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Mystery. New reports that north koreas leader kim jongun missing from public for weeks is in grave Health Following surgery. Martha raddatz here with what we know. Oil prices plunge falling below zero for the First Time Ever with demand drying up and so many people staying home. What it could mean for gas prices. Mystery covid symptom. A growing number of coronavirus patients with serious skin problems. Dr. Ashton here with what you need to know about covid toes. Grocery store shutdown. The new calls to protect employees as workers plan a massive protest against bad behavior by shoppers not following the rules. And will smiths fresh take on the pandemic. The superstar going oneonone with dr. Fauci and teaming up with kids to ask some important questions. Our exclusive sneak peek this morning. Good morning, america. Happy to have you with us on this tuesday morning. You got to love will smith bringing in kids to ask dr. Fauci questions about covid19. You sometimes forget that kids have a lot of questions as well. And robin and george, they are joining us from home and, robin, you have someone whos happy to be home this morning. Ooh, so happy to be home, michael. Take a look at this. Its a neighborhood in pineville, north carolina, rallying together from a distance celebrating the return of their neighbor after he spent 27 days in the hospital because of covid19. Even his doctor, amy, showed up for the homecoming. That was something. Wow, that was quite a homecoming. Its important to note that man right there, he is one of more than 73,000 people in the u. S. Who have recovered from this virus. There are more than 780,000 confirmed cases in this country and more than 42,000 people have died from the virus. In the hard hit state of new york, things are heading in the right direction, though. Deaths have been down for the sixth straight day and new cases are the lowest theyve been in a month. The Major Development this morning, several states, south carolina, georgia, tennessee and colorado all moving to reopen businesses and get their economies moving again, george. And a lot of other developments happening overnight as well including that breaking news from President Trump. He announced that hes going to sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States. Cecilia vega is at the white house. And, cecilia, this came in one of those late night tweets so not a lot of details yet beyond that headline. Reporter yeah, george, but we are hearing that this could be signed as early as today. Right now a lot of questions about the logic behind this since the u. S. Already has more confirmed corona cases than any other country in the world but in that overnight tweet, the president made it clear this is not just about keeping people who might have the virus out of the country, he says this is also about the, quote, need to protect the jobs of our Great American citizens. So since the outbreak, the white house has been using the virus to justify increased restrictions on immigration and basically have been working up to this. A move like this, though, would be absolutely unprecedented and would essentially shut down the Legal Immigration system. Listen to this, even during the 1918 flu more than 100,000 immigrants legally came into this country. So its unclear how exactly this would work but it could impact hundreds of thousands of visa and green card holders planning to enter the country legally. Were talking about people who have family here already. And one thing thats certain, this will be challenged in court. Opponents are calling this xenophobic. But, robin, it is worth noting this morning that in new york city alone more than half of the workers on the front lines right now are immigrants. We have to keep that in mind. But as you said, still so much is unclear. Thank you, cecilia. Now to those state governors lifting certain restrictions letting people back into restaurants, gyms, hair salons with social distancing rules in place. Whit johnson is at mt. Sinai hospital there in new york with the very latest on all that. Good morning, whit. Reporter robin, good morning to you. New yorkers will still have to wait to reopen despite the state reporting its lowest single day death toll in two weeks. But across the country some governors in other states making it clear theyre ready to start lifting restrictions. This morning, despite the widening pandemic, parts of the country are making plans to get back to work. In south carolina, some Retail Businesses now open with social distancing limits. We still encourage people to use Curbside Pickup and delivery and shipping so we can all stay home and get out of this sooner. Were excited about the future. Reporter the states governor announcing hed allow public beaches to open up today but the city of myrtle beach defying that decision. My biggest concerns would be that if we dont do Everything Possible to mitigate this virus now, that we could potentially hurt ourselves later in the summer which is our peak tourism season. Reporter in colorado where protesters faced off with people in scrubs in this viral moment, the governor planning to lift stayathome orders next week. Tennessee announcing the vast majority of businesses will reopen on may 1st. In georgia where there have been nearly 20,000 cases of covid19 reported and nearly 800 deaths, Governor Brian Kemp declaring gyms, hair salons and bowling alleys can reopen friday. He initially resisted calls to shut down. Ive taken this measured action and we will get georgians back to work safely. Reporter overnight the mayor of atlanta blasting the governors decision. I certainly cannot in good conscience say that i agree with his order and i will continue to use my voice as mayor of atlanta to ask people to continue to stay home, follow the science and exercise common sense. Reporter but in california, with more than 30,000 confirmed cases, governor gavin newsom saying theyre not seeing the downward trend needed to reopen. Deaths continue to rise. Hospitalization numbers modestly continue to rise and icu numbers beginning to flatten. Reporter in hard hit new york city, the mayor canceling all nonessential events through june including iconic celebrations like the puerto rican day parade and pride march. We have to be smart about it. We have to also recognize when thousands and thousands of people gather in one place, of course that goes against everything were trying to do. Reporter the numbers dropping but the city still seeing more than a thousand new cases per day. So the volume is down. Reporter for this doctor its an emotional roller coaster. When we met him almost a month ago, he described mt. Sinai queens as a hospital overwhelmed. You can see all the rooms are filled. Usually the halls are neat and empty and now you can see theres patients everywhere. Reporter still in the fight but now painting a more encouraging picture. Its a big change from last week. No patients in this hall at all. It is a beautiful sight to see. Reporter new York Governor Andrew Cuomo is calling on the federal government to help coordinate the supply chain needed to boost testing. Hell have the opportunity to voice his concerns facetoface with President Trump when they meet at the white house today. Amy . All right, whit johnson, thank you for the latest on that. One key to reopening the country is Antibody Testing. Newly released data from one survey finding the outbreak in Los Angeles County could be up to 55 times worse than previously thought. Kaylee hartung joins us now from l. A. With all of that research. Good morning, kaylee. Reporter good morning, amy. Given the lack of testing, its really no surprise that researchers would find more people to be infected with this virus than the number of confirmed cases we know of. But just how many . That number may shock you and it could change how officials make decisions moving forward. This morning, as antibody tests roll out across the country, los angeles is facing a stark reality. The actual number of people who have been infected with covid19 may be up to 55 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. Researchers at usc tested nearly 900 people for antibodies. Their results estimating as many as 442,000 people in the county have been infected with the virus as of april 9th. But thats less than 6 of the population there. So we have a long way to go. We are still early in the epidemic and more people will likely get infected. Reporter the results informative but also limited. So, again, these tests are good for counting the number of people who have had covid. These tests are not good for telling if someone has immunity against covid. Reporter this as a largescale Antibody Testing trial gets under way in new york. The goal, to test 3,000 people randomly across the state. Any plan that is going to start to reopen the economy has to be based on data and that means it has to be based on testing. Reporter now, as more people try to get their hands on these tests, the fda is issuing a new warning saying some of these antibody tests on the market, they are falsely claiming approval by the fda and users need to be aware of their limitations. Michael . All right, kaylee, thank you. Joining us now from washington is tom bossert, abc news contributor and former white House Homeland Security adviser. Tom, thank you for joining us this morning. If these results are accurate, it means theres a much lower death rate from coronavirus than we expected and that more people unknowingly are infected with it. How can officials interpret these results to make policy . Good morning, michael. So theres two really big fears here and then one big hope counterintuitive to the big number, right . The big fear is that these tests might be looking for antibodies to all sorts of coronavirus, not just this novel one. So we have to make sure that the test is providing the right accurate feedback and then we have to make sure that these things are Peer Reviewed and so the Scientific Community hasnt come together to peer review this and thats important because the case fatality rate, in other words, the percentage of people that die versus the percentage of people that get sick would appear to be very much lower in l. A. Than anywhere else, in any other city or country weve seen or studied. So if this is true its encouraging that the disease isnt as lethal, but that seems a little bit suspicious still. So we have to do more research into it. Still a lot to look into. If these tests do work, how quickly can you ramp up testing . Ramping up testing of these seems to be easier and faster than the tests weve seen that look for the rna of the virus and so im told that we could have hundreds of thousands of these types of tests produced a lot more quickly. Thats encouraging, but, remember, as we all see this today, georgias got more cases, l. A. Has a lot, we have to return in a localized way, michael. Tom, thank you so much for joining us. We always appreciate your input. Back to george. And george, you have some news you want to share this morning. Yeah, thats right, michael. I want to say last week i signed up for one of those Clinical Trials for recovered Covid Patients to donate blood plasma to see how that could help with treatment going into the future. That process began last week and i also took one of those tests that shows i developed the antibodies to fight off the virus. So ive cleared the virus now. Im fully recovered and i hope to complete that blood plasma donation soon. Yeah, because, you know, that blood plasma can save lives. Three to four lives per donation so thats incredible. Were happy for you. Yeah, im looking forward to making that donation in the coming days and weeks. Were going to move on now to new reports that north koreas leader kim jongun is in grave Health Following surgery. Our chief Global Affairs anchor Martha Raddatz is tracking the latest on that from washington. Martha, its always so difficult to know what to make of these kinds of reports given the extreme secrecy surrounding that regime. Reporter extreme is right, george. U. S. Intelligence agencies are constantly having to bat down rumors and reports from the region but this one does have some mystery surrounding it because kim has not been seen in public since april 11th, ten days ago, and he missed the annual celebration of his deceased grandfathers birthday on april 15th. The rumors of his declining health appear to have begun on a south korean website claiming that kim had undergone Cardiovascular Surgery and then reports that he had suffered complications that left him in grave condition. But south korean officials quickly disputed those reports saying they had seen no confirmation of those reports, nor had they seen any unusual activity in north korea and there have been reports in the past of kims demise, which clearly were not true. But u. S. Intelligence will continue to monitor, especially given his disappearance from the public view. Robin . I know youll keep us updated. Okay, martha, thank you. Now to the impact of the pandemic on the price of oil. Oil prices plunging below zero for the first time in history. Gio benitez has the latest with what this could mean for gas prices. Reporter this morning, the price of oil plunging below zero for the First Time Ever. Too much oil and very few using it sending the price per barrel to negative 37. 63, which basically means sellers must pay buyers to take barrels off their hands. This is a once in a hundredyear storm and something that the industry has never seen before. Reporter why is this happening . With planes on the ground, roads empty and businesses closed, the barrels of oil are just piling up with nowhere for Energy Companies to store them. The president looking to use the price drop to build up our oil reserve, saying this monday were looking to put as much as 75 Million Barrels into the reserves themselves. That would top it out. That would be first time in a long time its been topped out. Would get it for the right price. Reporter consumers could also benefit from tumbling gas prices. Heres what we saw in the d. C. Area, 1. 79 a gallon. In houston, 1. 40, thats less than the National Average. Now a prediction from gas buddy. In the next month the National Average could fall below 1. 50 per gallon but the cost to American Workers could be catastrophic. Even before mondays freefall, one estimate said more than a million jobs in americas Oil Field Service industry are likely to be cut this year. Chris williams worked in the oil industry and is now out of work. He and his family have volunteered at a houston food bank. Now he needs the food banks help. This has been the worst downturn ive seen in all of my career. Reporter yeah, just so many losing their jobs, and while the price of oil will go up once the economy reopens nobody knows for sure how long that will take. Michael . All right, gio, so much uncertainty out there. Now we turn to life after lockdown inside the european country slowly returning to normal and starting to open its doors again. In denmark the lights are back on for some businesses and kids are beginning to return to school. James longman is in the capital, copenhagen, with more. Good morning, james. Reporter hi, good morning, michael. Its almost like im saying hello from the future. This is what everybody wants to see. Danes back out enjoying a sunny day. The World Health Organization says its important for countries not to open too soon, but denmark is slowly creeping back to life. This morning, as europe slowly creeps back to life, were in denmark, a country coming out of lockdown and into a new reality. Elementary schools have reopened. Children reunited with their friends for the first time in a month. Is it hard to keep the rules of social distancing in school . Very much. Ive missed my friend and its hard not to hug my friend. Reporter denmark has been able to do this because they moved fast to lockdown after only one death. But theyre cautious of a second wave. Across the border sweden going its own way. No lockdown, life continuing more normally but nearly twice as many cases. Now, the possibility of a second wave is very real. Theyre doing this step by step but hopefully its working. Robin . Absolutely, james. Thank you. We have a meaningful milestone we want to share with everybody. It comes from Oshner Medical Center in new orleans, the hospital discharging its 15 hundredth coronavirus patient. Kathleen bennett getting an incredible sendoff new orleans style to when the saints go marching in. She was in the hospital for almost a month, but shes heading home. Another good celebration in new orleans, robin. Wonderful to see. All right. We have a lot of other stories this morning including the new push to protect Grocery Store workers. The head of the union calling for new measures. Is a complete ban on shoppers necessary . And then the mystery coronavirus symptom. Dr. Ashton joins us with more about covid toes but first to ginger at home. Ginger . Amy, four reported tornadoes including this one. Wildwood, florida, northwest of orlando crossing i75. This is not out of the question today but its more damaging wind threat in the northeast. So anywhere from baltimore to philadelphia right here to new york city this afternoon between 1 00 and 3 00. Lets get to the spring cities now sponsored by zyrtec. Good morning. Im abc 7 news mike nicco. Temperatures warming back to average. You can see the earlier sunshine that we had from yesterday when it was cloudy and cool. Those days are well behind us. Above average away from the coast. Not only this week but likely even warmer next week. Today, low to mid 60s along the coast into San Francisco with mid to upper 60s from San Francisco around the bay. Tonight, mid 40s to low 50s under a partly cloudy sky. 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First lets get to the top headlines were following now, including that breaking news, President Trump announcing he will sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States saying it is to fight the coronavirus and to protect american jobs. At least four state as announce plans to get back to business but hospitalizations are still rising in california and new york city says they are still seeing more than a thousand new cases per day. Also right now, a new round of Severe Weather expected in the south after 14 tornadoes touched down in the last two days from texas to florida and the new storm heading to the northeast. We are tracking the very latest on that this morning. And the last dance breaking records the highly anticipated docuseries following Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls on the road to their sixth championship scoring an average of 6. 1 million viewers. That is the motion viewed espn documentary ever. Weve got an hmm from michael and i know robin was watching too. Hmm, hmm, hmm. Its so good and, yall, it just gets better and better. Ive seen some of the other episodes. Riveting, it is. So probably going to break that record of more than 6 million. But were going to continue now with that new push to keep shoppers from going inside Grocery Stores with thousands of essential workers getting sick with coronavirus. T. J. Holmes has more on all this. Good morning there, t. J. Reporter hey, good morning to you. And this is a classic case, robin, of we didnt sign up for this. No one who signed up for a job as a cashier at a retail store or Grocery Store like the one behind me ever thought theyd ever have to put their lives at risk to do their jobs but here they are making on average 11 an hour in this country still showing up for us in a pandemic but they say now were not heroes. We feel like hostages. Fed up, fired up, frontline workers are speaking out about the conditions theyre facing in this covid19 pandemic. Our lives are worth more than just one paycheck and we need to take this seriously. Reporter target workers unite, an independent group of target employees is calling for a mass sickout protesting what they call, quote, atrocious behavior by shoppers putting them at risk saying they do not respect our space and are occupying our stores out of boredom and for fun. Its not okay that we have to, you know, have elevated risk of exposure because people want to go out and shop around casually. Reporter Grocery Store workers are also facing risks. At least 3,000 are now showing coronavirus symptoms. More than two dozen have died from covid19. New questions now about how to keep these essential workers safe. This past weekend probably 60 of the customers in the stores that i was in didnt have masks on and, in fact, werent necessarily paying attention to social distancing, the six feet. Reporter even with customers wearing masks, oneway aisles, limited hours and plastic shields the Union Representing Grocery Store workers says 85 of its members report customers are not social distancing. So now theyre asking Law Enforcement to step in. There needs to be, you know, Law Enforcement and or security in the stores that would enforce people to do what theyre supposed to do. Reporter some stores going so far as to switch to Curbside Pickup only like takoma park Silver Spring coop in maryland. You show up. We have someone stationed out there in the parking lot. Give your name and order number. Someone from our warehouse in the back comes and gets it, brings it out. We have a contactless pickup with a table we leave it on. Reporter this whole foods in manhattan becoming the first in the nation to close its doors to customers and focus entirely on online delivery orders. This as new York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposes hazard pay for those on the front lines saying 41 of them are people of color. Twothirds are women. All those essential workers who had to get up every morning to put food on the shelves, i would say, hazard pay, give them a 50 bonus and i would do that now. Reporter Governor Cuomo asking for the federal government to put that hazard pay in the next stimulus, but robin, no indications that that would make it in there just yet. All right. We got to be respectful of these essential workers. Its good that youre back on the job and no longer at home. Tell people why you have the bandanna and not your mask. What happened . Reporter yes. Ah, see, okay, i only have one mask and sabine drew a smiley face on it and i didnt think that would be appropriate right now. Weve been using these bandannas, these face coverings that are still part of it. We can use these as well so this is what i had to go with, robin. Yep, i know. Sabine just gave you a going away present with a little smiley face. Glad youre doing well. Lets get back now to michael in the studio. Michael. That was part of sabines art School Homeschooling class. Exactly. Right there. Were going to turn to the mystery covid19 symptoms that doctors are sounding the alarm about as they see a growing number of patients with skin problems. Theyre calling it covid toes, and dr. Jen ashton joins us with more on this. Doc, were seeing several man tess manifestations of coronavirus that are surprising doctors, what theyre calling covid toes. What is that about . Well, michael this, is under the dermatologic or skin manifestations category and some early reports in the medical literature suggesting that it could be as high as 20 . Thats based on reports out of italy. But take a look at these images for an idea of the range or spectrum that we could possibly see in patients with covid on their skin. You can see everything from bruising to discoloration, ulceration, rashes, hives. The list goes on and on and you can see a net like pattern that typically affects the trunk and the toes or fingers, you can see things that almost look like frostbite. Sometimes there is a change in the skin texture. Sometimes this is associated with discomfort or pain. There are theories about this, guys, which is that dermatologists have long since known that when people get viral infections they can have skin manifestations, but these are definitely atypical and theyre getting a lot of attention from our dermatology colleagues. If somebody sees this rash on their body how concerned should they be . Well, i think in the absence of any other symptom they should follow it. You know, everyone has a phone with a camera feature on it. So thats a great use for that. You want to take daily pictures. If its a rash, what we do in the hospitals, we literally take a pen and mark the border so we can see if its progressing. Dermatologists now are doing more telemedicine consults than ever. There are apps where you can get a dermatologists opinion on things but certainly if you get any other symptom of covid, a fever, anything else, you definitely want to seek some medical attention. Dr. Jen, were aslo hearing about abnormal blood clotting, specifically or at least most notably in the case of that broadway star nick cordero who had his right leg amputated as a result of covid19. What can you tell us about that . Well, amy, actually the abnormal clotting pattern that were seeing in some critically ill patients with covid may actually be related to these skin manifestations. But were seeing these microscopic blood clots in arteries, veins that definitely affects blood flow and oxygen delivery to all parts of the body and thats what we saw with that tragic case. Certainly so sad, but doctors are learning more and more every day. Dr. Jen, thank you. We got to say thank you to dr. Jen. Not only do you do everything here, she does everything on instagram as well to keep you informed. So, doc, thank you for everything youre doing for us on air and on instagram as well. We appreciate it. Thank you, dr. Jen. Coming up next, how kids are struggling with the social isolation. What the quaranteens are telling gma and the simple tips for how parents can help. Then a Big New Development in the College Admissions scandal and why it could be good news for Lori Loughlin. Missions scandal and why it could be good news for Lori Loughlin. Birthdays arent cancelled. Hope isnt quarantined. First words arent delayed. Caring isnt postponed. Courage isnt on hold. 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But not so for the famous hollywood actress defendant here. She is still fighting to prove her innocence. An Early Release for toby macfarlane. The 57yearold former insurance executive will serve the final six weeks of his sentence at home following two weeks of quarantine in a high security arizona prison. The judge citing, the particular risk of infection and transmission risk in penitentiary facilities. Last month another convicted parent, napa winemaker agustin huneous, also released early. All this while 14 other defendants including Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli are fighting to avoid prison. The couple accused of paying 500,000 in bribes to get their two daughters into the university of california alleging Law Enforcement misconduct. On friday a judge appeared to side with them calling prosecutors actions serious and disturbing, accusing fbi agents of heavyhanded tactics in their dealings with the scandals alleged mastermind, rick singer. The judge writing that singer, who cooperated with the government, alleged fbi agents aggressively pressured him and indirectly instructed him to lie during wiretapped phone calls with some of the defendants. The judge now demanding more information from prosecutors. Its always a good thing for a defendant when the judge will Say Something bad about the prosecution. Whether or not that will end in a mistrial or whether or not that will help her in the long run, we dont know. Reporter for now a bit of good news for loughlin though prosecutors filed new evidence including photos that appeared to show the couples daughter olivia jade posing on a rowing machine though neither she nor her sister participated in crew. Loughlin and others in a group motion are asking that the charges be dropped essentially on a technicality. If that doesnt happen, she heads to court in october. George . Okay, deb, thanks very much. Lets get more on this from our chief legal analyst dan abrams. Dan, those words from the judge pretty startling right there. What does that mean for the chances of either a mistrial or even dismissal . You never want to hear the words disturbing referring to anything coming from the prosecution or the investigators but thats what the judge is saying here. Look, i think it is very unlikely the judge is going to dismiss the charges and that the judge has already made that pretty clear. Option two would be to say were going to exclude any of the recordings that singer made with parents. That too is probably unlikely, but even if they dont get that sort of thing before the trial, theyll still be able to use this during the trial and this goes to the very heart of the issue in this case, which is what was the parents intent . Did they know that they were paying bribes versus just a donation, for example, to the university . So what does it mean for other parents facing trial . This is not just about Lori Loughlin, right . I mean this is a number of the parents here, all saying these recordings that singer was making are effectively should be null and void. So theyre all in this together at this point. We dont know exactly which parents he was talking to or about when he made these comments that the fbi was pressuring him, but no question that this has been a glimmer of hope. Also by the way because prosecutors were late to turn this over to the defense as well. Okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. Play of the day is next. In this time of social distancing, when taking a break from everyday life is critical to everyones health, there is one thing we can all do together complete the 2020 census. Your responses are critical to plan for the next 10 years of health care, infrastructure, and education. Lets make a difference, together, by taking a few minutes to go online to 2020census. Gov. Its for the wellbeing of your community and will help shape americas future. Socially distant, right . 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Stay well and keep it golden. I can make your hands clap back now with our play of the day and were giving a round of applause to one virginia woman who is dressing up in a new costume on her front porch every day. Yeah, thats erin kimmel looking on the bright side after her job was halted by the pandemic. So her job now, she says, is bringing joy to her neighborhood each and every day social distancing. Her neighbors look forward to each of her outfits and they are creative, indeed. I like the napoleon dynamite. I like, e. T. , stay home. Shes got that too. I love it. Bringing joy to the neighborhood. We could all use a little bit of that. Well be right back. Gmas spring Concert Series is sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. Zyrtec, muddle no more. Lets read a bookdont come behind the teachers desk this is going to be so hard. So what were going to do is were going to make our own hand sanitizer. 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Sales force is giving 10,000 grants to Small Businesses that are struggling during this pandemic. Its through the companys sales force care grants program. Applications will open starting monday. Lets go over to mike nicco to look at our day ahead. Hi, everybody. Look at this gorgeous morning developing from our camera. Looking to the southeast, towards oakland. You can see breaks in the cloud cover. Expect a high amount of uv index. Wear that sunscreen, sunglasses and watch out for pollen. Temperatures warm back to average today. You can see 60s until you move inland. Thats where the 70s will be. It wont stay in the 70s long. 80s tomorrow through next week. Mid to upper 70s around the bay. Localized sea breeze will keep the coast cooler than the rest of us, low to mid 60s. Have a good one. Thank you. Coming up, a gma exclusive. Talking with val this virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. 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Breaking overnight immigration crackdown. President trump announces he is closing off the country temporarily suspending immigration. The latest from the white house. Ready to reopen . The states now revealing plans to get back to business. South carolina, tennessee, georgia, all taking steps to get back to work. Governors giving the goahead there. Why some mayors are pushing back. New york city canceling major Public Events through june. Well have the latest this morning. Will smiths fresh take. The superstar actor takes his questions about coronavirus right to dr. Fauci and teams up with kids to find out what they want to know. Our exclusive sneak peek just ahead. Connecting in isolation. Meet the quaranteens as stayathome orders put extra stress on kids and families, the video diaries from teens across the country. Its 1 00 p. M. I just woke up and im bored out of my mind. Their Biggest Challenges and worries. Our experts weighing in with what families should know this morning. Larger than life happy birthday to her majesty. The queen turns 94 today. The birthday wishes from around the world and the photo that will make you smile along with the queen. The danger zone and into the danger zone. Oneonone with val kilmer. Up for this one, maverick . Speaking out about his health battle. His most memorable roles from top gun to jim morrison. His highprofile love life and what hes saying about filming the new top gun and being back on set with tom cruise. All ahead as we say, good morning, america. Good morning, america. Highway to the danger zone. Oh yeah, need for speed. Need for speed. You could be my iceman, ill be your windman any time. Thats right. Well go to our wing woman, robin, at home. How you doing, robin . No, no, no. Were going to leave the singing to someone else, michael. Youre good, youre good but, you know, people are finding ways to connect. How about the broadway star that were going to have with us. Brian stokes mitchell. He has been serenading so many in the city from his apartment window. Well, hes going to share that with us this morning. We cannot wait to hear that. I know. Im excited about that. Also, we are serving up a delicious deal of the day. You can help a Small Business while getting a gourmet meal at the same time. Wait until you hear what so many gma viewers did for mondays Small Business. That is all coming up next. George . It is so great to see those stories every single day. We begin with the breaking news overnight. President trump announcing that he is going to sign an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States. Lets go back to our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega with the latest from the white house. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter george, good morning again. This tweet overnight caught some Administration Officials off guard. Halting immigration even temporarily like this would be unprecedented in this country and it sure could be challenged in court. This morning the president s hardline immigration supporters are praising the move but opponents are calling it xenophobic and they point to the number of corona cases already here in the u. S. , talking about more than any other cases than any other country in the world. The mayor of l. A. Saying mexico is more worried about the rate of infection coming from the u. S. , not vice versa, but President Trump says this is not just about stopping the spread of infection. He says this is about protecting american jobs. And speaking of jobs according to the census, one in four doctors in this country and one in five nurses are immigrants. Michael, the president could sign this executive order as soon as today. Well, cecilia, even with all this going on, there are some states that are looking to get back to business lifting restrictions and letting people return to places like restaurants and gyms. Lets go back to whit johnson at mt. Sinai hospital here in new york. Good morning, again, whit. Reporter michael, good morning to you. New york appears to be past the apex, but still 478 people died in this state in just 24 hours. It is a delicate balance when it comes to reopening the country. States forced to make hard choices between Economic Impact and public health. This morning, despite the widening pandemic, parts of the country are making plans to get back to work. In south carolina, some Retail Businesses now open with social distancing limits. The states governor is announcing hed allow public beaches to open back up today but the city of myrtle beach defying that decision. We could potentially hurt ourselves later in the summer which is our peak tourism season. Reporter in colorado where protesters faced off with people in scrubs in this viral moment, the governor planning to lift stayathome orders next week. And in georgia where there have been nearly 20,000 cases of covid19 reported and nearly 800 deaths, Governor Brian Kemp declaring gyms, hair salons and bowling alleys can reopen friday. Overnight the mayor of atlanta blasting the governors decision. As people continue to stay home, follow the science and exercise common sense. Reporter but in California Governor Gavin Newsom saying theyre not seeing the downward trend needed to reopen. Deaths continue to rise. Reporter in hard hit new york city the mayor canceling all nonessential events through june including iconic celebrations like the puerto rican day parade and the pride march. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to meet with President Trump at the white house today. One key issue likely to come up is how best to coordinate the supply chain needed to boost testing in the states. Amy . All right, we appreciate it. Thank you very much, whit, for the very latest on that. This morning, Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her 94th birthday. Royal photographer Chris Jackson who has taken thousands of photos of the queen over the years sharing this this morning saying this one always makes me smile. Well, it makes us smile too. Well wishes coming in for her majesty from around the world this morning. She will spend the day, were told, quietly and privately with her husband, prince philip. We certainly wish her the best. Yes, we do. Coming up, everybody, will smiths fresh take on the pandemic. The actor going oneonone with dr. Anthony fauci fielding questions from kids about covid19. We have an exclusive sneak peek this morning. 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Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. sigh crunch babybel that snack just sounded boring. Babybel coming through. No photos, please. Babybel bye bye, bland. Babybel helloooo, delicious. Vo rich, creamy, 100 real cheese. Vo with mini babybel, snack time is saved. Babybel saved it good morning, good morning good morning, good morning welcome back to gma on this tuesday morning. Were glad youre spending your morning with us and tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of earth day. Were celebrating with a sneak peek at born wild the next generation. Thats right. Our robin is hosting it. We cant wait to see it and all those baby animals from all over the world. Oh, yeah. Going to be beautiful. Right now its time to knock on laras door. Knock, knock, lara. Whats going on . Whats popping . Good morning, you guys. Lots going on. Great to see you on this beautiful morning. And were going to begin with two of our pals. Ryan reynolds and hugh jackman, great friends who love to tease each other unmercifully on social media. The two coming together to put their fake feud on hold, all in the name of raising money for covid relief efforts. Take a look. People think it started with us. Well, it didnt. No. The jackmans and reynolds have been mortal enemies for as long as there have been jackmans and reynoldses. In fact, theres only one thing we do agree on. Friends is a really good show. For one day and one day only weve agreed to agree to not disagree and only a pandemic could make that happen. Yeah, weve agreed to join the all in challenge. Well stop our feud for one day and help sell a different type of drink. Lemonade. At your childs lemonade stand. The feud is fake. The generosity is real. As part of the all in challenge, anyone who donates to the campaign will earn the chance to have both actors show up at their house to help their kids run a lemonade stand. Leo dicaprio and Robert De Niro just did this just previously joined the Campaign Offering a lottery to win a walkon role in their upcoming film. That by the way is being directed by martin scorsese. If you like the sound of that to hang with your kids, check out allinchallenge. Com, enter for as little as 10. Also, major news in sports. Variety is reporting that former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez and his girlfriend whats her name . Oh, yeah, j. Lo, actually his fiancee. They have contacted jpmorgan in an effort to buy the new york mets. Arod may be a former yankee but does have ties to them and almost signed with them in 2000 when he was a free agent. Variety says the couple is worth about 700 million. The team is worth 2. 6 billion. So theyll have to pull together some deep pocketed investors to pull off the deal. Variety also says representatives for rodriguez and lopez have yet to comment. But lots of people here in the new york area talking about that story. Then finally, heres a story i can relate to, dog owners know that grooming can be quite the challenge. Trimming a dogs nails is something that we normally would absolutely or at least i would absolutely leave to the experts. Not as easy during this time where were all staying at home, though. Time to get creative, do a little diy and we found a hack for distracting your pooch that is absolutely worth a look. Take a look. You smear it on. This Peanut Butter does not have xylitol before all yall freak out. Oh, i look like a dork. Im about to look like a genius. Look right here. Oh, thats good. Oh, thats good. Thats lindsay shelton, an icu nurse in california giving a puppy pedicure using, yep, Peanut Butter to keep him distracted. That video getting nearly 4 million views online. As you heard her point out it is safe for pups. We want to point that out. She does not use a Peanut Butter that has xylitol in it which is not good for our furry friends. People online agreeing she deserves a dogtorate degree and maybe a treat for the genius trick. Thought we would share that with you guys. If you havent seen it online, do check it out. Thats it for pop news. Back to you all. Dont say the word treat. You say the word treat and this one starts going crazy with the treat. I know, the treat. She said the treat. Ah. But, yeah, had to put on the bow tie because lucas knew reva would be making an appearance. Hes just trying to put his best paw forward. We move on to the gma cover story and superstars will smiths fresh take on reaching out to the public about the coronavirus pandemic. The actor now doing a show on snapchat where he got a chance to go oneonone with White House Task force member dr. Anthony fauci. Janai norman joins us with an exclusive clip. Good morning, janai. Yeah, hey, robin, good morning. Yeah, will smith certainly knows how to keep us entertained and were getting a look at how hes helping keep us informed. In his new snapchat series hes getting kids in on the conversation about covid19 asking questions about social distancing, the spread of the virus and what were all wondering, how long well be dealing with it. Let me talk to you let me have a word with you reporter will smith is inviting you to social distancing together. In his new snapchat series, will from home, he is hanging out chatting with famous friends, family even talking covid19 with dr. Anthony fauci. Theres been a predominance in the africanamerican community. Is there a comprehension as to why that is . Its just one of the failings of our society is that africanamericans have a disproportionate prevalence and incidence of the very comorbid conditions that put you at high risk. Reporter will from home is part of snapchats response to the pandemic. The company saying some 68 million users have viewed content about the coronavirus. Will from home smith who has more than 40 million followers on instagram has found a way to captivate audiences across social media, offering insightful wisdom, but also fun. Could the tooth fairy still come if i lose my tooth because of the coronavirus . And can she catch the virus . I got to tell you, ava, i dont think you need to worry about the tooth fairy. Reporter in a new episode out this week getting kids involved to ask those hardhitting questions. Even though we need to stay home a lot can we still go out for a walk . Yes, you can go out for a walk. You need to stay six feet away from anyone else. Reporter adding a touch of humor and levity during a tough time leaving all of us with so many questions about when it will end. Is this ever going to end or is this something were going to have to be doing for a good portion of our lives . When we have a vaccine and we have enough baseline immunity, this is something youre not going to have to worry about for the rest of your life. Reporter there you have it. Will from home, those new episodes are available mondays, wednesdays and fridays on snapchats discover pages and youtube and the episode with dr. Fauci is out at 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow. George, over to you. Thank you, janai. We move to our exclusive interview with val kilmer. The actors opening up about everything from his cancer diagnosis to highprofile romances and reuniting with tom cruise for the new top gun. Its all detailed in his candid new memoir im your huckleberry. Its out today and Chris Connelly had the chance to sit down with him. Hey, chris. Reporter hey, george, good morning. And would you like a book . And speaking of books, val kilmer brought swagger and on screen magnetism to some of the biggest movies of thes 80s and 90s. For him now the act of speaking has become a challenge but as his new memoir shows his artists spirit is intact and so is his memory of the times hes enjoyed on and off the screen. You guys really are cowboys. Whats your problem . Youre everyones problem. Reporter from top gun to batman forever and from doc holliday in tombstone to jim morrison in the doors, val kilmer lit up movies with sheer screen charisma. Now at age 60 much about his life has changed, starting with his speaking voice. I feel a lot better than i sound but i feel wonderful. What can you tell us about the condition of your voice and how youre able to communicate with us now . I was diagnosed with throat cancer which healed very quickly. A tracheostomy helped me breathe. The glands in my throat swelled up as well. What do you miss most about your old voice, val . I had one, and i didnt laugh like a pirate. Reporter he found his voice in a new medium, writing a memoir titled im your huckleberry that is refreshingly candid about his highprofile romances and the memorable roles he played on screen. Playing jim morrison, the rocker who spent life on the edge. What people would say about jim morrison, i never knew if he was going to be alive tomorrow. Reporter val electrified audiences and did his own singing in the doors. Break on through to the other side break on through to the other side reporter yet as he writes he dropped out of sight afterwards and was overlooked by the oscars. I was not built for that kind of fame and attention and all of a sudden interest in jim morrison was about sex, drugs and rock n roll and ive tried to live a quiet life out in new mexico despite all my famous girlfriends of the past. Reporter theyre in the book too sharing emotional details of his romances with cher, ellen barkin, Michelle Pfeiffer and cindy crawford. What do you think made you so appealing to these incredibly charismatic women . I was committed. You have to be committed with a woman thats dynamic and as committed to their work as someone like cindy crawford, who was the number one model on the planet at the time. Reporter father to a daughter and son with exwife joann whalley, kilmer will return to the big screen at years end in top gun maverick, long awaited sequel to the 1986 hit in which hell again play tom iceman kazanski opposite tom cruise. That was absolutely moving. I really was surprised. Tom was wearing his jacket, the original jacket from the first movie. And it was just very moving. You up for this one, maverick . Just a walk in the part, kazanski. I dont want to give away anything. But in between takes tom and i just laughed like we were in high school. Reporter you know, for any of us who loved that original top gun movie, whatever happens in that scene is sure to be really moving. George . Boy, it sure is. Okay, chris, thanks very much. Im your huckleberry is available today. Now lets go to ginger. Yes, george, ive made my up to my kitchen getting set up for an experiment later and talking about my new book but lets do a gma moment quickly. This is litle avery. She is 3 1 2 and telling us even when you have stayathome orders you can practice your bowling. She has the cutest little celebration dance. Thank you from fairfield, connecticut. Would love to see your gma moments maybe from your kitchen. Send them to my instagram direct messages or go to my facebook good morning. Im abc 7 news mike nicco. Temperatures warming back to average. You can see the earlier sunshine that we had from yesterday when it was cloudy and cool. Those days are well behind us. Above average away from the coast. Not only this week but likely even warmer next week. Today, low to mid 60s along the coast into San Francisco with mid to upper 60s from San Francisco around the bay. Tonight, mid 40s to low 50s under a partly cloudy sky. Now to deals steals and how you, our gma viewers, are doing your part to help Small Businesses and their workers survive. Thats right. And one of them, miniluxe, was forced to close all of its nail studios with 400 workers. Yesterday we profiled their nail polish being sold to help those workers. Have a listen. Thank you, gma, viewers for giving us our single best day of polish and treatment sales. We are so grateful for your support. Great news right there. And this morning comes from a business in bostons north end. Tory johnson joins us with more. Good morning, tory. Reporter good morning, michael. So paulis family owned restaurant wicked fresh, crazy good. Now they are asking what will restaurants look like postcovid . With business down 75 , paulis is grateful to another local business in boston that has enabled restaurants like his to get paid to feed the front lines. And so while paulis is grateful for the opportunity to serve the Health Care Workers in boston, more is needed to keep his business alive. And so for years, people have lined up outside of his door to get paulis famous lobster roll. They have begged him to ship nationwide. He has always resisted until today. So today for the First Time Ever in an effort to be able to support fulltime staffers, all 15 of his staffers, not part time but full time, he is offering his lobster rolls. So it is his famous lobster rolls. I hope you can see this here. Im terrified about dropping it. They smell so good. It is his classic set of eight lobster rolls. Guy fieri gave them two thumbs up and a fist bump and for the First Time Ever you can get this kit shipped directly to you and 50 off. Only on gma. I know gma viewers are going to come through for this boston beloved family restaurant. Oh, we cant wait to hear the response. Im ordering it right now actually. Why not . I love lobster rolls. Thank you, tory. We partnered with paulis on this great deal. You can get it along with michael on our website coming up and we have tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell rallying new yorkers and all of us as he performs live. Well be right back. Ack. Now, your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. Good morning, everyone. Hayward city officials have a generous donation for essential businesses. They have acquired 10,000 face masks for local businesses. Businesses within hayward city limits can call the covid19 hotline to schedule an appointment to pick up the masks at city hall. Good Samaritan Hospital has taken down the tents it put up to handle a possible overflow of coronavirus cases. The number of cases is dropping. Happy to hear that. Mike nicco now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. Good morning. Just a handful of communities in the 40s still as early sunshine pushed most of us into the 50s and with warmer weather this afternoon on the way because of that. Look at this. The golden gate bridge, a light breeze at six and the fog is almost gone. We warm back to average. Look what happens tomorrow. Away from the coast, where we stay in low to mid 60s, warmer than average with mid 70s to mid 80s, possibly warmer next week. Thanks, mike. Another abc 7 news update in 30 minutes. You can find the latest on our app and at abc7news. Com. The news continues now with Good Morning America. No matter how far welcome back to gma, everybody. Thats Tony Award Winning broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell serenading his new york city neighborhood from his window. Wow, that is impressive. He does it every single night. This morning, stokes is joining us from his apartment. Hes going to serenade us all in a minute but first lets catch up with stokes. First of all, we should mention you did test positive for coronavirus a few weeks ago. How are you doing now . I am doing great. It is so nice to be with you, especially nice to be with you because of getting through that. Its been two weeks now, more than two weeks actually that ive had symptoms but i was hit pretty hard with it like most people. I lost my sense of taste and smell but then i also felt like i got hit by a truck, a terrible headache. My fever went up to 104. 8 but thanks to my wife alison and my son ellington and their good care i got through it. Were so happy that you are on the mend and that youre well now but youve been trying to pay it forward a little bit by singing out of your window every night. What made you decide to do that . Well, you know, every night at 7 00, of course, new york erupts in applause and noise and horns and whoops and cheers for the Health Care Workers and ive been a part of that as well. Even when i wasnt feeling so well i would go to the window and got to the point because it had got in my lungs as well i felt it was cleared from my lungs because i was kind of vocalizing every day to kind of help clear it out and one day when i was applauding, once the applause died down i thought i think i can sing, so i decided to sing and it came out and everybody responded really well to it and seems like the right song. I wanted to talk about it. Its one of my absolute favorites. Tell us why chose it and whats the response been . Interesting. Most people know it as the impossible dream. It is actual called the quest. The reason i chose it is because its not actually a song about trying to do the impossible, its a song about trying, period. And thats what everybody is trying to do right now, to get through this, especially our Health Care Workers and our essential workers. All right, well, lets get to your performance because i know we want to hear the song youve been singing out of your window every night, the impossible dream from man of la mancha. Stokes, take it away. Thank you and id love to dedicate this to everybody because were all going through this but especially to the Health Care Workers and First Responders who are on the front lines. It feels like this lyric was written especially for you and starts to dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear with unbearable sorrow, to run where the brave dare not go, to right the unrightable wrong, to love, pure and chaste from afar, to try when your arms are too weary, to reach the unreachable star, this to follow that star no matter how hopeless no matter how far to fight for the right without question or pause to be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause and i know if ill only be true to this glorious quest that my heart will lay peaceful and calm when im laid to my rest and the world will be better for this that one man and woman scorned and covered with scars still strove with their last sense of courage to reach the unreachable star yeah. Wow. Thank you, Health Care Workers. Incredible. That was amazing. Thank you. We can see why we call you tony award winner, man. That was awesome, brian. We really do appreciate you. So happy that youre well and we continue to want to you have great health as well as your family, my friend. Thank you so much. Great health to everybody out there and lets keep loving one another. I think i have to move near him to hear that every night. Coming up, everybody, connecting in quarantine, how teens are struggling with social isolation. We got a few simple ways parents can help. Well talk about that when we come back. Gmas spring Concert Series sponsored by the makers of zyrtec, zyrtec, muddle no more. To be willing to march into hell dad, im scared. Its only human to care for those we love. And also help light their way. Its why last year chevron invested over 10 billion to bring affordable, reliable, ever cleaner energy to america. Just like covered california teammateshelps you finder find a way to win, Health Insurance you can afford. Theyre the only place you can get Financial Assistance to help pay for Health Coverage. 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These are the towels, a family of five we met in San Francisco, california. With older sister anu, 15 and cole, 14. Quarantine for these two have been challenging. We dont know when its going to be over. I dont know if ill ever be able to see my friends again. Reporter theyre trying to find the good times. Right now im on a zoom call with my friends and playing scrabble. Reporter living so cooped up is not easy. For teens its the opposite of what experts say they should be doing. Everything about social distancing at some level arrests what is is totally developmentally appropriate for teenagers. So were asking them to just kind of go against their instincts, sequester themselves with parents and try to enjoy themselves and thats a really tough pivot for a lot of adolescents. Reporter we asked teens to record video diaries about their experiences and theyre struggling. 1 00 p. M. , i just woke up and im bored out of my mind. I really wish i could hang out with some friends but thats illegal now so there has been like plenty of days where i also like havent been able to get out of bed. Reporter the uncertainty is unnerving. Im just worried about whats going to happen in the coming months and seeing how else my life is going to be impacted. What scares me the most is my grandparents getting it. Reporter she media also asked quaranteens to document life now, especially distance learning. Although you would expect it to be less stressful because youd have more time to do homework, somehow i feel like teachers are being compensating by giving us more work. For me homeschooling has been really difficult. Ive had a really hard time focusing. Reporter they also miss the fun stuff, especially sports. Youre not only taking away just the exercise and the sports but also a lot of those critical, you know, kind of developmental milestones that teenagers are trying to hit. Because the whole pandemic situation, all of it has been canceled. Ive been working out at this home gym we have shooting around with this old basket. I really miss my teammates. Im really bummed the season got canceled. Reporter as these teens struggle to find a path forward their parents, struggling too, wonder how to best support them. Its so important to hear what theyre thinking and feeling right now. This is bigger than any of us. Its about listening and as my son said just two nights ago, just listen, mom, i need to vent. Good advice, right, robin . I know. I know. These videos, they really open up. But you asked this, what can parents do to help their kids through this difficult time . Its tough, but the experts at Child Mind Institute we talked to had some really good ideas. First acknowledge that you know its frustrating for them to be cut off from friends, listen to what theyre feeling and validate those feelings. Another piece of advice, give them autonomy in small ways. One of the girls said i just stay up late and i really find my own time from 12 30 to 1 30 in the morning. Give them a sleep schedule they want and let them exercise outside alone as long as theyre being safe. Thats another piece of autonomy. And about exercise, its absolutely critical for your whole family right now and not just the physicality of it, just, you know, youre an athlete, robin, finding ways to play, its the release that our minds and bodies need. Yeah, yeah, thats true. So how did you answer your son when he said that to you . Youre right, youre right. Zip it. Imperfect parenting. No, not at all. Not at all. Hey, were all doing the best that we can. But thank you for that invaluable, invaluable insight. Very helpful there, becky. Thank you. Michael and amy. Yeah, im going to try that at home. I got three teenagers in the house so i feel you, becky. I feel you. Hang in there. And now well go to someone who has not teenagers but a few kids with her. Ginger zee, shes our do it all chief meteorologist. Shes also a mom of two and the New York Times bestselling author and now ginger has a new book, chasing helicity through the storm. Its the third and final installment in her middle grade fiction series. Thats right. Ginger joining us at home with her special guests there, young scientists adrian and miles will show us experiments to do at home. I know you fell in love with science when you were a little girl since you started writing this trilogy. It seems like i know that youve heard back from other young girls and boys, their interest in science has peaked as well with your books. I think the interest has always been there but how incredible is it that people have something called s. T. E. M. Class, s. T. E. M. Clubs and i want to keep that going, the science, technology, engineering and math. I would have loved that. Miles is already getting into the experiments but these books chasing helicity, the series really helps the kids not only get into the science without knowing it but theres a lot of adventure and fun too so i am pumped to keep the s. T. E. M. Going. This will go well, i have a feeling. We learned that from the series helicity is not just your characters name, its also your favorite tornado variable. So are we going to learn some new vocab from these books . You know you are. Helicity running into haboob. Adrian, whats a haboob . I dont know. Its a big dust storm. You will learn haboob and a lot of the science im about to do. Hold on. Everybody, put your goggles on. Are you ready . Well get to the science, ginger, because youll make a mini hot air balloon. One second. One second. The goggles fell. Sounded like a hot air balloon right there. Okay. Heres the first experiment. Because we talk about hot air balloons and helicity is in one, take a tea bag at home and take the tea out. I have a lot of expired, especially like the nursing support. I dont need that anymore. Take that bag, empty it out, stand it up. What you can do is take a lighter. I have a little deals steals electric one, reusable, and that will start to make its own thermal whoa. So all of the heat is concentrating and its going to make its own little lift. You ready . Wow. Right up into the sky. Super easy for everybody to do and i want to do one more because whoa. Okay, guys, lets get down. The classic mentos in the soda. Are you ready . Were going to run outside. Yeah, the guys are i think this is important to get kids excited and interested. You have to get things exploding. You take the mentos that have incredible little crevices on them. There goes the mentos. Dont eat it, brando. Youll drop it in. It will make co2, carbon dioxide, in all of these. Ill drop a bunch. Back up. Ready, miles . Whoo whoa was that cool . Hes stunned. He is stunned. Should we do one more . Yeah. Come on, drop them in there as we go. Drop them and run. Drop them, go, go, go, bud. Drop them in. Learning all about co2. Whoa. Using diet soda is helpful. That way you have less stickiness on the deck to clean up. Whoo hoo congratulations on the book. We appreciate you making a mess all over your house for us this morning. Thank you. Thank you so much. I cant wait for people to enjoy chasing helicity and learn science along the way. Good morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. You will need the sunglasses sooner today. That means warmer temperatures. 50s at the coast, 60s around the bay, 70s i and our next guest is the breakout star of the comedy horror series what we do in the shadows based on a film of the same name and the show follows vampires living in staten island. And Harvey Guillen plays the human who helps them adapt to modern life and this morning hes joining us live from his home. Harvey, good morning. Thank you for joining us and how are you doing, my friend . Im doing okay. Im here with you fine people so im doing great. How are you spending your time at home . How are you filling the time . Im writing more. Ive realized that i can really dive into writing when given the opportunity or when, you know, quarantined so ive dived that that and its with my writing partner over zoom and weve had a lot of sessions so hopefully a lot of creations will be coming out from this whole time. Well, one thing that is out there, what we do in the shadows, second season. You play guillermo who is a human who served to help the vampires in hopes of one day becoming one himself but this role requires a lot of stunt work. So what was that like for you . Yeah, well, that was a surprise to me because in the first season he doesnt do a lot of stunt work so in season two, table read i showed up and we were reading it and i was like, oh, seems like hes doing whats going on . You got a personal trainer. Youre going to the gym three times a week. Youll get bulky and build up and get upper body strength. I was like, wait, guillermo is what . So it was kind of one of those moments but it was actually really nice because i got to show that action star guillermo is in the works hopefully. Very cool. I know at the end of last season your character discovered he was actually the descendant of a famous Vampire Slayer and now hes trying to hide that. I havent slept in 72 hours. I eat these espresso beans that give you enough pep to keep going, going, going. Someones in here please dont open the door. Did you make a messy toilet again . I did. I had an accident. Whoopsie. No, dont open oh, guillermo. You have great stars this season including Luke Skywalker himself, mark hamill, so what was it like working with him . Oh, my gosh, he is the nicest. When he showed up to set we were so excited we lightened up like it was the opening scene of Downton Abbey like waiting for him to arrive and when he got there he was just so kind and nice and walked over and looked over and goes, harvey and gave me this hug. I was like, this is happening. This is happening right now, and all the guys and everyone in the cast were so excited to have him and his daughter is there. Shes super great as well. It was so nice to have such support from such an icon, you know. Very cool, indeed. And we know that a lot of people are watching including Linmanuel Miranda so you got a lot of fans out there. Were hoping more people watch. Thank you so much. What we do in the shadows airs wednesdays at 10 00 p. M. On fx. Coming up next, though, we are talking about feeding the heroes. The grocer giving back to front line workers. We can find a way to break through even if we cant find thweve never seen it look quite like this, but theres no mistaking it. And its our job to protect it. Because the best people to fight for our communities are those within them. So, if youve just bought a volkswagen or were thinking of buying sometime soon, were here to help with the Community Driven promise. Stand by you even if we break down back now with feeding the heroes. Gma teamed up with farmers fridge to feed front line workers outside a chicago hospital making nutritious meals. Take a look. Im luke saunders, founder of farmers fridge. Im outside our kitchen where were making hundreds of meals for the hospital on the south side of chicago. When gma reached out to ask if we could help feed our Health Care Heros nutrition meals on the front lines, we knew we had just the team to help. The stats are now showing the death rates are much higher in black communities. Its kind of taken a toll on us, i think, and the acts of support have just been tremendous. Good morning america brought us some really good food and lifted our spirits and we really appreciate it. All thank you, Good Morning America. [ applause ] all right. So advocate trinity celebrated the discharge of retired firefighter Paul Richards leaving the hospital to thunderous applause from the Incredible Team there. Such great video to see. What a moment. Another great moment to watch and well be right back on Good Morning America. Im gonna stand by you in this time of crisis we run with them, toward those in need. We are 7,000 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and therapists supporting their efforts on the ground and virtually. And just as we are by their side, were by yours, too. With answers to your most pressing questions and expert advice at cigna. Com covid19 announcer tomorrow, Good Morning America and National Geographic invite you to celebrate earth day from helping baby koalas in australia with Chris Hemsworth to mama and baby bears in minnesota, tomorrow, join us for a gma earth day. And before we go we have a programming note, check out the new show accused guilty or innocent premiering tonight at 10 00 p. M. On a e. Have a great day. 10 00 p. M. On a e. Have a great day. That could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. Now, your health, your safety. This is abc 7 news. Good morning. Happening today, a San Francisco supervisors will discuss two ways to protect residents. Their proposals to prohibit rent increases and get extra protection for workers and grocery and drugstores as well as restaurants and delivery services. Here is mike with the forecast. Thank you. Look at this sunshine already. Its going to be a nice day to be outside. Pollen is high and so is the uv index. Wear sunscreen. Temperatures today rebound five to ten degrees which brings us back to average which is low 60s along the coast, mid to upper 60s San Francisco and the bay, low to mid 70s inland. This is day one of several days, even into next week of above average temperatures. Its time for live with kelly and ryan. We will be back at 11 00. Join us then. You can find us on our app and at abc7news. Com. Have a great morning. Announcer its live with kelly and ryan saturday, International Recording superstar, pitbull. And from florida, to continue getting the job done, we continue our working heroes series. An the hunger games actor, josh hutcherson. Science bob. Also, another good news story of the day. And we connect with our incredible viewers on a special edition of the inbox. All next on live and now, here are kelly ripa and Mark Consuelos kelly hey, good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, april 21st. Joining us again today, filling in for ryan who has a muchdeserved day