Wear a mask. One Alabama High School is not cancelling its Graduation Ceremony going full cap and gown with social distancing and fish tails in maryland where they take their six feet of safety to a whole new level good thursday morning im Frances Rivera im david gura. In Central Michigan hundreds of homes and businesses are under water after torrents of rain overtook two dams triggering catastrophic flooding now theyre trying to figure out how to evacuate while remaining safe amid the pandemic reporter david, good morning. The flooding broke a 34year record and on a normal day this would be an open park but am standing in several feet of water. Its been so destructive that the geography of the area could be permanently reshaped. The water came fast and furious, a pair ef zof dams failing send water gushing into homes and businesses massive amount of debris there. Reporter reducing much of this dam to rubble i never thought my life that dam would break. Reporter the flooding catastrophic, the governor declaring a state of emergency hard to believe that were in the midst of 100year crisis, a Global Pandemic and that were also dealing with a flooding event that looks look the worst in 500 years evacuate the area its a crisis within a crisis people here are still under stay at home orders for coronavirus, but ten thousand were ordered to evacuate danielle grabbed her pets and rushed to the school turned shelter. Were still under stay home stay safe. If stayed home i wouldnt be safe im not safe anywhere right now. Im not sure what were going to do. Reporter flood waters forcing her out of this Senior Living center. The dining room and the kitchen are totally flooded. Reporter the river cresting at more than 35 feet, a historic high entire towns already submerged now concerns for dow chemicals main plant which sits on the river banks. The safety of these dams have long been under scrutiny they were rated high hazards in 2018 meaning loss of human life are likely if the dam fails. This Community Remains on edge grappling with dual disasters. Reporter after days of rain the weather is finally starting to improve but rain is back in the forecast at the end of the weekend into next week which could leave to even more flooding thanks for the reporting. Breaking news out of arizona, authorities are investigating a shooting at a mall Police Say Three people were shot by an unidentified scene. Theres really hard because its all happened so fast. Its literally the blink of an eye. You never know Arizona State senator was also there and witnessed the incident he wrote i just witnessed an armd terrorists with an ar15 shoot up west gate i saw two victims with my own eyes not sure how many others one of the victims is in Critical Condition the other suffered nonlife threatening injuries the suspect was taken into custody safely and are urging residents to stay out of the area as that konltd to investigate. The effort to get america safely back to work. President trump is traveling to michigan to visit a ford plant thats been make ago ventilator. The state attorney general says the president has a legal responsibility to wear a mask during his visit the company also says the white house has its own safety and testing policies in place. Meanwhile, Vice President mike pence spent the day in florida he had lunch at the governor at a recently reopened restaurant the Vice President also delivered protective equipment to a nursing home and met with Business Leaders the governor in california is working on a plan to get hollywood back to work the state is expected to release guidelines to allow fill, tv and commercials to produce production tyler perry has released a 30page plan for restarting production cast and cruise members will be tested for coronavirus and required to isolate at home before traveling to georgia. And everyone must stay inside what they are calling the quarantine bubble during the filming period theres new hope this morning about potential coronavirus vaccines and treatments two nc major discoveries that could pave the way to solutions. Tom costello has this report. Reporter two break throughs at two labs. More evidence that recovering from covid19 may lead to immunity against reinfection researchers say nine monkeys that recovered from virus induced pneumonia developed anti body to the virus around had nearly complete protection when they were reexposed a month later. That could suggest immunity from a second infection our studies show there is immunity to this virus and it gives us optimism that this will likely be the case in humans. Reporter they also tested a p prototype vaccine. Researchers believe theyve discovered the achilles heel its right there on top of that red hook that weve all seen this is an important target for development of much needed vaccine. Reporter and more encouraging news using blood plasma donation from people who have recovered they should be able to inject anti bodies into people who are already sick carl donated blood after taking 29 days to recover from covid19 and theyre speculating that because i spent so long with the virus that i built up so many anti bodies, its off the charts. Reporter the question researchers are asking, if youve recovered from covid, how long will you have anti bod cities that should provide protection will they be there in the fall or next winter if we get another wave of, you know, the sars covid 2 infection will they still be around at that point and be able to provide protection and we dont know that right now. We do not know that right now. If the anti body dos provide imcommunity, people could have a sort of immunity passport which would give them clearance to return to work and perhaps even travel thank you very much as retailers reopen some are becoming battlegrounds employees are tasked with enforcing social distancing rules on shoppers and its led to some tense moments. There he is walking away with all my stuff. Reporter wearing a mask to shop is now a flash point for conflict im asking this member to wear the mask because thats our policy. I woke up in a free country. Reporter a customer unwilling to wear a face covering, berating an employee sir, have a great day youre no longer welcome here in our warehouse. You need to leave. Costco which declined to comment on the specific incident requires customers to swear masks citing the cdc saying although some may disagree this policy were choosing to ere on the side of safety this conflict drives home the new reality for front line retail workers now having to enforce health and Safety Policies in addition to normal responsibility tensions boiling over as unprecedented customer demand soars. Walmart and target in store saled jumped more than 10 this quarter was unlike anything weve seen in our companys history. Grocery store workers worry for their own safety too its just been crazy. The customers, they have attitude sometimes and then we got to deal with who may and may not be sick. As far the costco employee tyson hes grateful after a difficult moment saying thank you for all of the support balancing a new job on top of a job on the front lines of this pandemic nbc news, los angeles. Well, this restaurant is ready to bounce back fish tails in ocean city, maryland, debuted ten new bumper table, you see them there, to keep their patrons six feet apart. Its the brain child of revolution event and production. They refer to them as an adult version of a toddler walker. They plan to use the new tables when the state reauthorized Outdoor Dining they cant wait to put those to use. Theyre staying safe but their drink may not be if they keep bumping around like that. That will be the worst scenario right there. Lets turn to janessa webb with a look at the weather ahead. We do have an unstable atmosphere thats producing a kind of rain across the midatlantic i do want to take a closer look at whats happening in ro roanoke, virginia, right now t. Weve seen rainfall raise of about one to two inches throughout the morning that will be fluid with flash flood warnings currently in place in that area this will continue for at least the next 24 hours. Things will start to die down but on top of the rain that weve ever seen were going toen west virginia, virginia could see up to 6 inches so were going to continue to watch that overflow some streams and flash flooding going to be a big impact for the midatlantic with 14 million peop in the palethlahoma city. If youre in the northeast, boston, new york city is the place to be. Lots of sunshine in the upper 60s. Were going to take a look at that memorial day forecast coming up. Thank you. The ncaa is allowing student athletes back on campuses approving voluntary activities for football and basketball starting on june 1st undethe mandate coaches cannot attend workouts unless they are needed for safety reasons. A vote on when other sports can return to schools will be made at a later date. A lot of people waiting to see what happens with that coming up on early today, how coronavirus is reshaping summer plans across the country. And a greener, betdid he pull off the escape of a century . 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Janessa is back with a peek at the Holiday Weekend what can you tell us about the weather this weekend unfortunately going to be dodging the rain drops across the nation the east coast were going to be dealing with washout conditions and its going to lead to more flash flooding going into tomorrow saturday, some spots will dry out, memorial day, looking pretty wet across the east coast. All right thank you. Tribute to First Responders. More when we come back dust mite droppings eeeeeww dead skin cells gross so now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavyduty dusters. Duster extends to three feet to get all that gross stuff gotcha and for that nasty dust on my floors, my sweepers on it. The textured cloths grab and hold dirt and hair no matter where dust bunnies hide. No more heebie jeebies. Phew. Glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. Laso you can enjoy it even ifst youre sensitive. Se. Yet some say it isnt real milk. I guess those cows must actually be big dogs. 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Out of all the creative uses of fenway park, we love seeing that an inperson Graduation Ceremony hundreds of students gathered for the ceremony at the hoover mets stadium some expressed concern about the inperson graduation but the show still went on students wore masks and were seated six feet apart. The stadium was kept at less than half of its capacity and still watching across the stage keeping tradition. A big show for appreciation for high school seniors. A report on a trend catching on for the class of 2020. In savannah, georgia, santa claus has some competition were so proud of you. Reporter grads have been showered with gifts from strangers who decided to adopt a senior i went on the facebook group. I saw her and i immediately knew she was the one that we to adopt. She delivered this giant basket of goodies. Were here for you. I still want to make my family proud i accomplished a lot i feel really special. Such programs are popping up all across the country we wanted to do something to give back and let them know that we understand. Organizers were stunned when 5,800 people signed up its overwhelming because there were so many people but we are so happy that the Community Stepped up after so many senior year memories were taken, its nice to focus on whats given i love it more and more of those new creative memories being made for their graduations. Now to a cincinnati zoo that has found a new way to bring its animals to their fans. Theyve created a lot of face masks. One is the hippo, there are others like red panda or giraffe. Im sure every one of your three kids loves seeing you wear those. Hard to get them to wear them thats the hard thing. Its greats to, relax with your family and have a nice dinner. More restaurants reopening today to serve inperson dinners and lunches, and the next county getting the green light in phase two of reopening. Plus to wear or not to wear masks . Coming up, clearing up confusion as more businesses heads towards reopening. This morning, we are sorting through the questions. Thank you for starting your morning here with us today in the bay, i am marcus washington