Rolling reentry. Warnings ignored. The growing evidence President Trump downplayed the threat of the virus while his top advisers were sounding the alarm, and the president now lashing out, retweeting a post calling for dr. Fauci to be fired. Easter at home. From pope francis streaming to millions online to Andrea Bocellis stunning performance in milan and joel osteens starstudded virtual celebration while some gather in person defying stayathome orders. And honoring our heros. From the amazing detroit nurse with a powerful voice to this starstudded danceathon live from diddys home and pitbullsr Health Care Workers and lifting spirits across the nation. Good morning, america. Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful holiday weekend. Happy to have george and robin joining us from their homes on this monday morning, and robin, like you and us as well so many celebrating easter at home. Thats right. And you know what, you dont have to be in a church to go to church. The world watching pope francis from their living rooms. Many did that, and the unprecedented sight of a nearly empty st. Peters basilica. The pope saying the pandemic is, quote, severely testing our whole human family. And we are always thinking and we are always thinking also of our gma family, and george, many people have been asking how is ali feeling this morning, george . Shes doing much, much better, robin. Thank you. Happy easter to both of you. In fact, shes going on her fifth day now with no fever which is really a great sign. Slowly getting out of bed a little bit more each day so were really happy about that. And i also learned over the weekend that my test came back positive for covid as well which is really no surprven ie of weeks. But im one of those, i guess, cases that are basically asymptomatic. Ive never had a fever, never had chills, never had a headache, never had a cough, never had shortness of breath. Im feeling great. Were going to talk to dr. Jen about that in our next half hour. We hope ali continues to feel well, george, and we hope you dont have any of those symptoms that you described. Our nation, they are already in the fight against covid19. Coronavirus fears colliding with a tornado emergency overnight for millions. Severe storms battering the south. Victor oquendo is in monroe, louisiana with the major tornado that devastated that city. Good morning, victor. Reporter good morning, michael. Monroe was one of the first cities to take the brunt of these storms. Ar picd up by a tornado, pushed right into this home. On the other side you can see what is left of this kitchen. Neighbors tell us they had to rescue the home owners and they d t. D we just got another trapped call. Apparently a tree went in a house. Theres supposed to be four kids inside the house. They cant get out. Reporter overnight, tennessee the latest state plagued with severe storms, resulting in five deaths and several more injured, with chattanooga one of the largest cities hit by the tornado and heavy downpours. Our affiliate station showing us this devastated home. It took our roof off. That tree almost went through our house but by the grace of god did not. Reporter cars left with shattered windshields. The front of this warehouse demolished. The debris submerged in flood water. At least 13 people are dead and more than 800,000 households are without power after violent stor bearingow and torrential rain ripped through the south Easter Sunday. Alabama, louisiana and mississippi all declaring a state of emergency. Oh geeze. Watch it yep, i see it, i see it. Im watching it. Reporter in mississippi winds peaking at 170 to 205 Miles Per Hour, leaving a scene of destruction. At least seven of the fatalities coming from this state alone. My wife was scared and i kept telling her its going to be okay. Lord jesus, my poor house is gone, man. Its gone. Reporter louisianas city of monroe one of the hardest hit by a tornado. We had to rescue two little infants and two ladies. I heard this really loud bang but i didnt expect this type of destruction when i came outside. Reporter the mayor hesitant to designate shelters for the misplaced in the wake of a global pandemic. Normally we would talk about opening shelters. Right now shelters are a last resort because of the covid19 pandem reporter the tornado taking direct aim at the Regional Airport with planes scattered across the field. In central alabama, emergency crews race to rescue residents from their homes, and watch as this downed power line sets fire to the street. These storms could not come at a worse possible time. Resources are already stretched thin because of the coronavirus response. Were not in the clear yet. The same storms pushing across the southeast and midatlantic. George . Boy, we are not. Victor, thanks very much. Lets bring in greg michel, executive director of the mississippi Emergency Management agency. Mr. Michel, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Our hearts are with everyone in your state right now. Just give us a sense of the damage youre finding right now and what youre doing about it. So we had about 30 counties that were affected with the sto the night last night. 11 fatalities that we know of right now. As you know, search and rescue efforts went through the night and of course will resume this morning when the sun comes up. I cant even imagine trying to do all the work you normally do in the wake of a disaster like this during a pandemic as well. How has it complicated the relief and rescue efforts . Well, of course its complicated it greatly. I mean, you know, we discussed the shelters. We had a meeting with all of our county Emergency Management agencies on friday ahead of the storm. Been tracking it for about a week and just prepared and making sure they had additional ppe available should they have to open shelters. And of course this storm turned out to be as dangerous as we had planned. So we did have to utilize those shelters. Yeah. And when people get those warnings, its so hard to keep up with the social distancing guidelines required by the pandemic in shelters like that. Absolutely. Absolutely. And thats always an issue. We emphasized to everyone if they had to go into a shelter to make sure they maintain hygiene. We had extra Hand Sanitizer in those counties where we planned these storms to be, and then encouraged everyone to use masks. But at the end of the day, life safety had to persist over everything else, and the greater risk of the tornado had to overcome the covid. Its still a concern, but again, weve got folks that live in certain areas, rural areas where they dont have access to shelters or a home. So shelters were the only option that they had. And as victor said, you all are just not out of the woods yet. There could be more Severe Weather coming. Whats your plan Going Forward . Our plan right now is to help these counties get back on their feet as quickly as we can. April is our historically most dangerous month of the year. Weve certainly what happened yesterday is certainly an indicator of how dangerous these storms can be. So well do the cleanup efforts and get ready for what we anticipate to be a very busy and active tornado month here in april. We know it will be. Sir, stay safe. Give our best to everyone down there in your state and thank you for joining us this morning. Thank you, george. Take care. Michael . Thank you, george. The tornado threat is not over and were going to go to ginger who is tracking the latest on where that threat is now. Good morning, ginger. Reporter good morning, michael. Tharola. Are happening as we weve got a tornado emergency but the watches stretch from jacksonville through central virginia. That tornado emergency included walterboro. Thats where that line blew over i95. You had debris flying. These are deadly tornados. Weve got several warnings from georgia through northwest of raleigh. So were watching that line and as that pushes east its not just tornados, its damaging wind. Were talking 60, 70 mile per hour winds within thes up to philadelphia. But watch this, those numbers are coming after the storm passes. I think places like new jersey up through the cape, long island all could see gusts upwards of 75 Miles Per Hour. This concerns me a lot, especially having those tents in central park for the coronavirus pandemic. Robin . All right, ginger, thank you. Everybody take care out there. E in the United States rising past the half a million mark with more than 20,000 deaths. Both numbers the most in the world, but it is important to consider the size of our country compared to some of the other hardhit ones. Dr. Anthony fauci saying a, quote, rolling reentry back to normal could begin next month. And in new york deaths remain high while the governor says there is evidence that the curve is indeed beginning to flatten. Lets go to tom llamas whos outside the Navy Ship Comfort there in new york city with more. Good morning, tom. Reporter robin, good morning. When you speak to fodoctors acrs new york city, some say they see a slow down in patients. Others are feeling the surge. Governor andrew cuomo says we have to be cautiously optimistic. This as were tracking news out of china this morning. China reporting a troubling trend, a high number of new cases now emerging. This morning, promising news new yorkers have waited weeks for. Governor andrew cuomo signaling the state is finally flattening the curve. The rate of people going to hospitals dropping, but the crisis far from over. Coronavirus killing nearly 800 people a day here. Cuomo calling it a horrific rate. 758 people lost their lives in a 24hour period. I speak to many families who are going through this, many people who lost loved ones. Reporter as new york tries to get a handle on the deadly virus, other hot zones near new york are emerging. In massachusetts the number of confirmed cases soaring by 21 over two days. In pennsylvania, the governor predicting a surge this week after more than 2,800 new cases were reported on saturday. If we begin to slip in our efforts to distance ourselves socially, we could very easily see explosive growth rates. Reporter news li t one reason Health Experts dont want to reopen the country too quickly. Dr. Anthony fauci, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, advocating a possible rolling reentry. We are hoping that at the end of the month we can safely and cautiously start pulling back on. If so, do it. If not, then just continue to hunker down. Reporter because right now the virus is still claiming lives across the country. More than 20,000 in the u. S. Alone. People like 36yearold Louisiana Police officer kejuane bates, sister marie june skinder, a catholic nun from wisconsin, and dr. Nat berkeley, flint, michigans first black school superintendent. He was a wonderful man, a leader, a caregiver. Reporter this morning there are also stories of hope. An e. R. Doctor in chicago treating covid19 patients, writing an oped in the l. A. Times about a patient she calls mr. C, describing how she had to intubate him, how he fought the virus for more than 12 days but eventually won that battle. Its probably their worst day and youre putting your trust in us. Reporter and the front line now getting new and much needed support. Early graduates like medical student dr. Rebecca noonan from hofstra i dont think theres ever been such a need for help. So i know ill be going in and helping patients. Reporter as reinforcements enter hospitals across the country, the government trying to rehab an economy infected by the virus. Nearly 17 million filing forsth. Over the eas in los angeles and san antonio for hours. But now word some of those stimulus checks have started to hit bank accounts. Boy, was i delighted to see 1,200plus that i was able to get the check in the mail and my rent is paid. Reporter and that is great news. Some are receiving those stimulus checks already. Now, as for china, the country is now reporting its highest number of new cases in more than six weeks. So whats going on . China claims these are all citizens that are flying back to china from places that have outbreaks right now like russia. Were going to have to monitor this news, george. Its so important. But right now were talking about 100 new cases each day. George . Yeah, weve seen that in other hot spots as well, tom. Thanks very much. We want to go to the white house now and the growing evidence that President Trumps top advisers were urgently warning him of a danger of a pandemic starting back in january. Despite those warnings, President Trump spent weeks downplaying the covid19 threat in public. Our chief White House Correspondent jon karl is tracking the latest on all that. Jon, the paper trail in these reports is pretty damning and the president clearly angry about it. Reporter he clearly is, especially the implication that if he had acted earlier that lives could have been saved. This is something that dr. Anthony fauci said directly yesterday, that if they had put these social distancing guidelines in place earlier, lives, its logical to conclude, could have been saved. Now the president appears to be going directly after fauci who obviously is a key player on his Coronavirus Task force. He retweeted something late last night that said that that had the firefauci, pointing out that in february fauci said that the risk was low. I tried, george, this morning to get an answer on this. I reached out to the white house and could get no on the record response to the very basic question of whether the president still has confidence in anthony fauci. And of course, jon, dr. Fauci is not alone. One of the things the New York Times reports is this socalled red dawn email chain that included a number of top experts, both inside and outside government. Reporter yes, this red dawn for the 1984 movie talked about the dire warnings going all the way back to january. And some of these experts as you mentioned both inside and outside of government saying that schools needed to be closed, businesses people needed to be working from home. Those recommendations, those warnings were not heeded until well into march. Jon karl, thanks very much. Robin . All right, george, thank you very much. Now we have a breathtaking easter moment we want to share with everyone. Italian Tenor Andrea Bocelli live streamed a concert from milan, the center of italys epidemic. He sang inside and outside the famous cathedral the song Amazing Grace. That was accompanied by images of empty streets around the world. Was grace that taught my heart to feel and grace my fears relieved so far on youtube for that beautiful, beautiful performance. Coming up, the detroit nurse also wowing the world with her stunning rendition of Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound were going to talk to her in our next hour, michael. Robin, ill tell you, one of the most heartfelt songs ever written. You feel it in your soul. Yes. Coming up, everybody you do, you really do. You really, really do. Coming up, we have those people who are defying athome orders. How those who didnt follow guidelines were held accountable on Easter Sunday, and the creative ways some kept their Community Together from a distance. First, lets go to ginger at home. Reporter hey, michael. I just wanted to show you the scope of this storm all the way from florida into the northeast and the great lakes impacted today. Here are the wind alerts that you need to be on the lookout for, covering michigan, indiana, ohio. Gusts of 60 Miles Per Hour. Power lines could come down and we could see major tree damage into homes. By the way, snow happening behind this in parts of minnesota. Lets get to your local weather in 30 seconds. First though the select cities sponsored by pampers. Good monday morning. Im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. Faster sunshine, warmer temperatures today, tomorrow, and wednesday. And that will be also due to an offshore breeze, keeping us clear the next couple of nights. 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