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♪ halo, halo, halo ♪ halo, halo, halo hafr >> yay. >> yes. i want you to take a look at this which makes me happy as well. the blue angels with a fantastic flyover to honor health care heroes in my hometown of houston, texas. a great sight to see, george. >> it sure is, michael. welcome back. texas is one of those 39 states now easing restrictions as cases across so much of the country are still rising. the u.s. total has now passed 1.2 million with more than 73,000 deaths. and take a look at this map from fema. it tracks hot spots developing in rural america and those are causing new concern. you see so many right there. >> a lot of hot spots, george. we're going to begin our coverage with eva pilgrim outside a hospital in brooklyn, new york, this morning and she is tracking the latest. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, michael.

millions of americans anxious to get back to work, but many are feeling torn between their health and their livelihoods. this morning, with thousands of more deaths and covid infection rates rising in several states, the president reversing course just 24 hours after saying he was going to wind down the covid task force. >> we will be leaving the task force indefinitely, but i had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday when i started talking about winding it down. >> reporter: now, as 39 states are easing restrictions, striking numbers out of florida. the state health department announcing that the last week and a half has accounted for 29% of covid deaths in the state since the pandemic began with 453 deaths in the last nine days. and in texas, which is preparing to add businesses like hair salons to the open list tomorrow, more than a thousand new cases reported wednesday. dallas salon owner shelly luther

was arrested for opening early. she is currently serving seven days behind bars. >> if you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision, but i am not going to shut the salon. >> reporter: the governor now calling for her release calling the arrest excessive. but those re-opened businesses come with new rules sparking backlash. in oklahoma city police say two women opened fire on the staff of a mcdonald's in an apparent dispute over the restaurant's new dining room policy. this as we're learning more about who is still getting sick. in new york, where restrictions have not been relaxed, a survey of over 100 hospitals taken recently over three days breaks down the new covid cases. the majority, minorities over the age of 51. nonessential workers who had not been traveling, 66% brought to the hospital from home. >> much of this comes down to what you do to protect yourself.

everything is closed down. government has done everything it could. >> reporter: in massachusetts where they have also not eased restrictions, over 1,750 new cases and more than 200 fatalities announced wednesday. 38-year-old state representative liz miranda tested positive for the virus on f 15 people in her family have tested positive so far. >> i'm in my 30s. this is not a viral disease that has a look to it. it does not discriminate. no one is immune. >> reporter: in california's l.a. county which saw a 4% increase in fatalities in 24 hours, starting tomorrow retail businesses that sell toys, books and clothing will be allowed to do curbside pickup. but in montana where there have only been 16 fatalities since the pandemic started and haven't been any cases in two days, willow creek school will re-open its doors to several dozen of its 56 students and 18 staff

members today. the district superintendent says she knows the move is risky. >> we went through all the guidelines and we checked all our classrooms and measured them out, made sure we would fit and that we had the things that we needed to open and do it safely and we thought, well, there's no reason not to try. >> reporter: while numbers are trending down in cities like new york, that fema map showing hot spots in those rural communities, places where many people can't work from home. george? >> that is the difficulty. okay, eva, thanks very much. the key to keeping the country open over time is a massive increase in testing for covid and for more on that we're joined by the coo of rite aid, jim peters. mr. peters, thank you for joining us this morning. i know that rite aid is going to be announcing that you're tripling your testing capacity starting next monday. so how is it going to work exactly and how many sites will you have? >> sure, thanks so much for having me, george. i appreciate the opportunity. yes, we are tripling.

by monday we expect to have capacity to be able to deliver up to 10,000 tests per day, which is a substantial increase from where we're at today. today we have 25 sites and we will expand to about 71 sites by monday. so we think this is just the next generation of testing and our effort to really develop a model with our industry partners and the government that is actually scaleable and deployable in a much more efficient manner. >> who will be able to get the tests? how will they do it? >> that's the really nice part about this evolution of testing. at this point up until now it's been largely health care workers and frontline emergency responders. but we are now deploying this testing model to include all adults, both symptomatic and asymptomatic. so we're casting a much wider net at a point in time where we can now handle the capacity that we currently have, and the

demand that we expect to have. so it's a big advance. >> you know, president trump announced that drugstores would start using -- ramping up their testing and other stores would start ramping up their testing back in mid-march. why has it taken this long to get to this point? >> that's -- yeah, that's a question we press ourselves with every day. i think there are two great limiters. number one, originally it was supplies, right? supplies like vials and swabs, and they continue to be a challenge for us to get at the levels that we need them. i think secondly it's the science. so we hear a lot about antibody testing and i do believe that at one point antibody testing will allow us to kind of deploy this in a much more significant and scaleable way. but the science at this point is something that we have to follow, and at this point, the science has not yet arrived at a conclusion that antibody testing will create more benefit than

potential harm. sending people back to work, for example, after a positive antibody test may not be appropriate and may be dangerous if we don't have confidence that those tests are accurate and before we know whether or not those tests even if accurately positive will protect someone from future -- from the -- from getting the virus again. >> so how close are we now to that goal of anyone who wants a test can get a test? >> well, i believe we are -- look, we're not at -- we don't even see the demand at this point to fulfill the 10,000 a day capacity that we'll have monday. i do think as we expand the net to allow people who are asymptomatic to come to one of our 71 sites or those of our partners that we will see a big uptick in demand. but i think it will be -- you know, it's a crystal ball answer, george. we don't know exactly how long it's going to take before everyone who wants one will be able to get a test that is scientifically validated, reliable and a test whose results we can make good

decisions on and take actionable steps. >> before i let you go, one other subject. so many of us have been going to places like rite aid, cvs to try to get cleaning supplies for our house, and have been seeing empty shelf after empty shelf. i know there have been problems with the supply chain. when do you expect to have your stores fully stocked with all the basics? >> you know, the supply chain issue has gotten better. it's by no means solved. so, you know, we have been started -- we started off, you know, kind of mid-march being on allocation from a number of our venders, and we eased all restrictions to allow our vendors to ship products whether they have full truck loads or full loads or not. we are doing everything we can to increase capacity and our ability to access these supplies so that our customers can actually obtain them in ways that actually can have them either come into store, come in through our drive-through, order through our e-commerce site online. that's something i have seen substantial improvement on.

i think we're still far from where we want to be as a community. >> jim peters, thanks for your time this morning. george, now to the growing concern about kids and covid-19. new york state issuing an urgent warning about a mysterious condition that could be linked to the coronavirus, at least 64 children have now been infected with the rare inflammatory syndrome in new york and abc's chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton joins us now with more. dr. jen, we've been hearing that children are not as affected by covid-19 as adults. but now with these 64 children in new york state, what do we know actually about coronavirus and children? >> well, amy, from the reports in the peer review medical literature, it appears that the pediatric age group represents a really small percentage of documented and confirmed cases, meaning less than 3%. now, again, we're not exactly sure how many people have truly

been infected. so that number may be a little elusive. but for some reason that we don't totally understand, this age group, children under the age of 18, 20 years old, really spared from major symptoms of covid-19. we don't think that means they're not getting infected, but for some reason the vast majority are just not presenting with clinical illness. >> so, dr. jen, what should parents be on the lookout for with coronavirus and this mysterious illness? >> well, again, the first step in medicine, amy, is making an observation and we were tipped off to this from pediatricians in europe about one to two weeks ago. now we're starting to see some cases here in the u.s. it is important to remember that an increased risk of a rare event is still a rare event, but there are some signs and symptoms that have been associated with it. if you take a look at this list, doctors and parents are reporting that these children can have high fever.

they can have rash. they can have eye infection or pink eye. changes, swollen lymph nodes and in some cases swelling of their hands and feet. again, this is a vague and mysterious syndrome right now that is being followed closely because some of these children are becoming critically ill. >> what about treatment for this new illness? >> well, right now the treatment of these children who wind up going to the icu is just supportive. again, doctors treating the symptoms because we don't know the cause yet. >> all right, dr. jen ashton, we appreciate it. dr. ashton will be back in our next hour with much more and the new study showing how a cancer treatment could help protect men from coronavirus. amy, wturn now to how the virus has seriously impacted the country's food supplies. and the workers at those processing plants. nearly 5,000 employees testing positive for covid-19 and more than 100 plant shutdowns. marcus moore is outside a processing plant in nebraska where there's been a recent spike in cases.

good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, michael, good morning. this area has seen one of the highest rates of infection of covid-19 per capita in the country and many of those cases are linked to facilities like this one here in grand island where they have made changes to protect workers and the nation's food supply. this morning, troubling new developments in the covid-19 outbreak directly affecting the food supply chain. cases rising in nebraska where agriculture and manufacturing are top industries full of essential workers. one of the hardest hit areas, the city of grand island where the beef and pork processing giant, jbs, is the largest employer. the mayor said they tried to take proper precautions but many residents cannot work remotely. >> if people can work from home, that's great. but a lot of agricultural jobs, you have to be there to do them. it's not something, for instance, that you can pick up a laptop and go home and raise crops, raise cattle or process food. >> reporter: an outbreak linked

to jbs leading to more than 200 cases of covid-19. >> these people work in very cl possible to do a lot of social distancing. >> reporter: those workers just some of the nearly 5,000 testing positive for coronavirus around the country. causing more than 100 plants to close in at least 19 states and wreaking havoc on the meat supply. >> this week it's a little more of a challenge than it was last week, but we seem to always come up with a little bit of meat to sell. >> reporter: from butchers to national supermarkets supplies now limited and prices rising. fast struggo findreee their ceo saying in an earnings call wednesday that the shortage will last a few more weeks. but some encouraging signs this morning. tyson re-opening their largest plant in waterloo, iowa, with new precautions in place. >> with the situation going on, it's very important to spread the folks out, have that social distancing and tyson went above and beyond. >> reporter: and hard hit smithfield where more than 800 workers in one facility in south

dakota tested positive now re-opening with new safety features including barriers between stations. all of this as the need for food spikes across the u.s. new research showing 9 million children are going hungry as families run out of food and money. here in nebraska, the national guard has been working to increase the testing capacity to identify the new cases and also trace the existing ones, amy, as they work to protect the nation's food supply. >> marcus moore, thank you for that report. we appreciate it. even though baseball season has been delayed due to the pandemic, the boston red sox are still showing their support on the field. take a look at this touching tribute at an empty fenway park to celebrate national nurses day complete with a socially distant spin on the red sox logo. workers, pretty impressive, keeping the field in pristine condition and, yes, you see, giving our health care heroes a well deserved shoutout. i love that. >> separating the sox. i like that as well. we are following a lot of

other headlines this morning, including the ceo of mcdonald's exclusively joining us live. how the fast food chain is dealing with meat shortages. what they're doing to keep workers and customers safe. then speaking out this morning, the family of that 25-year-old unarmed black man fatally shot by two white men, those men still not arrested. our exclusive interview with ahmaud arbery's mother demanding justice for her son. but first let's head over to ginger with the latest on that wildfire emergency. >> reporter: right in the panhandle of florida, amy. there is more than 2,000 acres burning right now. this is in santa rosa county, florida. evacuations are in place. people are out of their homes, at least until noon today. this is called the five-mile swamp fire that started three days ago. they've been fighting it. now 20% contained but yesterday the humidity was as low as 18% and the winds gusted to nearly 40 miles per hour. so they're going to try to get that together. it will be a little better as far as weather conditions. here's where the gusty and dry

conditions are headed, to a place that are in deficits for rainfall. so if you are in ft. myers or in miami, ft. lauderdale, up to daytona beach you're all included in this red flag warning. so watch and don't burn at all. that's what they're warning for there. there is a new storm we have to tell you about. this will cause severe weather in texas which i'll tell you about later. most importantly this arctic blast, serious frigid air going to settle in, snow interiors. so this weekend, mother's day weekend, could be one of the coldest, certainly will see dozens of record lows but one of the coldest may temperatures from pittsburgh back to detroit. let's get to the spring cities sponsored by zyrtec.

good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. your accuweather highlights. warm, hot temperatures today and tomorrow. moderate risk of heat illness. we will stay in 60s and 70s. saturday more manageable weather. 70s at the coast, san francisco into richmond. 80s around the bay. 90s inland. our 50s for tonight. my seven you guys, stay right there. we'll be right back.

now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm reggie aqui. governor newsom is expected to announce guidelines for beginning phase two in reopening the state. of the nine counties in our region, only napa and solana will begin. most will not take part. >> the numbers are going up. the number of deaths are still going up. we have not lowered the curve. so we have to be mindful of that. we have to be responsible when we look at ways to bring various industries back. >> the governor says he will have -- we will have a long road to a full reopening and a full recovery. he is expected to speak at noon once again today. oakland opened a free covid-19 testing site. this is a walk-up site. it opened yesterday in the

parking lot of root's community health care. that is available monday, wednesday and friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. it's going to get hot in some

now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> waking up to 45 in napa and 67 in brentwood. most of us are hanging out in the 50s. that's going to be the key. it gets hot the next couple of afternoons. it's going to cool off nicely, up in the hills 60s and 70s. ten to 20 degrees warmer than average but not close to record highs today. a little hotter inland tomorrow. look at the rain next week. >> coming up, the ceo of mcdonald's. he will talk about the shortage of meat and what the chain is doing to keep its workers and

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joining us. i want to start out by asking about those two employees yesterday who were shot yesterday at a mcdonald's in oklahoma city by customers who were upset that the social distancing rules were in effect. so how are those employees doing and does this give you any pause in keeping your stores open? >> well, good morning, michael. thanks for having me on. the good news, i can report, is that the two employees who were involved in that incident are okay and they're going to have a full recovery. obviously it's a heinous crime, particularly because these two people were trying to really support public health. i think, you know, what you're seeing in this situation is really what you're seeing in a variety of situations across the country, which is this tension about opening and people's concern about it. but there's absolutely no excuse for violence, particularly gun violence. so i'm just happy that our people are going to be okay. >> i agree with you. we wish them a full recovery. a lot has been made about the meat supply shortage. you know, wendy's -- there were

reports that some wendy's locations have run out of burgers. do you anticipate mcdonald's having a similar issue? >> we've got an amazing group of suppliers and amazing supply chain team. for us, really what's been incredible is just through this entire pandemic, we haven't had a supply chain break anywhere in all 40,000 restaurants around the globe. that said in the u.s. and north america, you know, we're watching very closely this meat supply issue. it's particularly an issue with beef. right now we feel good about our situation, but it really is a day-to-day status and we're monitoring it, but, again, we feel pretty good about where we're at right now. >> virtually all of your restaurants in the u.s. have remained open throughout this crisis so what are you doing to protect your workers and also your customers? >> yep, so for us, keeping the crew, keeping customers safe is really the most important thing.

without that, nothing else really matters to be quite honest. and so in the case of our crew, we're doing a variety of things. we've put in place over 50 new procedures into our restaurants in the u.s. and it's everything from social distancing, how we sanitize the restaurant, protective barriers, gloves, masks, we've brought in in the u.s. alone 100 million masks for our crew. so a variety of things that we're doing there. in the case of the customers, you know, most of our business now is happening through the drive-through which kind of has a natural built-in social distancing element to it and i think for us, you know, mcdonald's has always been about hygiene. it's been about safety. it's sort of what we're built on. so we've got 65 years of experience on this. certainly we've never had a test like this one, but it's just been great to see how we're sharing learnings and best practices across the globe

because we're all going through this for the first time. >> when this is all over we're sure that fast food restaurants will look very different. your restaurant in the netherlands have made some changes. what did they do there, and what are some of the other changes that we can see? >> yeah, so what you're seeing in the netherlands and elsewhere is all of us trying to anticipate in all of our restaurants, trying to anticipate, you know, how do we ensure the customer safety, ensure the crew safety once things get back to kind of being fully open? and so part of what we were experimenting with in the netherlands, you know, is do we limit the number of people that can be in the dining room? do we create separation between tables in the dining room? if somebody is coming and having their food delivered to them in the restaurant, you know, do we have a cart that maybe they take the food off of so there's no kind of, you know, human contact? so a variety of different

things. i think the thing you're seeing in the netherlands and in restaurants around the globe, is mcdonald's really is good at innovating, and this is an innovation problem as much as a public health problem. so we're going to find solutions to this to ensure that we can both serve our customers, but also make sure we're doing it safely. >> absolutely. and mcdonald's is saying thank you to frontline workers by distributing free meals to them and that program ended yesterday. so what else are you guys doing to support our first responders? >> we had an incredible response to our thank you meal program. we ended up giving over two weeks -- the two weeks that the program ran we ended up giving away 10 million free meals to first responders. now, that will continue on a local basis in some restaurants. that will really be up to our local franchisees whether to

continue it. but i think a big thing that i hear from first responders and i get emails, you know, almost every day is about us being open and when you're a frontline worker, when you're an essential worker, you're out there just to be able to come into our restaurant, go through the drive-through, be able to get a meal on your way to or from work, i mean that's been a huge help to first responders, and we're going to continue to find ways like the thank you meal program to just step up and do a little extra thanks as well. >> gives everybody a little normalcy. chris, thank you so much for joining us. thank you for what you and mcdonald's are doing for the first responders out there. amy? >> that mcdonald's drive-through, big source of joy in my house. anything but mom's cooking. all right. coming up next we have our exclusive interview with ahmaud arbery's mother. the 25-year-old unarmed black man gunned down in the street by two white men still not arrested. the community and his family demanding answers.

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we are back now with that we are back now with that shocking killing in georgia. a video showing the fatal shooting of an unarmed young black man by a white father and son is sparking outrage. according to police, the shooters say they were searching for a burglar. no arrests have been made. the community demanding answers and amy will speak with the mother of the young man who was killed after steve osunsami brings us the latest. >> reporter: the outrage over a shooting in south georgia is pouring into the streets. [ crowd chanting ] justice this morning for

25-year-old ahmaud arbery, a young black man from brunswick, georgia, whose family says he was out for a jog when he ran up on these two men and was shot to death by one of them. neither has been charged or arrested. >> when the crime happened that day, they chose to believe the killers, and didn't do any kind of thorough investigation. they took the word of the killers as the gospel. >> reporter: this cell phone video of arbery's violent death in february has been shared around the world. authorities say the two men, a father and son, are gregory and travis mcmichael. gregory mcmichael used to work in county law enforcement. according to a police report, they believed arbery was responsible for several break-ins in the neighborhood. >> i'm out here at satilla shores. there's a black male running down the street. >> reporter: arbery's father says it feels like his son was killed because he's black. >> this got to stop somewhere. this got to stop somewhere with our kids. >> reporter: the sheriff in the county where the killing happened is asking families for

patience. >> if i were the parents of the young man, i totally would be just like his parents. i'd be wanting answers. the justice system moves slow, but it gets the job done. >> reporter: the world is watching. on twitter both everyday people and famous faces from lebron james, are you kidding me, and anthony anderson on instagram saying, let us not allow distractions to keep us from paying attention. it's important to explain that the father in the video with the gun, who is not in jail this morning, is a former investigator for county prosecutors and a former police officer. because of this two prosecutors have had to remove themselves from this investigation and this is a reason why some feel there is no justice to be had in this case. amy? >> steve osunsami, thank you. we're joined now by ahmaud arbery's mother, wanda cooper-jones along with her attorney lee merritt.

thank you both for being with us. wan wanda, our hearts and our prayers are going out to you and your family. how are you holding up? >> i'm managing. it's really hard. there's nothing i can say. it's really been hard. >> that's so beyond understandable. the video is so disturbing. as a mother, i cannot imagine knowing that that was out there. have you been able to bring yourself to watch it? >> no, i haven't. i don't think i'll ever be in a mental state where i can actually watch the video. i had others that watched it, shared what they saw and that just was enough. >> i want to bring lee into this because no arrests have been made. that's certainly something we have been covering. you're calling for arrests immediately. but prosecutors have said that they first have to convene a grand jury, and because of covid-19, they say that cannot

happen until june. what's your response to that? >> prosecutors will need a grand jury in order to formally indict these men, but that has nothing to do with actually going out and arresting the men seen on the camera murdering a 25-year-old unarmed black man. the prosecutors actually have the option, if they so chose to, to directly indict and skip the entire grand jury process. it's something that happens all the time in our legal system and this would certainly be an appropriate moment as well. >> the district attorney who eventually recused himself from the case outlines why he says no arrests were made in the case so far. he argues that under georgia law, the shooters were acting legally. what do you say to that, lee? >> i think that mr. barnhill, which is the district attorney who penned that letter, ought to be brought up before ethics charges before the georgia state bar.

i say that because he failed to disclose the fact that his family had close ties to the suspects in this case. he put together an opinion about whether or not this was legal knowing that he was biased by that opinion. knowing that by putting that opinion out there he would taint the prosecutorial pool, that he would taint any potential jury pools, and that his words would matter. it matters that his words don't, in fact, line up with the law in any important respect. >> wanda, why do you think -- what's your theory why no arrests have been made so far given that this video has been out there, and people have seen what actually happened on that georgia street? >> i think that no arrests have been made because basically they -- because of the title that he carried of the retired police officer. i think that they don't feel like he was wrong because he was one of them. >> and, wanda, i know that it's important to you and it's

important to know more about the story, to know about your son, who he was, what kind of man he was. and i know his birthday is this friday, may 8th. he would be 26 years old. tell us about ahmaud. >> ahmaud was -- ahmaud carried the most humblest spirit. ahmaud was kind. ahmaud was -- he was well mannered. ahmaud, most of all, was loved by his family and peers. i mean, ahmaud didn't deserve to go the way that he went. >> our thoughts are with you and your family. wanda cooper-jones, lee merritt, thank you both for your time today. we certainly appreciate it. wishing you the best. >> thank you. >> it is just so heartbreaking. >> yeah. >> we'll be right back.

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i'm reggie aqui. stanford health care workers plan to hit the picket it's shameful to cut pay for health workers after they put their life on the line. the economic impact is unprecedented and the cuts were a necessary decision. now we turn to mike nicco. it's going to get warm today. >> it is. now in the next couple of hours, ideal time for outdoor activities. otherwise, caution. find shade. drink plenty of water. wear sunscreen. reapply it if you sweat a lot. you will in many inland areas where we see 90s. 80s around the bay and 78 in san francisco. even hotter away from the coast tomorrow. coolest next week. the chances of rain are looking better for monday and tuesday. >> mike, if there's one thing our team can do, it's find the shade. >> coming up, how to pre pre pre

good morning, america. it's 8 trp w sa he's keeping the coronavirus task force. >> i had no idea how popular the task force is. >> as 39 states roll back restrictions even as infection rates are still rising across much of the country. the new questions about testing. a top executive from rite aid tells us how the drugstore is ramping up. big questions about the food supply and the nationwide meat shortage. what the ceo of mcdonald's told "gma" this morning. two big health headlines. more on kids, covid and that dangerous condition that could be linked to the virus. the urgent warning out now from new york's governor oz kids are sick and the new study showing a prostate cancer treatment that could help pretext men from coronavirus. dr. ashton is here with the latest. your marriage and money. how to make ends meet in the pandemic economy. managing your finances and your stress. expert advice on spending,

saving andafloat. ♪ good morning, sunshine meet sam, the 17-year-old survivor who used his wish from make-a-wish to thank the nurse and medical team who helped him through treatment. how he's helping them get through the pandemic. it's a great good morning, sunshine, as we say good morning, america. ♪ come true with you good morning, america. glad you're with us on this thursday morning and we are looking forward to see what our friend chef michael symon is cooking up already busy in the kitchen. >> that's right. he is taking on our ultimate muffin week. michael, you have been missing out on this. so now you get to join in now and see what michael symon's new twist is. we'll have some amazing small business "deals & steals" as well. great products with savings that will put a spring in your step so a lot to get to, george. >> we sure do, they have been helping out so many small businesses all across the country. first, we want to get the

latest developments on this coronavirus emergency. the number of cases in the u.s. has now passed 1.2 million. at least 39 states are easing reinstructior restrictions right now. states trying to get back to business with all eyes on those new unemployment numbers due out this morning. want to go back to eva pilgrim tracking the latest outside a hospital in brooklyn, good morning, eva. >> reporter: more than million people applied for unemployment. now more than 33 million people are out of work. they all now worry what they will go back to. this morning, with thousands of more deaths and covid infection rates rising in several states, the president reversing course just 24 hours after saying he was going to wind down the covid task force. >> we will be leaving the task force indefinitely but i had no idea how popular the task force is. until actually yesterday when i started talking about winding it down. >> reporter: now as 39 states

are easing restrictions, striking numbers out of florida. the state health department announcing that the last week and a half has accounted for 29% of covid deaths in the state since the pandemic began with 453 deaths in the last nine days and in texas, which is preparing to add businesses like hair salons to the open list tomorrow, more than a thousand new cases reported wednesday. earlier this morning george spoke with jim peters, the coo of rite aid about the company's push to increase testing. >> i know rite aid will announce you're tripling testing capacity starting next monday so how is it going to work exactly, and how many sites will have? >> we're tripling. by monday we expect to have capacity to be able to deliver up to 10,000 tests per day, which is a substantial increase from where we're at today. today we have 25 sites and we will expand to about 71 sites by monday, so we think this is just the next iteration of testing.

>> reporter: while numbers are trending down in cities like new york, we are seeing hot spots in rural communities, places where many people can't work from home. amy? >> eva pilgrim, thank you. we turn to how the virus is seriously impacting the country's food supply and the workers at those processing plants, marcus moore has the latest on that. >> reporter: this morning, troubling new developments in the covid-19 outbreak directly affected the food supply chain. cases rising in nebraska where agriculture and manufacturing are top industries full of essential workers. those workers just some of the nearly 5,000 testing positive for coronavirus around the country causing more than 100 plants to close in at least 19 states and wreaking havoc on the meat supply. from butchers to national supermarket, supplies now limited and prices rising. fast food chain wendy's struggling to find fresh beef. their ceo saying this an earnings call the shortage will last a few more weeks. michael spoke to the ceo of

mcdonald's earlier about how supply issues might affect the food supply chain. >> we're watching closely this meat supply issue. it's particularly an issue with beef. right now we feel good about our situation but it really is a day-to-day status and we're monitoring it, but again, we feel pretty good about where we're at right now. >> reporter: and the people who run the facilities like this one here in grand island, nebraska, have made a number of changes including social distancing rules to protect the essential workers as they supply this nation with food. michael? >> thank you so much, marcus. now to our "gma" cover story. the latest developments in the battle against the coronavirus. from that warning about kids and covid-19, to a cancer treatment that could make a difference, abc's chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton is back with more, and doc, 64 children have -- could be suffering from a rare condition related to covid-19. it's been an urgent warning but what do parents -- what do you

know about this and what are the symptoms the parents should look out for? >> well, michael, according to reports by the country's top pediatricians, more questions than answers at this point. this looks like a general inflammatory response that is similar in terms of signs and symptoms to something called kawasaki disease which typically occurs in younger children being seen in older children and teens. it is very important because they can present similarly to actually test these kids for covid-19, but signs and symptoms, again, very similar to kawasaki disease. fever, rash, eye irritation, some swelling of the lymph nodes, swelling of the hands and feet and in some cases these children have low blood pressure and a shock-like picture. >> scared to even think about that. there's also new study showing a prostate cancer treatment that may have a huge impact on the coronavirus infection rates. what do we know about that? >> yeah. very interesting.

this was just reported in the annals of oncology based on association at this point. no cause and effect but we've seen that men have higher death rate of covid-19 compared to women. we don't know why. one observation and association seems to be this receptor that's present in about 50% of cases of prostate cancer that helps the virus enter cells. so in men with prostate cancer that are having treatment, it blocks that entry. they're seeing less covid disease and less severe covid disease. so right now, still in the observation stage. >> always thank you for the news you give us every single morning. thank you so much. amy. we've got good news for supreme t stice ruth b ginsburg. the justice was discharged from the hospital after just one day after receiving treatment for a gallbladder infection. the 87-year-old cancer survivor, i love this, still participated during the court's arguments by telephone even while she was in the hospital. >> can't hold her back. >> rbg is just unstoppable.

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michael will be back tomorrow because he's cooking up a mother's day surprise for three special moms, and we have a special mom to both humans and animals. lara spencer. >> my husband now calls me dr. doolittle. i'll accept that. good morning, you guys. good to see you, michael. welcome back. lots going on in "pop news," so let's get right to it. we have an exclusive from our friend pitbull. you remember mr. 305 was on "gma" just a few weeks ago talking about the song that he wrote to thank first responders in the pandemic called "i believe that we will win." well, he also invited fans to send in videos of themselves singing and dancing to the song to make a very personal video, and guys, it's done. pitbull has given "gma" the first look. here is the world premiere of "i believe that we will win." ♪ i believe that we will win i believe that we will win ♪ ♪ i believe that we will win ♪ i believe that we will win ♪ i believe that we will win ♪ i believe that we will win

♪ it's not how you fall it's how you get back up and what don't kill us make us stronger boy ♪ ♪ take a swing at us you better hit hard ♪ ♪ 'cause when we swing back it's like oh god ♪ ♪ it's time to fight hard >> you might have spotted the health care workers from southern ocean medical center in the video. we had them on "gma" talking about what it meant to be included in pitbull's is so great putting his money where his mouth is donating a portion of all proceeds from the song and video to charities including feeding america. and also this morning, with mother's day just around the corner this coming sunday, we have a fun tradition to share from our friend jimmy kimmel. it is final for his annual "mom texts: celebrity edition." he's giving us a peek at a couple of them. first here's oscar winner renee zellweger and "mad

january jones sharing their. >> we got our shingles vaccine this morning. sweet dreams, my love. love you so very much. i love you so very much too, mom. >> were you ever contacted to be in the south dakota anti-meth campaign? their slogan is controversial. just curious. no, i wasn't. sadly. >> i think we can all relate. moms say the darnedest things and you can catch more on "jimmy kimmel live" from his home 11:35 eastern right here on abc. and you guys know how much i love my rescue, riva, but she's not the only dog we celebrate here on "good morning america." we want you to meet barly and bd buddy. known as the brew dogs and deliver beer and big smiles. they're fixtures at the six harbors brewing company in huntington. since the pandemic closed their bar they have a new role in the family business, now delivery dogs. look at them. they go with their humans to

drop off orders for beer and leave customers thirsty for more of that cuteness. to be clear, those cans are empty. they're just around their neck to look like buddy and barley are really delivering them. there you see them swinging and people are just so happy to get those deliveries, quenching our thirst for big smiles. thank you for sharing that to that brewery on long island. we're glad you're doing okay and i just wanted to say, riva, i have an idea for you. >> well, we noticed that bought -- bottle is empty too. i wonder where the contents went, lara. >> well, i just wanted -- it's lighter. it's lighter, so it's really a community service for riva. >> riva is at it again. >> bye, you guy. >> great job, la. morning all eyes on the those new unemployment numbers due out later today. millions of americans facing tough choices on how to make ends meet.se "ney smart"

starting with a california couple feeling the strain so we got them some expert advice. rebecca jarvis has their story. >> reporter: this morning, the diaz family of chatworth, california, is struggling to make smart financial decisions. mandy, a former teacher now at home with two young children. >> being home with kids 24/7 is a blessing and also a super challenge. >> reporter: her husband james previously busy with his own video company covering live events. then the pandemic hit. >> the worry is how do i feed my family and get back to work if i can't get back to work? >> one day his business was thriving and the next it was at zero. >> reporter: james is self-employed so he isn't eligible for unemployment. he says he's applied for a small business loan, but hasn't heard back. >> thankfully we did have some money in savings, but that only goes so far. >> reporter: the family under stress to move elsewhere to save on living expenses. >> it really just sets our minds running and we wake up in the

middle of the night. >> i feel like sometimes we are living the worst case scenario. >> reporter: financial, expert rachel cruze says don't make decisions out of fear. >> when you make digs on fear alone, you're adding in the emotion and make some really bad decisions. so what you have to focus on is facts. >> reporter: she advises communication with each other is key. >> give each other grace that you guys are in this together as a team. >> reporter: she told the diaz family, combine all checking accounts so everyone knows where the money is going. they've done a good job cutting down on unnecessary subscriptions and services, and rachel suggests thinking long-term for major decisions. >> one of the things we've looked at is moving about four hours away to a much cheaper area where we have family in the area. >> if there's any way you can find maybe even a smaller apartment in the area, something where rent is a little cheaper and affordable you could definitely go that route or if you do want to say, hey, we'll uproot our family and say what's best for our budget? what's best for our family long term.

>> reporter: cruze says now is the time to get a temporary job in areas like grocery delivery or virtual tutoring. >> hopefully you can go back to the job you had or something similar after the pandemic is over. >> reporter: as for sleepless nights. >> you can get through this and on the other side you'll look back and say, wow, we are so much stronger as a team. if we can get through a pandemic and job loss together, we can do so, so much. >> rebecca is joining us this morning. good morning, rebecca. we see the diaz family. they're going through what a lot of americans are going through right now, looking for advice on what to do about their finances, and the big question is, should someone take money out of their 401(k)? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, michael. these are excruciatingly difficult decisions to be made but dipping into your 401(k) early is your absolute last resort. and let me explain why. the c.a.r.e.s. act now allows people to do this before they're 59 1/2 without paying the 10% penalty, but you still have to pay taxes on whatever you

withdraw, and the important thing to remember here is when you make a withdrawal from that 401(k), you have to pay taxes on the amount so you're still going to owe money on what you take out. in addition to that, because the market has sold off, you would be selling on the lows, you're not going to make any kind of upside as a result of withdrawing that money. and the most important key here is that you're stealing from your future. think about it like this, if you take $10,000 out of your 401(k) today, you are taking out what could become about $60,000 if you let it ride out this storm and let it go for the course of 30 years. now, the other thing you can think about, if you are struggling right now is obviously renegotiating those bills with banks, a number of them are willing to do forbearance at this time and then finally, michael, this is an emergency, and if you have emergency savings, now is the time to think about tapping into that. michael? >> thank you so much, rebecca. it's a big loss digging into

your 401(k) at this time right now. thank you so much. we'll go to ginger. hey, ginger. michael, i hope you're ready for a smile because i don't know about you but i have never met a singing donkey. listen. ♪ >> i feel like -- is that an audition for pet of the week? that is milo, the donkey who is 9 years old living in michigan. melissa, we are so grateful you sent us that. finley is the young woman playing the harmonica. the dog is george and the dog is obviously wanting to harmonize. so it just gave us a smile. hope it did for you too. please go to my fac good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. your accuweather highlights. warm, hot temperatures today and tomorrow. moderate risk of heat illness.

we will stay in 60s and 70s. saturday more manageable weather. 70s at the coast, san francisco into richmond. 80s around the bay. 90s inland. our 50s for tonight. my sevenenenenenenenenenenenenen ♪ something big i feel it happening ♪ now to our small business "deals & steals." you, the "gma" viewers, are stepping up to keep them all afloat and this week we have featured out the dough, a cookie dough business based in california. now just listen to how your purchases made such a big difference. >> hi, "gma" viewers. because of your support i went from four hours per week back to full time. i'm thrilled to be back working with my awesome team. thank you. and mo small businesses ar across the country need a boost as well, tory johnson joining us with deals perfect for springtime. >> perfect for spring. six small businesses, let's

start with michel design works in new york that draws its inspiration from the beauty of nature. so all of their products you'll see are inspired by beautiful things that we would see outside. we have accent trays, bowls, aprons, gloves, mitts, a big assortment plus really beautiful fragrant hand lotions and foaming hand soap. everything from this company is exquisite and it's all 50% off which means the deal prices are $5 to $16.le this is an adorable company in mississippi. they make personalized pillows. get a one of a kind accent piece specifically for your home. so many options to choose from with personalization or without. they're all machine washable. everyone loves a little customization at home and you'll love it at this price because instead of $40 to $50 they are slashed more than half, $20 apiece for your choice of designs. then we go to lollia.

this is a phenomenal company that you guys know in denver, colorado, beloved by oprah but also beloved by "gma" viewers. so many beautiful things in giving you the opportunity to bring a spa home. one of my favorite collections that we're futuring today is called always in rose. it is magnificent. so whether you choose bubble bath, body lotions, their body oils which happen to be phenomenal, you will have a winner and everything is also slashed in half so these prices start at $4. now we'll go to oka-b. shoes designed by women in buford, georgia, all of them have their signature contoured footbed so not only cute and stylish but happen to be comfortable. we've got a variety of fashionable styles all with different types of floral accents, so florals are very in in fashion and the price is just right. ngfavorite.% off and so they aro

it's a small business that is based in baltimore, and they have a brand-new collection that they are debuting right here. typically they would be debuting this in their big retail partners but instead because they're closed they are working directly with us and it is a birth flower collection. so you can choose flower pendants that correspond with your birth month or the birth month of somebody you love that you want to celebrate. we have also necklaces, earrings and rings. all straight from the runway, but not at runway prices. all of these are slashed up to 78%, and so the prices from sterling forever are $10 to $30. then, finally, a sweet company making its "gma" "deals" debut called jilzarah. a great company that makes key chains. the beads are all hand made by a polymer clay and exquisite little designs, details so you jup it on your w hand good to go and you have not

only a beautiful bracelet but you have your keys right there with you. these are normally $24. today they are slashed in half so they are $12, and just remember all of these are small businesses. their retail partners are closed so they are working with us to bring you great deals. so good savings for you, jobs for them. >> that's amazing. we love that partnership. we have partnered with these companies on these great deals. you can get them on our website, coming up, you ready for some muffins? >> i'm ready. >> michael symon will join us live. stay with us. now your health, your

safety, this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron. some california beauty salons and barber shops plan to sue the governor so they can open up. they say they are small businesses that hire contractors. so they are not eligible for the paycheck protection program. the governor said late last month it could be months before places like hair salons can open back up. meteorologist mike

now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> temperatures just jumped ten degrees in the last hour. that give u.s an indication how warm we will get. temperatures, 50s and 60s. some 70s in the east bay. everything is good for your commute until this afternoon and evening when you have to beat the heat. hopefully, air conditioning is working in whatever mode of transportation you are using. hotter tomorrow inland. a little relief at the coast. that spreads through the rest of our neighborhoods by mom's day. the chances of wet weather looking better monday and tuesday. kumasi? >> thanks. another abc7 news update in 30 minutes. find us on our app and abc7news.c abc7news.com. the news continues right now with "good morning america."

♪ ♪ don't show up welcome back to "gma." it is day three of ultimate muffin week here. it's a big week here at "gma" and our quaran-testers are back and they have been testing these treats and sharing their baking questions with us. >> joining us to answer those questions is "gma" resident chef michael symon with his ham and cheese muffins. let's see how he made them. let's take a look. >> hey, everybody, today we are making ham and cheese frittata muffins. we'll brush them with a little fat and then in the base of them i'm going to put a mixture of chopped ham and onion. i'm just going to put this in the oven as i whisk up my eggs and it's going to allow the ham to get a little crispy. >> reporter: after the prepping is done, we move onto our egg mixture. >> we have a cup of cream. into that i'm going to crack eight whole eggs. then we'll whisk this together and the thing that i love about

this is the really easy to make recipe. >> reporter: add salt and pepper and you can throw in any other spices you like. >> you can put hot sauce in here if you like hot sauce. >> reporter: fill the muffin pan, topping it off with cheddar. >> this goes back into our 350-degree oven. >> reporter: 30 minutes later, voila. >> little egg frittata muffins. nice and fluffy in the center. crunchy on the top. really hot but really good. >> all right, he's already made us hungry. michael symon joins us now. as they say, michael, bakers gonna bake, baby. >> so this could be supporting my quarterback or it could talk about my baking skills. >> baker mayfield. >> i did like your voiceover chef boyardee. >> i'm trying to channel you. our first quaran-tester. a question from jeff.

>> how do you prevent the ham and scallions from all resting at the bottom? >> good question. >> well, jeff that, naturally kind of just happens with any frittata so this is based on a frittata in a muffin but if -- to make it happen less when you put them in the tin you could just stir it a little with a fork and kind of bring everything up and go right in the oven with them should help a little. >> we have our next quaran-testers. this is from abby and sadie. take a look. >> hi, michael. we have a question for you. what is the best way to get the muffins out of the pan? >> as you can see, they're stuck to the pan, and some broke apart while we were trying to put them on plates. >> all right, first of all you guys are adoral and i love you are making the fritata muffins. to help make sure the tin is oiled very well before you put the egg mixture in and then if you let them cool for a minute, these came out of the oven about a minute ago, and they'll just naturally pop right out.

so give yourself a second after they come out. let them cool a touch, and then you can take them right out. >> as always you make it look easy. we have time for one more. here's one from patricia. >> the ham and cheese frittata muffins were awesome. they are a little heavy between the butter and the heavy cream and all the eggs, so my question is is there a healthier alternative we could use and is there possibly a way that we could use egg whites instead? >> well, patricia, i mean you may not know from my girlish figure, but in -- i, you know, in quarantine, i like a little bit of fat. i would leave the whole eggs in. you could go with milk, but also you could add a bunch of veggies to the mixture as opposed to the ham. that's the beauty about the frittatas, whatever have you in your fridge you could put in the mixture so you could put veggies. you could do with egg whites. they'll work but they won't be quite as delicious. >> michael, thank you. these are popular muffins because the whole crew is waiting till this segment is over so they can raid the table

and eat what's in front of us. we appreciate you answering the questions and you just are rubbing it in by putting that on top. you can see michael's recipe on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. >> yum, yum. tune in tomorrow. michael is cooking again. he's going to cook up a mother's day breakfast in bed surprise for three special moms. we're told it's our biggest one ever. coming up, "the rookie" star, nathan fillion.

♪ good ♪ good morning, good morning welcome back to "gma" and good morning, sunshine. we are shining a light on some amazing people that are making the world a brighter place. this morning, we'll meet one teenager using his make-a-wish moment to help health care workers fight covid-19. steve osunsami has the story. >> reporter: he's the 17-year-old cancer survivor who is now rallyingstate to help e pr helped him. >> hi. >> how are you? >> i'm good. >> reporter: this morning, he's saying -- >> good morning, sunshine. ♪ >> reporter: just over a year ago a skiing accident sent 17-year-old sam neale to an albuquerque, new mexico hospital. >> when they did the x-ray, they

realized something didn't look right about my bones, and that's when they realized that it was some type of cancer. >> reporter: the cancer had spread to his lungs and could have killed him. he says nurse shawna sanchez and the team at presbyterian hospital kept his spirits up during treatments. >> she made me feel welcome especially when it got hard and i was not feeling good. >> reporter: as a teen with cancer, he was granted a wish by his local make-a-wish chapter. anything he wanted in the world and now that he's in remission, he's decided to use that wish to give back. >> thank you. rorter: asking voluntrsto helpd with donated hand sanitizer, rubber gloves and these other protective items and not just for the health care workers who helped him, but for others fighting the battle against covid-19. >> these kits were designed to help nurses and doctors come back from work when they have germs on them so they don't spread it to their family. >> reporter: they gave more than 100 kits to area hospitals and one special delivery for nurse shawna. >> i don't know if you remember

my name but -- >> sam. i remember your name. >> well, for my make-a-wish i did these kits to help health care workers. >> you're the best. can i high -- >> virtual hug. thank you for all you've done for me and everyone else. >> thank you. you're amazing for actually giving away a great opportunity to go on a wonderful trip or do something fabulous and so thank you very much. >> reporter: to this selfless young man who beat cancer and is helping those who help, you're our good morning, sunshine. for "good morning america," steve osunsami, abc news. >> brings a tear to your eye. >> i'm crying. wow. >> steve said selfless. >> so beautiful. >> well done, sam. lara, you have a story about someone else giving back.

pharrell has done his part to help his hometown. he is teaming up with celebrity chef jose andres to distribute thousands of meals to local restaurants to people there, and oh, by the way, also helping the class of 2020. ♪ ♪ can't nothing bring me down >> reporter: this morning grammy-winning artist pharrell williams is postponing the community centered music festival in the water on the yo.es of virginia beach. >> reporter: the festival's goal was to unite the community and celebrate diversity with help from stars like jay-z, missy elliott and smonoop dogg, but t star is finding a way to raise awareness and give back, partnering with jose andres, and his nonprofit world central kitchen. >> what we are trying to do is diversify the possibilities of people having access to food.

putting restaurants back to work, doing what they do best which is feeding people. >> reporter: working with local businesses impacted by the crisis they are distributing meals to thousands of people in 22 locations and counting with 100% of all donations going directly toward food and restaurant workers. >> and not only cook but like serve food with love and intention to like help us save ourselves. >> reporter: pharrell joining a star-studded lineup druing president barack obama and ncludi president barack obama and lebron james to honor the 3 million high schoolers who won't get a traditional graduation this year. >> graduation is super important and all these kids that really worked hard, they deserve that acknowledgement so we're just trying to do it the best way we can. we all want to win. we're going to do it, man. it's going to be tough. but we're going to do it. >> oh, amazing, pharrell, thank you for all you do. right now let's head to ginger. >> thanks, lara, let's look at this because this is not just i

thought that was fascinating. brings us to our pollen report sponsored by zyrtec. check out the numbers. red which stanh ds for higgoes all the way from the pacific northwest that includes medford, eugene down through los angeles all the way through oklahoma into missouri and, yes, right up to new jersey and new york. so everybody suffering a bit. i know grass, tree, everything is up and this is the heart of it. good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. warm to hot everywhere this afternoon under a mostly sun skyey. those cooling sea breezes, non-existent. againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn well now to the star and executive producer of "the rookie," nathan fillion went one-on-one with our will reeve to talk about everything from

the hit show to quarantine life and his unlikely friendship with pete davidson. will joins us with more on that. good morning, will. >> reporter: amy, good morning. nathan fillion is a veteran of the business. he says at this point he's just chasing the best stories and looking to work with interesting people and he's having a whole lot of fun on his hit show. >> is there anything you'd like to tell me about what's over your shoulder on the wall? >> it's actually an ancestor of mine, nathaniel fillion ii and he's a french guy. they credited him with inventing shelves in 1812. >> reporter: the man on the couch is nathan fillion, star of abc's hit cop comedy "the rookie" playing john nolan, the 45-year-old new guy at the lapd. >> i thought you were a rookie. >> i am a rookie. john nolan. >> how is quarantine going for you? i was looking through your instagram and had you a nice trip to the store and the gym. >> this place is such a -- >> nothing like getting locked

up in your house to have the creative juices flowing to keep yourself entertained. >> wants us to increase our social media presence within the community. >> we're cops. not influencers. >> reporter: it wraps its second season next week ending with a giant cliff hanger. >> don't tell anyone else about this. if it gets out it will ruin armstrong's life. and your career. >> if i'm right? >> then it will tear the department apart. >> what is your favorite part of going to your job every day? >> i absolutely love "the rookie." we are having a loun say action. >> action. >> i feel attacked. >> i get a charge out of excellent storytelling and this show i'm working on right now gives me a real charge. >> fresh breath. pepper spray. >> reporter: the show cementing a friendship between fillion and pete davidson of "snl." >> please state your name. >> pete davidson.

>> he came over to "the rookie" and did an episode and played my half brother. >> how many cops have you punched? >> like today or like ever? i'm kidding. >> what sort of advice might you have to people like pete davidson? >> have a thick skin. it doesn't matter what other people think, number two, be kind to everyone on your way up. they're the same people you will meet on your way back down. >> reporter: you may have noticed his hair looking nice and tidy. the man told us he's given himself four haircuts during this stay-at-home time, but he wouldn't let us see the back of his head, so who knows what's going on there? if you want to see the series season finale of "the rookie," that airs on sunday night, 10:00, 9:00 central on abc. part two of that finale. should be a good time. >> all right, can't wait for that. will, thanks so much. coming up next on "gma," brandy joining us live and she has a very special performance for us with chance the rapper. ♪ "gma's" pollen report is sponsored by the makers of

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♪ back now on "gma," and our next winning singer, songwriter and eight years after her last album dropped she is back with new music. >> that's very exciting. she'll perform her brand-new single. you're hearing it now, "baby mama" featuring chance the rapper off her upcoming album but we're happy to have brandy joining us from her home. brandy, thanks for being with us. >> hi. >> mother's day, just three days away. we know you're a mother yourself and your song, "baby mama," out. very appropriately timed there. what is your message to all the mothers out there? >> i want to just encourage all mothers to stay strong, stay

resilient and know that you are superheroes and we're all depending on mothers to do everything that we need them to do and love us all so happy mother's day, everybody. >> we agree with everything you said 100% and so how are you going to celebrate mother's day? >> i think i'm going to just cook and just spend some time with my mom and my daughter and, you know, we're all together quarantined so we're looking forward to that day, you know so we can love on each other some more. >> how has quarantine life been treating you, brandy? >> it's definitely an adjustment but we're dealing with it and staying safe and praying everybody is adjusting as well. >> this music will help us all adjust. we are going to reveal now the cover of your upcoming new album for the very first time, the album is called "be 7." we're excited to hear some music now. performing "baby er dy fea chancehe pper yeah, yea yeah ♪ ♪ only kind of first real love my baby got them dreams ♪

♪ she can tell just in a voice from above ♪ ♪ she's a pearl in the rough it takes a village to raise 'em ♪ ♪ we don't do it all by ourselves i know my smile can be upstaging ♪ ♪ on the stage i provide like a daddy and a mother, mother, i give my life ♪ ♪ put that on my life i put that on everything ♪ ♪ i be up in my comments and i stroll through ♪ ♪ popular opinion you can't do it quite like i can do it ♪'mhe all right, be all right ♪ ♪ baby mama, baby mama, i ain't with that drama, not that baby mama ♪ ♪ ain't depending on you or my baby mama, baby mama, baby mama, oh, oh ♪ ♪ the world looking at me single mama, this song ain't just for me, it's for every mama, yeah ♪ ♪ every day i pray, this for my little mama, i'm every woman and a baby mama ♪ ♪ only hit me when you need

something pretending like you need somebody ♪ ♪ i guess you didn't see, oh, imagine me somebody chance the rapper ♪ ♪ you're not the only one that can take out the trash ♪ ♪ that can make the cash, hmm, ah ♪ ♪ that can make her laugh ♪ gotta face the facts on some baby with a little bit of baby phat, look, uh ♪ ♪ i know it's hard when your baby mama don't want you ♪ ♪ especially if she don't need you ♪ ♪ especially if she used to feed you ♪ ♪ especially if you used to cheat too ♪ ♪ baby mama ♪ baby mama, baby mama, oh, oh ♪ i ain't with the drama, not that baby mama ♪ ♪ ain't depending on that baby mama ♪ ♪ i got my own baby mama

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well, add michael symon and whisk it all together and get -- >> oh, wow. >> announcer: plus, billy eichner kicks off the singalong weekend tomorrow. >> big thank to you brandy for >> big thank to you brandy for that great performance and want to thank you guys for watching? >> that's right. be sure to tune in to our special coverage, "pandemic: what you need to know." have a great day. thank you to the doctors, nurses, health care professionals. >> and first responders. >> thank you to everyone keeping our supermarkets, pharmacies and gas stations runing. >> thank you te ntial 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: monday on "gma" kick your week off just right with luke combs. ♪ six feet apart >> announcer: performing live from home. just for you.

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a study from vanderbilt university predicts bay area traffic will be worse than what it was before the pandemic when the shelter in place orders get lifted. drivers should expect to add 42 minutes to their commute. the study says fewer people will take public transit when they go back to work. here is mike with our forecast. >> that's a hard no. here is what's going on with our activity planner. caution. get outside now if you want to do outdoor activities before the sun gets too strong and the heat too oppressive. find shade, drink fluids before you are thirsty today. 78 in san francisco. to 94 in fairfield today. even hotter inland tomorrow. check out the chance of rain monday and tuesday. have a good one. >> thanks, mike. it's time for "live with kelly and ryan." we will be back at 11:00. join us then. in the meantime, check us out on our app

>> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" said i, super couple mila kunis and ashton kutcher. and of the "good news story of the day." plus actor, actress, and a host, hilarie burton morgan. and she has a plan for the 2020 graduating class. pizza fun from your very own kitchen. all next on "live!" ♪ and now, here are kelly ripa and ryancrt!>>elly: good morning there, ryan. it is may 7, 2020. the day still matter. >> ryan: you look great. you have changed your hair. u