Billion for Small Businesses, hospitals and testing. This as outrage grows over top universities and big restaurant chains getting millions in stimulus funds. Harvards gonna pay back the money. And they shouldnt be taking it. What harvard is saying about. Packaging plants shut down, more Meat Processing plants closed, workers say they were given hair nets to use as face masks, and those empty store shelves across the country are raising concerns. Now the head of one of americas Biggest Grocery Store Chains joins us live. What he says about the food supply, your groceries and the people working on the front lines at the cash register. Its all ahead on gma. Covid19 and Car Insurance. Almost no one on the roads righe feels like the very first time gronkowski touchdown. And theyre back. Rob gronkowski returns. The surprise announcement overnight as one of the most beloved stars in the nfl is taking his talents to tampa and reteaming with tom brady for a blockbuster reunion. Together well m
We want to begin this morning with updates on two accidents that had major impacts on the morning commute. The first on the outer loop of the beltway. This is between university boulevard and New Hampshire nvga t. Clpd e thhcr leavasing morning commuters sitting in a six mile backup. Still no details on the victim or how the crash happened. And the other accident was also on the beltway. Chopper 4 on thecene on the inner loop just after connecticut avenue. E e there. You see a truck split open spilling bundles of magazines on to the road. The lays remain. No word yet on what caused this crash either. That is how it sounded and looked yesterday, mt. Airy was under a tornado warning. Peoplh waking up wit a big mess to clean up. You cane see on of yesterdays storms blowing right across the district. Severe weather being blamed for one deathn maryland. A tree fell on a home in carroll county, killing an 89yearold man inside. There are tree branches down ale across t area. Including right h
Rapid tests which can be completed in half an hour. We have Fox Team Coverage on the latest u. S. And international response. We begin with Steve Harrigan reporting live from cdc headquarters in atlanta. Steve . Jon, the cdc has added six symptoms for the coronavirus to its original three, now making a total of nine. The original three symptoms were fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Now, the cdc has added chills, shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and loss of taste or smell. Meantime, abbott labs now says it has shipped more than 1 million coronavirus tests across the u. S. To all 50 states. Most of those tests of course going to hot spots. This is a test that can give you a positive result in just five minutes. Abbott also says they will be turning out 2 million of those tests a month, come june. And finally, Governor Cuomo in new york said that private pharmacies are now authorized to serve as collection points we have boosted the lab capacity to an extent
But we begin with Mark Meredith. He has the latest from the white house. Mark . Jon, the white house says more help is on the way to Small Businesses now struggling to survive. As you mentioned, we saw the images from friday as President Trump signed into law the stimulus bill passed this week to replenish funds for the paycheck protection program. This was considered an emergency measure after the original funds were depleted very quickly. The bill is broken down a little bit more than just the paycheck protection program, offering 310 billion for that as well as 60 billion for disaster loans, 75 billion for hospitals and 25 billion for testing. White house Officials Say they are open to pouring more money in if needed. I think that given the popularity of the program, both with the american people, and with everybody on the hill, that if we run out of money in that program, i would expect it would be relatively easy to get more money into it. Meantime, up on capitol hill, there is al
A young boy makes an unlikely friend in tom hanks. Reporter heartwarming gift the superstar shared to put the boys bullying to bed. Fox and friends first starts right now. Jillian good morning, you are watching fox and friends first. Rob thanks for getting up with us today. Several states are reopening their economies, get americans back to work, the white house claiming the pandemic could be behind us by memorial day. Shannon todd pyro joins us as donald trump raises efforts across the country. Reporter good morning, he is happy with governors across the country and working with them has been in his words impressive, donald trump is showering state leaders with praise in his daily press briefing. States are opening up and it is exciting to see, very i inspiring, we are coming out of it and coming out of it well. A number of states announcing when they will reopen certain businesses, some as early as today. When the governor on the receiving end of the president s conferences Georgia R