i love to see that. they deserve it. >> me, too. okay. jobina, kumasi, are you ready? three, two, one. good morning, america. blame game.president trump cutsg to the world health organization, accusing the group of mishandling the pandemic. >> one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the w.h.o. was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations. >> as the president comes under fire for his own response to the crisis, criticized for not acting fast enough. and a reversal after falsely claiming total authority on reopening the country now saying the states will ultimately decide. california's gavin newsom shares a stark view of what life will

look like post-pandemic. >> you may be having dinner with a waiter wearing gloves where your temperature is checked before you walk into the establishment. >> all this as new hot spots emerge across the country and a troubling new question. can the virus strike twice? the director of the cdc joins us live this morning. back in business. in europe some shops and schools reopening, and workers heading back to the job. italy, austria, denmark and spain all easing up on some restrictions. but is it too much too soon? antibody answers. diane sawyer one-on-one with the doctor leading the largest antibody test yet. >> are you pretty confident this is going to show evidence of immunity? >> 38,000 people, the results are already in and what they could reveal about asymptomatic cases and how many people may already be immune. how to do your laundry

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their homes this morning. evy ga studiode we still can see health care workers who are taking a break from the front lines of this pandemic. they stop by our studio to give us the thumbs up and we just want to say thank you. we cannot thank them enough. the two ladies from memphis and the gentleman is from texas and they came in to help at the front lines. we cannot thank them enough for their work, because we all know how important what they're doing really is. >> yeah, really is, and we cannot thank -- and they are the true stars. there are other stars that are stepping up to give back as well as you know this, michael. and michael, you've got a big reveal in our next hour. i don't want to give it away right now. that's in our next half hour. here's another thing we love to see. that song we just heard, "don't stop believin'," it's giving hope to a lot of patients at henry ford hospital in detroit. the '80s anthem is played every time a recovered patient leaves that hospital.

love that! diane sawyer is also bringing us a very hopeful story from detroit. the largest antibody study yet, george. we want to hear -- those results are already starting to come in. >> looking forward to that. they are coming in right now. here's some more of the latest headl more than 26,000 americans have died. almost 50,000 have recovered from the virus. also the president has now abandoned his falstol control o the country, conceding governors have that authority and that some could lift restrictions by the end of the month. the president has also halted funding for the worth health organization claiming it mismanaged the crisis from the start and there's been a lot of pushback on that decision overnight from bill gates and other experts. the director of the cdc, as you know, george, dr. robert redfield is standing by. he will talk with you in just a few moments.ing to begin our coverage with tom llamas there in new york outside a nursing home in the bronx.

good morning, tom. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. nursing homes like the one you see behind me are being extra cautious. they have to be. many are the epicenters of the war on coronavirus. this as president trump is now taking on an international body when it comes to the pandemic. this morning, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the president pointing fingers. announcing he's halting aid to world izio ns restricons led uidae to confusion and deaths, and now his administration will review their handling of the crisis. >> one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the w.h.o. was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations. >> reporter: the move comes as some are criticizing the president for not acting fast stcing guidelines.e to early te president trump hoping to re-open parts of the country

soon. but dr. anthony fauci, one of the nation's top health experts, saying may 1st, a date the president has mentioned could be too early. >> i think if we are assuming that two weeks from now that all the curves are going to be down, i think that's, you know, a bit overly optimistic. >> reporter: one governor, california's gavin newsom, offering what life might look like once his state re-opens but not settling on any type of date. >> you may be having dinner with a waiter wearing gloves, maybe a face mask. dinner where the menu is disposable. where your temperature is checked before you walk into the establishment. >> reporter: new hot spots emerging. louisiana reporting its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus pandemic. >> one of these numbers is a personm

person. it's one of our neighbors. it's one of our friends. >> reporter: like sioux falls, south dakota, nearly 430 workers at a pork processing plant in sioux falls are now sick, and more than 100 people who came into contact with them are now testing positive. the governor in south dakota had resisted ordering people to stay home. >> regardless of a shelter in place order this plant would have been up and running because it is exempted as an essential business. >> reporter: the mayor of sioux falls asking the governor to take action. >> we're growing increasingly concerned about the need to mitigate that spike before it overwhelms our hospitals. >> reporter: the death toll especially high in places like nursing homes. the new york city health department attributing nearly 4,000 additional deaths in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and private homes in the city alone to the virus, bringing the state's total to approximately 15,000 fatalities. and fema announcing nursing homes will now have to submit coronavirus data to the feds. these fatalities make up about 25% of new york state's covid-19 deaths and 46% in massachusetts.

36 veterans who were positive with the virus died at the holyokes soldiers home. this morning, more reporting that china waited and was not fully forthcoming with its own public, let alone the world about this outbreak. the ap reports that chinese officials waited nearly a week to address the public about the severity of the situation. in that time, we know that wuhan held a celebration for thousands of people and millions started traveling for the chinese lunar new year. george? >> okay, tom, thanks very much. we're joined now by the director of the centers for disease control, dr. robert redfield. doctor, thank you for joining us this morning. i want to pick up where tom left off, the failures of china. president trump, as he suspended aid for the world health organization, suggested that the w.h.o. was in league with china on some of their decisions. did the w.h.o. fail here, and is it wise to suspend funding in

the middle of this crisis? bill gates calls that dangerous. >> yeah, george, cdc and w.h.o. has had a long history of working together in multiple outbakheor as we continueo do is and so we've had a very productive public health relationship. we continue to have that. >> so they didn't fail? >> again, i think i'd like to do the postmortem on this outbreak once we get through it together. >> then let's look forward to the possibility of re-opening the country. "the washington post" is reporting this morning that your organization, the cdc, is working with fema on guidelines on a plan to re-open the country. can you share any details of that report? >> george, i can say that we are and the task force are aggressively working through the best options as to help assists the state as they begin to

reopen our country, one state at a time. that process is ongoing and we're preparing to be able to have the ability to support states as they begin to reopen, reopen our country. >> how many states will be able to reopen by may 1st? >> you know i think it's all going to be data driven. as i think it was mentioned, it's going to be a state by state decision. there are a number of counties within this country that has not experienced really any confirmed coronavirus, despite testing. there are a number of states, 19, 20 states, that really have had limited impact from it. i think we'll see some states that the governors feel that they're ready and we're poised to assist them with that reopening. i think you'll see the plan in terms of how that will happen will be finalized by the white house task force in the days

ahead. >> of course, one of the big questions is how many people will actually be immune from the virus as this crisis begins to recede. we know you're ramping up antibody testing. tell us where the science stands right now. there's some indications coming out of south korea that people who have had the virus be that? >> it's a critical question and i think, you know, to be just scientifically definitive we can't ascertain that for certain. however, i think there's a lot of other potential explanations for some of the data coming out of south korea. our working assumption is that individuals who develop antibody will have protective immunity. the question is how long. but this is going to be the critical question that we will answer between now and next year when it's very likely that we're going to have another wrestling match with this virus as it

comes back. but it's a critical question. we are beginning extensive antibody testing as you know really for the surveillance point to understand how much asymptomatic infection really occurred. but also in certain settings, particularly the health care b understanding of what percentage of health care essentials may be immune to deliver alternative health delivery strategies, particularly as the cases come back next fall. so that's ongoing. clearly a significant number of health care workers who really are the heroes out there every day as you know and i pray for you and your wife that you recover fast and quick. i think these health care workers are extraordinary, and i think we will show that a significant percentage of health care workers in high risk areas did, in fact, get infected in the line of their work. >> we appreciate those prayers, doctor. thank you very much for that. is a second wave inevitable? >> i think we have to assume this is like other respiratory

viruses, and there will be a seasonality to it. that said, you know, until we actually see it, you know, as cdc is science-based, data-driven, we don't know for ceain but i think it's critical we plan that this virus is likely to follow a seasonality pattern similar to flu and we're going to have another battle with it up front and aggressively next winter. this is why it's so important we take the time now to really improve our testing capacity, expand our public health capacity to do early case recognition, contact tracing, isolation, i call it block and tackle, block and tackle. the outbreak this year got ahead of that. so we went into full mitigation and we lost the ability to use these critical public health tools. we are working hard to augment them now so that as we get into the next season we'll be able to stay in high containment mode while we complement that with

some continued mitigation strategies that the american public, which really have been exceptional and i think not only any of us can underappreciate what the american public did. when we did our original models looking at this outbreak, we were looking at, you know, up to 2.2 million people that might have died before the fall. and when you see, you know, even though 26,000 is still an enormous loss of human life, it really is a tribute to the mitigation that the american public did when they decided, when they do behavior modification, and ask people to do things as a doctor, which i am, they frequently don't do it for themselves but, boy, am i impressed what the american public did to protect the vulnerable and other people. it's really a testament to the sacrifice that the american public has taken and the leadership that we've had in a number of states to give that example. >> thank goodness for that. dr. much for your time.

>> thank you very much, george. >> michael? >> thank you, george. turning now to the white house and how the president is handling his own response to the crisis criticized for not acting fast enough including a scathing letter from speaker of the house nancy pelosi. let's go to our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega with more. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning to you. you know this in this climate here in washington we're used to fighting on both sides, but, boy, this was really something. this was a letter to democrats. pelosi blasting the president saying he ignored warnings, caused unnecessary death and disaster and calling him a, quote, weak person and a poor leader. she is even going so far as to urge americans to, quote, ignore lies and listen to scientists. but the president also got an earful from republicans, even some of his friends over his claim that he's got absolute authority during this pandemic. but now in the face of increasing evidence that his administration was slow to respond, he has grown increasingly frustrated in recent days looking to shift the blame. the latest scapegoat, we were just talking about that, the w.h.o.

the president genuinely believes, michael, he's not getting enough credit here on this one. >> well, speaking of credit, it seems as if the president is about to get his name on those stimulus checks going out to americans. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. "the washington post," that's where it's coming from reporting the president's name will appear on the memo line on the left side of those checks. this would be a completely unprecedented move, a president's name has never appeared on an irs refund or stimulus check before. "the post" says this could mean there will be a several day delay in those checks going out but treasury sources are telling us that's not the case. the checks are in the mail next week, michael. >> so many waiting for those. really appreciate it. robin? >> they certainly are, michael. thank you very much. ovicult decision.ebates when and the number of worldwide cases getting closer and closer to that 2 million mark. spain with more than 170,000 cases, the second most in the world. they are slowly starting to ease restrictions.

ian pannell has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, europe slowly trying to return to normal. spain easing some restrictions as they see a decline in new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row.offig as as manuct work routines, even getting coffee. despite serious concerns, nearly 300,000 workers are now clocking back in, an attempt to revive the country's stalled economy. >> it's scary, you know. i wish they would wait a couple more weeks. >> reporter: ohio native julie bardy is living in barcelona and thinks spain is moving too quickly. >> i look at every additional person on the street right now as another risk to my health. >> reporter: she says she has pre-existing medicalaf until an. diffent counies taking

shops like book sellers and children's clothing stores are back in business as america debates when and how to move forward, many are urging caution. >> it cannot happen all at once. controlled measures can only be lifted if the right public health measures are in place. >> reporter: well, the head of the w.h.o. also warning as covid-19 accelerates rapidly, it decelerates slowly, and countries should not reopen before they're ready. michael? >> thank you, ian. we have a lot of other big headlines to get to. we are following diane sawyer who is taking us inside the largest new antibody study that's under way. and laundry lessons in the age of covid-19. but first, going to ginger at home. hey, ginger. >> reporter: michael, dozens of vehicles included in this kennedy expressway crash in chicago. big-time pileup. i'll cover the snow in a bit. but let's get to the sunny cities brought to you by state farm. at home. hey, ginger. >> michael, dozens of vehicles included in this kennedy expressway crash in chicago. big-time pileup. i'll cover the snow in a bit. but let's get to the sunny cities brought to you by state

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ultimately decide. the president has also cut off funding to the world health organization. he's accused the group of mishandling that pandemic. we saw in our last half hour the cdc director said that w.h.o. has been a great partner to the cdc. there's also been a major milestone in the race for the white house. president barack obama has endorsed the man he chose as vice president back in 2008, joe biden. take a look. >> the kind of leadership that's guided by knowledge and experience, honesty and humility, empathy and grace, that kind of leadership just doesn't belong in our state capitals and mayors' offices. it belongs in the white house, and that's why i'm so proud to endorse joe biden for president of the united states. >> the president took a low profile during the primaries, but now he's leading the effort to unite the democratic party behind biden. had a lot of praise for bernie sanders in that video as well and he's expected to be doing a

lot more in the coming months in this campaign. robin? >> could expect that, you're right, george, thank you. now to those major new developments involving antibody testing. one of the tools that may help eventually re-open the country. trials have now gotten under way coast to coast from california where usc and stanford are leading studies, to the midwest and the northeast. but the biggest one yet now taking place near detroit where 38,000 workers across a hospital system had the chance to get tested and help answer so many crucial questions about the disease and possible immunity. diane sawyer spoke with a doctor, spearheading this groundbreaking new initiative. >> reporter: this is what action looks like. and what can happen when the doctors and scientists decide to go big. dr. sims, you are doing 38,000 tests. that's a pretty staggering number. >> i would have never guessed i would do this sort of a study before. >> reporter: the staff of the beaumont health system in

michigan geared up in just three weeks, launching a study by the medical experts, getting test kits, reviewing the accuracy and mobilizing teams. and yesterday the beaumont staff started to line up. each test a vial of blood which may reveal whether you have the antibodies you produce to fight the coronavirus. one of the first questions to answer, how many of the potentially 38,000 people will have antibodies, even if they had no symptoms of the virus? >> this is 100% voluntary, but i -- from the reaction i've seen, most people want to do this. most people want to know and, you know, just i mean one of the most amazing things yesterday, i was by the blood draw station and one of the people just turned, saw me, you know and just, you know, he couldn't shake my hand, but he kind of

did a little bow and he said, thank you for all of this. you're trying to save us. you know, i was just awed by that. the sheer gratitude that i've seen from some people, i mean, it floors me. >> reporter: one of the first to line up was beaumont lab manager tyler who had a high fever back in february. now he believes he knows exactly what it was. two days ago, he got the message he was positive for covid antibodies. what kind of relief did you feel when you heard this? >> it's kind of like a little bit of a weight got lifted just because there are so many people that are getting affected by this, that it's kind of -- it's just nice to know that i somehow got through it without too much issue. >> reporter: but tyler and others, even those with antibodies are told not to change their careful and safe behavior until more is learned about when these antibodies appear and whether they actually convey immunity. proof of immunity will take time. are you pretty confident that this is going to -- this is going to show evidence of immunity?

>> i'm hoping it shows evidence of immunity. most viruses, when you get antibodies, you get immunity. gives us every reason to think they should be protective, but until we prove it, we don't know. this study is going to help prove it. >> are you doing a preview of what it will be like to get a huge population back into their lives, back into the future? >> you know, that's what we hope to do with this. you know, part of the goal of this is to figure out how to get people back to work, how to get people back to a relatively normal life. >> reporter: just some of the teams on the front lines this morning, taking action, hoping to gain information, hted. so, robin, michael, george, hello. and i wanted you to know i have been talking to scientists all across this country about how they are taking action and what they're finding and i can't wait to report back in to you. talk to you soon.

>> hello, diane. >> we cannot wait. she is the one for that kind of reporting, i'm telling you. she's going to get some answers for us. it's wonderful to see her, and it's great to see how the group of people like that, how they're stepping up, michael, to make themselves available for that type of testing. >> everybody is doing what they can. speaking of getting answers we'll bring in dr. ashton now who will answer a few of our questions. doctor, we saw 38,000 people. that's a significant amount of people which is making the study significant. what do we hope to learn from this study? >> well, michael, it's really about the who, what, where, when, why, how. we hope to learn who develops antibodies, whether people who have mild or no symptoms at all can develop antibodies, when they're developed, how long they last, how powerful they are. all of that is going to be critically important information to help us fight this virus moving forward. >> we see the fda authorized a new saliva test. could the saliva test be a game changer in our fight?

>> well, we hope so. again, for a test to be really effective, we have to know how accurate it is. obviously it seems like it will be easy to use and more importantly will reduce exposure and risk to health care workers but, michael, until we see how accurate a test is, that's all to be determined. but i think we need to move to a point where this testing for covid-19 can be a simple as a home pregnancy test. and so any time we have another option, that's potentially encouraging and exciting. >> we see the symptoms vary from person to person. we even see it with our own george and ali, the symptoms are a lot different. are there any theories on why some people may be asymptomatic? >> there aren't, and remember, this virus is just barely four months old. so we're still learning a lot. it's still teaching us a lot but we do know with other respiratory viral infections like influenza there can be a range or spectrum of severity.

it may have something to do with how much viral load someone is exposed to, again, that is why we need to test people with no symptoms whatsoever so we can learn about the mild or asymptomatic expression of this virus. >> the w.h.o. says it's unknown if people can be reinfected, but in south korea they have people who got over it and were tested and are positive again. what is the difference about this virus? why is it so difficult to get rid of? >> well, you know, it's new. it's sneaky, it's highly transmissible and it's dangerous. that south korea data, we don't know whether their initial negative test result was a false negative, whether they were reinfected, whether they could still shed virus, but not be contagious. again, think of this like you have a new relative in your family, and you know the parents, but you don't know the relative yet. you think you know how they'll behave but you still need to be introduced to that person.

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laundry right now. number one, everyone is healthy in your family, and you do your laundry at home. the cdc says launder items according to the manufacturer's introductions. use the warmest appropriate water setting and dry items completely. the experts at good housekeeping add -- >> the warmest water that's safe for the fabric based on the care recommendations. >> reporter: don't put in extra soap thinking it makes things cleaner, and don't overload your washer. you want clothes to circulate freely. >> the drying part is important as well. it's very likely that even the drying process is going to damage the virus or kill the virus. >> reporter: if you use a laundromat many are instituting new guidelines. wash, dry, go. >> we're asking them to load the washer and then take a walk, wait in their car. >> reporter: they've taped off the folding tables in many spots asking customers to fold at home. finally if you're caring for someone in your home who is sick there are a few different precautions. for one, use a disposable bag

liner in the laundry bin, and for bed linens especially -- >> don't shake them out. keep them contained. anything on there could become airborne. that's something you don't want to happen. >> reporter: the cdc says no special soaps are needed and a sick person's laundry can be washed with clothing from the rest of the family. now, the cdc also advises wearing gloves while doing laundry. if someone in your house is sick. and in all cases our experts advise washing your hands thoroughly after handling dirty laundry, george. >> okay, so we learned a lot about sheets there, becky. what about towels? >> yeah, towels are interesting. the cdc, they advise you don't share towels with people even in your family if you can avoid it which makes me realize i need to wash the hand towels in my bathroom more. i guess that's good advice no matter what the external circumstances, right? >> yes, it is. thanks, becky. thanks very much. coming up, a private justin

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that's mike madison and his son lucas bringing a laugh to dad's english class with a couple of costume changes. there he is graduating. a few more coming up. this video, it got more than 4 million views. even exploring. indiana jones in the background now. i guess everybody needed a good laugh in that class, robin. >> i guess so and we've been saying this over and over. the creativity of people that they're coming up with. >> oh, yeah. >> how about the people that step into your shot that aren't supposed to be there? did you see the local news reporter and her dad walked in without the shirt? that was hysterical, and he was, like, oh my goodness. he didn't know his daughter was doing a live report like that. >> she learned to lock the door after that. >> yes, she did. yes, she did. coming up, we have special "deals & steals," michael. >> yeah. >> teaming up, oprah. oprah, to help small businesses with great bargains so come on back. >> oprah! with great bargains so come on back. >> oprah.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. blame game. the president pulls the plug on funding to the world health organization accusing the group of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic. as he comes under fire for his own response to the crisis. his u-turn after falsely claiming total authority to re-open the country, saying it's now up to the governors. what the director of the cdc is saying this morning. also this morning, those questions about will there be a second wave of the virus? and could you get it twice? and could you get infected and the new report on mental health and covid-19. how isolation can affecting so many of us. dr. ashton is back with answers.

from late night to good morning, george on jimmy kimmel and look who crashed. >> did george take good care of you? like, how did it work? would you ring a bell if you needed something? >> those answers just ahead. ♪ open for business. we're supersizing our american six deals that are all her favorites this morning. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ the all in challenge. the biggest names in movies, sports and music trying to top each other raising hundreds of millions to help fight hunger right now. want to hang out with will ferre ferrell, be in kevin hart's next movie or have justin bieber serenade you? wait till you hear what tom brady is offering. we're revealing that just ahead as we say good morning, america. ♪ ain't to valley wide enough to keep me from you ♪ ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ good morning, america. so glad to have you with us on this wednesday morning.

or we call it hump day but it kind of -- i feel li day. it's great to have robin and george with us from their homes and, robin, we have a special "deals & steals" coming up this morning. >> i'm not going to let you get off that easy. i want a real hump day. come on now. >> hump day! just for you. >> thank you. that's right, that's right. now i'll tell you about highlighting small businesses with an assist from oprah herself. tory johnson has some "o" magazine faves. big savings, great items and you can help small businesses all at the same time, george. >> yeah, tory has been helping so many small businesses during this pandemic. >> yep. and of course, we're following the latest developments on the crisis right now including the number of worldwide cases now closing in on the 2 million mark. 600,000 of those here in the u.s., and as we have been reporting, president trump is halting u.s. funding

of the world health organization while the coronavirus is still raging. tom llamas is in new york outside a nursing home in the bronx. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning. and this morning we are tracking a lot of troubling news outside of nursing homes. now, many are taking extra precautions like the one you see behind me, and they have to. this as critics say president trump is trying to shift the blame by taking on an international body. this morning, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the president pointing fingers. announcing he's halting aid to the world health organization saying their initial guidance against travel restrictions led to confusion and deaths. >> one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the w.h.o. was its disastrous decision to opposed travel restrictions from china and other nations. >> reporter: this morning george spoke with the director of the centers for disease control and prevention about the w.h.o. >> did the w.h.o. fail here, and is it wise to suspend funding in the middle of this crisis? >> yeah, george, the cdc and

w.h.o. has had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one. and so we've had a very productive public health relationship. we continue to have that. >> reporter: president trump hoping to re-open parts of the country soon, but dr. anthony fauci, one of the nation's top health experts, saying may 1st, a date the president has mentioned could be too early. >> i think if we are assuming that two weeks from now that all the curves are going to be down, i think that's, you know, a bit overly optimistic. >> reporter: one governor, california's gavin newsom offering what life might look like once his state re-opens but not settling on any type ou mag a waiter wearing gloves or a face mask. where the menu is disposable, where your temperature is checked before

you walk into the establishment. >> reporter: and we also want to mention this morning that china was slow to report and even inform their own public about the outbreak. the ap reports that they waited about a week to inform the public of the outbreak. in that time back in january, the city of wuhan held a celebration for thousands of people and millions of chinese traveled because of the lunar new year. michael. >> all right, tom, thank you so much for that. coming up, the new study on how isolation could impact our mental health. dr. ashton is back with more. plus, these stars are all in. the new challenge sweeping the nation offering the ultimate experiences for fans starting at just 10 bucks. it all goes to support food charities. and we're teaming up with oprah for some of her favorite small business "deals & steals." how you can help out and score a major bargain. that's all ahead. we will be right back. ♪ and david bowie] ♪

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some major stars stepping up to help the graduating class of 2020. iheart media has assembledf mmcement speakers to offer up some virtual words of wisdom to high school and college seniors who won't get the chance to go to their actual ceremonies giving them the likes of hillary clinton, jimmy fallon, eli manning, even our own ryan seacrest, they are just a few of the a-listers recording speeches specifically for seniors who are missing their graduation due to coronavirus. they will be available starting may 15th as part of an i heart special podcast called commencement speeches for the class of 2020. guys, put it on your calendar. let's all celebrate these amazing young men and women and listen to some real words of inspiration from these incredible folks that are helping out. then there's also big news in music, you guys. could there be a one direction reunion in the works?

page six sure thinks so, reporting that leading up to the band's tenth anniversary on july 23rd, some of the ideas being considered include a tv special or even a new single and fans have spotted some clues, guys. noticing that members, harry style, nile warren, they have all re-followed zayn malik on twitter, uh-huh, despite his leaving the band in 2015 so seems some fences are mended. other clues discovered by one direction sleuths including the former members have also re-followed the official one direction twitter account, and the group's former website, yes, it has been reactivated. a source close to one of the singer's management teams tells page six that, quote, there is still a long way to go, a lot of hurdles. at the moment anything they may do would be done virtually but there is a lot of good will between them now and they want to make something happen. that is great news. i'll take it virtually, we love one-d.

and finally, we had some familiar faces on "jimmy kimmel" last night. we're talking our own george and ali. they made an appearance from their home to give jimmy an update on how everyone was feeling. ali, of course, testing positive having terrible symptoms and george also now coming down with the virus, but barely having any symptoms at all. let's hear what they had to say. >> did george take good care of you, like, how did it work? would you ring a bell if you needed something? >> he just knew. he instinctually knew when i needed to have my temperature taken or -- he didn't have to, like, bathe me or anything, but he was -- he brought me food and chicken soup. >> lemonade. >> lemonade. he was actually a rock star. >> oh, oh, look at this. >> kids, kids. sorry, we're homeschooling. trying to raise a couple of makeup artists. >> i'm glad you guys are okay. ali, i'm sorry you went through that and, george, i'm sorry you're not going through that

because it would make for a more interesting segment. no, i'm happy you're not going through that. >> one thing i thought was rather interesting, mr. stephanopoulos was that you now have taken to watching "love island australia"? >> actually the girls are watching it and we had a "love island australia" themed dinner at the house. it may prove i'm a bad parent by letting them watch it so much but we all got to do what we got to do, right? >> george, i'd like to know more about the "love island" themed dinner. i'll call ali on that one, but there was also a really positive ending to your interview which was just so funny and so great to see ali looking well, and you guys -- seeing you guys together always makes me smile, but i love the charity you highlighted and are giving to. can you share that with everybody? >> yeah this, is such a great, great charity. especially at this time and so many are facing big medical bills because of this crisis cothn innis way al debt and have

for every dollar you donate to this group, they can completely eliminate $100 in someone's personal medical debt so the contributions go a long, long way in such an important way at this time. we've been supporters for a long time and i hope that this just gets the word out because it's so critical right now. >> yeah, absolutely. rip medical debt? >> uh-huh. >> i'm writing it down. thank you, george. great to see you. thanks. hey, robin, good to see you, my friend. guess who says hello? >> i know. riva. behaving herself for a change. that's nice. thank you. >> i use that term loosely. i also have her favorite toy snake. >> that's our lara. now to our new report out of "the new england journal of medicine" on the coronavirus and the impact it's having on our mental health. dr. jen ashton is back to talk

to us about this, and i'm really glad we are, jen because there are some real issues when it comes the people's mental health when dealing with the coronavirus. just enlighten us a little bit. >> yeah, me too, robin. and i knew you would find this important. this just came out yesterday in "the new england journal of medicine" and did a deep dive into the mental and psychological, emotional effects of this covid-19 pandemic, both to individuals and to communities. i think it's important for people to understand that the fear, uncertainty, anger, confusion, all of those feelings are normal. they are common. they're ubiquitous in this situation but also highlighted the people who are at risk and what can be done about it and the bright spot is that most people do fare well, and they come out with renewed resilience, and that obviously was the good news in this.

>> good news, although are some people more predisposed when it comes to this kind of situation and hamming this type of situation? >> well, that was really important in this article, robin. they identified some groups who are more at risk and those include in this particular situation people who themselves have been infected or sick with covid-19, people who have a history of medical psychiatric issues in the past or substance abuse and health care workers. these are populations that above everyone else's normal concerns are particularly at risk so when we can identify populations like that obviously it reveals a potential intervention. we can reach out to them and support them more. >> yeah. so you touched upon this a little bit ago. we don't know when it's going to end. we don't know if we can get infected again. >> right. >> we don't know if there will be a second wave. there's still just so much unknown that kind of adds to the

anxiety. >> exactly, and, you know, in science, robin, we would like to have a hiypothesis or theory, ad then we would like to prove it, b with evidence and data, but so many people are hearing this term contact tracing which we're going to need to come out of this and, you know, they don't really understand what that means. we'll be talking a lot more about that in the days and week as head but basically that needs to be in place so that if you become infected then i can reach out to you and say, okay, tell me who you've been in close contact with and then i can reach out to those people to test them, isolate them, quarantine and that helps to block the transmission, so all of this has to be teased out in the days and weeks and months ahead. >> contact tracing. we got to keep that in mind. all right. i know you'll talk more about that later. thanks so much, jen. you take care, all right? see you soon. >> you bet, robin. >> michael. >> thank you, robin. now we're going to go to the new challenge that can make some of your wildest dreams come

true. do you want to shoot hoops with shaquille o'neill, amy? >> yeah, i know who will win but -- >> oh, wait. or would you like to score a ticket to tom brady's first game? somebody out there wants that? all you need is $10 for a chance to win some of those opportunities. thanks to the all in challenge that's supporting food charities across the country, will reeve tells us all about it. >> reporter: this morning, a new challenge gaining speed. superstars and athletes teaming up in a virtual fund-raising effort. >> we need everybody's help. >> giving back while providing once in a lifetime experiences for fans. >> what's going on, guys? justin here. >> then nominating other famous faces to get involved. >> challenge is on. let's go. >> reporter: it's called the all in challenge started in part by fanatics founder and philanthropist, michael rubin. >> the whole world is coming together. athletes, celebrities, artist, sports teams. everyone coming together because everyone wants to make a big difference. >> reporter: a minimum 10 bucks gets you ten entries.

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joining in along with the new york giants putting out the challenge. >> michael strahan, i'm challenging you. >> reporter: what will michael do? for "good morning america," will reeve, abc news, new york. >> what will michael do? >> let's find out. >> michael has to do. i accept that challenge. here's the package i'll donate. kind of a day in the life. so going to hang out with me and get some custom tailored suits and athleisure wear from my clothing line and going to be -- have a part as an extra in one of my upcoming projects with my production c give you vip tickets to a good morning america concert of your choice and then i'm going to give you some passes to the taping of "$100,000 pyramid" and we're not done yet. we're going to do my favorite thing. we're going to take a trip to my man cave which i got to say, is the ultimate man cave. we're going to have lunch, and we're going to ride in my favorite car. so we walk in, you pick it and we're gone. we're out. >> a lot have been to the man cave. it's something to behold. which car? which is your favorite?

>> whatever they pick. >> they get to pick. >> they pick the car or the one? but i'm all in, and this is an amazing, amazing thing that they're doing to help people, but i want to challenge some other people myself. i want to challenge my friend, the guy who used to look like me until he got his gap fixed. ant knit anderson, and my good friend, justin timberlake, i'm challenging you to go all in. >> i love it. >> my old teammate justin tuck, >> that's so great. the money goes to such a good cause and it's only 10 bucks, right? >> i think i'll sign up. i'd like to do some of these things. hey, ginger, go back to ginger's house actually. >> i was going to say, can we apply for that because i want to do some of that stuff with you? aside from the suits, i could give those to ben. how about we do a "gma" moment. maybe you could include j.j. watt? he's been doing his own forecasting lately. all right, j.j. by the way, weather does change

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for the rest of us starting tomorrow. coolest monday with our best chance of wet weather. >> thanks, mike. another abc 7 news update in 30 minutes. you can find the latest on our app and at abc 7 news.com. the news continues now w ♪ bring me a higher love ♪ bring me a higher love welcome back, everybody. so glad you're with us this morning. >> that's right. robin is at home. you're about to talk to someone who is my daughter's idol so i hope she is watching this morning. >> oh, i hope that she is. there is a long line because people love this woman. we are thrilled to have two-time oscar winner cate blanchett joining us. she's starring in the new fx sees"mrs. america." people are raving about this already. about the movement to ratify the equal rights amendment and she is joining us from england this morning. that's a lot of books behind you there.

good morning, cate. >> my husband's a real history buff so, yeah, it's a bit of a collection. >> iou how is it? >> oh, look. how are you going? how is anybody -- i mean, i feel blessed that my family, my four kids are here, and touch wood where, you know, we're safe and well in the country. i mean our default set something -- setting is social distancing, so we're here with the pigs and the chickens. how about you? >> your kids -- thank you for asking. we're in connecticut and doing well in the home studio basement like this. but like you said we are very fortunate. there are people that are a lot worse off at being at home so grateful for that you were talking about your kids. aren't they ages 5 to 18? so there's some homeschooling going on. how is that going? >> i know. we have -- look. i thought i was a patient human

being, but a teacher, i ain't, and phyllis who i play, you know, taught her kids to read in the phonics method so i have been kind of going back to phyllis' phonics method teaching, but i have such a profound respect for teachers. i think we all should, and i hope they get out of this thing, you know, the virus. i hope we all understand that eally do deserves morning, i said, i'm doing this interview. you have to look at your sister to my 15-year-old. tell your brother he has to read today. i went upstairs to put a bit of lipstick. there he was standing with a nerf gun over him forcing him to read. it's reading by nerf gun in my house. >> by any means necessary. but you talked about phyllis, >> yes. >> okay. "mrs. america," i have to tell you i was not familiar with her. i mean i was familiar with the

equal rights amendments, and there were some who fought against it, but this woman who did that, and i understand that you were not that familiar with her as well. so how did you get in the mind-set to play her? >> yes, no, i knew next to nothing about phyllis which i think is really telling. a lot of her political and social whether you call them achievements or not depending on where you sit, she's quite a polarizing figure, there were a lot of those. the krecredit was taken for, yo know, by men, which is, you know, ironic, but she was, you know, a staunchly conservative mother of six from illinois who was an astonishing brilliant grassroots organizer and really did mobilize a whole army of women who would identify as being traditional women or homemakers who felt marginalized by feminism and against all odds she did that. she was quite a force of nature.

>> she really was. i want people who haven't had a chance to see it yet to give them a little sneak peek of what they can expect in "mrs. america." here's a cut. >> it may come as a surprise to you that today i am not going to talk about the soviet military threat, but rather another threat, a threat to the traditional american family, a threat that is just as dangerous and even more insidious, the threat of the women's liberation movement. >> oh, my goodness. when you even hear her voice and how she's talking, cate. i have to say this because we were given some of the episodes to watch. i've seen a couple of them. the cast, the women that are in this series are remarkable. >> so lucky. >> i know and you're one of the executive producers so how did everybody get on board with this?

>> i think everyone was really passionate about the terrain. there's only a reason to delve back into history and only recent history if it reveals something about the present and i think, you know, we were looking at how polarized america has become particularly in the last four, five years and we wanted to reverse engineer about why -- how we got here and how once again women are feeling separate from one another in the wake of, you know, the #metoo, whatever you want to call it and women were coming together again i think we wanted to come together as women and examine the equal and opposite movements which was the traditional women's movement, and to try and understand both sides of what were fears and concerns and challenges, and perhaps find some common ground there because in the end, you know, we're all women. no matter what our beliefs are. >> uh-huh. uh-huh. >> so everyone was passionate

about that. we have rose and uzo and margaret martindale and tracy and sarah paulson. the cast is astonishing. liz banks. >> it's really brilliant. >> we're very lucky. >> it's brilliant. it's well, well done and like i said, it was a real history lesson for many of us. we thought that we knew what it was like in the '70s but it was very enlightening. it really was and truly entertaining. thank you so much. so take the nerf gun away from your 15-year-old and give it back at work. >> i know. >> we do have the appreciation for teachers all around the world. but bless you and thank you for sharing your talents with the world. >> thank you. >> take care now. >> stay safe. bye-bye. >> you're very welcome. you do the same. "mrs. america" premieres today exclusively on fx on hulu. it is really special. coming up, comedian taran killam joins us live. come on back. come

we're back on "good morning america" and our next star is a comedian. he does movies, broadway, and is the star of the abc show "single parents." so great to have taran killam joining us from his home in los angeles. hey, taran, how are you? >> hey, lara, how are you? i'm wonderful. thank you. i'm staying healthy. staying safe and staying sanish. >> i know it's a strange time. how are cobie and the kids

doing in quarantine with you? >> we're wonderful. we're grateful every day. we're, you know, doing all the things that one can to stay safe and remain socially distant but trying to stay engaged and trying to support doctors, nurses, police and fire people as much as people because that's sort of my daily takeaway is not just how fortunate i am to be healthy but how fortunate i am to live in a world where there's so many people out there putting the human race before themselves. it's really inspiring and heartwarming. >> absolutely. it certainly has been eye opening for all of us. i know you've also taken a little time to do a little housecleaning as we all have. and our producers are saying you guys found some interesting things. some old head shots. >> yeah, yeah. they're earlier ones but i found the stash of what i call my dreamboat head shots.

when i was really going for that artificial -- >> i saw one that had a middle part that was incredible. >> yep, yep, sort of the mushroom cut middle part bleached but not like all the way platinum, still light shades of orange kind of bleach -- it was such a good look. i might bring it back. >> if anybody can do it, it's you, tar. what would you tell that kid with the mushroom cut? >> gosh, you know, if it's under five lines don't drive across l.a. for that audition. ve vend lea i know i saw a very funny video you posted on instagram of yourself dancing. can you share with our audience what inspired your moves. >> yeah, so this was a sequel to -- i'm a huge robin fan, the

pop star robin and i've done a video nine years ago when i was at "snl" to her video "call your girlfriend." i did a recreation and a lot of people have been tagging me in that and brought it back so thought quarantine would be a great time to bring it back and tried to replicate her video shot for shot of "dancing on my own." i foolishly didn't think that i would have to clear a very famous, very successful pop star so it got pulled down immediately. >> oops. >> rightfully so which makes perfect sense but i'd already put so much work into it that -- and as i was editing it i was watching it with the original sound and it looks -- it was more authentic to how much i've lost my mind in this month of home quarantine so i still thought it was worth posting and then putting out into the world. >> yeah, and i thought it was worth sharing with everybody because i agree. you put a lot of work into it and also gives us a glimpse, taran, of many of your skills

that we get to see in your wonderful show, "single parents." i want to show everybody this clip we pick that i just adore. it's so fantastic. you're reminiscing about your daughter's birth with the help of a little musical theater. take a look. >> sophie was born in the glow of the sunset. ♪ 525,600 minutes ♪ 525,000 moments so dear i will cut at the most precise moment of the most incredible chorus in musical history. ♪ how about love >> we had fun, lara, you know? that's obviously vanessa bayer who was on "snl" with me.

>> it makes me happy. >> me too. me too filming it. any time i'm with vanessa i'm in a happy mood, so, yeah, it was great to have her back and i always encourage our writing staff to expand my show tunes' repertoire so i was especially grateful for that. >> well, we're like-minded on that as well. great to see vanessa. loved you on "snl" and absolutely loving you on this. congratulations. say hi to cobie for us. >> thank you, i definitely will. >> check it out tonight. be well, hon. guys, check out "single parents" 9:30 eastern, 8:30 central right here on abc. right now let's get back to ginger who is also at home. yes, from your home to my home, lara, thank you. i know all of us are just so thankful for those medical workers in the hospitals, down to the people, the custodians cleaning. they've been saving lives while putting their own lives at risk so we paired up with one of our

favorite actors turned taco kings in los angeles to not only show our gratitude but bring those people some food. take a look. ♪ >> this is danny trejo. "good morning america" has reached out to us to help feed our front line health wrs today at cedars-sinai hospital in los angeles. >> grateful for the opportunity to be able to take care of our heroes ♪ >> thanks for lunch. >> thanks for lunch. >> thanks for lunch. >> thanks for lunch. good morning, america. >> the perfect taco tuesday. all coming up, we hope you are

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we're back now we're back now with "gma" ngs li fm >> that's right. this morning he is showing us how to cook up a family favorite dish with a twist, pizza bites. good morning to you, michael. how are you doing? >> doing great, guys. how are you? >> we are good, man. this is a pantry dish that has a lot of flexibility to it, but we're if i can start with the dough. we see you taking the lid off the dough. do you have to make your own dough? >> you don't, stra. i didn't even make my own dough this time. i called up my buddies at fiero's and got a little dough they want to make it but, you f know, support your local pizzeria. go buy some dough from them and

pizza from them and off to the races which is nice. >> that's great. now you'll make them into te how do you do it? >> there's a lot of things you could do. you could roll it out -- like i grew up eating pizza with my mom and dad and make a grandma style pizza, no problem or cut it into 1 1/2-ounce pieces and do -- fill it with leftovers you have. like i have -- we made a little bit of meat sauce the other day so you could put meat sauce in there, some cheese, if you have vegetables, you could put vegetables in there and just fold it over almost like you're making mini little calzones. liz was making fun of me this morning. hot pockets on "gma"? what are you doing? but you could cut them into little calzones and so it doesn't look like a hot pocket. you could then just make a little like dumpling out of it then you feel like you're being a fancy chef at home and fun for the kids and you could bake them

or fry them so what i like to do is just get the oven really hot, 500-degree oven, cast iron pan, don't use your hands at home. i got good hands and bake in about ten minutes or so. the other fun thing you could do with kids is cut them into strips, roll them out and then just make little knots like this and then you could jusp em in a little bit of oil and fry them and they get these little golden brown knots. come here. >> i was hoping you weren't going to use your fingers to dig into the hot oil. >> not in that one, stra. i could but i'm not gonna. i'm not as tough as a new york giant but us cleveland brown fans could go right in. >> y beusu'hoping sothing for a long time, that's a win. >> i know. you know what, you got to be tough in these times and being a

clevelander makes you tough so, you know, one of the things i've loved doing through this, we've been doing it for 30 days now on the food network kitchen facebook page, we've been doing these live 30-minute videos teaching people how to use everything in their house and how to use the leftovers and pantry, get a meal on the table for their family. you know which for me is special. when i thought what could i do? i cook. to get people on to the table again has been special for me. look, we have a little bit -- >> there's a lot of different options. dip it into marinara sauce. that looks amazing. >> dip it into marinara. you could cut them just how they are. serve them up like this. this is just the cheese and the sausage. if you have leftover vegetables, stuff them in there -- there's no rules with it because it's not like classic. sauerkraut and put swiss cheese in there and i mean, my italian chef friends probably weren't happy but it was delicious.

i don't care. and even with kids, you could do it with like, you know, peanut butter, chocolate chip, you could make it good for them or dessert style so they're good. you guys, i can't wait till we get back together and eat them. i want to eatin. >> same, same. i'm starving. >> what you do is you cook and you do it well, man. we appreciate you. you truly arthe best, my friend. >> i love you guys. >> we love you too, brother. get this recipe on our website at goodmorningamerica.com and you can catch michael on food network live daily making meals on facebook and instagram. we will be right back. just going to ea

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day from 61 to 82 inland. rain possible monday. >> thanks, mike. it's time for "live >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, actress and writer whitney cummings is our with ambassador. plus, from "the real housewives of beverly hills," kyle richards. and "american idol" winner, laine hardy. and we continue our "working heroes" series. and kelly and ryan deliver our good news story of the day. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ryan: and that means we can go. good morning. it is wednesday, april 15. good to see you, kelly. how are you?

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