enjoying him enjoying himself. >> the animals. good morning, america. an abc news exclusive, president trump one-on-one with "world news tonight" anchor david muir on the pandemic and re-opening the country asking the president, is there a risk? could lives be lost if america is opened too quickly? >> it's possible there will be some. >> the president on his first major trip out of washington in almost two months. visiting a plant converted to make those protective masks for frontline workers. what he says about workplaces, testing, safety and the potential of a second wave. >> with or without a vaccine it's going to pass and we're going to be back to normal. >> this as the death toll in the u.s. is now over 70,000. what the president is saying to those families. the exclusive interview this morning. gearing up to re-open.

texas green lights more businesses to get back to work but some health care workers worried about a spike in infections as hospitals in houston use virtual icus to monitor covid places. and across much of the country cases still rising. newly released cell phone video showing this 25-year-old unarmed black man out on a jog being chased by two white men in georgia, shot to death in the middle of the afternoon. the men not arrested. the d.a. now sending the case to a grand jury. all action on hold while the courts are still in coronavirus lockdown. race for a vaccine. the new hope this morning as one trial begins human testing. how promising are they? one of the lead investigators joins us live only on "gma." re-opening disney. the first park set to unlock its gates since the pandemic began. the plans revealed to help protect visitors and what it means for resorts in the u.s. malia and sasha obama, the

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of the pandemic, giving them a big shoutout coming up, and george, so well deserved. >> whit, they give every day hour after hour and their work is far from over. the total number of covid cases in the u.s. now around 1.2 million. the death toll has passed 70,000 with cases still rising in so much of the country. thankfully the number of new covid cases in the epicenter here in new york is trending downward, but take a look at this graph from "the new york times." if you exclude new york, cases in the rest of the country are trending up. >> and that is very concerning, george. but first we're going to get to our exclusive interview with president trump. "world news tonight" anchor david muir had his temperature checked before sitting down with the president, and they sat at a very safe distance, 11 feet apart. the president in arizona for his first major trip in nearly two months, and acknowledging the risk of re-opening the country but vowing we're going to get back to normal. >> i want to start with re-opening the country.

i know this is your first trip back out into the country. >> yes. >> in quite some time and you've said that the decision to open the economy is the biggest decision i've ever had to make. how do you -- and i suppose this is the central question. how do you save livelihoods without risking more lives? >> well, i think actually the decision to close the country was the biggest decision i've ever had to make, and i have said that very loud and clear. i mean, we had the greatest economy in history, in the history of the world, not only our economy. it was our greatest economy, best employment number, best numbers in every single way, and they said, sir, we have to close the country. i said, what are you talking about, close the country? because nobody's ever heard of such a thing. and we saved millions of lives by doing it, and by putting the ban on china very early was a big thing. but the biggest decision i have ever had to make was closing the country, and certainly, this is now also a big decision, but the people want to go back to work.

>> i want to ask you about what dr. fauci said last night about the re-opening of the country. he said, it's the balance of something that's a very difficult choice. how many deaths and how much suffering are you willing to accept to get back where you want to be? do you see it that way? do you believe that's the reality we're facing, that lives will be lost to re-open the country? >> it's possible there will be some because you won't be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is, but at the same time, we're going to practice social distancing. we're going to be washing hands. we're going to be doing a lot of things that we've learned to do over the last period of time. and we have to get our country back. >> let me ask you about testing? >> yeah. >> right new in america, you know, early on there were hurdles. dr. fauci at the time acknowledged it was a failing. but for americans who do want to go back to work, should they be able to have access to a test now? >> yeah. >> should they know whether they've been exposed to the virus?

>> yes. >> should they know if somebody at the workplace is asymptomatic, or do they have to go back to work having faith in their leaders and you, mr. president, that the workplace will be safe? >> no, they don't -- they have to test if they want. you know, some people are strong believers in testing. >> so right now for any american worker nervous about going back, if they wanted to get tested to see if they've been exposed to the virus, they can have access to the antibody tests? >> they should have no problem. they should have no problem, and as good as this is, we're even getting better. we came up -- don't forget, the cupboard was bare. the other administration, the last administration left us nothing. we didn't have ventilators. we didn't have medical equipment. we didn't have testing. the tests were broken. you saw that. we had broken tests. they left us nothing. and we've taken it and we have built an incredible stockpile, a stockpile like we've never had before. >> many people have heard you say that along the way. they have wondered though, you know, you're three years into your first term. you're now applying for the job again. what did you do when you became president to restock those stockpiles that you say were bare? >> i'll be honest, i have a lot of things going on.

we had a lot of people that refused to allow the country to be successful. they wasted a lot of time on russia, russia, russia. that turned out to be a total hoax. then, they did ukraine, ukraine. that was a total hoax. then they impeached the president of the united states for absolutely no reason. >> there were two new studies out in the last 24 hours. one was from johns hopkins that said the death rate could double if we're not careful with this re-opening of america by june. the daily death rate. the university of washington saying we could have 135,000 americans dead by august. what do you make of those numbers, mr. president? >> a couple of things. first of all, these models have been so wrong from day one, both on the low side and the up side. they've been so wrong. they've been so out of whack and they keep making new models, new models, and they're wrong. those models that you are mentioning are talking about without mitigation. >> let me ask, you've responded to the new studies out with the forecasts.

your own numbers have shifted over time. >> they have. they have. >> you said 60,000 americans could die. that's what you said last week, i watched your town hall over the weekend. >> right. >> you said, 75,000, 80,000 to 100,000 people could die. which models are you looking at? and what should americans be prepared for as we re-open the country and head into the fall where we could see a potential second wave? >> well, the upper number was as you know 2.2 million people and then there are some models or charts that showed higher than that. but 2.2 million people. i always felt 60,000, 65,000, 70,000, as horrible as that is -- i mean, you're talking about filling up yankee stadium with death. so i thought it was horrible, but it's probably going to be somewhat higher than that. >> let me ask you because people will look back -- and we have an election six months from now. they're going to look back to the beginning of this and wonder what you knew and when you knew it and i have no interest in going back over everything you said. but there was one thing you said

that perhaps you could clarify. you said this at the end of february, a full month had gone by. you had stopped travel from china, and you said of the cases here in the u.s., when you have 15 people, and when the 15 within a couple of days is going to go down to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done. help me understand that moment. did you really think we were going to 15 cases in the u.s. -- >> let me -- i said even -- you would say worse than that. i said one person one time, and it's true. there was a time when we had one person in this country. we knew about it. we worked on it, but we had one person. it mushroomed to 15 people, mushroomed. other people were coming in also from europe. don't forget -- >> but we're at more than a million cases now. >> but don't forget. in january -- okay. let's talk about cases. you know why you're at a million cases because we have more testing than anybody else. if we tested as much as these countries down here, okay, who don't do very much testing at all -- >> i understand the argument you're making. >> look at your question.

>> no, but you understand there is a huge disparity between 15 and more than a million cases. was it an intelligence failure? where was the breakdown that we didn't know the scope of this? >> let me tell you this. i closed the border, if you want to use that term. i banned people from coming into china. >> i would be remiss if i didn't ask you one more question about nearly 70,000 americans whose lives have been lost. grandparents, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters. >> right. >> we've lost more people now than we lost in the vietnam war. what do you want to say to those families tonight? >> i want to say i love you. i want to say that we're doing everything we can. there is nobody -- i don't sleep at nights thinking about it. there is nobody that's taking it harder than me. but at the same time, i have to get this enemy defeated, and that's what we're doing, david. that's what we're doing. >> let's get more now from our

chief white house correspondent jon karl. and, jon, we just heard the president there acknowledge that more deaths are coming. as we also learned yesterday, that the white house is now discussing actually disbanding that coronavirus task force. >> reporter: george some unusual developments. the vice president told himself late yesterday that the coronavirus task force would be dissolved, would likely cease its work sometime after memorial day. now the president himself is tweeti tweeting. george some unusual developments on this. the vice president himself told reporters yesterday that the coronavirus task force would likely be dissolved. now the president himself is tweeting just the opposite saying the coronavirus task force, quote, will continue on

indefinitely. it's focussed on safety and opening our country. he said they may add or subtract people, but says the task force will be focussed on vaccines and therapeutics. >> and, jon, we also learned yesterday of two new whistle-blower complaints about the way the task force has been acting from a former official at the department of health and human services. also from one of the volunteers who was brought in to help with jared kushner's task force. >> reporter: yes, this one from dr. bright, who was the person in charge of -- would be in charge of developing and mass producing a vaccine has produced a 58-page whistle-blower complaint saying that he was removed from his position because he was advocating -- he was warning of the dangers of hydroxychloroquine as the president was advocating that. he also makes allegations that his initial warnings on the dangers of this virus were ignored back in january and that there was cronyism pushing contracts towards people with political connections.

the white house says these are baseless allegations. >> jon karl, thanks very much. amy? george, now to parts of the country trying to return to normal as some states ease restrictions. a new poll finds 63% of americans are concerned they will re-open too quickly. this as covid cases are still on the rise across much of america. marcus moore is at a re-opened mall in dallas with more on all of that. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, amy, good morning. during the day you can see on the sidewalks and roadways more traffic as these restrictions are easing. more and more are getting out. some are concerned about their safety, while others tell us it is high time to get life back to normal. this morning, more businesses gearing up to re-open. in texas, governor greg abbott green lighting barber shops, salons and other personal services to restart this weekend despite an increase of nearly

2,000 covid cases statewide in the last 24 hours and almost two dozen more deaths. >> there's no law that says you have to stay in. you do what's best for you, what's best for your family. >> reporter: governor abbott saying about 75% of the 906 deaths in the state so far are people aged 65 or over. he's confident that hospitals can handle the pandemic. >> texas is fully capable of being able to manage the health care needs of everybody who contracts covid-19. >> reporter: but some texas health care workers worry what the next two weeks will bring especially as more people head to stores and beaches. galveston packed this last weekend and more of the sick starting to go to hospitals. >> the people who get sick will take a few days to get sick. so that's why i think we're more concerned in the next ten days than today. >> reporter: here at houston's methodist hospital, they're using virtual icus to monitor covid patients, allowing them to treat more patients at once, while cutting back on potential virus exposure for nurses and doctors.

across much of the country cases still on the rise as states continue to open. like illinois, on tuesday the state reporting its highest one-day fatality count since the start of the pandemic with 176 fatalities in the last 24 hours. >> there's so much pressure for us to get back to that normal. but the truth is we're still in a significant war with an enemy. >> reporter: in missouri where they saw 386 new cases monday, the largest single day increase in the state so far, officials announcing the youth baseball leagues can start this weekend but with a number of safety guidelines. >> we're also going to have only a three-player limit in the dugout. the rest of the kids we'll space out six feet apart behind the fence, behind the dugout to keep the kids safe. >> reporter: back here in texas, you might remember the dallas area salon owner who opened her business in defiance of the stay-at-home order. this morning she is serving seven days in jail and was

ordered to pay a $7,000 fine as states begin to re-open. whit? >> we could see more of those crackdowns in the days to come. marcus, thank you. now to growing concerns over our food supply from stores limiting meat purchases to wendy's running out of burgers in some locations. and now some processing plants are re-opening, raising questions about safety for those workers. matt gutman joins us now from a restaurant in los angeles with more on that. matt, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. what we are witnessing is the potential cratering of the meat industry. beef and pork production down 35% since this time last year and the shock waves are being felt not just in barbecue restaurants like this, major supermarket chains and major restaurant chains as well. one in five wendy's restaurants across the country at one point this week completely sold out of beef. and we've seen dozens of plants closed across the country. thousands of workers sick and at one vegetable canning plant in

wisconsin, 800 national guard brought out to test workers and their family members. now, we are starting to see plants re-open across the country but production is going to be significantly slower and union reps tell us that in order to protect our food supply, we've got to protect the workers, and that means better ppe for them. now all of this is translating into higher prices. right now we are seeing record prices for beef and pork, mostly folks will start to see that translated into the supermarkets or certain products like ground beef or hamburgers that we'll see rising more than 60% in the coming days and the bad news is this wild ride in the food industry, analysts tell us, isn't going to end until the pandemic does. robin? >> have to keep that in mind, okay, matt, thank you. we close out the half hour with a moment of triumph for a veteran who after a very long battle has beaten covid-19. was discharged from the hospital.

he spent 50 days fighting that virus in milwaukee. his health care heroes, you can see, they lined the halls to cheer him on, and he was thanking each and every one of them as well. beautiful to see, amy and whit. >> seeing him wipe those tears and that hug with so much meaning behind it. that was beautiful. >> 50 days. incredible. >> thank you for sharing that with us, robin. we are following a lot of other headlines this morning including shanghai disney re-opening in just a matter of days. the plan to help keep visitors safe and what it means for parks here in the u.s. and the new coronavirus vaccine on the fast track already being tested on humans in one of the biggest trials in the world. one of the scientists leading that trial is with us live but first let's get a check of the weather and say hello to ginger. ginger, good morning. >> reporter: hi there whit.

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♪ ♪ hello from ♪ hello from the other side welcome back to "gma." that is adele singing her beautiful song "hello," and the superstar singer is also, by the way, saying hello to a new look. that new photo trending overnight. we're going to tell you all about it coming up in our next half hour. >> we'll have much more on that ahead. first, the top headlines we're following right now. president trump sitting down for that abc news exclusive with "world news tonight" anchor david muir. the president saying, quote, with or without a vaccine, it's going to pass, and we're going to be back to normal, end quote. as the death toll in the u.s.

climbs to over 70,000. and states re-opening, texas green lighting more businesses like barber shops to get back to work. also right now supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg was hospitalized undergoing treatment for a gallbladder infection, but the 87-year-old justice will still participate in a court session by telephone. and people are locked down in new york state but apparently the cows are not. sheriff's deputies near syracuse spent hours trying to capture at least four cows that got loose last night. they were finally rounded up about three hours later. making a break for it. the three hours of freedom were worth it. robin, over to you. >> amy is thinking of a pun. thinking of a pun really fast. i know she was. we'll move on. we'll move on and begin this half hour with more re-openings. this time overseas as the gates to shanghai disneyland will re-open next monday. but disney, abc's parent company, says they are taking new precautions to help keep visitors and employees safe. rebecca jarvis joins us with that story. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, robin. and this is such an important

milestone, not only for disney but also when you think about it, for any major events where we would be spending time with a lot of people -- concerts, ball games, being inside a big stadium. essentially this is a look at the future and how we could do that safely. overnight the walt disney company, the parent company of abc news, announcing the re-opening of shanghai disney, the first theme park to open its doors since the global pandemic struck. >> we and our government partners shanghai shendi group plan to open shanghai disney land on may 11th. >> reporter: the announcement coming as disney parks have been hit hard by the virus. >> this devastating pandemic is like nothing most of us have ever experienced in our lifetime. >> reporter: now the company will welcome guests to return to their shanghai location next week in a phased re-opening with a focus on safety, offering clues as to how disney may open their other parks in the future.

some precautions being taken include limiting attendance using an advanced reservation system. making sure to enforce social distancing measures. the park which can hold 80,000 at capacity will be limited to around 30% or 24,000 guests. the park will also be increasing all cleaning efforts, particularly in what would regularly be high traffic areas. guests and employees will be required to wear masks and undergo temperature screenings. >> we are seeing encouraging signs of a gradual return to some semblance of normalcy in china. >> reporter: as the disney gates in shanghai slowly open, fans around the world hoping it can provide a blueprint for safe operation of disney theme parks worldwide. disney's chief medical officer, dr. pam hymel, working closely with the u.s. travel association on a bit of guidelines to help demonstrate safety of travelers is a top focus.

disney is now looking at how they might do this safely and successfully. here in the u.s., they're looking at potential partial re-openings of certain locations and in the words of our former ceo and executive chairman, bob iger, i have absolute confidence we will get through this safely and successfully. robin. >> all right, thank you so much. george. thank you, robin. let me turn to the race for a vaccine. a new trial has started with volunteers getting their first doses. researchers hoping for approval in the fall. the big question, will the vaccine be effective as the virus mutates? how quickly can they be produced? what are the risks? amy will speak to one of the lead investigators in a moment but first kaylee hartung has the latest from los angeles. kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, george. vaccines usually take years to develop. but this race, it's moving

faster than ever before. the newest trial is being led by one of the world's largest vaccine makers. they started dosing in germany last week. now it's time to closely monitor 360 healthy americans who volunteered for the experiment. this morning, the race to find a potential covid-19 vaccine is under way. pharmaceutical giant pfizer and its german partner launching human trials in the united states. giving the first volunteers a dose of the potential vaccine. or a placebo at the university of maryland school of medicine. on monday david rock, a 26-year-old microbiology and immunology ph.d. student was the very first person to be injected. >> because this is a phase 1 trial, it is double-blinded. so i'm not actually sure on my end, like, if i got one of the vaccine candidates or if i had the placebo, so we're employing all the normal safety precautions. >> reporter: taking place at multiple sites across the country will test four different variations of the vaccine, all using genetic material known as messenger rna hoping to spark an immune system response including

the production of antibodies. to fight the virus if that person is exposed. more than 100 vaccines are being studied worldwide. at least eight have been approved for human studies, a process that normally takes years. >> i always worry about cutting corners. it's going to be given to many, many, many individuals, whole countries and so we don't really want to take too many chances. >> reporter: even if a viable vaccine is found, experts say mass production and distribution will be challenging. but for some like david the potential benefits are worth it. >> anything i could do as an individual to help that vaccine to find that vaccine would be a help. >> reporter: in anticipation of successfully developing a vaccine, these companies are already working on how to speed up production, and they're sharing information with regulators as they go. so they say their goal is to be able to produce millions of shots for emergency use by this fall and hundreds of millions by 2021. amy? >> all right, kaylee, thank you so much.

joining us exclusively now is one of the lead investigators in the trial. dr. kathleen neuzil, the director for the school of health at the university of maryland school of medicine. thank you for being with us, doctor. first off how optimistic are you about the success of this trial? >> so, this is a virus that we knew nothing about five months ago and the fact that we already have multiple vaccines in clinical trials is really -- is cause for optimism. >> there are four vaccines right now being tested and they're different from what most people think of as vaccines because you're not actually injecting the virus protein so how do they work? >> yeah, so we have a variety of different vaccines, both in development and as you said being tested right now. this particular vaccine actually uses the genetic code. so rather than, for example, with an influenza vaccine where

we may give you an inactivated piece of the virus, here we're giving the genetic code to the volunteers and then that genetic code is telling our own cells to make that protein, that surface protein that looks like the virus protein. so our body thinks it's a virus and makes antibody to it which we hope will be protective if they're exposed to the real coronavirus. >> wow. you started administering these monday. at what point will you have an indication that it's working? >> so you're right. the first volunteers in the united states were vaccinated on monday right here. they will be followed very carefully for safety. we will do this at a gradual pace. we are not sacrificing safety in any way. and they will be coming back frequently to have blood draws to look at their immune

response. so in two weeks, in four weeks they'll be given a second dose of vaccine and then again two, four weeks after that we will be looking at immune responses. i am blinded which means i don't know what vaccines that the volunteers are getting and who gets placebo. so it will be pfizer and unblinded members of the company and independent boards that they've set up that will be reviewing the immunogenicity. >> all right. so if you get the positive results, if one of these vaccines works, how soon could they become available, widespread to the world? >> so as you've heard, this initial phase will be 360, and then generally we go from dozens to hundreds to thousands. so we want to move very quickly into the efficacy portion where instead of looking at only safety -- we always look at safety, but instead of looking only at safety and that immune

response, we're also looking at disease end point. so does it keep people from getting sick from covid-19? so, again, very hard to give a date here. we're hoping months, i know you've heard 12 months from many people. that would be a victory. if we could shorten that even further, then it would be even better. >> well, we certainly applaud your efforts and wish you the best. dr. kathleen neuzil, thank you for being with us today. we appreciate it. and coming up next here on "gma," the incident caught on camera. just released video showing an unarmed black man fatally shot by two white men in georgia who have not been arrested. the latest when we come back. test when we come back. arrested. the latest when we come back.

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back now with newly released video in a racially charged case in georgia. a 25-year-old unarmed black man who was chased by two white men and fatally shot. a district attorney now says a grand jury should decide whether to bring charges against the men who were not arrested. steve osunsami is in atlanta with this story for us. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the governor of georgia and other state officials who have no doubt seen this video are all demanding thorough investigations and there are calls this morning for the u.s. justice department to investigate.

people are outraged this morning after seeing this cell phone video that was shared around the world tuesday. it shows the moment from late february when 25-year-old ahmaud arbery was killed. there have been no arrests in the case which was put on hold in part because of the coronavirus shutdown, but now a prosecutor is asking a grand jury to decide if there should be charges. in the video arbery is seen jogging towards two men with guns who are stopped in a white pickup truck. shots are fired, and you see the young black man fall to his death. >> he was just jogging and his life shouldn't have ended the way it ended. >> reporter: according to the police report, the two white men in the truck are gregory and travis mcmichael, a father and son, and gregory mcmichael, who police say was standing in the bed of the truck is a former investigator for the local district attorney. police say he told them he and his son were chasing arbery because they believed he looked like someone who they thought was responsible for a number of recent break-ins in their

brunswick, georgia neighborhood. >> there's a guy in the house right now. >> was he just on the premises and not supposed to be? >> he's been caught on the camera a bunch at night. >> reporter: the mcmichaels are still free men this morning. according to the police report, they say they were trying to make a citizen's arrest and shot arbery in self-defense. police say arbery was not found with a weapon. >> the important reason why it could not be a citizen's arrest is under that statute, a citizen would actually have to observe a crime taking place. ahmaud arbery is only observed running down the road. >> reporter: arbery's mother, wanda cooper says she wants answers now. >> a lot of time has passed and i'm ready to get these people who are responsible, you know, in jail. >> reporter: the investigation into what happened on that road has been delayed by conflicts of interest. two of the prosecutors chose to remove themselves because of their connections to the father. that grand jury, one thing we

should underline, will not convene until mid-june at the earliest because that's when the courts re-open, robin, from the coronavirus lockdown. robin? >> yes, yes, and i'm telling you, steve. that video made the rounds yesterday. several people sent it to me. it is incredibly disturbing when you see that video. >> reporter: it is, and there are some people who find the timing of the grand jury announcement curious because it came just as this video was being circulated, robin. >> all right. thank you for being on it for us, steve. appreciate that. and we'll be right back. be right back. ot a one-sixty i., a master's in chemical engineering and you're technically a genius... and it appears you're quite the investor. i like to trade. well, td ameritrade has pros ready if you need help, say talking through a new strategy... ... just in case things, you know, get a little rocky? i'm sorry on the upside i think that's waterproof.

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now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm reggie aqui. san francisco based uber is about to make big cuts. a filing states, uber will cut 3,700 full-time jobs. the ceo is also waiving the base salary for the rest of the year. the company has lost a lot of business recently since fewer people need rides during the pandemic. let's go over to mike nicco. >> thank you. hi, everybody. strenuous outdoor activities, get them done today. our last comfortable day. 70s and 80s for highs. 60s along the coast. it will become breezy along the bay shoreline like the last couple of afternoons. thursday and friday, mid 90s inland. temperatures by tuesday, up to 30 degrees cooler with a chance of rain.

>> mike, thank you. coming up on "gma" it's national nurses day. a health care worker on the front lines who happens to be a big billy porter fan will get a big surprise.

good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. an abc news exclusive. president trump one-on-one with "world news tonight" anchor david muir on the pandemic and re-opening the country asking the president if lives could be lost if america is opened too quickly. >> it's possible there will be some. >> the president on his first major trip out of washington in almost two months visiting a plant converted to make those protective masks for frontline workers. what he says about workplace, testing, safety and the potential of the second wave. >> with or without a vaccine, it's going to pass and we're going to be back to normal. >> this as the death toll in the u.s. is now over 70,000. what the president is saying to those families. new this morning, what will the future of shopping look like as america re-opens?

inside nordstrom as the chain reveals changes they're making to protect workers and customers. also this morning, malia and sasha obama. the former first daughters in a rare interview opening up in a new documentary "becoming" just released. what they're saying about leaving the white house, public scrutiny and why they're so proud of mom, michelle. it's baby archie's birthday. the youngest royal turns 1. the brand-new photo and video just released this morning. ♪ baby you're a firework meet the moms on a mission stepping up to help those on the front lines. calling themselves the sewing angels as they make masks for our health care superheroes. ♪ i'm gonna stand by you plus, it's national nurses day. the emotional billy porter surprise for one nurse. >> karen! hi. >> billy! oh, my god. >> all ahead as we say good morning, america.

♪ because i'm gonna stand by you even if we can't find heaven ♪ and good morning, america. thank you so much for being with us on this wednesday morning and we are honored this morning to celebrate national nurses day. >> so grateful for everything they do and we have an unbelievable surprise for one of them who said good-bye to her family in arkansas and then flew to the rescue to help out here in new york. robin, an amazing story. >> it's a surprise that you do not want to miss. you don't want to miss her reaction to that surprise. got a little help from billy porter to pull it all off so everybody will see that in our next half hour but now we have that exclusive interview again with president trump. "world news tonight" anchor, david muir sendiitting 11 feet david. to that factory in arizona, the president acknowledging it is possible there will be some covid defendants as the country re-opens.

>> i want to start with re-opening the country. i know this is you are trip and the decision to re-open the economy is the biggest decision i've ever had to make. how do you and i suppose this is the central question, how do you save livelihoods without risking more lives? >> i think actually the decision to close the country was the biggest decision i've had to make and said that very loud and clear. we had the greatest economy in history, in the history of the world, not only our economy, it was our greatest economy, best employment numbers, best numbers in every single way. and they said, sir, we have to close the country. i said what are you talking about? nobody has ever heard of such a thing and we saved millions of lives by doing it and by putting the ban on china very early. was a big thing but the biggest decision i've ever had to make is closing the country an certainly this is now also a big decision, but the people want to go back to work.

>> i want to ask but what dr. fauci said last night about the re-opening of the country. he said it's the balance of something that's a very difficult choice. how many deaths and how much suffering are you willing to accept to get back where you want to be. do you see it that way? do you believe that's the reality we're facing that lives will be lost to re-open the country? >> it's possible there will be some because you won't be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is, but at the same time we're going to practice social distancing, we're going to be washing hands and a lot of things we've learned to do over the last period of time and we have to get our country back. >> i would be remiss if i didn't ask you one more question about the nearly 70,000 americans whose lives have been lost. grandparents, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters. >> right. >> we've lost more people now than we lost in the vietnam war. what do you want to say to those families tonight? >> i want to say i love you.

i want to say we're doing everything we can. there is nobody -- i don't sleep at nights thinking about it. there is nobody that's taking it harder than me but at the same time i have to get this enemy defeated and that's what we're doing, david. that's what we're doing. >> okay, thanks for that we'll turn to our "gma" cover story and it's about the future of department stores starting to take shape as nordstrom unveils the changes they're making to protect workers and shoppers. eva pi has the details from nordstrom's in new york. >> reporter: this brand-new flagship nordstrom is shifting its role from shopping center to fulfillment location mart of the evolving changes at nordstrom prepares to re-open. stores are re-opening but shopping as we know it is changing. nordstrom announcing the closure of 16 stores in an effort to weather the impact of the covid-19 pandemic while also putting precautions into place

as it gets ready to open back its stores across the country. this nordstrom rack in greenville, south carolina, is re-opening today. the company planning a location by location approach not opening all stores at once. >> so remember our priority, six feet from aeveryone from everyone. >> reporter: as the stores open customers can expect shortened hours to make time for additional cleaning. there will be a limit on the number of customers allowed inside to allow for social distancing. masks will be handed out to all employees and customer, fewer fitting rooms will be open and they will be cleaned between uses. any merchandise that's tried on will be held for a period of time before it goes back to the rack. at the registers, plexiglas between customers and cashiers and no cash will be allowed. >> we do have the right measures in place at the current moment. that doesn't mean that it will always continue to evolve. we know how many customers we

need to have in the store. >> reporter: also adapting the experience as many customers are hesitant to touch things in store. now accounting for more virtual purchases. scaling up curbside pickup and fulfillment sites. nordstrom says they are assessing and reassessing plans and their main priority to help their customers and employees. amy. >> all right, eva pilgrim, thank you. well now to megan and harry and baby archie. the duke and duchess of sussex releasing an adorable new video to mark his first birthday. you see megan there reading one of his favorite stories releasing this to help fund raise for a save the children campaign. it's called save with stories and it's aimed at helping children impacted by the covid-19 pandemic. celebrating and giving back at the same time is what they do. so happy birthday to archie. >> a year old. he will be walking soon. all wheels and no brain. that's what my mother would say at that age. the former first daughters

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a lot to talk about today. we'll start with former president barack obama who has confirmed he will impart some wisdom to those graduating this year in several ways. first he'll be part of the tv special graduate together. america honors the high school class of 2020. it's a prime time event being held on may 16th that will air on all major networks and on the same day, mr. obama will also participate in show me your -- historically black colleges and universities. both mr. and mrs. obama will headline a virtual graduation celebration called dear class of 2020. they'll deliver separate commencement speeches and also give a joint message alongside lady gaga, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and ma law la to name a few. obama tweeting in part even if we can't get together in person this year michelle and i are

excited to celebrate the nationwide class of 2020 and recognize this milestone with you and your loved ones. also this morning, movie news that is out of this world. guy, only tom cruise would make this happen. the star working with nasa to shoot the very first movie ever made in outer space. nasa confirming the news saying the space agency is excited to work with cruise on a film aboard the international space station saying we need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists and early reports suggest that elon musk's spacex is also involved in the production that will take on this final frontier of cinema. and finally, singer adele, the number one trending story overnight and all because of this, check out this picture, you guys. she posted it to mark her 32nd birthday on instagram. people are loving the look. adele standing tall in a little

black dress writing, quote, thank you for the birthday love. i hope you're all staying safe and sane during this crazy time. she also thanked first responders and essential workers who are keeping you safe while risking their lives calling them our angels of 2020. the post comes as fans anxiously await new music that adele has promised to deliver by september. now no word on whether the pandemic will change that release date but we all wish adele a very happy birthday and look forward to new music from her and with that, george, i am going to send it over to you. >> yeah, you got to take care of your dog. i got daisy right under the chair. we have a new look at malia and sasha obama giving their first public interview in "becoming" released overnight and deborah roberts joins us with the details. we watched them grow up in the white house and now we're hearing what it was like for them to move on.

>> reporter: that's right, george, good morning. these two now young ladies are causing quite a twitter storm in their mom's new surprise documentary which is hitting about a year and a half after her stratospheric memoir and i have to tell you if reaction to that best-seller is any indication this film is likely to break all kinds of records. it's a rare and candid conversation with former first daughters malia and sasha obama. >> no longer facing that same scrutiny, being able to let all of that leave your mind creates so much more space. >> reporter: the sisters opening up in their mom's newly released netflix documentary becoming about. >> i am from the south side of chicago. that tells you as much about me as you need to know. >> reporter: the film offering an intimate glimpse into the life story of former first lady michelle obama as she tours the country discussing her runaway best-selling biography "becoming."

>> what's next in >> reporter: on camera 21-year-old malia and 18-year-old sasha both fairly private especially since their family left the white house clearly beaming. >> hey, little potato. >> hi. >> hi. >> reporter: the documentary shining a light on their open and honest relationship. >> this is demonstrated in a way. this is just like those eight years weren't for nothing, you know. you see that you see that huge crowd out there and that last -- that, you know, that last kind of speech you gave about just like people are here because people really believe in love and hope and other people. and also every time you guys play stevie wonder, i don't know, i cry a little bit. >> i'm excited for her to be proud of what she's done, because i think that's the most important thing for a human to do is to be proud of themselves.

>> my life is starting to be mine again. there is another chapter waiting for me out there. >> but that chapter of hers is not likely to include much privacy. remember that first -- that book sold about 10 million copies or more and, of course, last year michelle obama was ranked the most admired woman in the world. so you can only imagine what she's going to face in terms of admiration and popularity after this film. robin. >> as a mother what was it like for you to see the relationship she has with her girl, deb? >> you know, robin, so interesting you mention that. i'm listening to malia and it just reminded me so much of my daughter because you discover them in a whole new way as they grow older and just sort of cherish them even more so it really sort of touched me. you're right, as a mom. i can't wait.

>> i was thinking you, girl. i was thinking of her. yes, indeedy. you know how much i love your daughter. >> you know how to get me. >> have a good rest of the day, appreciate that. as mother's day approaches we are celebrating some marvelous mom was are doing everything they can to help othe others. get ready to meet one warrior mom rounded up her troops from all across the country. they got to work to support our frontline superheroes who wear masks instead of capes. here's a look. >> we had to do something. >> reporter: when new jersey native conor mcgregor received a call from her daughter cassie pleading for homemade masks for her team at the hospital this mom got to work and the frontline sewing angels were born. >> it was just one of those things as a mother you don't want to see anybody go into war unequ unequipped. i reached out to a local mom's group and, hey, listen, anybody know how to sew. a lot of people know how to sew

and i had about 25 people in 24 hours. >> reporter: now just eight weeks later over 150 volunteers have dusted off their sewing machines and created a virtual assembly line shipping masks to frontline workers all around the country. >> i pick up the fabric. we have someone cutting fabric and then we have people sewing. they give us all the supplies and then we package them up and just drop them off like little angels. >> reporter: what started as one mom's mission to help her daughter turned into a movement that continues to grow every day. >> it's a bunch of people that i've never met and have motivated themselves together as a group, you know, as a collective and want to make a difference and i think when you put women together, we're pretty strong. we're pretty powerful. >> all: thank you, sewing angels. >> joann, the founder of the

frontline sewing angels is joining us live from new jersey. it is wonderful to see you, joann. i know this all started because of your daughter cassie there. she's a hospital worker so tell us how is she doing today? >> she's doing great. she's pretty fearless and compassionate and she really when she chose her career as a physician assistant, she wanted to make a difference in people's lives, so when she was assigned to the er at the start of all this, this kid didn't care. i'm going in. i'm going to do my job. me on the other hand kind of freaked out as a mom and i'm like, oh, no, you're not going into anything if you're not armed. so when i learned that she needed masks, all it was truly was a mom trying to protect her child as best i could to make sure that she was not put in harm's way. when i heard more and more were put in harm's way i literally had to activate my crisis management and my mind went into

overdrive. >> yes, and let's see, 20,000 masks and counting have been made already. what does it mean to you and your fellow angels when you see the reaction from the frontline workers when they receive their masks? >> well, you know, the funny thing is we don't get to see their faces because they're covered so all we really get to see are their beautiful eyes and the eyes are really showing love and compassion. these people are the true angels. we are just the people that are helping to facilitate their job. i would never want anyone going to war without the proper equipment and i just felt like these people needed it so it's just really heartwarming and probably the greatest achievement in my whole career. >> oh, bless your heart. so what's next? what do you all as a group want to do next? >> well, our future is that we'll go as long and as far as they wish us to go. we're not going to stop until they tell us that this war is over.

we have an incredible team of angels who people i've never met before. these are virtual angels literally because we have to practice social distancing. so i am beyond proud to be part of this group and to have started this group and i have the most amazing people who i hope to meet someday in person. that's my goal but we will go on and continue this journey. >> well, you probably could use a little extra help with all of that so in keeping with that in honor of mother's day this weekend we have a little bit of a surprise for you and your team. joann, i know you have a monitor there. i want you to see these supplies being loaded in that video. you see those supplies being loaded in that video. >> well, from another joann, it's from joann fabric and craft stores who also launched their own mask initiative last month. they want to help provide the angels with those supplies you need. they're going to send you fabric, elastic, scissors, all of that good stuff. heading your way from joann.

what do you think? >> oh, my god. i just feel so blessed to have done this. there's no words. thank you from all of our angels for supplying us so they we can continue our journey and keep going. thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts. >> well, appreciate you reaching out. you are an event planner and had to switch gears with doing this. >> i did. you know, the brides went away. postponed. once they're all postponed i knew my crisis management skills were going to come into full effect so i figure i would do something in my spare time. >> well, keep doing it, joann. it is wonderful to see you. we thank you very, very much and hope you have a wonderful mother's day because we know a lot of people are because of you and your fellow angels. thank you. thank you, joann. take care. >> thank you so much. >> you're very, develop welcome. there are individuals all over the country that are doing things. i was thinking about someone in our "gma" family, alex goodson.

she's a writer on our staff and her mother, that's maria, her mother in upstate new york is making masks and she sent me one. these are excellent. so, maria, thank you so very much. i know you're sending them out to groups around the country as well. just an example of what people are doing. it's great. i got one for sweet amber too. let's check out ginger who is there at home. ginger. >> oh, so sweet. thank you, robin. i love to learn about those and have seen some great ones too. i don't know if you heard but this weekend will be cold and not just cold, we could see records dropping from the great lakes through the northeast. places like detroit, pittsburgh, lexington, kentucky, could not only have daily records, they could actually see all-time may cold records. and it's the complete opposite on the other side of the country. heat advisories still along the west coast and southern california. burbank going for 94 today. go to phoenix, it's 106. you have an excessive heat

warning, 106 sti good wednesday morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. your accuweather highlights, the warming trend that begins today. it will be comfortable at night. a wild swing, 20 to 25 cooler from friday into tuesday. today, 60s around the coast. 80s inland. tonight, we fall back into upper 40s to mid 50s. you can see that heat thursday and friday. coming up, billy porter is going to help us honor one extraordinary nurse. you don't want to miss it.

now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron. old-fashion fun is making a comeback. some bay area drive-in theaters are opening up. you are only allowed to get out of the car to use the restroom. cars must park ten feet apart. you have to bring your own food. the snack bar is closed. the a bay area non-profit ist is providing a web cam of these puppies. they are training puppies to become assistance dogs for people with disabilities. it hopes by watching, people will feel better and that it will help to raise money for the wonderful program. mike nicco

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now your forecast with mike nicco. >> good morning. we have sunshine everywhere. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. we're on our way to 70s and 80s as the warming trend begins. breezy for our essential workers, your commute around the bay during the afternoon and evening. check out the denture mocra tem. 0 >> thanks, mike.

another abc7 news update in 30 minutes. you can find the latest on our app and ♪ because i'm gonna stand by you even if we're breaking down ♪ ♪ we can find a way to break through even if we can't find heaven ♪ ♪ i'll walk with hell with you love you're not alone ♪ ♪ because i'm gonna stand by you ♪ and welcome back to "gma." those are just some of the hardworking nurses taking care of so many patients during this pandemic, and we are celebrating all of them on this national nurses day. >> and another thing, whit, we're celebrating, the return of our tell t.j. series. our t.j. holmes travels across the country to find and honor extraordinary people and then give them the surprise of their lives. he's introduced us to inspiring teachers, taken us to a first time meeting between an organ donor and recipient and told the stories of people working

selflessly to help their communities. we know, robin, that is one of your very, very segments. >> it is, did you also my favorite thing. it's -- what day is it, amy? what day is it, amy? >> michael is not here. um, it's -- >> come on. >> it's hump day! better? >> love it. >> wednesday. >> i love it. wednesday. that's good. now we can go on. now we can go on because that was a celebration and this is as well. there is no shortage of hard working heroes on the front lines and right now we want to highlight one incredible nurse who gave up so much to help. even though we can't travel and get people together for a big surprise we definitely got creative and you know t.j., he can do that. he joins us with a big surprise and the frontline worker edition of "tell t.j." good to see you, my man.

>> hey, good morning, robin. you know how much i love this series and what it means to me and how disappointing it's been to not be able to get out there. but that's the wrong attitude. what's everybody doing these days? everybody is adjusting. so we needed to adjust tell t.j. there's no shortage of people out there we need to honor like this nurse who left two kids behind to come to the epicenter. the adjustments we had to make, we couldn't hug it out in the end, and i needed some help from billy porter. >> reporter: four weeks ago, registered nurse erin cordway hugged her kids and said good-bye to her fiance. >> i love you. >> reporter: then hopped on a plane from her hometown of fayetteville, arkansas, headed to the covid epicenter, new york city. >> please come help us in new york now. >> i remember watching on the news and seeing governor cuomo and i thought, that's me. i am equipped. i have icu and er experience. i can do this.

>> it's weird. just feels like it's not real. >> reporter: what she saw, she says, nearly broke her. >> i've never ever in my entire nursing career ever seen the things i'm seeing or been through the things i'm going through. i'm scared and i'm sad for these people, and it feels like there's nothing we can do for them. these are the sickest patients i've ever taken care of. and there's some young ones and it's so -- it's so sad. i'm so sad for them. they're so lonely. >> you actually left family. you left two kids to come here. you're putting yourself through a personal hell and making the sacrifice. help me understand your decision

a little more. >> it felt like if i didn't do it, i wasn't answering part of a calling that i didn't even know that i had. i am scared, but i try not to put my mind there because if i do that, it kind of takes me to a dark place. so i try to really stay in a positive mindset. >> reporter: for erin's unimaginable courage we wanted to do a little something to say thank you. now, my producers, they made a point to make sure they told me that you were a billy porter fan. man, that would have been cool if we could have had you in town and brought you into the studio at the time to actually meet him. wouldn't that have been great, billy that, would have been cool, wouldn't it? if we could have pulled that off. >> erin. hi. >> oh, my god.

>> how do you look so beautiful so early in the morning? you look this pretty. >> thank you. i tried to fix my hair but i didn't know you were going to be on here. oh, my god, billy, oh, my god. >> how are you, erin? >> i'm good. i mean i've been better but i'm hanging in there. >> yes. >> how are you? >> i'm good. i'm better because of people like you. i'm better knowing that we have people in this world who care about humanity. i thank you. the world thanks you. we thank you for showing up. we have to show the world how do this and that's what you're doing every day when you packed up your car and you drove to help us, to be on the front lines and sacrifice your life every single day. i'm very emotional this morning so please forgive me, but it's -- it's beyond a gift. it's beyond special. it's beyond any words that can describe how grateful we are to

you and every single first responder. we love you so much and just thank you. >> that means everything to me to just hear you say that. >> i know it's hard. >> i'm still in shock right now. you're an icon in my community. i can't help it. i'm freaking out a little bit. >> you know, there are days when i feel hopeful and there are days when i just can't even get out of bed, and today is one of the days that i was able to get out of bed because i knew i was doing this. >> oh, my god. your support makes us feel supported and therefore we feel uplifted and even more ready to serve people. >> good. good. we really want to you feel that. >> reporter: we waved good-bye to billy. everyone was still reeling. >> oh, my god. i'm still kind of freaking out. >> and i want you to know as well, robin, she goes and does a 12-hour shift at a hospital and

sees those patients, but she's been staying at a friend's apartment. her friend's out of town, and she goes home and she's by herself. that's her experience being here in new york so that's a personal hell like i spoke about but i do want to report i stayed in touch with her. was texting her and the hospital since the past two weeks is doing much, much better seeing fewer patients there and can tell going to work that things are getting better. >> oh, that is wonderful to hear and there must be something -- i know, t.j., you're a hugger. you want to get out there but to be able to find a way and this is what you'll be able to do, right, like this? >> we have to do it. we have to do it and you know every one of those segments holding somebody's hand. we're all hugging and we're all crying and i'm a people person. it's just how i am, and home girl was from fayetteville,

arkansas, where i went to school. great to talk to her. yes, robin, i could use a hug sometime, robin, i could use a hug. >> a virtual hug is coming your way. thank you, t.j. thank you so, so, so very much. that was beautiful. and billy porter coming through yet again. all right, coming up you can't go far from home. we know that but we have the books that could help you escape. yes, best-seller jennifer weiner shares her big summer read so come on back. ♪ i

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welcome back to "gma." joining us is number one "the new york times" best-selling author jennifer weiner. this morning she is bringing us some big summer reads. your summer plans might have changed. i think all of ours have but these books will take you on a dream getaway while you stay safely at home. jennifer, good morning to you. thanks for being with us. as you can see, or about to see, your first pick has transported me to the cape and the recommendation is extra special. here we are. because it's actually your newest book. you have such a passionate fan base. i know how excited they are about it coming out. tell us about "big summer." >> i am so excited to talk about "big summer" which is the story of daphne. she is a young woman living in new york city putting her life back together after she's survived this internet humiliation when her best frenemy comes back into her life and says, i'm getting married on the cape and i need you to be

there with me. it's about difficult friendships. it's about over-the-top weddings. it's about finding out who you are, and lots of yummy food and cute guys. >> it's about giving your readers a nice distraction during these times. >> yeah. i mean, i wrote this book to be fun and fizzy and frothy and all of the "f" words i can say on television, and just give my readers a delicious getaway because i knew -- i knew 2020 was going to be noisy for all kinds of reasons. i had no idea obviously, we would be reading in the middle of a pandemic, but i hope that "big summer," is going to make you feel like you've got your toes in the sand and a cold drink in your hand and a plate of oysters in front of you, and you can hear the ocean. >> i love that, and speaking of getaways i'm now going to transport to an international getaway, yes, look at me now, i'm in seoul, south korea. what makes "if i had your face" a special read? >> "if i had your face" by frances cha.

so if you think that american beauty culture is oppressive, reading about these women in korea who are getting both of their jaws broken so they can sort of achieve the face that all the women there want. it's a story about this group of friends and acquaintances who are all in one way or another struggling with beauty culture and figuring out who they are against this really, really demanding background. >> very cool. and our next pick, your next pick, takes me to one of my very favorite places in the world, the quiet hudson valley, yes, it's a great story for anyone looking for a darker story, also one of my favorite types of stories. it's called "the farm." why did you pick it? >> well, you wouldn't like the hudson valley very much if you were in this book because that is where they have put this group of very high-end gestational surrogates being paid a fortune and surveilled

every moment as they gestate babies for the rich and powerful. it's about labor, reproduction, capitalism, control, gender. it's all in there, and it's got a can't put it down, can't stop turning those pages plot. >> it's like the upside down world of the hudson valley i know. i like that. >> terrifying. terrifying. it's like canyon ranch went to the dark side. >> yikes. i'm interested. jennifer, thank you so much for all of those wonderful picks and her new book, "big summer" is out now and you can actually read an excerpt of it on goodmorningamerica.com. all right. let's head back now to ginger from the hudson valley. >> yes, amy, i see you right there. you look great with that behind you. how about we talk about our friends at national geographic. they have a special cover coming out, an issue of the magazine that you're going online today. the last voices of world war ii commemorating the end of the war 75 years ago. it features the story of the oldest living american veteran.

you can see there on the cover who is now 110 years old and also interviews good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. look at the lack of marine layer clouds. that means the warming trend is beginning today. 60, 70s and 80s from the coast to coming up our friend carla hall joining us for our ultimate cook-off. i'm sure it's going to be great. she always brings us the absolute best stuff. can't wait to see her. it's all about muffins with a twist on a classic. stic

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♪ back now on "gma." it is ultimate muffin week here and our quaran-testers are back. they've been testing these treats and sharing baking questions with us. >> those quaran-testers have been busy and joining us to answer those questions is chef carla hall with her twist on a pb & j.

her peanut butter and strawberry muffins. let's see how she made them. >> today i'm making peanut butter and strawberry muffins. >> reporter: it's a three-part recipe, starting with the crumble. >> i've got flour, brown sugar and oatmeal. i'm going to add in cinnamon and salt. >> and, of course, the peanut butter. next up, time to make the batter. >> so the butter and peanut butter are melted, and then to this i'm going to add egg. >> reporter: and add to the dry ingredients. >> make a well and then you pour in the wet ingredients. here's a third part of the muffin, and this is where we get the fruit ready. >> reporter: now chop the strawberries and add the sugar. >> going to fold in the sugar and strawberries. i don't want it to get too overmixed. now we're ready to put it in the pan. this is the fun part. you know you'll be eating in about 20 minutes. >> reporter: finally, pop them in the oven at 375.

>> look at this. oh. look at that. tasty. >> getting hungry. i've learned more about muffins in the last two days by the way than in my whole life. anyway, carla hall is joining us from her kitchen. carla, it is so great to see you as always. let's jump right to it. we've got these questions coming in from our quaran-testers and this one comes in from sonal. let's take a listen. >> hi, chef. i was wondering if you had any suggestions for getting the crumble to stay onto the muffin a little bit better while it's baking. thank you. >> oh, you're welcome, sonal. so the first thing that you want to do is with your crumble, you want to make sure that you pinch it enough so that it clumps together. when you are putting it on the muffin push it down a little bit so that it sticks. you're going to lose some but most of it will stay on the muffin. >> all right, carla, we have another question. this one is from jolene. >> these muffins are delicious.

but the recipe makes such a huge batch. do you have any ideas on how i can store them so he stay fresh -- they stay fresh longer? >> yes. i kept them for about four days, and they're even better the next day. so as soon as they cool, since you know you're not going to eat them all, put them in a zip top bag and then put them in the freezer. when you get ready to have one, just take out what you want, let it thaw and then pop it into the microwave for a couple of minutes so it won't change the temperature. -- texture. >> great advice. everybody loves pb & j and great mash-up for the muffin. what about parents and kids who have peanut allergies. is there an alternative of ingredients you can swap? >> yes, what you can use an alternative nut butter, the peanut allergy, cashew, almonds but you can also use tahini which is a sesame paste so it is completely nut-free. >> all right, carla. we have a question from jeff. let's take a listen.

>> my question is, how do you prevent the muffin liners from pulling the strawberries out of the muffin on the outside? >> oh, you had some hungry muffin liners. yeah, that's happened to me before. so all you have to do is -- i didn't use a liner at all because i just don't have any here at home so i sprayed the muffin tin, but you couldliners that makes for easy cleanup, and so your muffin will come out really easily. >> all right, sounds good. we can smell the muffins here in the studio. thank you so much, carla, as always. great to see you. we'll talk to you soon. and you can get this recipe on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. we'll be right back.

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>> announcer: tomorrow on "gma," it's brandy performing live in a morning concert for you only on "good morning america's" spring concert series sponsored by zyrtec. "good morning america" is sponsored by astrazeneca. looking forward to brandy tomorrow, but before we go today, we have some wonderful news. the "gma" family, we're growing. our janai norman and her husband charlie welcoming a precious baby girl. we wish them all the very, very best. >> yes, congratulations to janai. such a beautiful picture there

that they shared with us too, robin. so beautiful. >> i know. >> want to thank everyone for watching. what day is it, robin? >> hump day! >> she didn't hold back. thank to you the doctors, nurses, health care care professionals. >> and first responders. >> thank to you everyone keeping our supermarkets, gas stations, pharmacies running. >> thank you to all the essential workers for all that you do. >> thank you. >> 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. >> every day. >> because we will. >> get through this together. >> announcer: friday what it's take to give these three superhero moms the mother's day surprise of all surprises? we'll get their families, add chef michael symon, whisk it all

together, and -- >> wow. >> plus, billy eichner kicks off the singalong weekend friday on "gma."

now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron. governor newsom is expected to reveal more details about the second phase of the state's reopening plan. we are getting an idea what that might look like. in napa county, they have gave the green light for some stores to open friday. here is mike with our forecast. >> good morning. we will start with your activity planner which talks about strong sunshine and you may need a little more water if you are out exercising as things warm up today. it's comfortable for yard work. temperatures will range from the 60s at the coast, 70s and t70s t 80s inland. up to 30 degrees cooler by tuesday with a chance of wet weather. now it's time for "live with

kelly and ryan." in the >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, award-winning singer-songwriter, dua lipa. plus, she's on mother. she's a nurse. she's from connecticut. she is helping hero mom. and the "live's cooking in quarantine we ek." also, on a 9-year-old boy gives us our "good news story of the day." all next on "live!" ♪ and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ryan: good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, may six, 2020. also national nurses day. every day you should be, especially now being done by those health care workers and those es