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we'll show you what happens to a college stats course when nfl head coach john gruden crashes the party. "early today" starts right now >> good morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm cori coffin as americans continue to fight back the coronavirus states are looking for ways to let their residents out of lockdown. there are signs that social distancing has been making a difference still, the number of deaths in the united states due to covid-19 has risen to more than 42,000 a wave of southern states have now announced reopening in georgia gyms and hair salons will be allowed to reopen as early as friday. in tennessee's stay at home order will expire at the end of the month. texas began its first phase of lifting restrictions by opening state parks. new york has launched a statewide anti body study to try to determine exactly how many people have the virus.

the health department plans to randomly select 3,000 volunteers at 20 grocery stores officials say the findings should help with the strategy to reopen the state this as every single person in a small town in northern california is being tested for coronavirus whether they're showing symptoms or not. they hope that by testing all 1,600 people researchers can learn more about the spread of the virus. and anti body study has found that the joutd break in los angeles right in 55 times bigger than the reported cases researchers from usc found that about 4% of the adult population had anti bodies meaning that as many as 442,000 adults had the virus. l.a. county has confirmed about 8,000 cases. facebook has launched maps that show where people hav self-reported covid-19 symptoms. this tool is meant to help officials know where to allocate resources and also to decide where places could be reopened this pandemic has hit the service industry hard. according to a survey by the

national restaurant association two thirds of restaurant employees are out of work. they estimate more than 8 million workers lost their jobs or were furloughed and many events have been put on hold ticket master is preparing a refund plan for shows that have been postponed instead of just the ones that were cancelled the company also says customers can donate the value of their tickets to health cory woare wo. some states are starting to reopen their economies and ease some restrictions. here is miguel alalma gir intensifying days before the national guidelines are set to expire with the u.s. death toll soaring about 40,000 states like massachusetts and illinois are still considered hot spots boston and chicago seen as hot spots of infections.

>> nobody disagrees that we want to get out of this situation nobody you don't need protests to convince anybody in this country that we have to get back to work. >> reporter: by the end of the week, georgia's governor says fitness centers, beauty salons and bowling alleys can all reopen the govern nor in tennessee declaring he will not extend the stay at home order beyondth. north carolina and florida have given the go ahead to open some beaches as we approach summer. the pathway back to normal life but please respect these limitations. >> the governor in south carolina is going further allowing furniture, jewelry and clothing stores to get back to business. >> in los angeles where tourism is down 95% and more than half the city is unemployed the stay

at home orders go for nearly another month and they could be extended much longer than that >> thank you president trump is putting the brakes on all immigration to the united states. overnight he tweeted that he's signing an executive order to temporarily halt immigration in an effort to fight coronavirus and protect american jobs. for more let's go to tracie potts and this has been in the works for a while. >> reporter: yes, senior administration officials says that this is something that the president's been considering for a while. obviously it was part of his campaign, it's something he's been talking about for years and the president now tweeting that he will use an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration. he says to protect american jobs, but also to protect americans from the coronavirus early reaction from senator cam la harris saying that the president is shamelessly

politicizing this pandemic we expect andrew cuomo of new york to be at the white house to meet with the president face to face about how they're dealing with the massive number of cases in north ooeeast and we are wai for what could be a senate vote today on a house vote on thursday to refund the paycheck protection program, the small business loans that ran out of money last week. >> we hope to haven a agreement very soon and hopefully tomorrow the senate is able to vote >> we deferred a lot of our bills and our mortgages and our line of credit they should have probably had the wind programs for different trying to figure it out. >> treasury secretary has said as soon as the president signs off they'll be able to reopen those applications to process not only new applications, but those who had already been

approved before the money ran out. back to you. >> okay. thank you. in the search for solutions we are going inside the race for a vaccine. here's tom costello. >> reporter: at emery university hospital in atlanta volunteers are receiving the first injections for a potential vaccine against covid-19 happening in near record time. >> right now we're trying to make sure that the vaccine is safe once we determine it's safe we also assess if actually the body is able to mount the right immune response. >> reporter: vaccine 15 years te but researchers think they can have a covid-19 vaccine within 10 to 18 months. she volunteered to be a test subject for the vaccine. >> from nih to our emery university faculty to our staff,

to our -- the nurses who drew my blood today i'm just surrounded by excellence and i am not worried. >> it uses a genetic material from the virus and uses protein to stimulate a response. there are dozens of vaccine candidates with two clinical trials underway in the u.s. including the emery trial. we've been talking to researchers involved in the second trial >> a doctor working on a vaccine told me what they don't know is is this a vaccine that will constantly have to be updated as the virus changes and potentially mu states. >> reporter: the doctor says she feels the urgency to find a vaccine even from family >> the pressure is on different ever definitely from my parents when they ask me, do you have a vaccine for us keep trying. >> the volunteers are getting the second round of their vaccine injections this week

because this trial appears to be going well, researchers hope to open it up to elderly participants as well >> like the sound of progress. thank you. a remarkable turn around to a family we introduced you to earlier this month the inspiring update >> reporter: it's the moment she and her family hoped for but never thought they se'd say her husband leaving the medical center in new jersey arriving home to a surprise hero's welcome. >> i was out for so long and what felt like one night turned out to be three weeks. >> reporter: on a ventilator for more than two weeks battling coronavirus he was out of options but for an experimental drug and prayers >> i never really allowed myself to believe that he wouldn't recover. i would actually talk to michael in my head a little bit. it was just like, this isn't

your time. >> we first met alana and her kids about two weeks ago >> he used to snuggle with me and now he can't >> reporter: alana told me she was living minute by minute. >> how are you looking at life now. >> that we live day by day. >> reporter: celebrating a new start and six-year-old sophie finally getting what she had been missing >> the last night my daughter fell asleep in my arms like three minutes. >> they're calling him a walking miracle. he is a walking miracle. >> beating the odds, a family e reunited, givering all of us hope >> time to get your first check of tuesday's weather with janessa webb good morning >> good morning. i love to hear those inspiring stories as we all try to overcome everything that's going on let's check out what's happening weather wise across the ohio valley you're starting to see a little bit of rain and kind of a wintry mix but this is going to transition into severe weather

threat for new york city, boston, washington, d.c., going into your afternoon, lingering all the way into tonight so we have 36 million people that are under that severe weather risk it's going to be damaging winds, also a little bit of hail that we'll be watching for and also a small section of the southern plains from oklahoma city to parts of dallas also could see some damaging winds as well. gusts are going to be picking up to at least 50 miles per hour so it's gng to be aoi abnormally we south. to the southeast out towards florida setting records. very active weather pattern so today for the northeast, head's up, very windy >> and nothing like the 96 degrees we're seeing in central

texas. >> exactly in the now clear canals of venice a biologist captured this video after a jelly fish gliding through the water on easter sunday the buy control cyst says low traffic made it possible to see the jelly fish at all. you may remember there were reports of dolphins in the canals just a couple weeks ago >> all right still to come, michelle obama reaches out to kids in quarantine >> europe takes its first steps toward the new normal amidst the pandemic "early today" is back in two no way! simparica trio is the first chewable that delivers all this protection. and simparica trio is demonstrated safe for puppies. it's simple: go with simparica trio. this drug class has been associated with neurologic adverse reactions, including seizures; use with caution in dogs with a history of these disorders. protect him with all your heart. simparica trio.

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favorite children's books. kids are doing well right now. >> nice to be read to by the former first lady. as coronavirus cases continue to surge europe opens places in an experimental phase. schools, parks, stores and more all reopening across the continent. it marks two months in lockdown. meanwhile in asia china is refuting u.s. suspicions that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in wuhan. >> good morning to you so we had heard the president of the united states say quote, a lot of suspicious stuff had happened in that laboratory in wuhan and yesterday we heard from the foreign ministry in china who said that that was quote, irresponsible they called those comments irresponsible and said those were conspiracy theories saying there were stringent management systems that would have prevented any virus from getting outside the facility as you said across europe now

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in today's quick hits actress paltrow is joining the all in challenge in auctioning off her gown from the 2000 oscars to support coronavirus relief efforts the current bid is just overso are gathering for the jersey for jersey benefit concert it's tomorrow night and it will feature at home performances head lined by bruce springsteen and many more. >> jennifer lopez and alex rodriguez may be looking to buy the new york mets. the couple has retained jp

morgan chase to raise capital for a possible bid on the team >> that would be crazy if they own the mets the raiders head coach is tackling a new challenge in quarantine zoom school. jon gruden crashed an online statistics class at the university of tennessee. >> all right, folks. it is class time i miss you guys. i miss seeing the faces. >> excuse me, professor morris. >> yes >> my name is jon gruden and i'm the coach of the raiders i'm getting ready for the nfl draft. i don't have a lot of time i just don't know, is it -- do you say data or data which is it? >> well -- >> i'm really sorry to interrupt. i'm a huge tennessee fan i'm a little confused. >> they can't see you. >> nobody can see you. >> there you go. you did it yeah >> thank god my wife helped me out here but

no, i had some of my best memories are right down there at cumberland avenue and i don't know if chandler is awake yet. >> my hair is looking a little wild >> you doing all right you guys taking notes? i can't see your papers. >> i got my notes open >> all right you guys have a blessed day. stay strong and just know that we're counting on all you young people to lead the charge when we come out, now >> thank you so much >> and look, i've got my spider 2-y banana >> you are a crazy lady. i wish i had you as a professor. i would have got a lot better grades stay positive and keep working and we're all in this together >> tell you, that was wild, man. >> what a great experience i love that this pandemic has not only brought people together but broken down a lot of barriers >> he was there at tennessee because he used to coach there back in 1985 >> thanks for warking up with

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good tuesday morning to you. the headlines right now at 4:30, a controversial late night move from president trump. he's suspending immigration into the u.s. amid the coronavirus pandemic. and a live look at capitol hill where today senate lawmakers are expected to vote on a $310 billion -- this is a bill -- for more small business loans. in the bay area there are now nearly 6,600 confirmed cases with 211 deaths. in santa clara county it's close to hitting the 2,000 mark. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm