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record your clapping and if you send it to salesforce they may put it on top of the building. but just make sure your hands are moisturized. good morning, america. los angeles lockdown.rica. the city now expecting to keep stay-at-home orders through july. los angeles mayor eric garcetti joins us live as other parts of california roll back restrictions. >> over 70% of our economy in the state of california is open with modifications. the nation's largest four-year public university 't sayerson cards this fall as some states look to re-open, others saying not so fast. parts of virginia delayed. michigan's governor with a harsh prediction for sports fans this fall and a u-turn in georgia wh
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dire warning. >> if you think we have it under control we don't. >> dr. anthony fauci with stark testimony if states re-open too soon and the potential economic consequences of a second wave. >> there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control. >> the nation's top infectious disease expert also raises the alarm about kids and coronavirus as schools debate whether and when to re-open. at least 13 states now reporting cases of that rare inflammatory syndrome linked to covid-19. the key to re-opening. a reality check on testing. >> there is a lot of misinformation and misinterpretation and that's a diabolical combination. >> city md mistakenly telling 15,000 patients their antibody test results meant they had immunity. supermarket sticker shock. the biggest one-month price jump for your groceries in almost 50 years. what is behind t this morning the expert tips on how you can still save money.
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da-da is awake. yay! >> and the road to recovery. first on "gma," broadway star nick cordero finally waking up after six weeks. his wife amanda kloots speaking out for the first time on her huge sigh of relief. >> i can't express how happy i am today. good morning, america. hope you are happy today. michael, what a surprise you had last night. >> yeah, a great surprise, george. i mean i talked to amanda kloots, nick cordero's wife, about his condition and she's always optimistic and all these things. then a few hours later i get a hay. that he had woken and she has been behind him and pushing him to get him well and he's coming through so we're happy to see that happen. it's been great. >> it's been a long road.
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it really has, and that's some great news. also encouraging news from this 8-year-old who got an incredible welcome home. that is young jayden. he spent two weeks in the hospital battling that rare inflammatory disease that we've been talking about. we'll have much more on that coming up, george. >> we are. we'll check in with dr. jen with a closer look at covid and kids. right now, total confirmed cases in the u.s. nearing 1.4 million. more than 82,000 have died from the virus. dr. fauci's stark warning to the senate is taking hold some states pushing ahead with their plan to ease lockdowns. >> others are staying the course and los angeles now expecting stay-at-home orders could last at least three more months. a lot of conflicting signals there and the mayor will join us in a few moments. but first matt gutman is there now with the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. millions of more americans have been leaving their homes this week. many of them to recently opened businesses. the problem is of the 45 states that have begun to ease
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restrictions, many have not met the white house's guidelines of seeing a continuous two-week decline in cases, which is one reason we'll continue to see these restrict shuions across t country, and why l.a. county says it's not ready to open yet. this morning, l.a. county, the nation's most populous county bucking the trend of its state and much of the country by recommending its stay-at-home orders be extended. possibly until deep into the summer. >> we know with all certainty that we would be extending health officer orders for the next three months. >> reporter: many other parts of california moving into phase two of re-opening. governor gavin newsom announcing malls, strip malls and outlet stores can re-open for pickup service. >> over 70% of our economy in the state of california is open with modifications. >> reporter: this uneven re-opening not met with patience by everyone. in fresno the city council
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president charged with assault after confronting a group of protesters who he says triedo force their way into his home, demanding an end to public health restrictions. in arizona where restaurants have begun to open for dine-in service this bar seemingly packed with patrons without face coverings. as many states around the country ease restrictions, some are saying no so fast. in georgia where there was an early push to re-open the governor issuing a new executive order saying live performance venues, bars and nightclubs must remain closed through the end of may. >> we believe that waiting a little bit longer will enhance health outcomes. >> reporter: in a radio interview tuesday, michigan governor gretchen whitmer says sports fans shouldn't expect to be filling stadiums in the fall. back in california, the head of the nation's largest four-year public university system, california state, with nearly 500,000 students on 23 campuses says in-person learning this
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fall isn't in the cards. and, george, you might remember that choir practice in washington state back in early march. the cdc just releasing a report about it calling a super spreader event. a single choir member apparently spread the infection, the virus, to 52 other members of the choir. two of them ending up dying. this is the fear that so many states and cities have because they don't have the resources to do the mass testing and the mass contact tracing to turn a super spreader event like that and stop it from becoming an outbreak. george? >> thanks. that's one of the things we want to talk to mayor eric garcetti about. thanks for joining us again this morning. let's start with these stay-at-home orders. your top health officials expected to extend the orders for for three months but explain exactly what that means. >> sure. i think we have to all recognize that we're not moving beyond covid-19, we're learning to live with it.
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it's important not to overreact, but it's important to take this serious because it is as dangerous today as it was the first day that it arrived in our cities and our country. so quite frankly, there's no so-called open state or open country that doesn't continue to have health orders telling us to cover our faces, physically distance and to tell people you're safest working from and staying at home. that's all the county health director was saying. we can't expect that to disappear in a matter of weeks or even in a few months. at the same time we're learning a lot of important lessons about how to safely re-open, sectors and places and we have to assess each of those step, give three or four weeks' time to see is in any additional spread, are we endangering more people and how to keep the most vulnerable safe. we are learning to live with it at the same moment we are learning the lessons how to do it. >> do you have a sense of where you'll be in september? we saw that news that
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the california state university system saying they're not going to have classes on campus. what do you expect in los angeles and for your schools? >> sure, i hope for our k through 12 schools we will have some sense of opening but it won't be in the way we've known school in the past. it might be fewer days a week. it might be staggered because we have to maintain that physical distance and make sure for our vulnerable children some of them won't be able to go back to school for some time. look, we have to tell the hard truths and protect our people. at the same time we take steps forward. for instance, this past weekend we opened up our trails and have retail for curbside pickup. we'll see that expanded and even active recreation on our beaches this coming weekend. those are important and we've never been fully closed. we'll never be completely open until we have a cure. but i do believe that we can take steps but monitor those numbers, listen to the scientists and the medical professionals and make the tough calls even when there's criticism. >> to re-open we need a cure, we need a vaccine, we also need more testing.
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where do things stand right now in los angeles with testing? do you have what you need? >> we're very proud of what we stood up. we're burning through a lot of cash, george, but we stood up on our own with testing city and county with firefighters had to procure our own tests but probably doing more tests than anywhere in the country and have a caste of 20,000 a day just in los angeles county. as the country is doing 300,000 tests a day and we're just 3% of the population and have to keep that going and we have to make it regular. for kids to go back to school we need testing. for workers to get back to work we need testing. and we do need help from the national level, not just through the states but directly to cities like ours that have taken that. we were the first city in america to offer widespread testing to people with and without symptoms because we've got to find the silent spreaders that are amongst us as well. >> brings me to my next question. congress right now considering house speaker nancy pelosi, another $3 trillion package that includes money directly to state and local governments. it looks like that's going to be
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a battleground right now. >> it will be but i'm optimistic that republicans and democrats alike, together with independents, can see that the heroes -- and this is named the heroes act -- are the ones that are on the front line. if you're going to make cuts in local government, furloughs and layoffs at the same moment when public health people are saving our lives and firefighters and police officers are out there putting themselves at great risk transporting patients, this is the moment we buckle up to make our economy in shape at the local level and that we have aid not just for states which is very important but counties and cities that really are the ones saving lives and livelihoods. it's time to throw aside the partisanship and get in there and help our cities. i hope all our leaders in d.c. can do that. >> mayor garcetti, thanks for your time this morning. >> always, george. thank you. strength and love. >> thank you. robin? george, on the heels of that conversation to dr. anthony fauci's warning to lawmakers and the nation about the risks of re-opening the country too quickly.
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our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce has the latest from d.c. good morning, mary. >> reporter: robin, good morning. while the nation's top health experts are painting a grim picture at odds with the message coming from the president. dr. fauci was questioned for hours and had that stark message for states moving to re-open before meeting that recommend threshold saying opening too soon could harm the economy even further and cost more american lives. as the president urges states to get back to work, the nation's top infectious disease expert is warning against re-opening too soon. >> if you think we have it completely under control, we don't. >> reporter: testifying remotely from his quarantined environment, dr. fauci testifying about states easing restrictions before they see a decline in cases. >> 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
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leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law senior adviser jared kushner responding to fauci's warning. >> there is risk to anything, but the president, you know, carries the burden of the 30 million americans who have lost their jobs. >> reporter: the president has been touting the country's achievement in testing. >> we have met the moment and we have prevailed. >> reporter: but lawmakers in both parties say the level of testing falls short. >> we need dramatically more testing. >> what our country has done so far on testing is impressive, but not nearly enough. >> reporter: it was a hearing like we've never seen before. senators teleconferencing as a safety measure. those in the room practicing social distancing. according to the official count more than 80,000 americans have now died. but fauci says the true toll is likely greater. >> the number is likely higher. i don't know exactly what percent higher but almost certainly it's higher.
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>> reporter: and he was blunt about the long road ahead saying a second wave in the fall is possible. >> even if we get better control over the months, it is likely that there will be virus somewhere on this planet that will eventually get back to us. >> reporter: as states now weigh the risks with the urgent economic need to open back up, republican senator rand paul challenged fauci. >> 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 of this. i'm a scientist, a physician and a public health official. i give advice according to the best scientific evidence. >> reporter: now, while rand paul had that attack, this was not a hearing that was overly political. we are now seeing top republicans coming to fauci's defense.
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representative liz chaney tweeting fauci is one of the finest public servants we've ever had. he is not a partisan. his only interest is saving lives and she says we need his expertise and judgment to defeat the virus. michael? >> thank you so much, mary. now to a reality check on covid-19 testing. more than 9 million americans have been tested so far and now the administration's testing czar predicts the country will be able to perform 50 million tests per month by september. kaylee hartung has the latest. >> reporter: law makers and health officials agree testing is key to restarting the country. >> timely testing is essential for re-opening america. >> reporter: but as the president promises, anyone can get a test -- >> if people want to get tested they get tested. >> reporter: for some they are told they need to meet criteria. for some that message is confusing. stacy o'brien felt a crushing weight on her chest. she was having trouble breathing and went to her local urgent care thursday to get tested for coronavirus. >> i think it's just a blatant
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lie to go and tell the american people you can get one when you can't get one. it's not that simple. >> reporter: and you're proof of that? >> yeah. >> reporter: she was told the location had a limited supply of tests and she needed a doctor's order. nearly 10 million americans have been swabbed and tesd e virus but that's less than 3% of the country's population. quest diagnostics has processed about a quarter of those tests. >> as a country, we have a very high capacity right now. 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. >> reporter: even if you do get a test, confusion over what the results may be. city md telling 15,000 patients their positive antibody test results meant they had immunity. >> we don't know what level of antibodies are required for immunity. we don't know how long those antibodies are going to last and we don't know if those antibodies are going to protect us against a future infection with the coronavirus.
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there is a lot of misinformation and misinterpretation and that's a diabolical combination. >> reporter: if you choose to go get your blood drawn for an antibody test, check the fda's website. they are keeping a running list of the tests they validated for emergency authorization. and doctors caution, regardless of your results, we should all continue to exercise the highest degree of caution. george? >> kaylee, thank you. overseas now where the virus is on the rise in russia reaching into the kremlin. vladimir putin's press secretary has been hospitalized with covid and south korea and other asian nations are reporting new clusters of infect our foreign correspondent james longman tracking it all from london. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, george. russia is now second only to the united states in its number of confirmed covid cases and have seen something like 10,000 new cases a day for the last ten days bringing their total to around 230,000. a number of officials close to president putin have also tested
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positive and the death toll does remain low, around 2,500 and there's some question about how much truth there is to that. despite all this, russia is re-opening. people headed back to work yesterday and in wuhan, the epicenter of this crisis is starting to see worrying new clusters of infection and officials want to test all 11 million people in wuhan. they want to do this in just ten days. no word on when it will begin. george? >> we have to watch that experience in countries coming out of lockdown. james, thanks very much. robin? >> all right, george, no easy way to seque here. we turn to some animals breaking free from quarantine. why not? his?s on the run.ou,0them this is in san jose. it caused a bit of commotion on the streets. they were wrangled within a couple of minutes but one resident in san jose tweeted, ah, this is the craziest thing
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to happen all quarantine. i would imagine so. >> that was quite a sight, robin. thanks you. following a lot of other headlines including the latest on kids and covid and what it could mean going back to school. first on "gma" my interview with broadway star nick cordero's wife, amanda kloots, moments after he finally woke up from a coma. but first, let's go to ginger. hey, ginger. >> reporter: michael, two reported tornados in texas. look at this video. this is from uptown, texas, southeast of austin. today the threat for hail, two inch in diameter and also tornadoes right there in the red river valley and they'll move east and then tonight into tomorrow we've got more threats which i'll detail in a bit. let's get to the sunny cities sponsored by sofi.
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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> good wednesday morning. start by looking at our commute this morning. weather-wise, it's quiet right here. you can see all that sunshine out there breaking up some of the cloud cover. expect wet weather. i put caution just about everywhere. we do have a little fog in the
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north bay. visibility very low, dangerously around santa rosa down to less than 1,000 feet. be careful for the next couple of hours. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see showers developing to our west. those showers will march east. right now, they are invading the north bay. you can see them off the peninsula coast. they will move through the rest of us -- rest of our neighborhoods, i should say, as we head into late afternoon. the least likely areas to see wet weather are our inland east bay neighborhoods and also the south bay. you can see as we move from noon on, the chance of showers, they taper. overnight, pretty quiet until during morning like this morning. more showers invade the north bay. some try to slip south across the rest of our neighborhoods into the afternoon hours. by the time we get to the evening thursday, they are gone. so is this round and waves of showers, if you will. rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch for most of us outside of the north bay. california air national guard will fly around the state today
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anna, elsa, sven, sama i don't even know a samantha. welcome back to "gma." the world can't get enough of "frozen ii" and we can't get enough of the voice behind the lovable snowman olaf. this morning, josh gad is sharing secrets from behind the scenes of the number one animated movie of all time coming up in our next hour. cannot wait. always love talking to josh. >> you cannot help but laugh when you hear olaf, am i right? it just brings you a lot of joy. >> oh, yeah. >> looking forward to seeing josh. that's right. first the top headlines
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we'll follow for everybody. as some parts of the country start to re-open, dr. anthony fauci nation about the risk of lifting r 500,000 students saying in-person learning isn't in the cards right now. also breaking news, paul manafort was just released from prison and moved to home confinement this morning where he will serve the remainder of his sentence. president trump's former campaign chairman had previously asked to be moved from prison due to coronavirus risks, george. >> robin, thank you. now we take a closer look at covid in kids as we see more reports of a dangerous inflammatory condition that could be tied to the virus and frank testimony from dr. fauci emphasizing what we don't know about the impact of the virus on children, what it means for the future of school and stephanie ramos is at he lenox hill hospital with the latest. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: george, good morning. many doctors are calling this
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inflammatory syndrome a post-immune reaction to covid-19, an immune reaction in the body when the virus is no longer attacking causing damaging inflammation in kids. this morning, as schools debate whether and when to re-open next year, an urgent warning from dr. anthony fauci. >> children presenting with covid-19 who actually have a very strange inflammatory syndrome, very similar to kawasaki syndrome, i think we better be careful if we are not cavalier in thinking that children are completely immune to the deleterious effects. >> reporter: at least 13 states reporting cases of that rare inflammatory syndrome linked to the coronavirus. in new york, governor andrew cuomo announcing the state is investigating about 100 cases. three children have died. >> this is a truly disturbing situation and i know parents around the state and around the country are very concerned about this and these children don't present the usual covid symptoms. they're not presidential symptoms. >> reporter: 8-year-old jayden hardowar came home to a hero's
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welcome tuesday after spending two weeks in a hospital. he tested negative for covid-19 but positive for the antibodies. doctors giving him medication used to treat kawasaki disease. >> jayden has come around. he can now walk on his own right now. he starts to talk and that was one of our concerns. >> reporter: but as cases of these covid complications grow, dr. fauci making it clear we should not count on a covid-19 vaccine before the start of the next school year. >> the idea of having treatments available or a vaccine to facilitate the re-entry of students into the fall term would be something that would be a bit of a bridge too far. >> reporter: telling congress the decision to re-open schools will instead need to be made carefully based on many factors including infection rates and access to testing. >> i died for two minutes. >> reporter: 12-year-old julia
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daily who suffered a rare heart condition her doctor says was caused by inflammation and triggered by coronavirus is now concerned about the prospect of returning to school. >> i am a bit afraid that something might happen with all of us together, even though everyone is trying social distancing. >> reporter: states are rolling out plans for the fall. washington state is considering staggered start times for students. this as new york city's mayor, bill did de blasio wants to re-open schools in september if they can do it safely. leda, a third grade teacher and mother of two from arizona sails in the end the students' welfare is the top priority. >> wherever we end up in the fall i will do my very best to make sure the kids learn and are cared for. >> reporter: there are no federal guidelines when it comes to re-opening schools. it's a decision states will make. on monday the first public
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school in idaho will re-open with just nine days until summer break. george? >> okay, stephanie, thanks very much. let's bring in dr. jen ashton for more on this right now and let's start with the inflammatory syndrome. jen, what do we know about its interaction with covid? these stories are heartbreaking. >> they really are, george. let's take a big picture look at this population first. according to the american academy of pediatric, in 46 states who have confirmed cases and ages of patients there have been just over 32,000 pediatric cases. the good news is they representm a all percentage of hospitalized cases, just about 3%. but when you take a look at this mysterious inflammatory picture, what we know and don't know, we know that in general pediatrics, 0 to 18, is a lower risk population. that doesn't mean zero risk, but lower risk. we also know the children who have been hospitalized with covid-19, straight covid-19,
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have serious underlying and pre-existing medical conditions like genetic abnormalities or suppressed immune systems or obesity. then what we think we know is there is an association between the serious inflammatory condition, this hyper-inflammatory shock as it's being called and the symptoms do overlap of those of kawasaki disease which could include a rash to gastrointestinal symptoms, pink eye or abdominal or connecting the dots on this. >> let's look at the suggestion of whether or not schools will re-open in the fall. what are the most important factors from a medical perspective? >> well, first of all, all ages are not equal. you have to look at school age children, college, high school in different ways because they do have different types of behavior. we heard yesterday from dr. fauci that they're looking at wastewater surveillance as a way to document trends of covid-19 and we also have to remember, george, this goes beyond the physical consequences of covid, that disruption in preventive health care in schools and in
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doctors' offices is a ripple effect of this pandemic. >> such a complicated problem. jen ashton, thanks very much. michael? >> all right, george. to some good news and big news for broadway star nick cordero waking up from his coma as he fights back from coronavirus. i spoke with his wife, amanda kloots, right after she got the amazing news about this huge step forward in his recovery. >> i can't express how happy i am today. dancing for. it's the moment ern >> you have an update on nick's condition. so what is the new news? >> the new news is that he is officially awake. >> reporter: the update coming nearly six weeks after he was hospitalized with covid-19 and placed in a medically-induced coma days later. >> they always end it with we just need that mental status. we need to wake him up. we need him to wake up. it's just been this heaviness
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that's held over us for this time. to get the news today that he to get the news today that he is -- you know, the doctors said i think we can officially say he is awake and i mean that was just the best news you could hear. >> reporter: this a long awaited step in cordero's path to recovery. >> we still have a very long way ahead of us. a long road ahead of us but we're on our way. nick da-da is awake! yay! >> reporter: i spoke to her he had woken up. she said the first signs of his brain awakening came through on mother's day as a gift. >> well, michael, 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
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early, early signs but i think it's happening was a huge sigh of relief. >> "the bullets over broadway" star has suffered strokes, sepsis, damaged lungs and blood clots that resulted in a leg amputation. >> we have a man who is perfectly healthy, 41 years old and we just thought he was tired and then this is what has happened. >> reporter: amanda, unable to be by her husband's side in a hoeen dancing outside his window and going live on instagram daily to sing nick's song "live your life" joined by fans, well-wishers across the country and even his former "waitress" castmates. ♪ live your life >> what's the first thing you'll do when he gets home? >> oh, gosh, i'm not going to let him leave my side. i can't wait to be reunited with him. i miss him like crazy. elvis misses him like crazy and we can't wait to have him home. >> we hope he gets home soon but i had two different outfits on
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back now on "gma" with that spike in supermarket prices. april seeing the biggest one-month jump in nearly half a century. t.j. holmes joins us in new york with what's behind that increase. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: and good morning, robin. it's things like meat and eggs going up the most. when we see price spikes like this, it usually goes down to an issue of supply and demand. but the demand is unprecedented. we're all home cooking more and some are stockpiling food and what should we do? the supply might not get corrected any time soon. grocery shopping in the pandemic. consumers have to worry not only about keeping safe but also rising prices. those stickers on products recording their biggest one-month jump in 46 years. >> very unusual time in the food market right now. >> reporter: prices on staples like meat, poultry and eggs rising the steepest, 4.3%. egg index alone up 16.1%. >> people are staying home.
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they're not going out anymore. so there is a big increase in regards to sales in grocery stores. grocery stores are seeing on average over 26% sales increases are the the forward industry explains it this way, the cost increase is not related to increased profits and instead due to a spike in costs due to labor, lower capacity production, cleaning and sanitation protocols and even transportation demands. >> all this is creating a shortage of meat here to the consumer. >> reporter: experts also cite increased demand equals less discount. >> less supply, more demand then prices will go up. a lot of these stores are not offering things on sale. >> reporter: patrick penfield a professor of supply chain management, says those sale prices may not come back any time soon. >> consumers can expect price increases and so you'll see anywhere from 2% to 4% for the remainder of the year. >> reporter: to save experts
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advise buying items like fruits and vegetables off season, along with pasta and canned goods, and also trying local farmers. >> you're really going to have to do due diligence. you won't see many promotions in stores anymore. >> reporter: so how do you save? buy in bulk if you can. make a plan, plan out your meals, plan out the list. and also, robin, experts say just open up those cupboards, use what you have. >> good advice there all the way around. all right, t.j., thanks so much. and coming up next on "gma," it's our "play of the day." it's a good one. come on back. ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ♪ ♪ nothing can keep me from you what'd we decide on the flyers again? uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? that's right. instead of all this that i've already-? yeah. what are we gonna do with these?
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it looks like elon musk will get his way. he reached and agreement with the county that will allow tesla's factory to stay open even though the county says it shouldn't be open. last night the county sent us a memo saying it reviewed tesla's safety plan and if it makes a couple of tweaks, the plant could reopen as soon as next week. as you can see, the president weighed in supporting tesla. here is mike nicco with a look at your forecast. >> thank you. we are trading fog and low visibility for light rain and slick streets across the north bay right now. you can see on live doppler 7. let's talk about what's going to lap. showers are moving east. the storm is a one. it's light. less than a tenth of an inch. you can see best chance now through late afternoon and then things taper this eavening. mar >> see you in 30 minutes with another update. until then, more "gma."
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the battle over re-opening as los angeles is in lockdown. the city now expecting to keep stay-at-home orders through july. los angeles mayor eric garcetti talks to "gma" this morning as back restrictions. the nation's largest four-year public university system with nearly half a million students says in-person learning isn't in the cards this fall. this as some states race to re-open. others saying not so fast. the future of work. how long can you keep working from home? millions of americans adjusting employees can work from home for good. will other companies follow suit? new this morning, the cdc out with new guidelines for pools, hot tubs and water parks as we get closer to memorial day weekend. what to know about covid-19, your kids and this summer. the challenge on the homefront. parents of kids with special needs finding new ways to keep
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their children engaged, from online therapy seconds to learning new lessons around everyday activities. ♪ into the unknown and we really love josh gad here at "gma." >> i talk to you more than i speak to my own parents. >> he's taking fans inside the world of arendelle. revealing what it was like maki making "frozen ii" -- >> samantha? i don't even know a samantha. >> what led to that moment and will we finally get an answer as he says -- >> good morning, america. good morning, america. i think we should say hello to josh gad's parents this morning. we hope they're doing well and hope all of you are doing well this morning. and we've been helping so
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many americans small businesses through "deals & steals," in our open for business series. over 160 businesses are helped and counting. and we have two great deals this morning, robin. >> i know, tory johnson has been hard at work. we're also going to tell you how to find money in your home. how about that? one power-selling mom has the secrets to finding surprising items you might mistake for trash. how to turn them into cash, george. >> becky worley will bring us that. here are the latest developments in the coronavirus emergenc total confirmed cases in the u.s. are now nearing 1.4 million. dr. fauci's stark warning to the senate is taking hold and some states push ahead with their plans to ease lockdowns. los angeles expecting their stay-at-home orders to last in some form for at least three more months. i spoke to their mayor earlier about that this morning. we want to go back to los angeles where matt gutman is covering the latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: george, of the 45 states that have begun easing
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restrictions, many of them have not seen a two-week decline in cases. the state of california is in the second phase of opening, but l.a. county as the mayor told you not ready to do that. this morning, l.a. county, the nation's most populous county, bucking the trend of its state and much of the country by recommending its stay-at-home orders be extended possibly until deep into the summer. >> we know that with all certainty, we would be extending health officer orders for the next three months. >> reporter: many other parts of california moving into phase two of re-opening. governor gavin newsom announcing that malls, strip malls and outlet stores can re-open for pick up service. >> over 70% of our economy in the state of california is open with modifications. >> reporter: and the head of the nation's largest four-year public university system, california state, with nearly 500,000 students on 23 campuses says in-person learning this fall isn't in the cards.
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los angeles mayor eric garcetti spoke to george earlier this morning about plans to re-open. >> your top health officials say yesterday to expect to extend the orders for another three months. explain exactly what that means. >> we're not moving beyond covid-19. we're learning to live with it. it's important not to overreact, but it's important to take this serious because it is as dangerous today as it was the first day it arrived in our cities and country. so quite frankly there's no so-called open state or open country that doesn't continue to have health orders telling us to cover our faces, physically distance and to tell people you're safest working from and staying at home. that's all the county health director was saying and we can't expect that to disappear in a matter of weeks or months. >> reporter: one of the reasons for that is states and counties simply don't have the resources to be able to do mass testing or do mass contact tracing that would be able to stop a super spreader event from becoming a
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full-on outbreak. michael? >> all right, thank you for that, matt. now to what might be the future of the workplace. millions of americans have adjusted to working from home and now twitter says most of its employees can keep that up if they want to forever. rebecca jarvis joins us now with more. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. that's right. this is all part of the new normal. twitter's ceo and founder, jack dorsey telling his employees that, if your job function allows for it and you want it, you can work from home forever. a number of major companies have now told their employees that at least for the rest of this year, they can expect to work from home if, again, their job function allows for it. companies -- major tech companies like facebook and google, we've also gotten a look at what it might be like when people begin to return to those offices from cushman & wakefield.
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they have their six-feet office that spreads people in their cubicles out more distance from each other, at least six feet. you can expect sneeze guards between the cubicles and cues along the floor to tell you which direction you're heading in and a lot of color coding to let you know as an employee where you go. but, robin, of course, there are a lot of people out there who cannot work from home and the estimate is only about 37% of americans can actually do their job from home. robin? >> yes, that's true. not everybody can do that, rebecca. thank you so much. i'm very grateful to have been given this opportunity to be able to work from home. but as soon as i get the all clear from my doctors, i will be heading back. but i have a real appreciation for what it takes to work at home. how about the "gma" cover story now. the cdc has just released new guidelines about swimming in public pools during the pandemic. important safety information with memorial day, well, just less than two weeks away now, dr. jen ashton is back and has details on this. before we get to the guidelines,
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jen, what do we know about coronavirus living in water, if you will? >> well, robin, i mean nothing says summer like swimming, right? so a lot of attention on this topic right now. at this point there is no evidence that coronavirus can be spread via pool water. now, remember that's water that's been treated to a certain ph with chlorine and other chemicals, different than fresh water, different than ocean water, but right now pool water, hot tubs, no evidence that it can be transmitted that way. >> okay. so break down the new guidelines for us for public pools, jen. >> yeah, so, robin, let's take a look at the new cdc recommendations. now these pertain to all aquatic environments, so swimming facilities. the first and most important thing is they're looking at the environment, and they are recommending aggressive cleaning and disinfection of all surface contact. so that means beach chairs, water fountains, doorknobs, all
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the hot spots we have been talking about in our home and work environment. they also recommend restricting the number of people in and around the pool. they're recommending even steps like changing the layout around the pool to maximize social distancing because even though you're outside most of the time, that does play a big role. >> we do have to keep that in mind. you often talk, jen, about reward versus risk and so when it comes to kids, what is the reward versus risk about going to a public pool? >> well, that is so important, robin. i think if you look first at the cdc recommendations for the people going into the pool, because that helps you stratify the risk, they're also recommending when you are in the pool, no mask. i mean, that may be obvious to some, but that is important that you keep your distance when you are in that pool. that will help lower the risk for, again, for adults or
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children, and also that you wash your hands. and we have to remember there are significant benefits, especially to children using a pool. they can learn to swim over the summer. so we have to balance those with the risks, not for the child, but for their home environment as well. >> yeah, balance as always. okay, jen, thank you so much. appreciate that. and now let's get back to michael. what day is it, michael? what day is it? >> hump day! that's right, robin, it's hump day. >> thank you. and coming up, we have the importance of teletherapy for so many families right now. how to help keep your kids focused in the long run. another double "deals & steals." two big bargains from two great small businesses. and the hilarious josh gad is bringing us secrets from "frozen ii." ♪ straight from the world's best plant scientists, comes miracle-gro performance organics.
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♪ good morning, good morning good morning, everybody. welcome back to "gma" on this wednesday. it's great to have amy joining us and it's great to have robin at home. hey, robin. >> a ahappy i asked you what day it was before she sat down. >> i know. >> i was sitting here and listening going, thank goodness you already did it. i'm saved. >> i was thinking of you. i do miss us all being together there in the studio. that wonderful studio audience that we used to have and until we can all be together i'll continue to pop in pictures on my home set. my home crew is hard at work here.
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these are pictures -- thank you, thank you, both. pictures of people who visit us in the studio. this is a picture of michael and myself with cindy and her famil. she's a certified medical assistant at a health center where she screens employees, taking their temperature, gives out face masks and offering words of encouragement. not on the that, she also is homeschooling her teenage grandson which she says is a full time job in itself. so a little bit of the audience here with us in the home studio. also working from home, ladies and gentlemen, lara spencer. you know a little thing or two about homeschooling, don't you, lara? >> reporter: oh, yes, robin. two teenagers, we are in it to win it, i say with a big smile. every mother, you know what i'm saying. we're all in it together. shall we do "pop news," everybody?
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riva and i are ready. hope you are too. lots to share with you this morning. did you see the big yawn? i mean, come on. it's exciting, riva. we are talking about oprah winfrey. oprah winfrey, everybody. if you didn't catch her soldout "20/20 vision" tour, you can still get the full oprah effect. she announced on twitter she is launching a brand-new virtual wellness workshop. it's free, everyone, and who better to explain how it works than oprah herself. >> i want to invite to you a first of its kind experience we've created called your life in focus, a vision forward. it's inspired by my nationwide tour with ww. it's a virtual event. it is interactive and free! join me and some surprise guests for four saturdays as we focus and be well. >> reporter: all right.
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starting this saturday, write it down, may 16th, 11:00 a.m. eastern. the following four saturdays will go live on zoom. 90 minutes. all you have to do is log on, show up. do the work. no catch, no fee, just a lot of aha moments we hope. oprah says these events are designed to help you reclaim your path to self-car face of unprecedented changes. if you want to sign up, go to the weight watchers website, ww.com/oprah. and also popping this morning, you know we've used zoom to connect with friends and family, to have meetings like we do on "gma." what about to use zoom to adopt a dog? the dog food brand pedigree has set up a new initiative, a website called meetyournewdog.com to do just that. it will allow you to meet a host of pets around the country, shelter cats, shelter dogs in need of families with the hope of making a match. get more information on the virtual adoptions on this website, meetyournewdog.com. in the meantime, if you have to
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be in tennessee, near nashville, pedigree is working with the national humane association this week. they're paying adoption fees. today any adoption is totally free. check out the pedigree site for other adoption events around the country they're hosting and this new amazing virtual adoption initiative. and finally, speaking of dogs, we want you to meet arthur, a golden retriever puppy with one major fan. guys, look at this letter that arthur's family received. it was sent to him by a little boy who lives down the street. i want to read it to you. it's so cute. it says, hello, neighbor, my name is troy. i'm in fourth grade and just wondering if maybe after this virus you need a dog sitter and if so, can i take your dog on walks? the different colored markers very nice touch, troy, showing the love he put into the note. and arthur's parents shared their pup's new social -- shared the note on the pup's new social media account, and guess what? troy got his wish. arthur's humans posted this pup date as we're calling it writing on behalf of arthur, me and the
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small neighbor had a great socially distant play date. because he is so small we didn't take pictures for privacy purposes, but troy told me all about his dog friend, and even showed me some dance moves. i have a feeling we're going to be best buds. thought i'd share that with you on this wednesday. >> oh. >> reporter: isn't that cute? >> sweet. >> that is adorable. >> reporter: just love that. >> even little man lucas approved of that one. >> reporter: robin, i wanted to say i loved amber walking through the shot with little man lucas. please give her my love. i'm throwing it to you, robin. >> as always, as always. lara, thank you. but right now we turn to the importance of teletherapy for so many families out there who aren't able to get the help they need in person right now, but how can you keep your children engaged for the long run? deborah roberts joins us with some tips for parents. good morning, deborah. >> reporter: hey there, robin.
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as you say this time of social isolation has caused a lot of disruptions particularly for parents. and for those of us who have kids with some kind of a disability there are 9 million children like that in the u.s. times can be kind of challenging right now. but thanks to technology, it has come to the rescue. for so many parents like andrew and meredith busbee, life's new normal also includes new routines. 4-year-old daughter ashlyn struggles with vision impairment and usually receives several different therapies in person. >> when we stopped going into the office for our therapies, it was very surreal. i feared that we would regress because we had made so much progression with her therapies. >> reporter: speech and language pathologist lori colon is one of ashlyn's therapists.
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>> you don't want kids to not be getting the services. we don't know how long this is going to last. to have a break is really unfortunate. >> reporter: ashlyn's sessions are through virtual teletherapy. at first the real challenge wasn't with the technology -- >> can you say that? >> she adapted very well for the first two sessions i would say and then probably around the third week is when we started getting antsy. >> reporter: to help ashlyn stay focused, lori found ways to shake things up. her biggest tip, throwing out the work sheets and repetitive exercises. >> we had to take the therapy in new locations. so move away from the desk, get in the kitchen, get outside, make ab sta make obstacle courses. >> reporter: replace course work with activities around her home like cooking. >> what is this? >> chocolate. >> good job. >> you don't realize there's so many ways to implement these skills in your daily life and i did not realize how much joy she would find in what was supposed to be a learning task.
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>> reporter: weeks later so far so good. in our new reality, the busbys, like so many others, learning new lessons. >> the biggest thing i would tell other parents is to be patient with yourself. >> you might have a bad session but the next session will be great. you just have to keep at it. >> bye-bye, lori. >> reporter: well, the busbys say one other thing they learned too is they've been able to get closer to their therapist and be creative. something we've done in this household. our guy nick in addition to his online studies and chores, has also helped mom out with live television. mom and dad. he's become a new tech guy so the guys here at abc better watch out, robin. speaking of -- >> i have seen how nick has grown. come on, let me see nick. >> come on back, she wants to say hi. >> who is that? wait a minute. wait a minute. >> hi, robin.
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>> we have an al roker sighting as well. we had an al roker sighting as well. >> oh, no. no, no, no. the family is chaotic but it's kind of a fun time actually watching -- it's been a fun time watching nick blossom at home in his own environment and that's one of the advantages i think of this time of pause. we've seen our kids grow. >> yeah. i know and the family dynamic as i have seen and, again, i've had the joy of seeing how nick has just blossomed and it's been wonderful. so i can only imagine this experience, what it has done for the family dynamic. that's great, deb. >> reporter: absolutely. robin, we learned what our parents knew, that learning isn't just about books, right? >> amen, sister. you got that right. thanks so much. my love to the boys. all right. let's get back now to amy. >> all right, i'm just impressed her household is up. when i get home, everybody is just barely getting up. i'm amazed with that. that's incredible. now to our series, self-smarts.
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becky worley has ways to find surprising valuables inside your home. >> reporter: if you looked around your house to find something, anything you could sell, where would you look? >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: according to dana crawford, a/k/a the power selling mom, you look everywhere. >> it's pretty easy to get started. just start with an empty box and start walking around the house and say, you don't need this anymore. >> reporter: she says old cub carn you extra cash as well as toys. >> the hottest selling toys right now are puzzles and board games. it's mainly because we're all home and everybodyte a says rry. if you only have old toys, because your kids grew up a long time ago. >> i've been doing really well with robots that are from the '60s, '70s, also transformers. action figures like ninja turtles have been selling. >> reporter: a few years ago dave and i went through his new jersey garage. a kid in the '70s he had a lot of oldies but goodies.
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he found $2,000 worth of toys in there. but brand-new is good too. my son is so bored right now that he's using all of his allowance money to buy legos on ebay. they can net hundreds of dollars as long as you have the box, as well as the instructions. >> sometimes manuals sell very well on their own. >> reporter: for books especially textbooks, book scouter crawls the web to find which of the many resale book sites will give you the best price for an individual title. >> i always say never throw it away or give it away. >> reporter: good idea, sell instead. good ideas to make a little extra cash, amy. >> we always appreciate that, becky. thank you. we head over now to ginger. >> reporter: and, amy, hurricane season doesn good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. unsettled weather, chance of
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rain just about every day. the only completely dry day, our warmest friday. the next storm this weekend promises more rain than what we have received so far this week. low to mid 60s coast. mid to upper 60s around the bay. 70s in the east bay inland neighborhoods and south bay our driest areas. tonight, upper 40s to mid 50s. several chances of rain. >> reporter: if that storm gets named it would be arthur. by the way, we have got josh gad coming up so don't go anywhere. so don't go anywhere. d coming up so don't go anywhere.
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now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. good good morning. i'm kumasi aaron. cal state campuses will keep classes online for the fall semester. the risks are too great they say to resume in-person instruction. classes will continue virtually as they have since march. the move will affect more than half a million students. there are 23 schools in the system, including five here in l make a area. decision next month. it's considering three options, including in-person classes with restrictions. restrictions. mikecalifornia phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones, - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit
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now your accuweather forecst with mike nicco. >> good morning. let's look at live doppler 7 and show you light showers in the north bay right now. this is our next wave that rolls through. now through about late afternoon, it's a one on the storm impact scale. up to tenth of an inch in the lower elevations, maybe double that in the north bay. you can see the showers trying to work their way southward. the inland east bay and south bay, least likely areas to receive rain. we have another chance tomorrow, mainly in the north bay. a better chance saturday night, sunday and monday. kumasi in. >> thanks, mike. abc update in 30 minutes. find the latest on our app and at abc7news.com. the news continues now with "good morning america."
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♪ welcome back to "gma." we've been looking forward to this all morning long. one of our favorite funny guys is taking us behind the scenes of "frozen ii." >> the one, the only josh gad giving us a glimpse into the unknown, making a six-part dock you series, and will reeve spoke to him. hey, will. >> reporter: hi, amy. nothing better than getting a sneak peek behind the scenes than from olaf himself. josh gad has his hand in a whole bunch of frozen content. it's coming out with rapid succession. a short out today. a documentary later on this summer featuring a whole lot. ♪ into the unknown >> reporter: for the first time ever, fans are going inside the world of arendelle on a journey during the making of "frozen ii." >> oh, whoa! elsa. >> reporter: who better to be our guide than olaf himself. >> i'm olaf and i like warm hugs.
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>> here we are again. >> there he is. he's back. >> i talk to you guys more than i speak to my own parents. >> what was your experience of shooting the film knowing that people were going to see how the sausage was made? >> yeah, it was reel -- very intimidating. the first time i ever sang, i'm recording my first take of "when i'm older," and i was so nervous. i was so anxious having a camera crew in the booth with me, being, like, okay. start singing. ♪ this will all make sense when i am older ♪ >> but at the end of the day it sort of just became a part of the process. >> did you have a favorite day that stands out making "frozen ii"? >> i remember looking at chris and jen, and i was doing the line as written, and at the end of it, i said, just keep rolling.
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i want to just try something, and i did the line again as scripted. i said, hello. is anybody there? samantha? they both looked at me and said, who is samantha, and i said that's the point. just put it in. the randomness will work never thinking they would actually do it. >> samantha. i don't even know a samantha. >> who is samantha? >> "frozen iii" will have to answer that question, my friend. >> did you know porcupines float in water? not that i've tried it. i would never. >> there is a clip of you recording as olaf where you are running through this list of did you knows. >> a flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down. turtles can breathe through their butts. >> the thing is that all of
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those -- they had to be accurate facts. it was like this can't be true. this is not true. and they said, it's 100% true and i was like, all right. put it in the movie, guys. this is great. >> to the moon! >> reporter: for olaf fans gad has a digital series, #athomewitholaf with a new song, "i am with you." >> to bring a little fun during this time of quarantine. might i ask what you were wearing? >> same outfit. i haven't changed in about 61 days. actually before quarantine. i just decided now is a good time to wear the same clothes. and the docuseries debuts on disney plus june 26th, and if you just can't wait, there is a all new digital short starring him out today across disney social media called "i am with you," featuring an all new song by the oscar song writing team
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for disney. >> thank you so much for that, will. that was a lot of fun. coming up, two great american small business "deals & steals" with tory johnson. we'll be right back. ♪
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♪ back now with our small business "deals & steals." you, our "gma" viewers are doing your part to help texas-based
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sw&g essential, skin care company from yesterday's deals. they wanted to say thank you so take a look. >> today is my 74th birthday and the greatest gift is that "gma" viewers helped save my daughter's business. as a dad and veteran i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. >> that is awesome. tory johnson joins us now with two more small business deals. hey, tory. >> good morning, amy. these two are also focused on saving job first up is mented cosmetics. cs makeup for almost every brand are hurting but when you are a small business and sales are in decline and the future is uncertain, it has the risk of collapsing your livelihood. that's where "gma" viewers come in. this company was founded on the belief that no matter your skin tone, you should be able to find your perfect nude lipstick. we have a big assortment all made in america and all 50% off. so it starts at $7.50. then we have another really
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great brand. it's called food 52. a kitchenware brand that celebrates cooks and home enthusiasts. they make beautiful, beautiful products but they too are uncertain about when their retail partners will re-open so we have got an amazing collection of their products. all kinds of both functional and sustainable things that you can use every single day for cooking and eating. this is not for special occasions. it's for right now. silicone lids, straws, dinnerware, knives. one of my favorites a cutting board. i have one right here to show you. it's got this. it's called an extra deep juice groove, four words that i don't think i have ever spoken before, but it's a bamboo board double-sided design and everything from this company is 50% off on our website. starts at $12.50. >> you said them well, tory. we've got a little giggle out of michael and me. we partnered with these companies on these deals. you can get them on our website. now to the aforementioned,
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michael. thank you, amy. now we have two great guests from the hulu series," t "the great." about russian leader catherine the great, elle fanning and nicholas hoult are both joining us from their homes. good morning, you two. i know you both are hunkered down like everything else pretty much and, elle, we know you celebrated a birthday in quarantine. happy belated birthday. how was your celebration? >> thank you, you know, it was nice. i turned 22. so my, you know, big blowout itas gre. 21 was last year, buth i had a really good cake that my mom got. it was very cute. strawberry shortcake but had a surgical mask on so she was staying safe too. >> looks like mom made the birthday special which was a great thing. nicholas, how are you doing, my friend? >> interesting. i have a little 2-year-old boy so he's keeping me vest busy most days and it's just play time all day. it's fun. grateful to have the time with
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him. >> absolutely, and let's talk about "the great." it's about catherine the great. elle, not only do you star in it but you're an executive producer on the show. can you relate to some of catherine's power moves? >> you know, i could. you know, it was -- you know, i was new to producing for sure. definitely still learning and i think finding my voice much like my character, catherine was. so i was growing in confidence and learning things like her. so i definitely could relate. >> nicholas -- >> she was a tyrant. >> not to put you on the spot but how was elle as a producer? >> well, she was fine except she went into the edit and started cutting out, like, my best bits of performance and changing things to make her look better. no. she was a great boss. she led by example. she's very hardworking and dedicated so it's always fun working with elle. >> we'll take a look at a clip. let's check it out.
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>> for peter, i present this branch of spruce. it is an evergreen and i hope it will be a symbol of our feelings for each other together that we will be constant and caring all our lives. >> she gave me a twig. she's not another inbred, is she? >> it wasn't mentioned. >> i assure you i am of sound mind, sir. >> we know you two have some hilarious bedroom scenes together. how do you keep a straight face when you are filming those? >> we don't particularly. that's the problem. both of us have extreme hepeon ridiculous lines of dialogue and trying to pretend to fornicate you kind of see the smallest crease in their face or the glint in their eye and it sets me off instantly. >> yeah, we both have that problem, so it doesn't help that in our scenes.
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>> tell you what, nicholas. your description has me smiling over here. when you do a period show you have to wear the period clothing. so did you guys enjoy the costumes? how was that? >> i mean the costumes are gorgeous, but also, you know, quite period accurate for me and all the rest of the women in the show so obviously that means corsets every day for six months which, you know, are beautiful but painful. so i felt, you know, quite constricted at times but you kind of get used to it. oh, it's gorgeous but then i would look over at nick who, you know, he's like shirtless and wearing his pajamas basically as peter so i'd be envious that have. >> a little easier for you, right, nicholas? >> yeah, more comfortable for me but i enjoyed that side of this job particularly and also my character is very -- he's quite larger than life character so i got to wear dresses and high
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homes and my mother's jewelry because he has freudian issues with his mother, my character as well so it's fun to explore him through that. >> well, it's a lot of fun to watch. we want to thank you guys, elle, congratulations. happy birthday again and nicholas, continue to take care of that 2-year-old. don't let him run you ragged my friend. you guys, i really appreciate your time. "the great" -- ealuhank you. ou'rome. make sure you check it out. ginger. thank you, michael. you know it has been cold. it has been almost wintery. that's why a cold rain still beautiful tulips in new york city. so guess what's going to happen? we will get payback and we'll get some wavrrmth. that ridge is sliding north. we'll see it in michigan, illinois and india the chance of showers will increase as we head through the
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morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. cooler than average, 50s and 60s with showers tapering as we head into evening. and now to fans saying farewell to abc's hit show, "how to get away with murder." tomorrow night's episode will be the series' last ever bor so distancing, and adrienne bankert was able to visit the set when they were shooting that finale, and she sat down with the show's star, viola davis. hey, adrienne. >> reporter: hey, amy. i love your enthusiasm. "how to get away with murder." well, let's do it. a ride of a lifetime. so many memories. had show made her career and while it is hard to say good-bye she knows it's time. but you know they'll go out with a bang. six seasons of viola davis' role as annalise keating.
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now preparing to take a bow. >> this is criminal law 100 or as i prefer to call it, how to get away with murder. >> reporter: the abc hit show comes to an end with a killer finale. we were there in february as the cast filmed their final episode. davis' bold yet vulnerable character breaking boundaries. >> i have to say you have redefined wig snatching. you literally took your wig off on television. >> i did and i had the revelation that we wear the mask, you know. wouldn't it be great for women to see it being taken off? there's no such as perfectionism and i think that once you let go of that and you see humanity, what it does, the power of that, what it does is it makes people feel less alone. i think that's what annalise has done. in all her unlikability and brassness and all of that, there is elements of her that you recognize and i'm proud of that.
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you always feel like you could have done better. oh, i could have made that choice different. >> what's one? would you mind sharing one that you would do differently particularly with "how to get away with murder"? >> i wanted her to find a love, someone who really loved her. >> reporter: raw, edgy, provocative. she says this is the role that changed her life. what has annalise taught you. >> what annalise has taught me is that i define me. it opened me up to see myself differently. that's what she did. not even differently. to see me. really see me. >> reporter: beautifully said. you know, she said something hunarr comfortable is probably sweet spot because when you move through it, that's when growth happens. i think we all can relate to that sentiment. the final episode of "how to get away with murder" airs tomorrow night at 10:00, 9:00 central on abc.
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thank you, adrienne. turning now to a retail giant that is giving back in a major way. old navy is helping support communities across the country by donating tens of millions of dollars worth of clothing to american families at this time when they need it most. take a look. organizations around the country are stepping up donating foot those in need.ood appeo the food and essential equipment aren't the only things in high demand. >> food, clothing, shelter is an essential need. is answering th during this difficult time, donating $30 million worth of clothing to families across the country. >> kids are growing and they snead n need new clothes and they need quality clothes and they need to feel that confidence. >> reporter: old navy teaming up with good 360 and baby to baby
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to provide items to families who can use it most. artist noah scalin creating this. >> he did a great job bringing it to life. it's a great way to share the story. >> reporter: along with the clothing donation old navy also giving 50,000 non-medical cloth masks to the boys and girls clubs of america. >> one of the reasons why we're so proud to partner with boys and girls club is the essential services that they are providing and they are remaining operational, and part of the services is providing child care for health care workers. >> reporter: old navy's initiative, working to ensure safety and security for deserving families. >> the most important thing is that we can bring a need and an essential need to families and putting a smile on their face. >> thank you so much to old navy indeed. a smile on their face. coming up, speaking of smiling, easy ways to grow dpro groceries in your home garden. stay with us on "good morning america."
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♪ welcome back to "gma." i know i've been thinking about doing this a lot. i've already got said -- seedlings starting, waiting for the warm weather. we are teaming up with miracle-gro to show how you can grow in your own garden. you don't need a backyard either. you can create a bountiful harvest in any space. it's a hobby that's now trending online.se>> radishes out. >> reporter: for many, gardening might still seem daunting. > don't have to be an expert to get started. >> reporter: to offer help, enter brit morin, a spokesperson for miracle-gro.
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start a starter plant. >> they've been raised from seeds to baby plants so that you can just plant them straight into your soil and skip about a month of hard work.make sure you're using a great soil. i really love miracle-gro's performance organic because they tend to make them grow stronger and faster. >> reporter: then find the best space that works in your home. >> plant your edible vegetables and fruits in any kind of planter. >> reporter: try going vertical. >> i love wall planters. you can mount them indoors or outdoors. i keep them on a deck so i can snip away any time i'm ready for a feast. >> reporter: or stay small. >> you can even try growing things inside. i keep pots of herbs right next to my stove. >> reporter: next up, maintenance. >> now you've got your garden planted, be you how do you keep them alive? i water them one to two times a week and make sure they have a lot of sun. i give them vitamins and
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sprinkle them right into the soil, mush them up a little bit so they get deep down into the roots. >> reporter: when harvesting cut the vegetables in a way that will allow them to regrow. >> the key to cutting lettuce to re-harvest it over and over again. it's to start with the outer leaves and then cut one inch above the crown. >> reporter: no matter your space or skill, there is always a way to bring your garden to the table. >> i feel like the wall planters have to happen this weekend. let's go ahead and stay with us. we've got m sponsored by miracle-gro. plant your own victory garden today with miracle-gro.
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we want to thank you guys for watching today. >> have a great day, everyone. t day, everyone.
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now your health, your safety, had is athis is abc 7 n.
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>> a special tribute for health care workers. military jets will fly over the bay area to salute them. here is a look at the route the fighter jets will take in the bay area. they will fly over the richmond and oakland area around 10:43 and head to san jose around 10:56. anyone who plans to check it out, practice social distancing. here is mike with the forecast. >> i was going to look and show you what to expect. we're getting cloudier by the moment. temperatures will be mainly in the mid 60s. better view in the farther south. most showers are in the north ba. they will move to the south. a one on the storm impact scale, today and this weekend. >> thanks, mike. it's time for "live with kelly and ryan." we will be back at 11:00. we hope you will join us. have a great morning.
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>> it is "live with kelly and ryan." today from the series "dead to me," james marsden. a helping hero does your. plus, your money and anxiety on the latest edition of "conquering the q." also women with the good news story of the day. all next on "live." and now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. >> ryan: good morning to all of you. it is wednesday may 13th, how are you, kel? >> kelly: i am great, how are you doing? >> ryan: like so many people i'm not sleeping well and my back is beginning to come up my back is beginning to get tighter because i'm not doing my

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