happy birthday. right now on "america this morning," three more months? officials in los angeles consider extending their stay-at-home order until august. as we get a new prediction on the coronavirus death toll this summer. one university system canceling in-person classes for next fall. the message from america's top expert. what dr. anthony fauci is saying about schools and the mystery illness affecting children. also this morning, president trump's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner one-on-one. what he said when asked if the presidential election could be delayed. pay more at the supermarket. the biggest price increase int. a broadway star from a coma while fighting coronavirus. his wife describes the moments after he woke up. the restaurants of the future post-covid-19.

will your "the favourite" look like this? on the run how hundreds of goats were able to escape taking off through a major city. good wednesday morning, everyone. there is a new prediction about the coronavirus and how it could spread by this sumer. >> a coronavirus model used by the white house is now projecting 147,000 deaths in the u.s. by august. that projection has increased in the last few days as more of the country re-opens. >> but other areas say they're not rushing. authorities in los angeles county say it could be another three months before their stay-at-home order is lifted. >> here in new york all broadway shows are now canceled through labor day. a huge economic blow to the city. >> meanwhile, that mystery illness affecting children has now spread to at least 13 states. dr. anthony fauci says while rare, the illness demands attention because so much remains unknown. >> we have much more on all of

this beginning with abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, people hoping orders to be lifted could have a long way in southern california. >> we know with all certainty we would be extending orders for the next three months. >> reporter: los angeles county now likely extending their safer at home order until august. >> it means this is just as dangerous a virus today as it was when it arrived. >> reporter: health officials saying unless there is a dramatic change there is no way all restrictions could be lifted in the coming months. >> we're still going to be living under health orders all of us in america for many, many months. that doesn't mean it stays in place exactly the way it is today. >> reporter: cal state, the largest four-year public university in the country, announces it will close campuses through the fall keeping classes online and keeping nearly 500,000 college students home for another semester. meanwhile, re-opening plans are raising new concerns. >> oh, my god. >> coronavirus.

>> reporter: in arizona, police responding to this busy restaurant. people inside and out celebrating arizona state university's graduation. police later saying the customers in the restaurant were compliant. but the crowds highlighting a concern about the easing of restrictions. a new coronavirus model predicts a jump in the virus death toll as stay-at-home orders are lifted. the university of washington saying deaths in the u.s. could reach 147,000 by august, 10,000 more deaths than the model predicted on sunday. >> if you think we have it completely under control, we don't. >> reporter: the nation's leading infectious disease expert voicing similar concern. >> there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control which, in fact, paradoxically will set you back, not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic >>covery.

re-open without meeting federal guidelines. >> the consequences could be really serious even under the best of circumstances. when you pull back on mitigation, you will see some cases appear. >> reporter: but fauci getting pushback from senator rand paul, a doctor himself who contracted the novel virus in march. >> i think we ought to have a little bit of humility in our belief that we know what's best for the economy, and as much as i respect you, dr. fauci, i don't think you're the end all. i don't think you're the one person that gets to make a decision. >> i have never made myself out to be the end all and only voice in this. i'm a scientist, physician and public health official. i give advice according to the best scientific evidence. >> reporter: fauci did not recommend stopping in-class schools for the fall. he said there probably won't be a vaccine ready for the fall term.

>> thank you, megan. white house senior adviser and president trump's son-in-law jared kushner spoke spoke to "time" magazine. >> we've mitigated the death as much as possible and obviously, you know, we wish we could have saved even more people. but i think that we've been in a position where we've definitely got the numbers down substantially from where they were projected to be initially. >> as for whether the virus could delay the presidential elections, kushner said it is too early to tell. he can't commit either way and later clarified saying he's not aware of any talks about trying to delay the illness. a mysteries illness linked to the coronavirus is affecting more children. caress of it have emerged new york is investigating 100 cases and 3 deaths. 8-year-old jayden hardowar survived after going into cardiac arrest and being placed on a ventilator. his family celebrated his homecoming along with neighbors and first responders who helped save his life after his brother gave him cpr.

>> to see somebody come back and, you know, continue their life, which is it's an amazing thing. it's just insane out there. opord apocalyptic just being in the e epicenter but to see a good thing happen makes you feel real good inside. >> seek help immediately if your child as a persist sent fever, rash or abdominal pain. while trying to ramp up testing, we're hearing from americans who are showing symptoms of covid-19 but still can't get a test. >> i just feel this crushing, just constant weight, and it was hard to breathe. >> reporter: stacy o'brien is one of many americans who wants a coronavirus test but can't get one. the massachusetts resident is convinced she's infected but doctors told her she can only get tested if her symptoms worsen.

>> they point blank said to my face unless it gets worse and you spike a fever like you're kind of -- that's what it t symptoms, i couldn't get anything. >> reporter: president trump monday declared the country has prevailed on testing but some experts say the u.s. needs to test up to 30 million people every day to get the economy back to normal. far fewer than the 338,000 daily tests the country currently averages. >> i think as a country we have a high capacity right now. i just think it's -- it's still a lot of work to be done to be sure the right people are getting the right testing at the right time. >> some governors are now signing up legions of contact tracers to identify people who came into contact with confirmed covid-19 patients. this week johns hopkins launched a five-hour course online to teach people hugh to be a

tracer. new jersey is hiring at least 1,000 of them. >> we're going to have to use contact tracing unlike it's ever been deployed before. >> reporter: and now an inside look at "project lightspeed," what pfizer is calling its race to produce a vaccine. at the company's lab in michigan a major investment for a product that's yet to be proven effective. dozens of scientists and engineers are designing an assembly line to fill and package a vaccine once it's developed. >> essentially sequestered working around the clock to get this done in unprecedented times. >> reporter: one of the many challenges, the vaccine pfizer is working on, must be handled at a very cold temperature, minus 40 degrees. the company began human trials last month and hopes to deliver millions of doses in the fall. >> we know that people's lives have changed in an unprecedented way and people want to get back to some normal. >> pfizer also hopes to produce 200 million doses of a vaccine next year.

overseas a spokesman for president vladimir putin is in the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. russia is seeing a surge in cases. state media reports putin has not seen his spokesman in a month. in south korea authorities are struggling to contain a new includes tier of covid-19 cases linked to one man who visited several nightclubs. the country has now delayed re-opening schools. time now for a look at your wednesday morning weather. the same conditions that produced two tornados in central texas could spawn more twisters today. some damage was reported after tuesday's storms but no injuries. the tornado threat today stretches from texas and oklahoma up to missouri and kansas. damaging winds and large hail are expected. checking today's high temperatures, dallas gets to 84 degrees. mostly in the 60s today from the pacific northwest to the great lakes. new york city reaches 62 but cooler today in boston and in detroit.

coming up, the concern about one of the major u.s. airlines going out of business. also ahead, prices at the grocery store rising. by the highest level in nearly 50 years. so how long will these prices last? and later, the herd of goats

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a student pilot tealple ash i. instigatsay e trying to make an emergency landing after mechanical problems. the plane hit a power line before crashing near a shopping center. incredible video there. two others injured. federal authorities are warning airlines to refund

customers for canceled flights after a huge jump in the number of complaints. a new bill aimed at giving passengers cash refunds instead of vouchers. boeing's ceo warns it is likely that one of the airlines will go out of business because of this crisis. meanwhile according to reuters the major airlines are now telling flight attendants to encourage passengers to wear a mask but not force them. prices at the grocery store are on the rise. they're increasing at the highest rate since the 1970s. abc's ines de la cuetara has more. >> reporter: this morning, sticker shock at the supermarket. >> last year at memorial day our hamburger price was $3.99 a pound. it's going to be $5.99 a pound this year. >> reporter: grocery prices jumping by more than 2.5% since april, the biggest one-month bump in nearly 50 years. >> people are staying home, not going out anymore, and so there is a big increase in regards to sales in grocery stores. >> reporter: prices of mealtime staples like poultry rising by more than 4%. ground beef up almost 7% while

eggs skyrocketed by 16%, and experts warn the crisis increases won't decrease soon. >> you'll see anywhere from 2% to 4% for the rest of the year. >> new woes for one of the biggest pork suppliers. tyson foods revealing more than 200 employees have tested positive for coronavirus at a company plant in nebraska while a facility in maine is dealing with a second outbreak just one week after re-opening. those closures just one part of the stress the pandemic is putting on our food supply. the food industry association also points to new safety protocols and supply issues contributing to cost increases. adding to the price problem, stores facing huge demand are forgoing weekly sales and specials so no discounts for customers. kenneth and mona. >> ines, thank you. coming up, the broadway star who just woke up from a coma

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we are back with a police pursuit in los angeles. a man accused of assaulting an officer during a traffic stop was speeding over 80 miles per hour. his tire as you see there was shredded. the rim was trailing sparks before he finally pulled over and gave up. when he got out of the car he was holding a toddler in his arms. the child appears to be okay as the man was arrested. the wife of broadway star nick cordero is sharing positive news point actor's progress. doctors placed him in a medically induced coma more than a month ago while he fought coronavirus. he suffered stroke, damaged l g lunlun lungs and blood clots that required a leg amputation, but cordero's wife tells our michael strahan he is finally awake. >> for the first time he started

following commands, which was a huge deal. >> what kind of commands did you give him? >> well, it basically if he answers a question with a yes, he looks up, and a no, he looks down, and so to finally hear the doctors say we're seeing these early, early signs, but i think it's lap something a huge sigh of relief. >> much more of michael's interview later on "good morning america." and we have a new alert for parents, doctors say one in four children infected with the coronavirus will experience organ failure. earlier i spoke with dr. ryan rivera. i asked him about possible stay-at-home orders extending until august and what parents should know about that new study on children. >> this really covers a study period from early march to the end of april, so i think it's important to realize this is describing what has been happening over the last several weeks. it's not indicative of a new threat to children. you know, and i would say the

findings were really valuable. i think they showed a lot of things we already had a sense of, that it was the youngest children and older teenagers more likely to have severe disease, and really those who had more severe disease courses did tend to have pre-existing conditions, though about 25% of them didn't. at the same time they only had nine children who required critical care, zero who died, so i don't think it's inconsistent with our previous understanding. >> also making a lot of headlines, los angeles getting a lot of attention after announcing it's stay-at-home order could last for another three months until august. what does that say for other areas of the country that have far more cases than l.a.? >> there are so many variables that go into decisions around when and how to open up. it's really not just about the cumulative or aggregate number of cases. it's also about things like where are they trending? how long have they been trending that way? what kind of backdrop do you have in terms of testing and contact tracing and frankly how compliant is the local population with social distancing, which is all to say that i think places like new

york were hit incredibly hard. were hit incredibly hard just because they had six times the number of cases as l.a. doesn't mean they need to wait six tiles to open. it's going to be a very individualized plan. >> and we reported on dr. anthony fauci's testimony in the senate yesterday about warning about re-opening too soon. he also said we don't have this virus completely under control yet. what were your takeaways from his testimony? >> well, he's obviously completely write that if we each too soon, then it really could lead to more outbreaks. we've only had 1.5 million-ish americans that we know of who have been infected. certainly a lot larger than that in ryal, so that may sound like a lot but it's still a small minority of the population that really has any hope of having immunity to this disease. >> a lot of great information, our thanks to dr. rivera. coming up, why police are cracking down on clowns.

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. good wednesday morning, i'm abc7 news mike nicco. we'llkumasi and the news in just one second. here's a look at our forecast and you can see some scattered showers out there possible and we have the moist west to east flow. ripples of energy riding through these breezy conditions. and that's what is going to trigger off a shower or two and that's why we kept it a one on the storm impact scale.

low to mid 6 0s along the coast and low to mid 60s around the bay and the least likely areas to receive wet weather and receive more sunshine as we head to the afternoon hours. here's officially a look at what is dpogoing on right now and ov the last 45 minutes as i put to doppler 7 into motion and today for scattered showers mainly on the light side. less than a tenth of an inch of rain. now, some of you could get hit once or twice by some showers, especially up in the north bay and else where may not get any rain at all but because the chances out there are going to keep the storm impact scale going. in fact, an unsettled pattern to keep chances of rain in the pattern everywhere but friday. friday is the only day without a chance of showers. as we talked about yesterday, the clouds would open up a little bit and it is cooler this morning and you would have to dress a little bit milder or

warmer, i should say. and little bit of fog to contend with on 101 and it's near petaluma. jobina and i will keep an eye on that and let's bring her in first and say good morning. how are you doing, jobina? >> i am doing well this morning, mike. good morning and happy wednesday to you. new rules for california restaurants to follow when they can open for in-person dining. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with those details this morning. good morning, amy. >> good morning. other counties got to hear about the road map for reopening but that does not change things here in the bay area. when we will be able to enjoy eating a meal in a restaurant. they will be taking it slower here. the restaurants do have a lot of work to do. the governor issued about 12 pages of requirements they must meet and then they can request permission from the state to

reopen. this is moving deeper into stage two of reopening. stage two started last week with curbside service being allowed for some retail stores. well, the bay area has not even started stage two yet. the santa clara county health officer says even though we have made progress, we should not press our luck. >> we don't suddenly have herd immunity. we don't suddenly have a vaccine. we have exactly the same conditions that we had in march. so, that if we did ease up, we would see brisk return of cases, hospitalizations and brisk return of deaths to be quite blunt. >> here are just some of the changes restaurants must make to reopen. their taes