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Disaster zones opening up right in the heart of central park. States from florida to rhode island now vowing to crack down and quarantine those fleeing new york, as these Health Care Heros come to the rescue this morning. Cruise ship nightmare. The desperate situation on board the zaandam. The ship stuck on high seas as ports turn it away. Four people dying. Nearly 200 on board suffering flulike symptoms. We hear from the americans on board this morning. Instacart and amazon workers planning a big strike this morning, protesting conditions and saying they need more tekt if gear. Tornado outbreak. 22 twisters leave a trail of damage across three states. An ef3 strikes arkansas. The new Severe Weather threat this morning. Youll always be my baby and concert for america. Some of the biggest stars in the world coming together from their living rooms, from mariah carey dont let the sun go down on me to elton john. Tell me why and the backstreet boys. How theyre raising spirits and money for those in need. Good morning, america. Thank you for joining us on this monday morning. Did you guys stay up late enough to see the concerts . Well, i certainly was enjoying it just now, michael. They sound what she said. Sounds just as good as they did as being there in person, and its great to have robin joining us from home on this monday morning. What a concert last night, robin. Ooh, i was watching from my living room, michael. So many special performances. Alicia keys singing underdog. I love that lyric, you will rise up indeed. They raised more than a Million Dollars to help those in need and those on the front lines. So many cheering for our heroes. Isnt that right, amy . Thats right, robin. In fact, they were cheering here in new york city. Take a look and a listen. I love this. Applause erupting at 7 00 p. M. Last night for all the First Responders and doctors and nurses. Should do that every night. As you know, new york is the epicenter of this outbreak in the u. S. There are a lot of other hot spots developing as well and were following a lot of new developments. President trump is extending federal guidelines for social distancing until april 30th. And take a look at this graph showing why thats necessary. That was two weeks ago, a little under 4,000 cases. Now more than 140,000 cases in just a couple of weeks. Dr. Anthony fauci is predicting things could get far worse, saying up to 2 million americans could contract the coronavirus and warns that the death toll here could reach 200,000. Cases around the world are skyrocketing as well, now more than 700,000. And robin, just a day before that we reached 600,000. Thats right. And you have a lot to talk about with dr. Fauci. You will in just a moment, george. But first, we continue our coverage there in new york. Tom llamas is in central park where that emergency Field Hospital is being set up. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning to you. As you know, central park is an oasis for so many that live here in new york city and now its going to be a place where people are brought hoping not to die. Robin, i got to be honest with you, when we drove in here this morning and you see these white hospital tents, it really hits you. This is central park and this is a Field Hospital. The group samaritans first hope to have it up and running by tomorrow. Theyre going to have 68 hospital beds, and robin, they tell me they will be treating covid19 patients. This morning, america dealing with a new, longer timeline. This after a major reversal from the president , extending social distancing guidelines until the end of april. Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won. Therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread. Reporter the new date several weeks past easter, a deadline he touted several times last week that he now says was aspirational. As the number of confirmed cases of covid19 skyrockets coast to coast, Health Officials estimating there could be millions of cases in the United States, and between 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities. The president s new guidelines come as some governors are discouraging residents from coronavirus hot zones from entering their states. In florida, checkpoints to screen new yorkers driving in, while the Rhode Island National guard began door knocking homes, mandating that all out of state visitors selfquarantine. In texas, travelers from major cities and drivers from neighboring louisiana, now required to quarantine for 14 days. Louisiana did see a oneday slowdown in confirmed cases, but the governor warning they are in a dire situation with the lack of supplies for hospitals. We are playing catchup. Theres no doubt about that. And it moves fast. Reporter in new york, ems reporting record high call volumes, saying the last five days have been their busiest ever, with more than 6,000 911 calls a day. This morning nearly 5,000 members of the nypd are out sick and nearly 900 have tested positive for covid19. 260 firefighters have also tested positive as well. This is unprecedented. Weve never seen our ems system get this many calls ever. Reporter with growing ppe shortages, Health Care Workers like South Carolina Critical Care nurse Meredith Johnson say they feel unprotected. I didnt sign up for this. I didnt sign up to do it without the right equipment. I didnt ever expect to be in a position where i would be sent to work and literally risking my life. Reporter the battle against the virus also taking an emotional toll. Nurses providing that Critical Link between patients and their families. I just came from a patients room. Hes actively dying, positive diagnosis of covid19, and his family cant come so he had to facetime his family. It was just so heartbreaking. Reporter those on the front lines also fighting for their own lives. Dr. Arnold weg, a 63yearold, 30time marathoner now on day six in a new york icu after his family says he contracted covid19 from one of his patients. Hes receiving a lot of oxygen support to continue breathing. Reporter the pandemic inspiring a call to action for retired doctors like dr. Jane bedell, a 63yearold cancer survivor who came out of retirement to volunteer with the new york city medical reserve corps. I have a credentialed, new york state medical license and i have experience. So i can, even as a retired person, give back. Reporter so many powerful stories like that all across the country. We also want to mention this morning, Health Insurers cigna and humana are saying theyre waiving all copays related to coverage for covid19. One other bit of good news. Governor cuomo says that new rochelle lawyer, the one he called patient zero in that new york city suburb, has left the hospital and is now recovering at home. George . Okay, tom, thanks. Lets bring in a man now whos become familiar to all of us, americas top expert on Infectious Disease, dr. Anthony fauci. Dr. Fauci, thank you for your time this morning and for your Tireless Service over these last several weeks and years. As we heard from the president all last week, he was hoping that we could reopen the country by easter, but of course we saw that extension of the guidelines yesterday. Take us inside that decision. What convinced the president it was necessary . What convinced you . Well, it was clear, george, that the dynamics of the outbreak, what was going on in cities like new york city and westchester and new orleans and others, was clearly still on an uptick. And to pull back the mitigation methods before you reach the peak and turned the corner, i think really would have been imprudent because that would have regenerated the spike to go up. So we had some intensive conversations with him and we convinced him. He listened and we said the better part of valor would be to extend them to the end of april when we think it would peak and start coming down. I mean these are all projections. The thing we was pretty sure of if we prematurely did it, it would likely rebound. You talked about the peak in april. The president seemed to say yesterday that the models estimate the peak death rate in two weeks, so which is it . Is it two weeks from now or the end of april . What he was saying, the number of deaths would probably peak by a certain point, but you still get a number of cases that go up which will ultimately lead to less death rates because the cases anticipate the death rates because what he was saying, that we had such a surge earlier, that within two weeks you were going to have a peak in the death rates. The death rates start coming down but you have another curve which is actually the new infections. So theyre complicated curves that overlap each other. And the death rate numbers are pretty stunning. I mean, 100 to 200,000 lives could be lost. Are you all estimating that even if these guidelines are extended . Yeah. Even if these guidelines are extended, we will lose more people. Exactly how many more we would lose is uncertain, depending upon the efficiency of the mitigation methods. But clearly, what you saw yesterday and the day before, within one day we doubled the number of deaths. I mean, it was just really very, very sobering. It is sobering and of course all of us here in new york are dealing with it. New york has been described as the epicenter of this virus here in the United States right now. What other areas are concerning you right now . Well certainly new orleans, george, is in that area where its worrisome because the spike and the peak and the dynamics of that curve are starting to resemble a bit of new york. Its a smaller city obviously so they cant be totally comparable, but the dynamics of the outbreak in new orleans are worrisome. Were also worried about detroit. Detroit is starting to show some signs that theyre going to take off. L. A. We worry about even though they had an early start, calmed down a little. It looks like that they may have the opportunity and the misfortune of spiking up. There are a number of other smaller cities that are percolating along, a couple hundred cases. The slope doesnt look like its going up, but what weve learned from painful experience with this outbreak, is it goes almost along on a straight line, and then you have a little celebration. Then it goes way, way up. Weve seen that in new york. Our european colleagues have seen it in italy and france and germany and in spain, and its a rather consistent pattern. It looks like its low level. It starts to accelerate and then it really goes up. Thats the thing we really got to be careful of. Were going to have all of these mini outbreaks throughout various cities in our country. Given that spread, the president said he hopes to have the United States well on the way to recovery by june 1st. Would that take extending these guidelines beyond the end of april . I think april might do it, george, but we kept an open mind. When we presented it to the president , we said 30 days is a solid. I think we should do it. 15 days was too little. None of us felt that 15 days was adequate. When he asked the obvious question which is a reasonably good question, do you think theres a possibility that we may be able to go past 30 days, we said we didnt think so but theres always that possibility depending upon the efficiency and the effectiveness of the mitigation methods. Finally, sir, whats your best hope right now for getting treatments on the market as quickly as possible and a possible vaccine . Well, we have a couple of Clinical Trials that are accruing now over 200 patients with one drug called remdesivir. A couple of other drugs are being tested in early stages of development. I would think by early summer, late spring, we will get a signal on one of those drugs to see whether it works or not, and if it does, well widely distribute it. If it doesnt, well just get it off the shelf, get it off the table because it wont be usable. But we have the opportunity to prove one or more of them are actually working and that will be a couple of months. Vaccine, a little bit different, george. Were in a phase one trial. We went into it as quickly as we possibly could, the fastest ever, but still the process at rocket speed takes about a year, a year and a half. So if we cycle with this outbreak and it comes back next fall and winter, we might have the early components of a vaccine ready to counter that outbreak likely next winter. Dr. Fauci, thank you for your time this morning. Good to be with you, george. I hope all of our viewers understand dr. Faucis history. He is the definition of a public servant, serving as head of Infectious Disease since 1984, six president s, and has always been a calm voice of reason and candor and science. And he certainly has through this trying time. This morning there are new concerns about strikes involving instacart, the food Shopping Service so many people are relying on during this lockdown time. Workers are set to protest what they are calling unsafe conditions. A group called the gig workers collective says Instacart Shoppers deserve more protection. They are looking for free protective gear like masks, wipes and sanitizer. Instacart has responded by making its own Hand Sanitizer for employees among other measures, but gig workers collective say it is not enough. Michael . Thank you, amy. Now to that starstudded concert featuring elton john, mariah carey and more coming together from the comfort of their own homes, raising more than a Million Dollars for First Responders and those in need. T. J. Holmes has all the details this morning. Good morning, t. J. Reporter hey, good morning. I attended a concert, can you believe it . Im still in my concert seat. Yes, this is a concert like weve never seen before where the entire audience watched from their living rooms, and the artists, well, they couldnt leave their living rooms either. Dont let the sun go down on me reporter elton john had to make due with an electronic keyboard. This is one of my songs. Reporter mariah carey had to conference in her backup singers. Youll always be my baby and tim mcgraw sang from his diving board. She had a suntan line and red lipstick i worked so hard for that first kiss i walk a lonely road reporter the biggest names in entertainment had to wing it in isolation but came together for the iheart radio living room concert for america on fox. Thank you so much to all the incredible, brave nurses and doctors out there working so hard every day. I hope this makes you feel better. Music is making me feel a lot better right now. Reporter the night paid tribute to those on the front lines fighting the spread of covid19. Baby we know that your concerns are a mile high, but we hope this bit of entertainment can feed and fuel your soul. Reporter elton john was joined for laidback living room performances by billie eilish. So youre a tough guy like it really rough guy alicia keys a First Responder was risking her life and the backstreet boys. Aint nothing but a heartache others like Demi Lovato Made special appearances encouraging viewers to donate to charitable organizations. Like a skyscraper, like a skyscraper reporter all right, and again, just a sign of the times here. This is what were going to have to do, but, stra, like you mentioned, a Million Dollars raised. They announced that 20 minutes into the benefit concert and the money goes to feeding america and also the First Responders childrens foundation. Interesting night, first of its kind. Just a sign of the times, stra. Robin, im tossing back to you, robin, hey, from home. Good to see you there, robin. Thats all right. Always good to see you there, t. J. Looking well. We want to show folks also something that was really beautiful. Take a look at this photo. That is a plane full of Health Care Workers on their way from atlanta on a southwest flight heading to new york city. Theyre going to help hospitals that are overwhelmed by the coronavirus outbreak. They expect to stay for around six weeks, but what a beautiful sight to see them looking so happy and knowing what theyre going to be doing here. A special shoutout someone asked me, respiratory therapists, theyre not getting enough love, they said. Respiratory therapists are on the front lines as well. Its great to see people coming together. Southwest providing that kind of transportation to new york. Boy, it sure is. Thank you, robin. We have a lot more ahead. Were going to hear from american passengers stuck on board that cruise ship with confirmed cases of coronavirus. And the show that so many are watching, me included, tiger king. Its trending big. The director speaking out only on gma. Lets go to ginger. Lets get straight to the select cities sponsored by state farm. 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Here in new york, part of central park has been converted to a Field Hospital to help treat patients who are sick. An ef3 hit arkansas. Thankfully everyone survived. And for everyone missing football, espn will play monday night football. Today you can see the highest scoring game in monday night history, when the Kansas City Chiefs took on the l. A. Rams in november of 2018. Robin of course is joining us from home. Hey, robin. I remember that game very well, george, thank you. We have the latest now though on those passengers stranded at sea on a coronavirusinfected cruise ship where four people have died. Nearly 200 are reporting flulike symptoms. Overnight the ship made its way through the panama canal hoping to reach florida. Jie gio has the story for us. Good morning, gio. Reporter hey, robin. Good morning to you. This morning they are still testing passengers and crew on this ship. 10 are reporting flulike symptom right now. This nightmare cruise is far from over. Its what a passenger calls a death ship. This morning a seemingly neverending cruise for passengers on what was supposed to be a 14day trip from argentina to chile. Now 189 passengers and crew sick with flulike symptoms and at least four dead with no set date to return to dry land in sight. We have been quarantined since the 22nd without being able to go outside. Reporter 305 americans are among the more than 1,800 people who started their journey three weeks ago on Holland Americas zaandam in buenos aires. The ship being turned away from port after port, passengers on board feeling trapped. Overnight the president of Holland America lines sending a message into passengers rooms. The intention is for each of these ships to work in tandem to try to protect the health of those that are healthy so that we can create room and space so we can care for the ones that are sick. Reporter on friday the cruise line started moving some passengers off the zaandam to its sister ship, the rotterdam, which was sent to deliver supplies and covid19 tests. Chuck and jen black were moved to rotterdam. Theyre trying to limit how much they interact with the passengers. Reporter but some of those still on the zaandam like the andersons say they werent able to board the new ship because they were sick. Weve just been told we will not be allowed off the ship because we were honest and said that we had been coughing. I had a sinus infection. My husband had a cold. Reporter over the weekend panama blocking the ships from using the panama canal. Now the ships are getting through, but the coast guard hasnt given them permission to dock. And while the ships intend to dock in ft. Lauderdale thats not a done deal. The u. S. Coast guard says that first they need to submit a plan and it needs to be approved before these ships enter u. S. Waters. George . What a nightmare on that ship. Gio, thanks very much. We turn to the growing debate over whether all of us should be Wearing Masks. Since this crisis has began u. S. Health officials have said Healthy People should not wear masks unless theyre caring for someone who is sick. But some experts say Wearing Masks may be a beneficial way to stop the spread. Steve osunsami is outside the cdc in atlanta with more. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning, george. Theres disagreement about whether wearing an ordinary, average face mask protects the average person from the coronavirus. This is an n95, the mask thats in high demand and short supply because Health Professionals need this to protect themselves while treating patients. Here at the cdc they argue that having the average person wear an ordinary mask can be counter productive because youre putting the mask on an off your face and may be spreading disease. There are a number of scientists who disagree. It may be one of the more simple tools used to help stop the spread of communicable diseases, the face mask. In the fight against covid19 both the cdc and the World Health Organization continue to state that only Health Care Workers, care givers, and people suffering symptoms should wear them. But some leading specialists from asia where the disease first struck are saying this morning that face masks may have played a role in helping them contain the coronavirus outbreak, and not hospital grade masks, just masks made of fabric. The head of the china center for disease and prevention told Science Magazine that the big mistake in the u. S. And in europe, in my opinion, is that people arent Wearing Masks. Many people have asymptomatic or presymptomatic infections. If they are wearing face masks it can prevent droplets from carrying the virus, escaping and infecting others. Jeremy howard, a Research Scientist at the university of san francisco, wrote an oped in the Washington Post highlighting data from covid19 Success Stories in Asian Countries such as south korea, hong kong and taiwan where everyone is Wearing Masks. Ive analyzed 38 scientific papers that have looked at the relationship between using masks and the transmission of covid19 and similar kinds of viruses, and they all tell the same story which is that wearing a mask can decrease transmission by up to 50 . Reporter here in the u. S. In late february, the Surgeon General shared this on twitter saying seriously people stop buying masks. They are not effective in helping the general public from catching coronavirus. The governments advice is in stark contrast to what people are practicing in countries such as japan and south korea. Again, these are not n95 masks that Health Workers desperately need. Some Health Experts believe one reason u. S. Officials have discouraged people from buying masks is because the n95s are in short supply. So if you go and buy up n95 respirators, that means theres going to be some doctors and some nurses who will have to make difficult decisions. They may have to reuse their n95 or try something else. Thanks to steve for that. Earlier this morning i asked dr. Fauci to weigh in on this debate. Yeah, i mean, obviously the most important use for a face mask is for a Health Care Worker to protect that person from getting infected. The second most important is to put it on someone whos infected to prevent them from infecting Health Care Workers and those around them. But there is some rationale that the person in the street who may not know theyre infected could actually prevent the spread to other people by Wearing Masks. This hasnt been proven. We know the masks are not 100 effective. People might think and be under the impression that if they wear a mask theyre completely protected, and theyre not. Even when you pull back and think about it, were starting to reexamine the possibility that if there are enough masks should everyone be Wearing Masks, those who are trying to protect themselves and those who are trying to protect others because they might be infected. There was always a feeling that theres not enough masks so you got to prioritize them so the Health Care Workers and to those who are infected. But given the situation that we might have enough masks for everyone, i think theres some rationale that we should utilize them much more than we do at the present time. Im going to bring in dr. Jennifer ashton whos going to join us now from her home. Doc, thank you for joining us. Were hearing all the talk about face masks, so we want to ask the question. What about transmission by air . Theres a choir in washington state, 45 members say they got the virus. They practiced all the guidelines. So does this sut suggest the virus can be picked up in a different way . Not yet, michael. But we have to go back to what we know and dont know. What we know about this virus is that, you know, it most likely spreads via respiratory droplets that are large droplets. That doesnt necessarily mean airborne three to six feet or more. Obviously when youre breathing, singing and not just coughing or sneezing, thats where those droplets can spread. Thats why the social distancing is so important. Again, in science and medicine, we continue to learn more and more every day and this virus isnt even four months old yet. We heard gios latest report about the cruise ship, people stuck on the cruise ship, the coronavirus spreading through the cruise ship. What can they do to protect themselves . Thats why three weeks ago the cdc and the state department recommended temporarily against cruising. The quarters are so close. Its very hard to social distance. That may be an environment, to dr. Faucis point, where everyone on that ship gets a mask, not for their own protection but to prevent spreading it to others. Were going to see how that evolves. All right, doc, thank you for joining us. Im sure youll come back with more later on. Amy . All right, michael. Coming up next here, tiger king is ruling quarantine. Were going to hear from the directors next here on gma. A. From the directors next on gma. What i love most about being a scientist at 3m is that im part of a community of problem solvers. We make ideas grow. From an everyday solution. To one that can take on a bigger challenge. From packaging tape. To tape that can bond materials to buildings. And planes. One idea can unlock a breadth of solutions. At 3m, we are solving problems that improve lives. One idea cwhove got their a breczema under control. Rs, with less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. 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Will reeve has that, but dont worry, we dont have any spoilers for you because i still have the final episode to watch, will. Good morning. Reporter yeah, good morning, amy. I spent most of my weekend right here on the couch like millions of other people transfixed by tiger king. It has to be seen to be believed and even then its so wild that you cant help but think its the perfect phenomenon for our strange times. Animal people are nuts, man, and i might be one of them people. Reporter its the Netflix Series everyone is talking about. Theres not every day that a zookeeper went to prison for murder for hire. Reporter tiger king, the salacious, scandalous and very bingeable true crime docuseries looking into the world of big cat breeding at private zoos, Animal Rights activists, and joe exotic. My name is joe exotic, and this is sarge. Reporter who had hundreds of tigers, lions and other big cats living right in his backyard. Real name, Joseph Maldonado passage, hes the eccentric big cat loving private zoo owner in an escalating feud with an Animal Rights activist, carol baskin. Joe exotic is accused of paying a person to murder baskin. Reporter tiger king has a uniquely captive audience, millions with nowhere to go as they selfisolate to fight the coronavirus. This is the strangest escapist television. Reporter and its the number one trend on twitter. Tiger king ruling the social media world. Stars like jared leto posting pictures dressed up like joe exotic, and cardi b. Wants to free the tiger king, tweeting, quote, about to start a gofundme for joe. He shall be free. Its a little bit concerning for me that people who have seen the series walk away feeling that joe should be sprung from jail. Reporter amid the cultureal celebration, some opposition, namely from howard and carol baskin, the husband and wife unhappy with the way theyre portrayed in the series, claiming they were deceived by the filmmakers from the very beginning. In my view, the biggest con artists of them all were eric goode and rebecca chaiklin. I believe they are devoid of integrity, dont care about the animals, and clearly, clearly do not care about the truth. Reporter the directors responding to gma about the baskins objections. What carol and howard are doing in terms of raising awareness about the issue of big cats in captivity, they should be applauded for. I hope that people get that. And our thanks to will for bringing us that. Robin, i know you were like me and i know i believe you were watching too, stra. Im already done with it. You were watching this weekend . Yeah, i made it through the first two episodes. I cant wait to you cannot turn away. You have one more episode to go, amy . One more episode, and i havent looked at anything online because i want to be surprised. Everything is surprising about this. Let me surprise you both and tell you what happens. I wont do it. No im definitely in the minority. Ali is my tv tester. She made it through 15 minutes. Oh, all right, all right. Well tell you what happens, george. What . Coming up next though, robin has a play of the day that will make your monday. So stay with us. 15 minutes . With us. 15 minutes . From the firstloving touch. Everything that touches your baby should be this comforting. Thats why pampers, the 1 pediatrician recommended brand, wraps your baby in breathable softness to help keep their skin dry healthy. So every touch is as comforting as the first. Pampers. The 1 pediatrician recommended brand. To support you during the Current Health situation. Cvs pharmacy is now offering free one to twoday delivery of prescriptions and Everyday Essentials you need to stay well in the days ahead. 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As far as your weather goes, its going to be a little bit milder today. A lot of low to mid60s outside the coast and up into the north bay, where weve got that chance of some wet weather, some scattered showers up there. The rest of us will be dry. Notice as we get to april, wednesday, temperatures back to average, a little warmer by friday, then saturday and sunday, unsettled with a chance of rain. Reggie . Thank you, mike. Coming up on gma, rock legend jon bon jovi talks about the coronavirus hitting close to home and what hes doing now to lift spirits with your help. Well have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes. You can always find us on our news app and abc7news. Com. Be safe and be well. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. President trumps uturn. After saying hed like to have the country open for business by easter, the president now extends social distancing guidelines through the end of april. The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks. Experts warn more than 100,000 americans could die in the pandemic. Doctors and nurses on the frontlines as this takes its toll. The nations top Infectious Disease doctor, anthony fauci, talks to us here on gma. On strike. Instacart employees who are helping millions of people get groceries delivered to their homes saying their jobs are putting them at risk for coronavirus. Also this morning, amazon workers here in new york planning to walk off the job, saying theyre not protected either, after several of their colleagues test positive for covid19. Open for business. So many trying to keep things running during these difficult times, from ian at his gym and susie with her cape business. Meet the faces of american Small Business, as sharks daymond john and kevin oleary answer the questions and your questions this morning. Oh, livin on a prayer were all just living on a prayer right now. Bon jovi is joining us live. How hes helping people ban together as the pandemic affects him personally, and how you can help him write his next big hit. Wont you hold my hand and, the epic father daughter dance we cant stop watching. Just when you think you cant top ali and her dad, mom shows up. 10 Million People already watching. What the family is telling us this morning about having all the right moves, as we say good morning, america. Im ready for this that will put a smile on your face right there. Good morning, america. Hope youre all doing okay this monday morning. Robin, how are things going in that basement studio . That daddy, he was moving his head. They were moving and grooving. I cant wait to show more of that. Thats what were doing down here. Im not the only one working from home. Lara also at home getting ready for pop news. Shes going to share with us in a little bit. Many of our producers are also working from home. Take a look at all these pictures i have for you. That is producer farren, senior producer alberto, pop news producer emily, and dr. Ashtons producer greg, all working from home. Michael . Theyre doing a great job, robin. We got to say that. Yes, they are. They really, really are. Also ahead, wait until you see how a Small Business is stepping up, now making products to help doctors and nurses, and theyre also offering a big bargain for deals steals. Amy, the sharks are going to join us today. That is right. Shark tanks daymond john and kevin oleary have great advice for Small Business owners, how to help your employees and keep your customers during these rough times, robin. All right, but first we want to get to the latest, of course, on the coronavirus outbreak. More than 720,000 cases now worldwide. In new york city theyre building a Field Hospital in central park. Tom llamas is there with much more on that side of the story. Good morning again, tom. Reporter robin, good morning again to you. Things are moving very fast here in central park. Just behind me the Field Hospital you mentioned from the group samaritans purse. You might remember just less than an hour ago we showed you one of the tents here. It wasnt constructed and now theyve constructed two tents in less than an hour. The group here hopes to have 68 beds up and running by tomorrow and they will be treating covid19 patients. The new, longer timeline, this after a major reversal from the president extending social distancing guidelines to the end of april. Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won. Therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread. Reporter as the number of confirmed cases of covid19 skyrockets coast to coast, Health Officials estimating there could be millions of cases in the United States. And the death rate numbers are pretty stunning. I mean, 100,000 to 200,000 lives could be lost. Are you all estimating that even if these guidelines are extended . Yeah, i mean, even if these guidelines are extended, we will lose more people. Exactly how many more we would lose is uncertain, depending upon the efficiency of the mitigation methods. But clearly what you saw yesterday and the day before, that within one day, we doubled the number of deaths. I mean it was just really very, very sobering. Reporter the president s new guidelines come as some governors are discouraging residents from coronavirus hot zones from entering their states. In florida, checkpoints to screen new yorkers driving in, while the Rhode Island National guard began door knocking homes, mandating that all out of state visitors selfquarantine. In texas, travelers from major cities and drivers from neighboring louisiana now required to quarantine for 14 days. Louisiana did see a oneday slowdown in confirmed cases, but the governor warning they are in a dire situation with a lack of supplies for hospitals. We are playing catchup. Theres no doubt about that, and it moves fast. Reporter in new york, ems reporting record high call volumes, saying the last five days have been their busiest ever, with more than 6,000 911 calls a day. This is unprecedented. Weve never seen our ems system get this many calls ever. Reporter and we want to mention a moment that our team witnessed out here. Were just across the street from mt. Sinai hospital on the Upper East Side of manhattan. A nurse from that hospital walked out, saw this Field Hospital, started taking photos, and then started to cry, george. Its a very, very hard time for the city of new york but people are coming together. George . They sure are. That is such an unimaginable sight up there on the Upper East Side. Tom, thanks very much. Were going to get more now on those protests at amazon and instacart. Strikes expected this morning, employees concerned about unsafe conditions. Rebecca jarvis has all the latest. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter good morning, george. A week ago the instacart ceo said this is the busiest time in the companys history with more and more americans relying on instacart to fulfill those grocery orders. Theyre hiring 300,000 new employees to help deal with the increased demand. But the current instacart employees, those shoppers who collect your groceries for you, say they need additional protection to feel safe at work. They are asking for protective gear including masks, Hand Sanitizer and wipes. They would like 5 hazard pay per delivery, and they want the default tip setting to be set to 10 . Now, instacart has responded as a company saying they will be providing those employees with Hand Sanitizer which the company is now manufacturing with a thirdparty manufacturer. They also are setting the default tip setting to whatever you last tipped. So if you tipped 15 on your last order, thats what the default will be. If you tipped 5 on your last order, that is what the default will be. George, they say at this point the instacart workers say at this point that is not enough. Theyre going on strike today around the country. Everybodys got to up those tips as well. What about amazon . Reporter so amazon workers here in new york and Staten Island at the jfk 8 facility also say they will be walking out today. One of the workers there tested positive for covid19. The facility which employs 4,500 people has remained open. Amazon says that its doing everything in its power going to extreme lengths and detail to make sure that the facility remains clean, but the workers say its not enough. They would like the facility shut down. They are walking out, and they expect pay while the facility is shut down, george. Rebecca jarvis, thanks very much. Michael . Coming up, jon bon jovi is going to join us live. What hes doing to help lift so many peoples spirits. Cannot wait for that. Then were kicking off a special week of Small Business deals steals. You can get big savings from a company who is giving back to Health Care Workers. And the sharks are here, daymond john and kevin oleary with their advice to help Small Businesses right now. Well be right back. With their advice to help Small Businesses right now. Well be right back. Akfast. They just dont know it yet. ding these are a few of my favorite things. Wendys is changing the game from this. To a breakfast that eats other breakfasts for breakfast. Who says you cant have a baconator for breakfast . Dont just grab a coffee. Grab a frostyccino instead. And forget that frozenfoldedeggstuff. All of these have freshcracked eggs. One bite and itll be your new favorite. Guaranteed. ding try your new favorite today and well even deliver it. Order by 10am. Businesses are closing. 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I didnt realize that people were watching closely behind the background pictures. I do now know that our executive producer, because he saw that i had pictures last week of our old e. P. , tom, so mike sent me a picture of himself. Not kidding, he sent a picture with steven tyler over my Left Shoulder over there. You never know. Lara, lara, be careful because youre doing pop news from home. People are watching, theyre looking. Good morning to you. Good morning. And yes, i am in my kitchen reporting live. Behind me you can probably see coco. It has been a little bit of a well, a zoo if you will. But lots of good news to share with you so lets get right to it. Were going to start with tom hanks and rita wilson officially back in the usa this morning, back from australia where they where they were quarantined for more than two weeks. Hanks sharing the good news over the weekend writing many, many thanks to everyone in australia who looked after us. Their care and guidance made possible our return to the usa and many, many thanks to all of you who reached out with well wishes. The pair shared that they had tested positive for covid19 on march 12th while hanks was there shooting a movie in which he will play the reallife manager of elvis presley. That movie of course has been postponed, though they will continue to shelter in place and social distance while they are back here in the u. S. Also popping this morning, you guys you should see whats going on in the background. Jeopardy fans got to see a new side of alex trebek when he read a clue on the show that shows he might just have a gift for rapping in his own perfect alex way. Take a look. Lyrics for 1,000. Her new man on the minnesota vikings, truth hurts, needed something more exciting, bum bum bi dum. Who is lizzo . Yep, and i did it exactly like she does, didnt i . Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, you did. That was just as you heard lizzos truth hurts, and the truth is we need more of alex doing that. However, that show was taped before the show was suspended two weeks ago. Jeopardy currently airing pretaped shows that were filmed before social distancing practices became the norm. This is not the first time lizzo appeared on jeopardy lizzo was the answer to another question back in october. She shared the moment on instagram writing, mama, i made it. I love you, alex trebek. Guess what, the feeling seems to be mutual. And finally this morning, guys, we love this story. Its about john krasinski, the actor determined to bring some happiness into the world. Last week he asked fans to share stories that made them feel good or things that just made them smile. Well, the fans delivered and now john has done something really great with those stories. Hes launched a show that we can all relate to called some good news on youtube. He sits at his desk at home wearing a suit and tie, or so it seems. The shows logo has been made by his daughters and he delivers stories sure to warm your heart, like this one. Take a look. There are reports that in someones back yard an honest to god Guardian Angel was spotted mowing the lawn. Nope, turns out it was retired paratrooper art cruise making a promise to his neighbor who is deployed overseas that he would always be there for him and his family. John even had a little reunion with his old boss if you will from the office steve carell, aka michael scott, who had a lot of questions about johns outfit. Take a look. Were both looking dapper. This is how i am 24 7. I guarantee you that the bottom half of what you have on does not match the top. Im definitely wearing jams, if anybody remembers what those are. And after john signed off, he did, in fact, reveal that he was business on the top and party on the bottom. I guess thats a work at home trick that we can all relate to. Robin, i know you showed us your slippers that you wore the other day. Im going to get up in my chair to show you, yes, in fact, i am wearing pajama bottoms. But all business on the top, guys. All business. Lara, youve been cracking up through all of pop news. Would you please tell us whats going on back there . I wish i could show you. Im going to take the camera and turn it around. Hold on, you guys. This was kelly. Can you see kelly . Can you see kelly doing kelly was doing prompter and she was kept moving so i could not see it at all. Then i started getting bitten in the foot by one of my dogs. Let me just show you. Can you see them . Theyre over here. Theres all the equipment hiding. It is it is a virtual zoo here, guys. More to come. You do know youre sideways, right . Lara, lara, gosh. Hows that . Yeah, thank you. Not as easy as it looks. Not as easy as it looks. I was literally getting dizzy watching that. All right, lara, thank you so much. Now were going to go to our gma cover story. Rock and roll hall of Famer Jon Bon Jovi is bringing people together with music during this time of crisis even as the pandemic impacts him personally. The rocker concerned one of his sons may have the virus and one of his band mates has tested positive, david brian, and John Bon Jovi is joining us live now from new jersey. Jon, thank you for joining us this morning. We want to start by asking, how is your son jacob doing and how is your wife dorthea and the rest of the family . We know jacob has not been feeling well. Everybody is happy and healthy. Thank you guys. Everybody is really great. Jakes case was very mild, unconfirmed. He just had a severe stomach virus and a fever, but it broke in a couple of days. Hes 100 . Were all very healthy, thank you. Were very happy to hear that. What about david brian, your band mate, who tested positive for covid19 along with his wife . How are they doing . Ive spoken to david even this morning. He wants everyone to know that hes recovering. Its 15 days into his respiratory confirmation, but he wants everyone to know that hes really on the mend and that his wife hasnt shown any symptoms although she was also confirmed positive, but shes doing great. Jon, big hugs to the whole family from ali and the girls as well. It must have been so great for you to see what was going on in chicago. Unbelievable. You know, music is a great healer, its a great unifier. I was touched to think that the folks of chicago had so much love for the band that they all reached out their windows to sing livin on a prayer. Its a touch stone in american culture. That song is a phenomenon. Its certainly one of my favorites. We hear youre writing a new song now and it started with this photo of you washing dishes at jbj Soul Community Kitchen Restaurant and you posted on instagram with the caption, if you cant do what you do, do what you can. Youre asking folks for help with lyrics. Tell us about it. Well, there i was at the soul kitchens which we have three of them washing dishes and dorthea took that picture and we posted it the next day. She got asked what should the caption be and i said if you cant do what you do, you do what you can. Then the songwriter in me said, thats a title. So i sat down to write the song and i wrote it. But, as i was writing it, i thought people from different walks of life have different stories to tell so i shared the first verse and the chorus and i asked people to send me their verses and tell me their stories, how theyre affected by this, because were all in this together. We are all writing this song together. So ive been picking verses that i find on the instagram and youtube and facebook and then ill sing them back into the computer and send them out to people. Ive gotten thousands of them. Wow, thats really awesome, man. Were going to let the folks at home hear the songs chorus, so check it out. If you cant do what you do, you do what you can this aint my prayer, its just a thought im wanting to send around here we bend but dont break, down here we all understand if you cant do what you do, you do what you can all right. Sounds like another hit there, jon. Youre finding out theres so many song writers out there joining you. Everybodys got a story to tell, george, you know. Its the nurses and the doctors and the emt workers and the truck drivers, theyre the ones that are writing this song for me and its their lives that were writing about. My heart goes out to each and every one of them because this is that great time in america when we all come together as one and were all in this together. Jon, we cant thank you enough for joining us this morning. We really appreciate you, my friend. Glad the familys doing well and glad jacob is on the mend. We will talk to you soon. Everybodys great here. Thank you to all of those First Responders out there for all that youre doing. Believe me, we love yall. We love you too. Thank you, jon. And now were going to go to ginger who is at home. Hey, ginger. Great to hear from you all this morning, michael. Good morning, everybody. Now ive got to share that incredible father daughter team. If you havent had a chance to see this already, you have to. Its worth it. Take a look. Standing in a crowded room and i cant see your face ooh ooh ooh oh yeah. Thats ali hoffman and her dad michael. They are doing some amazing lip syncing to jess glynnes hold my hand. Just when you think it cant get any better, mom michelle gets in on the action. The quarantine challenge video has now had more than 10 million hits. Spectacular numbers going on there. Theyre saying that their message isnt about that, isnt about the numbers, its just about staying motivated in tough times. When it seems to get a little bit dark, i think thats just a calling for us to be more light. Love louder and dance in your kitchen. Oh, i am dancing in my kitchen because of that. Thank you for the inspiration. Have fun, stay healthy and just because everyone was sharing, ive got things propped up on games. My laptop is on top of this, to let you know how the home setup is going right here. Good monday morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Its going to be partly sunny outside of the north bay, where a few stray showers are possible. Still a little bit cooler than average. It will be dry and warmer starting tomorrow through friday. And the weekend looks a little unsettled. Your high temperatures, upper 50s along the coast and into the north bay. Low to mid60s for the rest of us. Tonight, well have mainly upper 40s to low 50s with mainly cloudy conditions. Our warmest day looks like fr now to a special deals steals dedicated to helping Small Business owners during the coronavirus crisis. Half of American Workers work for a Small Business, and tory johnson joins us from home with a company thats working to help those on the front lines. Good morning, tory. Reporter good morning, george. This is a husband and Wife Team Behind the popular gel pro kitchen mat. They were so inspired by their daughter, a registered nurse in texas, that they are donating 100,000 worth of their medical floor mats. Thats about 1,300 floor mats that are going to go straight to the covid19 drivethrough testing sites where First Responders are standing on asphalt, pavement, all day long. This is hopefully going to bring some comfort to the achy back and tired feet. The ceo of the company, rob mcmahon, has another big effort that his Small Business is taking on. Take a look. When we heard about the shortage of protective equipment, we were on it. Within 24 hours we had designed and prototyped a high quality face shield. Were converting a large portion of our manufacturing facilities to making these face shields for our First Responders and our medical community. They are just starting production today on 40,000 of these face shields. Theyre already in touch with hospitals to begin shipment, and we have a special deal for gma viewers because its their kitchen mats that are their core business and that allow them to stay in business. So typically these kitchen mats which are an awesome comfort gel and foam start at over 100. Today they are all slashed in half so everything is going to start at 62. 50. T 62. 50. Good morning. Im jobina fortson from abc 7 mornings. Bay area parents are getting creative to celebrate their kids birthdays. Hunter turned 4 on saturday and daly city firefighters and Police Officers sang happy birthday outside his house. They properly distanced themselves while staying in their cars or trucks and presley turned 6 years old. He was greeted with a parade full of family and friends. Some came all the way from sacramento and livermore. And we will be back and all right, hi, there, everybody. Welcome to monday. Heres a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, where you can see right now, its about 53 degrees and pretty quiet there. Your commute is going to be pretty quiet today, other than the chance of some wet weather across the north bay. In fact, heres a look at future radar from this morning, into the afternoon and evening hours. The storms could dip as low or as far south as marin county. All right, so heres a look at my accuweather sevenday forecast. Temperatures not quite average today and tomorrow. Tomorrow is our first day without a chance of rain. And then wednesday, april begins. Temperatures back to average. A little bit warmer than average by friday. But nothing too hot and then we have some unsettled weather this weekend with a chance of wet weather. Eather. Welcome back to gma on this monday morning, and so many of our gma family are working from home this morning including our own robin roberts. Robin, how you holding up . Better than lara. I mean, she just proved that working from home is not as easy as many of us make it look. Take a look at some of our producers also that are helping to get the show on the air right now and theyre working from home as well. Tory, fabulous tory who produces deals steals, our overnight booker nick is hard at work at home, and gingers producer sam as well. As you guys know, some of the team, theyre in the office. Theyre being safe. Theyre making the most of the situation. Chris and kim are both wearing costumes. That helps them to keep distance from each other and also from other people getting too close to them by wearing the costumes as you can see right here. That is protective gear indeed. Yes, that is protective and no one wants to go around them so it works out well on both accounts. Fun and effective. All right, i love that. All right, robin, thank you. Small Business Owners and employees have had their world turned upside down with forced closures due to the coronavirus and while some help could be on the way this week with those new federal loan programs, there are other actions Business Owners can take to help their Companies Stay afloat. So to help everyone and get some good advice to help us move forward, were kicking off our weeklong series, ask the sharks with daymond john and mr. Wonderful, kevin oleary. Gentlemen, thank you both for joining us. We know that you both have invested in a lot of Small Businesses. And daymond, how has this been impacting those businesses . Yes, ill go first. My businesses of course and a lot of Small Businesses have to worry about how theyre going to keep their employees and how theyre going to reduce costs, so initially what im doing in my company and Small Businesses are doing, theyre asking their employees what have they not done in the past and where do they see options for revenue. A lot of employees are thinking like entrepreneurs, and some of my best ideas that were starting to implement right now came from people who have been employed in the company, and they always wanted to do this, and now heres their shot. Kevin, what about you . Im telling you, we have to survive. We have to keep ourselves open for the next 60 to 90 days and we have to reach out to our suppliers, our landlords, our employees. The key is to keep the dna of the business intact so that when we come back out of this incredible, unique situation, we have all the Building Blocks we started with to spring right back into business. I did a call, a zoom call just like this last friday with all my companies and we brainstormed together for two hours. The key is to survive, just stay alive and hopefully get some of that bill money, the grant money in the next eight weeks. We have some questions from some Small Business owners. Were going to start with ian who owns a gym. Take a listen. Im the general manager of brick new york, a boutique fitness gym based here in new york city. I wanted to ask your advice on how to avoid slipping into the red as a membershipbased Small Business whose users are currently stepping away. Daymond, what can he do to stay afloat . Thats funny, i met somebody in new york city who has a gym as well. You know what they have been doing . They have been leasing out the equipment to their members who are stuck at home so they keep their membership price, and they have been having their trainers as well broadcasting from the empty gym or from home, and doing peloton type of lessons with their community because the community is already paying, and they want to keep healthy. Now theyre going to have some equipment that youre not using. I think thats one of the first steps that you can do to extend this access to your members while theyre stuck at home. Kevin, whats your take . Go to the landlords. Generally 33 of the cost of running a gym, say i need a deferral for 90 days, you can tack it on the end of my lease. If he says no, tell him to call me and ill post to 4 million social media followers to somebody whos not playing ball. That will get his attention. Guys, our next question comes from tracy who owns a pet spa. Take a look. Is it a good idea for Small Businesses that have had to close down to offer gift card sales for future use to bring income in now or will this cause issues down the road . Kevin, what do you think about businesses offering or selling gift cards right now . Bad idea. People need immediate satisfaction at a time when they dont have any income or theyre worried about their jobs. Most companies that are primarily retail have some kind of list of customers. If youre selling cupcakes for example or any other product that wasnt retail, reach out to their cell numbers, their email numbers and say, look, ill ship it to you, ill send it to you. Gift cards are a tough sell in economic difficult times. People dont think that far ahead. Daymond, whats your take . Yeah, i agree. You cant give somebody a promise if you dont know if youre necessarily going to be around. Now, if you have inventory and you are then giving them an option to get the inventory at 50 because you have 1 million worth of inventory and each customer can buy something at 50 off, thats immediate gratification. You dont really know where the business is going. None of us know where our businesses are going right now so gift cards are a really bad idea. Our next question is from susie in new jersey with a specialized cake business. Take a listen. I own a baking business that makes custom cakes for special events. The coronavirus has completely halted my business. Can you give me tips on how to stay relevant and at the forefront of my customers minds so when this whole thing is over and we go back to normal, people will think of me first when they have their events . First of all, become the rachael ray or somebody where youre teaching this stuff on youtube or channels. How do you collaborate with other people that are already selling products and or goods to these people . You find somebody who is selling decorations and say my cakes are 50 off if you add this to your mailing list. You can acquire new customers. Really give a lot of content where people can become the best baker they ever wanted to be once they get out of this situation and when theyre too busy to bake because they follow you and theyll buy more and more cakes from you. Kevin, your advice . I have a question like that, a famous Shark Tank Company called wicked good cupcakes. Its out of massachusetts. 30 of our sales until 14 days ago were corporate clients. That has gone to zero. What weve done is gone back to individuals who have bought for us for special events like birthdays or weddings or whatever and made them a phenomenal offer. Weve basically told them help each other out. We told them, were part of your family. Help us, and well give you a great deal on cupcakes and thats how he pulled back all of this corporate business that we lost, now with our family of customers we have been working with for five years. People care, thats what were learning about. People care and they want to be part of a solution. Its an amazing time in america, but people care. Kevin, i have to ask you, do you live on the shark tank set . Im wondering that myself. Ive become a zoomologist. You want a different background . Ive got hundreds of pictures. I love this. You should see the pajamas im wearing right now. Well skip that part but we will get to our last question from rachel who owns a restaurant. Take a look. My husband and i own and operate a restaurant here in chicago and were wondering what the stimulus package means most immediately for our employees that we had to lay off temporarily, what it means in addition to unemployment, in place of unemployment. Kevin, why dont you take this one. Heres the issue. If youre looking for that jobs act money, if you want to call it that, or the bill that just got passed, the whole intention of that bill is to keep the profile of your employees intact. Laying off employees may not be a good strategy. In other words, its better to get everybody else to fund your business. Keep your employees being paid for the next eight weeks and then go after that helicopter money the fed is giving you. I dont like the idea of laying off employees. Thats not what were doing. Were making everybody else pay, our suppliers, landlords, everybody else until we can get this bill to work for us. Getting everybody to chip in until things get back on track. Gentlemen, thank you for your time and advice. It is much appreciated. Coming up, the right way to relax those screen time rules with your kids at home. Well be right back. Ive been involved in. Communications in the media for 45 years. Ive been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. 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Now, its possible thats all coming from my kids watching youtube, but maybe its a sign all of us parents are leaning a little too heavily on the screens. Tara from new jersey is a mom of two boys ages 8 and 2. Weve been in quarantine for ten days. It feels like a month. Reporter when shes helping big brother charlie with class work no, no, charlie needs those markers for school. Reporter ben, well bud, no. Thats charlies toothbrush. Reporter so the tv goes on. And just like that, were calm, but im also afraid that im just melting his brain and i genuinely dont know how to make this work. Reporter in many homes including mine, its been kind of a free for all. Im trying to manage what theyre doing on their screens but im not going to lie, these last few days their time usage has gone nuts. Former stanford dean and author says thats okay temporarily. Yes, we can relax screen time. Screen time is not the danger right now. Reporter she and the American Academy of pediatrics say it needs parental awareness. Keeping an eye on what your kids are doing when theyre online, using social media to connect with other folks, i think that is a very good use of social media right now. Reporter all right, monitoring their Online Activity in this anxious time may be the most important thing and finding balance. One, reading books with your child is a great opportunity for younger kids to read together as a family. Two, making time for active play, whether thats inside or outside, and then really keeping an eye on media time. Reporter so as the storm of all this change starts to calm, maybe you can dial back the screen time hours. Ive doubled down on our automated Parental Controls and we have a new plan that ive shared with the kids. Dont be afraid of your kids boredom. When they get into a state of boredom, thats when their imagination starts to click in. That can be an amazing dividend of this really crazy, unusual time were in. Flowers reporter and make space for the unexpected. The takeaway, not all screens are alike. Tech tools are great right now. Our kids are getting unlimited screen time for school work, communicating with friends, anything creative like for music, but the toy tech apps and by that i mean gaming, youtube, tiktok, social media, those probably still need some limits. No ones asking for perfect parenting right now, robin, but balance seems to make everything better. Yeah. Yeah. Everyone is you know this, becky, theyre just doing the best they can under these unlikely circumstances. Now, you mentioned something about the parental automated controls. Can you just tell people a little bit more how to do that . Yeah, the good news is that almost all the devices your kids are using have these builtin Parental Controls. Apple and google devices have them, so do gaming consoles, most of your wifi routers and all the Cellular Networks allow parents to institute them too. Now is a perfect time to dig in and set them up. That will really set you up for the long haul too, robin. It will. All right, becky, always good to see you. Thank you so much. Now lets go to ginger whos there at home. Good morning again, ginger. Good morning, robin. Weve had our fair share of troubles with sharing an ipad because theyve never used one until this time. So i have to feel for everybody, and becky too. If you are at home and maybe you need something new to watch, well, if you love aliens, history is launching a new series. Get ready for this. They are exploring some of the most secretive spots of uforelated activity on earth, skinwalker ranch in utah. It features neverbeforeseen footage. Experts try to unlock the 200 years of uforelated mysteries. 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Back now with our chief White House Correspondent jon karl who is out tomorrow with a revealing new book, front row at the trump show, covering his quarter century covering donald trump. Jon, thanks for joining us again this morning. This book, i read it as you know when it was in galleys late last year. Like you, ive been covering trump for an awful long time. There is so much here that i didnt even i had no idea about. And i think people are going to be fascinated by the details and i want to get to those in a second, but first, this is such a surreal time at the white house, and you really have three hats right now. Youre a chief White House Correspondent, head of the White House Correspondents association and as i said, somebody whos been covering donald trump for a quarter of a century. Give everybody at home a feel for what its like at the white house right now. George, i think we have a photograph of one of the recent briefings. It is so surreal in that Briefing Room right now with the president coming in virtually every day and the room essentially empty. We have had to take steps at the White House Correspondents association to protect the health of our members, of the reporters that cover the building, and also to protect our ability to continue to cover what may be the most important story of our lifetimes and the only way weve been able to do that is to limit the number of people who come into that room. So we are sitting several seats apart. There are only 14 people, 14 reporters, george. You know what its like at a president ial press conference. There are only 14 reporters sitting in there every time he walks into that room. Yeah, it is such a different scene. As you watch the president deal with a crisis that hes never dealt with before, any sense at all that its changed him, or is he still very much the man you first encountered at trump tower so long ago . Im amazed watching this play out how much seeing every day the way hes handled this crisis is explained in my book. The very same donald trump that we see who is obsessed with the ratings, with the viewers just yesterday he was talking about how many people are tuning in to his press conference, comparing it to the bachelor, the way he takes his own counsel, he goes and he does things by gut. Ive seen this happen over and over again. He may ask for advice, he may seek eventually advice of experts, but hell go and hell do Something Like he did just the other day and say were going to essentially reopen the country by easter and then have to flip around once he talks to the experts and say no, actually, were going to be locked down at least until the end of april. In fact, the peak in terms of number of deaths the president said yesterday would be two weeks from now. He may or may not be right about that but two weeks from yesterday when he said that is actually easter sunday. All while suggesting its not a turnaround. I have to ask you about one story in the book that my eyes popped out. Its a story about how when Mick Mulvaney came in as the new acting chief of staff for the president , he took the whole senior white house staff to camp david for a weekend retreat and he makes a startling suggestion. He asks them all to read a book with this title and i want to make sure im going to get it right. Im going to read it. A firstrate madness uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness. George, i wrote this book because i had seen so much history unfold. I had seen a story i think unlike any other White House Reporter in history. I had been up close and personal with trump and i wanted to write about all the things that i couldnt talk about as it was all happening because we were just so overwhelmed, but as i went back and started reporting on this book and talking to people, i learned about what was happening behind the scenes. This was one of the incredible stories. So some people think of donald trump as a genius. Some people think of him as crazy. But what i learned is that Mick Mulvaney, when he became acting chief of staff, essentially saw him as both. This book argues that the best leaders in history have been mentally ill, and this is what he was having the senior white house staff meet the first time he got together with them as acting chief of staff. Like i said, its just stunning. Jon, its a fantastic book. Congratulations. Front row at the trump show is out tomorrow. Well be right back. Well be right back. And before we go, lets say goodbye to lara. Bye, lara. Shes right side up. She got it right for us, yes. I cant wait for what tomorrow is going to bring. Have a good day, everyone. Have a good day, everyone. Announcer now, your health, your safety. This is abc 7 news. Good morning. Im jobina fortson from abc 7 mornings. Santa clara county is relying on the fairgrounds to play a variety of roles in the fight against coronavirus. Right now, fairlies is operating a drivethrough covid 129 Testing Center at the fairgrounds they say this week. Exhibit halls and other buildings are being used to help Homeless People who are staying in more cramped conditions at shelters. Hi, mike. Hi, everybody. Lets take a look at whats going on. Thank you, jobina. You can sweee, its pretty quie out there. Exercising or being out and about, trying to shake that cabin fever, up in the north bay, have our app handy and live doppler 7. We have a few showers possible as we head throughout the day. Lets take a look at my accuweather sevenday forecast. Some warmer weather is on the way and more sunshine this weekend is looking a little unsettled, jobina. Tha announcer its live with kelly and ryan today, writer, producer and star of insecure, issa rae. Plus, performance from actor and recording artist, leslie auden jr. And ryan gives us a lesson in maintenance while isolating. We will meet some of the amazing working heroes who are getting the job done for all of us. All next on live and now, here are kelly ripa and Ryan Seacrest ryan well, hello and good morning. We are coming to you live. It is monday, and will know what day of the week it is. Monday, march 30 if youre nice