>> and i'm excited about your lotion moment. are we ready, everybody.goor struck down., everybody.goor wisconsin's supreme court overturning the governor's stay-at-home order, calling the restrictions unconstitutional and unenforceable. within hours bars and restaurants packed with many customers not wearing masks. and president trump pushing back against dr. anthony fauci's stark warning about re-opening too soon. >> look, he wants to play all sides of the equation. urgent warning. the fed chair calls the economic impact of the pandemic unprecedented calling on the white house and congress to do more with 36 million losing their jobs in two months and demand in food banks surging. house democrats unveil a $3 trillion stimulus bill with more checks for americans.

but republicans are balking. will they compromise? the cdc's new alert about kids and covid-19. warning doctors to be on alert for the dangerous inflammatory a out of control. wildfires burning in florida. 4,000 acres. mandatory evacuations under way. but dangerous winds on the move that could cause it to spread. ginger is tracking it all. abc news exclusive. back to school. inside how the university of arizona hopes to re-open in the fall promising everyone on campus a covid test, while the chancellor of california state university joins us live and telling his nearly 500,000 students to stay home. superstar matt damon speaking out from self-isolation in ireland revealing his daughter had covid-19 and how a small town adopted the superstar. the oscar winner repaying their kindness and surprising a nurse on the frontlines in dublin.

>> oh, my god! >> thank you so much for what you're doing. good morning, america. we're happy to be with you on this thursday morning, as you like to call it, robin, friday eve. >> happy friday eve to you my friends. good to hear from matt damon who's been there in ireland since the pandemic shut down the movie he's working on over there. looks like he's having a good time. hanging out with the locals there in ireland. george, we'll have more on that. >> the village looks like a little piece of paradise. we look forward to that. here's the update on where things stand. the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. is approaching 1.4 million. nearly 84,000 have died from the virus. president trump is traveling again this morning heading to pennsylvania to tour a medical supply fauci's

warning about re-opening the country too soon. a real dispute there. at least 45 states have already begun the possess of re-opening. more restrictions expected to be lifted tomorrow. stay-at-home orders expiring in at least nine states and we'lll see what decisions they make this weekend. we begin with that divide over how fast to re-open the country. alex perez is in chicago tracking the latest across the country. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. that divide across the country on re-opening is only growing and so is the frustration. the rules right now can be very different depending on where you live. overnight at packed bars and restaurants in wisconsin where the wisconsin supreme court overturned the governor's extended stay at home orders calling the restrictions unconstitutional and unenforceable. the ruling doesn't take effect until may 20th but within hours some bars and restaurants were re-opened with no restrictions. some states easing restrictions. california opening beaches in l.a. county but announcing

schools will open on a case-by-case basis. >> i want to be clear that we are not anticipating a common opening across school districts or a mandate for what school districts open. >> reporter: and new jersey allowing nonessential construction and retail stores to re-open for pickup. but other areas extending orders. the mayor of washington, d.c. stretching the stay-at-home order until june 8th. >> rushing to re-open could have tragic results. >> reporter: in michigan governor gretchen whitmer bracing for more protests over her stay-at-home orders. whitmer says data shows an increase in outdoor activities and if there is an increase in covid cases, the state might have to take action. >> if people are going to come down and demonstrate, do it in a responsible way. >> reporter: this after dr. fauci expressed concerns about re-opening too quickly tuesday. overnight the president telling reporters he was surprised by those concerns. >> i was surprised by his answer

actually, because, you know, it's just -- to me it's not an acceptable answer especially when it comes to schools. i think they should open the schools, absolutely. i think they should. i don't consider our country coming back if the schools were closed. >> dr. fauci was cautious on re-opening the economy too soon. do you share his concern? >> about re-opening what? >> re-opening the economy too soon. some states -- >> look, he wants to play all sides of the equation. i think we'll have a tremendous fourth quarter. >> reporter: and in minnesota the governor there has announced their stay-at-home order will be lifted on monday, but some restrictions will stay in place. robin? >> all right, alex. all eyes on those new jobless numbers that are due out later this morning. and the chair of the federal reserve issuing that urgent warning of lasting economic damage. so our rebecca jarvis joins us

with the latest on all that. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning, robin. that's right, jobs are the additional casualty of this pandemic crisis across the country and the fed chair is now warning if washington does not act with additional stimulus the impacts of this economic decline will be long lasting. overnight an urgent warning from federal reserve chair jerome powell. >> the scope and speed of this downturn are without modern precedent significantly worse than any recession since world war ii. >> reporter: just this morning a new report showing an additional 2.98 million americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week bringing the total number of workers who lost their job in just two months to more than 36 million. powell calling on the white house and congress to do more. >> additional fiscal support could be costly but worth it if it helps avoid long-term damage and leaves us with a stronger recovery. >> reporter: the desperation growing for people like monique

howard in northern california laid off from her job as an office manager. >> i'm a single income with a special needs son who can't work. >>orter: leaanng around the country. abc's will carr visiting one in texas preparing to deliver millions of meals to people in more than a dozen states. volunteers like nancy dueling seeing a record number of those in need. >> need for food in expectation of getting more people coming to our pantries. >> reporter: amid the unprecedented economic crunch, house democrats revealing a new stimulus bill with the largest price tag ever, $3 trillion including another round of direct payments to americans totaling up to 6,000 per household. and the house is set to vote on that bill on friday. republican leaders in the senate have already vowed to block it. experts believe some sort of new stimulus package will eventually get passed but it won't be this

one. robin? >> but, rebecca, as you mentioned the house set to vote on that $3 trillion in stimulus money and many are asking, how would we pay for all this? >> reporter: well, eventually someone will have to pay for all of this stimulus. already trillions of dollars worth of it. most economists believe it's been necessary to spend at this point without thinking about the future but at some point that future does mean higher taxes for someone out there in order to pay for this stimulus. robin? >> something to keep in mind, rebecca, thank you. george? >> robin, thanks. we stick with the focus on capitol hill now where a top health official turned whistle-blower will testify to congress this morning. rick bright claims he was fired from a key job overseeing development of a vaccine for purely political reasons. he's expected to issue a stark warning about the threat of the virus. our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce has

details. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. rick bright is sounding the alarm on capitol hill. in testimony the ousted expert will warn lawmakers that our window of opportunity is closing and say if we fail to develop a national coordinated response based in science i fear the pandemic will get far worse and causing unprecedented illness and fatalities. he says without action, 2020 will be the darkest winter in modern history. he has filed that whistle-blower complaint alleging that he was removed from his position for raising concerns about the administration's response and for cautioning against the use of unproven treatments which the president was promoting. president trump, though, has dismissed bright's complaint calling him a, quote, disgruntled employee. >> mary, meantime, also on capitol hill the fbi is stepping up its investigation of a senator who appeared to make stock sales tied to the covid-19 crisis. >> reporter: yeah, the justice department appears to be ramping

up this investigation of richard burr. overnight federal agents served burr with a warrant and seized his cell phone and raised suspicions about whether or not he used privileged information for his own personal financial gain when he sold off as much as $1.7 million in stocks in hard hit companies just as this crisis was beginning and just at he was rhe virus.r this morning. he is not commenting. the fbi and justice department are also not commenting today. >> mary, thanks very much. michael? now to new developments about that severe inflammatory syndrome we're seeing in some kids. the cdc issuing a warning, and stephanie ramos has the latest from new york. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: michael, good morning. here in new york, the department of health says there are about 100 kids affected by this inflammatory syndrome. three have died. the cdc will now ask doctors across the country to report cases of the illness so that the

cdc can learn more about the illness and also get a better handle on the number of cases. this morning the cdc is preparing to release an urgent warning to doctors all across the country about children and coronavirus. >> now we're seeing a surge in cases that are directly affecting children in a manner that was unanticipated. >> reporter: the alert asking health officials to look out for the dangerous inflammatory syndrome that could be linked to covid-19 and report cases to state and local health departments. cases of the syndrome now reported in at least 16 states. >> it started out smaller and the symptoms eventually got out of hand. >> reporter: jack mcmorrow one of them. he initially started with a rash and then his doctors said his heart began acting abnormally. >> reporter: he initially tested

negative for the virus, but his mom insisted they check again. his results came back positive for covid-19. what message do you have for parents right now? >> they are their children's best advocate, and if they suspect something wrong, pursue it. >> reporter: jack is recovering at home. in portland, 14-year-old leah a healthy soccer player became sick and has been in the hospital since saturday. >> it was terrible. my stomach was hurting a lot. >> reporter: she first came down with a fever, abdominal pain and red eyes all symptoms her pediatrician spotted as signs of that rare mystery illness. leah had cardiac failure and was in shock but was treated for severe information doctors suspecting it was triggered by an earlier infection of covid-19. >> i'm grateful because i could have been gone. >> reporter: doctors say this is still a rare condition despite the uptick in cases in the last to weeks. best thing parents can do is be on the lookout for symptoms because they can turn so serious in just a matter of hours. robin? >> got to keep that in mind. thank you very much.

dr. jennifer ashton will join us now. can you tell us more about the warning and what it will mean? >> robin, the cdc puts out this health alert network. this represents its highest level of communicating urgent health issues to the public health system, clinicians, health care providers and the country so they can be on the lookout for it. the last time they issued one of these alerts was march 28th. this would be their ninth this year. all of them about coronavirus. parents should be on the look out because they know their children best. they should be on the lookout for symptoms like fever, rash, eye irritation, swollen hands and feet and even abdominal pain or g.i. symptoms, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. this is still rare and uncommon but doctors are following it closely because it is evolving. >> good to know and we know how concerned parents are. jen, thank you.

george? >> okay, robin, thanks. we turn to a major new development in the michael flynn case. the judges overseeing his case is putting a hold on the justice department's attempts to drop the charges from him and who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. pierre thomas tracking the case and the judge appointed a retired federal judge to challenge the doj's decision and investigate whether flynn committed perjury. >> reporter: that's right, george. for those wondering how the judge would respond it's clear he's not embracing the idea at ely raretep of appointing an outside attorney to challenge the justice department's motion to dismiss charges against the former national security adviser. >> this is a judge saying, i don't quite get the department of justice's decision here. >> reporter: federal judge

emmett sullivan's decision comes after the justice department concluded flynn's lies to the fbi about his contacts with a russian ambassador would not be material or important because the bureau closed an investigation into whether flynn was compromised by the russians before they conducted the interview. but critics accuse attorney general barr of doing the president's political of undermining the entire russia probe pointing out that no career prosecutor signed on to support the motion to dismiss. >> it's not that surprising that judge sullivan is concerned about the department of justice's decision here. what's surprising is what he's doing about it. going to outside lawyers to say in effect, you know, argue this. tell me what you think. >> reporter: that outside attorney is john gleeson, a former clinton appointed judge who served on the bench for more than two decades and a former

prosecutor who helped put mobster john gotti in prison. this week gleeson signaled his kept mitchell of the justice department's effort to dismiss the case saying in a recent op-ed, the record reeks of improper political influence. flynn pleaded guilty twice in open court for lying to the fbi. i can recall being at the courthouse that pivotal moment when flip admitted to judge sullivan when he lied to the fbi he knew it was a crime. sullivan is also asking this outside counsel to look into whether he committed perjury when pleading guilty in court. george? >> okay, pierre, thank you very much. almost nothing normal about the case. michael? >> all right, george. around the world. countries are slowly easing back into normal life. the mayor of queenstown, new zealand, is jumping for joy that businesses are re-opening. >> all: three, two, one -- >> yeah, the mayor said he was delighted. he said he was delighted to mark the re-opening of that facility even if it means jumping off a bridge first thing in the morning.

he is -- i wououpoppg the chamgn bole am i not doing that. i'm too happy to do that. >> i'm with you, michael. they have done an amazing job in new zealand taking on this crisis. >> they have. our abc news exclusive, the university of arizona's plan for re-opening while the chancellor of california state university has shut all 23 of its schools for fall joining us live. the important dos and don'ts when it comes to wearing masks. the right way to wear them and how to keep them clean. first ginger is tracking the latest on wildfires. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning, michael. i have to take you to south florida. just east of naples, florida, evacuations still in place this morning because of that. the view of those plumes of smoke burning 5,000 acres at least in very little containment. it was the gusty winds, drought they've been in and those conditions came together in south florida to make for a really bad fire day. unfortunately because we've got

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president trump pushing back against dr. anthony fauci's stark warning about re-opening too soon. 45 states lifting som restrictions. stay-at-home orders in at least nine other states expected to expire tomorrow. this as wisconsin's supreme court overturns the governor's stay-at-home order, and hours later some of the bars were packed with patrons, many of them not wearing masks. also right now wildfires raging in florida burning 4,000 acres forcing mandatory evacuations. we're tracking the latest on those dangerous winds that could cause them to spread. and cats and covid? a new study published by by by y new england journal of medicine" confirmed cats can be infected with the virus and transmit it to other felines. research suggests they can contract it from humans, but there is still no evidence that humans can get it from their pets.

george? >> let's hope that holds, robin. now we take a look at the future of higher education. some colleges and universities have already announced they will stick with online learning in the fall. others still hoping to re-open but struggling with how to do it safely. tom llamas joins us from tucson with an abc news exclusive on how the university of arizona plans to protect their campus. good morning, tom. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the president here acknowledges this could be a blueprint on how to re-open or a blueprint for a disaster but willing to try. it seems like they have the testing down here, but the big question is can they control the students following the rules when they're off campus? this morning you're seeing how one of the nation's largest universities plans to open its campus in the fall, and it all starts in this lab. if there is an outbreak on campus, you're going to learn about that right here? >> we will. >> reporter: the university of arizona giving abc news exclusive access to the research labs where they've developed and can process covid-19 diagnostic and antibody tests promising everyone on campus a test if they want it.

you're going to have 60,000 faculty, staff and students. are you ready for that crush of people? >> if we can get them on campus and it's safe, we'll be here to test them. >> reporter: the school's plan is called test, trace, treat and even started to convert this dorm building into an isolation center. students who are sick will get a room to themselves, food delivered and treated by telemedicine on their computers. >> we don't want to have to send them to the hospital if they don't need to be. >> reporter: the school's president, robert robbins, is a cardiothoracic surgeon. er universities like at odds harvard medical school announcing remote learning in the fall, the sam with cal state, the largest university system in the country. what are you seeing that these other academic leaders are not? >> well, i don't know that we're seeing anything differently than they are. i think it's a matter of risk/reward. >> reporter: a risk he says many students and staff want. one president trump is backing

in public. >> now, will you have an incident? one out of a million? will something happen? perhaps, but, you know, you can be driving to school and some bad things can happen too. >> reporter: the message in contrast to president trump's top health advisers who are expressing caution about scenarios come the fall. >> 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: corralling college kids won't be easy and the school's president is aware of all the unknowns that still exist with the coronavirus. what would it take for the university to close again? >> of all the questions that's the one that keeps me up at night. it doesn't keep me up at night. it wakes me up frequently at

night. when -- when has this experiment gone so wrong that we have to stop it? and i would say i don't have an answer for that right now. >> reporter: so there are still a lot of details to be worked out but they have about 100 days to figure this out. i speak with a teacher here who is 64 years old, right around the age that's high risk for covid-19. he tells me he's worried. the way he teaches is passionate. he roams the classroom and he feeds off his student, his students feed off him that is college and cannot be done on zoom. michael? >> tom, thank you for that. for more on that we are by the chancellor of the country's largest four-year public university system, california state university. it serves nearly 500,000

undergraduates and dr. white announced they will cancel classes this fall and move almost exclusively to online learning and joins us from irvine, california. thank you for joining us. you made a big decision when you announced that you were not going to open for the fall. it's going to be telelearning. how do you tell your nearly half a million students they can't come back to school this fall? >> well, good morning, michael. yes, you know, we made our decision based on the health and safety and welfare of not only our students but faculty and staff and the communities in which our 23 campuses are located here in california. it is across an 800-smile swath of this great state and our decisions are in the best interest of our students because we want them to make progress to a degree in this covid-19 era which sadly will persist throughout the next academic year. so we're preparing for the worst and hoping for the best and we'll probably end up somewhere in between those two places. >> as we both know, there are some schools that are opening and do you feel like they are putting their students at risk? >> well, i think, you know, the circumstances of the disease progression varies across not only the country but varies across the various regions of

california. obviously the l.a. basin or san diego or the san francisco bay area is different than up in the north coast where humboldt state university is in arcata and that very ability exists across the country as well. so we imagine in final analysis in the fall that there will be variability across our 23 campuses. but we're planning because we want our students to have as many options as possible come fall, we thought it most prudent, wisest to plan for 100% and then be able to pull back from that if the circumstances on a given campus prevail. >> and you have mentioned possible exceptions for nursing students and science labs. will there be any other exceptions and how do you make sure those students are safe? >> take a laboratory that might normally have 20 students in it. it may have 5 students distanced wearing personal protective gear and have sanitation in between everybody using instrumentation in the laboratory.

things of that nature. so the cost of in-person delivery is going to go way up because of the considerations of health and safety but there are certain experiences, hands-on experience in architecture, aeronautical engineering, life in a physical laboratory, science laboratories where we'll have to do that but we'll do it as i said by a much lesser density of students and with all the appropriate protective gear and not necessarily sanitation in between uses of the equipment and space. >> and there are some students who said taking online classes is not the college experience they want. as they're going to sit out this fall semester, do you have a message for them? >> i do. i say this is a time too lean in. do not sit out. nobody can take away the value of a college education. it will be different, but it'll be very good and our faculty are going to be training over the summer to create a very robust and enriched learning environment in ways people haven't seen before. along with the necessary academic support and student

support. so we're not closed. our classes are not canceled. it's really about a change of venue, if you will, from the physical space to the virtual space as we work our way through the covid virus which we anticipate having other big waves into the fall or even into the spring term of 2021. >> we appreciate your time. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> thank you. coming up next we are breaking down the necessary accessory for the new normal, the mask. the important dos and don'ts when it comes to shopping for one and keeping them clean. eping them clean. shopping for one and keeping them clean. happy birthday! so, it goes... ♪ hold up your answers. how is mickey doing today?

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back now with what you should know about masks. you know, the face coverings are essential for the new normal, and one of the ways we can help protect our neighbors. becky worley joins us from san francisco with how to shop for one. good morning there, becky. how are you doing? >> reporter: good morning, robin. i'm doing well, but not all masks are created equal. so buying one is a challenge. what they're made of, how they fit and how you care for them all affect their usefulness. the surgical pleat, the adjustable, even the maskcessory. but -- >> it's not always one size fits all. >> reporter: look online and you'll see instagram and etsy

overflowing with them. >> they fit small, medium or extra large. >> reporter: many touting the comfort and efficacy of masks for sale. the cdc advising all masks should allow for breathing without restriction. fit snugly but comfortably and include multiple layers of fabric which can help prevent the spread of the virus. >> tightly woven cotton something approximating the weave of a bandana. certainly not a looser weave like the kind of material or knit that a sweater is made out of. the holes in that type of material are much too large. >> reporter: anything too thick can restrict breathing. so the sweet spot is actually to find one that's comfortable and breathable enough that you're not taking it on and off and touching your face. adjustable bands can make a big difference. many come with bendable wire over the nose bridge. >> make sure it fits closely on your face. if the mask is fitting improperly, air is actually

being funneled downward and inward on the sides of the mask directly into the nostrils and into the nasal passages. don't want. >> reporter: now for some mask don'ts. don't go more than a day or two without cleaning it. the washing machine and thorough dryer key. while you might opt for sequin organization glitter our expert doesn't recommend those as it can make it more porous and harbor more bacteria than cloth and be more itchy so we touch our face more. two-ply cotton of a tight weave. high thread count sheets is one of the best materials for mask. one way to test, hold it up to the light or sky and if you see light through it, it's probably too porous. the less transparency, the better. even on a cloudy day i could see this one was not up to snuff. >> great idea to hold it up to the light. hey, becky, what do you think about those neck gator-style coverings we're seeing so much

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. showdown in the heart land. the supreme court calls restrictions unconstitutional and enforceable. barsnd rtaanacked within hours, many customers not wearing masks. the latest this morning. new this morning, cvs expected to open up to 1,000 covid test locations by the end of the month. drive through tests done right in your car. results three days later. the future of shopping. discount darlings tjmaxx and marshalls reopening online after the ceo of nordstrom takes us inside his stores. how nordstrom is adapting to the new normal and the massive changes ahead for your shopping experience. matt damon in isolation with his family in a small irish

town. adopted by the locals, calling into the hometown radio show, talking about life in lockdown. revealing his oldest daughter back in the states is recovering from the coronavirus. and the superstar friend who got him to make the call. ♪ ♪ baby you can crash my party anytime ♪ and meet nurse cassidy in tennessee. she is a healthcare hero on the front lines. and she is a luke bryant superfan. >> oh, my god! are you for real? >> this is for real. >> what happens when we got luke bryant to surprise her and the moment he sang part of her favorite song. it is all ahead this thursday as we say good morning, america. >> live in times square, this is "gma." >> good old luke bryan, good morning, america. we're glad you guys are with us on this thursday morning. we have lots to get to. can't wait to talk to tracy morgan. he's going to join us live, his daughter maven is his latest

movie. she wanted to be none the interview. i'm looking forward to chatting with both of them, robin. >> yeah, did you say good morning, america, when talking about luke bryan. sounded like you said america. >> america came out. >> i love it. i love it, michael. we also have the latest on how matt damon is doing over there in ireland. how he gave one healthcare hero over there a surprise of a lifetime, like luke did here, george. >> that's great to see there. we have a lot of get to on this coronavirus emergency. number of cases in the u.s. is approaching 1.4 million. 45 states lifted some restrictions so far. we're going to begin with the divide over how quickly to reopen the country president trump and dr. fauci at odds now. to alex perez, who is in chicago with the details. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, george. the rules are very different depending on where you live. that divide across the country

on whether or not to re-open is getting wider and wider. overnight packed bars and restaurants in wisconsin where the wisconsin supreme court overturned the governor's extended stay-at-home orders calling the restrictions unconstitutional and unenforceable. the ruling doesn't take effect until may 20th but within hours some bars and restaurants were re-opened with no restrictions. some states easing restrictions. california opening beaches in l.a. county but announcing schools will open on a case-by-case basis. >> i want to be clear that we are not anticipating a common opening across school districts or mandate for which schools reopen. >> reporter: new jersey allowing nonessential construction and retail stores to re-open for pickup. but other areas extending orders. the mayor of washington, d.c. stretching the stay-at-home order until june 8th. >> rushing to re-open could have tragic results. >> reporter: in michigan governor gretchen whitmer

bracing for more protests saying data shows an increase in outside activity and if there is an increase in covid cases, the state might have to take action. >> if people demonstrate, do it in a responsible way. >> reporter: and the changes keep coming. minnesota announcing they will lift their stay-at-home order on monday. so a lot to keep track of in the days ahead. michael. >> without a doubt there, alex, thank you. now to cvs ramping up their efforts to help slow down the spread of coronavirus across the country. the company opening more than 50 new testing sites at st results in about three days and over the next two weeks hundreds of other sites will open across the nation. up to a thousand locations are expected to be available by the end of the month, robin. >> all right, michael. thank you. now to our "gma" cover story and the future of shopping.

as many parts of the country plan to get back to business, stores are weighing their options and and planning how to get their customers back. eva pilgrim joins us now with more on this. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning, robin. people are still buying stuff. but shopping as we know it has now changed. this morning as much of the country loosens their stay-at-home orders, retailers are trying to reopen their doors. t.j. maxx and marshall's re-opening on line. simon property group owner of so many malls looking to re-open half of its shopping centers this week. already many stores filing for bankruptcy. j. crew and neiman-marcus while other big chains try to reinvent themselves for a new shopping experience. department store giant nordstrom closed all its stores in march including their glamorous new flagship in new york city. >> suddenly have all of our stores closed, you know, we've

been around for 118 years and it's just never happened. >> reporter: what will it take to bring foot traffic back to stores. we talked to ceo eric nordstrom. how has nordstrom been able to adapt. >> massive acceleration of changes in place, in the city for a few years now and those are moves towards a -- not just e-commerce but really of the marrying of digital assets and physical assets. safe to say there will be fewer discovers coming out of this. fewer stores, fewer malls. and i think the role of physical stores will change even more so. >> reporter: many of their stores becoming fulfillment centers for online shoppers. >> we had the capability to fill online orders from our stores for a while now. and that's helped a lot, so we've continued to do that and really ramped that up. >> reporter: and at a nordstrom rack in south carolina, we saw new protocols for employees

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to the graduating class of 2020, congratulations. i know this probably isn't how know what, you're graduating nonetheless and we're going to move forward in the future. you guys are our future thinkers and leaders and scientists who can prevent something like this from happening again. i look forward to you guys doing that and once again, congratulations to the 2020 graduating class. >> that is right. welcome back to "gma." happy to have amy with us this morning and happy our friend anthony anderson shared that special message for graduating seniors around the country. tomorrow "gma" will celebrate the cl >> that's mo 'simfo lara. hey, you guys, good morning

to you from riva the rescue and me bringing you happy news and we're going to start with this. so we've all been quarantining and many of us with our significant others and for a lot of people it's been like a second honeymoon and for others maybe not so much. but whatever your experience this morning we have some sage advice for you coming from joe and yolanda. they should know. the happy couple just celebrated 73 years of wedded bliss. 96, 98 years young they are and to mark the occasion their family organized a surprise parade. two dozen cars filled with family and friends driving through their naples, florida, retirement community to let yolanda and joe now how much they love them. soha t sret to tir joe says, it's "yes, dear"

communicate and most important she says to end every single day by telling your partner you love them. thank you to joe and yolanda for that great advice and happy anniversary. and also this morning, apparently harry styles smells really, really good. specifically like tobacco and vanilla. the former one direction star says he swears by a tom ford scent with those two notes but that scent costs over $200. however some resourceful fans have found an affordable way to get a whiff of styles' scent. target's cashmere vanilla candle costs a whopping $6.99. those in the know say it smells exactly like harry's signature scent. before you go online and buy one, target says the candle is completely sold out for now. cat's out of the bag but say keep checking they're working to restock this hot commodity. if you can't wait they have a

cashmere vanilla oil diffuser available for under 10 bucks for all you harry styles fans. and finally, goldie hawn going viral this morning giving us a great idea for a workout and a big smile. she may be 74 but goldie still loves to play on the trampoline. check this out, you guys. using it to get moving and to have a laugh. she posted the video on instagram writing, my crazy mindful movement for today. dance, jump and twirl like nobody is watching. thanks, dua lipa, to the best addition to my trampoline playlist. look at her. her hit song "physical" playing in the background. goldie's video getting 500,000 views in an hour. so many writing that goldie hawn is a national treasure. couldn't agree more and a great idea to get moving and that, everybody, is "pop news." >> it looks like -- hey, have you see "housesitter" when she gets the dance lessons?

she's doing this. that's exactly what it is like. check it out if you're bored. >> great workout. thank you, lara. we turn to that surprise appearance from matt damon. he's been living under lockdown in ireland since march after production for his latest movie was shut down and he delighted some dublin radio hosts by calling to talk about his life under lockdown. james longman is in london with the details. good morning, james. >> reporter: yeah, hi, george. this is a really lovely story. matt damon and his family have been hiding out in a leafy suburb of dublin. the locals have taken him under their wing and all of ireland's media has been desperate for an interview. but i caught up with the rather funny radio presenters who got it. superstar matt damon -- >> i got that impression. >> reporter: -- speaking out this morning about life in ireland.d shoot his movie "the last duel." >> right when we arrived, the movie was shut down. >> reporter: people of dalkey, the small suburb where they are self-isolating during the pandemic have adopted the movie

star as their own. >> there's been a "new york times" journalist also tried to infiltrate dalkey and they said, no way. we are giving you no information on our prize possession, matt damon. >> it's lockdown in a fairy tale. it's about half an hour from dublin city but one of the most picturesque places. >> reporter: now damon is giving the exclusive scoop to a pair of dublin radio hosts. >> this is one of the most beautiful places we've ever been. >> reporter: he starred in the 2011 film "contagion" which bears striking resemblance to the current global pandemic. >> anybody who says you couldn't predict this, just look at "contagion." ten years ago we made a movie just by talking to experts and asking how would this look and how kind of would it go down. >> reporter: the star revealing his daughter came down with covid-19. >> yeah, well, our oldest daughter is in college, obviously that's been, you know, shut down, but she's in new york city and she had covid really early on along with her roommates and got through it

fine. >> reporter: i spoke with the wide-eyed hosts about what it was like to talk with the movie star. this is cool you managed to speak to matt damon. you must have been pretty excited. >> he the nicest man in the world. you wouldn't believe, he ended up saying at the end of the interview, graham, nathan, when this all blows over, we might go for beers afterwards. i don't know if that will happen but even saying that is pretty cool. >> reporter: the irish clearly fans of the actor and found a way to repay their kindness surprising a frontline nurse from dublin. >> oh, my god. >> hey, how are you doing? thank you so much for what you're doing. i can't even tell you. >> thank you. >> this has been so horrible for everybody but if there's any silver lining it's that hopefully people are finally understanding how awesome you frontline workers are. >> reporter: now, one of ireland's most famous singers bono lives nearby and the story goes he was the one that

convinced matt to call in to the radio station and we're glad he did. matt said he is planning to get back to l.a. with his whole family and will be reunited with his daughter alexa. >> looks like a pretty great place. >> he is one of the nicest guys. >> sure is. let's go to ginger. >> yeah, let's do a little more weather. there is a lot to talk about. severe weather is where we'll start. look at the shelf cloud captured by michael there at koco and that shelf cloud usually means damaging winds are on the way. a lot of times it does. today i think we could see those damaging winds and i also think an isolated tornado is possible along this yellow area from eastern kansas through wichita through the south suburbs of ming conctive ag ipesyanrtjersee y y kw you get storms like that, summer-lime temps. check that out for tomorrow ahead of the storm. hot and sticky.

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now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> good morning. our unsettled pattern continues today. rain fell this morning. it's a storm on the storm impact scale. the best chance of wet weather is a cross the north bay. the rest of us, isolated showers. steadier rain sunday and thunderstorms monday. >> another update in about 30

minutes. the news continues right now with "good morning america." ♪ how you like me now rica." ♪ how you like me n welcome back to "gma" live from times square. great to be with you on this thursday morning. >> that's right. we know millions of americans are working from home and teaching their kids from home. but people are also looking to turn some of their extra time into educational time. online learning is more popular than ever before and becky worely is back with much more on why master classes are the new go to. hey, becky. >> a cross between entertainment and instruction. online classrooms like master class are exploding as those on lockdown create meaningful, new experiences. >> perhaps it could live many centuries. >> it was like a mythical character. >> leave me alone. >> reporter: we're consuming

more content than ever. >> seeing people just binge, binge, binge. >> reporter: viewers are turning downtime into a time of learning. >> viewers want entertainment value they feel is worth their time. that is why places like master class are seeing this peak in consumer attention because they want to feel like they're filling their time with something that's worthwhile. >> at least we can see the texture is starting to dry out. >> reporter: whether grilling or poker. viewers are craving the sense of achievement that comes from learning something new and online content providers were stepping up. classes on photography. >> dealing with chaos and have to respond quickly. >> reporter: fender offering ukulele classes. >> down, up, down, up. >> reporter: plus the worry of job security leading many people to skills and upskilling classes to khan academy with an intro to data management. >> if you learn a new skill, how to cook. how to write.

if you learn how to act, maybe you can go to bed and feel like, wow, i accomplished something today. >> reporter: stuck at home viewers are all about diy like starting a backyard garden with ron finley. >> all of these things can be gardens. don't look at what it is. look at what it has the possibility to be. >> reporter: during uncertain times our very own robin roberts offers inspiration to her class on effective communication. >> my favorite mantra is you have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel. say it with me. you got to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel. >> reporter: truth, robin's master class is available right now at masterclass.com. amy, it was so instructional because it breaks down some of the things that robin, you do exquisitely. sort of invisible to us like how to really listen.

i learned something about body language and focus and i have to tell you i have good friends who work at master class and told me it was an absolute joy to work with robin and that you are beloved there internally because of the authenticity and the compassion you brought to the project. >> oh, wow. oh, my gosh. hey, becky, thank you for that. i got to tell you, everyone involve offed with master class they could give their own master class on how to treat people. they are wonderful. they provide this kind of like as a safe space for the instructor to share. hoping to help others and mine was about authentically communicating how to be resilient, optimistic, especially during these challenging times and it helps to have great teammates like you, becky, michael, my entire so incdibly i get to sit next to the master and learn the business so thank you. i'm sure everybody learned a lot

from your master class. i got to check that out, by the way. next -- i really do. i got to check it out. i'm serious. next we got a very funny guest who will have your kids laughing in the new movie "scoob." please welcome tracy morgan, along with his daughter maven, who is also in the movie with him. she wanted to join us for the interview. good morning you two. how are you guys and the rest of the family during the quarantine? >> well, we're doing great. we're just in here hanging out. we got a dave and buster's downstairs in the basement. video games, arcade games and bowling alleys and more than that we're just getting tight as a family. >> you know, sounds like you got better than dave & buster's. i don't think they have a real bowling alley. the movie "scoob." i loved scooby-doo growing up. new adventure for them. were you a fan growing up, tracy? >> absolutely, man. pop culture. captain caveman, jabber jaw,

growing up to me saturday mornings was it. you went to school all week long. you lived for saturday morning. these kids got a cartoon network so saturday mornings was our treat and scooby doo was a part of that. >> i definitely remember those days. maven, we know you've seen the movie. what did you think of the movie? >> i thought it was great. >> you think it was great. i like your opinion on the movie. we're going to take a look at a clip. here's a clip from "scoob." >> hello. your tiny little brains probably can't understand me so i will speak slowly. so that you may process the welcoming tones of my voice. >> we understand you perfectly. >> oh, word. no disrespect. so what brings you to mystery island?

>> and, maven, we know you got a chance to do a line in the movie. would you like to be an actress when you grow up? >> yes. >> yes. well, that is good. we look forward to seeing you do more stuff on the big screen and, tracy, what do you think? would you like to see maven follow in your footsteps? >> well, that would be a question for her and she wants to do that, then me and her mom totally support her. me personally i would like to see a doctor. >> you'd -- >> i'd like to see a doctor. >> a doctor is also a good thing as well, man. we want to thank you both for joining us. happy you are healthy and hanging out downstairs with a lot of good things during the quarantine time and growing closer to the family. always good to see you, tracy. >> we love you guys. for me and my daughter and my wife, 7:00 every day, we bang pots and we clap for those workers, those nurses, those doctors and everyone on

the front line, the police, the firemen and the first responders and everybody helping. so that's what we do at 7:00 every night. me, her and her mom and everybody in my family. we applaud you guys. >> you show your appreciation. i'm sure all the health care workers definitely out there hear you and really appreciate everything you guys are doing and, maven, i'm happy you brought maven along. maven, i'm happy you woke up and joined the interview. how was your first interview. you feel good about it? >> yes. >> all right. that's all i needed to hear. made my morning. tracy, maven, thank you both and looking forward to seeing "scoob," you guys, "scoob" available on demand starting tomorrow. make sure you check it out. t.j. and luke bryan are teaming up to surprise a special

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nurses that are fighting on the front lines. they're putting their own lives at risk to save their patients. and we're about to highlight one very special nurse. early this week i hope you remember lionel richie had one deserving doctor dancing on the ceiling in our tell t.j. frontline heroes edition. this morning t.j. is back with another "american idol" judge giving a country music loving nurse the surprise of her life. are you with me, t.j.? are you ready to go? good morning. >> reporter: i am with you. you are going to love this one, robin. now, of course, we don't talk about nationally memphis, tennessee, being an epicenter or hot spot for covid-19 but nurse cassidy has been going into work doing 12-hour shifts the past weeks and months, taking care of covid patients at baptist caught up with her one ofho psiftd you o give her i

robin, bring in as a surprise her favorite singer singing her favorite song. cassidy is a nurse in memphis, tennessee. >> my patient is positive for covid. >> reporter: she says her work with covid patients can be scary, taxing but also rewarding. >> just got out of the room. it's hot. sometimes it's hard to breathe. it takes an emotional toll just because -- this patient is so young and it's scary. but it's worth it as long as i'm helping people. >> what's your typical day like. >> i work in an intensive care unit. you see things that you only think you would hear on tv or you never really imagine. >> reporter: on her very first day treating covid patients a terrifying moment. the machine that filters the air she breathes and protects her from the virus suddenly stopped

working. she wanted to keep going. >> but then i thought, well, i'm not going to make a mistake and do that because if i get sick then i'm not going to be able to come back and help my patients so i looked at my co-worker. he was like you need to get out of the room and take care of yourself. that's what i did. >> are you scared going to work these days? >> i am a little bit but i wouldn't change my job for the world. i signed up to help people and that's what i want to do. >> for her efforts we wanted to give her a little thank you. what else do you do as just kind of an escape? >> i love to go on long walks. it just relaxes me and love listening to music. >> what are you listening to? >> luke bryan is my favorite. >> why is that? >> his songs always make me smile. >> i would assume like "rain is a good thing," his one that would make you feel absolutely good these days, would it not?

>> that is my favorite song. ♪ rain makes corn >> oh, my gosh! >> cassidy, how are you? >> are you for real? >> this is for real. how are you? >> oh my gosh. >> thank you for everything you're doing out there on the front lines. you're inspiring people like us, i mean, we're told to sit home and you're told to go straight into the hospital where actively sick patients are so you're certainly a hero to me. >> you have no idea how much that means to me and thank you so much to your music because that is all i listen to and always makes me smile. >> thank you so much for what you do and, luke, if you want to sing her off. ♪ rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey ♪ i need to record vocals this this room. it sounds really good. >> so good to meet you, all

right? >> i love y'all. thank you. >> thank you. oh, my gosh. that was the coolest thing i've ever done. >> if you're not familiar, folks, "rain is a good thing" her favorite song. rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey, whiskey makes my baby feel a little frisky but it goe. it goes on to talk about how taking something that many people see as a negative being a positive. that's a great message these days and pick-me-up for her and i have been texting cassidy this morning and absolutely i can report again, robin, she says since we've talked to her over the past several weeks things have gotten steady and even better at her hospital so that's always great to be able to pass along. >> i love how you update. how you stay in touch with these folks and find out how they're doing now. you didn't have to sing the lyrics to me. i'm a luke bryan fan myself. i was a country music deejay.

sa in e didn song. omwh i hear you. thanks for being with us and know we almost had technical difficulties but made it on the air. we got to give a shoutout to all the technicians who are keeping us connected like this here at home, there in the streets. it is wonderful what everybody is doing and what you are bringing to us is special, t.j. thank you, thank you, thank you. you take care. >> love you, robin. >> right back at you. let's get to ginger who is now at home as well. ginger. >> robin, i'm going to say his name, andrew hull, one of our engineers, thank you. you make this possible and so many others do too. how about we do this? let's talk about "gma" a pollen report sponsored by zyrtec. inspired by luke bryan and all of that, how about this pollen on, yeah, on a lake in oregon. that just gives you the indication, whoo, that it is

time to sneeze and here we've got a littlerert andit is yethugcafornia. this all of it put together. most of the nation in a struggle together right now when it comes to sneezing through it. i hope it is going okay for all of you especially as we heat up in the mid-atlan good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. chance of showers one more time with a storm impact scale of one. best chance across the north bay. 60s and 70s for highs today. sunshine the most and coming up, jennifer connelly the star of the new tv thriller, "snowpiercer." she'll be with us live. "gma's" pollen report is sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. zyrtec, mu

ba guest is an oscar winning actor and now jennifer connelly is starring in the post apocalyptic tv thriller "snowpiercer." it takes place on a per moving train. let's take a look at a clip. >> strawberries, they're susceptible to soil fungy. so are we actually, you, me, everyone on the train so don't let these proliferate either. everything here survives at the mercy of his balance. and the truth is you need strawberries more than he needs you. >> ooh, jennifer connelly joins us now. thanks for being with us. before we get to the series, i want to talk a little about what you're dealing with in quarantine. i know your youngest is in third grade and so you like so many parents are helping out with the

classroom, the home classroom. how is it going? >> that's right. well, we have -- we have an 11th grader and we have a third grader here at home, you know, they miss their friends, but i have to say the school has done an amazing job, so thank you to their teachers and thank you to all the teachers out there who are providing these programs for our kids. and you know there have been many days when i thought, you know, dropping my daughter off at school, god, i wish i could spend my day in third grade and i'm getting a little taste of that now. and honestly cherishing the time i have sitting by her side and working on fractions, you know. they grow up fast. >> they do. they do. i know. i've got three at home too and thinking this is a little cherished us time, which is kind of cool, and some time to watch your new movie. let's talk about "snowpiercer." it's based actually on a movie of the same name from the

director bong joon-ho, winning director of "parasite." had you seen this movie before taking on the role? >> i had seen the movie. it's a fantastic movie. he's a tremendous director, the cast is phenomenal. i enjoyed it a lot and i thought that the material could lend itself really well to a tv show. that there was more to explore there, so i was excited to get on board as it were. >> yeah, it is a little eerie in these times because it's sort of art imitating life these days. a lot of people confined in relatively close quarters because of the pandemic. did this show prepare you at all for that? just curious. >> wow, well, i don't think any of us saw this coming -- i didn't see this coming for sure. well, i'll say i'm grateful not to be on a train, you know. we can go outside. we can take walks, get some

fresh air. the passengers of snowpiercer aren't able to do that. >> gives you perspective and your co-star, daveed diggs, what was it like working with him? were you a big fan of "hamilton" before? >> he's phenomenal. he is so talented. he's such a great collaborator. so much fun to spend time with. he's one of the kindest people that i know. super smart so it was lovely. it was really the whole process was great, you know, the experience of doing it was really wonderful. great community. >> we cannot wait to watch. thank you, jennifer connelly, so much, for being with us today. wish you the best and "snowpiercer" premieres sunday night on tnt and we'll be right

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now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm kumasi aaron. police and firefighters cheered on and thanked health care workers as they left and got to work. first responders from several agencies were there during a shift change this morning to show their support for the people at the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. now here is mike with our forecast. >> thank you. love seeing that. let's look at live doppler 7. a shower moving through, heading to the east along 37. it's going to leave a little trail of a couple hundredths of an inch of rain behind. that's what we will get out of the showers, one on the storm impact scale. just like the last several days, as we head into the late afternoon, early evening, they disappear. they will be gone for a couple of days. whether they return, a pretty steady rain sunday. >> thanks, mike. it's time for "live with

kelly and ryan." we will be back at 11:00. we hope you will join us then. >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, star of the series, "grown-ish," yara shahidi. and a 9-year-old from north carolina helping others. and from the new drama, "snowpiercer," award-winning actor, daveed diggs. plus, safety tips from dr. jennifer ashton. and we continue "live's conquering the q week." plus sign newborn baby and survival all adds up to our "good news story of the day." all next on "live!" ♪ and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! ♪ >> kelly: good morning. >> ryan: your ip