>> stay with us for "good morning america." have an amazing monday. right now on "america this morning," re-open dilemma. crowd control. people pack into restaurants, bars and beaches, violating social distancing rules. the new challenge for police with more of the country set to re-open this morning. >> and with more americans losing their jobs, billionaire mark cuban with a new plan. why he wants the government to send every american $1,000 every two weeks. war of words. president trump responds for the first time to former president obama's scathing criticism of the coronavirus response effort, claiming some people aren't even pretending to be in charge. caught on camera, deadly plunge. a jet crashes during a flyover tribute to medical workers. the pilot ejecting before the plane slams into a home.

witnesses describe what happened seconds earlier. new video of a narrow escape. firefighters evacuating down a ladder are surrounded by flames after an explosion. what we're learning overnight. a new twist in the search for a colorado woman missing since going on a bike ride on mother's day. and the story behind this man's weekly trip to costco. why he makes the journey even though it takes 14 hours round trip. good monday morning, everyone. we start the week close to a new milestone in the fight against coronavirus. >> the u.s. death toll is about to reach 90,000, and as more of the country re-opens today, there's growing concern about people ignoring social distancing rules at restaurants and beaches. >> in northern california officials say an infected person attended a church service last weekend, exposing as many as 180 people to the virus. >> in connecticut a story of

inspiration. a man has been reunited with his family after two near death experiences fighting covid-19. he was in the hospital for 49 days. >> meanwhile with predictions that the unemployment rate could 25 billiai mark cuban is calling on the government to provide american families with a $1,000 stimulus check every two weeks through july. >> cuban says consumer demand is the only thing that will save american businesses. all the details ahead. >> we begin our coverage with the crackdown on crowds as america re-opens. this morning social distancing is proving more difficult as the weather warms up. in new york city over the weekend large groups gathering outside bars, drinking popular to-go beverages. >> i'm not comfortable at all with people congregating outside bars. it's the same rule. >> reporter: the mayor says the city's beaches will not be open for memorial day weekend even as the number of new covid-19 hospitalizations decrease. the governor says the state is rapidly expanding testing. he even got swabbed himself in

front of the cameras. >> i'm going to show you how fast and easy it is to take the test. that is the whole test. i'm not in pain. i'm not in discomfort. >> reporter: as of today, nearly every state is easing restrictions, but analysis from "the new york times" shows cases on the rise in eight states including texas, reporting its highest daily rate on saturday with nearly 2,000 new cases. many are from meat packing plants near amarillo like jbs where more than 150 employees have tested positive. gallons of sanitizer a week, 22, >> we're going through 110 gallons of sanitizer a week, 22, 23 gallons a day. >> reporter: and this morning, more signs that quarantine fatigue is setting in. from coast to coast, beaches and restaurants like this one packed in cincinnati. this restaurant in maryland is rolling out new social

distancing tables. and near orlando, florida, chaos after a large group gathered for a block party. >> get out of the road! >> reporter: seven people were arrested after deputies say they were hit with glass bottles. in the meantime, gyms can re-open in florida today. the governor is encouraging people to make appointments or schedule the use of equipment. he says vacation rentals will be allowed to host guests again but not everyone should visit. >> if you tell me you're going to rent them out to people from new york city i'm probably not going to approve that. >> reporter: massachusetts is also expected to announce re-opening plans today. it's one of the last states to ease restrictions. federal reserve chairman jerome powell says the key to economic recovery is keeping small businesses owners solvent in the coming weeks. >> this economy will recover. it may take a while. it may take a period of time. it could stretch through the end of next year. we really don't know. speedway sunday in south nse ofo and goas bacon cours

>> it's a wonderful thing to see. >> reporter: president trump even made an unannounced call during the pga charity event to discuss the future of sports. >> i'm getting a little tired of of watching 10-year-old golf tournaments where you know who won. we want to get sports back. we miss sports. we need sports in terms of the psyche, the psyche of our country. we want to be back to normal where you have the big crowds practically standing on top of each other enjoying themselves. not where they're worried. the other big news today. the big three auto makers will resume production in michigan with new safety guidelines in place. two brothers from boston who beat the coronavirus are urging other survivors to donate their blood plasma. mike and chris lost their mother to the virus just before they both tested positive. mike was eventually in a coma for one whole week. he says he's alive today because a coronavirus survivor donated their blood plasma, helping him

to recover. >> once they got me the plasma transfer, 24 hours later i was up, alert. >> i was lucky. i had a much different experience with it than mike did, but the one thing we kind of had in common is the virus really attacked our bodies at nighttime. >> chris donated plasma last month. mike says he will donate once he is cleared by doctors. we turn now to president trump and former president obama taking new shots at each other at what could be a preview of the weeks and months ahead. abc's alex presha reports. >> reporter: this morning the new war of words between president trump and former president obama ramping up. >> more than anything, this pandemic has fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. >> reporter: during virtual commencement addresses this weekend, the former president slammed the current administration's response to the coronavirus. >> doing what feels good, what's convenient, what's easy, that's

how little kids think. unfortunately, a lot of so-called grownups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs still think that way, which is why things are so screwed up. >> reporter: president trump was asked to respond. >> i didn't hear it. look, he was an incompetent president. that's all i can say. grossly incompetent. >> reporter: just last week former president obama blasted the trump administration during a call with former staffers which was leaked to the media. >> it has been an absolute chaotic disaster. >> reporter: meanwhile, president trump is pushing, without evidence, claims that it was president obama who was behind the russia investigation. trump even coining the term obama-gate. >> this was all obama. this was all biden. these people were corrupt. the whole thing was corrupt, and we caught them. >> of course, all of this will only intensify as we get closer to the november election, but this week president trump is traveling to the crucial battleground state of michigan. he's expected to tour a

ventilator assembly plant at ford on thursday. kenneth and mona. >> alex, thank you. dramatic new video shows the moment firefighters in los angeles escaped a massive explosion. you can see them evacuating when flames surrounded their ladder, immediately engulfing them. in all, 12 firefighters were injured but amazingly, they all survived. the fire started in the warehouse of a company that makes butane hash oil, a cannabis extract. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> there's no doubt that this could have been much worse. that being said, that doesn't undermine that we have two critically injured people still inside the hospital. we have some significant burns. >> officials say those two firefighters are now stable. six others were also in the hospital overnight. just two weeks before the official start of hurricane season, tropical storm arthur is taking aim at the north carolina coast. let's take a closer look at your monday forecast. the first tropical storm of the

season is off the coast of north carolina. arthur is expected to pass over or come very close to the outer banks today with heavy rain and rough surf. in chicago, heavy rains caused flash flooding across the city. the chicago river overflowed its banks in areas, making some roads impassable. it's all part of a system bringing downpours to the great lakes and the ohio valley today with three inches of rain possible. checking today's high temperature, 70s here in new york, 60s from chicago to seattle, 70 in l.a. coming up, we celebrate a sports broadcasting trail blazer. but first, a military jet crashes during a flyover tribute to medical workers. witnesses explain what happened seconds before the impact. later this half-hour, police battle a very angry steer on the run.

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and we're back with deadly air force jet crash du and we're back with that deadly air force jet crash during a flyover tribute to medical workers in canada, the jet slamming into a house. abc's megan tevrizian has more. >> reporter: this morning video showing two snowbird jets, part of the canadian armed forces, taking off sunday moments before a fatal crash. one jet veering to the left, appearing to do a barrel roll in the air before starting to plunge straight to the ground. >> he just crashed. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the flight, part of a national campaign to boost morale across canada during the covid-19 crisis. the snowbirds, similar to america's version of the blue angels, were in the middle of crossing the country doing flyovers in british columbia. >> one of the snowbirds flying lower than typically expected did a barrel roll.

there was a flash or a spark shortly after the barrel roll and i saw a pilot eject and the plane basically just took a nose dive straight into the ground. >> reporter: the two pilots crashing into this neighborhood, causing at least one house to catch fire. emergency responders performing rescue operations on the roof of a nearby house. >> there was a large amount of debris around a three-home proximity. the one home was significantly damaged by fire. >> reporter: captain jennifer casey died in the crash. the former journalist joined the snowbirds in november of 2018. the royal canadian air force tweeting, we are deeply saddened and grieve alongside jen's family and friends. in october of last year a snowbird jet crashed during an air show in atlanta, georgia. in that crash the pilot was able to eject safely and wasn't injured. no one on the ground was hurt. the injured pilot in sunday's crash is in the hospital this morning recovering from nonlife-threatening injuries. before sunday's crash, seven

pilots and one passenger had been lost in the snowbirds' history. kenneth, mona. >> megan, thank you. tributes are pouring in for a trail blazer in sports casting. phyllis george helped break the glass ceiling for women covering sports when she joined cbs in 1975. she joined brent musburger on the "nfl today." in a statement musburger said phyllis didn't receive nearly enough credit for opening the sports broadcasting door for the talented women who took her lead. george was also a former miss america. she died from a blood disorder. phyllis george was 70 years old. and coming up, a major change coming to major league baseball. no spitting. the other big changes on the way. first a developing story from colorado. the husband of a woman missing since going on a mother's day bike ride makes a desperate plea for her return. for her return. sperate plea for her return.

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sunday we saw new york governor andrew cuomo take that nasal swab test like a champion. he says it's pretty easy. as many states ramp up testing, what are you hearing about availability, and please, tell us the difference between the nasal swab and the antibody test. which should we get? >> so the availability of testing is getting much better now. states around the united states are getting more of that pcr test which is the nasal swab you saw governor cuomo use yesterday or demonstrate yesterday, and that tells us if you actively have the virus. now, an antibody test is very different. it's a blood test and that tells you if you already fought the virus and your body had a chance to create antibodies toward it. the tits are gd but they're not perfect. right now in the market, kenneth, there are about 120 of these tests which were rapidly approved but only a handful of these tests are actively being studied to see if they're truly accurate.

so your best bet is to go with the nasal swab or the pcr test to see if you have the virus. >> where are we with this antigen test that was recently approved and the saliva tests? are these becoming more widely available? >> yes. the antigen test is not as widely available but that's going to be the game changer because that looks at the protein particles of the virus and the results can come back in under 20 minutes. so that's where we need to be, but we are making progress toward that. and the saliva test is already out there and i actually have a home kit that you can actually order from your provider, and it will come in the mail. >> several weeks ago we reported on the number of sailors on the "uss roosevelt" becoming infected. now we've learned that at least 13 sailors who seemed to have recovered tested positive again. this all raises the question can you get this twice? what do we know? >> this is puzzling a lot of us in the field right now.

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc7 news. making news right now at 4:27. finally happening today san francisco, san mateo and marin counties will start to ease restrictions as we move into phase two of reopening. coronavirus testing is expanding in the east bay. everyone in three communities in alameda counties are eligible starting today. the moment of truth for francisco martin. spoiler, he won't be the next "american idol" but his musical journey is not over. i know, let's try to keep it together this morning. it was hard to hear. but, he's so talented, i'm sure he will be okay. it is monday, may 18th and guess

what drew tuma is here. >> you have someone in the studio with you. you are going to love it or hate it that it's not silent any more. live doppler 7 showing you pretty active in the south bay. san jose and pops of yellow and orange and light to moderate showers working through the south bay. in the north bay, very light and isolated in nature from santa rosa over to sonoma to light sprinkles in the early monday morning hour. a level one system we have overhead. really the focus of the showers is in the first half of your day. mid day there is the chance of a es w cou encounter some small hail. we'll keep our eye on that. peeks of sunshine later the afternoon and cooler afternoon in terms of main numbers in the 60s across the board and by 7:00 p.m., a chance of isolated shower. take the rain gear out and the showers moving through the area. >> all right, thks drew.

happening today, mari move in two of reopening. affect our local economy health and changing workplace along with education and these are all areas that abc7 news is committed to. so, what exactly does entering phase two mean? it includes child care for parents outside of the essential workforce. it will let manufacturing companies resume business, as well as limited services like dog washes and car washes. some offices where telework is not possible can reopen. phase two allows for curbside retail pickup. we're speaking to local business owners as they tear down the plywood and prepare for the new changes and all of them tell us how big of a day this is. >> the most important monday in the last many years in san francisco. anything that gets our small businesses open and let's people know they are open is very important. >> remember now, customers still

r the f requireace coverings and stay six feet apart, but not every business is going to be allowed to unlock their doors. police forced the owner to shut down last week claiming it was nonessential, even though his newspapers are in six languages. sf supervisor is fighting to keep it open. in the meantime sfmta is offering temporary loading zones and free to offer for those online. here is a look at where all the pay area counties stand. mar oorx nirx and san mateo and sonoma, napa and solano in phase two and alameda and contra costa will move on to the next phase next week. santa clara has no date for starting phase two. now, you can