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to get work done while keeping reloading gun powder, steel the kids busy. pipes, and other items to make "early today" starts right now the explosives they found this while searching the home of 53-year-old bradley good morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm cori coffin bunn the coronavirus pandemic bunn reportedly told agents he planned to use the bombs if he continues to grip the nation as were the victim of a home officials try to save lives and revive the economy invasion here's what we know at this he's been charged with possession of illegal hour more than 69,000 lives have been destructive devices. lost in this country due to with kids stuck at home, par parenting are turning to help covid-19 the number of confirmed from virtual babysitters infections is well over 1 million this morning our affiliate in d.c. has more on this story. according to johns hopkins university, at least 187,000 >> reporter: home is many things patients have been able to right now. workplace, school, and, of course, where people are being recover from the virus. instructed to spend most of >> california plans to move their time in order to slow the forward with phase two of its reopening plan on friday tide of a pandemic the governor says some so much going on here. retailers, including clothing and sporting goods stores, will it led elizabeth to create a be able to reopen with safety virtual sitter service she calls modifications. in santa cruz, california, an anonymous donor gave $1 million v.p. to the employees at dignity -- v.b. >> i had friends sending text health dominican hospital, messages out, saying they were stressed trying to juggle including the doctors, nurses, parenting and homeschooling, and cleaning staff, everyone also teleworking they weren't being the employees

they want to be. part-timers get $600 >> simon says, stand up and >> in washington state, toys for twirl. >> reporter: the video conferencing sitters include tots are delivering christmas high school and college students no longer able to earn cheer early. they want to help keep kids babysitting money the old engaged and active while they're fashioned way. stuck at home right now. >> siblings are arguing over a toy, you can say, "one, two, in texas, people started leaving three, eyes on my. their homes to go to the movies. the state is allowing theaters is everyone looking at the to reopen at 25% capacity. camera you talk through whatever issue is going on in the household." major chains are still closed, but some smaller ones decided to other than that, it is not open three locations in san antonio different. >> you know what the downward attracted about 3,000 customers dog is, what type of exercise over the weekend that might be? for the first time in over a month, president trump is >> reporter: the web platform is free to use. hitting the road this morning. parents pay for the sitter he is heading west to arizona to mom of two, sarah, says she tour a medical equipment factory. finds it a win during these the president will speak with workers at a honeywell facility, challenging times. >> i was really interested which produces n-95 masks. we were working from home. the kids were home back in d.c., a new battle is it's been a life-saver brewing between the house and the senate over the next relief >> our thanks to jackie benson package. nbc's peter alexander has more for that report. >> picture kids throwing a towel >> reporter: with more states over that. >> saying, what? starting to ease restrictions >> just like that. and reopen their economies, a sobering, new projection inside a draft government report from

the trump administration, warning of the possible consequences predicting by june 1st, the daily death toll from the coronavirus could nearly double to 3,000 the number of cases could jump to 200,000 a day the "new york times" obtained the internal document which cited projections from a johns hopkins university model former fda official scott gottlieb said there could be more deaths without a decrease. >> as you open the economy and people interact more, stop is social distancing, that slow burn of infection could ignite at any point. >> reporter: it comes as president trump is revising his projection for the number of lives lost two weeks ago, saying the death toll could be as long as 50,000. sunday, saying it will likely be significantly higher. >> we're going to lose anywhere from 75,000, 80,000, to 100,000 people that's a horrible thing. we shouldn't lose one person over this. >> reporter: the white house and

the cdc are disavowing the draft document the white house saying it is not their document, that it's not all you could see was gone through inter-agency vetting, and is not reflective constant smoke, and the whole of any of the modeling done by crowd was here all the way around. the task force the creator of the johns hopkins >> right now it's 4:30. model telling the "washington too close and too many people. the early cinco de mayo post" the projections were not intended to be a forecast. celebration that hassan jose adding, there are reopening scenarios where it could get out police concerned about what may happen today. of control very quickly. plus, cracking down. gottlieb noting cases are a live report on the growing number of citations issued expanding in 20 states >> it may be the case that we across the bay area for social have literally tens of thousands distancing violations. of infections every day, and we just have to learn how to reduce thank you so much for joining us here on "today in the our risk and how to live in an bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. environment where the backdrop is that there is going to be welcome to continued spread of this virus. >> reporter: now, another model often cited by the white house is projecting the death toll will reach 134,000 that would mean as many americans could lose their lives in the months ahead as have died so far >> startling number. peter, thank you. more than half the country is at least partially opening up in many places, people are out

and businesses are open for the first time in more than a month. here's jay gray. >> reporter: packed beaches and parks, warmer weather. >> we don't want to stay home anymore. >> reporter: adding to the heated debate over how and when to reopen the country. >> i do think it's too soon. >> reporter: more than 30 states have now eased quarantine restrictions still, it's anything but business as usual. opening up comes with new social distancing, sanitizing, and other safety measures. the mission, two-fold for business owners. protecting clients while finding a way to survive the overwhelming economic effects of the pandemic >> it's fearful, but we're between a rock and a hard place. if i don't open now, someone else is going to take that business, maybe i'm not going to have a business to come back to. >> reporter: there is concern as thousands come back to public areas, as well some marking their social

distancing territory in other places, crowds are gathering, despite a heavy police presence. >> i have not seen a lot of use of masks, and there are certain areas and certain times of day and certain places where it doesn't seem like social distancing is even a thing >> reporter: striking fear in front line medical teams. >> we're at capacity, and we still do not have enough room if there's a new wave that comes forward. >> reporter: as a wave of those angst anxious to get out and get back to some sort of life before the outbreak grows jay gray, nbc news in the search for solutions, the fda is cracking down on the flood of inaccurate antibody tests on the market. the president is raising hopes of a vaccine by the end of the year doctors say that's not likely. nbc's stephanie gosk tells us why. >> reporter: the fda put the brakes on antibody tests roughly 200 hit the market in recent weeks amid few restrictions now, the agency says guardrails

are needed writing, in part, we unfortunately see unscrupulous actors marketing fraudulent test kits to take advantage of americans. so far, the fda only granted emergency authorization to 12 antibody tests the makers of the rest will have to apply positive readings are 90% accurate negative readings, 95% anyone looking to be tested should make sure the test used is on the fda's short list there are some clinics like this one offering antibody tests, along with doctor's offices and hospitals. there are no fda-authorized, at-home antibody tests the existence of antibodies prove someone has been exposed while health experts believe they could provide protection from the virus, so far, they don't know for sure. >> certainly worthwhile if you are conducting studies in a given town, to know the people that have been infected with the virus. >> reporter: it is good for research it doesn't punch my ticket to go walk out on the streets and do

whatever i want? >> that's right. we still don't know what being antibody positive means. >> reporter: in south korea, there were reports of people being reinfected now, health ofals in testing but with uncertainty remaining about antibodies, finding a vaccine is even more important >> i think we're going to have a vaccine by the end of the year now, the doctors would say, "well, you shouldn't say that. i'll say what i think. >> reporter: there are promising signs. six vaccines are already being tested in human clinical trials, and dozens more are in development. this doctor, developing a vaccine himself, worries trying to speed up the process may sacrifice the public's confidence. >> i don't think we should have magical thinking that we're going to have a vaccine in a matter of weeks or months. >> reporter: there is no way to cut corners, he says a safe, effective, and trusted vaccine takes time stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york some european countries have

begun a new normal by slowly loosening their covid-19 restrictions, while others are extending theirs global cases and deaths continue to grow. the uk government says it has passed the peak, but new data shows it is on track to suffer the highest coronavirus death toll in all of europe. for the latest, let's turn to nbc's chapman bell, live in london for us. good morning >> reporter: good morning, cori. yeah, even though it seems the virus has peaked here and that daily hospitalizations and deaths are on the decline, the uk is also thought to be behind, sometimes as much as two weeks in terms of the outbreak, behind european countries that are loosening their restrictions however, as the uk approaches this grim milestone, there are growing calls for the government here to point out what they plan to do next what is the next phase of this how are they planning to ease restrictions here in this country? now, they've said central to this will be testing there's been criticism of the uk

government for not hitting testing targets. there's also been criticism of how the government firsthand handled the outbreak here. their approach of creating a herd immunity here made it a late lockdown, causing the uk to be behind the curve here at the start of the outbreak. now, the government here has admitted that mistakes were made one government minister here said that when the virus is under control, there will be a time to look into what mistakes were made, even at the beginning of the outbreak. right now, their focus is to look at how they move forward and bring the virus un control here cori >> phased approach there chapman, thank you. nbc meteorologist janessa w webb is here with us with a look at your tuesday weather. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. we're watching the severe weather taking over parts of oklahoma city to spartanburg,

south carolina we've seen reports of 3-inch hail that's really impacting that area. we'll continue to watch the storm system make its way offshore another front is right behind it that'll cause some scattered storms throughout your afternoon across the mid-atlantic. then it shifts to the north. i'm going to give you one more dry day if you're across washington, d.c., to new york city, before the storm system makes its way into our area by afternoon. upper midwest heating up, in the lower 70s. wavining good-bye to sunshine, then we talk about snow, coming up. >> that's a little bit of a bummer janessa, thank you so much listen, to counteract that,

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products customers can buy with more and more empty shelves, kroger says it'll limit ground beef and poultry purchases in stores, and costco is restricting fresh beef, pork, and poultry items to three per custom customer. >> i scored one, and i can't wait to get it on the barbecue. >> reporter: cdc says 5,000 meat and poultry workers contracted the coronavirus in 115 plants across 19 states social distancing and other measures are now slowing down planting nationwide. >> what you see with this is less supplies and higher prices. whether we're talking beef, pork, chicken, lamb, whatever your favorite is, really, we are already seeing really skyrocketing prices. >> reporter: after being closed for two weeks, this meat processing plant in south dakota, where hundreds of workers got sick, partially reopened it's installed new physical barriers on the production floor and is taking the temperatures of its workers a closed tyson plant in indiana

is also set to restart production this week a federal strike force is now in amarillo, texas, after a surge in covid-19 cases at local they will bring resources and, most importantly, they will bring strategies they've been using at other meat packing plants. >> reporter: president trump invoked the defense production act to order meat plants to stay open, deeming them essential. >> here, you have plants with no problem at all you have some where it was a hot spot those people are tending to get better very quickly. >> reporter: some workers say they're scared to go back to work >> it's kind of hard to have social distancing when you work side by side i don't know what they can do to really ease the tension. >> reporter: experts say there is no mass food shortage here in the u.s., but they warn panic buying could lead to spot shortages across the country >> gabe, thank you up next, an out of this world plan from tom cruise to take his next movie into space. fueling the front lines. the als atdeth are in store for national nurses week

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sib subsidy the emergency measures going to individuals and businesses some money will be used to backstop the federal reserve and programs announced the u.s. government debt has climbed to almost $25 trillion, jumpi inin ining 6.4% if there is a year to celebrate a national nurses week, it is 2020 from tomorrow, we've got the fast food chain subway teaming up with post meats ates to effectively deliver food for the front line workers it seems if you spend $15 on the order, you're buying lunch for one of the workers back to you in the studio. >> cannot thank them enough. thank you. looks like we'll have to order a lot of food. coming up next, janessa is tracking a chance for snow in the northeast. keeping an eye on the kids from afar. the virtual babysitters delivengomri se much-needed help for those busy parents

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