Still be closed in the fall. This morning, the news about the s. A. T. And if your favorite bar is closed, why not bring the bar to you . The creative ways people are getting by these days. Good thursday morning, everyone. President trump says he will release guidelines this afternoon for states to reopen their economies. The White House Task force says new cases of coronavirus are dropping each day, but the numbers differ from state to state, so lets take a look at the map. New york is now reporting more than 14,000 deaths. Massachusetts has become the fifth state to surpass a death toll of 1,000 people, and rhode island and maryland appear to be growing hot spots. More Nursing Homes are reporting deadly outbreaks, the latest in suburban virginia where 20 more residents have tested positive, and the New York Times reports in new jersey, police found 17 bodies at a nursing home after getting an anonymous tip. And theres new evidence of the toll on health care workers. More than 900 people working in new york City Hospitals have tested positive. But we begin our coverage this morning with the growing push to reopen the economy. This morning, President Trump suggesting the coronavirus may be loosening its grip on america. The data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases. Reporter today the white house is expected to unveil guidelines for how states can relax social distancing and reopen businesses, but many governors say first they need more widespread testing. The more testing, the more open the economy, but theres not enough National Capacity to do this. Im telling you we cant do it without federal support. In a Conference Call wednesday wall street journal reports Business Leaders urged the president to dramatically ramp up testing. Dr. Anthony fauci told abc news while were doing better, much more is needed. What you must be able to do is to have in place the capability of rapidly identifying by testing, getting someone who is infected out of the circulation. Reporter and now a growing push to get people to wear masks. New yorks governor will now require everyone in the state to cover their faces in public when social distancing isnt possible, and marylands governor will now require mask wearing in Grocery Stores and on public transit. It comes amid growing concern that some washington, d. C. Suburbs could be the next virus hot spots including Prince Georges County, maryland, with nearly 3,000 cases. Were completing construction on a surge response tent at adventist ft. Washington hospital located in Prince Georges County in a part where we have the highest case rate. Reporter across the country in los angeles, the mayor says concerts and sporting events with crowds may not return until 2021. Its difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands any time soon. So i think we should be prepared for that this year. I think we all have never wanted science to work so quickly. But until theres either a vaccine, some sort of pharmaceutical intervention or herd immunity, the science is the science. Reporter even as cases rise in some areas, the white house says 20 of all counties in the u. S. Have not reported a single case of covid19. [ crowd chanting ] demands to reopen local economies are growing louder. This crowd gathered at kentuckys capitol chanting facts over fear protesting the governors restrictions. Theres some noise in the background. We do have some folks up here in kentucky today, and everybody should be able to express their opinion. They believe we should reopen kentucky immediately right now. Folks, that would kill people. It would absolutely kill people. Reporter in ohio these protesters were pressed up against the statehouse door, and in michigan a parade of cars converged on the State Capitol voicing their opposition to the governors extended stayathome order. The right to work and feed my family. Us people that are at a lower risk, i feel like we should have continued our lives and continued working. Michigan has the fourth highest number of coronavirus cases in the country. The governors stayathome order has been extended through the end of the month and has triggered a lawsuit. The 350 billion program to help Small Businesses across america is expected to run out of money within hours. Once that happens, no more loans can be approved. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is urging congress to approve more money. Meanwhile, the new irs website for tracking government stimulus payments got off to a rough start. Many people reported long wait times. Others say they got a message saying status not available. President trump is making a new power play in washington and he claims he has the authority to shut down both the house and senate so he can approve political appointees himself. Abcs alex presha reports the president is already getting pushback from republicans. Reporter this morning President Trump is threatening to bypass congress to install senior officials and federal judges without senate approval. I have a very strong power. Id rather not use that power, but we have way over 100 people that we very badly need in this administration that should have been approved a long time ago. Reporter the president says he will invoke a president ial power thats never been used before to adjourn the house and senate so he can fill the positions himself. The president says the vacancies are hindering the governments coronavirus response. We have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus. Reporter but experts say the power to Adjourn Congress doesnt apply in this case because the president can only use that authority when congress itself is deadlocked on a date to adjourn. The president is facing pushback from a fellow republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell who released a statement pledging to find ways to confirm nominees considered Mission Critical to the covid19 pandemic but under senate rules that will take consent from leader schumer. The president says 129 nominees are still awaiting senate approval. Lawmakers arent expected to return to the capitol until may 4th. Kenneth and mona. Thank you, alex. And President Trump says the u. S. Is looking into claims that n,hid ronavirus may have come not a market. The virus is believed to have originated naturally, but the president did not deny a report that a worker at a chinese lab was infected because of weak safety protocols, and the virus then spread to a wet market. Abc news has not verified that report. U. S. Forces in the persian gulf have reported a Close Encounter with irans military. The Navy Released videos showing several small iranian boats harassing u. S. Warships in the persian gulf. One iranian vessel reportedly came within ten yards of a u. S. Ship. After about one hour and several warnings, the iranians pulled away. Time now to check your thursday morning weather forecast. Expect snow from the central rockies to kansas and nebraska today. A mix of sun and clouds in the northeast and isolated thunderstorms in florida. The sun will shine in the west and across most of the south. Checking todays high temperatures, the Northern Plains and the midwest will only be hitting the 30s and 40s. 60s and 70s for the west coast today. Mostly 70s across the south and south florida is in for another day of highs near the 90 above 90 degrees actually. Coming up, some news about the s. A. T. As students across the country are left in limbo. But first the growing concern about a possible meat shortage in america. The headline overnight about chicken and the growing number of food plants being closed. And later why thousands of americans are still stuck at sea on cruise ships. Is my 2020 census data safe . After sending your census response, your personal information is kept safe. By law, it cant be shared with any other government agency, law enforcement, or landlord. No one. So, take your 2020 census with peace of mind. Shape your future. Start here. Visit 2020census. Gov. Take a look at this. Its dash cam video from a paper plant explosion in maine. Debris splattering a windshield. Fortunately no serious injuries were reported. The explosion is blamed on a backup inside a machine that mixes wood chips and chemicals. We turn now to the Grocery Stores and a rising concern. More Meat Processing plants in the midwest are closing. Also this morning, millions of chickens in the northeast are fanglahterec noen wkers t c bs rep incoerabout thtis in the country was forced to shut down in south dakota because of a covid19 outbreak, smithlefield foods says its closing two more plants, which process ham and bacon. This is unique in the fact that weve not had a plant shutdown of this nature before. Own wa, atlet o at fvid19 ve been confirmed at a tyson foods plant. Thnoamdu says the meat supply is strong, but more plant closures could bring shortages in the stores. If we continue to see shutdowns of plants Going Forward that cant operate the crisis that were in, that we could see some further disruptions in retail. We dont know what we will be doing with all of that. Reporter with more processing plants falling idle farmers are increasingly worried their meat wont make it to the market. Well try to get them to other plants, but if other reporter this comes as Grocery Stores struggle to meet historic demand with more than ever eating at home. Restaurant and School Lunches no longer an option. Experts say its that change in demand, not the supply, that is the biggest challenge when it comes to the Food Supply Chain right now. The way food is prepared and packaged to be sold in a restaurant or a school is significantly different than the way its packaged for you to buy in the grocery store. Our supply chain is sophisticated, efficient, integrated and synchronized and its taken us a few days to relocate the misalignment between institutional settings and grocery settings. You might think of it as an interstate when its flowing along well and you have a crash at one place, it backs up, and thats what happened in the Food Supply Chain, but were working through that. Reporter guys, we cant forget about the millions of americans going without paychecks who cant afford food so new york city in particular has Just Announced it will spend 170 million over the next four months to help feed those in need during this crisis. Kenneth, mona. All right, kimberly, thank you. The coronavirus is also bringing big changes for College Entrance exams. The College Board says its preparing a home version of the s. A. T. Which students would take online with remote proctors. Administrators of the a. C. T. Say they also plan to launch an athome option. Coming up, the new study about the coronavirus warning people could be most contagious before they even feel sick. Also ahead, what were learning about the shocking plane crash overseas. When in your gut,dent you feel confident to take on anything. With benefiber, youll feel the power of gut Health Confidence every day. Benefiber is a 100 natural prebiotic fiber. Good morning mrs. Johnson. We turn to the most certain thing there is. Science. Science can overcome diseases. Create cures. And yes, beat pandemics. It has before. It will again. Because when its faced with a new opponent, it doesnt back down it revs up. Asking questions til it finds what its looking for. Thats the power of science. So were taking our science and unleashing it. Our research, experts and resources. All in an effort to advance potential therapies and vaccines. Other companies and academic institutions are doing the same. The entire Global Scientific Community is working together to beat this thing. And were using science to help make it happen. Because when science wins, we all win. Back now with new video of a plane crash overseas, and we have to warn you, some viewers may find this disturbing. The pilot of this russian plane has been charged with criminal negligence accused of not following safety rules. The crash near moscow last year left 41 people dead after the pilot tried to make an emergency landing, but dozens of people were able to escape down emergency chutes. As the coronavirus emergency drags on, nearly 50,000 cruise ship employees are stranded at sea this morning. The ships have no passengers, but theyre being denied a place to dock in the u. S. That means crew members are stuck, even though some of their ships never had a confirmed case of the virus. The captain this morning, you could tell there was such dismay in his voice because he said that its likely that we will be here for at least two or three or four more weeks. As an american citizen i should have the freedom to go home and spend the quarantine in my own home. Some workers have been told they wont be paid if theyre still stranded after their contracts run out. A new study is warning just how easily the coronavirus can spread. Researchers found patients are most infectious in the days before they show symptoms. Earlier i asked dr. David eisenman about that new research. The Study Confirms what weve believed for awhile, which is that people are contagious approximately 2 1 2 days before they develop symptoms, so it really reinforces the importance of social distancing because people can spread the disease when they are asymptomatic. It also reinforces the value of the recent new york restriction or law that requires wearing a Face Covering in public, because you can spread it during those 2 1 2 days before youre sick just by talking and exhaling. There is a lot of focus right now being put on those antibody tests being conducted right now. What should people know about these tests becoming available around the country . The antibody tests detect the presence of antibody in your blood. But what we should know right now is theyre not perfectly accurate. So ive never had covid19. But i live in los angeles, and if i took the test today and got it would be a mistakfome to assume that im now immune. It would be a mistake for me to think that i can stop social distancing, i no longer need to wear a mask in public. So context really matter. Weve been hearing a lot about Contact Tracing helping identify who has the virus by seeing who theyve interacted with, and now were hearing about search apps for this that are being developed by google and apple. What should we know about these apps and any privacy concerns, as well . If, for instance, i had the app and i got sick, it would alert all the people who ive had close contact with in, say, the last 14 days, that someone they know, not named by name, has gotten sick with covid19 and that they should go and get tested and that they should quarantine in the meantime. There are genuine legitimate privacy concerns with this kind of information being held by a third party, of course, and thats really an issue because if people dont trust it, theyre not going to download it and theyre not going to use it and its only going to be as effective as the number of people who have it. We need to have probably at least 50 of a Community Using it, otherwise if im using it, no one has it, its not going to do any good. You heard dr. David eisenman say at least 50 of the Community Needs to use the tracing app for it to be effective. Doctors are sounding the alarm on a hidden crisis. Focused on fighting the coronavirus, many hospitals have banned nonessential surgeries and some serious medical procedures have been postponed. Some doctors say down the line more people could die from not getting surgeries they need than from covid19. Its just this constant head pressure, so its always on my mind. Its just the fear of the unknown. Shes having brain surgery. This is not elective. Nobody elects to have brain surgery, right. The gray zone are urgent procedures which should be done within one or two weeks and those are not being done. One San Francisco hospital went from doing 70 operations per day to just 8. Wow, huge drop there. And coming up, a big surprise at a dog shelter in florida, plus a new way to get yourself a cold beer coming up next. You make my heart sing but i wanna know for sure yeah we all wanna know, honey. So. Blue. Blue means boy. Blue means boy its a boy if you ride, you get it. Geico motorcycle. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Geico motorcycle. For that many calories you could have 9 veggie chips. These are more chip than veggie. While v8 is a snack you can veg out on. V8 the original Plant Powered drink. Veg up. Its starting to people are surprising themselves the moment they realize they can du more with less asthma. 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Well, some uplifting news from florida. There was a big round of applause at a local animal shelter. The staff celebrating because the kennels are empty for the first time. Every dog has been adopted. Pet adoptions have been on the rise during the coronavirus pandemic because people need those fourlegged companions. Bars are closed these days but one bar in ireland is bringing the beer tap to his customers allowing pints to be poured for customers on the road. The bar says theyre inundated with orders. The virus lockdown is posing a challenge for cheerleaders trying to make next falls team. Theyre resorting to virtual tryouts. You see it there. Colleges and even several nfl teams are asking prospects to record themselves and send in a video. Well, today, did you know, kenneth, is a special day. Its wear your pajamas to work day. Is it really that special during these days . We know theyre wearing them more than ever. 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Well get to those stories in just a few minutes, but, first, checking in with my friend mike nicco for a look at our day ahead. Good morning, friend. Appreciate that. Hopefully youre having a good start to the morning. If youre just joining us w, t take a look at live ppr 7. A lot of cloud cover out there and mainly marine layer fog. Our visibilities are above four miles but expect more fog tomorrow. Here is what is going on temperature wise. Most of us in the low to mid 50s thanks to the blanket of clouds keeping in some of that warmth from yesterday. But that warmth from yesterday just about gone. How the clouds linger especially along the coast and keep us in the mid to low 60s around the bay and a few 60s inland. Kumasi. This morning hundreds of people in the east bay are preparing for their power to be shutout. It is a planned outage, but with everything we have going on right now, you could imagine a lot of people are not too happy about it. Amy hollyfield is live in orinda with more on this. Good morning, amy. Good morning, kumasi. This is happening to people in orinda and danville. Pg e will be shutting off their pow. Residents cant believe their timing as people are working from home and kids are on the computer working from home and the refrigerators are full as people try to avoid multiple trips to the store and now it will all be shut town for the day. Some begged pg e to reconsider. I called on monday and said you guys have to reschedule this. I as blown away that they said, no, we will not reschedule it. Were moving forward and there is nothing you can do. Im dreading it. Just a conflict being told to stay in your house and having your house being taken away from you. Pg e released this statement, we understand the impacts of a Service Interruption during the current stayathome orders and we apologize for any disruption or hardship. They cannot reschedule. The homes that will be losing power did receive warning that this would be happening. Reporting live in orinda, amy hollyfield. All right, thanks, amy. Bay Area Health Officials and nearby county are planning the next order which will take effect when the next plan begins on may 3rd. The plan may involve loosening some restrictions. Hey, jobina. Hi, kumasi, good morning. Were learning that talks are being held to decide which activities will receive from napa all the way to monterey on may 4th. The chronicle reports that the plan would only loosen restrictions on lower risk activities where social distancing guidelines can be met. Outdoor construction work, landscaping, gardening and playing golf. The Health Officer says the only thing that the group has decided is general guidelines and the Health Officers tell the
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