world for the at least 11 states now are personally reopened. Virus. It should have been stopped we can also tell you six states, including florida, texas, and at the source, china. It should have been stopped very nevada have stayathome orders that expire tomorrow much at the source but it California Governor Gavin Newsom is announcing a four phase plan wasnt. Now we have 184 countries going to slowly reopen the state through hell. Here is what he told savannah earlier this morning on today. Just ahead, why the chinese im worried we could erase all the gains in a short period of time. Weve made so much process and are accusing the president of we dont want to run the 90yard blackmail. Dash new hope. You saw the images inside the lab showing promising signs for a vaccine. Volunteers already lining up for people were sharing those images Clinical Trials. Could it be ready as early as in a couple of our beaches 100 beaches were clear, but there were a couple of beaches in california over the weekend just highlight add shift in behavior over a short period of time that is a real concern, point of september . Close to home. A family pet in North Carolina caution. Becomes the first known case of the virus in a dog in this country. We didnt know we could be transmitting it to our animals. The third item were watching, schools nationwide, in some places like washington, d. C. And texas are now, in fact, the latest information just ahead. Should we be practicing social distancing with our pets . All that, plus play ball. The potential new plan to save all season with games starting before the ending their school year early fourth of july and fans are singing take me out to the ball game today wednesday april Officials Say that the remote learning, online learning, is proving too difficult for many schools and teachers 29th, 2020. Meantime new york city mayor bill de blasio is announcing he, in fact, is going to keep schools implementing revived grading schedule that means they are going to be using more meets standards or announcer from nbc news, needs improvement classification rather than the typical grading, this is today with savannah a, b, c, d, f. Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today, its wednesday morning. It would be now a revived glad youre with us. Nice to have you start your day with us. Hoda, something very beautiful in the skies above you, did you grading situation in new york city by the way, universities also doing something similar in which they are literally saying pass fail as opposed to a grade. Catch it . Hoda, back to you. All right tom, joining us from Reagan National tom, thank you. It appears a pug in North Carolina may be the first pet dog in the u. S. To test positive i couldnt get my phone out fast enough but blue angels were flying over new york city for the coronavirus. Yesterday. I looked around in my neighborhood and people were scrambling. Nbcs Carrie Sanders joins us they were on rooftops, they had with the very latest on that, phones out. Including how that dog actually it was fast and beautiful. A real thank you to our first became infected. Hey, kerry, good morning. Responders. Yeah, such a Beautiful Day well, good morning. For it. The blue angels over blue skies, really does the heart good on this morning new york city has established a hot line for pet owners anxious about whether fido or fluffy may have wednesday morning. Lets get to the latest, though. Coronavirus. With 89 million pet dogs alone in this country, its understandable that owners are anxious, especially with news that this pug dog in North Carolina tested positive for unfortunately weve got a grim new milestone here in the u. S. 1 million cases have now been recorded and 58,000 deaths. That surpasses the loss of American Life from the vietnam war. Coronavirus. Also overnight, to deal with this morning a pug named winston a potential meat shortage at is making headlines. Grocery stores, President Trump he could be the first dog in the took executive action ordering processing plants to remain open. U. S. To test positive for meantime the nations largest covid19. Operator of shopping malls is made the prediction any of reportedly working on a plan to reopen 49 Shopping Centers across 10 states, and that is the animals are going to test starting on friday. Positive, it would be hi because hes always with us. And the battle over what to do about schools is really heather and sam mcclain are doctors in North Carolina. The couple and their son ben tested positive for covid19 in mid march. They all recovered and became part of a study at duke heating up. The president saying he hopes students return to College Campuses this fall. Now the cdc has released university. Reopening guidelines for grade whatever researchers could learn from us and our animals, we are more than happy to contribute to that. Schools that include keeping all of the family members were swabbed by researchers as part of the study. Desks 6 feet apart and no field trips or assemblies. In a moment, were going to talk the family noticed winston was to californias governor who says schools in his state could begin actually in july. Were going to start, though, with nbcs National CorrespondentMiguel Almaguer in coughing and sneezing. We didnt know we could be los angeles for us this morning. Hi, miguel, good morning. Transmitting it to our animal. Public health Officials Say it is possible and winston likely got coronavirus from his human family. Savannah, good morning. From coasttocoast, governors are trying to decide how and when to open states. Do we need to socially they say they are making the distance from our pets if we think we have covid19 use the same social distancing techniques with your decision on the data. Here in california closely watching numbers. Pets that you do with people. Sn the governor is trying to keep the public state but also trying to reopen the economy. New york stay tested positive. This morning 11 states from and earlier this month colorado to minnesota are now last week the cdc confirmed two cats in separate homes in partially reopened and six more new york state tested positive states, including florida, earlier this month eight big cats at new yorks bronx zoo texas, and nevada have tested positive. Stayathome orders expiring they are expected to recover tomorrow. Though experts now believe in california, home to 40 Million People and the worlds animals can get the virus from 5th largest economy, governor gavin newsom announcing a us, they say theres no evidence pets can spread the virus to people. I know people take it as a sign of hope and good news that fourphased plan. To slowly reopen the state. We are weeks, not months away. Pets, definitely ones that were not socially distanced from businesses that could soon reopen include businesses with their humans who were sick ended curbside pickups, manufacturing, up fine. For winston, who is fully recovered. Child care facilities and places his moment, the silly little like parks. Pug. The governor also saying students could begin a new school year as early as july. But some businesses like the family also has another sporting venues, churches, movie theaters and hair salons may not open for months in the bay area pet dog and cat, both tested negative, and they have a lizard that wasnt even swabbed a pug dog on its best days have labored breathing. So were the family not involved in this special study at the university, they may never have where shelter at home orders have been extended past memorial day, this barber says hes planning to open next week defying orders. I believe its a constitutional right for us to known emratic president ial pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. While much of southern nominee Hillary Clinton is California Closed their beaches weeks ago, Newport Beach remains open even after tens of thousands crowded the shores. Officially supporting joe biden in atlanta where restaurants reopen this week, some diners seeing social distancing, while in the 2020 race against President Trump. I am thrilled to be part of your campaign, to not only endorse you but to help highlight a lot of the issues that are at stake in this others opting to get outside. Good to get out of the house. We feel like its a safe environment. In miami, some south beach parks, golf courses and tennis president ial election. Courts are now open to residents. But this morning in new york city, the picture of outrage. During an online town hall the mayor blasting this crowd tuesday, clinton urged voters to for gathering at a rabbis think about what a difference it would make right now if, in her words, we had a president who listened to science and brought americans together funeral. Hoda. All right it is now 8 08, time for your saying hell now instruct nypd morning boosts, plural to arrest those violating social distancing mandates in a city where the death toll is approaching 18,000, the governor dr. Pete olson was away from his family for a month while treating coronavirus patients in rural minnesota. Well, when he finally got a weekend off, he surprised his two kids who had no idea he was warns things wont get back to normal any time soon. We have to be smart about coming home. This. Emotions cant drive a reopening process. Here in california, the dad governor says the aggressive dad how are you doing, beautiful . Measures being taken to curb the i missed you spread of the virus are working, and he worries reopening the economy too quickly will negate all of that progress. Savannah. Good to see you all right, miguel. On that subject, we actually spoke with Governor Newsom shortly after he outlined californias reopening plan. We did talk about where things stand there and, yes, that fear about moving too fast. How are you, sam good. You said by no stretch is i missed you. What do you do with dad when he gets home after the hellos . California out of the woods. You have a wrestling party of course, savannah. A pillow fight. Here is one youll like, too, you said if we pull back too quickly it could start a second wave that could be even more hoda a Kindergarten Teacher in ohio wanted students to feel damaging than the first. Reassured when they were at how worried are you about that very outcome . Im worried we can erase all the gains in a very short period of time. Weve made so much progress and we dont want to run the 90yard home the teacher, mrs. Lewis, had them make this video to stay strong and strong at heart. Dash. You saw the images. A couple of our beaches, hundreds of beaches in california were clear, but there were a couple of beaches in california over the weekend that just highlighted a shift in behavior over a short period of time that is a real concern, point of caution. You see other states beginning to reopen, some more aggressively than others, does that make your pitch as the governor of california harder we will grow up to be lovely. Strong and healthy. Strong and helpful. In distance but never apart. When you have californians until we can all be safe and saying, wait a minute, these other states are getting back in together again well rise up ride like the business waves rise up in spite of the ep were suffering, too. Theres no question it puts pressure id be lying to suggest otherwise. I dont dismiss any of those in spite of th age protests or any of those points of criticism, but one thing i of course that song rise up beautiful video by the kid at will dismiss is the pressure there will be data and health willowville elementary school. That guide our Decision Making. Arent they cute i know as a mother of a kindergartner how much they miss their friends. It was beautiful. And watching them do it yes. Yes, make you feel good. You said its weeks not still ahead, we havent seen those long lines for antibody months before some return, some reopening. Tests that determine whether or not youve had exposure to the what do you mean by that. Virus. In a few weeks we can expand the notion of whats available in manufacturing, Retail Stores and begin to have this important conversation, when do we get our kids back in the results some think could be crucial to reopening the economy. But how reliable are these tests . Were going to talk about that and the race for the vaccine with the former head of the fda schools safely one of the things we socialized right after this the idea of starting the next year earlier in the state of california to address the issue of learning loss. On the network, we can have teachers facetoface with a student in livetime. They can raise their hand and ask questions. Thats going to be music to a lot of parents ears, the notion they can type questions. Their kids could go back to school at all. We just need to make sure many parents, such as myself, fear they will tell us there is that the education is continuing. No school next year. Youre saying potentially kids can go back and maybe even vo at verizon, were here and were ready earlier. Were hopeful to keep students and teachers connected to the world. The data will make that decision thats why verizon and the New York Times for us its not back to normal, its are offering 14 Million Students free Digital Access modified that means staggering school to times journalism. Times for different cohorts of starburst . Juicedratic equation. Kids super topsecret mathematical formula they keep stored it means the recess period being radically modified it means cafeteria being shut inside a safe, inside a vault, inside a volcano. Down and people getting food around their desk. Deep sanitation, ventilation ahhh. Juicedratics. Strategies starburst. Unexplainably juicy. Its very difficult but weve got to do that if were ever going to get the but what about afoods creamy chicken sautee . Economy moving again, weve got salad, sure, but what about a pasta bake . To get parents back to work. Whatevers left in your fridge weve got to keep teachers and you can do more with best foods than you think. See the possibilities at bestfoods. 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Im trying to avoid finger pointing and hand wringing theres too many lives at stake in california. To the extent we need more support we do. We have to be resourceful. California as a nation state has you can be feminine and fierce. The capacity to do more than no sweat. Introducing new secret with essential oils. Fourtyeight hour sweat protection. Many and we need to be held now crafted with pure, essential oils. To account as well do you feel in your gut that the worst is behind you in secret all strength, no sweat. California i love the way you ask that sensitivity its very common to have a gum Health Concern as well. Question, in my gut. But if you have sensitive teeth, im not driven by my gut in this you probably arent going to brush your teeth respect, im driven by data but you asked a question directly as effectivity because it causes pain. And let me answer. And if you see blood you should do something about it. In my gut i do with this caveat, you know, i talk to dentists every day only if we take seriously these and theyre able to recommend one product, new sensodyne sensitivity gum, next phases. To address both conditions at the same time. If people just assume, like they did in Newport Beach over the if we only treat one versus the other, the patients mouth weekend, that the virus is going is n to take the weekend off or go on its really good dentistry to be able to recommend one product summer vacation, then were in for patients that can address two conditions. Real trouble with a potential second wave that erases progress dont eat them for the 100 percent whole grain oats. And potentially puts literally dont eat them because the oats can help lower cholesterol. Tens of thousands of lives at risk so we do, i think, have to be cautious and data will drive our eat them for her. Decision making. All right governor gavin newsom of california, thank you for your time we really appreciate it. 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