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Hospital. 1,000 beds brought in to handle the overflow. That navy ship bringing help to hardhit los angeles while more governors bring their states to a standstill. Now younger americans stricken with the illness warning their generation to take it seriously. It can get really real really fast. And the race to get those critical supplies to Health Care Workers on the frontlines. Fema administrator, peter gaynor, joining us live. Stimulus stalemate on that nearly 2 trillion rescue package. Both sides now say a deal is close. Markets rising on hope. But will it be enough . Senator and former president ial candidate Amy Klobuchar reveals her husband is fighting the coronavirus, in the hospital and on oxygen. She joins us live with the latest on his condition. Overseas britain on lockdown, a glimmer of hope in devastated italy, and our reporter on the ground in south korea showing us what they did there to flatten the curve without locking down the country. What could it mean for the United States. New warning from the fbi. Coronavirus scam artists offering fake tests. Authorities warning that potentially thousands could be targeted. And, bringing people together. Garth brooks and Trisha Yearwood, the Country Music power couple, taking requests, Live Streaming an uplifting concert from their home. More than 3 million tuning in. The hour i first believed and the amazing moment that brought tears to garths eyes. Amazing grace gets you every time, especially the way trisha was singing it. It was good to see trisha and garth bringing people together like they did last night. And americans are coming together however they can to support our Health Care Workers on the front lines. Take a look at these volunteers on long island gathering donations of much needed medical p their small part to help out. Every bit does help. Take a look at this testing site in new jersey right now. Theyre expecting long lines again today and as the governor said, the cases are going to increase as there is more testing. Heres what we know right now. The number of cases worldwide has grown to more than 380,000 and the number of confirmed cases in the United States tops more than 45,000. Also here as the president is straining against that right now saying we must open up our country again, adding hes not looking at months. The lists of states with orders telling people to stay home or for nonessential businesses to close keeps growing this morning. At least 21 states have such restrictions. Massachusetts, michigan, new mexico and West Virginia are closing nonessential businesses today. Indiana, virginia and Washington State closing them tomorrow. And floridas governor has ordered anyone entering the state from areas with Significant Community spread, meaning new york and new jersey, must isolate for 14 days. Not sure how theyll go about doing that. Fema administrator peter gaynor is standing by to talk us to us live as new york citys ca mayor lling this the epicenter of the spread in the u. S. Now more than 12,000 cases, 35 of all cases in the country, and that is where we begin our coverage. Tom llamas is at the javits here in manhattan. The Convention Center turned makeshift hospital. Good morning, tom. Reporter good morning. New york elected leaders are wasting no time. Serious work on the Javits Center should start later today and even as new hot zones are popping up all over the country including in louisiana, theres a debate right now at the white house on whether to ease some of the restrictions in place to stop the chokehold on the economy. This morning, despite growing warnings the coronavirus could spread for months, President Trump signaling he wants america back in business. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. Reporter next week the white house set to reexamine social distancing, possibly easing restrictions that could allow some businesses to reopen. The president acknowledging this is contrary to what Health Care Professionals are advising but defends his thinking, saying the mortality rate right now in the u. S. Is 1 . If it were up to the doctors, they would say lets keep it shut down, lets shut down the entire world. Reporter the virus has killed more than 550 people in america and the World Health Organization now declaring the pandemic is accelerating. More than 300,000 cases of covid19 have now been reported to the w. H. O. From almost every country. Reporter in the new york city area, 1 in every 1,000 people now have covid19, five times the rate in other parts of the country. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo calling on all hospitals to increase their capacity by 50 . Youre going to see the number of infections, the number of cases increase dramatically. Reporter on monday, fema workers began overhauling the citys Javits Center into a makeshift hospital. 1,000 beds being set up to handle some of the overflow of city patients. Cuomo also announcing the state is beginning trials today for a drug combination, the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine, and zithromax, also known as a zpak, and asking the fda for a testing approval for an antibody treatment. Its only a trial. Its a trial for people who are in serious condition. Reporter but new yorks surging cases, alarming other states. The governor of florida citing travelers flying in from new york or new jersey to do a mandatory selfisolation for 14 days. Violators will be put in jail for 60 days and fined 500. Hopefully that will be a deterrent for people if youre simply trying to escape here to avoid restrictions that have been put in place in your own state. Reporter this morning big news from japan. The Prime Minister there and International Olympic committee agreeing to postpone the summer olympics in tokyo until next year. On the west coast, the mercy leaving san diego bound for Los Angeles Set to arrive thursday morning. The ship will ease the burden on local hospitals. A staff of more than 1,000 medical personnel will be treating noncoronavirus infected patients. Enthusiasm is very high for this mission. This is exactly what Navy Medicine trains to do and we are ready to execute. Reporter and across the country, a call to Health Care Workers, even those retired or those who have changed careers to jump in and help aid in the crisis. Im the wrong demographic. Im in my 60s, but i have a set of skills that are needed that are important and that are going to be in very short supply in a very short period of time. Reporter 36yearold meryl wolfson contracted the virus after attending a conference in boston. Shes now fully recovered and sharing her experience on facebook. You dont need to be feeling sick to have this and i guess thats my big point to drive home. Reporter in an essay for the New York Times, 26yearold writer Fiona Lowenstein who tested positive and was hospitalized for two days urging her generation to take this seriously. I want to put a call out to people my age that if you cant do this for your parents or grandparents, please do it for yourself because it can get really real really fast. Reporter we also want to mention the situation right now in louisiana. The newspapers down there, the advocate and the timespicayune, are reporting right now in new orleans they have one of the highest infection rates in the world. If youre asking yourself why, its because of the timing. According to experts, its all in the timing. Covid19 gets to america, then mardi gras happens and theres the widespread panic in the u. S. Right now local leaders are sounding the alarm, george. Tom, thanks very much. We move on to washington where negotiators continue to hammer out a nearly 2 trillion rescue package for the economy all but shut down by this coronavirus emergency. Our Senior National correspondent terry moran tracking the latest. Terry, we see markets rising overnight on a belief that the deal is closed. Reporter thats right, george, good morning. It does look like a deal is close. Dramatic developments late into the night. Just before midnight treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer emerged to say that package is just about there. The main sticking point, a half a trillion dollar bailout fund for u. S. Corporations. Democrats called it a slush fund for wall street. They were demanding more transparency about where that money will go. In the end mnuchin agreed to, quote, strict oversight. Democrats also wanted more money for hospitals. They got it, a lot more. Chuck schumer predicting a vote tonight. It looks like this deal is just about there. Terry, we were all watching the president yesterday. This tension between the Health Care Officials who are calling for extended shutdowns and the president s concern over whats going to happen to the economy very, very real right now and getting this balance right is going to be critical. Reporter that is the main question before President Trump and leaders of every country in the world. It is a choice, a horrible choice, striking the balance between saving as many lives as possible and saving as much of the economy as possible. The problem for america is in order to open up and the president says he wants to do it in weeks, not months, you need near universal testing. Were nowhere near that and the virus is upon us. And it is accelerating. Terry moran, thanks very much. Were joined now by the head of the federal Emergency Management agency, peter gaynor. Thank you for joining us. I want to start with this immediate need for protective equipment for Health Care Workers, especially those critical n95 masks. The president said yesterday that fema is distributing 8 Million Masks. Can you confirm that you have 8 Million Masks on hand . Where and when will they be delivered . Well, we have much more than the 8 million. Every day we find new sources of masks, whether theyre in federal stockpiles, foreign ports or donations. We have every day continued to build up our supply of n95 masks, surgical masks, and get those to where theyre most in need so that happens every minute of every day. As you know, new york is the epicenter here in the United States right now. The president put out a tweet right now saying the world market for face masks and ventilators is crazy. And Governor Cuomo is warning here that they just dont have enough supplies to get through the week, its going to run out at the end of the week. And hes calling on the president to actually use the defense production act because the governors of different states are competing for these supplies. Is the president prepared to do that . If not, why not . So first of all, we are focused on the hot spots. New york city absolutely, Washington State, california, l. A. We are absolutely ready to use the defense production act. We just want to be careful that we dont do anything to put it out of balance and counter some other positives that we see. We will use it, i have no doubt about it, but right now were focused on getting those critical items to those states most in need. What i say to all governors out there, if you find a source, go buy it. Fema will reimburse you. But theyre saying thats the problem. Theyre looking for a source and competing with each other and bidding the prices up. Theyre saying do it now. Right, we hear that, and again, were ready to take action on all of that. Again, were trying to keep the system in balance. We dont want the federal government scooping up everything. We want to make sure that theres enough capacity that governors and mayors around the country can order on their own, so its a delicate balance. I had the top professionals here in my building making sure it all happens. It sounds like were talking past each other right now, mr. Gaynor. What the governors are saying is that the federal government should scoop it up and distribute it to the states and by forcing them to compete with each other its driving the price and hurting their ability to get what they need. Again, were trying to identify sources around the globe. If its in china, were ready to fly it back to the United States today. Again, were focused on making sure that those governors that are most critical in need, no matter where it comes from, the federal government or another source directly, we are enabling that today. Youve already declared major disasters in new york, california and washington. We heard tom llamas report in louisiana. They say the infection is accelerating there. Similar warnings out of florida. Do you expect to be declaring more disaster areas in more states . Absolutely. We have requests from a couple different states. We talked to governor edwards yesterday out of louisiana. The Vice President and i held a phone call with all the governors and theyre absolutely on our list. We want to make sure that we care about fulfilling every governors request and its a matter of priorities. Thats our focus today. Thanks for your work and thanks for your time this morning. Youre welcome. Michael . George, the World Health Organization saying the worldwide spread of coronavirus is accelerating. Take a look at this. It took from january 21st to march 6th to get to 100,000 cases. Then it took just 11 days to get to 200,000 cases and only four more days to reach 300,000. Lets go to our experts, our chief medical correspondent dr. Jennifer ashton joins us from her home and tom bossert, abc news contributor and former Homeland Security adviser. Doc, we pointed out that youre at home on official selfquarantine. How is that going so far . You know, i was working from home but yesterday was notified that i had close contact, meaning within six feet, with someone who had tested positive. So im officially on selfquarantine until a 14day period, meaning no one comes in my apartment, no one goes out, but i feel fine. Thats good news to hear. Tom, i want to ask you a question here. President trump saying he wants to reopen the country. Hes talking about weeks, not months. So everyone is wondering how is that realistic . Michael, i think everybody shares his frustration and his hope but what he needs to do is avoid second waves and reinfections. At this stage weve paid a very heavy cost in our economy and in our lives. To lose the benefit of it at this point by not sticking to our guns would be a really devastating decision. Now, can we do it . That requires testing. It requires a more aggressive isolation and not in peoples homes but somewhere where they can be controlled, and it requires quarantining the people they come into contact with like dr. Jen is demonstrating by example. Jen, today new york state will be giving experimental treatments to the most ill patients. What is that treatment, and how might that work . So it is exciting, michael. Theyre starting here in new york. Theyre going to do a trial that takes about a week and hopes to enroll about 300 patients. This is looking at that combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. Very small studies out of france show there may be some promise there but heres the flip side, michael. When we hear about a possibly encouraging treatment like this, we have to look at it holistically and the holistic view on this is that hydroxychloroquine is also a medication taken by people who have Rheumatoid Arthritis and lupus. Now because of all the excitement about this drug which has yet to be proven in clinical trials, there is a bigtime National Shortage and people who need that drug for their autoimmune conditions cant find it. So we have to balance those two things. Tom, when it comes to testing, the fda has given emergency approval to a test that can be giving results in 45 minutes. Could that be a game changer for this whole thing . Not only a game changer, michael, but its going to be necessary. We moved past the need for individual testing for Health Care Purposes but for the larger Public Health objective of reopening our economy were going to need tests at a capacity we havent seen so we can avoid this uninformed entry into society and reinfection of our neighbors. Tom bossert, dr. Jennifer ashton, thank you both for your time. Robin . Michael, so many people around the world finding creative ways to stay connected and even collaborate while social distancing. Take a look at this group of musicians showing us what the world needs now. What theres just too little of what the world needs now is love sweet love so beautiful. Shelby rassler of boston conservatory at berkeley and more than 70 other musicians bringing us a little joy. She said she was on her flight home from college and said what we could do. She came up with this great idea. It was beautiful. Great to hear that. We have a lot more coming up including senator Amy Klobuchar. Shes going to join us live after revealing her husband has coronavirus. Well see how hes doing this morning. Also how south korea is managing to flatten the curve. Right now lets go to ginger whos going to join us from her home. Good morning, ginger. Hey robin, welcome to my basement. Were all safe and healthy. 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More now on the coronavirus emergency. We are joined by minnesota senator and former president ial candidate Amy Klobuchar who announced yesterday that her husband john has tested positive for the virus and has been hospitalized. Senator, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Thank you, robin. Were very sorry to hear about your husband. How is his condition this morning . Well, today hes still on oxygen. The reason he was hospitalized is he had pneumonia. He was coughing up blood and his oxygen levels were dangerously low. So hes been there for a few days now. We actually he got a test last wednesday and we didnt get the results until yesterday and so thats when we found out which we suspected over the weekend that he had it. Thats the story of a lot of people, and i think one of the things i want to say is a lot of americans have this and worse going on, and one of the hardest things about this disease is you cant go and visit your loved one. I would as much as i love being on your show, i would rather be there with him right now and i cant do that. All you can do is call and email and text and try to reach the caretakers who are taking care him. Ive never even met them. To get updates and its its all americans, as i said. This isnt just my story. Everyones going to know someone in their family where this happens or their friends. I just want to say that thats who im thinking about right now and its the reason im here in my office devoted to getting the funding we need for medical surge and helping people who are out of work. We want to talk about that because that bill is still pending. Did your husband have any underlying conditions before this that contributed at all . No. Hes 52. Hes very healthy and we dont know how he got it and no one around us got it. Maybe it was just a random thing and he started to feel sick about 12 days ago or so. The minute he started to feel like he had a cold, he sequestered himself, quarantined himself in the apartment. Thats all he thought it was, but to be safe he did that. And then thats where he stayed until he started coughing up the blood and then he got the test. But you yourself, youre not quarantined or anything like that and you did not have to be tested. Tell people why that is. Well, because the first week i was in minnesota and he was here in washington. Then by the time i came back for votes, he was starting to feel sick, so we stayed in separate places. So by the time we got the test back, the 14 days had gone by and so i talked to my doctor and he said, you know, you wouldnt qualify no matter what. You dont have symptoms, you havent been around him for 14 days. So why would i get a test when other people who are sick arent getting tests . Thats how i approached it, im going to be treated like everyone else. I think thats what everyone has to do right now. Of course everyone would love to get a test. Youd love to know but youve got to make sure youre following the rules. His story is one of following the rules. As far as we know he didnt infect anyone else. Thank you for amplifying that last point there. Let us get to the bill, all right, because americans are saying theyre frustrated with whats going on. Theres a lot of finger pointing that we always see in washington. People need help, and they want to know when is a deal, when is the stimulus package, when is it going to get done . Well, we are very hopeful this morning. Senator schumer and on the democratic side senator patty murray, senator durbin, the entire team, we have stuck together to try to push for more funding for medical surge for equipment and hospitals and making sure that our workers are taken care of, Small Businesses and the like, and theres been very good bipartisan negotiations. I think i talked to six republican senators over the phone yesterday. There have been people working, staff here, knowing that, as you know with rand paul and others, that there is coronavirus in the capitol and these people, the staff members, the police officers, everyone working here has been working around the clock to get this done. I am actually optimistic that we will have an agreement, but this is a big deal. We want to have guardrails on this money to make sure that theres some accountability and its not just gone off into nowhere. So theres a lot of work thats being done on the details. Can it get done today . I think it is, if i had to predict, yes. All right, senator, thank you so much and again, our best to your husband that he makes a full recovery and all that are facing this terrible illness. Thank you. Take care. Michael . Thank you, robin. Now to some promising signs out of asia as the u. S. Looks for ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus and avoid the crisis italy is now facing. South korea which saw its first confirmed case the same day as the United States now appears to be flattening the curve after an initial spike. T. J. Holmes is here with more on how they are doing it. Good morning, t. J. Good morning. This should be encouraging news for all of us to see a country like south korea seem to be coming out of this thing after two months. Something theyre doing is working. So we should be doing that. Well, we arent. We havent and we might not even be capable just yet. Reporter as coronavirus spreads across the west, new signs of hope in asia, and in particular, south korea where theres been a dramatic turnaround. The number of infection skyrocketed there from dozens to thousands in early march, but now theyre reporting the lowest number of new cases, just 64 in a single day, since their peak weeks ago and they didnt lock down entire cities. Experts say swift action from the very beginning was key. That included social distancing, contact tracing, widespread testing, and they were prepared. They made sure they had enough ventilators. They had enough personal protective equipment. They made sure masks were being produced and mass produced. So all those things, thats the full set of epidemic strategies they implemented very quickly. Reporter both south korea and the u. S. Reported their first case of covid19 on the same day, january 20th. But south korea then did something the u. S. Has not, implemented a system to electronically track people and the disease. South korea used different types of tracking measures to figure out where people were moving, whether they were violating social distancing measures. So for instance if theyre supposed to be staying at home and instead theyre out on the street or using public transportation, they were able to figure that out fairly quickly. Reporter heres an example of how it works. Lets say you find out you have coronavirus. The government then uses your cell phone and credit card data to track where youve been and then blast out an alert to the cell phones of people who may have crossed your path. Another major difference here in the u. S. , the n95 mask supply is limited and the cdc advises people not to wear face masks unless theyre sick or caring for someone whos ill. But in south korea masks are widespread and encouraged by the government. Monique claiborne who is from the u. S. But has lived in south korea for three years says she doesnt leave home without one. Masks are actually quite easy to get here from any of the Convenience Stores or any of the drug stores because people tend to wear them due to the air pollution occasionally anyway, so everyone is Wearing Masks. People have been very vigilant with that. Back to this idea of testing, they will tell you guys, doctors, testing is key. Here theyre telling us not Everybody Needs to run out a get a test. In south korea, widespread testing because what does that tell you . Where your problem areas are and how to target them. Were essentially a boxer in a ring with a blindfold on. You can throw everything at it but you cant see your target. Thats our problem right now, were behind in our testing. Seems like they had the opposite reaction to how we reacted to it. They were really to roll and got the tests rolling immediately, saw the problem areas, targeted them, knew where to send masks and everything. Were a little behind. It worked. Thank you, t. J. Coming up, the best ways to protect yourself and your loved ones. Why keeping that six feet of distance is crucial to those with a compromised immune system. The fbi warning of scams taking advantage of covid19 fears. Ars. Taking advantage of covid19 fears. Because i can still make my own insulin. And trulicity activates my body to release it like its supposed to. Once weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. 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Reporter these calls about the coronavirus are all the more sinister because they appear to be so helpful to consumers, advertising free test kits but with a fee. We can qualify you to get a free diabetic monitor and a complimentary testing kit for coronavirus. Reporter one supposed business even claiming that it will rid the virus from your homes air. For only 79 our highly trained technicians will do a full air Duct Cleaning and sanitation to make sure the air you breathe is free of bacteria. Reporter theyre all fake, scams designed to take your money and give you nothing, some despicable like a robocall in North Carolina warning people they may be infected. People are getting calls at home and being told by the local Health Department that theyve come into contact with someone who has the coronavirus and that they must be tested before they can leave their home and they can sell the person a test. Obviously the local Health Departments are not doing this and would not do this. Reporter authorities fearful that potentially thousands could be targeted, the fbi and other federal agencies seeing a surge in these reports. The last thing the American People need in the middle of this pandemic is criminals trying to take advantage of them and profit off their concerns. Reporter its not just robocalls. The Justice Department shutting down this website, coronavirusmedicalkit. Com, offering a vaccine kit for a shipping charge of just 4. 95. The problem is no such vaccine exists. The Justice Department has not named the creators of this website because theyre under active investigation so were not able to contact them for comment. Law enforcement and the fcc has urgent tips for consumers, including one very important warning. Government agencies will never ask you for money in connection with the coronavirus. George . It is critical. Okay, pierre, thanks very much. How people take advantage when youre so vulnerable like that. In a time like this. Mmhmm, incredible. 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We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. The coronavirus now hitting younger americans hard. Almost half the cases in icus are between the ages of 20 to 64. Also this morning, the stimulus stalemate. The battle on capitol hill over the almost 2 trillion rescue package for the american economy, the latest at this hour. And a gma exclusive. The head of instagram joins us live to reveal the brand new features being launched this morning in response to the coronavirus emergency. Feeling the strain. Parents trying to keep their kids engaged and learning at home. Their video diaries as they try to keep everything on track. Its lunchtime and im hiding in my sons room. Worries about the effect on their kids, the professor and mom of 8yearold twins whos navigating a new path saying she cant run a home school, but she can keep her kids occupied, sharing her advice for all the parents trying to multitask this morning. Aint no Mountain High enough what a difference a day makes. So Many Americans work for Small Businesses, so we brought you a special deal monday. Gma viewers sending orders pouring in. The workers who have been off line for a week suddenly back to work. This morning, our new deal and new american Small Business, as we say good morning, america. Aint no river wide enough aint to Mountain High enough good morning, america. We hope you and your families are healthy and safe this morning. This is always on my playlist. This is . Ooh, yes. No matter what time, but especially in a challenging time like this. Just think about it, aint no Mountain High enough. To keep me from you, robin, thats right. But six feet will keep me from you. This morning one of our favorite allstar chefs is joining us live, Geoffrey Zakarian, and hes got some special helpers this morning. Theyre cooking up something for breakfast everyone in your family will love and its all made from ingredients that are right in your pantry. Ill tell you who else is going to be joining us, my doctor, dr. Gail roboz. There she is at home right now. Shes going to talk about people with underlying conditions and also telemedicine, what to do. Important conversation to have. This morning the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States is more than 46,000. That number expected to increase as more americans get tested. New york citys mayor calling the city the epicenter of the spread in the u. S. Were going to go back to tom llamas at the Javits Center right here in manhattan with more. Good morning, tom. Reporter michael, good morning to you. Work to convert the Javits Center into a medical hospital should start later today as were tracking a new hot zone out of new orleans. Things are getting very serious there as the president is considering a new strategy with dealing with the coronavirus and the economy that is concerning some Health Care Officials. This morning, despite growing warnings the coronavirus could spread for months, President Trump signaling he wants america back in business. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. Reporter next week the white house set to reexamine social distancing, possibly easing restrictions that could allow some businesses to reopen. The president acknowledging this is contrary to what Health Care Professionals are advising. If it were up to the doctors they would say lets keep it shut down, lets shut down the entire world. Reporter the virus has killed more than 550 people in america, and the World Health Organization now declaring the pandemic is accelerating. The governor of florida issuing an executive order, citing travelers flying in from new york or new jersey to do a mandatory selfisolation for 14 days. Violators will be put in jail for 60 days and fined 500. Hopefully that will be a deterrent for people if youre just simply trying to escape here to avoid the restrictions that have been put in place in your own state. Reporter this morning big news from japan. The Prime Minister agreeing to postpone the olympics in tokyo until next year. If youre at home and youre watching this and are a a former Health Care Worker or retired, check out with your local government and hospital if they need help because theyre asking for volunteers across the country. George . Everyone called into action. Tom, thanks. We move on to washington where negotiators continue to hammer out a nearly 2 trillion rescue package for the economy all but shut down by this coronavirus emergency. I want to go back to our Senior National correspondent terry moran with the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning again, george. Senate democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he expects the senate will vote tonight on that rescue bill for the economy. Schumer negotiating late into the night with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin. Just before midnight the two emerged and said they had struck a deal on the key sticking point. Thats a half trillion dollar bailout for hardhit u. S. Corporations. Democrats said it was a slush fund for wall street and they had demanded transparency about where that money might go and it looks like they got it. Mnuchin agreeing to, quote, strict oversight on that money. Democrats also saying they wanted more money for hospitals and they got a lot more of that as well. Emotions have been running very high on the senate floor on this. Democrats and republicans furious with each other wanting social distance and not just for medical reasons there. President trump really wants to sign the bill and it looks like he will perhaps as early as tomorrow. George . They are getting close. Terry, thanks very much. Coming up were talking with my doctor, gail roboz. Well ask her about the benefits of telemedicine, what exactly is that and why she says it is not too late to help flatten the curve. And the head of instagram is revealing the social media platforms brand new features to help you stay connected and informed about the pandemic. Hes joining us live. And lara is over in the corner. Whats going on, lara . We know its such a hard time for Small Businesses all over the country. This morning how you can help another company as they give back to all of us. Well be right back on Good Morning America. Straight from the worlds best plant scientists, comes miraclegro performance organics. Its miraclegros biggest thing. Organic plant food and soil that finally work. And work. And work. And yes we did say organic. For twice the bounty. Guaranteed. Miraclegro performance organics. Organics finally grow up. And up. And up. This is gonna be americas favorite breakfast. They just dont know it yet. ding these are a few of my favorite things. 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Good morning to you. Were going to begin with titos vodka and whoo yeah. Not just because its rather popular in these days in the studio. Im sorry. Did i say that out loud . Its a disin fek the makers of titos are doing double duty, using their knowledge and ingredients to help make much needed hand sanitizer, announcing on twitter that the titos distillery would be working hard on the production of 24 tons of sanitizer that meets industry standards. They plan to give away their sanitizer free of charge to those who need it most. And another company stepping up, louis vuitton, moet hennessy, also known as lvmh, the titan that produces fragrances has added sanitizer to its list of products, and no luxury price tag here. The french conglomerate will deliver the disinfectant to the largest Hospital System in europe free of charge. We thank both of these companies for stepping up. And now you know why i support titos. Yes. Every chance i get. Real housewives star Bethenny Frankel making an incredibly generous donation. Her foundation be strong will donate over 1 million n95 face masks to hospitals in need. The masks will be part of what shes calling the be strong corona kit that theyre putting together. You see a video here of them doing just that. Theyll be distributed to medical professionals nationwide and the masks will be available within the next few days and will go immediately to Health Care Workers who need them most. When there is a crisis, this woman steps up each and every time. Every time, yeah. Wed love to talk to her. Just really impressed with everything shes doing, so thank you, bethany. And everyone were talking about including the pittsburgh pirates. Using their hiatus from spring training to hit a home run with Health Care Workers. The team sending 400 pizzas and 100 trays of pasta to the staff of the Allegheny General Hospital on monday to say thank you for their aroundtheclock care. Joe musgrove, pitcher for the pirates, sharing these photos on twitter, writing, us players found it important in a time of chaos to take care of those looking out for all of us. A pirates rep going on to say, we thought this was a way to help two birds with one stone. We help local restaurants, we help the hospital workers and we share our appreciation. Thats three birds, baby. And another every day hero, this one in new jersey. Brian morin of federicos pizza. Thats in bellmar. Remember that name. Federicos pizza. Brian took out a 50,000 line of credit to keep all of his 20 employees on the payroll, saying, quote, no matter what happens theyre going to get paid. Everyone here is an extension of my family. I want to make sure i pay them back in some way, shape or form even though i might go into a little bit of debt myself. Federicos pizza remains open for takeout business. If you live in the belmar area and you want to grab a pie, it could help brian pay back that incredibly generous loan. I love all these acts of kindness, brings me great joy to bring them to you. And then theres this. Normally this time of year were getting ready for baseballs big opening day. Of course thats all been postponed this year because of coronavirus, and nolan from nebraska well, this kids really missing his favorite sport. The 11yearold writing this open letter to baseball that has gone viral saying in part, dear baseball, i wake up every day wishing to play with my teammates. What i love about you is the feeling when my adrenaline starts pumping in my veins when i make a diving catch, step up to the plate or steal a base. It is comforting to know you will come back, hopefully sooner than later. Nolan signing the letter with his nickname, the golden spike. Oh no explanation given there but the mlb heard about your letter, mr. Golden spike, and they responded writing, this is the mood and, yeah, we are crying. We feel the same, mlb. Nolan, hang in there. Youll be playing ball before you know it. Thats pop news, everybody. Thats very sweet. Thank you as always, lara. Now to our gma cover story and more on keeping yourself and the people you love safe during the coronavirus pandemic. I want to bring in my doctor, dr. Gail roboz. She is from cornell medicine and the new york presbyterian hospital. She sees hundreds of patients with compromised immune systems, a Vulnerable Group that benefits greatly from social distancing. Lets put it like that. She joins us now from her home here in new york. Gail, it is always so good to see you. Thank you. I know that theres a message that you wanted to get out. First of all, im glad that you and your family, everyone is doing well. Youre on the front lines. Youre there in the hospital. Youre there with your patients. Just help people understand the importance of social distancing. Hi, robin. Good morning. One of the main problems with social distancing is that everybody is focused on the social, not the distance, and the problem is that it started out a little bit too cute, elbow bumping and toe tapping. We are way past that. Unless your arms are 8 feet long, i dont want any elbow bumping. We really, really have to keep that distance. If somebody can sneeze on you or cough on you, youre too close. We need help in the hospitals. Weve got to slow down the absolute tsunami of patients coming in. Weve got to slow down so that we can do our work, figure this out, get drugs that are helpful, but we dont have them yet. So what we need from the world is to help slow it down and take social distancing seriously, the distance, not the social. And you feel its not too late to flatten the curve. Its not too late. Its not too late. We need people to really focus on that person in your life you want to protect. Everybodys got one person at least that you want to protect. You cant protect that person if you dont focus on how you would protect yourself, and think about the ripple effect. You go into the hospital. Youre encountering how many people when you walk through the hallways of the hospital. Then if youre coughing, once we get you home then the maintenance crews have to come in and clean that room up. They have families too that they need to protect, and those families are trying to stay home. It is a ripple effect, and we all need to do our part. We want our lives back and i think the way to get there is to take this very seriously. Panic never helps. It never helps anybody, but if you dont have any fear of this at all, then my worry is that youre not doing your part in helping us slow down so that health care can catch up and take care of you. We know the situations in hospitals where you are and all around the country, how overwhelmed you are. We also know that people get sick and it may have nothing to do with the virus and theyre being told of course to stay away from the hospital. So theres something called telemedicine that you wanted to explain to people who fall into that situation. Absolutely. You know, coronavirus and covid did not cure appendicitis. It didnt cure heart attacks. People still need to have babies. Weve got to have room in the hospital to treat everything that we normally do. But telemedicine is helping so much and i have to tell you im on the phone, video, email, texting 24 7 to try to help people stay out. Im lucky because while cornell medicine and new york presbyterian have been very much ahead on this, we can do virtual visits. There are hotlines set up. I think you guys are actually going to have links on your website to how to get onto the covid hotline, how to get a virtual visit. Let us have a look at you before you come into the hospital, and in particular if youre coughing or youre sick, dont come into the hospital unless your symptoms are really, really severe. Call us, reach out to us, let us take a look, let us keep you home so that we can take care of you at home and keep the hospital for the patients who really need to be in the hospital. Like you said on the website were going to provide information because people are going to want to know about telemedicine. Finally, we hear all the time about people with underlying conditions. I had a bone Marrow Transplant as youre well aware of which compromised my immune system. Just explain more about the underlying conditions and why that puts people more at risk. So one of the reasons why i think people are partying on the beach is because they think this is only something that can affect you if youre immuno compromised or if you have underlying conditions. Young, Healthy People are getting infected too. That said, patients i treat, hematology, cancer patients, patients with underlying respiratory or cardiac disorders, patients with diabetes are at increased risk, and basically these are the patients we need to really, really, really focus on protecting because they will not be able to withstand infection with the virus and we dont have a cure yet. All right. So, i heard your advice and we have been telecommunicating a lot because of your advice and whats going on in new york city, this will be my last day in the studio and then ill for a little bit. For a little bit, and ill do like everybody else. Thank you, gail. Im glad that your family i know you have elderly parents and im glad that theyre doing well and i appreciate all the help that you give to all. Thank you, gail. I just said, its hard to leave because you want the normalcy. You want it not just for yourself but for our viewers. But get out of here. I love you too much. You see how people have been doing it remotely from home. And its working. Set up the studio . Set up the studio. Sweet amber is going to be manning the camera. Ill be able to keep my slippers on throughout the whole morning. But more importantly, ill be able to still say good morning, america. Ill miss you guys in the studio. Its about safety. And i know you have to judge it as well. So for more on social distancing and telemedicine, go to our website at goodmorningamerica. Com. Speaking of working at home, ginger. Yeah, im here. Im here at home and ive got some helpers too. Miles and adrian are like the stage hands at this point bringing me coffee and stuff. I think we can do it. We can all do it together, especially with some hope and a gma moment which is what i have this morning. This comes to us from chicago. Its 6yearold porsche. Tomorrow, tomorrow, ill love ya tomorrow were only a day away yes. That is porsche again. Her dad, danny, on the piano. We loved sharing that. Please take a moment and go to my page. Share your athome gma moment and hopefully we can share it with everybody else. Lets get a ch and now we have a gma exclusive. Instagram is now announcing new features to respond to the Coronavirus Crisis and the head of instagram, adam mosseri, is joining us from california to tell us all about them. Thank you for joining us this morning. You know your audience. You know your audience is among those who are most likely to downplay some of the concerns that have been raised and some of the guidance that has been given. Youre kind of changing the way you do business. Tell us about it. Were trying to do two things. Were trying to keep people safe by encouraging them to stay at home. Were trying to bring people together. Now that were all isolated we think that instagram is built to bring people together, to bring you closer to people and the things you love. On the first on staying home, we built a stayathome sticker which allows you to post your stories about staying at home and encouraging all the people that you follow or that follow you rather to stay home as well. You can go to the top of instagram and tap stay home and see everyones stories about what their stayathome stories are like we and try to encourage people to social distance but point to good information to the cdc here in the u. S. And other Health Organizations around the world. When people search for covid19 or coronavirus or go to the hashtag or anything like that or even when they open up instagram. And then im bringing people together. Were launching a new feature so you can watch some of your favorite instagram content with someone while you video chat. Weve seen amazing lives all around the world. Were watching something called eyes on instagram which is essentially a tv guide from the Instagram Account to let people know whats coming. Were trying to expand donations. Oh yeah. And match some of those donations ourselves from instagram. Thats awesome. Were looking at some of your videos. Im looking for content for pop news. This is lara. I just wanted to say that we loved dj nices Club Quarantine dance party. Things like that, all these performances that were seeing are really giving us little bits of joy, little moments of joy, and youre going to make it easier for us to find those. Tell us how. Yeah, so we have just follow instagram and were going to be posting all the time these upcoming lives that were seeing. We saw a huge one from dj nice last week, everyone from john legend to james blake, just people going live to try to bring people together in a time of crisis. Were also seeing things outside of live. Theres a new account i really like called say it with reading which is amazing story tellers, everyone from Jennifer Garner to amy adams reading childrens books. I have two little boys so its great to have content for them to keep them entertained while theyre a bit stir crazy. It must be so great for you to see how all of your users are figuring out different ways to use this platform you created. Yeah, absolutely. For us, we build tools to help people come together but we dont know how theyre going to be used necessarily. So its really exciting for us to see people come up with new and creative ways of leveraging instagram to encourage people to stay safe but also to come together given were all physically proximate right now or distant. Its about physically distancing ourselves, not really socially distancing. With instagram what youre doing is helping us stay connected and we really appreciate that. Yeah, its been great. Thats what we hope to do. Ill be tuning into dj dnice on friday and saturday. Let him know he needs to do it friday and saturday. A lot of people tuned in. We need the content. Adam, we thank you. Thanks a lot. Coming up, Geoffrey Zakarian is going to join us live with his daughters showing us meals you can make with your family. Well be right back. Well be right back. Dee nice. D nice. Good morning north bay. Lets get up and get going. This is abc 7 mornings. Good morning. The governor called for parking lots across the state to close at beaches and state parks. This comes after reports of crowds of visitors and ignoring social distancing warnings. City parks are open for now in San Francisco. She warns she will order them closed if people dont shelter in place. Keeping parks open will allow people to go outside for a short time to get air and exercise. The mayor says some people are missing the point and they are Still Holding especially when thexfinity has you covered. With the fastest most reliable internet. With advanced security to make sure everything you do online stays safe and secure. And with the most tv shows, movies and streaming apps all in one place. 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I had to i tried, america. I got to make it right, im sorry. Its all good. George didnt know either, im guessing. Just check him out on instagram, okay . Thats all i care about. This is why i need to be here. [ laughter ] we want to welcome everybody back to gma. Were going a little stir crazy ourselves, okay . But were happy you guys are joining us on this tuesday morning. We are so excited right now to bring you another delicious recipe since were all cooking a lot more at home these days. We loved his fabulous Grilled Cheese last week. You made it. I did. I used the mayonnaise. Geoffrey zakarian, chef and partner at lambs club, hello. Oh, and your beautiful little helpers there, you got madeline anna and madeline, officially sous chefs, during this pandemic. Wonderful. Tell us whats on the menu this morning . Well, we have a lot of viewers that wrote in, what do i do with beans and potatoes, any potatoes, so were going to show you what to do with beans and potato. Were going to make a bean and potato hash with eggs. Its so versatile. This is very simple. Its so good for you as a family starter to start your family off every day all the kids are at home, i know what its like. I have three kids myself. Im right in there with you. Its about its both a healthy meal and an activity. Were going to get started. Are you ready . Were ready. We have a hot pan, really important, and were just going to put in the following ingredients. Any of these can be substituted. If you have red peppers left over, chili peppers, whatever you have in the fridge. First start with a little bacon. Put some onions in there. I had jalapeno left over. I made guacamole last night. A can of beans and a couple potatoes. No special potatoes, just what was sitting in the pantry. Stir that and if you come around im going to show you exactly whats going to happen geoffrey, this is best in a cast iron skillet if you have one, right . Yes, its best if you have one because it really works good. But you see what happens now. That color gets really gooey, ooey and thats what you want. Thats a hash, a real hash. The unusual thing are the beans. You can use baked beans, canned beans, black beans. Then take some eggs here, throw them right on top and guess what, in about ten minutes at a 350degree oven you have these beauties. Take a look at this. Yummy. Look at that. All right . How good that looks. You can put a little parsley, you can use fresh herbs, dry herbs, whatever you want. Its really important that you just sort of navigate your pantry because its all about the pantry right now. A little salt and pepper and why dont we dig in, guys. Take a taste. Can i ask you a question. If you prefer a scramble, do you still do it after . You can scramble eggs thats a great question. You can scramble eggs and put it right on top of that if you want. You can put fried eggs if you want. It doesnt make a difference, its eggs. What you have in there, you have the beans, the potatoes, the bacon. It literally took ten minutes and youre going to feed four to six people. You can put as many eggs as you can fit in this skillet. Looks like your sous chefs like it. I got the thumbs up. Im still employed. We know you with work with city harvest so can you tell us what theyre doing to help out in this time . City harvest is new york citys private response so hunger, the Largest Food Rescue Organization and its just amazing that this has happened. Its so amazing and so important and its so important right now. Governor cuomo has designated city harvest as an essential service during this pandemic, so its really important to support them right now. They feed a Million People in new york city. These are people who have trouble eating in good times. Imagine whats happening now. The best way to support them is to text lunch to 20222 and send a donation. Any donation will help. A 15 donation would be a couple of lunches for people. Really, really important. Any information you need on cityharvest. Org. But we all have to get together and get food where its needed right now. So important. So important. Geoffrey, we appreciate you and appreciate the kids. Say hello to your son george as well too. And your wife did an incredible job shooting that. Shes the producer. Shes holding the camera right now. Great job. You know, you guys, you can get thanks, everybody. Thank you guys. You can get geoffreys recipe on our website, goodmorningamerica. Com. Coming up, home schooling can put the pressure on moms and dads so how are parents navigating a new course of action. Much more ahead right here on gma. And the breadwinner arrives home from a long day at work. Now the family can sit down at the table, where everyone knows to be mindful of their manners. Dinnertime has changed. Our quality hasnt. Reynolds wrap foil made in the usa since 1947. 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Were going to turn to how millions of parents are navigating their way through the second and in some cases third week of school closures. Distance learning can put the pressures on mommy and daddy. Oh yeah. Becky worley joins us from San Francisco with a story we first saw in the New York Times about a mother discussing the challenges of home schooling. Good morning, becky. Good morning, robin. Its a lot, parents working from home, some parents not working, stressing about financing, kids out of school, moms and dads trying to teach. Parents are feeling the strain. Reporter aziza rowan is sheltering in place with her husband and two sons aged 8 and 6. Shes trying to work through the curriculum sent home from school. How do you feel about home schooling . Not good. Im not meant to be a teacher. So, maybe we should start school late today and watch frozen ii again. Reporter she does get them studying but its lunchtime and im hiding in my sons room. I just feel really defeated and i feel like this is really hard. Im really worried about the effect its going to have on my kids and on all the kids not being in school. Reporter shes not alone. Professor jenny weiner is the mom of 8yearold twins who wrote an oped entitled i refuse to run a coronavirus home school. Could i possibly make learning something that looked like school and i just knew i couldnt. Reporter she says she and her husband cant manage their jobs and take on the responsibility of being fulltime educators for their sons. Im lucky i guess that ive had practice at being a hot mess for a while and accepting that. Reporter shes navigating a new path. We have breakfast, we go for a long walk when we can. They do exploration. I said anything youve been interested in or wanted to know about, ill sit next to you, you can go on the internet, read about it and watch a video about it, write five things you learned and two questions. We do kung fu. We pretend we know what kung fu is. Then at about 1 00 its a free for all. Its video games, tv, board games. Reporter as she thinks of other parents like aziza, she says do what works for your whole family including mom. Youre still a great parent because you love your child, you care about them, and youre doing your best. These last few weeks ive spoken to folks from the Stanford School of education and to doctors from the American Academy of pediatrics. Empathy for kids and empathy for ourselves has been a main theme. Nowhere has brain drain or learning loss come up. And dont forget empathy for all these wonderful teachers trying to offer activities and options to keep kids engaged while many of them are also managing their own kids at home, robin. It is a lot. Such an appreciation. Becky, thank you very much. You said your girls did home school. Theyre a little more acclimated to what it takes so for them its not a big adjustment but it takes a lot of work from the parents. You dont say, hey, do your school work. You have to sit in there and monitor. It takes a lot. For all the parents out there as we said earlier, i think theyre appreciating more what their teachers do every day. Absolutely. And you can find a list of home schooling resources for parents on our website. Lets go back to ginger whos there at her home. Hey, ginger. Good morning to you, robin. Good morning, everybody. I dont know about you but i was a waitress, a bartender for a very long time and we are thinking about everyone in the restaurant industry. Thats why weve been offering so many ways for you at home to help everybody out. Today is the day that we can all support restaurants, the industry itself. There are more than 15 Million People, the employees that are participating and hoping you can participate in the Great American takeout today. Yes, while restaurants and many cities and states have to close so theyve got no doors open to dining in, they still have takeout options and Delivery Service is still available. Restaurants are encouraging everyone to order at least one delivery or takeout meal today. You can share your photos. This is the way you can help out by supporting, doing that, do the takeout and then take a photo, help spread the word on social media using the hashtag the Great American takeout. I think thats an idea for dinner tonight. I feel like weve been cooking a lot. All right, looking for something to do . Not to worry. Time to reveal our Gma Book Club pick for april. With so many of us staying at home its nice to find a way to escape for a little bit. What better way to do that than with a great book and were really excited about this one. Its our april pick that we had take over times square to reveal. Do we have it up there . Are you guys ready . Three, two, one. There it is, everybody. Come on. Oona out of order Margarita Montimore. Congratulations, you are our Book Club Choice for april. Its a perfect title since, well, were all feeling a little out of order right now. We can all relate. Its an unforgettable story beginning on new years eve 1982. Oona lockhart, 19 years old, with her whole life in front of her, but with the clock winding down to midnight she faints and wakes up 32 years in the future greeted by a friendly stranger in a house shes told is her own. She eventually learns with each passing year shes going to leap to another random age. So many people on our staff could not put this book down. We think you will agree. This morning we have a special message from the author herself. Roll em. Im Margarita Montimore and im so grateful gma has chosen my novel oona out of order as its latest book club pick. I know the whole world feels like its out of order right now and social distancing is tough but join gmas book club as we get lost in this uplifting story. Im glad its uplifting. Michael does have a question for you. You can bounce forward but can you bounce back to a random age . Thats why you got to read the book, michael. Oona out of order is out now and its so good. Youre out of order. Youre out of order theres an excerpt of the book on goodmorningamerica. Com. Its really good though. Read along with us on instagram gmabookclub. Wed love to hear from you. Whats coming up . Coming up, Lori Bergamotto with ways to work from homework for you. Stay with us on Good Morning America. Back now on gma with the challenge so many of us are facing due to our new normal, working from home. And we have good housekeepings Lori Bergamotto doing just that, joining us with the best tips on how to make working from home work for you. Hey, lori. I saw you jump away and jump back. I was wondering if you were going to make it. Youre looking good, girl. Thank you. We miss you. We want you safe sand healthy. Were glad that youre with us. I want to talk about zoom. Its just taken over, 600,000 downloads in just one day. People are starting to realize that working from home though doesnt mean that you get to be in your pajamas all day. You do need to put on pants. Exactly. The idea here is look your best to feel your best. You cant deny the psychology of getting up, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, putting on your work clothes. That really gets you into work mode. So you want to continue to do those things, especially when youre interfacing with other clients, with other coworkers or colleagues or maybe if youre even interviewing somebody. Those things really matter. Basic hygiene, we cannot let that go out the window or were really hurting. So you want to think also about what your office normal is, you know. Do you work in a startup where maybe jeans and a tshirt was normal . Then keep within that range. If you work in a more conservative environment where perhaps you had to wear a threepiece suit or collared shirts or things like that, you still want to maintain that same element of professionalism and just you can still be in sweatpants but when in doubt wear a collared shirt, especially for men. Thats a really easy way to do it. As for makeup, do what you normally would and just remember that because youre now interfacing through a screen, you may have to add a little bit more. Okay. Well, since im going to be working at home tomorrow im taking all these notes and things like that but i cant help but notice, lori, that beautiful painting behind you, and you did say that we do need to take into account our background when were setting up a video conference. Exactly. Weve seen some Horror Stories on social media of people doing their work meetings in their bathroom or in front of all of their kitchen clutter. So some really easy basic tips is to keep it simple. You want to remove all the clutter from your background as best you can. You want to try to find the most simple space in your apartment. You know, none of us were all figuring this out, right . Were all putting together our impromptu home offices. Try to find a nice piece of art if you have one. Keep away from windows that are too sunny. I happen to have one here but we put the shade down so thats an easy tip, and use things around the apartment or the home to jazz it up to add a pop of color like art, little trinkets. I have an orchid here or a globe. Things like that will keep the environment in a simple shot. Ive got some cleaning to do. A lot to think about where to jazz it up for you. Yeah. Lori, i know you have a lot more tips. Weve run out of time so were going to put them on our website. Great to see you. Guys, check out our website for these great tips and well be right back on Good Morning America. L be right back on good mornin how you watch it does too. 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All next on live and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest kelly good morning. Good morning, everybody. Day two of what this is our temporary near normal. Hopefully temporary new