andrew johnson, was the only senator from the southern states remained. he invites the president and that's why he was picked in large part. in a sprinkling of southerner congress members of the house, tennessee, here and there. if you. but a very small in number. so i'm a human the first and really only time in american history, congressman dominated by are deeply influenced and later dominated by radicals pretty in new englanders. not coincidently. even many of those more from elsewhere. they were actually from new england. and it was intensely democratic atmosphere. in this was of new england. the heartland of abolition is lose him. and so on. so now congress was externally different than it had been before and as they implied, some of this legislation, was a homestead act and transcontinental railroad, had been bottled up. and i'm not going to digress into it but they just fought for years and years and years and years. very few expected the war to be what it became. almost no one. there were a few. but almost no one so the fact that it metastasized i

strongly unionist, that is where andrew johnson was from. i think there might have been one for louisiana which did have a union element because it's new orleans. i wouldn't swear to that. there was a virginian. i think that's about it. it's a handful. they were allowed to remain. but as rapidly as possible the union army has marched into the south and created enclaves which established the governments are loyal to the union and members were elected fairly quickly and there was a lot of controversy about whether they had any business setting or not, very controversial. how are we doing? >> we can do one more question. >> you started to talk getting a picture. could you describe it a little bit more? >> picture was of washington, d.c. with blacks doing the cleaning and work vis-À-vis alexandria just down the road where you could buy slavery. i don'te understand they are beautiful pictures but i can't put it together. >> virginia isur a slave state d there was quite a problem actually was what to do about places where it was legal in areas th

and andrew johnson he was the only one that remained that's a large part what he was picked so they were union us. so the first and only time in american history congress was dominated to be deeply influenced and later dominated from new englanders. and those elsewhere were actually from new england and fertilized by the intensely small d democratic atmosphere of new england. the heartland of abolitionism. so the balance of congress was extremely different than it had been before with the homestead act or the transcontinental railroad i will not digress but for years and years. but very few expected the war to what it became. almost no one. there were a few. so the fact that it metastasized this for year-long at least 750,850,000 lives every single family was taught on - - touched far beyond any other in history and that determination of the republicans in congress to stay in and fight it is politically heroic so raising the money and those that had to be borrowed to fight every inch of the way and then i don't tend to glaze over but with the subject of finance it doesn't have natural na

think about, say, the texas versus johnson decision in the flagburning arena, where the very recent over the felt decision, a 5-4 decision involving same-sex marriage. just because there's a dissenting opinion, even in a highly dissent -- contested case, does not mean that it would not be followed. i'm going to shift my attention to think about the defense of -- white supremacy and the tactics left on the cutting room floor. like i say, the opponents of integration had a very familiar set of moves that were available to them. in order to sort of go to the emotions, in order to sort of anger people and get people up in the south. the most important move would have been what they referred to as miscegenation or the mongrelisation of the races. this is the idea that integrated classrooms are going to inexorably lead to integrated--. this was the sort of core claim that got people worked up in the south. and you can find this in a statement from a judge from mississippi, a man by the name of tom p brady, no connection so far as i know. he writes in 1955, "these northern negroes are determine

those three senators are senator lyndon johnson of texas, senator al gore -- albert gore, i should say, of tennessee, the vice president's father, and senator estes keefehover. it raises an interesting question and i'll drop a footnote about the unanimity of brown is. it proceeds along a funny set of subset of subsuppositions. is it possible that had there been a dissent in brown versus board of education, that the decision would have been more aggressive and more effective? the idea that it would have led the south to resist brown versus board of education with greater fervor strains, you know, belief, in my view. seems to me that the south resisted brown versus board of education with plenty of ferocity, and they didn't need a decision from the supreme court of the united states to do so. it's also important to think about the way that even, you know, divided opinions, you know, are accepted over time. think about say the texas versus johnson decision in the flag-burning arena, or the very recent obergefell decision, a 5-4 decision involving same-sex marriage. so, just because there

think about sayle text versus johnson decision. or the very recent 5-4 decision involving same sex marriage. it does not mean that it would not have been followed. okay,ly shift my attention now to think about the defense of white supremacy. you know, as i say the, you know, the opponents of be graduation had a very familiar set of moves to go through the emotions and get people angered. they would say the mongralization saying that what was happening in the classrooms would move to the bedrooms. you could find this in a statement from a judge named tom p. brady. he says these northern negros are determined to mongralize america. black people don't have respect for themselves and they're trying to get on the intermarriage turnpike. you would think this is mississippi, this is a outliar, what is the background of this person, this is judge tom brady educated at the lawrenceville school, a ledding institution of prep schools in the country and also yale university. he is a person of sophistication in a is using this very strong langu

chris johnson who filed the pool report on the incident said quote a white house official instructed the print pool to take cnn's seat in the briefing room because the seating would be swapped for the briefing. given the seating assignment is under the jurisdiction of the white house correspondents association, not the white house, the pool reporter refused to move. force briefingsk on saturday. but reporters did hear from white house senior advisor kevin hassett, who stopped for a few minutes to take questions on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. mr. hassett said, that unappointed numbers in the u.s. could reach as high as

washington blade chief political reporter chris johnson filed this report on the incident said a white house official instructed him to take cnn's seat in the briefing room because the seating would be swapped for the briefing. given the seating assignment is under the jurisdiction to have white house corners association, white house, the reporter refused to move. there was no task force briefing on saturday but reporters did hear from white house senior advisor kevin hassett, who stopped for a few minutes to take questions on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. he said unemployment numbers

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go on air with this quick summary of news we're learning now that the british prime minister boris johnson has been discharged from st thomas' hospital in london we understand he's being taken to the official u.k. prime minister's country residence checkers to begin and as yet undecided length of time in recuperation following his hospitalization last week the 55 year old has been prime minister for a little under 9 months you'll remember he was in isolation inside number 11 downing street for a full 2 weeks and he was hospitalized and spent some time inside the i.c.u. inside the hospital because he couldn't shake off those symptoms but he's back on the road to recovery we understand at checkers we don't know if or when he'll be returning to his full time job as prime minister inside number 10 we'll keep you across all the developments as soon as we get them spain's reporting a rise in deaths linked to the coronavirus of the 1st time in 3 days 619 people have died in the past 24 hours pushing the total pos 16002300 there's more than 166000 known cases has more now from madrid. he also expr

britain's prime minister boris johnson left hospital to continue his recovery at his country residence he was discharged after a week 3 nights of which he spent in intensive care i have today left hospital after a week in which the n.h.s. has saved my life no question it's hard to find words to express my day he paid tribute to those who looked after him i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the health care workers of every description physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harm's way kept risking this deadly virus the number of people who died in hospitals after being infected with corona virus in the u.k. has now surpassed more than 10000 the u.k. government says record amounts of personal protection equipment is in the system but staff treating the sick say there are still vulnerable i'm sorry if ministers feel that they have supplied adequate p.p. to n.h.s. staff but that's simply not the case of what we are experiencing on the ground and it just don't want to be seen a

have died from the virus or a challenge has more now on johnson's condition. through tuesday the message from the u.k. government has been pretty much exactly the same about boris johnson's health that he is stable that he is being given the best possible care he's been given oxygen but that he hasn't been put on a ventilator it doesn't have pneumonia he's in good spirits and that if the situation changes then they'll give us an update. meanwhile france has the 4th highest court a virus death toll in the world now the government there has confirmed more than 10300 people have died well than 1400 deaths were announced on tuesday alone paul brennan takes a look at how france and other european countries are coping. the arrow points down but the sign just caution after 5 consecutive days of fewer and fewer new deaths spain's source sharp increase in coronavirus fatalities on tuesday. nonetheless the rise was attributed to weekend deaths only now being recorded that overall the trend remains downward spanish firefighters are playing a vital role in support of the

increasing again in recent days britain's prime minister has spent a 2nd night in intensive care boss johnson is said to be in a stable condition. or news off the al-jazeera wild. 'd from to time that i start understanding the ward surrounding me and questioning the life and asking the same question with everybody's house where my ram i come from why i'm here and what i'm going to add sheen till now it has been always a spiral i have been true. you know years off that difficulties i have been to to praise in torture exile but i never forgot that i'm going to reach a point beyond which is somehow a serving dish manatee. by fighting against injustice is what really my main goal is was and will be i hoped in the future but to reach it. every day in your going to difficulties every day every moment you have difficulties surrounding me man there i can find it in a hole in my life day to day those problems and difficulties that sometimes like. you know prison or torture or take you away or being in a society cooperate but finally become my figure and then you're treated the same way to i'm saying t

british prime minister boris johnson moved to intensive care. >>> here in the u.s., the death toll mounting. more than 1,000 dying in just 24 hours. tonight, governor andrew cuomo on the numbers, and what they could now be showing. we're on the front lines inside one new york city hospital. at the javits convention center, where teams of doctors are taking in coronavirus patients. and the governor who said today he asked the president if the navy ship comfort could now take patients with the virus. the president just addressing this and we'll have it. all of this after the surgeon general warned that in this country, the next two weeks

from johnson hopkins. 889,000 confirmed cases. with 50,000 deaths in the u.s. there have been 4.6 million tests administered in the u.s. but many experts say that scratches the surface and many more tests need to be done in the future. before we go, the news at 4:00 will be on >>> tonight, the coronavirus death toll in the u.s. tops 50,000. on the same day several states gamble on their re-opening. georgia, south carolina, and texas among the states opening for business. customers in masks filling into salons, barbershops and gyms. the new abc news poll showing overwhelming support for social distancing as stay-at-home orders nationwide, 86%. new york's governor andrew cuomo reporting 422 deaths in 24 hours. the state's curve still going down. but the governor warning, it's not over. >>> tonight, a mother and father who both have to virus reunited with their newborn twins who were born prematur

brian johnson said the only reason why i didn't shut the justice down is, hey, she isn't having it. he makes sure to wipe down any equipment that she may use. >> that instructor also says she knows exactly what to do, so they're still maintaining social distance, but she's got it. >> she's got it. i mean, you said it, she's beat cancer four times, most recently she announced in january she is cancer-free after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer for the second time. she's a fighter. >> an update on all the justices, the court says they are all healthy, they have been dialing in to conferences remotely. when it comes to supporters of rbg, they said you've got to put her in shrink wrap, you've got to protect her, bubble wrap. if you feel you want to cough near her, take it outside. >> right. we ain't having it, she ain't having it. >>> coming up, from toilet paper cakes to facetime sing-alongs. how americans are ringing in their birthday in the age of social distancing. >>> later in "the skinny," how the other half is whiling away their hours of boredom indoors, from do-it-yourself

johnson has been hospitalized nearly a week battling the virus. britain's foreign secretary is taking johnson's place when necessary. >>> so kenneth, it's no secret, many items have been in short supply during this outbreak. but if you want chicken wings you're in luck. >> the surplus can be traced to the ncaa men's basketball tournament. apparently march madness is one of the top wing-eating times of the year. when the tournament was canceled, demand dropped. experts say the extra supply has led to a price drop to about $1 per pound, a number not seen since 2011. if the voice of jack was actually in this building, he would be able to tell you that he eats a lot of wings during this time as well. >> i heard through the grapevine, though, you love your chicken wings too. >> i do love them. i do love a wing or two. i do, isn't that crazy? i mean, march madness canceled, so people are not eating as many wings. it's funny because i actually have been trying to like be good this week with eating because i actually have a plan this weekend to eat chicke

whit johnson, abc news, new york. >>> now to the economic impact. job losses for americans are soaring, now on par with the great depression. another 5.2 million people have filed for unemployment for a total of 22 million just in the last month. the pandemic is spiking demand for food across the country, especially for those out of work. lines of cars at the nation's food banks often stretch for miles. and for those relying on those promised stimulus checks, glitches in the system are sending millions of those checks to the wrong bank account. >>> grisly discovery at a new jersey nursing home, several bodies found after dozens of deaths. many of the elderly patients contracting coronavirus. the state's attorney general is investigating the facility as families demand answers. abc's stephanie ramos has the details from jersey. >> reporter: families outraged after a grim discovery inside this 500-bed nursing home in andover, the largest in new jersey. the bodies of 15 residents held in a small morgue meant to hold just four people. >> they were overc

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whit johnson, abc news, new york. >> as whit suggested, testing is a major focus right now. experts say it is key to opening the country. antibody tests in los angeles suggests the actual number of virus infections there may be 55 times higher than tested cases. many states are struggling to meet the demands for test kits. maryland republican governor larry hogan cut a deal with a lab in south korea for 500,000 tests. hogan pointed out he didn't have access to federal labs that were on a state by state list offered by the white house. the president attacked hogan over that saying hogan quote needed to get a little knowledge. vice president pence promised the cdc is going to start boosting contact tracing in every state. >> we have enough testing capacity for every state in america to go to phase one, but we assured the governors today we're going to continue to work around the clock to expand the testing capacity, support supplian efto enc >> at that same briefing, white house task force member dr. deborah birx showed slides of lab locations in several states, including mili

whit johnson, abc news, new york. >>> president trump says he's going to personally request that large companies return the federal money meant to support struggling small businesses. he also singled out harvard university, claiming the school received money from that federal program. but harvard is out with a new statement overnight saying it didn't apply for the funds, nor did it receive any. like many universities, harvard says it did receive government money from a higher education emergency relief fund, which will be used to help students. >>> the house could vote tomorrow on that program to help small businesses which employ nearly half of the nation's workers. a look at food lines around the country shows how many people are in need right now. this free food giveaway in east los angeles hoped to serve 3,000 families. in dayton, ohio, organizers planned for 1,600 cars at a few distribution sites. some people said they were in line for three hours. and near hartford, connecticut, lines of cars waited to pick up food outside of football stadiums. abc's steve osunsami has more from

whit johnson, abc news, new york. >> whit, thank you. >>> dr. anthony fauci is warning coronavirus could rebound if states reopen too quickly. at yesterday's white house briefing he made a direct appeal to georgia governor brian kemp to follow the administration's plan that lays out three phases to safely loosen restrictions. >> and i know there's the desire to move ahead quickly. that's a natural human nature desire. but going ahead and leapfrogging into phases where you should not be, i would advise him as a health official and as a physician not to do that. >> dr. fauci also said he is convinced there will be a resurgence of the coronavirus in the fall, but the u.s. will be better prepared to manage it. >>> a top government doctor involved in finding a coronavirus vaccine has been demoted. dr. rick bright claims that he was removed for opposing a malaria drug that the president touted, without proof, that it might be a remedy. bright put out a scathing cron science. president trump says he never heard of dr. bright. >>> two new york housecats

. >>> british prime minister boris johnson is back at number 10 downing street this morning. he returns to work a month after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, which included three nights in an icu. >>> there is rampant speculation about the health of north korean leader kim jong-un. he hasn't been seen in public since april 11th. a south korean official says kim is alive and well, but there's no proof of that. >>> the nba is heading toward a rebound. espn reports some practice facilities will reopen on friday. that's only for cities and states that have eased stay-at-home orders. those are some of our top headlines on this monday, april 27th. >>> we are entering the final days of april 2020. hard to believe, may is coming. we do begin with the push to ramp up testing and reopen the country as the coronavirus claims more american lives. >> today the governor of texas will announce his plan to end stay-at-home orders with some restrictions set to be lifted on thursday. new jersey's governor will also unveil a roadmap for reopening, but he says those first steps are several

>> oh, yes, i can, because dwayne "the rock" johnson posted a video to instagram sharing his own hand washing song with his youngest little baby, baby tia, a rap version of his song "you're welcome" from the "muana" song track. >> i can explain every natural phenomenon. what's the lesson what is the takeaway now the breakaway and the tapestry here on my -- >> johnson said in his caption, stay healthy and safe my friends. i've actually got a question for the rock. how do you keep that towel on so tight? >> um, we're all wondering that. >> i have a hard time, i'm like -- keeping it on, it's got to be all -- you know. what size towel is that, rock? >> we have so many questions about that towel. >> an extra extra extra extra large. >> i went through the comments too and it's a bunch of moms like, you go, rock, so cute. we all love it. it's the content we love to see in quarantine. >>> next to tom brady's new digs. >> tampa bay's newest buccaneer has reportedly just landed his family into a sprawling 30,000 square foot mansion on a private island built by derek jeter. >> it is too early fo

. >> this is eric johnson with his australian shepherd, bella. she disappeared march 3rd after a tornado destroyed johnson's home. bella was found sunday, 54 days later, four miles away. residents had seen her in the area, then a nonprofit tracked her down using cameras with motion sensors. >> they always seem to find their way home, don't they? >> yes, and after a bath, she was reunited with her owner. >> it feels so good. i definitely love those stories. can we show her again? that dog looked shook, though. she was like, wait, am i back? the things i saw, y'all, it was wild out there. we're so glad. >> get me out of these streets! >>> coming up in "the skinny," new details about what's in store this summer for the bachelor. >>> the latest incident involving harrison ford and a runway incursion. why some are asking whether it's time the actor parked his plane for good. >>> britney spears comes clean about an incident involving her gym and candles, and why she's now thankful that no one was hurt. >> oh-oh. ♪ i love what you're doing don't you k

johnson was admitted to a hospital for tests on sunday on the advice of his doctors. they called it a precautionary step because of johnson's persistent symptoms, including a high temperature. he tested positive 11 days ago. >>> it was a surreal scene as pope francis celebrated palm sunday mass at a nearly empty st. peter's basilica. the mass is usually held outside before thousands of worshippers, instead, there were just a handful of priests, nuns, and a small choir. all of them kept their distance from each other. >>> millions of people across the u.s. watched religious services online sunday. that wasn't the case at a church in louisiana where more than 1,000 people gathered. the church's pastor spoke with abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: with louisiana surging as a hot spot, police patrolling the streets of new orleans. >> stay home except for essential needs. help us flatten the curve and save lives. >> reporter: near baton rouge, one church has been defiant. governor john bel edwards with a plea. >> i'm calling upon those parishioners to not go. because it is gr

johnson's move to the icu was considered precautionary. he's been battling the virus for nearly two weeks. >>> doctors are divided over an anti-malaria drug president trump has been pushing as a possible treatment for the coronavirus. medical experts like dr. anthony fauci say there's not enough scientific data to back up the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine when it comes to combating covid-19. but dr. deborah birx told fox news it's important we're doing clinical trials but not stopping doctors from trying out the drug on patients. people with lupus who depend on the drug say it is now in short supply. >>> it seems another massive economic stimulus bill is going to work its way through congress. house speaker nancy pelosi says the bill could easily cost more than $1 trillion. she says her bill would provide another round of direct payments to americans and assistance for small businesses including farmers. the president has signaled some support for those ideas. >>> and search crews get back to work this morning in maryland's chesapeak

his spokesman says johnson is in stable condition and is in good spirits as he fights the virus. a top official says he's receiving oxygen and is breathing on his own. >>> the acting navy secretary has resigned after mocking the fired captain of the "uss roosevelt" over his response to the coronavirus outbreak. thomas modly apologized monday night for comments about captain brett crozier, including calling him stupid. abc news obtained his resignation letter. he says he is deeply sorry for some of the words he used. he also noted the sailors were justified for being angry. >>> a mobile orchestra spreading cheer to locked-down residents in hungary. >> the orchestra has been driving around budapest, entertaining folks stuck in their homes. the group's leader says the musicians are caring for people's souls as they play classical waltzes. members can't perform in concert because of the nationwide lockdown. that woman seems to be enjoying it very much. >> they are doing it right in hungary. the residents er ht >> i think the residents here in the u.s. would like that as well. we've s

we begin with whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a doctor taking us inside new york's mt. sinai queens hospital, now pushed to the brink. >> this is our e.d. you can see all the rooms are filled. usually these halls are very neat and empty. and now you can see there's patients everywhere because of this. makes it very hard to work and we're trying our best to treat everyone that we can. >> reporter: many of the patients immediately put on oxygen. >> all these patients here sitting out in the hallways because we are full. >> reporter: health care workers on the front lines, making painful sacrifices. >> i said good-bye to my wife and to my daughter for who knows how long. it's going to be several weeks probably before i see them again. >> it's frustrating that you want people to get better. everyone in the hospital is working overtime, putting their hearts into trying to save these people's lives. and, you know, it takes a toll because you're both physically and mentally exhausted. >> reporter: and tonight, news on dr. colleen smith, who shared these images from one of the

we begin with whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a doctor taking us inside new york's mt. sinai queens hospital, now pushed to the brink. >> this is our e.d. you can see all the rooms are filled. usually these halls are very neat and empty. and now you can see there's patients everywhere because of this. makes it very hard to work and we're trying our best to treat everyone that we can. >> reporter: many of the patients immediately put on oxygen. >> all these patients here sitting out in the hallways because we are full. >> reporter: health care workers on the front lines, making painful sacrifices. >> i said good-bye to my wife and to my daughter for who knows how long. it's going to be several weeks probably before i see them in person again. >> everyone in the hospital is working overtime. it takes a toll because you're both physically and mentally exhausted. >> reporter: and tonight, news on dr. colleen smith, who shared these images from one of the first hard-hit e.r.s in queens. >> all of the patients here have covid. >> reporter: now confirming she's tested positive

we'll begin this half-hour with whit johnson leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, a doctor taking us inside new york's mt. sinai queens hospital, now pushed to the brink. >> this is our e.d. you can see all the rooms are filled. usually these halls are very neat and empty. and now you can see there's patients everywhere because of this. makes it very hard to work and we're trying our best to treat everyone that we can. >> reporter: many of the patients immediately put on oxygen. >> all these patients here sitting out in the hallways because we are full. >> reporter: health care workers on the front lines, making painful sacrifices. >> i said good-bye to my wife and to my daughter for who knows how long. it's going to be several weeks probably before i see them in person again. >> everyone in the hospital is working overtime, putting their and, you know, it takes a toll because you're both physically and mentally exhausted. >> reporter: and tonight, news on dr. colleen smith, who shared these images from one of the first hard-hit e.r.s in queens. >> all of the patients here have covid

>> whit johnson leading us off on a friday night. thank you. >>> as many said, one of the keys to re-opening the country may be testing for antibodies so see if americans had been exposed and have immunity. it would offer reassurance as families consider going back. tonight, a test for antibodies, a simple pinprick. tonight, the government, do they have the ability to get tens of millions of tests and get ready? here's abc's kaylee hartung tonight. >> reporter: tonight, on the front lines of a key battle in the fight to get america back to work. a line of people in northern california waiting for an antibody test to determine whether they have been exposed to the coronavirus without knowing it, and may now be immune. >> the key to reopening is going to be testing. >> reporter: the antibody testing in california, part of a usc-stanford study, requires just a drop of blood, a simple pinprick. they say it costs about 10 bucks and results are available in about 10 minutes. $10, 10 minutes per test and you are gathering incredibly valuabl

>> whit johnson leading us off on a friday night. whit, thank you. >>> as many have said, one of the keys to reopening the country may be testing for antibodies to see if americans had been exposed to the virus and might have some immunity. it would offer some reassurance as families decide if it's safe to go back to work. tonight we're with the researchers with the experimental test checking for antibodies, a simple pinprick. tonight, the government, do they have the ability to get tens of millions of tests ready and quickly? here's abc's kaylee hartung tonight. >> reporter: tonight, on the front lines of a key battle in the fight to get america back to work. a line of people in northern california waiting for an antibody test to determine whether they have been exposed to the coronavirus without knowing it and may now be immune. >> the key to reopening is going to be testing. >> reporter: the antibody testing in california, part of a usc-stanford study, requires just a drop of blood, a simple pinprick. they say it costs about 10 bu

. >>> overseas now, british prime minister boris johnson out of the hospital and recovering from the coronavirus. johnson thanking health care workers for saving his life, saying it, quote, could have gone either way. he spent three nights in intensive care. >>> new tonight, an american family emerging from their home for the first time in 76 days. the reason? they live in wuhan. so, what's life like after quarantine? here's abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter: tonight, this is wuhan, the chinese city where the global pandemic began. now, it's reopened, with a little bit of celebration. oweeinameranaxeirt, his fe li dan and his 6-month-old daughter, rachel, who are quarantined in their neighborhood. >> i felt like i can't even leave if i wanted to. >> reporter: we were there just when fears of the virus' spread were growing. this is the international section of the wuhan airport and there's basically almost no one here. it's empty. days later, the airport shut down and wuhan became a ghost town. >> so, as you can see, we're outside. i think it's been, like, two months of wuhan being lock

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whit johnson back with us tonight, and whit, i wanted to get back to what the president said. he called it the next front in this war, opening up america again. and he called it a science-based reopening and made a point of saying some states will open sooner than ever. >> reporter: and david, once again, president trump is focused on our borders. saying, quote, we must be extra vigilant in blocking the fortunate entry of the virus, adding that border control, travel restrictions and other limitations are more important than ever. he also pointed to the data, saying that 30% of the counties in this country have reported no new cases of coronavirus in the last seven days. david? >> all right, whit johnson leading us off on the news tonight from the president. whit, thank you. we have reported here for several weeks now on the awful toll on nursing homes and senior centers across the country and tonight, the fast-moving police investigation now after the discovery at a nursing home in andover, new jersey. the bodies of 15 people found in a holding area, a small morgue, only disc

>> all right, whit johnson leading us off on the news tonight from the president. whit, thank you. >>> we have reported here for several weeks now on the awful toll on nursing homes and senior centers across this country, and tonight, the fast-moving police investigation now after the discovery at a nursing home in andover, new jersey. the bodies of 15 people found in a holding area, a small morgue, only discovered after they requested more body bags. 68 deaths at that one facility alone, including two nurses. abc's stephanie ramos is on the scene tonight. >> reporter: tonight, families outraged, after a grim discovery inside this 500-bed nursing home in andover, the largest in new jersey. the bodies of 15 residents held in a small morgue meant to hold just four people. >> they were overcome by bodies and we needed to be able to help them. >> reporter: it started with a desperate call over the weekend for two dozen body bags. then, an anonymous tip to police. the town eventually using this box truck to help retrieve the dead. in all, 66 residents have died at the f

whit johnson leading us off here in new york. >>>. >> reporter: tonight, a heavy toll. emts transporting suspected covid patients and decontaminating only to do it again. >> i can't sleep with the lights off. i sleep with my lights on. >> reporter: for a new york paramedic arc relentless cycle delivering bad news. >> it's real hard. for a young kid, youngest boy is three, and you can't do nothing. >> reporter: in new york, at least 630 people dying in a single day. >> you're not going to hear any day soon, it's over, the nightmare ends and you wake up. it's going to be incremental and we have to be smart. >> reporter: in new jersey, 300 lives lost, the death toll doubling since last week. >> this is five times the number of new jerseyens we lost on 9/11. >> reporter: the pandemiclekying senior citizens in nursing homes at an alarming rate. 55 residents dying at this home in brooklyn and in new jersey, 49% of patients are in nursing homes massachusetts it's 50%. across the country, thousands cut off from their family members, feeling helpless. >> i know she's fighting an

>> whit johnson leading us off. whit, thank you. >>> as we have been reporting with the new numbers late this week, now at least 22 million americans have now lost their jobs since this all started. tonight, the americans, the parents in line for food. the father who told us he doesn't know what to say to the children when they ask what's for dinner. abc's marcus moore with those families in line in san antonio. >> thank you, god bless you all. >> reporter: these are the faces of hunger and their voices. >> my name is christa flores. i'm furloughed from my job. i'm a single mom. >> my name is diane. i'm disabled, and i never thought i'd need help. >> my name is tana hendrix. unfortunately my unemployment did get denied. >> i never really needed the assistance before. >> reporter: as the deadly pandemic grips the country, this week marks one month without income for millions of americans. in san antonio, an army of volunteers from the food bank working through the night packing trucks with groceries. this pandemic ha

we will take you through all of this tonight, step by step, and abc's whit johnson leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, as the deadly pandemic sweeps the nation, an especially cruel blow to one family in ohio. three members of the conkey family dying in just three days. >> they were always there for us. went everywhere and did everything together. >> reporter: katie lost her grandmother, judith, and grandfather, lewis, on tuesday. sunday, it was her uncle who passed. now she is in self-quarantine. >> we want to spare any family that we can through the trauma we're going through. we can't have a funeral the proper way. we can't grieve with our friends and our family. and it just makes everything ten times worse and tougher. >> reporter: the u.s. death toll now topping 5, 600. >> this is going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: in new york state alone, the number of infections approaching 100,000. ambulances shipped in from across america staging at the bronx zoo. governor cuomo now saying the peak could happen in anywhere from 7 to 30 days, adding this dire warning that

but we begin with abc's whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: tonight, as the deadly pandemic sweeps the nation, an especially cruel blow to one family in ohio. three members of the conkey family dying in just three days. >> they were always there for us. went everywhere and did everything together. >> reporter: katie lost both her grandmother, judith, and grandfather, lewis, on tuesday. sunday, it was her uncle who passed, after being placed on life support. now, katie is in self-quarantine, her step-father in the hospital. >> we can't have a funeral the proper way. we can't grieve with our friends and our family. and it just makes everything ten times worse and tougher. >> reporter: the u.s. death toll now topping 5,600. >> this is going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: in new york state alone, the number of infections approaching 100,000. ambulances shipped in from across america staging at the bronx zoo. governor cuomo now saying the peak could happen anywhere from 7 to 30 days. adding this dire warning -- that the state could run out of lifesaving ventilators in less

we'll start with whit johnson leading us off in new york. >> reporter: tonight, these stark images from denver illustrating the difficult decisions facing leaders at all levels of government, how to balance the pressure to reopen with the need to protect public safety. in the new york epicenter where the pandemic has inflicted weeks of pain and heartbreak, tonight, signs the state has turned a corner. look at the curve over the last month. the number of people admitted to the hospital trending downward. governor cuomo urging caution. >> the question is now, how long is the descent and how steep is the descent? and nobody knows. >> reporter: one doctor seeing that decline firsthand. when we first met dr. matthew bai almost a month ago, he described mt. sinai queens as a hospital under siege. >> you can see all the rooms are filled. usually these halls are very neat and empty, and now you can see there's patients everywhere. >> reporter: these days a different picture. >> no patients in this hall at all.it is a besit to see. >> reporter: still, across the country, more proof of the devast

we'll begin with whit johnson leading us off in new york. >> reporter: tonight, these stark images from denver illustrating the difficult decisions facing leaders at all levels of government, how to balance the pressure to reopen with the need to protect public safety. in the new york epicenter where the pandemic has inflicted weeks of pain and heartbreak, tonight, signs the state has turned a corner. look at the curve over the last month. the number of people admitted to the hospital trending downward. governor cuomo urging caution. >> the question is now, how long is the descent and how steep is the descent? and nobody knows. >> reporter: one doctor seeing that decline firsthand. when we first met dr. matthew bai almost a month ago, he described mt. sinai queens as a hospital under siege. >> you can see all the rooms are filled. usually these halls are very neat and empty, and now you can see there's patients everywhere. >> reporter: these days a different picture. >> no patients in this hall at all. it is a beautiful sight to see. >> reporter: still, across the country, more proof of

johnson's critics say he acted too late. this is him last month. >> i want to stress that for the vast majority of the people of this country, we should be going about our business as usual. >> reporter: appearing to make light of the threat. >> i was at a hospital the other night where i think there were a few coronavirus patients and i shook hands with everybody you'll be pleased to know and i continue to shake hands. >> reporter: but now having had the disease, johnson is reportedly wary of lifting the lockdown and further crippling the economy. denmark meanwhile is re-emerging because it acted so early. schools and small businesses back in action. that's because they shut down the country on the day of the first death. denmark may have locked down but in sweden they've gone a very different direction. no lockdown at all and a higher number of cases. but crucially, an economy still moving. too early perhaps to say if the gamble pays off, but across the continent different approaches are being tested to their limits. and a

johnson is still recovering, and britain is still suffering. critics say he acted too late. this is him last month. >> i want to stress that for the vast majority of the people of this country, we should be going about our business as usual. >> reporter: appearing to make light of the threat. >> i was at a hospital the other night where i think there were a few coronavirus patients and i shook hands with everybody, you'll be pleased to know, and i continue to shake hands. >> reporter: but now having had the disease, johnson is reportedly wary of lifting the lockdown and further crippling the economy. denmark meanwhile is re-emerging because it acted so early. schools and small businesses back in action. that's because they shut down the country on the day of the first death. denmark may have locked down but in sweden they've gone in a very different direction. no lockdown at all and a higher number of cases. but crucially, an economy still moving. too early perhaps to say if the gamble pays off, but across the continent different approaches are being tested to their limits.

whit johnson leads us off from new york. >> reporter: tonight, even as new york descends from its peak, the number of patients flooding hospitals is still shockingly high. overnight, more than 1,300 new admissions. a tough week in the e.r. is the associated press given access into st. joseph's medical center in yonkers. a nurse frantically pumping a man's chest. the medical team in full protective gear standing back, arms up until that jolt to the man's heart. he's revived and put on a ventilator. >> we do this all day every day for the last month, multiple times a day. >> reporter: dr. anthony leno says it's a daily struggle between life and death. >> it's been a nightmare. we have a volume of sick people like you can't believe. in one shift, i pronounced six people dead. >> reporter: new york hit the hardest of any state. but finally coming down the mountain. >> we're in a relatively good place. better to be going down than to be going up. >> reporter: in manhattan, police officers cheering for a stream of volunteer health workers from other states now heading home. governor cuomo an

whit johnson leads us off from new york. >> reporter: tonight, even as new york descends from its peak, the number of patients flooding the hospitals is still shockingly high. overnight, more than 1,300 new admissions. a tough week in the e.r. the associated press given access into st. joseph's medical center in yonkers. a nurse frantically pumping a man's chest. the medical team in full protective gear standing back, arms up until that jolt to the man's heart. he's revived and put on a ventilator. >> we do this all day every day for the last month, multiple times a day. >> reporter: dr. anthony leno says it's a daily struggle between life and death. >> it's been a nightmare. we have a volume of sick people like you can't believe. in one shift, i pronounced six people dead. >> reporter: new york hit the hardest of any state. but finally coming down the mountain. >> we're in a relatively good place. better to be going down than to be going up. >> reporter: in manhattan, police officers cheering for a stream of volunteer health workers from other states now heading home. governor cuomo a

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whit johnson with us again tonight. he's outside the temporary hospital at the javits sent near new york. we know they'll be taking coronavirus patient there is after the agreement with the president. late today, whit, president trump announcing before we came on announcing the cdc recommendations when it comes to mask. the surgeon general already announcing the federal guidance many his words has been confusing to the american people on this. >> reporter: initially the white house was against face coverings for the general public. now they are recommending nonmedical cloth masks but president trump emphasized that it is voluntary and that he himself probably won't be wearing one. david? >> whit johnson leading us off tonight. the news on masks there. >>> the warning from doctors as well this evening about ventilators. one saying it's like we're playing musical chairs, already juggling them between patients. tonight we're one-on-one with california's governor and abc's matt gutman now from california. >> reporter: tonig