extreme weather overnight. michigan's governor issues an emergency declaration. >> in the next 12 to 15 hours downtown midland could be approximately 9 feet of water. >> weave got the very latest straight ahead >> another child dead from that mist hi illness. plus the treatment being used by doctors with a 12-year-old making a full recovery when will public schools

reopen what some states are planning as the new findings say about classroom exposure if you've had the virus and can you get it again and give it to others >> johnson and johnson amid claims that it causes cancer "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with how to get back to safety amid this coronavirus pandemic los angeles county has set a target date. they hope to lift stay at home restrictions by july 4th this will only be possible if people continue to follow health guidelines long lines form to get into the

first casino people could only enter as others left. >> and in texas, the governor announced that daycares can open immediately. some centers were already open but could only serve essential workers. students and staffs must stay home and dropoffs and pickups have to happen outside mcdonald's says as they reopen dining rooms the company is putting safety first >> and another child has died from an inflammatory syndrome. almost half of the states are reporting cases but the cdc briefed doctors on tuesday on what treatments are working to save young lives >> she was just 15 when she started complaining about

stomach pain and a rash. >> i wagner thought that taking my daughter to the hospital, i wouldn't be walking out of there with her >> the baltimore teen was dead she had tested positive for covid anti bodies. >> i hope that people really need to understand that this kills people >> the cdc held a briefing call with doctors on what it's learning about the illness now found in countries around the world. cases seem to be peaking about a month behind covid-19 suggesting the illness comings from an overactive immune response there are now 147 cases in new york alone cohen's critical medical center saw most of the cases.

nearly all had gastrointestinal symptoms and the hospital saw success with a plasma product. it's one of the things that doctors in louisiana used on juliet who went into cardiac arrest before responding to treatment. she's now out of the hospital and showed no signs of permanent damage >> it looks pretty normal. >> she came in really near death and within a matter of days we're able to get her off the ventilator, breathing on her own. it was one of those moments that you really want to celebrate >> i'm so happy that she has a bright future. >> that treatments can work if doctors can catch it in time >> so the key really seems to be recognizing the symptoms and then getting the child in for this treatment as soon as

possible they do seem sob having some success with it. >> we could closer to answering some important questions about immunity and covid-19. a study is shedding light on what it means to have recovered from the virus and whether or not you can get it a second time >> reporter: it's the kind of good news development that researchers have been hoping for. preliminary piendings suggest patients who recovered from covid-19 was then tested positive for the virus again were not infectious and were not spreading the virus to others. those virus traces appeared to be dead, not alive could it be an indication of immunity >> i think it's a little too soon to take that and say that with know for sure that people have immunity but we seen that

people mount a pretty good immune spo immune response to this. >> it felt like one of the worst flus i ever had. >> her kids and husband all became very sick now after rekrentdly testing positive for the anti bodies she knows it was covid-19 which means she could have some protection >> it felt like this empowering protection >> in south korea the findings have commenced health experts to loosen to some quarantine restrictions >> they're greeting this new report we are with optimism. officials will no longer recovered covid questions to test negative before being tested >> and it could be critical in

hard hit u.s. states since early testing su suggests one in five new yorkers have tested for covid-19 >> having the anti bodies does not guarantee immunity but people who have recovered and do have abty bodies may be able to return to work without fear of spreading the disease to others. >> that is some much needed hope the white house is ramping up efforts to reopen the country this morning a trump official has confirmed that they're using protrump doctors and this could contradict some of the president's own top officials. >> health officials have talked about reopening carefully and slowly based on the numbers but a trump campaign officials now confirming what the associated

press first reported that they're looking for doctors who will back the president's more aggressive efforts to reopen the country. the coalition that work with the president say things that are in line with what the president believes we are also watching the back and forth between president trump and nancy pelosi over the president announcing that he is taking hydroxychloroquine. pelosi thinking that's not such a good idea. >> i would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his weight group, morbidly obese, they say. >> i think she's a waste of time >> blow si has a lot of problems >> i didn't know he would be to sensitive. he's always talking about other people's weight, their found

pounds, his words way a o call president trump touted the number of coronavirus cases in the united states now topping 1.5 million. the president said he looks at that as a badge of honor that testing the working. >> all right thank you. obeying stay at home orders and practicing social distancing can help slow the spread of coronavirus but in places like mexico where working from home is impossible for many it can be possible with high population and overcrowding >> mexico cityis the perfect covid breeding ground. overcrowded with a health care system already overburdened. this week the government began reopening many businesses but with about half the population in poverty, stopping work was

never a consideration. guards checked temperatures. many people inside are wearing masks but with a half a million people buying and selling here every day, social distancing is impossible this market has never shut and people told me it can't. it's the city's heart, soul, stomach and wallet he works here seven days a week. i asked him if he's worried about the virus. yes, but it's better than hunger he said. officially around sp hundred people have died from covid in mexico city but critics say the real number could be three times that and until umbrella, the undercounting may be happening >> coronavirus is spreading faster here than anywhere on

earth but the true number of infections could be worse, perhaps 15 times worse than the official figures >> the president says reopening guidelines are recommendations, regions ultimately decide. it's an acknowledgement many supporters say this country must work to survive. even as coffins are now wrapped in plastic and graves dug in waiting rows >> it is hard to know the full scale of the problem here because mexico does very little testing. in fact, it has one of the lowest testing rates in all of latin america. >> thank you for that report catastrophic flooding is forcing thousands of people out of their homes they ruptured two dams in michigan and officials scrambled to rescue those in midland

>> in the next 12 water. were anticipating an historic high water level to go through this in the midst of a global pandemic is almost unthinkable but we are here and to the best of our ability we are going to navigate that together >> more storms could be on the way. >> janessa webb is tracking that storm system for us. >> this is an unfortunate situation. we have multiple dams that have been breached across michigan. rivers hitting 13.8 feet this is unprecedented event that currently is happening those storms will continue to roll through the next 24 to 36 hours. we have over 186 gauges across the midwest, upper midwest that are under moderateng that

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the governor of new jersey says officials are war gaming what a return to school might look like next fall. whether to reopen is one of the toughest decisions facing states >> a single mom in the bronx and she's worried. >> it's stressful. there's times where i found myself having to close myself in a bathro and cry i feel like >> she quit her job to take care of her three kids. for her it's critical whether new york schools reopen this fall >> what we're worried about is

regression >> across the country the future of k through 12 education is up in the air especially out of new reports out of france where dozens of new coronavirus cases have been linked to classroom exposure >> i think they should make an attempt to reopen schools but this is all dependent upon what happens in the summer and what september looks like >> kansas is planning to restart testimony in august. katrina has been taking care of her three kids at home there >> it's very hard to put them into a schedule at home, you know, where there's always other distractions >> some states are considering whether to start the fall semester early to catch kids up. one maryland lawmaker is floating the idea of year round schooling. many are scrambling to ask some

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