and rebecca jarvis has xwch xw t "first look." >> reporter: and our study guy se guide continues as millions begin studies at home, the news of a desk and furniture shortage. >> you would think that the most important supplies would be pen, pencils, crayons, proceed tractors. but in fact the biggest searches are for kids desks.proceedtract. but in fact the biggest searches are for kids desks. chairs. >> reporter: and what can you do? one mom made a desk out of an old tv stand. >> it was posted that it was for sale for $40 and it took ten minutes to put together and it was perfect for her. >> reporter: and what kids can do to make sure that they are set up with the proper tools. with your first lo"first look," rebecca jarvis. >>> and a ventura county gym and church are being criticized for defying orders to stay closed. the church's pastor and the gym's owner both have temporary restraining orders against their businesses. the fitness center shut do you know for two months, but it reopened in may for in-door workouts.you know for two months, but it reopened in may for in-door workouts. clibts

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we got some expert advice and then decided to check back in, and abc's rebecca jarvis has the story.hatworth, california, was struggling to make smart financial decisions. mandy, a former teacher, now at home with their two young children. >> being home with kids 24/7 is a blessing and also a super challenge. >> reporter: her husband james previously busy with his own video company covering live events until the pandemic hit. >> the worry is, how do i feed my family and get back to work if i can't get back to work? >> reporter: james, self-employed, wasn't eligible for unemployment. the family under stress to move elsewhere to save on living expenses. we connected the diazes with financial expert rachel cruze. she told them, don't make decisions out of fear. >> when you make decisions on fear alone, you're adding in the emotion, and you make some really bad decisions, so what you have to focus on is facts. >> reporter: she advised them to work together as a team, combine checking accounts so they both know where their money is going and think long term for major decisions. >> one of

abc's rebecca jarvis. >> tiktok makes dreams come through, it made mine. >> reporter: for cameron campbehan addiction, it's life. >> biggest income i have right now. >> reporter: at 26 years old, went from working at walmart to partnering with big-name brands. cameron one of millions of creators on the platform. known as launch pad for hits, eye-popping stunts and endless dance crazes. multibillion dollar social media behemoth owned by china, at controversy over user privacy concerns. white house has wanted to ban it, microsoft wants to buy it. everybody is talking about it. >> we're going to turn now to tiktok. >> no one really expected this app would be such center of attention and national security issue for the trump administration. >> reporter: all started last friday when president trump sent shock waves through social media after making this comment. >> we're looking at tiktok, we may be banning tiktok. >> reporter: the app facing scrutiny from congress is banned on government phones. >> two big concerns, one is ccp, chinese communist party could get user data from tiktok. other b

our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis has more. rebecca, overnight the president saying -- giving them 45 days to work out a deal? >> reporter: that's right, robin. the clock is ticking with the president giving microsoft those 45 days to get the deal done, to take tiktok over from its chinese owner and microsoft says this morning they believe they can get a deal done by september 15th. it's the app young people just can't get enough of. with nearly 100 million american users it's known for its viral dances and addictive short videos. but this weekend -- >> tic tok is never coming back. i'm going to miss it. >> reporter: tiktok users reacting to the news that it app could be banned. >> 36 million followers? i have made a lot of money from that. it's going to be way harder for me to support my family. >> reporter: recently the app has been used by more and more young people using it for political or social justice causes. this morning tech giant microsoft continues its talks to acquire the app, issuing a statement saying the company

rebecca jarvis, thank you. cecilia? >>> we'll turn to another blast of summer storms from the already hard-hit east coast. look at harlem, wow, total darkness. nearly 1 million people without power along the northeast after isaias and those residents are bracing for more trouble. ginger is tracking it all for us. hey, ginger. >> reporter: hey cecelia. we are one of the customers of the 1.3 million customers still without power. i have been broadcasting to you from my basement using a generator, but that generator died, and now without power, we've got a great crew to bring you this information, and it's important because this morning, more power outages in manhattan, and so there are power issues and i'm not just telling you the power drama because it's interesting three days after isaias that took down the trees and the powerlines, but governor cuomo and governor lamont of connecticut both asking for an investigation saying that more should have been done pre-storm. we knew isaias was coming, and they think that power

what might ant wld here's rebecca jarvis. >> we are just excited to be open.e're excited to serve our customers again. >> reporter: for restaurants like this one in boulder, colorado, the past several months have been a challenge. >> when we closed it was devastating. it was like a nuclear bomb went off in our industry. >> reporter: he is the co-founder of the kitchen restaurant group, a family of restaurants, including next door. was there ever a concern you might not reopen? >> honestly, some of our restaurants still have not been able to reopen. it's been tough going. >> reporter: since the coronavirus pressed pause on the u.s. economy in march, more than 110,000 small businesses across the country have closed permanently, according to researchers at harvard. but musk is one of the lucky ones. after almost three months of uncertainty, he reopened his doors. gone were the paper menus and checks. instead, an app, which allows customers to order and pay on their smartphones. >> i have been thinking about it for years. when covid hit and i dealt with the questi

our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis joins us now to explain. rebecca, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. that's right, restaurants across the country are facing a daily battle right now. not only are food prices rising, you see it at the grocery store, well, they see it in their costs going up, but with social distancing measures, most of these restaurant chains aren't getting the same type of foot traffic that they were getting pre-pandemic. on top of that, the u.s. consumer with unemployment now above 10% and millions out of work, isn't in the mood to spend money, and already we've seen more than 16,000 restaurants across the country permanently closed since march, and a lot of them are the small mom and pop places, but a lot of them are also these big restaurant chains. and now this new report this morning suggesting that the cheesecake factory, outback steakhouse and denny's are among the chains at risk of potential bankruptcy if their finances continue on the path that they're on right now, which is one where it's very difficult

rebecca jarvis is here with more on this. nd the key question here is why would retail giant walmart want to own tiktok, the app, which is a social media app for many people where they sing and dance? well, here's the answer. tiktok has 100 million u.s. users, most of them are young and this gives walmart access to a lot of young customers. it would potentially even give them a leg up on the 800-pound gorilla in the retail space, amazon, and, remember, this is an app owned by a chinese company, it's raised some security concerns with the u.s. government, and earlier this year, president trump gave them a handful of weeks to come to a conclusion to sell their u.s. assets to a u.s. buyer. microsoft is interested as well because it would give them access to a social media asset, and in the next handful of days we could be learning that tiktok, the u.s. portion, the new zealand portion, australia and canada has been sold for between $20 billion and $30 billion, janai. >> all right. rebecca, thank you so much. >>> now to this morni

let's bring in our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. porter: good morning, george. i had to laugh at myself this morning at all of the diy solutions we've come up with this sitting around our own home and it sounds like we will all be having to use them much longer. this morning, a warning for anyone waiting on clorox wipes. it's going to be a while before they're back on store shelves. the clorox president confirming in a company earnings call they will not be able to restock the sought-after cleaning product until next year. >> it will take a full year to get up to the supply levels that we need to be at. >> reporter: clorox boasts nearly half the $1 billion disinfectant wipe market. demand for its wipes and sprays skyrocketed nearly sixfold when pandemic-driven panic took root in march. customers wiping shelves clean of the disposable wipes. they were supposed to be back in stock this summer, but not so. the once ubiquitous wipes, once a staple of offices and millions of households nationwide, but as stores ran out, priority was given

rebecca jarvis has the story. rebecca, wait. no more grocery store lines?that path, cecilia. good morning to you. those long checkout lines, waiting for everything to scan before you get that final tally, these are now part of the new invention brought to you by amazon. if this moment has taught us anything, it is the importance of grocery shopping and the importance of online delivery services, and amazon is at the forefront of the new innovation. this isn't your average grocery cart. "gma" getting an exclusive first look at amazon's new dash cart. how does it work? you sign in using a qr code from the amazon app and add items to your cart where you can watch your total increase on this screen. when you are done shopping, you exit which automatically completes your purchase, charging your card attached to the app, and a receipt is emailed to you all part of amazon's first 35,000 square-foot grocery store opening to the public in a matter of weeks in woodland hills, california. other unique features? customers can find items quickly in the store by using al

rebecca jarvis joins us with more. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. item on that back-to-school supply list and it is failing in many ways. those zoom outages yesterday, the supply shortage right now of laptops which is still ongoing, is keeping families on their toes. they're having to go out of their way to make remote learning work. monday morning just as the number of students and teachers were logging in to kick off day one of remote learning, go to video conferencing app zoom stopped working across the u.s. the outage lasting nearly five hours, even forcing some classes to cancel. meantime, many families uncertain when their children will even have a device to learn on. an associated press investigation finding that more than two dozen schools and districts in 15 different states are facing significant delays on laptop orders due to surging demand. >> it's a little bit like asking them to paint without a paintbrush. it's asking them to play basketball without a ball. >> reporter: in california's mojave desert nearly 5,000 laptops are delayed bec

rebecca jarvis is here with more on this for us. s of all of those empty mall spaces, we're getting closer to an answer. they could become amazon warehouses. "the wall street journal" reporting simon property group, the biggest mall greater in the conversations rig with t old jcpenney and sears spaces to companies that filed for bankruptcy chapter 11 bankruptcy looking to get rid of some of their locations is in conversations now with amazon to take over some of those spots as warehouse spaces. that would mean faster delivery times, being closer to the customer so that that two hour or two-day delivery window is more plausible. amazon telling us they don't comment on rumors or speculation, but i can tell you, robin, from talking to analysts for a number of years now there's been a lot of speculation this would make a lot of sense for amazon. robin. >> but will people be able to shop at these fulfillment centers? >> reporter: big question. unlikely for now you would go into one of the fulfillment centers and shop at amazon. that's pot

rebecca jarvis has the details for us, good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, amy.t out a new product or service. but the better business bureau is warning to make sure you really read that fine print to make sure that free really stays free. >> reporter: health and wellness app noom says it can help consumers lose weight through healthier habits. >> that's why noom is different. >> reporter: the company saying it has more than 50 million downloads. but the better business bureau out today with a warning about noom. >> consumers seem to be losing more than weight with this program. they're losing money. >> reporter: the bbb saying it's received more than 1,200 complaints in the past 12 months, giving noom a "d" rating. bbb issuing a warning, customers alleging that the company offers misleading free trials and that subscriptions are difficult to cancel after free trials are complete. >> consumers are consistently telling us they have difficulty contacting noom's customer service in order to get a refund. >> reporter: public relations executive lisa wolf says she tri