Made, defying the orders. And a cooldown is headed our way, but whens it going to happen . The latest on our tripledigit heat as we continue to be stuck at home. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Im jessica aguirre. And im raj mathai. As counties reopen cases are climbing. Alameda county is now the hardesthit area. The most impacted cities here, oakland and hayward. Heres nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter the Alameda County Health Officer agrees with people who say continue wearing your mask and stay at home if you can. Now that restrictions are lifting she says its no surprise that the numbers are increasing. We talked to one man who knows about that firsthand. Somewhere down the line, i dont know when, i started contemplating suicide. Reporter thats how bad it was for johnny clark sr. , an oakland pastor at word assembly, who is recovering from covid19. He believes he got the virus in new orleans while celebrating his mothers 95th birthday. I didnt know it but i was ge
Quarantine pretendk too be ants. This Facebook Group is called group where we all pretend to be ants in a colony. Look at one of the posts here. Ants crawling on ice cream, one person says munch with me and then take some to the queen. You can see the comments say nom, slurp and lift to queen. Trevor okay. This is really interesting. To take their minds off of the stress of corona millions of facebook users are pretending to be ants. And you thought you were the only one in quarantine feeling a little antsy. Back to you, sandra. Look, man, i get it, i get it. Who wouldnt want to live the carefree life of an ant, right. You spend all your time carrying crumbs 5,000 times your body weight until the day some asshole kid steps on you because hes board, bored. Sounders like a dream. I know a lot of people are just having fun. But please remember when ever there is something fun on facebook there is a good clans it is created by the russians. Lets all pretend to be ants. We bring sugar to qu
48 hours. Now Central Florida in the bullseye for possible tornadoes and the new threat for hard hit oklahoma and texas. Deep cleaning dangers. The new warning about the mixes of household cleaners sending more people to poison control and the er. What can happen to the body if youre not careful with Hand Sanitizer. The caution for your kids this morning. Dreams coming true. Brandon aiyuk. The biggest stars and surprises of the 2020 nfl draft going virtual for the first time with tributes to fans on the front lines. And kicking it all off with a twist on this tradition. Oh strahan, come on, lets go. You guys can do better than that. And the last dance. America wants more Michael Jordan and the bulls. This morning, an exclusive clip. Congratulations. Lets go win the championship. Never before seen and first on gma. Gma. Good morning, america. Good morning, america. Happy friday, everybody. A lot of people excited to see more of the last dance and also the nfl draft was fun from home las
Have been tested. As the human toll continues to go up, Public Health officers are continuing to warn people, take the coronavirus seriously. And one of them has a very special insight. Marin countys doctor matt willis was sick with the coronavirus for three weeks. We have what his message is for everyone out there. Frank, we found matt willis at marin countys Emergency Operation center back at work fighting the virus that took him down hard. His days are a blur of meetings, calls and decisions, but doctor matt willis embraces all of it, after being knocked flat by covid19 last month. I realized i had really underestimated the power and unpredictability of this virus. Reporter he got sick a few days after appearing with other county health officers, declaring the first bay area wide shelter in place, unprecedented then and followed soon after by a stay order. So i am here on home quarantine as marin 39th confirmed case. Reporter at the time his illness seemed mild, cough and aches. But
Lose a tremendous number of lives and indoor great pain as a state. 177 lives lost. I understand intellectually why its happening it doesnt make it any easier to accept. A lot of americans meantime are struggling financially of course while waiting for stimulus checks. Washington correspondent alexandra le mon has a new warning about potential scams. They should be braced for. Scammers are working hard to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic sending emails calls and texts that appeared to be from Government Agencies this is a call from the Social Security administration they promised to help people get their stimulus checks all monique about the associate director of the ftcs Consumer Response Division says dont click on any links in emails or on social media instead go to irs dot gov to look up after information right now theyre even think. For people do you make sure that they get your stimulus payment to the irs says its website will soon allow people to check on status and co