>> now what. >> nice. >> and today churros. pushing to re-open.s. the white house planning new guidelines to get back to business. >> we think some of the states can actually open up before the deadline of may 1st. >> the president promises a big announcement this afternoon as the number of infected still grows. some states expanding their restrictions. new york, maryland and pennsylvania ramping up rules about wearing masks in public and the latest on the fight to fix that brutal testing backlog. americans angry about stay-at-home orders flooding the streets in michigan's capital. michigan is in dire straits now. we need to get to work. >> protesters also marching in north carolina, and churchgoers filing lawsuits in kentucky about those bans.

economy on the edge as millions more file for unemployment. the government reports 80 million americans have received their stimulus payments, but reports this morning of chaos and confusion for some trying to get their money, and the irs site meant to help, crashing. colleges in crisis. educators sound the alarm. schools in jeopardy of losing billions of dollars with campuses in danger of being closed in the fall, how many ts planning to pull out. stranded at sea. tens of thousands still stuck on cruise ships with no ports willing to take them in. the crew members speaking out this morning, adrift for weeks taking us inside his ghost ship only on "gma" this morning. an abc news excl michael jordan live. talking about the brand-new espn docu-series, "the last dance." inside his unforgettable final championship season with the ic thnever-befo-seen

good morning, america. we cannot wait to hear from michael jordan and we're happy to have amy here, of course, in studio with me and also happy on this friday eve to have robin and george at home. robin, i know you are excited to talk to the g.o.a.t. >> i know you consider him the greatest of all time as well, michael. cannot wait to talk to michael jordan about that highly anticipated docu-series, "the > but i really want everyone ur to take a look at this incredible moment. this is the first time this young mother met her newborn son. she was finally released from v battle with covid-19. the mother who was in a coma when she gave birth never able to meet her son. and it is reunions like this, george, that give us all hope. >> boy, they sure do. we talk about miracles all the time.

that certainly is one right there. so great to see that. here are the latest headlines we have right now. there are now more than 630,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states. the number of people recovered has climbed to over 50,000. and in washington the president is set to announce new guidelines on social distancing this afternoon. these are designed to help states decide how and when to lift restrictions on work and school so the economy can get moving again. of course, this comes as the task force announced the rate of increase in new cases is declining, still going up but declining by a lower rate, but the numbers still vary widely from state to state. vege witwh jns in times square with more question >>eporter: amy, good morning to you. the white house coronavirus task force has identified nine states with fewer than 1,000 cases. president trump insists that some of them could start to re-open before may 1st.

hard hit new york, though, is not one of them. with hundreds still dying by the day, governor andrew cuomo now ordering people to wear a mask in public places. this morning, despite the soaring death toll in the u.s. topping 30,000 fatalities, the white house is determined to re-open the country as soon as possible. >> we will be opening up states, some states much sooner than others and we think some of the states can actually open up before the deadline of may 1st. >> reporter: president trump's coronavirus task force planning to issue new national guidelines for states to follow this afternoon pointing to encouraging cve may be flattening. >> the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases. >> reporter: governors across the country are grappling with the timing and what re-opening would actually look like. on wednesday, idaho, kansas and washington, d.c. all pushing back their planned opening dates several weeks. >> i kind of referred to it as

kind of a rolling re-entry. so it's not going to be like a light switch that you turn on and off. >> reporter: new york city's mayor saying he will only consider loosening restrictions when there is a consistent 10 to 14-day drop in hospital admissions and the percentage of people who test positive. >> the worst possible scenario would be to take the foot off the gas, think we're out of the woods, let people come back too quickly and have the disease boomerang back on us. >> reporter: new york's governor issuing an executive order requiring people to wear masks in public including places like the subway and crowded sidewalks. maryland also announcing it will require masks in stores and public transit. pennsylvania ordering businesses to turn away customers who don't wear masks starting this weekend. but this morning, a growing consensus that stepped up testing is key to putting the country back to work. so far, just over 3 million americans have been tested for covid-19.

that's 1% of the u.s. population. in miami, this line of cars snaking around hard rock stadium, the facility only able to perform 700 tests per day. >> i came here yesterday. i couldn't do it, so i have to come back today. >> reporter: as the pandemic spreads, the battle still rages in the icus. inside new york's mt. sinai beth israel hospital, dr. eric iding telling us the hospital has revised its policies to allow some patients time with their loved ones. >> we decided to change it for patients where they're very near the end of life, so that people don't have to die alone. >> reporter: now, as some states begin to ease restrictionsos rge-ale gathergsike arcetti id kely w'te rting events, city until 2021. michael? >> shocking news to a lot of people. thank you, whit. now to demonstrations around

the country against stay-at-home orders. the protesters rallying in state capitals calling the orders too extreme and a violation of their rights. steve osunsami has more. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. many of these people take offense to the notion they're not sensitive to the health crisis that's happening in this country right now. some of them are having to sign up for unemployment for the first time in their lives. they want their government officials to take the risk and the shutdown orders and get this country back to work immediately. in michigan, they're calling it "operation gridlock." thousands poured into lansing, the state capital to protest the governor's stay-at-home order. >> if you're sick, stay home and in your house. the ones that could work need to work. we need to open our businesses. michigan is in dire straits now. we need to get to work. outsid socially distancing. covid-19 has killed more than 1,900 in the state.

>> the sad irony here is that the protest was they don't like being in this stay-at-home order, and they may have just created a need to lengthen it. >> reporter: the protest isn't ending there. a group of residents and small business owners filed this lawsuit against the governor saying that her stay-at-home order meant to fight the spread of the coronavirus is unconstitutional, arguing that governor whitmer has placed the cost of these orders squarely upon the shoulders of private individuals and their families and has failed to justly compensate affected parties. across the country as the lines for food and the unemployment office grows longer, patience is wearing thin for the restrictions meant to save lives. they were marching in north carolina too. one woman was taken away by police. they were shouting that they're more afraid of the spiraling economy than they are of any virus. >> everybody gets to make their own choice. if you're scared, stay home but i'm not scared and i don't want

to stay home. >> reporter: in kentucky where the disease has killed at least 115 people, churchgoers are suing saying that the governor has gone too far keeping the faithful from church services. >> if i don't exercise my right, i fear that i will lose my right and my right to religion is one that's been fought for for centuries. >> reporter: a number of states are now discussing ways to re-open, in some cases setting up committees to give them options. george? >> okay, steve, thanks. of course, it's being discussed at the white house as well. that's where we want to go for more on president trump's plans to re-open the country. as we've said, he's expected to announce new guidelines this afternoon for states to consider as they move to get up and running again and ease social distancing. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega is in washington with the details and, cecilia, this is clearly the issue the president most focused on right now. >> reporter: yeah, he's focused on it. george, good morning to it. he also says this is the most difficult decision he will have to make in his presidency and you know this, he's hearing from both sides. he had this conference call with

ceos and business leaders who gave him an earful and said americans are not going to feel comfortable returning to life as normal unless there's widespread testing available. that's a notion the president has really pushed back on. he said he doesn't believe there needs to be widespread testing . the president with these new guidelines and they are expected to be exactly that, just guidelines. he says it's going to be up essentially to states and local communities to decide how and when to move forward. the white house is looking at nine states where they say they're seeing fewer cases of covid-19 that could be looking at lifting these social distancing guidelines that the white house had issued a few weeks back to head back to life as normal essentially before this may 1st deadline. in states where the numbers are still high, we're looking at the social distancing guidelines staying in place. but the president, george, has said they wants america to be the comeback kids. he's got health experts on the other side saying slow down, don't do it prematurely.

>> those $1,200 relief checks passed by congress and pushed by the white house are starting to go out. at that press conference yesterday, the president appeared to act as if he had nothing to do with that unprecedented decision to put his name on the checks. >> reporter: yeah. he said he didn't know very much about it. he said, quote, people are going to be happy to get a big, fat beautiful check with his name on it. here's the reality of it, george. the president was involved in that decision. >> cecilia vega, thanks very much. robin? okay, george, now we have more on the economic toll from this outbreak. another jobless claims report this morning expected to show millions more filing for unemployment. and while some are receiving those relief checks you mentioned, the mass rush for those stimulus payments is causing some confusion and delays. rebecca jarvis joins us now for more on all of that. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you can appreciate the urgent need nor the stimulus checks.

just this morning we learned another 5 million americans were laid off and filed for benefits. that brings the total in the last month to 22 million americans who have been laid off. that means all the job gains since the financial crisis have been wiped out in just one month. according to the white house 80 million americans have received their stimulus payments. but for some, chaos and confusion amid the rush to get the checks out at record speed. >> it says that there's not any info on when my payment will be deposited. >> the account that they had deposited to was one number off from my account. >> the website stated that the check was deposited into my bank account today, april 15th. well, that particular bank account is closed and i haven't used it in years. >> reporter: even the irs site get my payment created to answer those questions crashing in returning error messages on its first day. more than 22 million americans

lost their jobs in the last month. many of the latest losses in retail where clothing plunged more than 50% in march. >> we had next to no sales, hadn't had any for weeks. >> reporter: lisa lewis spent the last 13 years working as a sales associate at macy's in seattle. her job along with thousands of others was furloughed last month. >> so we're concerned what will happen. what will the future be like? when will we be able to work? will we be able to go to work? >> reporter: mia lupo at bloomingdale's in norwalk, connecticut, sharethose fears. retail worker, right, you're already living from paycheck to paycheck. you don't have savings or an emergency fund. >> reporter: for more information on the status of your stimulus check use the get my payment tool at irs.gov.

michael? >> thank you for that information, rebecca. the economy and this pandemic also leading to so much uncertainty for students. the companies behind the s.a.t. versions of the test if high schools remain closed for the fall. college leaders warning this situation is like nothing they ever faced before. t.j. holmes has more. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you. we have to remember that college campuses have been closed for business as well and their customers are students. questions now about will the current ones want to come back, afford to come back and for incoming freshmen one of the most consequential decisions of their young lives, they have to factor one more thing in now, a pandemic. educators are sounding the alarm as students and colleges find themselves in the coronavirus outbreak crosshairs. >> we're about delivering high quality education to our students. and how do you do this in this world that's characterized by both an epidemic and an economic

crisis at once, which has stressed everybody in ways i haven't seen before. >> reporter: schools like syracuse university hope to open for in-person classes next fall but so much about the future is unknown in the midst of a global pandemic. >> it may be depending on the public health guidance that we need to concentrate the in-person experiences, the performances to later in the semester, you know, to october and november. >> reporter: the american council on education now predicts enrollment for next year could drop by 15% which could lead to a $23 billion revenue loss for colleges. and as the pandemic forces students off campus and into online classes many families now wondering if a costly education is worth it. averaging more than $10,000 at a public university and more than $36,000 at a private nonprofit school. >> i don't want to pay out of state tuition fees if i'm going to be home taking classes virtually. >> reporter: skyler chase was looking forward to graduating from her bronx high school this

aton in the faic she's ng second thoughts. >> i want to be home with my mother if another outbreak happens so i can be comfortable in my own bed in my own space. she is worried that for me to go out -- because it's 13 hours away from home. >> reporter: with so much uncertainty about what the next school year holds, college admissions experts say families need to be prepared for multiple >> students and families probably need to have a plan "a," a plan "b," and maybe even a plan "c." >> t.j., these changes to the testing may make it harder for some students to get into college. >> reporter: could make it harder but have you places like the california university system and other institutions say they won't even consider test scores. but also the folks at a.c.t. and s.a.t. say they are developing online options, yes. online possibilities for kids wanting to take the test in june and beyond if these campuses aren't open, stra. >> i guess everybody has to make

adjustments. thank you so much, t.j. much more on the choices students could face in the fall coming up in our next hour. amy? well, michael, now to health care workers and how they're finding light in the darkness. at new york's montefiore they are playing what they're calling a happy code over the p.a. system. take a listen. ♪ in new york, concrete j ♪ there's nothing you can't do ♪ now you're in new york >> love that song and since monday look at this. when a covid-19 patient comes off a ventilator or gets discharged they play or they sing alicia keys' "empire state of mind." it's been a big morale boost as you can see. it certainly put a smile on all of to our faces. >> move over, alicia keys. they're coming for you. great to see. that was great and great to see. we are following a lot of stories including tens of thousands still stuck at sea on cruise ships due to covid-19 fears.

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stranded cruise ships. ports will not let them dock due to coronavirus fears and gio benitez spoke to one crew member about their lives in limbo and h he joins us now from a cruise ship ferm nal in new yoterminal york. >> reporter: believe it or not, 59 cruise ships are still waiting to dock and the crew member you're about to meet has been on his ship since january. now he just wants to get home. this morning, one of the nearly 50,000 cruise ship crew members stranded at sea in u.s. waters is now speaking with "gma." >> as an american citizen i should have the freedom to go home and spend this quarantine in my own home. >> reporter: 27-year-old matthew gordon from georgia is a performer on holland america's ship. the ship is off the coast of the bahamas. it could be weeks before he gets home. how long do you think you'll be on that ship? >> the captain this morning, you could tell there was such dismay in his voice because he said it's likely that we'll be here

for at least two or three or four more weeks. >> reporter: gordon telling us life aboard the ship is eerie. this is the casino. empty and barren. the theater is no different. >> our ship has been at sea without any contact with the outside world really with no guests since march 20th. that's 26 days. >> reporter: you really just want to get off this ship. >> i talked to a few people on facebook and a lot of people seem to think we're on vacation. this is not a fun, you know, frivolous thing. >> reporter: over at celebrity cruises, crew members have filed a lawsuit against the company on behalf of more than 1,000 employees, alleging careless and continuous failure to protect its crew members. julia infinity" in quarantine in georgia. a fellow crew member died on that ship earlier this month. >> it just really feels like being in a prison. we feel like we don't have the full ability to communicate with the outside world, very limited

even with each other because we're all isolated in our cabins. >> reporter: "celebrity" telling us it doesn't comment on pending litigation. and even with all of this, matthew gordon said he believes holland america is doing everything it can to get him off that ship. overnight we heard back from holland america and they told us they are working to get permission to repatriate as many crew members as possible as early as this weekend. amy? >> well, that would certainly be some good news for so many of them. what a tough situation, gio. thank you. coming up next here on "gma," with more meat processing plants closing down due to the coronavirus, the growing concern now about shortages and the alternatives to your dinner table. up next, though, our big exclusive interview with the one and only michael jordan live, the g.o.a.t. is standing by. he one and only m ♪ step by step, we're going to figure this out.

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♪ back now with the moment we've been looking forward to sharing with you. michael jordan spent 15 seasons as an nba megastar leading the chicago bulls to six titles. he is a multiple mvp, two-time olympic gold medalist and now the new espn documentary series "the last dance" is telling the story of his final season with the bulls and how the team became one of the greatest dynasties in sports history with never before seen footage. michael jordan, he is going to join us live exclusively in just

a moment. there he is at home, but first let's take a look back. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome once again to bulls basketball. >> reporter: there was no basketball team more dominant in the '90s than the chicago bulls led by the one and only michael jordan. air jordan as he was called for his prolific dunking with his signature tongue out celebration. along with teammates scottie pippen and dennis rodman commanding the league. for nearly a decade. the trio making the bulls one of the greatest sports dynasties of all time and bringing home an unprecedented six nba titles in eight seasons. >> the chicago bulls now won the nba championship. >> reporter: now a look behind the curtain of the dramatic road to their final epic showdown. and joining us now live from his home is michael jordan himself. as my mama used to say, it's

good to lay my eyes on you to see you again after all this time. first tell us how is the family doing? how are you and your loved ones with all that's going on around the world these days? how are you guys doing? >> well, we're blessed, obviously. you know, we get a chance to spend a lot of time together. i'm quarantined down here in florida with my wife and two kids, and i stay in contact with my other three kids via the phone but my family is doing well. mom, brother, sisters, everybody is doing well. so we're blessed, especially with what's going on in the world. and, look, our hearts and our prayers go out to all the tragedy of the families that are enduring this unbelievable tragedy that's happening to america and to the world. >> to the world. and thank you for that. and it's something that people feel and they're looking for a distraction, if you will, and it's great that this series has been moved up. it was supposed to debut later, but people were just clamoring

for something to give them inspiration and hope and this docu-series really does this. it chronicles that final championship run, that final time together with the bulls. michael, what do you remember most about that final year? >> well, it was a trying year. we all were trying to enjoy that year knowing that it was coming to an end. i was hoping that, you know, the beginning of the season it basically started when jared kraus told phil he could go 82-0 and he would never get the chance to come back. and, you know, knowing that i was -- i married myself to him, you know, obviously, and if he wasn't going to be a coach, obviously i wasn't going to play. so phil started off the year by saying, this is the last dance, and we played it that way. so mentally, it just kind of -- it tugged at you throughout the

course of the year, you know, but this had to come to an end, but it also centered our focus to making sure we end it right. so i mean, as sad as it sounded at the beginning of the year, we tried to rejoice and enjoy the year and finish it off the right way. >> and it was quite a year and the docu-series really profiles that and also goes back and sees -- we see a young michael jordan. i loved seeing your mother and see her doing so well. and when you were at north carolina like a typical college kid you wrote her a letter and you were apologizing for the phone bill, asking her to send stamps. what did you learn about yourself during those college years, michael, that stayed with you? >> well, i think that, you know, it's a little different today. i mean, quite frankly, i mean i had a phone bill that was probably $60 or a little less and i only had $20 in my

account. so i mean and the thing that people are going to learn and my kids laugh about it when they see it but we used postage stamps back in those days, you know, where i had to ask my mom to send my postage stamps so looking at the video you'll see a lot of things that people have forgot that life was this way. i mean we didn't have instagram. we didn't have twitter. so i mean you had to live life as it came, you know, and each day you preciously protected it, and you learned the education aspect, spending time with friends and family. it wasn't via the phone. you know, it was actually in presence and you wrote letters. you know, so i mean to me that's probably the most refreshing thing that my mom, she kept all my letters. so i mean it's somewhat embarrassing but yet it's refreshing that i took the time to write a letter to say howmu d know, what i needed in college. >> yeah, it was very sweet to hear her read one of your

letters like that. and in college, of course, the buzzer beater, 82 winning the national title. you said in the documentary that was the moment that you went from mike to michael jordan. what did you mean by that? >> well, up until that point no one knew who i was. i was a college kid -- other than the university. but outside the university, i was just known as mike jordan, you know, and when i hit that shot, my whole name became michael jordan and i think it resonated with a lot of people outside of unc. and i just started piling on that name itself from, you know, from the successes that i endured throughout the rest of my career. it wasn't about michael -- it wasn't about mike. it was more about michael then. >> yeah, it really was at that point and people remember it so well and they have that iconic shot of yours. we hear from your father as well and, boy, did he know his son. he said if you want to get the best out of michael jordan, you tell him he can't do something.

and we're going to show a clip that really personifies that because it was your second year in the league, and you had an injury. you wanted to get back out on the court. management had another idea about that, and we want people to take a look. this is what happened. >> michael asked, well, if i play, what percentage is that i'm going to get hurt again? the doctor said, 10%. >> and i just lost it. i said, look, it's 10% chance but it's 90% chance that i won't. >> then i chimed in with the doctor, what what happens if the 10% kicks in and they said well then his career would be over. >> well, everybody is just thinking about the negative while i think the glass is half full, everybody is thinking it's half empty. >> so i said to michael, you are not understanding the risk/reward ratio. if you had a terrible headache, and i gave you a bottle of pills and nine of the pills would cure you and one of the pills would kill you, would you take a pill? >> i look at him and i said depends on how [ bleep ] bad the headache is.

>> okay, i got to apologize to your mom that -- we did bleep it out but sorry that we used that particular clip. i know dolores is going like really, really? where did that perseverance, that drive come from, michael? where does it come from? >> my parents. you know, my father worked at general electric for years. he was trying to provide for his family. moved all over, you know, southern, north carolina, my mom worked for a bank. she worked at corning glass. i mean they were hard working people and they instilled that in not just me but my brothers and sisters. so i just live vicariously through them and lived and learned it from them and, you know, just became a part of my nature, you know, and i always look at the negative and turn it into a positive, you know. unfortunately things like that happens in our life, and as i try to teach my kids, you know, just take that negative, learn from it and turn it into a positive, and that all came from

my parents. >> yeah, and you were keeping up with your brothers, as well. we learned that in the docu-series, that they, ooh, a tight-knit family. and they really, really, you guys pushed each other to be the very best and that certainly -- >> i wouldn't be here if it -- i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my brother larry. larry pushed me and we used to fight after every game, but through that fight, you know, emerged someone like me and he's right next to me. you know, he supports me and he works for me and the team, and i never would have gotten this far without him. >> well, thank you and thank you, michael. i know you don't do this very often. it really means a lot to get up and to speak with us and we really, really do appreciate it and the series is just primo. i know that you're very proud of it. you take care, michael. >> always a pleasure to talk to you, robin. thanks for having me. >> you got it. you got it. any time. and "the last dance" debuts on espn in the u.s. this sunday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern and

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good morning, america, it's 8:00 a.m. the road to re-opening america. the white house is pushing forward with new guidelines to get back to business. >> we think some of the states could actually open up before the deadline of may 1st. >> as the number of infected people is still growing, some states expanding restrictions. new york, maryland, pennsylvania, all ramping up rules about wearing masks in public. the latest at this hour. as the concerns about the food supply chain escalate and plants close down, where can you find beef and chicken and what are you having for dinner? college chaos. so many questions for students and their families looking ahead to the fall. should you go or is it time to take the year off? ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ from the 50 yard line to the front line. meet the nfl player turned doctor.

how he says what he learned playing pro ball is helping him save lives. we're all in this together from dwayne johnson to josh gad and so many more. wait until you see how we're kicking off the all-star disney sing-a-long right here, and look who's singing. ♪ good morning, america ♪ i can explain every phenomenon ♪ good morning, america. nothing says good morning like a kiss from josh gad. woke me up. i'll tell ya that. i want to thank you guys for being with us on this thursday morning. i'm here with amy, and robin is joining us from home. hey, robin. >> hey, thank you both again for holding down the fort as you are, and everybody that's there in the studio. i think i saw fonsi walking around with his mask on. it means so much but great to see you guys and great to be here at home.

another blockbuster day of "o" magazine "deals & steals." we are shining the spotlight on some incredible small businesses, all oprah approved. tory johnson, t.j. has teamed up with the magazine bringing us some of the favorite products so you can help those companies out and get a bargain. i can't believe, amy, 20 years, the "o" magazine, 20 years they're celebrating this year, wow. >> it's remarkable and we are looking forward to all of those amazing product, robin. i know something else my family will be looking forward to. there is a lot of singing that's going on in my household right now these days so the disney sing-along will maybe mix things up celebrating that and we'll hear from josh gad and get a live performance to kick it off from sofia carson. so excited about that, george. >> my girls are big fans of sofia as well, thank you, amy. we have to lot to look forward to this hour, and we're going to begin with the latest on the plans to re-open cities and states in the wake of this crisis. president trump is set to announce his guidelines this afternoon as the number of cases

in the united states has now grown to more than 630,000. whit johnson is in times square with the latest. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. president trump insists that some states could start to re-open before may 1st. but only about 1% of the u.s. population has been tested for covid-19 and in the absence of a vaccine there is growing consensus among governors that more testing is needed to get back to work. this morning, despite the soaring death toll in the u.s., topping 30,000 fatalities, the white house is determined to re-open the country as soon as possible. >> we'll be opening up states, some states much sooner than others, and we think some of the states can actually open up before the deadline of may 1st. >> reporter: president trump's tossue newional guideles r o lls afternoon,ointin may be flattening. >> the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases.

>> reporter: governors across the country are grappling with the timing and what re-opening would actually look like. on wednesday idaho, kansas and washington, d.c. all pushing back their planned opening dates several weeks. new york city mayor saying he will only consider loosening restrictions when there is a consistent 10 to 14-day drop in hospital admissions and the percentage of people who test positive. >> the worst possible scenario would be to take the foot off the gas, think we're out of the woods, let people come back too quickly and have the disease oromerang back on us. issuing an executive order requiring people to wear masks in public including places like the subway and crowded sidewalks. maryland also announcing it will require masks in stores and public transit. pennsylvania ordering businesses to turn away customers who don't wear a mask starting this weekend. new york city health and hospitals reports that more than

900 health care workers in this city alone have tested positive for covid-19. yesterday about 3,000 called out sick adding additional strain to those on the front lines. michael? >> all right, thank you so much, whit. boy, those numbers are staggering. coming up, everyone, growing concerns over a possible meat shortage due to coronavirus. the alternative solutions for your family if your grocery store is out of stock. and it's day two of a very special "deals & steals." we are teaming up with oprah. tory johnson has big savings on "o" magazine favorites, all of them from small businesses. >> the big "o." that's right. plus, one-on-one with josh gad. the "frozen" star is giving us the scoop on the all-star disney family sing-a-long. we will be right back. we will be right back. we will be right back. achoo! do your sneezes turn heads? ♪

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♪ good morning, good morning good morning, america. welcome back to "gma." thanks for joining us this morning and tomorrow usher joins us live. you got to do it justice and say it three times. >> usher, usher, usher. >> that's right. >> we cannot wait for usher to join us tomorrow. we go to lara at home for "pop news." >> hey, lara. hey, guys, i was going, usher, usher, usher. i was right there with you. so nice to see you all. lots going on today.f always happy to share that with you. we're going to start with ed sheeran. he is, of course, one of the biggest selling artists in the world and this morning he's sharing the wealth donating more than a million pounds in his hometown of suffolk, england, hoping to do what he can to ease the strain his local community is feeling right now and also hoping to give the gift of new music.

ed says he's been writing, guys, get this, a song a day in isolation hoping to come out of this with at least one new hit to share with the world. we sure hope so too. another story of generosity. "snl's" michael che, usually he handles their weekend update segment. well, this morning he's giving us some good news. announcing he's paying one month's rent for every apartment in the building where his late grandmother lived in new york city. he lost her to the coronavirus earlier this month and he hopes to honor her memory with this generous act writing on instagram, i can't offer much help myself, but in the spirit of my grandmother, i am paying one month's rent for all 160 apartments in the building she lived in. che goes on to call on the government to help people in public housing meet their rent requirements saying, he sure wishes he could do more. but his generous payment will be such a big help for those in need. love sharing these stories with you guys.

also this morning, a salute to a very special man. we want to you meet 99-year-old world war ii veteran tom moore. he decided a few months ago he wanted to do his part in the fight against coronavirus so he would do a fund-raiser by walking laps in his garden. there he is to raise money for british health care workers. his goal was to try and walk 100 laps by his 100th birthday on april 30th and raise $1,000, $1 maybe 2,000 if he got lucky. his family posted the challenge online and thankfully people came out in droves. not only did tom reach his goal, guys, listen, up, it seems all of britain has made contributions, his new total is over 13 million pounds to go to the fight against coronavirus here is tom's reaction. >> completely out of this world. thank you so much for all you people who subscribed to the

national health service because for every penny that we get they deserve every one of it. >> ah, mr. moore's daughter right there. she described the flood of donations as beyond their wildest dreams and the greatest 100th birthday present her dad could ever have dreamed of. happy birthday, tom. april 30th, we will be thinking of you. and then finally, on this almost friday, who's got four legs and the biggest smile we've ever seen? this guy. >> what? >> so this is thomas. his owner ben apparently ordered some joke teeth to try to make funny videos while he's home and i guess bored. well, thomas found them. ben shared the video on facebook writing, i got giant fake teeth for quarantine comic relief. thomas stole them off the table and, guys, i sure hope this

smile -- i hope this shot puts a smile on your face almost as big as thomas'. >> i love the owner laughing like cracking himself up. >> yeah, well, i would be too. >> couldn't get through it. i love that guy. >> oh. >> a great job. >> you know what i'm also loving? >> what's that? >> i'm sorry. we just -- how about lara's background this morning. does it match your shirt, your blouse? >> yeah, it does. >> and the jacket and the earrings, by the way. >> we're getting a little austin powers, psychedelic, baby. >> oh, behave. oh, behave. i know she had some glasses on. aviator glasses on during the break. i sent you a text about that but we digress. we digress. we're going to turn now to our "gma" cover story and the growing concern about our nation's meat supply. more processing plants are closing due to workers contracting covid-19 which has many worried about the availability of meat and poultry at their supermarkets.

becky worley is going to join us now from san francisco. she has much more on all of this. thank you, becky. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. yeah, depleted meat cases in the grocery store are not something we're used to. so what's going on with the beef, pork and chicken supply and what alternatives exist? initially, it was panic shopping that made meat and poultry sparse, but the closure of some meat processing plants due to covid-19 is something else. >> if we continue to see shutdowns of plants going forward that can't operate, the crisis that we're in that we could see some further >> reporter: the north american meat industry explaining while the supply is strong, more plants closing could mean seeing some items out of stock in grocery stores. so let's talk alternatives. start on yelp searching for local butchers. mine says supplies from both

local and national retailers are good so far, and think about direct purchases from ranchers. a few years ago i visited this family ranch, beef raised 50 miles from my house and they have online ordering, shipping and delivery. we also have meat and fish sold at our farmers market. and about fish because most americans eat fish in reaurant supply. rerouting that to supermarket frozen cases and even direct to consumer options could be a reasonably priced protein option and much needed help for fishermen. >> fish tacos are a big hit in our house. >> reporter: rethinking dinner one smart choice at a time. agriculture secretary sonny perdue says empty shelves are a demand issue, not a supply issue and compared it to a traffic jam with americans rushing to stock up their pantries, but says there is enough food waiting to head to the stores. grocery chain wegman echoes that telling us they don't anticipate

a meat shortage, robin. >> that's good to hear but there are alternatives as always if you decide not to eat meat, right, becky? >> absolutely. some studies of american eating habits show us getting twice the amount of protein we actually need. so a short-term switch to grains like pasta and plant-based proteins like beans won't hurt us at all. don't forget canned meat. i grew up in hawaii, so spam fried rice, spam and eggs, spam sushi. were you spam eaters when you were growing up? canned meats. >> oh, remember it, oh, so well. yes, but we're big fish tacos like your household, same here, becky. same here. as always, thank you so very, very much. >> my pleasure. >> back to george. >> okay, thank you. we turn to what college could look like in the fall for everyone. you know, earlier we heard what changes universities are considering for next semester and now the students and

families are going to have to make big choices too. we're going to bring in our friend, rachel simmons, education consultant who joins us from her home this morning. good to see you again. give us your sense of what college is going to look like next fall. >> i think everybody is trying to figure that out. we really don't know what it's going to be, whether classes are virtual or live. but we do know from reporting that many colleges are preparing for a situation where students can't return, some of them because their parents can't afford to pay for it. so it's really up in the air right now. >> yeah, and then parents and students have other kinds of decisions to make, for example, if it's going to be going virtual in the fall, for a lot of people, will be wondering if it will be worth the cost to have that virtual college experience. >> it's true and i think for most families, finances are gos fall. i think for families you have to

look at your student. if they love college because they want to be on a campus, because they want their traditions, maybe they need a semester off or even a gap year off. if your student really wants to get a degree, is excited to study something, they may be absolutely fine going back online in the fall. >> and, rachel, i'm the father of a high school junior and that class is facing all kinds of anxiety and uncertainty this year. are the s.a.t.s and a.c.t.s going to take place? are they going to count? are their grades from this semester going to count? will it make it harder to get into the college they choose? what's your advice to those who face so much uncertainty as they're about to apply to college? >> i can't imagine what it's like for those kids. i think a lot about them. i think take it one day at a time and realize you may have an opportunity here. if colleges are deciding this coming year to not look at the test scores all the time your student may get a chance to get a more whole evaluation of who they are and not feel like they're being defined by their

numbers. so there could be a silver lining here for students and it's important to reassure your kids that it's not all going to be bad. >> we are doing our best at that. okay, rachel, thanks very much. >> let's go to ginger at home. >> george, we were just talking, the meteorologist dan and i, we cannot imagine taking thermodynamics online and i'm thinking about those students, and i'm thinking about brooke who is 4 from new brunswick, new jersey, our "gma" moment today having a little virtual visit, doctor visit with her grandpa. >> my eyes? >> yeah. >> okay. let me take off my glasses. oh, wow. >> she did the syringe right in his eye. we love this. so, so sweet. thank you for sending it in. please take your "gma" moment. put it on my facebook page or drop me a dm on instagram so we can share it with the rest of the world. let's get a ch good thursday morning.

i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. stubborn clouds, the marine later is back, temperatures will tank. chance of a shower today and tomorrow, better chance monday. look at this, upper 50s at the coast. mid 60s around the bay. a few low 70s inland today. temperatures up to 11 degrees cooler than yesterday, mainly 50s tonight, upper 40s in the north bay steals" celebration in honor of the 20th anniversary of "o" magazine. we are partnering with them to spotlight small businesses that have been featured in the magazine. >> according to the u.s. chamber of commerce 57% of businesses feel positive about their overall health and tjohnn joins wbialbu tory, take it away. tell us all about it. >> reporter: that's exactly what we have straight from the pages

of "o" magazine. let's start with some skin care. sunday riley. this is fun. the actor david oyelowo introduced oprah to sunday riley skin care, and she shared it with the staff of "o" magazine and they were hooked. so for the first time ever on "gma" deals we have three high performance skin care winners. so whether you have an issue that you're interested in deep exfoliation, brighter complexion or you want intense moisturizing, there's a solution for you and all of it is about good-bye dull skin, hello, glow. and everything is 50% off so it starts today at $32.50. then we move on to another "gma" first. this is called our place. it's a small all woman small business in los angeles and straight from the pages of "o" magazine just last month they were featured in the magazine. it's their all in one nonstick ceramic pan and what the magazine loved about this is not just the performance and the look and the beauty of the pan itself, but the fact that this

one piece replaces eight traditional pieces of cookware so you can use it to fry, saute, steam, sauce, so much more, and it's a beautiful piece in the kitchen. normally $145, today slashed in half, $72.50 and free shipping on the deal. then we go to another first, on "gma," murphy & daughters. you know that oprah loves the perfect bath. she fell in love with the packaging of these bath salts. so her team at the magazine asked the company to create a larger tin, a really large one and it's kind of hard to tell from the pictures on tv. but this tin accommodates 70 baths with the salts that are inside so there's a lot of opportunity there to soak sore muscles and relieve dry skin. all eight scents are delightful but i have to give a special shoutout to cucumber grapefruit rose. those three are off the charts

phenomenal. normally $88. today, slashed in half. $44 for this oprah favorite. then we go to one called franne golde. this has a fun back story. when the creative director at the magazine, adam glassman, tried these pants on all the women at the magazine, he instantly dubbed them the magic pants, and that's because he said that every single person who put them on looked longer, leaner and at least 10 pounds lighter. sold. and so the material is the perfect combination of stretch, smoothing in the right areas, it's just a sleek fit. they're all made in los angeles. and we've got two different colors. this is the kind of all year all season pant that you kind of can't go wrong with. normally $118. today, slashed in half, it is $59 from this small business. then we go to rainraps. so this is a company that first appeared with its products on the "o" list in 2012. that's because they've created a classic.

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we'll be back in a minute. but the news now with "good morning america." ♪ well, come to think of it, kid, honestly i could go on and on ♪ ♪ the tide, the grass, the ground, oh ♪ that's dwayne johnson welcome back to that's dwayne johnson. singing along from "moana" and that's with his daughter, and he wrote on instagram, for the 937th time today, she wants daddy to sing along with maui. she has no idea we're the same person. >> that's so cute. he knows all the words. i mean, there's that. >> he better. >> he better, right? ♪ let it go >> listen to that i think a lot of us will be singing along with celebrities today like christina aguilera, john stamos happening during the disney family sing-a-long tonight featuring a star-studded cast joining together to perform all of your favorite disney songs from their homes. i know this will be a hit at my house. >> i'll be watching. will reeve caught up with one of

tonight's featured stars, josh gad. you know him as the voice of the loveable snowman olaf for a preview of the sing-a-long. hey, will. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. make sure you got those vocal cords warmed up and check out some of the songs. then tonight get the family together, gather around the tv, get ready to sing along with some superstars. ♪ a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down ♪ ♪ the medicine go do eteao sing dne >>'mo excid to be hosting a truly magical event. >> reporter: join ariana grande, michael buble, demi lovato, and the cast of "high school musical" -- ♪ we're all in this together -- as they come together to sing

disney's greatest hits for a good cause. ♪ under da sea ♪ under da sea >> reporter: raising money and awareness for feeding america and the work they're doing to fight covid-19. ♪ we got no trouble life is the bubbles under the sea ♪ >> reporter: and the best part, it's coming straight from their homes to yours. >> there's a chance to, you know, kick back, relax, grab an air guitar or a little air microphone and just let it go. >> reporter: letting it go is "frozen" favorite josh gad. >> i like warm hugs. >> reporter: reprising another disney role as lefou from "beauty and the beast" along with co-star luke evans and with academy composer alan menkin. >> i'm singing a number called "gaston" from "beauty and the beast." ♪ no one is thick as gaston >> it's an old, familiar

oom-pa-pa style tune that everyone has seen, or at least anyone who has seen the live action movie should know. ♪ like gaston >> reporter: gad jokes he's really going for it, but might have to hold back just a bit. >> i don't want ariana to feel threatened by my vocal chops. i want her to feel like she's still got the upper hand vocally. >> reporter: for fun, we went to some of olaf's biggest and frie. >> hands down, this is the best day of my life. >> what is your favorite bedtime story? >> i love reading "harry potter" at night. just seeing my girls' eyes get wide and have so many questions about what's going to happen next. >> did you ever lose your tooth because i did this morning? >> no, i never lost a tooth in my life. i was actually born with adult teeth and just my face grew into them. yeah, i lost all my teeth. that's very exciting.

i hope the tooth fairy brought something very nice for you. >> what are your favorite songs from the "frozen" movies? >> right now i'm actually very preferential to "this will all make sense when i am older." ♪ this will all make sense when i am older ♪ ♪ someday i will see that this makes sense ♪ >> reporter: clearly josh gad is ready for tonight. if you want to sing along with your family, there's going to be that classic bouncing ball over the on the words. it's going to go just like this. the disney family sing-a-long airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on -- ♪ abc how did i do? >> i didn't know you were going to sing. that was great, will. thank you so much. >> reporter: no worries. we'll hear from another one of the staff of the stars performing from

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back now, back now with the man going from the football field to the front lines to fight the pandemic. former nfl player dr. myron rolle says what he learned playing pro ball is helping him save the lives of coronavirus patients.

this former nfl safety is tackling a new opponent and taking the challenge head on. myron rolle was a defensive back on the tennessee titans for two seasons before leaving the sport he loved to pursue another dream, becoming a doctor. now as a third year neurosurgery resident at massachusetts general hospital, he's bringing that same intensity off the field to the e.r. saving the lives of coronavirus patients. >> we saw that becoming challenged with the amount of influx of patients coming off the street with covid-19 so my colleagues and i and our neurosurgeon department volunteered for the surge clinic. >> reporter: this all happening as massachusetts is set to reach its peak in coronavirus cases. >> this week is very challenging for sure. we have so many patients coming in, absolutely, and next week it's probably going to be even worse. >> reporter: rolle's former collegiate and professional football career prepared him for

handling extreme situations, he says, giving him the confidence to battle this pandemic. >> the best crossover training is mitigating pressure and understanding in moments they're tense and you have to stay focused, rely on your fundamentals, go back to your teaching, what you've been taught, what you read, what you know and execute because you have a lot of people relying on you. >> reporter: and as hundreds of patients rely on doctors like rolle, one major concern on the front line is fatigue. due to the increase of hours they are working. >> i'm working 24-hour shifts pretty much every other day right now and it's been hard for sure. >> reporter: that pressure, he says, can be intense. but the former nfl safety relies on his past to drive him through these uncertain times. >> i just go back to my football days where i said, you know what, i've been tough times before, i've had to run through a guy who's 300 pounds and work out in 100-degree weather and put on 15, 20 pounds of equipment to get it done.

i've had cramps and felt like my body was going to give out and i made it through that, i can make out it through this. >> he is truly something else. thank you, dr. myron rolle. let's go back to ginger at home. how's it going ther gger?nk r king, ro i know for me i put a box of kleenex or tissues in every single room this time of year because of allergies and now it is time for "gma's" pollen report sponsored by zyrtec. you have to see this video. that is hot springs, arkansas, and you see that wind pushing the pollen. it's unbelievable to think that's pollen but it is. so it's obviously the overall pollen is pretty strong. that moderate to really high is almost the whole nation except for the northern rockies. and then the tree pollen is here, i guess, a silver lining starting to reduce where florida had record high temperatures all the way to say corpus christi but it's pretty bad otherwise, minneapolis, chicago, right through the northeast. all right, let's g

good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. stubborn clouds today means limited sunshine and much cooler weather. 50, 60 and 70s. ♪ it is time to cook from home and this morning we have chef and author of a book with my favorite title ever. it's called "party in your plants." talia pollack is live from her kitchen cooking up something we can use, a simple hearty spaghetti dish using all plant based. good morning to you. i love this idea. >> good morning, thank you very much for having me. >> i'm so happy to talk to you. your book title makes me smile and so does this dish. i know you're doing a spaghetti here that is packed with veggies and greens. you're using spinach and potatoes. if we don't have that, give us substitutes.

garlic right now and i'm adding kale. i'm all about using doppelgangers in the kitchen. if you don't have kale use spinach. if you don't have fresh, use frozen. if you don't have -- oops. that's what happens when you cook from home. if you don't have sweet potato use butternut squash. i'm all about making substitutions because right now as we're living in this quarantine, we're running out of things left and right. i've run out of shaving cream and then i just used conditioner. no stress with your plants, the same way as in your shower. >> that's awesome. and if we want to do a spaghetti dish, a plant-based spaghetti dish and make it extra filling -- i know i have an 18-year-old son. how do we beef it up so to speak, no pun intended there? >> yeah, well, it could be the pun intended. if you want to add beef go ahead. i add lentils. my husband, hey, husband behind the camera, he adds chicken. i'm all about leftovers being

the bestovers. so if you have any leftover protein, throw it on into this dish because the last thing we want right now is to be quarantined with somebody who is hangry. >> yes, agreed. and i know you use brown rice spaghetti which is again something you're flexible with, but can you take us quickly through the steps of how to make your delicious spaghetti? >> yeah, for sure. so right now i have this sweet potato and kale and garlic and in here, i have pumpkin seeds. pine nuts. but like i said i don't always -- i use those doppelgangers so i'm adding in the pumpkin seeds. and then this is some lemon juice, right on in here. some red pepper flakes if you're into spice. and then you mix that up. and then you hop on over here to the pasta. and like we said, you can substitute this pasta for

anything that you have. i mean, i threw in penne the other day with the spaghetti, not to my husband's liking, but whatever. you just got to use what you have right now and, again, my whole thing is taking the hell out of healthy eating and we don't need to add stress to our plates in the kitchen. why don't you show the delicious dish, jesse. great. and then we're going to mix that. >> i would have to imagine it would be so good over a bed of rice. >> absolutely or quinoa. really anything you have right now is the name of the game. and look how much kale. this is the entire bunch of kale we melted into the pasta. it's incredible. and it happens so fast. >> listen, i can't thank you enough for sharing it. i wish you could save some for me. i'll try the recipe and want everybody else to. we'll put it on our website,

goodmorningamerica.com and, everyone, talia's book "party in your plants," baby, it's actually just "party in your plants" coming out tuesday, april 21st. get the recipe on our website and we will be right back. keep your plants on. ♪ ♪ "gma's" pollen report is sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. zyrtec, muddle no more.

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she's about to sing a disney for us this morning but first let's catch up with sofia. hey. >> hi, guys, good morning? >> good morning, sofia. we have to ask. how have you been staying busy at home? and i understand you have some new music in the works. >> i do, yes, michael. i've been working on music. i've also been really dedicating my time doing what i can to give back right now. i launched a campaign with unicef called spread hope with sofia. the first week of quarantine, it's been really amazing to see the hope and the generosity that is out there, especially in this moment. so i'm so happy to be to partner with unicef right now. >> that is fantastic. so many people want to help and we all need a little hope. you are performing on tonight, the disney family sing-a-long, celebrities and their families will take on some disney classics. tell us about your performance. >> i'm so excited. kenny called me and was like, sofia, we're going to do "we're all in this together" and i need my "descendents" cast and my "high school musical" cast together. i couldn't stop smiling. such an honor not only to be part of such a beautiful moment

in history but to sing that song "we're all in this together" and those words have never rung more true. i'm really honored and i can't wait for everybody to see it. >> we'll get you first here and you'll be singing "someday" from "the hunchback of notre dame" from 1996. >> yes. >> but i hear this is a special song for you. >> it is. actually my mom introduced me to the song when i was a little girl and i actually dressed up as esmerelda when i was little. the song is a prayer of hope and i think it's a song that we all need to hear right now and a song reminds me of my mom because she raised my sister and i to give and spread hope whenever we could so it's a song that means a lot to me. >> that is beautiful. the diey fily sing-lg ighttfit a perfmi "someotre dam"

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♪ i pray someday we may yet learn to live and let live ♪ ♪ someday our fight will be won then we'll stand in the sun brightnoon♪ ♪ till then on days when the sun is gone ♪

♪ we'll hang on someday >> thank you. >> whoo! that was beautiful. step by step, we're going to figure this out. we're gonna find a way through this. we're working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. it's about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. we're gonna go through an awful lot of these. all across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. we stay at work. for you. you stay at home for us. just know we're all with you.

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she wanted to share this message. >> you know i'm feverish if i'm on television with no makeup on. >> ali is now on the roberts' family prayer chain. >> so grateful we get to do this from home. >> you do know you're sideways, right? >> people are finding a way to get through it together. >> right here with you on "good morning america." want to thank you guys for watching us on this friday eve. re d, ev. right. >> nurses and first responders. >> thank you for all you do. >> we thank you. >> we thank you. >> we thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for all you do. >> and with every challenge, question, concern we'll be here for you. >> every day. >> every day. >> we will -- >> get through this together.

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now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. >> good morning. only on 7, emergency room doctors want to remind you, do not hesitate to get medical care for a serious issue during the pandemic. bay area emergency rooms have seen an alarming drop in non-covid-19 patients. the director of emergency medicine says people mistakenly believe that hospitals are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients. the e.r. has enough supplied to accommodate them. >> good to foknow. you can see the sea breeze. it will bring usler weather today. safer to be outside if you sunburn easily. let's look at our temperatures from 59 in half moon bay to 77 in fairfield. >> thanks, mike. it's time for "live with kelly and ryan."

we will be back at 11:00 for "midda >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, two-time academy award winner, can blanch out and we continue our "laugh with live week" with star of "the golbbergs," wendi mclendon-covey. and get creative. check out the "lego masters." plus, a performance by singer-songwriter aloe blacc. also, we will introduce you to a california working hero who make sure that the groceries get where they need to go. and the cohost share their good news story of the day. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> kelly: hi. >> ryan: looking comfortable. >> kelly: it is thursday, april 16th. don'