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that's not based on science. >> nancy pelosi speaking to our george stephanopoulos. this, let's bring in abc news political analyst matthew dowd. matthew, good morning. great to see you. so in fairness, president trump has leveled plenty of partisan attacks during the course of this crisis, but i imagine some arthspkesay to grge what we just and accuse h partisanship at a time when the country needs to come together, do you agree or disagree with that kind of charge? >> well, i agree there's way too much partisanship, but it seems to be pretty standard. we had, you know, in the aftermath of the great recession ten years ago, there was partisanship. we had partisanship in the midst of the great depression when fdr was trying to do certain things to help the country. so it seems pretty standard. i was hoping that in the midst of this pandemic, that we would all put it aside and do what's in the best interest of the country at this time. the president hasn't done a good job of putting that partisanship aside. he's done a few things over the course of the last week that

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> lockdown showdown. >> we're opening up our country. >> president trump sets guidelines for getting back to business after sending mixed messages. >> the president of the united states calls the shots. >> it's going to be up to the governors. >> governors grapple with the consequences. >> there's no light switch. >> this is more like a dial. >> we're not at halftime. at a very close game. >>> and as millions more file for unemployment across america, congress considers more funding. >> i think we're very close to agreement. >> what will the new normal look like? >> you may be having dinner with a waiter wearing gloves. >> what will it take to get there? >> the emphasis we have been hearing, testing is everything and it isn't. >> those questions this morning for house speaker nancy pelosi, dr. deborah birx and washington governor jay inslee. plus, analysis from chris christie, rahm emanuel and our team of experts. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good m

our colleague george stephanopoulos also testing positive.doing this morning. >>> from big papi's grand slam gift for nurses in boston, to messages from robert de niro and j. lo. the inspiring ways celebrities are giving back to health care workers. >>> listen to your heart. the newest entry in the "bachelor" franchise just premiered. >> looking for love but will they find it? that's in "the skinny" this tuesday, april 14th. ♪ listen to your heart >> i just keep hearing that promo over and over. did you watch it? >> i didn't. but "bachelor" fans, they love that franchise. when they hear about listen to your heart, there was a little skepticism. but yeah, a little quarantine and people were ready to tune in let me tell you. >> yes, we will talk about that in just a little bit in "the skinny." >>> we have to get to the latest developments this hour in the fight against the coronavirus. more that 582,000 americans have tested positive for the coronavirus, and more than 23,000 have died. >> president trump is dismissing any criticism of his respo

tell us what we know and even, you know, just on sunday, george stephanopoulos asked defense secretary esper about this. >> well, i was going to say, poppy, we -- abc continues to add depth to their reporting, which we're working on as well. but they did highlight on sunday in this exchange between george stephanopoulos and the defense secretary exactly what the warnings could have been, might have been. take a listen. >> did the pentagon receive an intelligence assessment on covid in china last november from the national center for medical intelligence at dia? >> i can't recall, george, but we have many people that watch this closely. >> so you would have known if this were briefed in the national security council in december, wouldn't you? >> i'm not aware of that. >> now, what this underscores is that the coronavirus pandemic is more perfectly suited to expose the eventual initial t vulnerab administration than any other kind of crisis you can imagine. the president through the beginning of his administration distrusted the intelligence agencies in part because of experiences out of

. >>> and later this morning, jon will be a guest on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. other guests include former vice president joe biden, and defense secretary mark esper. plus, george will take an exclusive look at the challenges -- the massive challenges that coronavirus is placing on the nation's prison system. that's all coming up on "this week." >>> and a reminder in this extraordinary era of news, check out our new streaming service, abc newslive. whit, over to you. >>> dan, thank you. as this pandemic spreads and hospitals get we hearirowing stories frh reorrs on the lines about what they are facing. abc's trevor ault also working from home this morning, joins us with more on that. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. doctors and nurses are known for their ingenuity, but right now they're facing unprecedented pressure and a crush of patients and so many of them keep telling us in order to tackle this pandemic, they're having to put themselves at risk. as parts of the u.s. prepare for to woron t front lines. >> i wear my own mask that i had pur

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> the coronavirus emergency. >> we're about to hit a huge surge. >> hospitals overwhelmed. >> they all have covid. >> states scrambling to keep up with the surge. >> if you have a person that comes in and you don't have a ventilator, the person dies. >> the national stockpile will be insufficient to provide the ventilators we'll need. >> at some point we're going to exceed our capacities. >>> job losses at the depression levels. after downplaying the threat a new tone from the president. >> this will probably be the toughest week, there will be a lot of deaths unfortunately. >> new challenge from his chief rival. >> it takes more tweets and press conferences. >> and joe biden joins us live this morning, plus defense secretary mark esper. >>> analysis from dr. jen ashton, tom bossert, chris christie and rahm emanuel >>> and a look inside the vulnerable prisons. >> and a mass grave site. we need help. >>> "this week," here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." as we c

i want to remind everybody, stay tuned for "this week" with george stephanopoulos. he's going to go one-on-one with maryland governor larry hogan and trump's economic adviser kevin hassett. that's "this week" coming up right here on abc later this morning. whit, over to you. >> dan, thanks so much. >>> let's get a check of the forecast and get to rob marciano. it's always a question, will he be in the basement? is he outside, inside? rob, what do you got for us this morning? oh, look at that, breathing some fresh air. >> yeah, we are. we're in the front yard, blue jacket, all business today. we've got a little bit of a storm moving in here. we had a little bit of rain earlier. it will only get more intense as we go through time. really the eastern third of the country affected by this storm. we've already had severe weather reports. it's double barrel low. not a whole lot of severe weather with this, but a lot of rain back from indianapolis, louisville, cleveland, pittsburgh. d.c., philly and new york, this will all become heavy. wind with this too, through upstate

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> covid-19. have we hit the apex? even as the number of deaths continue to shatter families and the record books. >> these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain. >> across america, food lines stretching for miles amid soaring unemployment claims. >> it's been a little over three weeks since i filed. i'm still marked in the computer as pending. >>> the president once again pushing to reopen the country. >> what metrics you will use to make the decision. >> the metric is right here. we're talking about 325 million people. that's not going to happen. >> this morning, we break down what it will take to get back to business while coping with a deadly pandemic. our guests, maryland governor larry hogan. the fda commissioner on antibody te testing. dr. jen ashton and tom bossert. >>> plus, a closer look at hard-hit minority communities. >> for some of us, it's a luxury to have social distancing. >> and how some in the middle of the country are watching uneasily what's happening

george stephanopoulos asked the defense secretary about the warnings. >> did the pentagon receive an intelligence assessment on covid in china last november, from the national center for medical intelligence of dia? >> i can't recall, george, but we have many people that watch this closely. >> reporter: by early january, sources tell abc news, the information was included in the president's daily intelligence brief. but later that month, the president said the threat was under control. >> we have it totally under control. it's one person coming in from china, and we have it under control. it's going to be just fine. >> reporter: tonight, the president responded to the abc news report. >> when did you first learn about the intelligence? and could you have acted on it then? >> i learned when i learned about the gravity about it, sometime just prior to closing the country to china. and when we closed up the flights coming from china various other elements. i don't know. but i'd like to see the information. >> reporter: abc news reached out to the pentagon throughout the reporting on this

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> emerging from quarantine. >> we're not out of the woods yet. >> some states start to re-open >> people want to work. they need to work. >> others extend stay-at-home orders. >> the overarching message today is still the same. >> i'm asking you to hold on for just a little while longer. >> amid crippling unemployment, more protests, are some states moving too fast? >> the game isn't over which means the game could be just as halftime. >> what more must congress do? >> congress must prepare another major bill. >> think about the amount of dealt th debt that we're adding. >>> and president trump steps back from press briefings after floating this dangerous idea. >> i see the disinfectant knocks it out in a minute and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside. >> our guests this week, michigan's democratic governor, gretchen whitmer, the republican governor of maryland, larry hogan, plus white house senior adviser kevin hassett, and senator amy klobuchar on the economic response, and our pow

be a some time because it says would you please talk about the news but it's not just him george stephanopoulos does here it's because the star power if you will has replaced the news itself i don't know some people would say you know this is true gonzo journalism he's going through the virus himself. yeah well. it's very interesting there's a little bit of an intern nice battle here so to speak you know for the longest time andrew cuomo the governor you don't ran the eldest this is the guy who has a particular speaking style an accent that is shared by literally no one on the planet no one has ever heard his or he wasn't exactly considered to be a movie star handsome whereas chris was chris was a guy who was always by the way chris cuomo cannot go without a day without publishing how he's working out yes in his office it's all about him and his body what he's doing so anyway all of a sudden lo and behold here is andrew who not only is a governor of new york but he's a star and they're talking about perhaps him being a nominee right democratic national. and the sexiest. live but even if you lea

during an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos airing on "good morning america" this morningzuckerberg admitted one challenge is that the data is based on the self-reporting of symptoms by facebook users. >> that's a lot of the work that the health researchers at carnegie mellon have been doing, to make sure that the data that's coming from the survey is high quality and that it correlates with what hospitals are seeing on the ground. and the -- the initial indication that they have -- you survey for, you know, almost ten days now to make sure that -- that we can get good, consistent data. the initial read is that this is high-quality data that does correlate with the case load that people are seeing in ho >>more of geor'sieter ongm" including the ivy conc >>> and we turn now to the extreme side effects that coronavirus patients are seeing. a broadway star even had to get his leg amputated. earlier i asked dr. imran ali about that and about kidney failure. >> the virus is not only affecting the lungs and the heart like i've talked about before, but now we're also noticing the

and our george stephanopoulos announcing from his home studio that his wife actress ali wentworth hads and later posted, i tested positive for the coronavirus. i've never been sicker. this is pure misery. #stayhome. but with every positive test, there are so many survivors. this veteran from oregon is celebrating his remarkable recovery from the virus, and he's 104 years old. yeah, this veteran is the good news that we all need. his name is william, and when he was asked how he felt when his 104th birthday came, he said pretty good, i made it. kenneth, mona. >> glad to hear. thank you, kimberly. >>> and coming up, a special tribute on the las vegas strip. >>> also ahead, we're answering your questions from the new advice on wearing a mask outside to the increasing number of healthy people getting sick. our medical expert weighs in. a , but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling

and look at george stephanopoulos. he has coronavirus. we hope he gets better. george, walking around with his mask off. i'm tired of these new york no it alls and hypocrites lecturing states that have the virus under control and lecturing americans who need to leave their house for a paycheck. we all came together after 9/11. and we should be doing it again now. america has flattened the curve, the task force says. the worst is behind us as long as we stay vigilant. we'll be able to open up slowly and safely in phases. in to states they started stop dip their tows in the water. -- their toes in the water. i spoke stop dr. deborah birx. the president says memorial day which is in a mop, we will have turned the corner on this virus and will be in a much, much better plays? is that your after he sum shun. >> we believe the hospitalization and the icu need and the number of people who have succumbed to this disease will be dramatically decreased about it end of may. now we are expanding more and more testing. our testing was prioritized to people who needed it for

s george stephanopoulos the new york post page one headline of mask hole which showed the g.m.a. anchor walking around without his mask led to his informing his audience that after being diagnosed he had beaten the coronavirus he's tested positive for covert 1000 antibodies and he's looking to donate his blood. to pass to along to those to help other corona virus victims nothing like cuomo now would we make a mistake here i need the press we'd like to correct it when possible last week i told you about a story and i said that joe biden campaign had a chance to edit a story that the new york times put out on sexual assault allegations against him watch and the new york times editor did an interview with his own media writer and it made it in berkeley i believe that the campaign he said didn't like a certain sentence that looked bad for joe so they took that say end of the death sentence the bible camp down got to see the story before it went up to the press what is this well i said they saw and made the had it before the story ran in fact to get it to the sentence of the story was

look at george stephanopoulos, he hasno coronavirus, we hope he gives better but george, walking aroundith his mask off. i'm tired of these new york know it all's and hypocrites. lecturing states that have the buyers under control. lecturing americans who need to leave the house for a paycheck. we all came together after 9/11 and we should be doing it again now. america plan theic curve, the worst is behind us, as long as we stay vigilant. we'll open up slowly and safely this week, some states started to dip their toes in the water. earlier, i spoke to white house coronavirus response coordinator, doctor deborah burks. >> the vice president said the other day that memorial day, which is basically in a month, we will have turned the corner on this virus and we'll be in a much better place. is that your assumption as well? >> we believe but the hospitalization, i see you and the number of people come to this disease will be dramatically decreased by the end of may. the cases are a different issue because now, as we expand more and more testing, it was very much prioritized to people who n

but i want to point out another headline that is just breaking right now rick which is that george stephanopoulos he's the chief news anchor over at a.b.c. news has confirmed that he has also contracted coronavirus he says he thinks he got it from his wife shelly when worth the comedian she barely contract with a couple weeks ago but in his case is kind of interesting he is asymptomatic it appears he is you know show no signs of illness but he has tested positive for the virus that's fascinating and every other person in the news media that we've heard about whose contract that this is living in new york so they're in a better a populated area doesn't matter that they're rich and famous they're still living there and they're going to be more apt to get it interesting what else you got. yeah and then lastly here south korea and again we're going to touch on this more next half hour but a teaser here south korea is in a position right now where they are saying that some of the people who tested positive for grown a virus and recovered are being retested and they're finding they have but again what

been hitting close to home for so many including actor and comedian ali wentworth, wife of george stephanopoulos. she tested positive for covid-19, but ali has been feeling better and wanted to share her experience. >> first of all, thank you for all your well wishes. i have tested positive for covid-19. you know i'm feverish if i'm allowing myself to go on national television with no makeup on. i wanted to share with you my experience because i think it can be helpful for some people. first of all, i'll tell you right now that my girls are not with me. i'm quarantined in my own room. the only person that comes in is george. and so what started was, i had a real tightness in my chest. i was walking my dog, cooper. and i just felt very, very winded. and i assumed, of course, it was because i never work out and i'm out of shape. but it was too heavy for that. and i came home, wasn't feeling great. and it wasn't until the fever started that i realized, this can't be a common summer cold. i went and got tested. between the time i got tested, which was three days ago, and now, i've had high fevers, s

our george stephanopoulos announcing from his home stuo wentworth, had symptoms.osting, i've tested positive for the coronavirus, i've never been sicker. this is pure misery. with every positive test, there are so many survivors. this veteran from oregon is celebrating his remarkable recovery from the virus, and he's 104 years old. yeah, this veteran is the good news that we all need. his name's william. when he was asked how he felt on his 104th birthday, he said, "pretty good, i made it." kenneth, mona? >> that's a good response, thank you, kimberly. we're thinking about george, ali, our former colleague chris cuomo throughout all this. >>> when we come back, the celebrity stay-at-home message that you don't want to miss. >> "the skinny" is next. at you don't want to miss. >> "the skinny" is next. that you don't want to miss. >> "the skinny" is next. ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny >>> time now for "the skinny" starting with more messaging from celebrities about social distancing. >> we've been hearing from quite a few so far, from danny devito to arnold schwarze

. >>> nbc news jorge -- george stephanopoulos, no symptoms and feels great.wentworth also tested positive. for more on the latest virus headlines in the u.s., cnn colleagues stationed across the country. >> reporter: i'm dan simon in san francisco. the bay shutting down 74 miles of road to cars to allow people to jog, walk, bike, whatever form of outdoor recreation they want to do and spread out. the thinking behind this is, since there's limited traffic right now, why not take better advantage of those street and allow people to have some physical distance while they recreate outdoors? a couple of other cities are already doing this to some degree. boston and minneapolis, but oakland is going to be doing this on an unprecedented level. if you still live on the street, you'll be able to get into your car and take advantage of the road, same applies to emergency vehicles, but it is going to be shut down to through-traffic. they're not going to issue citations though, they're looking for voluntary compliance. >> i'm polo sandoval in texas. one of many communiti

we will be back at our regular time of 11:35 with shows featuring george stephanopoulos and jack black to. where's your wife? >> guillermo: she's busy. doing the cleaning. >> jimmy: what is she cleaning? i thought she was in the shower? >> guillermo: me too. i thought shy we was in the sho. she's cleaning everything. >> jimmy: she can't come just for a moment? i guess then she doesn't get to vote on this. you want to cut your hair, right? you want to shave your >> guillermo: i was wanting to do that. >> jimmy: the two of us will vote on it. it's two against one, right? >> guillermo: yeah, that's right. >> jimmy: did you say you don't have the equipment? you do have trimmers, right? a trimmer? >> guillermo: i do have, yeah, shave my beard and everything. >> jimmy: use the trimmer. get it down to the one setting. and then you finish with the razor blade. i think this is going to be great. this is going to be the best easter ever. >> guillermo: we'll see. >> jimmy: have a great weekend. go ahead and shave that head, all right? >> guillermo: all right, have a great weekend. >> jimmy: our g

abc george stephanopoulos, figure to have contracted virus since wife was infected and he shared theon good morning america. >> i've never had a fever. never had cough, never had shortness of breathe, never had chills, any of the classic symptoms you have been reading about. howie: it's stuff to stay safe when your spouse has it. we wish them both the best, and for cnn's chris cuomo who has been quarantined in his basement, he's the one that gave it to his wife. >> kristina now has covid. she's now positive, and it just breaks my heart. it is the one thing i was hoping wouldn't happen. howie: that's painful. we wish them both well. cuomo closed show when he did soul searching about his tv job, he said i don't want to spend time doing things that aren't valuable to me personally. i don't like what i do personally, that matters to me more than making millions of dollars a year. cuomo also said that president trump is a full of s. now, look as the son and brother of new york's governor cuomo. he walked it back and said he loves his job and is treated well at cnn. we are all a little bit

when he first used the phrase i was anchoring the show with george stephanopoulos that sunday and i did a thing at the end of the program i pointed out the history of the phrase and push back aggressively but i have to say that doing that is not easy because it is and the role that anyone should be making in the news, they want to report the news and i think that is part of the dilemma. >> guest: we are not the resistance of the opposition party. that is the phrase that i talked about with the media the opposition party and then trump grabbed onto that. my role representing the white house press corps when stuff gets dangerous and his over-the-top, it needs to be called out. there was an incident where there was an offense for a trump organization at one of the presidents properties in florida and they hav had an exhibit whee they played a video clip it was a doctor scene from a movie that showed somebody in a church firing, killing newspeople and democrats. and it was horrific. you've got to call this stuff out. it's actually dangerous. we saw with the guy that sent the pipe bombs. i'v

this was an interesting and important exchange this morning that george stephanopoulos had on abc withhe director of u.s. coronavirus testing. >> we're going to be -- need to be testing 5 million people a day in june, up to 20 million in july and that the guidelines you laid out can't get us anywhere near that. >> so we don't believe those estimates are really accurate, nor are they reasonable in our society. >> not accurate or reasonable. counter to what this harvard research says. what do you think? you're on the front lines of this testing? >> repeated testing is going to be critical for a number of reasons. i think that depending on the industry, depending on the situation, that testing paradigms are going to be aligned with that specific industry and they're going to be different. testing everyone every day i believe is not feasible or plausible or will provide the information that is required. but a combination of repeated testing with contact tracing on an industry, you know, by industry basis is what is really going to be required for us to be able to operate safely. >> it is n

has been fighting back when you first use the phrase i was anchoring the sunday show with george stephanopoulos that sunday and at the end of the program i pointed out the history of the phrase and push back aggressively. that no journalist feels that they want to report the news but that's part of the don't dilemma. but we are not the resistance we are not the opposition party. but trump grabbed onto that he can't be the opposition party. but we do have to push back and especially my role with the press corps when is dangerous and over-the-top it needs to be called out. there was an incident there was an event a pro- trump organization at one of the presidents properties in florida and they had and exhibit where they played the video clip a doctrine scene from the movie that shows someone in a church killing news people. and it was horrific. you have to call this stuff out. it is actually dangerous. the guy with the pipe bombs that there will be people. i say this to the president directly, there are sick people that will take the words literally into heart and hurt people. it's dangerous and

. >>> george stephanopoulos have tested positive for the coronavirus.ut he says he is a systematic. he made that announcement today on good morning america. this comes two weeks after his wife, allie wentworth, confirmed she tested positive for covid-19. he said because of that, it was no surprise that he, too, tested positive. >>> the mother of minnesota timberwolves star carl anthony towns has died due to complications from the coronavirus. they announced that she had passed away at a hospital in pennsylvania. she had been in a medically induced coma since last month. and had been placed on a ventilator due to the virus. the father had also tested positive for the virus, and was hospitalized. but he is now doing better. she was 58 years old. >>> as we head into the forecast, we are looking at more warm weather, it has been stunning. today's temperatures were up a good 10 degrees over yesterday in the 510 degrees, and a good 15, even 20 degrees over what we experienced on friday and saturday. the rain and the much cool temperatures. there is a little f

. >>> good morning america anchor george stephanopoulos has tested positive for covid-19.made the announcement on the show this morning. two weeks ago his wife confirmed she tested positive for the virus. he said unlike his wife, he has not shown any symptoms of the virus so far. he will continue to anchored gma from home. >>> the mother of minnesota timberwolves star carl anthony townsend died today from publications of coronavirus. jacqueline cruz towns had been on a ventilator and any medically induced coma at a hospital in pennsylvania. the father has also tested positive for the virus and was hospitalized but he is now doing better. she was 58 years old. >>> the u.s. supreme court postponed its april calendar but announced today it will hear arguments in some key cases next month over the phone. they will hear a select number of cases over six days in may, and for the first time the court said it would allow live remote access to audio of those arguments. the court is scheduled to hear three cases involving subpoenas for president trump's financial records and to invo

on abc, george stephanopoulos never brought it up with n senator klobuchar. and after the allegations became public on march 25th, biden appeared on only ten so-called news programs, was never one time asked about the b allegations, as 81 other questions but not one about tarm reid. do you think any republican or president trump would ever be given this kind of a free pass from the media mob? no. more evidence they have an agenda. brett kavanaugh was bludgeoned. this does not prove the rampant bias from the agenda driven media, i don't know what will. even tara reid is now expressing concerns over the medias slanted reporting and their bias of omission. a lifelong democrat, by the way. voicing frustration and so-called leaders. "silence from some of the candidates, if you continue to silence medi and continue to engage in protecting a powerful man without giving my case even a closer look, you are complicit in rape." and since the media mob refuses to ask top democrats about the allegations, we will. earlier today, we reached out for comment from nearly a doz

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> covid-19.ontinue to shatter families and the record books. >> these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain. >> across america, food lines stretching for miles amid soaring unemployment claims. >> it's been a little over three weeks since i filed. i'm still marked in the computer as pending. >>> the president once again pushing to reopen the country. >> what metrics you will use to make the decision. >> the metric is right here. we're talking about 325 million people. that's not

george stephanopoulos with mark zuckerering bergzucke >> defy social distancing and defy the social distancinguidelines in states. is somebody trying to organize something like that, does that wrongful information. >> we do classify that is harmful misninformation and we take that down. it's important that people can debate policies and can basically give their opinions on different things. so, there's a line on this. >> reporter: we'll have much more of this abc news exclusive coming up at 7:00 a.m. plus, a live interview with dr. anthony fauci. with your "gma first look" i'm mona kosar abdi. >>> all right, you cool cats and kittens. the netflix docuseries "tiger king" is not slowing down. people watched more than 5.3 th efmarch. "tiger king" folws atween ba netflix drama "ozark" is a distant second when it comes to minutes streamed. kumasi, how far are you? >> i finished this weekend and i was so overwhelmed that i couldn't even watch the reunion thing. i have to say that for next weekend. you did tell me, but i didn't fully understand when you said it's a lot. >> yeah. i haven't, i haven't

george stephanopoulos announced he tested positive over the weekend. >> i am one of the cases, i guess, thatre bas shtnh. m feeling great. >> well, that is good to hear. george has been working at home in self-isolation since his wife became sick with covid-19. you can hear more about he and his wife are doing coming up at 7:00 on "gma." >>> something to look forward to, golden gate park is hosting a virtual concert series and today's performer is metallica. ♪ >> s they'reics2017tlanan appea. golden gate park is marking its 150th birthday with a virtual concert series featuring musical performances in the park throughout its history. you can watch this for free. just head to goldengatepa goldengatepark150.com and metallica starts at 5:00. >>> with concert venues closed, performers are finding new ways to reach their fans. this saturday you can watch one world together at home right here on abc7. jimmy kimmel is acting as one of its hosts and performers including lady gaga, lizzo, john legend and billie eilish. >> the lineup looks amazing. should be a really good concert. >> anyone inte

this morning on "gma" george stephanopoulos revealed he tested positive over the weekend. >> i'm one of those cases that are asymptomatic. never had fever or chills or shortness of breath and i'm feeling great. >> so george has been working at home in self isolation since his wife became sick with covid-19 and you can hear more on how he and his wife are doing coming up at 7:00 on "gma." i mean, it is scary but good to know he is not having any symptoms and hopefully it stays that way. >> i'm glad that he is feeling okay. certainly has hit a lot of people in new york city and hopefully and it's good that he's been isolating now for a couple weeks. we wish him the best. >>> all right, coming up next. we'll share seven things that you need to know this morning. >>> also, this may look like a theativity cgurgpandem. t i >>> si of hospital staff members singing to patients >>> welcome back, everyone. 5:14 if you're just joining us. seven things to know this morning. number one, covid-19 may is been in the bay area as early as december. this is according to dr. jeff smith with the santa cl

president said a number of things that actually were not true, and i came on with my colleague, george stephanopoulosr, and we went through a series of, "wait a minute, that's not true. that's not true." but there is important information you get from them. that's our chance to anthony fauci, to talk to vice president pence who is leading the effort, dr. birks. sometimes you have it's treasury secretary has been in there several times about the economic effects. it's an important thing for us to be covering. whether or not it should be carried live or unfiltered i think is actually a legitimate debate. >> stephen: one of the challenges of covering the president is not just the misinformation that might come out at one of these press availabilities, but also he wants to make it about exphims we might lose sight of the actual information we should be learning. it becomes very emotional and personal for him. for instance, last friday you pressed him on the availability of ventilators, i believe, and he said, "don't be a cutie pie." am i reporting that accurately? >> you are. >> stephen: okay. >> it was-

an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos mark zuckerbergs explains how it is going to be protected. >> the individual data and responses don't actually go to facebook at all. carnegie melon produces a report that is a really important part of this program that facebook is helping to distribute the survey, but it's carnegie melon's survey. >> facebook has been testing this in the u.nd now it's expanding the survey to users worldwide to help other countries. you can watch more of george's interview with mark zuckerberg coming up on "gma" that starts at 7:00. >>> the hospitality industry has taken a financial hit during this pandemic and that's why san francisco is honoring hospitality workers every monday night in april by lit lighting buildings in purple. landmarks including city hall, chase center will go purple tonight. >>> books bringing people around the globe together. a local teacher's mission to connect with his class is reaching an audience even bigger than he imagined. >>> amazon is overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that we all buying while sheltering at home. what the com