For the better. Nightline will be right back. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight, a staggering milestone. The covid19 death toll in the u. S. Reaching more than 58,300. Surpassing the number of americans killed during the vietnam war. A conflict that lasted nearly two decades. But now the possible treatment and glimmer of hope. The fda encouraging pandemic survivors to donate massplasma help others. Reporter for the past weeks, david herman has undergone a new routine. Regular trips to this blood bank in san antonio, texas. Im going to get your temperature, and then you have persistent cough . Reporter last month he tested positive for covid19 but showed almost no symptoms. I was not hospitalized. Im lucky that i didnt get sick, and at the same time, im sad so many people are. Reporter so he decided to do something about it. I was watching the news. They were talking about this plasma work being done, and i came in on i believe april7th and gave my first donation. Reporter
From work last night to find this hanging on his door. This is another ad for mike bloomberg. Even his ads are too short to reach above the doorknob. Mike bloomberg has poured more than 500 million of his own money into this campaign. If he didnt have a good night tonight, he basically spent the cost of an avatar movie to find out nobody likes him. He did win he won American Samoa today, the election there. Biden won North Carolina and virginia. Bernie took vermont and expected is win california. Around twothirds of californians vote by mail. The other third now have coronavirus. I voted by mail. I have to say the ballot they ita messocratsn the ba tom steyer at the top even though he dropped out over the weekend. Deval patrick also out. Michael bennet out. Michael bloomberg, hell be out soon. Mosie boyd. I dont know who that is. Might not even be a real person. Then cory booker who dropped out at like christmas or something. Mayor pete dropped out, not in the race. I like seeing their
The scramble to find muchneeded medical equipment. Were talking live to an emergency te house plan extraordinary efforts to bolster the economy, put checks in the hands of tens of millions of americans as the treasury secretary warns unemployment get hit 20 without actions. Battling back. Were hearing so many stories from survivors of the coronavirus. The symptoms, the hidden clues and how they managed to get better, and our very own abc News Reporter who tested positive after reporting on the crisis joining us live from quarantine. And an allstar assist. The heartwarming movement of athletes showing their support in this difficult time. How russell wilson, his wife ciara, and rookie Zion Williamson are providing kindness during the crisis. We do say, good morning, america on this hump day. Many are doing whatever they can. How about zion . 19yearold nba rookie. He has pledged to pay the wages of arena workers there in new orleans. What an example he is setting. John legend having some
This morning, well break it all down the president s response, the economic fallout and the latest efforts to control the pandemic. Our guests, the nations top expert on infectious diseases, dr. Anthony fauci and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin. The pointman on the economic response. Plus, the powerhouse roundtable on the political fallout. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. Good morning and welcome to this week. We want to get right to the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic. There are now over 156,000 cases confirmed across the globe. And more than 5800 deaths. Spain is now in lockdown. France and israel are closing restaurants and other nonessential businesses. And here at home, the numbers continue to climb. Take a look at this map from last week, and now there are more than 2900 known cases in 49 states and washington, d. C. Thats every state except west virginia. At least 59 deaths have been reported. Our
Its also his dogs name coincidentally. The coronavirus this coronavirus is all i hear about from whoo . [ laughter ] people are selling off stocks and buying up toilet paper. And if you are buying up toilet paper, i have a question. Why are you buying up toilet paper . I think youve got the body upside down because people are canceling events. The south by southwest festival in austin was canceled over the weekend. Theres talk they may hold nba games with no fans in the crowd. Italy the country is closed. For real. You know, i try not to get too worked up about this sort of thing, but then, i saw this headline over the weekend. And for me, now this is serious. Costco is pulling their free samples. [ laughter ] trump needs to send mike pence to costco to figure this out right now. This is also scary news for costco shoppers. This was from the weekend too. O. J. Posted, coronavirus . Whos afraid . [ laughter ] i dont know. Are those two separate questions or one . Because whenever youre