the drug and dr. fauci says it's having a positive effect for reducing the effect. and retailers are about to reopen but could this spur a second wave. >> tom hanks are now donating their blood and the plasma for

research >> and the excitement for one man who emerges from the hospital after 52 days >> social distancing guidelines expire today as the president leads the response more than 60,000 have died but double that amount have now recovered from the virus over 124,000 people have recuperated. >> gavin newsom is poised to close beaches and state parks to slow the spread of the virus los angeles has become the first major city to offer three testing to all of its rest depts

even those with no symptoms. priorities will be given to front line workers >> you can still don those derby hats lebron james is helping make graduation an all star event this year. it will feature the jonas brothers and other celebrities that will join in. extremely sick patients, the fda is expected to grant emergency approval for doctors about nurses on the front lines, a new weapon on

the fight against covid-19 >> data shows that they are a clear cut significant effect for diminishing the time for recovery >> the drug is -- the preliminary data showed it cut the recovery time in the hospital from 15 to 11 days. the mortality rate dropped from 11.6% to those on the drug >> i narrowly ignored the ventilator >> he was given the drug in the hospital and he says he quickly began recovering

>> the personal experience with the drug make me feel very strongly that it should be used. >> emery university hospital ran the largest of the trials. >> it was originally designed to treat e-bola patients. >> i'm very encouraged and i'm optimistic as they have earlier disease and are sickest i've e. >> they were trying to think we have nothing to lose because if we can help him great.

>> the president is calling on the fda to approve it as the front line drug. the nih study needs to be peer reviewed >> thanks for that report. with the white house social distancing guidelines set to close today. >> with the white house social distancing guidelines set to expire, president trump says he is not planning to extend them >> now the governors are doing it >> but doing enough testing has continued to be a part of the reopening. 5 million tests to reopen safely president trump told me the administration would meet that benchmark. >> you're confident you can

surpass 5 million tests per day? >> we're going to be that very soon >> there is ak absolute any lo way on earth that we can do 20 million tests a day the president tried to walk back his comments >> i didn't say it but somebody that i had 5 million i this that was from the harvard report but we are going to be there at a certain point >> the administration rolled out a plan to boost those numbers. meantime the top advisor had this to say. >> the government, federal government rose to the challenge and this is a great success story and that's really what needs to be told >> those comments coming at a death toll of more than 60,000

>> when his coronavirus response under for his re-election campaign nbc news has confirmed blowup. for more we go to capitol hill the president is denying these reports. >> reporter: the president's denying it buzz the "washington post" reported it originally the associated press has added on some details. nbc was noted that the president explode on a campaign call about these new numbers. some saying that it's false reporting that he was shouting at his campaign manager over this and internal polls show the president slipping behind joe

biden in key states. the president reportedly said he would sue his campaign manager and did not believe the polling from inside his n campaign but we do know that he's planning to hi again soon >> i think i'm going to arizona next week and we look forward to to that and we hope to go to ohio very soon and we're start to move around and we'll have massive rallies. i can't imagine a rally when you have every fourth seat full. i hope we'll be able to do some good old fashioned 25,000 rallies. >> and michael flynn in his attempt to withdraw his guilty plea he's got new ammunition this note from the fbi we don't know who suggesting that what

his lawyers have argued that he was set up in his interview with the fbi. also saying they had a case built against flynn on his contacts with russia a lot for the president to juggle outside of pandemic >> tom hanks is helping other patients the couple donated plasma and they joked in an npr interview >> let's get a first check of the weather with janessa webb. >> we have a soggy day on tap.

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100 100th birthday moore has been appointed an honorary colonel raised more than$46 million in the kuruk >> not a national treasury, a global treasury for all of us right now. the white house is selling this here u. it's a covid-19 coin featuring a podium it has the names of president trump and vice president pence along with member s of the coronavirus task force it sells from $100, we should mention it's a private retailer

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year's graduates it will be streamed this saturday at 2:00 p.m >> and a record breaking video, gave birth to 21 as we work to get through these times together, you may not be thinking about blood donation, but blood is needed to save the lives of people who are sick with a range of illnesses.

it's easy and safe to give. if you are in good health, please donate. we need heroes now. visit red cross blood dot org to schedule an appointment. good morning. it's 4:30. welcome to "today in the bay." i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. we will have a look at traffic in a bit but first let's check with kari hall for this thursday's forecast. yesterday was beautiful and hope we will see a repeat today. >> we will. absolutely going to be a nice day. let's check out our temperature trend in martinez. we will be in the mid-50s as you get ready to head out the door, and then it warms up nicely by noon. temperatures are perfect for opening up the windows and letting in a fresh breeze and we are in the