But republicans are balking. Will they compromise . The cdcs new alert about kids and covid19. Warning doctors to be on alert for the dangerous inflammatory a out of control. Wildfires burning in florida. 4,000 acres. Mandatory evacuations under way. But dangerous winds on the move that could cause it to spread. Ginger is tracking it all. Abc news exclusive. Back to school. Inside how the university of arizona hopes to reopen in the fall promising everyone on campus a covid test, while the chancellor of California State University joins us live and telling his nearly 500,000 students to stay home. Superstar matt damon speaking out from selfisolation in ireland revealing his daughter had covid19 and how a small town adopted the superstar. The oscar winner repaying their kindness and surprising a nurse on the frontlines in dublin. Oh, my god thank you so much for what youre doing. Good morning, america. Were happy to be with you on this thursday morning, as you like to call it, robin, friday eve. Happy friday eve to you my friends. Good to hear from matt damon whos been there in ireland since the pandemic shut down the movie hes working on over there. Looks like hes having a good time. Hanging out with the locals there in ireland. George, well have more on that. The village looks like a little piece of paradise. We look forward to that. Heres the update on where things stand. The number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is approaching 1. 4 million. Nearly 84,000 have died from the virus. President trump is traveling again this morning heading to pennsylvania to tour a medical supply faucis warning about reopening the country too soon. A real dispute there. At least 45 states have already begun the possess of reopening. More restrictions expected to be lifted tomorrow. Stayathome orders expiring in at least nine states and welll see what decisions they make this weekend. We begin with that divide over how fast to reopen the country. Alex perez is in chicago tracking the latest across the country. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, michael. That divide across the country on reopening is only growing and so is the frustration. The rules right now can be very different depending on where you live. Overnight at packed bars and restaurants in wisconsin where the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the governors extended stay at home orders calling the restrictions unconstitutional and unenforceable. The ruling doesnt take effect until may 20th but within hours some bars and restaurants were reopened with no restrictions. Some states easing restrictions. California opening beaches in l. A. County but announcing schools will open on a casebycase basis. I want to be clear that we are not anticipating a common opening across School Districts or a mandate for what School Districts open. Reporter and new jersey allowing nonessential construction and Retail Stores to reopen for pickup. But other areas extending orders. The mayor of washington, d. C. Stretching the stayathome order until june 8th. Rushing to reopen could have tragic results. Reporter in Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer bracing for more protests over her stayathome orders. Whitmer says data shows an increase in Outdoor Activities and if there is an increase in covid cases, the state might have to take action. If people are going to come down and demonstrate, do it in a responsible way. Reporter this after dr. Fauci expressed concerns about reopening too quickly tuesday. Overnight the president telling reporters he was surprised by those concerns. I was surprised by his answer actually, because, you know, its just to me its not an acceptable answer especially when it comes to schools. I think they should open the schools, absolutely. I think they should. I dont consider our country coming back if the schools were closed. Dr. Fauci was cautious on reopening the economy too soon. Do you share his concern . About reopening what . Reopening the economy too soon. Some states look, he wants to play all sides of the equation. I think well have a tremendous fourth quarter. Reporter and in minnesota the governor there has announced their stayathome order will be lifted on monday, but some restrictions will stay in place. Robin . All right, alex. All eyes on those new jobless numbers that are due out later this morning. And the chair of the Federal Reserve issuing that urgent warning of lasting economic damage. So our Rebecca Jarvis joins us with the latest on all that. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter good morning, robin. Thats right, jobs are the additional casualty of this pandemic crisis across the country and the fed chair is now warning if washington does not act with additional stimulus the impacts of this economic decline will be long lasting. Overnight an urgent warning from Federal Reserve chair jerome powell. The scope and speed of this downturn are without modern precedent significantly worse than any recession since world war ii. Reporter just this morning a new report showing an additional 2. 98 million americans filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits last week bringing the total number of workers who lost their job in just two months to more than 36 million. Powell calling on the white house and congress to do more. Additional fiscal support could be costly but worth it if it helps avoid longterm damage and leaves us with a stronger recovery. Reporter the desperation growing for people like Monique Howard in Northern California laid off from her job as an office manager. Im a single income with a special needs son who cant work. Orter leaanng around the country. Abcs will carr visiting one in texas preparing to deliver millions of meals to people in more than a dozen states. Volunteers like nancy dueling seeing a Record Number of those in need. Need for food in expectation of getting more people coming to our pantries. Reporter amid the unprecedented economic crunch, House Democrats revealing a new stimulus bill with the largest price tag ever, 3 trillion including another round of direct payments to americans totaling up to 6,000 per household. And the house is set to vote on that bill on friday. Republican leaders in the senate have already vowed to block it. Experts believe some sort of new stimulus package will eventually get passed but it wont be this one. Robin . But, rebecca, as you mentioned the house set to vote on that 3 trillion in stimulus money and many are asking, how would we pay for all this . Reporter well, eventually someone will have to pay for all of this stimulus. Already trillions of dollars worth of it. Most economists believe its been necessary to spend at this point without thinking about the future but at some point that future does mean higher taxes for someone out there in order to pay for this stimulus. Robin . Something to keep in mind, rebecca, thank you. George . Robin, thanks. We stick with the focus on capitol hill now where a Top Health Official turned whistleblower will testify to congress this morning. Rick bright claims he was fired from a key job overseeing development of a vaccine for purely political reasons. Hes expected to issue a stark warning about the threat of the virus. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce has details. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, george. Rick bright is sounding the alarm on capitol hill. In testimony the ousted expert will warn lawmakers that our window of opportunity is closing and say if we fail to develop a National Coordinated response based in science i fear the pandemic will get far worse and causing unprecedented illness and fatalities. He says without action, 2020 will be the darkest winter in modern history. He has filed that whistleblower complaint alleging that he was removed from his position for raising concerns about the administrations response and for cautioning against the use of unproven treatments which the president was promoting. President trump, though, has dismissed brights complaint calling him a, quote, disgruntled employee. Mary, meantime, also on capitol hill the fbi is stepping up its investigation of a senator who appeared to make stock sales tied to the covid19 crisis. Reporter yeah, the Justice Department appears to be ramping up this investigation of richard burr. Overnight federal agents served burr with a warrant and seized his cell phone and raised suspicions about whether or not he used privileged information for his own personal financial gain when he sold off as much as 1. 7 million in stocks in hard hit Companies Just as this crisis was beginning and just at he was rhe virus. R this morning. He is not commenting. The fbi and Justice Department are also not commenting today. Mary, thanks very much. Michael . Now to new developments about that severe inflammatory syndrome were seeing in some kids. The cdc issuing a warning, and Stephanie Ramos has the latest from new york. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter michael, good morning. Here in new york, the department of health says there are about 100 kids affected by this inflammatory syndrome. Three have died. The cdc will now ask doctors across the country to report cases of the illness so that the cdc can learn more about the illness and also get a better handle on the number of cases. This morning the cdc is preparing to release an urgent warning to doctors all across the country about children and coronavirus. Now were seeing a surge in cases that are directly affecting children in a manner that was unanticipated. Reporter the alert asking Health Officials to look out for the dangerous inflammatory syndrome that could be linked to covid19 and report cases to state and local health departments. Cases of the syndrome now reported in at least 16 states. It started out smaller and the symptoms eventually got out of hand. Reporter Jack Mcmorrow one of them. He initially started with a rash and then his doctors said his heart began acting abnormally. Reporter he initially tested negative for the virus, but his mom insisted they check again. His results came back positive for covid19. What message do you have for parents right now . They are their childrens best advocate, and if they suspect something wrong, pursue it. Reporter jack is recovering at home. In portland, 14yearold leah a healthy Soccer Player became sick and has been in the hospital since saturday. It was terrible. My stomach was hurting a lot. Reporter she first came down with a fever, abdominal pain and red eyes all symptoms her pediatrician spotted as signs of that rare mystery illness. Leah had cardiac failure and was in shock but was treated for severe information doctors suspecting it was triggered by an earlier infection of covid19. Im grateful because i could have been gone. Reporter doctors say this is still a rare condition despite the uptick in cases in the last to weeks. Best thing parents can do is be on the lookout for symptoms because they can turn so serious in just a matter of hours. Robin . Got to keep that in mind. Thank you very much. Dr. Jennifer ashton will join us now. Can you tell us more about the warning and what it will mean . Robin, the cdc puts out this health alert network. This represents its highest level of communicating Urgent Health issues to the Public Health system, clinicians, Health Care Providers and the country so they can be on the lookout for it. The last time they issued one of these alerts was march 28th. This would be their ninth this year. All of them about coronavirus. Parents should be on the look out because they know their children best. They should be on the lookout for symptoms like fever, rash, eye irritation, swollen hands and feet and even abdominal pain or g. I. Symptoms, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. This is still rare and uncommon but doctors are following it closely because it is evolving. Good to know and we know how concerned parents are. Jen, thank you. George . Okay, robin, thanks. We turn to a Major New Development in the Michael Flynn case. The judges overseeing his case is putting a hold on the Justice Departments attempts to drop the charges from him and who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. Pierre thomas tracking the case and the judge appointed a retired federal judge to challenge the dojs decision and investigate whether flynn committed perjury. Reporter thats right, george. For those wondering how the judge would respond its clear hes not embracing the idea at ely raretep of appointing an outside attorney to challenge the Justice Departments motion to dismiss charges against the former National Security adviser. This is a judge saying, i dont quite get the department of justices decision here. Reporter federal judge emmett sullivans decision comes after the Justice Department concluded flynns lies to the fbi about his contacts with a Russian Ambassador would not be material or important because the bureau closed an investigation into whether flynn was compromised by the russians before they conducted the interview. But critics accuse attorney general barr of doing the president s political of undermining the entire russia probe pointing out that no career prosecutor signed on to support the motion to dismiss. Its not that surprising that judge sullivan is concerned about the department of justices decision here. Whats surprising is what hes doing about it. Going to outside lawyers to say in effect, you know, argue this. Tell me what you think. Reporter that outside attorney is john gleeson, a former clinton appointed judge who served on the bench for more than two decades and a former prosecutor who helped put mobster john gotti in prison. This week gleeson signaled his kept mitchell of the Justice Departments effort to dismiss the case saying in a recent oped, the record reeks of improper political influence. Flynn pleaded guilty twice in open court for lying to the fbi. I can recall being at the courthouse that Pivotal Moment when flip admitted to judge sullivan when he lied to the fbi he knew it was a crime. Sullivan is also asking this outside counsel to look into whether he committed perjury when pleading guilty in court. George . Okay, pierre, thank you very much. Almost nothing normal about the case. Michael . All right, george. Around the world. Countries are slowly easing back into normal life. The mayor of queenstown, new zealand, is jumping for joy that businesses are reopening. All three, two, one yeah, the mayor said he was delighted. He said he was delighted to mark the reopening of that facility even if it means jumping off a bridge first thing in the morning. He is i wououpoppg the chamgn bole am i not doing that. Im too happy to do that. Im with you, michael. They have done an amazing job in new zealand taking on this crisis. They have. Our abc news exclusive, the university of arizonas plan for reopening while the chancellor of California State University has shut all 23 of its schools for fall joining us live. The important dos and donts when it comes to wearing masks. The right way to wear them and how to keep them clean. First ginger is tracking the latest on wildfires. Good morning, ginger. Reporter good morning, michael. I have to take you to south florida. Just east of naples, florida, evacuations still in place this morning because of that. The view of those plumes of smoke burning 5,000 acres at least in very little containment. It was the gusty winds, drought theyve been in and those conditions came together in south florida to make for a really bad fire day. Unfortunately because weve got this subtropical thing trying to form, south of that front and then squeezing together with the high out in the atlantic, weve got more winds, the wind advisories stretch all along the east coast of florida and then this chance for a developing subtropical low or even depression. This would be an early start to hurricane season. Doesnt start for a couple of weeks. If this gets a name, it would be arthur. What does it do . It drops rain and some heavy rains especially on the southern tip of florida right up through miami, ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood Beach to nearly west palm. Lets get to the stormy cities sponsored by verizon. Good morning. Im abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. One more round of showers out of the system, across the north bay today. Its dry tomorrow and saturday. Not as much sunshine saturday. Healthy rain sunday and thunderstorms possible monday. Today, low 60s at the coast. Low to mid 70s east bay and south bay. Tonight, cooler. 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