reporting from "gma" from home. >> nice. breaking news in america this morning, the coronavirus emergency reaches a new milestone. the deadliest day yet for the united states. >> this morning, word of the youngest victim so far, a healthy teenager dying with the virus. the new warning about the crisis and what doctors in new york did not expect. breaking overnight, a disaster declared in louisiana where the virus is spreading faster than anywhere in the world. president trump now pushing to re-open parts of the u.s. economy by easter. why he says that is possible. plus, growing concern about workers at grocery stores testing positive. some important tips on the safest way to shop at the supermarket. all the overnight developments right now on "america this morning."

good wednesday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us.thhe fe same day the u.s. saw a record number of deaths. more than 800 people have now died. >> at least 23 states have now closed all nonessential businesses and miami is the latest city to issue a stay at home order. but president trump says he wants to re-open parts of the country by easter. >> breaking overnight lawmakers in washington have reached a deal on a $2 trillion economic stimulus package which includes direct payments to most americans. the deal comes just hours after record gains on wall street tuesday. but amid the economic news there's growing concern about young people, even healthy young people falling seriously ill or even dying from the virus. >> we'll get to those details in a moment. but first abc's ines de la cuetara begins our coverage from waingt.

on capitol hill finally reaching a deal on that multitrillion dollar stimulus package meant to help revive the u.s. economy. >> it's good news for families all across america. at last we have a deal. >> reporter: the deal comes after five days of marathon negotiations. democrats wanted the plan to do more for workers and were pushing to are a marshall plan for hospitals. >> to all americans i say help is on the way. >> reporter: this as the president reveals he wants parts of the economy to re-open by easter. >> easter is our time line. what a great time line that would be. >> reporter: according to morgan stanley, 3.4 million people filed for unemployment last week. that's nearly five times more than the highest week ever. trump arguing on fox news current restrictions may infect the economy to the point of no return. >> you're going to lose more people by putting a country into a massive recession or depression. you're going to have suicides by the thousands. >> reporter: but health care ar

what's going on in a place like new york city. i mean that's just good public health practice and common sense. >> reporter: in new york city the infection rate doubling every three days. the government now urging people fleeing the city to self-quarantine for 14 days and new york governor andrew cuomo calling on the federal government to do more. >> when we went to war we didn't say, any company out there want to build a battleship. that's not how you did it. the president said it's a war. it is a war. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says a vote is expected sometime today and treasury secretary steve mnuchin says the president will absolutely sign this deal. kenneth and mona. >> we will see. ines, thank you. and new york's governor says the state is at least two to three weeks away from the worst supphe outbreak.

fema has delivered 400 ventilators, but governor cuomo pushed back saying that's not nearly enough. >> you want a pat on the back for sending 400 ventilators? what are we going to do with 400 ventilators when we need 30,000 ventilators? you pick the 26,000 people who are going to die because you only sent 400 ventilators? >> reporter: governor cuomo also added that new york state may need at least 30,000 more hospital beds than previously expected. the mayor of los angeles says his city could be less than one week away from seeing the kind of crisis new york is currently seeing. a u.s. navy hospital ship is due to arrive tomorrow. and breaking overnight, president trump has approved a disaster declaration for louisiana which is seeing the fastest growth rate of cases per capital in the world. the governor says they could run out of hospital space by april 4th. we turn now to the faces of the victims of this virus. many of them are young

previously healthy people including a 17-year-old boy who may have died from the virus and a former lacrosse star now fighting for his life. this morning a family in new jersey is praying their 25-year-old son survives the coronavirus. >> this virus is really dangerous. he's very, very sick. >> reporter: jack allard is now in a medically induced coma on a ventilator for one week. his mother says the former lacrosse player has no pre-existing conditions. >> he never vaped. they were asking us that. he never vaped. he never smoked. i mean he took his health very seriously. i mine he's an athlete. >> reporter: allard is a new example proving that young people are vulnerable to this virus. in new york city 46% of all 15,000 coronavirus cases are people age 18 to 44. >> i think people think of this as an old person's disease. it's not. >> reporter: los angeles county is reporting the youngest american to possibly die from covid-19. officials say the patient was a healthy teenager who tested positive adding

the case is complex may be an alternate explanation for the death. >> from what i've been told, his father is an uber driver, and his father also has the disease, but it's not as bad. >> reporter: we're also learning about the health care worker sacrificing their lives like 39-year-old natasha ott who worked at a clinic in louisiana and started feeling sick two weeks ago. at the time she decided not to take one of the precious five tests her clinic had left for the coronavirus and finally took one when her condition deteriorated but she died waiting to the results. on facebook her boyfriend called her a profoundly kind, passionate, funny and loving 39-year-old woman in good health. in georgia at least two health care workers have died from infections. both victims women in their 40s. one was found dead at her home with her seemingly healthy child said to be 4 to 5 years old. mean while, in washington state, one young man sharing his survival story. matthew robertson was healthy.

today he is doing physical therapy trying to regain his strength after battling the coronavirus. >> right now a lot of people are still kind of in that belief that, oh, i'm young, and healthy, therefore, it probably won't have a profound effect on but obviously from my case and probably other people's cases too it just kind of proves that kind of mentality isn't always true. >> doctors say some patients who have recovered from the virus are still experiencing a 30% loss in lung function. >> we have much more coverage ahead but right now let's take a look at your weather for this wednesday. a tornado ripped through a small town in northern mississippi damaging several buildings including a dollar general store. you see it there on your screen. the storm uprooted trees and knocked out power. damage was also reported in parts of alabama, but no serious injuries have been reported. checking today's high temperatures, boston and new york reach mid-40s. detroit and chicago will see

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back now with new images of airplanes grounded and parked in the california desert. the coronavirus pandemic could cost the airlines $250 billion in lost revenue worldwide. southwest airlines just announced it's canceling 1500

daily flights. meanwhile new concerns at the tsa. at least 36 tsa workers have tested positive for the virus raising questions about staffing levels going forward. >> 1,800 people on a cruise ship heading to florida right now have no idea if anyone on the ship is infected. but dozens of passengers are sick with flu-like symptoms. the holland america ship left argentina nearly three weeks ago with no virus tests on board. passengers haven't been off that ship in ten days. >> we boarded the cruise on march 7th. there was only one case of the virus in brazil and one case in buenos aires. so we really had no concerns about joining the ship. so far we haven't had any guidance as to what we'll do when we dock because they don't know if it's flu-like symptoms or coronavirus. >> it's due to arrive in ft. lauderdale monday. 55 million students across the country are out of school but one university has made a surprising decision to re-open campus.

abc's kimberly brooks is here with that story. kimberly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth. yeah, that's right. a lot of mixed feelings on this decision. state officials are calling it an unnecessary risk, but the school says its reasons are justified. colleges across the country have been telling students to close up shop. but this morning a different decision by the faith-based liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. with spring break now over, it's re-opening its doors in the middle of this deadly outbreak. the school now welcoming thousands of students back to campus. the school's president, jerry falwell jr., says there was no other choice. >> we have about 750 international students who have no alternative. they couldn't go back to their countries, and we have a lot of students who really had nowhere else to go but their dorm rooms. we've taken all the precautionary measures. >> reporter: one student tweeting, so proud to call liberty u my home. the unnecessary rage against

liberty's administration in handling covid-19 is unjustified but lynchburg's mayor feels otherwise slamming the school's decision. >> i believe it was a reckless decision to decide to allow all students back on campus. we would have preferred that it be closed. >> reporter: still, falwell says he's playing by the rules by providing online classes and limiting in-person labs to ten students at a time. >> we're operating like every other college in the state of virginia abiding by all the governor's orders to the letter of the law. >> reporter: gun, -- again, when we talk about the spread of the coronavirus, you said it earlier, nearly half of those infected are young people between 18 and 44. in other university news we learned that harvard's president and his wife have tested positive. kenneth. >> all right, kimberly brooks there, thank you. coming up, new abt syf thw cotest that doctors say could be the best hope yet in fighting the virus.

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the coronavirus emergency is now bringing much of the world to a standstill. authorities in india are now banning all 1.3 billion citizens from leaving their homes. it's believed to be the largest lockdown in history. in europe, spain is reporting another spike in cases with more than 500 deaths in 24 hours. italy's death toll remains higher, but there are signs that italy is finally turning the corner with a slowdown in new cases. back in this country doctors and nurses say they're worried about more hospitals rationing medical supplies. >> nurses at a hospital in maryland say they're being handed one mask in a paper bag at the start of each shift. they're being told to make it last. hospitals getting supplies from the government's strategic national stockpile say some of the products are too old and have expired. some supplies in the stockpile

have not been replenished since 2009. >> the white house says the united states has done more testing for the coronavirus in eight days than south korea did in eight weeks, but is president trump's goal of restarting part of the economy by easter even realistic? i spoke earlier with dr. alok patel and asked for his thoughts. >> i understand people are eager to get back to work. and people want their lives back, but honestly, we don't know that the cases have plateaued yet. we look overseas. we look at china, south korea. we're still waiting to see if they'll have rebound transmission meaning a surge in cases when they go back to their normal lives, so as of right now because cases are still climbing it's tough to say. and i think there is a clear reason why so many other people are calling for an additional two weeks of sheltering in place. >> what about more rural areas of the country that haven't seen a lot of cases like, for example, wyoming, will this crisis eventually affect every single part of this country or can some areas plan to re-open by easter? >> i think the difficult thing

in looking at other parts of the countries that may not have the reported outbreaks right now is number one we just don't know because we don't have the widespread testing and, number two, the virus doesn't respect sheltering in place rules and can easily travel from state to state via flights or people going in cars so i think a concerted effort is the way to go. >> another new development, new york will be the first state to test whether blood from people who have recovered from the coronavirus can be used to help other patients recover. now, it sounds very promising. can you tell us how this would work and are you yourself hopeful? >> so, i am in any scientific innovation related to treatment or preventing or prophylaxis, i'm always going to be optimistic. the science behind serum or using part of the blood would basically mean if somebody recovers from this coronavirus, sars-cov-2, they should have antibodies

which we then could use to immunize somebody else. the science behind this is cool for lack of a better word and could theoretically work. we need to put it into more trials and research it and see if it is something viable. it needs testing and resources and you need a pool of people who would be able to do this. >> and there's been a lot of questions about the symptoms related to coronavirus. what are you hearing about these coronavirus symptoms? there's been a lot of variability in how this illness presents itself. we are seeing some people get very, very sick quickly, but some other patients, they're saying they haven't seen symptoms at all. they're not showing any symptoms. some are saying that it comes in two waves, so there's a lot of different accounts of this. what are you seeing? >> i think you just nailed it. i think the scary part is the symptoms vary. traditionally people want to say you'll have a fever, a dry cough, feeling of fatigue. but truth of the matter is and we've seen this is

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warehouses including one in new york were shut down for cleaning. whether you order online or shop in stores, many people are wondering if their groceries are safe. >> now so far the virus does not appear to be widespread among grocery workers, but while at the store experts say that you should wipe down your cart, use your credit card and -- wipe down your credit card and wipe down the credit card after the purchase and once you get home throw away the bags. clean the counter and wash your hands to be safe. there has been some advice recently that if you're really concerned, you can actually take -- if it's possible, you can take the food out of the grocery store packaging and put it in one of your own containers. but, again, all the information we have now is this is very low risk of transfer from the packages to a person, so that might be a little bit of overkill.

>> many grocery stores are taking new steps to keep people safe like installing plexiglas and offering free delivery. one store in philly dipping the whole cart in sanitizing solution. so that's one option as well. here's a surprising side effect of this health crisis. it could lead to less accurate weather forecasts. >> commercial planes routinely collect data to help forecasters create models to predict the weather, but with so many flights grounded right now less information is available for those predictions. our friends in europe trying to watch makeup tutorials, youtube is the latest streaming service to lower its video quality because of a surge in demand. all videos will be shown in standard definition quality unless users manually change to high definition. all the people staying home, they're putting a strain on the system, kenneth. and plenty of people are also doing puzzles while they practice social distancing. >> get this, a store that sells puzzles in st. louis usually sells about a thousand a day, but these days up to 10,000 are flying off the shelves each day.

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babybel: saved it! . making news right now at 4:27. lawmakers in washington reach a deal on a $2 trillion economic relief package. struggling families and workers are in for checks of up to $1,200. social distancing. turning violent in the south bay. a runner says she was attacked after asking a man to give her some space. above and beyond the call of duty. local national guard troops pitch in to help sort food for hundreds of families in need. good morning, everyone. also have some breaking news to start with this morning. the royal family. it's wednesday march 25th. we'll get to that story in a few moments. mike nicco has a first look at the day ahead. >> good morning, kumasi. live doppler 7. a shower just rolled through pleasanton and livermore and out

towards tracy. if you're a super commuter, wet on 580. we also have a nice shower right here. pacific a&m ontero down towards half moon bay and 101 and 380 and even the san mateo bridge getting wet right now. put this into motion and you can see more rotating from the shore into inland neighborhoods. light to moderate showers on this 1 on the stormchcermanhaan feet. look at the mid to upper 30s in the north bay and else where and top out today in the mid to upper 50s with the scattered showers and thunderstorms. now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. breaking news in the last hour we learned prince charles has tested positive for covid-19. a spokesman for his official royal residence says the 71-year-old is showing mild

symptoms and self-isolating at a an estate in scotland. he remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days as usual. the spokesman says it's not possible to determine who the prince caught the virus from because he has been to several engagements in recent weeks. his wife, camilla, has tested negative for the virus. britain remains on a national lockdown as it attempts to stop the spread of the virus.ess hasd a deal on a coronavirus relief bill to help jump start the economy. a vote is expected later today. ines has more on the biggest economic stimulus package in modern american history. >> good morning. lawmakers are still drafting the final language of that bill, but after close to 15 hours of closed door barn talks both sides are indicating that bill will pass. overnight lawmakers on capitol hill finally reaching a deal on

that multihad trillion dollar stimulus package to help revive the u.s. economy. >> good news for families all across america. at last, we have a deal. >> reporter: the deal comes after five days of marathon negotiations, democrats wanted the plan to do more for workers and were pushing for a marshal plan for hospitals. >> to all americans i say, help is on the pren reveals he wantss of the economy to reopen by easter. >> easter is our timeline. what a great timeline that would be. >> reporter: according to morgan stanley, 3.4 million people filed for unemployment last week. that's nearly five times more than the highest week ever. but health care experts warn the country is no where near ready. >> no one is going to want to tone down things when you see what's going on in a place like new york city. i mean, that's just, you know, good public health practice and common sense. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is expected some time today