PRESIDENT TRUMP CUTS OFF
FUNDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION, ACCUSING THE GROUP
OF MISHANDLING THE PANDEMIC.
>> ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AND
COSTLY DECISIONS FROM THE W.H.O.
WAS ITS DISASTROUS DECISION TO
OPPOSE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FROM 
CHINA AND OTHER NATIONS.
>> AS THE PRESIDENT COMES UNDER 
FIRE FOR HIS OWN RESPONSE TO THE
CRISIS CRITICIZED FOR NOT ACTING
FAST ENOUGH AND A REVERSAL AFTER
FALSELY CLAIMING TOTAL AUTHORITY
ON REOPENING THE COUNTRY NOW 
SAYING THE STATES WILL 
ULTIMATELY DECIDE.
CALIFORNIA'S GAVIN NEWSOM 
SHARES A STARK VIEW OF WHAT
LIFE WILL LOOK LIKE POST 
PANDEMIC.
>> YOU MAY BE HAVING DINNER WITH
A WAITER WEARING GLOVES WHERE 
YOUR TEMPERATURE IS CHECKED 
BEFORE YOU WALK INTO THE 
ESTABLISHMENT.
>> ALL THIS AS NEW HOT SPOTS 
EMERGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND A TROUBLING NEW QUESTION.
CAN THE VIRUS STRIKE TWICE?
THE DIRECTOR OF THE CDC JOINS US
LIVE THIS MORNING.
>>> BACK IN BUSINESS.
IN EUROPE SOME SHOPS AND SCHOOLS
REOPENING, AND WORKERS HEADING  
BACK TO THE JOB.
ITALY, AUSTRIA, DENMARK AND 
SPAIN ALL EASING UP ON SOME 
RESTRICTIONS, BUT IS IT TOO MUCH
TOO SOON?
>>> ANTIBODY ANSWERS.
DIANE SAWYER ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE
DOCTOR LEADING THE LARGEST 
ANTIBODY TEST YET.
>> ARE YOU PRETTY CONFIDENT THIS
IS GOING TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF 
IMMUNITY?
>> 38,000 PEOPLE, THE RESULTS 
ARE ALREADY IN AND
WHAT THEY COULD REVEAL ABOUT 
ASYMPTOMATIC CASES AND HOW MANY 
PEOPLE MAY ALREADY BE IMMUNE?
>>> HOW TO DO YOUR LAUNDRY 
SAFELY IN THE AGE OF COVID-19.
THE SCIENCE-BASED LOOK AT 
CLEANING YOUR CLOTHES.
WHAT'S THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE?
AND THE NEW RULES FOR 
LAUNDROMATS.
THE EXPERT TIPS THIS MORNING.
>>> BIDEN'S BIG BOOST.
>> I BELIEVE JOE HAS ALL THE
QUALITIES WE NEED IN A PRESIDENT
RIGHT NOW.
>>> PRESIDENT OBAMA FORMALLY
ENDORSES HIS FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT AND HIS BIGGER MESSAGE
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
♪
>>> AND THE "ALL IN CHALLENGE.”
THE BIGGEST STARS IN THE WORLD 
STEPPING UP TO GIVE BACK.
>> I AM ALL IN FOR CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF, AND I HOPE WE CAN REACH 
OUR GOAL.
>> FROM SUPER BOWL CHAMP TOM 
BRADY TO JUSTIN BIEBER AND 
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL.
HOW $10 COULD WIN YOU A 
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE 
LIKE A SPOT IN KEVIN HART'S NEXT
MOVIE.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE NEXT 
DENZEL OR THE NEXT KERRY 
WASHINGTON.
>> AND IT'S ALL FOR CHARITY.
♪
>>> GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO ALL OF YOU.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE ROBIN AND 
GEORGE JOIN US AS WELL FROM 
THEIR HOMES THIS MORNING AND 
EVERY MORNING HERE AT THE STUDIO
OUTSIDE WE STILL CAN SEE HEALTH 
CARE WORKERS WHO ARE TAKING A 
BREAK FROM THE FRONT LINES OF 
THIS PANDEMIC.
THEY STOP BY OUR STUDIO TO GIVE 
US THE THUMB'S UP AND WE JUST 
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
WE CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH.
THE TWO LADIES FROM MEMPHIS AND 
THE GENTLEMAN IS FROM TEXAS AND 
CAME IN TO HELP AT THE FRONT 
LINES.
WE CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH 
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW 
IMPORTANT WHAT THEY'RE DOING 
REALLY IS.
>> YEAH, REALLY IS, AND WE 
CANNOT THANK -- AND THEY ARE THE
TRUE STARS.
THERE ARE OTHER STARS THAT ARE 
STEPPING UP TO GIVE BACK AS WELL
AS YOU KNOW THIS, MICHAEL, 
MICHAEL, YOU HAVE A BIG REVEAL 
COMING UP IN OUR NEXT HOUR.
DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY RIGHT
NOW.
>>> HERE'S ANOTHER THING WE LOVE
TO SEE.
"DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'," IT'S 
GIVING HOPE TO PATIENTS AT HENRY
FORD HOSPITAL IN DETROIT.
THE '80s ANTHEM IS PLAYED EVERY 
TIME A RECOVERED PATIENT LEAVES 
THAT HOSPITAL.
LOVE THAT!
DIANE SAWYER IS ALSO BRINGING US
A VERY HOPEFUL STORY FROM 
DETROIT.
THE LARGEST ANTIBODY STUDY YET, 
GEORGE.
WE WANT TO HEAR THOSE RESULTS 
ARE ALREADY STARTING TO COME IN.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT THEY 
ARE COMING IN RIGHT NOW.
HERE'S SOME MORE OF THE LATEST 
HEADLINES WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS 
MORNING.
COVID-19 CASES IN THE U.S. HAVE 
NOW PASSED 600,000.
MORE THAN 26,000 AMERICANS HAVE 
DIED.
ALMOST 50,000 HAVE RECOVERED 
FROM THE VIRUS.
ALSO THE PRESIDENT IS NOW 
ABANDONING HIS FALSE CLAIM HE 
HAS TOTAL CONTROL OVER 
RE-OPENING THE COUNTRY CONCEDING
GOVERNORS THAT AND SOME COULD 
LIFT RESTRICTIONS BY THE END OF 
THE MONTH AND ALSO HALTED 
FUNDING FOR THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION CLAIMING IT 
MISMANAGED THE CRISIS FROM THE 
START AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 
PUSHBACK ON THAT DECISION 
OVERNIGHT FROM BILL GATES AND 
OTHER EXPERTS.
>>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE CDC, AS 
YOU KNOW, GEORGE, DR. ROBERT 
REDFIELD IS STANDING BY.
HE WILL TALK WITH YOU IN JUST A 
FEW MOMENTS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR 
COVERAGE WITH TOM LLAMAS THERE 
IN NEW YORK OUTSIDE A NURSING 
HOME IN THE BRONX.
GOOD MORNING, TOM.
>> Reporter: ROBIN, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
NURSING HOMES LIKE THE ONE YOU 
SEE BEHIND ME ARE BEING EXTRA 
CAUTIOUS.
THEY HAVE TO BE.
MANY ARE THE EPICENTERS OF THE 
WAR ON CORONAVIRUS.
THIS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW 
TAKING ON AN INTERNATIONAL BODY 
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PANDEMIC.
THIS MORNING, AMID THE 
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, THE 
PRESIDENT POINTING FINGERS.
ANNOUNCING HE'S HALTING AID TO 
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
SAYING THEIR INITIAL GUIDANCE 
LED TO CONFUSIONS AND DEATHS AND
NOW HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL 
REVIEW THEIR HANDLING OF THE 
CRISIS. 
>> ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS AND
COSTLY DECISIONS FROM THE W.H.O.
WAS ITS DISASTROUS DECISION TO 
OPPOSE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FROM 
CHINA AND OTHER NATIONS. 
>> Reporter: THE MOVE COMES AS 
SOME ARE CRITICIZING THE 
PRESIDENT FOR NOT ACTING FAST 
ENOUGH WHEN IT CAME TO EARLY 
TESTING AND ENACTING SOCIAL 
DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HOPING TO 
RE-OPEN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY 
SOON, BUT DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, ONE
OF THE NATION'S TOP HEALTH 
EXPERTS SAYING MAY 1st, A DATE 
THE PRESIDENT HAS MENTIONED 
COULD BE TOO EARLY. 
>> I THINK IF WE ARE ASSUMING 
THAT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW THAT ALL
THE CURVES ARE GOING TO BE DOWN,
I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A BIT 
OVERLY OPTIMISTIC. 
>> Reporter: ONE GOVERNOR, 
CALIFORNIA'S GAVIN NEWSOM, 
OFFERING WHAT LIFE MIGHT LOOK 
LIKE ONCE HIS STATE RE-OPENS BUT
NOT SETTLING ON ANY TYPE OF 
DATE. 
>> YOU MAY BE HAVING DINNER WITH
A WAITER WEARING GLOVE, MAYBE A 
FACE MASK, DINNER WHERE THE MENU
IS DISPOSABLE.
WHERE YOUR TEMPERATURE IS 
CHECKED BEFORE YOU WALK INTO THE
SUSTAINMENT. 
>> Reporter: NEW HOT SPOTS 
EMERGING.
LOUISIANA REPORTING ITS 
DEADLIEST DAY YET.
>> ONE OF THESE NUMBERS IS A 
PERSON, IT'S ONE OF OUR 
NEIGHBOR, IT'S ONE OF OUR 
FRIENDS. 
>> Reporter: LIKE SIOUX FALLS, 
SOUTH DAKOTA.
NEARLY 430 WORKERS AT A PORK 
PROCESSING PLANT IN SIOUX FALLS 
ARE NOW SICK AND MORE THAN 100 
PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO CONTACT 
WITH THEM ARE NOW TESTING 
POSITIVE.
THE GOVERNOR IN SOUTH DAKOTA HAD
RESISTED ORDERING PEOPLE TO STAY
HOME.
>> REGARDLESS OF A SHELTER IN 
PLACE ORDER THIS PLANT WOULD 
HAVE BEEN UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE
IT IS EX-EMTHED AS AN ESSENTIAL 
BUSINESS. 
>> Reporter: THE MAYOR ASKING 
THE GOVERNOR TO TAKE ACTION. 
>> WE'RE GROWING INCREASINGLY 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEED TO 
MITIGATE THAT SPIKE BEFORE IT 
OVERWHELMS OUR HOSPITALS. 
>> Reporter: THE DEATH TOLL 
ESPECIALLY HIGH IN PLACES LIKE 
NURSING HOMES.
THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH 
DEPARTMENT ATTRIBUTING NEARLY 
4,000 ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN 
NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING 
FACILITIES AND PRIVATE HOMES IN 
THE CITY ALONE TO THE VIRUS, 
BRINGING THE STATE'S TOTAL TO 
APPROXIMATELY 15,000 FATALITIES.
AND FEMA ANNOUNCING NURSING 
HOMES WILL NOW HAVE TO SUBMIT 
CORONAVIRUS DATA TO THE FEDS.
THESE FATALITIES MAKE UP ABOUT 
25% OF NEW YORK STATE'S COVID-19
DEATHS AND 46% IN MASSACHUSETTS.
36 VETERANS WHO WERE POSITIVE 
WITH THE VIRUS DIED AT THE 
HOLYOKES SOLDIERS HOME.
THIS MORNING, MORE REPORTING 
THAT CHINA WAITED AND WAS NOT 
FULLY FORTHCOMING WITH ITS OWN 
PUBLIC LET ALONE THE WORLD ABOUT
THIS OUTBREAK.
THE AP REPORTS THAT CHINESE 
OFFICIALS WAITED NEARLY A WEEK 
TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE 
SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION IN 
THAT TIME, WE KNOW THAT WUHAN 
HELD A CELEBRATION FOR THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE AND MILLIONS STARTED 
TRAVELING FOR THE CHINESE LUNAR 
NEW YEAR.
GEORGE.
>> OKAY, TOM, THANKS VERY MUCH. 
>>> WE'RE JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR
OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE 
CONTROL, DR. ROBERT REDFIELD.
THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS 
MORNING.
I WANT TO PICK UP WHERE TOM LEFT
OFF, THE FAILURES OF CHINA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AS HE SUSPENDED 
AID FOR THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION SUGGESTED THAT THE 
W.H.O. WAS IN LEAGUE WITH CHINA 
ON SOME OF THEIR DECISIONS.
DID THE W.H.O. FAIL HERE, AND IS
IT WISE TO SUSPEND FUNDING IN 
THE MIDDLE OF THIS CRISIS?
BILL GATES CALLS THAT DANGEROUS.
>> YEAH, GEORGE, CDC AND W.H.O. 
HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF 
WORKING TOGETHER IN MULTIPLE 
OUTBREAKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 
AS WE CONTINUE TO DO IN THIS 
ONE.
AND SO WE'VE HAD A VERY 
PRODUCTIVE PUBLIC HEALTH 
RELATIONSHIP.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT.
>> SO THEY DIDN'T FAIL?
>> AGAIN, I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO
THE POSTMORTEM ON THIS OUTBREAK 
ONCE WE GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
>> THEN LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO 
THE POSSIBILITY OF RE-OPENING 
THE COUNTRY.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" IS 
REPORTING THIS MORNING THAT YOUR
ORGANIZATION, THE CDC, IS 
WORKING WITH FEMA ON GUIDELINES 
ON A PLAN TO RE-OPEN THE 
COUNTRY.
CAN YOU SHARE ANY DETAILS OF 
THAT REPORT?
>> GEORGE, I CAN SAY THAT WE AND
THE TASK FORCE ARE AGGRESSIVELY 
WORKING THROUGH THE BEST OPTIONS
AS TO HELP ASSIST THE STATES AS 
THEY BEGIN TO RE-OPEN OUR 
COUNTRY ONE STATE AT A TIME.
THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING AND 
WE'RE PREPARING TO BE ABLE TO 
HAVE THE ABILITIES AS THEY BEGIN
TO RE-OPEN OUR COUNTRY.
>> HOW MANY STATES WILL BE ABLE 
TO RE-OPEN BY MAY 1st?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ALL 
GOING TO BE DATA DRIVEN AND AS I
THINK IT WAS MENTIONED, IT'S 
REALLY GOING TO BE A 
STATE-BY-STATE DECISION.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COUNTIES 
WITHIN THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE 
NOT EXPERIENCED REALLY ANY 
CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS DESPITE 
TESTING.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATES, 
19, 20 STATES THAT REALLY HAVE 
HAD LIMITED IMPACT FROM IT, SO I
THINK WE WILL SEE SOME STATES 
THAT -- THE GOVERNORS FEEL 
THEY'RE READY AND WE'RE POISED 
TO ASSIST THEM WITH THAT 
RE-OPENING AND I THINK YOU'LL 
SEE THE PLAN IN TERMS OF HOW 
THAT WILL HAPPEN WILL BE 
FINALIZED BY THE WHITE HOUSE 
TASK FORCE IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
>> OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIG 
QUESTIONS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE 
WILL ACTUALLY BE IMMUNE FROM THE
VIRUS AS THIS CRISIS BEGINS TO 
RECEDE.
WE KNOW YOU'RE RAMPING UP 
ANTIBODY TESTING.
TELL US WHERE THE SCIENCE STANDS
RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S SOME INDICATIONS COMING 
OUT OF SOUTH KOREA THAT PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE HAD THE VIRUS MAY HAVE 
BEEN REINFECTED.
DOES HAVING COVID-19 GIVE YOU 
IMMUNITY?
DO WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT?
>> IT'S A CRITICAL QUESTION AND 
I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO BE JUST 
SCIENTIFICALLY DEFINITIVE WE 
CAN'T AS CONCERN THAT FOR 
CERTAIN.
HOWEVER, I THINK THERE'S A LOT 
OF OTHER POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS 
FOR SOME OF THE DATA COMING OUT 
OF SOUTH KOREA.
OUR WORKING ASSUMPTION IS THAT 
INDIVIDUALS WHO DEVELOP ANTIBODY
WILL HAVE PROTECTE IMMUNITY.
THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG, BUT 
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CRITICAL
QUESTION THAT WE WILL ANSWER 
BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR WHEN 
IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT WE'RE 
GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER WRESTLING 
MATCH WITH THIS VIRUS AS IT 
COMES BACK BUT IT'S A CRITICAL 
QUESTION.
WE ARE BEGINNING EXTENSIVE 
ANTIBODY TESTING AS YOU KNOW 
REALLY FOR THE SURVEILLANCE 
POINT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH 
ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION OCCURRED 
BUT IN CERTAIN SETTINGS, 
PARTICULARLY THE HEALTH CARE 
SETTING TO GET A BETTER 
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PERCENTAGE
MAY BE IMMUNE TO DELIVER 
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH DELIVERY 
STRATEGIES PARTICULARLY AS THE 
CASES COME BACK NEXT FALL.
SO THAT'S ONGOING.
CLEARLY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF 
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO REALLY 
ARE THE HEROES OUT THERE EVERY 
DAY AS YOU KNOW AND I PRAY FOR 
YOU AND YOUR WIFE THAT YOU 
RECOVER FAST AND QUICK, I THINK 
THESE HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE 
EXTRAORDINARY AND I THINK WE 
WILL SHOW THAT A SIGNIFICANT 
PERCENTAGE OF HEALTH CARE 
WORKERS IN HIGH RISK AREAS DID 
GET INFECTED IN THE LINE OF 
THEIR WORK.
>> WE APPRECIATE THOSE PRAYER, 
DOCTOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
IS A SECOND WAVE INEVITABLE?
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO ASSUME 
THIS IS LIKE OTHER RESPIRATORY 
VIRUSES, AND THERE WILL BE A 
SEASONALITY TO IT.
THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE 
ACTUALLY SEE IT, YOU KNOW, AS 
CDC IS SCIENCE BASED WE DON'T 
KNOW FOR CERTAIN UNTIL WE SEE IT
BUT CRITICAL WE PLAN THIS VIRUS 
IS LIKELY TO FOLLOW A 
SEASONALITY PATTERN SIMILAR TO 
FLU AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
ANOTHER BATTLE WITH IT UP FRONT 
AND AGGRESSIVELY NEXT WINTER.
THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT WE
TAKE THE TIME NOW TO REALLY 
IMPROVE OUR TESTING CAPACITY, 
EXPAND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH 
CAPACITY TO DO EARLY CASE 
RECOGNITION, CONTACT TRACING, 
ISOLATION, I CALL IT BLOCK AND 
TACKLE, BLOCK AND TACKLE.
THE OUTBREAK THIS YEAR GOT AHEAD
OF THAT SO WENT INTO FULL 
MITIGATION AND LOST THE ABILITY 
TO USE CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
TOOLS.
WE ARE WORKING HARD TO AUGMENT 
THEM NOW SO THAT AS WE GET INTO 
THE NEXT SEASON WE'LL BE ABLE TO
STAY IN HIGH CONTAINMENT MODE 
WHILE WE COMPLEMENT THAT WITH 
SOME CONTINUED MITIGATION 
STRATEGIES THAT THE AMERICAN 
PUBLIC WHICH REALLY HAVE BEEN 
EXCEPTIONAL AND I THINK NOT ONLY
ANY OF US CAN UNDERAPPRECIATE 
WHAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DID.
WHEN WE DID OUR ORIGINAL MODELS 
LOOKING AT THIS OUTBREAK WE WERE
LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UP TO 
2.2 MILLION PEOPLE THAT MIGHT 
HAVE DIED BY THE FALL.
WHEN YOU SEE 26,000 IS STILL AN 
ENORMOUS LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE, IT 
REALLY IS A TRIBUTE TO THE 
MITIGATION THAT THE AMERICAN 
PUBLIC DID WHERE THEY DECIDED 
WHEN WE DO BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
AND ASK PEOPLE TO DO THINGS AS A
DOCTOR WHICH I AM THEY 
FREQUENTLY DON'T DO IT FOR 
THEMSELVES BUT, BOY, AM I 
IMPRESSED WHAT THE AMERICAN 
PUBLIC DID TO PROTECT THE 
VULNERABLE AND OTHER PEOPLE.
IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE 
SACRIFICE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN AND
LEADERSHIP TO GIVE THAT EXAMPLE 
IN A NUMBER OF THESE STATES.
>> THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT.
DR. ROBERT REDFIELD.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANKS, GEORGE.
>> MICHAEL.
>> THANK YOU, GEORGE. 
>>> TURNING NOW TO THE WHITE 
HOUSE AND HOW THE PRESIDENT IS 
HANDLING HIS OWN RESPONSE TO THE
CRISIS CRITICIZED FOR NOT ACTING
FAST ENOUGH INCLUDING A SCATHING
LETTER FROM SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
NANCY PELOSI.
LET'S GO TO OUR SENIOR WHITE 
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT CECILIA VEGA
WITH MORE.
GOOD MORNING, CECILIA.
>> Reporter: HEY, MICHAEL, GOOD 
MORNING TO YOU.
YOU KNOW THIS IN THIS CLIMATE 
WE'RE USED TO FIGHTING ON BOTH 
SIDES, BUT, BOY, THIS WAS REALLY
SOMETHING, A LETTER TO 
DEMOCRATS, PELOSI BLASTING THE 
PRESIDENT SAYING HE IGNORED 
WARNINGS, CAUSED UNNECESSARY 
DEATH AND DISASTER AND CALLING 
HIM A, QUOTE, WEAK PERSON AND 
POOR LEADER.
SHE IS EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO 
URGE AMERICANS TO, QUOTE, IGNORE
LIES AND LISTEN TO SCIENTISTS 
BUT THE PRESIDENT ALSO GOT AN 
EARFUL FROM REPUBLICANS, EVEN 
SOME OF HIS FRIENDS OVER HIS 
CLAIM THAT HE'S GOT ABSOLUTE 
AUTHORITY DURING THIS PANDEMIC, 
BUT NOW IN THE FACE OF 
INCREASING EVIDENCE THAT HIS 
ADMINISTRATION WAS SLOW TO 
RESPOND, HE HAS GROWN 
INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED IN 
RECENT DAYS LOOKING TO SHIFT THE
BLAME, THE LATEST SCAPEGOAT WE 
WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THE 
W.H.O., THE PRESIDENT GENUINELY 
BELIEVES, MICHAEL, THAT HE'S NOT
GETTING ENOUGH CREDIT HERE ON 
THIS ONE. 
>> WELL, SPEAKING OF CREDIT IT 
SEEMS AS IF THE PRESIDENT IS 
ABOUT TO GET HIS NAME ON THOSE 
STIMULUS CHECKS GOING OUT TO 
AMERICANS. 
>> Reporter: YEAH, EXACTLY.
"THE WASHINGTON POST," THAT'S 
WHERE IT'S COMING FROM REPORTING
THE PRESIDENT'S NAME WILL APPEAR
ON THE MEMO LINE ON THE LEFT 
SIDE OF THOSE CHECKS.
THIS WOULD BE A COMPLETELY 
UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, A 
PRESIDENT'S NAME HAS NEVER 
APPEARED ON AN IRS REFUND OR 
STIMULUS CHECK BEFORE.
THE POST SAYS THIS COULD MEAN 
THERE WILL BE A SEVERAL DAY 
DELAY IN THOSE CHECKS GOING OUT 
BUT TREASURY SOURCES ARE TELLING
US THEY'RE IN THE MAIL NEXT 
WEEK. 
>> SO MANY WAITING FOR THOSE.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ROBIN. 
>> THEY CERTAINLY ARE, MICHAEL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
>>> AS THE U.S. DEBATES WHEN AND
HOW TO RE-OPEN, THE COUNTRY, 
OVERSEAS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE 
ALSO GRAPPLING WITH A VERY 
DIFFICULT DECISION.
THE NUMBER OF WORLDWIDE CASES 
GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO 
THAT 2 MILLION MARK.
SPAIN WITH MORE THAN 170,000 
CASE, THE SECOND MOST IN THE 
WORLD.
THEY ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO EASE
RESTRICTIONS.
IAN PANNELL HAS THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING, 
EUROPE SLOWLY TRYING TO RETURN 
TO NORMAL.
SPAIN EASING SOME RESTRICTIONS 
AS THEY SEE A DECLINE IN NEW 
CORONAVIRUS CASES FOR THE THIRD 
DAY IN A ROW.
OFFICIALS PASSING OUT MILLIONS 
OF MASKS AS MANUFACTURING AND 
CONSTRUCTION SITES RE-OPEN AND 
WORKERS GET BACK TO THEIR DAILY 
ROUTINES EVEN GETTING COFFEE.
DESPITE SERIOUS CONCERNS, NEARLY
300,000 WORKERS ARE NOW CLOCKING
BACK IN, AN ATTEMPT TO REVIVE 
THE COUNTRY'S STALLED ECONOMY.
>> IT'S SCARY, YOU KNOW.
I WISH THEY WOULD WAIT A COUPLE 
MORE WEEKS. 
>> Reporter: OHIO NATIVE JULIE 
BARD DI THINKS SPAIN IS MOVING 
TOO QUICKLY.
>> I LOOK AT EVERY ADDITIONAL 
PERSON AS ANOTHER RISK. 
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE WON'T 
FEEL FULLY SAFE UNTIL A VACCINE 
IS AVAILABLE.
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TAKING 
DIFFERENT STEPS.
IN ITALY AND AUSTRIA SMALLER 
SHOPS LIKE BOOK SELLERS ARE BACK
IN BUSINESS AS AMERICA DEBATES 
WHEN AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
MANY ARE URGING CAUTION.
>> IT CANNOT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE.
CONTROLLED MEASURES CAN ONLY BE 
LIFTED IF THE RIGHT PUBLIC 
HEALTH MEASURES ARE IN PLACE.
>> Reporter: THE W.H.O. WARNING 
AS COVID-19 ACCELERATES RAPIDLY 
IT DECELERATES SLOWLY AND 
COUNTRIES SHOULD NOT OPEN BEFORE
THEY'RE READY.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER BIG 
HEADLINES TO GET TO.
WE ARE FOLLOWING DIANE SAWYER IS
TAKING US INSIDE THE LARGEST NEW
ANTIBODY STUDY THAT'S UNDER WAY 
AND LAUNDRY LESSONS IN THE AGE 
OF COVID-19.
BUT FIRST GOING TO GO TO GINGER 
AT HOME.
HEY, GINGER.
>> MICHAEL, DOZENS OF VEHICLES 
INCLUDED IN THIS KENNEDY 
EXPRESSWAY CRASH IN CHICAGO.
BIG-TIME PILEUP.
I'LL COVER THE SNOW IN A BIT.
BUT LET'S GET TO THE SUNNY 
CITIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY STATE 
FARM.
>> Veronica: THE P.
WE DIDN'T GET SNOW
BUT WE'LL GET SUNSHINE.
HEADING OUT, WEAR THE FLEECE OR
YOUR SWEATSHIRT.
IT WILL BE A COOL DAY, MORE LIKE
EARLY MARCH.
LOOK AT TEMPERATURES FROM THE
MID 40S TO THE LOW AND MID 50S
THIS ARSENAL.
A LOT OF SUNSHINE FOR TODAY.
WE STAY DRY, SO A GREAT WEATHER
DAY FOR THE KIDS TO GET OUT,
MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT OF
SIDEWALK CHALK.
WE'RE DRY ALSO TOMORROW.
RAIN WILL BE MOVING BACK IN LATE
FRIDAY EVENING AFTER THE SUN
GOES DOWN.
SOME SHOWERS FOR EARLY
♪
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