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Three videos of unidentified flying objects seen by navy pilots. What were learning. And forget the Ice Cream Truck. The ingenious beer van now serving customers in quarantine. Good Tuesday Morning, everyone. We received a new prediction overnight about the coronavirus and the toll it may take by summer. Nearly 1 million cases have now been diagnosed in the u. S. , and overnight we learned scientists are now predicting more than 74,000 deaths in the u. S. By august. This number assumes that social distancing guidelines will stay in place. Also breaking overnight the Washington Post reports u. S. Intelligence officials warned President Trump about the coronavirus threat in at least 12 classified briefings back in january and february but the post reports the president , quote, failed to register the threat. Meanwhile, more states are beginning to reopen certain businesses, and thats where abcs andrea fujii begins our coverage. Reporter life is starting to get back to normal in some states amidst the coronavirus pandemic as other states are still struggling. In tennessee and georgia, some restaurants opened monday after weeks of being closed. Thomas bush was one of the first customers back inside wild wing cafe in columbus, georgia. The lady took my temperature when i went in, and they all had on their masks. Reporter same food but with Health Checks and social distancing. Every other table will be occupied marked with yellow tape to signify no seating. At roasters supplies rolled in as owner Steven Leslie stressed the significance of the event. Kind of excited because these are my family, but, you know, these guys need work. They need to make money. Reporter but not all georgia establishments want to reopen. A group of more than 50 restaurants signed an ad that will one in one of atlantas newspapers with the georgiahospitalitytogether saying, we agree that its in the best interests of our employees, our guests, our community and industry to keep our dining rooms closed at this time. Meanwhile, other states are announcing plans to reopen. On friday, texas restaurants, museums, libraries and malls will be allowed to open at 25 capacity, but not all states are ready to go that far. New york still seeing a thousand new cases each day. Governor andrew cuomo extending shutdown orders beyond the current midmay mandate for much of new york, and more grim news for the state. The New York Times reporting the medical director of the Emergency Department at new yorkpresbyterian alan hospital dr. Lorna breen died by suicide. She had contracted the virus, recovered and had gone back to work. Her father telling the times make sure shes praised as a hero because she was. Shes as much a casualty as anyone else. Anguish from her friend. With all these asking for lockdown to end, what about us . We didnt sign up for this. Reporter now word 28 new york city teachers have died of the virus including 30yearold ronna zoe mungin, a brooklyn teacher who died monday. Her sister, a registered nurse, speak with abc news about her death concerned about how her sister was turned away twice before she was tested for covid19. Reporter nearly 2900 people have died there. Half of them in Nursing Homes but the governor says the spread of the virus finally seems to have plateaued. Kenneth and mona, back to you. All right, andrea, back to you. Next to washington where the white house has unveiled its blueprint for coronavirus testing. Its also responding to new problems with the Small Business loan program. Abcs ines de la cuetara has more. Reporter this morning, President Trump has unveiled a blueprint to expand coronavirus testing with the goal of conducting 2 million tests per week by the end of may. A crucial part of the plan allowing pharmacies like cvs and walgreens to administer tests at hundreds of new sites, but the white house is leaving states in charge saying when it comes to testing, the federal government should be the supplier of last resort. Having pharmacies get involved in testing is a very big deal. Reporter critics say the plan doesnt offer ways to fix the supply chain or expand lab testing, and some governors say they still need help when it comes to testing. Vice president mike pence on monday clarified a statement he made back in early march when he declared more than 4 million tests would be available by the end of that week. It took more than a month to reach that goal. He says he was talking about the number of tests distributed, not completed. What lessons have you learned from the mistakes over the last, you negotiation month and a half or so . Jon, i appreciate the question, but it represents a misunderstanding on your part and, frankly, a lot of people in the publics part about the difference between having a test versus the ability to actually process the test. Reporter in the meantime, the government facing problems rolling out the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses. Website problems now being blamed on a glitch. At one point monday twice as many people were trying to use the system than during the first round of applications. And new outrage stemming from that first round of funding after word that the nbas los angeles lakers, a team worth more than 4 billion, was able to get a 4. 6 million loan. The team now giving the money back. In response to some of the problems reported, President Trump called out banks saying its their responsibility to do an accurate job dispensing the funds. He also said the demand for the program has proved its a huge success. Kenneth and mona. Ines, thank you for that report. A dog in North Carolina may be the first in the u. S. To test positive for coronavirus. A raleigh newspaper reports the dog was tested after three members of its family tested positive. The cdc has said social distancing guidelines applies to pets along with humans. Now to the household products in short supply. Weeks into this pandemic some Paper Products are still hard to find. And a shortage of other products could last until summer. This morning, the household supply chain is getting a much needed refill. Probably in the next month or two, youre going to see probably full walls of toilet paper. Reporter shortages of some products are easing but condition consumers are still having to search for handoff, paper towels, issues and, of course, toilet paper. Panic buying is what occurred so people just bought en masse. Reporter experts say the shortages were caused by our Shopping Habits at the start of this pandemic. The issue with toilet paper is this, demand is very constant so its not like it has any seasonality so when the panic demand that was going on because of the coronavirus hit, the toilet paper manufacturers were just caught off guard. Reporter georgiapacific behind brands like angel soft quilted northern says demand for toilet per has increased by 40 and theyre working as fast as they can to keep up. Were making 1. 5 million more rolls a day across our systems. Were making product as quick as we can shipping it out as fast as we can, and its really just a matter of time of the supply catching up to the consumers. Reporter some major manufacturers are even selling toilet paper on their websites directly to consumers like charmin where you can buy a forever roll that lasts the typical family one month. Its 13 inches wide costing nearly 30. Even as the supply of Paper Products begins to catch up to demand, shortages of cleaning products and Hand Sanitizer may not improve till the summer. Thats because the chemicals in those items come from china. The best i can give is buy what you need. Dont buy any more, because it does impact the supply chain adversely and so the dilemma we have, your neighbors, your friends, your mom, your dad cant get those products because you may have a certain amount in your closet. More shortages are expected in the fall before a possible second wave of coronavirus. Time now for a look at your Tuesday Morning weather. Showers and thunderstorms are expected across the midwest, the great lakes and the plains today. Storms could be severe from the chicago area to st. Louis and wichita. Storms are also possible from Oklahoma City to dallas to shreveport. Checking todays high temperatures, milder today in much of the northeast with temperatures in the 60s from d. C. All the way to new york. Record heat continues in the southwest. Las vegas could approach 100 degrees today. 60s and 70s from seattle all the way to denver as well. Coming up, the new plan to use drones to deliver prescriptions. Also ahead, the secret group of doctors that have formed a socalled Manhattan Project to fight coronavirus. And later the highprofile politician who says he may enter the president ial race as a third party candidate. You may not be thinking about blood donation, but blood is needed to save the lives of people who are sick with a range of illnesses. Its easy and safe to give. If you are in good health, please donate. We need heroes now. Visit red cross blood dot org to schedule an appointment. This is how residents of the countrys largest Retirement Community will soon be getting their prescription drugs. Cvs and u. P. S. Are teaming up to start deliveries by drone next month in the villages in central florida. 135,000 resident there is are sheltering in place because of coronavirus. A secret group of top scientists and billionaires is reportedly working behind the scenes on a Manhattan Project of sorts to influence the Trump Administration in the battle against coronavirus. The wall street journal says the group is led by a well connected doctor turned venture capitalist. It also includes a Nobel Prize Winning biologist and a harvard chemist. Sources say the group has been gathering the best research from around the world and passing recommendations to the highest levels of the Trump Administration. More americans are starting to fly again. Overnight jetblue became the First Major Airline to require all passengers to wear a face covering. Abcs gio benitez has more on the many changes ahead. Reporter six seconds of video getting a lot of attention online. A passenger on an American Airlines flight saturday from new york to charlotte nearly full. People sitting side by side, some wearing masks. Erin strine recorded the video. I felt truly unsafe and recognized the risks i was taking to agree to being on an airplane and while i want to believe all of the precautions would be taken that i had read on the airlines websites, you know, there are lots of asterisks. Reporter the plane was about 85 full. The airline says its leaving about half of its middle seats in standard economy empty. The least that an airline can do right now is require their passengers to wear masks. Reporter american announcing it will start to distribute masks to passengers, and this week other airlines intend to make changes too. United telling abc news that flights should look like this with one seat empty next to every passenger. Still united says it cant guarantee it. Sara nelson heads up the Largest Flight Attendants Union in the country and wants all passengers and crew wearing masks. From the airport door to the airplane door on the airplane and then back out through the airport at the other end. Reporter and thats not all, nelson says the union wants the federal government to suspend all leisure travel. While all major u. S. Airlines say crew members can wear masks, united and jetblue have required masks since last week. American announcing it will do the same for its flight attendants starting may 1st. Gio benitez, abc news, new york. And coming up, the new warning about a Mysterious Illness affecting children. Also ahead, a possible clue as to why more men than women are dying from the virus. And later, the pentagon declassifies several videos of unidentified flying objects. Is love and instrumental music] love is all you need. You have power over pain, so the whole world looks different. The unbeatable strength of advil. What pain . How do you thrive while inside . Activia is here with billions of probiotics to support your gut health. And help you thrive while you stay inside. Activia. Thrive while inside. How do you gaveeno® happy 24 7 . With prebiotic oat. 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The onetime wrestling star says hes testing the waters for a possible run as a green party candidate. He tweeted, im not a democrat or a republican because i know they are not the solution. Turning to medical news, doctors are warning about a serious illness theyre seeing in some young british children possibly connected to the coronavirus. Earlier i asked dr. Alok patel what it could be. This is just telling us this virus is presenting in so many different ways. Now, its still early and these are speculative cases. It just so happens that some of these cases were showing up almost in shock with rapid heart rates and signs of inflammation and low Blood Pressure and the data is still yet to be released how many tested positive with covid19, but there is a suspicion of a link, and its something all of us need to be a little bit aware of. Now children in rare instances can get these kind of systemic total body conditions or inflammation or autoimmune conditions thats triggered from another infection. So there is a history of this happening with other infections and other viruses. The father of a top er doctor here in manhattan who died by suicide on sunday said his daughter tried to do her job and it killed her. Weve talked about the issues facing doctors and nurses, of course, when it comes to personal protective equipment but what can you tell us about the mental and emotional toll that this pandemic is having on them. This specific story is heartbreaking. If theres anything from this situation thats productive is that this becomes a beacon for the mental anguish, the anxiety, depression, chronic stress that so many frontline providers are going through. And were seeing this now on an unprecedented scale because so many doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, janitorial services, people working in these clinics, they not only are dealing with a high stress situation, theyre worried about their own safety. And lastly, dr. Patel, around the world weve seen men are more likely than women to die of the coronavirus. Are experts looking into perhaps if estrogen gives women a better chance at beating covid . I think this speculation, these trials are really fascinating. You know, in all the early data we were seeing that men were doing worse with covid19 than women were, and a lot of this was attributed initially to lifestyle factors such as the fact that men tend to smoke more or men wash their hands less or perhaps men are showing up a little bit later to get clinical care. But now researchers are suspecting that it may have something to do with biological factors. And so estrogen and another sex hormone, progesterone, have been shown in other studies and especially animal models to be able to possibly change the immune systems response to this virus. And our thanks as always to dr. Patel. Coming up, hey, you guys, flashback to the 80s, a goonies reunion. Plus, well explain the new push to eat more french fries. Challenge accepted. Well be right back. Yes. And kinda competitive. Flash forward, then Psoriatic Arthritis started getting the better of me. And my doctor said my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage. And enbrel helps relieve joint pain, helps stop that joint damage, plus helps skin get clearer. Ask about enbrel so you can get back to being your true self. Enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. Serious sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and Blood Disorders and allergic reactions have occurred. 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