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Rare illness that may be linked to coronavirus. Dozens of children falling ill across the country. Dr. Ashton here with what parents need to look for. Fast food future. As supplies run low, the ceo of mcdonalds joins us live. Burger giant. Wildfire emergency scorching more than 2,000 acres in florida and forcing more than a thousand people to flee from their homes. More than a dozen structures damaged or destroyed. Were tracking the latest on the new threat this morning. Demanding justice. The family of Ahmaud Arbery speaking out. The unarmed, young black man chased by two white men in georgia, shot to death in the middle of the afternoon. His mother only on gma this morning. Pray you wont fade away the real allstars. I will use my voice. To showcase a real hero. How some of the sports worlds biggest heroes are honoring them from drew brees to carli lloyd. Thank you for bringing your a game. Halo, halo, halo halo, halo, halo hafr yay. Yes. I want you to take a look at this which makes me happy as well. The blue angels with a fantastic flyover to Honor Health Care heroes in my hometown of houston, texas. A great sight to see, george. It sure is, michael. Welcome back. Texas is one of those 39 states now easing restrictions as cases across so much of the country are still rising. The u. S. Total has now passed 1. 2 million with more than 73,000 deaths. And take a look at this map from fema. It tracks hot spots developing in Rural America and those are causing new concern. You see so many right there. A lot of hot spots, george. Were going to begin our coverage with eva pilgrim outside a hospital in brooklyn, new york, this morning and she is tracking the latest. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning, michael. Millions of americans anxious to get back to work, but many are feeling torn between their health and their livelihoods. This morning, with thousands of more deaths and Covid Infection rates rising in several states, the president reversing course just 24 hours after saying he was going to wind down the covid task force. We will be leaving the task force indefinitely, but i had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday when i started talking about winding it down. Reporter now, as 39 states are easing restrictions, striking numbers out of florida. The state Health Department announcing that the last week and a half has accounted for 29 of covid deaths in the state since the pandemic began with 453 deaths in the last nine days. And in texas, which is preparing to add businesses like hair salons to the open list tomorrow, more than a thousand new cases reported wednesday. Dallas salon owner Shelly Luther was arrested for opening early. She is currently serving seven days behind bars. If you think the law is more important than kids getting fed, then please go ahead with your decision, but i am not going to shut the salon. Reporter the governor now calling for her release calling the arrest excessive. But those reopened businesses come with new rules sparking backlash. In Oklahoma City Police Say Two women opened fire on the staff of a mcdonalds in an apparent dispute over the restaurants new dining room policy. This as were learning more about who is still getting sick. In new york, where restrictions have not been relaxed, a survey of over 100 hospitals taken recently over three days breaks down the new covid cases. The majority, minorities over the age of 51. Nonessential workers who had not been traveling, 66 brought to the hospital from home. Much of this comes down to what you do to protect yourself. Everything is closed down. Government has done everything it could. Reporter in massachusetts where they have also not eased restrictions, over 1,750 new cases and more than 200 fatalities announced wednesday. 38yearold state representative liz miranda tested positive for the virus on f 15 people in her family have tested positive so far. Im in my 30s. This is not a viral disease that has a look to it. It does not discriminate. No one is immune. Reporter in californias l. A. County which saw a 4 increase in fatalities in 24 hours, starting tomorrow Retail Businesses that sell toys, books and clothing will be allowed to do curbside pickup. But in montana where there have only been 16 fatalities since the pandemic started and havent been any cases in two days, Willow Creek School will reopen its doors to several dozen of its 56 students and 18 Staff Members today. The district superintendent says she knows the move is risky. We went through all the guidelines and we checked all our classrooms and measured them out, made sure we would fit and that we had the things that we needed to open and do it safely and we thought, well, theres no reason not to try. Reporter while numbers are trending down in cities like new york, that fema map showing hot spots in those rural communities, places where many people cant work from home. George . That is the difficulty. Okay, eva, thanks very much. The key to keeping the country open over time is a massive increase in testing for covid and for more on that were joined by the coo of rite aid, jim peters. Mr. Peters, thank you for joining us this morning. I know that rite aid is going to be announcing that youre tripling your Testing Capacity starting next monday. So how is it going to work exactly and how many sites will you have . Sure, thanks so much for having me, george. I appreciate the opportunity. Yes, we are tripling. By monday we expect to have capacity to be able to deliver up to 10,000 tests per day, which is a substantial increase from where were at today. Today we have 25 sites and we will expand to about 71 sites by monday. So we think this is just the next generation of testing and our effort to really develop a model with our Industry Partners and the government that is actually scaleable and deployable in a much more efficient manner. Who will be able to get the tests . How will they do it . Thats the really nice part about this evolution of testing. At this point up until now its been largely Health Care Workers and frontline emergency responders. But we are now deploying this testing model to include all adults, both symptomatic and asymptomatic. So were casting a much wider net at a point in time where we can now handle the capacity that we currently have, and the demand that we expect to have. So its a big advance. You know, President Trump announced that drugstores would start using ramping up their testing and other stores would start ramping up their testing back in midmarch. Why has it taken this long to get to this point . Thats yeah, thats a question we press ourselves with every day. I think there are two great limiters. Number one, originally it was supplies, right . Supplies like vials and swabs, and they continue to be a challenge for us to get at the levels that we need them. I think secondly its the science. So we hear a lot about Antibody Testing and i do believe that at one point Antibody Testing will allow us to kind of deploy this in a much more significant and scaleable way. But the science at this point is something that we have to follow, and at this point, the science has not yet arrived at a conclusion that Antibody Testing will create more benefit than potential harm. Sending people back to work, for example, after a positive Antibody Test may not be appropriate and may be dangerous if we dont have confidence that those tests are accurate and before we know whether or not those tests even if accurately positive will protect someone from future from the from getting the virus again. So how close are we now to that goal of anyone who wants a test can get a test . Well, i believe we are look, were not at we dont even see the demand at this point to fulfill the 10,000 a day capacity that well have monday. I do think as we expand the net to allow people who are asymptomatic to come to one of our 71 sites or those of our partners that we will see a big uptick in demand. But i think it will be you know, its a crystal ball answer, george. We dont know exactly how long its going to take before everyone who wants one will be able to get a test that is scientifically validated, reliable and a test whose results we can make good decisions on and take actionable steps. Before i let you go, one other subject. So many of us have been going to places like rite aid, cvs to try to get cleaning supplies for our house, and have been seeing empty shelf after empty shelf. I know there have been problems with the supply chain. When do you expect to have your stores fully stocked with all the basics . You know, the supply chain issue has gotten better. Its by no means solved. So, you know, we have been started we started off, you know, kind of midmarch being on allocation from a number of our venders, and we eased all restrictions to allow our vendors to ship products whether they have full truck loads or full loads or not. We are doing everything we can to increase capacity and our ability to access these supplies so that our customers can actually obtain them in ways that actually can have them either come into store, come in through our drivethrough, order through our ecommerce site online. Thats something i have seen substantial improvement on. I think were still far from where we want to be as a community. Jim peters, thanks for your time this morning. George, now to the growing concern about kids and covid19. New york state issuing an urgent warning about a mysterious condition that could be linked to the coronavirus, at least 64 children have now been infected with the rare inflammatory syndrome in new york and abcs chief medical correspondent dr. Jennifer ashton joins us now with more. Dr. Jen, weve been hearing that children are not as affected by covid19 as adults. But now with these 64 children in new york state, what do we know actually about coronavirus and children . Well, amy, from the reports in the peer review medical literature, it appears that the Pediatric Age Group represents a really small percentage of documented and confirmed cases, meaning less than 3 . Now, again, were not exactly sure how many people have truly been infected. So that number may be a little elusive. But for some reason that we dont totally understand, this age group, children under the age of 18, 20 years old, really spared from major symptoms of covid19. We dont think that means theyre not getting infected, but for some reason the vast majority are just not presenting with clinical illness. So, dr. Jen, what should parents be on the lookout for with coronavirus and this Mysterious Illness . Well, again, the first step in medicine, amy, is making an observation and we were tipped off to this from pediatricians in europe about one to two weeks ago. Now were starting to see some cases here in the u. S. It is important to remember that an increased risk of a rare event is still a rare event, but there are some signs and symptoms that have been associated with it. If you take a look at this list, doctors and parents are reporting that these children can have high fever. They can have rash. They can have eye infection or pink eye. Changes, swollen lymph nodes and in some cases swelling of their hands and feet. Again, this is a vague and mysterious syndrome right now that is being followed closely because some of these children are becoming critically ill. What about treatment for this new illness . Well, right now the treatment of these children who wind up going to the icu is just supportive. Again, doctors treating the symptoms because we dont know the cause yet. All right, dr. Jen ashton, we appreciate it. Dr. Ashton will be back in our next hour with much more and the new study showing how a Cancer Treatment could help protect men from coronavirus. Amy, wturn now to how the virus has seriously impacted the countrys food supplies. And the workers at those Processing Plants. Nearly 5,000 employees testing positive for covid19 and more than 100 plant shutdowns. Marcus moore is outside a Processing Plant in nebraska where theres been a recent spike in cases. Good morning, marcus. Reporter well, michael, good morning. This area has seen one of the highest rates of infection of covid19 per capita in the country and many of those cases are linked to facilities like this one here in grand island where they have made changes to protect workers and the nations food supply. This morning, troubling new developments in the covid19 outbreak directly affecting the food supply chain. Cases rising in nebraska where agriculture and manufacturing are Top Industries full of essential workers. One of the hardest hit areas, the city of grand island where the beef and pork processing giant, jbs, is the largest employer. The mayor said they tried to take proper precautions but many residents cannot work remotely. If people can work from home, thats great. But a lot of agricultural jobs, you have to be there to do them. Its not something, for instance, that you can pick up a laptop and go home and raise crops, raise cattle or process food. Reporter an outbreak linked to jbs leading to more than 200 cases of covid19. These people work in very cl possible to do a lot of social distancing. Reporter those workers just some of the nearly 5,000 testing positive for coronavirus around the country. Causing more than 100 plants to close in at least 19 states and wreaking havoc on the meat supply. This week its a little more of a challenge than it was last week, but we seem to always come up with a little bit of meat to sell. Reporter from butchers to National Supermarkets supplies now limited and prices rising. Fast struggo findreee their ceo saying in an Earnings Call wednesday that the shortage will last a few more weeks. But some encouraging signs this morning. Tyson reopening their largest plant in waterloo, iowa, with new precautions in place. With the situation going on, its very important to spread the folks out, have that social distancing and tyson went above and beyond. Reporter and hard hit smithfield where more than 800 workers in one facility in south dakota tested positive now reopening with new safety features including barriers between stations. All of this as the need for food spikes across the u. S. New Research Showing 9 million children are going hungry as families run out of food and money. Here in nebraska, the National Guard has been working to increase the Testing Capacity to identify the new cases and also trace the existing ones, amy, as they work to protect the nations food supply. Marcus moore, thank you for that report. We appreciate it. Even though baseball season has been delayed due to the pandemic, the Boston Red Sox are still showing their support on the field. Take a look at this touching tribute at an empty fenway park to celebrate National Nurses day complete with a socially distant spin on the red sox logo. Workers, pretty impressive, keeping the field in pristine condition and, yes, you see, giving our Health Care Heroes a well deserved shoutout. I love that. Separating the sox. I like that as well. We are following a lot of other headlines this morning, including the ceo of mcdonalds exclusively joining us live. How the fast food chain is dealing with meat shortages. What theyre doing to keep workers and customers safe. Then speaking out this morning, the family of that 25yearold unarmed black man fatally shot by two white men, those men still not arrested. Our exclusive interview with Ahmaud Arberys mother demanding justice for her son. But first lets head over to ginger with the latest on that wildfire emergency. Reporter right in the panhandle of florida, amy. There is more than 2,000 acres burning right now. This is in santa rosa county, florida. Evacuations are in place. People are out of their homes, at least until noon today. This is called the fivemile swamp fire that started three days ago. Theyve been fighting it. Now 20 contained but yesterday the humidity was as low as 18 and the winds gusted to nearly 40 miles per hour. So theyre going to try to get that together. It will be a little better as far as weather conditions. Heres where the gusty and dry conditions are headed, to a place that are in deficits for rainfall. So if you are in ft. Myers or in miami, ft. Lauderdale, up to Daytona Beach youre all included in this red flag warning. So watch and dont burn at all. Thats what theyre warning for there. There is a new storm we have to tell you about. This will cause Severe Weather in texas which ill tell you about later. Most importantly this arctic blast, serious frigid air going to settle in, snow interiors. So this weekend, mothers day weekend, could be one of the coldest, certainly will see dozens of record lows but one of the coldest may temperatures from pittsburgh back to detroit. Lets get to the spring cities sponsored by zyrtec. Good morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Your accuweather highlights. Warm, hot temperatures today and tomorrow. Moderate risk of heat illness. We will stay in 60s and 70s. Saturday more manageable weather. 70s at the coast, San Francisco into richmond. 80s around the bay. 90s inland. Our 50s for tonight. My seven you guys, stay right there. Well be right back. Now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Good morning. Im reggie aqui. Governor newsom is expected to announce guidelines for beginning phase two in reopening the state. Of the nine counties in our region, only napa and solana will begin. Most will not take part. The numbers are going up. The number of deaths are still going up. We have not lowered the curve. So we have to be mindful of that. We have to be responsible when we look at ways to bring various industries back. The governor says he will have we will have a long road to a full reopening and a full recovery. He is expected to speak at noon once again today. Oakland opened a free covid19 testing site. This is a walkup site. It opened yesterday in the parking lot of Roots Community health care. That is available monday, wednesday and friday from 10 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. Its going to get hot in some now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. Waking up to 45 in napa and 67 in brentwood. Most of us are hanging out in the 50s. Thats going to be the key. It gets hot the next couple of afternoons. Its going to cool off nicely, up in the hills 60s and 70s. Ten to 20 degrees warmer than average but not close to record highs today. A little hotter inland tomorrow. Look at the rain next week. Coming up, the ceo of mcdonalds. He will talk about the shortage of meat and what the chain is doing to keep its workers and employees the coronavirus continues to affect us all, and we are here, actively supporting you and your community. Every day, were providing trusted information from top health experts. Sharing tools to help protect families from fraud. And creating resources to support family caregivers everywhere. As always, you can count on aarp to advocate for you and your family. Join us and stay connected at aarp. Org coronavirus for you and your family. Only wendys 2 for 5 has all the chicken you crave. You can choose from the spicy or homestyle chicken sandwich. Crispy or spicy 10piece nuggets. But lets be real, youre gonna get those 20 spicy nuggs for 5 bucks. Only at wendys. Suddenly home is office, school, gym and concert hall. And cvs is helping, with free prescription delivery and free telehealth from aetna. To help you stay in and well. Home is where the heart is with cvs health. I believe, i believe let me tell you what i believe i believe we face everything welcome back to gma. That is the official video for pitbulls hit anthem i believe that we will win featuring Health Care Heroes from across the country. Well have much more on that exclusive premiere, and how pitbull is giving back in our next hour. I love how he put the Health Care Workers in the video. Beautiful. Beautiful. Way to do it, pitbull. We begin with more on growing concerns over our nations food supply with meatpacking plants shut down all over the country as workers fall ill and major fast food chains facing never before seen challenges. Joining us from chicago is chris kempczinski, the ceo of mcdonalds which serves 65 Million People a day worldwide prepandemic. Chris, thank you so much for joining us. I want to start out by asking about those two employees yesterday who were shot yesterday at a mcdonalds in Oklahoma City by customers who were upset that the social distancing rules were in effect. So how are those employees doing and does this give you any pause in keeping your stores open . Well, good morning, michael. Thanks for having me on. The good news, i can report, is that the two employees who were involved in that incident are okay and theyre going to have a full recovery. Obviously its a heinous crime, particularly because these two people were trying to really support Public Health. I think, you know, what youre seeing in this situation is really what youre seeing in a variety of situations across the country, which is this tension about opening and peoples concern about it. But theres absolutely no excuse for violence, particularly gun violence. So im just happy that our people are going to be okay. I agree with you. We wish them a full recovery. A lot has been made about the meat supply shortage. You know, wendys there were reports that some wendys locations have run out of burgers. Do you anticipate mcdonalds having a similar issue . Weve got an Amazing Group of suppliers and amazing supply chain team. For us, really whats been incredible is just through this entire pandemic, we havent had a supply chain break anywhere in all 40,000 restaurants around the globe. That said in the u. S. And north america, you know, were watching very closely this meat supply issue. Its particularly an issue with beef. Right now we feel good about our situation, but it really is a daytoday status and were monitoring it, but, again, we feel pretty good about where were at right now. Virtually all of your restaurants in the u. S. Have remained open throughout this crisis so what are you doing to protect your workers and also your customers . Yep, so for us, keeping the crew, keeping customers safe is really the most important thing. Without that, nothing else really matters to be quite honest. And so in the case of our crew, were doing a variety of things. Weve put in place over 50 new procedures into our restaurants in the u. S. And its everything from social distancing, how we sanitize the restaurant, protective barriers, gloves, masks, weve brought in in the u. S. Alone 100 Million Masks for our crew. So a variety of things that were doing there. In the case of the customers, you know, most of our business now is happening through the drivethrough which kind of has a natural builtin social distancing element to it and i think for us, you know, mcdonalds has always been about hygiene. Its been about safety. Its sort of what were built on. So weve got 65 years of experience on this. Certainly weve never had a test like this one, but its just been great to see how were sharing learnings and best practices across the globe because were all going through this for the first time. When this is all over were sure that fast food restaurants will look very different. Your restaurant in the netherlands have made some changes. What did they do there, and what are some of the other changes that we can see . Yeah, so what youre seeing in the netherlands and elsewhere is all of us trying to anticipate in all of our restaurants, trying to anticipate, you know, how do we ensure the customer safety, ensure the crew safety once things get back to kind of being fully open . And so part of what we were experimenting with in the netherlands, you know, is do we limit the number of people that can be in the dining room . Do we create separation between tables in the dining room . If somebody is coming and having their food delivered to them in the restaurant, you know, do we have a cart that maybe they take the food off of so theres no kind of, you know, human contact . So a variety of different things. I think the thing youre seeing in the netherlands and in restaurants around the globe, is mcdonalds really is good at innovating, and this is an innovation problem as much as a Public Health problem. So were going to find solutions to this to ensure that we can both serve our customers, but also make sure were doing it safely. Absolutely. And mcdonalds is saying thank you to frontline workers by distributing free meals to them and that Program Ended yesterday. So what else are you guys doing to support our First Responders . We had an incredible response to our thank you meal program. We ended up giving over two weeks the two weeks that the program ran we ended up giving away 10 million free meals to First Responders. Now, that will continue on a local basis in some restaurants. That will really be up to our local franchisees whether to continue it. But i think a big thing that i hear from First Responders and i get emails, you know, almost every day is about us being open and when youre a frontline worker, when youre an essential worker, youre out there just to be able to come into our restaurant, go through the drivethrough, be able to get a meal on your way to or from work, i mean thats been a huge help to First Responders, and were going to continue to find ways like the thank you meal program to just step up and do a little extra thanks as well. Gives everybody a little normalcy. Chris, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for what you and mcdonalds are doing for the First Responders out there. Amy . That mcdonalds drivethrough, big source of joy in my house. Anything but moms cooking. All right. Coming up next we have our exclusive interview with Ahmaud Arberys mother. The 25yearold unarmed black man gunned down in the street by two white men still not arrested. The community and his family demanding answers. 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The community demanding answers and amy will speak with the mother of the young man who was killed after Steve Osunsami brings us the latest. Reporter the outrage over a shooting in south georgia is pouring into the streets. [ crowd chanting ] justice this morning for 25yearold Ahmaud Arbery, a young black man from brunswick, georgia, whose family says he was out for a jog when he ran up on these two men and was shot to death by one of them. Neither has been charged or arrested. When the crime happened that day, they chose to believe the killers, and didnt do any kind of thorough investigation. They took the word of the killers as the gospel. Reporter this cell phone video of arberys violent death in february has been shared around the world. Authorities say the two men, a father and son, are gregory and travis mcmichael. Gregory mcmichael used to work in county law enforcement. According to a police report, they believed arbery was responsible for several breakins in the neighborhood. Im out here at satilla shores. Theres a black male running down the street. Reporter arberys father says it feels like his son was killed because hes black. This got to stop somewhere. This got to stop somewhere with our kids. Reporter the sheriff in the county where the killing happened is asking families for patience. If i were the parents of the young man, i totally would be just like his parents. Id be wanting answers. The Justice System moves slow, but it gets the job done. Reporter the world is watching. On twitter both everyday people and famous faces from lebron james, are you kidding me, and Anthony Anderson on instagram saying, let us not allow distractions to keep us from paying attention. Its important to explain that the father in the video with the gun, who is not in jail this morning, is a former investigator for county prosecutors and a former police officer. Because of this two prosecutors have had to remove themselves from this investigation and this is a reason why some feel there is no justice to be had in this case. Amy . Steve osunsami, thank you. Were joined now by Ahmaud Arberys mother, Wanda Cooperjones along with her attorney lee merritt. Thank you both for being with us. Wan wanda, our hearts and our prayers are going out to you and your family. How are you holding up . Im managing. Its really hard. Theres nothing i can say. Its really been hard. Thats so beyond understandable. The video is so disturbing. As a mother, i cannot imagine knowing that that was out there. Have you been able to bring yourself to watch it . No, i havent. I dont think ill ever be in a mental state where i can actually watch the video. I had others that watched it, shared what they saw and that just was enough. I want to bring lee into this because no arrests have been made. Thats certainly something we have been covering. Youre calling for arrests immediately. But prosecutors have said that they first have to convene a grand jury, and because of covid19, they say that cannot happen until june. Whats your response to that . Prosecutors will need a grand jury in order to formally indict these men, but that has nothing to do with actually going out and arresting the men seen on the camera murdering a 25yearold unarmed black man. The prosecutors actually have the option, if they so chose to, to directly indict and skip the entire grand jury process. Its something that happens all the time in our legal system and this would certainly be an appropriate moment as well. The District Attorney who eventually recused himself from the case outlines why he says no arrests were made in the case so far. He argues that under georgia law, the shooters were acting legally. What do you say to that, lee . I think that mr. Barnhill, which is the District Attorney who penned that letter, ought to be brought up before ethics charges before the Georgia State bar. I say that because he failed to disclose the fact that his family had close ties to the suspects in this case. He put together an opinion about whether or not this was legal knowing that he was biased by that opinion. Knowing that by putting that opinion out there he would taint the prosecutorial pool, that he would taint any potential jury pools, and that his words would matter. It matters that his words dont, in fact, line up with the law in any important respect. Wanda, why do you think whats your theory why no arrests have been made so far given that this video has been out there, and people have seen what actually happened on that georgia street . I think that no arrests have been made because basically they because of the title that he carried of the retired police officer. I think that they dont feel like he was wrong because he was one of them. And, wanda, i know that its important to you and its important to know more about the story, to know about your son, who he was, what kind of man he was. And i know his birthday is this friday, may 8th. He would be 26 years old. Tell us about ahmaud. Ahmaud was ahmaud carried the most humblest spirit. Ahmaud was kind. Ahmaud was he was well mannered. Ahmaud, most of all, was loved by his family and peers. I mean, ahmaud didnt deserve to go the way that he went. Our thoughts are with you and your family. Wanda cooperjones, lee merritt, thank you both for your time today. We certainly appreciate it. Wishing you the best. Thank you. It is just so heartbreaking. Yeah. Well be right back. Tank was overweight and had no deaenergy. Pet, until freshpet. Put the puppy back in my dog. Little things. Can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. 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Coming up, how to pre pre pre good morning, america. Its 8 trp w sa hes keeping the Coronavirus Task force. I had no idea how popular the task force is. As 39 states roll back restrictions even as infection rates are still rising across much of the country. The new questions about testing. A Top Executive from rite aid tells us how the drugstore is ramping up. Big questions about the food supply and the nationwide meat shortage. What the ceo of mcdonalds told gma this morning. Two big health headlines. More on kids, covid and that dangerous condition that could be linked to the virus. The urgent warning out now from new yorks governor oz kids are sick and the new study showing a prostate Cancer Treatment that could help pretext men from coronavirus. Dr. Ashton is here with the latest. Your marriage and money. How to make ends meet in the pandemic economy. Managing your finances and your stress. Expert advice on spending, saving andafloat. Good morning, sunshine meet sam, the 17yearold survivor who used his wish from makeawish to thank the nurse and medical team who helped him through treatment. How hes helping them get through the pandemic. Its a great good morning, sunshine, as we say good morning, america. Come true with you good morning, america. Glad youre with us on this thursday morning and we are looking forward to see what our friend chef Michael Symon is cooking up already busy in the kitchen. Thats right. He is taking on our ultimate muffin week. Michael, you have been missing out on this. So now you get to join in now and see what Michael Symons new twist is. Well have some amazing Small Business deals steals as well. Great products with savings that will put a spring in your step so a lot to get to, george. We sure do, they have been helping out so many Small Businesses all across the country. First, we want to get the latest developments on this coronavirus emergency. The number of cases in the u. S. Has now passed 1. 2 million. At least 39 states are easing reinstructior restrictions right now. States trying to get back to business with all eyes on those new unemployment numbers due out this morning. Want to go back to eva pilgrim tracking the latest outside a hospital in brooklyn, good morning, eva. Reporter more than Million People applied for unemployment. Now more than 33 Million People are out of work. They all now worry what they will go back to. This morning, with thousands of more deaths and Covid Infection rates rising in several states, the president reversing course just 24 hours after saying he was going to wind down the covid task force. We will be leaving the task force indefinitely but i had no idea how popular the task force is. Until actually yesterday when i started talking about winding it down. Reporter now as 39 states are easing restrictions, striking numbers out of florida. The state Health Department announcing that the last week and a half has accounted for 29 of covid deaths in the state since the pandemic began with 453 deaths in the last nine days and in texas, which is preparing to add businesses like hair salons to the open list tomorrow, more than a thousand new cases reported wednesday. Earlier this morning george spoke with jim peters, the coo of rite aid about the companys push to increase testing. I know rite aid will announce youre tripling Testing Capacity starting next monday so how is it going to work exactly, and how many sites will have . Were tripling. By monday we expect to have capacity to be able to deliver up to 10,000 tests per day, which is a substantial increase from where were at today. Today we have 25 sites and we will expand to about 71 sites by monday, so we think this is just the next iteration of testing. Reporter while numbers are trending down in cities like new york, we are seeing hot spots in rural communities, places where many people cant work from home. Amy . Eva pilgrim, thank you. We turn to how the virus is seriously impacting the countrys food supply and the workers at those Processing Plants, marcus moore has the latest on that. Reporter this morning, troubling new developments in the covid19 outbreak directly affected the food supply chain. Cases rising in nebraska where agriculture and manufacturing are Top Industries full of essential workers. Those workers just some of the nearly 5,000 testing positive for coronavirus around the country causing more than 100 plants to close in at least 19 states and wreaking havoc on the meat supply. From butchers to national supermarket, supplies now limited and prices rising. Fast food chain wendys struggling to find fresh beef. Their ceo saying this an Earnings Call the shortage will last a few more weeks. Michael spoke to the ceo of mcdonalds earlier about how supply issues might affect the food supply chain. Were watching closely this meat supply issue. Its particularly an issue with beef. Right now we feel good about our situation but it really is a daytoday status and were monitoring it, but again, we feel pretty good about where were at right now. Reporter and the people who run the facilities like this one here in grand island, nebraska, have made a number of changes including social distancing rules to protect the essential workers as they supply this nation with food. Michael . Thank you so much, marcus. Now to our gma cover story. The latest developments in the battle against the coronavirus. From that warning about kids and covid19, to a Cancer Treatment that could make a difference, abcs chief medical correspondent dr. Jennifer ashton is back with more, and doc, 64 children have could be suffering from a rare condition related to covid19. Its been an urgent warning but what do parents what do you know about this and what are the symptoms the parents should look out for . Well, michael, according to reports by the countrys top pediatricians, more questions than answers at this point. This looks like a general inflammatory response that is similar in terms of signs and symptoms to something called kawasaki disease which typically occurs in younger children being seen in older children and teens. It is very important because they can present similarly to actually test these kids for covid19, but signs and symptoms, again, very similar to kawasaki disease. Fever, rash, eye irritation, some swelling of the lymph nodes, swelling of the hands and feet and in some cases these children have low Blood Pressure and a shocklike picture. Scared to even think about that. Theres also new study showing a prostate Cancer Treatment that may have a huge impact on the Coronavirus Infection rates. What do we know about that . Yeah. Very interesting. This was just reported in the annals of oncology based on association at this point. No cause and effect but weve seen that men have higher death rate of covid19 compared to women. We dont know why. One observation and association seems to be this receptor thats present in about 50 of cases of Prostate Cancer that helps the virus enter cells. So in men with Prostate Cancer that are having treatment, it blocks that entry. Theyre seeing less covid disease and less severe covid disease. So right now, still in the observation stage. Always thank you for the news you give us every single morning. Thank you so much. Amy. Weve got good news for supreme t stice ruth b ginsburg. The justice was discharged from the hospital after just one day after receiving treatment for a gallbladder infection. The 87yearold cancer survivor, i love this, still participated during the courts arguments by telephone even while she was in the hospital. Cant hold her back. 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Oh, he certain ly does, and michael will be back tomorrow because hes cooking up a mothers day surprise for three special moms, and we have a special mom to both humans and animals. Lara spencer. My husband now calls me dr. Doolittle. Ill accept that. Good morning, you guys. Good to see you, michael. Welcome back. Lots going on in pop news, so lets get right to it. We have an exclusive from our friend pitbull. You remember mr. 305 was on gma just a few weeks ago talking about the song that he wrote to thank First Responders in the pandemic called i believe that we will win. Well, he also invited fans to send in videos of themselves singing and dancing to the song to make a very personal video, and guys, its done. Pitbull has given gma the first look. Here is the World Premiere of i believe that we will win. I believe that we will win i believe that we will win i believe that we will win i believe that we will win i believe that we will win i believe that we will win its not how you fall its how you get back up and what dont kill us make us stronger boy take a swing at us you better hit hard cause when we swing back its like oh god its time to fight hard you might have spotted the Health Care Workers from Southern Ocean Medical Center in the video. We had them on gma talking about what it meant to be included in pitbulls is so great putting his money where his mouth is donating a portion of all proceeds from the song and video to charities including feeding america. And also this morning, with mothers day just around the corner this coming sunday, we have a fun tradition to share from our friend jimmy kimmel. It is final for his annual mom texts celebrity edition. Hes giving us a peek at a couple of them. First heres oscar winner Renee Zellweger and mad January Jones sharing their. We got our shingles vaccine this morning. Sweet dreams, my love. Love you so very much. I love you so very much too, mom. Were you ever contacted to be in the south dakota antimeth campaign . Their slogan is controversial. Just curious. No, i wasnt. Sadly. I think we can all relate. Moms say the darnedest things and you can catch more on Jimmy Kimmel Live from his home 11 35 eastern right here on abc. And you guys know how much i love my rescue, riva, but shes not the only dog we celebrate here on good morning america. We want you to meet barly and bd buddy. Known as the brew dogs and deliver beer and big smiles. Theyre fixtures at the Six Harbors Brewing Company in huntington. Since the pandemic closed their bar they have a new role in the family business, now delivery dogs. Look at them. They go with their humans to drop off orders for beer and leave customers thirsty for more of that cuteness. To be clear, those cans are empty. Theyre just around their neck to look like buddy and barley are really delivering them. There you see them swinging and people are just so happy to get those deliveries, quenching our thirst for big smiles. Thank you for sharing that to that brewery on long island. Were glad youre doing okay and i just wanted to say, riva, i have an idea for you. Well, we noticed that bought bottle is empty too. I wonder where the contents went, lara. Well, i just wanted its lighter. Its lighter, so its really a Community Service for riva. Riva is at it again. Bye, you guy. Great job, la. Morning all eyes on the those new unemployment numbers due out later today. Millions of americans facing tough choices on how to make ends meet. Se ney smart starting with a california couple feeling the strain so we got them some expert advice. Rebecca jarvis has their story. Reporter this morning, the diaz family of chatworth, california, is struggling to make Smart Financial decisions. Mandy, a former teacher now at home with two young children. Being home with kids 24 7 is a blessing and also a super challenge. Reporter her husband james previously busy with his own Video Company covering live events. Then the pandemic hit. The worry is how do i feed my family and get back to work if i cant get back to work . One day his business was thriving and the next it was at zero. Reporter james is selfemployed so he isnt eligible for unemployment. He says hes applied for a Small Business loan, but hasnt heard back. Thankfully we did have some money in savings, but that only goes so far. Reporter the family under stress to move elsewhere to save on living expenses. It really just sets our minds running and we wake up in the middle of the night. I feel like sometimes we are living the worst case scenario. Reporter financial, expert rachel cruze says dont make decisions out of fear. When you make digs on fear alone, youre adding in the emotion and make some really bad decisions. So what you have to focus on is facts. Reporter she advises communication with each other is key. Give each other grace that you guys are in this together as a team. Reporter she told the diaz family, combine all checking accounts so everyone knows where the money is going. Theyve done a good job cutting down on unnecessary subscriptions and services, and rachel suggests thinking longterm for major decisions. One of the things weve looked at is moving about four hours away to a much cheaper area where we have family in the area. If theres any way you can find maybe even a smaller apartment in the area, something where rent is a little cheaper and affordable you could definitely go that route or if you do want to say, hey, well uproot our family and say whats best for our budget . Whats best for our family long term. Reporter cruze says now is the time to get a temporary job in areas like grocery delivery or virtual tutoring. Hopefully you can go back to the job you had or something similar after the pandemic is over. Reporter as for sleepless nights. You can get through this and on the other side youll look back and say, wow, we are so much stronger as a team. If we can get through a pandemic and job loss together, we can do so, so much. Rebecca is joining us this morning. Good morning, rebecca. We see the diaz family. Theyre going through what a lot of americans are going through right now, looking for advice on what to do about their finances, and the big question is, should someone take money out of their 401 k . Reporter yeah, good morning, michael. These are excruciatingly difficult decisions to be made but dipping into your 401 k early is your absolute last resort. And let me explain why. The c. A. R. E. S. Act now allows people to do this before theyre 59 1 2 without paying the 10 penalty, but you still have to pay taxes on whatever you withdraw, and the important thing to remember here is when you make a withdrawal from that 401 k , you have to pay taxes on the amount so youre still going to owe money on what you take out. In addition to that, because the market has sold off, you would be selling on the lows, youre not going to make any kind of upside as a result of withdrawing that money. And the most important key here is that youre stealing from your future. Think about it like this, if you take 10,000 out of your 401 k today, you are taking out what could become about 60,000 if you let it ride out this storm and let it go for the course of 30 years. Now, the other thing you can think about, if you are struggling right now is obviously renegotiating those bills with banks, a number of them are willing to do forbearance at this time and then finally, michael, this is an emergency, and if you have emergency savings, now is the time to think about tapping into that. Michael . Thank you so much, rebecca. Its a big loss digging into your 401 k at this time right now. Thank you so much. Well go to ginger. Hey, ginger. Michael, i hope youre ready for a smile because i dont know about you but i have never met a singing donkey. Listen. I feel like is that an audition for pet of the week . That is milo, the donkey who is 9 years old living in michigan. Melissa, we are so grateful you sent us that. Finley is the young woman playing the harmonica. The dog is george and the dog is obviously wanting to harmonize. So it just gave us a smile. Hope it did for you too. Please go to my fac good morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Your accuweather highlights. Warm, hot temperatures today and tomorrow. Moderate risk of heat illness. We will stay in 60s and 70s. Saturday more manageable weather. 70s at the coast, San Francisco into richmond. 80s around the bay. 90s inland. Our 50s for tonight. My sevenenenenenenenenenenenenen Something Big i feel it happening now to our Small Business deals steals. You, the gma viewers, are stepping up to keep them all afloat and this week we have featured out the dough, a cookie dough business based in california. Now just listen to how your purchases made such a big difference. Hi, gma viewers. Because of your support i went from four hours per week back to full time. Im thrilled to be back working with my awesome team. Thank you. And mo Small Businesses ar across the country need a boost as well, tory johnson joining us with deals perfect for springtime. Perfect for spring. Six Small Businesses, lets start with michel design works in new york that draws its inspiration from the beauty of nature. So all of their products youll see are inspired by beautiful things that we would see outside. We have accent trays, bowls, aprons, gloves, mitts, a big assortment plus really beautiful fragrant hand lotions and foaming hand soap. Everything from this company is exquisite and its all 50 off which means the deal prices are 5 to 16. Le this is an adorable company in mississippi. They make personalized pillows. Get a one of a kind accent piece specifically for your home. So many options to choose from with personalization or without. Theyre all machine washable. Everyone loves a little customization at home and youll love it at this price because instead of 40 to 50 they are slashed more than half, 20 apiece for your choice of designs. Then we go to lollia. This is a phenomenal company that you guys know in denver, colorado, beloved by oprah but also beloved by gma viewers. So many beautiful things in giving you the opportunity to bring a spa home. One of my favorite collections that were futuring today is called always in rose. It is magnificent. So whether you choose bubble bath, body lotions, their body oils which happen to be phenomenal, you will have a winner and everything is also slashed in half so these prices start at 4. Now well go to okab. Shoes designed by women in buford, georgia, all of them have their signature contoured footbed so not only cute and stylish but happen to be comfortable. Weve got a variety of fashionable styles all with different types of floral accents, so florals are very in in fashion and the price is just right. Ngfavorite. off and so they aro its a Small Business that is based in baltimore, and they have a brandnew collection that they are debuting right here. Typically they would be debuting this in their big Retail Partners but instead because theyre closed they are working directly with us and it is a birth flower collection. So you can choose flower pendants that correspond with your birth month or the birth month of somebody you love that you want to celebrate. We have also necklaces, earrings and rings. All straight from the runway, but not at runway prices. All of these are slashed up to 78 , and so the prices from sterling forever are 10 to 30. Then, finally, a Sweet Company making its gma deals debut called jilzarah. A Great Company that makes key chains. The beads are all hand made by a polymer clay and exquisite little designs, details so you jup it on your w hand good to go and you have not only a beautiful bracelet but you have your keys right there with you. These are normally 24. Today they are slashed in half so they are 12, and just remember all of these are Small Businesses. Their Retail Partners are closed so they are working with us to bring you great deals. So good savings for you, jobs for them. Thats amazing. We love that partnership. We have partnered with these companies on these great deals. You can get them on our website, coming up, you ready for some muffins . Im ready. Michael symon will join us live. Stay with us. Now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Good morning. Im kumasi aaron. Some california beauty salons and barber shops plan to sue the governor so they can open up. They say they are Small Businesses that hire contractors. So they are not eligible for the paycheck protection program. The governor said late last month it could be months before places like hair salons can open back up. Meteorologist mike now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. Temperatures just jumped ten degrees in the last hour. That give u. S an indication how warm we will get. Temperatures, 50s and 60s. Some 70s in the east bay. Everything is good for your commute until this afternoon and evening when you have to beat the heat. Hopefully, air conditioning is working in whatever mode of transportation you are using. Hotter tomorrow inland. A little relief at the coast. That spreads through the rest of our neighborhoods by moms day. The chances of wet weather looking better monday and tuesday. Kumasi . Thanks. Another abc7 news update in 30 minutes. Find us on our app and abc7news. C abc7news. Com. The news continues right now with good morning america. Dont show up welcome back to gma. It is day three of ultimate muffin week here. Its a big week here at gma and our quarantesters are back and they have been testing these treats and sharing their baking questions with us. Joining us to answer those questions is gma resident chef Michael Symon with his ham and cheese muffins. Lets see how he made them. Lets take a look. Hey, everybody, today we are making ham and cheese frittata muffins. Well brush them with a little fat and then in the base of them im going to put a mixture of chopped ham and onion. Im just going to put this in the oven as i whisk up my eggs and its going to allow the ham to get a little crispy. Reporter after the prepping is done, we move onto our egg mixture. We have a cup of cream. Into that im going to crack eight whole eggs. Then well whisk this together and the thing that i love about this is the really easy to make recipe. Reporter add salt and pepper and you can throw in any other spices you like. You can put hot sauce in here if you like hot sauce. Reporter fill the muffin pan, topping it off with cheddar. This goes back into our 350degree oven. Reporter 30 minutes later, voila. Little egg frittata muffins. Nice and fluffy in the center. Crunchy on the top. Really hot but really good. All right, hes already made us hungry. Michael symon joins us now. As they say, michael, bakers gonna bake, baby. So this could be supporting my quarterback or it could talk about my baking skills. Baker mayfield. I did like your voiceover chef boyardee. Im trying to channel you. Our first quarantester. A question from jeff. How do you prevent the ham and scallions from all resting at the bottom . Good question. Well, jeff that, naturally kind of just happens with any frittata so this is based on a frittata in a muffin but if to make it happen less when you put them in the tin you could just stir it a little with a fork and kind of bring everything up and go right in the oven with them should help a little. We have our next quarantesters. This is from abby and sadie. Take a look. Hi, michael. We have a question for you. What is the best way to get the muffins out of the pan . As you can see, theyre stuck to the pan, and some broke apart while we were trying to put them on plates. All right, first of all you guys are adoral and i love you are making the fritata muffins. To help make sure the tin is oiled very well before you put the egg mixture in and then if you let them cool for a minute, these came out of the oven about a minute ago, and theyll just naturally pop right out. So give yourself a second after they come out. Let them cool a touch, and then you can take them right out. As always you make it look easy. We have time for one more. Heres one from patricia. The ham and cheese frittata muffins were awesome. They are a little heavy between the butter and the heavy cream and all the eggs, so my question is is there a healthier alternative we could use and is there possibly a way that we could use egg whites instead . Well, patricia, i mean you may not know from my girlish figure, but in i, you know, in quarantine, i like a little bit of fat. I would leave the whole eggs in. You could go with milk, but also you could add a bunch of veggies to the mixture as opposed to the ham. Thats the beauty about the frittatas, whatever have you in your fridge you could put in the mixture so you could put veggies. You could do with egg whites. Theyll work but they wont be quite as delicious. Michael, thank you. These are popular muffins because the whole crew is waiting till this segment is over so they can raid the table and eat whats in front of us. We appreciate you answering the questions and you just are rubbing it in by putting that on top. You can see michaels recipe on our website, goodmorningamerica. Com. Yum, yum. Tune in tomorrow. Michael is cooking again. Hes going to cook up a mothers Day Breakfast in bed surprise for three special moms. Were told its our biggest one ever. Coming up, the rookie star, Nathan Fillion. Good good morning, good morning welcome back to gma and good morning, sunshine. We are shining a light on some amazing people that are making the world a brighter place. This morning, well meet one teenager using his makeawish moment to help Health Care Workers fight covid19. Steve osunsami has the story. Reporter hes the 17yearold cancer survivor who is now rallyingstate to help e pr helped him. Hi. How are you . Im good. Reporter this morning, hes saying good morning, sunshine. Reporter just over a year ago a skiing accident sent 17yearold sam neale to an albuquerque, new mexico hospital. When they did the xray, they realized something didnt look right about my bones, and thats when they realized that it was some type of cancer. Reporter the cancer had spread to his lungs and could have killed him. He says nurse Shawna Sanchez and the team at Presbyterian Hospital kept his spirits up during treatments. She made me feel welcome especially when it got hard and i was not feeling good. Reporter as a teen with cancer, he was granted a wish by his local makeawish chapter. Anything he wanted in the world and now that hes in remission, hes decided to use that wish to give back. Thank you. Rorter asking voluntrsto helpd with donated hand sanitizer, rubber gloves and these other protective items and not just for the Health Care Workers who helped him, but for others fighting the battle against covid19. These kits were designed to help nurses and doctors come back from work when they have germs on them so they dont spread it to their family. Reporter they gave more than 100 kits to area hospitals and one special delivery for nurse shawna. I dont know if you remember my name but sam. I remember your name. Well, for my makeawish i did these kits to help Health Care Workers. Youre the best. Can i high virtual hug. Thank you for all youve done for me and everyone else. Thank you. Youre amazing for actually giving away a great opportunity to go on a wonderful trip or do something fabulous and so thank you very much. Reporter to this selfless young man who beat cancer and is helping those who help, youre our good morning, sunshine. For good morning america, Steve Osunsami, abc news. Brings a tear to your eye. Im crying. Wow. Steve said selfless. So beautiful. Well done, sam. Lara, you have a story about someone else giving back. Pharrell has done his part to help his hometown. He is teaming up with celebrity Chef Jose Andres to distribute thousands of meals to local restaurants to people there, and oh, by the way, also helping the class of 2020. Cant nothing bring me down reporter this morning grammywinning artist Pharrell Williams is postponing the Community Centered Music Festival in the water on the yo. Es of virginia beach. Reporter the festivals goal was to unite the community and celebrate diversity with help from stars like jayz, Missy Elliott and smonoop dogg, but t star is finding a way to raise awareness and give back, partnering with jose andres, and his nonprofit world central kitchen. What we are trying to do is diversify the possibilities of people having access to food. Putting restaurants back to work, doing what they do best which is feeding people. Reporter working with local businesses impacted by the crisis they are distributing meals to thousands of people in 22 locations and counting with 100 of all donations going directly toward food and restaurant workers. And not only cook but like serve food with love and intention to like help us save ourselves. Reporter pharrell joining a starstudded lineup druing president barack obama and ncludi president barack obama and lebron james to honor the 3 million High Schoolers who wont get a traditional graduation this year. Graduation is super important and all these kids that really worked hard, they deserve that acknowledgement so were just trying to do it the best way we can. We all want to win. Were going to do it, man. Its going to be tough. But were going to do it. Oh, amazing, pharrell, thank you for all you do. Right now lets head to ginger. Thanks, lara, lets look at this because this is not just i thought that was fascinating. Brings us to our pollen report sponsored by zyrtec. Check out the numbers. Red which stanh ds for higgoes all the way from the Pacific Northwest that includes medford, eugene down through los angeles all the way through oklahoma into missouri and, yes, right up to new jersey and new york. So everybody suffering a bit. I know grass, tree, everything is up and this is the heart of it. Good morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Warm to hot everywhere this afternoon under a mostly sun skyey. Those cooling sea breezes, nonexistent. Againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn well now to the star and executive producer of the rookie, Nathan Fillion went oneonone with our will reeve to talk about everything from the hit show to quarantine life and his unlikely friendship with Pete Davidson. Will joins us with more on that. Good morning, will. Reporter amy, good morning. Nathan fillion is a veteran of the business. He says at this point hes just chasing the best stories and looking to work with interesting people and hes having a whole lot of fun on his hit show. Is there anything youd like to tell me about whats over your shoulder on the wall . Its actually an ancestor of mine, nathaniel fillion ii and hes a french guy. They credited him with inventing shelves in 1812. Reporter the man on the couch is Nathan Fillion, star of abcs hit cop comedy the rookie playing john nolan, the 45yearold new guy at the lapd. I thought you were a rookie. I am a rookie. John nolan. How is quarantine going for you . I was looking through your instagram and had you a nice trip to the store and the gym. This place is such a nothing like getting locked up in your house to have the creative juices flowing to keep yourself entertained. Wants us to increase our social Media Presence within the community. Were cops. Not influencers. Reporter it wraps its Second Season next week ending with a giant cliff hanger. Dont tell anyone else about this. If it gets out it will ruin armstrongs life. And your career. If im right . Then it will tear the department apart. What is your favorite part of going to your job every day . I absolutely love the rookie. We are having a loun say action. Action. I feel attacked. I get a charge out of excellent storytelling and this show im working on right now gives me a real charge. Fresh breath. Pepper spray. Reporter the show cementing a friendship between fillion and Pete Davidson of snl. Please state your name. Pete davidson. He came over to the rookie and did an episode and played my half brother. How many cops have you punched . Like today or like ever . Im kidding. What sort of advice might you have to people like Pete Davidson . Have a thick skin. It doesnt matter what other people think, number two, be kind to everyone on your way up. Theyre the same people you will meet on your way back down. Reporter you may have noticed his hair looking nice and tidy. The man told us hes given himself four haircuts during this stayathome time, but he wouldnt let us see the back of his head, so who knows whats going on there . If you want to see the series Season Finale of the rookie, that airs on sunday night, 10 00, 9 00 central on abc. Part two of that finale. Should be a good time. All right, cant wait for that. Will, thanks so much. Coming up next on gma, brandy joining us live and she has a very special performance for us with chance the rapper. Gmas pollen report is sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. Zyrtec, muddle no more. Zyrtec, so were working 24 7 toected maintain a reliable network, to meet your growing internet needs. Were helping customers who are experiencing Financial Difficulties stay connected. Were increasing internet speeds for low income families in our internet essentials program. And delivering selfinstall kits to your door. Nos comprometemos a mantenerte conectado. Were committed to keeping you connected. For more information on how you can stay connected, visit xfinity. Com prepare. Back now on gma, and our next winning singer, songwriter and eight years after her last album dropped she is back with new music. Thats very exciting. Shell perform her brandnew single. Youre hearing it now, baby mama featuring chance the rapper off her upcoming album but were happy to have brandy joining us from her home. Brandy, thanks for being with us. Hi. Mothers day, just three days away. We know youre a mother yourself and your song, baby mama, out. Very appropriately timed there. What is your message to all the mothers out there . I want to just encourage all mothers to stay strong, stay resilient and know that you are superheroes and were all depending on mothers to do everything that we need them to do and love us all so happy mothers day, everybody. We agree with everything you said 100 and so how are you going to celebrate mothers day . I think im going to just cook and just spend some time with my mom and my daughter and, you know, were all together quarantined so were looking forward to that day, you know so we can love on each other some more. How has quarantine life been treating you, brandy . Its definitely an adjustment but were dealing with it and staying safe and praying everybody is adjusting as well. This music will help us all adjust. We are going to reveal now the cover of your upcoming new album for the very first time, the album is called be 7. Were excited to hear some music now. Performing baby er dy fea chancehe pper yeah, yea yeah only kind of first real love my baby got them dreams she can tell just in a voice from above shes a pearl in the rough it takes a village to raise em we dont do it all by ourselves i know my smile can be upstaging on the stage i provide like a daddy and a mother, mother, i give my life put that on my life i put that on everything i be up in my comments and i stroll through popular opinion you cant do it quite like i can do it mhe all right, be all right baby mama, baby mama, i aint with that drama, not that baby mama aint depending on you or my baby mama, baby mama, baby mama, oh, oh the world looking at me single mama, this song aint just for me, its for every mama, yeah every day i pray, this for my little mama, im every woman and a baby mama only hit me when you need something pretending like you need somebody i guess you didnt see, oh, imagine me somebody chance the rapper youre not the only one that can take out the trash that can make the cash, hmm, ah that can make her laugh gotta face the facts on some baby with a little bit of baby phat, look, uh i know its hard when your baby mama dont want you especially if she dont need you especially if she used to feed you especially if you used to cheat too baby mama baby mama, baby mama, oh, oh i aint with the drama, not that baby mama aint depending on that baby mama i got my own baby mama im every woman and a baby mama, yeah, yeah, yeah gmas spring Concert Series is sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. Zyrtec, muddle no more. Makers of zyrtec. Zyrtec, muddle no more. [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong Public Schools make a better california for all of us. Strong Public Schools make a better california announcer tomorrow whats it take to give these three superhero moms the mothers day surprise of all surprises . Well, add Michael Symon and whisk it all together and get oh, wow. Announcer plus, Billy Eichner kicks off the singalong weekend tomorrow. Big thank to you brandy for big thank to you brandy for that great performance and want to thank you guys for watching . Thats right. Be sure to tune in to our special coverage, pandemic what you need to know. Have a great day. Thank you to the doctors, nurses, health care professionals. And First Responders. Thank you to everyone keeping our supermarkets, pharmacies and gas stations runing. Thank you te ntial workers for all that you do. Thank you. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For all you do. And with every challenge, question, concern, well be here for you every day. Every day. Every day. Because we will get through this together. Announcer monday on gma kick your week off just right with luke combs. Six feet apart announcer performing live from home. Just for you. Monday only on good morning americas spring Concert Series sponsored by zyrtec. As spring now your health, your safety, this is abc7 news. Good morning. Im kumasi aaron. A study from Vanderbilt University predicts bay area traffic will be worse than what it was before the pandemic when the shelter in place orders get lifted. Drivers should expect to add 42 minutes to their commute. The study says fewer people will take Public Transit when they go back to work. Here is mike with our forecast. Thats a hard no. Here is whats going on with our activity planner. Caution. Get outside now if you want to do Outdoor Activities before the sun gets too strong and the heat too oppressive. Find shade, drink fluids before you are thirsty today. 78 in San Francisco. To 94 in fairfield today. Even hotter inland tomorrow. Check out the chance of rain monday and tuesday. Have a good one. Thanks, mike. Its time for live with kelly and ryan. We will be back at 11 00. Join us then. In the meantime, check us out on our app announcer its live with kelly and ryan said i, super couple mila kunis and ashton kutcher. And of the good news story of the day. Plus actor, actress, and a host, Hilarie Burton morgan. And she has a plan for the 2020 graduating class. Pizza fun from your very own kitchen. All next on live and now, here are kelly ripa and ryancrt elly good morning there, ryan. It is may 7, 2020. The day still matter. Ryan you look great. You have changed your hair. U