positive the ship is being used to transport crew members up from the cruise fleet of tour operator toohey there are no paying passengers on board. chancellor angela merkel says germany is prepared to make a significant financial contribution to the development of a coronavirus vaccine the european union is hosting a donors conference next week for governments and organizations to pledge money markel called for global cooperation in her in her weekly video address. an interview with a company body can get sick with this virus and so it's on time to work together across the globe this is not only an opportunity to working together rather i would say it to necessitate germany's taking on this responsibility and will make sure that once a vaccine is developed that it benefits all people to be good rule and that was german chancellor angela merkel in her weekly video address as germany slowly begins to relax its coronavirus measures the economic cost of the shutdown is being closely scrutinized and is warning there will be a record recession this year output is expected to shrink by more than

a new member of the "gma" family, that is hayes marie toohey, the first baby for kirstyn crawford andterror never ends, right? as a parent. >>> tomorrow on "gma," chef michael symon is back with another delicious edition of "gma's" ultimate backyard barbecue to get your weekend started off right. >> will we get some samples? >> i hope so. >> have them shipped in, definitely. thank you so much for watching. happy friday eve, everybody. ♪ it feels good >>> thank you to the doctors, nurses, health care professionals. >> and first responders. >> thank you to everyone keeping our supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations running. >> thank you to all the essential workers for all that you do. >> thank you. >> we thank you. >> we thank you. >> we thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> for all you do. >> and with every challenge, question, concern, we'll be here for you every day. >> every day. >> every day. >> because we will -- >> -- get through this together. >> announcer: saturday afternoon is the new launch day when for the first time in almost a decade american astronauts will lift off