making news in america this morning, the nation's top doctor warns this week could be a 9/11 or pearl harbor moment for this generation. what doctors are now predicting. we take you to the front lines from new york toha improving. growing concern overseas. the british prime minister now in the hospital. queen elizabeth delivering a rare address to the nation. here at home, new questions after a tiger at the bronx zoo tests positive for the coronavirus. and this morning, the heros inspiring us all, including a nurse leaving her family for two months and traveling more than 1,000 miles to join the front lines in new york. all thelopmentsight here on

"america this morning." good monday morning, everyone. it's good to start another week with you but it is expected to be a tough one. the u.s. surgeon general says this week will be like a pearl harbor moment for this nation. >> dr. anthony fauci says we are struggling to get the coronavirus under control. here's the map this morning with the u.s. death toll now approaching 10,000 people. new york is reporting more than 4,000 deaths, followed by new jersey with more than 900 and michigan with over 600. and then louisiana, california and washington state making up the third tier. >> overnight, as promised by president trump, a plane from china landed in los angeles carrying more medical supplies that will be country. also overnight we learned at least 30 patients at a southern california nursing home have uji

coverage. >> reporter: somber words and a warning from the u.s. surgeon general about what lies ahead for the nation. >> next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9/11 moment. it's going to be the hardest moment for many americans in their entire lives. >> reporter: there are now more than 330,000 coronavirus cases in the u.s. and more than 9,400 people have died. officials say three hot zones across the country, new york, detroit, and louisiana, are likely a week away from hitting the apex. >> by the data we could be either very near the apex, or the apex could be a plateau and we could be beyond that plateau right now. we won't know until you see the next few days. >> reporter: with every new york city hospital expected to be at or near total capacity this week, governor andrew cuomo saying the state is still in grave need of crucial equipment. michigan's governor, gretchen whitmer, says her state also

needs help as the virus is quickly spreading, especially around detroit. >> this is something that is aggressively growing in all age groups all across our most populous part of the state. we've got hospitals that are already at capacity and we don't have enough personal protection equipment. >> reporter: louisiana has the highest death rate per capita in the country. governor john bel edwards says his state is on track to run out of ventilators on thursday if this pace continues. new orleans convention center now set to open as a temporary hospital monday morning. heeding the calls for help, washington state returning 400 federal ventilators they received to go to new york and other hot spots. despite the grim news there are glimmers of hope. even in hardest hit new york, 75% of those hospitalized have been discharged and are on the mend. >> we see light at the end of the tunnel. things are happening. things are happening. we're starting to see light aho

potential light at the end of the tunnel, it doesn't take away from the fact that tomorrow or the next day it's going to look really bad. >> reporter: officials are urging all americans to take precautions before the virus peaks in their area. they say the next two weeks are critical in places like colorado, pennsylvania, and washington d.c. kenneth and mona, back to you. >> andrea, thank you. president trump is once again praising a potential treatment for the coronavirus which is unproven. the website axios reports there was a, quote, epic fight among white house advisers about using anti-malaria drugs, but abc reports the president is doubling down. >> reporter: a new battle on the war on coronavirus. >> i want people to live and i'm seeing people dying. what really do we have to lose. >> reporter: president trump announcing the government has stockpiled 29 million doses of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. he says fema is distributing the

drug to help save lives. >> we're sending it all over. fema is doing it. it's been approved by fda which is very important. if it wasn't approved by the fda then i couldn't do this. but fda has approved it, the hydroxy. >> reporter: the fda has only approved emergency use of the medication. its effectiveness is purely anecdotal at this stage, raising red flags for doctors. >> any time you talk about any treatment in medicine you have to weigh the risks versus the benefits versus the options or alternatives. we don't know exactly the right dose or when to give it, and we have to remember that just because something is available doesn't mean we should jump to its use. >> and president trump admits he doesn't know if the medication will work on covid-19 patients but says he doesn't want to wait because it's a relatively harmless drug. kenneth, mona? >> andrew, thank you. now to the front lines. the federal government is deploying 1,000 medical experts to new york as much needed supplies arrive today. >> reporter: this morning,

desperately needed protective gear is arriving in the u.s. on three planes, part of an effort by the white house and other countries called project air bridge. on board, nearly 3 million n95 masks and surgical masks, more than 11 million gloves along with gowns and other grave nee equipment despite reinforcements from around the world. >> i understand what they're dealing with. i understand they're being asked to do the impossible. >> reporter: video from "the new york times" shows brooklyn hospital center's icu pushed to the limit. one-third of its doctors and nurses are out sick and even landed in the icu. >> i feel great. just to be home feels amazing. >> reporter: near los angeles, darren, an er nurse, is finally home but is still on oxygen after being hospitalized with the virus for nine days. >> i remember one night just laying in bed going, i felt like i could actually die. i could barely breathe and i didn't want to be on a ventilator. i refused the haven't later

twice. >> i quit my job today. >> reporter: maris joins a list of health care workers who quit, calling the risk too great. >> this isn't going to get any better. america is not prepared, and nurses are not being protected. >> reporter: she says she walked away from her job in chicago to protect her family. >> i'd rather be without pay for a couple weeks and have to look for another job than possibly lose my life or my family members. >> reporter: near orlando, florida, nurse kyle mcbride has been living separately from his wife and four kids for weeks already. >> we all need to lock arms and join as a community and be united so we can get this virus over with and we can get back to our normal lives. we leon hernandez is leaving her husband and three young children for two months to travel to new york to help hospital workers there. >> we talked about should i just stay here and wait until the need is greater in minnesota, but one thing that i think

pushed mehe need is so great in new york. >> we call her the -- she's the superhero. that he ever like, she's not a real superhero, dad. i'm like, yes she is, she's a super nurse. >> a hero indeed. and leona is heading to new york later this week. british prime minister boris johnson is in the hospital ten days after being diagnosed with the virus. he's undergoing further tests after suffering from persistent symptoms including a high temperature. the news came shortly after queen elizabeth's rare address to the nation last night. >> i'm speaking to you at what i know is an increasingly challenging time, a time of disruption in the life of our country, a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all. we will be with our friends again. we will be with our families again. we will meet again.

>> an incredible moment in history there. nearly 5,000 people in the u.k. have died. meanwhile in italy and spain death rates have apparently hit their peak. and we'll have more coronavirus coverage ahead but right now let's check your monday morning weather. rain to california today and tomorrow. up to four inches of rain in southern california could cause flash flooding and mudslides, while parts of the sierra nevada could see four feet of snow. checking today's high temperatures, it will be in the low 60s along the pacific coast today, 70s across the middle of the country, readings into the 80s for the southeast and florida mostly in the 60s today across the northeast. we have 70s in the nation's capitol. coming up, what we're learning about a tiger that tested positive for the coronavirus here i n rk.

>> but first, a louisiana pastor explains why he's ignore is the stay-at-home order bringing 1,000 parishioners together on sunday. and later, a m

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without covering up your mouth. and you know that we are in the middle of a pandemic. >> hargrove, a father of six, started feeling sick a couple of days after posting that video. his wife believes he contracted the virus when the woman coughed on him. she spoke to "good morning america" and had a message for that woman on the bus. >> i would say to her that you took away a wonderful, wonderful human being, a man that i have been with for over 23 years that i will never get to hear laugh again, that i will never get to hug again. >> and she is now pleading with people to stay home. more of her interview later on "good morning america." despite orders to stay home or stay six feet away from other people when you go out, some americans are still refusing to follow the advice from the leaders and the experts.

>> reporter: this morning a declaration of defiance in louisiana. >> we do not fear death in the virus as much as we do fear living like prisoners in our homes. >> reporter: church pastor tony spell refusing to listen to the state's stay-at-home order. instead, welcoming more than 1,000 parishioners to his service. >> people drove here from kentucky, tennessee, atlanta, georgia, birmingham, spokane, washington. this is america's church america's churches are closed. >> reporter: spell already facing charges for ignoring the stay-at-home order half a dozen times. >> we're here today because of violations of the governor's emergency order. >> reporter: but his lawyer says the charges are unconstitutional and says churches are exempt. >> both the federal constitution and the state constitution protect our right of free exercise and our right to peacefully assemble for that purpose. >> reporter: while spell's congregation is not alone in its defiance, in virginia churchgoers lined up for a socially distanced palm sunday

service, ds people gathering in san francisco, flooding washington, d.c.'s famous seafood wharf saturday and strolling new york's central park despite the city's death toll lurching higher every day this week. meanwhile as some states like michigan imposed fines for defying social distancing mandates, nine other states are refusing to issue stay-at-home orders altogether. pastor spell there in louisiana says sunday's gathering was the seco mt attended service of the year. coming up, more changes at walmart. also ahead, a tiger at the bronx zoo testing positive for the coronavirus. our medical expert weighs in on whether we should worry about animals and pets spreading the virus. be parties again soon, and family gatherings. there will be parades and sporting events and concerts. to help our communities when they come back together, respond to the 2020 census now.y

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neither worker had been at the store for over a week. now to a first for this pandemic, a tiger has tested positive for the coronavirus. >> the bronx zoo says the tiger was exposed by an asymptomatic worker. the tiger tested positive using an animal-only test that would not work on humans. doctors say it's possible the virus can transmit through pets, especially cats. >> and earlier i talked to dr. mikhail varshavski about whether pet owners should be worried. i also asked him about president trump supporting an anti-malaria drug to treat the virus. >> while the president has good intentions for being excited about a medicine that can potentially treat or maybe prevent covid-19, we don't have evidence to make a statement it's a miracle drug, that it's a game-changer. we simply do not have it. the only thing this drug is fda approved for is malaria, being an anti-malarial, autoimmune conditions like arthritis, and

we have an eua, an emergency use authorization, to use this in case patients have no other choice and perhaps it's worth the risk at that moment to try this medication. so when we have politicians coming out and making statements that are potentially inaccurate, that can cause harm to our patients, we need that to stop. >> it's been said that animals, at least domestic animals, have a low risk of contracting covid-19. but now a tiger at the bronx zoo has tested positive. multiple animals were actually tested after showing symptoms of respiratory illness. do you find that concerning? >> right now we don't see spread from domestic animals into humans. we've seen some animals, preliminary felines, ferrets, other rodents that can potentially get sick with this virus or be carriers. again, no spread from them to humans thus far from preliminary research. something that we really need to understand is that pets can be a vector of this virus as a surface contaminant. if you're taking your dog for a walk, don't let strangers pet your dog no matter how cute it

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now, your health, your safety. this is abc 7 news. making news right now at 4:27. a coronavirus surge. the santa clara county convention center becomes an active field hospital as the county reports 113 new cases in just the last 48 hours. this is a cruise shipre who died from coronavirus is now pleading for help for her mom who is sick herself. going no where fast. san francisco muni begins drastically cutting back bus service. good morning, everyone. it's monday, april 6th. we'll get to all those stories in just a moment, but first checking in with mike for a look at our day ahead. good morning, mike. >> welcome to what is going to be a very stormy monday especially the further south you are and you can see on doppler 7

we have wet weather movinfr i t we are a olet's see how the dayt temperature wise. up in the north bay, the clouds opened up and mid to upper 30s. some fog is possible and even some frost in some of our deepest valleys there. while the rest of us are seeing more cloud cover and temperatures in the upper 30s to mid-40s. by the afternoon hours, you can see the yellows and oranges out there. that means the chance of hail, thunderstorms, snow level down to around 3,000 feet and temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 50s. kumasi. ap today, san francisco muni will start shutting down all but 17 bus lines because of the coronavirus pandemic. it is going 68 bus lines that are operating and the service cuts will take place over the next two days. officials are trying to figure out which given to routes where

fewer riders have few alternatives. now, despite the shelter in place order, bus lines are still serving about 100,000 passengers a day. last week, muni buses replaced light rail and street car service. the death toll from the coronavirus here in the bay area is now at 90. that is one person than yesterday. the most recent fatality was reported in marin county. santa clara county has the most. here's the map so you can see with more than 1,200 infections. for our viewers in lake and mendocino. lake county reported its first case of coronavirus and the patient was exposed while on the job outside of the county and mendocino has four confirmed cases. the alameda county superior

court will stay closed until may 4th. the closure could be longer than that, though. criminal trial dates have been extended by 60 days. the situation at laguna honda hospital is getting worse. it now has 14 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 11 people are staff members who were looking after patients. three are residents. benicia is cracking down on people who are getting together at city-owned parking lots. you remember those lots are now closed. jobina. thank you, kumasi. good morning at the live desk. here i'm tracking the growing number of deaths in the united states. right now more than 9,600 people have died from coronavirus. and health experts are warning right now that this week could be a defining week. the u.s. surgeon general says this is going to be our, quote, pearl harbor moment" our 9/11 moment but president trump has a