>> YOU ARE WATCHING KO ACTION SEVEN NEWS. BY FRONT OF THE THOUSANDS REQUESTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS BUT MANY OF THOSE BALLOTS HAVE NOT COME BACK IN THE POLLS TO BE MORE CROWDED THAN EXPECTED. THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS COMING INTO THE BERNALILLO COUNTY ELECTION BY MAIL. >> I DO NOT THINK THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. I WOULD SAY THAT 98% OF THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED ABSENTEE HAVE NEVER VOTED ABSENTEE BEFORE. >> WITH 24 HOURS TO GO BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE ON THE 2020 PRIMARY SO FAR THE BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERK HAS RECEIVED 76,000 BALLOTS BUT THERE ARE STILL 12 5,000 MORE THAT HAVE NOT COME BACK. >> IT WILL BE CROWDED TOMORROW. THERE ARE SO MANY BALLOTS STILL IN THE MAIL. >> IF YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT DOES NOT GET HERE BEFORE POLL CLOSED YOUR VOTE WILL NOT COUNT. INSTEAD OF TELLING YOU TO STAY HOME A VOTE, ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE TELLING YOU TO COME TO THEM. PEOPLE NEED TO BE PAR ACTIVE THEMSELVES. AND GET OUT AND VOTE. WE WILL OFFER YOU A MASK IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MASK AND RESPECT AFFECT THE RESPECT OUR POLL WORKERS AND WEAR A MASK. >> IF HE DID NOT REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT YOU WILL HAVE TO SHOW UP AT A VOTING CENTER. IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR BALLOT AND HAVE NOT MAILED IT, DO NOT. DROP IT OFF AT THE SPECIAL BLOCKS AT THE POLLS TOMORROW. IF YOU’RE PRETTY MAILED IT LATE IN WILL NOT GET TO THE CLERK ON TIME YOU CAN STILL VOTE IN PERSON BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO TELL ELECTION OFFICIALS YOU MAIL TO THE BALLOT. >> COMING UP AT 6:00 WE SPOKE TO SEVERAL CANDIDATES ABOUT THEIR FINAL PUSH TO GET YOUR VOTE. FOR LOCATIONS TO CAST YOUR VOTE OR TURN IN YOUR BALLOT, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, KOAT.COM. REMEMBER THOSE POLLS OPEN FROM 7 A.M. UNTIL 7 P.M. ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE DUE TO THE COUNTY CLERK BY 7 P.M. VOTERS WHO FILLED OUT THE ABSENTEE BALLOT BUT DID NOT MAIL IT MAY RETURN IT I PERSON TO ANY POLL LOCATION. IF HE REQUESTED A BALLOT BUT DID NOT GET ONE, GO TO THE POLLING LOCATION AND GET A REPLACEMENT BALLOT. TO FIND THE CLOSEST STATION, HEAD OVER TO THE WEBSITE ON YOUR SCREEN. WE WANT TO BREAK DOWN THE FINAL VOTING NUMBERS AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY TOMORROW. OVER 21,000 VOTED ABSENTEE. OVER 260.000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY VOTED. WE HAVE GOT ALL THE COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON ON ELECTION DAY. WE WILL BRING YOU ALL THOSE RESULTS, TO FIND UP WHO WILL FACE OFF IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. FOR PRESIDENT, SEND IN ALL THREE HOUSE SEATS. FROM RESULTS TO FULL ANALYSIS FROM OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS, YOU CAN JOIN US TOMORROW BEGINNING AT 4 P.M. FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THIS HISTORIC ELECTION. >> MORE ON THE CORONAVIRUS. A CRUCIAL DAY NEW MEXICO IS A LARGE PART OF OUR STATE IS REOPENING. RESTAURANTS ARE LIMITED TO 50% CAPACITY. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE BARS. SALONS AND LAWS CAN OPERATE AT 25%. YMS AND SOME STATE PARKS AND DRIVE-INS CAN ALSO OPEN. THESE COULD AFFECT OUR’S CASE NUMBERS AS WE JUST HIT 7800 CASES. LOS LUNAS IS ANNOUNCING ITS OWN REOPENING PLAN EFFECTIVE TODAY. EVEN UNDER THE ORDERS THEY ARE ASKING OFFICES TO WORK REMOTELY WHEN THEY CAN. PLUS ALL CITY EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE THEIR TEMPERATURES TAKEN. THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL COURT IS RESTRICTED TO FIVE PEOPLE IN A COURTROOM AND PARKS AND LIBRARIES ARE STAYING CLOSE. SOME NEWS TO YOU BOOKWORMS. THENM BOOKSTORE IS OPEN TODAY ON A LIMITED BASIS. THE HOURS WILL BE CUT FROM 10:00 TO 3:00 AND 10:00 TO 1:0 CAPACITY IS LIMITED AT 25 PERCENT AND SNEEZE GUARDS AND HAND SANITIZERS WILL BE INSTALLED. ONE OF NOB HILL’S MOST ICONIC RESTAURANTS IS RETURNING AFTER A LARGE DELAY. THE OWNERS TOLD US THEY PLAN TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO THE PUBLIC JUNE 8. THEY WANTED TO REOPEN ON APRIL BUT AFTER THE GOVERNOR’S TAKE-OUT ORDER IN MARCH THEY WAITED. IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A YEAR AFTER THE OLD OWNERS FILE BANKRUPTCY. OVER $20 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDIN IS COMING TO NEW MEXICO’S NURSING FACILITIES. 59 SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES WILL SPLIT THE FUNDS. THE MONEY WILL INCREASE STAFF, SCALE TESTING AND GET PPE. THIS IS PART OF THE $175 BILLION REALLY FUN. FOR LIGHT NEW MEXICO’S SAYS QUALIFYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO BE DIFFICULT. THE JOURNAL REPORTS 1000 CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ON FURLOUGH. 17% ARE REQUIRED TO STAY HOME. 16 HOURS A WEEK. IN NEARLY HALF CANNOT QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THEY MAKE MOR THAN $460 A WEEK. BY TALENT IS WORKING TO FILL A BLOOD SHORTAGE BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS. THEY SAY THEY ARE IN NEED OF HEALTHY DONORS AND THERE HAS BEEN A 25% INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR BLOOD. ALL OF THE BLOOD TYPES ARE NEEDED BUT ESPECIALLY TYPE O. IF YOU ARE VISITIN IN -- INTERESTED IN DONATING, VISIT THEIR WEBSITE. >> WE LOOK AT HOW THE NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARD IS SUPER NEW MEXICO. THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ADMINISTERED OVE 700 TEST AND PREPARED 10,000 TEST KITS. SUCH IMPORTANT WORK THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. >> I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS TODAY BUT IT FELT REALLY HOT. >> IT IS NOT THAT HOT. IT IS A LITTLE MORE HUMID. REALLY THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN MORE HUMID THAN LAST WEEK RATE THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU’RE FEELING. SPEAKING OF THAT HUMIDITY. IT IS FUELING SOME STORMS AS WE TAKE A LOOK ON ACROSS THE EAST MOUNTAINS. YOU CAN SEE SOME STORMS FIRING. YOU CAN FOLLOW 285 IN SUE LIGHT RAIN WHERE -- WHERE IT NEEDS 25. IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, RIO RANCHO, MORE LIGHTNING FLARING UP AS THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS STRENGTHENING. YOU CAN SEE MORE TO THE WEST. A LITTLE BIT OF A DRIFT. RIGHT NOW STORMS NOT MOVING MUCH BUT WE WILL LIKELY S AS THE STORM STRENGTH AND THEY PRODUCE OUTFLOW WINDS. THEY RUN INTO EACH OTHER AND PRODUCE NEW STORMS. LIKE BUMPER CARS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THESE AREAS OF SMA STORES SMALL STORMS. LET’S LOOK AT WHERE WE SHOULD BE. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 584. LOW 50’S SEVEN. BY THE END OF THE MONTHS THAT AVERAGES 91 BUT WE WILL SEE ALL SORTS OF 90’S IN THE WEEK AHEAD. THE FIRST HUMAN TRIAL OF ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY TO TREAT COVID-19 IS UNDERWAY. ELI LILLY SAYS PATIENCE IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES AND ATLANTA ARE RECEIVING THE TREATMENT. THE TRIAL’S FIRST PHASE WILL TEST WHETHER THE THERAPY I SAFE AND WELL TOLERATED WITH RESULTS EXPECTED IN LATE JUNE. IF THE TRIBAL -- TRIAL PROVES EFFECTIVE, THE TREATMENT COULD BE AVAILABLE BY FALL BUT THE CDC SAYS ANTIBODY TEST MAY BE WRONG HALF OF THE TIME. A LOT OF THE TESTS WERE NOT GOOD. THE FTI HAS PUT OUT POLICY REQUIRING ANTIBIOTIC TEST MAKERS TO SUBMIT EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION REQUEST. THE CDC SAYS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS USING THOSE TESTS NEED TO USE THE MOST ACCURATE THEY CAN FIND AND MIGHT NEED TO TEST PEOPLE TWICE. >> GILEAD SCIENCES SET A STUDY SHOWS THE ANTIVIRAL DRUGS REMDESIVIR CAN HELP PATIENTS WITH MODERATE COVID-19 RECOVER. A STUDY OF 600 PATIENTS FOUND THOSE GIVEN A FIVE DAY COURSE OF THE DRUG WERE 65% MORE LIKELY TO SEE CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER 11 DAYS COMPARED TO THOSE GIVEN THE STANDARD CARE. THOSE THAT WERE GIVEN A 10 DAY TREATMENT OF THE DRUG ALSO SHOWED IMPROVEMENT. A LOT OF YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT GAINING WEIGHT. NOW WE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT FOOD CRAVINGS. EXPERTS SAY MOST ARE HAVING CRAVINGS FOR COMFORT FOODS. SURPRISE. HAMBURGERS, FRIES, DONUTS. DOCTORS SAY THE BINGE EATING IS DUE TO STRESS AND BOREDOM. >> WE WENT TO REMIND YOU ABOUT THE STATES CORONAVIRUS HOTLINES. THE TOP NUMBER IS FOR REPORTING SYMPTOMS. AND IF YOU ARE NOT SICK BUT HAVE BOTTOM NUMBER. CLARK ONE GROUP OFF LINE FISHERMEN JUST CAUGHT ONE BIG FISH. THEY DONATED IT T SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. WE WILL TELL YOU WHO NEXT. >> WE NOW KNOW HBO STEP 87,000 NEW USERS ON HIS FIRST DAY YESTERDAY. IT GOT NOT AS MANY AS DISNEY PRESS THAT PICK UP 5 MILLION. HBO MAX HAS STANDOUT PROGRAMS FOR EVERYONE FROM KIDS THROUGH ADULTS. >> SYLVESTER STALLONE IS NARRATING A NEW DOCUMENTARY ON THE ROCKY MOVIE TITLED 40 YEARS OF ROCKY, THE BIRTH OF A CLASSIC. IT IS A BLEND OF DIRECTOR FOR MOVIES AND REVERSAL AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE. SYLVESTER STALLONE, NOW 73, IT WAS AN UNKNOWN ACTOR WHEN HE WROTE THE ROCKY SCREEN FIVE AND STARRED IN THE 1976 FILM. -- THE ROCKY SCREENPLAY. >> A GROUP OF FISHERMEN IN HAWAII HAD A LUCKY DAY AND DECIDED TO USE THEIR CATCH TO FEED THEIR LOCAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THIS IS A YELLOWFIN TUNA. WEIGHING 220 POUNDS AND IT WAS SENT TO A DISTRIBUTOR WHERE WAS CLEANED AND COOKED AND PREPARED INTO 300 12. THOSE MEALS WERE DELIVERED TO 2 MEDICAL CENTERS. >> WE LOVE SENIOR GREAT PHOTOS. LOOK AT THIS. A CLASSIC NEW MEXICO IMAGE. AN AIR BELOW. BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE SEEN ONE. KAREN SAYS SHE SAW IT OVER HER HOUSE AND IT WAS AN UPLIFTING START TO HER DAY. DO NOT FORGET TO SHARE YOURS ON OUR ULOCAL FACEBOOK PAGE. AS WE ENTERED JUNE WE ARE SEEING HOW CERTAIN SECTORS WERE HIT BY THE VIRUS IN MAY. WE BREAK DOWN HOW CONSTRUCTION SPENDING AND MANUFACTURING ARE FARING WHEN WE COME BACK. >> WE GO LIVE TO WASHINGTON NOW WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPEAKING. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP: A NUMBER OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE FAILED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO SAFEGUARD THEIR RESIDENTS. INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BEING LIKE THE YOUNG MEN IN DALLAS, TEXAS, LEFT DYING ON THE STREET. OR THE WOMAN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK VICIOUSLY ATTACKED BY DANGEROUS DOGS. SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE SEEN THEIR DREAMS DESTROYED. NEW YORK’S FINEST HAVE BEEN HIT IN THE FACE WITH BRICKS. BRAVE NURSES WHO HAVE BATTLED THE VIRUS ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. A POLICE PRECINCT HAS BEEN OVERRUN HERE IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED. ONE OF OUR MOST HISTORIC CHURCHES WAS SET ABLAZE. A FEDERAL OFFICER IN CALIFORNIA, AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENFORCEMENT HERO, WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THESE ARE NOT ACTS OF PEACEFUL PROTEST. THESE ARE ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERROR. THE DESTRUCTION OF INNOCENT LIFE AND THE SPELLING OF INNOCENT BLOOD IS AN OFFENSE TO HUMANITY AND A CRIME AGAINST GOD. AMERICA NEEDS CREATION NOT DESTRUCTION. COOPERATION NOT CONTEMPT. SECURITY AND NOT ANARCHY. HEALING NOT HATRED. JUSTICE NOT CHAOS. THIS IS OUR MISSION. AND WE WILL SUCCEED, 100%, WE WILL SUCCEED. OUR COUNTRY ALWAYS WINS. THAT IS WHY AM TAKING IMMEDIATE PRESIDENTIAL ACTION TO STOP THE VIOLENCE AND RESTORE SECURITY AND SAFETY IN AMERICA. I AM MOBILIZING ALL AVAILABLE FEDERAL RESOURCES CIVILIAN AND MILITARY TO STOP THE RIOTING AND LOOTING, TWO END THE DESTRUCTION AND ARSON, AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS INCLUDING YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS. THEREFORE, THE FOLLOWING MEASURES ARE GOING INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. FIRST, WE’RE ENDING THE RIOTS AND LAWLESSNESS THAT HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY. WE WILL END IT NOW. TODAY, I HAVE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO EVERY GOVERNOR TO DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD IN SUFFICIENT NUMBERS THAT WE DOMINATE THE STREETS. MAYORS AND GOVERNORS MUST ESTABLISH AN OVERWHELMING LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE UNTIL THE VIOLENCE HAS BEEN QUELLED. IF A CITY OR STATE REFUSES TO TAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO DEFEND THE LIFE AND PROPERTY OF THEIR RESIDENCE, THEN I WILL DEPLOY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND QUICKLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THEM. I AM ALSO TAKING SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTION TO PROTECT OUR GREAT CAPITAL, WASHINGTON, DC WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CITY LAST NIGHT WAS OUR TOTAL DISGRACE. AS WE SPEAK, I AM DISPATCHING THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS HAVING -- HEAVILY ARMS SHOULDERS, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO STOP THE RIOTING, LOOTING, VANDALISM, ASSAULT, AND THE WANT AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. WE ARE PUTTING EVERYBODY ON WARNING. OUR 7:00 CURFEW WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. THOSE WHO THREATEN INNOCENT LIFE AND PROPERTY WILL BE ARRESTED, DETAINED AND PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. I WANT THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS TERROR TO BE ON NOTICE THAT YOU WILL FACE SEVERE CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND LENGTHY SENTENCES IN JAIL. THIS INCLUDES ANTIFA AND OTHERS WHO ARE INSTIGATORS OF THIS VIOLENCE. ONE LAW IN ORDER, AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS. ONE LAW. WE HAVE ONE BEAUTIFUL LAW. AND ONCE THAT IS RESTORED AND FULLY RESTORED, WE WILL HELP YOU , WE WILL HELP YOUR BUSINESS, AND WE WILL HELP YOUR FAMILY FEARED AMERICA IS FOUNDED UPON THE RULE OF LAW. IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PROSPERITY, OUR FREEDOM, AND OUR VERY WAY OF LIFE. BUT WHERE THERE IS NO LAW, THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY. WHERE THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE IS NO LIBERTY. WHERE THERE IS NO SAFETY, THERE IS NO FUTURE. WE MUST NEVER GAVE IN TO ANGER OR HATRED. IF MALICE OR VIOLENCE RAINS, THEN NONE OF US IS FREE. I TAKE THESE ACTIONS TODAY WITH FIRM RESOLVE AND WITH A TRUE AND PASSIONATE LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY. BY FAR OUR GREATEST DAYS LIE AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW I WILL PAY RESPECTS TO A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [REPORTER SHOUTING QUESTIONS, INDISCERNIBLE] >> THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING IN WASHINGTON. ABOUT THE PROTEST GOING AROUND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HE SAID HE IS ENDING THE RIOTS NOW AFTER VANDALS TARGETED THE LINCOLN AND SOME OTHER SITES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.\ HE IS INSTITUTING OF 7 P.M. CURFEW AND SAID ANY ONE OF THESE PROTESTERS COULD BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. >> AMERICAN FACTORY STALL FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT MONTHS IN MAY. THE U.S. MANUFACTURING INDEX CAME IN AT 43.1 IN MAY. ANYTHING BELOW 50 SIGNALS MANUFACTURERS ARE STRUGGLING. HIRING AND EXPORTS ARE FALLING BUT AT A SLOWER PACE THAN APRIL. U.S. CONSTRUCTION SPENDING FELL 2.9% IN APRIL AS SHUTDOWN STOPPED PROJECTS. THIS IS A HUGE DROP FROM A STEADY DECLINE IN MARCH. BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS, RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION DROPPED 4.5%. APARTMENTS DROPPED 9.1%. OFFICE BUILDINGS AND HOTELS FELL 1.3%. >> AS MORE BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN THERE IS A RUN ON PLEXIGLASS. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYS WAIT TIMES TO LATE CLEAR BARRIERS IS MEASURED IN MONTHS. ALSO IN HIGH DEMAND, ALCOHOL FOR HAND SANITIZERS. THE PRICE HAS TRIPLED SINCE JANUARY. PIER 1 IS OFFICIALLY GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. THAT NOW ALLOWS THEM TO LIQUIDATE ITS RETAIL OPERATIONS AT 500 STORES. ONCE THEY CAN REOPEN IN THE WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC, THEY AIM TO HAVE ALL OF ITS STORES PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN BY OCTOBER. LET’S CHECK ON TRAFFIC WATCH 7 NOW. NO TRAFFIC? WE WILL MOVE ON. YOU MAY IS SEEING A MAJOR PRICE DIFFERENCE TRYING TO COOK SOME BURGERS. THE SPIKE IN THE PRICES AND WHAT IS CAUSING IT NEXT. >> IF YOU HAVE BEEN BUYING MEAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE PRICES ARE UP. 18% FOR POOR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. AND EVEN WITH THE MEET PROCESSING FACILITIES REOPENING AFTER CLOSURES, THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT SAYS PRODUCTION IS STILL DOWN AROUND 7%. 24 HOUR FITNESS IS REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY. THEY ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING A LOAN TO HELP THEM STAY OPERATING AS THEY ARE GYM WERE SHUT DOWN FOR WEEKS. THEY OPERATE 400 GYMS. >> TWO YEARS AFTER WAS UNVEILED, ATARI’S VCS CONSOLE IS ABOUT TO HIT THE STORES. ATARI HAS NOT SAID WHAT GAMES WILL BE AVAILABLE. >> A MASSIVE BIG-SCREEN REUNION AND IN ALL-STAR MUSICAL COLLABORATION ARE RAISING MONEY FOR GOOD CAUSES. HERE IS THE HOLLYWOOD MINUTE. >> ALL WE HAVE TO -- IS WHAT TO DO WITH THE TIME GIVEN TO US. >>[LAUGHTER] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU A LARGER WOOD. SEAN ASTIN, ELIJAH WOOD, AND SIR IAN MCKELLEN. >> JOSH GAD’S LATEST CAST REUNION IS THE LORD OF THE RINGS. VIGO MORTENSEN, ANDY CIRCUS AND PETER JACKSON JOINED, AND SO DID SEAN DEAN, JOHN RHYS DAVIS AND LIVE TYLER. THEY REMINISCED FOR AN HOUR COMPLETE WITH PROPS FROM THE SET OF THE TRILOGY AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CHARITY NO CAPS ON GREETED YOU CAN FIND ONE SOON TO RULE THEM ALL ON HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL. ♪ >> NEIL FINN IS WORKING TO HELP THE CITY MISSION BUILD HOUSING FOR THOSE IN NEED. HIS NEW SONG FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME FEATURING GUEST VOCALS BY STEVIE NICKS AND CHRISTINE MCVEY SHOWS WHAT A HOME MEANS TO A RANGE OF AUCKLAND ERS. PROCEEDS FROM DOWNLOADS WILL GO TO THE MISSION. >> DOUG: NEXT ON 7, NEW MEXICO NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS SORT OF. WHAT’S REOPENING TODAY WITH SOME CHANGES, AND WHAT PLACES ARE STILL CLOSED AND WAITING. SHELLY: PLUS, COMPARING THE NUMBERS OF THE CORONAVIRUS. THE CONCERN WITH NEW MEXICO’S HIGHER RATE OF INFECTION AMONG CHILDREN. ANNOUNCER: COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW. DOUG: YOU CAN NOW DIME IN YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT, GO TO THE GYM, OR GET YOUR HAIR CUT. BUT NANCY LAFLIN ALSO SHOWS US, THE RULES THAT ARE ’STILL IN -- STILL IN PLACE. NANCY: TODAY, SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE BUSINESSES ARE OPENING BACK UP, THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF LIMITS AND RULES. HERE’S A LOOK. >> WE GET TO ENJOY A MEAL, EITHER ON THE PATIO, NOT OUT OF A BOX. NANCY: FOR WEEKS, EDDIE BURGARELLO, THE OWNER OF MARIOS PIZZA, HAS BEEN WAITING, WATCHING, WORRYING, AND WORKING. >> WITH THE DINING ROOM CLOSED, THE HARDESTPART WAS LAYING OFF OUR EMPLOYEES. NANCY: NOW, THOUGH, THE DINING ROOM IS BACK OPEN. THE STATE ALLOWING 50% SEATING INSIDE RESTAURANTS. BURGARELO SAYS THEY’LL STILL HAVE TO DO CURBSIDE AND DELIVERY TO SURVIVE, BUT HE’LL BE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME OF HIS EMPLOYEES. >> THEY ACTUALLY GET TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND GO TO A WORKPLACE AND PUT IN THERE FIVE HOURS, SIX HOURS. NANCY: BARS THAT GET MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR REVENUE FROM BOOZE, ARE STILL CLOSED, ALTHOUGH, BREWERIES AND WINERIES CAN DO CURBSIDE PICKUP IF THEIR LICENSE PERMITS IT. >> THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING DAY FOR US. NANCY: TODAY, GYMS OPEN, TOO, AT 50%. AT DEFINED FITNESS -- >> WE OPENED OUR DOORS AT 4:30 THIS MORNING AND AT THIS LOCATION ALONE, WE HAD NEARLY 80 PEOPLE IN LINE, SOCIALLY DISTANCE. NANCY: ACCORDING TO THE ORDER, GROUP CLASSES ARE NOT PERMITTED BUT PERSONAL TRAINING IS AS LONG AS TEHRE ARE NO MORE THAN TWO TRAINEES. ALSO, HAIR AND NAIL SALONS, BARBER SHOPS, TATTOO PARLORS AND MASSAGE SERVICES CAN OPERATE AT 25% OCCUPANCY. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS NANCY LAFLINKOAT ACTION 7 NEWS,. DOUG: AND FOR THOSE PERSONAL SERVICE BUSINESSES, LIKE GOING TO A SALON, YOU HAVE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS. AND YOU WON’T BE ALLOWED IN UNTIL YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME. NANCY WILL HAVE MORE AT 6:00. WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE CITY THAT IS THIS IS WILL BEGIN REOPENING THROUGH THE MONTH. AND SOME, LIKE THE BOTANIC GARDEN, WILL REQUIRE TIME GETTING, STARTING TOMORROW. >> ALSO, THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUT, ENSURING PLACES LIKE BARBERSHOPS, ETC., WITH LIMITED CAPACITY AND OPENINGS ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES. IT IS PART OF THE EDUCATION PROCESS. THIS IS NEW FOR ALL OF US, OUR BUSINESSES, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL DOING THE RIGHT THING. DOUG: HE ALSO SAYS TO CALL 311 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE TIME TICKETS OR GET INFO ON HOW TO REPAIR STOREFRONTS DAMAGED FROM PROTESTS. SHELLY: SMALL GROUPS OF AGITATORS, TO USE THE MAYOR’S WORDS, BEGAN TO DAMAGE DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS. MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYING THE SMALL GROUPS ARE DIFFERENT FROM PEACEFUL PROTESTERS MARCHING FOR JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD, A BLACK MAN KILLED AT THE HANDS OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE. BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA SAY THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PROTEST, BUT THEY DON’T WANT TO SEE THIS KIND OF DESTRUCTION. NEW TODAY, PARENTS EVERYWHERE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT WORDS TO EXPLAIN THESE PROTESTS TO THEIR CHILDREN. AN AUTHOR AND PSYCHOLOGIST WHO WRITES ABOUT RACE SAYS "UNNECESSARY. AS FOR WHITE PARENTS, SOCIOLOGISTS SAY IT IS AS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE PAST AS PRESENT. >> TO UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST. IT MIGHT MEAN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS AND YOU DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH YOUR CHILDREN, BUT THAT MEANS YOU CAN DO SOME WORK TO LEARN THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND TAKE THE TIME TO READ UP ON THIS, AND THIS COULD BE SOMETHING YOU DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN. SHELBY: EXPERTS SAY A BABY’S BRAIN CAN DETERMINE RACIAL BIAS AS EARLY AS TWO YEARS OLD. A NEW MONTH, BUT THE WEATHER LOOKS SIMILAR WITH A FEW STORMS. HERE IS KELLY FRANSON. KELLY: NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE METRO, YOU CAN SEE THOSETHIN, GREEN BANDS COMING OUT, THE OUTFLOW WINDS, GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH THAT CAN HELP TO SPARK NEW STORMS. WE HAVE A STRONGER STORM BETWEEN RIO PUERCO, LIKELY HAIL WITH THAT, AND ALL CAN PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS. AS WE TAKE YOU SOUTH OF SANTA FE, AROUND FOUR CORNERS, WHAT HAS BEEN AROUND HAS DROPPED SOUTH. THESE CAN FLARE RIGHT BACK UP, SO I WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK STORMS. DOUG: NEW MEXICO SURPASSED 7800 CASES, AND ALMOST 2900 -- UP 113 FROM YESTERDAY. 362 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS, AND ALMOST 2900 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THE VIRUS HAS SPREAD ACROSS THE NAVAJO NATION. THEY ARE NOW REPORTING 5,348 CASES, WITH ALMOST 2,000 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVING RECOVERED. 246 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. THERE IS CONCERN WITH THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN NEW MEXICO WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, 4-TIMES HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL RATE. HERE IS TODD KURTZ. TODD: THERE GETS TO BE SO MANY NUMBERS TOSSED AROUND WHILE TALKING ABOUT CORONAVIRUS. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL BREAKDOWN OF CASES BY AGE HERE IN NEW MEXICO. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CHART. THIS IS THE TOTAL CASES OF THE VIRUS SINCE IT IRST STARTED HERE. THE GROUP WITH THE MOST CASES CONTINUES TO BE THOSE FR 30 TO 39 YEARS OLD AT 1317 CASES. RIGHT BELOW THAT WOULD BE PEOPLE IN THEIR 20’S, JUST 71 CASES SEPARATING THE TWO GROUPS. ONE POSITIVE SIGN WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THOSE PEOPLE 70 AND OLDER. OF COURSE, THOSE ARE AGE GROUPS MOST AT RISK OF SEVERE EFFECTS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. A LOCAL DOCTOR I SPOKE WITH SAID THE LOWER NUMBERS DEFINITELY INDICATE THAT OLDER NEW MEXICANS ARE ADHERING TO THEIR ADVICE AND BEING EXTRA CAUTIOUS DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE WORRY WITH SO MANY YOUNGER PEOPLE TESTING POSITIVE WITH THIS DISEASE, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO TEND TO BE ASYMPTOMATIC, SO THEY ARE MORE LIKELY THE ONES TO SPREAD THE DISEASE AND THEY OFTEN DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE IT WHEN IN THEIR 20’S AND 30’S. TODD KURTZ, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. DOUG: FEWER THAN 900 PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 70 IN NEW MEXICO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS. SHELBY: THE CURFEW ON THE NAVAJO NATION HAS BEEN LIFTED. WE HAVE NEW CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FROM THE AREA. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE MORE THAN 3500 ACTIVE CASES ON THE NATION. YESTERDAY, 98 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED. 26 MORE PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED. AND SADLY, ANOTHER FIVE PEOPLE DIED, WHICH BRINGS THAT NUMBER TO 246. NEW NUMBERS ARE GIVING US A DEEPER LOOK AT THE CORONAVIRUS AND RACE AND ETHNICITY. TAKE A LOOK, ACCORDING TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MORE THAN HALF OF ALL CASES IN NEW MEXICO IDENTIFY AS AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE. THE GROUP WITH THE SECOND MOST CASES IS HISPANIC AND LATINO. WHITE IS THIRD WITH NEARLY 12%, FOLLOWED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN. NAVAJO GAMING IS PREPARING TO REOPEN ALL OF ITS PROPERTIES BY FOUR MID- THERE WILL BE MAJOR JUNE. DEEP CLEANING AND SANITIZING AT EACH SITE. ALL TEAM MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR FACE MASKS, AND RECEIVE TRAINING. THEY WILL OPERATE AT 50% CAPACITY. THERE WILL BE ONE ENTRANCE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CHECKED. AND THERE WILL BE NO BUFFETS, UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO REOPEN. DOUG: PNM IS ASKING STATE REGULATORS TO CONSIDER A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO RECOVER FIXED SERVICE COSTS FROM YOU, RATEPAYER. NO MATTER HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY IS ACTUALLY USED BY CUSTOMERS. IF APPROVED, THE UTILITY WILL ADD UP HOW MUCH CUSTOMERS PAID FOR ELECTRICITY THROUGH AND THEN 2021 COMPARE THAT WITH THE ANNUAL REVENUE IT IS ALLOWED TO COLLECT TO COVER THEIR COSTS. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 6 MILLION REPORTED CASES OF COVID-19 ACROSS THE GLOBE. IN THE LAST HERE IN THE U.S., 24 HOURS 19,000 NEW CASES WERE REPORTED AND 600 NEW DEATHS. OFFICIALS WORRY IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE BECAUSE OF VIOLENT PROTESTS. ABC’S REENA ROY HAS THIS STORY. REENA: WITH PROTESTS OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD BY INDIANAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAPMAN -- CHAUVIN, SPREADING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THERE IS CAUSE FOR SPREAD OF COVID-19. PEOPLE MARCHING SIDE-BY-SIDE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. IN LOS ANGELES, D.C., SAN FRANCISCO AND OTHER CITIES, MANY WITHOUT MASKS. AFTER MONTHS ON LOCKDOWN, NEW YORK CITY, THE LOCATION IN THE U.S. WITH THE MOST CASES AND DEATHS FROM THE PANDEMIC, IS PREPARING FOR PHASE ONE OF REOPENING, SET TO BEGIN EXACTLY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. >> WE SPENT ALL THIS TIME, CLOSED DOWN, LOCKED DOWN, MASKS, SOCIALLY DISTANCE, AND THEN YOU TURN ON THE TV AND YOU SEE THESE MASS GATHERINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE INFECTING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. AFTER EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE. REENA: 15 STATES IN TOTAL HAVE REPORTED AN INCREASE IN CASES. THE CDC WARNING THE U.S. COULD PASS 115,000 DEATHS IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS. IN MINNESOTA TODAY, RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE BACK IN SOME CAPACITY. BUT THE GOVERNOR WORRIES ABOUT THE VIRUS SPREADING. >> I WOULD TELL THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE OUT THERE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, IF YOU’RE STARTING TO GET SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19, PLEASE ISOLATE. WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME CONTACT TRACING, WHICH I HAVE NOT WRAPPED MY MIND AROUND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THIS SIZE. REENA: IN FLORIDA MIAMI BEACHES WERE SCHEDULED TO RE-OPEN TODAY , BUT THAT’S NOW BEEN PUSHED BACK BECAUSE OF THE STRAIN ON POLICE. AND IN LOS ANGELES, SOME VIRUS TESTING SITES ARE CLOSED TODAY, WITH DODGER STADIUM BECOMING AN LAPD COMMAND CENTER, LONG LINES HAVE FORMED AS PEOPLE WAIT TO GET TESTED FOR THE VIRUS AT THIS SITE. DOUG: AS YOU HEARD, EXPERTS ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS DURING THE PROTESTS BECAUSE SHOUTING SPREADS MORE DROPLETS THAN OTHER ACTIVITIES. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, 1/3 OF PATIENTS ARE ASYMPTOMATIC. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOOTAGE FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS, WHERE SECURITY CREWS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING DOWN BARRICADES, PREPARING TO RE-OPEN BEACHES IN FLORIDA. THEY CLOSED IN MARCH, LIKE MOST OF THEM DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. SHELBY: NEXT ON 7, FOR THE FIRST TIME, GEORGE FLOYD’S FAMILY VISITING THE SITE WHERE HE DIED. THE POWERFUL MESSAGE FROM HIS BROTHER AS PROTESTS CONTINUE. LET’S GET A CHECK ON TRAFFIC WATCH 7 NOW, WITH KIKI GARCIA. WHAT IS GOING ON? KIKI: WE HAVE CLEARING GOING ON IN RIO RANCHO AT 528 AND SOUTHERN. THAT CRASH IS ABOUT OUT-OF-THE-WAY. OTHER THAN THAT, LOOKING GOOD. IF YOU’RE HEADED TO THE WEST SIDE, YOU MIGHT SEE BRAKE LIGHTS ON PASEO NEAR THE RIVER. FOR 90 63 FM, I AM KIKI GARCIA FOR TRAFFIC WATCH 7. SHELBY: DRIVE TIMES GOOD. PASEO DEL NORTE TILDE ANNOUNCER: YOU’RE WATCHING KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS, MORE IN THE MORNING. FIVE MINUTES. BIG I TO COORS, FOUR MINUTES AND TO TRAMWAY, SEVEN. ANNOUNCER: YOU ARE WATCHING KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. SHELBY: AS PROTESTS SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, RIOTS HAVE FOLLOWED. MANY ARE CALLING FOR PEACE. >> MESSING UP MY COMMUNITY. WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING? >> A POWERFUL MOMENT THIS AFTERNOON, THE SITE WHERE GEORGE FLOYD LOST HIS LIFE, VISITED HIS BROTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> MY FAMILY IS A PEACEFUL FAMILY. MY FAMILY IS GOD-FEARING. >> HIS MESSAGE OF PEACE CLEAR. TODAY AT TIME OF REFLECTION FOR MANY WITH FAMILIES PAYING THEIR RESPECTS AT THE GROWING MEMORIAL OF GEORGE FLOYD, WHO WAS KILLED BY A WHITE POLICE OFFICER. >> TO CALL THIS A PAINFUL CHAPTER IN OUR CITY’S HISTORY IS CLEARLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. >>>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A DIFFERENT REFLECTION. THOUGH MANY PROTESTS WERE CARRIED OUT PEACEFULLY, IT SEEMS THIS PLAYED OUT IN SANTA MONICA, AND WASHINGTON, D.C. >> SMASHED WINDOWS AND LOOTING ARE BECOMING A BIGGER STORY AND THE BROKEN SYSTEM THAT GOT US HERE. >> THE MAYOR URGING A CURFEW THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS PER THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ACTIVE IN 25 STATES. CHICAGO HAD NEARLY 700 ARRESTS AND 132 OFFICERS INJURED. NEW YORK CITY’S MAYOR SAME HIS DAUGHTER WAS ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING. >> SHE WAS ACTING PEACEFULLY. SHE BELIEVES EVERYTHING SHE DID WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF PEACEFUL, RESPECTIVE PROTESTS. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP BERATING OF A NURSE FOR NOT CRACKING DOWN HARD. INSTANCES OF PRO -- BERATING GOVERNORS FOR NOT CRACKING DOWN HARD. DARREN SHOPPING, THE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH, AND THREE OTHER OFFICERS WHO ARE WALKING FREE BUT FIRED. >> WHEN HE SAID I CANNOT BREATHE,