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>>> RIGHT
>>> RIGHT NOW ON "SUNRISE," CORONAVIRUS TESTING RAMPS UP IN
MINNESOTA, WITH A NEW DRIVE-
THROUGH SPOT OPENING TODAY.
>> CORONAVIRUS, AFFECTING SOME
COMMUNITIES MORE THAN OTHERS.
HOW IT IS OPENING UP DISPARITY
GRABS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT RACES.
DIFFERENT RACES. >>> AFTER LIKE FIVE DAYS OF
SEEING ALL OF THIS BAD STUFF,
THEY WERE THERE.
OH, SORRY.
OH, SORRY. THEY WERE THERE.
>> WE FOLLOW A NURSE'S JOURNEY
TO HELP OVERWHELMED CLINICS IN
A CORONAVIRUS HOT SPOT.
>>> TONIGHT IS WHEN THE COLD
AIR REALLY MOVES IN.
WHAT PLANTS SHOULD YOU COVER?
WHICH WILL BE OKAY?
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING
UP.
UP.
UP. >>
UP. >> IT'S THURSDAY, MAY 7th, KARE
11 SUNRISE STARTS NOW.
>>> GOOD MORNING, SUNRISERS.
DID YOU SEE THESE PLANES FLYING
THROUGH THE SKY YESTERDAY.
SO DISAPPOINTED.
SO DISAPPOINTED. I MISSED IT.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE
PLANES.
PLANES.
PLANES. TO HONOR FRONT LINE WORKERS
BATTLING THE CORONAVIRUS.
LOOK HOW LOW THEY GOT AT ONE
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. JUST RIGHT ON TOP OF THE
BUILDINGS.
BUILDINGS. >> ISN'T THAT YOUR BUILDING?
>> I MUST HAVE BEEN ASLEEP.
>>> WE GOT VIDEO OF ANOTHER
SUPER MOON.
SUPER MOON. YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. IT'S THE LAST ONE OF 2020.
AND WOW.
AND WOW.
AND WOW. LOOK HOW BRIGHT IT IS.
IT WAS A NICE MORNING TO GET
OUT AND SEE IT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW.
CAN WE SEE IT RIGHT NOW?
>> YOU HAVE 16 MORE MINUTES TO
SEE IT BEFORE IT OFFICIALLY
SETS.
SETS.
SETS. SO
SETS. SO YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD
VIEW OF THE LOW HORIZON THERE.
5:45 IS WHEN IT WAS FULL.
6:17 IS WHEN IT SETS.
THEN ALMOST FULL.
IT WILL STILL LOOK PRETTY
BRIGHT.
BRIGHT.
BRIGHT. RIGHT NOW, SKIES ARE CLEAR.
IT'S GOOD VIEWING CONDITIONS
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CLOUDS
MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. IT'S 44 CURRENTLY.
HEADING TO NEAR 60 TODAY.
THEN DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING
TONIGHT WITH A FREEZE WARNING
IN EFFECT.
IN EFFECT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, PLUS,
WHAT TO EXPECT ON MOTHER'S DAY
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. >>> LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP
WITH THE LATEST.
NORTH MEMORIAL IS OPENING A
TESTING SITE IN ROBBINSVILLE.
COVID-19 HAS BECOME ONE OF THE
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. MINNESOTA'S DEATH RATE,
COMPARED TO OTHER STATES IS
ALSO ON THE RISE.
AND MINNESOTA'S LARGEST CANDY
STORE IS REOPENING.
IT WILL FEATURE SAFETY FEATURES
LIKE ONE-WAY FOOT TRAFFIC,
BARRIERS AND A 200-PERSON LIMIT
INSIDE.
INSIDE.
INSIDE. >>> THERE IS A NEW TESTING SITE
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. AND IT STARTS TODAY.
ELLERY IS LIVE IN ROBBINSDALE.
AND ELLERY, HOW IS THIS ALL
GOING TO WORK?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
SO IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PARKING LOT
HAS THE LANES BLOCKED OFF FOR
CARS AND PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH
AND DRIVE THROUGH TO GET TESTED
FOR CARS.
FOR CARS.
FOR CARS. STARTING AT 8:00 THIS MORNING.
AND REALLY, THERE'S JUST ONE
CRITERIA.
CRITERIA.
CRITERIA. THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE ONE
SYMPTOM OF CORONAVIRUS.
A COUGH, FEVER, SHORTNESS OF
BREATH.
BREATH.
BREATH. THEY WANT YOU TO CALL THE
OFFICE, TO LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. SHOW THEM YOUR INSURANCE CARD,
I.D.
I.D.
I.D. AND
I.D. AND FOR THE ACTUAL TEST,
THEY'LL SWAB YOUR NOSE, AND
YOU'LL GET THOSE RESULTS WITHIN
5 TO 7 DAYS.
THE STATE SAYS WE ARE
APPROACHING 5,000 TESTS A DAY.
THAT'S FAR SHORT OF THE
GOVERNOR'S GOAL OF 20,000 TESTS
A DAY.
A DAY.
A DAY. BUT MAYO CLINIC SAYS IT HOPES
TO REACH THAT GOAL BY THE END
OF THE MONTH.
AND THAT IT NEEDS TO EXPAND
TESTING ELIGIBILITY.
TESTING ELIGIBILITY. >>> AND THERE STILL ARE
LIMITATIONS, PARTICULARLY ON
THE MOLECULAR TESTING SIDE.
BUT WE NOW HAVE TO FLIP THAT
MENTALITY TO DO AS MUCH TESTING
AS POSSIBLE, SO WE CAN AT LEAST
FIND OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN EXPOSED TO IT.
>> Reporter: SO ON YOUR SCREEN
IS INFO ABOUT THIS TESTING
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. IT'S NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH
SPECIALTY PARKING LOT.
IT CAN BE TESTED MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY, 8:00 A.M.
TO 4:00 P.M.
AGAIN, BRING YOUR INSURANCE
CARD AND YOUR I.D.
AND THE OTHER THING WITH THIS
TESTING SITE, YOU DO NOT NEED A
DOCTOR'S APPROVAL.
DOCTOR'S APPROVAL. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS, WE HAVE A GREAT LIST.
OR OPEN UP YOUR KARE 11 APP.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
>> AND YOU JUST NEED ONE
SYMPTOM.
SYMPTOM.
SYMPTOM. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. THE ROLLING OUT OF TESTING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
>>> MINNESOTA SAW 728 NEW CASES
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THE BIGGEST RISE IN CASES HERE
DURING THE PANDEMIC SO FAR.
AND OUT OF THE MORE THAN 8500
POSITIVE CASES, 5,000 PEOPLE.
AND -- 5,005 PEOPLE ARE
RECOVERING, 485 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED.
DIED.
DIED. BUT
DIED. BUT MDHS SAYS 80% OF THOSE
DEATHS WERE FROM LONG-TERM CARE
OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
>>> IN OUR DIGITAL DIVE, WHAT
IS CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL
BUSINESS?
BUSINESS?
BUSINESS? HUNDREDS ARE DEBATING THIS
QUESTION RIGHT NOW ON OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE.
FACEBOOK PAGE. BECAUSE MINNESOTA'S LARGEST
CANDY STORE IS SET TO REOPEN
THIS WEEKEND.
THIS WEEKEND. SOME OF YOU ARE EXCITED.
BUT A LOT OF YOU, YOU'RE PRETTY
UPSET ABOUT THIS STORY.
ROBERT WAGNER.
ROBERT WAGNER. HE'S THE OWNER OF THIS
GINORMOUS STORE IN NORMAN,
KNOWN AS MINNESOTA'S LARGEST
CANDY STORE.
CANDY STORE. AND ASIDE FROM CANDY IN ITS
NAME, THEY SELL OTHER THINGS
LIKE APPLES FROM THEIR OWN
ORCHARD AND OTHER ORGANIC
PRODUCTS NEARBY.
PRODUCTS NEARBY. >> WE REACHED OUT TO THE
GOVERNMENT'S TASK FORCE.
AND THEY GOT TO US WITHIN THREE
DAYS AND INDICATED THAT WE MET
THE QUALIFICATIONS OF AN
ESSENTIAL BUSINESS AND HAD
PERMISSION TO OPEN.
>> NOW, WAGNER SAYS HIS STORE
IS THE ONLY PLACE MANY OF THE
SUPPLIERS SELL THE PRODUCTS.
AND THE STORE IS MAKING SOME
BIG CHANGES INSIDE.
TO ENSURE SAFE SOCIAL
DISTANCING, THEY HAVE ADDED
PLASTIC DIVIDERS BETWEEN THE
AISLES AND THE CHECKOUT LANES.
ONE-WAY FOOT TRAFFIC AND A
TOTAL OF 200 PEOPLE IN THE
STORE AT A TIME.
WAGNER SAYS BEING OPEN IS
INFINITELY BETTER THAN BEING
CLOSED, EVEN IF THE BUSINESS IS
DOWN 75 PERCENT.
MANY OF OUR SUNRISERS ARE
EXCITED TO HAVE THE SENSE OF
NORMALCY.
NORMALCY.
NORMALCY. BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR
COMMENTS WERE PEOPLE OUTRAGED
BY THIS.
BY THIS.
BY THIS. VALERIE SAYS SHE IS SO
DISAPPOINTED.
DISAPPOINTED. SHE WENT ON TO SAY, OUR SMALL
TOWN STORES CAN'T BE OPEN, OUR
HAIR SALONS CAN'T BE OPEN.
BUT THIS CAN?
AND HOW THEY CAN OPEN UP AND
HAVE 200 PEOPLE IN AT A TIME?
BUT A HAIR SHOP OR TATTOO SHOP
CAN'T OPEN UP FOR ONE ON ONE.
>> LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.
MY PRIVATE SALON CAN'T BE OPEN
WHERE I WORK ONE ON ONE?
BUT HUNDREDS CAN CROWD IN A DAY
FOR CANDY?
FOR CANDY? A LOT OF PEOPLE SCRATCHING
THEIR HEAD AND WONDERING WHY
GOVERNOR WALTZ LET THEM OPEN.
IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE STORY, WE
HAVE INFORMATION POSTED RIGHT
NOW AT KARE11.COM.
AND IN THIS STORY, BOYD TALKED
TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT SELL
THEIR SAUSAGE THERE.
HE SAID THAT'S HALF OF THEIR
BUSINESS IS FROM MINNESOTA
CANDY STORE.
CANDY STORE. SO A LOT OF PLACES SELL MEAT
AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS.
SO PROPS TO THEM FOR IF GETTING
OPEN, I GUESS.
>> I WENT THERE.
AND BOYD HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE
FOR HIS STORY TO AIR,
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. AND THEY WERE SO EXCITED.
IT SAID, BOYD HUPPERT, IT'S THE
BEST STORY OF THE YEAR.
SO THEY'RE EXCITED.
>> I WONDER IF IT'S ALMOST LIKE
A GROCERY STORE, WHERE YOU HAVE
TO PUT YOUR MASK ON AND GO IN
AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE OPENING
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. LAURA, LET'S GET TO YOU ABOUT
THE ONE THING ABOUT THE
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. >> IT'S BRIGHT.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. NINE MORE MINUTES TO SEE THE
LAST SUPER MOON OF THE YEAR
BEFORE IT SETS.
LOOK WEST FOR THAT TODAY.
IT'S 60 DEGREES.
SO BRIGHT, BUT A LITTLE COOLER
THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY.
AND A TOUCH ON THE BREEZY SIDE
FOR US THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S TONIGHT THAT THINGS GET
INTERESTING, TURNING COLDER.
A FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT, AS
WE DROP TO RIGHT NEAR OR EVEN
JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM WHAT
YOU'RE WATCHING FROM COMING UP.
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>>> AND AN UPDATE ON THAT
ROLLOVER CRASH, ALREADY
CLEARED.
CLEARED.
CLEARED. THEY MOVED THE TRAFFIC CAMERA
BACK TO 494, AT BLAINE AVENUE,
YOU CAN SEE A NICE CHECK OF THE
SUNRISE.
SUNRISE.
SUNRISE. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK OF
YOUR SUNRISE DRIVE IN A FEW
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. >>> UNLESS YOU'RE THERE, IT'S
HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE
VOLUNTEER ON THE FRONT LINES OF
THE PANDEMIC.
THE PANDEMIC. SAMANTHA SANSONE IS CARING FOR
PATIENTS IN NEW YORK CITY FOR
THE NEXT TWO MONTHS SHE TAKES
US ON A NEW REALITY.
FILLED WITH EMOTIONS AND
CATHARTIC SURPRISE.
CATHARTIC SURPRISE. >> IT'S MIDNIGHT.
I FINALLY CAME DOWN.
I GOT PUT ON A MED SURGE UNIT.
AND I HAD FIVE COVID PATIENTS.
WE HAD ONE PATIENT, THAT WAS
NOT MINE, CODED.
>> THEY WERE ABOUT TO INTUBATE
THE PATIENT.
THE PATIENT. AND HE DID NOT MAKE IT.
AND YEAH, THAT WAS ON MY FIRST
SHIFT.
SHIFT.
SHIFT. AND I JUST THOUGHT THE REST OF
MY SHIFTS WERE GOING TO BE LIKE
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. ♪
THIS. ♪ [
THIS. ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪
>> THE BODY ROLLED BY ON THE
STRETCHERS TO GO TO THE MORGUE.
AND YOU JUST THINK, THAT'S JUST
JOINING ALL THE OTHER BODIES
DOWN THERE.
DOWN THERE. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN
OUR MORGUE.
OUR MORGUE. IT'S NOT NORMAL.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE SHIFT
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THEN I'LL FINALLY HAVE THREE
NIGHTS OFF, WHICH I'M REALLY,
REALLY NEEDING.
REALLY NEEDING. MY BODY NEEDS HEALING FROM THE
STRESS.
STRESS.
STRESS. >> ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE
DYING ALONE AND DYING WITHOUT,
YOU KNOW, A HAND TO HOLD.
>> I CONTACTED MY UNCLE THE
OTHER DAY.
OTHER DAY. BECAUSE HE OWNS A CAR
DEALERSHIP.
DEALERSHIP. AND HE SAID, I CAN LEND YOU A
CAR.
CAR.
CAR. HE
CAR. HE SAID, OKAY, A DRIVER WILL BE
HERE TOMORROW AT 2:00.
MY TWO COUSINS IN THE FRONT
SEAT.
SEAT.
SEAT. AND
SEAT. AND MY UNCLE COMES TO THE
CORNER.
CORNER.
CORNER. I
CORNER. I DROP TO THE FLOOR, CRYING.
BECAUSE LIKE AFTER FIVE DAYS OF
SEEING ALL OF THIS BAD STUFF,
THEY WERE THERE.
AND -- SORRY.
THEY WERE THERE.
>> CAN WE GIVE A HUG?
>> FINALLY, MY UNCLE WAS LIKE,
CAN WE HUG YOU?
AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, SCREW IT,
JUST HUG ME.
I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I'M
WHERE I NEED TO BE.
I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP ON
KEEPING ON.
KEEPING ON. AND JUST SHEDDING MY LIGHT.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. SUCH A, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH
THE MOTIONS OF EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENS THAT DAY.
REALLY, REALLY TOUGH.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE THANKING ALL
OF OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>
WEEK. >> I WAS SURPRISED ABOUT THE
HUG.
HUG.
HUG. BUT
HUG. BUT I GUESS THAT'S A DECISION
SHE HAD TO WEIGH IN THE MOMENT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKING
ABOUT HIS BAN.
THE BATTLE ON CAPITOL HILL TO
HELP KEEP BUSINESSES AFLOAT.
ORGANIZERS STEPPING ON THE
BRAKES FOR THE IRISH FAIR.
WHEN THIS STAPLE IS PICKING
BACK UP AGAIN.
>>> AND WHAT